As she spoke, Mrs. Xu put down the spoon and asked, "Where did this bastard boy go?" Are you looking for that kid from the Zhou family again? Day by day, I don't do anything serious, and I'm so idle. ”

"You have wronged the young master, but the young master went to the academy in the south on the orders of the master today."

Mrs. Xu really didn't know about this, Xu Xianling didn't mention it to her, and she didn't even know in detail about Changyi: "What are you going to do in the academy?" ”

Chang Yi added some fire to the stove for her, and replied to her: "I heard the young master say that it was the old man's old friend who told the old man to return to his hometown and teach in the academy. ”

Mrs. Xu remembered, it seems that there is such a thing, Xu County's old friend in Beijing was injured when he was young, and his body and bones are not very good these years, and he is not willing to be angry in Beijing, so he wants to say goodbye to the old man and return to his hometown, but he didn't know that the person was also from Sanjiang County.

"Sanjiang County has good water and soil, outstanding people, and the young master will definitely be able to get ahead."

No one doesn't like others to praise their children, and Mrs. Xu is the same, she looked at Chang Yi with a smile: "It would be nice if it was really like this." ”

At this moment, Mrs. Xu and Chang Yi are messing around with a group of children, completely unaware of his mother's ardent expectations for him.

Xu County's old friend surnamed Zhang, the name of Cheng, the word Shezhi, once served as the secretary of Dali Temple in Beijing, and now he has taken off his black gauze hat, wearing a cloth cloth and a crown, but he really has the appearance of a teacher.

Mr. Zhang and Xu Xianling have been friends for many years, as early as in Beijing, the two were friends, Xu Huai'an also looked at him and grew up, and he knew a little bit about his temperament, seeing that he had not changed his temperament for many years, he didn't know whether to be happy or sad, staring at Xu Huai'an, who was making a mess with the child, shook his head helplessly and sighed.

The door of the courtyard opened, the dean and a young girl walked in together, Mr. Zhang was stunned for a moment, and greeted him, the dean was over fifty years old, with long hair and gray hair: "Mr. Zhang, this is a girl from Anda." ”

Only then did Mr. Zhang turn his attention to the person who came, she seemed to be a gentle and kind little girl, no better than the boudoir daughter in Beijing, but Mr. Zhang knew that this was not an ordinary boudoir daughter.

After all, he had also eaten the tea of the An family and heard of the reputation of the An girl.

Mr. Zhang smiled: "Long admiration of the eldest girl's statement." ”

An Qingming hurriedly said that he didn't dare: "It's Mr. Qingming's name." ”

Mr. Zhang was free and easy, and when he heard this, he laughed and waved his hand, without the slightest bit of a high-ranking official: "I still know how much ability I have, and the big girl should not praise it." ”

The dean praised both of them with a smile, and said: "The eldest girl is not praising indiscriminately, she really admires Mr. No, I heard that Mr. came to teach, and specially added some donations." ”

Mr. Zhang was a little stunned, this was something he didn't expect, the dean explained that the eldest girl has a good heart, repairing the temple in the spring, and placing books in the academy in the autumn are all indispensable to the eldest girl's donation, he smiled and said: "The eldest girl can be regarded as the biggest rich man in our academy." ”

An Qingming laughed: "You are really ashamed of Qingming, how can you say that Qingming is also a child taught in the academy, the academy is half of Qingming's family, what rich man is not a rich man?" ”

Mr. Zhang glanced at her and didn't speak, but he had a good impression of this girl.

He is not stubborn, he has no prejudice against the girl who shows up, of course, the scholar is angry, and he has no good impression of these businessmen who are in the company of copper smell, but An Qingming does not see a little bit of market atmosphere, but is generous and quite popular.

The dean still has something to do, let An Qingming take a look at it at will, she is very familiar with the academy, and she doesn't care, so let the dean be busy. Mr. Zhang didn't leave, and An Qingming talked for a while, chatted with her about Lu Yu's "Book of Tea", chatted with eyebrows, talked about the piano, talked about chess, although An Qingming could not enter the room, it can be regarded as a fluent answer, Mr. Zhang was quite surprised, there was a lot of joy in the mountains and rivers and bosom friends, and she talked very happily.

"If you girl had known Lao Yu for a few years, Lao Yu would have accepted you as a student, and she wouldn't have accepted such a stinky boy and not grown up for so many years!"

An Qingming didn't know who he was talking about, probably guessing that it was a student of the old gentleman.

After Mr. Zhang finished speaking, he pointed to the house, "Look at it, every positive shape day by day has led the good children crookedly." ”

There was no class in the room, a bunch of children gathered around a table, giggling and not knowing what to say, in the middle of the group of children, stood a young man, the sun shone on the side of his face, plated with a soft golden halo, he smiled very heartily, put one hand in his arms a child, and was talking brightly, very different from ordinary days.

The child was amused by him, and he leaned back and fell back with laughter, so unhappy.

An Qingming felt that this picture was very good-looking, and the painting should be a wonderful scene, she had been looking at it for a long time, and Mr. Zhang said: "This bastard boy, you should come a few less, and look at what these dolls look like." ”

An Qingming didn't retract his gaze: "The children like him, and it's really rare to know that Xu Gongzi is indeed innocent." ”

Mr. Zhang raised his eyebrows and said, "You will compliment him." ”

An Qingming bent her eyebrows: "How can it be considered a compliment, just tell the truth." ”

seemed to be aware of it, the people in the house turned around, and it really happened that they met An Qingming's eyes, An Qingming was not the slightest bit unusual, looking at the smile on the corner of his lips was thicker, but the people in the room made a big red face, and they couldn't tell the story halfway through.

