The daily life of the prime minister of the Qing Dynasty, thick black

Chapter 192

It's still the same way as before, Gu Huaishu has walked back and forth countless times in his life, so there may not be anything new about it.

Ruo Ai now looks like she has grown taller. She used to grow horizontally, but now she grows vertically.

He enjoyed the star-eyed gazes of the palace maids along the way, because since the flesh on his body started to fall off, he has been a vigorous kid.

Knowing how to read, reciting poems and making love, the mischievousness in the early years only turned into occasional well-intentioned pranks.

His mother let him play enough when he was a child, he knew everything.

Zhang Ruoai went to the fields to follow the old man to farm, and also went fishing with the fishermen. He used to walk around the streets barefoot, just to hire a doctor for the old man who helped the sugar seller at the street...

He made bamboo dragonflies with his father, and learned how Qingdai scraped off the snow from plum blossoms to make tea when it snowed. He also followed Uncle Shi Fang to the lotus pond to pick lotus roots, and was carried by his father on his shoulders to Shanhaiguan...

Although Zhang Ruoai was fat, his knowledge was the same as his body.

Now that I am suddenly enlightened, I am relieved all of a sudden.

He will not be the same as other children, because he entered school early and never played. He is still thinking about the candy man he ate today and the pearl sugar cake he will buy tomorrow...

Zhang Ruoai has already played all the things he can and cannot play at his age. He sits in the school every day, reading is reading, reading is reading, and never thinks about anything else.

Even now, following Lord Kangxi all the way to the south of the Yangtze River, Zhang Ruoai still spends most of her time reading.

Looking at him, Gu Huaixiu really felt that he was like a dry sponge, it was the first time he really touched a book in so many years, and that world immediately attracted his whole being into it.This is the world that his ancestors and fathers have entered, and now Zhang Ruoai stands outside this door, and gently pushes it open...

Qian Zhongsu, Golden House, Yan Ruyu...

It was the first time that Gu Huaishu knew that parents would have mixed feelings when they watched their son grow up.

She looked at him as if he suddenly broke out of a cocoon and became a butterfly. Not only did he look good, he became thinner, taller, he also grew up, and he suddenly became sensible.

Zhang Ruoai began to do things, treat people, and receive things like his father.

She handwritten the letter in the letter back then: break out of the cocoon and become a butterfly to see the future, and the cicada will bury it in the ground for a summer to know.

From the unsightly silkworm and chrysalis, to the moment when it breaks out of the cocoon and becomes a butterfly; from the seven years of loneliness buried in the ground without anyone knowing it, to the moment it breaks out of the ground and hangs on the treetops to make a noise all summer...

She satirized that Zhang Ruoai was ugly back then, but she never believed that her son was mediocre.

Not for anything else, just because he is Zhang Tingyu and her son.

Perhaps it is also because Zhang Tingyu once said: It is difficult for the Zhang family to produce mediocrity.

It is also Gu Huaishu's good intentions to take the brat to eat, drink and have fun in the past eight years.

She witnessed the tragedy of Brother Ting's death with her own eyes, just because she was an insignificant bamboo dragonfly back then, how many children were locked up in the school, and she longed to have a good time?Can not be able to after all.

Now she has let Zhang Ruoai play enough, he will neither regret like an ordinary child, nor sit in school like an ordinary child and be restless.

And these things he came into contact with when he was a child can soon be confirmed and compared in the books he read one by one.

Zhang Tingyu said, this is very good.

Gu Huaishu also thought that this is very good.

That's all very well.

When Kangxi stopped in Shandong, he saw Zhang Ruoai by chance, and he admired him a lot, saying, "It's good fortune that Gu San's unruly people can raise a son like you."

As a result, Zhang Ruoai opened his mouth and said, "There is no importance in discussing recklessness in life, and there is no right and wrong in family. What about the other way around?"

Kangxi was taken aback, and even the princes behind him changed their expressions suddenly when they heard it.

The meaning of this sentence originally meant that no matter how lively the discussion among the people is, it is difficult to listen to it. If the discussion is in a family, it means that "upright officials can hardly decide housework". Can be distinguished.

But Zhang Ruoai added another sentence, "What about the other way around"?
Living at the height of the temple, how can you understand the situation?
Sitting on a high dragon chair, Kangxi judged Zhang Ruoai's mother based on what he saw Gu San. What he saw was Gu San, a "trickster", but he felt that his mother was not a trickster.

On the contrary, his mother is very virtuous.

On the contrary, it means that the outsider does not know the feelings of the people in the game.

People in the world think that they look at Gu Huaishu with sober eyes, say she is a tricky woman, and think that everyone in the Zhang family is drunk.But from the perspective of those who get along with Gu Huaishu day and night, everyone is drunk.

