I had so much fun on New Year's Day that I was holding in my anger.
Grandpa saw my brows knitted together and looked at Xiaofeng in confusion.
Xiaofeng shook his head and said he knew nothing.
I couldn't sit still for a long time, so I jumped up, saluted my grandfather and rushed to the Bamboo Hall.
For the first time, I kicked the door of the bamboo house with my foot.
There was a loud "bang" and the courtyard door opened.
Before I could say anything, Master Jiu said with a smile in the room: "Is it Xiaoyu?"
His voice was like the best way to remove gunpowder, and the arrogance I had been brimming with was instantly extinguished.
Sighing softly, he slowed down and gently opened the door.
Master Jiu was sitting at the table, holding a bamboo pole in his hand and carving something.
I stood at the door and looked at him.
He put down the bamboo and knife in his hand, turned to look at me, "Why don't you sit down?"
I walked to the chair next to him and sat down, staring down at the table without saying a word.
Master Jiu asked: "Are you angry?"
I continued to remain silent, and he said: "It seems that I am not angry, but I am having a good year.
Amaterasu forced me to go with them last night."
I frowned and glared at the table hatefully, but he rambled on endlessly, from entering the table to opening the table, from opening the table to toasting, from toasting to getting drunk, and so on.
I have never seen him so talkative.
I looked at him sideways and asked, "I'm angry.
Can't you see it?
You should care and ask why you are angry.
Is it because I did something wrong?"
He looked innocent and suppressed a smile, "Oh why are you angry?
Did I do something wrong?"
I let out a long sigh of annoyance and helplessness, and lay down softly on the table.
Why was he so confused about the charm?
What exactly did I see in him with his weird temper?
He seemed gentle and approachable, but in reality he was distant from others.
Although I am knowledgeable and know a lot, I don’t want to marry a book.
His identity is still a bit mysterious.
He looks like a member of the Han Dynasty, but he seems to be doing something to betray the Han Dynasty.
I am desperately thinking about the bad things about him.
He looked helpless and confused, "I asked, but you didn't answer, what should I do next?"
I smashed the table angrily, "It's better not to ask if it's not sincere at all.
You can go on to tell the interesting things about your New Year."
The room fell into silence, and there was no sound for a long time.
I suddenly felt a little nervous.
He wouldn't be angry with me anymore.
I was about to look up at him.
In the open palm in front of me, there was a pair of gold-encrusted jasper earrings.
"I don't know about this."
Is that a bit sincere?”
I looked up at him and picked up the earrings.
The golden color is sand and the blue color is water.
It turns out to be a small Crescent Moon Spring lying in the yellow sand.
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What’s rare is that my name is used, but it’s very meaningful.
We met for the first time beside the long yellow sand, and we didn’t know each other until we hit the blue waves.
To be able to make such a small gadget so smart and delicate, the skill of the craftsman is rare.
I looked at it for a while, put it on my ears quietly, and said with a straight face: "Ma-so-huhu, it's rare for you to be so generous, so I won't be angry for now."
I spoke seriously, but the smile on my lips could no longer be suppressed.
Before I finished speaking, my smile had already appeared, and my eyes narrowed into crescent moons happily.
His eyes that were looking at me suddenly flashed a hint of sadness, and he quickly looked away.
Shi Yu reported outside and came in with a tray.
I looked at the bowl in front of me and whispered: "You didn't call me.
I thought you didn't mean what you said and forgot on purpose."
Master Jiu didn't speak for a long time, and finally said in a low voice, almost inaudibly: "How could I forget?
No matter what, I always want you to be happy today."
I slurred as I pulled the longevity noodles in the bowl.
He muttered something in a low voice, "Whether you are happy or not is entirely up to you."
After eating the longevity noodles, Master Jiu talked to me while picking up the bamboo and the knife as thin as a willow leaf on the table.
I looked at it for a while and asked, "Are you going to make a flute?"
Master Jiu said "Yes", "This bamboo was specially brought back from Jiuyi Mountain by the people below.
It has grown in the shade of the rocks for ten years.
