Chapter Two: A Sigh
Li Ze lowered his head and ate the meal silently. There were more than a dozen large plates and small bowls on the table, but basically they were mainly vegetarian dishes, and the only few meat dishes were almost all placed on Li Ze's side.
The mother and son who should have been intimate and warm, seemed to be so cold and cold. The two big girls seemed to be accustomed to it. Xia He had nothing to say, but Xia Zhu picked up the soup bowl on the table, scooped a small bowl of milky white crucian carp soup for Li Ze, and whispered: "Young Master, this is the wild crucian carp sent outside in the morning. It has been simmering on low heat for a long time. Look, this soup, if it is a little colder, there will be frozen glue around the soup bowl, and it will be accompanied by mushrooms, red dates, and wolfberry in the mountains, which is the most nourishing. This is what the lady is watching in the room, can you try it?"
Hearing Xia Zhu's words, Li Ze felt warm and looked up at his mother, but saw that Mrs. Wang was still cold and cold, and she didn't even raise her eyelids. She still didn't look at him. She just picked up a bamboo shoot and put it in her mouth and chewed it slowly. The hot current that had just surged in Li Ze's heart seemed to be splashed down by a basin of cold water, and shrank back with a slight sound.
"Thank you, mother!" he said frivolously.
Mrs. Wang on the opposite side looked up at him, and the two looked at each other, and Mrs. Wang immediately turned her eyes again.
Li Ze held the bowl and stared at the mother opposite him. Others said that her son was the mother's heart, but in his reflection, since he could remember, his mother was very cold to him. Most of the time, the mother looked at him like the one just now, with pity, love, and nostalgia, but Li Ze also saw disgust and hatred from that look.
He really couldn't understand why this was for.
I have always been a good baby. Other children in the village went up the mountain to catch birds and went down the river to catch fish. Since I was sensible, I began to learn various rules, study, and practice martial arts. The schedule of each day was full. I settled the morning and evening twice a day, and I never stopped whether it was windy, rainy, or hot, cold and cold. What I really was a role model among filial sons and virtuous men, but no matter what he did, it was the coldness of his mother.
While drinking the delicious wild crucian carp soup, Li Ze tried hard to recall in his mind when he saw his mother laughing. But after thinking about his son for a while, he got nothing and felt even more frustrated. He finished the soup in one breath, put the bowl on the table, stood up, and said, "Mother, I'm full."
Mrs. Wang raised her head and stared at Li Ze for a while, as if she wanted to say something, but her lips squirmed a few times, and finally said nothing. She just nodded and said lightly: "Since you're full, then go!"
Li Ze was angry. Why did he eat enough? He only ate a few bites of rice in one bowl, and now where is the most half of the bowl left? At his age, he was at the time of long meals. Such a small bowl would be just enough even if he ate four or five bowls in one breath. He thought his mother would advise him to eat more, but he knew that what he got was like.
"Mother, let's have a rest, so the baby will go out first." He bent down and bowed to Wang. Without waiting for Wang to answer, he turned around and walked out. Xia He quickly followed.
Behind him, Mrs. Wang stared at her son's back, her eyes slightly red, as if tears were gathering in it, but she did not speak out to keep her.
"Madam!" Xia Zhu whispered.
Mrs. Wang shook her head, picked up the bowl, chewing the rice in small mouthfuls. Xia Zhu's eyes were sharp, and she saw that in Mrs. Wang's lower eyes, there seemed to be tears falling into the bowl.
The relationship between the mother and son is so strange that it makes people completely confused.
Li Ze, who walked out of Jingxin Pavilion, suddenly stopped in the middle of the corridor. He had walked very fast before, and stopped at this time. Xia He, who was holding the corner of his skirt, was careless and hit his back. Li Ze did not move at all, but Xia He was leaning back. If Li Ze hadn't grabbed her wrist, he would have almost fallen on a bulge.
"Xia He, do you think I was born to my mother?" Li Ze asked suddenly.
Xia He opened his eyes wide and looked incredible: "What are you saying? Of course you are the wife's biological child. It was Madam Xia who delivered the baby himself. My mother was a rude girl in Jingxin Pavilion back then. She told me that when I was born, I cried so loudly that I could hear it in the entire backyard."
Li Ze sighed. Xia He had been around him for almost ten years. When he was five years old, Xia He was chosen to serve him. At that time, Xia He was only about seven years old. At that time, he had already started to remember things at the age of seven.
"Since I am my biological child, why is my mother so cold to me? Even if I rush to curry favor with her, I can't even ask for a warm and warm word?" Li Ze asked.
Xia He had big eyes and eyes. She didn't understand this problem. "Master, maybe the lady is a little cold-hearted. You are the only son of your wife, so how can you not hurt? It's just hidden in your heart. Look at that can of soup for a long time today, but the lady was personally staring at it."
