Chapter 246 The Wind Rises(1/2)
After the rose flower recovered, Zhao Changqing was in a good mood.
Sister Fu came to find Xia Yu, Zhao Lian, and the three of them were having fun in the garden. Sister Fu talked about her new flower stand, "I really like Aunt Xia's rose flower stand. Let's drink tea under this flower stand, and the tea is fragrant."
Xia Yu smiled, "Tea is fragrant."
Sister Fu said, "This is different. My garden is cleaned up, and every grass and flower has been set up, so it is not easy to move around. I asked someone to build a small flower stand in my yard. It has not been done yet. When the flowers bloom, we will come to my place for tea."
Xia Yu and Zhao Lian naturally said good, and Xia Yu asked quietly, "Sister Fu, what is that Mr. Qin here to do?" Not only did Fu Jie'er come by himself, she also brought a Mr. Qin here.
"You said Twelve Brother." Sister Fu pursed her lips and laughed, "He has long admired Aunt Xia's high martial arts skills and came to learn from her. I said Aunt Xia's martial arts skills are born, and he doesn't believe it yet, so he must come with me."
Xia Yu smiled, "My sister-in-law has become a master."
The little girls were chatting and playing together. Zhao Changqing was entertaining Qin Shier. Qin Shier was very polite. First, he paid homage to Mrs. Xia and Mrs. Xia. Now he explained his purpose to Zhao Changqing very sincerely. "Since I met the next year ago, I admire Anren's martial arts very much. Uncle Zheng said it was difficult to get too close at that time, so I didn't come to greet Anren. Today, I can finally come to meet Anren. The boy sincerely wants to practice martial arts."
Zhao Changqing felt funny when he saw his half-aged boy as an adult, but he still explained to Qin Shier patiently, "Martial arts are about accumulating, and he will become a master in one day. What's more, I am naturally strong and have been practicing martial arts for more than a dozen times. Speaking of which, it is also very shallow. The Twelve Young Master is from a scholarly family and is mostly used to strengthen the body. If I ask me, there is no need to be a disciple. I will write a sword set for you tomorrow. My brothers in my family practice this."
Qin Shier said, "Then if I practice the swordsman, can I come to ask Anren for advice if I don't understand?"
Zhao Changqing smiled, "It's my honor."
Qin Shier hurriedly said, "It is a blessing for the boy to be able to get some advice."
The maid brought the pastry and Zhao Changqing smiled and said, "This is what I have made in my spare time. If the twelve young masters don't dislike it, try it."
Qin Shier thanked me, took a piece to eat, and first praised it for its good taste, saying, "I am ranked twelve in the clan, and everyone calls me twelve. My single name is Che, Anren, call me my name. It is always the twelve young masters and twelve young masters, and it is obvious that it is different."
Zhao Changqing called him, "A Che."
Qin Shier was very happy and said to Zhao Changqing, "Anren, although I have not become a disciple, since I have practiced martial arts with you, I will call you aunt, okay?"
In short, Qin Shier is a very close person. He was shameless and had a meal with Zhao Changqing. When he said goodbye with Sister Fu in the afternoon, Zhao Changqing gave him two boxes of snacks.
After returning home, Qin Shier invited Qin Zheng to taste it generously, and kept polite, "Aunt Zhao is so nice to me, Uncle Zheng, you try it, have you ever eaten such a delicious snack? No? This was made by Aunt Zhao himself."
Qin Zheng couldn't stand Qin Shier's enthusiasm, and even though Qin Shier had to raise it to his mouth, he had to open his mouth and bite it, nodding, "It's still done."
"What does it mean? It's so delicious!" Qin Shier saw that Uncle Zheng didn't look like a knowledgeable person, so he stopped giving him food. He pulled his hand back and ate it in two bites.
Qin Shier exaggeratedly exaggeratedly, "This taste should only be found in heaven, how many times can I taste it on earth?"
Qin Zheng almost didn't vomit it out. He thought he was steady and mature, but Qin Shier adopted him was so lively that he was not in tune with him. I don't know why Qin Shier had such a good impression of Zhao Changqing. In the past, Qin Shier wanted to visit him, but when Emperor Zhaowen was in power, the dragon body was sometimes good and sometimes bad, so the queen had to be extra cautious in the palace. Qin Zheng did not ask Qin Shier to go to the Xia family. Now that Emperor Zhaowen has returned to heaven, there is no need to avoid this. Qin Shier has cleaned up a lot of auspicious energy and found a day when Sister Fu went to the Xia family to visit him, so he went with Sister Fu. This time he got home really... like crazy...
