Self-cultivation of Male Supporting Role - Chapter 386

On weekdays, he visited famous mountains and rivers, and left all his family’s properties to Yang Hegao to take care of. Shi Yan, who is quite a bit of a dragon, has recently returned home with a whole body of dust.

As soon as I stepped into the alley where I returned home, the warm greetings from the neighbors did not stop. Some people said that the family would hold a full moon banquet for the grandson in three days, hoping to experience the talent of Xianggong Xu. Some people say that the cheese I made this morning is the taste that Mrs. Miao likes, so I will ask the kid at home to send it back. Shi Yan complied one by one, with a gentle smile on his face, and everyone who talked to him was satisfied, thinking that he was respected by Master Xu.

Seeing him being welcomed into the house by the two children, the neighbors still shook their heads and sighed, “Isn’t Mr. Xu really looking for an immortal outside to ask, he is about to become a true fruit, and the two children are sixteen this year. Look at the old man who looks like he has just gotten married. What was the difference then?”

If you really say the difference, there is still some difference. If it were Kaiyun and Xiaobao, Daddy did have a few fine lines at the corners of his eyes, but these things on Daddy’s body did not damage his appearance at all, on the contrary, the years were deposited on him. She has a unique temperament, and her actions are ethereal and immortal, sometimes like a child’s innocent, contradictory and harmonious. From a distance, it is indeed not much different from the people she remembered when she was a child, but there are more flavors that make people unable to take their eyes off.

As far as Kaiyun knew, the boudoir girls who wanted to be her and Xiaobao’s stepmother all these years, from Bai’an County to the busy city of the prefecture, there are no one hundred and eighty, and this is the result of father letting Brother He Gao hide from her, Just talking about her little sisters in the boudoir, they came to the house twice, and then they were shy and timid towards their father.

Because of this, Kering stopped inviting sisters of the same age to be guests at home for the past two years.

At the moment, Shi Yan was sandwiched between his daughter and his daughter, and the three of them walked in affectionately, with their backs looking good like brothers and sisters. Xiaobao couldn’t pretend to be honest and honest in front of his father, so he started directly, touched his father’s cuffs, the purse around his waist, and all the things hidden in his arms, and then happily left Shi Yan and went head-to-head with his sister. The partition is clean.

This is also the repertoire of the triple room. Whenever Shi Yan goes home, he will bring some interesting things for the two of them. After a long time, Shi Yan took it out by himself when he didn’t need it, and the impatient Xiao Bao started to touch it himself. Seeing that the two of them were having a good time, Shi Yan let them go.

As a result, the two opened their wallets and both sighed in disappointment.

Xiaobao pinched the jade cicada with a big thumb with two fingers, pouted his mouth like a child, and said dissatisfiedly, “Dad, you are too perfunctory, although this jade cicada is top-notch carving and lifelike, but you, this is it”

Shi Yan lightly snorted, “I’m going to Beijing to take the exam soon, I wish you the mistake of Zhangui in the Toad Palace.”

It’s really rare to put this thing outside, but Xiaobao has collected the same kind of thing himself, so I really don’t think it’s anything.

Seeing him slumped, Shi Yan reminded, “The precious and invaluable warm jade is warm in the tentacles. It doesn’t feel good in summer, but it’s better to play with it in winter.”

After this reminder, Xiaobao was startled to realize how precious this thing was, so he carefully stuffed it into his purse and hid it in his arms, for fear that Kaiyun would **** it from him.

Seeing that, Kaiyun had a toothache, and then held up the naive paperweight in his palm in front of Xiaobao, his tone must have shown off again, “Since your jade cicada is a rare warm jade, look at the color of my paperweight, what material do you think it should be made of? Um”

Xiaobao just reacted, looking at the paperweight in his sister’s palm that was more than twice the size of his jade cicada, and then at his father, who didn’t plan to make a sound and watched the show, confirmed his guess, and said helplessly, “Dad, you don’t want it. I made an excuse to explain, you are a partial sister.”

