The moon was as bright as water, and the sound of the waterfall was endless. Although Qining was mentally prepared, he was still a little surprised when he heard Xiang Baiying say this.
Suddenly, many questions in Qining's mind suddenly became clear.
Xiang Baiying is the leader of the Beggar Clan, and Qining has not heard of any interaction between this person and Jin Yihou. However, Xiang Baiying, the former leader, not only rescued Xiang Baiying, but also taught him the method of regulating breath, luck, and even kung fu. This has always been Qi Ning was a little puzzled. At this moment, he heard that Xiang Baiying and Liu Suyi had a relationship, and he suddenly understood.
"Your mother was not yet twenty years old at that time." Xiang Baiying said with a smile: "I still remember that she was under Zhuo Qingyang's door at Qionglin Academy. She happened to go home from the academy that day, and she saw me lying on the bed on the way. A drunkard in the snow, hey, I was so slovenly at that time that I fell on the street like a beggar. In fact, there are not a few people who freeze to death on the street every winter."
Qi Ning said: "She saw you lying on the snow, so she saved you?"
"When I woke up, I was already lying in an inn." Xiang Baiying recalled: "After I woke up, I asked the innkeeper what was going on, and the innkeeper told me that she was a young lady from Shilang Liu's family. He sent me to the inn." He smiled and said, "I owe you such a big favor, and I must repay the favor to Baiying, so naturally I want to thank her."
"What happened next?" Qi Ning asked hurriedly: "Did you see her?"
Xiang Baiying said: "Of course I have seen her. She is the boudoir lady after all. I couldn't find her in person, so I asked someone to give her a generous gift. Hey, not only did your mother not accept a gift, she also gave her She came back with a painting of her own. Do you know what it is?"
Qining shook his head and smiled at Baiying: "The painting is a day of heavy snow. A pig is lying on the snow. Next to the pig, there is also a big wine vat."
Qi Ning was startled, then laughed dumbly, thinking that Liu Suyi's painting was of course mocking Xiang Baiying for being not only an alcoholic, but also as drunk as a dead pig. He was really very naughty.
Xiang Baiying said: "Your mother is very good at painting. It's a pity that she is so good at painting, because I painted that picture, hahaha. I also had some knowledge of music, chess, calligraphy and painting, so I also painted A painting was sent back, explaining that I had a drinking contest with a member of the Beggar Clan, so I ended up drunk on the street."
Qi Ning thought to himself that this talented person was really different. When communicating, he actually communicated through paintings.
"In the next few days, your mother talked to me like this. Since she saved my life, I naturally wanted to explain everything to her clearly." Xiang Baiying said with a smile: "I remember that afternoon, I was in a house I was drinking in a tavern and suddenly I saw a young man sitting opposite me. At that time, I liked to be alone and unkempt. Suddenly, there was such a well-dressed, slim-skinned and handsome man sitting opposite me. Do you think it was strange? "
"Uncle Xiang, could that handsome young man be... my mother-in-law disguised as a man?" Qi Ning asked with a smile.
He saw that when Xiang Baiying mentioned the past, he kept smiling and seemed to be in a good mood. He thought that Xiang Baiying was injured, and if he could maintain a happy mood, it would only be good for his injury. In addition, Qi Ning was extremely curious about Liu Suyi's affairs, and after finally getting some information from Xiang Baiying, he naturally wanted to know more.
Xiang Baiying smiled and said: "Yes, I knew she was disguised as a man at a glance, and I knew she was your mother at that time." Wei thought for a moment, then slowly said: "Although I knew it was her at a glance , but I was still very surprised that she, a housekeeper, came to see me at a small wine shop on the street."
"My mother wouldn't want to fight with you over a bar?"
Xiang Baiying shook his head and said, "Your mother doesn't like drunkards. She came to me to persuade me to stop drinking from now on."
"Uncle Xiang is still drinking. Naturally, my mother failed to persuade him."
Xiang Baiying shook his head and said: "You are wrong. Your mother did ask me not to drink anymore, but I have a wine bug in my belly, so I can't agree. However, your mother is smart and kind. I wanted to be sworn brother and sister with her at that time. Your mother He was also very happy and did not look down on me. He agreed to sworn sworn vows with me, but she wants to be her sister and I need to be his brother." At this point, he laughed and said, "I am several years older than her, but he actually It’s really unreasonable to think about being my sister.”
"What happened next?"
"But your mother is my savior, so I can't just refuse." Xiang Baiying said, "Your mother came up with an idea to let me compete with her in painting skills. Whoever has better painting skills will win the prize." Long. She also added a condition: if she wins, from now on, I can't drink." She shook her head and said: "If she doesn't drink, of course I can't agree, but your mother has been prepared for it. She knows how to let me It is absolutely impossible to completely quit drinking, so I prepared a bag of wine and asked me to promise that if she wins, from now on, she can only have one bag of wine a day at most. If she drinks one more drop, she will not be a hero or a man."
