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Chapter 91 - Semi-public

"If you are not busy, let's talk while walking. I just want to take a walk here and see the crops in the field.

" Li Wen reached out and touched the crops growing in the field and asked I wonder how the crops in the fields are growing this year. Judging from the growth of the crops in the ground, the crops in the farmland near Zhuangzi are growing well.

During the years when he was studying in Nanyang, he spent a large part of his time and thoughts on Zhuangzi, doing this farming thing. The seeds used for the crops in their fields have been optimized and selected, and their field management methods are relatively advanced, so their current results are obvious.

Farming is not just about blindly planting, but also about planting methods and management methods. He spent a lot of time and effort on cultivating managers.

"If you're not busy, let's go with the young master." None of these people wanted to leave. It was not easy for them to see the young master come. When the young master goes to the capital to become an official in the future, it will be difficult for them to see him again.

Seeing that everyone was unwilling to leave, more and more people followed him along the way. Several of them were managers of the areas he selected. Li asked about the areas everyone was responsible for. Managers can answer it.

They walked from the outside to the inside, and when they reached the cotton field, Li asked about the planting situation of cotton fields this year, and asked, "How many households in Zhuangzi are planting cotton trees this year? Where are the cotton trees planted?" "How many?"

"Don't worry, young master, we have a lot more families planting cotton trees this year." The manager of the cotton field reported a number, how many families in Zhuangzi have planted cotton trees this year. I remember clearly how many acres of cotton land there were, how much more than last year.

"Well, that's good. Let's wait and see this year whether the cotton production in the field can reach our budget. If it can be done better, then it will be good." It can be seen that even during his absence, these people are still the same The crops in the fields were managed very well. Li Wen was very satisfied with this and asked how much cotton was expected to be produced this year.

The manager quoted a number and said, "Based on last year's production, this is the output we expect to grow this year."

In the past, Li Wen always asked everyone to calculate the planting area and yield in the field each year, based on the number of people and quantity. , output, all recorded clearly one by one. The planting situation last year and the planting situation this year must be recorded. Only by comparison can we know where the problems are and make improvements in the future.

They make an estimate at the beginning of every year. Those who can overachieve the target later will be rewarded, and those

who cannot achieve the target will be punished. Therefore, without his supervision, these people will try their best to take care of the crops in the fields. , hoping to achieve the budgeted output, not only to get a reward, but also to get the young master's appreciation and everyone's recognition.

What Li Wen wants to do is to make these people realize that there are many ways to cultivate good land, and everyone must use their brains diligently. Farmers are not a group of lowly people. They have the same dignity and status. They can live a good life through their own efforts and live like everyone else.

His efforts over the years have not been in vain. The mental outlook of these people has undergone great changes. Even if they are farming the same land, everyone has expectations for life. With more smiles on their faces, their lives will be better. Looking forward to it.

"Oh, that's it, I really can't tell..." Xie Yunfei heard the conversation between Li Liuyuan and these old farmers, and he found that Li Liuyuan knew these things in the fields very well, and he seemed to have become the leader of these old farmers, and even He knows more about these matters in the fields than these old farmers.

He now finally understood why Li Liuyuan said that the people are the foundation of the country. The people are indeed the foundation of the country.

Xie Yunfei couldn't help but imagine in his mind, if every place in Dacheng could be like this place, and the crops grown in farmers' fields could be so good, would they still have to worry about not being able to grow food? If food is grown in the fields,

will the people still be hungry? If the common people have food in their hands, will the imperial court still have no food in stock? When the imperial court has food, do the soldiers at the border still go hungry to fight the enemy?

This couldn't help but make his eyes heat up. Li Liuyuan did something greater than all the scholars and officials in the world. Scholars only read the books of sages. They don't care about the lives of the people. They don't know what's going on in the land. How is the food grown? I don't know what the people are and what the country is. Therefore, after these people become officials, they will only think about their own interests and will not consider the people, let alone seek benefits for the people.

No wonder Li Liuyuan said that day that if you don't serve the people as an official, it's better to go home and farm.

Li Liuyuan farms better than others!

It turns out that Li Liuyuan is not only good at reading, but also farming! Not knowing what kind of surprise Li Liuyuan would give him, Xie Yunfei began to look forward to it.

Zhao Xiangyi looked at Li Liuyuan with a different look in his eyes. It seemed that he wanted to re-examine Li Liuyuan

. The young man brought him more surprises than he knew. This time, His Highness the Crown Prince did not need to give orders. He would try his best to bring Li Liuyuan to their side. He must not let such Li Liuyuan go to the side of the eldest prince, the third prince, and Dong Xiang.

"Do you know what these cotton trees are grown for?" Li Wen asked Lu Zhishu and Zhao Xiangyi, pointing to the cotton trees in the field.

Lu Zhishu shook his head. Only now did he realize that what he said about wanting to be an official somewhere and do things for the people was just empty talk. He had no idea how to do things for the people, let alone how to do it.

"Let me tell you, this kind of tree is called cotton. It will bloom, and there will be a ball of cotton inside the flower bud. When the flowers wither, we will collect the cotton and use it to make various cotton coats. Quilts, cotton quilts, good things to wear in winter to keep warm and keep out the cold." Li Wen explained to Zhao Xiangyi and Lu Zhishu what a cotton tree is, how to grow it, what its yield is, and how to make and process it.

Now that we have finished visiting this side of the field, I just want to take everyone to the workshop to have a look.

Li Wen said, "Let's go, aren't you curious about how cotton is processed? I will take you to the workshop to have a look, and you will understand."

Zhao Xiangyi nodded, and he was indeed interested in this kind of cultivation. The cotton tree was very curious. If this kind of tree can grow something called "cotton", which can be used to make clothes, shoes and hats, and can withstand the cold in winter, then they can plant these trees in many places, which will be able to provide food for the soldiers at the border. Make clothes to keep out the cold. With the clothes to keep out the cold, the soldiers at the border no longer have to endure the severe cold of winter.

The man looked at these trees with enthusiasm and surprise in his eyes.

"Young Master, I didn't know that the Young Master came to Zhuangzi, so I couldn't come to greet him in person. I hope you will forgive me." When the steward of Zhuangzi heard that the Young Master was coming, he hurried over and greeted him as soon as he saw him. When he was about to kneel down and salute,

Li Wen hurriedly stopped the person and said, "Goodbye, farewell, please get up quickly

." I just returned to Nanyang yesterday, but I thought of it today, so I brought a few friends here to have a look. "Li Wen introduced a few friends around him, without specifying their identities. He only said that he brought a few friends to the workshop to have a look.

"Yes, young master, I will lead the way for you. "The housekeeper made an invitation gesture and led the people in.

"Come on, let's go in and take a look. "Li Wen said to Lu Zhishu and Zhao Xiangyi.

Zhao Xiangyi, Lu Zhishu and Xie Yunfei were one step behind, following Li Wen. They all looked at this place curiously. There are so many people working in such a small place, and everyone is busy with what they are doing.

Li Wen followed the steward inside and asked about the current situation in the workshop. Only then did he realize that in the past six months, the workshop had been more than three times busier than before. There were more people here than before, and there were some new faces he didn't recognize. He asked where these people came from.

The number of textile machines in the workshop increased to hundreds, and hundreds of weavers were working inside.

"Do you still remember the kind of cloth I saw in the cloth shop in Yuancheng last time?" Li Wen pointed to the green cloth hanging on it and asked the people behind him with a smile. Lu Zhishu took a step forward and said, "Is this the green cloth you asked about last time?"

"Yes, exactly." Li Wen was still very proud of this. These things were all produced by his hands. He He said, "This is the green cloth. The green cloth outside comes from here."

"Have you seen so many looms and weavers working? Do you know how much cloth one person can produce in a day? How much cloth can one person produce?" Li asked and then reported a number. How much cloth can a weaver here use a loom like this? An ordinary farmer's wife can use an old-fashioned loom alone. How much cloth can be produced in a month?

When Xie Yunfei heard this amount, he was shocked in his eyes and asked, "Is this true?"

"Of course, didn't you see it with your own eyes?" Li Wen led everyone to look at the weaving room for a while, and asked They saw with their own eyes how the cloth was produced by the weaver's hands. The shuttle on the loom was rotating rapidly. After half a year, the weaver here had become very skilled in weaving, so the weaver's The speed is very fast.

"Let's go to another workshop and have a look."

There is a connected workshop below, where cotton is processed. However, it is not the season for cotton collection yet, so because there are no raw materials, the workshop here is It seemed relatively empty, and there weren't that many people working there.

Li Wen asked someone to open the door of the warehouse and brought out a few cotton coats, cotton hats, shoes and gloves. He said, "Look, these are clothes made of cotton. The clothes, shoes, hats and gloves are all here. I'll have someone prepare a set for each of you in a moment."

"This is last year's sample. This year's cotton hasn't grown yet, so this year's cotton coats won't be produced until the end of the year."

"You're going to make these and sell them . "Xie Yunfei reached out and touched a piece of clothing and felt that the tentacles felt soft and thick. He was sure that he would not feel cold if he wore this piece of clothing in winter.

"Yes, these things are not for sale. Do you still keep so many for yourself?" Li Wen said, "Oh, I forgot to tell you that the things on Zhuangzi here belong to the teacher. I used to study in Nanyang, They were all living at the teacher's place, and he accidentally discovered this Zhuangzi. He thought he had nothing to do, so he came here to mess around . "

So he accidentally created so many things.

The corner of Xie Yunfei's mouth twitched, thinking that you are the only one who is so capable. You can do so many things while studying, and you even got the top score in the examination. It is indeed the first six yuan from Dacheng. .

"What's the price of this piece of clothing?" Xie Yunfei asked.

"I don't know much about this price. You can ask the manager." Li Wen turned to the manager. The manager knew everything about the workshop and the price of these clothes, shoes and hats, so one and five Ten reported.

The price is so low? Xie Yunfei thought about Zhao Xiangyi, then turned to Li Liuyuan and asked, "Can we order these clothes?"

"...Well, it should be possible. You can talk to the teacher then, or come here to talk to the steward. "After setting up the workshop, Li Wen didn't care about things here, so he didn't know much about these internal things. But he knew that if he went to talk to Dean Fu, he would definitely be able to settle the matter.

But it seems that Dean Fu doesn't care about these things. It should be Uncle Man who is in charge of these things, right?

"Okay, I'll talk to you personally when the time comes." Zhao Xiangyi said.

Li Wen knew what Zhao Xiangyi wanted these cotton coats for. If each of the hundreds of thousands of soldiers at the border wanted one, it would cost hundreds of thousands. He patted Zhao Xiangyi on the shoulder and said, "Brother Zhao, Don't worry about it in advance. Don't tell me that we don't have that much for you here. Even if there is such a large amount for you, can you come up with so much silver at once? "

The hundreds of thousands of soldiers at the border are not the Zhao family ? The responsibility of a family. In the final analysis, these soldiers are the emperor's soldiers. It is the state who has to raise them. It is not the Zhao family's turn to raise them. If the Zhao family could spend so much silver to buy military supplies, when the emperor came back to investigate, he might even label the Zhao family as having "bad intentions."

The Zhao family had already aroused the emperor's jealousy, but now they all took out so much silver to buy military supplies. The Zhao family was trying to win over the military. The emperor said: What do you, the Zhao family, want to do?

How will you explain it then?

"There are so many people to support here in Zhuangzi and the workshop. Everything here is not free. Everyone has to work hard, so everyone should have the income from labor. If you work for nothing, then who is willing to give it to you?" What about work?" Li Wen's words also clearly told Zhao Xiangyi that even if he used his identity or the identity of the Zhao family, these things could not be given to him for free.

There are still so many people to feed in their workshop, and there are many people in the entire Zhuangzi and nearby farmers.

Zhao Xiangyi paused, nodded, and said, "I understand."

"Let's go back. Let's talk about it on the way back." Li Wen was a little bit upset. They had already done all the shopping they wanted to do here today. They have also seen it. His purpose today is to take them here to take a look and tell them that as long as they change their way, the people can live a good life.

"Okay." After watching this journey, Lu Zhishu went from being surprised at the beginning to thinking deeply now. He began to think about what he could do for the people when he got there, and how he would do it for the people. .

After visiting the workshop, they headed back.

Chapter 92 You can believe me.

In the upstairs room of a restaurant in Nanyang Mansion, Li Wen, Lu Zhishu, Zhao Xiangyi, and Xie Yunfei were sitting around the table. Apart from the four of them, There is no one else.

Li Wen put his hands together on the table, looked at the three people in front of him, and said, "I will take you to Zhuangzi today. I have discussed it with the teacher in advance and got the teacher's permission before I took you there to see it. Look." "You must have seen the things there. As I said before, the things in Zhuangzi are things I made while studying in Nanyang in the past few years. Of course, they are not mine. Without the support of the teacher and the help and cooperation of the stewards and villagers at Zhuangzi, Zhuangzi would not be what it is today. "

"I saw the serfs and farmers at Zhuangzi . The life of the sharecroppers, I was thinking about why these farmers worked hard and worked hard for a year, but in the end they were still hungry and didn't even have enough to eat. Why do farmers still starve to death if their fields are idle? "

This involves a serious issue of land annexation. The land is in the hands of big families and landlords, and the princes and ministers of the court hold a lot of it. Land, so the farmers had no land to plant in their hands and could only rent the land from the landlords for farming; secondly, there were many excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes from the court. The farmers worked hard for a year to cultivate the land and paid the landlords' land rent and the court. After the taxation, there was not much food left.

If there is a bad year, the life of farmers will be even more difficult.

Farming depends on the weather. If there is a flood or drought, and there is no harvest from the land, the farmers will not be able to pay the land rent to the landlord, and they will also have to pay taxes and labor from the court. Why did the people rebel? They could no longer live their lives. They had no other choice but to rebel. This is why the previous dynasty perished.

If Dacheng continues like this, it will definitely continue on the path of destruction.

Among the four people here, except for Li Wen who was born in a farm family, Zhao Xiangyi, Lu Zhishu and Xie Yunfei were all born in big families. They live at the top of this society and cannot deeply understand the difficulties of the common people. They may have seen the problems that Li Wen saw today, but they didn't have a deep understanding or thinking about them, let alone how to change the lives of these people.

Li Wen asked the question. He did not intend to answer it for them, because his answer would inevitably touch on the class issues of this society. This was not something he could touch at the moment, so he turned to Thinking about another question, "After I arrived at Zhuangzi that day, I thought about it for a long time and thought about many problems after I returned."

Instead of thinking about this social problem, it is better to solve this urgent problem first.

Li Wen continued, "Why do some people grow more food while others grow less food on the same piece of land? Why can't everyone grow the same amount of food on the same piece of land, or even grow more food?" What about more food? If we grow more food, will it solve the problem of feeding more people?

"When we plant a tree, we must first choose a good seed and plant it. It also requires careful care and cultivation before the seed can germinate, grow leaves, and then bloom and bear fruit. What is needed in the process of germination and growth of this seed.

The same goes for farming, from choosing a seed to planting it and waiting until the sapling grows leaves and bears fruit. So in the next two to three years, I selected a group of people from Zhuangzi and led them to try again and again how to grow more food in the same piece of land in order to solve more problems. People's feeding problem. "

​ Despite land rent and corvee taxes, farmers still have food to eat.

Whether it is Xie Yunfei or Zhao Xiangyi, they all know that a very serious problem has existed in Dacheng since the beginning of the founding of the country, which was the issue of land annexation. Many heroes were given large amounts of land as rewards, and now these people have more and more land, which also leads to less and less land in the hands of the common people.

As a child of a big family, Lu Zhishu has been familiar with the books of sages since he was a child. , but when he was asked to farm the land, he didn't even know how to plant it.

"I accidentally discovered a kind of tree, and the flowers it produced were cotton wool. These cotton wool could be collected to make warm clothes, so later on. I tried to plant a large area of ​​cotton trees in Zhuangzi, and that's how we got the cotton fields we have today. "The box was quiet except for Li Wen's voice. He talked about the discovery of cotton trees and their use.

Of course, the discovery of cotton trees and their use were not discovered by him, but by predecessors. , but the cultivation of cotton trees is not widespread here in Dacheng, so many people still don't know about cotton.

Even Zhuangzi's farmers did not know that cotton was made into finished products such as clothes, shoes and hats. He really realized the role of cotton, so this is why so many farmers in Zhuangzi were willing to try

to seed cotton trees.

Li Wen mentioned why he thought of building textile workshops in the first place, and it was inevitable. When talking about the improvement of textile machines and the question of why weavers are gathered together to weave together, "I believe you have just seen that if we bring these people together to produce, how much can be produced in one day, and how much can be produced in one day with a peasant woman weaving at home?" How long does it take to weave a piece of cloth? "

This involves the improvement of production tools and the change of production methods. He originally thought of a production model in the early stage of capitalist society. Of course, today's Dacheng does not have the conditions to enable this society to enter modern society.

According to the historical process, today's Dacheng is still in a semi-slave and semi-feudal social state. If he wants to invest more people in productive labor, he must liberate more farmers from the land. Only then can this part of the labor force be put into other production.

"Zhuangzi's is just a small attempt of mine, and it seems to be a successful step so far. Of course, Zhuangzi's place is only a very small place. My attempt there can be successful because it can meet the conditions I need to make such an attempt. "Li Wen doesn't intend to talk about social issues with people now. This is a big topic. Even modern sociologists can't explain this issue clearly, so they still have to return to small talk. The question comes in.

"You're doing great. "After listening to so many words from the young man, Zhao Xiangyi said the first sentence.

Xie Yunfei thought of many things in Zhuangzi, from the grain in the fields to the workshop they walked into behind. He was extremely shocked in his heart. At this moment, he looked at Li Liuyuan with admiration in his eyes, and said, "Li Liuyuan, you are really amazing! Xiaosheng admires it. "

Haha, no, I'm not as powerful as you think. I'm just trying to do what I can." "Li Wen touched his face, a little embarrassed. He glanced at Zhao Xiangyi and found that the other party was looking at him. His

eyes swept over Xie Yunfei's face. Li Wen looked at Lu Zhishu and said, "Zhishu, don't you want to wait until later? Are you going to be an official in the local area? "

Lu Zhishu nodded and said, "Now I am beginning to doubt whether I have the ability to be a good parent officer. "

"You are so good, of course you can!" Li Wen stared at Lu Zhishu with wide eyes and said, "I will take you to Zhuangzi for a walk today. Actually, I want to tell you something. First of all, we can hold it from the hands of the people. Starting from the only land available, if more food could be grown in the land, wouldn't farmers starve to death? "

More food is not a bad thing, is it?" Only when their bellies are full can they have the strength to think about and face other problems.

The economic foundation determines the superstructure. At least they have to lay the foundation below before they can build the floors above.

"As for the establishment of workshops in the future, if we wait until such a foundation is achieved before we build a workshop, won't it be easy to establish a workshop?" Li Wen believed that after taking everyone to visit one side of the workshop today, Li Wen believed that Everyone is aware of this new production method.

Li Wen knew how many people would fight over the many things in Zhuangzi's place if they were taken out. There are also improved looms in the workshop. Once someone knows about it, they will definitely find ways to get it.

The reason why he took Zhao Xiangyi and Xie Yunfei there today is actually because Li Wen decided to take everyone to Zhuangzi after talking with Dean Fu. Today, if His Highness's people are not to discover, maybe in the future It's someone else who knows. He let Zhao Xiangyi and Xie Yunfei see the things on Zhuangzi, which was equivalent to showing them a card in his hand. This was his sincerity.

Xie Yunfei turned to look at Zhao Xiangyi and said to Li Liuyuan, "Li Liuyuan, please don't worry. I can guarantee what we saw today. Except for us, we will never let anyone else know about it." People know."

Xie Yunfei's words ensured that except for His Highness the Crown Prince, no one else in the court would know about it. If His Highness the Crown Prince knows what is here, His Highness the Crown Prince will definitely take action.

"You can trust me." Zhao Xiangyi said. The man didn't talk much, but he was absolutely convincing.

The two people's eyes met, and Li Wen saw what he wanted in the man's eyes. He smiled and nodded, and said, "Of course I believe you." Otherwise, he would not have brought Zhao Xiangyi to Zhuangzi today. He went there because he believed in Zhao Xiangyi.

"Ah Wen, thank you for trusting me. I will never betray your trust." Lu Zhishu was also shocked by what he saw today. He didn't know that during the few years they were separated, Li Wen was studying. Besides, he also did so many things.

The things Li Wen did were things that Lu Zhishu had never thought about before.

If before today, Lu Zhishu only had a vague idea of ​​how to become an official, then after today, he began to have specific ideas in his heart and knew what he should do in the future.

"Zhishu, we are best friends. I hope this will never change." Li Wen looked at Lu Zhishu and smiled. In fact, he played a little trick today. Li Wen hoped to bring his friends to the same camp as him. He definitely did not want to stand on the opposite side of Lu Zhishu in the future.

Just best friends? Lu Zhishu looked at the young man and nodded with a smile. He did not want them to be just friends. But no matter how much he said, it would be difficult for Lu Zhishu to talk to his friends, so he could only keep it in his heart.

They talked for a long time in the box that day. Xie Yunfei raised a few questions that interested him, and Li Wen went all out to answer them for Xie Yunfei.

Ever since Zhao Xiangyi was responsible for sending him back to his hometown to visit his relatives, Li Wen knew that some things were hard to hide as they might be discovered sooner or later. It was better for him to take the initiative to show these things in front of Zhao Xiangyi. Li Wen was actually glad that the person who sent him back this time was Zhao Xiangyi and not someone else. Otherwise, he, a small sixth-grade Imperial Academy editor, would not be able to compete with a boss of a higher level than him.

In fact, maybe it's not a bad thing that he chose Zhao Xiangyi today?

Chapter 93: Returning to their hometown,

they stayed in Nanyang Mansion for two days. On the third day, they boarded the ship bound for Zhenping, Qing Dynasty. The weather in May was hot and the cabin was a little stuffy. Li Wen stood on the bow of the boat to enjoy the wind. Zhao Xiangyi came from behind and stood beside the boy.

The hems of their clothes were blown by the wind blowing from the river.

"Why are you here too?" Li Wen turned to look at the man beside him and asked.

"I didn't see you coming back, so I went out to take a look. I didn't expect to find you here." Zhao Xiangyi went back to the cabin and saw the boy was not there, so he looked over here and found the boy at the bow of the boat.

"It's cool outside, I'll go outside to enjoy the breeze." Li Wen glanced at Zhao Xiangyi, then turned to look ahead.

The big ship sailed in the water, and there were high mountains on both sides of the river. They were all familiar scenes to him. Li Wen looked a little nostalgic in his eyes. He said, "I have walked this river countless times over the years, but every time I feel like returning home." It's all the same."

Zhao Xiangyi knew that the young man missed his parents and relatives at home, so he said, "I understand."

Li Wen smiled and said, "Actually, in the past few years when I was studying in Nanyang, I didn't go back home very often, only for the Chinese New Year. I had only been back home for a few days, and then I went to Nanyang after the New Year. In these years, I mostly stayed in Nanyang to study. I originally thought that Nanyang was far away from my home. It was only after I went to the capital that I realized the truth. Nanyang is close to Dijia, but it is even further away from his hometown.

"Sometimes I think about going to the capital to be an official, but I still feel a little confused about this matter."

Although he was worried about it in his heart. There are some ideas here, but they are not really put into action. They are just in his imagination. Before he suffered setbacks, Li Wen still had a lot of passion and ideas in his heart, and wanted to realize his political ideals and ambitions. However, he had not really experienced what it would be like to become an official.

"You will know later. Maybe this matter is not as difficult as you think." In the past, Zhao Xiangyi only thought that Li Liuyuan was a little scholar who could read. In his eyes, Li Liuyuan was just a scholar.

After walking around Master Fu's Zhuangzi that day, Zhao Xiangyi already had a completely different view of Li Liuyuan in his heart. If he had doubted whether this young man could survive in a place like the capital before, then after that, he actually no longer had such worries.

"Haha, I think too much." Li Wen said with a smile. He had indeed thought too much these days.

The two of them stood outside for a while, blowing away the boredom caused by summer, before Li Wencai and Zhao Xiangyi went back to the cabin to rest. The two of them lived in the same cabin.

There was little living space on the ship, there were many people in their group, and there were some boatmen on the ship, so they could only live in one cabin with three or four people, and the cabin space for living on the ship was also very small. They had to stay in it. Four or five days.

A wooden bed can only accommodate the two of them lying side by side, and it is difficult to even turn over.

Moonlight filtered in from the small window in the cabin. The two people on the bed were lying together, and the boy was sleeping soundly in his arms. Zhao Xiangyi put a hand on the boy's lower back and looked at the boy's sleeping face through the moonlight. After falling asleep, the boy was quiet, with long eyelashes covering his eyelids.

This was not the first time that he had looked at a sleeping boy so close. Li Liuyuan looked completely different after he fell asleep and during the day.

The young man's soft breath hit his neck, and he could feel the rise and fall of the young man's chest. Zhao Xiangyi's throat rolled, and there was something different in his heart. It was so unfamiliar that he didn't understand what it was.

After they lived in the cabin for four or five days, on the evening of the fifth day, at sunset, the ship finally slowly approached the dock of Qingping Town.

"We're finally here!" After getting off the boat and returning to this familiar land, Li Wen felt like crying. Riding in carriages and boats for so many days almost drove people crazy, but fortunately they finally came back.

Lu Zhishu stood with Li Wen. He looked at this place, which was strange yet familiar. He had not been back to this place for many years.

Zhao Xiangyi and Xie Yunfei stood behind them, followed by everyone.

"Master!"

The Lu family sent a servant to wait here at the dock every day. The housekeeper has been waiting here for several days. Seeing a ship docking and someone getting off the ship, the housekeeper came forward with the slave and took a closer look, finally recognizing that it was their young master who had returned.

"Master, Master, is it you? It's the old slave. Don't you remember the old slave? The master thought that the young master should be arriving soon, so he sent the old slave here to wait for the young master to come back." The housekeeper of the Lu Mansion saw their house When the young master came back, he burst

into tears.

Their young master had been studying in the capital for so many years, and now that he saw someone coming back, the old housekeeper burst into tears of excitement.

Lu Zhishu smiled and nodded. He still remembered that this was the butler of their Lu family.

"Zhishu, you haven't been back for a long time. Your parents must have missed you very much. You should go back with your family first. We are separated here. Let's make an appointment later when we have time." Li Wen saw the people at Lu Zhishu's house He came to pick him up and told Lu Zhishu.

"I'll ask the government to arrange a carriage to take you back." Lu Zhishu said.

"No need to go to such trouble. I'll just ask someone to rent a few carriages in the town. You can go back first." Li Wen didn't want to trouble his friends. They had just come back after a long time. Presumably Lu Zhishu's parents couldn't wait to think about it. After seeing him, he didn't want to bother others like this.

Li Wen asked Li Tong to rent some carriages from the horse racing shop in the town.

It was getting late at this time, and Li Wen didn't see his family members still waiting for him here. The time of their return was uncertain, so Li Wen didn't mind if his family members were here waiting for him.

It's not too far back to his home from the town, and it's not a problem to walk back.

It's just that he brought a lot of things back from Nanyang, and it would be more convenient to find a carriage to take them back. When they transferred the large ship in Nanyang, all the original carriages and horses were left in Nanyang. On the return journey, they took the ship to Nanyang Mansion, and then took the carriage back to the capital from there.

Li Tong quickly went to the horse dealer and rented several carriages.

"Let's just say goodbye and make an appointment later." Lu Zhishu insisted on waiting until his carriage arrived. At this moment, Li Tong rented the carriage, Li Wen said to Lu Zhishu.

"Okay." Lu Zhishu got on the carriage that came to pick him up. After the two said goodbye, Li Wen got on the carriage and waved to his friend. Lu Zhishu's carriage went back to Lu Mansion, and Li Wen and the others entered Lijia Village in their carriage.

The road into Lijia Village from the town has been repaired, and they can see the entrance of Lijia Village from a distance.

The sun was going down now, the village gates were closed, and two people were left upstairs to guard the gates.

"Who is that below?" Seeing a carriage approaching, the man guarding above asked.

"Brother Guangping, it's me, Sanbao." Li Wen got off the carriage, looked up at the man above, and shouted, "Brother Guangping and Brother Guangmao are guarding the village gate today? Brother, please come down. Open the door for me."

"Sambo!" the man above shouted.

Two men hurriedly came down from the building. As they opened the door, they shouted inside, "Come quickly, it's Sambo who's back."

"Is San Bao back?"

"San Bao is back..."

"Our No. 1 Scholar is back!"

At this time, people in the village had just had dinner, and it was the most leisurely time of the day. I heard someone shouting "San Bao" at the entrance of the village. "Come back", isn't this the number one scholar in their Lijia Village coming back? People in the village spread the word one by one. Everyone knew that Li Sanbao was back, and that the number one scholar in their Lijia Village was back.

"Everyone, come out quickly to welcome our No. 1 Scholar..."

This matter had to start three days ago. Li Wen's letter sent home by someone was sent home. After Li Shangu knew that his son had won the No. 1 Scholar, the head of Lijia Village He Lizheng, the village chief and elders in the clan, and the entire Lijia Village all knew that there was a champion in their Lijia Village.

On that day, Li opened the gate of the ancestral hall and held a grand ancestor worship ceremony.

In the past ten years or so, the door of the ancestral hall has been opened almost every few years to worship the ancestors. First, the ancestors were told that a scholar was born in the clan. After a few years, the door of the ancestral hall was opened again to tell the ancestors that a scholar was born in the clan. . Then a few years later, the clan leader led Li Gugu and the clan members to open the ancestral hall door again, and a tribute scholar came out of their village. And then, Li Sanbao became the number one scholar in high school!

This time, their Lijia Village has a champion!

"..." Li asked, standing at the entrance of the village. He saw people in the village running towards the entrance one by one. Should he continue to stand here, or should he continue to stand here? He actually wanted to go home.

But now the village gates were blocked by people in the village.

"Three treasures are back, the number one scholar in our village is back."

"Master, master, the number one scholar in our village is back..."

Wang Li, who was in the courtyard, heard the shouts outside. It was a little bad, but the old lady still heard someone outside calling her good grandson, "It's your good grandson, it's your good grandson who's back."

"Auntie, it's Sanbao who's back!" Sun Yi heard the voice outside and stood up. stand up.

"Quick, help me back." Mrs. Li stood up, and Sun Yi hurriedly stepped forward to help her mother-in-law. When Li Shangu knew

his son was back, he hurried out and rushed to the entrance of the village. Li Haopeng followed his father and was one step ahead.

''Brother...,

Li Wen heard the voice of Li Haopeng's kid from a distance, and then saw the kid rushing towards him. Zhao Xiangyi wanted to step forward to stop the kid who was rushing towards him, but Li Liuyuan stepped forward. He took a step forward and caught the person.

"Wow wow wow...Brother..." Li Haopeng hugged his brother and cried loudly, "Brother, why did you come back? Wow wow wow...Brother, I miss you..."

"..." Li Wen hugged the brat and almost shed tears when the brat howled twice. He patted the kid on the shoulder and said, "It's brother who's back. Brat, you've grown so big now." You're crying, there are so many people here, you're not afraid of people laughing at you!"

Li Haopeng paused and turned around to see that there were uncles, aunts and uncles from the village behind him, and then he saw his own father who had arrived. He buried his face in his brother's arms and refused to come out.

"Dad." Li Wen looked up and saw his father, his eyes suddenly turned red and he shouted.

"Hey, it's Dad, Sanbao is back, good, good, good." Li Shangu saw his son coming back, and the father and son looked at each other with longing for each other in their eyes. Li Wen stepped forward, gave his father a hug, and said, "Dad, I'm back."

"Yes." Li Shangu's throat was a little choked, and the man's eyes were red.

Chapter 94: At the first update,

the village chief Li Mao supported his old father, and hurried over with Li Zheng, the clan leader and the clan elders behind him. The seventh uncle is now over seventy years old, and at this age he can be considered He is the oldest old man in the village.

Seeing Uncle Seventh being helped out by the village chief, Li Wen quickly stepped forward, reached out to hold the old man's hand, and shouted affectionately, "Uncle Seventh."

"Hey, it's Sanbao, it's Sanbao who's back, it's us The number one scholar from Lijia Village is back, the common people..." When the seventh uncle saw that their number one scholar was back, he would bow down to him.

