Liu Jing handed "Notes on Zhouyi" to his sister-in-law Lai Ci, and then left together. Suddenly something came to his mind and he asked: "Sister-in-law, I was seriously ill before and it was inconvenient to go to Hutou. How is he doing recently?"
"Tiger Head" is the diminutive name of his brother Liu Yuan and his sister-in-law Lai Ci's only son Liu Qun. If I remember correctly, this diminutive name was given to him by his uncle. This shows Liu Jing's love for his nephew Liu Qun.
Recalling his son's increasingly numb little face, Lai Ci's thin and beautiful face couldn't help but be filled with sadness. He shook his head and said: "It's not good. He would cry to me and look for my father a few days ago. Now he spends all day
I couldn't hear him say a few words, and my sister-in-law really didn't know what to do."
Liu Jing sighed secretly. He had lost his father twice in his past and present lives, and he felt the deepest emotion. He comforted him: "Sister-in-law, don't worry too much. Now that I have recovered from my illness, I will spend more time with Hu Tou in the future."
"Zhongda, thank you for the hard work." Lai Ci looked slightly worried. This was the only solution she could think of. After all, Liu Jing, as his son's uncle, was the only one who could replace his father's role.
Liu Jing said seriously: "Sister-in-law, why do you say this? Hutou is my nephew, and it is my responsibility to take care of him."
"Li" says: "The son of a brother is like his own son." The relationship between uncle and nephew in the Han Dynasty was second only to father and son in terms of etiquette. Uncles and nephews can often be called father and son together. For example, the famous official Shu Guang in the former Han Dynasty was worshiped as Taifu, and nephew
Shushou also worshiped the young master...Historical records say: "The father and son are both masters, and the court is proud of them."
As the uncle of his orphaned brother Liu Qun, Liu Jing has the responsibility and obligation to treat him as his own and raise him.
Liu Jing then suggested: "If nothing happens, why don't I go with my sister-in-law to see the tiger head now."
Lai Ci nodded in agreement, finally able to let go of the stone in his heart.
When Liu Jingcai came out of the library, he saw a young child wearing a bellyband and naked lower body stumbling along the east corridor, and then ran into Lai Ci's arms.
The boy's head is bare, with only two locks of hair left on the sides, which hang naturally on the shoulders. This is called the Chuipiao, also called the Chuipiao. Boys in the Han Dynasty usually had this hair on their heads before they grew their hair at the age of eight.
He is Liu Qun, the only son of his elder brother Liu Yuan and his sister-in-law Lai Ci. He is five years old this year. He has perfectly inherited the fine bloodline from his parents. He was born with pink lips, red lips and white teeth, just like a porcelain doll, and is very lovable.
Lai Ci gently stroked the back of Aizi's head and asked softly: "Hutou, you just fell asleep not long ago, why did you wake up so soon?"
Liu Qun lowered his head and refused to speak. He tightly wrapped his two small hands around Lai Ci's slender waist. He had just had a nightmare and couldn't find his mother when he woke up. He was very scared. His father had left him and he was afraid that his mother would not be there.
She also left him and then ran out of the room in a panic, looking for my mother.
Nestling in his mother's arms, Liu Qun's emotions gradually calmed down, and his attention shifted to Liu Jing beside him. His big bright eyes kept peeking at him, thinking: "Is he my uncle? He is
He looks really like my father, but he doesn’t have a beard.”
Liu Qun was only three years old when Liu Jing went on a study tour and could not remember anything. He had forgotten about Liu Jing in the past two years. He only heard from his parents how much his uncle loved him.
Lai Ci gently pushed him away from his arms and said, "Tiger Head, my uncle is here, don't be rude. Why don't you pay your respects to your uncle soon?"
Liu Qun pursed his lips until Lai Ci urged him again before he said, "My nephew Hutou pays homage to my uncle." After saying that, he was about to bow down.
Liu Jing was not willing to let him lie down on the cold ground. He hurriedly stepped forward to stop him and picked him up. He looked left and right, and the more he looked at him, the more he fell in love with him. He pinched his white and delicate little face with his hands and asked with a smile: "
Hutou, do you know who my uncle misses the most when he is in Xiangyang?"
Liu Qun shook his head, expressing his ignorance.
"Uncle misses you the most," Liu Jing said. "What about you, Hutou? Do you miss your uncle?"
Liu Qun thought for a long time, looked at Lai Ci again, then nodded and responded crisply: "I think so."
"Has Hu Tou started to read?" Liu Jing asked again.
Liu Qun had a proud look on his face and said in a childish voice: "If I don't hide it from you, sir, I can read the "Book of Filial Piety"."
"real?"
"If you don't believe me, I'll recite a paragraph to you."
