The shadow of the moon is dimly reflected in the sparkling water, and the breeze gently blows. It is rare to have a moonlit night, and Zhou Heng is in a very bad mood.

Shen Ao was recommended by him and was his representative player. At the beginning, Zhou Heng still had a little confidence in him, but looking at his casual appearance of casually sketching a few strokes and handing in the papers, wow, he was careless and pretending to be cool.

"This guy is thicker than Ben Gongzi, and he can still laugh now." Zhou Heng shook his fan bone, and wanted to go over and beat Shen Ao: "It's over, it seems that Zhao Wenqing won the first game." ”

Unexpectedly, Chun'er put the painting in front of her wife's eyes, but her wife sighed and looked at Shen Ao hesitantly, as if it was difficult to make a decision for a while.

Zhou Heng stretched his neck to look at it, and Shen Ao's painting was really simple. A few rough strokes, the wonderful thing is that these strokes are very charming, one stroke outlines the outline of a peak, and the other few strokes circle a few clouds at the foot of the mountain.

"The clouds are at the foot of the mountain, how high does this mountain have to be?" Zhou Heng cheered, his face was cloudy and clear, and said: "This mountain is higher than Heng Mountain, and it is good that there are clouds on the peak of Heng Mountain." Ha ha...... Mother, this time it was Shen Ao who won. ”

Zhou Heng thought to himself: "Good boy, it turns out that this guy has played this hand and is smart, although he is a little worse than this son." ”

Madame's face was a little gloomy, her impression of Shen Ao was not as good as Zhao Wenqing's, but this time it was indeed Shen Ao who won, so she had to say, "Shen Ao won." ”

Shen Ao said with a very reserved look: "Madame loves her, and Xiaosheng is terrified. But I was very proud in my heart.

Zhao Wenqing looked at the painting in disbelief, and immediately lost his color, and his face became even paler.

However, he really lost and had nothing to say, although Heng Mountain was magnificent, but Shen Ao took the sword sideways, and painted the clouds at the foot of the mountain, and the clouds at the foot of the mountain are the clouds, you can imagine how high this mountain is, even ten Heng Mountains can't compare.

Chun'er didn't care whose painting was good, anyway, she was very happy to know that Shen Ao had won.

Miss Zhou and the man next to him also went over to look at the painting, and the man snorted coldly, obviously looking very disdainful. Miss Zhou showed a little appreciation, but it was only a little.

"Ahem...... The first one, Shen Ao wins. Director Zhao announced the results with a not very good face, and continued: "The second round is compared to a poem, and today is the birthday of the lady, and the theme is to celebrate her birthday. ”

Zhao Wenqing stumbled, was anxious to perform, and hurriedly said: "Born as blessed as the East Hailan, it is said to be in the south mountain and the green pine lan." Quickly pick Qionghua to celebrate your birthday, and the music is delicate. ”

He spoke so quickly that he made the poem all at once.

Madame hurriedly smiled and said, "Okay." This good word naturally means praise, and it also means to encourage Zhao Wenqing.

Cheating, there is no heavenly reason. Shen Ao was extremely sad and indignant in his heart, this show was only exported into poetry, even Cao Zhi did not have this ability. But people blurted out that they obviously knew the topic for a long time, and someone leaked the topic.

It seems that Xiucai is still very popular these years, and the national certification is different, Mrs. looks at Zhao Wenqing's appearance, full of passion.

"Looks like we're going to have to come up with a killer idea." Shen Ao felt that he had been treated unfairly, which hurt his self-esteem, so he reluctantly put up a smile and said calmly: "This mother-in-law is not a human ......."

As soon as Shen Ao's words fell, he felt a strong murderous aura emanating from the pavilion, which was strange.

Madame's face was no longer hanging, and she deliberately grabbed the pastry with a tiger face. Zhou Heng was dumbfounded, and Chun'er stared at her big eyes before she could react. A sneer appeared on the faces of Zhao Wenqing and Director Zhao. Even Miss Zhou, who had always been calm, couldn't help frowning.

"What a bold man, he dares to slander Madame!" Director Zhao took the opportunity to stand up, his face was very sad and angry, and he wanted to trample Shen Ao to death immediately.

Shen Ao smiled slightly and said, "The Nine Heavens Fairy descended to the earth......

When this sentence fell, the murderous aura suddenly turned into joy, and even the lady's face finally eased up, and she thought to herself: "It turns out that you compared me to a fairy, so I am not a human." ”

Shen Ao continued: "All children and grandchildren are thieves ......"

