In the blink of an eye, several days have passed. This Gu Mansion is full of joy, the servants of the family are constantly busy, as soon as they see Chu Xiaoyang, they all happily shouted Chu Gongzi, this Chu Gongzi has a good temper, treats everyone equally, treats everyone politely, there is no noble son's shelf, sometimes if he sees someone who needs help, he will roll up his sleeves without saying a word and come forward to help with the work, so that the servants are flattered, and hurriedly say that the son can't do it, these rough jobs are what our subordinates should do.

On this day, Chu Xiaoyang got up early in the morning, he was really idle at home and had nothing to do, he planned to go out for a walk, Linzi City of Qi Kingdom had changed a lot in recent years, but he still recognized the roads around this Gu Mansion. He walked alone on the neat road, and after walking for a long time the sun had just come out, and he was bored and kicked the pebbles on the road, and met a familiar person at the bend.

Chu Xiaoyang was very happy, and he shouted: "Uncle! ”

The old man was dressed in a shabby linen coat and a pair of straw sandals, and he was hunched over with a cane in his hand, and he was holding an old dog with a hairless tail in one hand. The old man had some ears behind his ears, and his old eyes were dizzy and he couldn't see people clearly.

Chu Xiaoyang trotted over, he ran to the old man and shouted: "Uncle, it's me, Chu Xiaoyang, has the old man forgotten me?" ”

The old man was confused for a while, he thought about it for a long time before he suddenly said, "It turned out to be Gongzi Chu!" ”

"Yes! Uncle is me, I am Chu Xiaoyang, I'm back! Chu Xiaoyang was very happy, he didn't expect to meet an acquaintance, he was as bright as a child, squatted down to touch the dog, and the old dog obediently let him touch it.

"Ah Huang is so obedient, when I touched it before, he often bared his teeth and wanted to bite me, but now he is so docile, so good!" Looking at the bare tail, I remembered those interesting things in the past, but at that time, I was really naughty, how could I get my hands on it, plucking the hair of this dog's tail cleanly, really a bastard boy!

"Ah Huang is an old dog, it's a toss...... I don't have the energy or the strength, but I'm so glad to see you! Ah Huang, did you say? ”

The docile old dog snorted, stretched out his tongue and licked Chu Chu Xiaoyang's hand, and wagged his tail again.

The old man lives in a small tiled house, but the house has not been repaired for many years, and there is wind leakage everywhere, but there is better than nothing, there are many straws pressed on the roof, and it can finally shelter from the wind and rain, and there are a few chickens and ducks in the yard, this Chu Xiaoyang praised and said: "What a fat chicken!" ”

The old man laughed and said: "Childe, don't come to steal my chickens again, I'm too old to do anything, so I rely on these chickens and ducks to lay eggs, so why don't you go to the market to get some food, don't make a bad idea again!"

"Don't dare, I won't do it again, I used to be ignorant! What about Aunt Li? Why didn't you see her! Chu Xiaoyang looked around.

"She's been gone all the years ago......," said the old man, sprinkling some food into the chicken and duck pen.

"Gone?"

"That's right, this person is going to leave when he gets old, and I don't have much time to go, old man, and I don't know when I will go with my eyes closed!" The old man is happy, he has lived to be more than seventy years old, he is already content, and he has long looked down on this life, old age, sickness and death.

"Uncle will live to be 100 years old in good health!"

"A hundred years old? It's too long......"

The old man looked at Chu Xiaoyang happily, this Chu Xiaoyang was naughty when he was a child, and he still remembered that when he first saw him, the little son, who was small and bold, was careless, caught the old hen who had been fat and fat, and ran away. At that time, the old man thought, he looked so well-behaved, dressed in luxurious brocade, this look is the generous son of a big family, this is still missing a chicken, just think that this child is naughty, but he didn't expect to sneak up on the chicken again and again......

"Huh...... You, when you were a child, you were so young! It's only that high...... At that time, you were very likable, but you always liked to steal my hens...... So many years have passed...... Look, in the blink of an eye, he's taller than me! The old man's hand gestured at the height in front of him, which meant that Chu Xiaoyang was only so tall when he was a child, not as high as his waist.

"I thought you were stealing to play, but I didn't expect it to be stealing to eat, you, you ......"

Chu Xiaoyang scratched his head in embarrassment, and felt very embarrassed on his face, this was because he was ignorant when he was a child, and he blamed Gu Rong for being too strict.

Good guy, this pulled his eldest brother out to say something, Gu Rong, who was patrolling the store, sneezed for no reason, and he didn't feel cold, why did he sneeze on this hot day......

The old man was lying on his back, his old face was wide and wide, his wrinkled hands were calloused, he bent down and bent down to clean up the wood on the ground, Chu Xiaoyang saw this and hurriedly helped him to the side to sit, and squatted on the ground to help the old man clean up the wood......

