return to the garden

Tan Weili blinked, "Yes—"

Liao Qing nodded, "How was your reading?"

"Well——" Tan Weili didn't know what to say. In fact, Tan Weili read very well, but he said that he read it well, and there was always a feeling of Wang Po selling melons and boasting——

"I've been studying for a few years, and I'm a boy—" Tan Weili started his education late, and his father is a gambler. It is absolutely impossible for him to spend too much money for Tan Weili's education. Li started saving when he was young, and kept saving until he was 11 years old. He saved almost enough money, so he sent Tan Weili to school. After only two or three years of studying, Tan Weili's mother ran out of fuel, and he Dad can't count on it, so naturally he can't go to school.

Calculation is full, and Tan Weili has only been studying for two or three years...

But age, it happens to be about the same as Zhang Xiaolin and Xiao Yue——

"I heard that you don't have any relatives at home?" Liao Qing raised his eyes to look at the somewhat reserved child.

"Yes—" Tan Weili bowed his head and answered, and when he mentioned his mother, he was a little... sad.

"What are your plans for the future?" Liao Qing rubbed his temples, feeling dizzy all the time recently.

"This... I'm going to go a little further. I'll do my job first, and I'd like to thank my benefactor for saving my life. In the future, I will be a dog and a horse, and I have repaid my benefactor." After being stabbed more than a dozen times and almost hacked to death, Tan Wei Li knew that he might not be able to stay in Qingshan County any longer, and if he didn't leave, he might not be able to survive in this county...

"There's no need for trouble—" Liao Qing waved his hand, "If you have nowhere to go, you can stay in Zhuangzi. I think you like reading, so you can study with Zhang Xiaoli and Xiao Yue—"

Liao Qing could clearly see the lifeblood of this child, so he naturally knew that although Tan Weili, who is now down and out, is a famous figure of a generation who is well-known in the officialdom, and he is also destined to be with him, since this is the case , if he doesn't hate it, it's nothing to hold the child.

"This..." Tan Weili was blindsided by Liao Qing's sudden arrangement, and suddenly looked up at Liao Qing——

"Look at what I'm doing?" Liao Qing couldn't help being amused when he saw the child's round eyes revealing disbelief, "You and the Zhuangzi can still afford to raise a child. If you study hard, just treat it as a child." I invested in your—”

At this time, there is still quite a lot of investment in talent. There are often wealthy businessmen who sponsor some poor scholars who he seems to be more talented.

However, Tan Weili took a closer look at himself. He had only been studying for two or three years. He was actually not outstanding among the students of his age. .

The only possibility that Tan Weili can think of is that Liao Qing is indeed a kind person!Still a great man!

Who would dare to rescue someone who saw a man who had been stabbed more than a dozen times in the wilderness?

But Liao Qing dared. Not only did Liao Qing bring him back to Zhuangzi, but he also managed to rejuvenate him. I don't know how many good medicines he used, but he was rescued by force...

Tan Weili took a deep breath and kowtowed three times to Liao Qing.

"What is this for?" Liao Qing frowned, "If you thank me for studying hard, that's all. A man has gold under his knees, so he won't be able to do this in the future."

Tan Weili nodded deeply.

"Okay, if you have nothing to do, you can go back first." Liao Qing waved his hand, "Go to the school from tomorrow onwards, and the schedule is the same as that of Zhang Xiaolin and Xiao Yue."

"Yes..." Tan Weili performed the student salute.

……

As soon as Tan Weili went out here, Zhang Xiaoli came in.

"What did Brother Liao talk about just now?" Zhang Xiaoli's first words were Cha Gang.

"I'm going to let Tan Weili and Xiaolin Xiaoyue study together." Liao Qing pulled Zhang Xiaoli to sit down.

As for where to sit, Liao Qing's lap was on it.

"Brother Liao—" Zhang Xiaoli changed his posture and sat obediently in Liao Qing's arms.

I don't know what's going on, but Liao Qing's body temperature is quite low, and it's very comfortable to hug him in summer.

"Speaking of which, Brother Liao told me to use posts to invite the wives of rich businessmen and talented scholars. I have never done these things before, and I haven't gone out much. I really don't know who to invite. I don't know if Brother Liao has What suggestion?" Zhang Xiaoli didn't remember until he posted the post, and he didn't know who to post it to.

There's no way, these people don't seem to be of the same class as him, and Zhang Xiaoli really didn't have the opportunity to know such people before.

"This..." Liao Qing is not familiar with it, "So let's write the post tonight, and write the one that doesn't have a name. We will go to see the county magistrate and his wife tomorrow. Let the county magistrate's wife help us Get out."

