Chapter 13: The Human Heart (Part II)
Time passed. Hu Buwei gradually grew meat again under Qin Su's careful care, although he can't be said to be white and fat and rich, but compared to the miserable and thin appearance when he was on the road a year ago, it is no longer the same. Qin Su had a lot of silver, and he had no scruples about buying precious and nourishing things. What's more, now in Hejiazhuang, a dry supply is even more sufficient.
Seeing that Brother Hu was getting better day by day, Qin Su's heart relaxed. I thought that as long as I had a little more time and my soul was restored, Brother Hu would be able to wake up and talk to her...... Qin Su couldn't help but feel his heart agitated, and his heart was full of surprise and shame. I just thought: "When Brother Hu wakes up, what should I tell him?"
She still stays at home, washing Hu Buwei's face and hair and massaging her muscles and muscles as usual every day. When I got up in the morning, I urged Xiao Hu to write on his back. Serve Hu Buwei for three meals.
However, the days of expectation are completely different from the usual. Others may not be able to see it, but Qin Su knows that every day she is now like a festival. When he walks, he is as brisk as the wind, his face is full of melancholy, and he looks radiant. Moreover, whenever I was doing something, I would suddenly pause and fall into deep thought with a smile on my face.
A good wait is always a blessing.
Of course, as the saying goes, 'three feet of red dust is changeable, some people are happy and some people are sad', no matter what time it is, there will always be many more people in the world who are depressed than those who are happy. At this moment, in the He family's compound, not everyone was in the same excited mood as Qin Su.
After listening to Hu Tan's recitation of the "Heavenly King's Asking the Heart Mantra", Old Man He was discouraged and completely dispelled the idea of opening up to Qin Su to accept Hu Tan as an apprentice. I don't go to the side room every day, and I get up in the morning. With a straight face and no smile, he trained the three little apprentices ruthlessly.
"The stupid bird flies first and enters the forest early". This is what the old man thinks in his heart, since his qualifications are not as good as others, he has to fill it with hard work. The three children now have a lot of homework, and they originally had three hours of playtime every day, but the old man canceled it.
It doesn't matter if he is competitive this time, he only suffers three poor little apprentices, not to mention the increase in his daily learning load, and he is not allowed to make mistakes when practicing and memorizing skills. The slightest mistake will attract harsh scolding. Yi Xuan has been scolded and cried many times.
Another person who is full of sorrow is He Jiangzhou.
It's been more than half a month, and every time someone in the village wants to find the eldest young master, they can't find it during the day. The frustrated man is now inert, and goes out before dawn every day, and is more diligent than the farmer who rushes to eat. Then find a restaurant in the city at random, a glass of left and a glass of right, a long sigh, and a sigh, and talk about sorrow. He likes Qin Su, as far as he is concerned. There had never been a woman who touched his heart so much before, but God didn't want adult beauty, just such a person who made him fall in love. It's just that the famous flower has a master...... The happy flower owner turned out to be a black and thin fool...... What is the unhappiness and injustice of the world? God's blindness is conclusive, why is it so reliable?
"Alas, what a fresh flower. What a big pile of cow dung. ”
In the restaurant, He Jiangzhou poured himself a drink. Pick up a peanut and hold it up in the air to look at it distractedly. The drink is not a drink now. In the oily light, it shows the scene of Qin Su gently taking care of Hu Buwei, so affectionate and considerate, but it is not for his suave He Dagongzi, but for the withered old fool......
He Jiangzhou's resentment sudden, and the smell of wine surged into his heart like the tide of breaking the embankment.
It's early afternoon, and it should have been five or six hours since he arrived at the restaurant. The two altars have been carved into the stomach for six years, and no matter how good the amount of wine he has, he is already drunk.
"Amorous...... Since ancient times...... Empty hatred, good dreams...... Origin...... Easiest to wake up. He Jiangzhou sang miserably, threw the peanuts to the ceiling, laughed, fell on the wine table, and was no longer willing to stand up. Love is empty, and it has always hurt the most, even a heartless flower master like He Jiangzhou.
He closed his eyes and pressed his chin against the table. Jealousy attacked his heart, and alcohol poisoned his brain, and he felt that his neck was no longer able to bear the heavy load of his head. I snorted the smell of wine for a while, and when I opened my eyes again, I saw a few columns of brown and yellow objects on the opposite wall. It was a poem inscribed by an aspiring drinker in an unknown year and month:
East wind
The name is in the sky, and the land of Kyushu is famous,
The road ahead is full of questions, and the whip is waiting to be moved.
The mountain is wide and full of feet, and the snow melts when it is blown,
The rain and dew grow at will, and the flowers are all in my arms.
