When Qin Shaoyou returned home, it was completely dark.
Although the curfew time has not yet come, there are not many people on the street, and it looks deserted.
But when he pushed open the courtyard door, he heard voices and laughter coming from the house, and saw bright lights.
There was a table full of dishes in the hall, but no one was serving them.
They are all waiting for him.
Hearing the sound of the door opening, Xue Xiaobao and An Zizhan poked their heads out of the hall. After seeing him, they turned around and shouted happily:
"It's my uncle, he's back!"
"It's time to eat, it's time to eat!"
Immediately afterwards, the third sister and the fifth sister also poked their heads out of the hall, smiled and waved to him: "You're back? Hurry up and get to the table for dinner."
Qin Shaoyou was startled for a moment, then laughed, nodded vigorously, and said "ok".
When you come home after a tiring day, there will be a light on for you and a few people waiting for you.
This feeling is really good.
Qin Shaoyou entered the hall, first rubbed the heads of the three children affectionately, and then went to the table.
The dishes on the table were all placed in a bowl, which not only kept them warm, but also prevented flies.
"Mom, Third Sister and Fifth Sister, what delicious food have you made today?" Qin Shaoyou asked with a smile, while reaching out to open the bowl.
As a result, before his hand even touched the bowl, the fifth sister slapped him away and scolded him: "Wash your hands. My parents haven't even served the table yet. Why are you opening the bowl? Why are you so big and fussy?"
Don’t you understand the rules?”
Qin Shaoyou smiled, obediently and went to wash his hands.
Xue Qingshan and An Mutong, who were sitting next to each other and chatting, were both snickering when they saw this scene.
Xue Xiaobao was also laughing happily.
As a result, he was implicated. The third sister glared at him and shouted: "You three little ones, don't stand still, wash your hands for me. Don't think I didn't see you, you were playing in the mud in the yard just now!"
The three children did not dare to say a word and obediently followed Qin Shaoyou to wash their hands.
After washing their hands, a group of people sat down around the dining table, then handed out chopsticks and opened the bowls covered with vegetables.
Qin Daoren took out a bottle of wine and asked Qin Shaoyou to pour it for him and his two sons-in-law.
Of course, Qin Shaoyou did not forget to pour himself a bowl."
There is no rule of "don't talk after eating" in the Qin family, so after Qin Daoren toasted with wine, Qin Shaoyou asked: "Dad, why didn't I see you when I went to the government office this afternoon?"
Qin Daoren answered while eating the food: "Today at noon, the magistrate held a banquet in honor of Mutong. The entire banquet lasted until the afternoon when the government office was about to leave. I was also called to accompany him and was not in the government office."
Qin Shaoyou said, "No wonder," and then asked, "What kind of person is our prefect in Luocheng?"
"Why did you suddenly ask about this?" Qin Daoren glanced at him, a little suspicious.
Qin Shaoyou did not tell his suspicions, after all, it was still unreasonable.
He smiled and said a little vaguely: "I'm just curious. I heard someone said that he doesn't like government affairs?"
Qin Daoren took a sip of wine and said: "As subordinates, we should not speak ill of superiors, but we, our own family, are not so particular about talking behind closed doors. Our magistrate, what should I say, is obsessed with
Scholars really don’t like to be entangled in worldly affairs.”
An Mutong shook his head and commented: "I guess I am obsessed with learning, but unfortunately I don't know how to apply what I have learned. Although I quote scriptures in silence, I only talk but do not do anything."
Xue Qingshan saw that Lao Taishan and his brother-in-law had spoken, so he also told what he knew about the situation.
"As far as I know, the prefect left many things in the government office to the magistrates, magistrates and others, while he gathered with a group of scribes every day, reciting poems and writing poems, and never tired of it."
While Qin Shaoyou listened, he murmured in his heart: It seems that the situation of the prefect is indeed as Zhu Xiucai investigated, and the officials are quite irresponsible.
