Chapter Eighty-Six: My Words, My Paintings
It's good to know the name!
Miao Hong felt that although he was not a proud protΓ©gΓ© that the teachers liked, he was not annoying, besides, because he often fed wild cats, for fear that those wild cats would bore the masters and mothers-in-law in the academy, so he consciously helped the gardeners repair the flowers and trees, helped the mother-in-law to clean up, and occasionally heard the mother-in-law and the florists gossip about the masters of the academy, so he wanted to say that he could find out whose daughter this Xiuxiu was from the mouths of those mothers-in-law, and then he found a mother-in-law to help inform Xiuxiu's family to take people back.
At this time, the sky was full of dark clouds, and it seemed that it was about to rain. Miao Hong was worried that Miss Xiuxiu would be drenched, and remembered that there was a low canopy made of wood and stone not far ahead, which he had built to shelter wild cats from the wind and rain.
He watched Miss Xiuxiu get into the tent, and repeatedly told her not to run around, and then ran back to the academy.
It's a pity that he asked a few mothers-in-law one after another, and they didn't even know which girl's name was Xiuxiu, not only didn't they know, but they also pulled Miao Hong's sleeve and teased him: "Young Master Miao, you are a girl who has fallen in love with other people, and you want your aunt to be a matchmaker for you, right?" β
Miao Hong's face was red, and he fled.
Just when Master Liu was passing by, he saw Miao Hong, and said, "The old man remembers that your handwriting is good, come and help the old man carve the scroll." β
Miao Hong was caught by Liu Fuzi, carved ten test papers, and was so tired that she was dizzy before she was released by Liu Fuzi.
It was pouring rain outside, it was already dark, Miao Hong's stomach was grunting with hunger, he patted his head and secretly screamed that it was not good, that girl was still waiting for him in the tent!
He held an umbrella, took a dead wind lamp, and went to the small hill outside the back wall, but fortunately, halfway through, the rain stopped, but the mountain road was muddy, and Miao Hong took a lot of effort to come to the low tent.
The Xiuxiu girl curled up inside, trembling with fright.
"I'm sorry I ...... something"
Before he finished speaking, Miss Xiuxiu cried out: "Scared, Xiuxiu is afraid." β
So that night, Miao Hong didn't go back to the academy, he and Xiuxiu, one was inside the tent, the other was outside the tent, one was asleep, and the other didn't dare to close his eyes all night.
As soon as the sky was bright, Miao Hong woke up Xiuxiu, since she couldn't find out where Xiuxiu's family was in the academy, she simply found a place to settle Xiuxiu first.
He knocked on Aunt Chang's door with Xiuxiu.
Aunt Chang originally helped cook in the big kitchen of the academy, and opened a shop near this last year, selling wonton dumplings, originally a family of three lived in the shop, and her daughter got married three months ago, vacating a room, Aunt Chang also asked Miao Hong to inquire if she wanted to rent a single room.
Aunt Chang is a shrewd mother-in-law, and when she saw Miao Hong bring a girl, she didn't say a word, and led her to the room where her daughter lived.
Miao Hong gave her a tael of silver, which made Aunt Chang so happy, where can she rent a tael of silver in this room in her house.
Xiuxiu lived there for a whole month, and Miao Hong often went to see her, and every time she would take the cat with her, because he found that Xiuxiu liked cats very much, and he also found that Xiuxiu could not only write, but also draw.
He brought pen, ink, paper, inkstone, and paints for Xiuxiu. Xiuxiu can draw flowers and plants, he teaches Xiuxiu to draw cats, and Xiuxiu learns quickly. He asked Xiuxiu what she had for breakfast? Xiuxiu will draw a steaming bowl of wontons; He asked Xiuxiu if it was hot in the house? Xiuxiu drew a little girl shaking a fan; He asked Xiuxiu if she was happy? Xiuxiu's pen is a pair of smiling eyebrows.
Miao Hong said this, with a smile on his lips, it was a good life he had never had.
There's her, there's cats, and there's paintings.
"Xiuxiu is the purest, kindest and loveliest girl in the world", Miao Hong had tears in her eyes, "I shouldn't have asked her that question, I shouldn't have asked, if I didn't ask, then she wouldn't have run out." β
Miao Hong is a gentleman, and the more he and Xiuxiu get along, the more he wants to find Xiuxiu's family.
He wants to propose to Xiuxiu's father.
He is in his twenties, studying in the capital all these years, and has not returned home, delaying his family affairs. He is the youngest son in the family, two older brothers and one sister have already started a family, and his parents have nine grandchildren and grandchildren. Later, the family simply told him that if there was a suitable girl in the capital, he could make his own decisions.
Although Xiuxiu's brain is not bright, Miao Hong feels that this is not a problem. Parents have long said that when he gets married, he will split up, and then he will take Xiuxiu alone, with him to protect Xiuxiu, Xiuxiu doesn't have to look at people's faces, he will protect Xiuxiu properly.
Therefore, he desperately wanted to find Xiuxiu's family and officially propose.
"Xiuxiu, what does Daddy look like, mother?" Miao Hong asked softly.
Xiuxiu was stunned, picked up a pen and drew on the paper.
Miao Hong looked at Xiuxiu's brush, the corners of her mouth were full of smiles, but looking at it, the smile on his face was replaced by shock.
Xiuxiu's painting shows a man wearing a hairpin, a scribe's robe, and a beard on his chin, and a woman with her hair scattered and a gown embroidered with roses, and the woman looks frightened, and the man is picking up the woman and hanging her in a rope noose on a beam.
"This is Daddy?" Miao Hong's fingertips trembled slightly, he knew Xiuxiu, the scene on this painting would not be imagined by Xiuxiu, this was a real happening, and Xiuxiu saw it with her own eyes!
"Hmm." Xiuxiu nodded.
"This is a mother?" Miao Hong asked again.
"Hmm." Xiuxiu nodded again.
"When did Xiuxiu find her mother?" Miao Hong hardened his heart and asked, at that moment, he felt that he was very cruel, he shouldn't have asked Xiuxiu about this.
Xiuxiu pointed to the painting and said: "Daddy said to close my eyes, I closed my eyes, and then Daddy didn't say to open my eyes, I closed my eyes for a long time, I was so hungry, I opened my eyes to eat, and my mother was gone." β
Miao Hong understood, Xiuxiu found that her mother was gone, so she came out to look for her mother, and she didn't know how to get to that hillside, she couldn't find her mother, and she couldn't find her way back, and when she saw that she was coming, she hid behind the bushes until she was found by him.
When she returned to the academy that day, Miao Hong began to hesitate whether to report to the official, and the scene Xiuxiu saw was that her father killed her mother, and then her father found out and asked her to close her eyes, and her father took advantage of this opportunity to dispose of her mother's body.
If it was a normal girl, it would definitely not be like this, but her IQ is like that of a child, and when her father asked her to close her eyes, she really closed her eyes and didn't open them.