poor people

Chapter 149

"Does the lotus look good?"

"It's beautiful. It would be even better if I could get a few of them to put in vases and enjoy them from time to time."

Looking at Shi Fuxin who answered freely and was not polite at all, the old Duke Xiahou smiled: "Little girl, the old man's lotus is not so good."

Shi Fuxin tilted her head in a thoughtful manner, her almond eyes turned straight, and when her eyes glanced at the chessboard, she smiled brightly: "If I can solve the chess game, the old man would be willing to give me some purses for me to take back." Go home to honor the elders?"

Old Duke Xiahou raised his brows high, with a meaningful smile on his face.

Bringing home the lotus from the Duke's Mansion, this little girl is pretty good.

"You can play chess?"

Shi Fuxin nodded, then shook her head: "A little bit, but not very proficient."

The old Duke Xiahou smiled: "If you are not proficient, then you may not be able to solve this chess game."

Shi Fuxin smiled and said: "If you don't try, how do you know I can't solve it?"

Old Duke Xiahou smiled and shook his head: "Little girl, it is a good thing to know how to fight for opportunities, but if you don't have that ability, you still want to be brave. Once things go wrong, you will not only be ashamed, but also unlovable."

Shi Fuxin blinked her eyes: "Grandfather, there are no absolutes in everything, sometimes it is necessary to take some risks."

Old Duke Xiahou laughed and looked at the chessboard. Although he didn't make a sound, his expression showed that he was willing to let Shi Fuxin try.

Shi Fuxin walked over to sit down with a smile, picked up the white piece naturally, stared at the chessboard for a while, and then quickly placed the piece.

In the previous chess game, the old Duke Xiahou held the white pieces, and Dongfang Changqing held the black pieces.

"you"

Old Duke Xiahou just wanted to say that Shi Fuxin was messing around, but when he saw her location, he shut up immediately, and looked at Shi Fuxin in surprise: "Why did you think of falling here?"

Shi Fuxin smiled: "Grandfather, I don't know much about chess, but I know that in chess, one is to avoid having no way out, and the other is to make the opponent have no way out."

"As long as you follow these two ideas, then the place where I settle is the best choice at the moment."

Hearing these remarks, Old Duke Xiahou thought highly of Shi Fuxin a lot.

The little girl's position is really good, she can untie the hole Dongfang Changqing dug for him, why didn't he think of it before?
But to say that this move will make Dongfang Changqing have nowhere to go, he disagrees.

"Little girl, you can't just play chess with your eyes on your eyes. Come on, let's continue this chess game and you will take Changqing's place."

Shi Fuxin glanced at the chessboard, resolutely refused, and said with a smile: "Grandfather, why don't you take over Dongfang Changqing, so that you can change your thinking, and I'll follow your play."

The old man was almost surrounded to death by Dongfang Changqing, and if he continued with the previous tricks, she would block him so that he would have nowhere to go to heaven and nowhere to go.

Old Duke Xiahou glanced at Shi Fuxin, heard what she meant, and immediately hummed in his heart, what an arrogant little girl, dare to look down on him, okay, he wants to see how much she weighs .

"Come on then."

Immediately, the two started back and forth.

Thanks to Dongfang Changqing's previous layout, the old Duke Xiahou came down very smoothly at first, but gradually, his speed of landing became slower and slower, and his expression became more and more serious.

At first, when Shi Fuxin drank two sips of tea, the old Duke Xiahou could conceive a son; later, after Shi Fuxin drank a cup of tea, the old Duke Xiahou could not conceive a son.

Hey.
Looking at the old Duke Xiahou who was staring at the chessboard motionlessly, the villain in Shi Fuxin's heart kept sighing, she was already very lethargic, and deliberately left several loopholes, but the old Duke Xiahou didn't know if he didn't see it. , or deliberately did not leave, just stuck there motionless.

For a quarter of an hour, or two quarters of an hour, Shi Fuxin could still sit still, but after half an hour, Shi Fuxin was ready to move.

For a while, I got up and poured tea, and for a while, I looked at the lotus in the pond
At the end, Shi Fuxin wanted to get up and stretch her arms and legs.

On the way, Wanger saw the old Duke Xiahou and Shi Fuxin staying in the pavilion, worried that there was not enough water in the teapot, so he came over to change the teapot, and Shi Fuxin took the opportunity to ask for some snacks.

Just drinking tea made her hungry.

It may be the first time Wang Er met a guest who offered to beg for food. She was stunned for a moment, then looked at the master who was addicted to the chess game, and then nodded with a smile.

Soon, several plates of exquisite pastries were served.

Seeing that there was bird's nest and red date cake in the dessert, Shi Fuxin suddenly narrowed her eyes with a smile.

She really likes to eat bird's nest, but it's a pity that top-grade bird's nest is rare, there is no way to buy it, and she can't buy it even if she has money. She only ate it once in the uncle's house.

