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Chapter 1 Five Years Later

Five years later, the sun set

in Nanyang Mansion

, and the sky was filled with red clouds, reflecting half of the sky red.

As soon as the hour comes every day, the door of Anlu Academy opens from the inside, and students wearing light green robes walk out of the academy. They are all young people with high spirits. The students of Anlu Academy are uniformly dressed, with light green scholar robes and headbands of the same color. Most of the scholars you see dressed like this on the street are students of Anlu Academy.

Anlu Academy in Nanyang Prefecture is located in the north of the city. It is built against the mountain. There are stairs all the way up. The entire academy covers an extremely large area. Today, Anlu Academy is the largest academy in Nanyang Prefecture. Many people come here because of its reputation. .

"Brother Zhang, see you tomorrow."

"See you tomorrow."

Li Wen and his classmates walked out of the academy, went down the steps, and waved goodbye to the classmates who came out together.

His classmate came to pick him up at home. His carriage.

Every day at this time of school, many carriages and horses came to pick up the young master at the entrance of the academy. Li Wen walked along the street and returned to the shop.

Spring passed and autumn came, and it passed in the blink of an eye. It has been five years.

After the imperial examination that year, Li Wen was admitted as a scholar at the age of less than ten. Then he persuaded his family and came to Nanyang Mansion to study in July of the same year. I brought a boy Li here.

Five years later, that little boy grew up into the young man he is now. He is tall and slender. He always has a smile on his face and looks like he has a very good temper. A good young man, when people see him, they can't help but get closer to him. When

he arrived in Nanyang, Li Wen also met some new classmates and made some new friends.

Before coming to Nanyang to study with him, they were sent by their family to study at Moshan Academy, which was also a very famous academy.

When he arrived in Nanyang, Li Wen thought he would see Lu Zhishu here, but he didn't expect to wait. When he arrived in Nanyang, Lu Zhishu was already on his way to Kyoto. Someone from the Lu family was an official in the court and got a place to study in the Imperial College. Lu Zhishu was sent to the Imperial College to study, so the two of them never met. One side.

Therefore, the four of them were good friends and went to different places. Only Shen Zijing and Su Yuan were still inseparable. It was really enviable that

when he first arrived in Nanyang Mansion, Dean Fu appointed him as a housekeeper. I picked him up and took him to Fu's house and arranged a small courtyard for him to live in. So Li Wen still lives with Dean Fu. It's not that he doesn't want to move, but every time he brings up this issue, Dean Fu gets angry. Staring at him silently with a pair of eyes, it meant that if he wanted to move out, he should not call him teacher.

In the past, it was because he was young, but now that he is not young, is he still not allowed to live outside? He shook his head helplessly, knowing that Dean Fu not only treated him as a disciple, but also watched him as a son. He was afraid that he would be young and unsupervised when he went out, so he would be imitated. He felt reassured after watching it in person.

It was only half a stick of incense walking from the academy to the shop.

In the past five years, his father had made Li's Daily Chemicals bigger and bigger, covering every household in the village. There is a person who works in the workshop, and the life of every household has improved. After the re-planning of Lijia Village, almost all the old houses in the village were demolished and built one after another with blue bricks and tiles. Every time Li Wen returns home, he finds that the village has changed a lot.

In addition to the soaps they originally made, Li's Yuehua now also produces body wash and shampoo. Their products are sold to merchants all over the country from Qingping Town. They even transported the goods to Kyoto to sell them. They

also opened a large shop here in Nanyang Prefecture, which sold their Li's daily chemical products. Because he was here, his father threw the shop directly. He went to take care of it, but Li Wen simply handed over the shop to Li Tong to take care of it.

Li Wen went back to his home to celebrate the New Year two years ago and came to Nanyang only after the New Year.

Usually because of his studies, he doesn't have much time to go home, and he only goes back during the Chinese New Year. But every year, his father would come to Nanyang to discuss business and stop by to see his son.

Li Wen knew that his father was doing business casually and was thinking about his son, so he came to see him.

If it weren't for family matters that prevented his father from leaving, Li Wen would have suspected that his father wanted to come to Nanyang to accompany him to study.

When he went out after the year, Li Haopeng was still hanging on his feet and howling, crying for his brother not to leave. Even now when I think about Li Wen, the way that boy cried is funny. That boy always did it when it thundered but didn't rain. , not a single tear, but Li Wen knew that the boy liked his brother.

Li Haopeng has been close to his brother since he was born. No matter how often he goes back home, the

boy will always remember his brother.

Thinking of the people and things at home, Li Wen felt a little homesick for no reason.

"Master, you are back. I was wondering why I haven't seen you back yet. Why don't you go to the entrance of the academy and have a look." Li Tong, who was in the store, stretched his head out to look outside. When he saw the young master who had returned, a small His face

turned Before he followed the young master to Nanyang, his parents told him many times that he must take good care of the young master. Li Tong always kept his parents' words in his heart. I also remember the Li family's kindness to their family. If the master hadn't bought them back, their family of three would not know where they are now.

It's just that the young master now wants him to be the shopkeeper in the store and won't let him follow him as a book boy. For this reason, Li Tong felt sad for a long time, fearing that the young master would no longer want him to serve him. Fortunately, his young master didn't really want him. When his young master came back from the academy, he continued to serve him, which made Li Tong feel relieved.

"It's broad daylight, are you still afraid that the big insect will snatch me away?" Li Wen tapped Li Tong's head with the fan in his hand and asked.

"Hehe..." Li Tong covered his head and giggled.

The thin and sickly child who was brought back to the Li family back then has grown up a lot now, and looks green and beautiful, with two small dimples at the corners of his mouth when he smiles.

In the past few years, Li Tong has gradually changed from his timid and introverted character by serving by their young master's side. After reading a few books with their young master, he knew a few words and could do accounting and arithmetic. Now he was assigned to work in the store by his young master. After two years, Li Tong was able to arrange everything in the store properly. , I remember the daily accounts clearly.

Knowing that his young master would leave school at this time every day, Li Tong had already hitched the carriage. When he saw the young master coming back, he went to lead the horse out, asked his young master to get on the carriage, and said, "Master, get in quickly, we are going back." "Let's go. "

Li Wen got on the carriage, and Li Tong sat in the front and drove the carriage toward the outskirts of the city.

Dean Fu lives not here in the academy, but outside the city.

It was still a long way for them to go back to Dean Fu's place from the city. It would take about half an hour to walk back, and it would be faster to go back by car. So Li Wen came to the store and took a carriage back after finishing school every day. Then come over there to study in the academy.

They drove the carriage over just for a cup of tea. Li Wen just felt that running back and forth every day was too troublesome. Maybe it would be good to let him live in the backyard of the store?

Soon the gate of Fu's mansion appeared in front of him.

Seeing Dean Fu's mansion, Li Wen understood why Dean Fu placed the courtyard here. It is far away from the bustling city, has a quiet environment, and is not disturbed by outsiders. It is completely in line with Dean Fu's noble and elegant personality.

"Yu-"

Li Tong pulled the old horse to a stop. As soon as the carriage stopped, Li Wen got off the carriage and went inside with a familiarity.

Li Tong, who was behind, had to take the horse back to the stable.

"Uncle Chen, is the teacher in the yard?" Li asked when he came back and saw the housekeeper shouting.

"Yes, hey, Master Li..." The butler raised his hand to call out, but Master Li walked away in the blink of an eye. He followed after two steps but failed to catch up. A guest came to the house, and the master ordered No one is allowed to enter his courtyard after that.

The housekeepers and servants in the mansion all treated the master's disciple as the young master in the mansion.

After he won the first place in the college examination five years ago, Dean Fu finally recognized him as his disciple, so Li Wen now became Dean Fu's official disciple. Even food and accommodation were at the teacher's house. He was basically staying with Dean Fu.

It's just that not many people outside know about this matter, and Li Wen has never said anything about it.

Li Wen always kept a low profile in the academy and never said a word about his relationship with Dean Fu in front of others. The students in the academy only knew that he was a student from other places who came to Nanyang to study. In this place full of talents, no one would pay too much attention to him, a small outsider with no background.

As usual, when Li Wen came back, he came over to the courtyard where Dean Fu lived.

"Ho!"

Li Wen was as familiar with Dean Fu's place as at home. He could walk here with his eyes closed. Just as he was walking around the corner of the corridor, a long arm stretched out and a long sword was placed in front of him. Li Wen was startled and scared to death!

Who scares him! ?

Zhao Xiangyi was followed by two guards. He held a long sword in his hand and stood in front of the young man. He asked coldly,

"Who are you?"

"..." Come on, I want to ask you who you are. Who is it? Li Wen followed the sword and saw the owner holding the sword

, glaring at the few people who appeared in front of him. From here, he could see that the door to the teacher's house was closed. He thought there were guests inside, so who were these people?

"Who are you?" Li Wen asked, squinting at the dark-faced young man in front of him.

Zhao Xiangyi did not take back the sword in his hand. His meaning was very clear, you cannot pass this road. Li Wen raised his head and looked at the man who was more than a head taller than him, cursing in his mind, Damn, why are you so tall for nothing? ! And why does he feel like he has seen this man before?

Then Li Wen denied this possibility. If he had met the other party, he would definitely remember such a person? He does have a nice face, but it's a pity that he has a sinister look on his face and doesn't look like someone to be trifled with.

When the young man was looking at him, Zhao Xiangyi lowered his head and looked down at the young man in front of him, and met the young man's eyes that stared at him, unmoved at all.

"..." I'm so angry, being looked down upon by a tall person! Believe it or not, I will grow to 1.8 meters in two years! snort! Li Wen looked away angrily and turned to the closed door, mentally guessing who was going to see Dean Fu inside. Looking at the sinister-looking man in front of him, he must be someone who is not easy to mess with, right?

Knowing that there were guests at Dean Fu's place, Li Wen couldn't disturb him at this time.

But I just don't know why. Seeing the big man in front of me and his annoying black face, as if someone owed him money, made people very unhappy. Li Wen stood here and glared at him. Eye.

Zhao Xiangyi took back the sword in his hand, crossed his arms over his chest, and stood there without moving.

"..." Li asked.

Chapter 2

Fu Yihan was sitting there in the teacher-student room, looking at the now grown-up Crown Prince, and said lightly, "Your Highness, please come back. I have resigned from office for many years and have not been in the court for a long time. Some matters in the court I can't help you, Your Highness."

"Besides, when I came back, I didn't think I would go back to that place in the capital one day."

Now I'm afraid not many people still remember that Fu Yihan was still young. The prince gave lectures and was his teacher for a period of time. Even the prince would call him "teacher".

Yang Shaomu's attitude towards Fu Yihan was still respectful, which was the respect a student showed for his teacher. He knew that the possibility of inviting Fu Yihan back this time was not high, but he always had to try everything. After hearing Fu Yihan's words, Yang Shaomu bowed his hands and said, "It's Shaomu who disturbed the teacher." "

If I have time in the future, Shaomu will definitely visit the teacher again."

The door of the room opened and Yang Shaomu walked out.

Zhao Xiangyi, who was standing not far away, heard the sound of the door opening and led the guards back behind His Royal Highness.

Li Wen saw the people coming out of Dean Fu's room, and Yang Shaomu also saw the young man standing not far away. When he looked at the young man, the young man was also looking at him. Yang Shaomu smiled at the young man.

Li Wen was stunned for a moment when he saw the other party smiling at him. Out of politeness, he smiled politely back.

A decent-looking young man with big, bright eyes when he smiles. He looks very good-looking.

When Yang Shaomu saw the boy for the first time, he felt that he looked good and that he had an aura of aura around him.

Is this your husband's child? Yang Shaomu thought to himself, his eyes swept across the young man's face, and he did not find any similarity with the teacher on the young man's face, so he overturned this guess.

"Ayi, let's go." Yang Shaomu said this to the people behind him, and he led the people past the young man. Zhao Xiangyi, who was walking by, didn't even spare a glance at the young man, and followed his master away.

Li Wen subconsciously stood aside, nodded slightly, and let the other person pass first.

At this time, Li Wen didn't know that the young man he met was their crown prince, the crown prince of a country, so he didn't act when he saw him. 1 ceremony.

Seeing the figures of several people disappearing around the corner, and the housekeeper waiting at the door respectfully sending them out, Li Wencai withdrew his gaze, walked over to Dean Fu's room, stood at the door, stretched out his hand and knocked on the door. He opened the door and said, "Teacher, it's me."

"Come in."

A voice came from the room asking him to come in, and Li Wen stepped inside.

"Teacher, who came out of your room just now?" The nobility of the young man and the smile on his face are a bit unforgettable. In modern times, that man would be a handsome guy. If you want to put it in entertainment It must be very popular in the circle, so Li Wen subconsciously asked Dean Fu.

Fu Yihan's face was expressionless, and his eyes were silently staring at his apprentice.

