Chapter 6. Life in Fuchu
After that night's conversation, Hua Chen lived a much easier life in the City Lord's Mansion and less stressed. Hua Chen's thoughts became active again and became restless.
Hua Chen first went to the famous craftsman shop in the city to find someone to make a pair of silver needles with silver. Although he did not want to be a military doctor, the guys who were eating should not be thrown away. Then he summarized the various life troubles he encountered during the Spring and Autumn Period and began a great journey of invention and creation.
First of all, it was hot summer, and there were many mosquitoes and no hardware facilities like mosquito nets. Every morning, I was covered in acne. Hua Chen, who was deeply hurt, waved his arm and took a group of servants from the city lord's mansion out of the city to collect herbs.
It has to be said that in ancient times, all kinds of precious Chinese medicinal materials were everywhere. Hua Chen had a deep understanding of this when he was treating the disease of Xiaozhi. When he returned to Aicheng, he put the collected mugwort leaves, angelica, calamus and honeysuckle into his purse in a certain proportion. Since the number of mugwort leaves was limited, and the mosquito repellent bags had to be prepared in a certain proportion, he only got two purses in the end. Looking at the remaining honeysuckle, "It's all used to make tea," Hua Chen thought to himself.
He sent a made purse to Qingji. Qingji didn't say anything, but he didn't believe it would be useful. Don't ask Hua Chen why he knew. Qingji's face was unbelievable and blind man could see it. Hua Chen was puzzled. This person could speak with facial expressions. When he was talking to him that night, he even wanted to put on a dead face, which made him worry about the head on his neck for several minutes.
When I was in Zhaojia Village and the military camp, I had no conditions to brush my teeth. When I came to Qingji's mansion, a maid would send you willow branches and fine salt powder dipped in water in the morning. I brush my teeth with thorny branches every day, which made Hua Chen grin in pain from time to time. Therefore, the pain in my heart made Hua Chen "inspired" to invent the first batch of toothbrushes in the history of Chinese civilization.
A carpenter in Huachen ordered the mansion to cut more than half a foot long, pointing to the thick wood slices of Yu Kuan, and personally "cooked" to cook a large pot of paste with wheat noodles, and attached the prepared animal fur to the wooden strips. After air-drying, a batch of handmade toothbrushes emerged.
When Hua Chen delivered the toothbrush to Qing Ji, Qing Ji accepted it without saying a word. After all, the mosquito repellent bag last time was very effective. Besides, this guy eats his own, uses his own, and sleeps with his own, and even the wood used to make this toothbrush is taken in his own woodshed. How can it be ignored?
Qingji felt that it was a mistake to keep Hua Chen at the beginning. He said that he would help him achieve great achievements and all this was a lie. Hua Chen's big characters (ancient characters) did not know one, did not know martial arts, and did not understand military tactics. If Qingji knew the proprietary term "three no products", he would definitely put it on Hua Chen without hesitation. After all, this guy was illiterate and could not go to battle martial arts. He would only wander around all day, bringing some strange things to him from time to time, saying that this was a great creation that promoted the development of history and other strange words.
Maybe even Qingji himself didn't notice it. He didn't reject the fact that there was such a person around him wandering back and forth in front of him. For many years, he had fought all over the world and shouldered national hatred and family hatred. He lived under pressure all day long, and the iron man would be tired.
At this time, Hua Chen was undoubtedly a regulator of Qing Ji. He went to his residence to ask for wine every now and then, and asked him to tell his military life. In this process, Qing Ji could bring emotions into the story and vent negative emotions. Hua Chen would occasionally tell jokes from modern times, which would also make Qing Ji laugh for a long time.
We say that if one person’s happiness is shared with another person, happiness will double; if one person’s sorrow is told to another person, sadness will be reduced by half. This is the reason.
Feeling that Hua Chen and Qing Ji's relationship became more and more intimate, the servants and maids in the mansion became more and more respectful to Hua Chen. At first, they obeyed Hua Chen only because of the difference between the top and the bottom, but now they are mostly pleased.
