Chapter 316: Old and Young Gossip
"No wonder Liu Buque and the two Liu Jinshi can grow up at a young age, it turns out that Mrs. Liu takes care of their daily life, so that they have no worries." Shen Zhongyi put down the bamboo cup and responded.
Grandma Liu was widowed very early, she was persecuted by her husband's family, and she had to live behind closed doors all the year round, and her temperament became more and more introverted and unconfident after a long time, and she heard Shen Zhongyi praise from someone with a noble status, Grandma Liu was so surprised and overjoyed, but she also had a little more confidence in her heart, and the whole person was like drinking, her face was full of red light, but she still said: "Don't praise me like this, it's their own hard work." β
, he looked at Liu Chenxing beside him lovingly and proudly.
"Especially Ah Xing, a lady, who works harder than her uncle and Qingshan! Since I started studying, I looked like I was about five years old...... "Grandma Liu compared her hands, "It's only a little taller, and the rooster cries for five watches." At that time, the family was poor, and she couldn't afford to spend pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, so she made a brush with bamboo and rabbit hair for her. The winter brightened late, and practicing calligraphy hurt her eyes, so she endorsed it...... No matter how good or bad the day was, she never interrupted her ......"
"Sometimes I can't bear to look at it, so one of them practices calligraphy in the cold wind, and advises her to forget it. She wanted to be a female jinshi, and I let her rest, which hurt her, so I had to let her ...... There is a lot of gossip in the village, what does a lady do when she reads so many books, and she doesn't want to get married when she comes!? β
"Later, there were still people, she went to the village to study, and she came and went with male students, and this reputation was bad, so I don't know how many times I cried behind my back...... Once it happened to be seen by Ah Xing. I didn't intend to, but the boy was clever enough to ask me why, so he comforted meβ"
At this point, Grandma Liu paused, and looked at Liu Chenxing's eyes more and more lovingly, and the corners of her eyebrows and eyes were full of loving smiles.
Grandma Liu said funny: "She goes her own way and lets others go!" I don't know where to come up with these words. Shaking her head and laughing, "I'm still waiting for her to become a female jinshi and make a lot of money, so I don't have to worry about no one coming to ask for marriage!" But she doesn't want to get married! She wants to buy a lot of houses and land, be a charter wife, be chic and dashing for a lifetime, and always be my grandmother's heart! β
"You, isn't this a fairy tale?"
"Don't look at the fact that she is already a female champion, in fact, she will only turn fifteen next month, and she will only be a child, and her mind is still there! Just this time back, our grandparents said, she also she already has two houses, one step closer to her dream of being a chic charter wife, I thought she was smiling, as a result, yesterday I bought a house in Luoyang! β
"Grandma also drink a glass of water."
Liu Chenxing broke out in cold sweat on her forehead, she didn't know if her grandmother was so talkative, or if she was a person she met for the first time, she had to explain all her family background.
Grandma Liu just said that her uncle and nephew all relied on their own hard work, and Liu Chenxing was the one who worked hardest the hardest.
Seeing that Liu Chenxing was already a slim girl, she was a little shy when she got married just now, and realized that she was talking a little too much, so Grandma Liu stopped talking, took the water cup handed by Liu Chenxing, and said a little cramped and embarrassed: "Let you see the smile, I have listened to so many homely things." β
Hearing this, Shen Zhongyi glanced at Liu Chenxing, who was sitting on the opposite case, hooked his lips and smiled: "Mrs. Liu can become the first place in the palace examination at her age, many people, including me, are very curious. β
Grandma Liu took a sip of wild chrysanthemum water, and when she heard Shen Zhongyi like this, she unconsciously came to talk about sex again, and also thought that Shen Zhongyi was the eldest grandson of the emperor, so she praised again: "Ah Xing is not only hardworking, but also the most filial!" β
"When they first separated, they lived in a thatched hut that had collapsed in half, and it was snowing heavily outside, and it was snowing inside. In order to earn money to repair the house, she Aya went to the mountains to hunt, and went to the county town to do short-term work, and she didn't go home once in ten and a half months. In order to replenish her body, she used the money she saved to buy meatless stick bones, and went to the river to catch crabs, and boiled soup together for her Aya to drink...... I couldn't afford to buy mutton, so I bought sheep in the water, and I didn't know why the melon seeds in my head were so flexible, so I figured out a way to remove the smell, washed the sheep in the water, and boiled a big pot with bone broth......"
"Every time I give him Aya soup and boil sheep into the water, I make up for her Aye's too hard work and a little empty body! In just one month, it was visible to the naked eye that he was fat. β
"I don't know if I didn't eat well at the time, Ah Xing has always liked to make up for food. The food cooked here is both novel and full of color and flavor, which is better than me and her aunt! I thought that this would be more virtuous and famous, but who knows what kind of spicy hot pot Ah Xing has made, and I heard that business is very good in Chang'an! β
After saying that, Grandma Liu couldn't help but show off again, wishing that everyone knew how capable her granddaughter was.
Liu Chenxing had already watched silently, and couldn't stop her grandmother's desire to talk at all, and explained her family background.
"But everyone only sees her beautiful side now, but behind the female champion and Malatang business, how much hardship has been suffered, and how many people know?" Grandma Liu still felt more sorry for her granddaughter, and her eyes were red, "It's really distressing, if I had to choose, I'd rather she go out to play for a while and be able to eat a full meal......"
Seeing Grandma Liu feel sorry for herself like this, but Grandma Liu had no choice but to tell Shen Zhongyi, a rebel, that Liu Chenxing couldn't get angry at all, so he only held Grandma Liu's hand and said softly and glutinously: "Grandma, reading is fun, cooking is also fun, Ah Xing doesn't feel bitter." And then there is bitterness, and now the bitterness is coming, grandma will follow Ah Xing to enjoy the blessings in the future! β
What should have been heard has been heard, and it couldn't be more accurate.
Shen Zhongyi glanced at Liu Chenxing again, except for a slightly shabby cloth dress, her appearance and bearing were not inferior to any noble girl, especially between her eyebrows and eyes, she still had a confident heroic spirit, her lips were red and her teeth were white, her eyes were crystal clear, like pearl and white jade.
Shen Zhongyi's phoenix eyes deepened slightly, and the color of exploration and surprise flashed away, but he didn't have time to find that he had already looked at the sun outside, and then comforted Grandma Liu: "Mrs. Liu is now deeply favored by the emperor, and the future is unlimited, there must be better days ahead, Mrs. Liu should not be too nostalgic for the past." β
With this, Shen Zhongyi got up and said: "The hour is not early, the peony garden competition should start, and the old lady Liu can go to watch the game together, and you can also enjoy the most blooming peonies in the White Horse Temple." β