Chapter Seventy-Nine: The Horse Farm
"I know that you are not the kind of person with a small belly, although Ah Qi is a concubine, but he is also your compatriot sibling, it is best for you to take care of each other." Cheng Ping touched Cheng Mingyuan's head and said apologetically, "You are all good children, Daddy sometimes deliberately uses you as a raft in order to be angry with your mother, it's Daddy's fault that can't live with you, it's not your fault." ”
are all their own flesh and blood, how can there be any reason not to love them, to be angry with them, although they are happy for a while, but they are not regretful afterwards.
He knew that the children didn't want to be close to him, but when he was angry, he couldn't control himself at all, and now that he was alone with the two lovely children of Yuxue, his fatherly feelings were all aroused, and he became more and more like a father.
Cheng Mingyuan didn't expect his father to apologize to him so calmly, his face flushed, and he didn't know what to say for a while.
Mr. Gao often said that "the father and the son are the kings and the ministers", no matter what the father does to the son, the son should do his best to obey the father, it is filial piety, there is no reason for the father to bow to the son, and the same is true for the subordinates.
So all along, although he is not close to Cheng Ping, he never dared to complain about his neglect, Cheng Ping apologized to him, he was so frightened that he didn't know what to do.
Not to mention Cheng Mingyuan, even Cheng Jin was shocked.
Cheng Ping didn't feel that there was anything wrong with him, he had never been a rule-abiding person, he spoke and did what he wanted, and he was very tired of red tape, although he had read the book for so many years, the letter was not the set of "father, son, son, monarch and minister", so not only did he not get along with the well-behaved lady Cheng Cheng, but he also did not like the Empress Dowager Cheng.
He sincerely apologized at the moment, and he didn't feel that he had to hold his father's shelf.
"How could a father be at fault? The grace of birth and nurturing is greater than the sky, and the child does not dare to do it, it is all the child's fault. Cheng Mingyuan looked at Cheng Ping in a panic, and held back for a long time before he could hold back such a sentence, if Mr. Gao was present, he would definitely twist his beard and nod with relief.
"What's not to dare to do? You two are good children with aura, don't be pedantic and dull by the gentlemen your mother invited. Cheng Ping sneered, "If a person is not a sage, who can be without fault?" Your father is just a layman, he will make mistakes, mistakes are mistakes, and I will not be wrong because I am your father. Knowing that mistakes can be changed, good is great, don't you still allow Daddy to know that he is wrong? ”
Cheng Mingyuan opened his mouth, feeling that Cheng Ping and those in his school were not the same way at all, but he could quote scriptures and classics in every sentence, so he had to say in a muffled voice, "Daddy and the fifth sister are both learned people, and the child doesn't know what to say." ”
Cheng Ping laughed, "Who made you usually lazy and unwilling to work hard?" But hard work is a good thing, but don't die studying, those gentlemen in your school were invited by your mother, they are all sour old pedants, don't learn their style, only read their books, and the more you read, the more you die. You see, Ah Qiben is a smart and good boy, but he was spoiled by those old pedants. ”
Among several children, Cheng Ping and Cheng Mingqi are closer, when he was a child, Aunt Liu often hugged Cheng Mingqi to him, he still remembered Cheng Mingqi's cute appearance when he was a child, and then think about his current appearance as a little adult, he refused to be rude at all, he felt a headache, a good child was worn by those teaching gentlemen to lose his nature, but Aunt Liu was still complacent.
"Ah Qi is very good, he has done a good job in learning, he is sensible and ......reasonable," Cheng Mingyuan said unconvinced.
"He's very good, even if he was worn out by your mother, he has lost the slightest aura, and your eldest sister is exactly the same as your mother used to be......" Cheng Ping unceremoniously spit out his children, it's not that he doesn't like these two children, on the contrary, these two children used to be the closest to him, and now they have become the old and serious appearance that he dislikes the most, but everyone praises them for being stable and sensible, he can't blame him, he can only blame Mrs. Cheng.
"Daddy, why hasn't Zhuangzi arrived yet?" Although Cheng Jin felt that Cheng Ping was a wonderful person, he didn't want to arouse Cheng Ping's dissatisfaction with Mrs. Cheng, so he quickly diverted the topic.
She lifted the curtain and poked her head out of the window, just as the carriage jolted and nearly threw it off.
Cheng Ping was so frightened that he hurriedly reached out and grabbed her, "Be careful, why are you so impatient?" No matter how frizzy you are, Daddy won't take you out next time. ”
"Daddy just said that Ah Qi is stable and sensible but has no aura, this time it makes me frizzy."
"You little girl has a slippery mouth, and she is frizzy and frizzy, but she doesn't have aura," Cheng Ping scolded with a smile, pulling her to sit down, "When Daddy travels outside, it is common to sit in a carriage for four or five days, and it is common for you to sleep in the open air, you young people can't sit still like this, this Zhuangzi is not far away, I estimate that it will be half an hour away." ”
"Among the Zhuangzi in the suburbs of Beijing, only our Zhuangzi has a horse farm." Cheng Mingyuan clenched his fists and looked eager to try, "I must learn to ride a horse this time." ”
This Zhuangzi is very far away from the Hou Mansion, and Mrs. Cheng usually doesn't like to bring them here to relax, it has been a while since Cheng Mingyuan came back here, when he was still young, Mrs. Cheng refused to let him ride a horse anyway, and he was so hungry.
"If you are ambitious, I will pick a few tame ponies, you learn slowly first, don't be in a hurry." Cheng Ping said with a smile, "When I picked this crop in the suburbs of Beijing, it was still a wasteland, and there were people who had planted crops on it before, and the harvest was extremely poor, and no one wanted to plant crops here, so this land has been barren." I don't know how many people laughed at me for being stupid, there is no scenery in this area, there are no hot springs, and there is no tenant income, but I have invited someone to come and see it, this is suitable for planting grass and making horse farms, domesticating horses, I thought at that time, I can run horses in the horse farm in my spare time, and I can also play polo with three or five friends, which is much cheaper than going to the horse farm......"
Taizu built a horse farm in Beijing, which was stocked with precious horses from the north, because there was no war between the north and the south in these years, and the horse farm was also negligent in management, in Cheng Ping's view, the horse farm except for the large number of people, everything is better than his own small horse farm.
What's more, even if he is the Marquis of Chengen, it is impossible to regard the Royal Horse Farm as his Zhuangzi, and he can go whenever he wants, even if Emperor Longqing goes to the Royal Horse Farm, he has to inform and prepare in advance, which is not as convenient as this Zhuangzi.
"How could A-Niang agree?" Cheng Mingyuan was very curious about how the shrewd Mrs. Cheng could not reprimand Cheng Ping's playthings for losing her mind, and agreed to build a Zhuangzi that had no income but needed a steady stream of investment.