Naturally, this busy work cannot be done in vain. Liao Qing was already thinking about what gifts to bring.

"This..." Zhang Xiaoli hesitated a little, isn't this a little too much fanfare?

"It's okay——" Liao Qing rubbed Zhang Xiaoli's hair, "I remember we brought a lot of brocade brocades with us when we came back from Yunzhou, and we also brought a piece of Buddha card engraved with gold and inlaid with jade that we bought earlier. go up."

This matter is actually not a laborious matter, it is a trivial matter for the servants of the county magistrate's mansion to run more errands, and it should not be difficult to come and ask with gifts——

"Oh well——" Zhang Xiaoli nodded subconsciously, then realized again, "But——"

I always feel that Big Brother Liao takes his small business too seriously!

He's just running the business, so how can he use Brother Liao's name to ask for help.

"It's just a small matter—" Liao Qing shook his fan, "Xiao Li must do a good job in business, Brother Liao will rely on you to support him in the future—"

Zhang Xiaoli was caught off guard by Liao Qing's teasing and blushed—what kind of support!

Obviously...

Suddenly, there was a sense of shame of Brother Liao in Jinwuzang...

"Then I'm writing a post now—" Zhang Xiaoli nodded, "It's just how many posts are appropriate?"

When Zhang Xiaoli was learning calligraphy, he practiced some beautiful and beautiful calligraphy, which is a very good calligraphy, and it is more than enough to write posts from his wife.

"Let's write twenty." Liao Qing thought for a while and replied, "It's the form of a small tea party. It's easier to make a fuss with fewer people. Twenty wives are enough for publicity."

Zhang Xiaoli nodded, ready to go back and write a post.

"What are you going for?" Liao Qing gave Zhang Xiaoli a hand, "Just write here."

Zhang Xiaoli thought the same way, so he simply stayed, and happened to be accompanied by Liao Qing, most of all...

Zhang Xiaoli blushed deeply.

……

Early the next morning, Zhang Xiaoli and Liao Qing brought gifts and went to the county government office.

"Yo——" it was Master Qin, "I said that the magpies were chirping this early in the morning, and indeed a distinguished guest has come—"

"It's not a distinguished guest, Master Qin looks much better today." Liao Qing smiled, "Master Qin is going out to do some business?"

"That's right—" Master Qin said cheerfully, "Is Liao Juren...?"

"Come to meet the county magistrate and his wife—" Liao Qing smiled.

"Then Liao Juren, let's go in first, just as the county magistrate just had breakfast—" Master Qin smiled, "I have something to do here, so I can't accompany Liao Juren in, so——Wang Wu, take Liao Juren Get someone to wait in the small living room, and then report to the county magistrate."

"Okay—" Wang Wu approached courteously, "Liao Juren, please—"

"Then thank you, Master Qin—" Liao Qing smiled and nodded.

"It's okay, it's okay—" Master Qin nodded with a smile, "Just have a glass of water and wine together some other day—"

Liao Qing smiled and nodded, "Xiaoli's shop will open in a few days, and I will invite Master Qin to have a few drinks at that time."

"Haha, okay, when the time comes, I'll just wait for your glass of wine—" Master Qin was cheerful, and didn't stay any longer after speaking, and hurriedly urged Liao Qing and Wang Wu to go in.

After Liao Qing and Zhang Xiaoli followed Wang Wu in, they waited in the small living room for a while, and Wang Wu came back to say that the magistrate and his wife are welcome.

Liao Qing waved his fan and pulled Zhang Xiaoli to go with Wang Wu.

"Please come this way, young master and servant girl—" Halfway along the road, a maid invited Zhang Xiaoli away, "My wife is waiting for young master at the gazebo—"

Zhang Xiaoli glanced at Liao Qing, then nodded and left.

And Liao Qing continued to follow Wang Wu to the magistrate's study.

……

"I've seen Madam—" Zhang Xiaoli went to the gazebo, just in time to see a richly dressed lady standing behind a few maidservants waiting there.

"Don't be too polite—" The magistrate's wife is the most kind-hearted, and she heard the county magistrate mentioned Liao Qing, and this is Liao Qing's unmarried younger brother, the county magistrate's wife will naturally not give Zhang Xiaoli a cold face.

"Prepare a little gift, I hope Madam won't dislike it." Zhang Xiaoli handed the gift that Lijiang carried with him to the maid standing behind the county magistrate's wife.

The county magistrate's wife smiled and nodded, and the maid took the gift and went down.

