After Qixuan rested for a few days, he told Yun Qing and Yuxi that he was going to walk outside.
Yun Qing was a little reluctant, and muttered: "If you go, no one will play chess with me." Yuxi and Liu Er will accompany him to play chess, but because they are not allowed to regret the game, Yun Qing refuses to play. Willing to go with them. Can't regret the chess, it's boring to play!
Qi Xuan coaxed Yun Qing like a kid: "Father, I'll be walking around, and I'll be back in more than a month." He didn't go very far this time, so he went around Hebei.
"You said. If you don't come back within two months, I will send someone to catch you back."
Qi Xuan smiled and said, "Father, I will definitely come back." With his parents getting older, he dare not leave for a year like before. At most, I will come back after a month or two outside, so I can spend more time with my parents.
The plan can't keep up with the changes. When returning home, Qixuan saw Dai Yanxin's eyes red.
Qixuan sat next to Dai Yanxin and asked with concern: "Did something happen to the Dai family?" Everything is fine at home, and Dai Yanxin is the only one who can make Dai Yanxin sad. Moreover, it is likely to be Dai Gangyi.
Dai Yanxin took the handkerchief embroidered with magnolia, wiped his tears, choked up and said, "Big brother wrote to me and told me that my uncle is ill again." In addition to his children, Dai Yanxin missed Dai Gangyi the most. However, Dai Gangyi is getting older and his body is getting worse and worse.
Qi Xuan was a little puzzled: "A few days ago, didn't you still say that your uncle is in good health?" It was just so dangerous.
Dai Yanxin shook his head and said, "It is said that it was caused by the wind and cold." A small wind and cold can kill people as they grow older.
Qi Xuan thought for a while and said, "If you feel uneasy, I will accompany you back to your hometown."
Dai Yanxin shook his head and said, "Brother Xi is going to get married at the end of the year. There are all sorts of things going on, so I don't know how to get away." The marriage of his son is not so careless.
Qi Xuan smiled and said, "It's only May now. Three months back and forth will be enough. Before the Mid-Autumn Festival, I will definitely be able to come back. We will hand over the things we need to buy in advance to Wen, and we will take care of the rest." Brother Zhu's wedding, It is scheduled for mid-December.
Dai Yanxin hesitated.
Qi Xuan said, "My uncle is getting older and getting better and better. If you don't go back this time, you may not even see the last time."
In Dai Yanxin's mind, Dai Gangyi was the same as his father's existence. Hearing this, Dai Yanxin didn't hesitate anymore: "Okay, then I will let people pack things up now and set off in two days." Having decided to go back, then go back as soon as possible.
Concubine Dou knew that Qixuan was going to accompany Dai Yanxin back to her hometown, and she felt as uncomfortable as a needle in her heart.
Qi Xuan felt soft and said, "Next year, next year, I will take Yikang back to my hometown with you."
Concubine Dou Bian was taken aback for a moment, then she asked with joy, "Really? Lord, are you really going back with me?"
Qi Xuan saw her look like this and said amused: "When did I lie to you?"
Lunch was used in Bichunyuan. Concubine Dou Bianjian cooks herself and cooks a few home-cooked dishes.
After the small kitchen was built, Concubine Dou did not ask for a cook. She does all three meals a day, and sometimes Qixuan and Yikang don’t eat at Bichunyuan. She is lazy and doesn’t want to move, so they eat directly in the large kitchen.
After eating, Qixuan took a rest and went out. He made an appointment with a friend two days ago to enjoy tea and painting together.
Today, all of my contacts with Qixuan are achievements in calligraphy or painting. Those old friends, friends and dogs, basically don't talk to each other anymore.
Two days later, Dai Yanxin and Qixuan set off for Jiangxi. Brother Mei was worried, and asked Brother Zhu to follow.
After walking by land for two days, a group of people got on the boat. At first Qixuan worried that Dai Yanxin would get seasick, but nothing happened. On the contrary, he can't vomit.
Lying on the bed, Qi Xuan said, "It seems that in the past few years, I have been locked up at home, and my body is much worse than before." Generally, he will be dizzy only when he takes a boat for the first time. He doesn't know how many times he has been sitting in these years. The ship is out. As a result, he is still seasick.
Dai Yanxin smiled and said: "After that, don't always stay in the house." When he painted, he seemed to be in a demon, and he couldn't see anyone for ten and a half months. Although she was very pleased that Qixuan was getting better, this appearance still worried her.
Qi Xuan smiled and said, "I will pay attention to it in the future." In fact, this kind of thing is not something he can control. But in the future, he will not be able to paint with such high intensity. In the future, unless it is something that makes him excited or particularly likes it, he will never write. As for others who come to ask for paintings, they are not very close, and he can't paint.
This time it went smoothly and the weather has always been good. After only half a month, they arrived in Changzhou.
Because it was a sudden decision to come back to visit Dai Gangyi, the Dai family only heard about it two days before they arrived. As soon as the yard was cleared out, the two arrived.
The Dai family sent someone to guard at the gate of the city, so Qixuan and Dai Yanxin knew about it as soon as they entered the city.
Master Dai took his family and waited for the two at the gate.
Seeing Qixuan and Dai Yanxin, the grandpa Dai family knelt on the ground with the whole family and shouted: "The Lord, Chitose, Chitose, Chitose, Chitose..."
This is the first time Qixuan has seen such a formation: "Get up! A family, there is no need to talk about these pompous courtesies."
