Li Ze lowered his head and ate silently. There are more than a dozen large plates and small bowls on the table, but they are basically vegetarian dishes, and the only few meat dishes are almost all placed on Li Ze's side.

The mother and son, who should have been affectionate, were so cold and indifferent, and the two big girls seemed to be commonplace, Xia He didn't have anything to say, but Xia Zhu picked up the soup bowl on the table, scooped a small bowl of milky white crucian carp soup for Li Ze, and whispered: "Young master, this is the wild crucian carp sent from outside in the morning, and it has been simmered over low heat for a long time. This is the lady herself in the room staring at the simmer, can you taste it? ”

Hearing Xia Zhu's words, Li Ze's heart was hot, and he looked up at his mother, but saw that Mrs. Wang was still cold and cold, and she didn't raise her eyelids, but she still didn't look at him, just took a bamboo shoot, put it in her mouth and chewed it slowly. The hot current that had just surged up in Li Ze's heart seemed to be splashed down by a basin of cold water, and it shrank back with a snort.

"Thank you, Mother!" He said dryly.

Mrs. Wang on the opposite side glanced up at him, the two looked at each other, and Mrs. Wang immediately turned her gaze again.

Li Ze looked at his mother opposite in a daze with a bowl, others said that his son was the meat of his mother's heart, but in his reflection, since he could remember, his mother was very cold to him. Most of the time, his mother's eyes looked at him as much as the one just now, with pity, love, and nostalgia, but Li Ze also saw disgust and hatred in that look.

He really couldn't figure out what it was for.

I've always been a good baby. The other children in Zhuangzi went up the mountain to catch birds, went down to the river to fish, and since they were sensible, they began to learn all kinds of rules and disciplines, read books, practice martial arts, and their daily schedules were full. Twice a day, the morning and dusk are fixed, no matter whether it is windy or rainy, or hot and cold, it has never stopped. is really a model among filial sons, but no matter what he does, in exchange for his mother's coldness.

While drinking the delicious wild crucian carp soup, Li Ze tried hard to recall in his mind the last time he saw his mother laughing, but after thinking about it for a while, he found nothing, and his heart was even more depressed. He drank the soup in one gulp, put the bowl on the table, stood up, and said, "Mother, I'm full." ”

Mrs. Wang raised her head and stared at Li Ze for a while, as if she wanted to say something, but her lips squirmed a few times, and finally she didn't say anything, just nodded and said lightly: "Since you are full, let's go!" ”

Li Ze was angry in his heart, what was full, he only ate a few bites of a bowl of rice, where is most of the bowl left at the moment, at his age, it is the time to eat long rice, such a small bowl, even if he eats four or five bowls in one go, it is only a full. He thought that his mother would persuade him to eat more, but he got such a sentence in exchange.

"Mother, rest, the child will go out first." Bent down and bowed to Wang, and without waiting for Wang's answer, he turned around and walked out, and Xia He hurriedly followed.

Behind her, Mrs. Wang stared closely at her son's back, her eyes slightly red, as if tears were gathering in them, but she didn't say anything after all.

"Madame!" Xia Zhu whispered.

Mrs. Wang shook her head, picked up the bowl, and chewed the rice in small bites, Xia Zhu's eyes were sharp, and she only saw that in Mrs. Wang's lowered eyes, there seemed to be tears dropping into the bowl.

The relationship between the mother and son is so strange that people are completely confused.

Li Ze, who walked out of the Meditation Pavilion, suddenly stopped in the middle of the corridor, he had walked very fast before, and at this time he stopped when he said to stop, Xia He, who was desperately chasing him with the corner of his skirt, was careless, and hit his head on his back, Li Ze did not move at all, but Xia He was a backward back, if Li Ze hadn't grabbed her wrist, she would have almost fallen on a back.

"Xia He, you say, am I born to my mother?" Li Ze asked suddenly.

Xia He's eyes widened, and his face was incredible: "What did you say, of course, you were born by your wife, it was Mama Xia who delivered the baby herself, my mother was a rough girl in the Meditation Pavilion back then, and I told the slave maid that when my lord was born, the crying was so loud that the whole backyard could hear it." ”

Li Ze sighed, Xia He has been by his side for almost ten years, when he was five years old, Xia He was selected to serve by his side, and Xia He was only about seven years old at that time. At the age of seven, he has already begun to remember.

"Since I am my own, why is my mother so cold to me, even if I rush to slap her again, I can't get even a word of warmth and warmth?" Li Ze asked.

Xia He's eyes widened, and she didn't know why for this question. "Master, Mrs. Xingxu is a little colder, you are Mrs.'s only son, how can you not hurt? It's just hidden in my heart. Look at today, that can of soup has been boiling for a long time, and it was Mrs. herself staring at it. ”

Li Ze sighed: "You don't understand, mother's eyes, hey, you don't understand either, it's not a mother's eyes looking at her son." ”

Xia He looked at Li Ze and fell silent.