"I heard that Liao Juren went to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, but I don't know what's going on this time?" The magistrate's wife saw that Zhang Xiaoli was a little cautious, she poured a cup of tea for Zhang Xiaoli and pushed it over, and made a joke with a smile .

Zhang Xiaoli quickly waved his hand, "I don't have any other keys, that's right... a fruit teahouse I'm planning to open in two days, and I happen to be free for these two days. I would like to invite you to change the fruit teahouse in the center of Chengnan Street tomorrow afternoon." Teahouse Qingli Teahouse drink tea—”

"Drinking tea?" The county magistrate's wife nodded with a smile, "What else am I thinking about? The person who brings such a heavy gift is so cautious, so I don't think it's a good thing. Just drink tea. In the future We also get together often, why bother to see outsiders like this?"

Zhang Xiaoli nodded, looking a little embarrassed, "It's just... I have something to ask, I don't know if I should say it or not?" Zhang Xiaoli said while looking at the face of the county magistrate's wife.

"There's no need to talk about it." The county magistrate's wife is easy to talk, and she is straightforward, "Just talk about it. I'm idle and I'm idle. It's good to help."

"This..." Zhang Xiaoli took out the posts, there were twenty in total, "This one belongs to Madam, I don't know if Madam can help distribute the rest. I really don’t know much about it, and it’s not easy to come and invite someone directly..."

"It's a trivial matter—" the county magistrate's wife took a sip of tea, "I happen to have a lot of good wives on weekdays, and it's boring to be idle at home on weekdays, so I just want to use your tea party to get together—"

Only then did Zhang Xiaoli heave a sigh of relief.

It's mission accomplished.

The trip to the county magistrate's mansion here is over, and it is really time to start preparing for the tea party tomorrow afternoon.

Thinking about it this way, the time was really running out, so Liao Qing and Zhang Xiaoli simply didn't go back, and went directly to the fruit teahouse to see what they could prepare.

"All kinds of fruit teas and snacks. If there are many people tomorrow, the temperature will be high and it will be hot. Otherwise, there will be more ice basins around. It's just that drinking tea is boring, so I need to hire another theater troupe—" Zhang Xiaoli said while Looking at Liao Qing.

"Everything else is pretty much the same. I don't need the theater troupe. The venue is not very big. Let's not talk about the theater troupe and whether they can't invite them. Even if they invite them, they can't be spread out. Why don't I just pull a screen and let the storyteller stand behind?" It's the same with storytelling." Liao Qing shook his fan.

Zhang Xiaoli didn't take Bing Lingyu out again today, and sat in the sun for a while, his head was covered with sweat again, Liao Qing was full of helplessness when he saw it.

"That's it—" Zhang Xiaoli nodded, "It's true that the time is running out, so there's nothing you can do about it, so it's the same for the storyteller to say something interesting."

"Let's not talk about anything else—" Liao Qing tapped Zhang Xiaoli's head lightly with a fan, "It's so hot, why didn't you take Bing Lingyu out today?"

"Ah?" Zhang Xiaoli was taken aback, "I forgot—"

As for whether it was really forgotten or deliberately forgotten, who knows?

Liao Qing looked at Zhang Xiaoli's blinking eyes, smiled, raised his arms to embrace him, and opened his fan to slap the child fiercely.

There are still people in the teahouse!

When Zhang Xiaoli thought that someone would see him, his face turned red with embarrassment.

"Okay——" Liao Qing saw the child blushing with shame, and then let go, "Put it on, don't forget this!"

Liao Qing hung something around Zhang Xiaoli's neck, Zhang Xiaoli felt his neck get cold, looked down and saw a piece of ice spirit jade hanging around his neck.

"Ah?" Zhang Xiaoli blinked suspiciously.

"Put it on—" Liao Qing scratched the tip of the child's nose.

"Ah—" Zhang Xiaoli was stunned for a moment, "Oh good..."

With the Bing Lingyu, although Zhang Xiaoli directed people to work under the sun, it was not as hot as before.

but!

Zhang Xiaoli said that he actually wanted a hug from Brother Liao who loves him——

Ten thousand times cooler and more comfortable, and ten thousand times happier!

But no matter how lost, I can only command well, work hard, Jinwuzang, brother Liao, kiss and hug every day...

The tips of Zhang Xiaoli's ears were completely red.

"Hey... I saw a son who just came with the master's house!" It was a brother and a second in the restaurant.

"That's right—" A young woman answered, "I heard that he is the fiancé of the Lord's family. I heard that he is a student..."