The poem is full of pride, to the effect that his reputation is outside, everyone welcomes him, and even at the beginning of the new year, when the east wind is about to move, all households in the world write couplets to light firecrackers to greet him. The second half of the writing is very explicit, thinking that after this celebrity arrived in Jiangning Mansion, the town embraced red and green, and the flowers of Myanmar were thick, so there was a sentence of "a hundred flowers hugged my arms".
"Rain and dew grow at will...... A hundred flowers are in my arms...... Hmph, isn't it just holding a few courtesans? I have had such a day...... So what's there to brag about?"
"As long as you have money in your pocket, those broken flowers and vulgar leaves are at your disposal. It's just a real strange flower, and I don't think you can see this arrogant thing. He Jiangzhou thought with a blank scurry.
Alas, strange flowers, strange flowers, He saw someone, but what was the result? He Jiangzhou smiled bitterly, and in his chaotic mind, the gentle woman's face jumped out suddenly, and it was unexpectedly clear.
"The one surnamed Hu...... What's so good? I don't look as good as me, and my family background is not as good as mine...... How did you like him?"
This is destiny. forced a beautiful woman like a flower to such an odious and hateful fool, but made the latecomer sigh and regret. This thief has always been unwilling to be an adult. Otherwise, how can there be an uneven cry in the world that "a good man has no good wife, and Lai Han gathers flowers and branches"?
"It's a pity, it's a pity, it's a pity!" He Jiangzhou felt a pang of pain in his heart, and he almost burst into tears. Grabbing the flask with his hand, he doesn't pour it into the glass, and puts the spout directly in his mouth. I just want the liquor to wash my throat, cut my stomach, and make the broken thing in my chest feel better.
However, the soft flower carving is not as fierce as other wines, only slightly spicy. He Jiangzhou took a big sip and felt unhappy. Struggled to flick the flask and threw it on the screen opposite. In the shattering sound of 'clang', the mounted silk screen painted with delicate flowers and birds couldn't help but be a might. It was knocked into the wall and shattered.
"Jun Mingzhu is in tears, I hate to meet when I am not married! Miss Qin, you and I are destined to be inseparable after all! I can only hate, why can't I know you one step earlier, and let the one surnamed Hu take the lead!" He looked at the table full of dishes with hatred, and then waited to gather his palm and slammed the wine table.
However, in the middle of the air, he suddenly stopped.
"Hate when you don't meet and don't get married......" I played with this sentence in my heart. He Jiangzhou suddenly realized something, and there was a strangeness on his face.
Qin Sushang is a virgin, how could he not see it with his vicious eyes that are used to playing among flowers. Judging from Qin Su's name for Hu Buwei, it is obvious that he has not married him yet. It's just that He Jiangzhou saw her love and consideration for Hu Buwei before, and he was jealous and attacked, so he forgot about this layer.
Since there is no worship in the church, and there is no round house, this woman is still a good flower without an owner. Everyone in the world can catch up. Then what else does he have to worry about being sad? Although 'a gentleman is prudent and virtuous, and does not take the favor of others,' he can't take care of so much at the moment. Let Qin Su be bullied by a fool surnamed Hu, that is the real tyrannical thing. There is no virtue to the extreme!
"Ha! Great luck! Great luck!" He Jiangzhou's eyes lit up, and he woke up eight points with a sense of wine: "How can I be so confused, I mistakenly took Yingying as a matchmaker! "Leap up. Pacing in the room, I just thought: "God is pitiful! I can't bear it anymore!" I can't wait to jump and take a big leap and let out some catharsis.
Just like a person who thought he was in a desperate situation. In the midst of the cliffs, he suddenly found a road to heaven, this surprise is beyond the description of pen and ink.
However, after the joy and then thought about it, he immediately felt that the time was urgent, and now time was running out, and in more than a month, Uncle Fan was coming, and the fool surnamed Hu was awakened at that time, but he was not sure that something would happen.
If he wants to win the hearts of beauties, he should use all means to gain Qin Su's trust in just one month, and then snatch love with a knife step by step...... As for how to deal with the fool's rival surnamed Hu, it's time to use your brains and use some strategies. Best, a fool is always a fool and never has to wake up again.
He Jiangzhou's heart was full of enthusiasm, and it seemed that he had seen the near future, and Qin Su threw himself into his arms with great tenderness. Under the agitation of strong feelings, where can I still have the patience to drink again, and shouted loudly, "The shopkeeper, count the wine money." He put the two ingots on the stool, and before he had time to go down the stairs, he rushed directly to the window, turned over, jumped into the middle of the street, and hurried to his house.
