Young Master Liu looked at his son Liu Chengzhi's vague reaction. The look in his eyes couldn't be called disappointed, but it couldn't be said to be too happy either.
This child's character and abilities are already considered superior compared to those of his peers, but in his own eyes he always feels a little unsatisfactory.
Liu Mingzhi shook his folding fan and sighed secretly. He couldn't help but ask himself, did he have too high demands on this child?
Or maybe the expectations I have for this child have far exceeded what he should be capable of at his age?
Liu Mingzhi reflected on himself for a while, sat up straight and tried to look gentle and approachable, so as not to cause any psychological pressure to his son.
"Now that you've finished reading it, tell me your thoughts as a father. What did you learn from the book?"
Listening to his father's soft voice, Liu Chengzhi held his clothes and thought for a moment: "My child feels that it is not suitable for him to study the contents of the book carefully.
With the child's current virtue, if he forced himself to delve into the contents of that book, it would be tantamount to encouraging others.
This is not necessarily a good thing for children. "
Liu Mingzhi was silent. He looked at Liu Chengzhi silently for a while and looked away. He raised his head and looked up at the clouds in the sky quietly: "Where is the book?"
"It's in the child's study. If dad wants to take it back, can you give the child five more days? After five days, the child will personally return it to dad."
"Oh? Since you said you are not suitable to delve into the contents of the book carefully now, why do you have to wait five days before returning it to your father? Is there something wrong?"
"No, there is nothing wrong. It's just that the child is currently copying the contents of the book. He plans to copy out two identical books and give them to sister Yue'er. The third brother and the other two will each have one copy, so that they can also read the articles in them. "
The pupils of Young Master Liu's eyes suddenly tightened, he closed his folding fan and tapped his palms gently, looking thoughtfully at Liu Chengzhi's calm and calm face and sighed.
"You just said that your current moral character is not suitable for studying the articles in the book, but you copied two books and gave them to Yue'er, Chenggan and their younger siblings.
You are not suitable to study the articles in the book now. Are the current virtues of the two siblings suitable for studying the articles in the book carefully?
Do you know what you are doing? "
"The child knows everything."
"Clearly?"
"Yes, the child knows it very well. The child has written on the title page of the book an aphorism that can be read but not deeply read.
My brothers and sisters have not yet tasted the taste of power, and I do not hope that one day the close relationship between our brothers and sisters, which has been close since childhood, will fall apart because of power.
If the child dares to say something disrespectful to his father, the child can sit in that seat in the future, as can the eldest sister, the second sister, the eldest brother, sister Yaoyao, brother Chenggan, and sister Yue'er.
Zhenghao, Yunxin, Zhengran, Lingyun... Chengrui and his younger brothers and sisters can also sit.
But as for who will sit in the end, I don’t know what you think, dad, and how you think about it, but I think that whoever is more suitable to sit on the toilet is the best result.
I don't know what the descendants of Hai'er and his other brothers and sisters will think, and I can't guarantee it. But as far as us brothers and sisters are concerned, Hai'er and the others will never get into a quarrel or turn against each other because of that position.
Because no matter who sits in that position, we will never treat each other badly in the future.
The child has finished what he wanted to say. "
Young Master Liu glanced at his son's calm expression, with his head lowered and his eyebrows lowered. He raised his head and stared at the sky with a rare hint of bewilderment.
"If...if my father told you now that your sister Yue'er is more suitable to inherit that position than you, what would you think?
Not only you, but also all of your adult brothers and sisters except Yue'er are more suitable.
Do you think your father is too partial to your sister Yue'er? "
"No, my child would never think so?"
"Tell me what you think."
"Because Sister Yue'er grew up in a different environment than Hao'er and others, you have always trained us as the future pillars of the imperial court since we were young.
But sister Yue'er was trained by Aunt Wanyan as the successor to the Kingdom of Jin.
When sister Yue'er was only six or seven years old, she had already begun to supervise the country as the future king of the country. She continued to govern on behalf of the emperor until sister Yue'er was eleven years old.
She managed the country's politics in an orderly manner at a young age, and was fully supported by the civil and military ministers of the Jin Kingdom and the Manchu Dynasty at that time. As far as the current situation is concerned, Sister Yue'er is indeed more suitable to inherit the throne than any of us. "
After hearing Liu Chengzhi's sincere words, Liu Mingzhi was in a daze for a long time. He retracted his gaze from the sky and leaned back on the couch with his eyes closed and fell asleep.
"You go to Jingyao's house first, I'm a little tired of being a father."
