He Shen

Fucha's family is a general. For Fukang'an, it is no problem to help Fubao find a boxing master.

In fact, he was mainly worried about Shanbao.

Alas, Shanbao's kung fu of the three-legged cat should really be practiced.

As the weather got cooler, Shanbao still stood at the door in a woolen coat to greet Fu Kang'an. He naturally saw another middle-aged man beside Fu Kang'an besides Xiao Xizi.

About 30 years old, with a slight limp in his right leg, a clean-shaven forehead, a square face, a beard, and steady eyes. Before Shanbao noticed him, he was already looking at Shanbao.

Employers are a little younger.Ma Quan thought silently.

When Fukang Anyuan saw Shanbao, there was warmth in his eyes.Shanbao is wearing a high-necked squirrel coat, especially the fluffy animal fur around the neckline, against Shanbao's warm pink cheeks, it makes people feel cute and cute.

Shanbao opened the curtain and said with a smile, "It's cold outside, come in and talk."

Fukang'an went to Shanbao's small hall with familiarity. There was a brazier inside, but it was still warm.Sitting on Shanbao's usual couch, Fukang smiled, "I haven't seen you for a few days, and your face is rosier than before."

In the past, Shanbao was mainly malnourished, but now he has some money in his hands. With Shanbao's deliberate nourishment, it is difficult to not be rosy.

"It's cold today, so I'm too lazy to move." Shanbao poured tea with a smile, shared a cup with each of them, looked at Ma Quan with a smile in his eyes, and asked Fukang'an, "If you guessed right, this is the fist you helped Fubao find." Master?"

With his right elbow resting on the lead pillow on the side of the couch, Fukang'an tilted his body, picked up the teacup on the low table next to the couch, smiled and brushed the floating leaves on the tea water, and took a sip of tea casually, "I knew I couldn't hide it." You. This is Ma Quan, Master Ma, you are very good at fisting and kicking."

Shanbao and Ma Quan greeted each other, Shanbao said with a smile, "My younger brother is nine years old, and he loves bowing and archery the most. No, he is still practicing arrows in the garden. Tell him to come and see Master Ma later."

Ma Quan got up and said, "Since that's the case, I'll go to the garden to see Mr. Fu first." He was also anxious to meet the students first.

Shanbao agreed with a smile, and pointed the way for Ma Quan. There was only one servant girl in his family, and Hongyan had work in hand, so he couldn't dispatch anyone to lead the way.On the contrary, Xiao Xizi was clever, so she recommended herself and took Ma Quan with her.Only Shanbao and Fukang'an were left in the small hall.

"Thank you very much." Shanbao was afraid of the cold, so he put down the teacup, went to the couch and picked up the hand stove on the low table to warm up.

"Don't be so polite with me." Fukangan smiled and pulled Shanbao's sleeve, "Sit down."

"Let's talk in the bedroom, it's warm there."

It was the first time for Fukang'an to go to Shanbao's bedroom, thinking that Shanbao didn't treat him as an outsider, and he was secretly happy.In fact, there is only a door curtain, and there are three charcoal basins in the bedroom, which is indeed warmer than the small hall.

Shanbao removed the squirrel leather jacket outside, revealing the lake blue cotton robe and fine Songjiang cloth inside, which is very comfortable to wear, but Fukang'an was a little dissatisfied, "What about the satin I brought? I don’t want to cut clothes. Don’t be reluctant, anyway, it’s something for people.”

"I'm used to wearing cotton clothes, and I feel comfortable. I also made a few of those satin and gauze clothes, and I'll wear them when I go out to support the scene." Shanbao pointed to the chair next to Xunlong, "You sit here, It's warm here."

Fukang'an shook Shanbao's somewhat cold hand, and pushed him on the chair, "Sit down, your hands are so cold, how can you survive the winter? I have the white fox fur that I hunted in the autumn last time at home. I think you are the only one who deserves to wear it. I will bring it next time. It’s just that it’s not much. I guess it’s only enough to make a robe. You can make it and wear it yourself. Don’t think about Fubao first. Look at him. , it doesn’t look good in clothes.”