"Uncle Seven, it's the Three Treasures who are back. Seventh uncle doesn't need to be polite. "Li Wen supported the old man and prevented him from saluting him. He looked at the village chief and Li Zheng and others aside, greeted them one by one, and said, "Li Sanbao is the only one here. I hope that the seventh uncle and the third grandpa will still be here." There are uncles and aunts in the village who still treat the Three Treasures as before. You are all the relatives and elders of the Three Treasures. The etiquette is fictitious, and Sanbao still hopes that we can be as close and affectionate as we were before, as a family. "

He still remembers pulling his seventh uncle's beard when he was a child. Now the old man is still alive to see him come back as the top scorer in high school, as well as the uncles, uncles and aunts in the village. They are all his elders who watched him grow up. , Li Wen has never forgotten the place where he was raised, and the relatives and elders who watched him grow up.

Etiquette is for others to see. Only his relatives and elders are here. In front of the elders, he will always be Li Sanbao, a child who grew up in Lijia Village and a junior. So even if the top pick in high school comes back today, to Li Wen, it is just a trip back to his hometown. The elders who visit his family and relatives are not here to put on his official pretensions.

Only the younger generation salutes the elders, and no elders salute the younger generation. No matter if he is the top scorer in high school today, or if he comes to the cabinet to pay homage to the prime minister, he comes back here. He, Li Wendu, is an ordinary villager from Lijia Village.

"Yes. "Village chief Li Mao nodded in agreement. Li Mao supported his old father, and everyone stopped saluting the champion.

"Dad, let's go back. "Li Wen put his hand on the kid Li Haopeng's shoulder, and reached out to touch the kid's head. Li Haopeng was comforted by his brother, and rubbed his head against his brother's hand like a little puppy. The kid raised his head, shyly Glancing at his brother,

Li Wen remembered that his mother-in-law's younger brother went to Nanyang to study after passing the college entrance examination. It had been so many years since he had been there

.

Fortunately, no matter how often he comes back home, his brother always remembers him and is very close to him . Li Wen is also very fond of his younger brother. It's just that the two brothers have spent very little time together in these years.

"Yes, let's go back first. "Seeing that he was so happy to see his son, he even forgot to let his son go home first. Li Shangu realized that he was so busy that he asked the child to go home first. He knew that the child must be tired after coming back so far and the journey is long.

Li asked He turned around and whispered to Zhao Xiangyi, "Brother Zhao, please go to my home first. Let's go back and have a meal first, and then see how we can arrange a place for everyone to live. "

Zhao Xiangyi nodded and had no objection to this.

Everyone went to the Li family compound at the end of the village. Li Wen and his father Li Gushan walked in front. Zhao Xiangyi followed Li Wen. The village chief Li Mao supported Qi. Uncle, Li Zheng followed the clan leader and the elders of the clan, followed by the villagers of Lijia Village.

The man in charge of guarding the village gate closed the door behind him.

"Mom, please go slowly. "Sun Yi was helping her mother, whose legs and feet were not very convenient, to rush outside. In the past few years, Wang Li's legs and feet have become worse and worse, and she cannot walk smoothly, so she walks very slowly, so they fall behind.

Li Wang Wen Zheng, his father and everyone were walking home, and saw his grandma and grandma from a distance,

"Grandma, grandma! "The two parties faced each other head-on. Li Wen saw his mother-in-law and grandma at a glance and shouted.

"It's Sambo, it's Sambo who's back. " Mrs. Li Wang saw her grandson who had returned, and held her daughter-in-law's hand hard. Sun Yi's tears fell down when she saw her son who had returned. She looked at her son without blinking and nodded in response. Looking at her mother-in-law, "Grandma, yes, Sanbao is back, back..."

It's her Ah'er who's back...

"Grandma, Grandma, I'm back. "Li Wen stepped forward and held the hands of his grandma and grandma. When he saw that his grandma and grandma's eyes were red, and his nose was a little sore, he said, "Grandma, grandma, you guys will come back when you see me. , I was so happy that I shed tears.

"Look at grandma, grandma is so happy to see Ah'er back. " "Her son came back after taking the No. 1 exam. Sun Yi never dreamed in her life that her son could take the No. 1 exam. Her son was the No. 1 scholar, and she became the No. 1 scholar's mother.

Seeing her son come back, Sun Yi was I was happy, but at the same time I was very touched and excited, and I couldn't help but shed tears.

"Let's go home. Are you hungry? Auntie will go back and prepare something delicious for you." Sun Yi wiped away her tears and said with an embarrassed smile.

"Well, I'm a little hungry. I haven't tasted my grandma's cooking for a long time. I always miss my grandma's cooking when I'm away." "Li Wen said with a smile. Sun Yi looked at her son with red eyes and said, "Okay, go back and my mother-in-law will cook some more dishes for Sanbao. "

They know that their son will come back soon, but they don't know the specific day.

Li Gushan will go to the pier every day, leave someone waiting there, and wait until the sunset every day before leaving. It just so happens that Li Wen He came back a little late and missed the people sent by his father to pick him up.

Sun Yi didn't know that his son would come back at this time, so he didn't prepare food for his son in advance. However, they knew that his son would come back soon. , so there is always a lot of food at home, and when I go back to prepare it later, I will say

, "Mom, don't bother me, there are many of us, just cook some noodles and some meat, it will fill your stomach." "There were more than 20 people in their group. It was getting late now, so Li Wen said just get some food.

"How can this be done? Sun Yi disagreed when she heard this and said, "Don't worry, Sanbao, I can still cook some dishes for you. It doesn't take too much time, it will be done in a while."

"That's right, I have to do it. I have to make some good dishes. " "Ms. Li Wang has always loved her grandson very much, and she can't wait to put all the good things in front of her grandson.

This grandson has been sensible since he was a child, and he is a good reader. Mrs. Li never dreamed that her grandson could be admitted to the top exam. Listen. The old lady was so happy that she woke up laughing from her dreams for several nights.

"Mom, let's go back and discuss this issue first. Li Wen reached out to hold his grandma's hand and said to the old lady, "Grandma, let me and grandma help you back together." "

Li Wen knew that his grandma's legs and feet had not been in good condition in recent years. They were all old problems left over from the past. When an old man reaches this age, he will inevitably have some physical ailments. He knew that his grandma had a hard life when she was young. Fortunately, Their family has been better off over the years, and the old lady can also enjoy a few days of happiness.

In the past few years, he has been studying abroad, and he has only come back once a year. He has seen the old man getting older year by year, even though he knows that birth, aging, illness and death are human beings. As is normal, Li Wen still felt a little sad about this.

"Let's go back and let your mother-in-law cook some good dishes for Sanbao. "Wang Li let her grandson support her with a smile on her face.

"Okay." Li Wen nodded with a smile. His grandma loved him the most since he was a child. There were many poor people in the family when he was a child. There was delicious food in the house. His grandma always thought about his grandson. Later, life at home became better, and there was something good in the house. The old lady still thought about his grandson.

Li Wen remembered the old lady's kindness to him. She was the grandmother who loved him the most. Li Wen only hoped that the old lady would be in good health and live a long life, so that he could be filial to the old lady for a few more years. Just thinking about it, he went to the capital to become an official. He was afraid that he wouldn't have much time to fulfill his filial piety in front of the old lady. He sighed a little in his heart.

A group of people walked towards the Li family courtyard. Li Wen and his mother-in-law walked in front, supporting their grandmother. Li Gushan followed his wife, followed by others.

After returning home, Li Wen helped the old lady sit down on the main seat in the main hall.

"Everyone, please take a seat." Li Gugu led the village chief, clan elders and others into the main hall and asked everyone to sit down. Sun Yi went over and said to her husband, "Husband, please greet everyone here. I will go to the kitchen to cook some dishes for Sanbao and the others to eat later.",,

"Well, go ahead and cook more dishes. Sanbao and the others are crowded." . Li Shangu nodded and said. Sun Yi nodded, said "I understand", and took Du Qiulan out to the kitchen. The women who followed from the village saw him and went over to help.

There were guests at home. Li Shangu was busy greeting everyone, and Li Wen couldn't leave at this moment, so he could only stay here and talk for a while. It wasn't

until the sun went down and it was getting dark that

Xie Yunfei left one by one. Following Zhao Xiangyi, he saw people coming in and out of Li Liuyuan's family. Li Liuyuan and his son had a smile on everyone's face and had no airs at all. From the moment he came in, he could tell that this Lijia Village was unusual. The village is full of blue brick houses, and the roads are wide and clean.

It can be seen from the faces of the villagers here that they live a prosperous and happy life, and there is no trace of the sorrow of being oppressed by life. . Even the people in several villages near the capital were not living as well as the villagers here, which made him feel a little confused.

But Xie Yunfei knew that all these things in this village were probably different from Li Liuyuan. related.

Chapter 95, second update:

"Sambo, it's time to eat."

At this time, the dishes in the kitchen were cooked. Sun Yi personally led a few women to work in the kitchen for a while, putting the fried dishes one plate at a time. The plate was brought to the table.

When Li Wen smelled the aroma, he knew the food in the kitchen was ready. Just as the last guest at home was sent away, Li Wen called everyone over to eat, "Brother Zhao, Yunfei, and everyone, the meal is ready, let's sit down and eat together."

"Dad, Xiaopeng, sit down together Do you want to eat?" Li Wen then remembered that he had forgotten to introduce Zhao Xiangyi and the others to his father. However, he did not explain Zhao Xiangyi's identity. He only said that he was the person responsible for sending him back and that everyone was staying at their house during this period.

Zhao Xiangyi nodded to Li Liuyuan's father.

"You just treat me as your own family. You're welcome. Please send Sanbao back." Over the years, Li Shangu came in contact with all kinds of people and learned how to look at people. Li Shangu saw that the man who escorted his son back had an extraordinary bearing. , I guessed in my heart that this man's identity must be extraordinary, and his attitude towards Zhao Xiangyi became more polite.

Li Shangu turned to his son and said, "You go to eat. Your mother, brother, and I have all eaten. Okay, I'll let someone arrange a place for you to stay. I still have rooms at home, but I just want to aggrieve everyone." I have to make do with it,

so I can live in it only if I make do with it. 3 "Fortunately, the family later built a small courtyard at the back. There are several spare rooms in the small courtyard at the back, which is just suitable for everyone to live in. I can still live in it if I make do with it. of.

Li Wen said something to Zhao Xiangyi, then turned back to his father and said, "The room is enough. Okay, father, you go and make arrangements." Their food and accommodation on the ship were not very good, so everyone was hungry now. , Li Wen was also hungry. He invited everyone to eat together, and left the rest of the things to his father and mother to arrange.

Zhao Xiangyi sat down with Li Liuyuan, and Xie Yunfei sat down without any courtesy.

"We don't have any rules in our house, so everyone doesn't have to be restrained." After returning home, Li Wen completely let himself go, without any airs of being the top pick. Their family is just a farmer's family that has made some money and is living a better life. They don't have the rules of a big family. They usually sit together and eat together.

"Haha, then I'm not polite." From this short period of getting along, Xie Yunfei knew that Li Liuyuan was a casual person. Now that they have arrived at Li Liuyuan's home, if they are too restrained at all times, it will make everyone uncomfortable. It is better to let go, which will also make everyone get along more comfortably.

From the way Li Liuyuan and his son treat each other, it can be seen that both father and son are low-key people and get along very harmoniously with the villagers.

Under Li Liuyuan's greeting, the other men all found a place to sit down and eat.

By the time they finished eating, it was already dark outside.

It happened that their family had a place to live, so Li Wen arranged for everyone to live in their home without having to go to the village to disturb the people in the village. Li Wen didn't know that there was a small courtyard built behind their house. There were several spare rooms in the courtyard, which could just accommodate everyone.

"I think our family will have more people in the future, and there will probably be a lot of people coming and going. We need a place to live, so we thought of building this small courtyard. This small courtyard was only built last fall. Wait. It's just the right time for you to come back and live here this year." The year before last, his son was still preparing for the scientific examination, so Li Gushan didn't tell his son one by one about some things at home.

"It's pretty good. There will be more family visits in the future, and we will have a place to live." Li Wen didn't expect that his father had the foresight to build this small courtyard in advance, and the rooms inside were all set up according to their original house. It was set up like that, so the room was spacious and bright, and there was an attached bathroom, but the toilet was just outside.

When he first knew that Lijia Village was going to be rebuilt, Li Wen had a lot of opinions in this regard. In addition to the planning of the houses above, he also emphasized the sewage discharge problem in the village. So now the entire Lijia Village has underground drainage, and the sewage is all Go through the underground pipes and drain them far away from the village.

Therefore, the fact that Lijia Village is so clean today is inseparable from the fact that the sewage discharge in their village has been properly treated. There will not always be a lingering smell of feces and urine in the village like before. Now it is the entire village road on rainy days. All are clean.

"Brother Zhao, it's getting late. You should go back and have a rest early. There will be nothing to do tomorrow. Everyone can go to bed later." After Li Wen settled everyone, he took Zhao Xiangyi to the room assigned to him. Live in an independent house.

"Well, you too." Zhao Xiangyi looked at the young man in front of him and nodded.

In the past, the two of them often shared a room together, but now that their family has more rooms, they no longer have to sleep in one room.

Li Liuyuan, who considered himself to be straight-laced, lived in the same house as General Zhao during this period, and he had no other thoughts in his heart. It's just two men sharing a room and a bed. In his previous life, when he was in college, he lived in the school. Several boys lived in a room. Not to mention two people sleeping in a bed, it was just a group of men sleeping together. Bathhouses are a common occurrence.

Therefore, Li Wen had never doubted his own sexual orientation, or in other words, he had never thought about it at all.

After arranging everyone, Li Wen walked out. Seeing that his father was waiting here and was still awake, Li Wen yawned and said, "Dad, you should go to bed too. My mother-in-law has gone to bed, right?"

"Well, your mother-in-law has gone back to the house. "Li Gugu said.

"Oh, daddy, you go to bed, I'm going back to the house." Li Wen was very sleepy at the moment, but he hadn't taken a shower yet and had to take a shower. As soon as he returned to the room, he saw the little kid lying sprawled out on his bed. This brat ran over and occupied his bed. Was he going to take him away or carry him away?

Li Wen walked over and saw the little kid already sleeping soundly on the bed. He smiled helplessly and said, "Forget it, I'll let you sleep here for one night."

After going to wash up briefly, Li Wen put the little kid in bed. Move over a little and go to bed. Li Wen fell asleep almost as soon as he lay down on the bed.

At night, the two brothers were sleeping soundly in each other's arms...

Zhao Xiangyi was still asleep in the small courtyard. The man stood by the window and looked outside, with no expression on his face, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

By now Lu Zhishu had already returned home. The Lu family was a wealthy family with many rules and many people living together. There are three Jinshis in the Lu family. Lu Zhishu even got into the top three of the first class and was appointed by the Holy Emperor as Tanhualang. He is the third person after the Lu family's eldest uncle and second uncle to pass the Jinshi examination and serve as an official in the court. people.

Moreover, Lu Zhishu did better in the exam than his two uncles, and was directly awarded an official position. After returning to Beijing, he directly entered the Imperial Academy.

After returning home, Lu Zhishu met his grandmother, parents and elders. , stayed with the old grandmother, talked to the old grandmother for a long time, and then stayed in the study with his father for a long time before coming out. By the time he returned to the yard where he lived, it was already dark outside.

There is no moon tonight and the sky is full of stars.

The night turns and the stars move, and the night passes and the day comes.

The sky was white, the wind blew the clouds, the dark clouds dispersed, and the sky gradually turned white.

The two brothers on the bed were sleeping soundly hugging each other. Li Haopeng was pressed under his brother, so strangled that he could hardly breathe. He opened his sleepy eyes and struggled to crawl out of his brother's arms.

Li Wen was woken up by the baby in his arms. He opened his eyes and looked at the moving baby in his arms. The two brothers looked at each other.

"...Brother, let me go." Last night he ran to his brother's room to wait for his brother. He fell asleep for some reason. Li Haopeng was woken up by his brother in the morning. Halfway through the climb, he saw his brother also woke up.

During this period of time, Li Wen lived with Zhao Xiangyi. The two of them shared a bed and developed the habit of sleeping with something on top of them. Even Li Wen didn't know about this new habit because he slept with it every day. When he woke up, Zhao Xiangyi was no longer in the room.

Fortunately, Li Haopeng is a little older now, and nothing will happen if he is pressed down by his brother for a whole night. If he were younger and used as a pillow by his brother for a whole night, he might actually cause problems.

"Oh." Li Wen turned over, but did not let him go, and took the little boy into his arms. Seeing that it was still early outside, Li Wen opened his eyes and closed them again. He planned to close his eyes and sleep again. He said, "It's still early, let's sleep for a while."

"..." Lie down Li Haopeng, who was in his brother's arms, stretched out his hand to rub his eyes, yawned, and asked, "Brother, I haven't seen you for a long time. I want to be with you. Can I not go to the academy to study today?"

"Haha..." Li Wen chuckled. After this brat said so much, it turned out that the last sentence was the key point. He rubbed the brat's face and said, "You want to be with me, with you?" It doesn't matter if you don't go to the academy. You'd better go to the academy today. You can see your brother when you come back in the evening. He can't run away."

Li Haopeng put his arms around his brother's neck and raised his head. He looked at his brother, a little reluctant to let go.

Li Wen kissed the little boy's face and said, "You are so old, but you still act like a spoiled child with your brother. When my brother was your age, he didn't act like a spoiled child with my grandma anymore.

"...Brother, I don't behave like a spoiled child with my grandma either." , I just like my brother. "Li Haopeng is seven years old this year. His brother is already a boy at his age, and he has not yet taken the county examination. His brother said that he should take the test

later and remember the knowledge he has learned more firmly. He passed the county examination in one go.

The relationship between the two brothers was very good. In his previous life, Li Wen had no other brothers, so in this life he liked the little brother his mother gave him very much, and he treated him as his own son. Love.

This time when he came back, Li Wen thought of taking his brother to study in the capital. Not to mention that the teachers there were better than them here. Furthermore, he could take the little boy with him and guide him personally. There must be an experienced person missing from his parents' side to guide their little boy.

It's not that he is worried about others. If he can, Li Wen certainly wants to take care of his younger brother. He didn't have high requirements for this younger brother. He didn't expect him to be a top scholar like him, but at least he had to be a Jinshi. If he had his personal guidance, Li Wen was confident that he could train a top scholar with his own hands. Jinshi came out.

However, Li Wen had not yet discussed with his parents about taking his younger brother to the capital. After knowing that he might stay in the capital for a long time, Li Wen got up. I have to think about taking his younger brother over. Many things at home are probably inseparable from his father and mother. In addition, his grandmother is now older,

so it is even more impossible to follow him to the capital. In the family, the only one who is likely to follow him to the capital is his younger brother, and Li Wen also wants to take him over to educate him personally.

He will discuss this with his father and aunt later . For one thing, we also need to ask the little boy if he is willing to go to the capital with him. Although he is an elder brother, he is different from his parents after all. Let such a young child leave his parents' side and follow his elder brother. It was so far away from the capital, so Li Wen wasn't sure that Zai Zi would be willing to go with him.

But as for his father and mother, Li Wen wanted to think about Zai Zi's future, and they were probably willing to let him take them. Let's go.

"Brother..." Li Haopeng was a little reluctant to go to the academy. He wanted to be with his brother.

"Well, I'm afraid of you, so I won't go. Let's make an agreement first, and you are not going to go today. You have to go to the academy to study for me tomorrow. "Li Wen held the kid's buttocks and picked him up.

Li Tong, who was waiting outside, heard the noise inside, knocked on the door, and came in with a basin of wash water.

After Li Wen washed up, he brought He went out with his brother, and asked someone to go to the academy to ask for leave.

When his younger son said he would not go to the academy today, Li Haopeng frowned

and became a little scared.

"Dad, if you don't want to go to the academy today, why don't you go? It's only one day away from studying. Just let someone go and talk to the teacher, and we can send him there tomorrow. "The person who loves Li Haopeng the most in this family is Li Wen, his brother. Li Wen said, "I have something to do and I have to go to town later.

"Well, okay. " "Li Gugu didn't ask his son what he was going to do in the town. He just mentioned to his son that he would open an ancestral hall to worship his ancestors tomorrow.

"Oh, okay. "Li Wen knew that when he came back, his clan would inevitably open an ancestral hall to worship his ancestors. He was no stranger to this matter and knew that there was such a thing.

The father and son chatted for a few words, and Li Gushan was about to go out to get busy.

Chapter Ninety-six:

The results of the April Palace Examination for Parents and Officials were announced, and it was not until May that the official documents were sent to the local government.

Two years ago, the former county magistrate of Qingping Town was transferred, and the current county magistrate, Xue Liang and Master Xue, was transferred to Qingping Town as the county magistrate. The above official document was delivered to the Yamen. When the county magistrate unfolded the official document and took a look, his face showed surprise and he said three times, "Okay, okay, okay."

"It's really great!" Sure enough, Qingping Town is a place like this. It is a good place with beautiful mountains and clear waters and outstanding people.

"Sir? Is this a good thing?" The master asked curiously when he saw the master so happy.

"Haha, it is indeed a good thing." The county magistrate handed the official document to the master and said, "Look,

the master took the official document, read the beginning, read ten lines at a glance, clapped his hands and shouted, "Haha, good thing, good thing , which is indeed a good thing. "It's really great. Their Qingping Town not only produced a number one scholar, but also a Tanhualang. Among the top three, their Qingping Town produced two.

"Sir, this is really great! "

When the performance appraisal is held at the end of this year, they in Qingping Town will definitely get an excellent grade. Maybe they will be promoted to another level. The master is thinking in his heart. Maybe he, the master, will be promoted by then.

"Come here, prepare . horse. "The county magistrate strode out, and the master hurriedly followed behind.

"Sir, should we go to Lijia Village first? "The master asked.

The county magistrate turned back and glanced at the master. The first one in Yijia was the number one scholar, and the third was Tanhua Lang. The number one scholar was a boy from a farm family in Lijia Village, but Tanhua Lang was a young master from the Lu family. There are two Jinshis in front of the Lu Mansion. Lu Changping, Lord Lu, is the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, Lu Changan, Lord Lu, is the local magistrate in Qian, and the Number One Scholar is from a farmer's family in a small village. When compared with Tanhua in the government, it was obvious that Tanhualang had a better background.

But don't forget, the number one scholar was in front of Tanhua.

When the magistrate took a look at him, the master immediately understood that he was wrong, "It's the younger one. Wrong.

"Let's go. " "The county magistrate walked forward.

This time, the county magistrate personally led the people to Lijia Village.

"One eye, one eye, one bang_" The people from the Yamen beat gongs and drums all the way to Lijia Village, shouting all the way, "Congratulations... Li Wen from Lijiacun, Mr. Li, got the top prize in high school...''

"Congratulations... Li Wen from Lijia Village, Mr. Li, got the top prize in high school..."

Every few years, the yamen officials come to Lijia Village to report the good news, and the villagers in Lijia Village all Already used to it. Since the birth of Li Sanbao in their village, Li Sanbao studied at the age of five, became a scholar at the age of nine, became a minor scholar at the age of fourteen, became a Huiyuan at the age of fifteen, and became a scholar at the age of sixteen. Therefore, every few years, people from the yamen They would come to Lijia Village to report the good news, and they have come every year in the past two years.

As soon as they arrived at the entrance of Lijia Village, Xue Liang, the county magistrate, got off his horse.

"Everyone, go quickly, it's the official from the Yamen who came to our village to announce the good news!" Hearing the sound of gongs outside, the villagers in the village knew that it was the official from the Yamen who came to announce the good news, someone shouted.

The villagers in the village ran towards the entrance of the village one after another.

But this time, before the officials from the yamen came to report the good news, the villagers in Lijia Village knew first that Li Sanbao from their village had won the first prize. Even Li Sanbao, the first prize winner, returned to the village faster than the official document above, so Now the Li clan chief and clan elders are leading people to prepare for the opening of the ancestral hall to worship their ancestors tomorrow.

The birth of a scholar in their Lijia Village was a big deal. All the workshops in the village were on holiday, and the villagers were busy preparing to open an ancestral hall to worship their ancestors and hold a banquet.

Hearing the sound of gongs beating outside, they knew that officials from the Yamen came to the village to announce the good news. The villagers of Lijia Village ran out to the entrance of the village one after another. Unexpectedly, the county magistrate came in person this time.

Li Zheng of Lijia Village goes to the Yamen every year to report village affairs. He has met the newly appointed county magistrate, so when he saw people coming, Li Zheng and Cun Zheng took the lead in saluting the county magistrate and said, "Grass people Greetings, sir."

The villagers in the village knelt down one after another. Unexpectedly, the county magistrate came in person this time.

"Everyone, please get up."

After Xue Liang came to Qingping Town as the county magistrate two years ago, he knew about a place like Lijiacun. After arriving at the young scholar, Xue Liang went out of his way to get to know the young scholar.

The little scholar who was less than ten years old had won three yuan in the middle and middle school in a row, which aroused his interest.

In the year when he first took office, this young scholar won the imperial examination and won the first place in the provincial examination. The following year, he passed the Huiyuan examination. Not long ago, Xue Liang received an official document from above. This young Huiyuan passed the imperial examination. He was selected as the number one scholar by the Holy Emperor and won six prizes in a row.

Looking at the entire Dacheng, there has never been such a young top pick, and their Dacheng is the first six yuan. A number one scholar in three years

may not produce a six yuan in a hundred years. Lijiacun produced a six yuan. This is not only a number one scholar, but also a six yuan. That's why Xue Liang paid so much attention to it.

"Where is Li Zhuangyuan's family?" Where?" asked the magistrate.

"Oh, go in along this road. The courtyard at the end of the road is Li Zhuangyuan's house. Why don't you take the adults there." Li Zheng said.

Xue Liang nodded, and led the yamen officials to follow Li Zheng and the village chief of Lijia Village, and walked to Lijia Village. The village chief and Li Zheng personally took the county magistrate to the Li family compound. On the way in, Xue Liang saw the appearance of Lijia Village. He was a little surprised. In such a small village, the people here seemed to live a prosperous and happy life.

Xue Liang asked Li Zheng a few questions on the way, and Li Zheng answered them one by one.

At this time, Li Wenzheng was being trained by Zhao Xiangyi himself. During this period, they would take some time every morning for Zhao Xiangyi to instruct him in martial arts. Li Wen collapsed on the ground from exhaustion, looking up at the man standing in front of him. Zhao Xiangyi lowered his eyes and looked at Li Liuyuan sitting on the ground.

Hearing the sound outside, Li Wen turned to look outside the wall and asked, "What happened outside?"

"Master, Master, it's the Yamen's messenger who's here. The county magistrate is here in person." Li Tong Ran in from outside and shouted.

"Oh, the county magistrate is here in person. I think the official document from above has come down." The official document came down a day later than when he came back. When he heard that the county magistrate had come in person, he, the top scholar, had to go out to greet him in person. one time.

When Li Wenzheng thought about it, he stretched out a hand. He took Zhao Xiangyi's hand, stood up and said to the man, "It's someone from the Yamen who came to announce the good news." He didn't expect the county magistrate. Came in person.

"Do you want to go out together?" Li asked.

Zhao Xiangyi thought for a moment, nodded, and said, "I'll go out with you."

"Wait for me, I'll change my clothes, and I'll be here soon." Li Wen looked down at the mess on his body He quickly walked into the house, changed his clothes and came out quickly, and walked out of the door with Zhao Xiangyi.

Just as they reached the gate, the county magistrate led people to their door.

Xue Liang saw the young man dressed in white and knew that the young man was Li Wenli Liuyuan, who won the first prize in the exam this time. The sixteen-year-old top pick was not found in Dacheng at such a young age, let alone the young man who won the first prize. Six yuan is the first six yuan that Dacheng has released.

It's just that Xue Liang didn't expect to see General Zhao Xiangyi and General Zhao here. He knew him, and he probably wouldn't notice a small person like him. Xue Liang bowed his hands and said, "I have met Lord Zhao, Lord Li..." "

The number one scholar is compiled from the sixth rank, which is one level higher than the county magistrate. Therefore, Xue Liang, the local county magistrate, must bow to Li Wen, the number one scholar, in the same way.

"Master Xue, please get up quickly." Li Wen hurriedly stepped forward, held the magistrate's hand, and said.

Li Wen knew that the original county magistrate of their Qingping Town had been transferred two years ago, and a new person was transferred to their Qingping Town as the county magistrate. It's just that he has been busy with scientific examinations in Nanyang in the past two years and has not yet visited the county magistrate in person. He did not expect that he was still so young.

This Mr. Xue has no white beard and looks to be in his early twenties. Among the officials with long beards, he looks very young. The previous county magistrates of Qingping Town were all in their forties or fifties. I heard that they were transferred to other places to serve as officials.

Even though he, who was a sixth-grade editor, was one level higher than the county magistrate, the other party was the local official of their Qingping Town, so Li Wen did not pretend that his official rank was one level higher than the other party, so he put on official airs and treated this person. Mr. Xue was still very polite and respectful.

"Don't take it seriously, don't take it seriously. Mr. Xue is the parent official of our Qingping Town. He works for the people of Qingping Town. Ask yourself whether you can compare to Mr. Xue." Li Wen lowered his status and handed over to Mr. Xue. He said

, "Master Li, you are very polite. As the county magistrate of Qingping Town, I have to work for the people of Qingping Town. This is what I should do." Three years ago, Xue Liang passed the Jinshi examination and applied to be the county magistrate. That's why he came to Qingping Town to become an official.

After arriving at Qingping Town, Xue Liang managed the place in an orderly manner. Mr. Xue decided cases fairly and without favoritism, so there were no unjust, false or wrongful cases in the place.

Xue Liang is the parent officer of Qingping Town. He naturally knows about a place like Lijia Village, but he has never had any idea of ​​​​this village. After learning that there were several workshops in this village that specialized in making soap, Xue Liang found out that the famous soaps in the capital came from Lijia Village. For this reason, he deliberately learned about this village, but he had never made any preparations for these soaps. son.

When he heard the other party calling him Master Zhao, Zhao Xiangyi knew that the other party must know his identity. When he saw the county

magistrate, he felt that the other party looked familiar, but he couldn't remember whether he had seen this person before.

"Mr. This was the first time Li Wen had seen Mr. Xue, but his first impression of Mr. Xue was very good.

Muramasa and Rimasa did not go in with them. They sent the county magistrate to the Li family compound, and then they said goodbye and left.

Xie Yunfei walked beside Zhao Xiangyi and whispered in Zhao Xiangyi's ear.

"Master Xue, please have tea." As soon as Xue Liang sat down, someone brought him tea. Xue Liang raised his eyes and took a look at the house. The furnishings in this house looked simple, spacious and bright, and people felt very comfortable sitting in this house."

Li Wen and Zhao Xiangyi sat together and said to Mr. Xue, "Wen is outside. I am studying, so I have not gone to see you in person, so please forgive me for asking." His words explained the reason why he did not go to see him after he knew that the other party had become a parent official in Qingping Town, in order to avoid him. There will be a knot in my heart for him.

The other party is the local magistrate of their Qingping Town. Even if he is now the top scholar and becomes an official in the capital, he should have a good relationship with their local magistrate. If something happens in their village in the future, the other party, as their local parent official, will not embarrass them.

"I understand." When Xue Liang heard this, he understood the purpose of Li Liuyuan's words. After a brief contact with Li Liuyuan, Xue Liang knew that this little Liuyuan was a very smart person. Although his official rank was one level higher than that of the county magistrate, his attitude gave him enough face as the county magistrate.

So after hearing what the other party said, Xue Liang expressed his understanding.

After sitting in the room for a while and drinking a cup of tea, Xue Liang got up and said goodbye to go back. He would go to the Lu Mansion later to announce the good news, so he couldn't stay here for a long time. "I still have something to do," he said. After going to work, the official left first.

Li Wen personally escorted Xue Liang to the door and invited him to come to their home for dinner tomorrow. "There will be a thank you banquet for me at home tomorrow. If Mr. Come and have a meal to show your face.

"Okay, I will definitely arrive tomorrow. " "Since the other party invited him personally, Xue Liang did not refuse, but smiled and nodded.

Li Wen gave Xue Liang to the door. After seeing the person leaving, he went in.

