Rise From the Humble

  Chapter 161 Difficult things

  Coral?

  Zhu Ping'an was a little tongue-tied, this old Li's family is really rich and powerful, coral was definitely a rare item in ancient times, and it was very expensive.

Ge Hong's "Xijing Miscellaneous Notes" stated: "The king of Nanyue once offered a coral tree, one foot and three feet high." It proves that such a coral is very rare for God Ge, so he will record it specially. The coral tree presented by the king of Nanyue caused a huge sensation as soon as it was transported to the palace, and it immediately became the treasure of the palace of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. This shows that coral was priceless and priceless in the Han Dynasty, and it was priceless. Why are corals so expensive? A poem written by Li Shangyin in the Tang Dynasty can be used as a circumstantial evidence. The poem "Bicheng": "The jade wheel looks after the rabbit's newborn soul, and the iron net coral has no branches." This poem is about the method of picking coral. Picking corals in the vast ocean with iron nets, in ancient times, it was difficult to pick corals, which is why they are so expensive.

   I don’t know what kind of coral the rich man Li brought to the black-bellied girl, but they are definitely worth a lot. In ancient times, it was quite rare to have such a father who doted on girls to such an extent.

  Zhu Ping'an was emotional, but he still couldn't understand why the black-bellied girl secretly gave him money.

  While rich man Li was coaxing his baby Liao, he found Zhu Pingan looking this way at the door of the study.

  Which family is this young man?

  Why are you at home?

   Didn't you come here for your own girl?

  As soon as rich man Li assumed the third possibility, he vigilantly hid his girl behind him with big hands, and then waved to Zhu Pingan, ready to investigate clearly. Not everyone can covet her own baby, Pimple.

  Zhu Ping'an saw rich man Li waving to him, so he walked over.

   "Meet Li Yuanwai."

   Zhu Pingan approached. He arched his hands and gave a salute.

   "Who are you?" Rich Man Li looked Zhu Pingan up and down, and asked inquiringly.

   "I am Zhu Pingan from Xiahe Village," Zhu Pingan replied calmly.

  Hearing the name, rich man Li suddenly realized, "Oh. So you are the poor boy who often borrows books."

   "Daddy, you can't call him a poor boy anymore. He is very promising now. He has passed the examination of scholar, and he is the number one person in our town."

  The black-bellied girl who was blocked by rich man Li said in a sarcastic tone. There are all kinds of disgust for Zhu Ping'an in the voice.

  After hearing his baby Pidao's ridicule and disgust for Zhu Ping'an, rich man Li breathed a sigh of relief. As long as my baby Pimple is not interested, that's fine.

   Just now I heard from Shu'er that he is a scholar? Such a young talent is rare. But it's just a scholar. I've seen a lot, and I'm an official. I have seen many of them. Although rich man Li was a little surprised that Zhu Ping'an was admitted as a scholar at a young age, he didn't take Zhu Ping'an seriously and just nodded to Zhu Ping'an.

  Many scholars failed to make further progress in their fame and could only return to their hometowns to make a living by teaching and other methods. Scholars who are not rich economically, but have a slightly higher social status than ordinary people are called "poor scholar". If you have eaten abalone, you will still have an appetite for small fish and shrimp.

  The reaction of rich man Li was also expected by Zhu Pingan.

"It's like this. I have been taken care of by Li Yuanwai for several years. Allowing the boy to borrow books in the study room, the boy was lucky enough to pass the boy's test this year. Three days later, my parents want to hold a water banquet at home. I hope Li Yuanwai can appreciate it." Zhu Ping An cupped his hands and explained his purpose for coming.

   "Oh, it's a bit of a misfortune. Mr. Li has encountered some troublesome things, and I don't think he has time in the near future." After hearing Zhu Ping'an's words, rich man Li shook his head and declined.

  Rejection was expected by Zhu Pingan.

   It's just that I don't know what rich man Li said about encountering a difficult situation. Is it true or not. If it's just an excuse to decline, that's fine; but if it's true. I don't know if I can help, after all, I have been reading books for so many years.

   "Oh. I don't know what happened to Li Yuanwai, if it can be used in a safe place" Zhu Ping'an asked politely.

  When rich man Li heard the words, he glanced at Zhu Pingan again, and smiled a little, "Maybe you can study, but this difficult matter of mine is not something you can do."

   Uh, okay.

  Since rich man Li didn't intend to tell, Zhu Pingan stopped asking. If the other party wants to tell, you don’t need to ask yourself, the other party will tell you; but if the other party doesn’t want to tell you, even if you ask dry-mouthed, the other party will not tell you. The rich man Li belongs to the latter.

   "Boy Meng Lang, I made Li Yuanwai laugh. Li Yuanwai is full of travel and dust, and the cars and horses are tired, so I won't bother you." Zhu Ping'an cupped his hands wisely and offered to leave.

  Master Li didn't stop him, and asked Zhu Pingan to borrow two more books to save him running back and forth.

After Zhu Pingan bid farewell to rich man Li, he returned to the study the same way. Because he had the permission of rich man Li just now, Zhu Pingan went to the bookshelf to look for books. He found two books that were all about policy theory, and put the books in his school bag. Here, ready to go home.

  As soon as I put the book into the schoolbag, I saw a black-bellied girl walking in with an angry expression on her face.

   "It's really too much. They eat inside and outside. I called them uncles in vain. It's really a bunch of unfamiliar white-eyed wolves. I don't believe that Dad can't find out if he asks people to check the account book!"

  The dark-bellied girl walked in while talking to Hua'er, the little maid who was walking beside her, with an angry expression on her face.

   Zhu Pingan, who was about to leave, listened for two more minutes. It seemed that what the black-bellied girl was talking about was the troublesome matter that rich man Li said. Unexpectedly, there was really a troublesome matter. According to what the black-bellied girl said, it seems that several shopkeepers under the rich man Li have colluded with each other in the past few years, and they seem to have corrupted a lot of money from the rich man Li by making false accounts. The rich man Li also heard the news by chance, combined with the fact that the profit in the past two years seems to have decreased a lot, he became suspicious of several shopkeepers, but these shopkeepers have been in collusion for a long time, and the books seem to be seamless. In short, rich man Li took several accountants at home to check for a few days and found no problems.

  Profits have decreased, and rich man Li checked the accounts and found no problems, so he gave the excuse to those shopkeepers, and was in contact with other companies in private, which made the business chain that rich man Li worked so hard to build a little unstable. The shopkeeper and rich man Li are only in an employment relationship, unlike a servant who signed a contract of sale, and from Li Shu's words, it seems that the shopkeeper and the Li family seem to be related. Without evidence, rich man Li also He didn't dare to act rashly, so it was not so easy to deal with it, and it became a difficult matter for rich man Li.

   After coding, I realized it was so late, sorry. The unit has been very busy recently. Today's monthly pass is very good, I hope everyone will continue to support the poor family, there are still three days, I hope there will be a surprise.

  (end of this chapter)