Qixuan Episode (47)

Genius remembers the address of this site in a second: (Apex Chinese), the fastest update! No advertisements! The village chief found Qixuan, hoping that he could teach all the children in the village to read and write.

Qixuan refused without hesitation: "Village chief, I don't have time to teach them." Because he is an outsider, it is normal for the villagers of Ajia Village to reject him. But the bullying and even scheming overtly and secretly made him exclude all these people.

The village head said: "I can let the villagers do the work for you, you just need to concentrate on teaching them to read."

Qi Xuan shook his head and said, "No need, we can do the work at home by ourselves."

The village head returned home without a feather.

Nigu saw that his father looked a little ugly, and asked, "Father, what's the matter?"

The village chief looked at Nigu and said, "Do you know how much Aya's uncle spends to study in the county for a year?" Aya is Su Qi's daughter. back home. It was also because of this relationship that Su Qi moved to the town with his family.

"How many?"

The village chief took a puff of cigarette, and then let it out: "The money for the husband alone is twenty taels a year."

Nigu stared wide-eyed: "So much?" Their whole family is busy all year round, and they can save a few taels in a good year. If the year is not good, you have to use your savings.

The poorer the place, the more expensive it is to study. Ordinary people simply cannot read books. Of course, Nigu and Yijia disagreed with Ai Hua's study at the beginning because they thought it was useless to study, but they didn't know that it would cost so much money to study.

"Including pens and inks, it costs at least thirty taels of silver a year." Such a large expenditure, not to mention ordinary people, even the wealthy families can't afford it. After all, studying is not a matter of one or two years, but ten, eight or even longer.

Nigu couldn't help touching the back of his head, and said naively: "Father, then Ai Hua studied with Brother Han, wouldn't we take advantage of it?"

The village head nodded and said, "I wanted him to teach the people in the village, but he refused. Nigu, you have a good relationship with him, so go talk to him."

Having already taken advantage of it, and wanting him to teach the whole village, this is not a stretch. Nigu didn't dare to say what was in his heart, but shook his head and said, "Father, he won't even let me teach Ada. Father, I won't bother with it." Ada is his nephew.

Thinking of what happened before, the village chief sighed and said, "Don't take the initiative to tell anyone about this."

Seeing that his grandparents and parents did not support him, Ai Hua has been honest in class since then.

In late November, it snowed heavily in Ajia Village. From then on, besides practicing kung fu, Qixuan put all his mind on calligraphy and painting. He was too involved in painting, and left Ai Hua aside.

Gu Jiu couldn't see it anymore, and said to Ai Hua: "If there is anything you don't understand, you can ask me."

The wind on the mountain is strong, and the cold wind blowing on the face when going out really hurts like being cut by a knife. Aunt Dou didn't dare to go out if she had nothing to do, and even if she wanted to go out, she would cover her face.

There was a charcoal fire in the house, but it was still cold. Qi Xuan thought about writing for a long time, but when he was about to paint, he couldn't control his hands. There's no way, it's too cold and my hands are numb from the cold.

Qixuan put down his pen, sat down and warmed himself by the fire: "It would be great if there was an earth dragon." The study room at home is as warm as spring in winter.

Gu Jiu leaned on the rocking chair with his legs crossed, like an old birthday man: "Only the very rich will burn the earth dragon." Ordinary rich people can't afford to burn the earth dragon, it's too expensive.

Qixuan hummed and said: "I know." He has lived here for almost a year, and many people are reluctant to burn charcoal, not to mention the earth dragon. Lying on the bed with nothing to do, not only saves charcoal fire, but also saves food.

Except for the busy farming season, Ajia Village eats twice a day at other times.

After his hands warmed up, Qixuan continued to paint.

Seeing his concentration, Gu Jiu secretly nodded. No matter how well the painting is done, this attitude makes him very satisfied. To do something, you should put your heart and soul into it.

Ai Hua handed the twenty large characters to Gu Jiu and said, "Grandpa Jiu,

do you think it's OK? "

Just write and write, don't think about how good-looking it is. So Qixuan asked Ai Hua's handwriting to be neat and correct. If the requirements are not met, it must be rewritten.

After reading it, Gu Jiu nodded, indicating that he can go back.

Ai Hua didn't leave this time, but stood in front of Gu Jiu and said, "Grandpa Jiu, I want to learn the marksmanship of Mr. Jiu. Grandpa Jiu, can you teach me?"

Gu Jiu smiled and said, "Did you want to learn it yourself, or did your father ask you to learn it?"

"Grandpa Ninth, I want to learn it myself." He saw Qi Xuan's marksmanship practiced very majesticly. Much better than his father's boxing.

Gu Jiu still smiled: "I can teach you, but once you start learning, you can't give up halfway, otherwise I will break your leg."

Ai Hua really wanted to learn, so he stood up straight now: "Grandpa Ninth, I will definitely learn well, and I will never give up halfway."

Gu Jiu nodded.

Ai Hua thought that he could learn martial arts and was overjoyed. He was still fantasizing that when he mastered martial arts, he would be invincible all over the village. As a result, Gu Jiu asked him to stand on the ground and didn't teach him martial arts at all.

The day before, I squatted for a quarter of an hour in a horse stance, and my legs were not my own, and I was shaking when I walked.

