Chapter 19 Care(1/2)
After autumn, the weather turns cooler, and Fusu has more time to go out during the day. Even if he doesn't go outside the village, he will sit in the pavilion to read books on weekdays.
On that day, Fusu was also reading a book. Before he could read it, Huaide came to report that Li Si was here and brought the Li family's wife.
Fusu was stunned, put down the book and stood up to greet him. As soon as he walked out of the yard, he saw Xiao Shanghua running towards him with a big smile on his face.
Followed by Li Si and Li You with helpless look on their faces.
Xiao Shanghua ran to Fusu and shouted happily: "Brother Fusu!"
Fusu was a little stunned, and then shouted back: "Shangshang."
Seeing that Fusu remembered his nickname, Xiao Shanghua immediately smiled and said, "I have been harassed for a long time before Dad will take me here." After saying that, she was a little nervous again, and looked at Fusu carefully with her round almond eyes, "You didn't invite me, I came by myself. Would you be unhappy?"
Fusu said: "Of course not."
Xiao Shanghua felt relieved when Fusu said this. She realized that her father and brother were much behind and turned to find them.
Fusu stepped forward and greeted Li Si.
Li Si said to Fusu: "Since I came back here, Shangshang has been thinking about coming to play, so I had to bring him over."
Fusu invited Li Si to drink tea inside.
Xiao Shanghua couldn't sit still. After drinking a small cup of tea, her eyes turned and said to Li Si: "Dad hasn't seen his brother for so long. I must have a lot to say to her. You two are talking more here. Brother Fusu and I will go out to play!" After that, she secretly held Fusu's hand and was about to pull Fusu out.
Li Si scolded: "Don't be presumptuous!"
Xiao Shanghua tightly clenched Fusu's palm, as if afraid that Fusu would throw her away.
Fusu paused, gently snatched Xiao Shanghua's hand, and followed her words: "Shangshang is right, you guys chat, we'll go out to play."
When Li Si heard Fusu's name, his face thrust.
However, he has always been able to control his emotions and never expresses what he thinks on his face, so he didn't stop him, so he let Fusu and Xiao Shanghua go to the courtyard to play.
Li You kept staring at the two little hands holding each other.
Although the two young people are only seven years old after the New Year, is it really good to be so close?
There is a sentence in "Three Hundred Poetry": "A scholar can still get rid of it; a woman can't get rid of it." If Fusu wants to get rid of it, there are many people who want to marry his daughter, but his sister is a girl. If the marriage changes in the future, wouldn't it be delayed?
Sitting opposite was his father, and Li You didn't hide it, and directly expressed his worries.
Li Si said: "You have been with the eldest son for so long, don't you know his character?"
Li You paused.
Of course he knew Fusu’s character. No matter who he was, Fusu was very kind to everyone, and he was never stingy with the people around him, and even more so with the rewards of wealth.
Through the observation over the past six months, if you want to choose someone who follows and is loyal to you, Fusu is of course the best choice.
But if you want to be a husband, Li You will not be sure.
Seeing that his son was still worried, Li Si said, "The king has already decided on this matter."
Earlier, Ying Zheng had already talked about this marriage between children with Li Si, and he only waited for the two younger ones to grow up before announcing them.
Since Ying Zheng spoke, even if Fusu was unhappy, he could not change it.
What's more, Fusu seemed to know the marriage well and did not show any dissatisfaction.
When Li You heard Li Si say this, he put his heart back in his stomach, but his eyes still couldn't help but look into the courtyard.
Fusu and Xiaoshanghua had already walked into the courtyard.
Xiao Shanghua pulled Fusu around the courtyard, stood enthusiastically under an old tree, looked up at the height of the trunk, and turned to Fusu to suggest: "You can make a swing here!" Without waiting for Fusu to answer, she continued to say a long list, "Can you make a swing? I told you, I can do it. What I have learned at home is very simple, and I will learn it once!"
As she said that, she looked at Fusu with bright eyes, with her tone and expression full of hints.
Fusu suddenly understood and asked for advice humbly: "I haven't done it before. What should I prepare if I want to do it?"
Xiao Shanghua immediately became excited and counted for him with his fingers: "Just ask for hemp rope and wooden boards, but someone might ask for help to saw it, otherwise the wooden boards are not suitable for the size. By the way, you have to make a few holes on it so that the rope can be tied."
Fusu ordered people to pick up wooden boards and hemp ropes.
Xiao Shanghua was full of energy. After lobbying Fusu, she helped Fusu to make a swing and picked flowers in the garden, telling Fusu what the sachets made of flowers are the most fragrant.
As she said that, she was quite upset: "Last time I secretly picked my mother's peonies to make a sachet, but it turned out to be so beautiful that it didn't smell very fragrant, which made me beaten by my mother in vain."
Fusu paused, raised his hand and touched her bag head, so that she would not be depressed. He said, "Next time I meet a very fragrant flower, I will ask someone to send it to you."
