Pastoral Chronicle of the Talented Talent

When he came here today, Li Min only saw the patriarch and Li Bian, but no one else. He wondered in his heart, could it be that other people didn't welcome him, so he didn't show up?

"Min'er has something, I don't know if I should tell grandpa?"

"What's the matter?" Li Qifu raised his slender white eyebrows with a questioning look on his face.

"Min'er wants to build a house, so she can't live in Grandpa's house."

When Li Min saw that the patriarch was about to speak, he stretched out his hand to stop, "Grandpa, please listen to Min'er first. Both Min'er and Lang'er are men in the Li family, and they want to set up their own family after all. Grandpa's heart, Min'er remembers For the rest of my life, it's just that Min'er wants to build a house this time. He wants to build a few buildings of his own, which will be enough for Lang'er to marry a wife and have children when he grows up. Lizheng, by the way, go through the formalities of the land deed."

As soon as the call was over, the patriarch glared dryly. Li Min was not asking for his consent, but a notice to him.He thought about it and only asked, "Min'er, you said you want to build a building? Did you invite a master painter?" Could it be that he had a friendship with the Xiao family, so he came up with these ideas?

Mushui Village didn't have a blueprint master. As for money, manpower and material resources, Li Qifu didn't care. Looking around, Li Min was a promising person, and he liked him. He could help if he could, but the craftsmanship of this building was complicated. Not to mention, the structure of this house is a problem. He has lived his whole life and dare not insist on it!

Li Min smiled, "Grandpa, you are worrying too much. Just let Min'er do this kind of thing. Why do you need a master painter? Min'er is just worried about the workers who build the house and the land deed."

"What, you know how to draw this engineering drawing?" The patriarch stared at Li Min as if he heard something unbelievable.

Li Min pursed his lips against those lacquer-like eyes, and said conservatively, "Grandpa, you don't know, the reason why Min'er failed to get the number one prize a few times ago is because she was fascinated by this project." , but because of his poor health, he couldn't work with the big guys. If this opportunity came, it would be too late for Min'er to be grateful..."

"Clap clap clap!"

Before Li Min finished speaking, Li Qifu threw the chopsticks in his hand like he had picked up a treasure, and knocked on the table three times. His eyes narrowed and he was surprised, and he grabbed Li Dalang's wrist. , his voice trembled slightly, "Dalang, are you telling the truth?!"

"...Min'er can't brag." Li Min was grabbed by his calloused and sharp hands, and felt his skin was like a layer of rough sandpaper. He swallowed, and then replied in a low voice. .

"Then...the embankment of our natural river and the irrigation of fertile fields will be saved!"

The patriarch's eyes flashed with a solemn and solemn dreamlike light, and he continued, "I wanted to ask Lizheng to go to the county to find the magistrate, ask about the repair of the river embankment, and by the way, invite some famous craftsmen to give advice to the old and young in the village. Man, who would have thought that he said that he was sick, since Min'er understands this, what are we going to do with Cao Si."

Li Min's expression was still calm, he lowered his eyes, and asked ponderingly, "Grandpa, what does Second Uncle mean?"

"He's just yelling that he has no money!" Li Qifu snorted and reprimanded, "The construction period has only been carried out for two days, and there is still rain today, so it is impossible to dig, so he is yelling that he has no money, really!"

Li Min listened to the patriarch's words, his cold eyes curled up, as if there was a strange pity, and he said softly, "Grandpa, don't worry, the river embankment and irrigation of the fields, the second uncle's money is guaranteed."

"Oh?" Li Qifu shook his pale white hair in difficulty, glanced at Li Lang, and sighed heavily!

Li Min saw his worry, "The patriarch's notices have all been posted, and what he said was splashed. There is no room for repentance on this matter. Even if Lang'er comes back, Second Uncle will not be able to blame him. If Grandpa finds How about the time to hold the clan ancestral hall meeting?"

"Open the ancestral hall to discuss the river embankment?" Li Qifu pondered and hesitated.

"To tell the truth from Grandpa, when Min'er came here, he asked Lord Mou to see him. Lord Mou already knew about the embankment repair in Mushui Village." Li Min gave another strong medicine to make the white-haired old man in front of him understand. There is no room for maneuver in the matter of repairing the river.

Unexpectedly, Li Qifu's face changed drastically when he heard this, he got up suddenly, grabbed Li Min's sleeve, trembling tightly, "Min'er, you went first, did you have a plan?"

I took the initiative to meet the county master, and now I want him to convene a clan meeting. If the little baby in front of me is not very sure, he will play him as an old man in the applause!

Li Qifu knew that repairing the embankment was not a trivial matter, but he never expected that Li Min would take it seriously!