With the foreshadowing above, everyone is not as unhappy as before, and they are all smiling and looking forward to the next sentence. It's just that Zhou Heng's face is very ugly, and he said in his heart: "This guy scolded this son for being a thief in broad daylight, wow...... I can't stand it. ”

Shen Ao finally said: "Steal the peach and give it to your relatives." ”

"Good ......" Liu Wen applauded several principals together, very happy and face-saving. On the contrary, Director Zhao and Zhao Wenqing were a pair of uncles and nephews, and their faces were a little bad.

Madame couldn't help laughing, and Chun'er hurriedly went to hand him tea. The young lady next to her also showed a smile, which was a little more charming than the dignified just now.

"Good, good, good ......" Mrs. said three good words in a row, two more good words than her evaluation of Zhao Wenqing.

Shen Ao squeezed his eyebrows at Zhou Heng, who had just come back to his senses, Zhou Heng woke up at this time, remembered Shen Ao's advice to him before, and hurriedly knelt under his mother's knees and said, "The child gives his mother a birthday gift." ”

He pulled into his arms and took out a half-sized peach: "Although this peach is not as good as a peach, it was stolen by a child from the peach forest of Lingyin Temple. ”

A happy smile suddenly appeared on the lady's face, and she looked at her son with pity, and took the peach: "I like it very much." ”

Zhou Heng was even more energetic: "Ah, my mother doesn't know, when the child stole this peach, he was discovered by the monks, and those monks let the dogs chase after him, and the child will be chased by the dog if he runs a little slower." ”

Mrs. was already very moved when she held the half-ripe peach, and said angrily: "There is no shortage of peaches in the house, and you stupid boy are still needed to steal it." ”

Zhou Hengle smirked, all this was naturally arranged by Shen Ao. Shen Ao asked him to steal the peaches, he had the right to help, and asked him to bring the peaches today, and he also hid them closely, he didn't expect this Shen Ao to deliberately use him to suit the situation, but this scene should be good.

Director Zhao said: "Madam, Shen Ao instigated his son to steal peaches, which is very unacceptable. If it spreads, I'm afraid I'll laugh off other people's big teeth. ”

Mrs. was also a little hesitant at this time, her son's filial piety made her very pleased, but she shouldn't steal peaches, if she was reprimanded, it would inevitably chill her son's filial piety. But if you let it go, I'm afraid that Zhou Heng will be even more nonsense in the future. Hearing what Director Zhao said, Mrs. frowned again.

Shen Ao said: "What Director Zhao said is not right, in Shen Ao's view, life in the world, whether you are an official or a thief, you will talk about filial piety." The young master should not steal peaches, but filial piety alone is enough to cover up all the flaws. If there is always benevolence and filial piety, then everything in the world that cannot be done can not bear to do, so filial piety is the first in a hundred lines. ”

Mrs. guarded the short, and the hen nodded like pecking rice: "Yes, yes, filial piety comes first, with filial piety, everything else is not a big deal." He thought to himself: "This Shen Ao doesn't seem to be useless. ”

"So is this combination Shen Ao winning?" Zhou Heng poured rice soup into the old lady, and hoped that the old lady would nod his head, so that Shen Ao would win in three games.

Director Zhao hurriedly said: "Madam, what Shen Ao said just now is also very reasonable. However, as far as poetry is concerned, Wen Qing's poem is obviously better, on the other hand, although Shen Ao's poem is agile, it lacks artistic conception. ”

Madame nodded: "Then this game will be considered as Wen Qing's victory." ”

Madame also has an abacus, although her impression of Shen Ao has changed, she still wants to investigate him again and decide on the candidate.

Shen Ao was very sad and indignant, but he still had a future, so he said hypocritically: "Zhao Xiucai's poems are indeed better than mine, and I am convinced." ”

Zhao Wenqing felt that Shen Ao was sarcastic about him, and sneered silently.

"This kid hates this little guy." Shen Ao sensed Zhao Wenqing's mentality.

Painting is Shen Aoying, and poetry is Zhao Wenqing's Xiaosheng. It's a draw yet, and Madame doesn't seem to be in a hurry. The copywriter withdrew the pen and ink, the melon and fruit pastries were delivered, and the lady beckoned to everyone: "I'm tired, eat some pastries first." ”

Sitting down according to the words, Shen Ao's eyes fell on the string of Buddhist beads pinched by his wife, which was not eye-catching compared to his wife's family background, and was a little shabby. But look at the gray color of the Buddha beads, it must be a commonly used item by the lady.

As an art thief, fraud is Shen Ao's most basic quality, and the requirement of fraud is to look at people and analyze each other's surnames and preferences through the subtleties of each person.

Looking at the color of this Buddha bead, it should be some years, and Shen Ao can predict that the Buddha bead is a gift from an elder to his wife. Looking at how much Madame cherishes it, it can be concluded that this elder means a lot to Madame.

