Bandit Reborn
Chapter 53
, no one else is going, only Cheng Ping, he is a good boy, it's his first time traveling far away, you take care of him. "
Li Huaixi was pushed back by his mother, and he managed to regain his posture, his expression became more and more like Huang Shiren, "I am older than us, who will take care of me? If you need care, it is better to stay at home. Mother, you have to put your ugly words I told my uncle's family in advance that I didn't want him to go and pick up money for nothing. There are many places to work hard. Even Liu Quan will lose ten catties before the inn opens. If he thinks it will be better than farming at home Take it easy, then put your mind to it as soon as possible, lest you regret it in time."
"Your uncle and the others understand these things. Didn't your grandma go with me? Your grandma has said everything that should be said, so I can't cause you any trouble." Cheng Xiu sat on the kang and said, feeling more and more The youngest son looked cute and indifferent, just about to call his son to his side, Li Chengkui walked in from outside with a cold air.
"His mother, go out and have a look. Chengye's wife is here, and Si'er beat their Xiao Wu into tears."
Li Si from outside beat a little boy in his family to tears not long after he came back. Now that his mother came to the door, Li Chengkui, a grown man, couldn't handle it, so he had to come back to rescue the soldiers.He slapped his youngest son's Erlang's leg with a slap back, and Li Chengkui said with a smile, "I don't know how to sit, why are you so angry with Cousin Yan Li? Your aunt said that the child hasn't smiled since he returned from our house. You go to see him in a few days and apologize, what's wrong with good cousins."
Li Huaixi rolled his eyes, disapproving of this, "That's his narrow-mindedness! I won't coax him, and I'm not a little daughter-in-law. Dad, what does my uncle say?"
Li Chengkui picked up the hot water from the small stove beside the kang, made tea and said, "What can I say? It was already planned that we could go. I just said a few words to vent my daughter's anger. Cheng An secretly told me, It is said that his father-in-law has prepared all the rituals for the fifteenth day, and the two families only need us to build the ladder."
"I have already said that my uncle is very powerful and sensible."
"Hmph, it makes sense! I was so tired for him, I calculated and calculated." Li Chengkui made tea and sat down next to his son. Li Huaixi immediately put his whole body weight on his father. Erlang's legs didn't turn up Yes, but the boneless look is not as good as before.
Li Chengkui was not too heavy, and supported his son while drinking tea. Li Long came in from the outside, handed half a piece of roasted sweet potato to his brother, and said with a smile, "Whether you sit or not, Dad, you are always spoiling him."
Li Huaixi raised his eyes and glanced at his elder brother, and said lazily, "You are exactly the same as our father, I am afraid that others will not know that you are the eldest son of the Li family!"
Li Long sat down on the other side, and the remaining half of the sweet potato was about to go away by Li Si who was bouncing around. Li Long got a black hand and didn't eat half of it. A brain collapsed child said, "Sit down, you thought you were like a little piece of meat like a kitten, playing flower cards last night, leaning against me all the time, making my arm numb."
Li Huaixi didn't want to move, leaned on his father and said, "If dad gets numb, I'll rub it for him."
The three sons of the Li family are all scoundrels who are used to by their father and brother, so they sit as they please, and the fathers are chatting and laughing in the room. The face that was still dark was completely blackened, and after entering the door, with a mournful face, he said to Li Chengkui very disruptively, "Our aunt passed away last night, and people from the Ding family came to report the funeral in the morning. If your door can't be opened, let me tell you." Yes. Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow are the days of crying spirits, stop for three days, and be buried in the morning of the ninth day."
Li Chengkui was stunned when he heard the words, and opened his mouth for a long time before asking, "Why did it disappear when it was fine? I haven't heard of any serious illness!"
Li Chengxiao sighed and sat down, picked up the tea poured by Li Huaixi and refused to drink it. A tear rolled around his eyes and fell into the teacup. Years after year, Lord Yan likes to pull people to join in the fun. A few years ago, people from these ten miles and eight villages took away several old men and old ladies, and many years later, our aunt's old lady is usually so energetic, saying It’s gone.” At this point, Li Chengxiao looked up at his younger brother, and continued to say enviously, “You still have a mother-in-law, so it’s precious, good luck! I can't even find a living kowtow, my father is very happy, they have all brothers and sisters underground."
Li Huaixi didn't expect that his uncle would still be addicted to kowtowing, but after thinking about it, he had to admit that this feeling was really uncomfortable-all the parents were gone, and no one would look at him like a child from now on. You, that alone is too much to bear.
The old aunt of the Li family is 72 years old, and it can be regarded as a happy funeral at the end of her life. Li Chengkui and his wife changed into plain clothes the next day and went to the funeral. Li Long and Li Hu also went together. Li Huaixi should have gone too, but it was snowing heavily outside. The donkey cart has no carriage. Li Chengkui was always worried about his youngest son's serious illness when he was a child, and he was afraid that he would be cold so he didn't let him go.
Before going out, Chengxiu was afraid of being challenged by relatives, so Zhang Luo tried to find thick clothes for Li Huaixi. It doesn't matter if the two little ones don't go home, anyway, the old lady never saw Li Huaixi when she was alive, and now that people are dying like a lamp going out, it doesn't matter whether they go or not.Cheng Xiu also felt sorry for her own children, so let it go.
Most of the family left in a hurry, and the cold wind was howling outside, so Li Huaixi could only lie on the bed and read a book bored.In the snowy day, the light in the house was not good, and he looked tired. Li Huaixi put it down after looking at it for a while. He really wanted to go out and fight for a while, but grandma and his mother never allowed such things as winter training. At this time, grandma went out to get firewood to prepare lunch. The wind was strong, and grandma was coughing while walking. Li Huaixi suddenly turned over and sat up, frowned, and stood at the door calling Liu Quan, "Liu Quan, come in and grind ink for me!"
Liu Quan appeared very quickly this time, he was so annoyed by Li Si's ravages in the main room, and he couldn't resist, so Li Huaixi's slightly impatient call became a sound of nature in his ears, regardless of the slippery road in the snow , rushing into the East Wing, even scrambling, and asked very attentively, "My lord, do you want to practice calligraphy?"
"I want to think of some nourishing medicinal diet recipes for my grandma, and study more ink. After I finish writing in a while, you can help me make a booklet. In the past few days, let Si'er read all the words in it. We are not at home, so we can only rely on it." That girl is a joke."
Liu Quan felt bitter when he heard Li Si's name. Li Long devoted himself to studying hard, Li Hu was impatient, and Li Huaixi even let go of the shopkeeper. Naturally, it was his job to teach Li Si how to read. Liu Quan’s scalp became numb to the demon king of the world, and now Li Si can’t see the appearance of the hair-shedding monkey cub at the time. She seems to be in shape, getting stronger day by day, and now the children in the village as her age, even the boys are half a head shorter than her.
Li Huaixi sent Liu Quan out to help his grandma when he finished studying ink. Li Sisi saw Liu Quan before he had crossed the threshold of the kitchen. At noon, I just ordered a few bowls of noodles without his help.
Li Xiucai couldn't leave the door after eating noodles at noon. He spent a lot of time thinking about it all afternoon. While writing, he felt that he was too arrogant. Before that, he asked Liu Quan to come over and bind it into a book. Only when he wrote it did he realize that he was bragging.Writing a medicinal diet is not as good as writing those beautiful articles. It cannot be fabricated out of thin air. All the medical books at home have been found out and spread out on the table. The impact on the human body and the difficulty of obtaining ingredients, Li Huaixi felt his head was big all afternoon, and when his parents came back at night, he had just finished the first chapter of his "magnificent masterpiece" - Spring Health recipes are only a few thousand words.