Shi Yan put his hands behind his back and frankly admitted his bias, “Yes, you are very self-aware.”

After that, she added a heart-wrenching sentence, “Your sister is going to attend the forum at Meishan Academy. A little girl is under a lot of pressure when facing a group of big men. Daddy is right for her, so please let it go. , let your elder sister maintain a good pre-match mentality.”

Xiaobao was not surprised that his father would say such a thing. After more than ten years, he has become accustomed to it, but he still insists on fighting for his own legitimate rights and interests: “Dad, did you forget that I want to go to Beijing with my sister? what”

Forgetting will never be forgotten. When Shi Yan returned home this time, it was because the two would go to Beijing together in ten days, the son would participate in the imperial examination, and the daughter would participate in the Meishan Academy Forum. , so as not to turn back and be nagged by the two.

Even so, Xiao Baolai still has something to say by his side, “I used to run around with Brother He Gao, but it’s the first time for my sister to go so far from the capital. Don’t you love my sister the most? Why didn’t you send it in person this time? Aren’t you afraid that your sister will be bullied by those sane scholars in the capital when she goes to the capital?”

This is to run against him, Shi Yan slapped his son on the back of the head angrily, and said, “If your sister is wronged in the capital, father will take you as a question.”

Ayun watched the excitement with a smile, and thought that when Adi was fooling people outside, he was a jerk, how could he remember eating or beating when he got in front of his father? , as long as the father is at home, he will lean forward happily, and he will stop when he is bullied badly, as if he is looking for abuse.

Maybe this is the earth-shattering father-son relationship between father and son. Ayun can’t understand a little, but it doesn’t prevent her from watching Adi’s jokes. It is true that with the growth of Adi, this kind of occasion is becoming more and more difficult to see, let’s see and cherish it.

Whoever wanted to be lively but didn’t see it, turned his head and burned himself.

I saw that his father angered Adi with a few words, and a few words and a slap in the head. He easily coaxed the unsatisfactory Adi, and coaxed Adi to go to the kitchen and brother He Gao to make soup for him personally, and then Turning his head, he said to her indifferently, “Come with me.”

A Yun’s heart skipped a beat, his intuition was bad.

When the two entered the study, Ayun stood obediently in front of his father, not daring to act like a spoiled brat. He quickly thought about what he had done wrong recently and made his father angry.

Don’t look at how Daddy spoils her and Adi on weekdays, which makes the children in an alley envied, but when he encounters mistakes of principle, Daddy is also stricter than other fathers. So when Dad showed this look, Ayun knew that he was angry, but after thinking about it, she didn’t think she did anything wrong.

Shi Yan sat on the head with his eyes down, and the teacup in his hand made a scratching sound on the rim of the teacup. She didn’t feel that she had done anything wrong to deserve her father’s anger, but in the face of this situation, she still had to be nervous.

After a cup of tea time passed, Shi Yan saw fine sweat dripping out of her daughter’s forehead, her lips were slightly white, her hands were tightly clasped together, and the back of her hands were full of blue veins. Only one pair of eyes looked at him stubbornly. The meaning is self-evident.

Shi Yan sighed slowly, put down the tea cup, his voice was soft, and his tone was indifferent, “Have you figured it out?”

There was a trace of grievance in Ayun’s voice that he hadn’t noticed. His eyes were reddish, pursed his lips, and shook his head firmly, “My daughter doesn’t understand.”

Then he said, “Since you wrote last month to say that you are going home recently, Ayun has been looking forward to it very much. Since the day before yesterday, he has been preparing your favorite ingredients with brother Hegao and Adi, and made your favorite soup in the kitchen this morning. On weekdays, in order to prepare for the matter of entering Beijing, I don’t even go to the door. I really don’t know how to make my father unhappy. Please tell me clearly.”

After he finished speaking, he lowered his head and stopped looking at him. When Shi Yan saw her daughter like this and knew that she was an anti-general, he shook his head with a solemn expression on his face. What’s the matter, son?”

