Xiao Deng Ai perfectly performed what the real "Qiqi Ai Ai" means.
After many years of teaching by Zhang Xi, Deng Ai learned to speak slowly and slowly. In this way, the stuttering problem has been greatly improved. Most people can't really tell that Deng Ai has a stuttering problem.
But now, little Deng Ai was anxious, this old problem came back again.
But Zhang Xi finally knew what little Deng Ai was really thinking - this boy really fell in love with the tiger girl of the Guan family.
The cause is also very simple.
Didn't Zhang Xi once ask Guan Ping to teach little Deng Ai's martial arts? At that time, Deng Ai had lived in Guan Mansion for a period of time.
Then, little Deng Ai was beaten by Guan Yinping into doubting his life.
At that time, little Deng Ai was already sixteen years old, while Guan Yinping was only thirteen years old.
Little Deng Ai was not convinced. How could a tall, seven-foot man lose to a little girl?
Therefore, Xiao Deng Ai tried his best to win against Guan Yinping, but was suppressed by Guan Yinping every time, and was disgraced every time.
Actually, it's not that Guan Yinping's martial arts is so high, it's that Guan Yinping's strength is too great, which means he can defeat ten martial arts with one force.
Even Guan Ping could only rely on his battlefield experience to deal with Guan Yinping. When Guan Yinping's strength failed, he would try to find a way to defeat her little Deng Ai, who was only sixteen years old at the time. How could he possibly defeat her.
Just like that, when Zhang Xi came to pick up little Deng Ai, little Deng Ai discovered that this strange and powerful woman had left a deep impression on him.
Later, Zhang Xi lived in Guan Mansion for more than a month in order to avoid suspicion. During that time, little Deng Ai found Guan Yinping again and said he wanted to learn martial arts. At that time, little Deng Ai's focus was He no longer has martial arts skills.
Now, although I don't know what the Guan family tiger girl's attitude is towards little Deng Ai, now little Deng Ai has identified with the Guan family tiger girl.
So, when Zhang Xi asked, little Deng Ai told the master everything, and begged the master to propose marriage to General Guan on his behalf after the ceremony.
Zhang Xi gritted his teeth and agreed.
Although, Zhang Xi did feel a little weak when she saw the second master, especially when the second master glared.
However, you are his disciple, and Zhang Xi has to grit his teeth to do something that affects the happiness of his disciple's life.
But let’s find a chance first, ask Guan Ping out and have a good chat.
Guan Ping is much easier to talk to than Guan Yu. You can start with Guan Ping first. When you go to propose marriage in the future, Guan Ping will help out. Maybe there will be more helpers.
Guan Ping was probably a little stunned by this matter.
I really have never thought about this route at all.
"If Yuan Chang wants to marry his younger sister, although his father does not agree, he has said that in the past, how could Yuan Chang propose marriage for Ai'er?!" Guan Ping asked in confusion, "Isn't this matter a violation of human ethics and etiquette? !”
No, what the hell? !
Is it such a big crime to propose a marriage? ! Does it also involve human ethics and etiquette? !
Zhang Xi now suspected that Guan Ping looked down on little Deng Ai and deliberately made an excuse to frustrate him.
But Guan Ping really wasn't, and he gave Zhang Xi a serious explanation.
Because, in Guan Yu's eyes, Zhang Xi is of the nephew generation, and should be considered the same generation as Guan Ping, Guan Xing, and Guan Yinping.
In fact, it is not wrong. After all, Zhang Xi and Guan Ping are almost the same age.
Therefore, even if Zhang Xi proposed marriage to him and said that he would take Guan Yinping as his concubine, Guan Yu would not agree, but he would probably just scold Zhang Xi for his whims and not have any other ideas.
But Zhang Xi proposed marriage on behalf of his disciple, so the nature of the proposal was different.
As for little Ai'er, even Guan Ping is regarded as the next generation. Although Guan Yinping is about the same age as little Ai'er, he should be the elder.
From the perspective of Guan Yu, who is familiar with "Spring and Autumn" and prides himself on knowing etiquette, this is just a matter of confusing seniority, and he will really get angry.
According to Guan Ping's intention, Guan Yu might even think that Zhang Xi was insulting his family style, and maybe the two families would break off.
But Zhang Xi doesn't understand. This Guan Yu probably didn't read "Spring and Autumn" but Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, right? !
It’s still the castrated version of the Ming and Qing Dynasties! !
Anyone who has read Zhu Xi's original works will not have such thoughts.
My Yingchuan Zhang family has a close relationship with your Hedong Guan family.
We all serve under Liu Bei, so why are you a generation older than me? !
Furthermore, even during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it was common for a monarch to marry his daughter. At that time, most of the kings were surnamed Ji. If they really wanted to blame their ancestors, they might not know who each other's seniority was. What's the point of worrying about this? !
Zhang Xi really doesn't understand, and Guan Ping is also a little embarrassed.
This is due to Guan Yu's awkward character.
Guan Yu is the exact opposite of Zhang Fei.
Zhang Fei did not care about the soldiers and respected the scholar-bureaucrats, while Guan Yu loved the soldiers but was lukewarm towards the scholar-bureaucrats.
