15 Expectation
"Your mother is a bastard, and so are you." Lu Ying had heard her grandfather say this countless times, and she didn't delay him from paying back the money to her daughter, and gradually stopped taking her grandfather's cruel words seriously.
When it came to dinner, as the No. 1 swordsman in the South China Sea, Lu Fang also used his well-maintained hands to help Lu Ying remove the bones in the chicken legs.
Lu Ying held the rice bowl and said very particularly: "I don't eat chicken skin." ”
Lu Fang also peeled the chicken skin, watched his grandson elegantly put the chicken dipping sauce in his mouth, and said, "The first time I saw you write a letter to someone other than your family and make a new friend?" ”
Lu Ying said reservedly: "Yes." ”
Lu Fang expressed curiosity: "What was written?" ”
Lu Ying: "You'll know when he comes to me." ”
Lu Fang was even more curious: "How do you know that he will come to you?" ”
Lu Ying: "I invited him to come to the island to play in the letter. ”
At this moment, Jiang Ping came over to report: "Young Master Sun, the housekeeper of the Yue Wang family came to the door of the Qiu family and asked for the recipe for coconut oil. ”
Lu Ying: "King Yue? Not surprisingly. ”
As the Qiu family's business became bigger and bigger, the thighs of the Qiu prefect were not thick enough, and they couldn't stop the small night, Lu Ying had already asked people to stare at that side, and now he really waited for the hungry jackal.
Lu Ying instructed: "Help me send a gift to the Qiu Governor's Mansion, and send it with great fanfare." ”
The Qiu family needs a tough backer to block the greedy wolves, and the Lu family will be their backer, in this coastal area, as long as the Lu family expresses who they want to protect, even the vassal king will not dare to move.
Lu Fang acquiesced to Lu Ying's decision, Jiang Ping went down to carry out the order, Lu Ying saw the regret on his grandfather's face out of the corner of his eyes, and he also knew what his grandfather was pity.
If those bones were not dug up in the backyard, Lu Ying would not have to abolish his internal strength, then he would be both civil and military, not only smart brains.
But if a cold-hearted, ruthless and unrighteous person has too strong force, he will eventually become a disaster, his grandfather and mother both thought so, and Lu Ying gave up practicing martial arts openly, and only continued to practice the "Tianshan Sutra" secretly.
Lu Ying had a dream again at night, in the dream, he didn't meet Yan Hongqin, he was depressed, he was sick intermittently throughout the winter, and he didn't go out again until spring.
While sitting on the beach in a daze, a swarthy child timidly placed a conch with a red rope on his hand, saying "Don't be sad" in the local dialect.
Later, the child's father ran into a Japanese coward when he ran the boat and died, and Lu Ying in the dream wanted to go to the child's house to send some money and food after learning about the conch, but found that the child's mother had jumped into the well with the child in her arms in despair, and when they were fished out, the bodies of both were swollen.
Lu Ying asked them to be buried, hung the conch on the tombstone, turned around and went out to sea, sank several Japanese boats with wind and waves, and when he returned home, his grandfather looked at him, sighed heavily, and untied the acupoints on his body.
"Hafeinu, do you know why you're angry?"
Lu Ying in the dream asked rhetorically: "Am I angry?" ”
Is he angry?
When he woke up from the dream, Lu Ying pressed his heart, he didn't feel that he was angry in the dream, but he knew that when the child died, there was a faint sense of amazement in his heart.
Lu Ying remembered to get dressed, and inadvertently saw the ancient mirror on the bedside, and found that he was full of compassion in the mirror, just like when his mother took care of refugees, he never thought that he would show such an expression, and he was stunned for a while.
"Isn't my heart cold?" Lu Ying asked herself.
He sat quietly on the bed for a long time, and finally made up his mind.
After a few days, the wind and rain on the sea stopped, and Qiu Yu came to Qiongya Island with the cat bag he had sewn himself.
Brother Ying said hello, Qiu Yu only needs to take the jade card left for him to go to the Lujia pastry shop in Dongbin City to say hello, the pastry shop has a rich variety of sweets, in addition to Chinese cakes, there are also Western desserts brought by foreign fans, business is good, Qiu Yu bought some to eat on the road, the sweetness is not high, the taste is delicate, it melts in the mouth, and it is delicious.
After the ship sailed into Qiongshan Port, Qiu Yu saw twice as many ships as Dongbin Port, the masts erected high on the ship were like needles standing on the sea, and the seabirds flew by in flocks, with the occasional white feather falling.
There are Yu Dynasty merchants and foreign fans, and the ports and sea routes controlled by the Lu family are highly secure, so the cargo throughput of all good ports on Qiongya Island is very large, which means a huge amount of wealth, but the Lu family's mansion with such wealth is not very brilliant.
When Qiu Yu arrived, it was the time of sunset and the sea, everything as far as the eye could see was dyed with the color of molten gold, and the gate of the ancient mansion was also covered with golden light.