Qin Zheng reminded Qin Shier, "You are not allowed to show such an inexplicable face when you are at other people's house, as if I am hungry on you on weekdays."
Qin Shier said, "Uncle Zheng, don't worry. Aunt Zhao is very good. If he learns martial arts from others, others will have to beat him up and be slap in a slap. Aunt Zhao responded directly, which was very refreshing. When I learn Aunt Zhao's martial arts, Uncle Zheng, I will also make a silver hairpin for you."
Qin Zheng said, "It's good to practice martial arts and exercise. If you have more talent in studying, you should focus more on books and get fame in the future. This is the right way."
Qin Shier said shamelessly, "Uncle Zheng, my goal is to be a civil and military talent."
Qin Zheng looked out, but didn't say anything. He looked out, but still didn't say anything.
Qin Shier was a quick-talking person. He looked out and had nothing, so he asked, "Uncle Zheng, what's wrong?"
Qin Zheng said, "Let me see if the wind is strong outside. If it is too strong, you should not go out. Be careful not to flash your tongue."
Qin Shier's face was sarcastic and muttered depressedly, "To be honest these days, it's not enough to tell the truth."
Qin Zheng smiled and twitched him back, "Go to review the book after eating snacks."
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When Xia Wen returned home, the women were talking lively in the old lady Xia’s house. Xia Wen laughed, “What’s so happy about it?”
Old Mrs. Xia glanced at Zhao Changqing and smiled, "We are saying that you are teaching and being a teacher outside, and someone is a disciple of your wife at home."
Xia Wen laughed, "This is strange. Who wants to worship Changqing as his teacher?"
Mrs. Xia smiled, "It's Mr. Qin, who is a handsome man. She looks younger than your second brother. Is that... the one from whom is here?" Mrs. Xia has never remembered the name of the official.
Zhao Changqing answered the conversation and said to Xia Wendao, "The adopted son of Qin Langzhong of the Ministry of War."
Mrs. Xia was reminded and laughed, "Yes, yes, yes, from Langzhong Qin."
Xia Wen knew Qin Shier and said, "I have seen him at Ah Rang's house. He looks like he is thirteen or fourteen years old. Can he still practice martial arts at such an old age?"
Zhao Changqing laughed, "Ache learned some martial arts when he was a child. I thought he was curious. I just waited for me to silently put the sword score for him and asked him to practice it. Practicing martial arts is not a day."
Old Mrs. Xia asked, "Does that Doctor Qin have no son? Why is he an adopted son?"
Xia Wendao, "Dragon Chronicle of Qin has been married for several years and has no children. He has adopted children from the clan. I heard that the very talented child, Mr. Song likes him very much."
When Mrs. Xia heard that the adopted son of Langzhong Qin had no son, she couldn't help but feel worried.
Everyone joked and when it was time to eat, they went back to their yards to have dinner. Old Mrs. Xia was not good at eating, and at night she talked about the eldest son with her daughter. Aunt Xia said, "What can this happen? In the future, Brother Wu got married and had a son to adopt him. It's not called the eldest son's house. Besides, the big industry of Changfang, who would not want to adopt him?"
"Is adoption the industry for the growth of a house? It's mainly inheritance and incense inheritance!" Old Mrs. Xia glared at her daughter angrily and sighed, "Brother Wen is good, why is this offspring not going well?"
This is also a cliché. Aunt Xia's ears were so calloused that she was not the lady who gave birth to a son, and she didn't ask her nephew to give birth to a son immediately. She had to give up after she complained a few times.
Everyone gave up with a smile when Qin Shier was about to become a disciple. Zhao Changqing had always been meticulous to the children, not to mention that she was good at drawing, so she drew in detail the sword technique she had learned, and noted many key points of attention, so she took someone to send it to Qin Shier.
Qin Shier took advantage of the break in school and brought eight snacks to thank him. Zhao Changqing kept him for dinner. Qin Shier told Zhao Changqing a lot about his own affairs, "My mother left early. Later, my father married a stepmother, so he wouldn't ask me to study in the clan. If I hadn't met Uncle Zheng, I might have learned to do business in some shop now."
