"Dad, Yue'er is wrong, Yue'er knows she is wrong."
When Liu Mingzhi saw that the little cutie had a serious expression on his face after listening to his words, he immediately nodded with relief and let go of the little cutie's rosy cheeks.
"Well, it's good to know that you were wrong. You must pay attention to it in the future. Do you understand?"
"Yeah, yeah, Yue'er knows, Yue'er will definitely pay attention to it in the future."
Liu Mingzhi looked at the little cutie and nodded with a chuckle, then turned his attention to the map in front of him again.
"Girl, there are some books on the corner of the table that my father and I read, as well as some story books that your Aunt Qingrui reads to pass the time.
If you feel bored just sitting and drinking tea, just find a book to pass the time."
Listening to her father's words, the little cutie instinctively turned her neck and looked at the corner of the table next to her.
Just as Mr. Liu said, there is a small pile of books neatly placed at the corner of the table. Judging from the height, there are about a dozen books.
There are two more books among them, each with a folded page at this time.
I guess it was the mark left by Mr. Liu and Ren Qingrui after they saw something and folded it up.
The little cutie withdrew her gaze, turned to look at Mr. Liu who was looking at the map attentively, gently put down the tea cup in his hand, got up and walked towards the corner of the table diagonally opposite where the books were placed.
She stopped slowly, picked up the top book and briefly browsed the contents of the first page.
Soon, she shrugged her shoulders with a strange look, changed a book and started reading the contents.
One book after another.
In just half a cup of tea, the little cutie changed four or five books.
When she changed a book again, looking at the contents of the book, the expression on her pretty face became more and more weird and she whispered softly.
"After so many years, the storybooks written by this group of lonely scholars are still the same as before, and the contents are the same, with almost no major changes.
It’s either the daughter of a rich family or a noble lady falling in love with a poor scholar due to various chances and coincidences; it’s also the case of a famous courtesan falling in love with a down-and-out talent.”
The little cutie murmured and clucked her tongue a few times with a slight smile.
“Hehehe, tut tut tut.
Oops, I really don’t know what they think.
Do they think that all the ladies, the daughters of wealthy families, and courtesans are all blind? Instead of marrying well-matched husbands, they choose to marry those down-and-out scholars?
Hey, the story is just a story after all, it doesn’t conform to real life at all!”
As soon as the little cutie finished speaking, she changed a new book.
Before I knew it, it took about as long as a cup of tea.
The little cutie looked through all the books in front of him one by one, but in the end he couldn't find a book that interested him.
There is nothing new in the content in the storybook, and the content in the sage books my father read is too boring.
The little cutie let out a silent sigh and put down the last sage book in her hand.
Immediately, she rearranged all the books back to their original places with a look of boredom, then turned to look at her father.
Seeing that her father was still looking at the map on the table attentively, she casually lifted up her skirt, carefully returned to her original position and sat down gently.
"call."
The little cutie let out a silent breath, picked up her tea cup and took a sip of herbal tea. Like Master Liu, she also stared at the map in front of her in silence.
After a while, the entire back hall became quiet.
The quiet needle drop can be heard.
There were only a few flickering candles, making a few faint crackling sounds from time to time.
Apart from that, there was no further sound.
Time passed by silently and quietly.
I don't know how much time passed, but Liu Mingzhi raised his head and sat upright. He immediately opened his arms and twisted his body in a low voice.
"Uh! Ah!"
As he moaned and twisted his body, he caught a glimpse of the cutie sitting in the same position.
When he saw that the little cutie was concentrating on the map on the desk just like he was before, he was slightly startled.
Huh? What's going on?
Shouldn't this girl be reading a book? Why is she looking at a map like herself?
At the same time, Mr. Liu's low voice directly brought the little cutie who was looking at the contents of the map attentively back to his senses.
The little cutie immediately raised her snow-white and slender neck and turned to look at her father.
"Dad, are you tired?"