It has a dense texture.
No matter how the climate changes, the sound quality will not be affected.
It has a It has a very beautiful name, called Xiangfei Bamboo, and its sound is more beautiful and melodious than ordinary bamboo. " I hurriedly got closer and took a closer look, "This is the famous Princess E of Emperor E, Yingzhu.
Aren't these spots like tears?
They look simple and elegant.
They are really beautiful."
After Master Jiu stiffened for a moment, he distanced himself from me without leaving any trace, and said with a smile: "I have a lot of flutes on hand.
This time I mainly did it because of the rare material, and I was afraid that the treasure would get dusty, so I started to do it myself because my hands were itchy.
If you like it, I’ll give it to you when it’s done.”
I chuckled and said, "I'm a person who won't refuse anything if I accept it."
Jiuye smiled and shook his head, but said nothing.
When I left Shifu, I happened to bump into Shenxing and Amaterasu.
I bowed and saluted, "I wish Brother Shi and Brother Shi good health and all the best in the new year."
Both of them saluted me.
Shenxing's eyes stayed on my ears for a moment, and then looked away expressionlessly.
Amaterasu stared at them for a while, then suddenly smiled and said, "Jiu Ye spent so much time.
After a lot of effort, it turns out to be a New Year gift for you.”
I heard something in his words, so I couldn't help but touch my earrings, and followed his words and asked, "Why did Master Jiu spend so much effort on this?"
Amaterasu said with a smile: "Although Master Jiu had learned how to make jade when he was young, he didn't practice every day after all.
What he was polishing this time was a delicate and small piece.
For this thing, Master Jiu spent some time learning from the old master, but A lot of fine jade was wasted.
Master Jiu is very talented in these crafts.
He can master everything from weapons to daily pottery.
But after watching him make things, I realized that the most troublesome thing in the world is women's jewelry. " I stayed for a while and murmured: "You said this was made by Master Jiu himself?"
Amaterasu smiled but said nothing, bowed slightly to me and left with Shenxing, but I stood there in a daze.
"I don't know how old I am this year.
Li Yan is pregnant and is about to have a baby, but I'm still wandering around here, restless.
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If there is no suitable person, I don't have to marry, but If there is the right person, I will definitely seize my own happiness and happiness.
If I can't catch Fu, my father will be so angry that he will call me a fool.
Am I a fool?
Of course I am not.
I am a smart, smart, beautiful and lovely Jinyu, so even if you are a floating cloud, I will save you.
Stay with you.
You like me, right?
You once said that you and I are different.
I have studied all the books you like to read seriously.
I think I can be the same person as you.
If you want to be a Dapeng, I am willing to be a wind and help you rise up; if you just want to be a muddleheaded person. butterfly, then I can also be a silly butterfly; if what you envy is a butterfly The green donkey leaves Hangu Pass in the west and has been lost forever.
Then we can buy some horses to run faster than me and disappear more completely.
Fortunately, you don’t like Master Kong.
Although I respect this person, I don’t like him. , but even if you really like him, we can still be honest people."
I bit the brush stick hard and frowned at the silk cloth on the table.
I was trying to cheer myself up, but the more I wrote, the more I felt guilty.
I silently told myself several times that he liked me, he really liked me, and I didn’t dare to write any more.
I marked the date on the corner of my handkerchief: Yuan Shou.
On the first day of the first lunar month of the first year, I hurriedly put away the silk handkerchief after writing it. －－－－－－－－－－－ I shook it for a while, and a stick fell out of the tube.
Huo Qubing was about to reach out to pick it up, but I already held it tightly in my hand.
He asked, "What are you asking for?"
I shook my head, "I won't tell you."
He snorted and said, "How can you ask whether it's business or marriage?
Now that the business is all under your own control, how can you ask others about it?
The only thing you can ask about is marriage."
I argued emphatically: "That's not the case.
Woolen cloth" The man who interpreted the signatures on the side kept looking at us carefully.
When he saw us walking towards him, he immediately stood up.
I stopped suddenly, turned around and walked away while holding the signatures.