The disappointment that rushed to her face made Kai Yun a little stunned. She didn’t understand how her father would suddenly ask about this matter. When it came to Lu Hanhai, she had always dealt with it properly and would not be criticized. , After these years of getting along with each other, the two have become more friends and teachers. These fathers all know, why there is such a question today

Seeing the girl’s appearance, Shi Yan couldn’t help sighing in his heart. He was afraid of raising children. He felt that he knew everything and could do everything well, but in fact, he was ignorant of many things, and he didn’t notice any mistakes. Saw the joke.

Speaking of which, although he has been away all year round, he knows all the details of his family’s affairs. If he had to come back at this time, it was mainly because of his uneasy daughter. Compared with this incident, sending two people to Beijing is really nothing.

Shi Yan said, “In the past few years, Mr. Lu has made many extraordinary achievements. He started as an ordinary soldier, and now he is a well-known general of Dingyuan. He has a very high prestige in the army, and fought **** battles on the battlefield. , his life and death are related to the safety of countless people on the border, you can admit that”

Ayun nodded.

Shi Yan continued, “Two months ago, Mr. Lu was away from the business and made a special trip to our house. What did you say?”

Kaiyun’s face first turned red and then turned white, but she was very calm in her heart. She thought it was unnecessary to let her father know about this, but when her father asked her, she couldn’t say anything.

So he said, “He said that he was happy with me and wanted to find an opportunity to ask our family to marry him, so I thought of a way to make him give up. If he insists, it’s okay if this friend doesn’t do it in the future.”

Shi Yan asked, “Was he in a trance and lethargic before he left?”

“Yes.”

“You know that he is going to perform a secret mission after returning to the camp, and it is the most taboo to be distracted”

“Know.”

Shi Yan didn’t say anything, and looked at the girl whose face was suddenly pale.

Ayun was stunned for a moment, and the clasped hands trembled involuntarily. She looked strong, but it made people see her nervousness and fear at a glance.

Without saying a word, he knelt down in front of Shi Yan, pursed his lips, and after a long while, he looked up at his father, and said stunnedly, “Dad, I, I didn’t think about it that much at the time, you know, my daughter treats him Unintentionally, his confession is really sudden, and the true meaning of it is still up for debate. In addition, our family is in a special situation. If the two families get married, it is not a simple matter. There is no need for your daughter to say more about the trouble. You understand better than your daughter. He refused on his own accord.”

Shi Yan didn’t shout, and said, “Yes, you consciously thoughtful and thoughtful to nip trouble in the bud, but you didn’t think about the consequences.”

I really didn’t think about it more at that time. Ayun has figured it all out now. It’s not that she dare not admit her wrong temperament, but she is also a little scared after thinking about it, “It’s my daughter who made a mistake, knowing that the other party’s life and death are involved in a wide range of dangers, and it’s dangerous to go to execution. At the time, it disturbed his mind, at a small level, it was disregarding years of friendship and putting aside the life and death of a friend, and at a larger level, it was disregarding the safety of countless people on the border, which is really inappropriate.”

“anything else”

“Also, if something happened to him because of his daughter, he would probably ask the general to take his anger home.”

Speaking of this, Ayun was also shocked. No matter what kind of consequences, she could not bear it. Although she had read a lot of books and thought she was well-informed, her thin shoulders could not afford any life. What’s more, it is a matter of border security and of the lives of the whole family. Just thinking about it, Ayun couldn’t help but be afraid.

As long as she thought about her father, Adi, or grandmother because of her accident, many innocent people died because of her, she felt breathless.

Seeing the girl’s face getting paler, Shi Yan gently caressed the top of her head with a big hand, and sighed a long time, “Silly child, in Daddy’s heart, you and Xiaobao are the most important things. Aside from family and country affairs, the safety of Sheji and these false Don’t say, he really did something wrong because of you on the battlefield, Daddy can find a way to remedy it for you, but in the days to come, how much guilt you should feel in your heart.”

A Yun, who had been holding back his fear of grievance, heard Shi Yan’s words and felt the warmth coming from the top of his head. Finally, he couldn’t help hugging his father’s knee and sobbed softly.

