Qin Xiaodi had been thinking about the cricket he just bought, and after dinner, he said: "Sisters husband, lets go see General Zhang Fei?"
Zhou Xuan wasnt very interested in the low-grade cricket, but didnt want to disappoint the young boy, so he let Lai Fu bring over a ceramic basin and examine it under the candlelight. The insect arched its back, propped up its waist, stretched its front legs up to its head, and remained motionless at the bottom of the basin.
Zhou Xuans heart skipped a beat: "This stance is not simple, generally only good fighting crickets will assume this posture." Let Xiao Di go get a long-needle sheep hair brush.
Zhou Xuan pulled out a sheeps hair, stretched it into the tile basin and lightly swept it across the crickets tail. The cricket quickly turned its head, two long antennae standing upright, revealing white big teeth, wings fluttering, "dudu" humming loudly, looking quite majestic.
"Hmm, this bug is quite good, did I misjudge it?"
Zhou Xuan let Lai Fu quickly find some duckweed to mash, squeeze out the juice to give this cricket a bath. After washing, he suddenly saw that the back of this cricket was black with yellow, obviously different from ordinary black crickets.
Zhou Xuan exclaimed with delight: "This is a young Black-backed Oriole that hasnt grown up yet, haha, Ive picked up a treasure!"
Xiao Di saw Zhou Xuan so excited and hurriedly asked: "Brother-in-law, is Wuyi Huang very powerful?"
Zhou Xuan said: "The Black-backed Yellow is already a high-class insect, although its not yet at the level of a top-tier insect. However, if trained properly, it has the strength of a Colonel-level insect."
Xiao Di naturally didnt know what a Shang Xiao Ji was and asked: "Is a Shang Xiao Ji more powerful than Zhang Fei?"
Zhou Xuan smiled and said: "Zhang Fei is one of the Five Tiger Generals of Western Shu, this insect cant even be compared to Zhang Fei, lets just call it Little General Zhang Bao."
Lai Fu asked: "Brother-in-law, has this young general Zhang Fei defeated the nameless and ferocious general of Eastern Wu, Gan Ning?"
Zhou Xuan said, "The nameless general is only a junior captain level, just with a bit more experience. His combat power has reached the mid-captain level, but compared to our senior captain Zhang Jiao, hes one level lower. I estimate itll take three rounds to determine the winner."
Lai Fu Zhang opened his mouth wide, thinking that if the nameless fierce general could let Young Master win thirty taels of silver, then this "Little General Zhang Bao" who was one level higher would surely make a huge profit?
"Uncle, youre so lucky! You bought such a good cricket for just 100 cents. What great luck!"
"This is called good deeds will be rewarded, understand? Remember, from now on you should do more good things."
Come fortune remember uncles teachings: "Remember, if I see something that no one wants again, Ill definitely grab it and buy it at double the price."
Zhou Xuan rolled her eyes and said: "Suit yourself, its common for good deeds to go unrewarded."
At this time, there was a commotion of carriages and horses outside the gate, and Dr. Qin had returned with a large group of people, including Assistant Professor Jiang from the medical office and those fourteen doctors. The students at the medical office were simply called "doctors". They made a big fuss, saying that Miss Qins wedding yesterday was too hasty, they hadnt had time to congratulate her, so they came today to make up for it.
Dr. Qin was already half-drunk at the welcome banquet for Tangs imperial envoy in the provincial government, and under the instigation of Assistant Jiang and those doctors, he loudly called for Qin Que and Zhou Xuan to come and toast everyone.
Zhou Xuan was naturally unattainable, with a warm smile and polite conversation with the doctors, his words and actions were all very proper, making him a very qualified son-in-law.
Qin Que was unwilling to come out, but she couldnt bear her father Qin Bo Shi calling for Ya Huan three or five times, so she had no choice but to put on a veil called "Tou Shang Luo" and walk out with a gentle swaying gait. She also wore a veil when she sat in the clinic before.
Fourteen students in the hospital, except for five who were married, nine of them had seven secretly in love with Miss Qin. At this time, seeing Miss Qin and Zhou Xuan standing together, Miss Qin couldnt see her expression, but Zhou Xuan was smiling with a pleased look on his face, looking like he was enjoying the romantic scene, it made people angry just by looking at him, really wanting to teach Zhou Xuan a lesson, but Dr. Qin was the leader of the hospital, they didnt dare to be presumptuous.
But tonight, Assistant Jiang was a bit strange. A nearly fifty-year-old man led the cheers and asked the newlyweds to toast them, which was fine, but then he also asked the newlyweds to hold hands and drink cross-cupped wine, it was quite lively. Zhou Xuan muttered to himself, could this guy have started the tradition of making a ruckus on wedding nights?
Zhou Xuan was very cooperative and didnt mind even kissing in public, but Qin Xiaojie couldnt take it anymore. The loving fake couples act had to come to an end. She suddenly put down the wine cup in her hand, turned around and entered the inner courtyard, refusing to come out again.
Zhou Xuan smiled and said: "My wife cant hold her liquor, come on, lets drink, we wont leave until were drunk."