With a good sentence of "how about the other way around", Kangxi gave him a handle of mutton fat and white jade Ruyi on the spot, and it was too late for Zhang Tingyu to stop it.

Zhang Ruoai's name as a child prodigy spread immediately.

He is much luckier than his father. He was said to be fat, ugly, ignorant and stubborn since he was a child. After all, in the eyes of ordinary people, not going to school means ignorant and unprogressive But his mother protected him, he should eat and drink, and play as he likes.

Everyone said that Zhang Ruoai was unfortunate, he entered school so late, if it was earlier in the morning, wouldn't he be ten times as talented?
It's a pity that when Zhang Ruoai grew up, she thought that if she didn't have the eight years of eating, drinking and having fun, she would definitely not be able to achieve all the achievements in the future.

What kind of cause, what kind of fruit.

The words of the world have nothing to do with Zhang Ruoai.

He went to his mother to recite books every day, but Gu Huaixiu dozed off while reciting, but Aunt Qingdai listened carefully to his recitation.

Qing Dai is also literate, so she checks for him.

Occasionally Qingdai wanted to take care of his mother, so he would carry the book to the back of the boat, and Shi Fang would sit behind and catch fish in the water with a net, and listen to him recite the book.

Before I knew it, the days on the boat had passed by for a long time.

It was already the eighth day of February when we arrived in Jiangning. This time, Zhang Ying did not pick up the driver at the palace, but at the pier.

Standing behind the emperor, Zhang Tingyu saw Zhang Ying with frosty white hair, wearing a blue-gray robe, and an old man standing at the ferry. Today, Zhang Ying is in her dying years, and the early years have been spent in a hurry... …

Just after landing, Jiangning officials saluted the emperor. Kangxi helped Zhang Ying up first. Looking back, Zhang Tingyu, who was always steady and mature beside him, couldn't hold back the tears in his eyes.

Kangxi simply waved his hand: "Zhang Ying chatted with me for a long time. Your family has a few conversations. It's better to reunite for a few days. When I come back from Suzhou, you can follow me."

"I thank the emperor Long En."

After Zhang Tingyu thanked him, he couldn't help but went up to help Zhang Ying, but the moment he stretched out his hand, he took it back: "Say hello to father, my son."

Zhang Ying naturally noticed his son's stiff movements. He just patted his shoulder and said, "People are going to grow old. It's a good thing that Zhang Ying has someone to support me when I get old."

When Kangxi heard these words, he couldn't help but look back at his sons, and finally his eyes stopped on the prince.

He gave special favors to Zhang Ying's family, not necessarily because although the family members sometimes make troubles, they are always kind and filial, but he, the emperor...

Sometimes this day is not as comfortable as Zhang Ying.

Few people noticed Kangxi's sudden and gloomy eyes, only Yinxiang glimpsed it for a moment.

He thought it was his own illusion, but looking back at Zhang Tingyu standing respectfully in front of Zhang Ying, listening to Zhang Ying talking, without saying a word, then looking back at the prince, he understood something in a daze.

Perhaps, this is the key, right?
With a smile on his face, Yinxiang followed Kangxi's footsteps.

Zhang Ying said a few words to Zhang Tingyu, and followed him to the palace. He told the emperor what he had seen and heard in the south of the Yangtze River in the past two years, and he also brought the small orchid tea from Tongcheng to Kangxi, and the eunuch brewed it on the spot. No drug test at all.

Here the monarchs and ministers were talking, Gu Huaishu and the people behind them also went ashore and waited in the other courtyard.

Gu Huaishu only told Shi Fang to prepare a table of good food and wine, and wait for Mrs. Zhang to come back, so that the whole family can sit together and have a good time.

As a result, as soon as he arrived at the other courtyard, he saw two brothers, Zhang Tinglu and Zhang Tingyu, waiting in the courtyard. When they saw Gu Huaishu and the others coming, they immediately greeted them.

"Why are you here too?"

Gu Huaishu was really indescribably pleasantly surprised, and Zhang Ruoai hurried up to say hello to his uncles and aunts later on.

Qiao Miaoniang also held the maid's hand to greet Gu Huaishu, and everyone was busy outside the door for a while before entering the room together.

Shi Fang didn't say much, seeing Gu Huaixiu's face full of joy, he went back to the kitchen to cook a good meal.

Peng Shi is really honest now, Gu Huaishu knows that she was sent back by her brother back then, so she doesn't talk about these disappointing things at this time, she still treats everyone with the same impartial attitude before, no matter what It doesn't make any difference whether it's Qiao Miaoniang or Peng's.

