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Chapter 89

Liu Liang couldn't sit still in the room, and went out from time to time in his shoes. He only returned after looking around for a long time. Often, he would go out again after three or four times. Mother Liu felt very strange and asked, "Ayu, what are you doing?"

"Tomorrow is New Year's Eve, and I don't know if Brother Cong will return home today." Liu Liang replied with a frown.He will be fifteen in two days, and his height has grown to six feet three inches. The old saying goes: "Six feet is fifteen", and now he is taller than most of his peers.

While talking, Liu Liang went out again, but this time he saw Liu Jing passing by his house on a horse, and immediately smiled and waved at him.

"Brother Cong..." Liu Liang was overjoyed and hurried out to greet him.

Liu Jing rolled over and dismounted, held the bridle with one hand, measured Liu Liang's height with the other, and said with a smile, "Ayu, you have grown so fast, you are almost half a head taller than in the late spring."

Since Liu Jing became an official, he has eaten three meals a day, with unlimited fish and meat, and has only grown two inches. Now he is seven feet six inches tall, about 1.7 meters five.In the future, it can grow an inch or two at most, and I can't even touch the edge of eight feet.

"It's not surprising that I'm growing fast at my age, but I've grown a lot taller from my brother." Liu Liang was not too complacent. Compared with Liu Jingyi, he only reached his shoulders.

Liu Jing pressed Liu Liang's thin but sturdy shoulders and said, "Ayu, as soon as Zhengdan is over, you can go with me."

Liu Liang was overjoyed when he heard the words. He had been waiting for this sentence for almost a year, so he nodded hurriedly.

"By the way, I have prepared a gift for you to tie your hair." Liu Jing said as he took out a sword from the cloth bag on the horse's back, pulled out a section, and the body of the sword faintly emitted a cold light.Ask: "How? Do you like it?"

Liu Liang looked at this long sword, which was about four feet long, and was exquisite inside and out.

Seeing that he didn't dare to take it, Liu Jing thrust it into his hand and said with a smile, "It's just a sword, what's there to make a fuss about? You will be an official in the future, and you will need a sword when you enter and exit the market."

Liu Liang tossed and turned and couldn't put it down, but he quickly reacted, embarrassed and anxious: "Brother Cong, I don't know how to use a sword."

Liu Jing comforted him and said, "I don't know how to go to school. It's not too late for Dongfang Shuo to learn fencing on the fifteenth and poetry and calligraphy on the sixteenth. As long as you are not afraid of hardships, you will be able to learn something in the future."

Liu Liang was at a loss, who is Dongfang Shuo?No matter what, it's right to obey my brother.He said, "I'm not afraid of suffering, can Brother Cong teach me swordsmanship?"

Liu Jingshi smiled and said, "I'm afraid I'm not qualified to be a disciple at my level, but I know quite a few people with superb swordsmanship. You can learn swordsmanship from them at that time."

Liu Liang's face was immediately full of confidence, and he said, "I want to learn from the person with the highest swordsmanship, and then surpass him."

Liu Jing shook his head with a smile, and Cai Sheng's figure naturally appeared in his mind. Liu Liang is really ignorant and fearless. I hope he can say such words after seeing Cai Sheng.

"Brother..."

Brothers and sisters Liu He and Liu Rao ran towards Liu Jing. Both of them were wearing thick clothes. They had been outside for a long time before, but because it was too cold, they temporarily returned to the house to warm up.

The two then greeted Liu Liang again. Liu He found that he was holding a beautiful long sword in his hand, and immediately guessed that it was given to him by his brother, and couldn't help but feel jealous.

Liu Liang looked embarrassed and said to Liu Jing, "Brother Cong, you have worked hard all the way, I will not disturb you, just call me if you have anything."

Liu Jing smiled secretly, nodded and said, "Okay."

After Liu Liang left, Liu Jing grabbed his younger brother and sister with one hand: "Let's go, let's go home too."

Liu Rao asked with a charming face: "Brother, what gift did you prepare for me?"

Liu Jing sighed deliberately: "There are too many, I don't know where to start."

Liu Rao's white and tender face immediately burst into a smile, and said, "Brother, you are the best."

Liu He also looked at him expectantly.

Liu Jing smiled and said, "You have a lot too."

The three of them walked into the house chatting and laughing. The stepmother Zhang's phoenix eyes and thin lips were originally sharp, but when she saw Liu Jing, her eyes and brows immediately softened, showing a loving mother's face.

"It looks much more pleasing to the eye." Liu Jing muttered silently in his heart.

Who wants to come home with a mean face?It is very worthwhile to exchange a mere hundreds of thousands of dollars for her smiling face.

Lai Ci came in a lot, wearing a simple robe and no makeup on her face, but she still gave people a sense of beauty.Her face was no longer as pale as before, but her eyes were still like a pool of stagnant water.

Seeing her coming alone, Liu Jing couldn't help but ask, "Sister-in-law, where is the tiger head?"

Lai Ci replied, "The tiger's head is infected with the wind and cold, so it is temporarily inconvenient to go out."

Although wind chill is a minor illness, it cannot be neglected. Besides, children are weak and weak, so they should be treated with caution. Liu Jing asked with concern, "Is the condition serious?"

Lai Ci said: "After taking the medicine for three days in a row, I have gotten much better."

Liu Jing was relieved a little when he heard the words, and started to distribute gifts. The most excited people were Liu He and Liu Rao, and Mrs. Zhang laughed too hard.Lai Ci still did not take gifts.

Liu Jing did not forget Song Liang's family, and gave them four pieces of cloth to keep as clothes.Song Liang disregarded the leg problem and came to thank him in person.

Afterwards, Liu Jing brought a bunch of gifts and followed Lai Ci to see his nephew.

Liu Qun was lying on the couch, his body was covered with a cotton quilt, and only a small head was exposed. When he saw Liu Jing coming, his little blushing was really cute, and he called out, "Sir..."

Liu Jing put many gifts on the table under the bed, and while covering Liu Qun with a quilt, he said, "I heard that Hutou is sick. Uncle bought you a lot of New Year's gifts, so you should hurry up." Get better."

Liu Qun stared at the gift with big eyes, and said, "My lord, I have recovered from my illness."

How could Liu Jing not know what he was thinking, he smiled and shook his head, and talked with his nephew again, and didn't leave until he fell asleep.

Returning to his bedroom, Liu Jing brought two peach boards about three feet long and five or six inches wide.On New Year's Eve in the Han Dynasty, there has always been a custom of using peach wood as a tool for disgust, such as peach people, peach seals, peach stems, peach symbols, and peach boards.

It is said that painting the two gods Shentu and Yulei on the peach wood can remove Yin Qi and ward off evil spirits.

Regarding Shentu and Yulei, the "Customs of Customs" written by Ying Shao, the prefect of Mount Tai, quoted the "Book of Emperors" as saying: In ancient times, there were two immortal brothers, one Shentu and the other Yulei, who lived at the foot of Dushuo Mountain. Catch the evil spirits with reeds and make the tigers eat them.

This rumor has been widely circulated. Whether it is Zhang Heng's "Tokyo Fu" or Cai Yong's "Doctrine", Shen Tu and Yu Lei have been mentioned.

Instead of painting the images of Shentu and Yu Lei on the two peach boards, Liu Jing wrote: "Yuqing in the New Year, and the Jiajie is Changchun."

(End of this chapter)