Bandit Reborn

On the seventh day of July, the crown prince returned to Beijing directly from Yuchuan. It is said that it was because of the poor health of the current emperor, which made the comfortable Li Huaixi very worried for a few days. It will be fine before the prince arrives in the capital.

Summer is coming to an end. There was a heavy rain on July [-]th. After the heavy rain, the weather suddenly turned cold. Liu Quan rummaged through the box to find out the autumn clothes, but found that Li Huaixi couldn't wear them all. He often grew old this summer. He didn't eat or drink like a monk, but he grew more than two inches taller.

The sewing lady of the Lin family came at noon on July [-]th. Clothes, shoes and socks are all divided into jobs, and each is measured. Lin Qing's mother is the leader, and she said to Li Huaixi with a smile, "My son has long been I have explained that all the ingredients have been prepared long ago, and I have brought them all, so you can take a look at them so we can go back and make them."

Li Huaixi picked out a few at random, smiled and said to Lin Qing's mother, "I don't wear regular clothes for many days, and I can make two or three sets. I don't know much about these. You can figure it out. Don't embroider the inner clothes." No one else can see it, and it consumes your energy."

"What a waste of energy, Mr. Li, you don't know, the masters have not lived in Yu Chuan's mansion these years, and our craftsmanship has not been displayed for a long time, so you let us embroider, idle is idle, others can't see it See, you can still see it yourself." Lin Qing kept nagging, and a group of sewing ladies also chimed in, and they kept moving, and Li Huaixi was covered with all kinds of clothes, pinned all over with needles and threads.

Li Huaixi didn't dare to move because he was afraid that the needle would pierce him. He actually liked the embroidery on his clothes, but he was afraid that his mother would nag again when he returned home, but there were women chattering on the left and right, and it was obvious that the number of people on this side was dominant, so he Also stopped talking.

Two days later, Lin Qing's mother rushed out a set of regular clothes and two inner clothes, embroidered with exquisite patterns as usual, and Lin Qing sent them to Li Huaixi. The next day happened to be July [-]th, and Li Huaixi dressed up He took Liu Quan and Sha Mao down the mountain beautifully.

Liu Quan went back to the inn to talk to the old shopkeeper's student. Li Huaixi carried the cat to visit his elder brother. The two separated after entering the city. The beautiful young master had no entourage, only a fat cat with squinting eyes.

Although the small courtyard that Liu Quan helped to find was facing the street, the street was not busy, so it was not too noisy. Li Long and three classmates hired a woman to cook and wash clothes. "Pauchu" is a famous saying, Li Long will do it or not, for fear of losing face.

It was evening when Li Huaixi arrived here, the mother-in-law had already prepared the meal, and Li Long and the others were eating.

When Li Long saw his younger brother enter the yard, he put down his job and came out to greet him. The other three of his classmates only greeted Li Huaixi through the window in the room, and then went back to eat in a flash. Even the most sociable at the beginning Liao Dezhi didn't come out to greet him.

Li Huaixi glanced at the images of these three people and understood the reason, so he stopped in the yard and gave up his original plan to go into the house to chat for a while.

Li Long looked pretty good, he came over and wanted to take Fat Mao, but Fat Mao liked to be clean, so he patted his paw in disgust and refused.

Li Long smiled and flicked Fat Mao, "You just carried it all the way? It's not too heavy! We forgot that you will come today. I'll go to the street and buy you something. What do you want to eat?" ? Summer is almost over, do you still suffer from summer?"

Li Huaixi shook his head, coaxed the fat cat into his arms, and said with a smile, "I have eaten well these two days, you can eat yours, I will go to the inn to eat later, let me see what you are missing Use it, let Liu Quan buy it for you tomorrow, I won’t go down the mountain on July [-]th, Cousin Yan Li agreed with me to go up the mountain to teach me how to draw.”

"There's nothing missing. I brought them with me when I came. If you don't come down on July [-]th, then the ninth day of August is not the day for you to rest and take a bath. What should I do?" Li Long was a little reluctant.

Li Huaixi touched the fat cat's fat paw, and squinted at Li Long, "What should I do? You can just carry your things in by yourself, just remember to bring a few more handkerchiefs. Seeing that you are unkempt, you must be on the edge of your horn again. Don’t forget what they said during the Chinese New Year, just to give it a try, why did you make it like this?! Our parents wrote to tell me to watch you, lest you get seriously ill after the exam.”

