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Chapter 5 Tiger Head

Liu Jing handed the "Notes on Zhouyi" to his sister-in-law Lai Ci, and then left together, suddenly remembered something, and asked, "Sister-in-law, I was seriously ill before and it is inconvenient to see Hutou. How is he recently?"

The tiger head is the small characters of the elder brother Liu Yuan and the sister-in-law Lai Ci's only son Liu Qun. If I remember correctly, this small character was taken by his uncle. From this, we can see that Liu Jing loves his nephew Liu Qun.

Recalling his son's increasingly numb face, Lai Ci's thin and beautiful face could not help but fill with sadness, shook his head and said, "Not very good, he would cry to me a few days ago to find my father, but now all day long I can't hear him say a few words, my sister-in-law really doesn't know what to do."

Liu Jing sighed secretly. He lost his father twice in the past and this life. He felt the deepest feeling. He comforted him: "Sister-in-law, don't worry too much. Now that I am well, I will spend more time with Hutou in the future."

"Zhongda, it's going to be hard for you." Lai Ci worried a little, and this was what she could think of. After all, Liu Jing, as his son's uncle, was the only person who could replace his father's role.

Liu Jing said seriously: "Sister-in-law, why did you say that, Hutou is my nephew, and it is my responsibility to take care of him."

"Li" says: "A brother's son is like his own son." The relationship between uncle and nephew in the Han Dynasty is second only to father and son in etiquette, and uncle and nephew can often be called father and son together. He also pays respects to the young master... History records: "Father and son are masters together, and the court is proud."

As the uncle of the orphan Liu Qun, Liu Jing has the responsibility and obligation to treat him as his own and raise him.

Liu Jing then suggested: "There is nothing left or right, why don't I go to see the tiger head with my sister-in-law now."

Lai Ci nodded and said ok, the stone in his heart could finally be put down a little.

When Liu Jing was out of the library, he saw a naked young child wearing a bellyband and staggering along the east corridor, and then bumped into Lai Ci's arms.

The top of the boy's head is smooth, with only two locks of hair left on the sides, which hang naturally on the shoulders.

He is Liu Qun, the only son of his elder brother Liu Yuan and his sister-in-law Lai Ci. He is five years old this year. He has inherited the fine blood of his parents perfectly.

Lai Ci gently stroked the back of her beloved son's head, and asked softly, "Hu Tou, you just fell asleep so soon, why did you wake up so quickly?"

Liu Qun bowed his head and refused to speak, his two small hands tightly wrapped around Lai Ci's slender waist. He just had a nightmare, and when he woke up, he couldn't find his mother, and he was very scared.My father had already left him, fearing that my mother would also leave him, I ran out of the room in a panic, looking for my mother.

Snuggling in his mother's arms, Liu Qun's mood gradually calmed down, and his attention shifted to Liu Jing who was on the side. A pair of bright big eyes kept peeking at him, thinking: "Is he my uncle? He He really looks like Father, but he doesn't have a beard."

Liu Qun was only three years old when Liu Jing went out to study, and he could not remember anything. He had forgotten about Liu Jing for two years, and usually only heard from his parents how his uncle loved him.

Lai Ci gently pushed him away from his embrace, and said, "Tiger head, uncle is by your side, don't be rude, don't be rude to see your uncle soon."

Liu Qun pursed his lips, until Lai Ci urged him again, before he said, "Nephew Hutou pays respects to my uncle." After speaking, he was about to bow down.

Liu Jingna was willing to let him lie on the cold ground, hurriedly stepped forward to stop him, hugged him, looked left and right, the more he looked, the more he liked it, he squeezed his tender and delicate little face with his hand, and asked with a smile: " Hutou, do you know who your uncle misses the most in Xiangyang?"

Liu Qun shook his head and said he didn't know.

"Uncle misses you the most." Liu Jing said. "How about you, Hutou, do you miss your uncle?"

Liu Qun thought about it for a long time, then looked at Lai Ci again, before nodding his head and answering: "I think."

"Has Hutou started to read?" Liu Jing asked again.

Liu Qun looked proud, and said in a childish voice: "To tell you the truth, I can read "Book of Filial Piety"."

"Really?"

"If you don't believe me, I'll recite a passage for you to listen to."

Under Liu Jing's deliberate guidance, Liu Qun's words gradually increased, and his uncles and nephews enjoyed themselves happily. Soon Song's wife Zhou came out of the hall and said that the old mistress wanted them to have dinner together.

