"I will introduce you to a gentleman in a moment, surnamed Sun. He is the most knowledgeable gentleman in our Hanbo Academy and the brother-in-law of the dean.
The dean is not often in the academy, and this Mr. Sun is also He is in charge of general affairs. The Xiujin class he leads has the best grades in the academy, so you are right to study with him."
Li Jiaren nodded repeatedly and thanked him.
Mr. Sun was drinking tea at the moment. He heard that a new student wanted to study with him, but he did not refuse.
Li Jiaren can write and do calculations, is cleanly dressed, and speaks in a gentle and polite manner.
Mr. Sun was very satisfied with the few words of the exam, so he accepted the meeting gift from Li Laoer, and then told Jiaren to formally enter the academy three days later for the apprenticeship ceremony.
Li Lao Er and his son quickly thanked them and were very happy when they left the academy.
At this time, Li Laosi also sold deer skins and antlers and came to join them.
The deer antler was sent to Baicaotang and he received five taels of silver directly. The deer skin was cheaper, and the leather goods shop gave him one or two and a half.
A red deer earned more than six taels, which was almost enough for Jiaren to study for half a year. He finally felt less guilty.
The three returned home and learned that Jiaren had been accepted by the most knowledgeable gentleman in the academy. The Li family was very happy.
That night I steamed rice and stewed a pheasant to celebrate.
It is a good thing that the Li family wants to send their children to study, and the Li family does not hide it.
Soon everyone in the village knew about it, and everyone admired the Li family's courage.
In the past few days, people from the village came to Li's house every now and then to talk. They all wanted to see Jiaren and get acquainted with the future scholar in advance.
"Jiaren, you have to study hard when you get to the academy. You were born into a good family. If you have a future, you should repay your grandma!"
Jiaren agreed one by one. When Mrs. Li saw his blush, she drove him to the backyard to chop firewood. .
"This child is really filial and sensible. He will definitely have a great future in the future!"
"All the children in Lao Li's family are good at it. Even the youngest Jia'an is very smart! My little egg is bigger than Jia'an and he is always naughty... Mrs.
Li listened to their praises with a smile, grabbed a few roasted chestnuts for each person, and said a few polite words from time to time.
At this time, the village chief uncle also came.
"Sister-in-law, my old lady heard that Jiaren was going to study in the county, so she specially sewed him a gold-listed sachet. It contained medicinal materials to refresh his mind. He would smell it and not feel sleepy when he was studying at night,"
he said . After saying this, he handed over a box with two sachets sewn in dark blue fine cloth, embroidered with the inscription on the gold medal, which was very delicate.
Mrs. Li quickly thanked the village chief and invited the village chief to sit down and drink tea. When Jiaren heard the commotion, he also threw his ax in greeting.
"There will be scholars in our village from now on. This kid Jiaren can't do anything wrong. He will definitely compete for our Qingshui Village!"
The village chief uncle patted Jiaren on the shoulder and liked that he was steady and polite.
"Then let me lend you some good words." Mrs. Li asked everyone to sit down again and said as she remembered something.
"By the way, big brother, in the past few days, while Jiaren is still at home, I would like to trouble you to take our family to pay homage to the original owner of this yard."
Before, he went to the county town to sell deer antlers, and Li Laosi bought half a basket. The yellow paper incense candle is not good to keep at home. It needs to be burned quickly.
The village chief was stunned for a moment, then immediately agreed.
"Okay, we can go tomorrow."
"Then I'll ask Hongying to prepare things tonight." Mrs. Li simply said so, and the matter was settled.
That night, Tao Hongying made some snow-white steamed buns with fine flour, steamed the rabbit meat and put it in a bowl, and filled it with two plates of fruits.
Early the next morning, the family packed their belongings and went to wait in front of the village chief's house.
The village chief also brought some food and wine, and then led the Li family to set off in a mighty manner.
The original homeowner had no children, and after his death, the village chief helped bury him in the mountains.
The Li family felt a little sad to see this solitary grave.
Tao Hongying and Zhao Yuru quickly arranged the sacrifices and incense candles, and helped the village chief pour the wine.
Wu Cuihua probably felt that this place was unlucky and refused to help at all, wishing she could stay away.
Now hiding behind the crowd, Li Laoer couldn't even pull him.
The village chief sat in front of the tombstone, looking sad.
Back then, he fought with the enemy on the battlefield, bleeding and sweating and narrowly escaping death.
None of this made this tough-minded man shed a single tear, but now his eyes were easily red.
"My old brother died a miserable death."
The village chief knew that someone in the village was gossiping about the Li family's current yard. He was afraid that the Li family would misunderstand, so he planned to take this opportunity to explain.
"When we were in the war, the enemy attacked at night, and many brothers had their necks wiped in the tent. My brother had a bad stomach and saved his life, but he also suffered from heart problems. He always couldn't sleep well at night. Later.
Later. When we came to Qingshui Village, he married a wife and was living a good life. But one time he had a nightmare at night, and his wife didn't understand and called him several times. He actually mistook her for an enemy and killed her by mistake."
Li The family members gasped after hearing this, and the village chief looked even sadder.
"When I arrived, my brother was sitting there stupidly, saying he was sorry for his wife, and wiped his neck in front of me..." The
Li family felt heavy in their hearts and felt extremely pity. Their beautiful family was broken up like this, and their family was ruined. .
Mrs. Li sighed, "He is also a poor person. Brother village chief, don't worry, our Li family is also getting a bargain."
She bowed to the other party and promised in a low voice.
"As long as our Li family lives in Qingshui Village from now on, I will let my children and grandchildren come to worship every year, and I won't let this brother underground stop offering incense."
The village chief wanted to say this, so he quickly thanked him.
"I would like to thank you and your family on behalf of my brothers."
Everyone burned the paper, kowtowed together, and cleared away the weeds on the grave.
As usual, the village chief wanted to stay and talk for a while, so the Li family went down the mountain together.
The Li family was making so much noise, so naturally the people in the village knew about it.
Some people say that the Li family is benevolent and righteous, while others say that the Li family is brave. Of course, there are no good things to say when it comes to the Liu family.
"You really have too much money to burn, but Baba's gift to a dead man is what he has! The whole family is a shameless thing!"
Mrs. Guo was so angry that she sat at the door of the courtyard and cursed. The Li family was willing to subsidize a dead man. He also refused to give any to their family.
Liu Laifu came back from the city two days ago and saw his wife beating his sister-in-law until her nose was black and her face was swollen, and she didn't even fart.
Now listening to Guo's cursing, he became more and more irritated, and simply went into the city to find Wu Ergou in the casino.
"Wu Er, what are you doing here? Your sister and her husband's family are so rich. Can't you just let your sister support you?"
Liu Laifu's sour words made Wu Ergou confused.
The little money he earned as a waiter on weekdays was spent on gambling, and now he had lost not a penny and was worried.
After hearing this, he hurriedly ran back to Li's house.
When Wu Cuihua saw that her brother was back, she was busy preparing food for him. She also planned to take out the venison and smoked rabbit that were left behind.
"Second sister-in-law! Mom told me to keep these venison and rabbits for the New Year. If your brother wants to eat them, he can go up the mountain and fetch them himself!"
Tao Hongying was not polite at all and closed the door of the warehouse directly.
Jiayin was lying on my mother's back, just in time to watch the excitement, and now she stretched out her little hand and made a few babbling sounds to cheer her mother on!