Crying is a laborious task, and Li Chengkui felt a little headache even after crying for a day, and leaned on the cushion on the couch to drink water one cup after another.Cheng's is fine, she is the stepmother, when she got married, her aunt was already old, and she didn't come over for the wedding wine, she just met her twice during the New Year and holidays, and she was not very familiar with this aunt at first, but now Crying too much makes people laugh, so I have been helping a few female relatives tie some paper horses in the backyard all day, and I am not tired.
The burial was only in the morning of the ninth day of the ninth day, and Li Chengkui and his wife, as the nephews and daughter-in-law of the first day, had to go to cry for two more days. There is still no need to go... Li Huaixi listened to the arrangement at home for a while, then got up and went back to his room when he saw that he had nothing to do, and took the kettle with him before leaving.
It is rare for the Li family to see that their third son is so diligent and hard-working, even harder than when he took the children's test. When Li Huaixi was busy, he didn't want to be disturbed. Li Chengkui asked Liu Quan. After Liu Quan finished talking about Li Huaixi's plan, The whole family was surprised, especially the grandma. All afternoon, she only thought that her grandson was working hard, but she didn't think it was for her own sake.
Li Chengkui and his wife also felt very relieved. The youngest son was still a little soulless little thing at the beginning. He was full of small thoughts all day long, but he grew up in a blink of an eye. For a child who grows up, his parents and brothers are present, so why not act coquettishly.
62. Recipes, sweaters
Li Huaixi's masterpiece of filial piety did not go smoothly. A recipe was repeatedly deleted and revised several times, considering both the efficacy of the medicine and the taste of the elderly. His vacation is also over.
After Lin Qing finished the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, he came to Li's house according to his young master's instructions, and found various reasons to beg Li Huaixi to go on the road early. Li Huaixi originally planned to stay at home for a few more days, but he couldn't stand Lin Qing's persistent urges and requests. , could only agree to set off three days earlier than the original plan, Lin Qing successfully completed the task with a smile, and brought several carriages from the Lin family to stop outside the gate of the Li family early in the morning on the third day of February.
Cheng Ping arrived at Li's house one day earlier. He thought that the Li family brothers were going to hire a carriage to go out, but he never expected it to be such a scene, so he felt a little anxious at the moment.Thinking that he was going out to work with him, he wanted to help carry some things on the carriage, but after walking around for a long time, he found that he couldn't get in the way at all. Several servants from the Lin family came here, all of them were quick Yes, everything was arranged in less than half an hour, and there was no need for others at all.
The Lin family sent a total of four carriages, the front one was for Li Huaixi, and the rear three were for pulling servants and things. Cheng Ping originally planned to sit in the back carriage with Liu Quan, but in the end it was Li Huaixi's cousin was still allowed to sit in the front carriage with Li Huaixi and Li Hu.
It was the first time for Cheng Ping to ride in such a luxurious carriage as the Lin family, and he was a little afraid of being underestimated by others, so even though he couldn't hide the curiosity in his eyes, he kept sitting in a well-behaved manner. Li Huaixi observed for a while, and couldn't help laughing and joking, " Cousin, are you competing with the bodhisattvas in the temple? Sitting so upright, you won’t be afraid of back pain for a while.”
Cheng Ping was a little embarrassed to let Li Huaixi make such a joke, but he was not so restrained. He glanced at Li Huaixi who was leaning on Li Hu's body, and replied with a smile, "The back pain is better than you relying on your second brother all the time. Fortunately, your second elder brother is strong and strong, and you would have been overwhelmed by another person."
Li Hu also laughed, supporting his younger brother and saying, "He has this kind of virtue at home. He can rely on whoever catches him. We are all used to it like he has no bones."
Cheng Ping knew that this cousin of his little aunt's family was favored at home, but he couldn't figure out how much this "favored" could be. Now that he saw Li Huaixi's behavior, he understood, it was simply too spoiled .And obviously, the brothers of the Li family are not the only ones who dote on Li Huaixi like this. The carriage sent by the Lin family is equipped with various snacks, snacks, tea and hot soup, and there are several cushions stuffed with duck down. The young servants are always on call, and more than a dozen elders follow and hug.Cheng Ping has never met Li Huaixi's senior official who is a high official, but looking at the scene, I am afraid that this pet Li Huaixi is more powerful than the Li family.
After walking more than 300 miles for two days, Li Huaixi spent more than half of the time sleeping. Writing a cookbook made the head scholar of the academy give up his plan to become a great writer. In his opinion, this kind of thing is too exhausting. There is no ease and comfort in making some handy gadgets.
When they were not sleeping, Li Huaixi would take Li Hu and Cheng Ping to play flower cards and chat. Cheng Ping and the Li brothers got to know each other well, and they were not as restrained as they were at the beginning, and occasionally they would make some harmless jokes.Getting along with each other, the two brothers of the Li family thought that Cheng Ping was pretty good. Although as the second son, Cheng Ping was not valued very much when he was at home, but according to them, Cheng Ping's temper was better than Cheng An's, and he spoke frankly and didn't care too much. As boring as Cheng An.
The carriage directly sent Li Hu and Cheng Ping to Li Huaixi's vacant shop, which is larger than Yan Li's shop, and there is also a yard behind it, with complete household utensils. Li Hu and Cheng Ping brought them from home. The bedding can be accommodated after a little cleaning. Today's Tongfu Inn "advertisements" are posted all over the surrounding area, large and small, and there are no rooms.
Li Huaixi left Liu Quan to help, and took the fat cat to find Lin Yichen. The two hadn't seen each other for a month. Li Huaixi laughed when they met for the first time. There are two official seals on a table, one big and one small, and the stack of various official documents is about a foot thick. With that young and handsome face, it looks ridiculous no matter how you look at it.
"What kind of official are you messed up?!" Li Huaixi smiled and sat down on a chair at the bottom and asked.
"I don't know what kind of official it is," Lin Yichen said with a bitter face, "Everything big and small can be piled up on me, I'm almost exhausted, you don't say you love me, but you still laugh, heartless! The emperor doesn't dare to hand over Yu Chuan to others now, so I can only sit here. But that's fine too," Lin Yichen rolled his eyes and smiled again, and said meanly, "The Governor's Mansion is located in Qingchuan Mansion is more than 600 miles away from here, if I don't serve as Governor of Yuchuan Mansion, I have to change places, how can I still see you all the time."
"It's worthless," Li Huaixi looked down on Lin Yichen's insistence on meeting day and night, took a look at the official seal on the table that he hadn't seen before, and said with a smile, "Governor of the Six Houses? Your promotion It's quick."
Lin Yichen made a rare faceless face, took Li Huaixi's hand and said, "It's not your credit, baby, the Holy Majesty has rewarded you too, and I will keep it for you, and I will give it to you in the evening. I will go home with me later to eat." Let's have a meal, my grandma hasn't seen you for fifteen, and she's been talking about it these days."
Lin's grandma came to Yuchuan after the truce, and she really didn't see her on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, but Lin Yichen didn't just want Li Huaixi to make up for this gift, there was another reason for this.
During the Chinese New Year, there was a great chaos in the Lin family. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is the ultimate showdown. The old lady blamed the old wife for not taking good care of her grandson, causing her grandson to go astray and fall in love with a man; Come on, the old couple quarreled, and at the end of the quarrel, the old lady of the Lin family even publicly stated that she supported the little grandson!
These are not the words of the old lady in a hurry, nor how open-minded the old lady is, and how much she likes Li Huaixi. Of course, these are also part of the truth, but there are still some secrets that cannot be understood by outsiders.
