Chapter 119: Stupid Child
Xie Yingxue saw that Xinglu had been properly settled, so she was relieved. said to Xinglu: "Sister, let's just leave empty-handed like this, won't it get in the way?"
Xinglu saw that she asked about the paper kite conference, and her heart was very happy, and said: "What's the matter, there are a lot of playthings sold at the conference, and you can buy a beautiful paper kite for a few taels of silver." Why walk around with a paper kite, it's so inconvenient!"
Xie Yingxue nodded slightly and said, "What my sister said is, look at me stupid or something." It's still my sister who has a wide range of knowledge, so that she can save trouble and have fun. "It's the first time for her to go to such a grand event as the Paper Kite Conference, so naturally she doesn't know much about Xinglu.
Xinglu frowned slightly, and said with a slight reproach: "Sister, can't you say that she is stupid, isn't this even scolding us together?" Although this was the case, there was no reproachful tone in his words, as if he was joking with Xie Yingxue.
Xie Yingxue was puzzled and asked, "I scolded myself for being stupid, why did I scold my sister and Brother Qi Feng together?"
Xinglu saw that she didn't understand, and said with a smile: "As the saying goes, things gather by like, and people are grouped." If you are with us, then we are naturally in the same way. If you are a fellow believer, you scold yourself for being stupid, and if you are stupid, the people who are with you will naturally be stupid. In that case, aren't you just scolding us?"
Xie Yingxue heard her say this, and hurriedly covered her small mouth. But he still couldn't help but apologize to the two, covered his mouth and said, "yes, why didn't I think of this section." I won't say it, I won't say it again!"
Xinglu was even more happy when she saw her like this, and she grabbed her arm and walked out of the inn. But Ren didn't forget to talk to Xie Yingxue and said: "Actually, this is just one of them, do you want to know why your sister doesn't allow your sister to say that you are stupid?" Seeing Xie Yingxue looking at herself in a daze, she continued: "Haven't you heard the story of the 'stupid child'?"
Although Xie Yingxue was born in a famous family, she has read poetry and books since she was a child. But when it comes to these folk stories, she has rarely heard of them, and asked, "What is the story of a 'stupid child', why haven't I even heard of the name?"
Xinglu smiled slightly and said, "These things are just oral rumors among neighbors, so my sister naturally doesn't know about it." And these things are unbearable things, how can they be written in a book and hung with a name?" Seeing that Xie Yingxue was full of anticipation, she continued: "In this way, then my sister will tell you this story." ”
Xie Yingxue was only seventeen or eighteen years old, and she was deeply favored by Xie Xuan since she was a child, so she was even younger mentally. Hearing that Xinglu had a story to tell, he urged: "Good sister, just say it, I can't wait." ”
Qi Feng saw the two of them heading out of the inn, and immediately followed. Although he and Xie Yingxue had been together for more than a month in the Fu Rong Temple, because Ling Yun had slaughtered his dog by mistake, the two had to hunt for her for a month. And because of this, Xie Yingxue has always been shouting and drinking to the two, and her young lady's shelf is very full. As for her coquettish appearance, the two have never seen each other.
At this time, seeing Xie Yingxue following the dew, a pair of innocent little eyes, looking at it really made people feel pity. This is really the same as her usual arrogant appearance before. When Qi Feng saw it, he was really surprised. I thought to myself, if she pleaded with me like this, and heard her weak voice, I am afraid that both legs would give him weakness. Coincidentally, the three of them happened to pass by a corner, Qi Feng listened intently to the conversation between the two, and thought about Xie Yingxue's appearance when he pleaded with him, but when the two turned around, they didn't see it, and with a 'bang', they crashed into a high wall.
Fortunately, Xie Yingxue and Xinglu had a very happy conversation, and they didn't see him in such an embarrassment. Seeing that the two of them were still slowly moving forward, he rubbed his aching forehead, took three steps and made two steps, and caught up with the two.
When he got closer, he heard Xinglu say, "Once upon a time there was a husband and wife, and they had a young son. While the young son was babbling, the husband came back from a tired day. Although he was exhausted, he saw that his wife was playing with the children. Seeing the two of them very happy, I forgot about the tiredness of my body. When he got closer, he and his wife teased the children. The woman had been playing with the child all afternoon, and she kept teasing the child to call her mother. At this time, when she saw her husband coming back, she wanted to show off in front of her husband, so she asked the child to call herself mother. The boy was also well-behaved, and when he saw the woman's look, he called out to her, 'Mommy.' ”
When the husband saw that the child could speak, he wanted to hear him call himself father. But the woman only taught the child how to call her mother, but she did not teach her to call her father. The husband tried everything, but the child never called himself father. The husband was already tired, and when he saw that the mother and son were having a great time, he cheered up and talked and laughed with them. I don't know that the child will only be called 'mother', not father. When he was angry, he said to the child, 'Stupid boy, stupid to death, even the father can't scream.' ’。 After saying that, he walked away angrily. When the child saw his father's fierce face, he was so frightened that he burst into tears. It took a long time for the woman to lull the child to sleep. ”
And so it was on the second day. The child was frightened by his father yesterday, and when he saw his father, he hid in his mother's arms, let alone call him father. The man scolded the child again and said, 'Stupid boy, you don't even know your father, you are so stupid.' After saying that, he walked away angrily. Day after day, the child grew up. Mrs. Dena took good care of her, and she understood more and more things. There were a few times when I dared to call the man father, but remembering the fierce look on the man's face, the word 'father' came to his lips and swallowed it back. When the man saw the boy like this, he said that he really didn't know how to call his father. Still scolding the kid for being stupid like before. ”
Speaking of this, Xinglu's words were already a little choked. Xie Yingxue was anxious to know what was going on, but Yu Xinglu didn't see such an abnormality, and asked, "What happened later?"
Seeing her urging herself, Xinglu hurriedly changed her smile and forced herself to calm down: "Later, when that child reaches the age of four, he still won't be called 'father'. When he called his mother, he was very pleasant. And the man scolded the child so many years that the child, though he had been carefully taught by the woman, was getting more and more stupid. Later, the child's eyes became more and more glazed, and he became slower and slower to learn. A year later, the woman became pregnant with another child. When the man saw that the child was stupid, he set all his thoughts on the newborn child. And when he saw the child, he still called him a stupid child. ”
After a pause, he added, "And the woman knew that her husband did not like the firstborn because she had not taught the child to call him 'Father.'" When the young son began to learn to speak, the first thing the woman taught was 'father.' And when the man heard the young son call himself father, the joy in his heart was self-evident. It was only then that he truly felt the joy of being a father. Because of this, the man loved his young son even more. With this son calling himself father, the man was not as abusive to the eldest son as before. But the child was now seven or eight years old, and how could he learn other things like any other child? So the more the person called the child 'stupid child,' the more stupid the child became. So, my sister must not say that she is stupid, she will really become stupid later. ”