The two walked out along the corridor one after the other, and it took a long time for Xia He to say, "Since the young master is puzzled, why don't you find an opportunity to ask Mama Xia?" ”

"Why haven't you asked?" Li Ze sighed: "But Mama Xia seems to be a saw-mouthed gourd, three sticks can't hit a fart, so I'm in a hurry, just say a word to ask Madame!" She is close to her mother, is it possible that she can still use a strong one? ”

"So Mama Xia must know the inside story?" Xia Ho Road.

"She's sure she knows, but she just won't say it." Li Ze said a little annoyed, the two of them walked away from the Ming Book Garden, and they heard the laughter of Tu Lichun and others coming from the other end of the left wing, Li Ze waved his hand, signaled Xia He to go back to the room first, turned around and walked over, pushed open the door, but saw Tu Lichun and several other guards munching according to the case, compared to the coldness of their mother and son, it was in full swing here. There are not many dishes on the table, three meats, three vegetables and one soup, but they are all held in a large bowl that is not much smaller than the basin, and the amount is sufficient.

Seeing Li Ze come in, the laughter in the room immediately quieted down, and everyone stood up and looked at Li Ze.

"Why did the young master come back so early?" Tu Lichun asked a little strangely.

Li Ze waved his hand, sat down at the table, and as soon as he reached out and tore off a chicken leg from the big bowl in front of him, he put it in his mouth and chewed it.

Tu Lichun and several guards all blinked and looked at Li Ze strangely, didn't they go to the back housewife to eat? How can you come back like a starving ghost after eating? However, this group of people have extremely good professional qualities, and although they are strange in their hearts, they don't ask a word in their mouths.

"What are you doing watching me sit down and eat, big guy? If you can't look at me, you'll be able to see you full, I'm not so stumbling, am I? Li Ze chewed the chicken leg while muttering vaguely.

The guards in the house all laughed, Li Ze not only did not look good, but he was a talent, but such a serious joke was the most funny, and their master, who was the best at this set, often came up with a sentence coldly, which made everyone laugh.

The son they protect has no shelf, is approachable, and there have been many times in the past to eat at the same table with everyone like this, but with this master, they really can't let go, after all, drinking and bragging and telling some meat jokes is a set meal, and this fourteen-year-old master sits here, but he really can't let go. So, no matter how approachable the master is, they still don't want to sit and eat together.

Li Ze was also very self-aware, after eating two chicken legs, he reached out and picked up a bowl of wine, put it between his nose and sniffed it, sighed and put it back, which made Tu Lichun breathe a sigh of relief. This master is still young, if he is angry, such a bowl of wine will dry, maybe he will fall, and then Xia He in this master's house will have to block everyone's door and scold everyone.

Li Ze doesn't scold much, but Xia Heke is very tight, often he is unforgiving, and one mouth can make a lot of big men embarrassed.

"You can use it for yourselves, Tu Lichun, see you in the small school in an hour." Li Ze waved his hand at Tu Lichun, went out of the door, and walked towards his main house with his hands in his hands.

Stepping into the door, Xia He, who came back first, had already prepared his regular home clothes, and according to Li Ze's usual habits, he had already prepared a book and pen and ink.

"What about Mr. Gongsun? Haven't come over yet? Li Ze asked.

Xia He smiled bitterly, "I just sent someone to invite him, but Mr. Gongsun got drunk at noon, and he is still lying on the couch, saying that he has a splitting headache, and he won't come today." ”

Li Zeho smiled: "But forget it." ”

"Did you invite a gentleman to come over, or did you invite an ancestor to come over?" Xia He said dissatisfiedly: "It's been three months since I came, and I have lectured for you no more than five times in the master's study, is there such a gentleman?" ”

Li Ze said lightly: "People have learned the Tu Lichun technique, and some are Ling Yunzhi, even if they have to hide now that they are in trouble and down, it is impossible to look down on people like me, probably because they think that teaching me is a complete waste of time." ”

Xia He was furious, "This dead old man has such a mind? When I got back, I told the kitchen to cook some pig food for him to eat every day, and to get him some swill to drink, to see if he was still uncomfortable. ”

"He's the one the master put here, he won't stay long, and he will leave as soon as the limelight passes, why do you bother to offend him? I don't think he's a generous person, if you mutter a few words to you in front of the lord after gaining power, you will be miserable, you have been by my side for almost ten years, I can't bear you. Ignore him, don't teach him, don't teach, your lord and I are a genius in Tianzhong, born to know, I can understand it without him teaching me, and when the time comes, I will be shocked by his eyes. Li Ze said with a smile.

Xia He also laughed out loud as he amused him.