Huo Qubing smiled and asked, "Why don't you ask again?"
I held the bamboo stick in my hand and walked for a long time.
Suddenly I threw the bamboo stick into the grass on the roadside and said, "Don't ask anymore.
I can solve the fate of others but not my own.
This is our business." , he saw that you were dressed unusually, and he must be thinking of making a big fortune after saying something, but why not test it for yourself to see if it can be done."
Huo Qubing said with a smile: "I know how to pull back from the brink.
It seems that I am not in a hurry yet."
Thinking about it now, I think I was a little ridiculous, but when I saw the "End of Marriage" written on the plaque, my legs walked in uncontrollably, and I was rushed to the doctor.
He felt guilty, but his face was still confident, "I just looked at it to see how it was fresh and went in to have fun."
Huo Qubing glanced at me with a smile, as if he was too lazy to argue with me and just took whatever he said.
A gust of wind passed by, and I sniffed hard, "What kind of flowers are so fragrant?"
Huo Qubing said: "Sophora japonica."
I turned my head and looked at him, "Why did you ask me to come out?
Is it just to climb a mountain?"
As he walked, he said: "If there's nothing wrong, can't I ask you to come out?
Just walk around and take a look at the locust flowers above your head."
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I didn't hear anything he said next.
I was focused on the carriage in front of me.
Huo Qubing turned his head to look at me, and then followed my gaze to the carriage, which was parked in front of a manor.
I smiled at him and said, "I suddenly have something and I need to take the first step."
He grabbed me and said, "Don't leave."
I pulled his hand away forcefully, "I'll go find you another day and apologize to you."
Before he could finish his words, he had already drifted towards the carriage and he called behind him: "Xiaoyu" I didn't look back, but went straight forward and landed next to the carriage.
Qin Li, who was driving the carriage, tightened his grip on the whip suddenly.
Seeing that I relaxed it immediately, he nodded with a smile.
I knocked on the wall of the carriage.
Master Jiu opened the curtain, saw it was me, and asked with a smile: "Why are you outside the city?"
I bowed to open the curtain for him, "Aren't you also in the suburbs?"
After saying that, I looked at Qin Li doubtfully.
Master Jiu saw my expression and said with a smile: "My grandmother's surname is Shi, and her last name is Qing.
This garden It’s named Qingyuan because my grandfather built it for my grandmother when he was young.
I don’t want to change any of the layout, so it’s not wheelchair accessible.”
I looked sideways at the garden, feeling envious that this old man was so infatuated.
At that time, I was still wondering why my business was named Shi Fang despite my surname being Meng, and all the orphans adopted by Shi Fang would be named Shi.
Only today did I realize that this was the surname of his beloved woman.
Master Jiu took out a crutch from the car, which I had seen in the corner of his study before.
He stood on the ground with a crutch.
A crutch should have made him look clumsy, but the delicate crutch was hidden in his wide-sleeved robe, making it not feel awkward at all.
On the contrary, because it was the first time I saw him standing, I felt a little stupid and stared at him blankly.
He smiled self-deprecatingly, "But it looks a little weird."
I shook my head quickly and desperately, "No, it does look good."
He looked at me and I said anxiously: "Has no one ever told you how you feel to others?
You, every move you make are cool."
The more anxious I became, the less I could find the right words to describe him, but I was also afraid that he would do it because of me.
I just kept watching him misunderstand me, and I almost bit my tongue a few times when I spoke.
He reached out and smoothed my hair that was messed up by the wind, stared at me, and said very gently: "Yu'er, stop talking, I understand what you mean."
I smiled at him, looking over his shoulder, I saw Huo Qubing still standing there, looking at us from a distance.
My heart felt indescribably astringent, and I quickly looked away.
Master Jiu walked on crutches, "My grandfather built a garden here because there are many hot springs in this mountain."
I walked slowly beside him and asked with a smile, "Did you come here specifically to soak in the hot springs?"
He replied: "Yes, the hot spring helps the blood flow in my legs."