The Lin family has not separated, and the old lady is in good health, so the old lady is still in charge of the family's accounts, and the marriages of the children and grandchildren are also handled by the old lady herself.The Lin family is a family of merchants, and the elder brothers naturally married daughters of small families. When it was Lin Yichen's turn, the old lady also wanted to marry her grandson to an official lady from the beginning, and entrusted several well-known matchmakers. Marriage for Lin Yichen, but at the beginning Lin Yichen was just a small county magistrate, and there was no family support in the court, and those officials and officials were not happy because they were not promising. So I stopped doing those shameless things, and the budget for my grandson was still so much, but only a thousand taels of silver.
In recent years, Lin Yichen has been promoted step by step, and all those officials and officials have been picked up. Unfortunately, the old lady has long understood that these are just some people who step on the low and praise the high, and are of no help to the grandson's official career. The assistants who came next to me were all those old ladies who took advantage of the chance of admiring the flowers to see the fragrance, and none of them could compare to the appearance and conversation of the Li family boy. The expenses, those figures that make the old lady's liver hurt when she looks at the account books too much, are enough for the old lady to marry a dozen or twenty daughters-in-law for her grandson. Adding up several factors, the old lady was shocked by Mrs. Lin and completely stood up. On the grandson's side.
This kind of support has some impure motives, but it is rare. Lin Yichen wanted to marry Li Huaixi back home in an open and honest manner, so naturally he would not let this help go.
How can Li Huaixi not understand Lin Yichen's thoughts, he is not the kind of person who allows his partner to fight alone, so he also said with a smile, "I am also going to pay my grandma's greetings. Grandma copied a copy, which is not as delicate as yours, but eating some often is good for your health. Over the years, I have not lost grandma's golden curly seeds, and now it is considered a filial piety."
"That recipe of yours is really valuable!" Lin Yichen rolled his eyes, and ordered the servants outside the door to come in and prepare hot water for Li Huaixi. After the two of them washed up, they put on clean clothes and went back to the Lin Mansion together.
Li Huaixi's gift was very fond of the old lady of the Lin family. That night, she asked the kitchen to make a few medicinal meals according to the recipe. The courtesies were reciprocal. During the dinner, she bragged about it in front of the whole family, which made the old lady of the Lin family swallow her saliva in anger. Didn't take a sip of those medicinal meals.
The next day, Li Huaixi went to Cheng An's silk and satin village, but did not go to Yan Li's place, because Yan Li was still awkward after that, and he didn't want to rush to coax them, so the two brothers were still so stiff, Li Huaixi Thinking that Yan Li is really narrow-minded, he secretly decided not to give any gifts in return in the future, so as to save trouble.
Cheng An knew that Cheng Ping was coming, but he didn't know when. He was very happy to hear that Li Huaixi said that his younger brother had come. He asked the mother-in-law employed by the family to set up a banquet, and he and Li Huaixi went to invite Li Hu and Cheng Ping together. , and sent the shop assistants to call Yan Li over, everyone knew that Yan Li was having a temper tantrum with Li Huaixi, although they didn't know the specific reason, but they had to help to make peace during the dinner.
Li Huaixi was nothing to begin with, and Yan Li could only be secretly happy to see Li Huaixi, so at this time, after a few words of persuasion from others, the two reconciled as before.
The little brothers have grown up these years, except for Li Huaixi who can't drink alcohol, the others can already have a few drinks. Everyone knows the purpose of Li Hu's coming to Yuchuan, so they can't help but make noises during the dinner, by the way Get some ideas.
Li Hu didn't hide it, and smiled and talked about his plan. He traveled around with Mr. Accountant and learned some skills over the years. Li Huaixi's shop is large and in a good location, and there are several warehouses in the back In such a place, Li Hu decided to open a north-south goods store just in time, and also avoided the competition with those traditional old stores in Yuchuan City.
Everyone thinks that this business is good, but the cost is a bit high, but the Li family's financial resources have become more and more obscure over the years, so everyone doesn't say anything.Cheng An runs a silk and satin shop, and Yan Li runs a furniture shop. Although they have different businesses, they all have the same business experience. In the end, they have the same purpose, to make money from low to high, and these two have been in Yuchuan for a long time. In the market, I gave Li Hu a lot of ideas during the meeting. Li Huaixi, the hands-off shopkeeper, opened an inn and couldn't help much, but he listened more seriously than Li Hu, because Li Hu paid for the business. , It was agreed that making money would give him five points of the proceeds.
General Weiyuan Jia Zhengjing was escorted to Kyoto in the first month, and the imperial court replaced the commander of the northern garrison. The situation in the north has stabilized, but it is a pity that the south is still not peaceful. They took the water to support the south, but the king of Zhennan has 40 troops, and there are some capable people under his command, so the battle will not be over for a while.
Before the Dragon Boat Festival, Li Hu's north-south goods store opened. The goods from the south can't be shipped by others, but the Lin family has some connections. With this convenience, Li Hu stocked up a lot of goods from the south, making up for the gap in the market. So his North and South Merchandising Store has been doing very well since it opened, and every day there are so many customers that the shop next to it is very eye-catching.
The goods are purchased and shipped every day in the store, and the accounts are complicated. Li Hu is the shopkeeper himself. Although he is only a 17-year-old young man, he has a good way of doing things. In just a few words, he is responsible for counting the goods. This job is easy to say, but running in front of the store and back to the store every day is really not as easy as farming at home.
But Cheng Ping worked very hard in Li Hu's shop. He knew how much money his little aunt lent to the family years ago, and he also knew how much the family received in a year. Now Li Hu gives him three taels of silver every month. The wages are provided for food and housing, and the wages are almost useless. Such a good job can't be found even with a lantern, so what's the point of being tired.
The war is not over yet, people are still not at ease, and business in all walks of life is not easy to do. Yan Li has more free time, so he will often go up the mountain to find Li Huaixi, and the two of them paint and practice calligraphy together, which makes the Governor-General who is busy with official duties down the mountain Very stuffy.
After surviving a hot summer, news of the civil unrest finally came from the south.The King of Zhennan was defeated and died, and the whole family was escorted to Beijing. Although the new emperor is known as a benevolent and virtuous monarch, he was not lenient in killing decisions. When the imperial pen circled, dozens of heads fell to the ground, some of whom had been with the King of Zhennan Officials who received privately were also settled by Qiuhou.When the emperor had almost killed all the unsightly ones, Xu Shi saw that the court hall was a little empty, perhaps to show the greatness of the emperor's favor, so the imperial pen circled again, and Enke would be added on the ninth day of August.
After asking Mr. Li Huaixi, he decided to take the exam. He is used to traveling all over the world. In fact, he is not very willing to do things like being bored in the academy every day. He never went to university in his previous life. When he first arrived at the academy, he was fresh for a while. After a long time, he has trampled on all the corners of the academy, and the original freshness has long been lost.
Prince Duan went back with a head like a bird's nest to finish the marriage. Young Master He got a daughter in summer and became a father. These two completed the major events in life and decided to take the exam together. Apart from the two of them, there were also many students in the same class. Few people want to participate, and Kong Fanqiu, who is already a Juren, also returned to the academy to prepare for the exam. The failure experience of the last subject made him very depressed for a while, and he walked around Li Huaixi when he returned to the academy. The heart of a man judges the belly of a gentleman, because Li Huaixi is really not a gentleman, and it is not impossible to do things that make people worse.
