Jia Qiong walked to Ding Zhongmen, and looked at the vegetable garden next to it, which was quite neat, but the façade was a little dilapidated.

I didn't look closely, I looked at the door knocker, except for the places that I often touch, some of them were shiny, and the other places were a little yellow, obviously no one repaired or maintained.

Pick up the knocker and gently buckle it a few times.

"Qiang, bang."

"It's coming, it's coming."

With a few knocks on the knocker, a man's voice came from inside. As soon as Jia Qiong heard it, she knew that it was Ding Zhong's voice, after all, she had heard it many times.

And this Ding Zhong's loud voice is a little hoarse and a little low, belonging to that kind of low-pitched voice, belonging to the kind of person who often roars, which is a little different from ordinary people.

After a while, as the footsteps became louder and louder, Jia Qiong took two steps back. Sure enough, after a few breaths, Ding Zhong opened the courtyard door from the inside.

Seeing that it was Jia Qiong, he was slightly silent, nodded slightly, and said, "Come in." ”

Seeing this, Jia Qiong also nodded to him, and turned to Qin Ye's direction again, seeing that Qi Ren was looking at him outside the door and did not return home.

Immediately, Jia Qiong smiled at Qin Ye again, and entered the courtyard with Ding Zhong.

The two walked inward side by side, walked a few steps, and came to the small table in the courtyard, where the two sat opposite each other, took off the upside-down thick bowl on the table, and poured a bowl of cold boiled water for Jia Qiong. Then he looked at Jia Qiong and said:

"You know Elder Qin?"

Jia Qiong raised her eyes and looked at the courtyard across the wall. Said with a smile:

"I didn't know each other, but when I came to look for you, I came to this alley, but I didn't know which yard you were. Thinking of looking for someone to ask, I happened to meet Uncle Qin and his son, and with his guidance, I found your door. ”

"Oh."

When Ding Zhong heard this, there was not much fluctuation on his face. said dispensably and casually.

After speaking, he probably felt that it was too perfunctory, and asked again: "Do you call Uncle Qin?" ”

Jia Qiong looked at the careless Ding Zhong and knew that he was a little reluctant to talk to people. Then let's talk about it first, maybe if we start talking, I'm willing to talk.

Of course, this is not absolute, but you can try everything if you have the opportunity, and you will not lose anything, thinking of this, she immediately replied:

"Yes, Uncle Qin and Uncle Zheng are colleagues, and Uncle Zheng often mentions me to him, and we met today, and we chatted for a while. So Uncle Qin asked me to call him Uncle.

By the way, I heard that Uncle Ding, you have a son, how old is it, is it my brother or brother. Usually read books or practice martial arts. ”

may have heard Jia Qiong mention his son, and the corners of Ding Zhong's mouth finally showed a hint of a smile, and then slowly faded away. But the softened eyes did not stiffen anymore, and after thinking about it, he said:

"I am luckier than your father, when I was begging for food, I was adopted by my father as an adopted son. My father and mother have found me a daughter-in-law, a year before your father, and your mother should have told you about our begging.

Ye'er is one year older than you, and in the past six months, she has been working hard, not practicing martial arts, but her body has become stronger. ”

……

The two chatted for a while, and Jia Qiongfang lowered his voice and asked:

"Uncle Ding, since you, my father and my two uncles are brothers in life and death, I want to ask you to tell me the cause of their deaths, and I want to avenge them."

chatted with Jia Qiong for a while, and her face, which was originally a little thawed, instantly stiffened. After a while, he said:

"I know you've come to me to know about it, but I can't tell you. You're too young now, wait until you're in power.

You are a noble and noble servant, and it will be difficult to go in the future, whether you are from literature or martial arts.

If you have a certain amount of confidence one day, or worship Jin Luan, or when you take charge of an army, I will tell you again. ”

Jia Qiong heard Ding Zhong say this, but she was a little angry, the conversation was so good before, and her feelings were useless.

I'm not an imprudent person, but it's obviously not okay to be blind.

Now that I have taken the lead, I know what happened to my father clearly, at least I know if I will be implicated.

Regardless of whether it is implicated or not, it is better to deal with it yourself than to come to the door and not know it.