"Zhen'er, I see that you often run to the kitchen recently, and your little face has become chubby. Tell your brother if you are going to steal food?"
"Sir, don't be wronged by Zhen'er. Mr. Wu (Qingji's disciple) is in poor health. Zhen'er just goes to boil medicine for Mr. Wu Yu."
"My Zhen'er can also boil medicine, it's so amazing."
"Thank you for your praise"
"Then have you taken Mr. Wu's medicine secretly? Look at your fat face."
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"Laifu, who gave you your name?"
"Sir, it was raised by my young father."
"Is it my dad?"
"No, my little biological father died before my little one was born, and my mother took me to remarry."
"I just said it was definitely not my own father, so how could my own father give my son a dog name."
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"Uncle Wu, are you Guigen this year?"
"The old man has lived for a hundred years after this year."
"Are you still in good health?"
"This old bone is quite tough, thank you for your concern."
"Uncle Wu, how about I'll get you an internal withdrawal?"
"Sir, what is internal retreat?"
"You are not at the retirement age, you retire early and quit in advance, but you still get a salary~uh~monthly salary."
"Haha, no need. The old man is responsible for carrying some of his own dishes for the mansion, but I still have to thank Mr.
"Hey~ It seems that I won't be able to contact your granddaughter until next year using the reason to ship vegetables to the house."
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After spending more than a month of happy and meaningful time in Qingji's mansion, Hua Chen realized that he had gradually integrated into the Spring and Autumn Family and had the basic conditions to be a Spring and Autumn citizen, but he was not an excellent Spring and Autumn citizen. The reason why he said this is because Qingji kept saying in front of him that "do not understand swordsmanship" and "cannot know literacy"...
Hua Chen felt that Qingji was hateful. He had so many advantages, so he insisted on picking out the few shortcomings and said, isn’t this going to cause trouble? But Hua Chen didn’t notice that every time Qingji “sarcastic” he was when he was showing off in front of Qingji with a bunch of 21st century inventions. Look, people can only see what’s wrong with others, but they can’t see what’s wrong with themselves.
After being talked too much by Qingji, Hua Chen made up his mind: he had to learn swordsmanship and be a qualified great swordsman in the Spring and Autumn Period. In the future, he had to use a scabbard to hit Qingji's butt, and also learn to write. In the future, he wrote a pair for Qingji and wrote a book "The Great Calligrapher Hua Chen's title".
Another night was bright moon in the sky, and Hua Chen and Qingji were lying side by side on a grass in the garden. The autumn wind gradually rose, blowing down orange maple leaves, and under the night sky, it looked like a clever bird flying in the wind.
A slightly smaller fallen leaf floated into Hua Chen's cup, causing ripples. Hua Chen took out the fallen leaves, drank the wine, and said to Qingji: "Young Master, there is something I have always wanted to tell you."
"What's the matter?" Qingji said, holding the wine glass in his hand and said
"Well, I promised to help the young master achieve something, but the young master always refused to let me do my duty as a guest. I knew that the young master thought I could not read and know swordsmanship."
"Haha, it's not easy to make you realize your shortcomings." Qingji said, taking a sip of wine.
"Yes, yes, I deeply realize that my current talent is not enough to solve my problems for the young master, so I want to learn swordsmanship from the young master, and then ask the young master to send someone to teach me to read. "The last two words of request Hua Chenfei said it as if he had said it. Even with his face that was thicker than the walls of Aicheng City, his cheeks were slightly red at this time. As the saying goes: Learn the dragon-slaying skills and repay the imperial family, Hua Chen is better, come and ask the emperor for the "dragon-slaying skills".
Qingji sprayed the wine on the grass in front of him. He was "touched" by the shamelessness of Hua Chen again. He opened his mouth for a long time before he spoke: "You want me to send someone to teach you how to read, and you also want me to teach you sword skills in person?"
"Is it possible for the young master to teach Hua Chen to learn calligraphy himself?" Hua Chen jumped up happily, sat down slowly, and said, "No, no, the young master is busy, how dare you bother the young master, just learn swords." Hua Chen rarely thought about Qingji.