Lin Yichen doesn't quite agree with Li Huaixi's dismissal of this subject. He is now a senior member of the party and cannot leave his post without authorization, but Li Huaixi is sure to be able to pass high school. With the attention of today's emperor, he must also stay in Beijing as an official. Therefore, Li Huaixi Taking the exam now means that two people have to be separated, and it hasn't been a year or a half!
The governor of the six prefectures became a "resentful woman", a "resentful woman" who dragged a man's hind legs. After Li Huaixi comforted him twice, he lost his patience. Two consecutive Humu did not go down the mountain. Instead, he diligently arranged all matters related to Enke, and only then did he turn the tide and 're-enter' Li Xiucai's eyes.
On the ninth day of August, Li Long and Li Huaixi were preparing to enter the arena together. He did not hesitate this time and came early. It was not because he was so confident, but as an older brother, he needed his younger brother to be brave. This kind of opportunity is rare, Li Huaixi If there is no accident, I can only accompany him this time. After passing this village, there will be no such shop.
The academic officer checked the students who came to take the exam one by one at the gate of the Gongyuan. Li Huaixi saw Lin Yichen with a dark face at a glance. This guy sat next to the academic officer to release the low pressure. Knowing why the Governor-General, who is very busy every day, appeared at the gate of the Gongyuan, and still had such an expression, the students around talked a lot, thinking that there was a case of favoritism and fraud, and there were all kinds of guesses.
Li Huaixi couldn't laugh or cry when he heard these comments. These people think too highly of the governor. That person came here for business. It's purely petty!It's been like this expression since last night, and I said nothing, just to check this item at the door.He just took off his coat to check if there was any hidden possessions. All the students who came to take the exam are like this. He is not a rich lady who doesn't leave the door and doesn't leave the door. The school officer is not a pervert on the street. I don't know what Lin Yichen has. Can be nervous and resentful.
When Li Huaixi walked up to the school officer with the test basket, Lin Yichen's resentment reached its peak in an instant, and there was swishing air-conditioning within a three-meter radius, so startled that even the birds next to him did not go to the tree next to him fall.
The school officer was sent from Beijing. Although he didn't know the relationship between Li Huaixi and Lin Yichen's 'brothers', he was not stupid. He felt the sudden boiling resentment from the governor, and looked at the stunning little face of the young man in front of him. If there is anything you don't understand, he quickly ordered the soldiers around him to check quickly, and acquiesced in Lin Yichen's behavior of coming over to put a cloak on Li Huaixi.
After Li Huaixi entered the arena, the governor also left. The academic officer breathed a sigh of relief, and the students behind Li Huaixi also breathed a sigh of relief. Those who knew Li Huaixi wanted to discuss a few words, but they were covered by the people around them as soon as they opened their mouths. Shut up, "You are the only one who is smart?!"
No one who can come to participate in the township examination is a fool, and the one who speaks quickly will keep his mouth shut. Official affairs can be discussed, but private affairs must be weighed. Lin Yichen is in his twenties and already a second-rank governor, controlling the military and government of the six prefectures. Such people are not something ordinary people can provoke, and no one is so stupid as to ruin his official career by showing off his quick talk.
Li Long entered the examination room after Li Huaixi, and he saw people's suddenly enlightened expressions. In the past two years, he gradually understood Lin Yichen's covetousness towards his younger brother. Nervous, I entered the examination room and only thought about telling my younger brother once when I came out, stay away from that bad-hearted person!
Entering August, the weather in Yuchuan was already a bit cold, but it was not enough to light a stove to keep warm. Candidates were not allowed to wear jackets, and could only put on top of each other. It was neither comfortable nor warm. Li Huaixi did not The magical body protection of the great god traverser, his hands and feet are icy cold, and he finally realized the hardships of ancient students.He is lucky, the location of the dormitory is not bad, it is far away from the toilet, there is no peculiar smell, but the narrow bed is uncomfortable to sleep on, Li Huaixi has been used to a good life these years, the first night was a lot of tossing and turning .
After the first exam, Li Huaixi was picked up by Lin Yichen when he left the gate of the Gongyuan. Li Long came out a step late, watched the Lin family's carriage go away, and was so angry that he turned around twice and almost jumped.
Liu Quan was driving the inn's carriage and waiting aside. Seeing Li Long's angry appearance, he thought it was good. At least he was much more energetic than the last subject. Responsible for Li Long's logistics, clean clothes, clean hot water and thick tonic soup, other things are out of his control.
Yan Li was also in the Tongfu Inn. He originally thought that Li Huaixi would come back with Li Long, but after waiting for a long time, he only saw that Liu Quan picked up Li Long. He knew Li Huaixi's whereabouts without asking him, so he sighed softly, and After chatting for a few words, Li Long went home.
Li Hu was not at all surprised that Liu Quan only received Li Long.Seeing his elder brother's angry look, Li Hu thought it was a little funny. He also saw what happened on the morning of the ninth day of the ninth day, and knew what kind of anger Li Long was, so he took advantage of Liu Quan's time to go out to serve soup and said with a smile, "As for the anger? Is it like this? I think it’s quite funny, the narrow-mindedness meets the narrow-mindedness, isn’t it good, so as not to cause harm to others. The third of us looks like this, and among women, only our mother and our grandma love the most dear ones. Like, let him go."
"Then let them be so unclear?! Then...!"
"Then what? I don't know what, it's something that a blind person can see, it's not clear, I don't think about hiding it when I see those two, it's just because San'er is still young, Da Zhou The two of them are not the only ones who have a good manly style, neither of them are afraid, what are we afraid of? Isn't it just some gossip? What can we do?"
At this time, Liu Quan walked in from the outside with soup, Li Hu didn't say anything, and Li Long didn't say anything. As the eldest brother, he still felt uncomfortable. For Lin Yichen?That is a dream!
Li Long kept thinking about this matter, and planned to find a time to have a good talk with Li Huaixi, but when the provincial examination was over, he couldn't open his mouth. On August [-]th, there was an autumn rain suddenly, and the temperature dropped sharply. Many students are sick. Li Huaixi, who is in the period of voice change, has low resistance. Although he has been practicing martial arts to strengthen his body, he has been sick the next day after insisting on it for one night. I couldn't say a word, and everyone in the Li family panicked, and no one could care about other things.
Li Chengkui and his wife still came on August [-]th. Originally, they only prepared medicine for the eldest son. Who would have thought that it was the younger son who was sick this time, and he was so sick. The couple was so distressed that they did not close their eyes for two days and took turns day and night. Watch, never leave.
Lin Yichen didn't dare to rob people with Li Chengkui and his wife, but whenever he was free, he would stay by Li Huaixi's bedside, and even Li Chengkui understood what Li Huaixi had asked him a few years ago. Li Butcher was shocked In a cold sweat, I finally knew what kind of 'monster' had appeared in my family - my son was just how old at that time!
The relationship between Li Huaixi and Lin Yichen became an open secret in the Li family, but this did not bring Lin Yichen any convenience, but made it difficult for him to move forward.Usually when he came to the Li family, the Li family usually avoided them all after being polite, they were very 'knowledgeable', but now, as long as his official boots passed the threshold of the Li family, there would be two or three pairs of eyes staring at him Li Huaixi was so protected that he didn't even have the chance to talk to him alone.