It's like this again, Dean Fu, why are you looking at me like a fool! You are my teacher. If you look at me like this again, I will be angry! Li Wen stared.

"You will know later." Dean Fu did not tell this stupid apprentice that the one who just went out was the Crown Prince of Dacheng. With the grades of his stupid apprentice, it was only a matter of time before he was admitted to the capital and became an official.

"Oh." Li Wen was not very satisfied when he heard what Dean Fu said, and it said so on his face.

If it weren't for the fact that the child was too young in the past two years and Fu Yihan asked the child to wait for one semester before taking the exam, he would have taken the provincial exam two years ago and went to the capital to take the national exam. He became an official in the capital.

This disciple has a smart mind and quick reactions. He is diligent and eager to learn. He has a firm mind at a young age and is neither arrogant nor impetuous. In the past few years, he has taught him personally. This disciple's progress in reading in the past few years has been obvious to all even his teacher. When this disciple goes to take the exam, if nothing else happens, he will be able to get into the exam.

Fu Yihan himself does not want to be an official, but that does not mean that he does not allow students to take the imperial examination and enter the officialdom. On this point, Fu Yihan is still clear-headed.

He left the court and was far away in Nanyang Mansion. Fu Yihan still knew some things in the court. Fu Yihan also understood why the prince appeared here today. It's just that when he resigned and came back, apart from the many things in the court, he himself was not adapted to the struggle in the officialdom. Therefore, it was not good to be an official, so it was better to come back and be a free and happy master.

Thinking about some of the things going on in the court today, I don't know whether it is a good thing or a bad thing for this disciple to enter the officialdom. Others don't know, but Fu Yihan knows that his disciple is a little fox in his own right, and others may not be able to take advantage of him if they want to.

Anyway, everyone has his own destiny.

After leaving the Fu Mansion, Yang Shaomu got on the carriage, and the carriage left in front of the Fu Mansion.

In the past few years, the emperor has been getting older day by day. He is no longer in charge of things as he used to be. He is becoming more and more like Concubine Dong and Prime Minister Dong. The harem was dominated by Concubine Dong, and in the court Prime Minister Dong covered the sky with only one hand. Most of the officials in the court were his subordinates, and the people below him were corrupt and bribed. Today's court is full of smoke and smoke.

Today, there are countless beauties in the harem of the Holy Emperor. There are six princes and three princesses. The prince Yang Shaomu is the second eldest son of the queen. Before him, there is the eldest prince Yang Shaoyong, and there are several princes under him. . If his biological mother had not been the empress, and he had occupied a direct descendant, Yang Shaomu would not have been able to take the position of prince.

The seventh prince was born to Concubine Dong Guifei. He was only seven years old. His father favored Concubine Dong Guifei and loved his son very much. The purpose of Dong Xiang and Dong Guifei's faction for so many years has been to support the seventh prince to ascend to the throne. If Yang Shaomu hadn't been extremely cautious in these years, he might have been ejected from the position of prince as long as he made the slightest mistake. Pull it off.

This time Yang Shaomu came out of the capital to do something, and turned to Nanyang Mansion to look for his teacher, just to ask his teacher to come out and help him.

Before he went out, his mother secretly told him that if he could invite Dean Fu to come back, he would have a powerful helper by his side, and his position as the prince would be more secure. .

Yang Shaomu really wanted to invite his teacher back. Not only was his teacher talented, but he was not from Dong Xiang's school. It's just that Fu Yihan has the talent to govern the world, but his personal aspirations are not above the temple. Before he came, Yang Shaomu knew that it was unlikely that he could recruit his teacher to come out, so he couldn't help but feel it was a pity.

The face of the young man he met flashed through his mind, and Yang Shaomu ordered Zhao Xiangyi in front of him, "Ayi, go back and check the identity of the young man just now."

"Yes, Your Highness." Zhao Xiangyi replied.

Zhao Xiangyi has been his companion since he was young, and is one of the people Yang Shaomu trusts. This time he only brought Zhao Xiangyi and a group of guards with him, which shows the prince's trust in his companion. .

When he turned around and saw the information that Zhao Xiangyi had brought over, Yang Shaomu looked at the name on it, smiled, and said,

"Li asked, right?"

It turned out that this was a disciple accepted by his teacher. Should he also call him Senior Brother? Already?

After returning and having dinner with Dean Fu, Li Wen returned to the small courtyard where he lived. In addition to Li Tong, whom he brought here to take care of his daily life, there were also stewards assigned to do things in his courtyard. two boys

The whole courtyard is so big, except for the two aunts working in the kitchen who are women, the rest are all men. Li Wen suspected that all the ants crawling in the courtyard are male.

Dean Fu has not yet gotten married, and there is not even a woman in his yard. There is only Uncle Man who is always around to take care of him. After getting along with each other for the past few years, Li Wen noticed that there was something unusual about the relationship between Dean Fu and Uncle Man. Although the two of them had never shown any behavior beyond that of master and servant in front of him, Li Wen I still saw that the relationship between Dean Fu and Uncle Man must be more than just master and servant.

Li Wen does not discriminate against homosexuals. In ancient times, there was a saying about "breaking sleeves to separate peaches" and "Long Yang", so it means that homosexuality has been around for a long time. No one stipulates that only one man and one woman can be together, and no one can stop you if two men want to be together.

Even here, in a place where the poor have no money to marry a wife, two men can still live together as brothers.

It just means finding someone to live with. It has nothing to do with whether you are a man or a woman. It mainly depends on who you want to live with, so Li Wen respects everyone's choice. Of course, including Dean Fu's personal life, these are not things that he should worry about as a student.

"Little boy, you go to sleep too. I don't need you to serve me here." Li Wen asked Li Tong to go back to his room to sleep. Did he need a little book boy to carry a urinal for him in the middle of the night when he couldn't pee?

"Yes." Li Tong took two steps and looked back at his young master.

Li Wen closed the door directly in front of Li Tong, turned off the lamp, and climbed into his bed.

Seeing the door closed in front of him, Li Tong felt a little sad and went back to his room. His house is right next to the young master's house, so that he can take care of the young master more conveniently.

The window in the bedroom is open, and the night wind blows in through the window. It is already May, and the weather is getting hotter day by day. Lying on the bed, Li Wen couldn't help but think of the two people he met today. Who were they?

Dean Fu even kept it secret and refused to tell him!

The only people who can come here to see Dean Fu are officials? Is it related to an official? Could it be that he is a descendant of an official family? But one thing that is certain is that the identity of the young man who came out of Dean Fu's room is definitely not simple.

The dean said he would know later, well, let's wait until later!

After rolling on the bed, Li Wen hugged the quilt and fell asleep. He had a dream at night. He dreamed that

when his master woke up in the morning, Li Wen sat on the bed and hugged the quilt, feeling a little melancholy.

I don't know where his master went...

It was the second year after he came to Nanyang to study. When the academy had a holiday, he went home to celebrate the New Year. Li Wen went back to find his master and found that his master's house was already empty. The house was full of dust, and no one had lived in it for a long time. Even the big black dog was gone, and neither was his master.

Stinky master, go wherever you go without even saying a word to him!

After discovering that his master was missing, Li Wen discovered that besides knowing that his master was a hunter at the foot of the mountain, he didn't even know his master's real name, where he was from, where he came from, and where he was going. Not a clue.

Li Wen has been sad about this for a long time. He is still asking for news about his master, but there is no news.

"Knock knock--"

Li Tong outside the door put the faceplate he was holding on the ground, knocked gently, put his ear to the door panel, and asked in a low voice, "Master, are you awake?"

Usually this happens His young master has been up practicing martial arts for a long time, why hasn't he seen any movement today?

Hearing no response from the room, Li Tong pushed the door open a little with force. He looked into the room and saw his young master sitting on the bed, already awake. Li Tongcai pushed the door open, went inside with some water, and said, "Master, you're awake, why didn't you respond to me? I thought you weren't awake."

Li Tong twisted a towel over and looked at it . When the young master sat on the bed without moving, he asked, "Master, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell? How about I ask a doctor to come and take a look at you." As he said this, he really thought that his young master was not feeling well. .

"..." You are not feeling well! Li Wen raised his head and glared at this little book boy who was not smart enough to read people's faces. He got off the bed and took the towel to wipe his face.

Li Tong thought he had done something bad and made his young master angry, so he followed their young master with the look of a young daughter-in-law with low eyebrows and aggrieved eyes. This made Li Wen act like a bad guy again and bully the young master. child's feelings.

Headache! ...

Chapter 3:

I studied hard in the cold window of the farm for ten years. I heard the chickens dancing every day and lit up the lamp to read at night. The sun rises early in summer, and it is already bright when I wake up in the morning. I think when I get up to study in winter, the moon and stars are still hanging in the sky.

There are three hundred and sixty-five days in a year, and ten years is more than three thousand days and nights. It turns out that he has been persisting in this path of study for so many years without knowing it.

When he gets up in the morning, Li Wen is used to boxing in the yard for a while. He starts boxing after doing warm-up exercises, and then runs around the yard. He has adhered to this habit for so many years, so he rarely even sprays when he is a child. A fight, let alone a cold.

In this age where a cold can kill anyone, having a good body is very important.

After a set of punches, I was sweating all over. After finishing the work, I felt comfortable all over...

"Master, wipe your sweat." The little book boy stood aside with a towel.

Li Wen took the towel from the little book boy's hand and wiped himself. Li Wen threw the towel back to the little book boy, walked back to the room, picked up the water and drank half the bottle.

Today, Xiu Mu of the academy did not have to go to the academy to study. He read in the study for a while, and then went to Dean Fu's yard to say hello to the teacher. Fu Yihan didn't look very good today. He canceled today's lecture and assigned reading tasks to his disciples to go back and study by themselves.

Li Wen saw the looming red mark on Dean Fu's collar, and it was a virtue not to spot it. He responded

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the boy went out, "I'll hold you Go back to the house and lie down for a while." The man bent down and picked up Dean Fu and went back to the house.

Did I say I wanted to go back inside and lie down? Let you make your own decision!

Fu Yihan gave the man a slap in the face. The man didn't feel any pain at all. He held Dean Fu firmly and went back to the room to rest and

left the courtyard. Li Wen knew that Dean Fu had no time to take care of him today. He used to I still didn't understand what was going on, but then I thought about it a little and I figured it out. After going back to the yard and reading for a while, Li Wen called Li Tong out and said, "Let's go to Zhuangzi to have a look."

"Master, the sun is so bright today, wouldn't it be better for you to stay in the house and study?" He's going to run out." Today was the day of their young master Xiu Mu, and Li Tong also followed his young master and did not go to the store. There were still waiters watching in the store.

In the little book boy's heart, serving the young master is the first priority, and taking care of the store is the second priority. Nothing is as important as his young master.

"If you don't want to go, just stay at home. I want to go out for a walk." He was going out anyway, and Li Wen, who had been in the house for so long, wanted to go outside and have a look. Li Wen opened the door, stood outside, stretched out, raised his head and looked at the sky, and said, "Look at how nice the weather is today. It would be a pity not to go out for a walk."

With such good weather, it's not a good idea . Wouldn't it be a pity to go out?

"Master, I'm going with you, I won't stay at home..." Li Tong shouted after him.

When he went out, Li Wen told the housekeeper and rode a donkey to Zhuangzi not far away.

Dean Fu is not someone who keeps him studying in the room every day. As long as he doesn't delay his studies, Dean Fu doesn't care what he does outside, as long as he doesn't do anything bad.

It was only when Li Wen came here later that he found out that Dean Fu was still a big invisible tycoon. In addition to being the dean of so many academies, Dean Fu also had many shops in various places, and he still had several Zhuangzi owned thousands of acres of land and had many serfs and farmers working for him.

Comparing this with Dean Fu, Li Wen found that his family's fortune was not even a hair.

Dean Fu is actually a person who doesn't know much about secular things. Except for the affairs of the academy, he will ask about it. He leaves his shop and Zhuangzi to the people below to take care of it, and rarely interferes with these things. Or after Li Wen arrived here, he once wandered around here and went to Zhuangzi over there. He saw the life of the serfs and tenant farmers below, and only after listening to the butler talking about it did he know that this place belonged to Dean Fu. private village and land.

Qingping Town is still a small place with not so many landlords and gentry, so farmers can still have some land for farming. But after arriving in Nanyang, Li Wen discovered a problem: most of the farmers here did not have land. If they wanted to eat and survive, they had to rent land from landlords.

The life of the sharecroppers was hard, and the life of the serfs was even harder.

In fact, serfs also mean slaves of the landlords. They have been slaves for generations, cultivating the land for the landlords, and have no personal freedom. The products of their labor belong to the landlords. Many of them even have insufficient food in their stomachs

. Tenant farmers are farmers with personal freedom. In fact, they are some farmers who have no land and rent the land from the landlord's family for planting. However, they not only have to hand over a fixed amount of grain to the landlord's family, but also bear various taxes and

corvee. Therefore, the life of the sharecroppers was also not easy.