Shanbao smiled angrily, "Fortunately, Fubao always praises you in my ears. What did you say that Brother Fu is a good person and has high martial arts..."

Fukang'an often heard Fubao calling him "Brother Fu", but these three words came out from Shanbao's mouth slowly, but the taste was quite different. Fu Bao was originally born strong and strong, you can see that he is almost as tall as you, and he is a good material for martial arts, and he is not bad at all. Speaking of which, your brothers don’t really look alike?"

"It's also worth asking?" Shanbao sat in his usual chair, and picked up the scattered homework on the table, "Fubao's appearance is like my Ama. By the way, you have some good things to keep for yourself. , don’t always think about me, now my family’s conditions are much better than before. It was as difficult as before, and Fubao and I can handle it. You always give me things, and I don’t have a decent gift in return..."

At the end of the conversation, Shanbao's cheeks turned slightly red, as if he was a little embarrassed.

Fukang'an snickered in his heart, haha, I think I owe it to me, it's okay, I owe it first, and I can pay it back slowly later.On the face, he put a stern look on his face, and said angrily, "What kind of friendship do we have, you still say such unreasonable words! You have failed my whole heart!"

Shanbao half looked down at the table and wrote half of the article, and sighed, "I am such a person who doesn't know good and bad. It's just that I always feel that I can live a life with whatever ability I have. Now It’s not bad to be able to eat and wear warm clothes. You are kind enough to send me these things, but I always feel uneasy about using them. These things are too extravagant for me and Fubao. , It’s hard to go from extravagance to frugality. I’m used to using the things you give me, and I’m not used to buying things from ordinary stores. Besides, I’m still a man, and I’m capable of earning my own money... I don’t know what to say It's just right."

Shanbao scratched his head in some trouble, looked at Fukang'an calmly, and made up his mind, "Anyway, if you come back later, you are not allowed to bring gifts that exceed one tael of silver, and it is best not to bring anything."

"What do you mean by this!" Fukang'an couldn't laugh or cry, "I, we are classmates, what's wrong with me giving some things to my classmates? Or," Fukan'an's expression and voice suddenly became gloomy, "Or do you think I'm giving you alms?" ?”

Shanbao sighed, stretched out a hand, held Fukang'an's hand, and brought up another topic, "Fukang'an, do you remember the first time you came to my house? I can't get it out anymore. I have eaten carrot rice with Fubao for three days. The things you sent really helped me a lot. Fukan'an, look, we didn't know each other well at that time, I I will accept your presents."

"Yeah, who knows what you're thinking?" Fukang'an wasn't angry. In fact, he was breathing heavily like a stupid cow, and he almost snorted at Shanbao to show his anger.

It was the first time for him to show kindness to someone with such heart. He never expected to meet someone who played cards unreasonably and gave away things for nothing with good intentions, and he still had opinions.

"You can see that, although I'm not bad at reading, it's a pity that I'm not a gentleman." Shanbao rolled his eyes and said with a smile, "I don't have the integrity and clarity of a gentleman. Asking me to take advantage of a stranger is not a problem at all." No. You said charity, if someone is willing to give me money without expecting anything in return, I will not refuse. However, this is something that can only be done to strangers. I treat you as a friend, and you must be kind to friends. "

It is enough for Shanbao to know that Fukang'an is kind to him. At such a young age, Fubao feels that he is taking advantage of Fukang'an, and Fukang'an's IQ will never be lower than Fubao's.

It's okay to collect things, the key is not to let Fukang'an underestimate himself.Once it is underestimated, it will greatly shrink and depreciate and become a cheap product.

Fukang'an is a useful step for him. Even Shanbao consciously maintains a close relationship with Fukang'an as a friend. It is not a pleasant thing to be an enemy of such a person.

After Shanbao tried hard to explain, Fukang'an's complexion improved a little, but he disagreed with Shanbao's words, "Oh, since you know that we are friends, then you think I will come to your house to see you eat bran swallowed vegetables, and I will feel sad." Do you feel good?"

