003. Decade

Seven months later.

Hangzhou 'Ming Garden'.

As soon as the sky was clear, Hu Zhongzheng, Xiuming and Qin Heming were standing by the baby's bed, looking at Qing'er who was asleep, and their faces were full of love and expectation. Since yesterday before going to bed, I could hear Qing'er suddenly cry out 'grandpa' and 'grandma' in a milky voice, the three of them were so excited that they didn't sleep well all night, and the three of them came to him early this morning, waiting to hear his call again.

Five months ago, following the advice of his brother-in-law Qin Heming, Hu Zhongzheng and his wife left the capital with Qing'er and returned to Hangzhou. Since then, Qing'er's body has been handed over to her brother-in-law Qin Heming to recuperate. The three of them worked Qing'er, and finally let Qing'er grow up to seven months without danger. The three of them stay by Qing'er's side every day, accompany him, take care of him, raise him, and hope that he will grow up soon**.

Seven months after her daughter left, Qing'er could finally call 'grandpa' and 'grandma'.

Since the death of their son and daughter one after another, Hu Zhongzheng and his wife only have Qing'er in their eyes, and their thoughts are all on him, yesterday when they heard his first call, the husband and wife couldn't hold back their tears, and the sorrow that they had endured for seven months turned into tears of relief and joy in this call.

"Grandpa! Grandmother! The little man on the couch opened his sleepy eyes, and when he saw the three adults around him, a smile bloomed on his delicate little face, and he called the three people in a milky voice, and the three people immediately leaned over and agreed, Xiuming reached out and hugged Qing'er in his arms, and the two big men looked at each other and smiled, with tears in their eyes.

"Qing'er, when will you be able to walk? Grandma is so anxious! Xiuming is very anxious, I can't wait for Qing'er to grow up overnight**, it's not greed, it's really too much on him.

"Sister-in-law, Qing'er is weak, don't be too anxious." Qin Heming smiled and shook his head, in fact, why wasn't he in a hurry?

The guards, secret guards, girls, and servants of the 'Ming Garden' are accustomed to the scenes of three adults surrounding Qing'er, vying for him to call 'grandpa' and 'grandma', Qing'er learned to walk with the efforts of everyone, so what was staged in Mingyuan was such a scene: an adult was backward and led Qing'er forward in front, Qing'er's hands were led forward by two adults and chased the people in front, and a large number of maids and servants were followed behind them.

In the 'Ming Garden', Qing'er is the core of everyone, but people outside the 'Ming Garden' don't know that the Hu family has this person.

Four years later.

Walked out of Qing'er from the corner gate behind Hu's mansion, a set of light green robes and horse coats, plus a dark green lamb wool vest, wearing a black melon skin hat, and a pair of black cotton boots. He quietly probed and saw that there was indeed no one guarding in front of the mansion, so he excitedly took a small foot and hurriedly slipped out of the door.

At this time, if he could look back, he would find that behind the corner door that was not closed, not only the two sly smiling faces of Grandpa and Grandpa Qin were revealed, but also the face of Grandma full of worry, Hu Zhongzheng said to the young man standing behind him: "Ziang! ”

Chen Ziang nodded in response, 'yes', and then turned back to the four teenage boys standing behind him and said, "Wind, snow, thunder, and lightning, from now on you are the young master's close guard, go!" The four of them nodded in agreement, and then walked out of the Hu Mansion and followed behind Qing'er.

"Brother Ming, you haven't walked out of this mansion for almost four years, today, our brothers will go out of the mansion and follow Qing'er, how about it?"

"Okay, Brother Zheng, let's see what Qing'er wants!" The three of them saw that Qing'er wanted to go out of the mansion, and knew that he was a little cautious, so they didn't say anything, and only let him out of the mansion after Chen Ziang had made arrangements. Qing'er didn't know the adult's heart at all, Wuzi took a small foot and ran forward, he had never been out of the house, he picked up a crowded place to walk, walked on the street, picked up the big façade to see, walked and stopped, after recognizing the handwriting on the plaque, Qing'er stopped his steps, took his hands and walked in calmly like an adult. The four of them followed to the door and looked at each other, not knowing whether to go in or not, and finally the four of them looked at each other and nodded, pretending to be watching the scene and entered the door.

When Hu Zhongzheng and the three of them approached, they couldn't help laughing, Qing'er actually entered his own shop, and it was a shop specializing in making woodware, the three of them entered the opposite storefront, watched Qing'er go out, and watched him stop in front of a ragged girl.

The girl stretched out her hand to Qing'er, who looked at him blankly.

The three adults laughed at each other, alas, the grandson of Hu Zhongzheng, the richest man in the Qing Dynasty, not only did not have a penny of silver on him, but he also didn't know what silver was, which was really a laughable thing.

Hu Zhongzheng's face was full of anticipation, and he said with a smile: "I don't know what good things Qing'er has designed this time, let's wait and see the results." ”

Xiuming shook his head with a smile and said, "You still have the heart to say this, you didn't see Qing'er's sad face, hurry up and send him some silver." ”

Qin Heming shook his head and said: "Qing'er is sad, it doesn't seem to be because he has no money, he is sad when he sees this girl, Qing'er is too kind-hearted, and I don't know if this is a good thing!" ”

Hu Zhongzheng smiled and said, "Wait and see, let's see how Qing'er will react." ”

Qing'er picked up the little girl, and before she knew what she said, several people saw the little girl pulling Qing'er and running into the distance. Hu Zhongzheng's expression was grim, he hurriedly walked out of the door, made a gesture to the guards in the dark, and nodded to the four people who were already in a daze, and the four of them also followed quickly. When the three adults looked at each other, they all saw worry in each other's eyes, and they didn't speak, and the three of them also strode after each other.