Three days later, Li Huaixi recovered from his illness. Although his voice was still a little hoarse, he was able to speak anyway, and his high fever subsided, but he still had no strength.He was a little worried, and it gave him a headache when he thought that there would be a crucial exam next year when the weather was cold. Although he could bring charcoal fire in, that kind of charcoal fire would not be used in a room that was used only once in three years. It doesn't work much, Lin Yichen described it to him, it is said that even the ink in the inkstone can freeze!Li Huaixi got sick once and doesn't want to get sick again
Li Huaixi was pushed back by his mother, and he managed to regain his posture, his expression became more and more like Huang Shiren, "I am older than us, who will take care of me? If you need care, it is better to stay at home. Mother, you have to put your ugly words I told my uncle's family in advance that I didn't want him to go and pick up money for nothing. There are many places to work hard. Even Liu Quan will lose ten catties before the inn opens. If he thinks it will be better than farming at home Take it easy, then put your mind to it as soon as possible, lest you regret it in time."
"Your uncle and the others understand these things. Didn't your grandma go with me? Your grandma has said everything that should be said, so I can't cause you any trouble." Cheng Xiu sat on the kang and said, feeling more and more The youngest son looked cute and indifferent, just about to call his son to his side, Li Chengkui walked in from outside with a cold air.
"His mother, go out and have a look. Chengye's wife is here, and Si'er beat their Xiao Wu into tears."
Li Si from outside beat a little boy in his family to tears not long after he came back. Now that his mother came to the door, Li Chengkui, a grown man, couldn't handle it, so he had to come back to rescue the soldiers.He slapped his youngest son's Erlang's leg with a slap back, and Li Chengkui said with a smile, "I don't know how to sit, why are you so angry with Cousin Yan Li? Your aunt said that the child hasn't smiled since he returned from our house. You go to see him in a few days and apologize, what's wrong with good cousins."
Li Huaixi rolled his eyes, disapproving of this, "That's his narrow-mindedness! I won't coax him, and I'm not a little daughter-in-law. Dad, what does my uncle say?"
Li Chengkui picked up the hot water from the small stove beside the kang, made tea and said, "What can I say? It was already planned that we could go. I just said a few words to vent my daughter's anger. Cheng An secretly told me, It is said that his father-in-law has prepared all the rituals for the fifteenth day, and the two families only need us to build the ladder."
"I have already said that my uncle is very powerful and sensible."
"Hmph, it makes sense! I was so tired for him, I calculated and calculated." Li Chengkui made tea and sat down next to his son. Li Huaixi immediately put his whole body weight on his father. Erlang's legs didn't turn up Yes, but the boneless look is not as good as before.
Li Chengkui was not too heavy, and supported his son while drinking tea. Li Long came in from the outside, handed half a piece of roasted sweet potato to his brother, and said with a smile, "Whether you sit or not, Dad, you are always spoiling him."
Li Huaixi raised his eyes and glanced at his elder brother, and said lazily, "You are exactly the same as our father, I am afraid that others will not know that you are the eldest son of the Li family!"
Li Long sat down on the other side, and the remaining half of the sweet potato was about to go away by Li Si who was bouncing around. Li Long got a black hand and didn't eat half of it. A brain collapsed child said, "Sit down, you thought you were like a little piece of meat like a kitten, playing flower cards last night, leaning against me all the time, making my arm numb."
Li Huaixi didn't want to move, leaned on his father and said, "If dad gets numb, I'll rub it for him."
The three sons of the Li family are all scoundrels who are used to by their father and brother, so they sit as they please, and the fathers are chatting and laughing in the room. The face that was still dark was completely blackened, and after entering the door, with a mournful face, he said to Li Chengkui very disruptively, "Our aunt passed away last night, and people from the Ding family came to report the funeral in the morning. If your door can't be opened, let me tell you." Yes. Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow are the days of crying spirits, stop for three days, and be buried in the morning of the ninth day."
Li Chengkui was stunned when he heard the words, and opened his mouth for a long time before asking, "Why did it disappear when it was fine? I haven't heard of any serious illness!"
Li Chengxiao sighed and sat down, picked up the tea poured by Li Huaixi and refused to drink it. A tear rolled around his eyes and fell into the teacup. Years after year, Lord Yan likes to pull people to join in the fun. A few years ago, people from these ten miles and eight villages took away several old men and old ladies, and many years later, our aunt's old lady is usually so energetic, saying It’s gone.” At this point, Li Chengxiao looked up at his younger brother, and continued to say enviously, “You still have a mother-in-law, so it’s precious, good luck! I can't even find a living kowtow, my father is very happy, they have all brothers and sisters underground."
Li Huaixi didn't expect that his uncle would still be addicted to kowtowing, but after thinking about it, he had to admit that this feeling was really uncomfortable-all the parents were gone, and no one would look at him like a child from now on. You, that alone is too much to bear.
The old aunt of the Li family is 72 years old, and it can be regarded as a happy funeral at the end of her life. Li Chengkui and his wife changed into plain clothes the next day and went to the funeral. Li Long and Li Hu also went together. Li Huaixi should have gone too, but it was snowing heavily outside. The donkey cart has no carriage. Li Chengkui was always worried about his youngest son's serious illness when he was a child, and he was afraid that he would be cold so he didn't let him go.
Before going out, Chengxiu was afraid of being challenged by relatives, so Zhang Luo tried to find thick clothes for Li Huaixi. It doesn't matter if the two little ones don't go home, anyway, the old lady never saw Li Huaixi when she was alive, and now that people are dying like a lamp going out, it doesn't matter whether they go or not.Cheng Xiu also felt sorry for her own children, so let it go.
Most of the family left in a hurry, and the cold wind was howling outside, so Li Huaixi could only lie on the bed and read a book bored.In the snowy day, the light in the house was not good, and he looked tired. Li Huaixi put it down after looking at it for a while. He really wanted to go out and fight for a while, but grandma and his mother never allowed such things as winter training. At this time, grandma went out to get firewood to prepare lunch. The wind was strong, and grandma was coughing while walking. Li Huaixi suddenly turned over and sat up, frowned, and stood at the door calling Liu Quan, "Liu Quan, come in and grind ink for me!"
Liu Quan appeared very quickly this time, he was so annoyed by Li Si's ravages in the main room, and he couldn't resist, so Li Huaixi's slightly impatient call became a sound of nature in his ears, regardless of the slippery road in the snow , rushing into the East Wing, even scrambling, and asked very attentively, "My lord, do you want to practice calligraphy?"
"I want to think of some nourishing medicinal diet recipes for my grandma, and study more ink. After I finish writing in a while, you can help me make a booklet. In the past few days, let Si'er read all the words in it. We are not at home, so we can only rely on it." That girl is a joke."
Liu Quan felt bitter when he heard Li Si's name. Li Long devoted himself to studying hard, Li Hu was impatient, and Li Huaixi even let go of the shopkeeper. Naturally, it was his job to teach Li Si how to read. Liu Quan’s scalp became numb to the demon king of the world, and now Li Si can’t see the appearance of the hair-shedding monkey cub at the time. She seems to be in shape, getting stronger day by day, and now the children in the village as her age, even the boys are half a head shorter than her.
Li Huaixi sent Liu Quan out to help his grandma when he finished studying ink. Li Sisi saw Liu Quan before he had crossed the threshold of the kitchen. At noon, I just ordered a few bowls of noodles without his help.
Li Xiucai couldn't leave the door after eating noodles at noon. He spent a lot of time thinking about it all afternoon. While writing, he felt that he was too arrogant. Before that, he asked Liu Quan to come over and bind it into a book. Only when he wrote it did he realize that he was bragging.Writing a medicinal diet is not as good as writing those beautiful articles. It cannot be fabricated out of thin air. All the medical books at home have been found out and spread out on the table. The impact on the human body and the difficulty of obtaining ingredients, Li Huaixi felt his head was big all afternoon, and when his parents came back at night, he had just finished the first chapter of his "magnificent masterpiece" - Spring Health recipes are only a few thousand words.