Previously, he was only angry at Li Mu for bullying the three little children of Li Xin's family, driving them to the end of the mountain, and still not forgiving, he insisted on driving them all to death.He wanted to vent his anger for Li Min, and also wanted Li Mu to learn a lesson.So he agreed to Li Min's proposal and asked him to come forward to build the embankment.

However, after the two-day project started, Li Qifu felt unable to do what he wanted. First of all, Lizheng was waiting for someone to object and said that he would not show up because of illness. Secondly, although his family name was Li in Mushui Village, he controlled the main line of the entire village, but it was a cold day. Let people build river embankments and work as river workers.Everyone doesn't want the wages, but the materials have to be dug by others, and the handlebars of the chariots and horses have to be rented, etc. Li Mu is a cunning guy, so he simply stomped to Li Zheng's house. Failed to catch him out!

Li Qifu was old and didn't have so much mental energy, and his body was troubled every day, seeing that Li Lang was back, he was finally relieved.

Seeing the patriarch's expression, he was stunned, surprised, determined to think, complex and unpredictable, all of which appeared in those lacquered eyes sunk into his sockets, and Li Min understood it all.

Li Mu just took the family property from Li's father, and it's not enough to keep it all by himself, so how could he take the money out?Li Min also saw clearly after going out. Even if the clan meeting was held, the elders in the clan might not all agree to build the embankment. He had to come up with something to deter Li Mu. Give money obediently.

"Grandpa, if the embankment is built, everyone in Mushui Village will know about you." Li Min only said.

"only……"

Li Qifu showed worry on his face, the affairs of the clan, Li Min, a young doll, he would not understand.Several elders in the family had participated in the division of the Li family's property at the beginning, and it was done on the day after the news of Li Xin's death came.He was ill at that time, and the specific situation is not clear, but the fact that Li Min, brother and sister were living in such a state is enough to show that the elders of the Zongzhong and Lizheng played a big role.

If this ancestral hall meeting is held, Li Min will not be able to take advantage of the existence of those elders alone.

Li Qifu raised his old eyes and stared deeply at the young man in front of him. He had a thin, thin face of a white-faced scholar, his dark eyes seemed to be attractive, and there was a kind smile at the corner of his mouth. Thin but with the figure of a slender tree... just a child!

The patriarch shook his head and sighed again, it doesn't matter if he is a scholar, even if he is a little smart, the little baby in front of him has only been eating for a few years, and those people in the ancestral hall are all cannibals, how can he fight Can beat them.

Li Min took charcoal ash and soft cloth from the stove, roughly drew the location of the natural river and Mushui village, and showed it to the patriarch. Seeing the surprise in the patriarch's eyes, Li Min knew the patriarch's love for him. He has gained some confidence in his painting skills, and he continued, "Grandpa, I will go and see it in the field, so that I can draw more carefully and find a solution."

Since Li Min came to Mushui Village, all his memories come from his body. He hasn't seen Mushui Village in a comprehensive and intuitive way. If he was asked to draw a picture in the dark, of course he couldn't draw it.

Only then did the patriarch remember that Li Min had just come back, and he had been exhausted by the journey. He was really confused. He nodded with a smile, patted Li Min's shoulder, and his eyes touched the torn part of his sleeve. , turned to Li Bian who was next to him and said, "I told you to make more clothes. Look, Min'er didn't even have a change of clothes when she came back!"

Li Min just wanted to speak, but was blocked by Li Bian's smiling face, "Old man, I have already kept Min'er's size in mind, and I have already made two sets of clothes when he left. Min'er, I'll bring it for you right now."

"This...how embarrassing." Li Min watched Li Bian's staggering steps towards the inner room, he lowered his head, and felt more and more in his heart that he owed the patriarch's family.

"Why are you so sorry!" Li Qifu reprimanded, "You are a descendant of my Li family, so why can't you make a piece of clothing! This matter of repairing the embankment and irrigating the river will leave you, and it's not all because of your kindness! You don't have these ideas, and the old man is too lazy to care about it!"

What the patriarch said touched Li Min's heart. If it was the original Li Xiucai, it would be true. After all, no one has the obligation to help and support him.In this era where strength is the ultimate victory, a scholar is just a person who can read a few lines of poetry, and he will fall down when he encounters a fist. Even the county magistrate in the town has a strong muscle. If Li Min continues to shrink like this, it is really Not even worthy of the reputation of a scholar.

After a while, Li Min figured it out. Seeing Li Bian's arrival, he took both clothes over without hesitation. After Li Lang took another measurement, the meal was considered over for the two brothers. .

Seeing that the two brothers had stepped out of the door, Li Bian stroked his gray hair, tucked the strands of hair behind his scorched and thin ears, grinned, showing a few old teeth that were not complete, and poked his wife with his elbow. , "I think this Li Lang has changed a lot, he knows how to please people, this skinny boy!"