A thin white dog ran over, with long hair at its joints, running like auspicious clouds fluttering with him, the fairy spirit was compelling, the white dog man stood up, lay on Qiu Yu's shoulder, and licked his face fiercely.
This large adult dog looks thin, but in fact it is covered in tendon meat, if it weren't for the two years of horse walking in Wudang Mountain, Qiu Yu would have to fall to the ground with his cat.
"Rabbit, come back."
Hearing this call, the white dog immediately let go of Qiu Yu and squatted at the feet of the little master, his tail wagging like a propeller.
Lu Ying stood on the steps, put her hands in her sleeves, and said leisurely: "When my mother used to test whether I wanted to bully cats and dogs, she used this dog, and he called it Rabbit." ”
Qiu Yu was cute by Brother Ying, who was picked up by the peasants, and the corners of his mouth twitched when he heard his words: "I thought it was called Xiaotian." ”
Lu Ying despised it: "Nine of the ten thin dogs are called Xiaotian, which is vulgar. ”
Qiu Yu: Rabbits are not good, are they?
However, he still took off the cat bag and released the cat: "This is the fat man, you have seen it." ”
Lu Ying was puzzled: "This cat is not fat, why is it called fat?" ”
Qiu Yu: "Nine out of ten orange cats are fat, since this cat is destined to be thin, it is simply called fat from the beginning, by the way, what about your grandfather?" It would be rude to come to the door for so long and not go to worship the elders. ”
Let him see the style of the pirate king who has left his name in the history books.
Lu Ying led him inside, the little child walked not fast, all the way unhurriedly through the corridor, the half-moon gate, the lush grass and trees in winter, at the attic where the plaque of the Wenjian Pavilion was hung, where a high platform was built with marble.
On the stage, a white-clothed swordsman dances his sword in the sunset, his body is like a swimming dragon, and the sword light penetrates the dusk in the frightened wind.
Qiu Yu was stunned: "Ye, Ye ......"
Lu Ying was puzzled: "That's my grandfather, who is the swordsman surnamed Ye you are talking about?" I've inquired, but there is no such person in the rivers and lakes. ”
Qiu Yu: It's strange that you can find this person, I wear history and not books.
He took a deep breath, squatted down in the face of Lu Ying, and said sincerely: "Yingzi, for the sake of our friendship, can you help me ask your grandfather, does he still accept apprentices?" ”
Lu Ying became expressionless: "No need to ask, our Lu family's martial arts are not passed on to outsiders, not to mention that you have entered Wudang and honestly practice your Tai Chi sword." ”
Even if his grandfather is willing to accept apprentices, Lu Ying will not let Qiu Yu's apprenticeship succeed, otherwise wouldn't he be a generation higher than Lu Ying?
Qiu Yu was heartbroken and beat his chest: "Your grandfather is the real swordsman, he is too stylish!" ”
In fact, Lu Fang did not deliberately show off his good swordsmanship, he was just used to practicing swords after dinner, just like many old people are used to walking after dinner, exercising on time can not only maintain vitality, but also prevent waist fat.
After a set of swordsmanship dances, the swordsman fell to the ground, with a thin layer of sweat on his body, he saw Qiu Yu beside Lu Ying, pointed and shouted softly: "Hai Feinu, this is that eight-year-old?" ”
He was very tall, carrying a strange bag with a hole in it, and an orange cat's head came out of it, which was strange and funny, and looked like an interesting child.
Lu Ying: "Exactly, Qiu Yu, come and see my grandfather." ”
Qiu Yu stepped forward and saluted: "I've seen Lu, Lu ......"
According to his current generation, Qiu Yu should call this pirate king Grandpa Lu, but after really meeting, facing this handsome swordsman who is 1.9 meters tall and looks like he is in his early thirties at most, he can't say a word about grandpa.
Lu Fang didn't mind, his grandson had only made friends twice when he was so old, and the king who had ascended to heaven was stupid, and he didn't think that this Qiu Yu was too smart, so he said kindly: "Just call me Grandpa." ”
He took a dagger from his waist and threw it: "Next." ”
Qiu Yu caught the dagger, only to feel that the iron in his hand was heavy and cold, in the end, it was the pirate king, and even the greeting gift was a weapon, Qiu Yu watched Lu Fang leave in a dashing manner, and only felt that this middle-aged and elderly man in his fifties was too stylish.
Lu Ying tugged at Qiu Yu's sleeve and tilted her head: "Don't look at it, he will still be like that in another ten or twenty years, you might as well look at me." ”
Qiu Yu smiled when she heard this, and squatted down: "What do you have to look at?" So small, so skinny. ”
Lu Ying: "Compared to those who are immutable, aren't you curious about what I will look like when I grow up?" But since the day I made you a friend, I've been curious every day about how tall you'll be when you grow up. ”
This kid is really sultry, Qiu Yu's heart is soft, he will think about the dragon robe of Yuwuzong unearthed in later generations, and think that don't look at Lu Ying's current size makes people feel that God bless him to be able to have one meter six when he becomes an adult, experts have said that in terms of the size of the dragon robe, Qin Zhanying's height should be between 1.87 and 1.9 meters, and it is likely to be the classic "188".