Crying is a laborious task, and Li Chengkui felt a little headache even after crying for a day, and leaned on the cushion on the couch to drink water one cup after another.Cheng's is fine, she is the stepmother, when she got married, her aunt was already old, and she didn't come over for the wedding wine, she just met her twice during the New Year and holidays, and she was not very familiar with this aunt at first, but now Crying too much makes people laugh, so I have been helping a few female relatives tie some paper horses in the backyard all day, and I am not tired.
The burial was only in the morning of the ninth day of the ninth day, and Li Chengkui and his wife, as the nephews and daughter-in-law of the first day, had to go to cry for two more days. There is still no need to go... Li Huaixi listened to the arrangement at home for a while, then got up and went back to his room when he saw that he had nothing to do, and took the kettle with him before leaving.
It is rare for the Li family to see that their third son is so diligent and hard-working, even harder than when he took the children's test. When Li Huaixi was busy, he didn't want to be disturbed. Li Chengkui asked Liu Quan. After Liu Quan finished talking about Li Huaixi's plan, The whole family was surprised, especially the grandma. All afternoon, she only thought that her grandson was working hard, but she didn't think it was for her own sake.
Li Chengkui and his wife also felt very relieved. The youngest son was still a little soulless little thing at the beginning. He was full of small thoughts all day long, but he grew up in a blink of an eye. For a child who grows up, his parents and brothers are present, so why not act coquettishly.
62. Recipes, sweaters
Li Huaixi's masterpiece of filial piety did not go smoothly. A recipe was repeatedly deleted and revised several times, considering both the efficacy of the medicine and the taste of the elderly. His vacation is also over.
After Lin Qing finished the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, he came to Li's house according to his young master's instructions, and found various reasons to beg Li Huaixi to go on the road early. Li Huaixi originally planned to stay at home for a few more days, but he couldn't stand Lin Qing's persistent urges and requests. , could only agree to set off three days earlier than the original plan, Lin Qing successfully completed the task with a smile, and brought several carriages from the Lin family to stop outside the gate of the Li family early in the morning on the third day of February.
Cheng Ping arrived at Li's house one day earlier. He thought that the Li family brothers were going to hire a carriage to go out, but he never expected it to be such a scene, so he felt a little anxious at the moment.Thinking that he was going out to work with him, he wanted to help carry some things on the carriage, but after walking around for a long time, he found that he couldn't get in the way at all. Several servants from the Lin family came here, all of them were quick Yes, everything was arranged in less than half an hour, and there was no need for others at all.
The Lin family sent a total of four carriages, the front one was for Li Huaixi, and the rear three were for pulling servants and things. Cheng Ping originally planned to sit in the back carriage with Liu Quan, but in the end it was Li Huaixi's cousin was still allowed to sit in the front carriage with Li Huaixi and Li Hu.
It was the first time for Cheng Ping to ride in such a luxurious carriage as the Lin family, and he was a little afraid of being underestimated by others, so even though he couldn't hide the curiosity in his eyes, he kept sitting in a well-behaved manner. Li Huaixi observed for a while, and couldn't help laughing and joking, " Cousin, are you competing with the bodhisattvas in the temple? Sitting so upright, you won’t be afraid of back pain for a while.”
Cheng Ping was a little embarrassed to let Li Huaixi make such a joke, but he was not so restrained. He glanced at Li Huaixi who was leaning on Li Hu's body, and replied with a smile, "The back pain is better than you relying on your second brother all the time. Fortunately, your second elder brother is strong and strong, and you would have been overwhelmed by another person."
Li Hu also laughed, supporting his younger brother and saying, "He has this kind of virtue at home. He can rely on whoever catches him. We are all used to it like he has no bones."
Cheng Ping knew that this cousin of his little aunt's family was favored at home, but he couldn't figure out how much this "favored" could be. Now that he saw Li Huaixi's behavior, he understood, it was simply too spoiled .And obviously, the brothers of the Li family are not the only ones who dote on Li Huaixi like this. The carriage sent by the Lin family is equipped with various snacks, snacks, tea and hot soup, and there are several cushions stuffed with duck down. The young servants are always on call, and more than a dozen elders follow and hug.Cheng Ping has never met Li Huaixi's senior official who is a high official, but looking at the scene, I am afraid that this pet Li Huaixi is more powerful than the Li family.
After walking more than 300 miles for two days, Li Huaixi spent more than half of the time sleeping. Writing a cookbook made the head scholar of the academy give up his plan to become a great writer. In his opinion, this kind of thing is too exhausting. There is no ease and comfort in making some handy gadgets.
When they were not sleeping, Li Huaixi would take Li Hu and Cheng Ping to play flower cards and chat. Cheng Ping and the Li brothers got to know each other well, and they were not as restrained as they were at the beginning, and occasionally they would make some harmless jokes.Getting along with each other, the two brothers of the Li family thought that Cheng Ping was pretty good. Although as the second son, Cheng Ping was not valued very much when he was at home, but according to them, Cheng Ping's temper was better than Cheng An's, and he spoke frankly and didn't care too much. As boring as Cheng An.
The carriage directly sent Li Hu and Cheng Ping to Li Huaixi's vacant shop, which is larger than Yan Li's shop, and there is also a yard behind it, with complete household utensils. Li Hu and Cheng Ping brought them from home. The bedding can be accommodated after a little cleaning. Today's Tongfu Inn "advertisements" are posted all over the surrounding area, large and small, and there are no rooms.
Li Huaixi left Liu Quan to help, and took the fat cat to find Lin Yichen. The two hadn't seen each other for a month. Li Huaixi laughed when they met for the first time. There are two official seals on a table, one big and one small, and the stack of various official documents is about a foot thick. With that young and handsome face, it looks ridiculous no matter how you look at it.
"What kind of official are you messed up?!" Li Huaixi smiled and sat down on a chair at the bottom and asked.
"I don't know what kind of official it is," Lin Yichen said with a bitter face, "Everything big and small can be piled up on me, I'm almost exhausted, you don't say you love me, but you still laugh, heartless! The emperor doesn't dare to hand over Yu Chuan to others now, so I can only sit here. But that's fine too," Lin Yichen rolled his eyes and smiled again, and said meanly, "The Governor's Mansion is located in Qingchuan Mansion is more than 600 miles away from here, if I don't serve as Governor of Yuchuan Mansion, I have to change places, how can I still see you all the time."
"It's worthless," Li Huaixi looked down on Lin Yichen's insistence on meeting day and night, took a look at the official seal on the table that he hadn't seen before, and said with a smile, "Governor of the Six Houses? Your promotion It's quick."
Lin Yichen made a rare faceless face, took Li Huaixi's hand and said, "It's not your credit, baby, the Holy Majesty has rewarded you too, and I will keep it for you, and I will give it to you in the evening. I will go home with me later to eat." Let's have a meal, my grandma hasn't seen you for fifteen, and she's been talking about it these days."
Lin's grandma came to Yuchuan after the truce, and she really didn't see her on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, but Lin Yichen didn't just want Li Huaixi to make up for this gift, there was another reason for this.
During the Chinese New Year, there was a great chaos in the Lin family. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is the ultimate showdown. The old lady blamed the old wife for not taking good care of her grandson, causing her grandson to go astray and fall in love with a man; Come on, the old couple quarreled, and at the end of the quarrel, the old lady of the Lin family even publicly stated that she supported the little grandson!
These are not the words of the old lady in a hurry, nor how open-minded the old lady is, and how much she likes Li Huaixi. Of course, these are also part of the truth, but there are still some secrets that cannot be understood by outsiders.