Zhao Changqing was not from a family of eunuchs, and he knew that even the scholarly family would not have the opportunity to leaps around the dragon gate. For example, if someone with poor qualifications would choose another way to make a living. Qin Shier said, "When Uncle Zheng proposed to adopt me, my father and stepmother were happy as if they were in the New Year, and they even told me, 'If you are rich and noble, don't forget each other'."
"Aunt Zhao, you said that everyone has parents, why do I have such a bad life and meet such a father?" It is normal for stepmother to have his own little plan. My father is always a real father, and what he does is heartbreaking. Qin Shiqi is extremely glad that he has a broad mind, otherwise with such a father, he can be depressed to death.
"A relative in blood is not necessarily a relative. Those who treat you well and teach you with all their hearts are relatives." Zhao Changqing said, "Dragon Chronicle Qin is your father."
Qin Shier suddenly felt like a soulmate. He felt that he and Aunt Zhao were "likely" and it seemed that his depression and he was confused and found someone who could understand him, and he was a female elder. Qin Shier felt that if his mother was alive, she would definitely be as understanding and wise as Aunt Zhao.
After lunch, I made an appointment to come back to Zhao Changqing to cook Northwest cuisine for him, and Qin Shier said goodbye.
In fact, Zhao Changqing also felt that she was in love with Qin Shier. She liked children, let alone a smart boy like Qin Shier, who was very likable.
Not only Zhao Changqing likes Qin Shier, but also Mrs. Xia likes it. Mrs. Xia asked about Qin Shier with Zhao Changqing several times. Zhao Changqing laughed, "The Qin Langzhong, who adopted A Che, was born in Tanhua, and Qin Langzhong's grandfather retired as the Minister of Rites. Most of the Qin family's children are officials, and the Twelve qualifications are also very good, otherwise they would not be able to attract Qin Langzhong's eyes."
Mrs. Xia said, "I think that child is good." Mrs. Xia thought that Xia Yu was growing up and she would not be too old to get married like Zhao Lian, so she paid attention to her daughter in advance. Qin Shier and Xia Yu were about the same age as Xia Yu, so she naturally attracted Mrs. Xia's eyes.
Since Mrs. Xia changed her temper, Zhao Changqing was quite relaxed and said to Mr. Su, "It seems that when you get along with others, you respect me and I will give you one foot." Although she is not afraid of Mrs. Xia, she is not willing to spend her energy on guarding Mrs. Xia. Now that Mrs. Xia can live in peace, Zhao Changqing cannot ask for it.
Mr. Su laughed, "I have already obtained three of them."
Zhao Changqing smiled and took a sip of jasmine tea and said, "Actually, the key is not the daughter-in-law." The daughter-in-law said that they were all from other families. No mother-in-law would marry a daughter-in-law who hated her, and no daughter-in-law would have to go back with her mother-in-law. If the grandmother-in-law is right, or should she have to die a couple of children? Zhao Changqing believes that she is not such a top-notch weirdo. She has always been a man who doesn't offend me, and I don't offend others. If others respect me, I will respect others. Therefore, the key points of the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are neither on the mother-in-law nor on the daughter-in-law, but on men. This principle is also applicable to the grandmother-in-law.
Mr. Su laughed, "It's not in vain that you have made your plans for Awen." There is no need to pay back nothing. Zhao Changqing is a lot of Xia family. If the Xia family always makes her unhappy, it is not a common practice. Now that the Xia family lives in a harmonious life, Mr. Su is also happy for Zhao Changqing.
There is something else about Zhao Changqing came today. She pursed her lips and asked, "Do you know where Mr. Ouyang lives?"
Mr. Su's eyebrows moved slightly, "Do you want to see him?"
Zhao Changqing nodded, "I want to meet you."
Zhao Changqing did not want to say much, so Mr. Su did not ask too much and gave Ouyang Qingfeng's address to Zhao Changqing.
Ouyang Qingfeng has a good house on the mountain. I haven't seen it for eleven years, but Ouyang Qingfeng still looks like he remembers, and he doesn't see any old look. When he spoke, he raised his eyebrows slightly and took a sip of tea. His tone was as familiar as if he had just seen it yesterday, "Changqing is here."
