Chapter 141: News
When Xiao Yao celebrated her birthday, the spring festival was over, and just when she thought she could go home soon, Old Man Tong ruthlessly splashed a basin of cold water.
"Do you think you'll be fine after spring? Then you are very wrong, you will have to take the temple examination in April, and then you will have to wait for the appointment, and your grandfather will reckon that your brother will find time to pick you up in the winter. Old Man Tong said half-coaxing, half-jokingly.
"No, it won't." After a short period of panic, Xiao Yao calmed down, she believed that even if the second brother didn't have time to pick up the two of them, her father would not let her really live in Suzhou for a year.
"Ping'an, this is figured out, you have to stay, right?" The old man Tong, who thought that he had coaxed and persuaded his granddaughter, thought complacently, Jiang is still old and spicy, how can a child be able to fight against his old rivers and lakes!
"If my second brother doesn't have time, my father will come, even if my father doesn't have time, the third uncle won't ignore me and Ruyi." Grandfather, I'm afraid your little abacus won't work this time, Xiao Yao has a hunch that someone will come to pick her and her sister up in less than a month.
"Maybe the people in Kyoto have forgotten about you and left you in Suzhou!" Old man Tong continued to coax his granddaughter.
"Daddy will never leave me alone, where to find a sensible and well-behaved child like me, you say!"
"Yes! Who will have a naughty little girl like you, who has a lot of ghost ideas, and such a little girl will scare away many good boys in the future. ”
"Whoever scares about them is scared away! I can be with my grandparents, my parents, and my parents forever. "Rather than marrying someone you don't know and don't understand in the future, it's better to keep your family, although this possibility is almost zero, Xiao Yao really thinks like this at this moment.
"You two stop it, the old one is disrespectful to the old, and the small one is not covered, if this is listened to by outsiders, see how you explain it." Mrs. Tong is going to be saddened to death by this old man.
"I still have a game to read, so I'll go first." Seeing that the situation was not good, Old Man Tong resolutely slipped away.
Xiao Yao had no choice but to take the initiative to admit her mistake, although she didn't think she was at fault.
"Grandmother, don't be angry, I'll be obedient in the future." Xiao Yao immediately guaranteed it.
"You!" Just like her daughter said, Ping An this child, can't be beaten, and scolded. As a relative, she was tempered by her in the end, and in the end, the only thing left was to love her, spoil her, and let her "do nonsense".
"Don't listen to your grandfather." This child should not be influenced by her husband's fallacies, or she will become a sinner.
"Is there anything else you'd like to visit? Your cousin hasn't been busy lately and asked him to take you and Ruyi for a walk. ”
"Is it okay if you go outside Suzhou?" The city of Suzhou has almost been visited, and Xiao Yao yearns to go farther away.
"I'll ask your second cousin tonight when he will take a break, and let the two of them accompany you to Hanshan Temple together."
"Hanshan Temple outside Gusu City?" Xiao Yao asked casually.
"Where did you hear that?" The words were quite smooth, and Mrs. Tong doted on her granddaughter's little nose.
Xiao Yao secretly stuck out her tongue, this sentence was not said by herself, but it was able to successfully change the topic and make her grandmother forget what happened just now, which can be regarded as achieving her goal.
After returning from Hanshan Temple, Xiao Yao received a very thick reply letter from Kyoto, half or more of which was used by Xiao Jingkang and Xiao Jun to tell their thoughts about their daughter (sister), they raised their hands in favor of Xiao Yao's idea of returning to Kyoto, and said that when they waited until April, even if Xiao Yi did not come, the Xiao family would send someone to pick up the two of them.
"I'd like to see who it's in." In terms of unreasonableness, General Xiao and Old Man Tong must be comparable.
"No matter who comes, you are not allowed to use the identity of the elders to oppress people, Ping An and Ruyi have lived in Suzhou for a few months, how can such a young child miss home, you can't just think about yourself, not for the sake of other people's parents." Mrs. Tong was afraid that her husband's stubborn temper would come up and ignore it, so she patiently persuaded her.
"If I have a granddaughter, do I need to envy Lao Xiao? It's all to blame Jin Sheng and Jin Xiu, who gave birth to three stinky boys, but they didn't give birth to a little girl. Tong Jinsheng and Tong Jinxiu, who were innocently lying on the gun, quickly apologized to their grandfather and promised that they would definitely try to fulfill his old man's wishes. Hearing his grandson's assurance, Old Man Tong's face softened slightly, which means that he would not prevent his granddaughter from returning to Beijing again, which made Mrs. Tong and Xiao Yao's mood relax at the same time, the fruits of victory are not easy to come by!
"My cousin-in-law will take you to choose some clothes and jewelry tomorrow, and when you come to Suzhou, you will always return the glorious clothes of your sisters to your aunt." Qian took the opportunity to change the topic, she also wanted to give birth to a girl like Ping'an, but this does not mean that there will be soon, it is impossible for her grandfather to mention it today, and she will be able to give birth tomorrow.
"Ruyi and I are also trying to bring back some clothes and Suzhou embroidery to give away, since we came to Suzhou, we haven't visited the silk village and embroidery workshop, and the two of us haven't spent half a penny" The biggest problem was solved, and Xiao Yao was also in the mood to joke.
