"Your father and I are starving to death!" Su Wenqing turned around and lay weakly on the Arhat couch, snorting coldly.
"Ah Zhong! What time is it now? Why haven't you gotten some food yet?" Su Wenqing shouted towards the door.
"Master! Just wait a moment, the food will be here soon!" Then the sound of Uncle Zhong's footsteps coming away was heard outside the door.
"By the way! Didn't you say you wanted to learn painting before? Now? Take those paintings and copy them!" Su Wenqing pointed to the paintings on the corner of the table.
Su Yizhao had no choice but to pick up a few paintings on the corner of the table and return to the small study room in the partition. But as soon as she sat down, she started thinking about it.
The shopkeeper is quite capable this week, but I don’t know if he can be hired!
Let's explore Shopkeeper Zhou's background and see if she can poach him. With this thought in mind, she stood up and walked out.
"Where to go?" Su Wenqing's voice came from inside.
"Ah! Go find Uncle Zhong!" Su Yizhao replied casually.
"Stop, come back!"
Su Wenqing came out of the inner room, looked at Su Yizhao, frowned and said: "You don't know how dangerous the ship is, and you still dare to run around? You have been staying in the small study these past few days, practicing the basics of painting."
Seeing Su Wenqing's serious look, Su Yizhao had no choice but to sit back obediently.
Maybe it’s because he knows Su Wenqing’s identity, or maybe it’s Master Yang’s care, but anyway, the meal tonight is much richer than before.
Shopkeeper Zhou came after a while, "I would like to thank Fourth Master Su and Mr. Su for your help this time! This table of delicacies is my personal gift, please accept it!"
"How is this good? Thank you so much, shopkeeper Zhou!" Su Wenqing said politely and accepted it calmly.
The shopkeeper is very good at getting things done this week! Su Yizhao is becoming more and more satisfied with him, and he wonders if his former employer will let him go with such a talent.
"Father! Shopkeeper Zhou is so nice this week!" Su Yizhao waited for Shopkeeper Zhou to leave and said tentatively.
"Yeah! I have some ability, but it's a pity that I didn't find a good employer!" Su Wenqing said casually.
Huh? Is there something going on? Su Yizhao's eyes lit up.
"What happened to his boss? He is so capable, but his boss still dislikes him?" Su Yizhao asked curiously.
"This week's shopkeeper's ancestors were from the capital, and for three generations, they all worked for the Wen family.
The old owner of Wen's Shipbuilding Company has great respect for the Zhou family. Shopkeeper Zhou is a capable person. He used to be a steward on the ship. Later, he got an important position and stayed in the capital to manage the Wen family's business. He has a lot of authority."
After Su Wenqing cleaned her hands, she sat down and prepared to use her chopsticks.
"It's a pity that my old boss got seriously ill the year before last and passed away a few days ago. As soon as he died and the young boss took office, the Zhou family's life was not so easy this week."
Su Wenqing immediately understood that as an emperor and a courtier, the young master's family also had people he valued.
"This year, Shopkeeper Zhou joined the ship again and became a steward. However, he will definitely not get any good results when he goes back this time. After all, such a big mistake has been made!"
After Su Wenqing finished speaking, he started to move his chopsticks. Su Yizhao saw that he refused to talk, but he still asked.
"This matter has nothing to do with him! The murder in Sizhuang was either premeditated or involved, and he couldn't avoid it."
"That happened on the ship he was traveling with. It can only be considered unlucky for him."
When Su Wenqing saw that Su Yizhao wanted to ask more questions, Su Wenqing frowned and said, "Why are you asking about this as a child? It is not the behavior of a gentleman to discuss people's rights and wrongs behind their backs!"
"Okay! Don't talk when you eat or sleep, don't talk too much!"
After Su Yizhao finished dinner, he sat obediently in front of the desk and copied the paintings. Seeing that she was serious, Su Wenqing nodded happily.
An hour later, Su Yizhao rubbed his sore arm.
She looked back at Su Wenqing who was napping, and couldn't help but sigh. This father doesn't care about Qiu Wei at all! Don't you know how to be anxious?
"Show it to your father!"
Su Yizhao held her head and remembered what was on her mind. Unexpectedly, a hand suddenly stretched out from behind her. She was too late to snatch it back because Su Wenqing had already pulled the painting away from her hand.
There was silence in the small study. After a long time, Su Wenqing said: "It's not very expressive!"
Nonsense, this was her first time copying, she had never touched a paintbrush before! How could it be so expressive?
But after looking at it for a long time, the father finally came up with a compromise word to encourage himself?
"But this little duck is drawn in a childish way!" Su Wenqing nodded, "It's very plump!"
"Isn't this a mandarin duck?" Su Yizhao murmured.
Su Wenqing:......
He silently picked up the copied painting on the desk and rolled it up.
"This picture is not suitable for you to paint. My father's painting of a small bridge and flowing water is very good!"
Su Yizhao searched for a long time in his painting, but could not see where the small bridge and flowing water Su Wenqing mentioned were.
"You mean this lakeside?"
Su Wenqing was speechless, when Uncle Zhong's voice happened to be heard.
"Master, Master, it's getting late. Why don't you take a shower and change clothes and rest early?"
Both of them breathed a sigh of relief, and Su Yizhao stood up directly and said: "Then son, go to the clean room!"
After Su Yizhao entered the clean room, he didn't expect Su Wenqing to follow him.
"Father, do you want to wash first? Then my son will go out and wait!"
Su Yizhao then remembered that this was against the rules and naturally he had to wait for Su Wenqing to wash himself first.
"We are both men, so it doesn't matter if we wash together. You can just rub my father's back!"
As Su Wenqing said that, he put his clothes on the bench.
Su Yizhao was very shocked. Why did this father suddenly want to take a bath together?
"Is this? Let's forget it, right? My son sweated a lot today, so his water will be dirty." Su Yizhao said in embarrassment.
"You are my son, how could I dislike you?" Su Wenqing shook her head when she heard this and took off her outer clothes first.
Su Yizhao immediately ran away. Where could she bathe with Su Wenqing? She was not a boy. Even if she was only nine years old, she should not bathe with her father!
"Wait a minute! My father and son can use this to enhance their friendship. Why are you ashamed? Come here!"
Su Wenqing grabbed Su Yizhao's collar and spoke with a smile.
"That's not possible! I'm not used to washing with my father! I want to wash by myself."
Su Yizhao was very worried. If her father found out that she was a daughter, he would definitely drive her out. She hadn't finished her promise to Wen Yu yet!
Because of Su Yizhao's hard struggle, Su Wenqing pulled open some of his clothes. Su Wenqing looked at the back of Su Yizhao's neck, and then let go.
"Since you don't want to wash it with your father, then forget it!"
Su Wenqing suddenly let go, almost causing Su Yizhao to stumble and fall to the ground.
After Su Yizhao fled out, Su Wenqing was lost in thought watching her leave.
After coming out of the clean room, Su Yizhao finally calmed down.
She felt that Su Wenqing's behavior just now was a bit abnormal. Su Wenqing was a real master of the family. Regardless of whether he was a concubine or a legitimate daughter, it was impossible for him to propose bathing together.