When a child learns to lie, it means he has grown up.
Li Qinzai was not angry. Looking at Qiao'er's serious little face, he even felt relieved.
Lies are not that heinous. Li Qinzai prefers that lies are a kind of armor to protect himself.
Telling lies with open eyes is an essential skill for adults. In later generations, some people gave it a very nice compliment, "high emotional intelligence."
Qiao'er looks very emotional now. At least she won't have to worry about being able to deceive beautiful women when she grows up.
It's a pity that he is too young and his lying skills are not good enough. Although he was asked how long he had been practicing calligraphy, he didn't say anything about it and said he had never left the house.
"The handwriting is good, it's getting better and better." Li Qinzai praised with a smile.
Qiao'er hummed guiltily, raised her head and glanced at him quickly, then quickly lowered her head and continued to concentrate on practicing calligraphy.
"Oh, I remember I gave you ten firecrackers years ago, have they all been set off?" Li Qinzai asked casually.
Qiao'er's hand holding the pen trembled, and the words he wrote were instantly destroyed.
"No, it's not finished, there are five left..."
Li Qinzai smiled and said, "Your father is very pleased that my son is so frugal."
After rubbing Qiao'er's head, Li Qinzai said: "Practice your calligraphy well. Calligraphy is a person's appearance. It must be written well."
"yes."
Without exposing his lie, Li Qinzai returned to the greenhouse and sat by the copper stove to warm himself up.
Butler Wu Tong was nowhere to be seen. He was probably a little shy after exposing his white butt just now.
Not long after sitting in the greenhouse, Qiao'er walked in with her head lowered and bowed as she entered.
"Dad, Qiao'er did something wrong. Please apologize to dad."
Li Qinzai didn't look at him, but used tongs to pull out an egg wrapped in hemp paper from the charcoal fire, blowing cool air while peeling off the hemp paper.
Crack open the eggshell, the white and tender eggs are very hot to touch.
Looking at the tender appearance of the egg white, Li Qinzai suddenly thought of Butler Wu’s butt just now...
The egg he was planning to put into his mouth suddenly felt dull, so he broke off a piece and handed it to Qiao'er.
"Come on, open your mouth."
Qiao'er opened her mouth obediently and put the slightly hot egg into her mouth.
"Is it tasty?"
"tasty."
Li Qinzai continued to feed the eggs and asked calmly: "You just said you did something wrong. What did you do wrong?"
"Dad, Qiao'er was naughty today and blew up the hut in the house with firecrackers..."
"Then what?"
Qiao'er pursed her lips and said, "I just lit the firecrackers and threw them in, but I found Butler Wu rushing in. He squatted down without saying anything. Qiao'er had no time to stop him, and the firecrackers exploded..."
Li Qinzai nodded. The order was very important. If he lit the firecrackers after seeing Wu Tong coming in, he would be doing evil. This kind of evil needs to be beaten.
Of course, if Nian has an uneasy conscience after he lied and proactively comes to admit his mistake, you can beat him more gently.
If the firecrackers were lit first and Butler Wu rushed in later, it would be an unintentional mistake and can be forgiven.
Li Qinzai hummed and said, "Forgetting anything else, what I'm curious about is, why did you throw firecrackers into the latrine? Does the latrine have an sworn feud with you?"
Qiao'er looked confused and stammered: "Qiao'er couldn't explain it. I just felt a mysterious voice in my head, calling me to blow up the hut... Actually, Qiao'er regretted it after lighting the firecrackers, but it was too late.
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Li Qinzai unconsciously showed a look of relief.
Others can't understand it, but Li Qinzai can.
The mysterious voice in his head was heard by Li Qinzai when he was a child in his previous life.
That mysterious voice not only persuaded him to blow up huts, but also to blow up cow dung, chicken coops, and water tanks. In short, he had blown up everything that could and could not be blown up, like a happy demolition worker, for his hometown in the countryside.
Every corner left a puff of gunpowder smoke and an outcry.