Qi Ning was startled. He took the wine bag and saw that it was made of cowhide. Although it was still very strong, it was very old. It had obviously been used for many years. Before asking, he already said to Baiying: "You The wine bag in my hand was what she gave to me back then, and it is something I have always kept by my side." When he said this, his expression turned gloomy.
Qi Ning nodded slightly and asked, "Uncle Xiang's painting skills are not as good as my mother's?"
"To be fair, although your mother's painting skills are great, they are still a little inferior to mine." Xiang Baiying sighed softly: "I am young and energetic, and I want to compete with your mother on a girl's painting skills. Naturally There was no doubt that we would win, so I agreed to her conditions. She asked her to give the exam questions. I saw that she was younger than me, so I let her do it. I also thought that the final competition was about painting skills. No matter what tricks she played, I would always win. I won’t lose to her.”
Qi Ning actually already knew that the result of this competition was that Liu Suyi would win, but since Xiang Baiying's painting skills were better than Liu Suyi's, how could he be defeated by Liu Suyi
Xiang Baiying pursed his lips and signaled Qining to feed him some water. After taking a sip of water, he continued: "At that time, there were seven or eight people in the small wine shop, and they all came to watch the fun. Your mother proposed that she and I should do it at the same time. Draw a picture, draw a portrait, see who draws more like it, and let those present comment, whoever draws more like it, is the winner."
"Who do you want to draw?" Qining asked.
Xiang Baiying glared and said, "Who do you think you are? She...she actually wants to paint in my appearance!"
"Ah?" Qi Ning was startled, and then couldn't help laughing.
"No wonder that little girl has a weird rule in the movie. You have to sit face to face with her, and you are not allowed to use anything except a piece of paper and a pen. Think about it, she is sitting opposite me, looking at my face It's clear as day, I... I can't use a mirror, how... how do I know how I look?" Xiang Baiying said angrily: "From the very beginning, your mother set a trap for me to get in. I... I actually fell for her."
Qi Ning laughed loudly, thinking that Liu Suyi was really smart and naughty. He knew that a person might have a rough impression of his appearance, but if he wanted to draw his own appearance out of thin air when painting with a bare pen, then However, extremely difficult things are often easier for people to ignore the closer they are to us.
"So from that day on, Uncle Xiang became my mother's sworn brother." Qining said with a smile: "From that day on, you... you just use this wine bag to drink?"
Xiang Baiying sighed: "Who says it's not the case. At first, I only had one bag of wine every day. It was really hard to get used to it, but a manly man always sticks to his word, so naturally he can't go back on it." After a pause, he smiled and said: " If I win that game, you have to call me Uncle Xiang instead of Uncle Xiang."
Qi Ning did not expect that Liu Suyi would have such a connection with Xiang Baiying. The strangest thing to him was why Liu Suyi would later become a taboo in the Jinyi Hou Mansion. He lost no time and asked: "Uncle Xiang, what about my mother's wedding?" At that time, did you also participate?"
Xiang Baiying said: "Your mother and I are sworn siblings. Originally, I wanted to attend her wedding, but... hehe, I happened to get rid of a big evil guy that time, and I couldn't make it to the wedding, so I had to send I feel sorry for your mother for giving such a generous gift. But... But I promised your mother that I will definitely arrive when she gives birth to her first child."
"Then...then you arrived later?" Qining asked hurriedly.
After applying to Baiying, he became depressed and said with a bitter smile: "When your mother was pregnant, she was always in the Jinyihou Mansion. No one was allowed to see her in the Jinyihou Mansion. Although I wanted to enter the house and have a look, I never could. What kind of relationship do you have with Jinyihou Mansion?" After a pause, he said: "Your mother is a lady of the family, and I, Xiang Baiying, had a bad reputation in the world at that time, so she and I were sworn siblings, and not many people knew about it. We can’t ruin her reputation.”
Qi Ning nodded slightly and asked: "Uncle Xiang, besides this, how much else do you know about my mother?"
"I was wandering around in the world at that time. In the first two years, I went to see your mother once or twice every year to talk about music, chess, calligraphy and painting with her. Later... Later, I handed over Fengjian Villa to Brother Lu and sneaked in again. The Beggar Clan is so busy that we don't see much of it." Xiang Baiying said slowly: "I remember that the year I left Fengjian Villa, it was when your mother was pregnant with you, so I made a special trip to the capital, just I didn't see your mother. Originally, I wanted to wait until you were born before I went to see you, but...!" Speaking of this, he shook his head with a wry smile and said, "The beauty is ill-fated. According to the news from the Jinyi Hou Mansion, your mother was born because of her weak body. After you, then...!" His voice was choked, but he could no longer speak.
Qi Ning said in shock: "You mean... you mean my mother has...?"
Xiang Baiying's eyes were red, and he nodded slightly: "It is said that your mother had a dystocia when she gave birth to you, and both mother and child could not be saved. Although she later saved you, your mother... died of dystocia." Staring at Qi Ning, solemnly Said: "So your mother gave up her own life in order to keep you safe."