Under Liu Jing's deliberate guidance, Liu Qun gradually began to talk more, and his uncle and nephew were enjoying themselves. Soon Song's wife Zhou came out of the hall and said that the old mistress wanted them to have dinner together.
Previously, Liu Jing was ill and couldn't go out, while Lai Ci was depressed and didn't want to eat. Therefore, the family has been eating separately recently. However, this is a very special situation. The family will eventually sit together. Stepmother Zhang is obviously there.
Seeing them in the hall, they took the opportunity to resume the dinner party.
Naturally, Liu Jing and Lai Ci would not refuse Zhang's decision, so they sent their sister-in-law and nephew back to the east wing. Then Liu Jing returned to the dormitory, fetched water to wash his hands and face, and washed away the dust.
When Liu Jing came to the hall alone, his stepmother Zhang was sitting in front of the large dining table with painted copper feet. Liu He and Liu Rao, brothers and sisters, were lined up on the left and right. When Liu Jing came in, their eyes suddenly lit up and they stood up and shouted
: "Brother."
Liu Jing's eyes turned around his brother and sister, and he bowed to his stepmother Zhang: "Mother."
Stepmother Zhang said expressionlessly: "Sit down."
Liu Jing sat opposite his stepmother Zhang, smiled and said to his younger siblings, "You two should sit too."
"No." Liu He and Liu Rao responded with joy on their faces.
Soon his sister-in-law Lai Ci also led Liu Qun in, and the six of them sat down one after another.
The dining table is different from the book table. It is long and wide, more than enough to accommodate six people. However, the food on the large table is a bit simple, only tofu, spring leeks, spinach, black beans, and a vegetable soup that looks bland at first glance.
The Han Dynasty has a tradition of "eating more when you are sick". It is generally believed that those who are sick are weak and should eat more nutritious things such as fish to get better quickly.
Poor Liu Jing had two meals a day of "vegetable vegetable soup" while he was recovering from illness, but there was not a trace of meat or fish in it. In addition, today's cooking technology is extremely backward. He only steams and cooks daily with few condiments. What he cooks is really disappointing.
It's hard to swallow. The rice he had eaten as a child in his previous life was much better than this.
Now that I have finally recovered from my illness, my diet has not changed at all.
In fact, he didn't know that his brother had recently died and it was not advisable to eat fish, but the food committee of this group was really bad. Is the family really so poor?
Realizing that Liu Jing had not picked up the dagger, chopsticks, or spoon and chopsticks, Zhang suddenly asked from the opposite side: "Zhongda, why don't you eat? Could it be that the food is not to your liking?"
Liu Jingsheng was afraid that Zhang would take advantage of the topic, so he immediately denied it and said: "No, my son is thinking about something and is distracted. Let's eat now. Please use it too." After saying this, he picked up the bowl and chopsticks and ate slowly.
He was not the only one who found the food unpalatable. Liu He, Liu Rao, and Liu Qun all had sad faces and struggled to swallow.
They have never experienced hard times, and being able to eat white rice every meal is definitely a luxury for most people today.
Take the Jingnan area as an example. Although it is known as "rice, rice, soup and fish", ordinary people cannot eat white rice every meal even in a good harvest year. Most of the two meals a day are porridge and coarse rice. Coarse rice.
Rice refers to relatively coarse food such as wheat rice and bean rice.
The Liu family is both a royal family and a noble family. They have always abided by etiquette and emphasized "no words when eating and no words when sleeping." There was always no words during the dinner, only the slight sound of clinking bowls and chopsticks and chewing food.
Liu Jing had always paid attention to his sister-in-law Lai Ci. During the whole meal, she did not pick up a single dish, and she only finished half of the meal before stopping.
Liu Jing couldn't help but persuade him: "Sister-in-law, you eat too little. Besides, you don't eat salt or vegetables. You only eat white rice to satisfy your hunger. How can your body bear it if this continues? Eat more."
Lai Ci shook his head and said, "Sister-in-law can't eat anymore."
Liu Jing sighed and said, "My sister-in-law doesn't know how to cherish herself. If my brother knows about it, how can he feel at ease?"
Lai Ci was heartbroken when he heard this and was speechless.
Liu Jing touched his nephew Liu Qun's head and said, "Even if my sister-in-law doesn't think about herself, she should think about Hutou. If my sister-in-law falls ill, what should Hutou do?"
"Mom," Liu Qun was affected by the atmosphere and called out with tears in his eyes.
Stepmother Zhang also gave timely advice at this time: "What Zhongda said makes sense, Li Ji, you can eat some more."
Jungu tried to persuade her, but Lai Ci didn't dare to disobey, so she had to pick up the bowl again and reluctantly ate some more food.