In Hejiazhuang, there is a mess now.
Xiao Hu Tan didn't know why, so he made Zha Feiheng cry again. When Old Man He heard about it, he somehow became angry, pulled Zha Feiheng to the yard and tied it up, and the rattan was pumped like a storm, beating the apprentice so badly. There were a handmaid in the courtyard of the He family, and everyone was frightened, and they were secretly thinking: The master doesn't know what to worry about recently, and his temperament is very abnormal, but don't make any mistakes and let him be punished, it will be a bad cake.
When He Jiangzhou arrived at home, the storm had just subsided. Zha Feiheng was carried to his own room, crying hoarsely, and only his cry of "Mother, I want to go home!" was heard in the courtyard. Old Man He was still angry, and he was angry in the middle of the courtyard with a blue face.
As soon as He Jiangzhou wanted to step into the door, he immediately noticed that the atmosphere was not right, and at a glance, he saw that Old Man He was clubbing like a javelin in the flowers and trees, where did he dare to appear in front of his Lao Tzu? Looking up at the wing, I only thought: I don't know what Miss Qin is doing now?
Qin Su closed in the room, comforting Hu Tan.
Listening to the little boy sobbing and crying about what happened, she could only sigh. The reason for the fight turned out to be to pick a flower.
Hu Tan saw a peony in the garden that was growing vigorously, and he liked it, so he wanted to pick it, but he knew that Zha Feiheng went to the garden to play, and happened to see it, so he ran over to stop it, saying that the flower was the flower of the He family, and he would not let the wild child pick it. This is where the dispute arises. Hu Tan was young, which was the opponent of Zha Feiheng, who was a few years older, pulled a few times, and was pushed and cried again.
After Qin Su heard this, he didn't know what to say, he sent people under the fence, and asked for others, what more could he say? Wen Yan comforted him, and only repeatedly admonished: This is someone else's house, but you can't do everything by your own temperament. When you go out in the future, don't touch the things you shouldn't touch, and don't say the things you shouldn't say.
Hu Tan agreed with tears in his eyes. In his young mind. Once again, I am sensitive to the fact that not everyone in this world treats themselves well.
At the moment when one big and one small sighed. I heard a knock at the door. Qin Su responded to the guest, and He Jiangzhou flashed into the door with a box holding a box and a smile.
"Tan'er. Does it still hurt in your body?" he said to Hu Tan, but his eyes glanced at Qin Su's face. "Uncle He has brought you something interesting, make sure you see it, and your body will not hurt immediately. He opened the wooden box, and it was a bunch of playthings: a few chubby porcelain dolls, a bamboo horse, a puppet with a string action, and a few strange children's things. I don't know where he got it in a short time.
As soon as Xiao Hu Tan saw it, his eyes immediately attracted him and stopped crying.
"Xiao Tan'er, do you want to play with me?" He Jiangzhou changed his voice to seduce, shaking the line puppet, and the dummy waved his hand and feet to make a movement, which was very funny, Xiao Hu Tan was very interesting, and Gege smiled. Throw all the unhappiness behind the brain, come and catch the puppet. He Jiangzhou pulled the line and circled with him, played for a while, and then handed over the puppet to him. Get up. walked to Qin Su's side.
"Miss Qin, are you used to living these days?"
Qin Su said: "Gongzi Lao He bothered, we lived very well. ”
He Jiangzhou said: "I'm not in a good mood these days. I didn't come to see you, so don't blame me. Qin Su smiled and said, "How could it be." He Gongzi has helped us so much, and I can't thank you too late. How can I blame you. You're in a bad mood and it's time to go out for a walk. ”
He Jiangzhou muttered in his heart: "I'm not happy in my heart, it's for you that you let me go out for a walk...... Don't you know that seeing you and me can only be good?" said on his lips: "You don't have to thank me all the time for small things." The children of the rivers and lakes should have reached out to each other to help each other, but I don't believe that if one day I am in trouble and ask for food to come to your house, you will refuse to take me in. Could it be that I will thank you every day then?"
Qin Su couldn't help but purse his lips when he heard what he said, and his coquettish attitude was immediately overlooked.
Childe laughed. ”
The playboy is clever and funny, and all he wants is this smile. It's just that he didn't expect that Qin Su would be so seductive when he smiled, when he saw it, where could he still hold it, his head 'boom!', the blood all over his body seemed to be pumped to the soles of his feet, his eyes were wide, he looked at Qin Su's face stupidly, his heart was full of joy and sadness, and there was only one thought left: "In this life, if I He Jiangzhou can't marry you, I ...... I don't have to live anymore. ”
Qin Su was stared at by him shyly, turned his face away, and asked in a low voice, "Childe is here, but is there something wrong?"