Now look at his 1.9-meter-9 grandfather, and then think about his 1.8-meter-8 mother, with proper height potential.
Qiu Yu smiled and said: "Of course I'm curious, if one day, you are no longer a child, how tall, handsome, and majestic you should be, I think there will be many people who will be impressed by your demeanor." ”
He really thinks so, now Lu Ying, who even speaks with a milky voice, will become a hero who expels foreign captives in the future, thinking of the growth and changes he will have in the next ten years, Qiu Yu is also looking forward to it.
Lu Ying was a little surprised that he would say this.
"You're the first person to say that, and people will only say that I just want to live a long and healthy life, and never expect me to be like when I grow up."
Lu Ying stretched out her soft little hand, hooked Qiu Yu's hand and shook it, revealing a faint smile: "Let's go, I'll take you to the Facai Courtyard, next to the Songlan Courtyard where I live." ”
On the second day, Qiu Yu followed Lu Ying to start her journey to Qiongya Island.
At first, he thought that Lu Ying called him to the island to take him to play, and when the time came, they could go to the beach to build castles, take a boat to go fishing, and cut sugar cane in season to gnaw, if Brother Ying didn't mind, he could also teach Brother Ying to play beach volleyball, and he even brought the ball.
But Lu Ying didn't do that, he asked people to prepare shoes for easy mountaineering and travel, dry food on his back, a bag of change and an umbrella, led the rabbit to the carriage, and waited out of the city, on the carriage, Lu Ying took the map of Qiongya Island out.
Maps were a strategic treasure in ancient times, and they were not easily allowed to be seen by outsiders, but Lu Ying generously pointed to the map to Qiu Yu and whispered their itinerary for the next few days.
Starting from Qiongshan, they have to go all the way to Ding'an, Huitong, Lehui, Wanzhou, Lingshui, Yazhou, and then cross the mountain road all the way to Shanzhou, and then take a boat from Xiangzhou Port, passing through Lingao, Chengmai, and finally return to Qiongshan.
He's going to go around the island!
Qiu Yu was confused at first, and then looked left and right: "Yingying, did you tell your parents that you were going to go so far this time?" ”
Lu Ying shook her head: "If I say it, my grandfather will also respond, but he will send many people to follow me, then I won't be able to see what I want to see." ”
Qiu Yu asked, "What do you want to see?" ”
Lu Ying thought of her mother who never looked back and left Qiongya Island, and thought of the boy in her dream who made his heart sour.
"I don't know, but it's not something that can be seen in the mansion, and I can't see it in the prince's mansion." Lu Ying muttered.
He folded his hands, put his fingertips on his chin, and looked up at Qiu Yu: "Qiu Yu, I have left a letter in the bedroom, my grandfather will find out soon, you have to help me get rid of them before he catches up." ”
The toddler pointed to the guards.
Qiu Yu looked at Lu Ying quietly, thinking that this was not a question of whether to get rid of the guards or not, but a problem if Ah Gong Lu caught up and saw me abducting his sweetheart and grandson to suffer outside.
He grabbed a handful of his hair, with a look of helplessness, "I knew you called me to go to the island because you were in trouble with me".
After a while, Qiu Yu covered her face: "For the sake of you being so cute, I'll help you, but what about the rabbit?" He can smell you. ”
Lu Ying's eyes were as bright as black pearls that had just been fished out of the sea, and her tone was rarely lively.
"It will rain later, and it will rain for two days and two nights, and the rabbits will not be able to catch up with us if there is rain."
Qiu Yu: "The sun is shining outside, you say it's raining?" ”
As a result, after a while, when the carriage drove to a tea stall, the sky was really overcast.
Qiu Yu: ......
Son of the Meteorology, if you don't accept it, you can't do it.
Seeing that the guards were discussing to return to the city, Qiu Yu sighed, lifted the shoulder strap of the cat bag, took out a ball from his luggage, threw the ball with his left hand, jumped with both feet, and hit the ball with his right hand, the ball passed through the crowd at a very high speed, and when it landed, it exploded, spewing out a puff of smoke.
Qiu Yu turned around and picked up Lu Ying, carried light skills, and ran into the mountains and forests, the blue silk and soft hair that Lu Ying used to tie his hair were blown across his face by the wind.
The kid laughed and shouted, "Qiu Yu, run faster!" Faster! ”
The emotions in his laughter brought Qiu Yu to laugh unconsciously.
Forget it, forget it, it's not unacceptable to be caught by the Pirate King, after all, Yingying is rarely so happy, and it's nothing to beat him up.