When he saw the person standing in the house Looking at Zhao Xiangyi at the door, Li Wen asked, "That Mr. Xue seems to know you. Have you met before?" " He remembered that when Mr. Xue just saw the two of them standing together, he first called "Mr. Zhao" and then came to him, so Li Wen guessed that the county magistrate knew Zhao Xiangyi, so he put Zhao Xiangyi. Xie Yunfei reminded him

just now that Zhao Xiangyi knew that Mr. It's not surprising to know him, but he didn't have a deep impression of him. Zhao Xiangyi lowered his eyes, looked at the young man in front of him, and said, "Well, I probably have seen him before. "

Zhao Xiangyi added, "Xue Liang is the third son of Pingyuan Marquis. "

Li Wen raised his eyebrows, but he didn't expect that the third young master of the Marquis Mansion would come to such a small place in Qingping Town as a small county magistrate. Even though he was a concubine, a skinny camel was bigger than a horse. After all, the Hou Mansion is still the Hou Mansion.

At the beginning of the founding of the Dacheng Dynasty, Emperor Chengwu granted the title of three kings and four princes, who were all heroes who worked with him to conquer

the world. There were many powerful officials in the capital, and there were also many dandy boys below. Riding horses in the streets of the capital, drinking and beauties, and living a life of luxury and luxury. The third young master from the Pingyuan Marquis Mansion was able to stay away from the capital and work as a minor official in such a small place, which was quite different from the dandies in the capital. The disciples were a little different.

The two of them went into the house together. Li asked Zhao Xiangyi some things about the capital. Zhao Xiangyi didn't know anything about it, but Xie Yunfei who followed him answered a lot of questions for him. Li asked and Xie Yunfei They started chatting

"..." General Zhao was left aside by Li Liuyuan and Commander Xie.

Chapter 97:

On the morning of the second day when the ancestral hall was opened, Li Wen got up and started bathing and burning incense. Then he went to the ancestral hall with his parents and grandmother, his younger brother Li Haopeng, and his second uncle's family. The patriarch of the Li family and The elders are already waiting here.

Today, the clan will open an ancestral hall for him again, offer incense to his ancestors, and tell them that he is the top scholar in high school. After he became a scholar, he would open an ancestral hall every few years to burn incense to his ancestors and inform his ancestors that he had graduated from high school. Therefore, this was not the first time that Li Wen came to burn incense for his ancestors. He did not comment on the opening of the ancestral hall. Not unfamiliar.

"... I hope that my ancestors will have knowledge, and bless the Li family to become more prosperous and have many descendants. Everyone will be good at reading, and talents will come out in large numbers from generation to generation." After the lengthy poem, the patriarch informed Li's ancestors. There is news about a champion scholar in our clan. Finally, we pray to our ancestors to bless their Li family to become more prosperous and have more scholars.

Li Wen, who was standing in front, lowered his head and half-closed his eyes, listening to the patriarch read the poem for half an hour, which made him drowsy.

The patriarch shouted loudly, "Li Wen, the eighth generation descendant of the Li family, will come forward to offer incense to our ancestors."

Hearing the patriarch call his name, Li Wen trembled and woke up. At that moment, I didn't know if I fell asleep or not, and I had no idea what the patriarch was thinking. Seeing his son's appearance, Li Shangu suspected that his son was about to fall asleep standing up, so he reached out and touched his son.

"Yes." Li Wen took the incense from the clan leader's hand, stepped forward with a solemn expression to offer incense to his ancestor, inserted the incense into the incense burner, and returned to his previous position. After he finished offering incense, the clan leaders read out their names one by one. Those who read their names stepped forward to offer incense to their ancestors.

After they finished offering incense to their ancestors and worshiping their ancestors, the door of the ancestral hall was closed again.

After opening the ancestral hall and paying homage to their ancestors, Li Wen and his father supported his grandmother, his mother's brother, his second uncle's family, and went up the mountain to burn incense for his dead grandfather.

"... Our grandson has won the top prize, and you will be happy if you know it underground. Our grandson will go to the capital to be an official in the future. You, a grandfather who knows underground, will bless our grandson to have a smooth official career and rise step by step in the future." Li Wang became a widow at a young age and lived a very hard life for the first half of her life. It was not until after she was born that her family's life got better day by day.

The grandson went from being a scholar to becoming the number one scholar, and the old lady was delighted that her grandson was the number one scholar in high school.

The old lady reached out and touched the tombstone standing in front of the grave. Tears shone in the old man's eyes.

"Grandma, don't worry. Grandpa down there will know that he will definitely be very happy." Li Wen stepped forward and held the old lady's hand, silently comforting the old lady. He didn't want the old lady to always worry about his dead grandfather. And feel sad.

Two brothers, Li Shangu and Li Lao, stepped forward to offer incense.

Their father passed away when they were very young, and his mother-in-law took the brothers to live with them. As the eldest son of the family, Li Shangu, after his father died, helped his mother-in-law take on the burden of the family. In the past, he helped his mother take care of his younger brothers and sisters, until his younger brothers and sisters grew up and started families one by one. He also married a wife and had children, and then took on the responsibility of taking care of his wife and children.

Now that their life is getting better, Li Shangu knows that it is all thanks to his eldest son. His eldest son has been providing family ideas since he was five years old. The family started a small business and gradually expanded it. , and brought more people together to do it.

The three workshops that have been opened in their Lijia Village now support the entire people of their Lijia Village. It can be said that the life of the entire Lijia Village is so good because of his son. Li Gushan always felt that his child must be the reincarnation of a lucky star, so that he would bring good luck to his family, their entire family, and the entire Lijia Village.

After the two families finished offering incense to the old man, they went down the mountain.

In the yard of their home, they started killing pigs and sheep early in the morning. Villagers from the entire Lijia Village came over to help with the work. The women were busy in the kitchen, and the men brought tables and benches out of their homes, one by one. The food was set up outside, and the children helped with the dishes and chopsticks. Everyone could find something to do.

Whoever is holding a banquet in the village, everyone in the village no longer cooks, and the whole family goes to that house to have dinner together.

A banquet is held every few years in the Li family courtyard. The first time was when Li Sanbao was selected as a scholar. Then he passed the national examination, and finally he won the top prize in high school. Everyone had smiles and joy on their faces. There was a champion in their Lijia Village. As people from Lijia Village, they all took advantage of it.

"Brother Zhao, if you feel bored staying in the courtyard, why don't you go to the mountains to play?" There were many people at home today, and it was unrealistic to lock these soldiers in the small courtyard at the back. Li Wen asked Zhao Xiangyi Do they want to go to the mountains to play?

They are surrounded by mountains, and hunting in the mountains is also a good pastime. With the skills of these soldiers, as long as they don't go deep into the mountains and encounter ferocious beasts, they can hunt any deer, deer, rabbit, pheasant, or pheasant in the surrounding areas.

Zhao Xiangyi looked at the mountains not far away and felt that Li Liuyuan's proposal was good.

"I'm busy at home today, so I won't go up there to play with you for the time being. In a few days, when my home is no longer so busy, I'll go up the mountain with you again." Today, the family will hold a banquet to thank him. Yesterday, Li Wen sent someone to send a message to Academician Qu and Mr. Cai of the academy, inviting the gentlemen to come over for dinner. It is believed that many guests may come today.

"We'll see how many prey you can hunt today. Let's add more food tonight. But don't hunt too much, we just have enough to eat. The weather is hot and the meat will smell if left for a long time."

It's not like winter now. If you save more, you can last through the winter. But it is summer now, and the prey will smell bad the next day. Unless it is alive and can be raised, the dead ones must be disposed of on the same day.

Zhao Xiangyi nodded. When they were at the border, the army was short of food, so they often went to the nearby mountains to catch some prey for tooth sacrifices. The soldiers in the courtyard suddenly became excited when they heard that their young general was taking them hunting in the nearby mountains.

Li Wen asked people to prepare a lot of bows and arrows, but they were all ordinary bows. They were definitely not as good as Zhao Xiangyi's black bow. He said, "You can make do with it. I'll be free in a few days." I'll get you some good stuff."

"What good stuff?" Xie Yunfei was curious about what good stuff Li Liuyuan would give them.

"Keep it secret." Li Wen only gave Xie Yunfei two words and did not tell him.

Zhao Xiangyi didn't ask any questions, but looked at Li Liuyuan with his eyes.

After Zhao Xiangyi and Xie Yunfei took a group of soldiers up the mountain to hunt, Li Wen went outside to help his father receive the guests at home. The school in their village has been established a long time ago, but they can't find a suitable teacher. The very good teacher is not willing to come to the school in such a small village, Mr. Shan, and the ordinary village chiefs and elders look down on it, so This matter has been delayed until now.

Even though the school was built, the children in the village still had no way to enroll if they couldn't hire a teacher.

After hearing the village chief mention the school in their village, and after listening to what everyone said, Li Wen had two good candidates in his mind, but he didn't know if they would be willing to come to his village to be a little teacher. He said , "I have two suitable candidates here, but I don't know if they are willing to come to our village to be teachers. I will ask them later. If they are willing, please ask them to come to our village to be teachers and teach children to read." Literacy is definitely possible."

"Okay, okay, I knew Sanbao would have an idea." The village chief laughed happily when he heard this.

When he went to the ancestral hall today, Li Wen also saw the stone tablet standing at the door of the ancestral hall. I have read through the clan rules and village rules one by one. Above are the rules for people in the village.

In fact, the rules above are basically in line with the ideas of people in this world. However, for some punishment matters, Li Wen felt that they were not humane enough, so he put forward his own opinion, "The state has national laws, families have family rules, and every village has its own rules." , Every family should have their rules, but our village rules and family rules cannot exceed the national law, because once we exceed the national law, we will commit a crime. "

In fact, the rules listed above are very detailed. , but some of them violated village and clan rules and the punishments were so dangerous to personal lives that they violated national law. Rules should be established, but they should also abide by national laws.

Dacheng State has the national law of Dacheng State, but Dacheng State's national law is not very sound and comprehensive. When Li Wen read Dacheng Law, he discovered many problems. Of course, in essence, the existence of national law is to restrain and regulate the people and protect the interests of the rulers. Therefore, there are naturally many unfair phenomena in Dacheng's national law.

Of course, even in modern times, modern laws and regulations are not very sound and comprehensive, and there are many unfairnesses.

Now he can't change the national laws of Dacheng, but regarding the village rules of Lijia Village and the clan rules of his Li family, Li Wen put forward his different views. For some things that he thought were problematic, he took them out and discussed them with the village one by one. The elder discussed it with the clan elders and other elders in the clan, and came up with reasons that convinced them and agreed.

Having just returned the day before yesterday, Li Wen had not had time to sit down and talk with the village chief and clan chiefs. It happened that they were free today. Li Wen sat with everyone for a long time to understand the situation in their village and knew that during his absence Inside, their Lijia Village has undergone great changes. Of course, all this is not due to him, but to the efforts of everyone in this village, which made their Lijia Village what it is today.

After listening to Li Wen's words, the village chief and the clan chief discussed it with the elders of the clan, and the village chief said,

"I have written down everything you said, Sanbao. When I get back, I will find a craftsman to carve the two stone tablets again. "

The elders in the village still call Li Wen "Three Treasures" affectionately as before.

Rather than being called Sir, Li Wen is more accustomed to being called by his nickname by his grandfathers and uncles in the village. When he returns to Lijia Village, there is no Sir Li, only Li Sanbao. As for those who are younger, they call him brother, and those who are younger than him call him according to their seniority and follow the rules of the village.

After hearing the village chief's words, knowing that they had listened to his suggestions, Li Wen nodded.

Chapter 98 Appreciation Banquet

The village gate of Lijia Village was wide open, and carriages lined up to come in.

The villagers guarding the entrance of the village checked the incoming vehicles and horses one by one, and only released the incoming vehicles after receiving the invitations. Today, Lijia Village has a protective wall. Unless they are villagers in the village, outsiders are not allowed to come in at will.

Carriages stopped in front of the Li family compound, and the people in the carriages got out of the carriages. Knowing that Academician Qu from the academy had arrived with the gentlemen, Li Wen hurriedly greeted him and saluted him, "Students have seen Academician Qu, Mr. Cai, Mr. Yao and Mr. Jiang."

"Get up quickly, please get up quickly . ." Academician Qu hurriedly stepped forward to help Li Wen.

This year, Qingping Town produced a top scholar and a third flower. Both the top scholar and third flower studied at Anlu Academy when they were young. The gentlemen in the academy were very impressed by these two students.

Li Wen was born in a peasant family. During the years when he studied at Anlu Academy, he ranked first in every monthly, quarterly and annual examination. He also ranked first in the county examination, college examination and government examination. He was a Sanyuan student in primary and secondary school, and was admitted as a scholar when he was less than ten years old. Until now, gentlemen in the academy still mention this student Li Wen from time to time.

Six years later, Li Wen once again won three consecutive prizes in the university. He was selected as the number one scholar in the provincial examination, Huiyuan in the provincial examination, and in the palace examination. Academician Qu and the gentlemen in the academy were so happy that they stayed up all night. Sixteen-year-old Liu Yuan was nowhere to be found.

It's not that Lu Zhishu, the flower scout, is bad, it's just that he seems a bit overshadowed by Li Wen, the six-yuan man. But in the eyes of outsiders, it is already remarkable that the two of them are both in the top three.

This time Li Liuyuan's teacher-appreciation banquet, the gentlemen invited by Anlu Academy and Academician Qu all came together.

Looking at the young man in front of him, Academician Qu said three times in a row, "Okay, okay, okay. We know that you are the number one scholar in high school. Mr. Cai, Mr. Yao and I are very happy. You have been smart, studious, and hardworking since you were young. , I thought in my mind at that time, this student must be the top talent."

Even Mr. Cai, who had always been serious, now had a smile on his face and was very satisfied when he saw this student.

"It's because of the gentlemen's careful teaching that Wen is where he is today." Li Wen was humble and thanked the gentlemen for their teachings. Today he invited all the gentlemen from the academy, many of whom were teachers who taught him during his childhood enlightenment and played an important role in his enlightenment.

"Student Li Haopeng has met the gentlemen." Li Haopeng followed his brother and said to the gentlemen.

''Well,

all the gentlemen in the academy know that this student is Li Wen's younger brother. There was a brother who won the top prize six times in a row. Li Haopeng, the younger brother, is much mediocre in studying and is not smart enough, but he is still better. Diligence counts as diligence, but diligence can make up for clumsiness.

Li Wen made an invitation gesture and said, "Gentlemen, please come and sit in the room."

"Gentlemen, please come in the room." The Li family and his son led the gentlemen from the academy and Academician Qu into the room to drink tea. , there is a tea room available for gentlemen to drink tea. Li Wen sat down in the vacant seat, talked to the gentlemen, and asked how his younger brother Li Haopeng was doing studying in the academy.

Li Haopeng sat nervously next to his brother, fearing that his husband would say that he was not good at studying.

"He is a diligent and studious student. He should be able to pass this year's county examination." In front of Li Liuyuan, these gentlemen naturally would not say anything bad about Li Haopeng, but the words coming out of these gentlemen's mouths were different. , and then understand.

Li asked the elder brother how he was doing in school. He was still a little unsure. He knew that the gentlemen's words were reserved. To be honest, this boy was definitely not that good. If you want to achieve something in the imperial examination, you must put some thought into it. Studying is not just about studying, but you also have to find a way.

In the past few years, he has been busy with his studies and scientific examinations, so he has no time or thought to really teach this younger brother. It seems that he will need to spend more time in the future, and it is best to bring people to the capital. Only by personally teaching his younger brother would have a greater chance of taking the scientific examination. In this era of "everything is low-grade, only reading is good", the identity of a scholar determines your social status. Even if you are a small scholar, if you do not enter the court and become an official, it will be much easier to do anything in the future.

"I have been studying abroad in the past few years, and I have not been able to personally guide him in his studies. My younger brother, Mr. Lao, has taken the trouble." Li Wen said to the gentlemen.

There is no need for Li Liuyuan to come in person for such a trivial matter as studying. If Li Liuyuan is busy instructing his younger brother while studying, wouldn't he delay his own study? When these gentlemen heard this, they all said it was not hard and they would definitely teach the students with their heart.

There were many things to do outside. After sitting with the gentlemen in the tea room for a while, Li Wen stood up, spoke to the gentlemen, and went out. Seeing that his brother was about to leave, Li Haopeng quickly grabbed his brother's sleeve and followed his brother step by step.

Many guests came to the Li family courtyard today, and Li Gugu led the housekeeper outside to welcome the guests.

Huang Wanli arrived with his son, and Huang Fukang followed his father. The little fat man back then became the big fat man today. Huang Fukang failed the county examination three times. Knowing that he was not good at studying, Huang Fukang gave up studying and went into business with his father, which helped his family run a good business.

"Boss Huang, Mr. Huang, please come inside." Seeing the arrival of the Huang family and his son, Li Gushan said with his hands in hand.

"Master Li, congratulations, congratulations to your son for being the top scholar in high school." Huang Wanli didn't expect that his family would receive an invitation. He didn't expect that after a few years, Li Wen would now be the top scholar, and he was just a small businessman. The two are completely different in terms of identity.

"Thank you, thank you. Boss Huang, Mr. Huang, please come in."

There was a smile on Li Shangu's face, and this man was chatting and laughing happily with others. It is completely impossible to tell that ten years ago, this man was still a man digging in the fields. Now he has become the owner of the Li family workshop. His son is the number one scholar in high school and has become the father of the number one scholar

. "Common people see Mr. Li." Seeing Li Zhuangyuan, Huang The father and son were so busy that they had to kneel down and salute.

"Boss Huang, Brother Huang, please get up." Li Wen stretched out his hand to help Huang Wanli and let the father and son get up. He saw Fatty Huang, who had gained a lot of weight. The father and son were standing together. Their appearance and body shape were exactly the same. Likewise, no one would believe him if he was not the biological father and son. Li Wen looked at the Huang family and his son, and said with a smile, "Boss Huang, Brother Huang, long time no see."

Li Wen always remembered Huang Wanli, if he hadn't gotten the first start-up capital from Huang Wanli , there are not a few workshops in their Lijiacun, so in Li Wen's heart, he still has to thank Huang Wanli for giving him the first pot of gold, even though they are a mutually beneficial cooperative relationship.

"Yes, yes." They both gave birth to a son, so why is there such a big gap when someone else's son won the top prize, while his own son couldn't even get a top prize? Huang Wanli sighed deeply in his heart.

Fatty Huang felt a little guilty when he saw Li Wen. He still remembered that he had bullied Li Wen when he was a child.

But obviously Li Wen didn't remember such a small thing, or he didn't take it to heart at all. It would be nice if he didn't bully others. It's impossible for others to want to take advantage of him.

After exchanging pleasantries with Huang Wanli, Li Wen asked the Huang family and his son to sit inside. He saw Shen Zijing and Su Yuan coming together, and he greeted them with a smile. Shen Zijing strode forward, raised his hands to Li Wen and said with a smile, "Zijing has met Li Zhuangyuan."

"We won't do that imaginary thing." They were all good friends who grew up playing together, and they didn't play that imaginary thing anymore. Li Wen glanced at Shen Zijing and said, "I was just thinking about it. When will you arrive? I just want to discuss something with you two and ask what you mean."

"Huh? What's the matter?" Shen Zijing laughed and asked.

Su Yuan followed Shen Zijing and smiled slightly at Li Wen and nodded.

"Let's talk somewhere else." Li Wen took Shen Zijing and Su Yuan to the small courtyard inside. There were people everywhere outside, so it was not a place to talk. After the three people got inside, Li Wen didn't mince words and directly asked Shen Zijing and Su Yuan if they were willing to come to Lijia Village to be teachers.

"Come to be your teacher?" Shen Zijing really hadn't thought about this.

After passing the provincial examination, Shen Zijing and Su Yuan returned to Qingping Town. They studied hard at home and prepared to participate in the general examination three years later. They knew that Li Wen and Lu Zhishu had achieved good results in the scientific examination. One was number one and the other was third. Shen Zijing and Su Yuan were very happy for their friends.

"Well, that's right." Li Wen told the two of them about the treatment they would receive when they became teachers in their Lijia Village. In short, the treatment would be favorable, and it would definitely not delay their studies and imperial examinations. "You can try it first. If you feel that If it's not good, you can resign. We are our own people, I trust you, and I won't lie to you."

Li Wen knew that Shen Zijing and Su Yuan planned to take the scientific examination in three years, and they would basically pass the provincial examination. The basic knowledge has already been passed. The next three points of reading will depend on hard work, and the other seven points will depend on comprehension. It's better to just study behind closed doors. Why not come to Lijia Village and become a teacher, teaching children to read and preparing for the scientific examination at the same time, without delaying either side.

If they come to Lijia Village and work as a teacher, they will be provided with food and accommodation, as well as monthly money. After three years of salary, it will be a lot of money, and at least the travel expenses to Beijing will be covered.

"Haha, I'm worried that you can't lie to us. Okay, let's discuss it when we get back and give you an answer later." Shen Zijing was actually a little moved. He turned around and glanced at Su Yuan, but he still wanted to ask Su Yuan Yuan meant that if Su Yuan was willing, maybe they could consider becoming a teacher in Lijiacun.

When Su Yuan saw the way Shen Zijing looked at him, he knew that Shen Zijing had this intention in mind.

"Okay, whether this will happen or not, please give me an answer as soon as possible." Li Wen reached out and patted Shen Zijing on the shoulder, as if the two brothers were doing well. When they were young, they studied together in the academy in Qingping Town. Li Wen had the best relationship with Lu Zhishu, Shen Zijing and Su Yuan. After so many years, they are still good friends.

Of the four people, Lu Zhishu was the last to arrive.

Seeing Lu Zhishu arrive, Li Wen smiled and said, "We're going to leave you alone."

Lu Zhishu smiled and said, "I'm sorry." He has been busy in the past two days since he returned home. Today is his friend's appreciation banquet. Lu Zhishu specially made time to come over, but he still came a little late. Knowing that Li Wen had held his teacher-appreciation banquet today, Lu Zhishu asked his family to schedule his teacher-appreciation banquet for three days later.

Chapter Ninety-Nine Update

On this day, a banquet was held in the Li Family Courtyard. Villagers from the entire Li Family Village came. Tables were placed along the road in front of the door, as far as the eye could see. The Li family specially invited chefs from restaurants in the town to come over and cook. A large bowl of meat was served and placed on the table. Everyone's mouths were filled with oil, and both adults and children had smiles on their faces.

Several tables were set up in the courtyard, and Li Wen invited the gentlemen to sit at the main table with Lu Zhishu and Shen Zijing and Su Yuan. After everyone had finished eating, Li Wen and his father were busy sending away the guests.

"Let's make an appointment another day." Li Wen sent Lu Zhishu, Shen Zijing and Su Yuan out together and said to them, "I'm too busy today and I don't have time to greet you. Let's have a nice get-together another day."

"Okay, let's go back." Shen Zijing was still thinking about what Li Wen said, but he had already made a decision in his heart. Su Yuan stood beside Shen Zijing. The two grew up together and were inseparable. Where there is Shen Zijing, there must be Su Yuan. Therefore, if Shen Zijing comes to Lijia Village to become a teacher, Su Yuan will definitely come with him.

Li Wen knew this, so he set his sights on Shen Zijing. He could invite two of them with one invitation. According to Li Wen's understanding of them, according to the personalities of Shen Zijing and Su Yuan, Su Yuan is definitely more suitable to be a teacher. With Shen Zijing's personality, it would be okay to pick a few good talents for him, but if there are too many students, he will be fine. Be patient and teach.

In fact, Li Wen had Su Yuan's idea from the beginning, but if Shen Zijing didn't come, Su Yuan would definitely not be willing to come. But Shen Zijing nodded, and Su Yuan would definitely follow.

The father and son saw off the last guest at home, and Li Wen slumped in his chair and didn't want to move. Sun Yi had been busy in the kitchen all day. When she entered the door, she saw the father and son sitting there. The woman had a smile on her face and asked, "Do you want to go get something to eat?" "

Auntie." Li Wen turned to look at his mother-in-law and said, "I won't eat. If you haven't eaten yet, go and eat. Dad, you and your mother-in-law go to eat something. I just ate a little, so I won't eat now." Hungry."

Li Wen knew that his father had been busy all day and didn't even have time to sit down and drink water, so he asked his father to go to dinner with his mother-in-law.

"Yeah." Li Gushan was hungry. He stood up from his chair and planned to go have something to eat with his wife. Sun Yi looked at her son and said, "Then your father and I are going to have dinner. If you are hungry, just tell Auntie that there is food in the kitchen."

"Oh, yes, why haven't Mr. Zhao and the others come back?" "She didn't see Mr. Zhao and the others coming back for dinner today.

"They went up to the mountains to hunt and should be back soon. Mom, please ask the kitchen to prepare two tables of rice. When Brother Zhao and the others come back, I will eat with them." At this moment, he really didn't want to move. Li Wen sat down There he said to his mother: "

This group of people have been going hunting in the mountains for most of the day. Why haven't they come back yet?" Li Wen was worried that these people were harming the animals on the mountain.

"Okay, grandma, let's go right away." After saying that, Sun Yi went out with her husband.

There are tables at the door, and after the meal, whoever owns them will take them home, and the bowls and chopsticks used for eating will be taken home by whoever owns them. The women of the clan stayed to help clean up and clean the road outside before going back.

At dusk in summer, there are overlapping clouds in the west, yellow, red, orange, and white. The colors are gorgeous and colorful, intertwined and dyed half of the sky red. Only when the sun was setting did the group of people who went hunting in the mountains return.

The prey they brought back were piled in the yard. They were the trophies of their hike up the mountain today.

When Li Wen saw so many prey, he couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth. He then asked if this group of people had to go up the mountain for so long without seeing them down. Did they have to kill all the living animals in several mountains before coming down? Seeing so many things, it seems that it is enough to harm all the living creatures in several mountains.

"We have more people and more to eat." Seeing Li Liuyuan's face, Zhao Xiangyi said as if he knew what Li Liuyuan was thinking.

In fact, these soldiers haven't gone to the mountains to hunt for a long time. Since returning to the capital, they have all been detained in the camp on the outskirts of Beijing. Let alone go to the mountains to hunt, they don't even have the chance to go out to the camp on weekdays. If they hadn't followed the young general to send Li Liuyuan back to his hometown to visit relatives this time, they would still be locked up in the camp on the outskirts of Beijing, and how could they go hunting in the mountains.

It is rare to encounter such a good opportunity, so as soon as these people went up to the mountain, they forgot about hunting. If it weren't for the fact that it was getting late, they would not be able to come down.

It was just these talented people who were so bold that they went into the mountains to hunt until they didn't want to go down. If it were ordinary people, they might not dare to enter the mountains. When these people enter the mountains, it is like returning home, and no prey they see can escape from their hands. However, they did not go into the mountains. There were wolves in the mountains. Even

the soldiers like them, who are not afraid of anything, never like to provoke those things. Wolves are animals that hold grudges. If they provoke them, they will be in trouble. If they don't kill them all, they will be afraid. They came for revenge, and they didn't want to bring unnecessary trouble to this small village.

So they only hunted on the outside of the mountain, but even so, they still brought back a lot of prey. The prey they brought back now piled up into a small mountain.

We hunted down several deer and deer. Fortunately, two deer and one deer were alive and slightly injured. We were afraid that they would run away, so we trapped them there with ropes. There was also a wild boar weighing several hundred kilograms, which was already dead.

What was left were some small game, pheasants and rabbits with beautiful feathers, and fortunately many of them were alive.

Fortunately, there are still a lot of living things here, otherwise I really don't know what to do with it right now. The living ones can be raised first, and the dead ones should be disposed of first. Li Wen pinched his brows and said to his mother-in-law, "Mom, let's raise these living ones first, and we'll deal with these dead ones."

"We have a lot of people here. We'll pick up a deer and A deer was roasted, and the rabbits and pheasants were sent to the kitchen to be cooked and stewed. "

" A lot of meat from this wild boar was cut up and given to the village. Chang and Li Zheng will send some meat, and some rabbits and pheasants will be sent together. "This wild boar weighs five to six hundred kilograms, and the wild boar meat is not very tasty, so it is better to cut it up and send it away. People, they can just keep some for themselves.

The weather is hot and it is not easy to store meat. If it is stored for a long time, it will smell bad and you can only throw it away. It is also a waste. It is better to give it to others to eat.

Li Wen said to his father, "It's better for you to deal with it as you see." "Okay."

He doesn't understand these general affairs as much as his father, so it's better to leave them to his father, who can handle them more thoughtfully.

"Okay, just leave these things to Dad." Li Shangu thought in his mind how to deal with these things. Seeing that his father was here and he couldn't help much by staying here, Li Wen said, "Well, father, I'll leave this place to you. I'll take them to dinner first."

"Okay, you go ahead . ." Li Shangu waved his hand and said.

There were still a lot of dishes left in the kitchen. Li Wen first took Zhao Xiangyi and his group over to eat. He said to Zhao Xiangyi, "Let's eat first. The prey can't be taken care of so quickly."

Wait until the prey is taken care of . , they can eat it as a midnight snack at night.

This group of people went hunting in the mountains for a long time before coming back. They must have been hungry.

Each of these soldiers scooped up rice and meat from large bowls, found a seat, and started eating in big mouthfuls. After getting along with Li Liuyuan for more than half a month, they all knew that Li Liuyuan was different from the scholars they had known before. Although Li Liuyuan was the most knowledgeable person in the world, Li Liuyuan was not sarcastic at all. Sit down and eat together without any pretense.

So after everyone got along for a while, none of these soldiers were afraid of Li Liuyuan, and they were no longer restrained in front of Li Liuyuan. But Li Liuyuan is the most well-read person in the world, so they soldiers still respect and admire Li Liuyuan very much.

This is not the top pick that comes out every three years, but the sixth pick that may not come out once every hundred years. This time they escorted six yuan back to their hometown to visit relatives. Thinking about it, it was a very honorable thing, hehehehe...

In the evening they barbecued and drank in the yard, and there was a lot of wine stored in their cellar. Li Wen asked someone to Go get those drinks out. As soon as the jar was opened, a mellow aroma of wine floated out. As soon as Xie Yunfei smelled the aroma of wine, he leaned over and took a deep breath, patted his knees and said, "Good wine!"

"This wine, It tastes even better than the wine you brought last time."

When the soldiers smelled the aroma of the wine, they all squatted around the jar and refused to leave.

"It smells so good," someone said.

"I have never smelled such a fragrant wine." It was this smell that made them all feel drunk. They didn't know how they would feel after taking a sip.

Among this group of people, there were a few who followed Xie Yunfei to Zhuangzi for a drink last time. Zhang Mingyu still remembers the taste. It was already the most fragrant wine he had ever drunk. Unexpectedly, the wine now was better than the last time they drank. Not knowing what it would taste like, he licked his lips and wanted to drink it.

The group didn't say anything, and the word "want to drink" was written on each of their faces.

Zhao Xiangyi also smelled the aroma of wine in the air, which was more fragrant than the wine Li Liuyuan sent last time. He looked at the young man. Seeing that these soldiers smelled the aroma of wine like dogs smelling bones, and they couldn't move around here one by one, Li Wen's lips curled up and he said, "That's natural. I invited you to drink last time." The wine is newly brewed and has been stored for several years, so it naturally tastes more fragrant."

"Everyone, go get a bowl and pour it out. There is enough wine for tonight, but it won't be enough for the cellar below. Let's not get drunk tonight. No return." Knowing that these people like to drink from big bowls, they don't like to use cups because they think the cups are too small, so Li asked

someone to get a big bowl.

"I want it, I want it."

"Give me a bowl."

"Don't grab it, there's still more."

The soldier who poured the wine first took a sip, his eyes lit up, and he drank a bowl of wine. After finishing the drink, I took another bowl to pour. Seeing the arrogance of these soldiers drinking, Li Wen's mouth twitched. He handed a bowl of wine to Zhao Xiangyi and said, "Try it. This should taste better than the last one."

Zhao Xiangyi took the bowl and lowered his head. After smelling the taste and taking a sip, Zhao Xiangyi knew that this wine was many times better than the last time they drank it.

Looking at Zhao Xiangyi's expression, Li Wen knew that he was extremely satisfied with the wine. He smiled and said, "As long as you like it." If he remembered correctly, there was another place with wine, and the wine was probably better than The wine he kept at home tasted better. Li Wen said, "I will take you to a place tomorrow where there is better wine than this."

Li Wen noticed that when he said this, General Zhao looked at his His eyes lit up.

"Not today, it's getting dark, let's go tomorrow. "He is so tired today. If it weren't for this group of people, he would have gone back to the house to wash up and go to bed. Now he can only hold on to barbecue and drink with them here.