The big boy squatted on the ground to help the old man chop wood, and the young face was dyed with a faint layer of gold under the light of the morning sun, and he wiped a handful of sweat on his face and continued to bury himself in chopping wood.

The old man brought out a bowl of water from the house, Chu Xiaoyang thanked him and took a big bowl of Gollum, he drank the water and continued to help the old man work, after the wood was good, he was trapped in bundles and piled aside, and cleaned the sawdust on the ground, pulled out the weeds in the yard, the old man said several good children, and said that Chu Gongzi is a child of a rich and noble family, these dirty jobs should not be done by Chu Gongzi, Chu Xiaoyang said that life is the same, there is no distinction between high and low, the old man has to let him help do it.

When Chu Xiaoyang returned home, it was already noon, Qing'er was wearing a light green dress and a simple bun, she was sitting on the swing in the garden, and the maid beside her helped her gently shake it.

Chu Xiaoyang asked, "Qing'er, where did the eldest brother go?"

"He went out early in the morning, and he helped his father take care of the accounts. Now our family is doing more business, and the eldest brother and third brother are helping to take care of the store. Qing'er shook her feet, she looked up at Chu Xiaoyang, and her big clear eyes were full of love.

Chu Xiaoyang nodded.

"Brother Xiaoyang was not at home just now, where did you go?"

"I went out for a walk in the morning and met an acquaintance!" Chu Xiaoyang said.

"Acquaintances?"

"Yes, acquaintance! I met Lao Wang, I haven't seen him in the past few years, everyone is old, I still remember when I just came to Qi Kingdom, his hair was still black, and now it is all white. Chu Xiaoyang sighed, this person is in his twilight years, and he is dying.

"Since Aunt Li left, he has been living alone, and there are no children, I feel pitiful when I look at it, the eldest brother said that he would invite a few people to help him repair the house, he was unwilling, the eldest brother gave him silver, and he also drove the eldest brother out with a broom, and the eldest brother no longer dared to send money, for fear of making it popular, so he had to send some food during the New Year's holidays."

"This old man is really stubborn. I met him on the road, chatted with him, and then went to his house to help clean up the wood, and he didn't want me to help, this is also an old man in his seventies, and he is still so strong! Such an old man, it would be nice if someone could take care of him, hey, maybe it's because the teacher said that everyone has a destiny. ”

Chu Xiaoyang couldn't help but think of his teacher, who was so stubborn, what a group of stubborn old men.

Gu Qing squatted on the ground and tended to play with the flowers and plants, the girl in the flower season was as green as ink, her face was beautiful, her eyes were clear and smart, she obviously had utensils for holding water but put them aside and didn't use them, and she held the water in her hand and watered the flowers.

She folded a pink moon flower and handed it to Chu Xiaoyang.

"Brother Xiaoyang, this flower is beautiful, right? This flower is called the moon flower, I raised it, it bloomed today, and this is the most beautiful thing to dodge, so I'll give it to you! The girl smiled and handed over the flower in her hand.

"This is a flower raised by Qing'er? It's so pretty! Thank you Qing'er! Chu Xiaoyang took the flower.

"Yes, most of the flowers here are raised by me, and some are raised by my mother." Qing'er continued to water the flowers.

"Brother Xiaoyang, what have you talked about with Lao Wang?"

"Lao Wang told me not to steal his chickens again!"

"Haha, I know, when you were a child, you were naughty, jumping up and down, and the eldest brother said that you are something, you are like a monkey, restless all day long, and you make trouble for him everywhere."

"That's big brother slandering me! Sister Qing'er, doesn't she have to go to school today? Chu Xiaoyang asked.

"Oh, no, it's annoying. Listen to the old Confucian students in the Jixia School Palace all day long, read what you know, and cultivate yourself to rule the country and level the world. If a gentleman is not important, he is not powerful, and if he learns, he is not solid. What to see the virtuous thoughts, see the unvirtuous and introspect, I listen to the ears are calloused, today the teacher went to the mountain to incense, I can finally stop listening to his nagging......"

Before he finished speaking, he heard a little maid hurriedly running over and shouting, "Sister is not good, the old gentleman is back." ”

"You said the teacher he's back? Didn't he just go out? How did you come back again? ”

"The old gentleman walked halfway and turned back, saying that he wanted to finish today's homework with Miss first!"

"Ah, it's over, if the teacher finds out that I'm not studying, he will definitely scold me again, it's miserable, Brother Xiaoyang, I'm leaving, I'll go first!" As soon as he heard that his teacher was back, Gu Qing felt that his scalp was numb for a while, this father invited back from the Jixia School Palace to teach is strict, if he is found out that he is not studying, he promises to scold himself to a bloody meal, she has been scolded a lot before, and sometimes she has to be beaten, this old master uses the whip to whip people, but he does not pity the jade at all.

"Go, go, go!"

Looking at the distant back, and looking at the flowers in his hands, people are just as beautiful as flowers.