Li Long smiled wryly, pointed to the other three in the room, and said, "I was anxious when I saw them like that. Liao Dezhi and the others haven't slept much these days, so I dare not sleep, and I can't fall asleep even when I lie down. Next time I come again, I will definitely come by myself, so as not to worry.”

"I haven't taken the exam this time, so I'm thinking about the next time." Li Huaixi rolled his eyes, "What do you care about them? You can sleep if you should. Okay, you go back to eat, I'm going to the inn, and I will sleep with you at night. Cousin go to the theater together."

"Your brother is like this, you are living well, then remember to eat, don't listen to the opera too late, the road is not safe, and don't be separated from Yan Li..."

"Brother! You are so talkative!" Li Huaixi cut off Li Long's chatter, hugged his cat and hurried away. If he didn't leave, he didn't know what Li Long would think of again. He talked endlessly. He found that his elder brother was more and more like his father Li Chengkui , the same love long-winded him.

Yan Li's store is not far from Li Huaixi's inn. Li Huaixi came to Yan Li's place first along the road. The new store was about to open, and Yan Li did it himself. He was so busy cleaning up the store that he didn't have time to eat.Li Huaixi is not a career-oriented man, he eats the most in the world, so he pulls Yan Li to eat together, and by the way, he also pulls the shopkeeper of Yan's family.

The shopkeeper of the Yan family and the third grandpa, the old shopkeeper of Tongfu Inn, are old acquaintances. The two old men boasted to each other after drinking a little wine together. See, the two of them had nothing to brag about, so they took Liu Quan to the theater together.

The next day, Li Huaixi helped Yanli Shop for a long time. After lunch, he went back to the academy. The weather was cool. When he came back, he punched and kicked the sandbags. After sweating, he took a nice bath.

Autumn is just around the corner, and the academy is also full of various styles of head hanging beams, cones and buttocks. Li Huaixi has no interest in this. After dinner, he practiced calligraphy for a while, and then went to bed early to read scriptures. He has plenty of time and only cares about whether he can do it tomorrow. Find the book you want to read in Zangshuge.

On July [-]th, Yan Li went up to the mountain to see him. His shop was scheduled to open on the eighth day of August, but several sets of furniture in the shop had already been ordered in the past few days. Many people got married in autumn, so the furniture at this time It sells well.

Li Huaixi's painting skills have made some progress, and his interest has become stronger. While painting, he asked Yan Li behind him, "Are you going back for a few days after the opening? Isn't my cousin going to accept the prize?"

Yan Li was helping him to grind the newly bought paint finely. Hearing this, he replied with a smile, "Yes, go back and help out. I should be back after finishing the painting. Do you have anything to bring back? I can go to Auntie will run over there for you."

Li Huaixi stopped the pen, thought for a while and replied, "There is nothing, only some old clothes that can't be worn, but my elder brother will go back in a few days, so I'll let him take it back then.

My elder brother Li Long, he is a lucky person. Originally, the tenth day of the lunar new year was my rest day, but there are also many students in the academy who are going to take this subject, so I take a rest one day in advance, so I can just go down the mountain and send him in. Well, now he can't find reason. He even blamed my younger brother for not being loyal. "

"I'll go too, I have nothing to do that day." Yan Li said politely.

Li Huaixi thought of his elder brother's "heroic appearance", and declined Yan Li with a smile, "I don't think it's necessary, he doesn't know you well, and he might be more nervous when he sees you. When you go down the mountain, tell him and I will send you off." Just let him go, and he will go to find you after I deliver, your store just opened at that time, so there will be nothing wrong."

Yan Li smiled, he just wanted to spend more time with his cousin, it didn't matter whether he sent Li Long off or not.

On the eighth day of August, Li Huaixi asked Liu Quan to stay on the mountain to take care of Fat Cat. He went down the mountain and stayed at his inn for one night. The next morning, he went to meet Li Long at the entrance of the Gongyuan.

As soon as Li Huaixi saw Li Long, he knew something bad was going to happen. It was already autumn and it was early in the morning, but Li Long in front of him was sweating profusely!

