As the saying goes, happiness lasts only so long. This is absolutely true. Ever since Yinzuo packed up his son and sent him to his fourth brother, he has been living a carefree life. If Hongxu had not had a mother who thought about him all day long, he would have almost forgotten that he had such a son.
"Father, it's only been two days since I came back from Fourth Uncle's place, and we just met today. I shouldn't have done anything to offend you, right?"
Actually, it's no wonder that Hongxu asked this question. It's just that his father's face turned as ugly as the donkey he saw on the street when he saw him. You asked Yinzuo why he gave his son a cold look when he saw him after not seeing him for a long time. Haha, when it comes to this, you have to ask the fish swimming on their backs with their belly facing up in the large celadon vat in the Shufengxuan courtyard.
"Oh, you didn't offend me? Hongxu, I advise you to think carefully about what you have done these past two days. Your father wasn't as naughty as you when he was a child. How come your genes have mutated and degenerated? The one who shows his fangs and claws all day long is me, the little prince of Prince Zhao's mansion. Those who don't know him would think he is a monkey running down from some mountain. Okay, don't stare at my face if there is no writing on it. Why don't we go to the fish tank in the yard and take a look. Maybe it can awaken your lost memory?"
Although Hongxu is a naughty boy, he is actually not stupid. How could he forget what he did in the past two days so quickly? As soon as Yinzuo mentioned the fish tank in the yard, he remembered what he had done before. His big eyes, which had been blinking with confusion at Yinzuo, immediately showed a bit of attentive smile.
"Father, I really didn't feed the fish in your fish tank to death. When I came here yesterday, they were still alive and kicking. I asked Aunt Chunxiang to get some fish food for them, and then I gave them some exercise to prevent them from getting too full. If you don't believe me, you can go ask Xiao Shunzi, who serves me here..."
Accompanying goldfish to exercise? This is the first time Yinzuo has heard of such a niche term in his two lifetimes. He also asked Hongxu how the fish died. He was more curious about how he was able to exercise with the goldfish.
Facing Yinzuo's puzzled look, the little guy Hongxu walked proudly to an inconspicuous corner of Yinzuo's yard, and took out a stick as thick as his wrist from somewhere. Then he walked to the fish tank in the middle of the yard with it, raised the stick and stuck it into the fish tank. Yinzuo was stunned by the guy's output. It turned out that you, who were exercising with the goldfish, were the culprit that caused them to pass away.
Seeing Yinzuo's grim expression, Hongxu knew he couldn't fool him. But fortunately, Yinzuo had been battling his father for so many years, so he was full of experience. Wasn't it just a matter of being flattered by his father? He could handle this...
"Father, I truly know I'm wrong. Can you please be magnanimous and forgive me this time? How about this? I'll imitate your way of coaxing Khanma and sing a little song for you, too?"
A dragon gives birth to a dragon, a phoenix gives birth to a phoenix. "He who keeps company with vermilion becomes red, and he who keeps company with ink becomes black." Yinzuo finally understood the meaning of this saying. Everyone, let's ask Hongxu if this sounds familiar to you. Can you come up with a little tune for me? Haha, I'm telling you, this method doesn't work on me.
"Hongxu, I know you're young and inexperienced, so you might not have heard this before: 'Don't be obsessed with me. I'm just a legend.' In a nutshell, your father has always been imitated, but never surpassed. The path of singing is mine, and you're the one who's forging new paths."
Hongxu also realized that his father was much harder to deal with than Khanmafa, but wasn't there a saying that went something like this? One monkey, one tie. If this trick didn't work, then try another.
So what method did Hongxu use to tie up his father, this monkey? In fact, there is no need to guess. Just by listening to the ghostly howling sounds, you can tell that it is still the old method used by Yinzuo, hugging his thighs and crying, crying with tears in his eyes, but now he has changed from the one hugging his thighs to the one being hugged by others.
"Hongxu, let go of your hands right now. I'll count to three. If you still have your hands on me, I'll teach you a lesson. If you don't want to start a dyeing house, then be sensible..."
Seeing that neither his plan nor the other one worked, Hongxu simply gave up. It seemed that this family could no longer accommodate him. If that was the case, he might as well leave.
Yinzuo sat under the corridor in the yard, watching Hongxu walk out with his small package on his back, looking back every few steps, without saying a word to stop him. When Hongxu looked over, he even raised his hand and waved at him.
At first, Hongxu was quite confident about running away from home, but when he found himself about to walk out of the gate of Shufengxuan and his father had not even spoken to stop him, he knew that his plan had failed again.
Yinzuo looked at Hongxu who was walking back to him obediently with a small package on his back, raised his hand and patted his forehead gently, then asked Dexi to get the things the little guy was carrying and put them on the table, then raised his hand and opened the small package.
"Hahahahaha~~ My son, come to me quickly so I can take a good look at you and see if you are stupid. I want to ask you, have you ever seen a good person run away from home with these junk copper and iron and cakes? What's going on? Are you planning to go to the street corner to perform martial arts? Swords, spears, axes, halberds, hooks and forks, I want to ask you, which one can you use? Come, I will teach you. When you run away from home, you don't have to take anything with you, but you must have enough money. Have you heard this saying, with money you can travel the world, without money you can't take a single step..."
Don't say that although this statement sounds a bit materialistic, it is really correct. After all, no matter what time it is, having money is always better than having no money.
With Yinzuo as a big Buddha suppressing him, Hongxu, the little monkey that has not yet grown up, is destined to be unable to do anything. As the saying goes, merits must be rewarded and mistakes must be punished. Since it was Hongxu who made those fish swim on their backs, it is natural that he has to do the subsequent cleaning work.
"Dexi, go inside and help Hongxu change into some comfortable clothes. Send two people to help him clean out that large celadon vat in the yard. Remember, you're not allowed to help him with anything he can do himself..."
My son is working away with his butt sticking out his sleeve, while I'm sitting on the porch, enjoying fruit and tea, being waited on comfortably. How can my son not be jealous of such a scene? But is jealousy any use? As I said, who can blame him for having such a good father, while I just don't have such good fortune? Alas, it really is true that everything is determined by fate...
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