He took a bite of the pastry and said to his wife, "Madam, this Buddha bead is so good, when my mother was still alive, there was also a string of such Buddha beads." It's a pity ......" Shen Ao showed a look of grief and stopped talking.

When others talk about something they hold dear, they tend to show a lot of interest. Madame smiled and said, "Oh? Your mother also has a string of such beads? Yes, this bead is not precious, and it is common for your mother to have it. ”

Shen Ao said: "It's a pity that my mother is no longer alive, it is my mother's most cherished item, and I will bury it with my mother." Now that I think about it, I feel that it is very undeserved. If you keep it with you, you can still see things and miss your relatives. ”

Madame's eyes were red, and she said very sadly, "Really? You really should keep it, and don't be afraid of your jokes. This string of Buddhist beads is also my mother's dowry when she got married, but unfortunately my mother is no longer alive, I remember that the family was poor at that time, my mother loved this string of Buddhist beads the most, I married to this mansion, my mother can only take her most beloved Buddha beads to marry. ”

Everyone was very cheerful just now, but when they saw the sad appearance of the lady, they couldn't laugh anymore. Several of the principals of the deceit are all looking like mourners.

Miss Zhou was most surprised, her mother had always been introverted, why would she tell such a thing to a man. She glanced at Shen Ao and said in her heart: "This person is very scheming." ”

Shen Ao said: "Is Mrs. also from a poor family?" No wonder Mrs. is so kind to her subordinates, and after experiencing the hardships of the world, she naturally understands the hardships of her subordinates. ”

Generally speaking, the lady's background is not wealthy, and many people are a little taboo when talking about it. And Madame was also quite inferior, but Shen Ao talked eloquently and led the topic to Madame's kindness, which not only did not arouse Madame's disgust, but made her suddenly feel a little proud. Although I am from a poor family, I treat people well, I don't know how many good karma I have accumulated, how bad is it compared to those rich ladies?

Mrs. was much kinder to Shen Ao, asked Shen Ao's hometown, and asked Shen Ao where he read.

Shen Ao answered them one by one, all perfunctory, and his wife couldn't help but talk about Buddhism. This is her interest, who knows that Shen Ao also knows some Buddhism, and said some opinions according to her surname. Madame smiled and nodded constantly, and said, "Good, good, if you can understand these great truths, your heart will not be bad." Then he said, "Where did you learn these things?" ”

Shen Ao said: "My mother was also a devout daughter, and I also had some insights. ”

Madame nodded: "Yes, your mother must also be a kind-hearted person." ”

Shen Ao said shamelessly: "When I see my wife today, it is like seeing my deceased mother, and they are all kind-hearted and kind. ”

Madame's eyes turned red again: "It was the same when my mother was alive, I married into the mansion, I planned to let my mother enjoy a few years of happiness, but who knew that she would ......" She took out a handkerchief to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes, very sad.

One of the two asked, one answered, one recalled the past, and the other sighed. It seems that a pair of friends who have forgotten their years have completely forgotten the existence of the people around them, which makes everyone very embarrassed, especially Zhao Wenqing, from beginning to end, Mrs. did not turn her attention to him.

The more Madame looked at Shen Ao, the more pleasing she felt, and many of Shen Ao's words hit the deepest part of her heart, making her recall many past events.

After saying a lot of words, Mrs. noticed the people around her with red eyes, and then smiled reservedly, and her eyes fell on Zhao Wenqing: "Wait for Wenqing, Wenqing eat more pastries." ”

Zhao Wenqing looked gentle and elegant, nodded and said yes. At this moment, his mood was very uncalm, from the beginning when he faintly occupied the peak to Shen Ao's turnaround, from his wife first focusing on him to transferring more attention to Shen Ao, he already had a premonition that if he couldn't come up with a killer weapon, he would definitely lose this competition.

Thinking of this, Zhao Wenqing did not hesitate any longer, and took out a brocade box from his sleeve: "Madame's birthday, Xiaosheng is not respectful, a little courtesy, please Mrs. smile." ”

Mrs. Xu felt that she was too enthusiastic about Shen Ao just now, and snubbed this prodigy Xiucai, so she went to pick up the brocade box with a smile and said, "Wenqing's family background is not good, why bother to break the bank." ”

Miss Zhou smiled lightly: "Mother, why don't you open it and take a look." ”

Madame nodded, opened the brocade box under the gaze of everyone, and a pair of dazzling pendants radiated a soft brilliance in the hazy light.