"Brother, what are you doing? Relax, breathe with me, slow down, yes, exhale, exhale, exhale, inhale...is it any better? Just breathe like this a few times when you get nervous inside, our family didn't expect you to do this The first time I was admitted to the first prize, I didn't even expect to be a candidate, I just asked you to come and have a look, relax, relax! You said that you will go in and pass out soon? Is it embarrassing?! Relax!" Li Huaixi took Li Long to 'breathe' for a long time, and the result It was still useless, so he became anxious as he talked. He didn't expect Li Long to be so nervous before the battle.

The numbers drawn by Liao Dezhi and the others were relatively high, and they have already searched and went in. The academic officer called the number at the gate of the Gongyuan. There are still a few who will be Li Long's turn, but Li Long is still sweating, and The more I went out, the more I finally retreated, "San'er, I won't take the exam, I won't take the exam, I will definitely faint when I go in, my heart is trembling right now, touch it, it's pounding... "

Li Huaixi was worried that his elder brother had a heart problem, so he quickly put his hand on it. After counting his heartbeat for a while, he felt relieved. He was so angry that he punched his elder brother directly, "Get out of here, if you don't go in, I will kick you in. Believe it or not? Shameful Don’t be ashamed?! Was it me who gave you the name? Was it my father and mother who gave you the name? Hurry up, or I’ll really kick you!” I’ve never seen him so embarrassing.

Li Long also knew that he was ashamed, so he stiffened his neck and said, "You are the big brother and I am the big brother? Be careful, I will beat you!"

"If you have the strength to beat me, get out of here! Sooner or later, there will be such a time, this time I don't expect anything from you, why are you so nervous? Look at that old man over there, that should be nervous, this test won't pass , I might be reincarnated in three years, brother, let’s not be nervous, don’t be nervous, come here, eat this cake, and then go in after eating. I will ask the third grandpa to pick you up on the night of November and Fourteenth, I’ve prepared ginseng chicken soup for you, and I’ll ask for leave to pick you up when I’m [-], just fight for yourself and don’t get dizzy, and we won’t say anything about you if you do well in the exam!”

"Then I'll go in, San'er, did you really come down the mountain to pick me up when I was eighteen?" Li Long was pushed by Li Huaixi, and he turned around and asked as he walked. Very poor.

Li Huaixi was helpless, and quickly waved his hands, "I won't lie to you, I will definitely ask for leave, you go in, be good!"

The people who saw him off were not allowed to move forward. Li Huaixi saw Li Long go in after being searched in the crowd, and he let out a sigh of exhaustion.

Ask him, "Is that your brother?"

"What do you think?" Li Huaixi rolled his eyes.

"Hehe, I look like your younger brother." Brother Gongzi winked at him pretending to be playful.

Li Huaixi has encountered this kind of flirtation more than once since he came to Yuchuan, and as he grows up, it has become more and more recently. Li Huaixi snorted coldly and left the crowd with his head held high. Although there are endless chatters, none of them who are not open-eyed think he is a bully and dare to flirt openly.

Li Huaixi went back to the inn to have breakfast and then went to look for Yan Li. Yan Li was packing up things in the backyard. He was very happy to see him and quickly let him into the house.

"How is it? Dalong is still calm?"

"What are you calm about? You have to lie down for a few days when you come out. You can go back and bring a letter to my parents and let them pick it up. I guess you can't go back with your classmates."

"Didn't you say that this subject is just a test? Why is it like this!" Yan Li was very curious.

"Who said it wasn't?! But he's just nervous, and he's usually fine. Don't mention the exam, it's like this after the exam. It's not bad if he is very capable and can write three points."

Yan Li smiled, "I can't see it, I always think Dalong looks quite stable."

Li Huaixi laughed after thinking about it, "Other things are very prudent, but this one won't work. Go back and say hello to my aunt and uncle. If my cousin's child is born, please give him this little gold lock for me. There is no going back in time."

Yan Li took Xiao Jin's lock piece and looked at it, "Speaking of which, are you cousin or uncle?"

"Cousin, are you confused? Is Cheng An going to marry?" Li Huaixi smiled and took a sip of tea. The Yan family is still a married woman after all. He can only be an uncle, and there is nothing the Yan family can do if they are not willing.

On the morning of the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, Yan Li drove his carriage back to Jin County. On the evening of the eleventh day, Li Huaixi sent Liu Quan down the mountain and asked him to go with the old shopkeeper to pick up Li Long who had finished the first test. Quan came back and said that Li Long didn't look well, he looked very depressed and tired, he was busy filling Li Long with soup, and didn't dare to ask about the rest.