Before Liu Jing was ill, it was inconvenient to go out, while Lai Ci was unhappy and did not want to eat. Therefore, the family has been eating separately recently, but this is a very special situation. The family will eventually sit back together. Seeing them in the hall, they took the opportunity to resume the dinner together.

Regarding Zhang's decision, Liu Jing and Lai Ci naturally would not refuse, and sent their sister-in-law and nephew back to the east wing, and then Liu Jing returned to the dormitory, called clean water to clean his hands and face, and washed away the dust.

When Liu Jing came to the hall alone, his stepmother, Mrs. Zhang, was sitting in front of the big food table with painted bronze feet. Liu He and Liu Rao were lined up on the left and right. When they saw Liu Jing coming in, their eyes lit up, and they got up and shouted. : "Brother."

Liu Jing turned his eyes around his younger brother and sister, and said to his stepmother, Mrs. Zhang, "Mother mother."

Stepmother, Mrs. Zhang, said expressionlessly, "Sit down."

Liu Jing sat opposite his stepmother Zhang, smiled and said to his siblings: "You two sit too."

"No." Liu He and Liu Rao responded with joyful expressions.

Soon his sister-in-law Lai Ci also led Liu Qun in, and the six sat down one after another.

The food table is different from the book table. It is long and wide and more than enough to accommodate six people. However, the food on the wide table is a little simple, only tofu, spring chives, cabbage, tempeh, and a vegetable soup that is bland and tasteless at first glance.

Han Dynasty has always had a tradition of "heavy food when suffering from illness". It is generally believed that sick people are weak and should eat more nutritious things such as fish to recover quickly.

While poor Liu Jing was recovering from illness, he ate "vegetable vegetable soup" for two meals a day, and he didn't see the slightest bit of meat. In addition, today's cooking technology is extremely backward, and daily cooking is nothing more than cooking, and there are few condiments. What he makes is really impressive. hard to swallow.In his previous life, the hundreds of meals he ate as a child were much better than this.

Now that he has finally recovered from the illness, the food has not changed in any way.

In fact, he didn't know that his brother was newly mourned, and it was not appropriate to eat fish, but the food was really bad. Could it be that the family is really so poor?

Realizing that Liu Jing hadn't picked up the dagger and chopsticks, that is, spoons and chopsticks, Mrs. Zhang suddenly asked from the opposite side: "Zhongda, why don't you eat? Could it be that the food doesn't suit your appetite?"

Liu Jingsheng was afraid that Mrs. Zhang would take advantage of the topic, so he immediately denied it and said: "No, my son is distracted by his thoughts, so I'll eat now, and you can use it too." After speaking, he picked up the bowl and chopsticks and ate slowly.

He was not the only one who felt that the food was unpalatable. Liu He, Liu Rao, and Liu Qun all had bitter faces and swallowed with difficulty.

It is also that they have never experienced hard times, and being able to eat white rice is definitely a luxury for most people today.

Taking Jingnan area as an example, although it is known as "rice, rice, soup and fish", the common people cannot eat white rice every day even in a bumper year. Most of the two meals a day are gruel and coarse rice.Coarse rice refers to coarser foods such as wheat rice and bean rice.

The Liu family is both a royal family and a noble family, and they always abide by etiquette, and pay attention to "not talking when eating, not talking when sleeping", and there is always no words during the banquet, only the slight sound of bowls and chopsticks clashing and chewing food.

Liu Jing has been paying attention to his sister-in-law Lai Ci. She didn't add a dish during the whole meal, and she stopped after only half of the meal.

Liu Jing couldn't help but persuade: "Sister-in-law, you eat too little. Not to mention that you don't eat salt or vegetables, you only eat rice to satisfy your hunger. How can your body take it in the long run? Eat more."

Lai Ci shook his head and said, "Sister-in-law can't eat anymore."

Liu Jing sighed, "Sister-in-law doesn't know how to take care of herself like this, if brother Quanxia knows, how can you feel at ease?"

Lai Ci was heartbroken upon hearing the words and was speechless.

Liu Jing patted his nephew Liu Qun's head and said, "Even if sister-in-law doesn't think about herself, she should also think about Hutou. If sister-in-law falls ill, what should Hutou do?"

"Mother--" Liu Qun cried out with tears in his eyes, affected by the atmosphere.

The stepmother, Mrs. Zhang, also advised at the right time, "What Zhong Da said makes sense, Li Ji, eat a little more."

Jun-gu opened her mouth to persuade, but Lai Ci did not dare to disobey, so she had to pick up the bowl again and reluctantly ate some food.

(End of this chapter)