"Yes, kid, please leave."
Liu Chengzhi stood up and left the Gua stall directly. The footsteps beside Young Master Liu's ears gradually disappeared.
Gently waving the jade fan, the expression on Liu Mingzhi's face was as calm as a pool of stagnant water, making it impossible to tell anything.
"The tea you asked for is here."
Young Master Liu subconsciously opened his eyes and looked forward, only to see Ren Qingrui, who was wearing a book boy's clothes, bending down Liu's waist, which seemed to be unbearable to hold, and placing the tea and cakes in the tray on the low table one by one.
Sitting up and stretching, Young Master Liu looked at Ren Qingrui, who had an indifferent expression, flipping off his folding fan and fanning himself heavily with the cool breeze.
"Hey, it seems that the wings have become stiff, and I don't even call big brother anymore.
I said, girl, when did you come to the restaurant to help Bizhu and the others take care of their business? How come the elder brother doesn't know anything about it?
There’s more! Brother, it took me almost two sticks of incense to get the tea, but you didn’t bring it until now. This speed will definitely make the guests dissatisfied. If it were in another restaurant, the shopkeeper would have asked you to pack up and leave.
You just have to keep working hard. "
"My dear girl, I brought you tea a long time ago. I just happened to see you talking to Chengzhi. I didn't know what you two were talking about and it was inconvenient to come right over. I was waiting nearby!"
"I see, then I will forgive you, big brother, if you have a lot of money, please pour me some tea."
Ren Qingrui rolled her eyes at Young Master Liu angrily, picked up the small bench and sat down directly to the side, with no intention of carrying a pot and pouring tea for Young Master Liu.
"You have to drink it yourself. This girl is now a tenant who pays you rent every month. She is not a poor person living under someone else's roof in your house, let alone a maid who sells herself to you. Why do you have such peace of mind in ordering this girl? ?
It's not impossible to ask this girl to pour tea. It's fifty coppers a time. You pay with one hand and pour the tea with the other.
You and I have both money and goods, and we don’t owe each other anything. "
Young Master Liu looked at Ren Qingrui, who was leaning towards Liu's waist and extending her jade hand to him to ask for money, and the corners of his eyes twitched a few times.
"Fifty coppers at a time? Why don't you just go grab it?
Young Master, I spent a long time fooling around to earn ten copper coins for tea. If you let the eldest lady touch your hand, Young Master Ben will lose half a day's hard-earned money. Don't you think you are too shady? "
Ren Qingrui's beautiful eyes flashed with a sarcastic expression and she snorted: "Humph! How can you make so much money if you go and rob her? Not to mention breaking the national law, and I am a weak woman and it is not safe. Do you think I am stupid?"
"Okay! Okay! You are a sharp-tongued girl. You girl is getting more and more sharp-tongued. Come on, come on, I won't bother you and let the young lady pour you the tea. Isn't it okay for me to pour it myself?"
My hands and feet are sound, why should I spend that wasted money? "
Young Master Liu closed the folding fan and inserted it into his clothes at the back of his neck. He picked up the teapot and prepared to pour himself tea. He looked at the empty tray in confusion.
"Hey - where's the cup?"
"I didn't bring it with me. I can go to the restaurant to get it for you, but it costs 20 yuan a time to get a cup."
"Nonsense, your family doesn't have a cup for tea?"
"You asked Liu Song to send a message and asked someone to send a pot of herbal tea, but you didn't say to send a cup."
"What the hell...what kind of evil have I committed?"
Ren Qingrui shrugged her shoulders and looked at the troubled Young Master Liu with her beautiful eyes: "Do you want it? If not, you can just drink it directly from the teapot.
This girl doesn't care. "
Young Master Liu looked at the extra-large teapot in his hand and shook his head helplessly. If this was his own purple clay teapot, he would have held it and drank directly.
It's a pity that this is not a small and exquisite purple clay teapot. If you really want to hold it and drink from it, you don't need it.
Young Master Liu put down the teapot, gritted his teeth, took out a handful of copper coins from his sleeve, counted twenty coins from it, and slapped it heavily on the low table.
"Go and get a cup for the uncle."
Ren Qingrui smiled and hurriedly pulled the twenty copper coins into the palm of his hand, stood up and saluted Liu Dashaofu.
"Okay, uncle, please wait a moment. The little one will come as soon as he goes."
Watching Ren Qingrui skipping away like a little fox that had stolen the fish, Young Master Liu opened his folding fan and hummed a few times.
"Only women and villains are difficult to raise. The ancients would never deceive me!"