"Ahh Madame's eyes lit up, and she said happily: "I happen to lack a pendant to match my clothes, I didn't expect Wen Qing to know so much." ”

Women love ornaments, not to mention pendants that fit their hearts, Mrs. gestured in her ear, while asking Miss Zhou: "Ruo'er, is this decent?" ”

Miss Zhou said: "Mother, it couldn't be more decent, as if it was made for my mother." ”

"Okay, very good, I'll accept this gift." Mrs. showed a long-lost smile, put the pendant into the brocade box, and felt that Fang Cai was not reserved enough, so she restrained her smile and said: "Director Zhao, go to the treasury to pay 20 yuan to Wen Qing, I will accept this gift, but I can't make Wen Qing break the bank, Wen Qing is also a sensible and hard-working child." ”

Mrs. lacks an ornament to match her clothes, not only Zhou Heng knows about this, but also Lord Zhao knows, Zhou Heng wanted Shen Ao to send this gift to win his mother's favor last time, but Shen Ao refused. And Director Zhao also instigated his nephew to give this gift, and for this reason, he also posted ten times for Zhao Wenqing to prepare, but he didn't expect it to have an effect, looking at the smile that Mrs. couldn't hide, this pair of uncles and nephews finally let go of half of their hearts.

Zhao Wenqing said with sincere fear: "The money spent is saved by Xiaosheng selling some calligraphy and paintings, just to show Xiaosheng's respect, where do you dare to ask for Mrs.'s reward." ”

Mrs. said: "If you have this intention, I will accept your affection, you and Shen Ao are both good children." ”

Shen Ao coughed and followed, "Madam, Shen Ao has also prepared a gift to celebrate Madame." ”

Madame looked at Shen Ao with a smile, and the rest of the people also waited, there were too many places where Shen Ao was brilliant, and I don't know what else he would come up with to please Madame.

Shen Ao took out a small Buddha statue from his arms in front of everyone's eyes, the Buddha statue was full of knife marks, obviously not finished, Shen Ao offered his hands and said: "I only knew two days ago that today is the birthday of Mrs., so the time is in a hurry, this statue of Guanyin Master please Mrs. smile." ”

This Buddha statue is not exquisite, but looks very rough, and the knife marks in many places are not smooth, if it is not for Shen Ao to say that it is Guanyin Master, I am afraid that the people present will not recognize it if they do not look closely.

But the lady was very happy: "Yes, yes, this is your heart, I like it very much." He took it with his hand, but his eyes fell on Shen Ao's hand, and his eyebrows were already frowning.

Shen Ao's hands were full of nicks like the Buddha statue, especially on the back of his hand, and a clearly visible cut cut from his fingers to his wrist was shocking.

Madame's eyes were already red, and she said, "What's wrong with your hand?" Did you get hurt when you carved the Buddha statue? Silly boy, why don't you take care of yourself so much. ”

Mrs. was completely moved, she liked Zhao Wenqing's gift, this is a woman's natural surname for beauty. But a blessed person like her just likes matching accessories, after all, this is just an embellishment, where can you buy it with some silver?

But Shen Ao's gift is different, Shen Ao is not giving mundane things, but hearts. The weight of this heart was very heavy, especially the hand full of nicks and scars, which made the lady speechless with emotion at once.

Sometimes, gifts do not need to be valuable, as long as there is sincerity, with enough sincerity to do, it is a goose feather, an inconspicuous Buddha statue, is enough to move people's hearts.

Shen Ao's imitation of carved artworks is unknown, carving a Buddha statue by hand, but he deliberately did this, deliberately scratching a shallow notch in his hand, showing his sincerity. And this sincerity is not measured by money. Especially for a pampered person like Madame, what kind of treasure has not been seen, but when he saw this Buddha statue, his opinion of Shen Ao was completely different.

looked at Shen Ao's beautiful eyes, and felt a little more pity and pity.

Madame hesitated for a moment and said, "Zhao is in charge." ”

Director Zhao hurriedly said, "What does Madam command?" ”

Mrs. said: "Go, go to the account room and take ten more yuan of money to Wen Qing, so that he can study at home with peace of mind, and he will always have high school in the coming year." ”

Madame's words are self-evident, this scholar is insulated from Zhao Wenqing. Speaking of which, Mrs. is also kind, and she rewarded Zhao Wenqing with a total of 30 yuan before and after, which is enough for Zhao Wenqing for a year. It's just that Zhao Wenqing's face is even paler at this moment, this is no longer a matter of money, losing to a subordinate, where will his face go?

The wood was already in the boat, he reluctantly made a grateful look, and said with a slight smile: "Mrs. Xie." "It's just that the smile is a little stiff.

The next thing is to admire the moon and eat pastries, Mrs. Buddha, naturally she doesn't eat wine, so she didn't put wine up, and she ate the pastries happily, and they all dispersed.