In the house at the junction of East City and West City, the middle-aged man was sitting in the backyard again, staring at the sky in the distance in a daze.
At this moment, a group of crows flew from a distance and flew to the tree next to the middle-aged man.
Lai Wu called out "quack" twice to the middle-aged man sitting in the wheelchair, as if to say hello.
The middle-aged man withdrew his gaze from the distant sky and looked at Laiwu and the others standing on the tree.
"You are here."
Laiwu flew down from the tree and landed on the armrest of the middle-aged man's wheelchair. He tilted his little head and called him twice more.
The middle-aged man raised his hand and touched the feathers on Laiwu's back, "Are you here to beg for food?"
Laiwu rubbed its little head against the middle-aged man's hand, and the corners of the middle-aged man's mouth raised slightly.
"Bring some snacks and apples." Zhao Yao once told the middle-aged man in a letter that they like to eat snacks and apples in Wu.
After a while, an ordinary man brought crushed snacks and chopped apples. The middle-aged man asked him to scatter the snacks and apples on the stone table nearby.
Laiwu took the lead and flew to the stone table, lowered his head and ate some snacks and apples. Then, all the crows on the tree flew down and feasted on their "delicious food".
The middle-aged man sat aside and watched Lai Wu and the others eating.
After they finished eating in Laiwu, the ordinary man prepared a basin of clean water for them to drink.
After eating and drinking, Lai Wu and they did not fly away.
The crow flew to the armrest of the wheelchair, and the other crows flew back to the trees.
The middle-aged man reached out to hold Laiwu into his arms, and touched its little head and the feathers on its back.
Laiwu squinted its small eyes and enjoyed the middle-aged man's touch.
The middle-aged man turned his gaze to the south and whispered to himself: "I don't know what that boy is like?" The "that boy" in his mouth naturally refers to Zhao Yao.
Laiwu waved his wings gently at the middle-aged man and immediately flew towards the southern suburbs. The crow standing on the tree quickly followed.
Just then, a homing pigeon flew in.
A man in night clothes appeared, caught the carrier pigeon standing on the wall, took off the letter from the pigeon's leg, and opened it in front of the middle-aged man.
After reading the letter while wearing night clothes, he handed the letter to the middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man was not upset if the letter was read. He reached out and took the letter. There was nothing special written on it. It was just a letter from his former subordinate to ask him how he was doing.
The middle-aged man smiled mockingly to himself, and then let the ordinary man push him back to the study. He wrote a reply to his former subordinate, "Very good, don't read it."
For a long time, middle-aged men always reply with these four words and never write one more word.
The middle-aged man wrote the reply and handed it to the man in night clothes who appeared out of nowhere.
The man in night clothes took the letter and disappeared from the study. He returned to the backyard and tied the letter that the middle-aged man had replied to to the carrier pigeon.
The carrier pigeon tilted its head and looked at the man in night clothes, then flew away with its small wings waving.
The middle-aged man did not go back to the backyard, but stayed in the study room reading. What I was watching was "Spring and Autumn".
I don’t know how the child feels about it?
Zhao Yao, who was watching the Fourth Prince and others planting rice on the ridge, felt his nose was itchy and wanted to sneeze but couldn't.
He muttered in his heart: Who is talking bad about me?
"Fourth Brother, just let me go to the fields." He had been squatting on the edge of the field watching Fourth Brother and the others planting rice, and he got a little bored. "It's warm in the afternoon, I won't freeze."
"The water in the field is still a bit cold, and your body can't bear it." Just after the fourth prince finished speaking, he felt a pain in his leg. When he raised it, he saw that there was indeed a leech. He walked unhurriedly to the field ridge and flicked the leeches off his legs with quick movements.
"This leech is so fat." Zhao Yao was a little scared at first and felt a little disgusting, but now he is used to seeing it and is not afraid anymore. "How much blood did you suck?"
After the fourth prince slapped the leech away, he picked it up with a branch and put it into a bamboo basket.
"Fourth brother, can ducks really eat leeches?" The fourth prince put the leeches into the bamboo basket to give to the local people who raised ducks.
In fact, before planting rice seedlings, people would put their ducks in the fields and let them peck at the leeches in the fields.
There are endless leeches to eliminate, and there will always be fish that slip through the net.
"It's edible." The fourth prince returned to the field and continued planting rice. "After the leeches are dried and ground into powder, they become a medicinal herb."
"Ah, is it still a medicinal material?" Zhao Yao was stunned, "What diseases can it cure?"
"As a medicinal material, it can activate blood circulation and remove blood stasis, reduce swelling and relieve pain." The fourth prince said, "People will catch leeches, dry them, and then sell them in medicine stores or medical clinics."
