Chapter 5 Jiangmen Huzi

There is a sister of a mother compatriot out of thin air. Qin Mubai, who used to be an only child, is naturally happy. Looking at the little girl's lively, cheerful and carefree appearance, I couldn't help but have an impulse to protect and love her.

"Third brother, try the little crispy made by my little sister, hee hee!" Qin Shuanger ran over happily and knelt on the other side of the table, put down a plate of rice ball-like things, and said happily and proudly, "Try it. I've been making it for a long time!"

Liu smiled so much that she narrowed her eyes and had a few more crow's feet in the corners of her eyes. She said, "Sanlang, I heard that you were coming back and learned the craftsmanship from the cook in the house overnight... Well, try it quickly!"

"Did you learn it all night?" Qin Mubai smiled and picked up a piece of "rice ball" and observed it carefully. It seemed that some meat was chopped and then steamed with rice. He smelled it between his nose, as if there was a clear fragrance of chicken, but with some... the smell of mutton.

It doesn't smell so good...

"Eat it quickly, hee hee!" Qin Shuanger blinked a pair of big watery eyes and looked at Qin Mubai with great anticipation.

It was not easy to caress his sister's feelings. Qin Mubai smiled and put the meat ball into his mouth. As soon as I entered, I felt an embarrassing strange smell. The fishy smell of mutton was even more choking. The good appetite instantly turned into nothing, and my eyebrows frowned and almost had the impulse to spit out on the spot.

I'm afraid this is... the worst thing I've ever eaten in my life!

"Wow, what's your expression, really!" Qin Shuanger was angry and protested with bulging her cheeks and staring round eyes, "Is it bad? Does it taste bad?"

Qin Mubai looked at his mother with a wry smile, shook his head to indicate that "it doesn't taste bad", and swallowed what was in his mouth.

Immediately grabbed a glass of wine and swallowed it and covered the peculiar smell in his mouth. He smiled and said, "The fourth sister's craftsmanship is really good. It tastes good."

"Haha, I knew it! I'm the talented girl of our Qin family and the best chef in the world in the future!" Qin Shuanger cheered with pink fists happily, and then personally picked up a whole piece of meat ball and put it in Qin Mubai's bowl. She smiled and said in a warm soft voice, "Third brother, eat all these quickly. My mother and I miss you to death after you have been away from home for three years. It must be hard to join the army, right? Make more when you go home - from now on, my little sister will make delicious food for you every day!"

"Uh..." Qin Mubai grinned with a stiff expression and had to nod.

"Okay, little sister, look at your oil, go and clean it quickly. Just eat with your third brother for your mother." Liu came to relieve Qin Mubai.

"Good!" Qin Shuanger got up and ran out. She leaned back and said with a smile, "Third brother, I'll make you some snacks in the evening!"

"Okay, okay..." Qin Mubai looked at the little sister's back and smiled, and felt a warmth in his heart.

"Okay, Sanlang, don't eat this little crispy. Just get the heart of Silia." Liu smiled and said, "When you come back, you can stay at ease for a while. Your father's body is getting thinner and weaker. As a son, you should be more filial before he is sick.

Qin Mubai nodded and asked, "Mom, my father immediately crossed the world with a gun, and the hero was famous all his life. Why did he fall into this pair of bones at the age of forty or fifty?"

"Hey..." Liu Shi sighed softly and shook his head with a sad face and said, "Your father often hangs a sentence that a man is a horse leather shroud, so he always takes the lead in the war. When he was a teenager, he devoted himself to martial arts. He had been on the back of a horse for more than 20 years. After thousands of battles, there were more than 200 fierce battles that could be counted. There was almost no intact skin all over his body, and bleeding and broken bones were common. People, hurt your muscles and bones and break your spirit. How can you not get sick when you come? In addition, your father is lonely and born with a proud backbone. He doesn't accept defeat and doesn't recognize old age. The worse his health is, the worse his mood will be... Alas, it's really hard to say!"

"Mom, you don't have to worry too much." Seeing his mother's worried look, Qin Mubai was not so happy. He comforted her for a while and at least turned her into peace.

"It must be gratifying for your father to see that you are so filial and sensible now and happy for your mother." Liu wiped her faint tears and said so.

After dinner, Liu and Qin Shuang'er accompanied Qin Mubai around their house, gossiping is often different. Father Qin Shubao has never reappeared, and Qin Mubai is not easy to disturb his quiet. As for the two oldest half-brothers, they have never come back.

I heard from my mother that the two brothers have already started a family and live in Chang'an. The eldest brother Qin Tong is currently the general of Zuo Jianmen Wei Yifu, the fifth grade Zuo Lang general, guarding the imperial city. The second brother Qin Bin Congwen, who is currently a bachelor of Hongwen Hall and is responsible for compiling classics. In fact, he is also a member of the emperor's think tank.

The two brothers will visit their father every three or five times, and then they can get together.