Hearing this, Zhao Xiangyi reluctantly said." "Yeah."

If the dog in front of him was a big dog, Li Wen suspected that after hearing what he said, the ears on General Zhao's head drooped, making him want to reach out and touch General Zhao. But after all, he didn't really do it. The other party was a junior general with a higher official position than him. How could a man's head be touched casually?

A rack was set up in the yard and a whole deer was skewered on it. A fire was lit below, and the meat was roasted on it.

Someone among them was doing the barbecue.

As night fell,

a group of them were still barbecuing and drinking in the yard. Li Wen went to meet his father. Mom told them to go to bed first and leave them alone. They don't know how long they will wait until they finish drinking.

"Okay, Dad and your mother will go to bed first. "They had a tiring day today, and now they are all tired and sleepy. Li Shangu asked his son not to play too late and go to bed early. He knew that his son had been busy all day and was no better than them.

"Well, Dad, I understand, you and Aniang should go to bed first. "Li Wen said.

Li Haopeng had been playing around all day today. He ran to his brother's bed and fell asleep before it got dark. Sun Yi found the younger son asleep on the bed in the eldest son's room, smiling a little helplessly. Li Shangu saw his younger son at his older son's side and said, "Let him sleep here. "

The two brothers have had a good relationship since childhood. No matter how often the eldest son comes back, the younger son always remembers his elder brother and likes to stick to him as soon as he comes back.

Sun Yi reached out to touch the younger son and wiped his sweat. I went back to the house with my husband.

The old man at home went back to sleep as soon as it got dark. By now, the cabin was quiet.

Chapter 100: Embarrassed

There is an open space behind the small courtyard where they barbecue and drink. It is still a short distance from the front room, so as long as they are not too loud, it will not affect the sleeping people in the front room. Li Wen, Zhao Xiangyi and Xie Yunfei were sitting together drinking. The soldiers over there had finished two jars of wine and were now opening the third jar.

The meat on the shelf is roasted, and whoever wants to eat can cut it with a knife.

Good wine and good meat, take care of enough, take charge of satiety!

Now that they are not at the border, they don't have to worry about enemy attacks. This group of soldiers can drink and eat meat freely. It was rare for him to have such a relaxing moment, and Zhao Xiangyi did not restrain his subordinates. He himself drank bowl after bowl of wine. This wine was rich in aroma and tasted better than any wine he had ever drunk before.

I don't know how Li Liuyuan has stored so much good wine here. You can tell by the smell of these wines that they are of a certain vintage. Take a sip and it's really fragrant.

All men like to drink, and Zhao Xiangyi is no exception.

Seeing the man drinking sip after sip, Li Wen knew that this man liked to drink his wine.

Li Wen was talking to Xie Yunfei, and they were the only two scholars here. Few of the soldiers were educated, and they couldn't even read a single Chinese character. None of them dared to get in front of Li Liuyuan, so Xie Yunfei was the only one here. Li Liuyuan was the best to chat with, and only Xie Yunfei dared to chat with Li Liuyuan.

The two of them talked about a wide range of topics, from the history of the previous dynasty to the ministers of the current dynasty, poetry, and songs.

Zhao Xiangyi, who was sitting aside, drank his wine and ate his meat. He just listened and did not interrupt the conversation between the two.

"Master Zhan is the examiner of our current examination. I have not even visited Master Zhan. After I go to Beijing, I should go to Master Zhan's residence to visit Master Zhan." Li Wen asked Xie Yunfei I want to inquire about the person of the Great Scholar Zhan, and I want to know about the personality of the Great Scholar Zhan.

The examiner of their scientific examination this time was Academician Zhan. Apart from meeting Academician Zhan a few times at the palace gate, Li Wen had never had any contact with Academician Zhan in private.

A few days after the results of the palace examination were released, he went back to his hometown to visit relatives, so he had not yet paid a private visit to the great scholar Zhan. He is the top scorer in this scientific examination. After returning to the capital, he should go to the Master Zhan's residence to visit Lord Zhan. Of course, whether the other party is willing to see him is another matter.

When he was in Nanyang a few days ago, Dean Fu told him about the Great Scholar Zhan. Li Wen found out that his teacher and the Great Scholar Zhan were Jinshis in the same field, and they both entered the court as officials in the same year. At that time, Fu Yihan was the number one scholar and Zhan Youwei was the second. In terms of knowledge, of course Dean Fu was better than Master Zhan.

If Fu Yihan was still an official in the capital back then, there would be nothing wrong with him now.

"Master Zhan is full of knowledge and honest as an official. He is a model for scholars all over the world." Speaking of Master Zhan, Xie Yunfei's words were full of admiration. This Great Scholar Zhan is a role model for scholars all over the world. Of course, Great Scholar Zhan, like all the scholars in the world, has a bitter and stubborn streak, which is why he does not associate with Dong Xiang. In contrast, he is still alive and well so far. Even Prime Minister Dong can't do anything to Master Zhan.

Many officials in the court were attached to Prime Minister Dong, and there were also many veterans who were on the side of Master Zhan. Zhan Youwei did not take a position in the court. He was a loyal minister beside the old emperor. He neither sided with the prince nor supported other princes to seize the throne. It is not that several princes did not try to win over Zhan Youwei, but so far No one succeeded.

Among the princes, only Prince Yang Shaomu has not tried to win over Academician Zhan so far. Yang Shaomu knows that Academician Zhan is his father's servant, and everything they do is done under his father's eyes. It was impossible for his father not to know about it, and Yang Shaomu didn't want to strengthen his father's wariness and fear of him. It's better to just watch his brothers jumping around while he stays put for the time being.

Recently, his companion escorted Li Liuyuan back to his hometown to visit his relatives. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in the capital has not seen his companion for some time.

The burning firewood gradually extinguished, and empty wine jars were everywhere in the yard. The soldiers were all drunk and fell to the ground in a mess. There were three or two men behind who could still stand up. The two of them worked together to carry the drunk man back to the house.

"Hiccup..." Xie Yunfei hiccupped. He drank too much tonight, and his mind was a little confused after drinking. The wine tonight was so good that I couldn't help but drink a few more bowls. Xie Yunfei's body was shaking when he stood up. When he saw Li Liuyuan who was drunk to death, he burped and said, "This wine is so good, I want it every day." Yes, I want to stay here with Xiao Liuyuan and not leave."

"I'll leave Xiao Liuyuan to you. I, I'm going back to the house..." If he doesn't go back, he will have to be carried back. Xie Yunfei felt that he needed a bed at this moment.

The only one who was still awake here was Zhao Xiangyi, and Xie Yunfei staggered back to the house to sleep.

Li Wen's drinking capacity was light, and he fell asleep leaning against Zhao Xiangyi after drinking.

Zhao Xiangyi looked at Xie Yunfei who was staggering away, and he glanced at Xiao Liuyuan who was drunk and fell asleep. Li Wen had

already sent the servant back to his room to sleep. Zhao Xiangyi didn't know which room Li Liuyuan lived in. After thinking about it, Zhao Xiangyi picked him up, carried him back to his room, and put him on the bed.

There were empty jars and leftover leftovers left in the courtyard, and no one was cleaning them up. The drunken soldiers lying outside were all carried back into the house.

There is a bright moon hanging in the sky, dotted with stars.

The boy who was asleep on the bed at night was squirming constantly and making low moans from his nose. Zhao Xiangyi woke up almost at the same moment. The boy in his arms was holding on to him like an octopus, and a small stick was rubbing against his thigh.

As a man, Zhao Xiangyi naturally knew what the small stick against his thigh was. Zhao Xiangyi's body was stiff and motionless.

''Well...,

the boy's face was resting on his chest, and he kept rubbing his cheek.

The moonlight filtered in from the window, and with the faint moonlight, the man turned his head and saw the young man's reddish face, his mouth slightly open, and a low moan. The boy's voice was like a feather tickling his heart. The man opened his eyes and looked at the top of the bed. Only the sudden veins on the back of his hands revealed that his heart was not as calm as the expression on his face.

After a while, the boy let out a sigh of contentment, stopped squirming, and slept peacefully in his arms.

The night gradually became peaceful, but the man couldn't sleep anymore...

He slept until almost noon, and Li Wen woke up. When he woke up, he found that he was not in the room where he lived, but in someone else's bed. . When his memory came back, he remembered that he was drinking with Zhao Xiangyi and others yesterday. He had no memory of what happened next. He was afraid that he was drunk last night and was carried back to this room to sleep.

Li Wen also discovered an even more embarrassing thing. He had

a wet dream... He had a dream in which he and a man were having sex in bed. He couldn't see the man's face clearly, and the only impression he had was of the man's face. In good shape. Damn it, why would he dream about sleeping with a man? Instead of a hot woman? ! Li Wen thought angrily.

For two lifetimes combined, Li Wen thought he was a man who liked women. When did he have feelings for men?

It must be an illusion, an illusion!

There must be some misunderstanding in this!

This erotic dream scared Li Wen into a cold sweat...

And when he woke up, he was the only one on the bed. It would be really embarrassing if there were other people. He probably didn't do anything embarrassing to anyone last night, right? He was still wearing the same clothes he wore last night, smelled of alcohol, and his pants were wet.

Ahem... Li Wen rolled off the bed, opened the door and went out, looking around a little guiltily. Fortunately, there was no one outside, and no one knew where Zhao Xiangyi and the others had gone. Li Wen slipped back to his room.

"Master, when did you wake up? I was just about to go over and see if you woke up." Li Tong saw his young master. He went to see him just now and saw that his young master was still sleeping in the room. After a while, he would wake up and go do other things.

At this moment, he was about to go to the backyard to see if their young master was awake, when he saw that their young master had already woken up and someone was coming to the front room.

"Oh, I just woke up. I'll go back to the room and take a shower. You go get me some clean clothes." Li Wen went into the bathroom a little guilty. There was a bathroom in his room. I ran inside and took a shower.

Their house installed a water storage bucket at a high place. Water was stored in the storage bucket and then dropped down through bamboo pipes, so this greatly made it easier for them to use water. The only inconvenience is that there is no water pump here. Even if there is a water pump, it is useless without electricity, so the water in the water storage bucket has to be lifted manually and poured in.

After taking a bath in the bathroom for a long time, Li Wen thought about some messy things.

The erotic dream he had last night made Li Wen feel a little upset. In his entire life, he never thought he would like a man. Although he had never been in a real relationship with a woman in his previous life, he still had a crush on the beauty of his class when he was in high school. Unfortunately, the beauty of his class already had a boyfriend, so his first love could only end in vain. .

When he was in college, he had not had time to find a younger junior sister to fall in love with. Later, something like that happened to his family. His father and mother died unexpectedly in a plane crash. For a long time, he lived with the loss of his parents. He was in pain, so that period was the most confusing and confusing period in his life.

Then after he graduated from college, he went traveling alone and accidentally fell off a cliff and came to this world.

Then in this life, before the age of five, I spent every day thinking about how to have a full stomach and how to make my family live a good life. After he was five years old, he was obsessed with studying and taking the imperial examinations. During this period, he also gave his father advice and helped the family earn some money, so that his father could afford to send him to study. This study lasted more than ten years. So in the past ten years, in addition to studying every day, I also had to take scientific examinations. After one examination, there would be the next one. In the past ten years, I was tired every day. Like a dog, I want to seize the time to sleep a little more every day.

Until now, he finally passed the imperial examination and won the first prize. The time when he returned to his hometown to visit relatives was the most relaxing and enjoyable time in his life. He didn't have to think about studying and taking the imperial examination every day. Now that he has won the first prize, he is just waiting for this time to return to his hometown to visit his relatives. After he goes to Beijing, he can become an official in the Imperial Academy.

After ten years of studying hard, I have finally reached my prime!

"Master, Master..." the child outside shouted, "I put the clothes on the bed for you."

Li Wen came back from the random thoughts in his mind, responded, and shouted, "Okay, you Just put it on the bed, and you can go out. "Normally, he rarely lets the book boy help him get dressed and wash himself. From time to time, he is paralyzed on the bed and cannot move, so he has to be waited on just to put on his clothes.

Therefore, in the past, Li Wen rarely asked others to serve him when he could do some things in life by himself.

"Okay." Knowing that their young master never needed him to help him get dressed, Li Tong put the clothes on the bed, then went out and closed the door smoothly. Xiaoyue was standing outside the door. Li Tong went out and saw Xiaoyue standing outside the door. He asked, "The young master is taking a bath. The young master doesn't like to be waited on when taking a bath. Let's go. There is no need to stand here."

After that, he pulled He left with Xiaoyue.

"Don't pull me, I can walk by myself." Xiaoyue pulled her hand back and said.

After following the young master here, she found out that their young master was a top scholar who had returned to his hometown to visit his relatives. This was the young master's hometown.

It's just that Xiaoyue is a little troubled. She originally wanted to be a servant by the young master's side and serve him. But Xiaoyue discovered that after arriving here, the young master didn't need her to serve him at all, and she didn't know what she could do.

Moreover, she has not told the young master that she is a girl. The young master has always thought that she is a man. If the young master knew that she was a little girl, would the young master think that she had lied to him? This made Xiaoyue feel a little uneasy.

"Hey, you are a mother-in-law, why are you acting like a little girl?" Li Tong was joking. But when Xiaoyue heard this, she felt a little panicked and said angrily, "You are the mother-in-law, you are the little girl."

Xiaoyue turned around and left. Li Tong behind him didn't know what was going on.

Li Tong stretched out his hand to scratch the joint in annoyance. After thinking about it, he still chased after her. He followed Xiaoyue and said, "I didn't mean it just now. I, I was just joking with you. Don't be angry."

The two of them walked away...

Chapter 101: Going around in circles, "Aniang."

Li Wen changed into clean clothes and came out of the house, and saw his Aniang.

When he got up, he didn't see his father and younger brother at home. Li Wen asked, "My younger brother went to the academy, right? Where's my father? My father is also busy, right?"

"Yes, your brother You went to the academy to study early in the morning, and your father went to town. Did you drink till late last night? I saw that you were still sleeping, so I didn't ask anyone to wake you up. Sanbao must be hungry. "Mom, let someone bring you some food." Seeing that her son hadn't gotten up until now, Sun Yi knew that her son and a group of people had been drinking in the backyard until late last night, so when she woke up this morning, she knew that her son was still in the house. She was sleeping inside, so she didn't want to let anyone wake her son up.

No matter whether his son is the number one scholar or becomes a high official, in Sun Yi's eyes, he is her son first. As a mother, you still worry about whether your child is hungry or full, and whether he or she will be exhausted. If you have time at home, let your child sleep for a while.

Recently, the younger son went to the older son's room to sleep. She went to the older son's room every day to wake up the younger son. I don't know if it's because my brother has come back recently, but my younger son is more obedient than usual. When I wake him up in the morning, he gets up obediently and goes to the academy to study.

Every time she thinks of these two sons, Sun Yi, the mother-in-law, feels soft in her heart.

"Well, okay." Knowing that his father and younger brother were not at home, Li Wen went to the dining room and sat down on the chair. I drank wine last night, and when I woke up, I still felt a little pain in my head. If I had known better, I wouldn't have drank so much. I opened my mouth and yawned. I still didn't have enough sleep.

Sun Yi ordered someone to bring the food prepared in the kitchen and followed her son to the dining room.

The woman who was waiting at home brought the food over and said with a smile, "Master, it's time to eat."

"Sorry, Aunt Lan." Li Wen nodded and said.

"No trouble, no trouble, young master, please eat quickly." The woman brought the food and went outside to do her work. There were three or two side dishes on the table, baked chive pancakes, and fragrant millet porridge. As soon as he smelled this smell, Li Wen's stomach growled loudly, and he said to his mother-in-law, "Mom, please sit down and eat together.

" "Hey, okay, okay, you drink a bowl of porridge first to warm your stomach." "Sun Yi sat down, personally served a bowl of porridge to her son, handed it to him, and looked at her son eagerly. The child finally came back, and she left all the matters in the workshop to others to handle. , stay at home and concentrate on being with her son.

Usually when her son is not at home, she, a mother, can only think about her son and cannot even see him. Now that her son has finally come back, she feels uncomfortable. I'm not enough of a son, I want to take another look.

"Auntie, if you stare at me like this, is there something wrong with my face? "Seeing his mother-in-law staring at him unblinkingly, Li Wen couldn't help but smile and said.

"Haha, you kid, even my mother-in-law dared to make fun of you. "Seeing the smile on her son's face, Sun Yi couldn't help but smile too. She looked at her child intently. In her memory, her son was still a child who followed her mother around asking for food. He had grown so big in the blink of an eye.

Laughing Smiling

, Sun Yi felt a little sad because she knew that her son would leave again in a few days. This time he would go to the capital to be an official, and she didn't know when he would come back next time. Why are you crying? "Li Wen saw his mother-in-law looking at him and shedding tears as she looked at him. He hurriedly put down the chopsticks in his hands and hurriedly wiped his mother-in-law's tears. Sun Yi wiped away her tears and realized She was in tears, and she smiled a little embarrassedly, "Look, Grandma, it's Sha Sha who squinted her eyes, Grandma didn't know.

" Sambo, let's eat, don't worry about Grandma, Grandma is fine. " Li Wen wondered where the sand in this house came from, but since his mother-in-law said so, he couldn't discredit his mother-in-law. With his smart mind, he probably knew why his mother-in-law fell off when she looked at him. Tears.

"Eat, don't be hungry.

"Sun Yi brought a big cake for the child and handed it to her son.

"My mother-in-law will eat it too. "Li Wen broke open the big cake and gave half of it to his mother-in-law. The mother and son sat together to eat. Sun Yi actually didn't eat anything. She just watched her son eat. Li Wen was really hungry and drank two After eating a bowl of porridge, he stopped after eating three large cakes and burped. He chatted with his mother-in-law in the house.

Knowing that his mother-in-law was reluctant to leave him, Li Wen comforted him again. Li Wen breathed a sigh of relief until his mother broke down in tears and laughed. What he feared most in his life was his mother's tears. This was even more uncomfortable than when Ms. Song slapped him with a ruler in his previous life.

The pain in his body made him feel uncomfortable when he saw his mother's tears. After comforting his mother, Li Wen went out and saw Zhao Xiangyi standing in the corridor. Li Wen thought of the erotic dream he had last night. , and the fact that he had wet his pants this morning, he felt a little embarrassed. But when he woke up in the morning, the other person was no longer in bed, and now he saw the other person's expression was as usual, so the man shouldn't know about this? Wen comforted himself in his heart and felt reassured. When he heard the footsteps, Zhao Xiangyi knew that it was Li Liuyuan.

He turned to look at the young man walking towards him, and when he saw the young man's face, Zhao Xiangyi thought of the young man who was with him last night . The color in his arms was crimson, and the man's throat was a little dry. But no matter what he was thinking in his heart, he didn't express it on his face, so Li Wen didn't know what the other person was thinking. "Brother Zhao, what's going on. You are alone here, where are Yunfei and the others? "Li Wen didn't see Xie Yunfei and the group of soldiers.

He glanced around and asked.

"They went outside. "After coming here, Zhao Xiangyi remembered that he had been to this place a few years ago. At that time, he went out to look for his fourth uncle and searched many places but could not find his fourth uncle. On the first day, he saw Li Liuyuan's father, Zhao Xiangyi The man felt a bit familiar and he thought he had seen this man somewhere. It wasn't until he remembered that he had been to this place a few years ago that Zhao Xiangyi remembered that he had brought people to find his fourth uncle and found this man in the last place. He went to the town, but did not find his fourth uncle.

When he left, he saw a father and son at the gate of the city. He glanced at each other and realized that the man was Li Liuyuan's father. It didn't matter. I knew that the little boy was Li Liuyuan. I didn't expect that after so many years, he would meet this father and son again.

"How dare you wait until I wake up and everyone is gone? "Li Wen said with a smile.

He looked up at Zhao Xiangyi and found that the man was looking at him, and the two people's eyes collided. The man had sharp eyebrows and thick eyebrows, and his eyes were like stars, and his eyes were as deep as the sea. , it's hard to see at a glance. The man has a resolute character and a very upright behavior. I don't know if it's because of the erotic dream last night. I feel a little guilty when I see Zhao Xiangyi and Li Wen. He did something to feel sorry for the other person behind his back. Li Wen coughed slightly, looked away and said,

"Didn't I take you to find a good wine yesterday? I just don't have anything to do right now, do you want to go?" " "good. "The man doesn't have two words, only one good word.

Li Wen shook the unnecessary image from his mind, took the first step, and said, "Let's go then." It happened that he had not visited his master before he came back, so he went over to see if his master had come back. If his master didn't come back, they would dig up all the wine his master buried and take it away, so that when his master came back he couldn't find the wine!

I've asked you to go away for so many years and not come back, and there's still no news of you coming back!

Hum hum..

"Ang, anng, anng."

The donkey at home screamed when he saw him. No matter how often he came back, the donkey at home still remembered him. Li Wen reached out and hugged the donkey. He smiled helplessly and said, "I know, I know, fifteen, you miss me, I miss you too." "

Angah - Angah -"

The donkey's name is Fifteen, and he gave it to him.

The family has kept this donkey for more than ten years. It was to facilitate him to go to the town to study. My father bought this donkey. During the years when he was studying in the town, this donkey would pull him to study in the town for so many years. Donkeys

generally have the longest lifespan. About twenty years, which is almost more than a hundred years in terms of human lifespan. A donkey's life of one year is equivalent to a human's life of seven years, which is similar to that of a horse. However, if they work too hard, they will die in about ten years. Their family has kept this donkey for more than ten years, which is equivalent to an old man in his 70s and 80s.

They bought this donkey to facilitate his going to town to study, so his father used to do it every day . The donkey was driven to the town to study. After he went to Nanyang to study, the donkey completed its mission. In the past, the donkey was used to pull things, until the donkey became older in the past two years. , the family doesn't use it much for heavy work.

If other people's donkeys were too old to do heavy work, they would have sold them to butchers to be slaughtered, and at least they could get some money back. But their family is not short of it now. For a few dollars, this donkey was a great contributor to their family, and it was still being raised now that it was no longer working.

Zhao Xiangyi stood there, feeling a little disgusted as he watched Li Liuyuan making out with the donkey.

When Li Wen met Zhao Xiangyi's eyes, he knew what this man was thinking. He smiled and said, "Don't underestimate our family, Fifteen. Fifteen is a great contributor to our family. Fifteen used to send me there every day." Go to town to study. "Li Wen recalled that when he was a child, he had to walk to the town to study. At that time, people's calves were short, so his father would take three steps to take one step. When he was a child, he walked to study and got blisters on the soles of both feet. Later, the blisters stopped and the soles of my feet

were covered with thick swollen patches. Walking to school in the summer was just a sweat. In the winter, I had to walk through the snow and my legs were frozen to the point of freezing until my family bought a donkey

.

After that, with the help of a means of transportation, his journey to study was not so difficult. For Li Wen, the donkey was not only a livestock to take him to study, but also his best friend and companion in childhood.

Zhao Xiangyi looked at the donkey and thought of Li Liuyuan and his son sitting on the donkey. The scene became clearer and clearer. He was more certain that he had met Li Liuyuan and his son . . But I didn't expect that after so many years, the boy who had a close relationship would become the number one scholar on his own, and he would become the first sixth-ranked scholar in Dacheng.

I don't know if he will be able to do so again in the future. A six-yuan, sixteen-year-old six-yuan, is definitely the only one.

Even if Dacheng offers another six-yuan in the future, it will not be as young as Li Liuyuan.

Zhao Xiangyi suddenly understood why the emperor liked Li Liuyuan so much. They were given a No. 1 Scholar's Palace. Even if Li Liuyuan did nothing, he would be able to offer it to them as a national treasure.

"Fifteen, let's go, let's go to the master. "Li Wen led the donkey out. The donkey was kept here in the shed and was not tied with a rope. Every day it went outside to graze whenever it liked. If it didn't want to go outside, it would stay in the shed. , fodder and water are always available in the shed, and someone comes to clean it every day.

I don't know if it's because he's getting older, but this donkey doesn't like to go outside all day long. They all like to stay in this shed. Zhao Xiangyi

followed the little master out with his head held high

, and the man brought his horse.

He saw Li Liuyuan and a donkey making love . Likewise, he disliked the donkey and puffed twice to express his dissatisfaction.

Li Wen even smiled and appeased the vying horse. Shi Fifteen was not polite at all and spat at Ben Xiao. This was jealousy. Benxiao suddenly became angry and almost started fighting. Li Wen quickly separated the two big babies, laughing until his stomach hurt, and asked, "Hey, you two, Are you trying to make me laugh to death? "

Zhao Xiangyi's mouth curled up, with a smile in his eyes, and he followed the young man

out. "Uncle Tian, ​​I'll be back in a while. "When he went out, he met the housekeeper at home, and Li Wen said to him. The housekeeper nodded and said "Okay", but just asked the eldest young master to come back early, and did not ask where the eldest young master was going. "

Come up. "Outside the door, Zhao Xiangyi got on his horse and extended his hand to the young man.

"Fifteen, you lead the way. Let's go to the master's place. Do you still remember the road? "Li Wen was reluctant to ride the old donkey. He touched the donkey's head and let it lead the way.

Holding Zhao Xiangyi's extended hand, he turned over and sat on the horse.

"Ang ah - Ang ah - -''

The donkey brayed when his master sat on the nasty horse instead of sitting on its back.

After two puffs of hot air, the donkey led the way.

"Don't underestimate me, I'm a donkey. I'm very jealous." Li Wenxiao's eyes were crooked, and he turned around and said to the man behind him.

A smile flashed in Zhao Xiangyi's eyes and he nodded, indicating that he also saw it.

Chapter 102:

The day of May is bright and sunny.

Crops were planted in the fields around Lijia Village. The village was backed by a mountain, and there was mountain spring water flowing down the mountain. They later used bamboo rafts to divert the mountain spring water down. In addition to supplying it to the villagers in the village, there were drainage channels around it. The canals can also be used to irrigate the land, so the crops in the fields around Lijia Village are growing very well. At a glance, there is an endless blue sea.

They left the village, with the donkey leading the way. Li Wen and Zhao Xiangyi sat on the horse, and the horse followed the donkey in front.

Li Wen pointed to a place and said to Zhao Xiangyi, "There is a big rock over there. When I was a child, I often led the cows there to graze. At that time, I often let the cows graze there, so I climbed up to the big rock.

Their old cow was very obedient when he went to sleep on the stone . It would not run around when he was left to graze. When he woke up from his sleep, the cow was still there.

Zhao Xiangyi looked in the direction Li Liuyuan pointed. It's hard to imagine that Xiao Liuyuan had to herd cows when he was a child.

"You don't believe that I had to herd cows when I was a child, do you? Haha..." Li Wen couldn't help but laugh, and he smiled happily. He said, "Actually, when I think about it now, the days when I went to herd cattle when I was a child were the happiest and carefree times. "

Although the family was poor at that time and there were many people eating at home, his second uncle's family had four children. His second uncle's family had six people, his family had three people, plus his grandma, there were ten mouths to eat, so at that time They often didn't have enough to eat.

But at that time, he was still with his parents and loved him, and his grandma also loved his grandson. So thinking about it now, Li Wen felt that his life as a child was very happy. Of course, although he felt that he lived a happy life at that time, he just missed it and didn't want to go back to the past.

"You didn't go to herd cattle when you were a kid, right? "Li Wen looked back at Zhao Xiangyi and shook his head when he saw the man. Li Wen talked about some things from his childhood, from when he and Li Siya went to herd cattle to how they met his master. He said, "My master is Shanjiao. The hunter below, he raised a big black dog. The master taught me martial arts, and I followed him to the mountains to hunt. The master also taught me archery. "

It's just that he doesn't know where his master came from and where he is now.

Zhao Xiangyi held the reins with one hand and listened to the young man sitting in front of him talking. He found these things very interesting. He always thought Li Liuyuan was a child prodigy who was reading at the age of three and could compose poetry at the age of five. He never expected that Li Liuyuan would help his family herd cattle when he was young.

The Li family was just an ordinary farmer, but they raised their third son. A talent of six yuan. When Zhao Xiangyi escorted Li Liuyuan back to his hometown, he saw that every family in the village lived in blue brick houses. Every family in the village had a house to live in and food to eat. Li Liuyuan's family was harmonious. He loves his children and is friendly to his brothers. From such an ordinary family, there

is a thatched house not far ahead.

"We are here. "Li Wen said.

Getting off the horse, Li Wen touched Shi Shi and walked into the yard. In the following years, Li Wen asked his father to arrange for people to come over and repair the house here every year, just to His master will return to this place one day. This small courtyard is still here.

Every time he comes back, he will come here to take a look, but he is disappointed every time. His master has not been back here for so many years. He didn't know if he would come back. Li Wen had always been looking forward to seeing his master chopping firewood in the courtyard one day.

Zhao Xiangyi followed the young man and looked around. From a glance at this small courtyard, you can tell from the things at the door that this was once a place where a hunter lived.

The house has been uninhabited for a long time, and a thick layer of ash has accumulated inside, which can bury people inside.

" Ahem..." Li Wen opened the door and took a look. He coughed due to the dust and closed the door. Looking back, he saw the man following behind him. When the man looked at him, Li Wen explained, "Oh , my master has gone to wander around.

"I know where the things are buried. We just want to dig out the wine he buried while my master is away. " "Today they are here to dig up the good wine that his master buried. Li Wen and his master buried the wine together. Li Wen roughly determined the location, found a handy tool in the yard, and started digging.

I've kept you away for so long, huh! Every time I come back, I'll dig out your bottles of wine until there's no more!

Zhao Xiangyi's eyes lit up when he heard that there was wine, but the man concealed it very well. The boy was digging in

the soil with something, and Zhao Xiangyi said, "I'll do it.

"No, I'll do it. I'm sure. If you break the jar, you'll lose a lot of money. " "The wine buried under here is quite old. If you accidentally break a jar, you will be very heartbroken. Li Wen dug the soil carefully, for fear of accidentally breaking the jar.

But he didn't dig too deep, and he saw the bottom. Buried wine jars

"I knew the wine was still there. "If his master doesn't come back, the stuff must be here. Only he and his master know about the wine buried here. Li Wen threw down the hoe in his hand, pulled away the soil on it, took out a jar of wine, and threw the wine away. He gave it to Zhao Xiangyi and shouted, "Catch it. "

Zhao Xiangyi stretched out his hand, caught the wine jar accurately, and weighed the weight.

"Is one jar enough? "They buried a total of ten jars of wine here. Li Wen glanced at Zhao Xiangyi and asked.

It must not be enough!

Zhao Xiangyi saw that there was still a lot below, and he rarely said, "Two more jars?

"Haha... No, there are only two jars at most. I will give you another jar. " "Li Wen couldn't help but laugh. He brought up an extra jar of wine from below, gave the jar to Zhao Xiangyi, then started to bury the soil back, and said, "Keep these until we dig out next time. "

Zhao Xiangyi held two jars of wine and looked at the remaining wine jars below with deep eyes.

"Okay, let's go. "After burying the soil back, Li Wen patted the soil on his hands and saved the rest for next time. Zhao Xiangyi whistled, and the horse grazing not far away ran over as soon as he heard the sound.

See you . As soon as the horse ran, the donkey followed suit.

"Fifteen, lead the way. We are going back." "

The two people got on the horse, followed the donkey, and went back along the way they came.

Military Master Xie, who was bringing people back from outside, saw the two wine jars on the table at a glance and thought of Li Liuyuan yesterday. He said there was better wine, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he strode over.

Just as he was about to reach out to touch the wine jars, a big hand stretched out and took away the two wine jars.

"This is Xiao Liu . Yuan said good wine? "Xie Yunfei asked with a shy face, knowingly.

Seeing that Zhao Xiangyi didn't speak, Xie Yunfei didn't care. At this moment, all he saw was these two jars of good wine, and he didn't care about his shame. He said, "Boss, this is a good thing. , open it and let us have a smell?

"Yes, boss, just give us a smell. " Zhang Mingyu followed behind Commander Xie, with a flattering smile on his face, and said, "Let's just smell it... I, I won't drink it." "

..." Xie Yunfei wanted to kick this idiot out, just hearing about it was useless!

Zhao Xiangyi glanced at Xie Yunfei. The two had known each other for so many years. He knew what the other person was thinking with just one look, and he was waiting for the fish to take the bait. "It's not impossible for you to smell it." Zhao Xiangyi said and opened the lid of a jar, and a mellow aroma of wine wafted out from the jar.

The older the wine, the mellower the taste.

