Datang Happy Landlord

Chapter 406;
Chapter [-]; Is the Golden Scale a Dragon that Changes in a Pond?
Early this morning, Li Yu got up and tidied things up. Today, he is not like before. He ate his breakfast slowly, and the work of burning incense was hastily ended.

After wiping the corn scum from his mouth, Li Yu raised his head and asked Li Yi beside him;
"The one invited by my uncle, is the Qing guest from General Chang He's mansion here? I'm still waiting for him to write me an invitation card?"

"Going home, the master has been here for a while, and brought all the clothes and burdens directly. The villain thought in his heart, since he is a learned man, he wants to accompany the master to study.
You can't let people say that Li's second wife doesn't understand etiquette, so we arranged a separate small courtyard, with three main rooms and one wing room, which is enough for the gentleman to live in.

Just now, the servants brought all his baggage, big and small, into it. They knew what they were going to do, and they had already started without the villain's reminder. Right now, they are packing rice paper and grinding ink. "

Li Yu looked at Li Yi cheerfully;

"Not bad, you are more and more good at handling things now, and you must respect others if you make it beautiful. Four rooms are indeed enough for Mr. alone.

But there is one thing you said wrong. Uncle invited people to teach me to read, not to accompany me to study.

According to what my aunt said, he is full of knowledge, you have to explain it, and you can't neglect him. "

"Yes, follow the orders of the family."

Li Yu thought for a while and asked again;
"How old is the gentleman who came?"

"If I go home, I'm 30 years old, with a dignified appearance and an elegant demeanor. Is that just what I wear... Hehe! A villain dare not say that."

Li Yu smiled and cursed;

"Seeing how stupid you are, you still dare not say anything. There are no outsiders at the moment, and they are all members of our Li family. If you have something to say, just let it go. Don't wait too long. point!"

"Hey, it's not that the villain is thin-skinned and embarrassed to say it. What the villain thinks is that he is a gentleman who wants to take his husband to study. How can the villain dare to talk nonsense and be disrespectful to him?

Since the Patriarch asked me to say it, the villain was presumptuous. I told the Patriarch that although there were no patches on the gentleman's clothes, his clothes were washed and turned white, and he looked very shabby.

Except for a bundle of clothes, the rest are all books copied by himself. There are so many books that the servants feel heavy to hold.

Guessing from a villain, the money that General Chang gave him was probably spent on buying books and paper, but you don't know the owner, this ink, paper and inkstone are not something poor people like them can afford! "

Li Yu does know this. The blank books in the bookstore cost more than 300 yuan a book, and the thicker ones cost [-] to [-] yuan.
One side of the inkstone is always two pens and three pens. Not to mention the high-quality inkstones, there are hundreds of pennies on one side.

An ink stick costs a few hundred dollars, and a wolf cent costs a hundred dollars. This ancient industry of playing with pens, inks, papers and inkstones was very expensive. Isn’t it terrible for children from poor families to toss about these things?
Li Yu sighed;

"Isn't it? People's homes, such a tossing will definitely demolish the house and sell it, otherwise how can we support it? The books in the world are all stored in the study room in the big portal.

He is a poor man, so he can only copy everywhere if he wants to, and copy it back one by one, and then read it slowly, but it is a blank book, and it is not something that poor people can afford to squander. Seeing how difficult the life of the Qing Ke was.

Forget it, you ask someone to go to uncle's storeroom to get some cloth for him, and make some sets of inner and outer outfits with him. In addition, let's seal him another fifty silver coins, and present ten catties of Wuliangye, so it will be a bundle of repairs. !
After all, it's not a serious apprenticeship, just a clean guest, these should be enough, I don't know much about these, do you think it is enough? "

"If you go home, the master, when you worshiped the great Confucianist from Sichuan and Shu as your master, it was the six rituals prepared by the old Alang himself.

I heard that ten carts of grain were added, and another cart of money and silk was pulled over. Alang does not allow anyone to intervene in the matter of your worshiping your master.

And the preparation was very kind, and it was also sent by A Lang himself. We don't know the details of the kindness, how much money was given, and whether the grains were ten carts or ten small carts.

But the old master taught Patriarch you from the attitude of reading and literacy, you have really put in a lot of effort, and you are a heart-warming person, and you really didn't wrong Alang's generous gifts at the beginning.

