Chapter 117: If everyone knows

The days of healing are very boring.
In the ancient times when there was no special medicine, runny nose and sneezing accompanied Hua Qingxue for a long time.
Fu Tingye remembered what Lu Zhengqing said, and delivered various supplements like running water every day, staring at Hua Qingxue and eating it himself.
Since it is a supplement, of course it is not a gourmet. The taste is usually not very wonderful, but it is so, and it is much better than Lu Zhengqing's traditional Chinese medicine.
Fu Tingye also came up with a way to improve his physical fitness, that is, he walked along the outer courtyard wall of the other courtyard two times every morning and evening.
This other courtyard is very... very large, and it's a little tiring to walk around the wall twice.
Fu Tingye said: "When you get used to it, increase your laps later."
Hua Qingxue: "..." You quite understand step by step.
Fu Tingye said solemnly: "The speed is faster, too slow to play a role in exercise." After all, people have already moved forward.
Hua Qingxue gritted her teeth, barely keeping up.
Fu Tingye's speed wasn't fast, but he was a big step. One step was worth two or three steps of Hua Qingxue. Hua Qingxue followed him for a while, and he was exhausted.
But the effect is also significant.
After the circle, Hua Qingxue had a particularly good appetite for lunch.
She usually eats very little. I don’t know if it is because of Chinese herbal supplements. I always feel that there is no taste in my mouth. Today, I ate two bowls of rice. After a meal, I rarely sleep for an hour.
After Hua Qingxue woke up, he wondered whether he could keep fit and healthy, and he could certainly gain weight.
At dusk, while the autumn temperature was still around, she continued to walk around the wall.
Fu Tingye was busy with official duties and was not in the other court. This time Huan'er and Xi'er accompanied her.
Xi'er is still young, chattering along the way, bouncing around, very lively.
In fact, Hua Qingxue doesn't like being too noisy, but this other courtyard is too big and too quiet, and Xi'er's liveliness just adds a bit of anger to the place.
When walking to a place, Hua Qingxue was slightly stunned when he heard the sound of a childish reading.
Huan'er said: "Mr. Meng just came out of the prison a few days ago, knowing that you allowed him to continue teaching here, and would like to thank you in person, but these days you are sick and the general will not allow foreigners to disturb."
Hua Qingxue was still at a loss, "Which Mr. Meng?"
After I finished speaking, I suddenly remembered that there was such a thing.
A scholar named Meng surreptitiously lived here in a circle, and took many children from poor families as students, and later went to prison on charges of stealing private houses...
But there will still be children coming from time to time to find Meng Shusheng. Hua Qingxue feels that the child is innocent. Anyway, she can’t live in such a big place. She simply gave up this place outside, adding tables, chairs and grass sheds. A piece of sand where you can practice writing, even if there is no teacher, children can have fun here.
Hua Qingxue listened to the sound of reading outside and suddenly realized, "He is back to teach again..."
Huan'er smiled and replied: "The general said that Mr. Meng had no merit, and he was not allowed to teach. However, these children are already used to it. Mr. Meng would come and see them occasionally."
Hua Qingxue shook his head with a smile, "General is old-fashioned." Teaching children to recognize a word is not worth the credit?
Daqi will have such a law, probably to prevent some people who have no real material from relying on this to collect money privately, and to misunderstand their children. After all, not everyone will be as selfless as Meng Shusheng.
"Let's go and see." Hua Qingxue said.
She is sick at home every day, she is not allowed to do anything, she is really boring.
...
The children outside the courtyard were very close to Hua Qingxue because Hua Qingxue had taught them to play kaleidoscope and bubble water.
They are also very close to Huan'er and Xi'er, because these two maids often give them sweets and snacks, the reason is so simple.
As soon as Hua Qingxue came, the children gathered around joyfully and chattered.
"Ma'am, are you well? Sister Huan'er and Xi'er said you can't go out recently."
"Madam! I can already write a lot of words! I just wrote it to the gentleman on the sand, and the gentleman praised me!"
"Sir asked us to review the previous poems, we have already been able to go back to this poem, why not teach us new ones?"
"Madam, Madam!..."
Huan'er stopped them, "Okay, okay, Madam is still ill, don't quarrel with her..."
Hua Qingxue saw Meng Shusheng standing not far away.
He approached a little bit cautiously, and bowed to her at a distance of seven or eight steps. "Under Meng Zhize, I saw Mrs. Si Bing. Last time I was offended, I hope Mrs. Haihan..."
Hua Qingxue looked at him curiously and asked, "Where do you live now?"
The bodyguard had already demolished the wooden house he built against the courtyard wall.
Meng Zhize looked slightly embarrassed and replied: "Let's temporarily stay at the bookstore and copy some books for the bookstore to make a living."
"That's good." Hua Qingxue rested her mind and nodded. "It's a serious job. Try to get a credit next year. These children can't do without you."
Meng Zhize blushed and said yes.