Hearing the little cutie's question, Mr. Liu immediately reacted and looked at the cutie and chuckled a few times.
"Hehehe, I'm not that tired. It's mainly because I kept my head down for too long and my neck is a little sore."
"Your neck is sore? Daddy, do you need Yue'er to knead it for a while?"
After Liu Mingzhi heard this, he pondered for a moment, then nodded with a slight smile.
"Okay, just come and give me a squeeze for my father."
When the little cutie saw that her father agreed with her words, she immediately stood up from the chair and gently moved her white jade neck, which was also a little sore.
Immediately afterwards, she walked lightly behind Mr. Liu, raised a pair of slender hands, pressed them on her father's neck, and began to rub it gently.
Liu Mingzhi skillfully lit a pot of tobacco, and after taking a few puffs of smoke, he leaned on the chair with a comfortable expression, silently enjoying the massage of his little cotton-padded jacket.
"Yue'er."
"Hey, dad, what's wrong? Is Yue'er's strength too strong?"
"No, no, the strength is just right.
As a father, I just want to ask you, didn’t I just ask you to find a book to kill your boring time?
Why don't you read a book and instead look at maps like your father?"
Hearing her father's question, the little cutie raised her eyebrows slightly, turned her head towards the small pile of books placed on the corner of the table and pursed her lips.
"Dad, Yue'er just casually browsed through the dozen or so books, and there is no content in any of them that Yue'er and I are interested in.
As for the storybooks that Aunt Qingrui read, the contents were still the same old-fashioned plots from the past.
It's either a rich daughter, a poor scholar, a down-and-out talent and a lady, or a love story between a famous prostitute in a brothel and various scholars and talents.
Yue'er casually browsed through all the story books in succession, and there was no content in any book that Yue'er and I found refreshing.
I have lived for almost twenty years, and I have read less than a hundred books like this, probably seventy or eighty.
It seems that everything is the same old plot with nothing new at all, so what else is there to see?
What Aunt Qingrui has read in these scripts is not as interesting as the story about the seven gourd babies and Snow White that you told me when Yue'er was little!"
After hearing the last words of complaint from the little cutie, Young Master Liu paused slightly while smoking the cigarette, and immediately looked up at the cutie behind him who was rubbing his neck with a look of surprise on his face.
"Huh? What? The story of the Seven Calabash Babies and Snow White?"
"Yes, it's the story about the seven gourd babies, the snake spirit, the scorpion spirit, and a group of little goblins who, after dozens of battles, finally succeeded in rescuing Snow White and becoming her grandfather's wife.
This is the story your father told me personally when Yue'er was still young."
"Seven gourds, gourd babies? Aren't they seven dwarfs?"
"Hmm? Seven dwarfs?"
"Yes, isn't it the story of the Seven Dwarfs and Snow White?"
When the little cutie heard this, her pretty face was slightly startled: "Huh? Seven dwarfs? What seven dwarfs?"
They are obviously seven gourd babies, I remember this story Yue'er clearly."
"Are you sure it's the story of Seven Calabash Babies and Snow White?"
"Yes, of course Yue'er is sure?"
Liu Mingzhi pinched the tip of his nose with his fingers and nodded with a strange expression.
"Oh! Maybe it's because I missed it as a father!"
"Yeah, yeah, you just missed it.
By the way, Dad, what’s the story about the Seven Dwarfs?”
"Uh! Uh! What about that, I'll tell you about it when I'm free as a father."
"Yeah, Yue'er knows, let's continue talking about Ben.
Dad, the contents of those story books are not as interesting as the stories you told Yue'er when she was a child.
After Yue'er flipped through it casually, she lost any interest.
As for the books you are reading, Dad, Yue'er, I have already read them several times before, so I don't even dare to be interested in them.
Therefore, after I packed up the books again, I felt extremely bored sitting around drinking tea, so I had no choice but to stare at the map on the table like you."