"Now we drink pigeon soup every day." Shanbao slowly enlightened Fu Kang'an with a sage-like attitude, "You may think that the food in my family is rough now. I can eat but three meals a day, no matter how luxurious I enjoy it, I just sleep in a bed at night. Fukang'an, maybe you think I am petty, not as ambitious as others, and want to be high-ranking and rich. But I This is the kind of person who doesn’t have much desire for enjoyment. Although he can’t afford humpback and bear’s paws, he doesn’t lack homemade fish and meat; he doesn’t have a luxurious manor, but it’s enough to live in, even after Fubao and I get married. Yes. I am really not dissatisfied with my current life."

There is a slight warmth in Shanbao's eyes, which makes people unable to move their eyes away, so that many nights in the future, Fukang'an will always feel that Shanbao this day is just an illusion, and the person who said these words is Another person.

Shanbao is a very persevering person, especially when he wants to persuade someone, he is more able to conquer the repeated truth preaching. Fukang'an was so swollen by Shanbao's reading that he had to nod like a chicken pecking at rice, "Yeah." ,Uh-huh".

"I knew you would understand." Shanbao smiled triumphantly.

Fukang'an had turned to study the inkstone on Fubao's desk, tapped it with his fingers, and asked, "Where's the one I gave you? Why don't you use it?"

"Reluctance." Just kidding, it is a genuine antique, where it can be used, it must be well hidden, and it will be worth a lot of money in 200 years.Shanbao said, "I will use the inkstone you gave me after I have practiced my calligraphy well. My current calligraphy is too bad, so I don't deserve to use such a good thing."

"Take it out and use it. You will become a calligrapher in the future, and I will give you some good ones." Fukang'an's mood is better than when he drank pigeon soup last time. He can be described as blissful. He decided to send more practical ones in the future. something to eat.

"Stop laughing at me," Shanbao said, holding one of his writings, and sighed, "Look at my writing, it can only be described as well-behaved, more than correct, not spiritual, and without any talent."

Fukang'an took the schoolwork that Shanbao's desk had just sorted out, and it was a thick stack, "Hey, the teacher gave you extra homework again? Speaking of which, he is really partial to you."

Shanbao looked at Fukang'an. This guy was not a good student in the government school. Moreover, Fukang'an's temperament was not like someone who could say such sour words.

Fukang'an looked through Shanbao's homework with a smile, "Although I don't like to read those sour texts and fake vinegars, I still know it anyway." After looking through, I found that they were all the same articles, copied many times, Fukang'an A little surprised, "Huh, you got punished?"

Shanbao wanted to get back the homework, Fukang'an moved quickly, and had already picked out the wet and dry pages of homework, raised his eyebrows, "Well, are you imitating the emperor's handwriting?"

"How did you find out?" Shanbao asked depressedly.

Fukang'an's eyes were full of smiles, "Once you enter the Xian'an Palace, the inscription on the screen wall is the instructional words written by the new pen today, 360 days a year, how many times can you not read it?"

"Tell me, if you want to practice calligraphy," Fukang'an lowered his voice, approached Shanbao, and laughed softly, "The group of scholars in the Imperial Academy are all good at writing, even Wu Jiaoxi is known for his talent. Why... are you not afraid that others will say that you are charming, oh, I understand, with Wu Jiaoxi's sour temper, no wonder he will punish you?"

Shanbao was discouraged, "It's easy for you to say, I want a good copybook, and I won't follow the words on the screen wall."

Seeing Shanbao's frankness, Fukang'an was not suspicious, and laughed in a low voice, "I will bring you a copybook tomorrow. Also, like you are now, it is better to learn less from the holy scriptures. You are usually very careful, why this time?" Are you careless? You don’t even think about it, what is the Xian’an Palace, like you are a good student, but you are attracting red eyes, and you still stand out and become a ready target?”

"No, it's just..." Shanbao pouted, looked at Fukang'an, and simply confessed, "I think the emperor's writing is pretty good, and it's a free post."