The villain has never experienced these things, but I just heard from the older generation that Alang was preparing for the six rituals, so the villain can't explain the details, but from the perspective of the villain, if it is a formal apprenticeship, Although the addition of cloth and money is quite rich,
There should still be celery, meat cattail, lotus seeds, red beans, longan, and wine. These six rituals are the most authentic. Fortunately, the gentleman was invited to come and half teach and half accompany.

Fifty pennies of silver is really a lot, plus ten catties of Wuliangye, it's not a villain's bragging, even if it's not enough for Liuli, it's enough for the gentleman to be gratified. "

Li Yu nodded, and only then did he understand what the six rituals are, even if he didn't understand, he still thought that those things must have a purpose;

"Okay, don't say any more, hurry up and arrange the money, cloth, and spirits. Don't delay any longer. I went to my aunt to get the list of the children of the Kong family and the Yan family. After I come back, let's go there together. Mr.’s small yard, and then I will witness it with my own eyes, the kind of good writing that my uncle said.”

"Wei! Patriarch, don't worry, the villain will make arrangements immediately, and it will never take too long. The villain will go now, Patriarch?"

"Go."

Li Yu got up immediately after explaining, Yingxiang took Xichun, Tanchun, two second-class maids, and four maidservants who were not of Li's grade, and followed Li Yu out of the courtyard.

Everyone came all the way to Mrs. Qin's backyard, and after reporting permission to enter, they went into the house to salute and say hello;
"Auntie, my son greets Auntie, I wish you a happy family like the East China Sea, and a life that is not as old as Nanshan."

Yingxiang Tanchun, and others bowed their heads in embarrassment when they heard the funny words of their husband. The maid in Mrs. Qin's room suppressed her smile again, and Mrs. Qin laughed and scolded cheerfully;

"You little bastard, when you are not serious, this is the first time I have heard such a weird salutation, but even though the occasion is wrong, these two sentences are very pleasant to the ear, that's all, I don't care about you .

By the way, that naughty dog, you put him back in the backyard when you're free, and even if you ask him to stay for a few days, I miss him a little bit, but he doesn't miss me, my mother.

I heard from the person below that he ate and ate at your place, and he always stood on the grand master's chair?When you are crazy about playing, you get angry, and you still want to roll around on the ground?Can this matter? "

Li Yu answered the question with a serious face;

"Aunt Qi, there are some, but it's not too out of line. My brother is only a three-year-old child, and it's natural to play crazy. If you keep him in check and behave, I'm afraid it will take a long time. It's not very good to be able to hold back problems.

Here I ask Auntie to think more about it, as for letting him back to the backyard, the boy also asked him to come back, but as long as this is mentioned, brother will cover his ears and don't want to listen, the boy will just talk about him in the next two days. "

"Forget it, when you hear that you're back in the backyard, you feel like you're going to kill him. You can't persuade him, so don't force him.

When I think he's going to die, I'll naturally grab him by the ear and bring him back, so let him play for a while longer. "

Li Yu couldn't help touching his ears when he heard the talk about tearing his ears, and took two or three steps back slightly, Madam Qin looked at Li Yu with a rather displeased face;

"Why are you standing so far away, you bastard, you don't want to get close to me?"

Li Yu had no choice but to take a few steps forward, get close to Mrs. Qin, and talk with a smiling face;

"If you go back to your aunt, why would the boy not want to get close to your aunt? Your old man has wronged your nephew. The boy wants to come to see his aunt every day. If he doesn't come to say hello for a day... I can't even eat this meal, let alone... "

Mrs. Qin looked at Li Yu with disdain, and interrupted his flattery;

"Okay, okay, I can't believe what you said, and I want to come to say hello every day, who are you going to fool?

In my room, I saw you come only once in ten days and eight days, and dare to open your eyes and tell nonsense, are you ashamed? "

Li Yu was exposed on the spot, without blushing or heartbeat, he explained with a smiling face;

"Aunt Qi, my son has been a little busy recently, so fewer people come here, let's say today, the cleaner from Uncle Chang's house came to our house, my son has to go out to socialize, and I have to ask him to write a greeting. Post, invitation, don't you know how busy the baby is?"