A thick acacia flower tree covered the shade of summer sun. Zhao Changqing sat opposite Ouyang Qingfeng, "I haven't seen Mr. for a long time."
Ouyang Qingfeng smiled, "I have been to the imperial capital for several years, but you don't want to see me."
Zhao Changqing said, "It's not that I don't want to come to see the teacher, but that I'm afraid that when I see the teacher, I can't help but ask some things that the teacher may not want to say."
Ouyang Qingfeng looked at Zhao Changqing, raised his lips and smiled, "Changqing, we haven't seen each other for many years, why should we be so aggressive?"
Zhao Changqing picked up the teapot on the stone table and filled the tea cups in Mr. Ouyang's hand. He did not mean to reminisce about the friendship between teachers and students in the past. "Do you still remember that piano?"
"Piano?"
Zhao Changqing raised his eyes and looked at Ouyang Qingfeng seriously, and spit out two words on his lips, "Winter Solstice."
Ouyang Qingfeng remained silent and said lightly, "Why, do you want that piano? You didn't say it earlier, but it's a pity that I stayed in the border town and I've long disappeared."
Zhao Changqing said, "Does sir know how I saw the flaw? I met Brother Chu when I was six years old. Since something happened to his family, I have thought about things from childhood to adulthood for a thousand times and ten thousand times, and I will think about everything over and over again. I don't believe that the family of second-rank officials will fall down just by saying that, but there is no sign at all! If I were willing to spend ten years thinking about something, sir, nothing can be hidden from me."
"The zither you asked me to appreciate at the time. The 15th Prince of the King of Shu became a zither in three months, named it the Winter Solstice." Zhao Changqing said warmly, "Do you know how long it takes to make a zither? Mr. Su will take three years to make a zither. I asked the craftsmen that it will take as soon as one year. Why is that zither called the Winter Solstice? Mr. Ouyang, tell me why the zither is called the Winter Solstice?"
Ouyang Qingfeng is so old that he has experienced many years in the world. Now he is embarrassed and speechless when Zhao Changqing asks him. Ouyang Qingfeng simply makes a scoundrel face and says, "Ask me, who will I ask?"
"You can go and ask the fifteenth young master." Zhao Changqing said, "Brother Chu trusts you so much. You actually harmed him with the people from the Shu Palace! Mr. Ouyang, are you people in the martial arts world so unconscientious in your work?"
"You might as well tell the fifteenth young master that now in the Imperial Capital, he should be careful even if he has the means, but don't mistake the Imperial Capital into Chengdu Prefecture. Also, let me get rid of the idiot next door, otherwise don't blame me for being polite!"
Zhao Changqing did not fight with Ouyang Qingfeng, so she went to Mr. Su's place and told Mr. Su about Ouyang Qingfeng.
Mr. Su looked at Zhao Changqing and asked, "Changqing, do you doubt me too?"
Zhao Changqing said, "If sir is not trustworthy, there will be no one in this world that I can trust."
Mr. Su sighed, "Before I arrived at the border town, I stayed in various places for a while. I was a little suspicious of Ouyang Qingfeng's origin, but I was still unable to be sure. After he came to the imperial capital, he still had some contact with me, but I still couldn't be sure. He might have something to do with an old friend I knew before."
"Is he a friend of the gentleman?"
Mr. Su's eyes looked calm and said, "Changqing, you are a hundred times more important to me than him. I am just curious about his origin."
Zhao Changqing breathed a sigh of relief and felt relieved. Mr. Su smiled, "I am so nervous and worried."
Zhao Changqing said frankly, "Sir is my mother, I don't want to doubt you."
"But Ouyang contacted me first when he came to the imperial capital, and I have always been in contact with him in recent years. If you are suspicious of him, you naturally have to ask me, right?" Mr. Su continued Zhao Changqing's words.
Zhao Changqing said, "Actually, when I saw Mr. Chongyang, I doubted him. I didn't know much about the piano. In the past, people were stupid and believed whatever they heard others say. Later, the gentleman said that he came to the imperial capital. I thought, if he had any purpose, even if I didn't want to see him, he would have thought of a way to meet me. As a result, he had no movement at all, which shows that I would have no use to him. If the vassal king had not come to the imperial capital this time, he would have no chance to alert the snake."
To be continued...