Fukang'an picked up the few pictures of Shanbao's visit to Qianlong and threw them into the brazier to burn, then turned to look at Shanbao, "You really don't look like a scholar. Scholars are so sour, they don't talk and do things honestly. Just Let’s say the words of Long Live Lord.” Fukang An’s narrow-minded Chao Shanbao blinked and said softly, “Actually, it is considered to be above average, but in front of the emperor, who dares to say ‘no’. Just boast like this It’s too late, I’m boasting that Wang Xizhi is alive. The emperor’s name can be said to be praised by these sour students. However, they study a lot, and what they look down on the most is the flattering minister. Shanbaoer, are you Studying in Xian'an Palace, Xian'an Palace is not a bookstore and academies that can be seen everywhere on the street. Where are your grades, and you will obviously become an official in the future. Now, start learning the emperor's fonts now, don't you mean, you start preparing now To please the emperor?"

Shanbao looked at Fukang'an with his big white eyes.

Fukang smiled, "Even if you have this idea, it's not an exaggeration. We Manchus are the emperor's servants, and those Han people think they are the emperor's servants. In fact, it is different. I think they are eager to carry the Manchurian flag. Slaves, servants It's just a title, but it's all about doing business for the emperor and making a living under the emperor. Who doesn't want to please the emperor? I'm an honest person, and you, it's not wrong to start learning the emperor's handwriting now. The only downside is that it's too obvious. You have to do this in secret, and you can’t let others know about it. Think about it, now that you have no power and influence, if you let someone who doesn’t have good intentions know, it’s a ready-made handle. If you flatter me, you’ll be on your head Now, you can’t make it clear that you’re falling in love. It doesn’t seem to affect you on the surface, but it’s different when it spreads out, and people who care about it will be wary of you.”

"You too?"

"Me?" Fukang'an pointed at himself, almost laughing, panting and shaking his head.

Shanbao was so angry that he punched Fu Kang'an, "I'm not a conspirator like you, who can make up these stories for you at the last word!"

Fukang'an smiled and rubbed his shoulders. Seeing that Shanbao blushed with anger, he hurriedly said, "Aren't I teaching you? What's there to be annoyed about? I'd be happy to talk more about it."

"I know, I know!" Shanbao whispered, "No wonder Teacher Wu scolded me."

Fukang smiled, "You don't care what idiot Wu said. Next time I will bring you the calligraphy of the Holy Majesty, you can learn to write?"

"I don't want it, don't take it."

"Hey, it's not easy for you to remind me, and I will learn together."

"I don't want..." Shanbao's mouth was still firm, and he secretly hated himself for not hiding the things properly, this damn Fukang'an, what are you looking for.Shanbao didn't intend to talk about this embarrassing matter again, so he simply changed the subject, "By the way, Master Ma is..."

"Oh, Ma Quan used to be my second brother's personal soldier. Later, he was wounded in the leg to protect my second brother, but he was still a follower by his side. It happened that you wanted to find a master for Fu Bao, so Ma Quan took the initiative to follow the second brother I mentioned it. Although his legs are not sharp, his martial arts are very good, and it is enough to guide Fubao." Fukang An said.

"Well, how much money does Master Ma spend in your house every month?"

"What he got from my house was the silver of the pension, 20 taels a month." Fukang said.

Shanbao nodded.

"Well, Shanbao, if you are inconvenient, don't be polite to me."

Shanbao sneered twice, and said contemptuously, "You still owe me money, how dare you become a rich man in front of me?"

Fukang'an smiled awkwardly, and Shanbao also smiled, "You finally came here, don't leave, I invite you to dinner. Return your favor slowly."

Fukang'an intentionally dawdled, he just wanted to have dinner at Shanbao's house.

Fukang'an likes to eat at Bao's house. Although the taste of the food is ordinary, somehow, when he picks it up from Shanbao's chopsticks and puts it in his own bowl, Fukang'an feels that the taste is different.

On this, Fukang'an is deeply jealous of Fubao.This silly boy, stupid, has to be taken care of even for a meal, a worthless guy.

Fu Bao was also very happy today. In the backyard, Ma Quan taught him a few tricks, and he was trying to show his brother some tricks.

A table of vegetarian dishes.

Stir-fried bean tendons, bamboo shoots with peppers, sweet and sour bitter gourd, fried fungus with cabbage, three shredded tofu, fried soybean teeth, homemade tofu, braised bean paste, mushroom and rapeseed, plus a pot of pumpkin and mixed mushrooms.