His qualifications are not too good, or even mediocre. The scientific examination failed two consecutive times. It is just amazing that he has always been passionate about reading and teaching, and he is also a wonderful person.
The two were talking, and there was a sudden commotion over the child.
Hua Qingxue looked up and saw a little girl of seven or eight years old standing at the front corner of the street, looking at this with envy. She looked thin and thin, but she was carrying a large bundle of firewood and pressed her waist very crookedly.
"Broom Star! Go away! Go away!"
The children shouted at the girl, and some even picked up mud from the ground and threw it.
The little girl's black and white eyes flashed with panic, turned and ran away quickly! Because the wood on her back was too heavy, she stumbled for several steps and nearly fell.
Hua Qingxue stopped the kid who was picking up the mud and throwing people, "Hey! How can I smash people? Stop it."
The child said aloud: "Madam, she is a broom star! Be sure to scare her away, otherwise we will all suffer bad luck!"
Another child interjected and said, "Mrs. is Sirius, so you are not afraid of the broom star. Did you scare away without seeing her when I saw her?"
A group of children all showed an expression of sudden enlightenment, and they all echoed: "Yes, my wife is not a mortal, don't worry about broom stars."
Hua Qingxue couldn't laugh or cry. Was it obviously scared away by you?
"Listen, there is no broom star in this world, and you will not be bad luck just because of her." Hua Qingxue said to them patiently, "The next time she comes again, you should be friends with her, invite She is playing here together."
The children looked at each other, you look at me, I look at you, there is no sound.
Hua Qingxue is unknown, so ask: "What's wrong?"
Meng Zhize explained aloud: "Mrs. I don't know. The girl just now is a child of Wu Niu Shan's family."
Hua Qingxue looked blankly at him, "Tong's family... what's wrong?"
The children around them immediately looked like they were frying pans, and they rushed forward to talk non-stop!
"The Tong family has done bad things and will be condemned!"
"Everyone saw Tong Shanlin killed by thunder!"
"Yeah yeah, I heard that a pile of ash was burned directly!"
"The children of Tong's family are all broom stars, and they will be taken away if they have done bad things. Father and mother said that they can't interact with the people of Tong's family. Otherwise, what should God do if he cuts the wrong person?"
"Yeah! Stay away from the Tong family!"
Hua Qingxue stunned, "Thunderbolt is a natural phenomenon, how can it be said that it was condemned..."
However, these children said firmly: "Yes! What my father saw with his own eyes, the lightning is so powerful! Running after Tong Shanlin! Tong Shanlin escaped desperately and failed to escape. God wants to take him, how could he run? Well."
Hua Qingxue turned his face to look at Meng Zhize, didn't the scholars pay attention to the child's words and blame their powers? As Meng Zhize said, these children might be more convinced.
But Meng Zhize did not refute.
He received Hua Qingxue's gaze, and just nodded his head, saying: "It is indeed the case. At that time, many people saw it, and the scene was too horrifying, so that people were panicked for a long time."
As for doing evil things, being condemned by the sky, and so on, it is the wind released by the government, which can appease the people's hearts and can also serve as a warning.
Meng Zhize said to the children: "It's not too early, let's go home, or we will have to hurry up at night."
The children listened to him, and immediately dispersed.
Hua Qingxue watched these little figures running away in groups of three or five, and couldn't help but think of the little girl who was carrying a firewood, alone, and was frightened when he fled...
Hua Qingxue can't forget that look.
Most people in the world are stupid, and they often use false accusations. If the villagers feel that the Tong family is doing evil, so if they are punished by God, the Tong family will have a hard time.
After going back, Hua Qingxue and Huan'er talked about it, and Huan'er also knew something, saying: "After Tong Shanlin's death, he left his wife and a pair of children, and the villagers could not avoid them. Unwilling to help, Tong Shanlin's son couldn't stand such exclusion and ran away from home. His whereabouts are still unknown. Everyone said that 80% died outside."
In other words, Tong's family now only has Tong Shanlin's wife and daughter.
Without the help of relatives and friends, a woman with a child, Hua Qingxue can hardly imagine how they live.
"It's obviously a natural phenomenon. How can an accidentally killed person be retaliated for doing a bad thing..." Hua Qingxue frowned, muttering to herself.
Huan'er puzzled and asked: "But everyone said that the lightning does not split others, only chasing Tong Shanlin and running, ma'am, will there really be lightning that can chase people in this world?"
"It's not about chasing people." Hua Qingxue sighed and said, "Sometimes some special geographical environment and weather conditions will form spherical lightning. This lightning is very sensitive to changes in airflow. Once a person starts running, Bringing the air around me, the lightning naturally moved in that direction, so it looked like it was running after someone."
Huan'er doesn't understand, she doesn't quite understand what airflow is, but after Hua Qingxue explained, she felt it was not so scary.
Huan'er said suddenly: "It turns out that it's really not a condemnation."
Hua Qingxue stared absently at the sky outside the window and sighed: "If everyone knows that this is not a condemnation... If everyone understands that this is just a natural phenomenon, there might not be those poor people..."