"You child, how can you two spend your own money here with your grandmother, tomorrow whatever you like can be bought, it will all be your grandmother's." Mrs. Tong said magnificently.
"If your granddaughter only has a hundred taels of silver, she will definitely listen to you." After saying this, Xiao Yao took out a few silver tickets from her purse, and Mrs. Tong counted them in her hand, and was instantly stunned.
"Haven't you seen silver?" It's just a few silver tickets, as for the surprise? Old man Tong felt that his wife's performance was very shameless.
"Peace, who gave you these silver tickets?" Tong Fu hopes that his granddaughter will give a reasonable explanation.
"Some of them were given by my grandmother and her old man, some of them were given by my father when I came, just to keep them for shopping, and some of them were given by my grandfather when he was at home, and that's about it." After explaining...... Bah...... After explaining, Xiao Yao looked at Mrs. Tong, what do you mean by asking, are you still afraid that they are coming from an unknown source?
"Do you know how much it is?" Mrs. Tong shook the silver ticket in her hand and asked.
"About five thousand taels." Xiao Yao replied blandly.
Who would give a seven-year-old, no, when they came to Suzhou, their granddaughter was only six years old, and they didn't worry about accidents when they went out with so much silver? I went back and wrote a letter to my daughter to persuade her that it is okay to spoil children, but it may not be a good thing to be too doting. Maybe even the daughter didn't know that the child was carrying thousands of taels of silver, because General Xiao and his aunt would never give a peace silver ticket in front of his daughter, and if his daughter knew, he would definitely stop it.
"Your Xiao family is really rich." Old Man Tong also opened his mouth wide when he heard this number.
Xiao Yao was afraid that the two old men would not be able to stand the stimulation, otherwise she would like to tell them that she had already spent some of it, otherwise it would be more than now.
The next day, Xiao Yao used the silver ticket in her hand as she wished, in the words of Old Man Tong, "The Xiao family is willing to let Ping An lose, why should we stop it, when they can't afford to raise Ping'an, she will automatically and consciously find it back." ”
Xiao Yuan is not very interested in dressing, most of her mind is spent on finding where to eat and have fun.
After shopping for most of the morning, Xiao Yao bought a lot of brocade with novel patterns, various Suzhou embroidery products, and gadgets unique to the south. Several people have been walking for so long, tired and hungry, Xiao Yuan proposed to find a restaurant to sit in at this time, mainly to rest their feet, and solve the problem of food and clothing by the way.
When they were full of wine and food, a man with a rough voice and a bold voice was telling the people next to him: "That old general from Kyoto is really brave, he captured the leader of the other party alive when the enemy was outnumbered, but the battle was too tragic, and it is said that many people died..."
"Excuse me, uncle, is the old general you said in Kyoto surnamed Xiao?" Xiao Yao ran to the man who spoke in three steps and two steps, she wanted to know if the "general from Kyoto" was her grandfather.
The boasting man heard that someone interrupted him, and just wanted to get angry, but turned his head and saw that the troublemaker was actually a little girl who looked like a little fairy, and the dirty words that came to his mouth couldn't be said anymore, and the big man with a tiger's back suddenly became dumb and could only scratch his head.
"Don't be nervous, I just want to know what the old general's last name is, it would be better if you had other news, I can invite you to drink, as long as you can tell me how the old general is doing." Xiao Yao looked up at each other, she hadn't heard from her grandfather for a long time, and there was no mention of it in the letter from Kyoto, and it was because of this that she was more and more worried about her grandfather and two uncles.
"Little ...... Little girl, it's not that I don't want to tell you, I also listened to others, and as for the name of the general, I don't know it, I'm sorry. Dahan felt very sorry and told Xiao Yao the truth.
"Are you talking about what happened in the Northwest Frontier?" Xiao Yao asked in a different way.
"Yes." Although it was hearsay, he remembered this very clearly.
"Then it should be, you just said that the battle was fierce, so do you know that there are generals who are injured? What are their last names and what are they called. Now Xiao Yao not only wants to hear the news of her grandfather and second uncle, but is also afraid of hearing that they are injured, and her heart is entangled.
"Don't worry, the old general has been on the battlefield for a long time, and he will definitely be fine." I don't know if it's a coincidence or a chance encounter, the little prodigy of the Tang family suddenly appeared in the restaurant.
"Really?" Xiao Yao turned her head and asked Tang Hao, she was not interested in the person who spoke, only this comforting sentence was what she wanted to hear most at this moment.
"It's true." Tang Hao saw Xiao Yao's helpless and confused eyes, and was very distressed, this little girl should live a carefree life, and she shouldn't suffer any grievances, because she was frightened, and her injured expression was too distressing.
"Thank you." Xiao Yao also knew that the other party was comforting herself, so she politely expressed her gratitude.
No...... You're welcome. Tang Hao said with difficulty, Miss Xiao actually said a few words to herself, and Tang Hao was a little fluttery.
"Cousin, it's time for us to go back." Qian picked up Xiao Yao and deliberately bypassed Tang Hao, turned around and walked out, this little son of the Tang family must have appeared in the restaurant on purpose, just to find a chance to get close to his cousin, the hateful stinky boy, and the prodigy! It's a bummer.