On the other hand, Peng felt guilty when he saw Gu Huaishu, but he felt relieved when he saw that Gu Huaishu was still facing her as before, as if the incident of her going back to her mother's house had never happened.

Zhang Ying and Zhang Tingyu were sent back with lanterns by the eunuchs brought by the palace when the lanterns were just lit. The brothers of the whole family were almost gathered together, and the sister-in-law had no one to accompany her in the capital. follow back.She told Gu Huaishu that once she came back, she didn't want to leave and would stay with Zhang Tingzan in Tongcheng.

Now the whole family is sitting together, the room is small, it was from Gu Huaishu's other courtyard, the two tables are very close to each other, it looks like the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Mrs. Chen was also very happy, Mrs. Peng didn't speak much, she was quiet, but Qiao Miaoniang talked to Gu Huaishu and Mrs. Wu more often in order to liven up the atmosphere.

Now Mrs. Wu doesn't wear any jewelry, she just looks like a rich old lady.

Qiao Miaoniang entered the door not long ago, her eyes are not good, but her ears are very good.

She has heard a lot of things, but she is also very smart, there are gossips, she pretends to listen to what she should listen to, and blows what she should not listen to.

She also knows something about the relationship between the second sister-in-law and her mother-in-law.

Now Qiao Miaoniang eats vegetables that are put into bowls for her by the maids. She just smelled the delicious taste of the dishes, so she smiled and said, "It must be made by the famous chef Shi Fang of the second sister-in-law, right? It's so delicious. Meals, I'm afraid my Miao Niang can't cook them."

Gu Huaishu said: "Even if I eat bran-swallowed vegetables, the third brother only likes your Yangchun noodles. Whether it tastes good or not is of secondary importance, eat it with your heart."

"This is also..."

These words sounded familiar, as if Qiao Miaoniang had said it herself. She remembered that the lady who ate noodles at the noodle stall had this voice. After a long time, she almost forgot. Qiao Miaoniang smiled and pinched the chopsticks Somewhat at a loss, Qiqi Ai said, "I smell like roasted beans that my mother-in-law likes to eat?"

Gu Huaishu looked up at Qiao Miaoniang, then at Wu Shi.

Mrs. Wu sat on it a little awkwardly, and said hurriedly: "I have seen it."

But the plate of beans was in Gu Huaishu's hand, Gu Huaishu took a look at Zhang Tingyu at the other table, and then at the appearance of this honest woman named Wu, he thought to himself, the past is all over.

She only bent her lips, changed her pair of chopsticks, put the beans into the bowl in front of Wu, and said softly, "Grandma, let's eat."

Everyone in the room was stunned, and Wu Shi also burst into tears, only holding Gu Huaishu's hand, not knowing what to say.

Watching this scene, Wang Fushun's family also pressed the corners of their eyes with handkerchiefs, and after a while came up to persuade: "The old lady is happy on the day of family reunion."

In the past few years, when Mrs. Wu returned to Tongcheng, it was like waking up from a big dream. Zhang Ying accompanied her to walk around the city, go up the mountain to pick tea, and hoe the ground. Let her whole heart become clear at once.

The older ones who are living as spirits all say that this is finally washed clean.

Wu Shi didn't know what was cleaned up.

She couldn't speak, she only ate the beans that Gu Huaishu had pinched, and seeing that everyone at the table looked at her, she said, "You all eat too."

After so many years, only today's meal has tasted.

It's just that Gu Huaixiu counted the table next door, and then glanced at Zhang Tingyu. She caught a glimpse of his hand resting on his knee, which had quietly clenched into a fist.

Zhang Tingzan's unreported revenge was the most painful thing in his heart after all.

Mrs. Chen seemed to have calmed down after so many years of suffering.

But until now, Gu Huaixiu still remembers what he said when he saw Mrs. Chen lying on the couch with a medicine bowl in the big room that day.

Live, look at the person who killed Zhang Tingzan, die.

Heart-piercing sadness, engraved hatred.

Zhang Tingzan is a heart disease of the Zhang family.

Gu Huaishu is very clear and will never forget.

Because not only she will not forget, but many people will not forget.

Zhang Tingyu talked, laughed and drank with Zhang Ying and his two younger brothers without changing his face, as if nothing had happened.

The banquet was not over until the wine and food were full.

At night, the servants had already vacated the main house for Mrs. Zhang Ying and Wu to sleep, while Gu Huaishu and the others moved to the east wing. A small Jiangning courtyard, like thousands of families in Jiangning, was extinguished in the dark night. The lights are turned on, swaying in the foggy wind in the Qinhuai River, which is still chilly but has warmed up...

Gu Huaishu knew that the person next to her pillow never closed those eyes that night.

(End of this chapter)