"Busy? Well, you are indeed very busy, but I don't know if you are busy flirting with your concubines, or busy going out and drinking.

Forget it, forget it, I know what you are here for today, I am too lazy to talk to you, I have prepared everything for you, come here!Give him those lists, and tell him to settle down with Mr. That. "

"promise."

After Mrs. Qin finished giving her orders, a maid next to her agreed and delivered a post in her hand. Li Yu couldn't wait to open it after receiving it, and then handed it to Yingxiang to keep it with a smile. ;
"Aunt Qi, please leave my child, there are still a lot of things to do, don't dare to delay, your old man is resting in the house, and my nephew is leaving."

"Delay? Talking with me is wasting your time? You little bastard, you don't have a few nice words in your dog's mouth. Take your people and get out!"

"Oh, yes! My nephew is gone..."

As soon as Li Yu finished speaking, he turned his head and left, and Mrs. Qin's laughing and cursing came from behind;

"Look, you can't even hold back the seriousness of a stick of incense, you little bastard."

"Ma'am, Rongfeng, the county uncle is the true temperament, not twitchy, not pretentious, the true temperament..."

Li Yu brought a group of maids down, before returning to his yard, he happened to meet Li Yi on the way, and Li Yu asked;
"Li Yi, have you done all the things I asked you to arrange?"

Li Yi saluted and answered carefully;
"If you go home, everything has been arranged properly. The ten catties of Wuliangye, fifty guan coins, and three bolts of new cloth have all been taken and are waiting for you at the gate of Mr.'s small courtyard."

"Okay, let's go there now, and you lead the way."

"It's the head of the house."

Li Yu followed the first few servants into a small, clean courtyard. As soon as Li Yu entered the gate of the courtyard, he heard the clear voice of Li Yi who went in first;

"Mr. Zhou, the villain is being polite."

"Oh, it's Guanshi Li who's here. Please come to the room. Thank you, Guanshi Li, for arranging this clean courtyard for me to live in. I'm very grateful!"

"Don't dare, sir, tell me, my Patriarch has brought a gift to visit you."

"Okay, I'll go out to greet you right away..."

Li Yu who walked to the door of the main room happened to meet the person who came out of it face to face. Sure enough, Li Yi did not lie. This person was handsome, his figure was neither tall nor short, and he walked swiftly and easily, even though his clothes were not patched. , It is true that the color has faded and turned white after washing.

Li Yu didn't wait for the opponent's reaction, and directly handed over;

"I've seen you sir, it's very polite."

The moment the man saw Li Yu, he stopped at the door of the main room and was arranging his clothes and the crown on his head. Seeing that Li Yu saluted first, he had no time to take care of himself, so he hurriedly returned the salute;
"I pay my respects to the founding county uncle. The grassroots have returned the salute. Please come to the county uncle's room."

"Sir too please."

A group of people entered the main room, Li Yu was asked to sit at the top, and the young man sat at the bottom to accompany him, Li Yu smiled and said;
"The yard is too small, Mr. Wronged."

"Don't dare, don't dare, the county magistrate must not look outside, the yard is very quiet, and there are four houses, enough for me to live in.

The grass people should also be grateful to the county magistrate for taking him in. Originally, the day before yesterday and yesterday, all the burdens had been packed, and they wanted to take advantage of the team of horses and horses today to return to their hometown to farm and study.

Unexpectedly, General Qin came forward and said that the county uncle wanted to take him in. It was a pleasant surprise, and the grass people thanked the county uncle for taking him in. "

Hearing this young man's grateful words, Li Yu felt mixed emotions in his heart. This era is really extremely complicated, and the set of rules for being an official restricts scholars from this poor family to the outside of the circle for life!

Even though this person has learned a lot of knowledge, he has no way or way to show off his strengths. He has lived in the General Chang's mansion for two years, and he himself is a little embarrassed.

I didn't help others, but took a lot of money and silk from others, and now I can't stay any longer, so I decided to go home to farm and study, alas...

"You don't dare to say that you take him in. It's an honor to invite Mr. Yu back. I will have to trouble Mr. more in the future."

"Don't talk like that, the county magistrate, it's all my job. I'm still very happy to be promoted by the county magistrate."

"Sir, wait a moment, Li Yi, and ask someone to bring in the gift."

"only!"