Xiao Shanghua was not a person who would be depressed. When Fusu said this, he was immediately so happy that his eyebrows were curved, and his whole body was filled with unconcealed joy.
She saw the people below taking the hemp rope and sawed wooden boards, and then pulled Fusu back to the tree to make a swing.
Both of them are actually not very strong, but Fusu has already practiced martial arts and is a boy. His hands are naturally stronger, and it is easy to tie a hemp rope, and the knots are also very strong.
The wooden boards were tied, and the rest was tied to the tree.
Xiao Shanghua had already picked up the branches, but both of them were still young, so they could only look at the tall trunks at a loss.
Fusu has never tried climbing a tree. Although Xiao Shanghua is lively and active, she cannot climb up the tree in front of Fusu. She still wants to save face.
Fusu didn't make any trouble for long. After thinking about it, he turned around and ordered, "Huaide, go and have someone take the ladder."
Huaide took the order and soon led two people carrying ladders over, one of whom was holding the ladder underneath, and the other was climbing up to tie a hemp rope.
After tied the swing, Huaide was worried about climbing the stairs to check the strength of the knot. After confirming that there was no problem, he respectfully told Fusu that it had done it.
Although Xiao Shanghua was not doing the last step by himself, she was still very happy. She sat up and asked Fusu to push and play for a while, jumped off from above and said to Fusu: "Brother Fusu, it's your place!"
Fusu has traveled to many small worlds and has rich experiences, but he has never played with swings like something that children like to play with.
After all, he was born in the royal family and had no playmates around him. He had practiced martial arts since he was a child and had no time to have fun.
Later, although he was out of control of his identity, he was no longer interested in these things that were missing in his childhood.
Seeing that Xiao Shanghua was excited, Fusu did not refuse, and sat on it like Xiao Shanghua had just now.
Xiao Shanghua pushed the swing high with great effort.
The two of them played back and forth several times, and soon they were tired of playing. Seeing that Xiao Shanghua's forehead was covered with sweat, Fusu took out a handkerchief and raised her hand to wipe her sweat.
Xiao Shanghua was having fun just now, but her face was still red now.
Looking at Fusu who was so close to her, Xiao Shanghua felt inexplicably happy. She took advantage of Fusu's inattention and snatched the handkerchief from his hand and said strikingly: "This handkerchief has wiped my sweat and dirty it. I'll go back and wash it clean and return it to Brother Fusu."
If she forgot to bring it next time, she won't pay it back.
Xiao Shanghua carefully peeked at Fusu.
Fusu replied with a smile: "Okay."
Xiao Shanghua looked at Fusu's indulgent smile, and was very happy, but somehow her nose started to feel sore again, so sour that she wanted to shed tears.
She felt that she had been waiting for a long time before Fusu appeared in front of her. This emotion was too complicated for the six-year-old girl, and she couldn't understand what was going on.
Fusu noticed that Xiao Shanghua's eyes were red.
He asked with concern: "What's wrong?"
Xiao Shanghua raised the back of her hand to wipe her eyes, not wanting tears to fall out, but the tears still couldn't help but burst out.
She cried and said, "Brother Fusu, I'm so sad."
Fusu was at a loss and raised his hand to wipe away the tears from her face and asked, "Don't cry, is someone bullying you?"
"No one bullies me." Xiao Shanghua sobbed, "I was so happy to see Brother Fusu, but for some reason, but when I think of Brother Fusu being unhappy, I feel so sad. I never like to cry, but the tears kept falling and I can't finish it."
Fusu's hands trembled slightly.
If you count it seriously, this is only their second meeting, and she is indeed a child.
This is not something that the six-year-old Li Shanghua would say.
At this time, Xiao Shanghua should still be a carefree child and should not be so sad about him.
She shouldn't be sad for him like this.
At that time, he felt that she was Li Si's daughter, and they had no children, even if he was gone, she could marry someone else, and no one would make things difficult for her.
As for whether she was sad or not, he never thought about it.
Fusu said in a hoarse voice: "I'm not unhappy."
Zhang Liang chose to leave, but he was not surprised. He knew from the very beginning that Zhang Liang would not stay for a long time.
This is just the beginning.
In the future, when the Qin Dynasty destroys the six kingdoms, many people will hate the Qin Dynasty to the core. As Ying Zheng’s eldest son, he will naturally be hated. Similarly, many people will come to join him for his identity as Ying Zheng’s eldest son.
Everything in the world is gain and loss, and everything cannot be done well.
If you can't even see through this, you have to force yourself to keep things that you can't keep, it will only add to your sadness.
Compared to the expected separation, her sudden tears made him feel even more heartbroken.
If he was still worried about whether he would put her in pain again, and after realizing that she had vaguely perceived the "future", his hesitation disappeared.
He had let her down once.
This time, he would not make her embarrassed or sad again.
Fusu reached out to hug Xiao Shanghua, letting her tears bleed on her clothes, and responded calmly for the first time: "I'm very happy to see you."
To be continued...