I just don’t know, does the prefect really have this kind of character, or is he doing it on purpose to cover up something?
In short, due investigation is indispensable, and due caution and prudence are also indispensable.
The other thing is to speed up dad's recovery.
Wait until he recovers from his injury and then help him improve his strength. Only then can he feel at ease.
After chatting for a while about the gossip between the prefect and the government office, Qin Shaoyou toasted An Mutong and asked him: "Fifth brother-in-law, when will you go to Mianyuan County to take office?"
An Mutong clinked the wine bowls with Qin Shaoyou and replied: "There are still some things to deal with in the past few days. I will take office after finishing them. What, are you busy?"
Qin Shaoyou nodded and said, "When you go to visit Mr. Zhang, say hello to me."
In addition to his own efforts, he was able to become the commander-in-chief because of the help of his third brother-in-law and Zhang Shilang. He deserves a lot of thanks.
"No problem." An Mutong said with a smile, "I would like to use your and Qingshan's names to get acquainted with Mr. Zhang."
After dinner, everyone drank a cup of tea to digest and chatted about some commonplace topics.
Seeing that it was getting late, Xue Qingshan took his wife and children back to the Demon Suppression Division.
Qin Shaoyou took An Ziling to the yard, first taught her the secrets and methods of hiding weapons and equipment, and asked her to practice more.
Then he handed her some introductory books on traps that he borrowed from the Scripture Pavilion today, and told her: "These books are the basic books on traps. You should read them first. If there are any books in the book that you don't recognize,
If you don't understand a word or sentence, come to me. When I'm not around, ask your parents."
An Ziling flipped through the book Qin Shaoyou gave her, raised her head, and said confidently: "Don't worry, uncle, I'm very literate, so I should be able to understand these books."
"So powerful?" Qin Shaoyou complimented An Ziling casually. Just as he was about to ask her if she had finished studying the "Three Hundred Thousand" of "Three Character Classic", "Hundred Family Surnames" and "Thousand Character Classic", An Mutong heard that
He said with a boastful tone: "Don't worry, Shaoyou, Xiaoya is already studying "The Doctrine of the Mean" and "The Book of Songs". She will have no problem understanding these books you gave her."
Qin Shaoyou quickly swallowed the words on his lips.
Good guy, how old is An Xiaoya? Has she started studying "The Doctrine of the Mean" and "The Book of Songs"?
This is even better than me!
I only remember a few sentences from "The Book of Songs" such as "Guan Guan Ju Jiu, on the island of the river", "Green and green seeds, soothing my heart".
As for "The Doctrine of the Mean"... I may have learned some famous aphorisms in it, but unfortunately most of them have been returned to the teacher. Occasionally, there are a few sentences that have not been returned, and I can't remember whether they are sentences from "The Doctrine of the Mean".
Anyway, "When three people are walking together, there must be a teacher of mine" and "It's not surprising that a friend comes from afar" are definitely not true.
Qin Shaoyou patted An Ziling's head. This time, his praise came from the bottom of his heart: "Awesome, Xiaoya. I didn't expect you to be a top student, but you are much better than my uncle."
Although An Ziling had never heard of the word 'student master', from Qin Shaoyou's context at this moment, he guessed its meaning, waved his hands repeatedly, and said humbly, 'No'.
Qin Shaoyou guarded An Ziling and practiced the skills of hiding weapons and equipment for a while, and he also practiced the "Human Arsenal" for a while.
Seeing that it was getting late at night, he asked An Ziling to end today's training, go wash up and go to bed, and then he went back to his room.
After closing the doors and windows, Qin Shaoyou set up several traps and traps in the house as usual, and then he got on the bed with the demon-slaying knife and the demon-subduing hammer, and assumed the position of Wuji Hunyuan lying down, so that he could continue to practice while sleeping, so as to speed up as soon as possible.
Absorb the energy of Buddha jumping over the wall.
However, not long after Qin Shaoyou fell asleep, a person came uninvited and broke into his dream...