The Lin family has not separated, and the old lady is in good health, so the old lady is still in charge of the family's accounts, and the marriages of the children and grandchildren are also handled by the old lady herself.The Lin family is a family of merchants, and the elder brothers naturally married daughters of small families. When it was Lin Yichen's turn, the old lady also wanted to marry her grandson to an official lady from the beginning, and entrusted several well-known matchmakers. Marriage for Lin Yichen, but at the beginning Lin Yichen was just a small county magistrate, and there was no family support in the court, and those officials and officials were not happy because they were not promising. So I stopped doing those shameless things, and the budget for my grandson was still so much, but only a thousand taels of silver.
In recent years, Lin Yichen has been promoted step by step, and all those officials and officials have been picked up. Unfortunately, the old lady has long understood that these are just some people who step on the low and praise the high, and are of no help to the grandson's official career. The assistants who came next to me were all those old ladies who took advantage of the chance of admiring the flowers to see the fragrance, and none of them could compare to the appearance and conversation of the Li family boy. The expenses, those figures that make the old lady's liver hurt when she looks at the account books too much, are enough for the old lady to marry a dozen or twenty daughters-in-law for her grandson. Adding up several factors, the old lady was shocked by Mrs. Lin and completely stood up. On the grandson's side.
This kind of support has some impure motives, but it is rare. Lin Yichen wanted to marry Li Huaixi back home in an open and honest manner, so naturally he would not let this help go.
How can Li Huaixi not understand Lin Yichen's thoughts, he is not the kind of person who allows his partner to fight alone, so he also said with a smile, "I am also going to pay my grandma's greetings. Grandma copied a copy, which is not as delicate as yours, but eating some often is good for your health. Over the years, I have not lost grandma's golden curly seeds, and now it is considered a filial piety."
"That recipe of yours is really valuable!" Lin Yichen rolled his eyes, and ordered the servants outside the door to come in and prepare hot water for Li Huaixi. After the two of them washed up, they put on clean clothes and went back to the Lin Mansion together.
Li Huaixi's gift was very fond of the old lady of the Lin family. That night, she asked the kitchen to make a few medicinal meals according to the recipe. The courtesies were reciprocal. During the dinner, she bragged about it in front of the whole family, which made the old lady of the Lin family swallow her saliva in anger. Didn't take a sip of those medicinal meals.
The next day, Li Huaixi went to Cheng An's silk and satin village, but did not go to Yan Li's place, because Yan Li was still awkward after that, and he didn't want to rush to coax them, so the two brothers were still so stiff, Li Huaixi Thinking that Yan Li is really narrow-minded, he secretly decided not to give any gifts in return in the future, so as to save trouble.
Cheng An knew that Cheng Ping was coming, but he didn't know when. He was very happy to hear that Li Huaixi said that his younger brother had come. He asked the mother-in-law employed by the family to set up a banquet, and he and Li Huaixi went to invite Li Hu and Cheng Ping together. , and sent the shop assistants to call Yan Li over, everyone knew that Yan Li was having a temper tantrum with Li Huaixi, although they didn't know the specific reason, but they had to help to make peace during the dinner.
Li Huaixi was nothing to begin with, and Yan Li could only be secretly happy to see Li Huaixi, so at this time, after a few words of persuasion from others, the two reconciled as before.
The little brothers have grown up these years, except for Li Huaixi who can't drink alcohol, the others can already have a few drinks. Everyone knows the purpose of Li Hu's coming to Yuchuan, so they can't help but make noises during the dinner, by the way Get some ideas.
Li Hu didn't hide it, and smiled and talked about his plan. He traveled around with Mr. Accountant and learned some skills over the years. Li Huaixi's shop is large and in a good location, and there are several warehouses in the back In such a place, Li Hu decided to open a north-south goods store just in time, and also avoided the competition with those traditional old stores in Yuchuan City.
Everyone thinks that this business is good, but the cost is a bit high, but the Li family's financial resources have become more and more obscure over the years, so everyone doesn't say anything.Cheng An runs a silk and satin shop, and Yan Li runs a furniture shop. Although they have different businesses, they all have the same business experience. In the end, they have the same purpose, to make money from low to high, and these two have been in Yuchuan for a long time. In the market, I gave Li Hu a lot of ideas during the meeting. Li Huaixi, the hands-off shopkeeper, opened an inn and couldn't help much, but he listened more seriously than Li Hu, because Li Hu paid for the business. , It was agreed that making money would give him five points of the proceeds.
General Weiyuan Jia Zhengjing was escorted to Kyoto in the first month, and the imperial court replaced the commander of the northern garrison. The situation in the north has stabilized, but it is a pity that the south is still not peaceful. They took the water to support the south, but the king of Zhennan has 40 troops, and there are some capable people under his command, so the battle will not be over for a while.
Before the Dragon Boat Festival, Li Hu's north-south goods store opened. The goods from the south can't be shipped by others, but the Lin family has some connections. With this convenience, Li Hu stocked up a lot of goods from the south, making up for the gap in the market. So his North and South Merchandising Store has been doing very well since it opened, and every day there are so many customers that the shop next to it is very eye-catching.
The goods are purchased and shipped every day in the store, and the accounts are complicated. Li Hu is the shopkeeper himself. Although he is only a 17-year-old young man, he has a good way of doing things. In just a few words, he is responsible for counting the goods. This job is easy to say, but running in front of the store and back to the store every day is really not as easy as farming at home.
But Cheng Ping worked very hard in Li Hu's shop. He knew how much money his little aunt lent to the family years ago, and he also knew how much the family received in a year. Now Li Hu gives him three taels of silver every month. The wages are provided for food and housing, and the wages are almost useless. Such a good job can't be found even with a lantern, so what's the point of being tired.
The war is not over yet, people are still not at ease, and business in all walks of life is not easy to do. Yan Li has more free time, so he will often go up the mountain to find Li Huaixi, and the two of them paint and practice calligraphy together, which makes the Governor-General who is busy with official duties down the mountain Very stuffy.
After surviving a hot summer, news of the civil unrest finally came from the south.The King of Zhennan was defeated and died, and the whole family was escorted to Beijing. Although the new emperor is known as a benevolent and virtuous monarch, he was not lenient in killing decisions. When the imperial pen circled, dozens of heads fell to the ground, some of whom had been with the King of Zhennan Officials who received privately were also settled by Qiuhou.When the emperor had almost killed all the unsightly ones, Xu Shi saw that the court hall was a little empty, perhaps to show the greatness of the emperor's favor, so the imperial pen circled again, and Enke would be added on the ninth day of August.
After asking Mr. Li Huaixi, he decided to take the exam. He is used to traveling all over the world. In fact, he is not very willing to do things like being bored in the academy every day. He never went to university in his previous life. When he first arrived at the academy, he was fresh for a while. After a long time, he has trampled on all the corners of the academy, and the original freshness has long been lost.
Prince Duan went back with a head like a bird's nest to finish the marriage. Young Master He got a daughter in summer and became a father. These two completed the major events in life and decided to take the exam together. Apart from the two of them, there were also many students in the same class. Few people want to participate, and Kong Fanqiu, who is already a Juren, also returned to the academy to prepare for the exam. The failure experience of the last subject made him very depressed for a while, and he walked around Li Huaixi when he returned to the academy. The heart of a man judges the belly of a gentleman, because Li Huaixi is really not a gentleman, and it is not impossible to do things that make people worse.
Lin Yichen doesn't quite agree with Li Huaixi's dismissal of this subject. He is now a senior member of the party and cannot leave his post without authorization, but Li Huaixi is sure to be able to pass high school. With the attention of today's emperor, he must also stay in Beijing as an official. Therefore, Li Huaixi Taking the exam now means that two people have to be separated, and it hasn't been a year or a half!