This is also the fundamental contradiction between farmers and aristocratic families in this world. Land is mostly in the hands of aristocratic landlords. Farmers do not have land in their hands, so they can only rent land from people who have land. When the harvest is good, the tenant farmers can still have some surplus grain to fill their stomachs. If the harvest is not good, the tenant farmers have worked hard for a year. In addition to the grain given to the landlord and the taxes given to the court, the whole family can survive. I can't even get enough to eat.

These things that seemed commonplace to others, when Li Wen understood these things in depth, especially when he saw the miserable lives of serfs and tenant farmers, he was shocked in his heart. In fact, from this very small aspect, it reflects the overall state of the world. People are divided into three, six or nine classes, and their lives are divided into high and low. In this world, the lives of low-class and poor farmers are as low as grass.

He can't change the whole world, but he can start from this place and transform it bit by bit.

In the past few years, Li Wen actually did a lot of things in his spare time while studying. One of them was to renovate several of his manors with Dean Fu's consent.

Li Wen rode a little donkey and led the little book boy here. He looked at the fertile fields in the distance.

Not far away are rows of blue brick houses built in the past two years. Before, there were some dilapidated mud brick houses and thatched huts along the way, but now they have a brand new look.

These rows of houses were built by Li Wen by gathering serfs from the manor and nearby tenant farmers. After the house was built, he announced that the farmers near Zhuangzi and even the serfs on Zhuangzi could buy it from him, or exchange it through labor. Most people chose the latter.

At first, everyone had doubts in their hearts and did not believe that there were such good things in this world.

When he took out a contract and explained to them what the paper said, someone stood up and was willing to sign such a thing with him.

In fact, this is a ten-year labor contract, which means that in the next ten years, these people will become his long-term hired labor force, and he will also pay them monthly wages. And the way to get wages from labor is also very fair, that is, the more you work, the more you get, and the less you work, the less you get. If you want to get more remuneration, you must work hard to complete the tasks assigned by him.

Therefore, when his policy came out, some smart people first chose to sign a treaty with him.

As for these more difficult and low-income serfs, Li Wen actually felt pity and sympathy for these people. Probably because he is a modern person, he will see many things that the scholar-bureaucrats in this world cannot see.

Later, Dean Fu left the affairs of the manor to him, so he also held the personal freedom rights of these serfs in his hands. What Li Wen initially signed with the serfs was a short-term treaty. As long as the serfs could meet his requirements every month, the serfs could obtain labor points. After earning the same sufficient labor points, they could then use these Labor points are exchanged for their deeds of sale.

For slaves who had been serfs for generations, this was tantamount to opening a new door for them. Especially when everyone saw that some serfs had obtained enough labor points and exchanged their deeds of sale, the serfs believed that their masters had not deceived them, and all the serfs became excited.

In the past two years, some serfs gradually gained enough points through labor and regained their freedom.

When he did these things, it was not that no one opposed him. The former stewards of Zhuangzi even jointly went to Dean Fu to complain against him. The reason is that the things he did at Zhuangzi touched the interests of these stewards. Originally, they were in charge of Zhuangzi, and the master had no business, so everything fell into their hands. These people could take advantage of Zhuangzi every year. Steal hundreds of taels or even more than the first taels of silver.

He suddenly intervened like this and destroyed the interests of these stewards, causing them to lose what they had originally obtained. How could these people let it go?

Later, Li Wen took out a detailed plan, listed all the details in it, and handed it to Dean Fu. After seeing it, Dean Fu only said one sentence, "If you want to do it, just go ahead and do it. With the teacher, you can do whatever you want, as long as you do it right."

I heard at that time . When Dean Fu said these words, Li Wen was actually very moved.

With the full support of Dean Fu, he not only removed many stewards from Zhuangzi, but also reassigned several stewards to him to obey his orders. This is also the reason why Li Wen was able to insist on completing these transformations later. In fact, A large part of it was Dean Fu who believed and supported him.

Chapter 4 Transformation

In the sky of May, the crops in the fields are growing well. At a glance, there are thousands of fertile fields stretching as far as the eye can see.

These are the hopes of these farmers.

Li Wen happened to come here to take a look at the crops in the fields and how the farmers near Zhuangzi were doing recently. When the man in the field saw the young man coming on the donkey, he hurriedly got out of the field. With a tanned face and a flattering smile, he shouted, "Young Master."

"It's Uncle Shuangzhu." , let me come and take a look, are you working in the fields?" Li Wen recognized the man who appeared and asked with a smile.

"Yes, I'm pulling grass from the ground. We haven't seen the young master coming for a while. Would the young master come to my house and sit for a while?" the man asked cautiously.

Li Wen got off the donkey and handed it to Li Tong to lead.

"Let's take a look here first, and then go over later. When are you going to harvest the wheat in this field?" Li Wen bent down and took out a handful of wheat ears to take a look. The grains are full. This year's wheat looks like not bad.

In the past few years, he has often gone to the fields, and he has become familiar with the crops in the fields. It is not like before where he could not distinguish between grains and what was grown in the fields.

When the interest comes, he will work in the fields with everyone.

When he was a child, he followed his parents to work in the fields. Li Wen remembers that he always went to make soy sauce. Later, he took over Zhuangzi here, as well as the land and people. He wanted to take these people to farm the land. The purpose was to produce more and better food. For him, this was A very difficult thing.

But now that he has made the choice, he will stick to it until the end and will not give up midway.

At that time, after having a large labor force, he had the manpower to do things. First of all, what Li Wen wanted to do was to change these people's primitive farming methods. Most of these serfs and tenant farmers are poor farmers without any education. Even farming follows the methods left by their ancestors. There are very few people who know how to sum up experience.

If you want to grow more food on a piece of land, there are many issues that need to be considered.

Even though Li Wen had never farmed much in his previous life, he knew that in order to grow more food on a piece of land, the land must first be fertile. How could a piece of barren land grow food? Another consideration is the selection of good seeds, water sources, etc.

In the early stage, Li Wen selected a group of people who were best at farming. He first led the people to conduct experiments on several pieces of land, and after fertilizing the land, they started farming. Then he hired someone to dig a few wells in places with water sources nearby, so that the problem of getting water could be solved.

The most difficult issue is the seed problem. After hybridizing and cultivating crops, they selected excellent seeds. After generations of cultivation of these seeds, the fruits grown are better than the original seeds. Be good.

As well as the farming tools used by these farmers, Li Wen improved these tools. Having studied history before, he was still somewhat impressed with farming tools. He drew new drawings and asked the craftsmen to create a batch of new farming tools. The investment in this batch of new tools greatly improved the efficiency of production. .

Originally, their crops here were only grown once a year, but now they are grown twice a year, with some other short-term crops inserted in between.

There are many merchants traveling between the north and the south in Nanyang. Li Wen found the merchants from the south and asked them to help find some crop seeds. Among the crops they brought, he actually found potatoes and Corn, and peppers. You must know that potatoes and corn are drought-resistant and high-yielding crops. The rapid expansion of these two crops has suddenly increased food production and solved the problem of food and clothing for some people.

What made him happiest was finding chili pepper, which is an indispensable seasoning for cooking. Dean Fu fell deeply in love with hot pot after he tasted it once. During the winter, teachers and students often stayed in the house to cook and eat hot pot.

Whether it's the green brick houses that are constantly being built on the farm, the continuous diversification of crops in the fields, and the continuous increase in food production, everything is accumulated bit by bit. You don't think it when you are doing it, but when you look back, you will realize that, oh, it turned out that everyone has done so many things without knowing it.

All the changes and gains here were made by Li Wen with these farmers in the past three or four years. He was just trying to do what he could.

"It's coming, it's coming, we all decided to stop in a few days." The man rubbed his hands nervously and

said nervously.

"Young master, where are you going to see? I'll go with you."

"Okay, let's go together."

The tenant farmers here all thought he was the young master of Dean Fu's family. Li Wen knew they had misunderstood, and he He doesn't correct

the problem either, which makes it easier for him to do things.

When he came here to take over several villages, these farmers still didn't listen to him. After he led his people to do so many things, these farmers believed in him from the bottom of their hearts and listened to his words.

Along the way, people working in the fields would come out to greet him when they saw them, and Li Wen responded to them one by one. He knew many people here, and he could call most of them by name.

"Let's go take a look at the cotton field in front."

"Oh, yes, it's right in front."

In the past two years, Li Wen had people find cotton seeds and planted dozens of acres of cotton land here. I came here to see how the cotton here is growing.

On the way, two more people were added to their team, and the group headed towards the cotton fields.

The cotton trees in the cotton field are growing well, and the flower bud stage will be in one month. Before that, they need to pay attention to fertilization, watering and other issues. The fields here are now divided into regions, and each area is managed by a dedicated person in charge. There is also a dedicated person in charge here in the cotton fields.

Li Wen exchanged a few words with them and reminded them of some issues they should pay attention to.

They would all remember these questions even if the young master didn't ask them. The leading man couldn't help but nodded and said, "Young master, please don't worry."

They walked around in the cotton field, and Li Wen would also remember it. Sometimes I ask the manager here some questions. In the past few years, he has gained a certain understanding of farming and crops in the fields.

In fact, in the past few years, Li Wen has also been groping forward with his people. He has a general impression of some things in his mind, but he is not very clear about the specifics. He still has to rely on these people to complete it.

Fortunately, the general direction was correct. There were some minor mistakes in the process, but no major problems were encountered.

After walking around, everyone invited him to come and sit at their home, and Li Wen followed them there.

I sat down in the yard of a house and asked them about recent events.

He later implemented a farming reward, that is, whoever serves the grain in the field well and has a high yield can receive corresponding rewards. Therefore, as soon as his policy came out, it greatly improved the efficiency of the tenant farmers in farming. Positivity.

Now these tenant farmers have tasted the sweetness, knowing that they work hard, their families can have enough food, and they can live in such a good house, so even if they have signed a ten-year long-term contract with the owner, they are still satisfied I'm so happy, I can't wait to sign a contract with my host for a few more decades and work here for the rest of my life.

These farmers work hard to cultivate the land just to have enough food in their stomachs.

The host's child was not afraid when he saw him, and ran into his arms to be held. Li Wen held the child and asked how old the child was. The child looked up at his mother-in-law, and the woman standing by the door covered her mouth. Laughing.

Seeing the child, Li Wen thought of their little chubby little boy. Li Haopeng was also five years old this year. He was sent to the academy in their town to study. The child was admitted by his own ability and did not let him do this at all. My brother is embarrassed. It's just that the child doesn't suffer as much as he did when he was studying. He often comes home crying and says not to go to school, which gives his mother a headache.

They just went to the cotton field to see it. Li Wentong mentioned the planting of cotton to everyone, "We just went to the cotton field to see it. The cotton will enter the flowering period next month. When the cotton blooms and withers, the picked cotton will We can make cotton-padded clothes or quilts and shoes."

"I plan to wait until next year to plant cotton, but I don't know if you are willing to join us.

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Because cotton is a cash crop, which is different from food crops such as corn and wheat. Yes, grain crops such as corn and wheat can be eaten, but cotton cannot be eaten. Therefore, Li Wen knew that when he proposed planting cotton, these people would definitely hesitate in their hearts.

"I am . I thought, if more of you are willing to grow cotton, I will open a factory here and purchase cotton from everyone. "Li Wen quoted a rough purchase price and said, "Don't worry, everyone, I will never buy cotton at a low price. We will decide the price after discussing it at that time^"

"If there is a factory here, your home People can go to the factory to work and get wages every day. This part of the wages is completely yours. "

When a line was thrown, he had already prepared the bait.

"So I just want to ask everyone, if you all use part of your land to grow cotton, would any of you be willing to grow it? . "Li Wen wants to expand the cotton seeds. When the factory is built, it will be equivalent to an increase in income for these people's families.

Of course, the biggest beneficiaries are also them. If you want to make a fool of yourself, you must give them some benefits. Right.

So they are mutually beneficial? Facts have proved that the income in Zhuangzi's land is indeed better than before, and everyone can have enough food. Why not do such a good thing

? After listening to the young master's words, everyone's expressions changed.

They heard that there are so many benefits. The cotton grown can be sold to the owner, and can also be used by the owner to work and earn money. Everyone is happy. With a look of disbelief on his face, someone asked loudly, "Young Master, is this, what you said, true?

"I have such a plan. You can go and ask everyone what they think. Later I will ask the steward to come and register. " "Li Wen is still planning this matter, and it will have to wait until next year to implement it.

He will probably not be here next year, but there are a few managers he has brought up, as well as the experienced planting managers under him. So even if he is no longer here, these things will not be gone.

Li Wen knows that there will not be too many things that he will stay in Nanyang. Before he leaves, he wants to get everything done. Once that was done, he might not have so many things to do here, so he took advantage of a little free time today to come to Zhuangzi to have a look.