Fu Bao practiced kung fu for about an hour, his stomach was empty and he was hungry, stretched his neck to look, his face immediately became bitter, "Brother, why are they all vegetarian?"

Shanbao said hello to Ma Quan, and asked Fukang to sit down, then Shi Shiran sat down, and said softly, "Eat lightly at night, it will help you keep healthy and prolong your life. If you want to eat meat, wait until morning."

Hongyan filled the rice and served it, Fukangan asked, "Shanbao, do you eat fast at night?"

Shanbao pointed to the tomato and egg soup in front of everyone and said, "Eggs are not vegan."

Fu Bao picked up a bowl of grilled rice, "I still think meat oil is delicious, brother, let's use meat oil for cooking at home, vegetable oil is tasteless."

What is meat oil?

lard.

Shanbao kept his face straight, "You must never eat meat oil, be careful and you will get three highs in the future."

"Ha, what's wrong?" Fu Bao didn't hear clearly.

Shanbao picked up a bitter gourd with chopsticks for him, "Didn't you say that Fukang'an's Qinggong is very handsome? Think about it, Qinggong is to fly around in the sky, eat meat every day, and become too fat to become a scale , you can still fly! Let alone want to learn Qinggong!"

Fu Bao disliked bitter gourd the most, but the elder did not dare to resign, so he ate it obediently, but he never dared to question his brother's words.

Fukang'an smiled heartlessly, "Fubao is not fat, men have to eat more meat to gain strength. Look at me, why are I taller and stronger than you, just..." Shanbao put another chopstick on the bitter gourd Fukang'an is in the bowl, and Fukang'an is so heart-warming that he hurriedly said, "Yes, yes, yes, look at my memory, I should eat less at night, and eat lightly."

Shanbao looked at Ma Quan, who had already swept a bowl of rice into his mouth, and smiled innocently, "As expected of a man with great knowledge, he knows a lot. Girl, please help me add another bowl of rice." Then he handed the bowl to Hongyan.

People who eat a lot of this food are different, Shanbao asked with a smile, "Where does Master Ma live now? Do you have any family members?"

Ma Quan took the bowl with a smile, "I'm a bachelor, and now I live in the mansion. If you don't mind my uncle, I will move to the mansion. Any room will do."

"Where is it, I wish you could move here." Shanbao smiled, "There are no outsiders here. You have seen how my house is. I heard that you live in the palace for 20 taels of silver every month. Now there are only our brothers and The three of Hongyan, I thought, you have such good kung fu, besides asking you to teach our brothers boxing and kick kung fu, the door of our house should also accept your heart."

Ma Quan was very refreshed and responded immediately.

"So, you must be busier every day than before. How about I give you 300 pairs of repairs a year?" Seeing that Ma Quan and Fu Kang'an were so shocked that they didn't even care about their meals, Shan warmly laughed, "I want to come to Fukang'an to tell you a little bit about my family's situation, but as the saying goes, 'poor can't be poor for education', Fubao is at the age of martial arts, and he really loves this. You are a person with real skills, I naturally I want to keep you. But you also want to eat. Although looking at Fu Kang'an's face, I can't wrong you. Besides, I have never seen your kung fu with my own eyes. I only saw Fu Bao and you from the back garden With the excitement of coming back, I know that I can’t go wrong with you.”

Ma Quan was not good at words, he stood up and cupped his fists and said, "My uncle has won the award, everything will be according to my instructions, I will bring the things over tomorrow."

"You are a family when you come here, not to mention the masters and teachers of heaven and earth. Our Ama passed away early, and you are the elder, so why bother to be polite." He motioned Ma Quan to continue eating, "Fu Bao is not obedient, you can scold me if you want, and you can punish me if you want to be punished." Punishment, you can tell me, but you can't indulge him."

Ma Quan saw that Shanbao was still childish, but serious, and said these words in an old-fashioned way, found it interesting, and said with a smile, "Second Master is very polite. Besides, I think Second Master has a good foundation, his muscles are flexible, and he is a martial artist. Good material."