The Duke's Mansion is rich and powerful, and they treat guests with bird's nest casually.

With something to eat, Shi Fuxin was not so bored, she was eating cakes and admiring the lotus at the same time, looking leisurely and carefree, Wang Er was a little dumbfounded.

Master Shi Wu's little sister is really amazing!
After eating something, Shi Fuxin saw that the old Duke Xiahou was trapped in the chess game and couldn't get out, so she had a rare kindness and suggested, "Old man, why don't we start the game again?"

"No, the old man has to break this situation."

Old Duke Xiahou refused without even thinking about it, and said: "I don't believe it anymore, it's fine if I can't beat that kid Changqing, but I can't beat you, a little girl."

Hearing this, Shi Fuxin was a little unhappy: "Grandpa, don't discriminate, you say that, it seems that I can't compare with Dongfang Changqing."

Grandpa Xiahou, who was obsessed with breaking the game, didn't hear this, but Wang Er who was beside him heard it.

Wang'er looked at Shi Fuxin with great admiration.

Shi Wuye's younger sister
One word, cow!

She actually wanted to compete with Young Master Dongfang!
Old Duke Xiahou's chess addiction was also beyond Shi Fuxin's expectations. In the end, he couldn't break the chess game, so he restarted the chess game, and then pulled Shi Fuxin to play game after game.

Shi Fuxin arrived at Dingguo Mansion in the morning, but when the sun went down, she was still in the pavilion.

Looking at the sunset in the west, Shi Fuxin rested on the stone table with her chin in her hands.

She swears that she never wants to play chess with old Duke Xiahou again.

So torturous!
She came to Duke Dingguo's mansion to get the entry and exit token of the Ministry of War. Who would have thought that she would be detained here for a whole day.

Just when Shi Fuxin was thinking about leaving, Xiahou Huanyan brought Qiao Xinyu over.

"Grandpa!"

Old Duke Xiahou didn't raise his head: "Don't bother me, I'm about to break the chess game."

Xiahou Huanyan knew about Xiahou's old man's chess addiction, so it wasn't surprising. He just smiled and said, "The martial arts test is over, so grandpa doesn't want to know the result?"

Hearing this, Shi Fuxin's expression suddenly lifted, and she looked at Xiahou Huanyan without hesitation.

The old Duke Xiahou finally raised his head, glanced at Shi Fuxin who was anxious to know the result, and asked, "How is Shi Wulang's performance today?"

Xiahou Huanyan smiled and nodded straight: "Very good. The emperor went to watch the martial arts test and praised three people during the period. One of them is Shi Goro. Today's martial arts test, Shi Goro can take the top three."

Satisfaction flashed across the eyes of the old Duke Xiahou, but he just said 'Oh', and said lightly: "It's barely passable." Seeing Shi Fuxin's face beaming with joy, he said, "The martial arts examination, can you finally pass the examination?" If you can't get on the list, what you look at is the total score, and there is still one subject to take, so don't rush to be happy."

Shi Fuxin took the words: "My brother is the best."

The old Duke Xiahou glanced at her: "The capital is full of talents, and the best ones are the best if you don't move around. You must know that there are heaven and man outside the sky, and there are people outside the sky."

Shi Fuxin didn't answer, just nodded, and quickly said: "Grandpa, my brother has already finished the exam, I have to go back, let's end this game here."

When the old Duke Xiahou thought that he was surrounded by the girl in front of him, he felt a little uncomfortable. He really wanted to win the game, but seeing that it was getting late, he didn't stop him.

"The old man sees that you have some talent in chess, how about this, when you have nothing to do in the future, I will often come to Dingguo Mansion for a walk, so that the old man can give you advice, maybe I can train you to become a great player."

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Shi Fuxin laughed inwardly, a person who can block himself to death even when she releases water one after another, actually wants to point her out?
Xia Hou Huanyan and Qiao Xinyu at the side heard this, but quickly glanced at Shi Fuxin several times.

Obviously, both of them could see that Shi Fuxin had caught the eyes of the great-grandfather (grandfather), and they both took the initiative to invite people to the house.

"Huanyan, send your sister Fuxin out of the house."

Xiahou Laoguo spoke publicly, and Xiahou Huanyan left the pavilion with Shi Fuxin.

When he was about to leave the pavilion, Shi Fuxin suddenly stopped: "Sister Huanyan, the old man promised me that I could pick some lotus flowers and take them away."

Xia Houhuan's face showed surprise: "Really?"

Grandpa was very stingy, every year when the lotus was in full bloom, there were many people who wanted to beg for lotus, but few could get permission from grandpa.

Shi Fuxin nodded: "Really, if you don't believe me, you can ask Wang'er."

Xiahou smiled happily and said, "I believe in you." After saying that, he was going to ask the maid beside him to ask the mother-in-law to pick lotus flowers.