These wines have been buried in the ground for nearly ten years. The longer they are stored, the more fragrant and better they taste. They are definitely the best among good wines.

"Hmm...it smells good!" Xie Yunfei took a deep breath. The smell was really amazing.

Zhao Xiangyi sealed the lid back, blocking the smell from wafting out, and there was still a faint scent of wine in the air. Xie Yunfei opened his eyes, looked at the wine jar with enthusiasm in his eyes, and asked, "Just a sip?"

Just let him have a sip of this wine, and he would die without regrets!

"Boss, my life belongs to you." When he came back to his senses, Zhang Mingyu almost wanted to cry. The taste of this wine was so fragrant. He thought the wine they drank last night was already the best. Okay, I didn't expect there to be anything better.

"Ha." Zhao Xiangyi looked at these subordinates coldly, sneered and said nothing.

"You all, go out and wait outside first." Xie Yunfei waved for Zhang Mingyu and others to go out. With these people holding them back, it would be impossible for him to have a taste of good wine. Zhang Mingyu and others were still unwilling to go out. Xie Yunfei's face darkened and he said, "Don't you even believe me?"

"I promise you, if you have a mouth with me, you will definitely have a mouth with you."

With Xie Military Master's words, Zhang Mingyu Several people thought for a while and realized that they were of no use here, so they all went outside.

Xie Yunfei followed behind and closed the two doors. Zhao Xiangyi watched Xie Yunfei trick people out. Two wine jars were placed next to him. Anyone who wanted to get these two wine jars would have to step on his body.

The door of the room was closed, and no one outside knew what the two people said inside.

When Xie Yunfei went out, he actually held a wine jar in his hand. A group of soldiers outside the door surrounded him and drank all the wine in the jar. Zhao Xiangyi, who was in the room, looked at the remaining wine jar. The corner of the man's mouth curled up. He didn't believe it...

Li Liuyuan, who was talking to the village chief and clan chiefs outside, didn't know that someone was plotting against his master's remaining remains. jars of wine.

Three days later

, the Lu family held a big thank-you banquet. One of the Lu family's sects received three Jinshis, and the young master of the Lu family placed third in the first class of the high school examination. He was appointed by the Holy Spirit as the Promising Young Master, adding further glory to the Lu family. The Lu Mansion held a grand thank-you banquet for the young master of the family, and invited the county magistrate Mr. Xue, prominent people in the town, as well as gentlemen from the academy and relatives and friends.

As Lu Zhishu's friends, Li Wen, Shen Zijing, and Su Yuan were all invited, and they went to the Lu Mansion together.

This was not Li Wen's first visit to the Lu Mansion. He had visited the Lu Mansion as a guest many years ago during Mrs. Lu's birthday. It's just that the treatment was completely different from the first time they went to Lu Mansion. This time the butler welcoming guests in front of Lu Mansion warmly welcomed them in.

"Li Zhuangyuan comes to one"

"Master Shen comes to one Master Su comes to one"

As soon as they entered, the three of them attracted the attention of many people. Whether they knew them or not, many people came forward to say hello to them. Li Wen responded to the others one by one. After they greeted the host, Lu Zhishu happened to see them and took them inside.

There were not many people inside. A few of them sat down to drink tea.

Li Wen asked Shen Zijing, "How have you considered what I said last time?"

"I went back and thought about it, and I think it would be a good place to go to your place for the time being." After returning that day , Shen Zijing discussed the matter with Su Yuan. Su Yuan posed the question to him and said that if he wanted to go, they could go. If he didn't want to go, they could study at home or find a clean Zhuangzi to study.

Shen Zijing felt that it would be better to be a teacher in Lijiacun than to be watched by his parents while studying at home all day long. There are also many tedious things at home. His mother-in-law wants him to get married as soon as possible, but Shen Zijing is very annoyed about getting married.

He had also considered going to the academy to be a teacher before, but after all, there were too many things going on in the academy, which might affect their studies, and his parents at home did not want him to become a teacher in the academy, so the matter was dropped. . Shen Zijing had been to Lijiacun, and he quite liked that village. If he wanted to go to Lijiacun to be a teacher, Shen Zijing began to consider it, and finally thought it would be good.

"But let's talk it over in advance. A-Yuan and I will go to Beijing to take the examination in three years. At that time, you may need to hire another gentleman." They will not stay in Li forever. Shen Zijing said, "I will be a gentleman in my village."

"Okay, I know this. You go here for a while. If you find a good teacher in the future and you don't want to be a teacher in Lijiacun anymore, you can find another teacher." Li Wen knew that it was impossible to let Shen Zijing and Su Yuan stay. They all work as a small teacher in Lijia Village, which is too much to bury their talents.

It's just that now they want to study, and the environment in Lijiacun will be relatively quiet. They can study with them and be a teacher at the same time.

"If Zijing goes, what about you, Su Yuan? Let's go together?" Li Wen asked, looking at Su Yuan on the side.

"Yeah 3" Su Yuan smiled and nodded. If Shen Zijing went, he would definitely go with him.

"Haha, that's good. On behalf of the village chief and the villagers of Lijia Village, I would like to extend a warm welcome to you. Lijia Village welcomes you." Two good gentlemen were invited at once, and Li Wen was very happy. They were good friends who met while studying together in the same class. He knew the personalities of Shen Zijing and Su Yuan.

Teaching and educating people requires not only good knowledge but also good moral education.

Being able to invite these two good friends, Li Wen knew that they definitely did it for his sake. However, he knew that Shen Zijing and Su Yuan still had to prepare for the exam three years later, so he invited them to Lijiacun to be teachers. They must provide a good study environment for each other without affecting their studies. , ask them to come over and be teachers.

So they settled on going to Lijiacun to be a husband.

Chapter 103: Parents' Hearts

The school in Lijia Village was built after the New Year. However, because no suitable teacher was hired to teach, the children in the village were not sent to the academy to study. After returning from the town, Li Wen went to the village chief and told him that he had invited his husband to teach.

"Here, are these two masters of Juren really, really willing to come to our village to be teachers?" When the village chief heard that Li Wen had invited two masters of Juren to come to their village as teachers, the village chief was completely confused. , asked in disbelief.

"Yes, can there be any fake ones?" Li Wen said with a smile, "I have already made an agreement with them. They are willing to come to our village and be teachers for the children in our village. But one thing is that they may He won't be able to stay with us for too long. He will leave after three or two years at most."

Li Wen explained the situation of Shen Zijing and Su Yuan to the village chief. The village chief nodded to express his understanding and said, "Yes,

yes. , Yes."

Li Wen said, "But it doesn't matter, since the time is so long, we can definitely find a suitable gentleman when the time comes." Their place has beautiful scenery and a quiet environment, which is suitable for retirement. It's a good place. Maybe some great Confucian elders can be invited to live here in the future, and it would be even better if they can also teach children how to read and write.

It's a long way to go to town to study, so it would be best to run a village school.

The original purpose of opening a school in their village was to let more children in the village study, know a few words, and not be deceived when they go out. But the ultimate goal is to cultivate a few outstanding talents so that their village can continue and develop better.

"Yes, yes, that's enough, that's enough." The village chief was convinced that the two masters would become their husbands. He couldn't believe it and was excited at the same time.

Li Wen sat with the village chief for a while and talked with him about running schools in their village, as well as the village's future development and planning. In the letter he sent back before, he briefly mentioned these issues, but there were still some deficiencies, so he made some additions.

After solving everyone's food and clothing problem, they must put education first. Only with talented people from generation to generation can their place continue to survive and develop.

"Yes, I understand." The village chief nodded in agreement from time to time.

After sitting with the village chief for a while, Li Wen was ready to leave. When he came back, he didn't even have time to go to the school to take a look. Shen Zijing and Su Yuan would be here in a few days, and he wanted to go to the school. Take a look and see if there is anything missing so that someone can fill it in time.

"I'll go with you," the village chief said.

They went to the school together. Today, every household in Lijia Village has a green brick house, and the roads are paved with green bricks. On rainy days, the roads will not be too muddy and difficult to travel.

There were not many idle people in the village during the day. Men, women, old and young were all busy with their own affairs. On the way there, Li Wen only saw some old people in the village visiting their grandchildren at home. Most of the people either went to work in the workshops or It's time to work in the fields. In less than ten years, the entire Lijia Village has undergone earth-shaking changes. In fact, it is all the efforts that made Lijia Village what it is today.

The school is a house built on a piece of land in the village. There is the school in the front and a small courtyard in the back. This is the house arranged for the husband to live in. The doors and windows of the house are wide, the room is bright, and there are beds, cabinets and furniture inside. Everything is available, and you can check in directly when the time comes.

They went inside to take a look. Li Wen was quite satisfied with the house arranged for his husband to live in, but there was still a blackboard missing in the school. There was a blackboard in the classrooms of later generations, which was much more convenient for teaching.

"Blackboard? What is this?" the village chief asked.

"You will know when I have someone come and fix it tomorrow." Li Wen briefly explained to the village chief what a blackboard was. The village chief nodded and said oh twice, not sure whether he really understood or pretended to understand.

The next day, Li Wen took people to the school, nailed a large wooden board to one wall of the classroom, and painted the board black.

Chalk is indispensable when you have a blackboard. The main components of chalk are limestone and stone. Limestone is a common substance that exists in limestone, marble and other rocks, so it is not difficult to find limestone. You can find it on the nearby mountains. I could find it, so I quickly got the chalk out.

A school has been built in their village and a teacher has been invited. Once the teacher comes in a few days, the school in their village will be officially opened.

The village chief told the good news to Li Zheng and the clan chief, as well as the villagers in the village.

The villagers were very happy after hearing the news. Except for a few families in the village who did not want to send their children to study, most people in the village were looking forward to sending their children to study. If they set up a school in the village, it will be much more convenient for the children in the

village . What's more, the school in the village is free of charge, and the money for the teacher will come from the village public school, and all the children of the appropriate age in the village can be sent to the school. .

On this day, after dinner, Sun Yi mentioned her youngest son's education. She asked her family's opinion, "When the school in the village is established, should we continue to let Xiaopeng study in the town academy, or should we continue to let Xiaopeng study in the town academy?" The child has been taken back to the village to study. "

Why do you think the gentlemen they invited in the village are two masters of education, and their knowledge is definitely better than that of the gentlemen in the academy. Another point is to take the children back to the village to study, which saves them from running back and forth later, and saves a lot of things

. "Dad, grandma, I just want to talk to them about Xiaopeng." Taking advantage of this moment, the whole family can Everyone was here, and Li Wen was about to talk to his parents about his brother. Since his mother-in-law mentioned it first, he also mentioned it by the way. He said, "Dad, mother-in-law, actually this time I When I come back, I want to take Xiaopeng to the capital. The academy there is better than ours. Also, if Xiaopeng follows me there, I can personally tutor him in his homework."

"Zijing. He and A Yuan's talents are good, but they will only stay with us for three or two years at most and then leave, and they won't stay for too long. After they leave, the other gentlemen we hire may not be as good as Zi Jinghe. Ah Yuan is good.

Of course, if Shen Zijing and Su Yuan can stay in their Lijia Village as teachers, it would be a good choice to let his brother stay in the village to study. But those two will go to the capital to take exams in three or two years. If they get Jinshi, they will definitely work as officials in the capital or in other places. They cannot be teachers in a small place like Lijiacun for the rest of their lives.

Even if they want to be teachers in Lijiacun for the rest of their lives, Li. He wouldn't allow those two people to live in their Li Village for the rest of their lives. It would be a waste of talent to ask Shen Zijing and Su Yuan to just be teachers.

"Here, you want to take Xiaopeng to the capital? "Sun Yi was stunned for a moment when she heard what her eldest son said, and then asked.

"Yes, Auntie, I want to take Xiaopeng to the capital. I wonder what you think of what I said?

"Li Wen knew that his parents could not follow him to the capital at the moment. His father and mother would definitely not be able to leave the workshop. Although the workshop had the name of their Lijia Village, the people who were mainly responsible were Or his father and mother.

If his father and mother went to the capital with him, they would definitely take his grandma with them. King Li asked his grandma if she wanted to go to the capital with him. After thinking about it, she politely rejected her grandson. She was very happy that her grandson had such a heart.

It's not that the old lady doesn't want to follow her grandson there to enjoy the blessings, but she knows that she, an old woman, doesn't know anything, and is afraid that going to the capital will cause trouble for her grandson. If they leave here, Lao Er's family will definitely want to follow them there. If they leave Lao Er in the village, the people in the village will gossip about them.

"Daddy, look at this, what do you say?" Sun Yi suddenly heard that her eldest son said that she wanted to take her younger son to the capital. Sun Yi was a little confused. She knew that what her eldest son said made sense. It would also be a good thing if the eldest son can take the younger son with him and teach him personally, and if the younger son can study with his elder brother and become successful, the two brothers can help each other in the future

.

But out of selfishness, the mother didn't really want her younger son to leave her side so early. Her eldest son went to such a far away place to study at a young age and only came back once a year. She has thought about it all these years. The eldest son is away from home.

Now the eldest son said that he would take the younger son to the capital. It was so far away from the capital. She had never been to the capital in half her life. Sun Yi felt a little panicked and couldn't make up her mind.

"Well, what Sanbao said is right. Bringing Xiaopeng to the capital is definitely better than letting Xiaopeng stay with us. Xiaopeng will definitely be more promising in the future. 3" Li Shangu's mind was relatively clear and clear. Calm down, he knew that what his eldest son said made sense. Their eldest son ranked first in the first grade of the imperial examination and won six yuan in a row. It can be said that there is no better gentleman than their son in the entire Dacheng.

Old Li's family has been a farmer for generations, and he used to be a farmer who dug food in the fields. The whole family still didn't have enough to eat. Li Gugu never thought that his family would be able to produce a scholar and a top scholar. I received a piece of good news from my son in recent years. I saw my son get the top prize in the scholar examination and how hard my son went through studying.

Li Gugu, the father, understands his son better than anyone else.

If the eldest son can personally tutor and educate the younger son, there is a high possibility that his family will produce another top scholar, at least another Jinshi.

"Yes, you are right." Sun Yi nodded, but she was reluctant to let her little son go so far away

.

The capital was too far away. Sun Yi couldn't bear the thought of her eldest son going to such a far away place and not being able to come back for several years. If her youngest son is also taken away, it will be difficult for her to see her child in the future. But

she knew that for the sake of her younger son, she should let her eldest son take her younger son to the capital.

"Auntie, don't look sad now. It's not like Xiaopeng won't be able to come back home if he goes to the capital to study in the future. He just goes to study and has holidays every year. Although time is tight, he can still come back home once a year. "Yes." Seeing his mother-in-law's sad face, Li Wen felt a little bit dumbfounded, he said.

"Yes." Sun Yi nodded, and that was what his son said. The eldest son went away to study and basically came back every year. He just didn't come back home for too long before he left. When the younger son goes to the capital, he will probably be the same as the older son.

"Xiao Peng, do you want to go to the capital with your brother?" Of course, this matter also requires the opinions of the parties involved. Li Wen said to the boy sitting next to him, "If you follow your brother to the capital, you can be with your brother in the future." Otherwise, you won't be able to see your brother for a long time when he goes to the capital."

"Brother, I don't want to miss you." Li Haopeng frowned when he heard that he wouldn't be able to see his brother for a long time. , looking like he wanted to cry but didn't dare.

I don't know why this child likes and relies on his brother so much. It's obvious that they haven't spent much time together since childhood. The year his younger brother was born, he went to Nanyang to study. Probably his parents would often mention his brother to their son. That's probably it. His younger brother would always remember him as his elder brother. No matter how often he came back in the future, this The children remember him.

"Yes, grandma, grandpa, you should go back and think about this matter carefully. If you are willing, when I leave, I will take Xiaopeng to the capital with me." Li Wen asked his dad and dad to Mom carefully discussed and considered it. The main reason for his parents was that his mother couldn't let go of his brother.

The main thing was to ask his parents about their intentions. After all, he was just a son. Li Wen wanted to bring his brother to the capital, so it was definitely better to keep him at home. It's not like he had a divination for his brother, and the child's intelligence was not considered particularly intelligent. If there was no one around to guide him, it would be difficult for him to achieve much success in studying on his own.

"Well, okay, I'll have a good discussion with your father." Sun Yi nodded and said.

After the summer solstice, summer is here. The weather is getting hotter day by day. When the sun sets in the evening, the temperature slowly drops.

The night wind blew, bringing with it the coolness and comfort of summer. They placed a plate of peanuts and a pot of wine on the table in the courtyard of the small courtyard. Li Wen and Zhao Xiangyi drank a glass of wine. This time he learned wisely. , I don't dare to drink too much, lest I get drunk.

Zhao Xiangyi opened the jar of wine they brought back and had a drink with Li Liuyuan.

After returning to the house and closing the door, Sun Yi asked about her husband asking his eldest son to take the youngest son with him to the capital, "Dad, what do you think of this matter?"

"I know you are reluctant to part with it, but I believe you also know it. "It's better to let Sanbao take Xiaobao to the capital with us than to have Xiaobao come with us." Li Shangu knew that his wife was reluctant to let go of the two children. The eldest son was sent to Nanyang to study at a young age, and the younger son this time. We are going to the capital, which is further away than Nanyang Mansion.

In fact, they had already made up their minds, but the thought of sending their youngest son to the capital made the woman feel a little reluctant.

At night, the talking in their house stopped very late...

Li Wen and Zhao Xiangyi were drinking in the backyard until very late. They didn't even finish a bottle of wine on the table. They sat there and played for a long time. Night breeze. After yawning several times, Li Wen knew he was sleepy. He stood up and said, "I'm so sleepy. I'm going to go back to sleep. Brother Zhao, please go to bed early. Let's drink tomorrow."

"Yeah." Zhao Xiangyi nodded and watched the boy yawn as he walked away.

The man sitting there picked up the wine glass at his hand and slowly tasted the good wine in the glass one sip at a time.

Chapter 104: Triple Crossbow

As soon as May is over, June is here.

After Zhao Xiangyi and his party sent him home, a group of people stayed at his home. When it was time to return, they would return to the capital together. Lijia Village is close to the mountains. This group of soldiers went to the mountains to hunt every day when they had nothing to do. The prey they brought back was enough for their families to eat.

There is no need to buy meat at home. The uneaten meat can be processed and dried into dried meat, which can be stored for later consumption.

After finishing his busy work later, Li Wen had time to follow Zhao Xiangyi and Xie Yunfei to go hunting in the mountains. "I'll go with you too. I've been busy recently, so I haven't had time to go hunting with you in the mountains."

" Come on, let's go together." Xie Yunfei smiled.

Although his archery skills are not very good, Li Wen also likes to join in the fun.

Others used bows and arrows, and he knew that his arm strength was not as good as others, so Li Wen brought a crossbow made by a craftsman. His crossbow used mechanical power to shoot arrows. He only had to be responsible for aiming the crossbow. The force setting is relatively fixed and is more than twice the force of an ordinary bow and arrow. Ordinary bows are fired by manpower. The farther a person can draw the bow, the longer the range. The range depends on the quality of the bow and the strength of the manpower.

For Li Wen, his own small crossbow was much easier to use than ordinary bows and arrows, and the shots were more accurate. At least he could use this crossbow to shoot a rabbit, deer, or something like that.

"Li Liuyuan, what are you holding?" Xie Yunfei had long noticed the small thing in Li Liuyuan's hand. He saw that Li Liuyuan used this small thing to shoot the prey, and couldn't help but ask, "You thing?" "Can you show it to me?"

"Okay, you can see it if you want." Li Wen generously showed Xie Yunfei the crossbow in his hand. Zhao Xiangyi had seen Li Liuyuan kill gangsters with his own hands earlier, but this was the first time he had seen this small thing in Li Liuyuan's hand, and he looked a little confused.

"How did you get this thing? Can I give it a try?" Xie Yunfei took it and looked at it, his eyes suddenly lit up and he asked.

"I made it by myself when I had nothing to do. If you want to use it, use it." Li Wen gave Xie Yunfei the crossbow in his hand, and also told Xie Yunfei how to operate it. In fact, the operation of this thing is very simple, just click the hand button.

He understood as soon as he mentioned Xie Yunfei.

"Okay, I'll give it a try." Xie Yunfei was eager to try, holding the crossbow to find prey.

A group of people scattered in all directions, but they were not far away from here.

There were only two of them left here. Seeing Zhao Xiangyi looking at him, Li Wen said, "You also know that my arm strength is not as good as yours. I can't use ordinary bows and arrows, so I came up with this thing. This kind of thing The crossbow does not require strong arm strength. As long as it is aimed right, it can probably kill a big insect at close range. "

Of course, he has never tried this. He may see that the tiger's legs are weak, so he still wants to pick up the weapon. Tiger Killed

Zhao Xiangyi's eyebrows moved, he looked at Li Liuyuan with a serious face, and asked, "Can ordinary people use this crossbow you mentioned?"

"Of course it can. But people with good arm strength like you can use it. " , it's a bit restrictive for you, and you can't use your advantages. This kind of small crossbow is more suitable for ordinary people," Li Wen explained.

Because the power of this small crossbow is relatively fixed, but if it is used by someone with good arm strength, the power setting will be limited and the original advantage will not be exerted. However, people like them with average arm strength can double their strength. This is equivalent to using the power of machinery to make the range longer and more powerful.

Zhao Xiangyi understood immediately.

Li Wen thought for a while and said, "I remembered one. Maybe you can use it."

"Huh?" Zhao Xiangyi looked at Li Liuyuan and waited for the young man to continue.

Li Wen smiled and did not immediately explain it to Zhao Xiangyi. He just said, "I won't reveal it to you now. You will know when the time comes."

"..." General Zhao.

There was a rustling sound in the grass in the distance, and a deer popped its head out. Xie Yunfei clicked the buckle and shot out the arrow. It hit the vital part of the deer in an instant. The deer fell to the ground and twitched. He died instantly.

Later, Xie Yunfei used the crossbow for a while and killed a lot of prey. He found that this little thing was indeed very good. Among this group of soldiers, Military Master Xie was half a weak scholar, so he and Li Liuyuan felt comfortable using this crossbow. Others tried it, but they still felt that it was not as useful as the big bow in their hands.

Xie Yunfei took his crossbow, and Li Wen didn't care.

There were a lot of fungi on the mountain. When others went hunting, Li Wen carried a backpack to look for fungi, such as shiitake mushrooms, straw mushrooms, morels, fungus, etc. These fungi on the mountain were often found in large clumps, and he enjoyed picking the fungi. , completely forgetting that he followed people up the mountain to hunt.

Zhao Xiangyi followed the young man. There were poisonous snakes and beasts in the mountain, and he was afraid that the young man would be in danger.

Knowing that someone was following him, Li Wen immersed himself in looking for fungi. When he turned around, he could see the man following him. He said to Zhao Xiangyi, "Unfortunately, now is not the time to eat bamboo shoots. We have to wait until spring to go up the mountain. We can still dig bamboo shoots." They ate the bamboo shoots, dug them up and fried them, or dried them and cooked them in soup. The taste was very sweet. "

They happened to find a piece of morels, which were famous in later generations . Mushrooms, or maybe it should be said that in later generations, any kind of fungi will be very expensive. Li Wen's eyes lit up when he saw so many wild morels, and he shouted,

"Brother Zhao, come and help."

Even if there were no bamboo shoots to eat, Li Wen was very satisfied with so many mushrooms. He said, "These The mushrooms are also very delicious. Let's pick them and fry them tonight. If you can't finish them, they will be dried and used to make soups and vegetables."

Zhao Xiangyi helped Li Liuyuan pick the mushrooms and listened to the young man's chattering. What kind of food should they have for dinner and how to make it delicious? The corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up.

There are venomous snakes and beasts on the mountain, so few people in the nearby villages dare to go up the mountain to look for fungi. If they are not careful, they may fall into the claws of the beasts and be swallowed by the beasts. If he hadn't followed Zhao Xiangyi and his group today, Li Wen wouldn't have dared to go up the mountain alone. It's not like he was tired of living.

They found a lot of fungi on the mountain. Li Wen couldn't take so many, so Zhao Xiangyi helped him carry a basket.

I've been getting tired of eating meat lately. Rather than eating meat, Li Wen wanted to eat something vegetarian.

Zhang Mingyu and Dan Cong also caught a few snakes, and they laughed loudly, "Haha, let's eat snake soup tonight."

"..." Li Wen looked at those snakes and immediately lost his appetite. I think I'd rather be a vegetarian.

When going down the mountain, the group returned with a full load.

They left the prey they brought back to the kitchen for processing. Now there were more than thirty people in the family eating, and one meal would fill three tables, so a lot of food and meat would be eaten in a day. However, on the second day after arriving, Xie Yunfei took a group of people to the town and bought a lot of rice. In addition, this group of soldiers ran to the mountains every day and could not finish the prey they brought back, so there was no way to eat it. There is no need for their family to pay for food.

So it's like a group of people living in their home. All they have to do is provide them with a place to live, and

they have their own food and clothing.

He asked Xie Yunfei to borrow his crossbow for study. Li Wen didn't care about it and let Xie Yunfei take it away.

"I'm going into the study for a while. If you have nothing to do, don't call me."

"Yes, Master."

Li Wen entered the study after returning to K and stayed in the study for half a day.

On the second day, Li Wen went to town and went to Boss Huang to find a carpenter to make what he wanted. The master there worked overnight and delivered the finished goods to him on the third day.

What he asked the craftsmen to make were only scattered parts. The things had not been assembled yet, and others did not know what they were. This is why Li Wen considered that this was a lethal weapon, so he waited for the parts to be delivered before assembling it himself.

Zhao Xiangyi stood aside and watched the young man piecing together these small things. He saw that the young man's hands were dexterously piecing the things together, and he put together the crossbow in a short time.

"How is it?" Li Wen smiled brightly. He picked up the assembled crossbow and tried it. It looked good. This crossbow is twice as big as the one he used yesterday, and it is slightly heavier to hold. He may not be able to hold it firmly. This crossbow is for Zhao Xiangyi, not For his own use.

Li Wen handed the crossbow to Zhao Xiangyi and explained to Zhao Xiangyi how to use the crossbow. He said, "This is a three-shot crossbow. This crossbow is loaded with three arrows at a time, so it can shoot three times in a row." Arrow."

This is based on the original crossbow, which he slightly modified. The crossbows he used before were all single-arrow, and this crossbow can shoot three arrows in a row.

In his previous life, he was influenced by various martial arts movies and modern military-themed movies. When he was in high school, he was still a half-military fan, so he studied a lot about ancient cold weapons and modern hot weapons. He had no knowledge of current hot weapons. There are many ways to make it, but the production of ancient cold weapons is relatively simple. The crossbow is a relatively simple and practical type of cold weapon, so it is not difficult to make a crossbow.

He had used a sleeve arrow to save his own life before, otherwise the top pick would have gone to someone else.

With nothing to do at home now, Li Wen started messing with these little things again. A few days ago, he just thought of getting the crossbow out just to go hunting in the mountains. He just needs to draw the drawing of the crossbow and disassemble the parts to get it, and the craftsmen will help him make it. When the things are returned, he can put them together himself.

"Let's find a place to try." The space in their backyard was too small to test the power of the crossbow here. Li Wen wrapped the crossbow in a cloth and invited Zhao Xiangyi to go out together.

"Where are you going?" Xie Yunfei happened to see them when they were going out, and Xie Yunfei asked.

"Wherever you want to go, I'll go with you."

Without waiting for them to nod, this man followed him automatically.

The three of them got on the horse, Li Wen and Zhao Xiangyi rode one horse together, and Xie Yunfei followed them on horseback. Li Wen took them to the back mountain to find a place. Li Wen handed the crossbow to Zhao Xiangyi and said, "Brother Zhao, try it."

"Why is this one different from the one I got? This is your new one. " Made it?" Xie Yunfei saw that the crossbow Li Liuyuan took out was wider than the one they used that day, and he knew that this one must be better than the one they used that day.

"Hehe." Li Wen chuckled, nodded, and said, "This one is different from the one we used that day. You will know in a moment."

There happened to be a tree on the cliff opposite, and Zhao Xiangyi held the bow The crossbow was aimed at the tree on the opposite side of the cliff.

"Wha--"

The arrow shot out, hitting three arrows in a row.

"Wow!" Li Wen's eyes widened. Although he made this thing, he really didn't know that this thing could be so powerful and have such a long range. He looked at Zhao Xiangyi with a look in his eyes. With admiration, he said, "Brother Zhao, you are so powerful!"

Seeing the tree trunk opposite him, General Zhao was still a little reserved. There was no pride on his face, but he also had a little smile.

"Boss, let me try it." Xie Yunfei saw that this thing was indeed better than the one they used that day, and he immediately became interested. Zhao Xiangyi gave the crossbow to Xie Yunfei without saying anything, but Li Wen reminded him uneasily, "The recoil of this crossbow is a bit strong. Take it easy and don't hurt yourself."

He looked at Xie Yunfei and Xie Yunfei. He also has thin arms and legs, so the strength in his hands is definitely not too great.

"It's okay, I can do it." Commander Xie was full of confidence.

They loaded the three arrows again. Xie Yunfei aimed at the tree in the distance and pulled down the buckle. Rebounded by the force of the arrow, the crossbow in his hand bounced back uncontrollably and hit his chest. superior.

"Ahem..." Xie Yunfei.

"...I just told you to take it easy." When Li Wen saw the crossbow hitting Xie Yunfei's chest, he couldn't help but bared his teeth and felt pain just looking at it.

Xie Yunfei looked at Li Liuyuan with reproach in his eyes.

Li Wen shrugged. He had already reminded him. He said to Zhao Xiangyi, "Brother Zhao, take this crossbow and use it. This is for you." He had no use for this crossbow himself. It was specially given to Zhao Xiangyi. Made by Zhao Xiangyi.

"Is this for me?" Zhao Xiangyi reached for it and asked.

"Yes, it's for you. As you saw just now, Yun Fei can't use it, and I certainly can't use it myself." Li Wen smiled and said.

Zhao Xiangyi held the crossbow in his hand, which was given to him by Li Liuyuan. This gave him an indescribable feeling in his heart, but this feeling was quite good. Zhao Xiangyi looked at the young man's smiling face, with a little smile in his eyes, and said to the young man, "Thank you."

"You're welcome." Li Wen knew that Zhao Xiangyi liked this crossbow, so he said, " Just be happy with it."

This crossbow was larger than the one they used that day and required more force. After Xie Yunfei tried it, he knew that his wrist was not strong enough to control this crossbow, so he stopped. He wanted to try it, but he was still very interested in this thing.

They stayed outside for a while. Zhao Xiangyi tried out the crossbow outside and was quite satisfied with the crossbow Li Liuyuan gave him.

Chapter 105: Three days before leaving,

two carriages arrived at Lijia Village. Shen Zijing and Su Yuan arrived.

"Zijing, Ayuan." Li Wen and the village chief Li Zheng came out to greet Shen Zijing and Su Yuan, expressing their respect and welcome to their husband. After they said hello, Li Wen introduced the two of them, "This is the village chief of our Lijia Village, and Li Zheng. You must have met each other before."

"Yes, yes, we have met before." The village chief nodded hurriedly.

"Village Chief Li." Shen Zijing greeted Village Chief Li and Li Zheng with a smile.

This was not the first time they came to Lijia Village. It was just that they had been guests at a friend's house and had been to the village several times. This time they were invited to be teachers at the village middle school in Lijia Village.

"Mr. Shen, please come in, Mr. Su." The village chief and the village chiefs were extremely excited when they saw the arrival of the two gentlemen, and hurriedly invited them into the village.

All the seats in the school are ready. Just waiting for the arrival of the husband, the school in their village can officially open, and the children in the village can come to the school to study. When the villagers in the village saw the arrival of the two gentlemen, they were all very happy and walked across the street to welcome the two gentlemen.

Li Wen personally took Shen Zijing and Su Yuan to the small courtyard where they were staying.

The flowers and plants planted in the courtyard have grown, and it is full of greenery. The room is spacious and bright, and all the corresponding beds, tables, and seats are ready. "Zijing, Ayuan, look at this. This is a place for you to live. What do you think?"

"It's a good place." Shen Zijing went inside and took a look, but he didn't expect that Lijiacun could arrange such a good courtyard for them.

They and Li Wen were not outsiders. They were friends who had played together since childhood. Otherwise, they would not have been invited by Li Wen to become teachers in Lijia Village.

Of course, this is only part of the reason. Another reason is that this place is suitable for them to study here, and being a teacher is just a matter of convenience. Teaching children to read will not affect their study. They can be teachers here while Prepare for the scientific examination three years later.