On the night of the [-]th, Liu Quan went down the mountain again, and came back the next day to tell Li Huaixi that Li Long was already ill. The third grandpa invited a doctor to make medicine for him. went.

On the evening of August [-]th, Li Huaixi's father and mother took his younger sister Li Si to hire a carriage and came to Yuchuan again. They didn't know that Li Long was already ill, and they were already very worried after hearing Yan Li's report. coming.

The next day, August [-]th, was the last day of the provincial examination. Li Huaixi asked for leave, and his family waited outside the gate of the Gongyuan early in the evening. It's not too late, but the condition is very bad, staggering like half-life.

Li Chengkui hurried over to put his eldest son on the carriage. After Li Huaixi gave him a pulse, he said, "It doesn't matter. It's still an old problem, but it's more serious. I think elder brother should be a scholar. Forget about the imperial examination. Let's continue the exam. Life is almost gone."

Li Chengkui nodded in agreement, "I think a scholar is pretty good. Your elder brother said to try it himself. Please God bless this time, don't coax him by taking the second-to-last exam. I'd rather he fail the exam, so I won't have to go to Beijing next year." How much will it cost to carry him back and forth?"

Mrs. Cheng was wiping the elder son's face, seeing the tears in the elder son's eyes, he quickly interrupted the two men's singing, "What are you two talking about? Shut up! Dalong, don't listen to them, mother." I have boiled the medicine for you, and the chicken soup has been stewed, and my mother will raise you up in two days when you go back, and if you want to take the exam, we can continue to take the exam, and you don't need to listen to the two of them talking nonsense."

Li Long shook his head weakly, "Mom, I can't pass the exam without father begging God, I haven't finished answering, woo..."

The 17-year-old eldest son was crying, and Li Huaixi's mother gave her man and her youngest son two fierce stares. Li Sisi also stared twice, and then stroked the elder brother's beard with her chubby little hand, "Brother, are you crying?" It's so ugly!"

"You cry beautifully! Damn girl!" Li Long patted Li Si's hand away, picked up the handkerchief Li Huaixi handed over, and grabbed his nose.

"I didn't feel nervous when I went in, and I didn't sweat, but I couldn't eat or sleep well in the shed. The pig next to me snored while sleeping. It's not a place for people to stay, and neither am I anyway. I'm going to be an official, I won't take the exam next time, so as not to suffer!" Li Long sniffed his nose, and went back to find a place for himself in a low voice.

"Promise!" Li Chengkui and Li Huaixi barked together.

Liao Dezhi didn't seem to do well in the exams, so he hired a carriage and went back before the results were announced. Li Long, who was "unpromising", recuperated in a small rented courtyard. His fighting spirit was ignited, and he planned to take the next subject with his younger brother three years later—he would not be able to pass this subject no matter what. He didn't understand three of the five questions in the second session, so he handed it in purely nonsense. , he was already sick in the last session of current affairs, and he was so drowsy that he didn't know what he was writing. In the first session of scriptures and history books, he could, but the writing was too slow, and he didn't finish the answer!

After Li Long got well, Li Chengkui and his wife were not in a hurry to leave. The family’s food was collected before they arrived, and the family’s pigs, chickens and livestock were handed over to Li Chengxiao and his wife to take care of them. Let's move on to the list.

Li Huaixi pestered his mother to hold a make-up birthday party for him on August [-]th. Although he received a box full of gifts from Lin Yichen that day, he still felt that his birthday was too much without the longevity noodles rolled by his mother. Not doing well.

On September [-]th, the results of the township examination were released, and Li Long was nowhere on the list, and his name fell to Sun Shan. The whole family, including Li Long, were very happy.Three of Li Long's classmates were also not on the list. Of the classmates Li Huaixi knew, only Kong Fanqiu was on the list, but the ranking was very low. Kong Fanqiu is more cautious than him about how much money is rewarded, so he doesn't necessarily like the result.

On September [-]th, after a lot of shopping in Yuchuan, Li Chengkui and his wife returned home with their eldest son and youngest daughter. The wedding date of An and Yan Ying is set on the nineteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, and their child is expected to be born in November. This is a "blessed" child who can attend his or her parents' wedding.