After hearing the little cutie's answer, Liu Mingzhi nodded with a clear expression.
"So this is ah."
"Yeah, that's it."
Liu Mingzhi gently took a puff of dry cigarette, picked up the tea cup in front of him and took a sip of herbal tea.
He chewed the tea leaves gently between his teeth, smiled and narrowed his eyes. After a moment of silence, he raised his head again and glanced at the little cutie standing behind him.
"Yue'er, since you, like my father, have been looking at maps for so long.
What do you think of the map in front of you?"
"Hmm? What's my opinion?"
"Yes, what do you think?"
The little cutie frowned slightly and pondered for a moment, while rubbing Young Master Liu's neck, she tilted Liu's waist slightly and looked at the map on the desk.
She looked at the map and was silent for a while, then spoke four words in a soft voice with her mouth slightly open.
"It's chaos."
"Oh? Chaos?"
The little cutie lowered her eyes and glanced at Mr. Liu who was puffing away the smoke, then smiled and nodded a few times.
"Yes, it's just chaos.
Such a large territory is now divided into seven or eight kingdoms, including Dali, Persia, Prussia, Rome... and other countries.
This situation also means that there will inevitably be constant disputes among these seven or eight kingdoms, large and small.
Either I will use force against you today because of something like this, or you will use force against me tomorrow because of other issues.
Think back to the time when we, the Great Dragon Celestial Dynasty, had not yet unified the world, Dad.
Only the three kingdoms of Dalong, Jin, and Turks have been at war for many years.
If this is the case among the three kingdoms, one can imagine how chaotic it is among the seven or eight other large and small kingdoms."
As soon as the little cutie finished speaking, she lowered her eyes and glanced at Young Master Liu.
"Daddy, Yue'er will drink a cup of tea to moisten her throat first, and then I will continue to rub your neck later."
When Liu Mingzhi heard this, he looked up at the little cutie and chuckled, waving his hand.
"Hehehe, Yue'er, my neck is much better now. You can just sit back and rest."
Hearing her father's words, the little cutie smiled lightly.
"Hey, Yue'er knows."
Immediately, she gently put away her slender hands, walked back to her seat and sat down with a smile.
Liu Mingzhi looked at the little cutie who was drinking tea, took a puff of his cigarette, and waited for the cutie to continue to explain his views with a slightly raised corner of his mouth.
After half a cup of tea went down her throat, the little cutie looked at the map again.
"Dad, Yue'er feels that the current situation in the Western countries is almost no different from the situation in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period in our past.
It is also a huge territory, and there are also many countries. The princes are separated from each other, and there are constant disputes between them.
It would be a pity if such a great territory is not completely unified."
Listening to the little cutie's last sighing words, Liu Mingzhi looked at her and nodded in deep agreement.
"Yue'er, you are absolutely right.
As you just said, it would be a pity not to completely unify such a great territory."
When the little cutie heard her father's faint words, she quickly turned her head and turned her gaze to Young Master Liu's face.
She vaguely felt that her father's tone just now seemed to contain some special meaning.
Liu Mingzhi noticed the little cutie's eyes on him. He stood up and slowly wandered in front of the desk a few times. He looked at the map on the desk with a faint look and took a long puff of smoke.
"Yue'er."
"Hey, Dad, what's wrong?"
"Yue'er, do you know what is the biggest problem with our Han family?"
After hearing Young Master Liu's question, the little cutie frowned and remained silent for a moment, then gently shook her head.
"Dad, Yue'er doesn't quite understand."
Liu Mingzhi raised his hand to fan the light smoke lingering in front of him a few times, and looked at the little cutie and took a long, hard breath.
"Girl, the biggest problem with our Han family is that every time we conquer a territory, we want to manage it well.
To control it thoroughly, we hope to make it exactly the same as the situation in our own territory.
This situation is what is described in the books of sages.
It’s called kingly way, or kingly transformation.”