Chapter 42: Clearing
Li Xin briefly said what happened. Su Qi heard that Ling'er escaped from the Qinglou, and thought that when he was ten years old, his parents died and he was sold to the Qinglou.
She felt empathy, her eyes were full of tears, and she was at a loss when she saw where Ling'er was standing timidly. walked forward, grabbed Ling'er and said, "Good boy, this will be your home in the future." ”
Seeing that Su Qi was gentle and considerate, Ling'er threw herself into Su Qi's arms and cried.
"Good boy, don't cry, don't cry! You have nowhere to go now, so rest assured that you will live here, I will be your mother in the future, and my mother will not let you suffer hardship. Su Qi stroked Ling'er's face and said gently, a few more tears rolled out of her eyes.
turned his head and said to Li Xin: "Xin'er, Ling'er will be your sister in the future, don't bully her." ”
"Mother, no, how can I say that I am also a brother, and she is a sister." Li Xin was not convinced.
"What's wrong, she's ten years old, you're eight years old. Of course she's an older sister. ”
"Mother, what do you think, according to the order of entry, I've been here for eight years, and she just came, of course I'm my brother, and she's my sister." Li Xin argued. He doesn't want to have an older sister, many sisters like to bully their younger brothers the most, and they often hold up their sister's shelves to teach their younger brothers. When the younger sister is almost the same, everything is the final word of the elder brother.
"Nonsense, that's what you said." After speaking, Su Qi was also amused by Li Xin's words.
Ling'er's cheeks had just been swollen by the man, and half a day had passed, and at this time she had disappeared a lot, only to hear her say: "Mother! Brother! She was a little shy and didn't dare to look at Li Xin.
Su Qi glared at Li Xin and said softly to Ling'er: "Good, good daughter!" ”
Li Xin saw that the two mother and daughter were in deep love, so he set himself aside and secretly slandered himself. felt that Su Qi's love was too overflowing, and he used to recognize Meixiu as his daughter, but now he recognizes another daughter. It seems that there are more and more of his sisters. If it goes on like this, how can I get it?
With Ling'er, Li Xin is actually very happy. Su Qi has always been around him and Cui Jiu, Li Xin is too young, and Cui Jiu's identity is slightly embarrassing. Sometimes Su Qi wanted to find someone to talk about his thoughts, talk about his depressed feelings, but he couldn't find the right person.
Ling'er's arrival can not only help Su Qi do some work, but also accompany her to talk, which is a good start.
It can be seen that Ling'er is also an empathetic girl, and she will walk the rivers and lakes by herself in the future, and she will be a lot more relieved to have her by Su Qi's side.
Li Xin thought of the task given to him by Cui Jiu, although he couldn't complete it successfully, no matter what, he had to go on an errand. said to Su Qi: "Mother, I'm going to find Uncle Nine." ”
Su Qi nodded and said, "Don't forget to call Uncle Nine over for dinner." Today Ling'er arrived on the first day, and in the evening we ate wild boar. He patted Ling'er again and said, "Good daughter, I'll take you to the bath." ”
Li Xin smiled mischievously: "Every time a little girl comes, our family will definitely eat wild boar." Hahaha......"
Su Qi said angrily: "Just your poor mouth, don't leave quickly." ”
Ling'er raised her head a little embarrassed, glanced at Li Xin, her face was flushed, she lowered her head, and said to Su Qi like a mosquito: "Okay, mother." ”
Su Qi saw Ling'er's flushed face and said secretly: "The little girl is ten years old, she won't fall in love with my family Xin'er." Glanced at Li Xin meaningfully, of course Li Xin understood what Su Qi meant, and rolled his eyes, mother, she is only ten years old, and I am only eight years old, are you thinking too much?
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Seeing Cui Jiu, where he sat and pondered.
Li Xin gently put the bamboo tube containing sorghum wine on the table next to him, and without speaking, he stood next to Cui Jiu.
After half a salary, Cui Jiu came back to his senses, saw Li Xin, and nodded: "The wine is back?" ”
"Yes." Li Xin nodded, a little discouraged, and could only say "en".
Cui Jiu asked, "What's wrong?" ”
Li Xin told the old woman who met today that she gave her two steamed buns, and the money was not enough, so she only played eight cents of wine.
Cui Jiu asked again why he came back this night.