I glanced at his legs secretly, but unfortunately it was hidden under his robe, so I couldn't tell what the disease was.
But looking at him walking, it doesn't seem to be strenuous.
Before entering the door, I subconsciously turned my head and looked into the distance again.
Huo Qubing's figure was still motionless.
In late spring, the locust trees overhead are at their last dense, and each tree is as white as the snow.
When the wind blew, the petals fell one after another.
In the flying snow, he, who was always happy to be clean, remained motionless, letting the petals fall on his head and on his brocade robe. －－－－－－－－－－－－－－－ The mandarin duck vine has begun to bloom, and the delicate white ones are playing "hide and seek" with me among the green leaves.
I have to be very careful to find where the newly added ones are hiding.
Yesterday there were nine flowers, and today there are only fifteen.
I I counted them again to make sure they were correct.
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At this rate, I will lose count after a while.
I stood in front of the pergola and murmured: "I caught countless earthworms, and specially applied cow dung in early spring.
You must strive for the best this year, and you must have the most and the most beautiful ones."
The leaves of the mandarin duck vine trembled gently in the wind, seeming to respond to my request.
"When you bloom at its most beautiful, I will bring him to see you."
He gently kissed a newly grown leaf, "You work hard, and I will work hard too."
When I entered the Bamboo Hall, I only saw Amaterasu sitting at the table copying things.
I pointed to the empty wheelchair in the yard in surprise and asked, "Has Mr.
Jiu gone out?"
Amaterasu smiled and said, "I went to Lanwu to see Xiaofeng's grandfather."
I nodded and looked at the wheelchair, still a little confused.
Amaterasu put down the pen, walked to my side, looked at the wheelchair and said: "Jiuye can't use one leg at all, but he can still use the other leg.
Although he can't walk far with a cane, the daily excessive movement is still hard on the body.
Better than being in a wheelchair.”
I said "hmm", and Amaterasu was silent for a while, then continued: "When I was a child, even though my legs and feet were inconvenient, Master Jiu also loved to move.
He was curious about everything and always liked to play behind us.
But at that time, we He is ignorant and always feels that it is not convenient to do anything with him.
I have to wait for him to do anything, so I don’t dare to disobey him on the surface, but secretly I always discuss getting rid of him if I can.
I even feel proud of who has the brightest idea.
I thought he was the smartest one, and he slowly understood what we were thinking.
He began to become silent and began to spend more time on books, because perhaps only these silent friends would not dislike him.
Once, Master Jiu carried the old man on his back and went out alone with a cane, and the black man did not come back until the end of the day.
The old man was so anxious that he took us one by one He scolded us and made us kneel on the bluestone floor.
Later, when Master Jiu came back, his clothes were torn, his face was black, and his head and hands were covered with blood.
When I asked him what happened, he said nothing.
I was careless and begged the old man to let us all get up."
Amaterasu stared at the wheelchair and sighed heavily.
I remained silent, feeling sad and distressed, with all kinds of emotions tumbling in my heart.
"That time we really felt guilty.
Big brother beat up the gangsters in Chang'an City one by one before asking the reason.
It turned out that Master Jiu saw the discussion about weapon manufacturing in Mozi, so he went to the street to watch the blacksmiths making iron.
Those and We, the ignorant naughty boys, followed Master Jiu and sang like a crutch, with three legs, twisting and swinging, people He took one step at a time and asked his wife for help.
He sang and walked like Master Jiu, which made everyone laugh.
Master Jiu had a big fight with them, and it was Master Jiu who suffered a big blow.
Blood flowed.
The elder brother was so angry that he had a fight with the singing children.
We all wanted to take Mr.
Jiu out to play, but Mr.
Jiu never used the cane in front of others. " "A crutch has three legs.
With a twist and a swing, he can take one step at a time and ten steps at a time, and he will make a crooked mouth when asking for a wife."
Who said "In the beginning of man, his nature is good"?
It seems that it is Xunzi's "In the beginning of man, he is by nature good."
"Nature is inherently evil" makes more sense.