"Okay, okay, we will go and ask everyone what they want later. , I think everyone must be willing. "No one would be unwilling to do such a good thing. If they can have more income, their lives will be better.

Since the young master came to their village, their lives have been Every day was getting better, and everyone secretly said that the young master was a boy sent by Bodhisattva.

Of course, Li Wen didn't know these things.

"I'm going to go back if I have something to do today." "Li Wen didn't want to stay here for too long, so as not to delay other people's work.

"Young Master, I will take you out."

"Young Master, please go slowly. "

After chatting with everyone for a while, Li Wen got on his little donkey and walked back slowly. It will be convenient to gather people to repair the road later, so that the carriages can come in to transport goods in the future. It is so happy It's decided!

After getting up from sleep, Fu Yihan knew that Li Wen had gone to Zhuangzi, so he just smiled and said, "Let him go back and read, he is good, he just runs out all day." " Dean Fu's eyes were full of doting when he said this, and it was obvious that he had no intention of blaming him.

Fu Yihan knew what his disciple had done at Zhuangzi in the past few years. Originally, he just thought that child was funny. , ran over to play and came back. I didn't expect that he would do so many things later.

I just didn't know where that kid got such a set of things.

After a few years, Fu Yihan also saw this disciple. The result was that he restored the freedom of those serfs. Fu Yihan acquiesced to him doing this. He didn't care about a few serfs,

but in the next few years, he saw Zhuangzi making friends year after year. The account books that came up really surprised Fu Yihan.

"Aman, let's go to Zhuangzi's place and take a look at it sometime. "Dean Fu, who had just woken up, was still lazily leaning on the soft sleeper and yawning.

After walking around Zhuangzi, Li Wen returned home.

Chapter 5 Lijia Village

enters Lijia Village from a wide avenue in the town. Many carriages and pedestrians come and go on this road every day. There are merchants who go into Lijia Village in carriages to get goods, and there are also merchants who take goods. Come out of the village. A large amount of goods were transported from Lijia Village and then transported to various places for sale by waterway or land, and merchants earned the price difference.

Ever since a scholar came out of Lijiacun, he became famous in all the villages.

Nowadays, Lijiacun's soap is very famous. Everyone who has used it says it is good. Many people from other places know Li's soap. In addition to soap, they also have new fragrances for bathing and shampooing. From the bottle Pour a little out and take a shower, and your whole body will be soaked. After washing, the whole body will be filled with a scent that lingers for a long time.

The ladies in the city all like the soaps and body wash shampoo produced by Li's Daily Chemical Co., Ltd. Therefore, businessmen saw the business opportunities and went to Lijia Village frequently. Often the things that Li's family produces cannot keep up with what is sold, so the merchants have a limited amount of goods to buy each time, and they may not be able to get them if they arrive late.

The workshops in the village have also opened from the first workshop to the third workshop now. Every household in the village has a quota to work in the workshop. Of course, the workers in the workshop are strictly selected. Even though there is a quota, they must meet the standards before they can enter.

In the past, Lijia Village was the poorest place in their eight villages. Now the houses in the entire Lijia Village have been demolished and built into brick houses. The people in the village rely on the income from a few workshops. Except for a few families, almost The life of every household has improved, and now it has become the richest village in their area.

People from other villages who have daughters want to marry their daughters to Lijia Village. For a while, matchmakers from other villages have broken down the gate of Lijia Village. If any family has an unmarried boy, there are matchmakers every day. Come to your door.

Calculating that Li Xiaoxiucai is fourteen or fifteen years old this year, she is almost old enough to get married, so many matchmakers are eyeing the door of Wang Li's family. This is a wealthy family in Lijia Village, and they have a young scholar. If they can marry their daughter to Li Xiaocai, it will be a greater joy than picking up gold on the road.

When Mrs. Li saw matchmakers coming to propose marriage to her grandson, she refused them all because her grandson was still young.

Her sweet grandson is going to win the first prize in the scholar examination. He will become a high official in the future. He will want an official girl as his wife in the future. How can he marry a little girl from the country? A little girl from the country dared to take advantage of her sweet grandson, which made Mrs. Li unhappy. When Sun Yi returned home and listened to her mother-in-law's words, she couldn't help but smile. She also persuaded her mother-in-law not to be angry about such things. If she gets angry, her health will be bad.

Li Wen, who was studying in Nanyang, didn't know that someone at home had already come to him to talk to him as a matchmaker.

"Master." When the workers in the workshop saw the master come in, the manager hurried over.

"Well, Li Ping, when will this batch of goods be released?" Li Shangu led people to the workshop to have a look. Although the workshop was in the name of the Li family, everything was in his hands. He is in charge of everything he handles.

Everyone in the clan knows that he is the one who makes the prescriptions in the workshop, and he holds the prescriptions in his hands. In recent years, workshops have been opened in the village, and the lives of the people in his tribe and the village have become better. Based on this alone, no matter what decision he makes, the elders of the tribe will support him, so here Li Shangu took charge of everything.

It's not like no one has been interested in Li's daily chemical formula in recent years, not to mention whether they can get a house. When people outside know that the Li family has produced a scholar, they would not be afraid of it if it were just a little scholar, but this little scholar has won the title of scholar at the age of less than ten, and he has won the first prize every time. , looking at the entire Dacheng Kingdom, there has never been such a talent, so this is the reason why they are afraid of the Li family.

It is better to be on good terms with such a person than to be hostile. Moreover, the prices of the products produced by Li's workshop are also reasonable. The cheapest soap costs ten cents a piece, the medium one costs twenty to fifty cents, and the top-grade ones are It ranges from fifty to one hundred cents. If they take it out at this price, they can sell it several times outside, and they can already make huge profits from it.

Although the prices of the body wash and shampoo released later are a little more expensive, they are also more expensive to sell, and as soon as the goods are shipped out, there are many people outside waiting to get them. In the past few years, not many people knew about Li's daily chemical products. The merchants who bought and sold goods here in the early years had already made a lot of money in their pockets.

It's not that the goods have been hard to sell in recent years, it's that too many people know about Li's daily chemicals, and many merchants come here to get goods. As a result, the workshops are always out of stock, and those who arrive late can't get them. I have to wait here for the goods.

The businessmen who entered Lijiacun would initially inquire about the young scholar, but they heard that the people from Lijiacun were sent to Nanyang Prefecture to study, so none of these businessmen had ever seen the young scholar.

Li Shangu, the father of the little scholar, took care of everything in the workshop. These businessmen had seen that man. He was an honest businessman and he did not deceive or deceive them. Therefore, many of the businessmen who came here were also sincere. Come to do business.

"Brother, this batch of goods won't be shipped out until tomorrow afternoon at the earliest," the steward said.

Li Shangu picked up a piece of soap and took a look at it, touched it with his hand, nodded, and said, "

We can't ship it out until it's completely dry. We have to make sure there's no problem with the goods before we can give them to others. If the goods are shipped out, The problem is our own reputation. "

If you want to do business for a long time, reputation is the most important thing. Once it is damaged, no amount of money can make up for it. This is what his son emphasized to him at the beginning. Li Shangu said his son's words Keep it in mind.

Over the years of doing business, he has learned a lot.

"Yes, Boss, don't worry. We all understand this without you having to tell us." Li Ping was able to sit in the position of manager because he was cautious and conscientious in doing things, so he was promoted to the position of manager.

In addition to him, there are two big stewards in the workshop. Li Ping is only in charge of this part of the soap shop, and the other two big stewards are in charge of other workshops. Under them, each group also has a team leader, and the entire workshop is divided layer by layer.

"Many bosses outside are waiting for the goods. Those who get the goods should come in order. Those who register first will be shipped first, and those who come later will have to wait. This matter cannot be rushed." Li Gushan I know that there are many merchants outside waiting to get the goods, and everyone orders a large amount when they come.

Later, he followed his son's suggestion and limited the amount that each person could take each month. If the amount exceeded, he would have to wait until the next month. You need to arrange the order in which you get the goods. Otherwise, if someone else doesn't get the goods after waiting for so long, the person behind will take it away as soon as it comes, and the person in front will naturally have objections.

It's not that Li Shangu thought about making their workshop even more busy, but his son reminded him that their current workshop has already made a lot of people jealous. If they make it more busy, they may cause unnecessary trouble. It was troublesome, so Li Shangu gave up on such an idea.

The current workshop is so large that it is already difficult for him to manage it. If there are more people and more goods, there will probably be some trouble. They are doing well as they are now. They can support their son's education, and everyone in the village who works conscientiously has a bite to eat. Originally, Li Shangu was not a person with too high aspirations. He was already satisfied with the current situation. Very satisfied.

"Little understands 3" As a supervisor, Li Ping understands these things.

He has finally reached the position of supervisor of supervisors now. If something goes wrong and he is removed from the position of supervisor, he may even lose his job in the workshop. Now that he is in the management position, his annual salary is seven or eight taels, and the workshop will give them things during the New Year and festivals. This was something that he would have never dared to think about before.

In addition, his wife also works in the workshop, and together they have an income of ten taels a year, which is enough for the family to live a good life. They also want to send their children to study in the town.

There are many families in the village now. If two people in the family can work in the workshop, the income in the year will be very considerable.

However, the requirements for entering and working in the workshop are very strict. Even after entering, if you do not do well, you will probably be asked out. This is not something that has never happened in the workshop. It is not easy for him to sit in the position of supervisor, so he has to be more careful and strict with himself than others.

Li Shangu led people to walk around the three workshops and looked at the progress in the three workshops. They were all satisfied.

In addition to the three workshops, there was also an independent special workshop, which was led by his wife. What people are doing here is mainly the final processing of raw materials, and then transporting them to several other workshops for processing.

Therefore, this independent workshop is very special. The personnel entering and exiting it are very strict. People who are not working in it are not allowed to enter by the way. Even the people who work in it have to rely on the sign and seal on their hand to enter and exit every day. Only then can you go inside.

"Master."

"Open the door. I want to go in."

"Yes, I'll open it right now." When the gatekeeper saw their master coming, he opened the door and let them in.

The only one who doesn't use a sign when entering and exiting is the master Li Gugu. Yes, you can enter directly by swiping your face.

"Husband, why are you here?" Sun Yi was working with others. She looked up and saw her man coming in. She put down what she was doing and walked over to her man. When Li Shangu saw the sweat on his wife's face, he raised his hand to wipe it with his wife. He stared at his wife with burning eyes and said, "I just came to the workshop over there to take a look. I stopped by your side to have a look." "

There is a fire burning in the stove, and flowers are drying on it. It would be too slow to let the sun outside. Later, these flowers will be purified and then sent to the workshop over there for processing.

The division of labor among several workshops is clear, and each workshop is responsible for different things. That is, each department in the workshop is responsible for different procedures.

Therefore, it is not easy for outsiders to steal their recipes, because even

the people working in the workshop are not very clear about the raw materials needed to make a soap, and what goes through to make a soap. Processes and Handling.

"When this batch of goods comes out, I want to send it to Nanyang in person. I will also go over and see if Sanbao is studying there." My son will go to Nanyang to study after the year, and he has been away for several months. At this time every year, Li Shangu would go to Nanyang to see his son and deliver goods there.

In fact, for small things like delivery, he can just send someone to do it. There is no need for him, the boss, to go there in person. This is because he misses his son who is studying abroad.

"Well, go ahead. It's been several months since Sanbao left. If there weren't so many things going on here that I couldn't leave, I would have wanted to go with you." Every time his son came back from writing a letter, he told his mother When Sun Yi had time to go to Nanyang for fun, she couldn't help but smile when she thought of the letter written by her son.

She now goes home every day and starts reading and practicing calligraphy. This is because her son encouraged her, a mother-in-law, to study. After a few years, Sun Yi now knows a lot of words. She can read the accounts in the workshop, read letters written by her son to her family, and even write letters to her son herself.

However, her husband had a headache when he saw Chinese characters. He didn't know as many Chinese characters as she did in the past few years, but he was better at settling accounts than she did. Both husband and wife had their own strengths.

The couple has been getting busier and busier in recent years, so they don't have to worry about their eldest son since he was a child. Now he is studying in Nanyang Mansion. The youngest son is a naughty one and was sent to an academy to study a few years ago. The servant at home would pick him up from school every day.

"Go ahead and help me see if Sanbao is okay. I made some clothes for Sanbao at home and prepared some food. You can bring them to Sanbao when the time comes." The mother is always thinking about her son. These years without her son around, Sun Yi misses her son who is away from home even more.

She just knew that her son wanted to study and get fame, so she, as a biological mother, couldn't stop him, and she wanted to support her son in studying and getting fame.

"Didn't you just make several clothes for Sanbao a few years ago, why are you making clothes for that kid again?" Li Shangu felt slightly jealous when he heard this. Even his own son couldn't be treated better than him. well enough.