It wasn't until he was in elementary school that he finally got out of his game and threw a firecracker into the girls' toilet, causing the girls to cry and howl, so he was asked to be a parent.
After being severely beaten by my father, I finally gave up my hobby of playing firecrackers. From then on, I would change my color and avoid the tubes with lead wires. When I grew up, I didn't even dare to light fireworks.
He understood Qiao'er's feelings very well, and Li Qinzai knew that the mysterious voice was so confusing that the young child could not control himself at all.
Fortunately, the family had no inventory of the super firecrackers dedicated to the imperial court. Otherwise, if Qiaoer ordered a super firecracker and threw it into the latrine today, Wu Tong's end would not be as simple as showing his butt...
Wanting to laugh, but feeling that he couldn't laugh at this moment, Li Qinzai coughed twice and said, "It's a man's nature to explode shit, but you accidentally killed Butler Wu today, so you can't pretend to be deaf and dumb."
"If you do something wrong, you must be brave enough to bear it, so the person you should apologize to is not me."
Qiao'er understood and said anxiously: "Yes, Qiao'er will make amends to Butler Wu now... Dad, will he beat me?"
"Maybe not, maybe he will. It depends on whether he forgives you. I just said that if you do something wrong, you will always have to bear the consequences. Whether you are beaten or not, you must bear it."
Qiao'er said carefully: "Can dad accompany Qiao'er to apologize? You just need to watch from a distance, Qiao'er is a little scared..."
Li Qinzai smiled and said: "Go by yourself. No matter how young a man is, he must be solely responsible for his own mistakes."
After a pause, Li Qinzai said again: "When you come back from your apology, dad will give you two pieces of persimmons and a chicken drumstick."
Qiao'er asked in confusion: "Why?"
"One code equals one code, this is a reward for your honesty."
Qiao'er dragged her anxious steps towards Wu Tong's house, turning back three times.
Li Qinzai stood still and did not move.
Li Qinzai actually doesn't know how to educate children after they make mistakes. He is also a father for the first time. But he knows that he must make up for his mistakes. Today, as the housekeeper of the house, he will not be too harsh.
When he grows up and enters the adult world in the future, what awaits him after making a mistake is a real and loud slap in the face. Because strangers and enemies will not tolerate him.
Now I am trying to slowly accept the rules of adults. It is not a bad thing. At least I understand that making mistakes has to pay a price. From then on, I have awe of the word "rules". I may still make mistakes when I grow up, but I probably won't make fatal mistakes. .
This is enough.
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When Li Ji came back from the palace, his face was a little gloomy.
Only then did Li Qinzai learn that the Japanese army had sent troops and caused thousands of casualties to the Tang soldiers at Baijiangkou.
Walking into the front hall, Li Ji was sitting in the hall tiredly, his beard and hair were all white and he looked old and decrepit. Li Qinzai couldn't help but feel heartbroken.
Li Qinzai stepped forward to salute and said hello, and Li Qinzai said softly: "Grandpa is already old, so it is better to leave the government and state affairs to others. From now on, grandpa can rest assured and enjoy his old age in the house."
Li Ji sighed: "I also feel that I have been unable to do what I want in recent years. However, the government is complicated and your Majesty has too few ministers to trust, so I have to hold on until now..."
"My grandson heard that the Japanese army sent troops to Baekje, and more than a thousand of our Tang Dynasty soldiers died in the battle?"
Li Ji hummed and raised his eyes to glance at him, with an incomprehensible meaning flashing in his eyes.
"Today we have decided to reorganize the army and prepare for war. In half a month, the king's army will march eastward. Does Qin Zai have a good strategy to defeat the enemy?"
Li Qinzai thought for a while and said: "My grandson has no good strategy for the time being, but I just want to say that since it has been decided that Wang Shi will march eastward to Baekje to quell the Japanese, he should give the Japanese a thunderous blow."
"We must not only pacify the Japanese people in Baekje, but also bring the war to the Japanese mainland. This is in line with the Tang Dynasty's strategic goals in the east."