I now understand why the crutch is placed in the corner of the bookshelf, and why there is no dust at all even though it is placed in the corner.
He is a doctor, so he naturally understands the benefits of moderate exercise to his body, but the song and the people's ruthless ridicule made him only willing to use crutches when no one was around.
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Amaterasu looked sideways at me and asked, "Will you blame us?"
"There are some things that Master Jiu doesn't even care about, so I have no choice but to forget them.
Otherwise," I snorted and looked at Amaterasu with a smile.
Amaterasu smiled and said, "Yu'er, your character really only cares about what's in your heart, and doesn't pay attention to other rights and wrongs."
I raised my chin slightly and asked, "As long as I live well and the people I care about live well, I won't hurt others for no reason.
Is this wrong?"
Amaterasu said hurriedly: "That's right, that's right.
Don't misunderstand me.
It's too late for our third brother to thank you.
Master Jiu went to Qingyuan, and after he came back, he no longer used crutches to avoid outsiders.
You didn't know that Lian Er Brother Jiu, who is so calm, his eyes turned red when he saw Master Jiu using a cane in front of us.
The knot in our hearts that Master Jiu had been feeling for so many years has finally been lifted because of you. " My face felt a little hot, I lowered my eyes to the ground, and cursed in a low voice: "Qin Li looks so honest, but his mouth is not reliable at all."
Amaterasu laughed "haha", "He is not only unreliable.
If you see him imitating you and looking at Jiu Ye with admiration, you will know that you have not recruited such a talent into your singing and dancing studio."
We were so happy that our feet were weak at the time, and the elder brother couldn't control his strength with laughter, and actually broke a table. " "What did you say, do you have the guts to say it again?"
I yelled, standing on my waist and jumping on my feet.
Before Amaterasu could answer, Jiuye, who was walking into the yard on crutches, smiled and asked, "What do you want to say again?"
I glared at Amaterasu fiercely, ran to Lord Jiu and said, "Qin Li is not a good guy.
You have to punish him well, or you can simply hand him over to me and I will punish him."
Master Jiu glanced at Amaterasu and asked, "When did Qin Li offend you?"
Amaterasu looked at me with a sad face and looked at me pleadingly.
I hesitated for a long time, but I was embarrassed to tell the reason, so I could only say ruthlessly: "You don't need a reason to offend, you just offend me anyway."
Master Jiu walked to the wheelchair and sat down.
Amaterasu hurriedly twisted the handkerchief.
Master Jiu wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "I will punish him to be your coachman for a month.
It's up to you to deal with it."
I looked at Amaterasu with a proud smile, and Master Jiu said again: "Eldest brother, second brother, and third brother have been too busy recently.
I think the jade field in Lantian needs someone to be stationed there for a long time to take care of it.
Third brother Who do you think is better to go?”
Amaterasu's face became more and more depressed, and she said to Master Jiu sincerely: "My sister-in-law just gave birth to a son, and my eldest brother was so happy that he didn't even want to leave.
In order to take care of him, my second brother took over some of the things he was doing.
I am planning to go over the accounts of all the businesses in Chang'an City over the years.
In addition, we also have to teach Xiaofeng, Xiaoyu and the others.
The heaven and the earth can be a lesson, the sun and the moon are a witness, and the mountains and rivers are an oath.
In fact, we are really not idle."
I held the back of Master Jiu's wheelchair with my hands, lowered my head and smiled muffledly.
Master Jiu sighed softly: "It does sound like you are busy."
Amaterasu said hurriedly: "It's true that we are not busy.
We just drank tea, chatted, and listened to stories together occasionally.
This kind of thing will never happen again in the future.
We must be too busy to even talk.
There’s no time.”
I was looking at Le first, but I didn't even hear what Master Jiu said.
Now that Amaterasu had finished speaking, I suddenly realized that Master Jiu had guessed what Amaterasu and the others had done, and I felt a little ashamed and a little happy. , showing some sweetness, standing quietly beside Master Jiu.
Jinyan ran into the yard with big strides.