Li Xin saved Ling'er again, and asked Cui Jiu to help collect the old woman's body tomorrow.
After listening to Li Xin's speech, Cui Jiu was noncommittal. just said: "When you are sixteen years old, are you willing to go to Tianhe Town to be a junior for three months?" ”
Li Xin was stunned for a moment and said, "Little Er? Is it miscellaneous? ”
"Yes."
"Why?"
"Don't ask why, if you want to. This is a condition for learning martial arts. ”
"Meaning I passed the test?"
"Yes."
"The old woman and Ling'er, and the big man were arranged by you?"
"It's not." Cui Jiu said with certainty.
Li Xin couldn't figure it out, since it wasn't arranged by Cui Jiu, then all this was a coincidence. Isn't it too easy to pass the test like this?
Cui Jiu saw Li Xin's doubts and said, "In addition to letting you go to drink, asking the owner of the wine shop to let you change the sorghum wine to Baogu wine is one of our tests. None of what you just said was in my plan. But in life, unexpected situations are inevitable, and you do a good job. These coincidences are better than the tests I designed. ”
Li Xin said secretly: "No wonder Li Mango has been persuading himself to exchange sorghum wine for grain wine, it turns out that this is the real test of going to wine." ”
Cui Jiudao: "Yesterday I said that you will be tested for your character, perseverance, and luck, and judging from what you have done today, there is more to the test than these." So you passed, do you understand why? ”
Of course, Li Xin understands that he is a time-traveler. If these things can't be summed up in a few key words, it doesn't seem like he's an idiot.
Sending the old woman and Ling'er steamed buns reflects Li Xin's character and kindness;
did not replace sorghum wine because Baogu wine was cheap, reflecting Li Xin's original intention to resist temptation;
In the process of rescuing Ling'er, in order to find an opportunity, Li Xin controlled his emotions well and waited for the best opportunity, reflecting his endurance;
stunned the big man, reflecting Li Xin's courage.
These are beyond the scope of Cui Jiu's desire to test Li Xin. So Cui Jiu jumped directly to the last condition.
Li Xin is overjoyed, being a junior for three months, is a junior and not a junior, what are you afraid of? This condition is too simple, although I don't understand Cui Jiu's intentions, but I think Cui Jiu will not arrange it for no reason. Maybe I went to Tianhe Town yesterday for this purpose. Whatever, let's learn martial arts first.
Thinking of this, Li Xin immediately agreed.
"You can start learning martial arts tomorrow." In the end, Cui Jiu sighed again: "To be honest, I don't know if it's right or wrong to let you learn martial arts, since the matter of Ling'er appeared in the test, it means that your martial arts learning is arranged by God." Anyway, learn martial arts and do what you have to do. ”
Cui Jiu has always had concerns about teaching Li Xin martial arts, and Li Xin has long seen it, but he doesn't know where his worries come from? Cui Jiu is right, I'll talk about it later.
At dinner, Ling'er had already washed and cleaned, and she really relied on clothes and horses to rely on saddles. Changed into Su Qi's clothes, the clothes were too big to see the figure, but the facial features were fresh and refined, no wonder the people in Qinglou chased her so far and took her back, in a word: the potential stock of the beauty world.
When eating, Ling'er ran up and down, serving dishes, and was very happy. When she was ready to move the chopsticks, Ling'er stood next to her and didn't serve the table. Su Qi called her to sit down and eat.
"You eat first, and when you're done, I'm eating." Ling'er said.
"Sit, sit, we don't have that rule in our house." Su Qidao.
Li Xin also said: "You are all called mother, and you are not a maid." Sit down, if you don't sit, my mother won't let us eat, I'm so hungry that I can't hold chopsticks. ”
Cui Jiu also signaled, and Ling'er sat down to eat.
Ling'er sat on the bench with half her butt and ate it carefully, Su Qi saw that Ling'er was shy, and sandwiched two pieces of wild boar meat in Ling'er's bowl.
"Eat quickly, eat quickly, if you don't eat again, they will all be eaten up by the two of them." Su Qi's rare humor, and the relaxed atmosphere was mobilized by her at once.
Ling'er had never enjoyed such a relaxed environment, and secretly swore in her heart that she must be filial to Su Qi, and it was she who allowed her to have a new home again. You must take care of Li Xin, it is he who has allowed him to live again.