Sun Yi kept her husband silent. After the two of them said a few words, Sun Yi pushed him out and said, "Go quickly, don't hinder me from doing my work here."

The women working in the workshop saw the wife of the workshop owner. After driving the shop owner out, everyone covered their mouths and snickered, but everyone was already used to this scene.

Being chased away by his wife, Li Gushan, the owner of the shop, had no choice but to go outside.

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Chapter Six: Going to Nanyang

Several temporary sheds were set up outside the workshop, which were used as resting places for merchants and vendors waiting outside to get their goods. There were many people waiting outside every day.

When they saw the shop owner Li Gushan come out, everyone came forward and asked with concern when they would get the goods. Li Shangugu reassured them with kind words and told them that the fastest delivery would be tomorrow. He said, "Don't worry, everyone. I guarantee that there will be goods for everyone tomorrow."

"We can't rush the goods to give them ." You guys just fooled everyone with inferior goods. If we want to get good goods, we still have to wait patiently."

"Yes, Boss Li is right."

With Li Shangu's intervention, Some businessmen who were waiting impatiently outside suppressed their irritability, and their faces finally looked better.

Knowing that the goods would be available tomorrow, these merchants left one by one. Some of them went to the town to stay with guests, and some merchants even simply stayed in the homes of people in the village. Some villagers saw that there was money to be made, so they were willing to rent their houses to businessmen who came to live in them, and earn some money to support their families.

When the sun goes down, the workers in the workshop also go home from work. After a hard day's work, everyone comes out with smiles on their faces.

This was the most relaxing moment of their day. Everyone left the workshop and went back home.

At this time, Li Haopeng also returned home from the academy. When Mrs. Li saw her little grandson coming back, she took her hand and asked, "My dear grandson, are you hungry? Grandma asked the kitchen to get you something to fill it up." Fill your stomach, don't let grandma go hungry."

"Ah Nai, I'm not hungry yet, I'll wait for my father and mother to come back before eating." Five-year-old Li Haopeng is strong and taller than his age. Everyone has half a head, and he looks like his father.

Not long after the two mothers and grandsons waited, Sun Yi came back from outside.

"A'Niang-"

As soon as Li Haopeng saw A Niang coming back, he flew into A Niang's arms and hugged her legs. When Sun Yi saw her little son holding her, she smiled helplessly and said, "Li Haopeng, please let go of my mother. I can't walk even if you hold her up."

"Don't let me go, I won't let you go. Mother, please hold me ." Hug me, I'm tired from studying today." Li Haopeng doesn't like studying. Every day after going to study, he clings to his grandma and begs for a hug. Even when he's eating, he still wants to be fed by her.

"You are so old and you still need grandma to hold you. Your brother never asked grandma to hold him when he was little." Sun Yi came back very tired after working for a day. Her younger son was well raised and tall and strong. I can no longer hold my son. No wonder her eldest son would quietly complain to her every time he hugged his younger brother when he came back, saying that his younger brother was too heavy and he couldn't hold him anymore.

But that's not it!

I remember my eldest son wasn't so clingy when he was a child. She, the mother-in-law, even wanted to hug her eldest son and she disliked her. Unlike this little son, he has been very clingy since he was a child. He never wants to stand by himself even if someone holds him in his arms.

As soon as Li Haopeng heard his mother-in-law talking about his brother, he blinked his inner little eyes and looked at his mother-in-law and asked, "Auntie, did my brother really not want his mother-in-law to hug him when he was a child?"

"Yes, your brother doesn't want anyone to care for him. " Hug, your brother has been dressing himself, brushing his teeth and washing his face since he was three years old. He gets up early every morning to go to school with your father without crying or having to be coaxed by his mother. "The biggest headache for Sun Yi is the younger son. When it comes to studying, she, the mother-in-law, doesn't have to worry about her eldest son going to school for a day.

After my youngest son was born, he would cry and be comforted when he was little. But when he grew up, he would still be troubled. He would often get into fights with other people's children in the village, and he would not be able to study well when he was sent to school. It made her, a mother-in-law, angry. But the mother-in-law is a doting grandson. She can't beat him or scold him, so she can only carry her eldest son out.

Li Haopeng has admired his brother since he was a child. After he became wise, he knew that his brother was a scholar. But it was so great that his brother was the only scholar in the whole village.

As soon as he heard his grandma's words, Li Haopeng thought for a while with a grimace on his face, and then said as if he had made up his mind, "Haopeng doesn't want grandma to wear clothes or wipe her face... I'll do it tomorrow morning Can you get up and study by yourself!"

"Really?" Sun Yi's eyes lit up and she asked.

"Yes." Li Haopeng nodded seriously, and let go of his mother's legs with both hands, preventing her from hugging him.

"A real man..."

"Keep your word!"

The two of them still checked and stamped their names. Sun Yi's stomach had already turned upside down with laughter. She didn't know if her little son would really be able to get up and go to school on his own tomorrow without crying. Stop making trouble. When Li Shangu opened the door and came in, he saw his wife smiling and his youngest son looking like he had a blood feud with someone. He raised his eyebrows.

Dinner at home has been prepared long ago and will not be served until the family comes back.

The younger son no longer lives in the same room with them since he went to school and sleeps in the cabin next to them. After visiting her youngest son at night, Sun Yi returned to her house and talked to her husband about the agreement she had made with her youngest son today. Sun Yi smiled and said, "I just don't know if that kid's words are true.

" After having her second son, Sun Yi's health improved and she rarely got sick. Her face was rosy, her skin became much whiter, and she looked younger and younger.

"We'll find out tomorrow. Let's leave that kid alone." Li Shangu looked at his wife who was smiling under the lamp. She looked more and more beautiful. After blowing out the oil lamp, he pulled his wife onto the bed.

A low moan sounded in the house at night, which was a moment of sexual bliss for the couple...

By the next day, the cry of a child was still heard from the cabin next door. Apparently, the child had already forgotten the day before with his mother-in-law. The agreement was made. Sun Yi finally coaxed her son, put the younger son on the donkey cart, and sent the boy to the academy by the man at home.

Mu Mu Mu

After a few days, the goods in the workshop were ready, and Li Gushan was ready to leave for Nanyang.

Knowing that her son was going to Nanyang to see her eldest grandson, Mrs. Li Wang had people prepare a lot of food and bring it to her eldest grandson. Even though her little grandson was in front of her, Mrs. Li's heart was most concerned about her eldest grandson who was away. "My grandma is too old to go see the Three Treasures. My eldest son, go and help my grandma see if the Three Treasures are okay. Come back and tell me."

Sun Yi also prepared a lot of things for her son. I sent a cart full of gifts to my child's teacher.

"Auntie, I understand." When Li Shangu saw such a large cart of things, he stretched out his hand and rubbed his eyebrows. He knew that it would be useless to say anything to the two women at home, so he might as well send the things to his son.

It will take about ten days to go back and forth to Nanyang by land and water. If you stay there for two or three days, it will take half a month.

Before leaving, Li Shangu had already arranged everything in the workshop, as well as their bakery. The business at the bakery is best done in the second half of the year, and the volume of shipments will only increase after July and August. , taking advantage of the opportunity to spare some time, Li Shangu wanted to go to Nanyang to see his youngest son.

"Wow... Dad, please take me with you. I also want to go to my brother's place..." It happened that Li Haopeng didn't have to study at home on this day. Knowing that his father was going to Nanyang to see his brother, he rushed out of the house with two arms and two arms. His legs wrapped around his father, and he opened his mouth to cry and wanted to follow his father.

"Wow... Dad, please take me there. I don't want to study anymore. I want to go find my brother..."

"..." Li Shangu looked at the little son hanging on him with a stern face, trying to shake him away. , and then remembered that this was his son, or his biological son.

Good intentions!

Sun Yi was stunned for a moment before she realized what she was doing. She hurriedly pulled her little son over and coaxed, "Haopeng, be good, let's let your father go first. Let's talk to you if you have anything to say. Don't cry now.

" Didn't you say that? I have to wait until you pass the scholar exam before sending you to his place to study with your brother. "

But no matter how she coaxes him, his son refuses to let go.

I don't know who this boy is like. He has been prone to crying since he was a child. Many times, even she, a mother-in-law, can't do anything about her son.

The carriage outside has already While waiting for the boat to be dragged down to the pier at home to leave, Li Gugu bent down and easily lifted his youngest son up. The father and son came face to face with Li Haopeng, who was dripping with runny nose and two tears. He looked at his biological father with hazy eyes and opened his mouth to cry,

"Don't cry, put back your tears. Didn't your brother teach you that a man should bleed but not shed tears? Where have you learned this? Li Shangu was so angry that he really wanted to throw away his youngest son. He said with a cold face, "When my father goes to see your brother this time, he will tell your brother that you are disobedient at home, do not study, and are Crying and acting unreasonable. "

Uuwu... no, dad, don't say bad things about others! " Li Xiaopangdun suppressed his cry and kept silent.

Before his youngest son burst into tears, Sun Yi quickly went to pick him up and coaxed, "Your father is joking with you. Your father will not do this. Talk about our family Haopeng. The child's father, don't you think?

"Our Haopeng is so good, and he listened to my mother-in-law and went to see Sanbao to tell Sanbao that our Haopeng is a good boy. " "

..." What I just said was the truth. Li Gushan watched his wife carrying her youngest son back into the house, and waved to him to let him go. He went out.

The goods had already gone to the dock. He only needed to transport the things prepared by his mother-in-law and his wife and load them together later.

The driver drove the car back and forth on this road every day. In the past,

Li Wen, who was in Nanyang, received a letter from home and knew that his father was about to arrive in Nanyang, so he sent someone to wait at the dock.

It took five or six days to travel from Qingping Town to Nanyang Mansion.

In the past few years, Li Gugu has made countless trips by boat to and from Qingping Town to Nanyang Prefecture. This waterway is relatively calm, and it is rare to hear that there are

many incidents of water bandits robberies at this time of year . There were ships coming and going, and merchants would transport goods to the south to sell in the north. Then they would buy goods from the north and transport them back to the south to sell them.

When he met a familiar merchant on the ship, Li Shangu would chat with them for a while. He always stayed in the cabin, and there was nothing to do on the boat, which made him a little unaccustomed. Over the years, he was used to getting up early and going to bed late.

Fortunately, it was the fifth day on the boat that he felt uncomfortable all the time. We arrived at the dock of Nanyang Mansion in the evening.

"Master Li, I've been waiting for you. "After waiting here at the dock for two days, he was able to wait for someone. The young man had met Mr. Li, so he saw him as soon as he came out.

Li Gugu also met the young man of his eldest son before. Every time he comes here, this boy comes to pick him up.

"You have people take the goods to the store, and I will go to the store tomorrow.

"Yes, sir, don't worry, I will take care of these things. " "

Li Gushan said to the steward who came with him that the steward would arrange for people to move the goods on the ship, but the things he was asked to bring at home had to be brought over to his son. Fortunately, you can rent a carriage at the dock, and you can rent a carriage. They loaded the things into the carriage and rushed to Fu's house.

On the way, Li Shangu asked the boy who came to pick him up about his son's recent studies,

and he thought he would see him soon. Li Shangu couldn't help but feel excited when he saw his son, and as a father, he missed his son.

Chapter 7 Father and Son Reunion

Just after returning from the academy, Li Wen heard that his father was coming. He walked out of the house with tall strides and saw that his father had already arrived at the door.

"Dad, you're here." The father and son hadn't seen each other for nearly half a year. When he saw his father coming, Li Wen couldn't help but stepped forward and gave his father a hug, expressing his gratitude. of pleasure and joy.

For him, this tall man was one of his closest relatives in the world.

To this day, Li Wen often dreams about the time when his father carried him to school when he was a child. For him, this is the most profound and beautiful memory of his childhood.

"Haha... Sanbao misses his father, right? Sanbao seems to have grown a little taller. Well, he has grown taller." Li Gushan patted his son on the shoulder. After not seeing him for half a year, he felt that his son looked a little taller again.

It's just that he still looks the same skinny person with not much flesh. As a father, he knows that his son has worked hard studying abroad. 0

"Haha, I think so, too. I also feel that I have grown a little taller." Li Wen replied He compared his height with his father, but he was still a head shorter than his father.

It doesn't matter, he is still young and has only started to grow now. In two years, he may be taller than his father.

In his previous life, he was only 1.76 meters tall, not tall but not short either. His father has been so tall in this life, so he must have inherited some of his father's good genes, right?

"Dad, you've worked hard all the way. Are Grandma and Grandma in good health? Are Haopeng obedient at home?" Seeing his relatives traveling thousands of miles to visit him, Li Wen felt indescribably moved. When his father arrived, he asked his grandmother and mother-in-law at home if they were okay.

"Don't worry, they are all fine. Your grandmother and mother-in-law knew that I was coming, and asked me to bring you something." Li Gugu asked someone to open the door of the car, and they all brought food for his son. Used things.