He Jiangzhou froze and said, "Uh...... That's the case, I just heard people say that Xiao Tan'er was fighting with my junior brother and was made to cry, so I came over to see if he was tight. ”
Qin Su shook his head gloomily and said, "Children's family, some quarrels are common...... He didn't have anything to worry about. Turning his head to look at the little doll, Hu Tan was carrying the string puppet left and right, playing with great interest, obviously forgetting all the unhappiness.
Children are good, there is no concern, and if there is something unsatisfactory, you can forget it if you cry.
He Jiangzhou saw that Yiren was worried, and quickly changed the topic: "Brother Hu is okay?" I saw an old ginseng in the market, and I wanted to come to it to be good for his body, so I bought it back, you see." As he spoke, he pulled out a rectangular box from his sleeve and uncovered it, with a strange fragrance. The red silk cloth is wrapped in a dried ginseng nearly a foot long, the body is thick and strong, the bowl is dense and long, the spiral pattern under the taproot is extremely fine, and the deep ring of the ring is really a good ginseng.
"After half a month, Uncle Fan will come, and Brother Hu will be able to wake up. Give him a good recuperation these days, these old ginseng can strengthen the foundation and cultivate the yuan, and he should be allowed to eat more. ”
Qin Su saw that the things were valuable, and he was willing to accept them, so he hurriedly excused himself and said: "No, no, no, Gongzi He, you have done us a great favor, and we haven't come to thank us yet, how can we accept such a valuable gift again?" Old Mr. He is old and needs these things to nourish, so you should take them to honor him...... Brother Hu here, I still have some silver, I'll buy it for him again. ”
He Jiangzhou feigned anger and said: "What? Do you still treat me as an outsider? This is a little heart I give to Brother Hu, what do you want you to refuse? I respect Brother Hu's personality, and I am happy when I see him, and I think that he is my own brother who has been separated for many years, do you really not want us to be close to each other?"
Qin Su was speechless. He Jiangzhou is accustomed to seeing people's feelings, how can she easily refute what she said? Although she knew that things were extremely inappropriate, she let He Jiangzhou squeeze her words, and she didn't know what reason to object. Silent for a moment, he took the box.
He Jiangzhou smiled and said, "It's about the same. I just said that you don't want me to be brothers with Brother Hu. Do you think that my surname is unkind, and I haven't come to see you for so long, so I'm angry with me?"
Qin Su hurriedly argued: "No, no, no, Gongzi He is a very good person...... If...... When Brother Hu wakes up, he must be very grateful to you. ”
He Jiangzhou smiled loudly: "Hahaha, there is no need to be grateful, when the time comes, he is willing to recognize me as a brother, and I will be satisfied." I've been in a state of mind these days, and I haven't come to visit him, so this ginseng is a gift of my apology. ”
Qin Su said: "Gongzi He is so polite, how can we deserve it." ”
He Jiangzhou said with a smile: "What is deserved, it's just a ginseng, if you still refuse so politely, I will come back every day, and I will change a hundred-year-old Poria cocos tomorrow, depending on what you say." ”
Qin Su couldn't cry or laugh, and said, "Gongzi He, you are laughing again." This must not be done. ”
He Jiangzhou said: "Okay, I don't want you to be embarrassed either." But in the future, Brother Hu will be fine, blame me for not being close enough, and refuse to let me marry Jin Lan...... Hmph, you're going to have to speak for me then. Qin Su knew that he was laughing, so he only smiled and didn't answer him anymore.
He Jiangzhou made a few jokes again, and saw that it was not too early, so he arched his hand and said goodbye: "Okay, Miss Qin, it's not too early, and I won't stay here to annoy people." What you just said is a joke, don't take it personally. I only sincerely hope that Brother Hu can raise his body as soon as possible, don't Uncle Fan come when the time comes, his body is too weak to shape his soul, then it is called trouble. ”
Qin Su nodded, grateful in his heart, and said, "Thank you Gongzi He for your concern...... I...... I'll take a good look at Brother Hu. ”
He Jiangzhou turned around with a smile and went to the door, but turned his head again, looked at Qin Su's face carefully, and sighed: "I know that living in someone else's house is inconvenient. In fact...... You don't have to be too restrained, just tell your subordinates if you have anything, if you feel embarrassed, then call me, I really regard you as friends...... I hope you don't have to reject my intentions. ”
Qin Su responded, his heart was moved, and he didn't know what to say to thank him, so he only gave He Jiangzhou a grateful glance. Think, "Although this man was born into a rich family, he has a very good heart and treats people so sincerely. ”