Dai Yanxin asked eagerly: "Big brother, how's your uncle? Is your body okay?"
Master Dai did not reply to this, but said softly: "The princess is tired of chariots, go to the house to drink tea and rest, and talk about other things later." Dai Gangyi's body is getting worse and worse, and the doctor said it might be in this section. Time is up. Now that Dai Yanxin has come, I can't hide this matter.
Dai Yanxin missed Dai Gangyi: "Take me to see my uncle!" She was relieved when she saw someone.
Entering the room, Qi Xuan frowned and asked, "Is there still incense in this room?" Not only the medicine smell, but also the fragrance. These two flavors are mixed together, very pungent.
Master Dai nodded and said, "My father can't smell the medicine, and can't sleep if he smells it, so he burned the incense in the house."
Qi Xuan didn't say anything.
When Dai Yanxin saw Dai Gangyi with a gray face, tears couldn't stop falling.
Squatting in front of the bed, Dai Yanxin shook his hand and cried while crying: "Uncle, uncle, Yanxin is coming to see you."
Dai Gangyi opened his eyes and looked at Dai Yanxin for a long time before saying, "It's Ningning!"
Dai Yanxin had a look, and Ning Ning was the eldest daughter of Dai Gangyi, married to the Xue family, a prominent family in Shandong. Xue Ning did not come back because it was too far away and there was still a mother-in-law.
He raised his head to look at Master Dai, and saw him nodding. Dai Yanxin was in grief and grief. In her memory, it was as if a mountain had held up a sky for her, but now she was too sick to admit her mistakes.
Holding Dai Gangyi's hand, Dai Yanxin endured grief and smiled: "Uncle, I am Yanxin! Uncle, I am Yanxin."
Dai Gangyi thought for a while before he came back to his senses: "Oh, it's Yan Xin! Yan Xin, why are you back? If you come back, what should the children do?"
"Uncle, you have a brother and his wife! Just leave the affairs of the house to the two of them."
Dai Gangyi stayed for a while, then suddenly realized: "Oh, I have forgotten that my brothers are already married. By the way, Yan Xin, is King Xuan still playing outside and not coming home?" Not only did his reaction slow down, but the memory also appeared. It's chaotic.
Qi Xuan blushed a little.
Master Dai hurriedly pointed to Qixuan who was standing next to Dai Yanxin and said, "Father, the prince is here."
Qi Xuan knelt down and said to Dai Gangyi, "Uncle, this is Qi Xuan, and Yan Xin and I have come to visit you."
Dai Gangyi took Qi Xuan's hand and said, "Wang Xuan, Yan Xin has a hard life for this child. She lost her father at a young age and remarried her mother. I just took her into the house to serve, so I dare not say anything. Say one more thing. King Xuan, you have to treat Yan Xin well. Otherwise, she doesn't know where to complain if she has troubles."
Qi Xuan nodded and said: "Uncle, don't worry, I will treat Yan Xin well, and I won't let her suffer any wrongdoing in the future."
Dai Gangyi nodded and said, "Good, good, good."
After speaking for a short conversation, Dai Gangyi fell asleep again unbearably.
Dai Yanxin wiped her tears and walked out of the room to ask Master Dai and asked, "Big Brother, what did the doctor say?" Just by looking at his situation, he knew it was not good. But Dai Yanxin still had a hint of hope in his heart.
Grandpa Dai did not hide from Dai Yanxin: "The doctor said, just these days. I have written to the second brother and them, so that they can come back as soon as possible." The book is only a talent in the exam. Therefore, he stayed at home to take care of the two elderly people. Master Dai's second master passed the examination of the same Jinshi, and the asylum of Dai Gangyi is now only a fifth-rank Zhizhou. In this way, the fourth product will reach the top.
Not only did Master Dai's generation not know how to read, even the next generation did not have a talented person. According to this trend, Dai Gangyi's branch is likely to decline. Because of this, they pay special attention to Dai Yanxin.
Dai Yanxin's tears came again.
Qi Xuan patted Dai Yanxin on the back, and then asked Master Dai: "Brother, Yanxin and I haven't gone to see the aunt, take us to the next aunt!"
Master Dai hesitated and said, "My mother is still at the country house and has not come back."
Dai Yanxin really didn’t know about it, and asked, “Uncles are all sick like this, so why are my aunts staying in the country village and not coming back?” The main reason is that the husband and wife had good relationships before, so Mrs. Dai’s move was a bit puzzling. .
As a child, it is hard to say that the parents are not. Master Dai said vaguely: "My father had some conflicts with my mother a few days ago, and my mother went to the country village and didn't come back in a fit of anger."
Seeing Dai Yanxin's ugly face, Grandpa Dai explained hurriedly: "When my mother left, Dad was fine." This meant that Dai Gangyi's illness had nothing to do with Mrs. Dai.
Dai Yanxin's expression was better now.
The house had been cleaned up, Qi Xuan frowned when he saw the small courtyard.
After Master Dai left, Dai Yanxin said, "We didn't notify them in advance. We have put the house in such a short time and decorated it so well, so we took care of it."
In two days, I really would not live in such a small yard for them.
Dai Yanxin sighed and said, "Don't blame your elder brother, he also has his problems." There are more juniors and more thoughts. The second room is obviously better than the big room, so Master Dai is sometimes difficult to do.
Qi Xuan said, "You don't mind." He didn't care, he just felt that the Dai Jia neglected Yan Xin.