butcher's little man

"Brother, why are you sitting here copying books?" Li Wenxuan looked at it for a while, and then asked suddenly.

Li Yiran was startled by him, his hands trembled, and his handwriting became a little scribbled.He looked up at Li Wenxuan, "Wenxuan, why are you here?"

"Em is worried about you, let me come and see you. Why did you copy the book?" Li Wenxuan thought of a possibility.

"It's nothing, copying the book can make me remember more familiarly, but the left and right hands are a little sore, it's okay." Li Yiran had a calm expression on his face, as if Li Wenxuan was making a fuss.

"Brother, you haven't memorized this book by heart?" Li Wenxuan frowned and picked up a book he had copied, on which there were three large characters "San Zi Jing".

Li Yiran was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile, "You can learn something new by reviewing the past!"

"You're still laughing!" Li Wenxuan still kept a little emotion in front of his brother, "Are you out of money?" He asked very straightforwardly, and there was no need to care too much between brothers.

Li Yiran's expression froze, then he nodded helplessly, "You saw it."

"Where's your money? You must have saved a lot of money over the years, right?" Li Wenxuan was puzzled, at least the expenses for going to Beijing should have been saved, right?

"It's used up." Li Yiran didn't want to talk more.

Li Wenxuan understood after a little thought, "Is it that family? Did they take everything away? I'll go find them."

As Li Wenxuan said, he walked outside, and Li Yiran called him back, "No need to go, just give them the money. Is your sister-in-law and I married after all? Besides, they have the support of the judge, we How can you get it back without solid evidence?"

Li Wenxuan stood still, "I didn't think carefully. But brother, why didn't you tell us? We can figure out a solution together!"

Li Yiran smiled wryly, "How can I hold you back? You and my father and mother have already worried too much for me."

"What are you talking about? Is there any delay in the family? You are not the one who is wrong from the beginning to the end, and no one wants to. Brother, let's go back. Let's go back and discuss what to do!"

"No need, I'm an adult, I have my own considerations. Wenxuan, you go back first! Don't tell my father and mother." After Li Yiran finished speaking, he continued to lower his head and began to copy.

Li Wenxuan looked at his brother bitterly, he was just so stubborn!

After Li Wenxuan left, Li Yiran raised his head and looked at Li Wenxuan's back with a complicated expression. He could no longer make his family suffer with him.

At that time, Li Yiran only had the reputation of a scholar. According to the latest national regulations, as long as he has worked in the Yamen for five years, he does not need to take additional examinations for juren.The premise is that Shangfeng will issue you a certification letter.

Because he had an idea long ago, the proof letter had already been opened.But if you want to go to the Ministry of Households with a letter of proof to exchange for the qualification of the imperial examination, you will definitely be cut off.Originally, the silver he had earned over the years was enough, but after such an accident, his hope was very slim.

If you tell the family, it may make this originally rich and happy family fall into poverty again.How could he be so selfish?Let's just pretend that he doesn't have this fate, and every time he gets close to his dream, things will change.

Li Wenxuan walked all the way home, feeling sorry for his brother.When the family suddenly changed, his elder brother had already achieved the fame of a scholar, but if he wanted to continue to study, then one person would inevitably be given up.At that time, in order for his brother to continue reading, he had already agreed with the villagers and went to work with them, but when his brother found out, he beat him severely.

The next day, his brother took off the list of recruiting documents posted outside the county government office, and went to the county government office.He always knew that his brother was a bit regretful...

Although Li Yiran told him not to tell his father and mother, the first thing Li Wenxuan did when he got home was to tell them about it.

After Li Yiran finished his day's work, when he returned home, he faced the interrogation of the three divisions.

Father Li and Amu Li sat on the high hall, Li Wenxuan and Tian Xiaoman also sat below, and even Brother Le took a small bench to sit there.

"Yeah, you're back."

"Father, what's the matter with you?" He asked knowingly, and it must be Li Wenxuan who told the story.

"How could you not tell us?" Li Amu glared at him.

Li Yiran smiled, "It's nothing, talking about it will only increase your troubles, the child has given up."

"Give up?! If you are really a person who can give up easily, we would be happier, but you are clearly not! You have wanted to be the number one scholar since you were young, and you worked hard when you were studying. You were also famous in the county at that time. We are useless , I actually want you to give up your studies to help the family." Li Amu burst into tears, choking with sobs.

Brother Le saw Grandma crying, and for some reason, he started crying too.

Li Yiran walked over, knelt down in front of Li Amu and said, "Amu, why do you say that? As a son of man, if you don't stand up to help the family at this time, wouldn't you be in vain? This is the life of a child. Nothing. I've really given up."

"Since you said that for the sake of the son to take care of the family, if a parent cannot satisfy the wish of the child, it may be hard to let go until the day of death!" Li Amu helped him up.

"Money is something outside of the body. You don't bring it with you when you are born, and you don't take it with you when you die. You didn't quarrel with Brother Meng's house. I also understand the reason, so I took it as a friendship. But our money is not like this What? You two brothers are filial, and we don’t need to leave any money for self-defense.”

"This won't work!" Li Yiran refused straight away, how could he take away all the money for self-defense from his parents, it's not fair to his younger brother.

"Wenxuan and I have also discussed this, and the money should be considered as part of your family's money. Anyway, we are not old, and the money we earn in the future will not be your share." Li Amu looked open-minded.

"That's right, brother. We've already agreed that I'll give you the silver from my father and mother first, and Xiaoman and I also have more than 100 taels. These are lent to you. You must remember to write me an IOU! "Li Wenxuan smiled happily.