Seeing such a cart full of things that his father brought him, Li Wen couldn't help but twitch the corners of his eyes. Li Wen knew that these things were definitely not his father's idea. They must have been brought here by his grandmother and his aunt at home. "Dad, thank you for bringing so many things."

"It's not hard, dad. Your grandma and grandma prepared it. Dad didn't bring you anything. There are some things that your grandma prepared for Dean Fu, so I asked dad to bring them with him. He picked out the gifts for Dean Fu and sent them to Dean Fu first. Every time he came, he would prepare a gift for Dean Fu. It was important to consider the value.

"Uncle Chen, these are things I brought for my teacher from home. Could you please Uncle Chen to have someone put them away and send them to the teacher's yard later." Li Wen told the housekeeper, knowing that the housekeeper would take care of these things.

"Come on, Mr. Li, don't worry, I will take care of things," the steward said.

"Dad, let's go. I'll take you to see the teacher first." Since his father is here, it is also a basic courtesy to take his father to say hello to Dean Fu first.

Li Wen took his father into the mansion and went to the courtyard where Dean Fu lived.

When the boy at the door saw them, he said, "Master Li, Master Li, sir, please come in."

Knowing that Dean Fu had ordered the doorkeeper in advance to let them in, Li Wen and his father entered smoothly. The house where Dean Fu lives. Seeing Dean Fu waiting in the room, Li Wen saluted Dean Fu and called "Teacher."

"Hello, Dean Fu."

"Please sit down, don't be restrained." Fu Yihan saw his disciple's The father is amiable in attitude, and he does not dislike the student's father. He often heard him mention people in his family from his disciples. Fu Yihan had only met his father, and it was clear that he was a father who loved his son.

His son was studying in Nanyang and stayed at Dean Fu's home. Knowing that his son disturbed other people's homes a lot, everyone in the Li family respected and appreciated Dean Fu, but Li Gu Gu always couldn't control his nervousness in front of Dean Fu.

Fu Yihan saw Li's father's nervousness and discomfort in front of him, and asked Li whether his journey was going well.

Knowing that Father Li had come from such a long way and was tired along the way, Fu Yihan said to his disciple, "I wonder if your father must be tired after coming such a long way here. Please take your father back to the courtyard to have a good rest." "If you need anything in the yard, tell the housekeeper and the kitchen will prepare some dishes for you."

This is not the first time Fu Yihan has met Father Li. He has met Father Li since the first time he came to Qingping Town. When Li Wen came to Nanyang Mansion to study, this man would come here once or twice a year to visit his son, so Fu Yihan had met this man several times.

The reason why Fu Yihan kept this disciple living in his house in the first place was not only because he thought the child was smart, but he actually liked the child a lot. He likes men and will never have children with women in his life. It is not easy to meet a child who is destined, so he treats Li Wen as his disciple and raises him as his own child. Fortunately,

this child has not let him down in his studies over the years. He had been disappointed as a teacher.

Seeing Li's father coming to Nanyang Mansion from such a far away place, Fu Yihan knew that he was tired, so Fu Yihan asked his disciple to take his father back to the courtyard to rest.

Li Wen responded, "Yes, I will take my father to rest first."

They did not stay at Dean Fu's place for long. After saying hello, Li Wen took his father to the courtyard where he lived. In the past, his father would live with him in Dean Fu's courtyard when he came over. This was also Dean Fu's intention.

Father and son only met each other in half a year, so they could spend more time together if they lived together.

When he returned to the courtyard where he lived, meals were delivered from the kitchen.

"Father, please eat. It's been a long time since I had dinner with him." Li Wen ate with his father. When he heard his father say that when he went out, Li Haopeng hugged his legs and cried, asking to come with him.

Listening to his father's words, he could almost imagine the scene and couldn't help but laugh.

"Dad, this kid needs to be dealt with. Next time he does this, please give me a beating." Li Wenkai encouraged his father to give that boy Li Haopeng a good beating. He looked like he was a bad guy who needed to be dealt with. Because of his family's favor, he has to go to bed and cover up everything.

"With your grandma and grandma at home, dad wouldn't dare to do such a thing." Li Shangu said, picking up the wine glass and taking a sip of wine.

"Haha... That boy Haopeng was spoiled by us." Li Wen couldn't help but laugh when he saw his father. He knew that his father was afraid of his grandma and his mother-in-law. Outsiders would definitely It's hard to tell that this 1.8-meter-tall man is a henpecker at home.

His father also respected his mother very much. Fortunately, his grandmother was not that kind of unreasonable old lady. And his grandma is also a sensible person, so the harmony in their family is inseparable from his grandma and grandma.

Li Wen knew that Li Haopeng was spoiled rotten by his mother-in-law and grandma. Of course, his brother was also spoiled by him. Although that kid can act bad and cry at the top of his lungs when he has nothing to do, he is easy to coax and his temperament is not a bad boy. Maybe he will be sensible when he grows up in two years.

"It's not my fault. I didn't dote on that boy." Li Shangu refused to admit that he doted on his son after eating food and drinking wine.

I believed your evil deeds!

Li Wen snorted, but he didn't believe his father's words. He thought about Li Haopeng crying in the middle of the night when he was a child. Who was the man who got up in the middle of the night to hold his son and comfort him? Don't think that he didn't see it and still dared to say that he didn't love his son.

After the meal, Li Wen asked someone to remove the bowls and chopsticks from the table and bring them up with a pot of tea.

The evening breeze blows away, taking away the heat of summer. This is the most comfortable time of the day for people who have eaten and drank enough. After the father and son finished their meal, they drank a pot of tea. Father and son have not seen each other for nearly half a year, and they have a lot to say to each other.

What he misses most when he is away from home is the people at home. Li Wen heard some things at home from his father, as if they were happening in front of him. Hearing his father say how much his family misses him, his eyes get a little hot, and he misses them.

In the past few years when he was studying abroad, his family often brought him clothes and various kinds of food, for fear that he would be cold and hungry here. Even if he had not witnessed it with his own eyes, Li Wen could imagine his mother sewing clothes for him stitch by stitch under the lamp.

"Dad, my mother's health is very good recently. Please tell her not to be too tired, not to do everything by herself, and to let others do what can be done by others." His mother's health has finally improved over the past few years. After he had recovered a little, Li Wen was worried that his mother-in-law was so busy and still had to worry about making clothes for him, and she would have to stay up late at night when she went back, which was too tiring.

"I have a lot of clothes. Please ask grandma not to make clothes for me all the time. It's so hard."

"Forget it, I'll write to grandma later. Dad won't listen to what you told grandma. "It's useless for his father to tell him that he knew this. He might as well wait for his father to send him a message back to his mother-in-law, and he would make an agreement with her mother-in-law himself, Li Wen thought to himself.

"Sambo, don't worry. Your grandma and grandma are both in good health. They are just thinking of you. When I was leaving, your grandma asked me to come over and check on you for her. Okay, go back and tell her. "After only going out for a few days, Li Gushan already misses his wife, children and mother at home, not to mention that his son, who has been studying away from home since he was a child, must miss his family very much.

Thinking of this son studying alone at a young age, he is still thinking about things at home. If it weren't for this son, how could the shop at home and the workshop in the village be opened, and how could the villagers of Lijia Village live a prosperous life?

Li Valley The son who grew up in a place where he could not see felt guilty for his son, "Sambo, you have worked hard for you to study abroad. If you need anything here, just tell your family, and they will prepare it for you. How do you

know how to take care of yourself when you are out alone?"

As a father, he was actually not very worried about his son being away from home. If he didn't have so many things at home, he would have liked to be here to study with his son.

When his son was young, he carried him step by step to the town to study. Suddenly, his son was so old. He went out alone and endured hardships without even knowing it at home.

"Don't worry, Dad. I don't need anything from the teacher. The teacher takes good care of me. Dad, you don't have to worry." Li Wen could see what his father was thinking. Indeed, he was in Nanyang. Although life here is busy, it is not bitter at all.

Although he was staying with Dean Fu, the teacher treated him very well, and the housekeeper and servants in the mansion treated him almost as if he were half a young master in Fu's mansion. It can be said that his life here was not aggrieved at all, but on the contrary, he was very comfortable.

Hearing his son's words, Li Shangu nodded from time to time and said, "Dad, I will thank Dean Fu properly when I get back

." The teacher doesn't care about these formal things, so dad, you don't have to worry about it. As long as I study hard and come back with a top score in the national examination, I want to make the teacher happy more than anything else. "Li Wen talked to his father about his preparations to take the scientific examination this year.

He did not take the scientific examination two years ago. Firstly, he considered that he was too young, and secondly, he was not completely sure about ensuring He was sure to be among the best, so he obeyed his teacher's arrangement and postponed the exam for three years to be more sure.

Li Wen was not eager for quick success in the scientific exam, and he did not think that if he did well in the exam before, he would definitely take the exam later. That's good. Two years ago, I was in a hurry to take the exam. It's better to concentrate on studying, bide your time, and strive to stand out in the next exam.

"You have to make your own decision about the scientific exam . If you don't understand, discuss it with Dean Fu. Dad doesn't know much about these things and can't give you any advice. "Although he didn't know much about these things, Li Shangu was still very happy that his son would often write letters back to talk to people at home about studying.

This was also a kind of respect and love that Li Wen had for his family, even though he knew that people at home didn't understand , but telling the relatives at home to let them know what happened and what he was doing, and to reassure them that he was outside, was a sign of respect and responsibility for the family.

The red sun in the west slowly sets, and the sky is falling. It was getting dark. Unknowingly, the father and son talked for a long time.

Knowing that his father must be tired after taking so many skyships, Li Wen stopped nagging his father and said, "Father, go ahead." Rest. I have asked someone to make the bed and bedding in the room for you. If you have any questions, let's talk about it tomorrow.

Li Wen summoned a boy and asked him to follow his father to serve him.

"Okay, Dad is back in the house. Sanbao, you should rest earlier." Li Shangu was really tired. He got up and followed the boy back to the house. After a simple shower, he went to bed. Go to sleep.

After lying down on the bed from the rickety ship, I felt much more comfortable sleeping.

Over there, Li Wen returned to the house and did not fall asleep immediately. He was used to reading for a while before going to bed. People's memories are the best before going to bed. He took advantage of this time to read for a while, and then he blew them away. The oil lamp was on the bed.

Lying in bed, he used to briefly recall the content of the book he read today before going to bed...

Chapter 8 Farewell

In the early morning of the next day, the father and son opened the door of the house almost at the same time. When they looked up, they saw each other and said "good morning" to each other, with smiles on each other's faces.

Because his father came to visit him from such a far away place, Li Wentong talked to Dean Fu and got the teacher's consent. Then he went to the academician of the academy to ask for two days' leave and stayed with his father at home. say.

The shop in Nanyang has always been doing well. The father and son went to the shop for a visit.

While his father was coming over, Li Wen took his father around the city and had a meal at the largest restaurant in Nanyang Mansion. Dean Fu didn't like to go to crowded places, so they didn't invite him out, and it was just the father and son who ate out.

Seeing beautiful jewelry in the shop, Li Wen couldn't help but ask the shopkeeper to take it out and look at it, and asked his father's opinion, "Dad, look at this hairpin, how beautiful it is. Let's get one for grandma?"

"Yeah." Li Shangu nodded, thinking of his wife wearing the hairpin.

"Young master has good taste. This is a new batch of jewelry in our store. It is most popular among women and girls in the city." The shopkeeper saw that the customer was interested in buying it, so he promoted it enthusiastically.

After Li asked about the price, it was still within the acceptable range. It was rare to encounter something that was so eye-catching. At first glance, he felt that it was particularly suitable for his mother-in-law.

"Shopkeeper, please wrap it up."

"Yes, yes."

The shopkeeper waved and asked a boy to wrap up the hairpin.

"Dad, when the time comes, tell grandma that you bought it." Li Wen winked at his father and said.

This kid even dares to make fun of his own father! Li Gushan glared at his son.

On weekdays, Li Wen was busy with other things besides studying. He hadn't been to the street for a long time. This time, it was rare that his father came over. He took his father for a walk on the street. When Li Wen saw something good, he bought some for his grandma, grandma, and brothers at home, as well as gifts for the elders in the clan.

Thanks to the support of the elders in the clan over the years, the workshop has been able to run so smoothly.

In the past few years, he has been coming to Nanyang once or twice a year. After staying in Nanyang for two days, Li Shangu said he wanted to go back, so as not to delay his children's studies, which would be a big sin for his father.

"My father has been out for such a long time, and it still takes a few days to go back. My father doesn't trust leaving the matters in the workshop to others, so he went back. Sanbao, you can study well here. Listen to Dean Fu and Mr. What they said." Li Shangu knew that being here would delay his son's studies. His son was about to take the scientific examination here. He should focus on studying, so how could he spend time with his father.

The goods he brought were delivered to the shop in Nanyang, and the stewards would make arrangements for them without him having to worry.

