Chapter Twenty-Six: A Mess of Emotion
Just after noon, the maid Wanxiang came slowly with a cup of tea, and said softly: "Childe has worked hard in class, drink a cup of tea to refresh yourself!" β
Mo Fei smiled slightly, took the fragrant and reddish-brown tea, took a sip and sighed: "It's so fragrant!" β
Wan Xiang nodded: "Of course, this is the first-class Qi Hongli!" β
Hearing this, Mo Fei raised his eyebrows and leaned over, sniffing deeply in front of Wanxiang's face: "I'm referring to you... I didn't expect my evening girl to be so fragrant not only at night, but also during the day! β
"Shameless!" The pear blossom on the side suddenly snorted coldly. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ο½iqugeγ ο½ο½fo
Mo Fei was used to being scolded by Pear Blossom as shameless, so he wasn't very angry, but Wan Xiang's face turned red suddenly, and he whispered: "Childe, you are making fun of others again - ignore you." Then he turned to Li Baoyu and bowed: "Sir, my wife said that the meal will be opened soon, please come over for dinner." After saying that, he grimaced at Mo Fei again, and then left with a smile.
Zhu Mang kept looking at the back of Wanxiang until it gradually disappeared, and finally muttered to himself: "This girl, I like..."
Subsequently, Li Baoyu finally got up and announced the end of class. Mo Fei was overjoyed when he heard this, and turned around to run away, but he hurriedly stopped him.
"Xiao Fei, don't be in a hurry to leave, you have to arrange your homework!"
"Ahh Mo Fei said depressedly.
"How's that going to work? The ancients said: Isn't it pleasant to learn and learn from time to time? So homework is still a must! Well, you can re-write the knowledge that the old man said in the afternoon! Li Baoyu paused, looked up at Mo Fei with a displeased expression, and continued: "Xiao Fei! You just go to class in the morning, do your homework in the afternoon, review it, that's all... Don't you think that I am already very merciful? β
Mo Fei groaned and walked in front of Li Baoyu, and whispered: "Master Bao, Xiao Fei thinks you should be a little more merciful!" β
Li Baoyu thoughtfully: "What do you say? β
Could it be that he had heard that Qingcheng's Huamanlou was good, why don't I invite Bao Ye to drink flower wine, and then find a few girls to talk about life and ideals?" β
Li Baoyu's eyes lit up, and he put his right hand on his cheek and said, "This can be had!" β
Mo Fei blinked: "You can't have the homework you have to do that afternoon!" β
Li Baoyu pretended to be a little embarrassed and said: "Homework is inevitable, because your parents said that they would take the time to conduct surprise inspections!" Butβ" Li Baoyu coughed dryly and looked at Zhu Mang.
Zhu Mang was shocked, and blurted out: "Master Bao, you know me, my words can see people?" β
Li Baoyu thought to herself, and then walked up to the pear blossom with a spring breeze on her face, and said cordially: "Little pear, the sauce-flavored pig's trotters in Piaoxianglou, do you still want to eat it?" β
Pear Blossom was overjoyed when she heard this, and the chick nodded again and again as if she was pecking rice.
Li Baoyu smiled: "Then Xiao Fei's homework in the afternoon, you will help you copy it!" β
ββ¦β¦ Li Baoyu, your conscience is greatly broken! Lihua knew that her grandfather didn't have any good intentions, so she jumped up and pointed at Li Baoyu's nose and said angrily.
"But the sauce-flavored pig's trotters are not bad, and the taste is really ...... So you're saying yes? Or do you say yes? Or do you say yes? Li Baoyu stroked his beard and said lightly.
As soon as Pear Blossom heard the word pig's trotters, she kept swallowing her saliva, and after a struggle with her expression, she reluctantly replied: "I want three!! β
"Deal!"
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After lunch, Mo Fei asked Li Baoyu to wait in Qingliang Pavilion for a while, and he went straight to his father's study, and went straight to the point when he opened his mouth, talking about the silver last night.