They can pass the provincial examination, and most of them have a good foundation. Whether they can pass the subsequent national examination depends on their understanding.

In the past, Shen Zijing thought he was already very smart, but after he met Li Wen, he realized that there is a world outside the sky and there are people outside the world. He is better than the people who are worse than him, but he is still far behind the people who are better. . It's not terrible to know your shortcomings, just work harder to follow up in the future.

"We just have a place to live. You also know that our home is in the town. Isn't it convenient to go back?" Shen Zijing said with a smile.

It was only a carriage ride from Lijiacun to the town, which was not too far. They stayed here just for the convenience of studying.

"That's right. Take a look. If you're missing something, I'll have someone bring it to you. You don't have to be polite to whoever is with me." He will go to the capital in two days. From the parents' side, Even if he wanted to take care of things, he was unable to do so, so before leaving, he would try his best to arrange things here.

After they looked at the small courtyard, there was nothing missing in the house.

Shen Zijing asked the servant who had followed him to go in and clean up the house, and they went outside to drink tea and talk a few words.

Li Wen told Shen Zijing and Su Yuan that he was going to the capital. After going to the capital this time, he would not be able to come back for at least three years. He said to his two friends, "I will wait for you in the capital. When the time comes, You send me a message in advance and I will prepare a place for you. When you arrive in the capital, remember to come to see me. We have been friends for so many years, now and in the future."

He didn't want to be friends because of his status. And I became farther and farther away from my friends.

He has made many friends over the years, but when it comes to true confidants, there are not many. It was their fate to meet and get to know each other. Li Wen hoped that their fate would last and last a lifetime.

"Yes, we will go find you when we get to the capital." Shen Zijing understood what Li Wen meant. He picked up the tea in front of him and said to Li Wen, "I'll replace the wine with tea. I'd like to toast you with this cup." One cup, I wish you success in your future career."

"Thank you." Li Wen picked up the tea cup and said to Shen Zijing and Su Yuan, "I also wish you success in the scientific examination in three years." "

Good . ." Shen Zijing responded.

This was their agreement. Shen Zijing and Su Yuan did not go to the capital to participate in the examination this time, and were three years behind. When they go to the capital to participate in the examination three years later, they will definitely meet again.

On this day, Li Wen arranged for Shen Zijing and Su Yuan to live in the small courtyard behind the school. The villagers in the village knew that the husband was coming. This family brought a chicken, that family caught a duck, and someone else brought a bag of rice and a basket of vegetables. In a short time, the villagers in the village brought The kitchen in the small courtyard is full of things.

Seeing the things piled up in the kitchen, Shen Zijing suddenly felt a little dumbfounded.

Su Yuan, who was standing behind, had a slight smile on his face. He began to think that Lijia Village was a good place. The villagers here were very interesting. Maybe they would become teachers here in the next two or three years. Maybe It's an interesting thing.

All the seats in the school have been prepared. Li Wen also asked people to clean the blackboard and prepare chalk for writing. Now the teacher he invited has arrived. In just two days, their school in Lijia Village will officially start. The villagers in the village sent their children to school to study.

This

month and a half passed quickly.

The days at home were leisurely and comfortable, and time seemed to pass by in the blink of an eye. Before Li Wen could recover from the leisurely vacation, his vacation to visit relatives in his hometown was over, and he was about to prepare for a round trip to the capital.

The day of leaving home was approaching, and his father and mother finally agreed to let him take his brother to the capital. After they go to the capital this time, he will go to the Hanlin Academy as an errand. After becoming an official in the court, he will work for the emperor. He may not be able to come back in the future.

Parting is always accompanied by reluctance, and a mother is always reluctant to leave her child, but she cannot stop her child from going further and to a higher road.

My son has traveled thousands of miles, which is my mother's concern.

"Sambo, you left home at a young age and studied abroad. My mother-in-law was unable to go and take care of you personally. My mother-in-law has always felt ashamed of you." Sun Yi's eyes couldn't help but turn red. The year his son left home, he was just born and less than one year old. Therefore, even though she, the mother, was concerned about her eldest son studying away from home for so many years, she was not able to visit Nanyang once.

Only when the child comes back from afar every year can she, the mother-in-law, cook a bowl of soup for her son and take a look at her son.

"Auntie, don't say that. It's because the child is unfilial. He hasn't been able to honor you by his side for so many years." Li Wen could understand his parents. They are indispensable at home. His younger brother is still young, and the family There was also his grandma here, and there were still several workshops in the village that needed to be managed. Otherwise, how could he have been able to study away from home with peace of mind these years.

"Dad, please don't worry, Aniang. I can take care of myself outside alone. I also have my brother following me to the capital. I will keep an eye on him. You don't need to worry about us." This time he will take his brother with him. Going to the capital together, he has to take on the responsibility of being an older brother and take good care of his younger brother.

"Yes, I know you will take good care of your brother. Your brother is still young, and I can't accompany you to the capital. Your brother has many things for you to worry about. Three treasures, I know It has not been easy for you these past years. Originally, my mother-in-law didn't want your brother to follow you. She was worried that it would be too hard for you." Sun Yi finally agreed with her eldest son to take her younger son to the capital. She knew what the eldest son said. Yes, it is definitely better for the younger son to go to the capital than to be at home.

If the elder had not personally proposed to take the younger to the capital, even their parents would not have dared to ask the elder to take the younger to the capital. Since the elder had proposed to take the younger to the capital, they could not stop the younger for their own selfish reasons. Follow your brother to the capital.

Their eldest son was admitted to the first prize, and it was better for the younger son to stay with the eldest son and receive personal guidance from the eldest son than to stay in this small village with the couple. If they let their younger son stay, they would waste his life. They were afraid that his younger son would resent them as parents in the future.

"Auntie, don't cry. I'm outside, it's fine." Li Wen saw the tears that his auntie was constantly shedding, and his own eyes turned a little red. Blinking his eyes, he reached out to wipe away the tears on A Niang's face, but A Niang's tears grew more and more. Li Wen stretched out his hand to hold her in his arms and comforted her, "A Niang, please stop crying. "It's not like I won't come back."

"If you miss me and my brother, you can come to the capital to visit us with my father, grandma, and uncles.

I don't know when he turned out to be taller than his mother-in-law." Now, he still remembers that he was held in his arms by his mother

-in-law when he was a child. Now he holds his mother-in-law in his arms. As time goes by, he has grown up and grown into a man who can stand up to his father. Mom holds up the sky, protects his parents and relatives, protects this home, protects this village, the place where he was born, is his hometown, where his parents, brothers and relatives are

waiting to return this time . In the capital, after becoming an official in the imperial court, he must be careful every step he takes, because every step he fails to take will affect the future of his family and the village.

"Oh, Auntie. I can't bear to leave you. "When Li Haopeng saw his grandma crying, his eyes suddenly turned red, and big tears fell. He opened his mouth and cried loudly. While crying, he said, "Grandma, I won't leave with my brother. I want to stay." Stay with you at home. "

When the younger son made such a fuss, the woman stopped crying. With red eyes, she took the younger son into her arms, patted the child's back gently, coaxed the child to stop crying, and said, "Say. What nonsense are you talking about? You and your brother are going to the capital to study. When grandma and your father are free, they will go to the capital to visit you and your brother. "

"Yeah? "Li Haopeng asked his mother-in-law with snot and tears on his face and tears in his eyes.

"Yes, it's not like you don't have holidays from studying. When you have a holiday, my brother will have someone take you home. When my father and mother are free, they will come to the capital with my grandma, uncle, and the others to visit us. At that time, we will take my father, mother, and the others to play around in the capital. "Seeing his mother-in-law and little brother crying so hard that they couldn't help themselves, Li Wen felt a little helpless. It's not like they can't see each other anymore, so they cried like they were parting from life and death.

But he could still understand the feelings of his father and mother-in-law. , knowing that they are reluctant to leave. It is too difficult to travel far away in this era. He has been away from home for so many years, running back and forth between places, and he has slowly gotten used to the days away from home, because he knows that he will still be there in the future. He would come back, so he had expectations in his heart.

After comforting his grandma and brother, Li Wen went to say goodbye to his grandma and said, "Grandma, you have to take care of yourself. Your grandson can't fulfill his filial piety in front of grandma. Grandma forgives her grandson. This time, grandson went to the capital to work as an errand. When grandson is free, he will come back to visit you.

"Grandma can understand that grandma's grandson is the best. " Waiting for you, when you can come back, come back and see grandma. "The old lady has grown older year by year. Mrs. Li used to love her eldest grandson the most. In the years when her eldest grandson was not around, the old lady also cared about her grandson very much.

She knew that her grandson would arrive this time. The old lady was happy to go to Beijing to become an official. Of course, she was also reluctant to let go of her grandson.

At this age, she didn't know when she would stretch out her legs and leave. She could see her grandson become the top scholar. The wife is already very satisfied. When she goes to the Underworld and sees the dead old man, she will also give an explanation to the old Li family,

"Well, don't worry, grandma, my grandson will do it. "Li Wen's throat was a little choked. When he was a child, his grandma loved him the most. Over the years, he was studying abroad and running back and forth. Every time he came back, his grandma always called him a good grandson and a good grandson.

Obviously he The younger brother was raised in front of the old lady. Li Wen knew that his grandmother still loved him the most.

Knowing that his son was leaving, this time the eldest son was going to the capital with the younger son. Li Gugu held back his tears. , Men have their own way of doing things, and he said to his son, "I won't say anything, Dad. Just hope your journey to the capital is safe and smooth. When you get there, send a letter back to your family to let them know." How are you?

"What do you have to do over there? If you are short of silver, tell your family and I will have someone send it to you. "

"Don't worry, Dad, what can we do over there? I still have the money you gave me last time, so you don't have to worry about us. But you, grandma, and grandmas are at home, so take care of yourself. "Li Wen stepped forward and gave his father a hug, knowing that his father was also worried about them being outside.

Li Shangu was hugged by his son, and the man looked a little embarrassed.

Before leaving, the carriage was already waiting for them outside.

Zhao Xiangyi held his horse and stood outside the door waiting for Li Liuyuan. Next to him was Xie Yunfei, and behind him were the soldiers he brought with him. They were going to escort Li Liuyuan to the capital.

Li Wen took his brother out of the house and asked the child to get on the carriage.

After leaving the house, Li Wen's eyes turned red. He knelt down and kowtowed to his parents and relatives. Father Li and the village chief stepped forward to help the child up and said, "I can't do it, I can't do it."

"Grandma, daddy, mommy, my brother and I are leaving. Take care of yourself." Li Wen and his dad Mother and her relatives at home said goodbye one by one, as well as his second uncles, the village chief and Li Zheng, as well as the clan leader and other elders.

"Have a good trip."

"Okay.,,

Chapter 101: Going around in circles, "Aniang."

Li Wen changed into clean clothes and came out of the house, and saw his Aniang.

When he got up, he didn't see his father and younger brother at home. Li Wen asked, "My younger brother went to the academy, right? Where's my father? My father is also busy, right?"

"Yes, your brother You went to the academy to study early in the morning, and your father went to town. Did you drink till late last night? I saw that you were still sleeping, so I didn't ask anyone to wake you up. Sanbao must be hungry. "Mom, let someone bring you some food." Seeing that her son hadn't gotten up until now, Sun Yi knew that her son and a group of people had been drinking in the backyard until late last night, so when she woke up this morning, she knew that her son was still in the house. She was sleeping inside, so she didn't want to let anyone wake her son up.

No matter whether his son is the number one scholar or becomes a high official, in Sun Yi's eyes, he is her son first. As a mother, you still worry about whether your child is hungry or full, and whether he or she will be exhausted. If you have time at home, let your child sleep for a while.

Recently, the younger son went to the older son's room to sleep. She went to the older son's room every day to wake up the younger son. I don't know if it's because my brother has come back recently, but my younger son is more obedient than usual. When I wake him up in the morning, he gets up obediently and goes to the academy to study.

Every time she thinks of these two sons, Sun Yi, the mother-in-law, feels soft in her heart.

"Well, okay." Knowing that his father and younger brother were not at home, Li Wen went to the dining room and sat down on the chair. I drank wine last night, and when I woke up, I still felt a little pain in my head. If I had known better, I wouldn't have drank so much. I opened my mouth and yawned. I still didn't get enough sleep.

Sun Yi ordered someone to bring the food prepared in the kitchen and followed her son to the dining room.

The woman who was waiting at home brought the food over and said with a smile, "Master, it's time to eat."

"Sorry for bothering Aunt Lan." Li Wen nodded and said.

"No trouble, no trouble, young master, please eat quickly." The woman brought the food and went outside to do her work. There were three or two side dishes on the table, baked chive pancakes, and fragrant millet porridge. As soon as he smelled this smell, Li Wen's stomach growled loudly, and he said to his mother-in-law, "Mom, please sit down and eat together.

" "Hey, okay, okay, you can drink a bowl of porridge first to warm your stomach." "Sun Yi sat down, served a bowl of porridge to her son herself, handed it to her son, and looked at her son eagerly. The child finally came back, and she left all the matters in the workshop to others to handle. , stay at home and concentrate on being with her son.

Usually when her son is not at home, she, a mother, can only think about her son, and she can't even see her son. Now that her son has finally come back, she feels uncomfortable. I'm not enough of a son, I want to take another look.

"Auntie, if you stare at me like this, is there something wrong with my face? "Seeing his mother-in-law staring at him unblinkingly, Li Wen couldn't help but smile and said.

"Haha, you kid, even my mother-in-law dared to make fun of you. "Seeing the smile on her son's face, Sun Yi couldn't help but smile too. She looked at her child intently. In her memory, her son was still a child who followed her mother around asking for food. He had grown so big in the blink of an eye.

Laughing Smiling

, Sun Yi felt a little sad because she knew that her son would leave again in a few days. This time he would go to the capital to be an official, and she didn't know when he would come back next time. Why are you crying? "Li Wen saw his mother-in-law looking at him and shedding tears as she looked at him. He hurriedly put down the chopsticks in his hands and hurriedly wiped his mother-in-law's tears. Sun Yi wiped away her tears and realized She was in tears, and she smiled a little embarrassedly, "Look, Grandma, it's Sha Sha who squinted her eyes, Grandma didn't know.

" Sambo, let's eat, don't worry about Grandma, Grandma is fine. " Li Wen wondered where the sand in this house came from, but since his mother-in-law said so, he couldn't discredit his mother-in-law.

With his smart mind, he probably knew why his mother-in-law fell off when she looked at him. Tears. "Eat, don't be hungry. "

Sun Yi brought a big cake for the child and handed it to her son.

"My mother-in-law will eat it too. "Li Wen broke open the big cake and gave half of it to his mother-in-law. The mother and son sat together to eat. Sun Yi actually didn't eat anything. She just watched her son eat.

Li Wen was really hungry and drank two After eating a bowl of porridge, he stopped after eating

three large cakes and burped. He chatted with his mother-in-law in the house. Knowing that his mother-in-law was reluctant to leave him, Li Wen comforted him again. Li Wen breathed a sigh of relief until his mother broke down in tears and laughed. What he feared most in his life was his mother's tears.

This was even more uncomfortable than when Ms. Song slapped him with a ruler in his previous life. The pain in his body made him feel uncomfortable when he saw his mother's tears. After comforting his mother, Li Wen went out and saw Zhao Xiangyi standing in the corridor. Li Wen thought of the erotic dream he had last night. , and the fact that he had wet his pants this morning, he felt a little embarrassed. But when he woke up in the morning, the other person was no longer in bed, and now he saw the other person's expression was as usual, so the man shouldn't know about this? Wen comforted himself in his heart and felt reassured. When he heard the footsteps, Zhao Xiangyi knew that it was Li Liuyuan. He turned to look at the young man walking towards him, and when he saw the young man's face, Zhao Xiangyi thought of the young man who was with him last night .

The color in his arms was crimson, and the man's throat was a little dry. But no matter what he was thinking in his heart, he didn't express it on his face, so Li Wen didn't know what the other person was thinking. "Brother Zhao, what's going on. You are alone here, where are Yunfei and the others? "Li Wen didn't see Xie Yunfei and the group of soldiers. He glanced around and asked. "They went outside. "After coming here, Zhao Xiangyi remembered that he had been to this place a few years ago. At that time, he went out to look for his fourth uncle and searched many places but could not find his fourth uncle. On the first day, he saw Li Liuyuan's father, Zhao Xiangyi The man felt a bit familiar and he thought he had seen this man somewhere. It wasn't until he remembered that he had been to this place a few years ago that Zhao Xiangyi remembered that he had brought people to find his fourth uncle and found this man in the last place. He went to the town, but did not find his fourth uncle. When he left, he saw a father and son at the gate of the city.

He glanced at each other and realized that the man was Li Liuyuan's father. It didn't matter. I knew that the little boy was Li Liuyuan. I didn't expect that after so many years, he would meet this father and son again. "How dare you wait until I wake up and everyone is gone? "Li Wen said with a smile. He looked up at Zhao Xiangyi and found that the man was looking at him, and the two people's eyes collided. The man had sharp eyebrows and thick eyebrows, and his eyes were like stars, and his eyes were as deep as the sea. , it's hard to see at a glance. The man has a resolute character and a very upright behavior. I don't know if it's because of the erotic dream last night. I feel a little guilty when I see Zhao Xiangyi and Li Wen.

He did something to feel sorry for the other person behind his back. Li Wen coughed slightly, looked away and said, "Didn't I take you to find a good wine yesterday? I just don't have anything to do right now, do you want to go?" "

"good. "The man doesn't have two words, only one good word.

Li Wen shook the unnecessary image from his mind, took the first step, and said, "Then let's go." It happened that he hadn't visited his master before he came back, so he went over to see if his master had come back. If his master didn't come back, they would dig up all the wine his master buried and take it away, so that when his master came back he couldn't find the wine!

I've asked you to go away for so many years and not come back, and there's still no news of you coming back!

Hum hum..

"Ang, anng, anng."

The donkey at home screamed when he saw him. No matter how often he came back, the donkey at home still remembered him. Li Wen reached out and hugged the donkey. He smiled helplessly and said, "I know, I know, fifteen, you miss me, I miss you too." "

Angah - Angah -"

The donkey's name is Fifteen, and he gave it to him.

The family has kept this donkey for more than ten years. It was to facilitate him to go to the town to study. My father bought this donkey. During the years when he was studying in the town, this donkey would pull him to study in the town for so many years. Donkeys

generally have the longest lifespan. About twenty years, which is almost more than a hundred years in terms of human lifespan. A donkey's life of one year is equivalent to a human's life of seven years, which is similar to that of a horse. However, if they work too hard, they will die in about ten years. Their family has kept this donkey for more than ten years, which is equivalent to an old man in his 70s and 80s.

The family bought this donkey to facilitate his going to town to study, so his father used to do it every day. The donkey was driven to the town to study. After he went to Nanyang to study, the donkey completed its mission. In the past, the donkey was used to pull things, until the donkey became older in the past two years. , the family doesn't use it much for heavy work.

If other people's donkeys were too old to do heavy work, they would have sold them to butchers to be slaughtered, and at least they could get some money back. But their family is not short of it now. For a few dollars, this donkey was a great contributor to their family, and it was still being raised now that it was no longer working.

Zhao Xiangyi stood there, feeling a little disgusted as he watched Li Liuyuan making out with the donkey.

When Li Wen met Zhao Xiangyi's eyes, he knew what this man was thinking. He smiled and said, "Don't underestimate our family, Fifteen. Fifteen is a great contributor to our family. Fifteen used to send me there every day." Go to town to study. "Li Wen recalled that when he was a child, he had to walk to the town to study. At that time, people's calves were short, so his father would take three steps to take one step. When he was a child, he walked to study and got blisters on the soles of both feet. Later, the blisters stopped and the soles of my feet

were covered with thick swollen patches. Walking to school in the summer was just a sweat. In the winter, I had to walk through the snow and my legs were frozen to the point of freezing until my family bought a donkey

.

After that, with the help of a means of transportation, his journey to study was not so difficult. For Li Wen, the donkey was not only a livestock to take him to study, but also his best friend and companion in childhood.

Zhao Xiangyi looked at the donkey and thought of Li Liuyuan and his son sitting on the donkey. The scene became clearer and clearer. He was more certain that he had met Li Liuyuan and his son . . But I didn't expect that after so many years, the boy who had a close relationship would become the number one scholar on his own, and he would become the first sixth-ranked scholar in Dacheng.

I don't know if he will be able to do so again in the future. A six-yuan, sixteen-year-old six-yuan, is definitely the only one.

Even if Dacheng offers another six-yuan in the future, it will not be as young as Li Liuyuan.

Zhao Xiangyi suddenly understood why the emperor liked Li Liuyuan so much. They were given a No. 1 Scholar's Palace. Even if Li Liuyuan did nothing, he would be able to offer it to them as a national treasure.

"Fifteen, let's go, let's go to the master. "Li Wen led the donkey out. The donkey is kept here in the shed and is not tied with a rope. Every day it goes outside to graze whenever it likes. If it doesn't want to go outside, it stays in the shed. , fodder and water are always available in the shed, and someone comes to clean it every day.

I don't know if it's because he's getting older, but this donkey doesn't like to go outside all day long. They all like to stay in this shed.

The donkey followed the little master with his head held high.

The man brought his horse and

saw Li Liuyuan and the donkey making love . Likewise, he disliked the donkey and puffed twice to express his dissatisfaction.

Li Wen even smiled and appeased the vying horse. Shi Fifteen was not polite at all and spat at Ben Xiao. This was jealousy. Benxiao suddenly became angry and almost started fighting. Li Wen quickly separated the two big babies, laughing until his stomach hurt, and asked, "Hey, you two, Are you trying to make me laugh to death? "

Zhao Xiangyi's mouth curled up, with a smile in his eyes, and he followed the young man

out. "Uncle Tian, ​​I'll be back in a while. "When he went out, he met the housekeeper at home, and Li Wen said to him. The housekeeper nodded and said "Okay", but just asked the eldest young master to come back early, and did not ask where the eldest young master was going. "

Come up. "Outside the door, Zhao Xiangyi got on his horse and extended his hand to the young man.

"Fifteen, you lead the way. Let's go to the master's place. Do you still remember the road? "Li Wen was reluctant to ride the old donkey. He touched the donkey's head and let it lead the way.

Holding Zhao Xiangyi's extended hand, he turned over and sat on the horse.

"Ang ah - Ang ah - -''

The donkey brayed when its master sat on that nasty horse instead of sitting on its back.

After two puffs of hot air, the donkey led the way.

"Don't underestimate me, I'm a donkey. I'm very jealous." Li Wenxiao's eyes were crooked, and he turned around and said to the man behind him.

A smile flashed in Zhao Xiangyi's eyes and he nodded, indicating that he also saw it.

Chapter 102:

The day of May is bright and sunny.

Crops were planted in the fields around Lijia Village. The village was backed by a mountain, and there was mountain spring water flowing down the mountain. They later used bamboo rafts to divert the mountain spring water down. In addition to supplying it to the villagers in the village, there were drainage channels around it. The canals can also be used to irrigate the land, so the crops in the fields around Lijia Village are growing very well. At a glance, there is an endless blue sea.

They left the village, with the donkey leading the way. Li Wen and Zhao Xiangyi sat on the horse, and the horse followed the donkey in front.

Li Wen pointed to a place and said to Zhao Xiangyi, "There is a big rock over there. When I was a child, I often led the cows there to graze. At that time, I often let the cows graze there, so I climbed up to the big rock.

Their old cow was very obedient when he went to sleep on the stone and would not run around when left to graze. When he woke up from his sleep, the cow was still there.

Zhao Xiangyi looked in the direction Li Liuyuan pointed. It's hard to imagine that Xiao Liuyuan had to herd cows when he was a child.

"You don't believe that I had to herd cows when I was a child, do you? Haha..." Li Wen couldn't help but laugh, and he smiled happily. He said, "In fact, now that I think about it, the days when I was herding cattle when I was a child were the happiest and carefree times. "

Although the family was poor at that time and there were many people eating at home, his second uncle's family had four children. His second uncle's family had six people, and his family had three people. Plus his grandmother, there were ten mouths to eat, so at that time They often didn't have enough to eat.

But at that time, he was still with his parents, who loved him, and his grandma also loved his grandson. So thinking about it now, Li Wen felt that his life as a child was very happy. Of course, although he felt that he lived a happy life at that time, he just missed it and didn't want to go back to the past.

"You didn't go to herd cattle when you were a kid, right? "Li Wen looked back at Zhao Xiangyi and shook his head when he saw the man. Li Wen talked about some things from his childhood, from when he and Li Siya went to herd cattle to how they met his master. He said, "My master is Shanjiao. The hunter below, he raised a big black dog. The master taught me martial arts, and I followed him to the mountains to hunt. The master also taught me archery. "

It's just that he doesn't know where his master came from and where he is now.

Zhao Xiangyi held the reins with one hand and listened to the young man sitting in front of him talking. He found these things very interesting. He always thought Li Liuyuan was a child prodigy who read at the age of three and could compose poetry at the age of five. He never expected that Li Liuyuan would help his family herd cattle when he was young.

The Li family was just an ordinary farmer, but they raised their third son. A talent of six yuan. When Zhao Xiangyi escorted Li Liuyuan back to his hometown, he saw that every family in the village lived in blue brick houses. Every family in the village had a house to live in and food to eat. Li Liuyuan's family was harmonious. He loves his children and is friendly to his brothers. From such an ordinary family, there

is a thatched house not far ahead.

"We are here. "Li Wen said.

Getting off the horse, Li Wen touched Shi Shi who was leaning over and walked into the yard. In the following years, Li Wen asked his father to arrange for people to come over and repair the house here every year, just to His master will return to this place one day. This small courtyard is still here.

Every time he comes back, he will come here to take a look, but he is disappointed every time. His master has not been back here for so many years. He didn't know if he would come back. Li Wen had always been looking forward to seeing his master chopping firewood in the courtyard one day.

Zhao Xiangyi followed the young man and looked around. From a glance at this small courtyard, you can tell from the things at the door that this was once a place where a hunter lived.

The house has been uninhabited for a long time, and a thick layer of ash has accumulated inside, which can bury people inside.

" Ahem..." Li Wen opened the door and took a look. He coughed due to the dust and closed the door. Looking back, he saw the man following behind him. When the man looked at him, Li Wen explained, "Oh , my master has gone to wander around.

"I know where the things are buried. We just want to dig out the wine he buried while my master is away. " "Today they are here to dig up the good wine that his master buried. Li Wen and his master buried the wine together. Li Wen roughly determined the location, found a handy tool in the yard, and started digging.

I've kept you away for so long, huh! Every time I come back, I'll dig out your bottles of wine until there's no more!

Zhao Xiangyi's eyes lit up when he heard that there was wine, but the man concealed it very well. The boy was digging in

the soil with something, and Zhao Xiangyi said, "I'll do it.

"No, I'll do it. I'm sure. If you break the jar, you'll lose a lot of money. " "The wine buried under here is quite old. If you accidentally break a jar, you will be very heartbroken. Li Wen dug the soil carefully, for fear of accidentally breaking the jar.

But he didn't dig too deep, and he saw the bottom. Buried wine jars

"I knew the wine was still there. "If his master doesn't come back, the stuff must be here. Only he and his master know about the wine buried here. Li Wen threw down the hoe in his hand, pulled away the soil on it, took out a jar of wine, and threw the wine away. He gave it to Zhao Xiangyi and shouted, "Catch it. "

Zhao Xiangyi stretched out his hand, caught the wine jar accurately, and weighed the weight.

"Is one jar enough? "They buried a total of ten jars of wine here. Li Wen glanced at Zhao Xiangyi and asked.

It must not be enough!

Zhao Xiangyi saw that there was still a lot below, and he rarely said, "Two more jars?

"Haha... No, there are only two jars at most. I will give you another jar. " "Li Wen couldn't help but laugh. He brought up an extra jar of wine from below, gave the jar to Zhao Xiangyi, then started to bury the soil back, and said, "Keep these until we dig out next time. "

Zhao Xiangyi held two jars of wine and looked at the remaining jars below with deep eyes.

"Okay, let's go. "After burying the soil back, Li Wen patted the soil on his hands and saved the rest for next time. Zhao Xiangyi whistled, and the horse grazing not far away ran over as soon as he heard the sound.

See you . As soon as the horse ran, the donkey followed suit.

"Fifteen, lead the way. We are going back." "

The two people got on the horse, followed the donkey, and went back along the way they came.

Military Master Xie, who was bringing people back from outside, saw the two wine jars on the table at a glance and thought of Li Liuyuan yesterday. He said there was better wine, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he strode over.

Just as he was about to reach out to touch the wine jars, a big hand stretched out and took away the two wine jars.

"This is Xiao Liu . Yuan said good wine? "Xie Yunfei asked with a shy face, knowingly.

Seeing that Zhao Xiangyi didn't speak, Xie Yunfei didn't care. At this moment, all he cared about were these two jars of good wine, and he didn't care about his shame. He said, "Boss, this is a good thing. , open it and let us have a smell?

"Yes, boss, just give us a smell. " "Zhang Mingyu followed behind Commander Xie, with a flattering smile on his face, and said, "Let's just smell it... I, I won't drink it. "

..." Xie Yunfei couldn't wait to kick this idiot out, just hearing about it was useless!

Zhao Xiangyi glanced at Xie Yunfei. The two had known each other for so many years. He knew what the other person was thinking with just one look, and he was waiting for the fish to take the bait. "It's not impossible for you to smell it." Zhao Xiangyi said and opened the lid of a jar, and a mellow aroma of wine wafted out from the jar.

The older the wine, the mellower the taste.

These wines have been buried in the ground for nearly ten years. The longer they are stored, the more fragrant and better they taste. They are definitely the best among good wines.

"Hmm...it smells good!" Xie Yunfei took a deep breath. The smell was really amazing.

Zhao Xiangyi sealed the lid back, blocking the smell from wafting out, and there was still a faint scent of wine in the air. Xie Yunfei opened his eyes, looked at the wine jar with enthusiasm in his eyes, and asked, "Just a sip?"

Just let him have a sip of this wine, and he would die without regrets!

"Boss, my life belongs to you." When he came back to his senses, Zhang Mingyu almost wanted to cry. The taste of this wine was so fragrant. He thought the wine they drank last night was already the best. Okay, I didn't expect there to be anything better.

"Ha." Zhao Xiangyi looked at these subordinates coldly, sneered, and said nothing.

"You all, go out and wait outside first." Xie Yunfei waved for Zhang Mingyu and others to go out. With these people holding them back, it would be impossible for him to have a taste of good wine. Zhang Mingyu and others were still unwilling to go out. Xie Yunfei's face darkened and he said, "Don't you even believe me?"

"I promise you, if you have a mouth with me, you will definitely have a mouth with you."

With Xie Military Master's words, Zhang Mingyu Several people thought for a while and realized that they were of no use here, so they all went outside.

Xie Yunfei followed behind and closed the two doors. Zhao Xiangyi watched Xie Yunfei trick people out. Two wine jars were placed next to him. Anyone who wanted to get these two wine jars would have to step on his body.

The door of the room was closed, and no one outside knew what the two people said inside.

When Xie Yunfei went out, he actually held a wine jar in his hand. A group of soldiers outside the door surrounded him and drank all the wine in the jar. Zhao Xiangyi, who was in the room, looked at the remaining wine jar. The corner of the man's mouth curled up. He didn't believe it...

Li Liuyuan, who was talking to the village chief and clan chiefs outside, didn't know that someone was plotting against his master's remaining remains. jars of wine.

Three days later

, the Lu family held a big thank-you banquet. One of the Lu family's sects received three Jinshis, and the young master of the Lu family placed third in the first class of the high school examination. He was appointed by the Holy Spirit as the Promising Young Master, adding further glory to the Lu family. The Lu Mansion held a grand thank-you banquet for the young master of the family, and invited the county magistrate Mr. Xue, prominent people in the town, as well as gentlemen from the academy and relatives and friends.

As Lu Zhishu's friends, Li Wen, Shen Zijing, and Su Yuan were all invited, and they went to the Lu Mansion together.

This was not Li Wen's first visit to the Lu Mansion. He had visited the Lu Mansion as a guest many years ago during Mrs. Lu's birthday. It's just that the treatment was completely different from the first time they went to Lu Mansion. This time the butler welcoming guests in front of Lu Mansion warmly welcomed them in.