"This is the expense prepared by my family for you. You have passed the provincial examination this time, and I believe you will be able to pass it. You will definitely go to the capital to take the national examination next year. You spend a lot of money outside, so you need to spend money. There is no need to save money. If it is not enough, you can write home when the time comes and my father will send you some silver." Li Shangu gave his son the banknotes he had prepared, wondering how he would have come up with so much money before. The silver came out for his son to take the scientific examination.

Fortunately, the bakery shop at home has made a little money in recent years, and there are also incomes from several workshops. After deducting the capital and everyone's wages from the workshops, as well as the division of labor among the people in the village, there is still something left on hand after a year. A few hundred taels of silver.

In the past, Li Shangu would never have dared to imagine that he would earn so much money in a year.

The past few years have been like a dream. Li Shangu knew that everything in his family was because of this son. No wonder the daughter-in-law at home always says that this son is a treasure sent to their family by God, isn't it? Since this son was born, he has been constantly bringing good luck to the family.

His son is studying abroad and has to go to Beijing to take the scientific examination. As a father, there is nothing he can do to help his son. The only thing he can do is to prepare enough expenses for his son so that he does not have to worry about money.

"Dad, I'll take these banknotes first. These are enough." Li Wen looked at the banknotes his father gave him. It was a full five hundred taels, which is not too much. , to say the least is a lot.

As long as he uses it sparingly, he will still have a balance when the time comes.

"You don't have to worry about the three treasures when you are out. You can spend them when you should. I have money at home. But when you go to the capital to take the scientific examination, I don't know if I can accompany you." Li Shangu believed in him that way. His son will definitely be able to pass the provincial examination and take the exam in the capital, but he may not be able to accompany his son to the capital to take the exam at that time. He is worried about this matter.

"You are still so young, and my father is worried about going out alone. If my father is not free, it depends on whether your second uncle can arrange it. Then my father will ask your second uncle to accompany you to the capital to take the exam. "Okay."

"Dad, this matter is still far away. Let's talk about going to Beijing after I pass the provincial examination. Then I

will discuss it with the teacher. I will make arrangements here. Don't worry too much, dad." These things." Li Wen knew that there were a lot of things at home. His father had to take care of the old and young at home, and his father had to manage the workshops in the village. Even if his father wanted to accompany him to the exam, he Don't worry.

As for asking his second uncle to accompany him to the exam, Li Wen thought about it and said, "Dad, you don't have to ask your second uncle to go there, it's too troublesome. There is also a big family in the second uncle's home, so you can The second uncle is here, and it won't work if there's no one at the second uncle's house to look after him. "

They can't bother others because of their own family affairs.

After he came to Nanyang to study in these years, he didn't stay at home much. However, Li Wen knew his second aunt well. She was just a confused person who often caused trouble for the family. Fortunately, his second uncle was a sensible person. .

"This..." Li Shangu frowned slightly after hearing his son's words. His son's participation in the scientific examination was not only a matter for their family, but also a major matter for their entire family. This was responsible for the rise and fall of their entire Li family. .

"Dad, don't think too much. The bow of the boat and the bridge will naturally be straight. Let's wait until I pass the provincial examination." The provincial examination will be in August this year. It's not long before the provincial examination. Li asked I want to wait until I have taken one step before making any plans for the next step.

It's just a matter of going to the capital to take the exam. If he passes the provincial exam, the teacher will arrange everything for him.

"Dad, there's one more thing. I have to tell you. I'm afraid I won't be able to go home for the Chinese New Year this year. When I see what happens, I'll send you a letter to let you know." Li Wen knew It is unlikely that I will go back for the Chinese New Year this year, so I still have to tell my father in advance.

Li Shangu nodded and said understandingly, "My father understands. Just do your thing. My father and your aunties are both understanding. My

son has been more sensible than other children since he was a child, so when the child goes out, they Although I am worried that my son will suffer hardship outside, I have never been worried about what bad things my son will do outside. Over the years, my son will send them letters to inform them of anything they have to do and discuss it with them

in Nanyang . God, my son has seen it too. Li Gugu

is about to leave, so Li Wen doesn't want to keep his father here. Indeed, he doesn't have much time recently. It will be the provincial examination. They were all busy preparing for the exams, and he had to take too many days off to go to the academy. He missed his homework and couldn't explain it to the academicians and gentlemen.

Before Li Shangu left, he went to Dean Fu's place to say goodbye to him.

"I wish you good luck on your journey. Ah Wen, please go see your father off instead of the teacher." Fu Yihan received the gift from Father Li and knew that Father Li was going back, so he asked the housekeeper to prepare a gift for Father Li.

Li Wen also bought gifts for everyone in the family and asked his father to take them back when he went back.

So when Li Gushan went back, he brought back a lot of things.

"Sambo, daddy is leaving now. You should study hard here and don't put too much pressure on yourself." The boat was waiting at the dock, and Li Gugu was about to get on the boat. Seeing how much burden and pressure his son has shouldered at such a young age, Li Gugu also feels sorry for his son.

"Well, dad, don't worry, don't worry about me." Li Wen couldn't help but stepped forward and hugged his father. This time he said goodbye to his father, and he didn't know when the next time they would see each other would be. "Father, there is something wrong at home. If anything happens, just ask my mother to write to me.

"If anything happens at home, just stay here and study." Li Shangu said with a smile as he patted his son on the shoulder.

Watching his father get on the boat, Li Wen stood below and waved to his father.

The father and son, one standing on the boat and the other standing on the shore, looked at each other in mid-air. The big ship set sail and slowly left the dock.

Seeing the big ship leaving, Li Wen's eyes grew a little hot. He felt reluctant to let go of his father and his relatives.

The transportation in this era is so inconvenient. In modern times, it would only take one train from Nanyang to Qingping. matter. But here, they are separated by thousands of mountains and rivers, and it is difficult to meet their family members.

If he passes the provincial examination this time and goes well in the general examination, he will stay in Beijing as an official and will have fewer opportunities to go home to visit his relatives in the future.

Thinking that Grandma is so old, the number of times he can see Grandma is really limited...

Li Tong stood beside his master and saw that the master was gone. He knew that the master was reluctant to let the master go. He stayed by his master's side quietly and did not urge his master to leave.

With a sigh, Li Wen said, "Let's go."

The beautiful time the father and son spent together was too short and hasty...

Chapter 9

After going back to the academy to see his father off, Li Wen went back to the academy to study and make up for the homework he had done in the previous two days.

August is the provincial examination. No need for gentlemen to push, the students in the college are working hard for the scientific examination. This makes Li Wen feel like he is back before the college entrance examination, and everyone is nervously preparing for the examination.

The days of studying were very boring and difficult. To say that he could still take advantage of the little foundation he had in his previous life, he learned things faster than his peers, and he was known as a "child prodigy". But the further he goes, the more profound the knowledge becomes. He was not a Chinese major before, so now if he wants to maintain his grades or even be ahead of others, he must be better than others. Spend more time and energy on reading.

After ten years of studying hard in Hanchuang, he now not only needs to understand the ancient texts that were difficult for him to understand, but also needs to continue to delve deeper into the text to dig out deeper meanings and principles. Write articles that are more profound and eye-catching.

In the past few years since he came to Nanyang to study, the teachers in the college have become better, and the classmates and friends around him are all more powerful people. In such an environment, it is impossible for him to learn well even if he doesn't want to. After returning home and having Dean Fu personally guide him, Li Wen could deeply feel the mission and responsibility he carried.

In the past few years, under the personal guidance of Dean Fu, he has studied harder than before, so Li Wen can also feel that he has made progress in his studies.

"Seeing that you haven't come to the academy for the past two days, I thought it was someone from your family. This is your lecture for the past two days. I briefly recorded it. You can look back." Zhang Xuan saw Li Wen coming back to the academy. Hand Li Wen the notes he took over the past two days. He learned this habit of taking notes from Li Wen. He recorded the knowledge taught by his teacher in a notebook to facilitate review when he went back.

Zhang Xuan was one of his good friends while studying in Nanyang. The two met as classmates and studied together, and the two had a deep friendship. Li Wen usually lent his reading notes to Zhang Xuan. The two of them helped each other and had a friendly relationship.

Normally, regardless of wind or rain, Li Wen would show up at the academy on time every day. Only when someone from his family came from Nanyang to visit him would he ask for two days off from his husband to go back and spend time with his family. Therefore, seeing that Li Wen had not come to the academy for the past two days, Zhang Xuan guessed that he might be a visitor from his family.

"Yes, my father came back two days ago." Li Wen thanked him, took the notes Zhang Xuan gave him, and then he took out a small box and handed it to Zhang Xuan.

"What is this?" Zhang Xuan took it and asked curiously.

Under Zhang Xuan's confused gaze, Li Wen explained, "This is a new product our workshop is preparing to launch. It's not for you. You can take it back and give it to your mother or sister. It's lipstick to apply on your lips." ."

Lipstick?"

Zhang Xuan opened the box and took a look and saw items slightly smaller than his fingers inside.

"This opens the lid and rotates out from the bottom. If you take it back, your mother and the others will know how to use it." Li Wen took out a tube of lipstick and showed Zhang Xuan. He had been invited to Zhang Xuan's home before, and knowing that there were many female relatives in his family, it was just right for Zhang Xuan to take this thing back to his mother-in-law.

This is a new lipstick that their workshop is preparing to launch. It has not been released in large quantities yet, and no one knows about it yet. It just so happened that this time his father came over and brought him some. It wasn't a lot.

Li Wen didn't know much about these things that women use, but from the fact that modern women are crazy about lipstick, it can be seen that these things must be very popular and loved by women.

This stuff is similar to handmade soap. When he went back a year ago, Li Wen remembered that he had mentioned this thing to his mother-in-law, but he did not expect that his mother-in-law would lead someone to get it out.

No matter in modern times or in this era, I believe that women's enthusiasm and pursuit of beauty are the same.

Zhang Xuan closed the box, put his arm around Li Wen's shoulder, blinked and said, "Ah Wen, what do you think of my third sister? You see, we are classmates again. I can trust you as a person. If you are our The relationship is getting closer, you say?"

"..." Li Wen's eyes twitched and he pushed Zhang Xuan's hand away, staying away from the classmate who wanted to introduce his girl to him. If he remembers correctly, Zhang Xuan's little girl is only ten or eight years old, right? He really doesn't have a penchant for pedophilia.

Besides, he was not very old now, and Li Wen had no intention of getting engaged to a woman as a teenager and getting married in the future. It would be at least ten or eight years before he considered his lifelong affairs.

"Axuan, let's not make such jokes, so as not to misunderstand your family." Li Wenyang raised the notes in his hand and said to Zhang Xuan, "The provincial examination is coming soon, let's read the book carefully, your I'll return the notes to you later."

"Okay, take your time and don't be in a hurry." Zhang Xuan saw that Li Wen had no plans to consider life-long matters for the time being

, and his sister was not too old. It's never too late to consider it in a few years. The two of them did not continue on this matter. The provincial examination was coming soon, and nothing was more important than the provincial examination now.

The two of them began to read their books intently.

With Zhang Xuan's notes lent to him, Li asked what knowledge the teacher, who knew that he had not been here, had taught in class these past two days.

However, the teacher later gave him two small classes to make up for the classes he missed in the previous two days.

In the past few years of studying here in the academy, Li Wen's grades have always been at the top, so this is why his husband treats him differently. His husband usually calls him over to give a small class from time to time.

So this is the perk of being an honors student?

After returning home from school that day, Zhang Xuan took back the small box given by his classmate and gave it to his mother-in-law at home. He only said that it was a gift from a friend. After dinner, he went back to the study to warm up with his books.

Mother Zhang saw some familiar words on the box and saw her son had already walked away. Her son was a blockhead who didn't understand these things, but that didn't mean Mother Zhang didn't.

"Mom, what is this?" The little girl looked at the small box and asked her curiously.

"This is my first time seeing you, grandma. Let's go back to the house and take a closer look." The woman happily returned to the room holding the small box, opened the box, took out a small tube and looked at it carefully. Open the top cap as her son said, twist the lipstick out from the bottom, go in and smell the smell, the smell is very fragrant and light, and smells good.

The woman looked at the bronze mirror and carefully smeared the lipstick on her lips. The color of her lips immediately turned pink.

The little girl on the side saw that after her grandma painted her lips with that little thing, the color of her lips immediately became better-looking. The little girl clapped her hands and said, "Grandma is so beautiful. Grandma, I want it too." The little girl pouted and put her lips in front of her mother-in-law. The woman had no choice but to put some on the little girl's lips.

There were six tubes of lipstick in a box, and the color of each lipstick was different. The woman touched this one and that one, and she liked it very much.

The next day, Mrs. Zhang asked her maid to dress her up carefully. She put a layer of pink lipstick on her lips, and her whole look changed. The mother and daughter dressed up at home, and Mrs. Zhang took the little girl out of the house to attend a banquet at another house.