Li Ze sighed: "You don't understand, the mother's eyes, hey, you don't understand even after you say that, that's not the look of a mother looking at her son."
Xia He looked at Li Ze and fell silent.
The two walked out along the corridor one by one, and after a while, Xia He said, "Since the young master is confused, why don't you find an opportunity to ask Madam Xia?"
"Why haven't you asked?" Li Ze sighed: "But Madam Xia seems to be a saw-mouthed gourd, and she can't beat a single fart with three sticks. She is so anxious that she just says, "Go and ask the lady!"
"So, Madam Xia must know the inside story?" Xia He said.
"She must know, but she just doesn't say it." Li Ze said a little annoyed. After the two walked away from Mingshuyuan, they heard the laughter of Dragon Slaughter and others coming from the other end of the left wing room. Li Ze waved his hand and signaled Xia He to go back to the room first. He turned around and walked over, and opened the door. He saw Dragon Slaughter and several other guards chewing on the case. Compared to the deserted and deserted mother and son, here was very hot. There were not many dishes on the table, three meats, three vegetables and one soup, but they were all filled with large sea bowls that were not much smaller than the washbasin, which was quite enough.
Seeing Li Ze come in, the laughter and joy in the room immediately became quiet, and everyone stood up and looked at Li Ze.
"Why did the young master come back so early?" Tshu Long asked with some surprise.
Li Ze waved his hand, sat at the table with his butt, stretched out his hand and pulled off a chicken leg from the big bowl in front of him, put it in his mouth and chewed it on the table.
The Dragon Slayer and the guards blinked their eyes and looked at Li Ze strangely. Didn’t they go to the mistress’s place to have dinner? Why did they look like a starving ghost when they came back? However, this group of people all have extremely good professional qualities. Although they were strange in their hearts, they didn’t ask a question.
"Everyone sit down and eat, why are you watching me? I can just look at you and see you full. I still look less slapped, right?" Li Ze said vaguely while chewing chicken legs.
The guards in the room laughed out loud. Not only was Li Ze not bad-looking, but he was a handsome talent. However, telling jokes like this seriously was the most funny. Their master was the best at doing this, and often suddenly made everyone laugh.
The young master they protected had no airs and was approachable. There have been many times in the past when they had eaten at the same table with everyone. However, with this master, they were really unable to let go. After all, drinking, bragging and telling some dirty jokes was a set meal. When this master, who was only fourteen years old, was really unable to let go when he sat here. So, no matter how approachable the master was, they still didn't want to sit together for dinner.
Li Ze was also very self-aware. After eating two chicken legs, he reached out to pick up a bowl of wine, put it between his nose and smelled it, sighing and put it back, which made Dragon Slayer feel relieved. This master is still young. If he had a good temper, he might have fallen down if he had dried up such a bowl of wine. Then Xia He, who was in the master's house, had to block everyone's door and scold everyone.
Li Ze didn't scold people much, but Xia He was so powerful that he was often unreasonable. His mouth could make the men feel ashamed.
"You can use it for yourself, killing the dragon. After an hour, see you in the small school." Li Ze waved at the dragon, went out of the door, and walked into his main room with his hands on his back.
When Xia He stepped into the door, she had already prepared her home clothes. According to Li Ze's usual habits, she had already prepared her books and ink.
"Where is Mr. Gongsun? Haven't you come here yet?" Li Ze asked.
Xia He smiled bitterly, "I just sent someone to invite him, but Mr. Gongsun was drunk at noon and still lying on the couch. He said he had a split headache and was not here today."
Li Ze laughed: "If you can't come here, forget it."
"Did you invite a gentleman here or an ancestor here?" Xia He said dissatisfiedly: "It has been three months since I came. Manda Mansou Lai's study has taught you no more than five times. Is there anyone who is like a gentleman like this?"
Li Ze said lightly: "Some people learn dragon-slaying techniques, but some are Lingyunzhi. Even if they are in a difficult situation and have to hide them, they will not be able to look down on people like me. Maybe they think that teaching me is a waste of time."
Xia He was furious, "This dead old man has such a thought? When I turned around, I ordered the kitchen to cook some pig food for him every day and make some swamp for him to drink, so he still had to show off."
"He is the one who is placed here by the master. He won't be long and he will leave as soon as the limelight passes. Why do you have to offend him? I don't think he is a generous person. If he gets the dominance, he will be miserable. You have been by my side for almost ten years, and I can't bear to leave you. Don't pay attention to him, just don't teach him. You are a genius. You are born to know it, and you can understand it without him teaching me. Then you will startled his eyes." Li Ze said with a smile.
Chapter completed!