"Li Zhuangyuan is here"

"Master Shen is here, Master Su is here"

As soon as they entered, the three of them attracted the attention of many people. Whether they knew them or not, many people came forward to say hello to them. Li Wen responded to the others one by one. After they greeted the host, Lu Zhishu happened to see them and took them inside.

There were not many people inside. A few of them sat down to drink tea.

Li Wen asked Shen Zijing, "How have you considered what I said last time?"

"I went back and thought about it, and I think it would be a good place to go to your place for the time being." After returning that day , Shen Zijing discussed the matter with Su Yuan. Su Yuan posed the question to him and said that if he wanted to go, they could go. If he didn't want to go, they could study at home or find a clean Zhuangzi to study.

Shen Zijing felt that it would be better to be a teacher in Lijiacun than to be watched by his parents while studying at home all day long. There are also many tedious things at home. His mother-in-law wants him to get married as soon as possible, but Shen Zijing is very annoyed about getting married.

He had also considered going to the academy to be a teacher before, but after all, there were too many things going on in the academy, which might affect their studies, and his parents at home did not want him to become a teacher in the academy, so the matter was dropped. . Shen Zijing had been to Lijiacun, and he quite liked that village. If he wanted to go to Lijiacun to be a teacher, Shen Zijing began to consider it, and finally thought it would be good.

"But let's talk it over in advance. A-Yuan and I will go to Beijing to take the examination in three years. At that time, you may need to hire another gentleman." They will not stay in Li forever. Shen Zijing said, "Be a gentleman in your home village."

"Okay, I know this. You go here for a while. If you find a good teacher in the future and you don't want to be a teacher in Lijiacun anymore, you can find another teacher." Li Wen knew that it was impossible to let Shen Zijing and Su Yuan stay. They all work as a small teacher in Lijia Village, which is too much to bury their talents.

It's just that now they want to study, and the environment in Lijiacun will be relatively quiet. They can study with them and be a teacher at the same time.

"If Zijing goes, what about you, Su Yuan? Let's go together?" Li Wen asked, looking at Su Yuan on the side.

"Yeah 3" Su Yuan smiled and nodded. If Shen Zijing went, he would definitely go with him.

"Haha, that's good. On behalf of the village chief and the villagers of Lijia Village, I would like to extend a warm welcome to you. Lijia Village welcomes you." Two good gentlemen were invited at once, and Li Wen was very happy. They were good friends who met while studying together in the same class. He knew the personalities of Shen Zijing and Su Yuan.

Teaching and educating people requires not only good knowledge but also good moral education.

Being able to invite these two good friends, Li Wen knew that they definitely did it for his sake. However, he knew that Shen Zijing and Su Yuan still had to prepare for the exam three years later, so he invited them to Lijiacun to be teachers. They must provide a good study environment for each other without affecting their studies. , ask them to come over and be teachers.

So they settled on going to Lijiacun to be a husband.

Chapter 101: Going around in circles, "Aniang."

Li Wen changed into clean clothes and came out of the house, and saw his Aniang.

When he got up, he didn't see his father and younger brother at home. Li Wen asked, "My younger brother went to the academy, right? Where's my father? My father is also busy, right?"

"Yes, your brother You went to the academy to study early in the morning, and your father went to town. Did you drink till late last night? I saw that you were still sleeping, so I didn't ask anyone to wake you up. Sanbao must be hungry. "Mom, let someone bring you some food." Seeing that her son hadn't gotten up until now, Sun Yi knew that her son and a group of people had been drinking in the backyard until late last night, so when she woke up this morning, she knew that her son was still in the house. She was sleeping inside, so she didn't want to let anyone wake her son up.

No matter whether his son is the number one scholar or becomes a high official, in Sun Yi's eyes, he is her son first. As a mother, you still worry about whether your child is hungry or full, and whether he or she will be exhausted. If you have time at home, let your child sleep for a while.

Recently, the younger son went to the older son's room to sleep. She went to the older son's room every day to wake up the younger son. I don't know if it's because my brother has come back recently, but my younger son is more obedient than usual. When I wake him up in the morning, he gets up obediently and goes to the academy to study.

Every time she thinks of these two sons, Sun Yi, the mother-in-law, feels soft in her heart.

"Well, okay." Knowing that his father and younger brother were not at home, Li Wen went to the dining room and sat down on the chair. I drank wine last night, and when I woke up, I still felt a little pain in my head. If I had known better, I wouldn't have drank so much. I opened my mouth and yawned. I still didn't get enough sleep.

Sun Yi ordered someone to bring the food prepared in the kitchen and followed her son to the dining room.

The woman who was waiting at home brought the food over and said with a smile, "Master, it's time to eat."

"Sorry for bothering Aunt Lan." Li Wen nodded and said.

"No trouble, no trouble, young master, please eat quickly." The woman brought the food and went outside to do her work. There were three or two side dishes on the table, baked chive pancakes, and fragrant millet porridge. As soon as he smelled this smell, Li Wen's stomach growled loudly, and he said to his mother-in-law, "Mom, please sit down and eat together.

" "Hey, okay, okay, you can drink a bowl of porridge first to warm your stomach." "Sun Yi sat down, served a bowl of porridge to her son herself, handed it to her son, and looked at her son eagerly. The child finally came back, and she left all the matters in the workshop to others to handle. , stay at home and concentrate on being with her son.

Usually when her son is not at home, she, a mother, can only think about her son, and she can't even see her son. Now that her son has finally come back, she feels uncomfortable. I'm not enough of a son, I want to take another look.

"Auntie, if you stare at me like this, is there something wrong with my face? "Seeing his mother-in-law staring at him unblinkingly, Li Wen couldn't help but smile and said.

"Haha, you kid, even my mother-in-law dared to make fun of you. "Seeing the smile on her son's face, Sun Yi couldn't help but smile too. She looked at her child intently. In her memory, her son was still a child who followed her mother around asking for food. He had grown so big in the blink of an eye.

Laughing Smiling

, Sun Yi felt a little sad because she knew that her son would leave again in a few days. This time he would go to the capital to be an official, and she didn't know when he would come back next time. Why are you crying? "Li Wen saw his mother-in-law looking at him and shedding tears as she looked at him. He hurriedly put down the chopsticks in his hands and hurriedly wiped his mother-in-law's tears. Sun Yi wiped away her tears and realized She was in tears, and she smiled a little embarrassedly, "Look, Grandma, it's Sha Sha who squinted her eyes, Grandma didn't know.

" Sambo, let's eat, don't worry about Grandma, Grandma is fine. " Li Wen wondered where the sand in this house came from, but since his mother-in-law said so, he couldn't discredit his mother-in-law. With his smart mind, he probably knew why his mother-in-law fell off when she looked at him. Tears. "Eat, don't be hungry. "Sun Yi brought a big cake for the child and handed it to her son. "My mother-in-law will eat it too. "Li Wen broke open the big cake and gave half of it to his mother-in-law. The mother and son sat together to eat. Sun Yi actually didn't eat anything. She just watched her son eat. Li Wen was really hungry and drank two After eating a bowl of porridge, he stopped after eating three large cakes and burped. He chatted with his mother-in-law in the house. Knowing that his mother-in-law was reluctant to leave him, Li Wen comforted him again. Li Wen breathed a sigh of relief until his mother broke down in tears and laughed. What he feared most in his life was his mother's tears. This was even more uncomfortable than when Ms. Song slapped him with a ruler in his previous life. The pain in his body made him feel uncomfortable when he saw his mother's tears. After comforting his mother, Li Wen went out and saw Zhao Xiangyi standing in the corridor. Li Wen thought of the erotic dream he had last night. , and the fact that he had wet his pants this morning, he felt a little embarrassed. But when he woke up in the morning, the other person was no longer in bed, and now he saw the other person's expression was as usual, so the man shouldn't know about this? Wen comforted himself in his heart and felt reassured. When he heard the footsteps, Zhao Xiangyi knew that it was Li Liuyuan. He turned to look at the young man walking towards him, and when he saw the young man's face, Zhao Xiangyi thought of the young man who was with him last night . The color in his arms was crimson, and the man's throat was a little dry. But no matter what he was thinking in his heart, he didn't express it on his face, so Li Wen didn't know what the other person was thinking. "Brother Zhao, what's going on. You are alone here, where are Yunfei and the others? "Li Wen didn't see Xie Yunfei and the group of soldiers. He glanced around and asked. "They went outside. "After coming here, Zhao Xiangyi remembered that he had been to this place a few years ago. At that time, he went out to look for his fourth uncle and searched many places but could not find his fourth uncle. On the first day, he saw Li Liuyuan's father, Zhao Xiangyi The man felt a bit familiar and he thought he had seen this man somewhere. It wasn't until he remembered that he had been to this place a few years ago that Zhao Xiangyi remembered that he had brought people to find his fourth uncle and found this man in the last place. He went to the town, but did not find his fourth uncle. When he left, he saw a father and son at the gate of the city. He glanced at each other and realized that the man was Li Liuyuan's father. It didn't matter. I knew that the little boy was Li Liuyuan. I didn't expect that after so many years, he would meet this father and son again. "How dare you wait until I wake up and everyone is gone? "Li Wen said with a smile. He looked up at Zhao Xiangyi and found that the man was looking at him, and the two people's eyes collided. The man had sharp eyebrows and thick eyebrows, and his eyes were like stars, and his eyes were as deep as the sea. , it's hard to see at a glance. The man has a resolute character and a very upright behavior. I don't know if it's because of the erotic dream last night. I feel a little guilty when I see Zhao Xiangyi and Li Wen. He did something to feel sorry for the other person behind his back. Li Wen coughed slightly, looked away and said, "Didn't I take you to find a good wine yesterday? I just don't have anything to do right now, do you want to go?" " "good. "The man doesn't have two words, only one good word.

Li Wen shook the unnecessary image from his mind, took the first step, and said, "Then let's go." It happened that he hadn't visited his master before he came back, so he went over to see if his master had come back. If his master didn't come back, they would dig up all the wine his master buried and take it away, so that when his master came back he couldn't find the wine!

I've asked you to go away for so many years and not come back, and there's still no news of you coming back!

Hum hum..

"Ang, anng, anng."

The donkey at home screamed when he saw him. No matter how often he came back, the donkey at home still remembered him. Li Wen reached out and hugged the donkey. He smiled helplessly and said, "I know, I know, fifteen, you miss me, I miss you too." "

Angah - Angah -"

The donkey's name is Fifteen, and he gave it to him.

The family has kept this donkey for more than ten years. It was to facilitate him to go to the town to study. My father bought this donkey. During the years when he was studying in the town, this donkey would pull him to study in the town for so many years. Donkeys

generally have the longest lifespan. About twenty years, which is almost more than a hundred years in terms of human lifespan. A donkey's life of one year is equivalent to a human's life of seven years, which is similar to that of a horse. However, if they work too hard, they will die in about ten years. Their family has kept this donkey for more than ten years, which is equivalent to an old man in his 70s and 80s.

The family bought this donkey to facilitate his going to town to study, so his father used to do it every day. The donkey was driven to the town to study. After he went to Nanyang to study, the donkey completed its mission. In the past, the donkey was used to pull things, until the donkey became older in the past two years. , the family doesn't use it much for heavy work.

If other people's donkeys were too old to do heavy work, they would have sold them to butchers to be slaughtered, and at least they could get some money back. But their family is not short of it now. For a few dollars, this donkey was a great contributor to their family, and it was still being raised now that it was no longer working.

Zhao Xiangyi stood there, feeling a little disgusted as he watched Li Liuyuan making out with the donkey.

When Li Wen met Zhao Xiangyi's eyes, he knew what this man was thinking. He smiled and said, "Don't underestimate our family, Fifteen. Fifteen is a great contributor to our family. Fifteen used to send me there every day." Go to town to study. "Li Wen recalled that when he was a child, he had to walk to the town to study. At that time, people's calves were short, so his father would take three steps to take one step. When he was a child, he walked to study and got blisters on the soles of both feet. Later, the blisters stopped and the soles of my feet

were covered with thick swollen patches. Walking to school in the summer was just a sweat. In the winter, I had to walk through the snow and my legs were frozen to the point of freezing until my family bought a donkey

.

After that, with the help of a means of transportation, his journey to study was not so difficult. For Li Wen, the donkey was not only a livestock to take him to study, but also his best friend and companion in childhood.

Zhao Xiangyi looked at the donkey and thought of Li Liuyuan and his son sitting on the donkey. The scene became clearer and clearer. He was more certain that he had met Li Liuyuan and his son . . But I didn't expect that after so many years, the boy who had a close relationship would become the number one scholar on his own, and he would become the first sixth-ranked scholar in Dacheng.

I don't know if he will be able to do so again in the future. A six-yuan, sixteen-year-old six-yuan, is definitely the only one.

Even if Dacheng offers another six-yuan in the future, it will not be as young as Li Liuyuan.

Zhao Xiangyi suddenly understood why the emperor liked Li Liuyuan so much. They were given a No. 1 Scholar's Palace. Even if Li Liuyuan did nothing, he would be able to offer it to them as a national treasure.

"Fifteen, let's go, let's go to the master. "Li Wen led the donkey out. The donkey is kept here in the shed and is not tied with a rope. Every day it goes outside to graze whenever it likes. If it doesn't want to go outside, it stays in the shed. , fodder and water are always available in the shed, and someone comes to clean it every day.

I don't know if it's because he's getting older, but this donkey doesn't like to go outside all day long. They all like to stay in this shed.

The donkey followed the little master with his head held high.

The man brought his horse and

saw Li Liuyuan and the donkey making love . Likewise, he disliked the donkey and puffed twice to express his dissatisfaction.

Li Wen even smiled and appeased the vying horse. Shi Fifteen was not polite at all and spat at Ben Xiao. This was jealousy. Benxiao suddenly became angry and almost started fighting. Li Wen quickly separated the two big babies, laughing until his stomach hurt, and asked, "Hey, you two, Are you trying to make me laugh to death? "

Zhao Xiangyi's mouth curled up, with a smile in his eyes, and he followed the young man

out. "Uncle Tian, ​​I'll be back in a while. "When he went out, he met the housekeeper at home, and Li Wen said to him. The housekeeper nodded and said "Okay", but just asked the eldest young master to come back early, and did not ask where the eldest young master was going. "

Come up. "Outside the door, Zhao Xiangyi got on his horse and extended his hand to the young man.

"Fifteen, you lead the way. Let's go to the master's place. Do you still remember the road? "Li Wen was reluctant to ride the old donkey. He touched the donkey's head and let it lead the way.

Holding Zhao Xiangyi's extended hand, he turned over and sat on the horse.

"Ang ah - Ang ah - -''

The donkey brayed when its master sat on that nasty horse instead of sitting on its back.

After two puffs of hot air, the donkey led the way.

"Don't underestimate me, I'm a donkey. I'm very jealous." Li Wenxiao's eyes were crooked, and he turned around and said to the man behind him.

A smile flashed in Zhao Xiangyi's eyes and he nodded, indicating that he also saw it.

Chapter 102:

The day of May is bright and sunny.

Crops were planted in the fields around Lijia Village. The village was backed by a mountain, and there was mountain spring water flowing down the mountain. They later used bamboo rafts to divert the mountain spring water down. In addition to supplying it to the villagers in the village, there were drainage channels around it. The canals can also be used to irrigate the land, so the crops in the fields around Lijia Village are growing very well. At a glance, there is an endless blue sea.

They left the village, with the donkey leading the way. Li Wen and Zhao Xiangyi sat on the horse, and the horse followed the donkey in front.

Li Wen pointed to a place and said to Zhao Xiangyi, "There is a big rock over there. When I was a child, I often led the cows there to graze. At that time, I often let the cows graze there, so I climbed up to the big rock.

Their old cow was very obedient when he went to sleep on the stone and would not run around when left to graze. When he woke up from his sleep, the cow was still there.

Zhao Xiangyi looked in the direction Li Liuyuan pointed. It's hard to imagine that Xiao Liuyuan had to herd cows when he was a child.

"You don't believe that I had to herd cows when I was a child, do you? Haha..." Li Wen couldn't help but laugh, and he smiled happily. He said, "In fact, now that I think about it, the days when I was herding cattle when I was a child were the happiest and carefree times. "

Although the family was poor at that time and there were many people eating at home, his second uncle's family had four children. His second uncle's family had six people, and his family had three people. Plus his grandmother, there were ten mouths to eat, so at that time They often didn't have enough to eat.

But at that time, he was still with his parents, who loved him, and his grandma also loved his grandson. So thinking about it now, Li Wen felt that his life as a child was very happy. Of course, although he felt that he lived a happy life at that time, he just missed it and didn't want to go back to the past.

"You didn't go to herd cattle when you were a kid, right? "Li Wen looked back at Zhao Xiangyi and shook his head when he saw the man. Li Wen talked about some things from his childhood, from when he and Li Siya went to herd cattle to how they met his master. He said, "My master is Shanjiao. The hunter below, he raised a big black dog. The master taught me martial arts, and I followed him to the mountains to hunt. The master also taught me archery. "

It's just that he doesn't know where his master came from and where he is now.

Zhao Xiangyi held the reins with one hand and listened to the young man sitting in front of him talking. He found these things very interesting. He always thought Li Liuyuan was a child prodigy who read at the age of three and could compose poetry at the age of five. He never expected that Li Liuyuan would help his family herd cattle when he was young.

The Li family was just an ordinary farmer, but they raised their third son. A talent of six yuan. When Zhao Xiangyi escorted Li Liuyuan back to his hometown, he saw that every family in the village lived in blue brick houses. Every family in the village had a house to live in and food to eat. Li Liuyuan's family was harmonious. He loves his children and is friendly to his brothers. From such an ordinary family, there

is a thatched house not far ahead.

"We are here. "Li Wen said.

Getting off the horse, Li Wen touched Shi Shi who was leaning over and walked into the yard. In the following years, Li Wen asked his father to arrange for people to come over and repair the house here every year, just to His master will return to this place one day. This small courtyard is still here.

Every time he comes back, he will come here to take a look, but he is disappointed every time. His master has not been back here for so many years. He didn't know if he would come back. Li Wen had always been looking forward to seeing his master chopping firewood in the courtyard one day.

Zhao Xiangyi followed the young man and looked around. From a glance at this small courtyard, you can tell from the things at the door that this was once a place where a hunter lived.

The house has been uninhabited for a long time, and a thick layer of ash has accumulated inside, which can bury people inside.

" Ahem..." Li Wen opened the door and took a look. He coughed due to the dust and closed the door. Looking back, he saw the man following behind him. When the man looked at him, Li Wen explained, "Oh , my master has gone to wander around.

"I know where the things are buried. We just want to dig out the wine he buried while my master is away. " "Today they are here to dig up the good wine that his master buried. Li Wen and his master buried the wine together. Li Wen roughly determined the location, found a handy tool in the yard, and started digging.

I've kept you away for so long, huh! Every time I come back, I'll dig out your bottles of wine until there's no more!

Zhao Xiangyi's eyes lit up when he heard that there was wine, but the man concealed it very well. The boy was digging in

the soil with something, and Zhao Xiangyi said, "I'll do it.

"No, I'll do it. I'm sure. If you break the jar, you'll lose a lot of money. " "The wine buried under here is quite old. If you accidentally break a jar, you will be very heartbroken. Li Wen dug the soil carefully, for fear of accidentally breaking the jar.

But he didn't dig too deep, and he saw the bottom. Buried wine jars

"I knew the wine was still there. "If his master doesn't come back, the stuff must be here. Only he and his master know about the wine buried here. Li Wen threw down the hoe in his hand, pulled away the soil on it, took out a jar of wine, and threw the wine away. He gave it to Zhao Xiangyi and shouted, "Catch it. "

Zhao Xiangyi stretched out his hand, caught the wine jar accurately, and weighed the weight.

"Is one jar enough? "They buried a total of ten jars of wine here. Li Wen glanced at Zhao Xiangyi and asked.

It must not be enough!

Zhao Xiangyi saw that there was still a lot below, and he rarely said, "Two more jars?

"Haha... No, there are only two jars at most. I will give you another jar. " "Li Wen couldn't help but laugh. He brought up an extra jar of wine from below, gave the jar to Zhao Xiangyi, then started to bury the soil back, and said, "Keep these until we dig out next time. "

Zhao Xiangyi held two jars of wine and looked at the remaining jars below with deep eyes.

"Okay, let's go. "After burying the soil back, Li Wen patted the soil on his hands and saved the rest for next time. Zhao Xiangyi whistled, and the horse grazing not far away ran over as soon as he heard the sound.

See you . As soon as the horse ran, the donkey followed suit.

"Fifteen, lead the way. We are going back." "

The two people got on the horse, followed the donkey, and went back along the way they came.

Military Master Xie, who was bringing people back from outside, saw the two wine jars on the table at a glance and thought of Li Liuyuan yesterday. He said there was better wine, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he strode over.

Just as he was about to reach out to touch the wine jars, a big hand stretched out and took away the two wine jars.

"This is Xiao Liu . Yuan said good wine? "Xie Yunfei asked with a shy face, knowingly.

Seeing that Zhao Xiangyi didn't speak, Xie Yunfei didn't care. At this moment, all he cared about were these two jars of good wine, and he didn't care about his shame. He said, "Boss, this is a good thing. , open it and let us have a smell?

"Yes, boss, just give us a smell. " "Zhang Mingyu followed behind Commander Xie, with a flattering smile on his face, and said, "Let's just smell it... I, I won't drink it. "

..." Xie Yunfei couldn't wait to kick this idiot out, just hearing about it was useless!

Zhao Xiangyi glanced at Xie Yunfei. The two had known each other for so many years. He knew what the other person was thinking with just one look, and he was waiting for the fish to take the bait. "It's not impossible for you to smell it." Zhao Xiangyi said and opened the lid of a jar, and a mellow aroma of wine wafted out from the jar.

The older the wine, the mellower the taste.

These wines have been buried in the ground for nearly ten years. The longer they are stored, the more fragrant and better they taste. They are definitely the best among good wines.

"Hmm...it smells good!" Xie Yunfei took a deep breath. The smell was really amazing.

Zhao Xiangyi sealed the lid back, blocking the smell from wafting out, and there was still a faint scent of wine in the air. Xie Yunfei opened his eyes, looked at the wine jar with enthusiasm in his eyes, and asked, "Just a sip?"

Just let him have a sip of this wine, and he would die without regrets!

"Boss, my life belongs to you." When he came back to his senses, Zhang Mingyu almost wanted to cry. The taste of this wine was so fragrant. He thought the wine they drank last night was already the best. Okay, I didn't expect there to be anything better.

"Ha." Zhao Xiangyi looked at these subordinates coldly, sneered, and said nothing.

"You all, go out and wait outside first." Xie Yunfei waved for Zhang Mingyu and others to go out. With these people holding them back, it would be impossible for him to have a taste of good wine. Zhang Mingyu and others were still unwilling to go out. Xie Yunfei's face darkened and he said, "Don't you even believe me?"

"I promise you, if you have a mouth with me, you will definitely have a mouth with you."

With Xie Military Master's words, Zhang Mingyu Several people thought for a while and realized that they were of no use here, so they all went outside.

Xie Yunfei followed behind and closed the two doors. Zhao Xiangyi watched Xie Yunfei trick people out. Two wine jars were placed next to him. Anyone who wanted to get these two wine jars would have to step on his body.

The door of the room was closed, and no one outside knew what the two people said inside.

When Xie Yunfei went out, he actually held a wine jar in his hand. A group of soldiers outside the door surrounded him and drank all the wine in the jar. Zhao Xiangyi, who was in the room, looked at the remaining wine jar. The corner of the man's mouth curled up. He didn't believe it...

Li Liuyuan, who was talking to the village chief and clan chiefs outside, didn't know that someone was plotting against his master's remaining remains. jars of wine.

Three days later

, the Lu family held a big thank-you banquet. One of the Lu family's sects received three Jinshis, and the young master of the Lu family placed third in the first class of the high school examination. He was appointed by the Holy Spirit as the Promising Young Master, adding further glory to the Lu family. The Lu Mansion held a grand thank-you banquet for the young master of the family, and invited the county magistrate Mr. Xue, prominent people in the town, as well as gentlemen from the academy and relatives and friends.

As Lu Zhishu's friends, Li Wen, Shen Zijing, and Su Yuan were all invited, and they went to the Lu Mansion together.

This was not Li Wen's first visit to the Lu Mansion. He had visited the Lu Mansion as a guest many years ago during Mrs. Lu's birthday. It's just that the treatment was completely different from the first time they went to Lu Mansion. This time the butler welcoming guests in front of Lu Mansion warmly welcomed them in.

"Li Zhuangyuan is here"

"Master Shen is here, Master Su is here"

As soon as they entered, the three of them attracted the attention of many people. Whether they knew them or not, many people came forward to say hello to them. Li Wen responded to the others one by one. After they greeted the host, Lu Zhishu happened to see them and took them inside.

There were not many people inside. A few of them sat down to drink tea.

Li Wen asked Shen Zijing, "How have you considered what I said last time?"

"I went back and thought about it, and I think it would be a good place to go to your place for the time being." After returning that day , Shen Zijing discussed the matter with Su Yuan. Su Yuan posed the question to him and said that if he wanted to go, they could go. If he didn't want to go, they could study at home or find a clean Zhuangzi to study.

Shen Zijing felt that it would be better to be a teacher in Lijiacun than to be watched by his parents while studying at home all day long. There are also many tedious things at home. His mother-in-law wants him to get married as soon as possible, but Shen Zijing is very annoyed about getting married.

He had also considered going to the academy to be a teacher before, but after all, there were too many things going on in the academy, which might affect their studies, and his parents at home did not want him to become a teacher in the academy, so the matter was dropped. . Shen Zijing had been to Lijiacun, and he quite liked that village. If he wanted to go to Lijiacun to be a teacher, Shen Zijing began to consider it, and finally thought it would be good.

"But let's talk it over in advance. A-Yuan and I will go to Beijing to take the examination in three years. At that time, you may need to hire another gentleman." They will not stay in Li forever. Shen Zijing said, "Be a gentleman in your home village."

"Okay, I know this. You go here for a while. If you find a good teacher in the future and you don't want to be a teacher in Lijiacun anymore, you can find another teacher." Li Wen knew that it was impossible to let Shen Zijing and Su Yuan stay. They all work as a small teacher in Lijia Village, which is too much to bury their talents.

It's just that now they want to study, and the environment in Lijiacun will be relatively quiet. They can study with them and be a teacher at the same time.

"If Zijing goes, what about you, Su Yuan? Let's go together?" Li Wen asked, looking at Su Yuan on the side.

"Yeah 3" Su Yuan smiled and nodded. If Shen Zijing went, he would definitely go with him.

"Haha, that's good. On behalf of the village chief and the villagers of Lijia Village, I would like to extend a warm welcome to you. Lijia Village welcomes you." Two good gentlemen were invited at once, and Li Wen was very happy. They were good friends who met while studying together in the same class. He knew the personalities of Shen Zijing and Su Yuan.

Teaching and educating people requires not only good knowledge but also good moral education.

Being able to invite these two good friends, Li Wen knew that they definitely did it for his sake. However, he knew that Shen Zijing and Su Yuan still had to prepare for the exam three years later, so he invited them to Lijiacun to be teachers. They must provide a good study environment for each other without affecting their studies. , ask them to come over and be teachers.

So they settled on going to Lijiacun to be a husband.

Chapter 103: Parents' Hearts

The school in Lijia Village was built after the New Year. However, because no suitable teacher was hired to teach, the children in the village were not sent to the academy to study. After returning from the town, Li Wen went to the village chief and told him that he had invited his husband to teach.

"Here, are these two masters of Juren really, really willing to come to our village to be teachers?" When the village chief heard that Li Wen had invited two masters of Juren to come to their village as teachers, the village chief was completely confused. , asked in disbelief.

"Yes, can there be any fake ones?" Li Wen said with a smile, "I have already made an agreement with them. They are willing to come to our village and be teachers for the children in our village. But one thing is that they may He won't be able to stay with us for too long. He will leave after three or two years at most."

Li Wen explained the situation of Shen Zijing and Su Yuan to the village chief. The village chief nodded to express his understanding and said, "Yes,

yes. , Yes."

Li Wen said, "But it doesn't matter, since the time is so long, we can definitely find a suitable gentleman when the time comes." Their place has beautiful scenery and a quiet environment, which is suitable for retirement. It's a good place. Maybe some great Confucian elders can be invited to live here in the future, and it would be even better if they can also teach children how to read and write.

It's a long way to go to town to study, so it would be best to run a village school.

The original purpose of opening a school in their village was to let more children in the village study, know a few words, and not be deceived when they go out. But the ultimate goal is to cultivate a few outstanding talents so that their village can continue and develop better.

"Yes, yes, that's enough, that's enough." The village chief was convinced that the two masters would become their husbands. He couldn't believe it and was excited at the same time.

Li Wen sat with the village chief for a while and talked with him about running schools in their village, as well as the village's future development and planning. In the letter he sent back before, he briefly mentioned these issues, but there were still some deficiencies, so he made some additions.

After solving everyone's food and clothing problem, they must put education first. Only with talented people from generation to generation can their place continue to survive and develop.

"Yes, I understand." The village chief nodded in agreement from time to time.

After sitting with the village chief for a while, Li Wen was ready to leave. When he came back, he didn't even have time to go to the school to take a look. Shen Zijing and Su Yuan would be here in a few days, and he wanted to go to the school. Take a look and see if there is anything missing so that someone can fill it in time.

"I'll go with you," the village chief said.

They went to the school together. Today, every household in Lijia Village has a green brick house, and the roads are paved with green bricks. On rainy days, the roads will not be too muddy and difficult to travel.

There were not many idle people in the village during the day. Men, women, old and young were all busy with their own affairs. On the way there, Li Wen only saw some old people in the village visiting their grandchildren at home. Most of the people either went to work in the workshops or It's time to work in the fields. In less than ten years, the entire Lijia Village has undergone earth-shaking changes. In fact, it is all the efforts that made Lijia Village what it is today.

The school is a house built on a piece of land in the village. There is the school in the front and a small courtyard in the back. This is the house arranged for the husband to live in. The doors and windows of the house are wide, the room is bright, and there are beds, cabinets and furniture inside. Everything is available, and you can check in directly when the time comes.

They went inside to take a look. Li Wen was quite satisfied with the house arranged for his husband to live in, but there was still a blackboard missing in the school. There was a blackboard in the classrooms of later generations, which was much more convenient for teaching.

"Blackboard? What is this?" the village chief asked.

"You will know when I have someone come and fix it tomorrow." Li Wen briefly explained to the village chief what a blackboard was. The village chief nodded and said oh twice, not sure whether he really understood or pretended to understand.

The next day, Li Wen took people to the school, nailed a large wooden board to one wall of the classroom, and painted the board black.

Chalk is indispensable when you have a blackboard. The main components of chalk are limestone and stone. Limestone is a common substance that exists in limestone, marble and other rocks, so it is not difficult to find limestone. You can find it on the nearby mountains. I could find it, so I quickly got the chalk out.

A school has been built in their village and a teacher has been invited. Once the teacher comes in a few days, the school in their village will be officially opened.

The village chief told the good news to Li Zheng and the clan chief, as well as the villagers in the village.

The villagers were very happy after hearing the news. Except for a few families in the village who did not want to send their children to study, most people in the village were looking forward to sending their children to study. If they set up a school in the village, it will be much more convenient for the children in the

village . What's more, the school in the village is free of charge, and the money for the teacher will come from the village public school, and all the children of the appropriate age in the village can be sent to the school. .

On this day, after dinner, Sun Yi mentioned her youngest son's education. She asked her family's opinion, "When the school in the village is established, should we continue to let Xiaopeng study in the town academy, or should we continue to let Xiaopeng study in the town academy?" The child has been taken back to the village to study. "

Why do you think the gentlemen they invited in the village are two masters of education, and their knowledge is definitely better than that of the gentlemen in the academy. Another point is to take the children back to the village to study, which saves them from running back and forth later, and saves a lot of things

. "Dad, grandma, I just want to talk to them about Xiaopeng." Taking advantage of this moment, the whole family can Everyone was here, and Li Wen was about to talk to his parents about his brother. Since his mother-in-law mentioned it first, he also mentioned it by the way. He said, "Dad, mother-in-law, actually this time I When I come back, I want to take Xiaopeng to the capital. The academy there is better than ours. Also, if Xiaopeng follows me there, I can personally tutor him in his homework."

