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Chapter 4 Other People's Children (2)

After a busy day, the Xie family finally settled down in their new home.

At night, Mrs. Xie watched Xie Yuan fall asleep before returning to her bedroom, lying on the bed with her husband Xie Yun, and talking about the day's events.

"A Yuan went to someone's house today, didn't there quarrel?" Mrs. Xie asked.

"Hey...no, that family's surname is Shen, and the master was a captain in the Southern Dynasty army. When I first met him, I thought he was pretty nice. I took his son as a student, but he insisted on taking us, A Yuan, as his apprentice, to teach her how to learn. Wu."

Mrs. Xie stood up in surprise, and asked, "You didn't tell him that our A Yuan is a girl."

Xie Yun said with a bitter face:

"Our daughter is like that... I don't have the nerve to say it. After hesitating for a while, Captain Shen thought that I despised him and was not qualified. Later I thought, now that the world is so chaotic, it is not a bad thing for A Yuan to learn some martial arts. One day in trouble, she can escape..."

"Oh..." Mrs. Xie lay back and complained to him, "Okay, why do you always say unkind things?"

Xie Yun sighed heavily, and said worriedly:
"Hey... ma'am, when the moon is full, it will lose, and when the water is full, it will overflow. The Xie family has been honored for nearly 50 years because of my uncle Xie Baizheng, who assisted the three emperors. The relatives and friends of the family are all over the Northern Dynasty. Situation, why am I not worried?"

Mrs. Xie reassured him and said:
"Understood... You said it at home, but didn't we travel thousands of miles to cross the river and move to Nanchao? What are you worried about?"

Xie Yun sighed again and said:
"Hey... the Southern Dynasty is not stable. The north is still a dynasty, and the succession of the throne has always been considered stable. In the Southern Dynasty, the royal family's surnames have been changing, and there may be chaos someday. If it is not because my uncle has become less and less talkative recently. Be careful, I don't want to run south."

Mrs. Xie yawned tiredly, and said, "You can think as much as you like, and it's up to you... But if you don't tell people that A Yuan is a girl, they will always blame you if they find out later."

Xie Yun smiled and said: "It's okay... I'm afraid that if I tell the truth, he won't want to teach. Let's not hide it. If he knows it by chance, he will know it. If I don't know it, I won't mention it. I lied to him."

Mrs. Xie turned over and lay on her side, closed her eyes and smiled, and said another sentence before going to sleep:
"It's up to you..."

The next day, Shen's father and son were invited to formally visit Xie's house. Shen's father asked Shen Liuzhen to bring ten bunches of bacon, which was bacon, and planned to formally go to the teacher's ceremony.

After arriving at Xie's house, he saw that there were many servants inside, in order, and the decoration of the scenery all revealed exquisiteness and thoughtfulness.

He thinks about his rough and makeshift home. Although he has lived in it for two years, no one has lived in it for a day. He can't help but feel a little ashamed.

He grew up in a poor family, and had to endure a lot of hardships along the way to get to where he is today. Although he was recommended by his uncle who was working in the clan to help him, he has not accumulated much money.

There is no comparison with the wealthy clan of the Xie family, which has been accumulated for thousands of years.

Although Xie Yun said that they were just offshoots of the Xie family, what they saw was a climate that ordinary families could not compare to.

Fortunately, Father Xie was very enthusiastic towards them, and Xie Yuanyi called him Master very obediently when they met, which made Father Shen feel uneasy.

After the fathers of the two families were courteous, they thanked their father for taking the seat, and Shen Liuzhen offered the bacon with both hands, kowtowed three times in the hall, and performed the ceremony of apprenticeship.

Father Xie accepted it with a smile, and then dragged Father Shen to sit on the upper seat, making Xie Yuan also solemnly bow to the teacher.

After the ceremony, I saw Xie Yuan and Shen Liuzhen standing in the same place.

They are the same age, similar height, and each has its own charm.

The adults of the two families became more and more happy as they watched, and inexplicably felt that their relationship was much closer.

Father Xie smiled and said to Xie Yuan:

"A Yuan, take Liuzhen to meet your mother in the backyard. I'll talk to your master for a while."

He turned to Shen Liuzhen and said gently:
"Your teacher's wife heard that I have accepted a student who is as old as our A Yuan, so she has been thinking about meeting you."

When Shen's father heard it, he said "hmm", his eyes widened, and he said, "Go quickly! Remember to call someone to know?"

"Understood." Shen Liuzhen responded.

"Father, master, let's go." Xie Yuan said in a childish voice, turned around and greeted Shen Liuzhen to go out.

Father Shen looked at the backs of the two children leaving, sighed, and said:
"You guys, A Yuan, are really good at teaching you. You generally know how to be polite." His tone was full of envy at the beginning, and he became furious the next second, "It's not like the one in my family, who looks like a donkey hob, it really pissed me off. Yes. Brother Xie, if there is anything wrong with him in the future, just hit him, and don't be lenient."

Father Xie touched his forehead like a headache and said:
"Don't mention it, you just saw that she has a good face, but she is really not as good as your family's Liuzhen in the inside, climbing up and down the room all day, it's disgusting.

My wife and I only have her as a child right now, and she makes us feel very worried.No matter how many pairs of eyes in Hefu couldn't see her, the scars on her knees were piled up several layers. "

Father Shen laughed "haha" when he heard this, and said, "It is precisely because of this that it is good to practice martial arts!"

He leaned forward again, and said mysteriously to Father Xie:

"Hey, if you want me to say, our two families may be destined by heaven.

My son really doesn't look like I was born.I'm a martial artist, so I don't know a few words.All the truths are heard with the ears.

I thought, let the child know a few words so that he can use them in the future, so I hired a teacher who can practice calligraphy for him.

Unexpectedly, he really liked it.I was annoyed by the twists and turns of the characters, but he was a fast learner, and just after he learned a few words, he insisted on asking me to find a book for him..."

Father Shen spread his hands helplessly, and said:
"Where can I find books for him?"

In the yard, Xie Yuan led the way, Shen Liuzhen followed behind, looked around curiously, and asked:

"Do you have many books in your house? How many?"

Xie Yuan glanced back at him, and said as he walked: "When we moved, we installed a total of more than 60 cars, almost half of which were books, and I don't know how many there are."

Hearing this, Shen Liuzhen was surprised with his mouth half open. He couldn't believe it. Are there really so many books in this world?What have you written...

Suddenly Xie Yuan in the front jumped to the side, like a nimble deer, jumped high on the pillars.Reach out and get something off the pillar.

He took a closer look and saw a dead leaf in Xie Yuan's hand.

It turned out that there was a small gap on the top of the pillar because of a long time, and a dead leaf happened to be caught in it, which was enough by Xie Yuan.

Shen Liuzhen, who was shocked by such a sudden change, silently closed his chin, watching Xie Yuan playing with the leaves and continuing to move forward, a sour breath emerged from his heart, and he silently slandered with disgust:

Heh... Isn't this the ideal son of my father?Like a restless monkey?
Xie Yuan led the way with all his heart, so he didn't know what the people behind him were thinking, so he quickly walked away.

Shen Liuzhen hurriedly followed.

(End of this chapter)