Gu Jiu said: "Take a break and go into the house." He was not that enthusiastic about taking an apprentice, he agreed to teach Ai Hua only because he was bored. If you can't hold on, it doesn't take much effort. But if he persists, he will teach with his heart.

Little child, how can I endure such suffering. On the second day, Ai Hualai couldn't survive at home, but Yijia twisted his ears and dragged him over.

Seeing Ai Hua crying miserably, Qi Xuan laughed. Thinking back when he was so old, he didn't want to practice martial arts, but he was forced to learn by his parents. But fortunately, they suffered from martial arts training when they were young, so the four brothers are in good health and have never been sick since they were young.

Today, after Ai Hua finished writing the big characters, he was going to stand up again. Qixuan smiled and said, "As long as you study hard and practice martial arts, I will take you to the county town next spring." If you blindly use force to suppress, sooner or later the children will lose interest in learning. Appropriate incentives can arouse his enthusiasm for learning.

Every time Nigu came back from the town, he would bring back delicious food for the three of them. Therefore, Ai Hua is not interested in the county seat, he wants to go to the town more.

Knowing what he was thinking, Qi Xuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "There are more delicious food in the county town." From now on, this kid should be taken out to see more often, to see the outside world more often.

Ai Hua couldn't believe it: "Really?"

Ai Hua has never been out of the mountains since he grew up so big. In his mind, there was no better place in the world than this town.

Qi Xuan patted his head and said: "When the time comes, you will see for yourself and you will know."

Ai Hua was very happy, but turned frustrated: "The mountain is too dangerous, grandpa and father won't let me go out of the mountain."

"It's okay, let your father go out with us when the time comes." People should do what they are good at. In the future, he relied on painting to earn money to support his family, so he stopped hunting in the mountains. Hunting was too dangerous for him to take the risk.

Ai Hua went home and told Nigu about this: "Father, Mr. said that he will take me to the county seat in the spring of next year. Dad, can I go?" When he said this, he looked at Nigu with hope.

Nigu nodded and said: "Yes. But you have to study hard and practice martial arts, otherwise I won't take you there."

Ai Hua was so happy immediately, he turned somersault.

In a blink of an eye, it's New Year's Eve. There is an old saying in the Central Plains that people who have money can live a good New Year, but the Chinese New Year in Ajia Village is in June.

The customs are different in each place, this Qixuan has long known.

On this day, Aunt Dou cooked a table full of good dishes and made a pot of dumplings. If you can't finish it, just save it for the first day of the new year. This is called more than every year.

While eating dumplings, Aunt Dou suddenly thought of her son Yikang. After the new year, my son will be four years old, and I don't know if I should remember her as my mother.

New Year's Eve was originally a year of reunion, but now she doesn't even know how tall, short, fat, or thin her son is. Thinking of this, Aunt Dou couldn't help but her eyes turned red.

Qixuan put a piece of fish into Aunt Dou's bowl, and said, "Don't be sad, you will definitely see Yikang next Chinese New Year."

When Aunt Dou heard this, she looked at Qi Xuan, then turned her head to look at Gu Jiu: "Can we go back next year?"

Gu Jiu said: "If you want to go back, I can send someone to take you back after the Chinese New Year." As for Qixuan, the queen mother must agree to go back.

Aunt Dou hesitated and asked: "Then after I have seen Yikang, can I come back again?"

Gu Jiu shook his head: "If you leave, you can't come back."

Aunt Dou endured her reluctance and said, "Then I won't go back." Although the life here is poor, she feels that this is the life of a normal person. Unlike in the palace, the intrigue and tiring.

Qixuan looked at Aunt Dou when he heard this, but he still didn't say what was on his lips.

At night, Qixuan looked towards the direction of the capital and said: "Father, mother, I hope my child will be by your side next year and spend New Year's Eve with you."

Gu Jiu stood by and didn't speak. According to the Queen Mother, King Xuan should stay here for at least three years. Therefore, King Xuan's wish was bound to come to nothing.

Yunqing also missed Qixuan very much, so he lay on the bed at night and said to Yuxi: "Yuxi, Qixuan has been improved, let him come back to celebrate the New Year with us next year!"

Yu Xi shook her head and said: "No, what if it changes back to the original after returning?"

"Then when are you going to let him come back?" After finishing speaking, Yun Qing said, "I'm already so old, if you let him come back earlier, I'm afraid I won't be able to see him before I die." Tongcheng and One trip back and forth to the capital can be reached in half a month at high speed, day and night. But the road to Shu is difficult, and it will take a month and a half to get back after getting the news. I really fell ill, how could I endure for so long.

When you get older, the last thing you want to hear is life and death. Yu Xi said with a dark face: "Don't worry, the disaster will last for thousands of years, and I will be fine, you will definitely not die."

Seeing Yuxi angry, Yunqing took her hand and said, "Yuxi, I miss Axuan." Being by his side, seeing his absurdity and anger, he couldn't argue and didn't want to see him. After leaving for so long, I miss him so much.

Yuxi sighed and said: "I miss him too. But I have to wait for his painting skills to be successful before I can come back. If it's not the same as last time, he will really be useless in this life."

Yun Qing fell silent and said, "Listen to you."