Nico came over to pick Ai Hua back.
Qi Xuan saw that his face was very bad, not only did not comfort him, but also added a fire: "Niko, if you don't care about your child, you will always be bullied and be a parent." This was not what he said, but jade. Hee once said it. And he has never been wronged since he was a child, and he has never been bullied.
He didn't know the weight of this before, but now he understands it. If the parents are strong, the children will not be wronged.
Niguo was a little ashamed: "Sir, I won't let Ai Hua and the others be wronged again." Since Ai Hua followed Gu Jiu's martial arts appetite, his sister-in-law was very dissatisfied and always muttered. This time it went too far, saying that Ai Hua was a rice bucket. Which is tolerable or unbearable, for the sake of the child, I will definitely not be able to bear it this time.
Qi Xuan nodded.
The result of Niguo and Yijia's unwillingness to tolerate is that the two brothers separate.
The village chief saw that the two brothers wanted to separate their families, but even though he was sad, he agreed.
The division of the family in Ajia Village is not as troublesome as the Han people, so they can negotiate separately. So they separated quickly, and they split into two in one day.
Aunt Dou and Qi Xuan said: "The food and savings at home are divided into two, and the two brothers have half each." She went to visit Yijia, and this was what Yijia told her.
The eldest son in the Central Plains is divided into at least 70% of the property, but Qixuan knows that the customs are different in each place: "Who will the two old people follow?"
Aunt Dou said: "The village chief's wife likes the younger son, and will live with the younger son in the future." The village chief lived with the Nico family.
Because brother Nicholas has not built a house yet, for the time being, everyone still lives under the same roof. However, they will move out when the house is completed.
Qi Xuan said: "The adobe house is empty if it is empty. They have nothing to put in, so they can put it there." The house is empty and can easily be broken. And this house, they will not be able to live again in the future.
Aunt Dou nodded and said: "Okay, I'll talk to Yi Jia later."
When Ai Hua came to class again, Qi Xuan asked, "Did your father and mother tell you anything?"
Ai Hua smiled and nodded and said, "My mother-in-law said that it is a good thing to be able to eat, and eating more proves that I am strong, so that I can become the best hunter in Ajia Village in the future."
Seeing that there was no haze in Ai Hua's eyes, Qi Xuan smiled and began to teach him.
After class, Qixuan and Ai Hua said: "I will be busy lately, and I will let Gu Jiu teach you for a while." Gu Jiu has been in school for seven years, enough to teach Ai Hua.
"good."
After preparing for half a month, Qi Xuan finally began to paint. Qi Xuan began to paint with pens, and every day except for Gong Gong, he ate and slept in the studio.
This painting is five days.
After finishing the painting, Qi Xuan asked Gu Jiu to come and see: "What do you think of this painting?" Too many denials made Qi Xuan lose confidence in himself.
Seeing this painting, Yuxi was sitting on the bedside feeding Qi Xuan medicine, but Qi Xuan turned his head and refused to drink it. Yuxi's hand holding the medicine spoon hung in the air, with helplessness and worry in her eyes. But Qi Xuan still had a trace of grievance on his face.
Gu Jiu pointed to the stack of small books on the table behind Yuxi and asked, "Is this a memorial?"
"It's a memorial. My mother put the memorials that needed to be dealt with urgently in order to be afraid of delays. When I fell asleep, she would review the memorials." I have to say that his mother is really a good and diligent queen.
After speaking, Qi Xuan asked, "Gu Jiu, what do you think of my painting?"
"The painting is very good, it is more than ten times stronger than your landscape painting." After a pause, Gu Jiu said, "I can't help but think of my mother after seeing your painting."
This painting implies a mother's deep love for her child, which is very contagious. This is why Gu Jiu said that when he saw this painting, he would think of his mother.
Qixuan felt that the following sentence was more beautiful than any compliment: "Really?"
"of course it's true."
Because I was so happy, Qixuan had an extra bowl of rice at noon that day. After dinner, he said to Gu Jiu: "I want to go for a walk in the mountains. It's not for hunting, just to find feeling."
"Feel?"
"My mother's paintings are definitely not available for sale. I am going to draw a tiger and sell it." Since Tang Elder asked him to paint a beast, the price would certainly not be too low.
Gu Jiu shook his head and said: "The mountains near the village are about to be trampled on. You can't find the feeling after turning around. If you want to find the feeling, go to the depths of the forest. Well, maybe you can meet the big bug again." They don't hunt big bugs and don't need to be afraid.
Qixuan thinks this is a good idea: "Then we will go tomorrow." It's not going to hunt, this time we can go to the mountains to prepare some dry food.
In the evening, I told Ai Hua that he would take a day off tomorrow. The reason was also told to Ai Hua.
After a while, Niguo came: "Mr. Gu Jiu, I heard that you are going to the mountain tomorrow, and I want to go with you." Gu Jiu's skill is like picking up the bargain when he goes there. However, it has been a long time since he had eaten fresh meat, so he wanted to go to the mountain to beat a few wild animals and come back to improve his food.
Qi Xuan nodded and said, "Yes. But this time, don't call anyone else."
Last time, Niguo called Niti because he was afraid of danger. Now that he knows that Gu Jiu is so powerful, he would be too embarrassed to call someone else if he followed him.