Shi Fuxin hurriedly stopped: "It doesn't need to be so troublesome, I can pick it myself."

Then, Xiahou Huanyan and Qiao Xinyu saw Shi Fuxin flying into the lotus pond like a dragonfly. The lithe figure tapped the lotus leaves, jumped a few times, and there were many lotus flowers in her hands.

In the pavilion, the old Duke Xiahou also saw the scene of Shi Fuxin picking lotus. Seeing that the lotus leaves Shi Fuxin had stepped on hardly shook at all, and even the water surface did not ripple, he was amazed again and again.

This little girl's qinggong has obviously reached its peak!
Shi Zheng and this family are really all martial arts geniuses!

For so many years in the Wuchang uncle's mansion, the most correct thing the Shi family did was to bring back Shi Zhenghe's family.

Here, Shi Fuxin has already landed with more than ten lotus flowers.

"Sister Huanyan, I picked this lotus specially for you, I hope you like it."

After giving a budding lotus to Xiahou Huanyan, Shi Fuxin gave another fully bloomed lotus to Qiao Xinyu: "This one is yours."

"You little girl, you will be generous to others."

Xia Hou took the lotus flower with a smile, and took the opportunity to pinch Shi Fuxin's chubby cheek, and quickly touched it.

So soft!

Really slippery!

Qiao Xinyu saw it: "." She wanted to cover her face again.

In the morning, Fu Xin ate Cousin Huanyan's tofu, and now Cousin Huanyan ate it.

Well, neither side suffers.

Shi Fuxin brought a basket of lotus flowers back to the uncle's mansion. At this time, Shi Dingxuan had already returned, and when he learned that the emperor had personally praised him, everyone in the Shi family was very happy.

"Sister Xin, where did your lotus come from?"

Mrs. Shi Qi liked lotus the most, and she was the first to discover the lotus brought back by Shi Fuxin.

Shi Fuxin: "Given by the old Duke Xiahou."

As soon as these words came out, the room was silent, even Shi Dingxuan looked over, and looked at his sister suspiciously: "Given it by the old man?"

Old Duke Xiahou is also a lover of lotus, and the lotus in Dingguo's mansion is not easy to give away, so why would he give it to his sister?
Shi Fuxin was unhappy: "Brother, what kind of eyes do you have? Your sister is cute, everyone loves you, and the old Duke Xiahou likes me, so what's wrong with sending me some lotus flowers?"

In order to close the relationship with Dingguo government, she sacrificed a lot today.

It's a waste of a day's work, and it's a loss to ask for a few lotus flowers.

The Shi family: "." This is not easy to refute.

Seeing everyone watching, Jin Yue'e quickly said, "Sister Xin, please speak up, what's going on?"

Shi Fuxin brushed aside the matter of skipping class, and took Qiao Xinyu to Duke Ding's mansion, and told him about playing chess with Duke Xiahou for a while.

After hearing this, the Shi family quickly looked at each other.

Mrs. Shi looked at Shi Fuxin, she knew the old Duke Xiahou well, not everyone could catch his eye, he could let sister Xin play chess with him, it can be seen that sister Xin's chess skills are not bad.

How many surprises does this girl have waiting for her?
Don't look at the old Duke Xiahou agreeing to guide Wulang, but in the past few months, there has been no sign of being close to the Shi family. As soon as this girl came out, she actually brought back the lotus that the old Duke Xiahou loved.

Is this a signal from Dingguo government?
After dinner, Shi Fuxin deliberately walked a little later than others.

Mrs. Shi looked at her sixth granddaughter and asked with a smile, "But there is still something to do."

Shi Fuxin nodded, and told Mrs. Shi what she learned about the draft from Xiahou Huanyan today.

"What? Girls over 15 years old must participate?"

Shi Fuxin nodded: "Grandmother, won't my sister also participate?"

Mrs. Shi frowned: "It's already August, and your sister's birthday is in October." After a moment of silence, she looked at Shi Fuxin, "Don't worry, even if you run for the election, there are ways to lose early."

Hearing this, Shi Fuxin breathed a sigh of relief.

Mrs. Shi: "By the way, don't spread the word about this. Miss Xiahou said this in front of you, so it shows that she trusts you. You have to be worthy of this trust. Once people break their trust, others will not sincerely make friends with you." of."

Shi Fuxin nodded, seeing that there was nothing else to do, she left Yixiangtang.

After she left, Mrs. Shi entered the inner room and sighed softly to Mrs. Shi: "Girls who have reached the age of fifteen have to participate in the draft. Zhengkun's daughter-in-law didn't disclose this at all."

Mrs. Shi was a little silent, and said after a long while: "Zhengkun is finally separated from our family." As he spoke, he patted Mrs. Shi's hand, "Fortunately, Zhengkun has gotten closer to his family and people in the mansion, and we can't Everything."

(End of this chapter)