When Qing'er was pulled by the little girl to the door of a house that was on the verge of collapse, she saw dozens of well-dressed old people and children lying or lying in the cold, and these people staggered to occupy the entire room. Qing'er looked at them in a daze, as if she was frightened, and didn't say anything. When Hu Zhongzheng and the three arrived, Xiuming reached out and took Qing'er in his arms, and when Qing'er looked up and saw the three of them, she fell into Xiuming's arms and cried.

The three of them took Qing'er away from here, and someone from Hu Mansion then came to make arrangements for these people. No one expected that the incident that Qing'er saw when he walked out of the house for the first time in his life planted a seed that affected his life in his young heart.

This year, the bedroom series furniture designed by Qing'er sold very well, which made it known as the "Little God of Wealth" in the business world. Qing'er donated all the money she earned, and together with the money donated by Hu Zhongzheng, Master Huikong, the abbot of Lingyin Temple, gave to the hungry people in need every day.

In the same year, Hu Zhongzheng hired a famous teacher to come to Hufu to teach Qing'er qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, astronomy and geography, and foreign literature and arithmetic.

In the seventh year, there was an accident in the Ming Garden, Qing'er was unconscious, Qin Heming and Hu Zhongzheng and his wife took care of him day and night, and finally snatched him back from the ghost gate after more than a month. But this incident has become a pain that Qing'er does not dare to touch.

In the eighth year, Qing'er set up a ring in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Guild Hall and threatened, "The one who wins me is my teacher!" He didn't get the master as he wished, but he broke through the name of "prodigy" in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

In the ninth year, Hu Zhongzheng taught Qing'er to keep accounts, and Qing'er began to take over the Hu family's business.

In the tenth year, Qing'er accompanied Hu Zhongzheng to inspect the Hu family's industries in the south, and reformed and adjusted the previous Hu family's business methods according to different customs in various places.

In the eleventh year, due to the physical and mental fatigue day after day, coupled with the excessive consumption of energy, after Xiuming returned from inspecting the business, his originally weak body finally collapsed, and after a few months, he finally died. Qing'er was unconscious and awake at her grandmother's body, awake and unconscious, without eating, drinking, or speaking, without shedding a single tear.

Hu Zhongzheng looked at Qing'er's pale and thin face, and asked his righteous brother worriedly, "Brother Ming, can Qing'er's body be able to eat?" I want to send him to Lingyin Temple to recuperate for a while, do you think? ”

"Brother Zheng, the Buddha said, 'Great compassion has no tears, great enlightenment has no words, and laughter is silent'. Qing'er is now at the saddest time, and a change of environment may be a good thing for her. You don't have to worry about his body, I'll go with him, and it shouldn't be a problem to bring a few more people to serve. ”

"Then send him there as soon as possible, I hope Master Huikong can resolve his grief."

Three days later, Qing'er was sent by Hu Zhongzheng to Lingyin Temple for cultivation.

Half a year later, Master Huikong invited Qing'er to the mountain behind Lingyin Temple, and Master Huikong picked up a wild chrysanthemum and said to Qing'er: "One flower and one world, one tree and one Bodhi." Enlightenment? Qing'er lowered her eyebrows and said nothing. Master Huikong also said: "The verdant bamboo is full of Dharma bodies, and the lush yellow flowers are nothing more than ordinary ones. Qing'er gently closed her eyes and said nothing. Master Huikong also said: "Life in the world is like being in the midst of thorns, the heart does not move, people do not move, and if they do not move, they will not be hurt; If the heart moves, the person moves recklessly, hurts his body and hurts his bones. Qing'er opened her eyes and bowed her head: "Master, Qing'er understands." ”

Master Huikong took out a string of Buddhist beads from his arms and put it in Qing'er's palm, looking at Qing'er's eyes, Master Huikong said leisurely: "My heart is not my heart, his heart is my heart." Self-grasping is not self-grasping, and looking at the affairs of the world is empty. ”

Qing'er raised her head and looked at the white clouds in the sky, then looked down at the Buddha string in her palm, and said, "When is it empty?" There are all kinds of thoughts! When did you forget? The Buddha also recites sentient beings! ”

Master Huikong gassho "Nature should be self-realization, and after twenty years, there will be a lack of rest!" ”

Qing'er put the Buddha string in her hand on her wrist, leaned down and folded her palms together and shook her head, "Master, take care, Qing'er is leaving!" Then he turned around and walked away from Master Huikong, Master Huikong stood in place, with a smile on the corner of his lips: "Qing'er, we will meet again!" ”

Just after the New Year, Amma, who Qing'er had never met, sent someone to pick up Qing'er back to Beijing, because his grandmother died, and Ama wanted him to change his living environment. So Hu Zhongzheng and Qin Heming packed up and left Hangzhou with Qing'er.