"Zijing. He and A Yuan's talents are good, but they will only stay with us for three or two years at most and then leave, and they won't stay for too long. After they leave, the other gentlemen we hire may not be as good as Zi Jinghe. Ah Yuan is good.

Of course, if Shen Zijing and Su Yuan can stay in their Lijia Village as teachers, it would be a good choice to let his brother stay in the village to study. But those two will go to the capital to take exams in three or two years. If they get Jinshi, they will definitely work as officials in the capital or in other places. They cannot be teachers in a small place like Lijiacun for the rest of their lives.

Even if they want to be teachers in Lijiacun for the rest of their lives, Li. He wouldn't allow those two people to live in their Li Village for the rest of their lives. It would be a waste of talent to ask Shen Zijing and Su Yuan to just be teachers.

"Here, you want to take Xiaopeng to the capital? "Sun Yi was stunned for a moment when she heard what her eldest son said, and then asked.

"Yes, Auntie, I want to take Xiaopeng to the capital. I wonder what you think of what I said?

"Li Wen knew that his parents could not follow him to the capital at the moment. His father and mother would definitely not be able to leave the workshop. Although the workshop had the name of their Lijia Village, the people who were mainly responsible were Or his father and mother.

If his father and mother went to the capital with him, they would definitely take his grandma with them. King Li asked his grandma if she wanted to go to the capital with him. After thinking about it, she politely rejected her grandson. She was very happy that her grandson had such a heart.

It's not that the old lady doesn't want to follow her grandson there to enjoy the blessings, but she knows that she, an old woman, doesn't know anything, and is afraid that going to the capital will cause trouble for her grandson. If they leave here, Lao Er's family will definitely want to follow them there. If they leave Lao Er in the village, the people in the village will gossip about them.

"Daddy, look at this, what do you say?" Sun Yi suddenly heard that her eldest son said that she wanted to take her younger son to the capital. Sun Yi was a little confused. She knew that what her eldest son said made sense. It would also be a good thing if the eldest son can take the younger son with him and teach him personally, and if the younger son can study with his elder brother and become successful, the two brothers can help each other in the future

.

But out of selfishness, the mother didn't really want her younger son to leave her side early. Her eldest son went to such a far away place to study at a young age and only came back once a year. She has thought about it a lot these years. The eldest son is away from home.

Now the eldest son said that he would take the younger son to the capital. It was so far away from the capital. She had never been to the capital in half her life. Sun Yi felt a little panicked and couldn't make up her mind.

"Well, what Sanbao said is right. Bringing Xiaopeng to the capital is definitely better than letting Xiaopeng stay with us. Xiaopeng will definitely be more promising in the future. 3" Li Shangu's mind was relatively clear and clear. Calm down, he knew that what his eldest son said made sense. Their eldest son ranked first in the first grade of the imperial examination and won six yuan in a row. It can be said that there is no better gentleman than their son in the entire Dacheng.

Old Li's family has been a farmer for generations, and he used to be a farmer who dug food in the fields. The whole family still didn't have enough to eat. Li Gugu never thought that his family would be able to produce a scholar and a top scholar. I received a piece of good news from my son in recent years. I saw my son get the top prize in the scholar examination and how hard my son went through studying.

Li Gugu, the father, understands his son better than anyone else.

If the eldest son can personally tutor and educate the younger son, there is a high possibility that his family will produce another top scholar, at least another Jinshi.

"Yes, you are right." Sun Yi nodded, but she was reluctant to let her little son go so far away

.

The capital was too far away. Sun Yi couldn't bear the thought of her eldest son going to such a far away place and not being able to come back for several years. If her youngest son is also taken away, it will be difficult for her to see her child in the future. But

she knew that for the sake of her younger son, she should let her eldest son take her younger son to the capital.

"Auntie, don't look sad now. It's not like Xiaopeng won't be able to come back home if he goes to the capital to study in the future. He just goes to study and has holidays every year. Although time is tight, he can still come back home once a year. "Yes." Seeing his mother-in-law's grimace, Li Wen felt a bit dumbfounded and said.

"Yes." Sun Yi nodded, and that was what his son said. The eldest son went away to study and basically came back every year. He just didn't come back home for too long before he left. When the younger son goes to the capital, he will probably be the same as the older son.

"Xiao Peng, do you want to go to the capital with your brother?" Of course, this matter also requires the opinions of the parties involved. Li Wen said to the boy sitting next to him, "If you follow your brother to the capital, you can be with your brother in the future." Otherwise, you won't be able to see your brother for a long time when he goes to the capital."

"Brother, I don't want to miss you." Li Haopeng frowned when he heard that he wouldn't be able to see his brother for a long time. , looking like he wanted to cry but didn't dare.

I don't know why this child likes and relies on his brother so much. It's obvious that they haven't spent much time together since childhood. The year his younger brother was born, he went to Nanyang to study. Probably his parents would often mention his brother to their son. That's probably it. His younger brother would always remember him as his elder brother. No matter how often he came back in the future, this The children remember him.

"Yes, grandma, grandpa, you should go back and think about this matter carefully. If you are willing, when I leave, I will take Xiaopeng to the capital with me." Li Wen asked his dad and dad to Mom carefully discussed and considered it. The main reason for his parents was that his mother couldn't let go of his brother.

The main thing was to ask his parents about their intentions. After all, he was just a son. Li Wen wanted to bring his brother to the capital, so it was definitely better to keep him at home. It's not like he had a divination for his brother, and the child's intelligence was not considered particularly intelligent. If there was no one around to guide him, it would be difficult for him to achieve much success in studying on his own.

"Well, okay, I'll have a good discussion with your father." Sun Yi nodded and said.

After the summer solstice, summer is here. The weather is getting hotter day by day. When the sun sets in the evening, the temperature slowly drops.

The night wind blew, bringing with it the coolness and comfort of summer. They placed a plate of peanuts and a pot of wine on the table in the courtyard of the small courtyard. Li Wen and Zhao Xiangyi drank a glass of wine. This time he learned wisely. , I don't dare to drink too much, lest I get drunk.

Zhao Xiangyi opened the jar of wine they brought back and had a drink with Li Liuyuan.

After returning to the house and closing the door, Sun Yi asked about her husband asking his eldest son to take the youngest son with him to the capital, "Dad, what do you think of this matter?"

"I know you are reluctant to part with it, but I believe you also know it. "It's better to let Sanbao take Xiaobao to the capital with us than to have Xiaobao come with us." Li Shangu knew that his wife was reluctant to let go of the two children. The eldest son was sent to Nanyang to study at a young age, and the younger son this time. We are going to the capital, which is further away than Nanyang Mansion.

In fact, they had already made up their minds, but the thought of sending their youngest son to the capital made the woman feel a little reluctant.

At night, the talking in their house stopped very late...

Li Wen and Zhao Xiangyi were drinking in the backyard until very late. They didn't even finish a bottle of wine on the table. They sat there and played for a long time. Night breeze. After yawning several times, Li Wen knew he was sleepy. He stood up and said, "I'm so sleepy. I'm going to go back to sleep. Brother Zhao, please go to bed early. Let's drink tomorrow."

"Yeah." Zhao Xiangyi nodded and watched the boy yawn as he walked away.

The man sitting there picked up the wine glass at hand and slowly tasted the good wine in the glass one sip after another.

Chapter 104: Triple Crossbow

As soon as May is over, June is here.

After Zhao Xiangyi and his party sent him home, a group of people stayed at his home. When it was time to return, they would return to the capital together. Lijia Village is close to the mountains. This group of soldiers went to the mountains to hunt every day when they had nothing to do. The prey they brought back was enough for their families to eat.

There is no need to buy meat at home. The uneaten meat can be processed and dried into dried meat, which can be stored for later consumption.

After finishing his busy work later, Li Wen had time to follow Zhao Xiangyi and Xie Yunfei to go hunting in the mountains. "I'll go with you too. I've been busy recently, so I haven't had time to go hunting with you in the mountains."

" Come on, let's go together," Xie Yunfei said with a smile.

Although his archery skills are not very good, Li Wen also likes to join in the fun.

Others used bows and arrows, and he knew that his arm strength was not as good as others, so Li Wen brought a crossbow made by a craftsman. His crossbow used mechanical power to shoot arrows. He only had to be responsible for aiming the crossbow. The force is relatively fixed and is more than twice as powerful as an ordinary bow and arrow. Ordinary bows are fired by manpower. The farther a person can draw the bow, the longer the range. The range depends on the quality of the bow and the strength of the manpower.

For Li Wen, his own small crossbow was much easier to use than ordinary bows and arrows, and the shots were more accurate. At least he could use this crossbow to shoot a rabbit, deer, or something like that.

"Li Liuyuan, what are you holding?" Xie Yunfei had long noticed the small thing in Li Liuyuan's hand. He saw that Li Liuyuan used this small thing to shoot the prey, and couldn't help but ask, "You thing?" "Can you show it to me?"

"Okay, you can see it if you want." Li Wen generously showed Xie Yunfei the crossbow in his hand. Zhao Xiangyi had seen Li Liuyuan kill gangsters with his own hands earlier, but this was the first time he had seen this small thing in Li Liuyuan's hand, and he looked a little confused.

"How did you get this thing? Can I give it a try?" Xie Yunfei took it and looked at it, his eyes suddenly lit up and he asked.

"I made it by myself when I had nothing to do. If you want to use it, use it." Li Wen gave Xie Yunfei the crossbow in his hand, and also told Xie Yunfei how to operate it. In fact, the operation of this thing is very simple, just click the hand button.

He understood as soon as he mentioned Xie Yunfei.

"Okay, I'll give it a try." Xie Yunfei was eager to try, holding the crossbow and going to find prey.

A group of people scattered in all directions, but they were not far away from here.

There were only two of them left here. Seeing Zhao Xiangyi looking at him, Li Wen said, "You also know that my arm strength is not as good as yours. I can't use ordinary bows and arrows, so I came up with this thing. This kind of thing The crossbow does not require strong arm strength. As long as the crossbow is aimed right, it can probably kill a big insect at close range. "

Of course, he has never tried this. He may see that the tiger's legs are weak, so he still wants to pick up the weapon. Tiger Killed

Zhao Xiangyi's eyebrows moved, he looked at Li Liuyuan with a serious face, and asked, "Can ordinary people use this crossbow you mentioned?"

"Of course it can. But people with good arm strength like you can use it. " , it's a bit restrictive for you, and you can't use your advantages. This kind of small crossbow is more suitable for ordinary people," Li Wen explained.

Because the power of this small crossbow is relatively fixed, but if it is used by someone with good arm strength, the power setting will be limited and the original advantage will not be exerted. However, people like them with average arm strength can double their strength. This is equivalent to using the power of machinery to make the range longer and more powerful.

Zhao Xiangyi understood immediately.

Li Wen thought for a while and said, "I remembered one. Maybe you can use it."

"Huh?" Zhao Xiangyi looked at Li Liuyuan and waited for the young man to continue.

Li Wen smiled and did not immediately explain it to Zhao Xiangyi. He just said, "I won't reveal it to you now. You will know when the time comes."

"..." General Zhao.

There was a rustling sound in the grass in the distance, and a deer popped its head out. Xie Yunfei clicked the buckle and shot out the arrow. It hit the vital part of the deer in an instant. The deer fell to the ground and twitched. He died instantly.

Later, Xie Yunfei used the crossbow for a while and killed a lot of prey. He found that this little thing was indeed very good. Among this group of soldiers, Military Master Xie was half a weak scholar, so he and Li Liuyuan felt comfortable using this crossbow. Others tried it, but they still felt that it was not as useful as the big bow in their hands.

Xie Yunfei took his crossbow, and Li Wen didn't care.

There were a lot of fungi on the mountain. When others went hunting, Li Wen carried a backpack to look for fungi, such as shiitake mushrooms, straw mushrooms, morels, fungus, etc. These fungi on the mountain were often found in large clumps, and he enjoyed picking the fungi. , completely forgetting that he was following people up the mountain to hunt.

Zhao Xiangyi followed the young man. There were poisonous snakes and beasts in the mountain, and he was afraid that the young man would be in danger.

Knowing that someone was following him, Li Wen immersed himself in looking for fungi. When he turned around, he could see the man following him. He said to Zhao Xiangyi, "Unfortunately, now is not the time to eat bamboo shoots. We have to wait until spring to go up the mountain. We can still dig bamboo shoots." They ate the bamboo shoots, dug them up and fried them, or dried them and cooked them in soup. The taste was very sweet. "

They just happened to find a piece of morel, which was famous in later generations . Mushrooms, or maybe it should be said that in later generations, any kind of fungi will be very expensive. Li Wen's eyes lit up when he saw so many wild morels, and he shouted,

"Brother Zhao, come and help."

Even if there were no bamboo shoots to eat, Li Wen was very satisfied with so many mushrooms. He said, "These The mushrooms are also very delicious. Let's pick them and fry them tonight. If you can't finish them, they will be dried and used in soups and vegetables."

Zhao Xiangyi helped Li Liuyuan pick the mushrooms and listened to the young man's chattering. What kind of food should they have for dinner and how to make it delicious? The corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up.

There are venomous snakes and beasts on the mountain, so few people in the nearby villages dare to go up the mountain to look for fungi. If they are not careful, they may fall into the claws of the beasts and be swallowed by the beasts. If he hadn't followed Zhao Xiangyi and his group today, Li Wen wouldn't have dared to go up the mountain alone. It's not like he was tired of living.

They found a lot of fungi on the mountain. Li Wen couldn't take so many, so Zhao Xiangyi helped him carry a basket.

I've been getting tired of eating meat lately. Rather than eating meat, Li Wen wanted to eat something vegetarian.

Zhang Mingyu and Dan Cong also caught a few snakes, and they laughed loudly, "Haha, let's eat snake soup tonight."

"..." Li Wen looked at those snakes and immediately lost his appetite. I think I'd rather be a vegetarian.

When going down the mountain, the group returned with a full load.

They left the prey they brought back to the kitchen for processing. Now there were more than thirty people in the family eating, and one meal would fill three tables, so a lot of food and meat would be eaten in a day. However, on the second day after arriving, Xie Yunfei took a group of people to the town and bought a lot of rice. In addition, this group of soldiers ran to the mountains every day and couldn't finish the prey they brought back, so it was impossible to eat them all. There is no need for their family to pay for food.

So it's like a group of people living in their home. All they have to do is provide them with a place to live, and

they have their own food and clothing.

He asked Xie Yunfei to borrow his crossbow for study. Li Wen didn't care about it and let Xie Yunfei take it away.

"I'm going into the study for a while. If you have nothing to do, don't call me."

"Yes, Master."

Li Wen entered the study after returning to K and stayed in the study for half a day.

On the second day, Li Wen went to town and went to Boss Huang to find a carpenter to make what he wanted. The master there worked overnight and delivered the finished goods to him on the third day.

What he asked the craftsmen to make were only scattered parts. The things had not been assembled yet, and others did not know what they were. This is why Li Wen considered that this was a lethal weapon, so he waited for the parts to be delivered before assembling it himself.

Zhao Xiangyi stood aside and watched the young man piecing together these small things. He saw that the young man's hands were dexterously piecing the things together, and he put together the crossbow in a short time.

"How is it?" Li Wen smiled brightly. He picked up the assembled crossbow and tried it. It looked good. This crossbow is twice as big as the one he used yesterday, and it is slightly heavier to hold. He may not be able to hold it firmly. This crossbow is for Zhao Xiangyi, not For his own use.

Li Wen handed the crossbow to Zhao Xiangyi and explained to Zhao Xiangyi how to use the crossbow. He said, "This is a three-shot crossbow. This crossbow is loaded with three arrows at a time, so it can shoot three times in a row." Arrow."

This is based on the original crossbow, which he slightly modified. The crossbows he used before were all single-arrow, and this crossbow can shoot three arrows in a row.

In his previous life, he was influenced by various martial arts movies and modern military-themed movies. When he was in high school, he was still a half-military fan, so he studied a lot about ancient cold weapons and modern hot weapons. He had no knowledge of current hot weapons. There are many ways to make it, but the production of ancient cold weapons is relatively simple. The crossbow is a relatively simple and practical type of cold weapon, so it is not difficult to make a crossbow.

He had used a sleeve arrow to save his own life before, otherwise the top pick would have gone to someone else.

With nothing to do at home now, Li Wen started messing with these little things again. A few days ago, he just thought of getting the crossbow out just to go hunting in the mountains. He only needs to draw the drawing of the crossbow and disassemble the parts to get it, and the craftsman will help him make it. When the things are returned, he can put them together himself.

"Let's find a place to try." The space in their backyard was too small to test the power of the crossbow here. Li Wen wrapped the crossbow in a cloth and invited Zhao Xiangyi to go out together.

"Where are you going?" Xie Yunfei happened to see them when they were going out, and Xie Yunfei asked.

"Wherever you want to go, I'll go with you."

Without waiting for them to nod, this man followed him automatically.

The three of them got on the horse, Li Wen and Zhao Xiangyi rode one horse together, and Xie Yunfei followed them on horseback. Li Wen took them to the back mountain to find a place. Li Wen handed the crossbow to Zhao Xiangyi and said, "Brother Zhao, try it."

"Why is this one different from the one I got? This is your new one. " Made it?" Xie Yunfei saw that the crossbow Li Liuyuan took out was wider than the one they used that day, and he knew that this one must be better than the one they used that day.

"Hehe." Li Wen chuckled, nodded, and said, "This one is different from the one we used that day. You will know in a moment."

There happened to be a tree on the cliff opposite, and Zhao Xiangyi held the bow The crossbow was aimed at the tree on the opposite side of the cliff.

"Wha--"

The arrow shot out, hitting three arrows in a row.

"Wow!" Li Wen's eyes widened. Although he made this thing, he really didn't know that this thing could be so powerful and have such a long range. He looked at Zhao Xiangyi with a look in his eyes. With admiration, he said, "Brother Zhao, you are so powerful!"

Seeing the tree trunk opposite him, General Zhao was still a little reserved. There was no pride on his face, but he also had a little smile.

"Boss, let me try it." Xie Yunfei saw that this thing was indeed better than the one they used that day, and he immediately became interested. Zhao Xiangyi gave the crossbow to Xie Yunfei without saying anything, but Li Wen reminded him uneasily, "The recoil of this crossbow is a bit strong. Take it easy and don't hurt yourself."

He looked at Xie Yunfei and Xie Yunfei. He also has thin arms and legs, so the strength in his hands is definitely not too great.

"It's okay, I can do it." Commander Xie was full of confidence.

They loaded the three arrows again. Xie Yunfei aimed at the tree in the distance and pulled down the buckle. Rebounded by the force of the arrow, the crossbow in his hand bounced back uncontrollably and hit his chest. superior.

"Ahem..." Xie Yunfei.

"...I just said, let you take it easy." Li Wen couldn't help but bared his teeth when he saw the crossbow hitting Xie Yunfei's chest. It hurt just to look at it.

Xie Yunfei looked at Li Liuyuan with reproach in his eyes.

Li Wen shrugged. He had already reminded him. He said to Zhao Xiangyi, "Brother Zhao, take this crossbow and use it. This is for you." He had no use for this crossbow himself. It was specially given to Zhao Xiangyi. Made by Zhao Xiangyi.

"Is this for me?" Zhao Xiangyi reached for it and asked.

"Yes, it's for you. As you saw just now, Yun Fei can't use it, and I certainly can't use it myself." Li Wen smiled and said.

Zhao Xiangyi held the crossbow in his hand, which was given to him by Li Liuyuan. This made him feel an indescribable feeling in his heart, but this feeling was quite good. Zhao Xiangyi looked at the young man's smiling face, with a little smile in his eyes, and said to the young man, "Thank you."

"You're welcome." Li Wen knew that Zhao Xiangyi liked this crossbow, so he said, " Just be happy with it."

This crossbow was larger than the one they used that day and required more force. After Xie Yunfei tried it, he knew that his wrist was not strong enough to control this crossbow, so he stopped. He wanted to try it, but he was still very interested in this thing.

They stayed outside for a while. Zhao Xiangyi tried out the crossbow outside and was quite satisfied with the crossbow Li Liuyuan gave him.

Chapter 105: Three days before leaving,

two carriages arrived at Lijia Village. Shen Zijing and Su Yuan arrived.

"Zijing, Ayuan." Li Wen and the village chief Li Zheng came out to greet Shen Zijing and Su Yuan, expressing their respect and welcome to their husband. After they said hello, Li Wen introduced the two of them, "This is the village chief of our Lijia Village, and Li Zheng. You must have met each other before."

"Yes, yes, we have met before." The village chief nodded hurriedly.

"Village Chief Li." Shen Zijing greeted Village Chief Li and Li Zheng with a smile.

It was not their first time to come to Lijia Village. It was just that they had been guests at a friend's house before and had been to the village several times. This time they were invited to be teachers at the village high school in Lijia Village.

"Mr. Shen, please come in, Mr. Su." The village chief and the village chiefs were extremely excited when they saw the arrival of the two gentlemen, and hurriedly invited them into the village.

All the seats in the school are ready. Just waiting for the arrival of the husband, the school in their village can officially open, and the children in the village can come to the school to study. When the villagers in the village saw the arrival of the two gentlemen, they were all very happy and walked across the street to welcome the two gentlemen.

Li Wen personally took Shen Zijing and Su Yuan to the small courtyard where they were staying.

The flowers and plants planted in the courtyard have grown, and it is full of greenery. The room is spacious and bright, and all the corresponding beds, tables, and seats are ready. "Zijing, Ayuan, look at this. This is a place for you to live. What do you think?"

"It's a good place." Shen Zijing went inside and took a look, but he didn't expect that Lijiacun could arrange such a good courtyard for them.

They and Li Wen were not outsiders. They were friends who had played together since childhood. Otherwise, they would not have been invited by Li Wen to become teachers in Lijia Village.

Of course, this is only part of the reason. Another reason is that this place is suitable for them to study here, and being a teacher is just a matter of convenience. Teaching children to read will not affect their study. They can be teachers here while Prepare for the scientific examination three years later.

They can pass the provincial examination, and most of them have a good foundation. Whether they can pass the subsequent national examination depends on their understanding.

In the past, Shen Zijing thought he was already very smart, but after he met Li Wen, he realized that there is a world outside the sky and there are people outside the world. He is better than the people who are worse than him, but he is still far behind the people who are better. . It's not terrible to know your shortcomings, just work harder to follow up in the future.

"We just have a place to live. You also know that our home is in the town. Isn't it convenient to go back?" Shen Zijing said with a smile.

It was only a carriage ride from Lijiacun to the town, not too far. They stayed here just for the convenience of studying.

"That's right. Take a look. If you're missing something, I'll have someone bring it to you. You don't have to be polite to whoever is with me." He will go to the capital in two days. From the parents' side, Even if he wanted to take care of things, he was unable to do so, so before leaving, he would try his best to arrange things here.

After they looked at the small courtyard, there was nothing missing in the house.

Shen Zijing asked the servant who had followed him to go in and clean up the house, and they went outside to drink tea and talk a few words.

Li Wen told Shen Zijing and Su Yuan that he was going to the capital. After going to the capital this time, he would not be able to come back for at least three years. He said to his two friends, "I will wait for you in the capital. When the time comes, You send me a message in advance and I will prepare a place for you. When you arrive in the capital, remember to come to see me. We have been friends for so many years, now and in the future."

He didn't want to be friends because of his status. And I became farther and farther away from my friends.

He has made many friends over the years, but when it comes to true close friends, there are not many. It was their fate to meet and get to know each other. Li Wen hoped that their fate would last and last a lifetime.

"Yes, we will go find you when we get to the capital." Shen Zijing understood what Li Wen meant. He picked up the tea in front of him and said to Li Wen, "I'll replace the wine with tea. I'd like to toast you with this cup." One cup, I wish you success in your future career."

"Thank you." Li Wen picked up the tea cup and said to Shen Zijing and Su Yuan, "I also wish you success in the scientific examination in three years." "

Good . ." Shen Zijing responded.

This was their agreement. Shen Zijing and Su Yuan did not go to the capital to participate in the examination this time, and were three years behind. When they go to the capital to participate in the examination three years later, they will definitely meet again.

On this day, Li Wen arranged for Shen Zijing and Su Yuan to live in the small courtyard behind the school. The villagers in the village knew that the husband was coming. This family brought a chicken, that family caught a duck, and someone else brought a bag of rice and a basket of vegetables. Suddenly the villagers in the village brought The kitchen in the small courtyard is full of things.

Seeing the things piled up in the kitchen, Shen Zijing suddenly felt a little dumbfounded.

Su Yuan, who was standing behind, had a slight smile on his face. He began to think that Lijia Village was a good place. The villagers here were quite interesting. Maybe they would become teachers here in the next two or three years. Maybe It's an interesting thing.

All the seats in the school have been prepared. Li Wen also asked people to clean the blackboard and prepare chalk for writing. Now the teacher he invited has arrived. In just two days, their school in Lijia Village will officially start. The villagers in the village sent their children to school to study.

This

month and a half passed quickly.

The days at home were leisurely and comfortable, and time seemed to pass by in the blink of an eye. Before Li Wen could recover from the leisurely vacation, his vacation to visit relatives in his hometown was over, and he was about to prepare for a round trip to the capital.

The day of leaving home was approaching, and his father and mother finally agreed to let him take his brother to the capital. After they go to the capital this time, he will go to the Hanlin Academy as an errand. After becoming an official in the court, he will work for the emperor. He may not be able to come back in the future.

Parting is always accompanied by reluctance, and a mother is always reluctant to leave her child, but she cannot stop her child from going further and to a higher road.

My son has traveled thousands of miles, which is my mother's concern.

"Sambo, you left home at a young age and studied abroad. My mother-in-law was unable to go and take care of you personally. My mother-in-law has always felt ashamed of you." Sun Yi's eyes couldn't help but turn red. The year his son left home, he was just born and less than one year old. Therefore, even though she, the mother, was concerned about her eldest son studying away from home for so many years, she was not able to visit Nanyang once.

Only when the child comes back from afar every year can she, the mother-in-law, cook a bowl of soup for her son and take a look at her son.

"Auntie, don't say that. It's because the child is unfilial. He hasn't been able to honor you by his side for so many years." Li Wen could understand his parents. They are indispensable at home. His younger brother is still young, and the family There was also his grandma here, and there were still several workshops in the village that needed to be managed. Otherwise, how could he have been able to study away from home with peace of mind these years.

"Dad, please don't worry, Aniang. I can take care of myself outside alone. I also have my brother following me to the capital. I will keep an eye on him. You don't need to worry about us." This time he will take his brother with him. Going to the capital together, he has to take on the responsibility of being an older brother and take good care of his younger brother.

"Yes, I know you will take good care of your brother. Your brother is still young, and I can't accompany you to the capital. Your brother has many things for you to worry about. Three treasures, I know It has not been easy for you these past years. Originally, my mother-in-law didn't want your brother to follow you there. She was worried that it would be too hard for you." Sun Yi finally agreed with her eldest son to take her younger son to the capital. She knew what the eldest son said. Yes, it is definitely better for the younger son to go to the capital than to be at home.

If the elder had not personally proposed to take the younger to the capital, even their parents would not have dared to ask the elder to take the younger to the capital. Since the elder had proposed to take the younger to the capital, they could not stop the younger for their own selfish reasons. Follow your brother to the capital.

Their eldest son was admitted to the first prize, and it was better for the younger son to stay with the eldest son and receive personal guidance from the eldest son than to stay in this small village with the couple. If they let the younger son stay, they would waste his life. They were afraid that the younger son would resent them as parents in the future.

"Auntie, don't cry. I'm outside, it's fine." Li Wen saw the tears that his auntie was constantly shedding, and his own eyes turned a little red. Blinking his eyes, he reached out to wipe away the tears on A Niang's face, but A Niang's tears grew more and more. Li Wen stretched out his hand to hold her in his arms and comforted her, "A Niang, please stop crying. "It's not like I won't come back."

"If you miss me and my brother, you can come to the capital to visit us with my father, grandma, and uncles.

I don't know when he turned out to be taller than his mother-in-law." Now, he still remembers that he was held in his arms by his mother

-in-law when he was a child. Now he holds his mother-in-law in his arms. As time goes by, he has grown up and grown into a man who can stand up to his father. Mom holds up the sky, protects his parents and relatives, protects this home, protects this village, the place where he was born, is his hometown, where his parents, brothers and relatives are

waiting to return this time . In the capital, after becoming an official in the imperial court, he must be careful every step he takes, because every step he fails to take will affect the future of his family and the village.

"Oh, Auntie. I can't bear to leave you. "When Li Haopeng saw his grandma crying, his eyes suddenly turned red, and big tears fell. He opened his mouth and cried loudly. While crying, he said, "Grandma, I won't leave with my brother. I want to stay." Stay with you at home. "

When the younger son made such a fuss, the woman stopped crying. With red eyes, she took the younger son into her arms, patted the child's back gently, coaxed the child to stop crying, and said, "Say. What nonsense are you talking about? You and your brother are going to the capital to study. When grandma and your father are free, they will go to the capital to visit you and your brother. "

"Yeah? "Li Haopeng asked his mother-in-law with snot and tears on his face and tears in his eyes.

"Yes, it's not like you don't have holidays from studying. When you have a holiday, my brother will have someone take you home. When my father and mother are free, they will come to the capital to visit us with my grandma, uncle, and the others. Then we will take my father, mother, and the others to play around in the capital. "Seeing his mother-in-law and little brother crying so hard that they couldn't help themselves, Li Wen felt a little helpless. It's not like they can't see each other anymore, so why are they crying as if they were parting from each other?

But he can still understand the feelings of his father and mother-in-law . , knowing that they are reluctant to leave. It is too difficult to travel far away in this era. He has been away from home for so many years, running back and forth between places, and he has slowly gotten used to the days away from home, because he knows that he will still be there in the future. He would come back, so he had expectations in his heart.

After comforting his grandma and brother, Li Wen went to say goodbye to his grandma and said, "Grandma, you have to take care of yourself. Your grandson cannot fulfill his filial piety in front of grandma. Grandma forgives her grandson. This time, grandson went to the capital to work as an errand. When grandson is free, he will come back to visit you.

"Grandma can understand that grandma's grandson is the best. " Waiting for you, when you can come back, come back and see grandma. "The old lady has grown older year by year. Mrs. Li used to love her eldest grandson the most. In the years when her eldest grandson was not around, the old lady also cared about her grandson very much.

She knew that her grandson would arrive this time. The old lady was happy to go to the capital to become an official. Of course, she was also reluctant to let go of her grandson.

At this age, she didn't know when she would stretch out her legs and leave. She would be able to see her grandson become the top scholar. The wife is already very satisfied. When she goes to the underworld and sees the dead old man, she will also give an explanation to the old Li family,

"Well, don't worry, Grandma, my grandson will do it. "Li Wen's throat was a little choked. When he was a child, his grandma loved him the most. Over the years, he was studying abroad and running back and forth. Every time he came back, his grandma always called him "good grandson" and "good grandson".

Obviously he The younger brother was raised in front of the old lady. Li Wen knew that his grandmother still loved him the most.

Knowing that his son was leaving, this time the eldest son was going to the capital with the younger son. Li Gugu held back his tears. , Men have their own way of doing things, and he said to his son, "I won't say anything, Dad. Just hope your journey to the capital is safe and smooth. When you get there, send a letter back to your family to let them know." How are you?

"What do you have to do over there? If you are short of silver, tell your family and I will have someone send it to you. "

"Don't worry, Dad, what can we do over there? I still have the money you gave me last time, so you don't have to worry about us. But you, grandma, and grandmas are at home, so take care of yourself. "Li Wen stepped forward and gave his father a hug, knowing that his father was also worried about them being outside.

Li Shangu was hugged by his son, and the man looked a little embarrassed.

As they were about to leave, the carriage at the door was already waiting for them outside.

Zhao Xiangyi held his horse and stood outside the door waiting for Li Liuyuan. Next to him was Xie Yunfei, and behind him were the soldiers he brought with him. They were going to escort Li Liuyuan to the capital.

Li Wen took his brother out of the house and asked the child to get on the carriage.

After leaving the house, Li Wen's eyes turned red. He knelt down and kowtowed to his parents and relatives. Father Li and the village chief stepped forward to help the child up and said, "I can't do it, I can't do it."

"Grandma, daddy, mommy, my brother and I are leaving. Take care of yourself." Li Wen and his dad Mother and her relatives at home said goodbye one by one, as well as his second uncles, the village chief and Li Zheng, as well as the clan leader and other elders.

"Have a good trip."

"Okay.,,