Qingji felt moved - this guy was still afraid that he would be tired...
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After Xiang Qingji expressed his determination, Qingji gave him a sword "Changhong" with his carry-on sword, and gave Hua Chen a set of sword scores. He promised to guide him in swordsmanship if he had time, but he asked that he could catch ten moves in his hands after three months, otherwise he would take back his sword. As for calligraphy practice, a sixty-six-year-old man from Tian En came to Hua Chen's residence the next day. This was the calligraphy practice teacher that Qingji found for him.
Hua Chen felt that he had returned to high school, and his daily class schedule was full. During the day, he followed Master Tian to read and read, and went to Qingji's place to strengthen his body and practice swordsmanship at night. He didn't have much spare time to do "extracurricular activities", so he hadn't talked with Zhen'er for a long time, let alone meet Mr. Wu's granddaughter.
Qingji's sword was very heavy. At least in Hua Chen's opinion, this sword was quite powerful. However, at this time the sword was waving in Qing Ji's hand, Hua Chen felt that the sword itself had no weight. A long sword was unpredictable in Qing Ji's hand. Hua Chen was dazzled but secretly frightened.
Qingji's sword was different from those swordsmen in the TV series he had watched before. He was powerless in his swords and swung his swords fancy, but full of power, as if each sword could give people a fatal blow. Finally, Qingji turned into a sword in his left hand and held the sword in the air, and a sharp sword blade cut through the air, and a sound of breaking through the air sounded. With a "crack", the sword was sheathed.
"Did you see clearly?" Qing Ji asked
"See clearly, young master." Hua Chen is a smart student, good at grasping the key points of learning and never forgetting them. He has engraved Qingji's sword moves in his mind. Such a head will make many people envious. It's a pity that Hua Chen has been uninterested in history since he was a child. Otherwise, even if he had only read a little "Spring and Autumn" a little, he would have enough knowledge of the life of the historical figure Qingji, at least he knows who this person is.
"I don't know what your head is, how come you are so agile." Qing Ji said with a smile: "But it's not enough to know the moves alone. You are too weak and have insufficient strength, so you need to strengthen your body." After that, he patted Hua Chen on the shoulder and used a lot of strength. Hua Chen grinned in pain.
Master Tian is a serious and old-fashioned man. He treats Hua Chen as no different from ordinary students, and he does not have the awareness of being a "tutor" at all. At first, Hua Chen jokes with him from time to time, but later he sees that the old man has never laughed and is becoming more and more strict with himself, so Hua Chen is not bored.
Not to mention Hua Chen's brain that is comparable to Einstein, just talking about ancient characters, like modern characters, most of which are similar in shape, so it is not difficult to learn. For example, "water" is a three-sided curve in ancient characters, while "fire" is like a small flame in the shape of a mountain character, etc.
Although Mr. Tian was strict, Hua Chen learned very quickly, and he would not deliberately show his face to Hua Chen. Hua Chen sighed: China's teacher ethics has taken shape more than two thousand years ago. Master Tian is not a completely ordinary teacher. To be precise, he should be a politician. From him, Hua Chen can even basically understand the general trends of various countries.
In a blink of an eye, three months have passed, and it has snowed lightly in Aicheng. After three months of study, Hua Chen has become a glorious "intellectual" and has taken three moves under Qing Ji (Hua Chen strongly demands to change ten moves into three moves, otherwise he will not be able to withstand Qing Ji's wild bull), and hung the "Changhong" sword at his waist.
During this period, Hua Chen took a break from his busy schedule and took time to go back to Zhaojia Village to visit Xiaozhi. Xiaozhi was able to walk down the ground, but it couldn't be too long. Hearing that Hua Chen was under Qingji's hands, Xiaozhi was very happy, and Zhao Laogen also smiled like a dog's tail flower.
Days passed day by day, and the peaceful life made Hua Chen unwilling to think about the future until the envoy of King Wei came to Aicheng.
Chapter completed!