Shanbao smiled slightly, secretly proud of himself.

It's just that for this meal, maybe Shanbao's family's rice bowl is small, so Ma Quan added more than ten times, but he himself said generously, "Miss Xiaoyan, you can use a small bowl for me in the future, so you can save me trouble How many times do you?"

Hongyan smiled, "What's the matter, Mr. Ma, you have a big appetite. Next time, this servant will serve you a big soup bowl. I guess one bowl will be enough for you to eat."

Shanbao smiled and thought, this could not be because the Zhongyong mansion couldn't afford it, so Fukang'an was introduced to him.

Idiot, absolute idiot.

Here, Fu Bao asked foolishly, "Master, if I succeed in martial arts, do I have the appetite for you?"

Little idiot, what is this called!

Is the level of martial arts directly proportional to the amount of food?Everyone here, Shanbao eats the least, like rice, a small bowl the size of a fist, and eats a bowl at most. According to the idiots like Fubao, Shanbao feels that he can give up his desire to practice martial arts.

Ma Quan smiled, "It's hard to say, it varies from person to person, I have a big appetite since I was a child."

Fubao nodded, looked at Fukang and said, "That's right, brother Fu is good at kung fu, he doesn't eat much."

After eating and drinking tea again, Fukang Anfang took Ma Quan back to the mansion, and Shanbao got up to see him off as usual.

Seeing that Shanbao was going to wear big clothes, Fukang'an said with a smile, "Don't go out, it's very cold outside."

Shanbao changed hands and put the clothes on for Fu Kang'an, "It's for you. Xiao Xizi, next time you go out, remember to bring your master a cloak, a thick coat or something."

Fukang'an instantly felt that his whole heart was heating up, and his mind was a little fuzzy... Shanbao was a little annoyed, and patted Fukang'an's stomach, "Breathe!"

"My stomach is flat." As Fukang'an said, he really doesn't have a stomach in his body.It's just that he is two sizes bigger than Shanbao, and Shanbao's clothes don't fit so well.

"Just finished eating, your stomach is protruding, breathe in quickly." Shanbao continued to pat, Fukang held his breath unwillingly, Shanbao buckled the buttons desperately, and found another fur scarf, " tie up."

Fukangan waved his hand, "No, it's so cold."

"Hurry up, you are not cold in the house, you will be cold when you go out." Shanbao stood in front of Fukang'an, looked at Fukang'an gently with bright eyes, and simply wrapped Fukang'an directly, "Head down Some. I just finished eating, so I should sit a little longer to avoid choking on the wind. But your family has strict rules, and if you go back late, I am afraid that your mother will be worried, so I dare not keep you any longer."

"Oh, Shanbao, you covered my mouth." Fukang'an took the scarf under his chin shell and pressed it in a muffled voice.

Shanbao dragged him out to surround him again, "Don't talk, or you'll be fine. If you eat a meal from my house, you'll get sick from the cold when you get home, and I won't dare to keep you for dinner in the future."

"The nose is also covered." He raised his head slightly, revealing his handsome and straight nose.

"Hold it in for a while and it will be done." Then pester.

Fu Bao covered his mouth and smiled "Chi Chi", "Brother, let me get your new fur hat and put it on for Brother Fu San."

Shanbao finally wrapped Fukang so that only two eyes were left outside, shining brightly.

"Okay, be careful on the road." Shanbao took the lantern from Hongyan and looked at Fubao, "Go and put on thick clothes too."

Fu Bao had long been used to his brother's nagging, so he put on thick clothes without saying a word, Fu Kang said calmly, "Don't move, I've been here so many times, I know the way." He took the lantern from Shan Bao .

"Let Fu Bao send you off, and the gate will be inserted by the way."

Fukang'an reached out and patted Shanbao's shoulder, a little thin, "I have to be on duty tomorrow, and the emperor will go hunting in the Western Mountains later, so I have to wait on the side. I will come over when you rest in school."

"I have to go to Zhuangzi that day."

Fukang'an said quite affectionately, "Okay, I'll accompany you."

Shanbao had no choice but to shut up.