Inexplicably, he took out four ingots of silver and pushed them in front of Mo Fei: "Ten taels per ingot, a total of forty taels of silver, take it or not!" β
Mo Fei was stunned at first, then stretched out four fingers and shook them in front of his father, and smiled: "Father and others!" Isn't it---the four hundred taels that were promised? β
After hearing it inexplicably, he was stunned for a while: "What four hundred taels?" Fei'er, are you mistaken? β
Mo Fei shook his head and categorically vetoed: "How can this be wrong!!" At the banquet last night, you first stretched out a finger and said that you were willing to pay 100 taels for hush money, and the child asked you for 500 taels, and finally bargained for 400 taels. β
Inexplicably, he suddenly laughed: "Completely wrong! Here's what happened - my father's finger clearly meant ten taels of silver. But then you stretched out five fingers, and the feeling was that ten taels was a bit much, as long as five taels of silver. Father thought to himself, I can't let you blow too much, so he stretched out three fingers and expressed his willingness to add it to thirty taels. Later, you seemed to understand your father's good intentions, and our father and son finally reached an agreement on forty taels of silver. β
Mo Fei opened his mouth wide and was speechless for a long time, and finally said indignantly: "Father, are you a little too shameless to be so cheating?" β
Inexplicably not angry, he squinted his eyes slightly: "Your shameless appearance also has the charm of a father!" β
"I'm speechless..."Mo Fei angrily grabbed the four ingots of silver on the table, turned around and was about to leave, but heard his father's voice behind him.
"Fei'er! The key to the treasury is placed in your mother's place, and there is plenty of money in it, but whether you want it or not depends on your ability. β
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In the bamboo garden, Xie Qing was collecting shoes in the bedroom.
Mo Fei walked in, smiled and saluted respectfully to his mother beside the bed: "Mother, what are you busy with!" β
Xie Qing smiled knowingly, put down the needle and thread in his hand, picked up a pair of brand-new shoes, pulled Mo Fei to sit, and said softly: "It's a coincidence that Fei'er came, my mother just gave you new shoes, you can try the right size." β
Mo Fei obediently put on new shoes, and walked back and forth, and praised for a while: "It's very comfortable, and my mother's craftsmanship is good." β
"Look at your sweet mouth! Say, what's the matter with coming to my mother? Xie Qing said with a smile.
"Mother, the child will go down the mountain later, but what about ......"
"It's not asking for money, is it?" Xie Qing looked at Mo Fei's appearance of wanting to speak and stopped, and couldn't help asking.
Mo Fei nodded silently.
Because, what happened after going down the mountain for the first time the day before yesterday, Zhang Hu just chose to tell him in detail, so Xie Qing didn't know very well.
Now when he heard that he was here to ask for money, Xie Qing immediately showed an unbelievable look, and looked at Mo Fei with wide eyes: "But the day before yesterday, when you went down the mountain, I gave you a hundred taels!" One hundred taels... Already all spent? β
"Actually, it's not that I've spent it, I've just been deceived by someone, after I went down the mountain with Uncle Tiger that day, I met ......" Naturally, there was no need to say anything about being deceived by Li Baoyu, but he just casually told another lie, and he easily deceived his mother.
Xie Qing pondered for a moment, stood up, and said with a slightly serious expression: "Fei'er, there is indeed money in the treasury, but this money is sealed for emergencies and cannot be moved." Your father also made it clear that it can only be used under a few circumstances, such as the payment of tens of thousands of soldiers and soldiers in Qinglong Pass at the end of each month; and in times of natural disasters, disaster relief for displaced people; There is also the fact that whenever a heroic soldier falls on the battlefield in order to defend his family and country, it is used as a pension for the bereaved family members...... We also have to raise the children of those heroes, and this is also the responsibility of your father as their commander...... Fei'er, your father is a real man who stands up to the sky, so you can't spend as much money as those rich kids! β
After hearing this, Mo Fei's face was immediately full of shame, and he bowed his head and said, "Mother, the child is wrong!" β
Xie Qing gently patted Mo Fei's shoulder: "Fei'er, my mother is not teaching you a lesson, after all, everyone has been young and vigorous." My mother just hopes that when you are in your prime of life, you will not go astray. β
"Mother, the child won't, don't worry!" Mo Fei helped Xie Qing to sit down, and his eyes were very firm and assured.
"Mother can naturally trust you." Xie Qing smiled.
"Then the boy took his leave." I had to get up and leave.
Xie Qing suddenly stopped Mo Fei and said, "Wait! Then he took out a silver ticket with a denomination of fifty taels from under the bed and handed it over: "Take it!" β
"Mother, I'm sorryβ"
"This is my mother's private money, not in the treasury, take it. And - the mother has not finished speaking, in fact, there is another situation where the money in the treasury can be used, and that is - when you need to use the money. β
"Huh?" I was a little surprised.
"You heard it right! But there is a premise, that money cannot be used for misconduct, but for the right way, for doing great things, doing good deeds, and so on. If this is the case, as long as you open your mouth, your father and I will definitely answer your request. β
After listening, he didn't speak for a long time, and his heart was already moved.