Shi Yan stroked her back, silently comforting her frightened daughter.

This child had a very smooth life. He was intelligent since he was a child, and grew up in the palm of his hand. He and Mr. Mei could not make mistakes in big things, but it was easy to fall into trouble in these small things. In the end, it’s still too conceited.

Shi Yan understood this very early, but he kept silent and watched silently. Until now, he thought it was the best time to teach her a lesson she would never forget for a lifetime before entering Beijing. How she acts in the capital should have more consideration.

In fact, Shi Yan was right. This lesson has been remembered by Ayun for a lifetime, and he has almost engraved caution in his bones.

After a long while, Shi Yan lifted her daughter from the ground and carefully wiped the tears from her face. Seeing that she couldn’t stop crying, she pulled out a letter from her sleeve and handed it over, “Let’s take a look.”

The letter wrote that Lu Hanhai disappeared from the army a month ago, and returned from a serious injury half a month ago. After being rescued by military doctors overnight, he was able to save his life. After that, he was in a coma for ten days, and then he gradually woke up. Attached is a piece of news that very few people know. Half a month ago, the Khan of the Morro tribe was captured alive on the frontier battlefield. Although the news is kept secret now, it is expected that the Khan will be escorted to Beijing soon, and the news will still spread to everyone. Know.

Needless to say Shi Yan, Ayun knew that Lu Hanhai must have played a very important role in it. She could only let go of the big stone in her heart when the other party was safe and sound at the moment. Seeing that she had made great achievements again, she was relieved and understood why her father chose to tell her about it at this time. I can’t bear to suffer so much in her heart.

Beside the copper basin under the window, carefully burn the letter to ashes. Although she has seen a lot of letters about the border since she was a child, she also knows that many things are secrets and should not be known by people like them. To be cautious, destroy the corpses and destroy the traces to be at ease. Seeing that Daddy is used to doing it, he has almost formed an instinct now.

Shi Yan didn’t stop her. Seeing the girl turning around and crying like a cat, her face finally showed a sigh of relief. With a clear heart, she got up and walked out of the study with her hands behind her back. When passing the girl, she said, “Go to the ancestral hall and kneel for two hours.”

A Yun did not object, and respectfully agreed.

Shi Yan’s punishment of Ayun spread around the house in no time. The rest of the people didn’t even dare to ask any extra words. Don’t ask what you should ask, and don’t talk too much about what you shouldn’t talk about. As for those who didn’t understand this, they were invited out by He Gao long ago.

Only Mrs. Miao felt sorry for her granddaughter. She chased and complained after Aunt Liu for a long time, and then took a thick and warm cushion and gave it to her. Seeing that her granddaughter looked fine, she didn’t seem to be wronged, so she followed and asked. After a few words about the whole story, seeing that she couldn’t ask anything, she supported Aunt Liu’s arm and stepped on her little foot to jolt out.

The two elderly old ladies walked in the house with each other’s help, and Mrs. Miao sighed, “My son-in-law is good everywhere, even with this temperament, I don’t know who I followed, and it became harder and harder. You can’t listen to anyone’s words, you said that A Yun’s face is so precious, he just said that if he is punished for kneeling, he will be punished for kneeling, without discussing it.”

Speaking of this, Mrs. Miao complained and got angry, feeling that her cheeks with few teeth left in her mouth hurt badly. “Sixteen-year-old girl, like a flower, put it in someone else’s house early. It’s time for a dowry to get married. He’s good, so don’t be in a hurry. Oh my God, don’t be in a hurry, our family is not a small family that is not in the mainstream. It will take two years for Ayun to become an eighteen-year-old girl. This is not hurting the child, it is hurting the child.”

Aunt Liu’s eyes twitched, and she didn’t need to think about it to know that when Mrs. Miao paused, she wanted to say that she had become an old girl.