The governor of the six prefectures became a "resentful woman", a "resentful woman" who dragged a man's hind legs. After Li Huaixi comforted him twice, he lost his patience. Two consecutive Humu did not go down the mountain. Instead, he diligently arranged all matters related to Enke, and only then did he turn the tide and 're-enter' Li Xiucai's eyes.
On the ninth day of August, Li Long and Li Huaixi were preparing to enter the arena together. He did not hesitate this time and came early. It was not because he was so confident, but as an older brother, he needed his younger brother to be brave. This kind of opportunity is rare, Li Huaixi If there is no accident, I can only accompany him this time. After passing this village, there will be no such shop.
The academic officer checked the students who came to take the exam one by one at the gate of the Gongyuan. Li Huaixi saw Lin Yichen with a dark face at a glance. This guy sat next to the academic officer to release the low pressure. Knowing why the Governor-General, who is very busy every day, appeared at the gate of the Gongyuan, and still had such an expression, the students around talked a lot, thinking that there was a case of favoritism and fraud, and there were all kinds of guesses.
Li Huaixi couldn't laugh or cry when he heard these comments. These people think too highly of the governor. That person came here for business. It's purely petty!It's been like this expression since last night, and I said nothing, just to check this item at the door.He just took off his coat to check if there was any hidden possessions. All the students who came to take the exam are like this. He is not a rich lady who doesn't leave the door and doesn't leave the door. The school officer is not a pervert on the street. I don't know what Lin Yichen has. Can be nervous and resentful.
When Li Huaixi walked up to the school officer with the test basket, Lin Yichen's resentment reached its peak in an instant, and there was swishing air-conditioning within a three-meter radius, so startled that even the birds next to him did not go to the tree next to him fall.
The school officer was sent from Beijing. Although he didn't know the relationship between Li Huaixi and Lin Yichen's 'brothers', he was not stupid. He felt the sudden boiling resentment from the governor, and looked at the stunning little face of the young man in front of him. If there is anything you don't understand, he quickly ordered the soldiers around him to check quickly, and acquiesced in Lin Yichen's behavior of coming over to put a cloak on Li Huaixi.
After Li Huaixi entered the arena, the governor also left. The academic officer breathed a sigh of relief, and the students behind Li Huaixi also breathed a sigh of relief. Those who knew Li Huaixi wanted to discuss a few words, but they were covered by the people around them as soon as they opened their mouths. Shut up, "You are the only one who is smart?!"
No one who can come to participate in the township examination is a fool, and the one who speaks quickly will keep his mouth shut. Official affairs can be discussed, but private affairs must be weighed. Lin Yichen is in his twenties and already a second-rank governor, controlling the military and government of the six prefectures. Such people are not something ordinary people can provoke, and no one is so stupid as to ruin his official career by showing off his quick talk.
Li Long entered the examination room after Li Huaixi, and he saw people's suddenly enlightened expressions. In the past two years, he gradually understood Lin Yichen's covetousness towards his younger brother. Nervous, I entered the examination room and only thought about telling my younger brother once when I came out, stay away from that bad-hearted person!
Entering August, the weather in Yuchuan was already a bit cold, but it was not enough to light a stove to keep warm. Candidates were not allowed to wear jackets, and could only put on top of each other. It was neither comfortable nor warm. Li Huaixi did not The magical body protection of the great god traverser, his hands and feet are icy cold, and he finally realized the hardships of ancient students.He is lucky, the location of the dormitory is not bad, it is far away from the toilet, there is no peculiar smell, but the narrow bed is uncomfortable to sleep on, Li Huaixi has been used to a good life these years, the first night was a lot of tossing and turning .
After the first exam, Li Huaixi was picked up by Lin Yichen when he left the gate of the Gongyuan. Li Long came out a step late, watched the Lin family's carriage go away, and was so angry that he turned around twice and almost jumped.
Liu Quan was driving the inn's carriage and waiting aside. Seeing Li Long's angry appearance, he thought it was good. At least he was much more energetic than the last subject. Responsible for Li Long's logistics, clean clothes, clean hot water and thick tonic soup, other things are out of his control.
Yan Li was also in the Tongfu Inn. He originally thought that Li Huaixi would come back with Li Long, but after waiting for a long time, he only saw that Liu Quan picked up Li Long. He knew Li Huaixi's whereabouts without asking him, so he sighed softly, and After chatting for a few words, Li Long went home.
Li Hu was not at all surprised that Liu Quan only received Li Long.Seeing his elder brother's angry look, Li Hu thought it was a little funny. He also saw what happened on the morning of the ninth day of the ninth day, and knew what kind of anger Li Long was, so he took advantage of Liu Quan's time to go out to serve soup and said with a smile, "As for the anger? Is it like this? I think it’s quite funny, the narrow-mindedness meets the narrow-mindedness, isn’t it good, so as not to cause harm to others. The third of us looks like this, and among women, only our mother and our grandma love the most dear ones. Like, let him go."
"Then let them be so unclear?! Then...!"
"Then what? I don't know what, it's something that a blind person can see, it's not clear, I don't think about hiding it when I see those two, it's just because San'er is still young, Da Zhou The two of them are not the only ones who have a good manly style, neither of them are afraid, what are we afraid of? Isn't it just some gossip? What can we do?"
At this time, Liu Quan walked in from the outside with soup, Li Hu didn't say anything, and Li Long didn't say anything. As the eldest brother, he still felt uncomfortable. For Lin Yichen?That is a dream!
Li Long kept thinking about this matter, and planned to find a time to have a good talk with Li Huaixi, but when the provincial examination was over, he couldn't open his mouth. On August [-]th, there was an autumn rain suddenly, and the temperature dropped sharply. Many students are sick. Li Huaixi, who is in the period of voice change, has low resistance. Although he has been practicing martial arts to strengthen his body, he has been sick the next day after insisting on it for one night. I couldn't say a word, and everyone in the Li family panicked, and no one could care about other things.
Li Chengkui and his wife still came on August [-]th. Originally, they only prepared medicine for the eldest son. Who would have thought that it was the younger son who was sick this time, and he was so sick. The couple was so distressed that they did not close their eyes for two days and took turns day and night. Watch, never leave.
Lin Yichen didn't dare to rob people with Li Chengkui and his wife, but whenever he was free, he would stay by Li Huaixi's bedside, and even Li Chengkui understood what Li Huaixi had asked him a few years ago. Li Butcher was shocked In a cold sweat, I finally knew what kind of 'monster' had appeared in my family - my son was just how old at that time!
The relationship between Li Huaixi and Lin Yichen became an open secret in the Li family, but this did not bring Lin Yichen any convenience, but made it difficult for him to move forward.Usually when he came to the Li family, the Li family usually avoided them all after being polite, they were very 'knowledgeable', but now, as long as his official boots passed the threshold of the Li family, there would be two or three pairs of eyes staring at him Li Huaixi was so protected that he didn't even have the chance to talk to him alone.
Three days later, Li Huaixi recovered from his illness. Although his voice was still a little hoarse, he was able to speak anyway, and his high fever subsided, but he still had no strength.He was a little worried, and it gave him a headache when he thought that there would be a crucial exam next year when the weather was cold. Although he could bring charcoal fire in, that kind of charcoal fire would not be used in a room that was used only once in three years. It doesn't work much, Lin Yichen described it to him, it is said that even the ink in the inkstone can freeze!Li Huaixi got sick once and doesn't want to get sick again
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