So I wanted to force it to see if I could talk to myself in the face of my late father.

Just about to open his mouth, he heard Qin Ye's voice ringing in the courtyard next door.

"Ke'er, you have a good rest, this is Zhong'er, the child that his father just adopted. I just asked Wu's mother to boil some hot water for my father. You let Baozhu Ruizhu take Zhong'er to wash. ”

Hearing this, Jia Qiong and Ding Zhong, who were talking, instantly quieted down.

I heard a soft and glutinous female voice from the courtyard next door, and said with a little coquettishness:

"Daddy, how can there be a person who washes his hair on the Shangyuan Festival, today's heavenly officials are blessed, isn't this to wash off all the blessings and longevity?"

Hearing the girl's words, Qin Ye couldn't help patting his forehead and exclaiming, "Old, old." I forgot about it. ”

The female voice paused slightly, and then said in a clear voice:

"It's better to wash it tomorrow, it's not in the way for a day, you might as well change into clean clothes first, and it can be regarded as getting rid of the moldy atmosphere on your body, Daddy thinks it's appropriate."

"Yes, Kerr arranged it properly, just do what Kerr said. As a father, he is old, so it's better for Ke'er to take your younger brother in the future, you are also the eldest sister. ”

After Qin Ye finished speaking, he sighed again, and muttered again: "It's not okay to be old if you don't accept it." ”

After Qin Yefang finished speaking, he heard a silver bell-like laughter ringing in the courtyard next door, crisp and pleasant.

After a few laughs, the girl said coquettishly: "Where is Daddy old, Daddy will definitely live a long life in the future, and it depends on my younger brother marrying a wife and having children." ”

After saying this, Qin Ye was relieved, laughed a few times, and then said:

"Wait for Baozhu, Ruizhu will change Zhong'er into clothes, you will take him and play with him again. In the future, you will need to work harder. ”

After Qin Ye finished speaking, the girl's voice was pure for a while and soft for a while.

"Daddy, my daughter should take good care of her younger brother, teach him to read and learn calligraphy in the future, and then teach him to write poems and write poems, and you can also ask him to play the piano and paint."

After a slight pause, he continued: "Well, I'll take him indoors now and play him a pipa song to see if he has this talent." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, there was another burst of laughter like silver bells, followed by silence.

Hearing such words, Jia Qiong understood in her heart that this should be Qin Ye's adopted daughter Qin Keqing; It is also the unique granddaughter-in-law in Jia's mother's mouth, a daughter-in-law who is incomparable.

It's just that now should be a flower girl, and it's the time of innocence.

Although he had confirmed it in his heart, he thought about it and looked at Ding Zhong again, and asked, "Is this Uncle Qin's adopted daughter, Qin Keqing?" ”

Hearing this question, Ding Zhong also nodded yes.

Just as he was about to talk again, a series of pipa sounds came from the courtyard next door.

"Di Di Bang, Di Di Di ......"

Jia Qiong couldn't help but close her eyes and meditate on this clear, loud, and full and moist voice, sometimes low and deep, sometimes high-pitched and passionate, and magnificent. It was as if countless large and small jewels had fallen on the jade plate.

I couldn't help but think of the sentence that the big string was noisy like a torrential rain, and the small string was like a whisper. Noisy and staggered, big beads and small beads fall on the jade plate.

I couldn't help but sway my body slightly with the rhythm of the pipa, and my right index finger also tapped the table with the rhythm.

It is as if you see a small boat swimming on the water, crossing from one bridge to another, singing or chanting.

At that time, in the West Chamber, the jade screen was carved with mandarin ducks, sitting on the copper mirror appliqué yellow, thin lips dotted, and the shadow oblique cloud screen window.

It was as if I saw a woman dressed in white, half-hugging the lute, whispering softly.

But after a long time, the sound of the pipa slowly disappeared, and Jia Qiong slowly woke up. Seeing that it was almost dusk, Ding Zhong didn't want to talk about it in detail, so he had to go back home.

Jia Qiong also wanted to take her sister to this Lantern Festival with her mother, whether she or her mother, she had not been here for many years.