But strangely enough, Guan Yu liked reading "Spring and Autumn" very much, and like the scholar-bureaucrats, he regarded "Spring and Autumn" as a book heirloomed by his family, preparing to pass it on from generation to generation.
There is a saying, in fact, Zhang Fei and Guan Yu have similar origins. Neither of them comes from aristocratic families, but they have two different personalities.
There are some things that Guan Ping can't say directly. After all, "a son never talks about his father's fault."
So Zhang Xi just speculated that maybe Guan Yu usually envied the scholar-bureaucrats for their heirlooms of poetry and calligraphy, but he also made Guan Yu dissatisfied because of the scholar-bureaucrats' attitude towards poor families and common people.
After all, Guan Yu is proud. The scholar-official class looks down on those of us who are from the lower class. Then I, Guan Yu, will also look down on you. At the same time, I also want to prove that I can also become a member of the scholar-official class through my own efforts.
Therefore, Guan Yu had a very cold attitude towards the scholar-bureaucrats, but at the same time, he also liked to read books and learn the family inheritance concepts of the scholar-bureaucrats.
If Zhang Xi rashly comes to propose marriage to little Deng Ai at this time, it may touch Guan Yu's hidden nerves and make Guan Yu mistakenly think that Zhang Xi is bullying him for not understanding human ethics and etiquette, thus triggering an overreaction.
The above is purely Zhang Xi's guess, because apart from this reason, Zhang Xi really can't think of the reason why Guan Yu is entangled with the issue of seniority.
But this matter must be done. After all, in Zhang Xi's view, this matter is super boring. If he doesn't propose marriage to his disciple for this reason, it would be a dereliction of duty as a master.
So harvest in autumn first.
After finishing the autumn harvest and giving the crown gift to Xiao Deng Ai, Zhang Xi thought of a way to go to Guan Yu's mansion to formally propose marriage to his disciple.
After that, it was busy. By the end of September, all the new grains had been collected, and the tax burden and corvee were almost settled. Zhang Xi then started to prepare for the crowning ceremony of little Deng Ai.
There is actually a complete process for the crowning ceremony. It is not just about closing the door, giving the disciple a word, putting on a hat, and then it is over.
First of all, Zhang Xi had to find a "shaman" to predict the date of the crown ceremony. These days of war and chaos, it was difficult to find a fortune teller, so he asked Ma Liang to help choose a good day.
Ma Liang has dabbled in this area. After all, the children of aristocratic families in this era are somewhat dabbled in reading miscellaneous books, medicine and astrology, but they are not engaged in their main business.
After that, he helped Deng Ai to invite the guest of honor and the deputy guest of praise. Theoretically speaking, this also had to be calculated by the "witcher", but now, Zhang Xi simply invited Ma Liang to be the deputy guest of praise.
As for the guest of honor, Zhang Xi decided to go to Guan Mansion and invite Guan Yu to be the guest of honor.
Ma Liang originally wanted to be the guest of honor, but when he heard that Zhang Xi planned to invite Guan Yu, he immediately gave up his thoughts.
After all, he is the person with the highest status and official position in Jingzhou, and he is also a famous general in the world. If Guan Yu is invited to be the guest of honor, he is qualified and no one will make irresponsible remarks.
These were not yet the days after the Song Dynasty, and were in troubled times. The status of famous generals was even higher than that of some so-called celebrities.
Of course, it also has something to do with Guan Yu's personality. If you were to replace Zhang Fei, Ma Liang would still laugh in his heart even if he didn't say anything.
After all, the second master has really read "Spring and Autumn" for decades, and he has something in his stomach. Although the aristocratic family thinks that the second master's knowledge is still not profound, to a certain extent, they also recognize that he is half one of their own.
Our third master is a bit um, hard to talk about.
Therefore, Ma Liang didn't think there was anything wrong with Guan Yu being the guest of honor.
Zhang Xi invited Guan Yu to be the guest of honor, not just to flatter the leader, he had his own ideas.
Guan Yu, aren't you entangled in the issue of seniority? Okay, it's fine.
I invite you to be the guest of honor for Deng Ai's crowning ceremony. After all, you are Deng Ai's elder. As for whether you are one generation older or two generations older, it all depends on what you say. After all, the guest of honor at the crowning ceremony only requires that he be the elder. That’s it.
Today you are crowning Deng Ai and will be the guest of honor. Next time I go to your house to propose marriage to Deng Ai, Zhang Xi can also have an explanation so that Guan Yu will not send Deng Ai to his grandchildren at once.
After making these preparations, Zhang Xi personally came forward to invite Mrs. Deng.
Logically speaking, matters such as the crown ceremony should be carried out in the ancestral hall of the Deng family, but there is really no way now. Xinye is still Cao Cao's territory and it is difficult to go back.
Therefore, Zhang Xi could only invite Mrs. Deng to his residence and crown Deng Ai at the Nanjun Prefecture.
This will not only make Deng Ai look good, but also prevent Mrs. Deng from feeling that she and the Xinye Deng family have been wronged.
After that, it is necessary to prepare some utensils for the crown ceremony, such as crown robes, dressing utensils, wine vessels, dried meat for entertaining guests, etc.
After everything is ready, it’s time to wait for the day of the crowning ceremony.
(End of chapter)