Qin Fu Jia wine is just sweet rice wine, with a very low alcohol content. For someone like Zhou Xuan who can drink over ten bottles of beer, its truly a case of "thousand cups not drunk".
Halfway through drinking, Zhou Xuan went to the toilet, and Jiang Zhi Jiao followed him. The two of them stood side by side urinating.
Assistant Jiang suddenly asked: "Does Master Zhou know that Miss Qin has a cousin?"
Zhou Xuan glanced at this pale-faced and slightly mustachioed guy with a hint of curiosity, and asked: "I know, whats up? Does Lord Jiang have something to say?"
Chiang said: "I heard Miss Qin and her cousin are engaged."
Zhou Xuan said: "Whats wrong with having an engagement? Cant you take it back? Havent you seen, Lord Jiang, that Wan Sheng and Miss Qin are a match made in heaven?"
Jiang Zhujiao casually said: "Oh, yes, yes, a match made in heaven." Then he was the first to finish urinating and left.
Zhou Xuan furrowed his brow, this Jiang guy was obviously trying to get something out of him. What was this old man up to? Was he trying to find an opportunity to overthrow his father-in-law and then take the position of Director of the Health Bureau for himself? It was very possible, but there were many people who had married hastily in order not to be a leftover woman, and the government couldnt ban this. Jiang didnt have any way to report Dr. Qin on this matter.
After the group of people from the hospital left, Zhou Xuan wanted to ask Dr. Qin about what kind of person this Jiang was usually, but Dr. Qin had already gotten drunk and gone to bed early.
It was around 10 pm, when the ancient people who went to bed early and got up early should have been resting, but for Zhou Xuan, a night owl who often stayed up all night playing games and chess, it was just the right time to be spirited. How boring! He wanted to read some classic books, but there was no one to add warmth with red sleeves. He wanted to have many children, but faced an empty bed. Scratching his head and pacing back and forth, he gazed at the moon and sighed. At this moment, he really had a poetic inspiration, and recited:
"When will the bright moon be? I ask the blue sky with a cup of wine. I dont know what palace is in the heavens, what year it is tonight. I want to ride the wind and go home, but I fear that the jade halls and crystal palaces are too high and cold. I rise and dance, playing with the clear shadows, how can this be like being among people?"
Miss Qin was still awake, holding a medical book under the lamp to read. Xiao Huixiang sat on a low stool thinking about her thoughts, and at this time she heard Zhou Xuans recitation. She immediately raised her head to see Miss Qins reaction, saw that the young lady was also in a state of rapt attention, and intentionally asked: "Miss, what is Mr. Zhou muttering about?"
"A verse."
"Is it written well? Thyme doesnt understand."
Miss Qin hesitated for a moment and said: "Very well, but its unlikely that he wrote it."
Xiao Huixiang immediately defended Zhou Xuan: "It must be written by Master Zhou, Master Zhou is really talented."
Miss Qin smiled faintly and didnt say anything else. Since Zhou Xuan gave gifts to everyone in the mansion, the maids and servants would intentionally or unintentionally praise Zhou Xuan in front of her, saying that he was handsome and generous, kind and righteous, basically having all sorts of virtues combined into one person. She had heard so much that her ears were about to grow calluses, and she had even less of a good impression of Zhou Xuan in her heart.
In the courtyard, Zhou Xuan saw that there was a light in Qins room and a huge shadow projected on the window paper, so he decided to continue his performance. He took out the 1.5 million yuan harmonica and began to play "My Heart Will Go On", the theme song of Titanic. It was truly heartbreaking, moving, and soul-stirring.
Miss Qin had never heard of the story of Titanic, although she thought this song was sorrowful and sentimental, but not very touching. That little girl cried every afternoon, and when she heard this song, the little girls music sensitivity was actually not low, tears "pattered" down.
Miss Qin looked at Xiaohui strangely and thought that this dead girl had been possessed by a demon, asking: "Xiaohui, why are you crying?"
Xiao Huixiang really wanted to tell Miss the story of Titanic, but she remembered Zhou Xuans warning not to tell it, so she held back with great effort and said: "Miss, listen, Master Zhou played that tune on his eight-tone treasure flute. Someone offered three thousand taels of silver for this flute - they even brought the silver to our gate, but Master Zhou refused to sell it because this flute was passed down from his ancestors. Miss, dont you think Master Zhou is a man who values sentiment?"
Miss Qins temper was good, but she couldnt bear it anymore. This dead girl must have been bought by the Zhou family. Having a personal maid who speaks well of the Zhou family all day is really annoying. I cant stand it anymore. Tomorrow, Ill send her to my mothers room. I dont want this maid to serve me anymore.
Xiao Huixiang is an orphan, and at the age of five, she arrived at the Qin Manor to serve Qin Que. The two have a very good relationship as master and servant. Now, because of Zhou Xuans actions, Xiao Huixiang is being sent away to her mothers place, which makes Qin Que feel uncomfortable. All of this is Zhou Xuans fault, and Qin Que has started to resent Zhou Xuan.