Chapter 24 All-round Talent in Civil and Military Affairs
Liu Chengfang came in with a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy. Seeing Wang Jing looking at him, he smiled kindly.
The young man had clear eyebrows, outstanding facial features, a long figure, and a very handsome appearance. Especially a pair of eyes, bright and clear, blazing, with the cheekbones that are slightly more protruding than ordinary people, which makes people unforgettable. I just look a little tired, as if I stayed up late and didn't rest well.
Liu Chengfang saw that he pointed to the young man and introduced to the Zhang family, "This is the sixth aunt's maiden nephew, Xu Qing." ”
When the young man heard him say this, the smile on his face deepened, and Shi Li said: "It's good for my aunt to call me Xiaoqing, that's what the family calls me." "Actually, the sixth father and Liu Chengfang have been separated by several rooms, this young man is not very old, but he can talk. As soon as the exit was made, the relationship between the two sides was brought a lot closer.
Zhang laughed, "Has Xiaoqing eaten?" The sweet potato porridge I made and the buns stuffed with leeks are eaten together. She and Liu Chengfang have been husband and wife for more than ten years, and when she saw that he brought people back at this point, and she was related to her, she had to ask "Have you eaten?"
Liu Chengfang said with a smile: "He used to learn kung fu in other places, and he didn't come back for long. I specially invited someone to come back to teach Brother An, and he will live in our house in the future. ”
That's not a matter of breakfast, as long as he's here for a day, the family has to prepare his three meals a day.
"Then I'll serve dinner now, it's not too early." Zhang Shi looked at the sun, which was already half a rod high, and said.
"When you finish eating, you clean up Brother An's house first, and let Xiaoqing rest for a while, he followed Alu to catch scorpions last night, tossed all night, and was sleepy." Liu Chengfang confessed.
"The covers are all ready-made, I just dried them the day before yesterday, and I just need to put them on them. A-Jing is about to celebrate her birthday, and thinking that Brother An is coming back, I have dismantled and washed all his bedding. This is a disguised explanation to Xu Qing that everything on the bed is clean.
Although Zhang didn't understand why her husband would invite a martial arts master back for his son, he felt that since he was a master, he should respect his master and not make people feel neglected.
Xu Qing thanked him generously and sat down to eat breakfast.
When he finished eating, Zhang's had already cleaned up the bed, Xu Qing didn't shirk, and went to rest.
Zhang asked Liu Chengfang in surprise, "Have you finished eating the buns?" ”
Liu Chengfang laughed, "I ate four with A-Jing, and Xu Qing killed the rest." ”
Zhang's smile was a little forced, "This kid eats a lot of food." ”
Normally, Zhang's cage of steamed buns has more than 20, and the family can eat for a day, but I didn't expect Xu Qing to solve it in one meal.
"It's okay, I didn't ask for the three hundred taels of silver, so I gave it to me again." Liu Chengfang said and took out the silver ticket to Zhang, "This kid practices martial arts, you prepare more meat dishes." ”
Zhang reached out and took it, and carefully put it away. Thinking of Zhou's words in the morning, she automatically understood that because the monk's ears were cut off by an unknown person, her own silver was saved.
Wang Jing didn't think so, and when Zhang was not there, she quietly inquired about the news with Liu Chengfang, "Dad, the ears of those monks in Guiyan Temple are cut by Xu Qing." ”
Liu Chengfang hurriedly said: "You can't talk nonsense, if the government knows about it, Xu Qing will go to prison." ”
Wang Jing is as good as a stream, and she promises seriously, "I'll tell my father, and I won't say a word in front of others." "It seems that Xu Qing really did this." Why did his father still let him teach his brother martial arts? It's not a good thing to have a master in prison. ”
"As long as you don't say it, no one knows." Liu Chengfang said very firmly, "Xiao Qing's hand is very agile, just our courtyard wall, jumped into it as soon as he jumped in, and your brother Lu was there at that time, until he finished doing it, there was no movement in it." ”
"This master that my father invited my brother is as jealous as hatred."
"It's not that my father wants to invite him, it's that he himself said that he doesn't want silver, and he can continue to look for him if there is such a thing." Liu Chengfang said, "But we can't have more than one person in our family for no reason, your brother can't learn anything in the academy now, so it's better to come back and learn some kung fu to keep fit." ”
"Does my father want my brother to be a chivalrous man like Xu Qing in the future?" Wang Jing asked.
Liu Chengfang shook his head, "This is a small way, and it can't become a climate." The world is so chaotic now, it's good to learn some kung fu to defend yourself. ”
"Do you really believe that there are people in this world who are not greedy for fame, fortune and money, but only for chivalry?" Wang Jing was still smiling, but what she was thinking in her heart was, Xu Qing lives in our house, do his parents know?
This seems really unlikely.
Liu Chengfang hesitated a little in his heart, but said: "That's not afraid, his home is in Lushan Village, only seven or eight miles away from our house." The Xu family is a big family, don't look at his young age, he was selected for Xiucai three years ago. ”
Wang Jing: "All-round talent in civil and military affairs." "If you know the roots, then it's easy to do, and if you can run, the monk can't run the temple.
Maybe her father is so charming, and people are willing to work for him.
Wang Jing suppressed the doubts in her heart and went to see the chicks.
Today is also the day of the kang.
"It's five hundred eggs, and two hundred and ninety chicks have come out." Zhang said very happily when he saw her.
Wang Jing was very happy, "So much, my mother is really capable." ”
Yesterday, she was still worried that her mother's kang was not good, and she wanted to persuade her to change her career.
Anyway, Natian was won back, and renting it out was almost enough for the family to live.
"You go to the drawer to find half a penny and send it to your third aunt." Zhang said, "Our two kangs share 500 eggs from your third uncle." Your third aunt is a thoughtful person, and she must send it to her before receiving it. If she had taken advantage of the opportunity to come to the door, she would say, "You think I'm here to ask for money, but I don't dare to come again." ”
Speaking of the third uncle, Wang Jing remembered that the Zhou family came to ask for rabbits.
"In case someone wants to learn Kang chicken from you, you will tell him that our family spent two hundred taels of silver to buy Kang chicken from others." Wang Jing said. We don't want to take advantage of others, and we can't let others take advantage of us.
Zhang was stunned for a moment, and immediately reacted that Wang Jing was giving her an idea, dealing with those who had the idea of playing kang chicken, but said: "I said that others don't believe it." Your father lost all his family money in the last cockfight, how can he still have all that spare money! ”
"That's not necessarily, hasn't my dad been doing it for more than ten years?" Even if he didn't make money, others would think that he made money, and two hundred taels of silver was really not much.
"You kid! Your father's official is not as big as a sesame seed, who else can he manage but me? If you want to count on his money, our girls will starve to death. Zhang pointed at Wang Jing and said angrily.
"This shows that my mother is capable." After Wang Jing finished with a smile, she went to the hall to get the money.
When she handed over the money to the Zhou family, the third aunt also pushed back, "Just a few eggs, it's not worth anything, just use it, and send the money specially." ”
Wang Jing didn't bother to be polite to her, so she just said, "My mother specially asked me to send it." ”
Bringing out her mother, it is not good for Zhou to continue this topic. She took Wang Jing's hand and said mysteriously: "Ah Jing, Uncle wants to ask you for something." ”