Following Li Yi's arrangement, the servants came in from the outside, one of them was holding brand new cloth, the other was holding the wine jar, and four of them came in carrying two baskets of money to put away, and the servants saluted before leaving go out.

The gentleman looked at the wine jar on the ground, and couldn't help swallowing two mouthfuls of saliva. This fine wine has been spreading in Chang'an City for several months, who doesn't know?
But he has never tasted it, he only heard the sound but not the taste of the wine. This spring, this wine used to be hard to come by for hundreds of bottles per catty, and it was not something that a poor man could touch. He did not expect to get a jar of wine today. ...

Looking at the two baskets of silver coins on the ground, I'm afraid they are at least forty pennies. No wonder the founding county uncle of Lantian is called Lord Mengchang,
It seems that it is really not blown out, it is so generous to invite a teacher to accompany me back, and this money is actually given such a large amount!
Just these two baskets of money are enough for his wife and children in his hometown to live comfortably for the rest of their lives, so why not shock him?
And the new cloth on the table, you can't use it to make new clothes yourself, you must hold back, the old and the young at home are still wearing patched clothes!
The old Aye and the old lady farmed desperately, and haven't added clothes for many years. The main wife in the old family can't even get a decent dress. There is a more serious scene, and she can't stand in front of people. ...

Look at the clothes I'm wearing without any patches. They are all rations saved by my family, and they are exchanged for...

This time no matter what... I have to grit my teeth and endure the desire. These new cloths must not be moved. Ask someone to bring them back. Adding a few new clothes to everyone in the family is considered a little for the family. It's just serious business, but those old and young in the family are not willing to touch these new cloths, let alone use them all to make clothes for the whole family, old Aye will definitely not allow such a prodigal behavior to happen, alas... …

There are still these two baskets of silver, but I don’t dare to ask those horses and horses to carry them. Besides, even if they can be carried back safely and completely, I am afraid that the cost will not be less. It's going to be three times. If A Niang knows that the road money for others will be two or three times, wouldn't she die of heartache?
Old Aye can earn hundreds of dollars in exchange for a year of hard work. In order to get the money back, he has to waste two or three pennies...

That honest old Aye won't curse people madly, and he won't throw things to vent his anger. You guys will spend two or three times for nothing and give it to others for nothing. Old Aye won't get angry a game?
Besides, getting these two baskets of money back, God knows how scared the whole family will be?

I went abroad to study and travel, and I know that it is always not enough to spend, so I suddenly brought two baskets of money back, so I can’t scare the whole family out of my mind?

It's difficult to say, but in fact all this is just a matter of whimsical thoughts, the gentleman can be considered calm, suppressing the excitement in his heart, his face is calm, and he sits firmly.

With a wave of his hand, Li Yi arranged for the servants to go out, and then he opened his mouth to speak;
"Mr. Rong, ten catties of Wuliangye, ten bolts of high-quality new cloth, and fifty silver coins are counted as the salary of the head of my family. Please accept it with a smile."

"Okay, Lao Li is in charge."

The young gentleman stood up without saying a word, straightened his clothes, and cupped his hands;
"Thank you for your kindness, the county uncle. King Bin is very grateful for such a generous gift. In the future, I am willing to follow the county uncle and make some small contributions."

This young gentleman has considered these words well. After traveling for several years, he has lived in Chang'an for more than two years.

On weekdays, those literary friends who have eaten dirty wine together treat each other with courtesy, but they are not fools themselves, how can they not feel that they are very concerned about their poor background!

As for the idea of ​​finding an opportunity to become an official a few years ago, I have long since dared not make those unrealistic fantasies...

I heard that Li Xianbo is the adoptive son of Her Highness the Empress, and is highly valued.He is also from the noble family of Longxi, following this County Uncle Li, his family will no longer have to go out early and come back late to eat desperately in the fields.

Today's him, after tempering and growing up, is no longer the time to come to Chang'an City for the first time, and now he is also experienced,

Now he has long understood that all unrealistic fantasies are false, nothing is as important as food and clothing, and he is also a five-foot-tall man, the most important thing is to keep the old snacks fed and warm!
Whatever ideals and dreams, let’s go with the wind, I can’t continue to fantasize, I want to get a better one for my family...

(End of this chapter)