Li Baoxiang and Sun Lizheng returned home, made preparations, and took Li Baolian back to discuss with the family what gifts to send.
Grandma Li was quite dissatisfied that Li Baolian couldn't stay to see the lantern festival and even got injured, shedding tears of grievance upon being asked.
However, they ultimately valued the son's future more and decided on tea leaves, pastries, and a hen as gifts.
The next day, Li Baoxiang went back to Taiping Town and started to study under Mo Heng.
Mo Heng only taught for four hours in the afternoon; the rest of the time, he had other work to do, and he also had to tutor Pei Wendong and Chang Yonglin.
There were other schoolmates of Fang Liuming who wanted to visit Mo Heng, but they were all turned away. Some of them were somewhat displeased that Fang Liuming didn't help to introduce them.