She also doesn’t understand this matter. It stands to reason that she is reluctant to let the girl marry early, so she has to look at the candidate for the son-in-law in advance. The two have negotiated discussions, so that the girl can stay in her parents’ home for a few more years, and then she will feel at ease. Over the years, she has seen a lot of the world, regardless of whether it is the county seat or the prefectural city, or listening to He Gao say that the big family in the distant capital, those who love their daughters do this, but the master doesn’t have that at all. Showing A Yunxiang’s meaning to others, she sometimes gets angry when she sees it.

But soon Aunt Liu’s blind worship and trust in Shi Yan overwhelmed everything. The master can do what he says. Ayun is the master’s daughter. The master’s love for Ayun can hurt the whole family of girls in Bai’an County who are not envious. she can’t

So she took the initiative to change the topic and pointed to a brightly blooming peony on the edge of the rockery and said, “Look at how well it blooms, I heard that Master Xiaobao specially asked someone to buy it to make you happy. The flowers were delivered early in the morning, and they said that they should be put here to wake up first, and then I will send you to the yard when I turn around.

The corners of Mrs. Miao’s mouth almost reached her ears, and she complained, “Prodigal son, spend money indiscriminately, I just like to see the big blooming flowers that are bright and dripping, this will be unopened, and the clear soup will lack water. What is there to see, this child just can’t live a life, it should be put in the past.”

Come on, when I mentioned the past, I couldn’t stop for an hour. After listening to it thousands of times, Aunt Liu could start a piece of cross talk alone, and carefully serve people. I sighed more than once in my heart, this old lady’s Life is really good. I have been confused all my life. Some people love it, some people love it, and some people eat and drink. After two years, Xiaobao married a wife and had children.

“The joy of a family” Xiaobao looked up and down at his father with strange eyes, and the corners of his eyes twitched, “Father, I don’t mind if you show me your daughter-in-law early, but can you stop saying such strange things?”

“How strange?” Shi Yan really didn’t think there was anything wrong with what he said to his son right now.

“You forgot that the two of us went back to Fucheng to play. The little lady I met on the street sent someone to ask me what you said when you asked me about you. Is it strange and awkward?”

Xiaobao has always felt that compared to his fourth uncle, his father’s appearance can only be described as ordinary, but I don’t know since when, the dusty temperament of his father completely concealed his ordinary appearance, no matter how young and outstanding a man is. With his father, the first thing others notice is always his father.

He still remembers the little lady’s maid who blushed and asked him shyly and timidly, “Master, did your brother ever get married?”

Going out and being treated as a brother, Xiaobao has nothing to say, plus many times, his father is really like his brother, and he still brings him into trouble, and Hu Tianhaidi’s brother suddenly heard his father say If you want to enjoy family happiness, you are really scared.

Shi Yan didn’t care so much, seeing that his son was not against arranged marriages, and knowing his attitude towards the matter, he waved his hand and chased people away, “Don’t think about messing things up, I’ll try it first, I don’t worry about this, I try to make you satisfied. .”

When his father does things, especially big things, Xiaobao is not dissatisfied, but suddenly he is hooked up, his curiosity is not satisfied, he is scratching his lungs, and he circles around his father like a monkey, like a jump. The liar of the big rope “No, Dad, give me the bottom line first. What kind of a daughter-in-law are you planning to hire me? Bright, elegant, demure, no, Dad, she can’t be a savage person who can pull people’s ears, right?”

Shi Yan felt annoyed, so he directly kicked his feet, “Go away, I don’t even have the title of a jinshi, I still want a daughter-in-law, it’s a fool’s dream.”

That said, Xiaobao already knows what kind of daughter-in-law he will find based on his test scores. Master Juren, he has infinite scenery outside and is sought after by others. But when he returned home, especially facing his father, he was hit repeatedly.

Others say that his father’s life is good, and he gave birth to such an amazing son. Only he himself knows how terrible his father is. He is afraid that he will not be able to turn over his father’s Wuzhishan in this life. Thanks to his father’s love and fame, if he didn’t grow up in his father’s shadow, he would have nothing to do with him.