Chapter 68 A Promise(1/2)
On the way back, Liu Qingxin curiously asked Ning Fu: "What did your father say when he left you alone in the study?"
"How did you know that my father-in-law was chatting with me alone?"
Ning Fu was a little surprised.
"The eldest brother was kicked out by his father. He came to us and complained, saying that since his father had a son-in-law, he no longer wanted a son!"
Liu Qingxin covered her mouth and snickered.
"My father-in-law only talked to me about official matters. After all, given my current situation, it will only be a matter of time before I enter an official career."
Ning Fu told a lie.
After all, he couldn't tell Liu Qingxin that he was from the royal family of the Later Zhou Dynasty, and his family had always wanted to rebel against the Song Dynasty and revive the Zhou Dynasty, right?
"By the way, the little sisters from the poetry club are going to our house tomorrow. They also said..."
When Liu Qingxin said this, she suddenly smiled sheepishly.
"say what?"
Ning Fu asked curiously.
"They said they wanted to ask you to give a lecture on world geography to open their eyes."
When Liu Qingxin said this, a reluctant expression appeared on her face.
Out of a woman's selfishness, Liu Qingxin had never wanted the sisters in the poetry club to have too much contact with Ning Fu.
"Why are they interested in geography?"
Ning Fu immediately smiled and said.
"They just follow the trend. They probably heard their father and brother at home talking about you, so they became curious."
Liu Qingxin said again.
"It's really inconvenient for me, a grown man, to show up when you are a group of girls gathering."
Ning Fu thought about this for a moment, then slapped his hands and said.
"Yes, I wrote a lesson plan for the lecture before. I will give it to you later. You and the sisters in the poetry club can share it with each other."
"This is a good idea, just listen to the officials!"
Liu Qingxin also clapped her hands and agreed upon hearing this. As long as Ning Fu doesn't come into contact with the sisters in the poetry club, anything will be fine.
The next morning, Ning Fu came to Taixue again.
"There is news from the palace. You are summoned to the palace every three days to give lectures to His Majesty."
After Li Gefei saw Ning Fu, he immediately smiled and said.
"That's no problem, but how to arrange the courses at Taixue?"
Ning Fu asked again.
"World Geography is currently only open to Taipei students in Shangshe. There are five classes in Shangshe, and they must be taken in turn every ten days. As for the courses, there will be new students to help you arrange them."
Li Gefei replied with a slight smile.
"New Xuezheng? Li Xuezheng, you..."
Ning Fu was shocked and immediately looked at Li Gefei with concern.
"Alas, I hid here and there, but in the end I couldn't escape. Because I refused to take office, I was demoted to the position of general judge of the Guangxin Army. I will leave Beijing in the next few days."
Li Gefei sighed and replied.
Ning Fu also sighed secretly after hearing this. Li Gefei was a good man and had little involvement in the struggle between the old and new parties. He was demoted entirely because of his relationship with Su Shi.
This is also the scary thing about party strife. Even if some people want to stay alone, they will still be involved in it involuntarily.
"Xue Zheng, you are going to Guangxin Army. How will your family be arranged?"
Ning Fu suddenly thought of Li Qingzhao, so he asked again.
The poetry club is still having a gathering at Ning Fu's house today, and Li Qingzhao will definitely go there, but I don't know if she knows about her father?
"The capital is a place of right and wrong. Once I leave, I don't know when I will come back, so I plan to arrange for my family to return to my hometown of Zhangqiu so that I can leave the right and wrong of the capital."
Li Gefei answered again.
Ning Fu was silent when he heard this. It seemed that he could not change Li Gefei's fate in the end, and Li Qingzhao was leaving Beijing and returning to his hometown.
However, it seems that Li Gefei did not leave Beijing for too long in history, because Li Qingzhao returned to live in the capital when he was a girl, and made a sensation in the capital with his song "Like a Dream".
Thinking of this, Ning Fu also breathed a sigh of relief and said: "When will Xuezheng leave Beijing? Then I will go and see you off."
"It is tentatively scheduled for the morning of three days later. I have to arrange for my family members to return home in the past few days."
Li Gefei answered again, obviously Li Qingzhao will be leaving two days from tomorrow.
Ning Fu and Li Gefei chatted for a while, but because the other party wanted to arrange his departure, Ning Fu finally got up and left.
Taixue has arranged an office room for Ning Fu and has also sent a servant to serve him. The treatment is very generous.
There was no class for Ning Fu today, so he could have gone home to rest directly, but thinking that all the ladies from the poetry club were at home, Ning Fu stayed at Taixue until the afternoon, and then took the bus back home.
It was already getting late at this time. When Ning Fu entered the house, Si Qin immediately stepped forward to help undress.
"How was the party? Everyone left?"
Ning Fu asked with a smile.
"The party was quite lively. Everyone else left, but Mrs. Li kept crying and refused to leave. Madam is comforting her in the backyard."
Ning Fu, who was taking off his coat, made a movement. It seemed that Li Qingzhao already knew the news that she was leaving Beijing.
Ning Fu immediately walked to the backyard and saw Li Qingzhao sitting on the swing in the garden, covering his face with his hands and sobbing softly. Liu Qingxin stood beside him and kept whispering comfort, but it had no effect.
"What's going on? Who dares to bully our little talented girl Li?"
Ning Fu stepped forward and deliberately teased.
"Guardian, please stop joking. Things were fine before, but after the party, Qingzhao kept crying. When I asked her, she said nothing."
Liu Qingxin saw Ning Fu and hurriedly pulled him over.
Feeling Ning Fu's arrival, Li Qingzhao twisted his body and deliberately turned his back to Ning Fu, while sobbing even harder.
"I know what's going on, Li Xuezheng..."
Before Ning Fu could finish what he said, Li Qingzhao suddenly interrupted stubbornly: "Don't say it!"
"Okay, okay, if I don't say anything, you won't cry, okay?"
Ning Fu raised his hands and surrendered.
Eleven-year-old Li Qingzhao is actually just a half-grown child. He can't even be called a girl, and his thoughts are even more elusive.
However, Ning Fu's words had no effect at all. Instead, they made Li Qingzhao cry even louder.
"Officer, this..."
Liu Qingxin was secretly worried. Li Qingzhao was young and he was very close to her on weekdays, so she was also very worried.
Ning Fu glanced at Li Qingzhao, who was deliberately making trouble, and then said to Liu Qingxin: "You step aside, I will talk to her alone."
"this……"
Liu Qingxin hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded.
This means that Li Qingzhao is too young, otherwise Liu Qingxin would definitely not agree if it had been anyone else.
After Liu Qingxin left, Ning Fu came to Li Qingzhao, leaned down and looked at her and said: "Stop being petty. If there is no pain of separation, how can there be joy of reunion? You should know this better than me
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"I am still a child, why do I have to endure the pain of separation?"
Li Qingzhao finally put down his hands, revealing a crying face with swollen eyes.
"What are the differences between adults and children after parting?"
Ning Fu showed a gentle smile.
"In fact, parting is not necessarily bitter, because only after leaving, people will miss you, and sometimes missing is actually sweet."
"I...I don't understand?"
Li Qingzhao frowned. She was still a child after all. Even though she had read many books, she still couldn't understand Ning Fu's words.
"It's okay if you don't understand. When you understand, it means you have grown up."
Ning Fu looked at Li Qingzhao's cute little face and couldn't help but reach out and rub her little head.
"Don't mess up my hair!"
Li Qingzhao pushed Ning Fu's hand away and said again angrily.
"I have grown up and am no longer a child!"
"Didn't you just say that you were a child?"
To be continued...