The three of them went up the mountain the next day, and they came back five days later, bringing back a golden pheasant and a sheep.
When the villagers heard that Niguo had caught a golden pheasant alive, they all ran out to watch. The village hadn't caught golden pheasant alive for many years.
Qixuan and Gu Jiu went home with the sheep, while Nigu stayed to talk to the people in the village.
The sheep we hunted this time weighed 70 to 80 catties, and Qi Xuan and Nigu were half of them.
Aunt Dou looked at so much meat, and asked Gu Jiu: "Uncle Gu, should I cook lamb or stir-fry it."
"Break lamb today, stir-fry lamb tomorrow." Gu Jiu didn't say what lamb dumplings to eat. Wild lamb is not as delicious as domestic lamb.
Think about it, the lamb that I ate when I was in Yucheng was the most authentic. In other places, including the lamb eaten in Beijing, there is a smell of mutton.
Aunt Dou went to prepare the ingredients after hearing this. Because Nigu’s family also divided half of the meat this time, Aunt Dou did not ask them to eat.
Yijia cleaned up the mutton, and then divided it into four parts and gave the three parts to her natal brothers and sisters. There is another one for her uncle.
Ai Hua sent the meat back, and said unhappily: "Manny, my aunt said that why we just order mutton, it is not enough to eat." He now dislikes his aunt.
Yijia was not happy, but she calmed her son and said, "Don't be angry, let's eat lamb today." Last time I followed Aunt Dou, she knew how to do lamb.
Because the village chief’s wife followed her youngest son, Yi Jia is now the master of the house. You don’t have to look at the face of your mother-in-law anymore.
Niguo and another young man in the village went down the mountain from the ladder to the town. So for dinner, Yijia took three children and five village chiefs to eat.
When Yijia said it was okay to eat, the little girl Muna ran and thrust the door backwards.
Upon seeing this, Yi Jia asked, "Muna, what are you doing?"
Muna snorted coldly: "Don't step in, the pesky came to my house to eat again." The pesky she said was her cousin Ada. Every time Yijia and the others make something delicious, Ida will come to eat it. It doesn't matter if it is once or twice, Muna is unhappy if the frequency is too many.
Yijia heard this and didn't speak.
Ai Hua happily picked a piece of mutton from the pot and put it in the Muna bowl. He didn't say anything, but watching his actions showed that he supported Muna.
The village chief's face was a little ugly, but in the end he didn't say anything.
As soon as everyone picked up the dishes and chopsticks to eat, the door knocked loudly. The village chief put down the bowls and chopsticks and went out to open the door, and then caught Ada who wanted to jump in: "Go back to your own house and eat."
Ada immediately burst into tears, and this cry soon attracted the village chief’s wife and his parents.
The village chief scolded the youngest son and daughter-in-law with blood, and then scolded his wife angrily before letting them take Ada back.
When dividing the family, the village chief’s wife gave forty taels of silver to the two sons. The Nicos didn't know how much savings they had in the family, and he still didn't know. Just to speak out, it must be so noisy that it will affect his prestige. Therefore, he remained silent at the time. Fortunately, he didn't tell anyone about the money Gu Jiu gave him that day. The village chief thought about giving the money to Nico in the future, so that neither of his sons would suffer. However, he didn't say anything about it for the time being. To talk about being discovered by the second child's family, it's another right and wrong.
When Nigu came back the next afternoon, he went directly to Qixuan without entering his house.
But at this time, Qi Xuan was painting in his studio. No one can disturb him while he is painting.
Nico gave a small cloth pocket with silver to Aunt Dou, and said, "Golden pheasant sold forty taels in total. If you don't give it to my uncle and them, you still have thirty-six taels of silver. Qiaoniang, you count one. number."
Aunt Dou was stunned: "Brother Nicholas, what are you doing?" Why did you hand over the money to him.
This golden pheasant was actually not hunted by Nigu, but Gu Jiu caught it. Therefore, Nico sent the money from the sale.
Gu Jiu walked out from inside and said towards Nigu: "I gave Ai Hua your golden pheasant. You can make some good ones for Ai Hua in the future. The child is growing up and can't always eat potatoes and sweet potatoes. He eats more eggs and fresh fish."
Niguo knew that Gu Jiu was talking about the same temperament, nodded and said: "I thank Gu Jiu Uncle on behalf of Ai Hua."
"Let's go, don't disturb your child's study."
After this day, Nico’s food was more than one grade higher than before.
After the tiger was painted, Qixuan and Gu Jiu went down the mountain again. Gu Jiu said mischievously: "Go down from the cliff of the back mountain, two or three quarters of an hour will be there."
Thinking of the bottomless cliff, Qi Xuan's whiteness was white in an instant: "Let's take the mountain road!" He didn't live enough, so he didn't dare to take risks.
When Gu Jiu heard this, the corners of his mouth rose involuntarily.
After Ai Hua knew it, he wanted to follow it. Qi Xuan touched his hand and said, "Mr. is going to do errands, it is not convenient to take you. I will take you next time." It is time for Ai Hua to understand the outside world, and he won’t be stage fright if he goes out in the future. .
Thinking of this, Qi Xuan regretted a little. He had never thought about taking his brother to see the outside world when he went out before. Well, he is really not a competent father.
Ai Hua grinned happily.