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When he saw me, he immediately smiled brightly on his face and said in a strange way: "Why is Yu'er also here to see Master Jiu?"
Amaterasu ran to him in a few steps and pushed him out, "You haven't finished inspecting the spices that just arrived yesterday.
This matter cannot be delayed."
Jinyan's voice came from outside the hospital: "No, didn't you say you shouldn't cover your head?"
After a few times, Jinyan's voice was completely inaudible, and only Amaterasu could be heard saying: "Jiuye, those shameless men I'll take care of the old accounts after finishing them tomorrow.
I still have some things to do urgently today, so I'll go back first."
After saying that, I heard quick footsteps, and soon it was quiet outside the hospital.
I was in butterflies in my heart, sweet and embarrassed, and didn’t know what to say, but Master Jiu pushed the wheelchair into the room as if nothing had happened, “The flute of Xiangfei Bamboo is ready, with a natural and elegant texture, and then carving The decoration is superfluous, so I just took it easy, you can see it and you will be satisfied.”
I reached out and took the flute, "I don't understand this.
If you say yes, it will be fine."
Master Jiu smiled and said: "There is a world-famous court musician living in your garden.
No matter how many people want to become his disciples, they are not available.
Why don't you take the opportunity to ask him for advice?"
When I mentioned Li Yannian, I couldn't help but think of Li Guangli.
I frowned and Master Jiu asked, "What's wrong?"
I sighed: "When I think of Li Guangli, I can only lament that the dragon gave birth to nine sons, all of whom are different."
Master Jiu said with a smile: "You worry too much.
If you really bother to kick him out, it will be over."
I smiled and said nothing, things are not that simple, for you, I really can't bear to blast him.
Master Jiu coughed slightly, "Your business in the singing and dancing house has been expanding very quickly recently.
I also heard from people below that you were in the prostitute business.
This is just a name.
You have also done other businesses secretly.
Why are you doing this?"
If you just want to make money, you might as well do some other business.
You are going too hastily and excessively now."
After I was startled, I felt happy again.
Things that I thought could not be known to others were still not hidden from him, unless he had been paying close attention to my actions.
I said nonchalantly: "I have my own plans and calculations." ” He was silently dazed for a while, and then suddenly asked: "Yu'er, do you know why I try my best not to walk with a cane outside?
Unless there are special circumstances, I only want to sit in a wheelchair, and I have always deliberately let everyone think that my health is very poor.
They also thought that I was too weak to walk far and that my body was often not in good shape.
It is true that my legs were disabled and my body was indeed weak, but it was not as serious as I showed. " I was stunned for a while.
Isn’t it the reason Amaterasu and the others said?
It’s not just because of my low self-esteem when I was young.
“Why did you do it on purpose for someone to see?”
Master Jiu nodded lightly, "This is for the emperor to see.
My mother is the grand-niece of Empress Dowager Dou.
She often went to the palace to play when she was young.
The emperor and my mother were cousins who had a good relationship at that time.
So when Empress Dowager Dou was alive, Shi Fang He had always been close to the Dou family.
After the Dou family's defeat, the emperor entangled Shi Fang.
I was very afraid of the wrong forces.
After my father and mother passed away, a huge Shifang fell into my hands.
If it weren’t for the fact that I was a sick man and looked like I was living on my last breath, Shifang’s business declined little by little.
Fang will definitely not escape the fate of complete destruction in Chang'an City."
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It was the first time that he took the initiative to mention a little about his life experience.
I was stunned when he heard that he was so young that he had to bear the lives of many people at a young age and deal with the emperor of the Han Dynasty.
And he only talked about the family's relationship with the Han Dynasty and the Western Regions.
What was he shouldering over there?
How much had he endured along the way?
He stared at me and said slowly: "Yu'er, the current emperor is thoughtful and alert, and acts decisively and ruthlessly.
When necessary, he is a person who can kill anyone except himself.
Don't do anything that offends the Tian family.
No matter how you fight with other merchants in Chang'an City, I can do it."
He swallowed the words that were on his lips and said seriously: "Yu'er, you must think twice before doing anything."