Qin Mubai thought to himself, it seems that the difference between the legitimate concubines is really big. According to the current habit of the Tang Dynasty, it is "the eldest son attacks the second son Shangzhu", that is to say, Qin Tong, the eldest brother of the Qin family, will inherit the title of the Qin family in the future, and he is now the five-grade general of the imperial army. Although the official position is not too high, he is still young and has a bright future; the second brother Qin Bin has become a family, because In order to get married early, he did not marry a princess princess with the royal family. The family business of the Qin family will also be divided by two legitimate sons in the future.

As for Qin Mubai and the fourth sister who will get married in the future... It seems that it's not my turn.

Thinking of this, Qin Mubai smiled carelessly - contented people are always happy!

What if I travel through time to become a cat, a dog or a disabled in the countryside? Now the situation is quite good. At least it is shrouded in the aura of father Qin Shubao.

"The road is under your feet. Go by yourself."

- Qin Mubai has always believed in such a motto. As for the kind of big house-like infighting and the boring things of plotting to seize family property, let them go to hell.

Three days have passed.

The number of times Qin Mubai saw his father was counted. Except for the morning and evening - that is, the routine worship every morning and evening, Qin Shubao doesn't see anyone most of the time. Communication with each other is also a few words of mechanization and stylization. Fortunately, Liu is accompanied by the fourth sister, Shuang'er, otherwise Qin Mubai would feel that he did not belong to this family.

That night, the two elder brothers made an appointment to go home to visit the sick father. The father and son talked in the inner hall and came to the horse court in the backyard together, but they did not call Qin Mubai.

"Come on, third brother! Dad is going to take the martial arts exam for the two brothers!" The fourth sister, Shuanger, couldn't help pulling Qin Mubai to the horse court.

Qin Mubai didn't care and care, and happily came to the backyard with his fourth sister.

The backyard of Qinfu is very large. Like many rich courtyards, there is a paraded horse court, but the Qin family is more like a school martial arts field. A row of arrows, a row of stables, a variety of weapons.

Qin Shubao half sat and half lay in a wide leather mattress chair, his hair was light and his eyes narrowed slightly, and his slightly gray face was full of awe-inness and prestige.

Tiger old, can't be defeated!

On the school martial arts field, two young men in strong clothes were running to practice equestrianism, with a chic and neat posture, full of unrestrained martial arts.

"I didn't expect that Congwen's second brother also had such a good riding skill. He is really a general!" Qin Mubai said in his heart.

Seeing the arrival of Qin Mubai and Qin Shuanger, Qin Shubao raised his eyelids slightly and was still indifferent. Qin Shuanger happily ran to his side and called "Dad", and then knelt beside him and gently pounded his legs.

"Good boy." Qin Shubao smiled with a rare smile, patted Qin Shuanger's head with his rough big hand, and withdrew back into the thick fur.

Qin Mubai came forward to worship and stood aside to watch the riding of the two brothers.

"Sanlang, can you be strong in the army for three years?" Suddenly, Qin Shubao said this.

Qin Mubai's heart moved slightly: If I remember correctly, this is the first time my father has taken the initiative to talk to me in a few days.

"In my father's words, the child worked hard to cultivate his spleen and study martial arts after he joined the army, which is also a little gain." Qin Mubai arched his hand and replied.

"Well... Si Ya'er, call your two brothers."

Qin Shuanger ran to call someone. Not long after, Qin Tong and Qin Bin rode back and came to Qin Shubao to worship together. Qin Mubai looked at his two half-brothers. The eldest brother Qin Tong was extremely tall and strong, almost as tall and almost as Yuwen Hongtai, and awe-inspiring with the demeanor of a natural martial artist. Although the second brother Qin Bin was from writing, he also had to have a good body, strong and evenly stand like a gun.

The three brothers also said hello. The Tang Dynasty is the most filial piety, and the eldest brother is like a father. As a younger brother, Qin Mubai must treat the two brothers like the elders. There must be no negligence in etiquette.

On the contrary, the two eldest brothers who have already started a family and a career do not seem to be so enthusiastic about Qin Mubai, his half-brother. Although they are polite, they are vaguely stiff and dismissive.

"My Qin family is a general. No matter what you will do in the future, martial arts can't be lost. Qin Shubao's gentle tone revealed infinite majesty, which made the three sons and one daughter dare not say anything. He said lightly, "The three stunts for my father have been taught to your brothers respectively. Dalang learns make, Erlang learns boxing, and Sanlang learns guns. Only archery is the one that all three of you have practiced since childhood. In the Tang Dynasty, Shangwu, not only soldiers and generals practice arrows, but also the world's officials and literati must practice archery skills. It is one of the six arts. Even many women and children can ride horses and shoot arrows.

Qin Shuanger gently beat Qin Shubao's leg and said with a low smile, "Dad, the child can also open a bow and shoot arrows. Can he be a general in the future?"

"Don't mess around." Qin Shubao stroked her head with a shallow smile. Danfeng narrowed her eyes and said, "It's rare for the three of you brothers to get together. Today, I will test your arrow skills for my father."

"Yes, Father!" The three brothers held their fists together.

Qin Mubai clearly felt that his father, two brothers and younger sisters cast their eyes on him intentionally or unintentionally.

The meanings are different.