"I never thought something so disgusting could be used as medicine."
The fourth prince smiled: "Everything has a good side and a bad side. You can't just look at the surface." He added, "The leech looks disgusting and sucks blood. This is its bad side, but it also has medicine. Use one side, and this is its good side. So, you can’t just look at things on the surface.”
Zhao Yao immediately understood and said: "Fourth brother, you are telling me not to judge people by their appearance!"
Seeing that Zhao Yao understood what he said, the fourth prince smiled happily: "That's right, you can't judge a book by its appearance." In fact, the tenth brother is very smart and can understand everything. "You can't judge people by their appearance, you know?"
Zhao Yao nodded obediently: "Fourth brother, I understand."
The fourth prince hesitated for a moment, then said: "Some people look gentle and harmless, but they are actually kind-hearted and evil-hearted. Some people look very fierce, but in fact they are very kind-hearted."
"Fourth brother, I never judge people by their appearance."
The fourth prince took a deep look at Zhao Yao and said, "Also, some people are good to you, but they are not really good to you."
"Ah?" Zhao Yao looked surprised at first, and then asked with confusion, "Fourth brother, what do you mean when someone treats me well, but doesn't really treat me well? Who is it?"
"I'm speaking metaphorically."
"Oh oh oh." Zhao Yao said confidently, "Fourth brother, I am smart. I know who is really good to me and who is not really good to me."
The fourth prince asked: "Then who do you think is really good to you?"
"Fourth brother, you are truly good to me."
When the fourth prince heard this, his heart was slightly shaken, and a smile appeared on his face immediately: "That's right. Then who is not really nice to you?"
Zhao Yao thought for a moment and said, "Not yet."
"No?"
Zhao Yao nodded, and then he lowered his voice and said, "Third brother, they are being honest and treating me badly."
The Fourth Prince wanted to talk about the Eighth Prince, but he stopped when the words reached his lips.
While he was talking, he heard lively sounds coming from the fields not far away.
It turned out that the king was competing with the prince in rice transplanting, and the people on the side were cheering for the two.
"Fourth brother, let me go over and take a look." After Zhao Yao finished speaking, he ran over.
In the field, the prince and the king were planting rice seedlings skillfully and quickly.
When Dai Wang first planted the rice seedlings in the morning, his movements were still very unfamiliar. After a morning of practice, his rice transplanting movements became very skillful.
The competition was proposed by Dai Wang.
Although the prince's martial arts skills were not as good as those of Dai Wang, and his ability to lead troops in battle was not as good as that of Dai Wang, his rice-planting speed was not inferior to Dai Wang's.
Emperor Wu of Zhou would often come to the fields to see and do some things. At that time, the prince would stay with him and work in the fields with him.
In terms of farm work, the prince has relatively rich experience among the princes. It was not as easy as he imagined for the King of Dai to win against the Crown Prince in rice transplanting.
The purpose of the competition proposed by Dai Wang was very simple, that is, to embarrass the prince.
Emperor Wu of Zhou asked an old man to be the referee. This rice transplanting competition is not only about speed, but also about who can do it better.
The king wanted to win over the crown prince, but when planting the seedlings, he was too quick and forgot to plant the seedlings properly. Although he beat the prince in terms of speed, the rice seedlings he planted were not very good.
The experienced old man praised the prince for doing a good job and said the seedlings would grow very well in the future. However, Dai Wang's planting was not good, and most of the seedlings he planted were not viable.
The old man told King Dai not to be impatient when planting rice seedlings. If you are impatient, you will not plant it well, and the seedlings will not grow well. If the seedlings do not grow well, the harvest will not be good.
He praised the prince for his good rice transplanting. He looked like a regular rice transplanter and was steady in his work.
King Dai was naturally dissatisfied, but it was difficult to refute.
Emperor Wu of Zhou raised his foot and kicked King Dai on the butt. King Dai fell to the field and was covered in mud and water.
"Fuck me well. If you don't fuck me well, you won't be allowed to eat tonight."
King Dai was kicked by Emperor Wu of Zhou in front of everyone. Not only was he not angry, but he smiled very happily.
"My son, I must do it well."
Emperor Zhou Wu turned to look at the prince and said with rare praise: "Well done."
The prince did not expect that Emperor Zhou Wu would praise him. He was slightly stunned for a moment, and then a slightly excited smile appeared on his face.
"Thank you father for the compliment."
When King Dai saw this scene, a gloomy look flashed in his eyes.
Eighth Prince: You are caring about me.
Fourth Prince: It’s not connotation, I’m talking about you.
(End of chapter)
