Chapter 83 Hug
Liu Ji put away the money and suddenly realized that something was wrong.
He can understand buying pens, ink, paper and inkstone for four children, but why ask him to practice calligraphy?
But Qin Yao couldn't delay any longer. She hurriedly touched the faces of the four brothers and sisters and was about to go back, without giving him a chance to ask his questions.
The five fathers and sons stood in a row in front of the Ding residence and watched her leave. Their high spirits suddenly subsided.
"Dad, how long will it take for Mom to come back?" Si Niang asked expectantly, looking up at her little face.
Liu Ji counted the days with his fingers, "Twenty days left."
Sanlang immediately asked, "How long is twenty days?"
"It won't be long. It will be over in a blink of an eye." Liu Ji lied.
Seeing that the gate of the Ding Mansion was closed, he waved to the string of candied haws behind him, and the corners of his mouth curled up, "Come on, Dad will take you to the town, and we will eat delicious food and drink spicy food!"
The depressed expressions of the four siblings immediately turned into expectation. Holding hands, they followed him, and the five of them, father and sons, came to the town together.
There are a lot of people at the fair today. All the shops on the street are open, and there are stalls selling all kinds of small items on the roadside. It is very lively.
Afraid that the children would get lost, Liu Ji held Sanlang and Si Niang by the hands and let his two older sons walk in front of him to watch over them.
The so-called eating and drinking well means that after buying pens, inkstones, and inkstones, you walk through the streets of the town from beginning to end, and finally have some money left, so each of you buys a colorful rope.
"Buy one for Mom too!" Si Niang dragged Dad's big hand, her butt hanging down, and she refused to leave without buying one.
So, when Qin Yao accompanied Miss Ding to the farm and caught a bucket of field fish and returned home, she unexpectedly received a colorful braided rope handed to her by Zhang Ba.
"Madam Qin, your husband seems to care about you very much." Zhang Ba joked ambiguously.
Moreover, he did not expect that the man from Madam Qin's family was so handsome and looked like a scholar. When he asked him to pass the colored rope to Madam Qin, his words were very literary.
Qin Yao didn't know why Zhang Ba had such an outrageous idea. She thanked him politely and took the colored rope.
A thin rope with five colors of red, yellow, white, green and blue, representing the five elements, can bring blessings and ward off evil, which is a very good meaning.
Qin Yao held up the colored rope and looked at it in front of her eyes for a while, the corners of her mouth curled up unconsciously. She knew without guessing that this must have been chosen for her by the children.
The rope was very long, and Qin Yao wrapped it around her wrist twice, making it into a pretty nice bracelet.
However, when he returned to the house and saw the rice dumplings sent by Miss Ding, the corners of his mouth twitched.
The zongzi was also tied with a colorful string, which was not completely unrelated to the one on her wrist, but it was exactly the same!
Qin Yao picked up the zongzi, untied the string and the leaves, and tasted the red date and meat zongzi, but her heart flew to the small Liujia Village.
It turns out that this is what it feels like to be missed by someone. There is a little bit of happiness and a little bit of expectation.
As a worker, Qin Yao is very responsible during working hours.
In addition to doing her job well, she even played games with her employer.
However, since she discovered that she could catch various small animals, Miss Ding is no longer keen on the role-playing game of being a teacher.
She began to look forward to going out, anywhere, to the farm, at the foot of the hill, in the woods.
Qin Yao could take her up trees, take her to the river to catch fish, and occasionally help her hunt small prey for a snack in the evening.
Qin Yao is also paid for the playtime services she provides beyond her duties.
Miss Ding originally only allowed her to read in the study, but now she can generously lend it to her and let her take it to her room to read.
Qin Yao took advantage of the three hours before going to bed at night to read as much as possible and understand all aspects of this era.
As well as some scientific expedition experiences and processes.
Miss Ding had the most say in this matter. After all, her father and brother were both imperial examination candidates. She saw that Qin Yao wanted her stepchildren to study, so she was not stingy in telling her a lot.
At the same time, seeing Qin Yao's expression soften unconsciously when she mentioned her stepchildren, she felt a little envious.
After this year, it will be exactly three years since my mother passed away.
She had a premonition that her father would marry again, and that the woman would be beneficial to his career.
She was a little scared, but after looking at Qin Yao, she felt a little expectant. What if she was also a good mother?
In late May, the cloudless sky changed.
It began to rain, usually in the morning and evening, and cleared up at noon. The ground in the mansion was wet and dry, dry and wet, which made people very depressed.
Qin Yao held the book, leaned against the windowsill and read with a calm mind.
Miss Ding spread out a piece of white rice paper and stood in front of the desk, picking up the brush to start painting. However, even after the brush was dipped in ink, she was unable to put pen to paper.
She tilted her head, thinking about something, and after a while she put down her brush. With a few strokes, a woman leaning against the window reading a book appeared on the paper.
Qin Yao glanced at her, her lips curled slightly, thinking she was drawing herself.
But when I looked again after a while, the facial features of the woman on the drawing paper had been outlined, and it was the face of a strange woman.
"I don't remember what my mother looked like."
So he drew this lady whose figure was the same as Qin Yao's, but whose face looked like her 'biological mother'.
Miss Ding looked at the painting in annoyance, then looked at Qin Yao, her eyes like an abandoned fawn.
Qin Yao came over, put down the book in her hand, opened her arms to her, and said, "Come here, give me a hug."
She was surprised for a moment, then walked up to her cautiously, tentatively, and snuggled into her arms little by little. It was just as warm as she had imagined.
"Madam Qin, Daddy sent a letter saying that he and his brother will be home soon."
Miss Ding snuggled in her arms and asked tentatively, "Can you tell me where your home is? If I ever want to look for you, I'm afraid I won't be able to find you."
"Then you have to walk a long way. It will take an hour and a half to get from the town to my house."
"I can ride a horse," she insisted. "Anyway, if I have nowhere to go, I will come to you and bring my books as payment."
"Will you take me in?" She looked up and asked expectantly.
Qin Yao shook her head and answered firmly: "No."
Her house is not a kindergarten, any child can come.
Besides, she can't afford to offend Master Ding now.
The girl immediately puffed up her face and wanted to ask her why, but she felt that it was unnecessary to ask because if she said she couldn't do it, then she couldn't do it.
Qin Yao pushed her out of her arms and changed the subject, "How about I teach you how to ride a horse? I promise you'll learn it. All you have to do is lend me a few books to copy."
The girl just said that I could come to her house on horseback, but she herself has never even touched a horse.
Miss Ding was indeed interested and asked curiously, "What book do you want?"
Qin Yao pointed to the "Book of Changes", "Book of History", "Book of Songs", "Book of Rites" and "Spring and Autumn Annals" on the bookshelf, which happened to be the Five Classics among the Four Books and Five Classics.
Miss Ding confidently added, "Then you have to teach me archery and horse riding!"
(End of this chapter)