Tian Xiaoman saw that he was still a little hesitant, and immediately said, "Yes, brother, you can take it! I always hope that there will be an official in the family, and then I will be lucky."

Li Yiran watched his family scrambling to speak, afraid that he would not do the same.He lowered his head, hiding the tears that were about to burst into his eyes.

After a while, he raised his head again, looked at everyone with a smile, "Then I will accept it. Wenxuan, come with me to the study."

Li Wenxuan followed Li Yi, feeling a little apprehensive, his brother was narrow-minded, and he didn't know what would happen to him later.

Sure enough, when Li Yiran arrived at the study, he turned around and punched him, then hugged him tightly, "Good brother!"

Li Wenxuan grinned and hugged his brother too.

After Li Yiran wrote the IOU, he handed it to Li Wenxuan to keep it safe.Li Wenxuan put it in his arms indifferently, it was just for his brother's peace of mind, and his brother would not refuse to pay if there was anything.

Now that his family has placed great hopes in him, Li Yiran will no longer be on the edge of the horns and work hard in the study all day long. In the middle of March, he packed his bags and left under everyone's eager attention.

Li's family members came to see him off, and seeing the carriage go farther and farther, Li Amu felt a little sad, but the most straightforward thing was Le Geer, who stood there crying loudly after seeing his father leave.

Tian Xiaoman's stomach has been in shape for more than four months.Li Wenxuan helped him into the carriage, then picked up Le Ge'er, called Li's father, Li Amu, and went home together.

During the past two months, a lot of things happened. The first and second things belonged to Brother Tian.The first one, he has already been hired by Yang Xiaoguo's house, and he will officially pass the door in August this year.The second is that his restaurant has already settled down in the county.

The third thing is about the Li family.They surrounded the back mountain and formed a big pigsty.Li Wenxuan searched around and caught more than [-] piglets.

Li Wenxuan himself crossed the river blindly, relying only on blindness. He can only kill pigs, but not raise them.Impulsively ordered these little pigs, when Father Li and Li Amu knew about it, others had already rushed the little pigs over.

Li Wenxuan and Tian Xiaoman took out a sum of money and paid off the rest of the money, and the family property suddenly became tight.Li Wenxuan had to start slaughtering pigs and selling them again.

But Tian Xiaoman had never raised pigs before, so he fed the piglets all day long, grumbling for food.In desperation, Father Li had no choice but to come down the mountain to help.He is an old hunter for many years. In addition to knowing how to raise them, he also knows which herbs are useless for people to eat, but they are very good for treating animal diseases.

With Grandfather Li's help, Li Amu and Tian Xiaoman were much more relaxed, especially Tian Xiaoman, because he still had a child in his arms, so he only needed to cook and take care of the child.Li Amu traveled all over the mountains and plains to cut pig grass and cook for pigs.

Tian Amu came to help them for a while when they were busiest, and then went back.He and Li Amu hit it off right away, and they chatted all over the big and small things around them, and then they were surprised to find that they had many similarities with each other's thoughts.So after Tian Amu left, Li Amu kept talking about him.

If there are more than 20 piglets, it will not be enough if they only eat pig grass and leaves. When the time comes, the piglets raised will be skinny and have no flesh. Who will come to his house to buy them?

So, Tian Xiaoman came up with an idea. In addition to buying rice bran from the villagers for feeding chickens, he also needed their swill.Although people in the village are generally not willing to put oil, there are still vegetable juices, rice washing water and so on.The swill is not taken in vain, and there is no payment, so pork is used to pay for it.

At the end of the year, all those who provided swill can get five catties of pork.For the villagers, the swill would be dumped when it was full, but now someone will come to collect it, and there will be pork at the end of the year, which is very cost-effective.So, very little to disagree with.Tian Xiaoman didn't force himself to disagree with one or two people.

The food for the pigs was almost settled, and when Li Wenxuan usually sold pork, he would also go to his uncle to bring back some swill.The swill in the restaurant is different, the pigs love it very much.

Tian Fu's current restaurant is not very large, with four or five tables inside, following the route of ordinary people, paying attention to high quality and low price.In addition to some common dishes, you can also eat some unique dishes in the provincial capital.This place is not only for eating, if you want to drink, most of the wine here is very ordinary wine, which is within the acceptable range of ordinary people.

In addition to being in charge of the spoon himself, Tian Fu also hired two elders who were in charge of washing vegetables and dishes, hired a boy named Qiedun, and then Yang Xiaoguo was also called by his mother to help him.

When he was busy, he was responsible for carrying dishes and bowls, and when the guests left, he also had to clean up the things.When he is not busy, he sits in front of the counter to collect money.At the beginning of collecting money, he had to ask Tian Fu how much he should charge. Later, he could calculate it immediately as soon as someone reported something. This shows that people are trained.

The business in the store has always been booming, because Tian Fu's craftsmanship is really good, and the head catcher will come here to have a meal from time to time, and let those who have ideas understand that this store is covered by someone.

In Tian Xiaoman's free time, he took Le Ge'er and Liu Xilin to the host's house, and went west, and found that all the elders in their village were making something, shoe soles.

I heard that this was sent by a large embroidery workshop. They paid a pair of shoe soles for three renminbi. Those with quick hands and feet can earn more than 30 renminbi a day, and those who are less can only earn [-] or [-] renminbi, because this is a labor-intensive job. , Generally, little brothers can't do it.

Tian Xiaoman thought for a while, and took a few pairs back. He is not good at embroidery, and he still has a little strength.Liu Xilin's nanny was also doing this. He volunteered to bring Tian Xiaoman a shoe sole from home, and asked Tian Xiaoman to sew it accordingly.