When the child who heard the rise saw that he was no longer talking, he stretched out his hand and pulled him: "What happened later, what happened later?" What happened to the scholar? ”

"That scholar...... Xu Huai'an was stuck, and all in his mind was An Qingming's smile with sunshine, who was the scholar? What scholar? He doesn't care what kind of love is, "He went home, he ate and drank well...... Wait, I'll go out. ”

A room full of children: "......"

Xu Huai'an walked out of the house in three steps and two steps, and first greeted Mr. Zhang, who uttered a monosyllable from his nose, which was regarded as an answer.

Xu Huaian didn't care, he went to see An Qingming: "Are you here?" ”

An Qingming said: "Come and take a look." ”

The words and actions between the two of them are very familiar, especially Xu Huai'an, the whole person seems to have changed souls, and the smile on his face is almost blinding.

Mr. Zhang first arrived, although he had not heard any rumors, but with his well-informed life experience, he looked left and right, and was stunned to see something different, he smiled so much that his eyes were out of sight, and he said very insightfully that he went in to see the children, leaving the space for two young people.

Xu Huai'an felt that this was really a mentor, and he would definitely steal a few bottles of Xu County's wine for his old man in the future.

Xu Huai'an greeted the light, he couldn't open his eyes because of the sun, he glanced at An Qingming: "Isn't it a little hot?" Let's find a shady place to sit. ”

An Qingming did not refuse, and the two of them went to sit in the gazebo in the courtyard.

"The kids love you."

"They are very cute," it can be seen that Xu Huaian really likes children, and when he mentions children, his eyes are shining brightly, "Children are simply the cutest gadgets in the world, soft, like dough." ”

An Qingming laughed, in fact, she didn't have a special affection for children, she had little contact with children, she just thought it was a worrying little thing, but when she thought of the two little dolls of the third uncle's family, her heart also swelled with a little warmth.

"Does Qingming like children?" Xu Huaian didn't know what he thought, a layer of powder appeared on his face, and he looked at An Qingming with blank eyes.

This question stopped An Qingming, and she didn't know how to answer.

"I like Sakura and Fan very much."

"That's your brother and sister, you must like it." Xu Huai'an pursed his lips, seemingly dissatisfied with An Qingming's answer.

An Qingming said in her heart, she likes Ah Ying and Ah Fan not entirely because these two children are her younger siblings, she has other younger brothers, but she doesn't like them, she just feels annoyed.

"I like to change the children of other people, and I like them to be as well-behaved and sensible."

"Well-behaved and sensible?" Xu Huaian couldn't help but laugh out loud, but he remembered the actions of the two extremely calculating little dolls clearly, and the eccentric appearance was not related to the words "well-behaved and sensible".

An Qingming looked at Xu Huai'an, who was sitting opposite her, and was in a trance for a moment, she couldn't have imagined that she could sit and chat with Xu Huai'an so calmly a few months ago.

And now, she didn't feel a little bored, but felt that the business was much busier, and it was comfortable to talk to him like this.

Xu Huai'an was not as relaxed as her, seeing that she didn't speak, she was still cold, and tried her best to find a topic to make her happy: "I read the script yesterday and saw a story, I think it's very interesting, can I tell you about it?" ”

An Qingming said: "Okay." ”

So Xu Huai'an began to tell jokes: "The book says that there is a family in a certain village, the wife is jealous, and the husband told his wife one day that he wanted to take a concubine, and the wife replied to him: 'A concubine requires a lot of silver taels, if you can find enough gold and silver, I will agree to you to take a concubine'." When the husband heard this, he was very glad and went to borrow a lot of money from his wife. His wife looks—guess what? ”

An Qingming cooperated with his tricks: "What's the matter? ”

"His wife took the money and said that she was willing to be a little hahahahaha...... "He finished speaking, and he didn't bother to look at An Qingming's reaction, but he laughed out loud, halfway through the laughter, and went to see An Qingming, but saw An Qingming pursed her lips slightly, not like a smile, not like anger.

Xu Huai'an uneasily repeated the joke he had just made in his mind three times, thinking that there was nothing wrong with him, he looked at An Qingming and asked, "Qingming doesn't think it's funny?" ”

"No," An Qingming shook her head, "I think the wife of this family is really smart and humorous, this man has a wife like this, and he still thinks about accepting a small child, he really shouldn't be." ”

"Also," Xu Huaian nodded very seriously, "It really shouldn't be, if I were replaced, I would never accept it." ”

He looked at An Qingming, and there were two clusters of flames burning in his eyes: "The person I can't ask for must be protected like a jewel, and I can give her half a grievance." ”

An Qingming pretended not to understand: "Mrs. Ling is blessed." ”

This time, Xu Huaian didn't follow her gag, he hooked the corners of his lips: "Qingming, you know what I mean, this blessing is only enjoyed by you." ”

The academy is full of the fragrance of books and ink, and when the time for reading is up, the sound of reading aloud comes from the school, which is the unique crisp sound of children, like a song with a low tone and frustration.

Xu Huai'an looked at her compulsively, as if he couldn't give up without an answer.

An Qingming staggered his eyes: "I don't understand." ”

She repeated: "Xu Gongzi, I don't understand. ”

It's like saying it to him, and it's like saying it to yourself.

There was still a little warmth left in the air, and it seemed to freeze at this moment, covering the two of them, covering a layer of mist.