When the ladies who were familiar with Mrs. Zhang saw Mrs. Zhang arriving, they always felt that she was a little different today than when she became peaceful.

After looking carefully, Mrs. Wang noticed the difference between Mrs. Zhang and asked curiously, "The color on your lips is so beautiful. What kind of rouge and gouache did you use? Please introduce it to us." "

When ladies get together, they like to talk about which brand's rouge, gouache and gold and jade jewelry. Mrs. Zhang didn't hide it, and even said with a hint of showing off, "The one I'm applying to my lips is the new one from Li's. Lipstick. "

Mrs. Zhang looks good. With a thin layer of lipstick, her lips look plumper and the color is nice.

Everyone usually presses their lips with red paper. The color is relatively single, and it definitely doesn't look that good.

"Lipstick?" The ladies here didn't know what this was, so someone asked, "You brought something like this today, let us all take a look."

Today, Mrs. Zhang happened to bring something as well . When I came over, I took it out generously and showed everyone what the lipstick was.

After everyone looked at it, they realized, "Oh, so it looks like this."

"When I get back, I will ask the maid at home to go to the store and have a look." These women usually like to use soaps made by Li's, and later there are Fragrance for bathing and shampooing. Use a little when bathing. After washing, the body fragrance will be fragrant and long-lasting. Even the master of the family will like it.

In their homes, in addition to them, the main wife, in the backyard, there are also concubines that the master married back. The concubines are younger and more beautiful than them, so the master naturally prefers to go to the concubines. . If you can use such a small thing to make yourself more beautiful and look better, and let the master of the family take a second look, these ladies must be fighting for their scalps to buy it.

As soon as the day's banquet was over, the ladies of each family went to the store to buy lipstick for them.

Many merchants and stores in Nanyang Prefecture sell Li's daily chemical products, but there is only one store that actually bears the "Li's" sign, and the products in the store are all the latest. This is the only store in Nanyang Prefecture that sells lipstick. There are only about twenty boxes of lipstick in the store, and they were all sold out in just half a day.

When someone came to ask again, Li Tong told the person apologetically, "Sorry, all the lipsticks have been sold out. We don't have much stock this time. The last box has just been bought and is now out of stock in the store."

"I don't know when the goods will be available . "

"I'm not sure yet. I'll let you know as soon as the goods are available." Li Tong is not sure about the next time. When can the batch of goods arrive? The master just sent a batch not long ago.

Those who went quickly in front have already bought it, while those who went later have not bought it.

The last box in the store had already been bought. They arrived late and couldn't buy it. When they got back, they didn't know how to tell the lady in the house. The servants who couldn't buy it left with a sad face.

Li Tong, who was looking at the store, was a little confused. No one cared about the items that had been in the store for a few days, but today they were all sold out in just a short time. Fortunately, he remembered that the young master had told him that each person could only buy one box of these things at most, and no more would be sold, otherwise the few people who came in front would have bought all the things.

A small box of these things can be sold for five taels of silver. On this day, the lipstick alone sold for more than one hundred taels. Li Tong clicked his abacus and couldn't control the curvature of his mouth. live.

It's a pity that there are no more later, otherwise it could have sold many more.

When the young master came back, Li Tong told the young master about the matter.

Li Wen was stunned for a moment before reacting. He remembered such a thing, but he didn't expect these ladies to move so quickly. Li Wen said, "The next batch of goods at home should arrive soon. There will be people next time." Come and ask, just ask someone to pay the deposit in advance, and notify them to pick it up when the goods arrive."

"Oh, okay." Li Tong slapped his forehead. Oh, why did he forget...

He has been busy recently. He was studying and preparing for exams, so Li Wen didn't have much time to spend in the store. He could just leave the store to Li Tong. Sitting in the carriage, Li Wen was still scrambling to read.

Seeing their young master reading a book, Li Tong didn't dare to disturb him and concentrated on driving his car.

Chapter 10 Abnormality

Li counted the time and found that his father had already returned home.

On this day, the sky was clear one moment, and then suddenly strong winds blew, dark clouds gathered, and the whole sky became dark.

Things were flying in the street due to the wind, and the shopkeeper directed the boys to pack things up. Some vendors wanted to chase the things that were blown away, but they couldn't care about the things that were blown away at the moment. They had to pack up their stalls quickly, otherwise The heavy rain is coming.

Seeing that it is going to rain heavily, the farmers working in the fields are busy looking for a place to take shelter.

"Crack, crackle,"

a bolt of lightning pierced the sky, crackling, and thunder seemed to split the sky in half.

Thunder and lightning flashed, and a storm was coming.

"Crack, crash..."

"Run quickly, it's raining. ..."

A heavy rain came, and the vendors and people on the street were running around. Everyone was looking for a place to take shelter from the rain. Some of them didn't take shelter in time, and they were soaked by the rain in an instant. But after a while, there was a thump. Hailstones were falling, and everyone was stunned for a moment before they realized what was happening. Someone shouted, "Run, it's hailing!" "

Quickly find a place to hide..."

On the day of May, it suddenly started to rain heavily, followed by hailstones. Hailstones as big as eggs could break through the roof.

When they were still in the academy, the sky It suddenly became dark. It was obviously broad daylight, but it was as dark as night.

The thunder and lightning in the west split the sky in half, as if it was exploding in the ears, scaring the timid people. They all started shouting. The teacher stopped teaching and when he heard someone shouting, he frowned and shouted, "Quiet, don't make a fuss." "

The raindrops hit the window, and after a while, something big seemed to hit the window, and a hole was made in the window. It fell to the ground, and someone picked up a piece of ice. Unexpectedly, He asked with certainty, "Is this hail?

"Hey, it's hail. " "

Many people here have never seen hailstones. Some people have seen hailstones and are curious to pick them up to see

the hailstones in May? Are they going crazy today?

Li Wen's eyes widened and his eyelids While jumping, there is always a bad feeling.

Most of their windows are made of paper. When the hail hits, there will be a hole, and the windows will soon be broken. The wind will blow with the rain, and everyone is inside. Shouting, "What can I do? "

This window is going to be broken..."

"The rain is coming in!"

"Don't panic, everyone, let's put the table on top to hold it up. " "Li Wen shouted and asked Zhang Xuan to help, and together they lifted the table and pushed it up. They couldn't find anything to hold it up, so they could only stand two people below to hold it up.

"Hurry, let's do it together. "

Seeing them do this, other students also followed suit and raised the table against the window. This way, even if the window was smashed through by hail, there was no need to worry about rain blowing in.

Everyone ran here for a while . While holding the window, Mr. stood on the podium and watched the students' spontaneous behavior, but he did not prohibit them from doing so.

He was also secretly anxious as

the water blown in by the strong wind blew in through the gap between the door and the window. , the ground inside the house started to get wet.

"Why is there hail in May? "

Everyone discussed this matter one after another.

The rainwater over there was pouring in, and they didn't know what to do. They could only let the rainwater come in first, and then clean up after the rain stopped.

As a modern person, Li Wen We all know that hail occurs in May. The reason why hail occurs is because the warm and humid air in the air meets cold air, causing instability in the atmosphere, which leads to strong winds, heavy rain, and even hail, etc. This kind of strong convective weather

is a small abnormal weather in modern times, but in this world, even a small weather abnormality can kill people.

It's hard to withstand the heavy rain, and I don't know how many people

don't even have a place to take shelter from the rain. Fortunately, the houses on the farm are made of strong wood, which is very strong in windy and snowy weather.

Counting this time, if If nothing else, his father should be back home. I hope his father is back home.

Seeing the rain, Li Wen was still worried. It would be a bad day for a boat to walk in the river. It's a very dangerous thing. When he comes back, he has to write a letter home to ask if his father has gone back. Only when he confirms that the person has gone back can he feel relieved.

This is why the ancients' travel was full of unknown risks. Li Wen definitely didn't want this kind of risk to happen to himself or his family.

It took a while for the thumping sound to stop, and the hailstones that fell became smaller and smaller, and finally disappeared, but the damage caused was not at all. Small.

The rain was so heavy that the room was filled with water and they could not continue teaching.

They could hear the rain in the room. The rain did not stop until the academy ended. There were many people outside the academy. Carriages and servants came to pick them up despite the rain. Most of them didn't have umbrellas with them. They had to wait for someone to pick them up or borrow an umbrella before they could go back.

At this time, no one had an umbrella. Where did you get the umbrella from? "Master, Master..." Li Tong was wearing a raincoat and holding an umbrella in his hand to pick up the young master. His

lower body was still wet from the rain.

Knowing that the little book boy at home would come to pick him up at this time, Li Tong went out early and saw the little book boy holding an umbrella. When he saw their young master, Li Tong's eyes lit up and he squeezed forward. He went over and handed the coir raincoat and umbrella to his young master, "Master, put on the coir raincoat quickly, be careful not to get wet."

"It's still raining. Why did you come here? " "Li Wen couldn't punish the patron's little book boy, but he was indescribably moved when he saw the half-grown boy brave the rain to give him an umbrella.

"I thought the young master was about to leave school, so I hurriedly Come and give the young master an umbrella. "The little book boy smiled with his eyes crooked, and had an expression on his face that said, "I'm smart, please praise me, Master!"

Really...

Li Wen couldn't do anything about this child, so the master and servant put on raincoats. , holding an umbrella and walking back to the shop along the street. It has been raining for half a day, and the rain on the street is up to the ankles. This is because the terrain here is relatively high. If the terrain is lower, it will really be worse. I couldn't imagine it.

Fu Yihan, who was in the house, frowned slightly when he saw the heavy rain outside, and asked, "Aman, is that child back?

"I haven't seen you back yet. " "The man said.

"Oh. "Although he knew that the child would take care of himself, Fu Yihan was still a little worried. It

got dark very early today. If there was still sun in the sky at this time in the past, but because it rained today and there was no sun, it got dark very early. It was getting dark.

It would be difficult to walk on the road if it got dark. Seeing that the rain outside was a little lighter, it seemed that the rain had no tendency to stop. He didn't know when it would stop. Li Tong went to hitch the carriage and said, "Let's go back first so that the teacher won't worry about us at home. "

"Oh, Master, I'll go right away." Li Tong went to pull the carriage out.

They hurried back to the Fu Mansion despite the rain. The housekeeper waiting at the door was relieved to see the young master coming back and said, "The young master is finally back. The master has asked several times whether the young master is back." No.

"It's not easy to walk in the rain. When I go to change my clothes, I will go to the teacher. "Half of the clothes on his body were wet. Li Wen couldn't bear to see the teacher in this condition.

After he went back to the room and changed his clothes, Li Wen went to the teacher and said, "The student has seen the teacher.

"Okay, okay, see me every day. " "Fu Yihan felt relieved when he saw the person coming back. He nodded and said, "Just come back." "

Fu Yihan asked Li Wen about their situation in the academy today. Li Wen told them one by one. Fu Yihan frowned and said, "I will ask someone to inform the academicians of the academy about the classes tomorrow and the next two days. There is no need to go to school. You can stay at home and study hard. There is no need to go to the academy. "

The academy is also unable to hold classes at this time. Classes will not resume until everyone has tidied up inside.

"Yes. "Li Wen said.

"You got caught in the rain outside. Go back and ask the kitchen to make you a bowl of ginger soup. Don't get sick or catch a cold at this time. "Fu Yihan thought that the child must have been caught in the rain when he came back from outside.

As soon as he heard that he was asked to drink ginger soup, and when he thought of the taste, Li Wen's face wrinkled up, as if someone had brought the ginger soup in front of him.

Seeing the appearance of this brat, Fu Yihan couldn't help but laugh, and said to the man behind him, "

Uncle Man, please don't, please let him go..."

Li Wen stared at the man who left, begging to be let go.

"Go back, there is food left for you in the kitchen. Remember to drink ginger soup after dinner. " "Now that I saw this kid in front of me, I felt that it was an eyesore. Dean Fu waved his hand and let him go.

I don't know who the teacher in front of me was who was worried about his disciples.

The rain stopped for a while at night, and then again late at night. There was a crashing sound, and Li Wen was awakened by the sound of rain in his sleep. He pulled the quilt over his head and continued to sleep. When he woke up the next day, it was still raining outside

. Coming. "

Hearing the knock on the door, Li Wen got up and opened the door. He saw that it was still dark outside and the rain was still falling. Li Tong went into the house with water, twisted a handful of towels and wiped his young master's face and mouth. Li said, "Why hasn't it stopped raining since yesterday? If it keeps raining like this..."

Li Tong didn't say anything else. Fortunately

, they all knew that it wouldn't be a good thing if it rained like this.

The wheat in the fields has been harvested, and other crops have not yet reached the harvest season. Li Wen wiped his face, rinsed his mouth and said, "When the rain stops, let's go to Zhuangzi. Take a look. "

"oh. "Li Tong nodded and responded.