Poor Family

  Chapter 16 County news

  Li Daguang was really embarrassed, he was actually seen by three juniors when he went to a brothel, but fortunately he didn't have a wife, so he didn't have to worry about being dragged by his ears to make calculations.

  Li Yanqing sent Li Er and Li San back first, and he still wants to ask this fourth uncle.

   "Fourth Uncle is here to listen to a tune, I like to listen to it, ha ha!"

  Li Daguang explained guiltily, but he suddenly felt that it was redundant, what does a six-year-old kid know.

   "Qing'er, how about the first day of school today? That Lao Niu Yao is very strict!"

   "Fourth Uncle, I have something to ask you."

"What's up?"

  Li Yanqing asked softly: "Did my father do anything...disrespectful?"

  He could never forget the undisguised contempt in Master Yao's eyes when he mentioned his father's name.

   "Why do you ask this, did someone say something?" Li Daguang glanced at Li Yanqing very sensitively.

   "I'm his son, so I just want to know more about it."

  Li Daguang hesitated for a long time and said: "I shouldn't say it logically, but you will know sooner or later, your father... Hey! One mistake will be eternal hatred!"

   Li Daguang heaved a long sigh, and told Li Yanqing a story about the past.

"Your father used to be the pride of the family. Seven years ago, he was admitted to the Xiangzhou Fajie Examination and ranked first in high school. He married your mother that year. It can be described as a double blessing. At that time, he was often the guest of the county magistrate. He took part in the provincial examination in Beijing, and even though he didn’t pass the exam, he was appreciated by the chief examiner, who asked him to study hard and prepare to go to Beijing to take the exam next time.”

"Then what?"

"Then an incident happened five years ago. Your father, not being able to get in the face of the county magistrate, went to Cizhou for his nephew to take part in the hair test. It seemed that they looked alike, but your father was still recognized, and it was never over again. , Juren's fame was revoked, he was never allowed to take the imperial examination again, and became a shame for the family. It was a joke in Tangyin County, and he was called Li Zhuodao behind his back. Worrying became sick, and he died the next year, your father regretted it, and in order to atone for his sins, he did not hesitate to borrow huge debts to bury your mother."

  Li Yanqing couldn't say a word for a while, and he and his father had the same fate. Is this the deliberate arrangement of the Creator?

Li Daguang patted him on the shoulder, and said earnestly: "Now you should understand! Why did your father save money to study for you, why did you have to take the imperial examination? You are his only hope, and only you can wash it off for him. The shame on him, otherwise he would not be able to lift his head up for the rest of his life."

   "Thank you fourth uncle, little nephew... let's go first." Li Yanqing felt uncomfortable, turned around and left.

Li Daguang watched Li Yanqing walk away, he couldn't help shaking his head secretly, Daqi has been recorded by the state government, if the record is not cleared, even Qing'er will be implicated in the future, Daqi thought that the government would forget it after a long time, how could he It's so simple, Daqi will be fine in this life, but it's a pity for such a smart child as Qing'er.

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   Li Yanqing went home with a heavy heart like a lead bucket, he didn't have any feelings, his mind was blank, he didn't even know how he got back, and he forgot when Li Daguang broke up with him.

  Walking to the door of the house, the courtyard door was still there, but the house was gone, and there was only a mud wall ruins left. Li Yanqing stood there for a long time, but did not realize what was going on.

  At this time, Dahei, who was looking for things on the ruins, saw the little master, and rushed to the master like a gust of wind, barking in anxiety, as if telling the master that their home was gone.

  Li Yanqing finally woke up from his ignorance at this time. Their house was going to build a new brick house, so he should go to Aunt Hu's house next door.

  Looking at Dahei's aggrieved eyes, Li Yanqing smiled and hugged it tightly, then took it and ran to Aunt Hu's house next door.

  That night, Li Yanqing had a dream. He dreamed that he had become his father, and Song Dynasty's father had become his son, also named Li Daqi.

  Li Yanqing woke up suddenly from his dream. He stared blankly at the roof, reminiscing about his dream, and feeling the mystery of the intermingling of destiny in a thousand years of life. He couldn't fall asleep until the sound of the **** crowing.

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  East Street in Tangyin County is a place where businesses are concentrated in the county. All kinds of signs and flags are hung all over the street.

  The first store on East Street is a bookstore called Shilinyuan, which is actually a bookstore, but the front is the store and the back is the bookstore, and the back is the printing workshop and place for copying books.

Although the printing technique was very developed in the Song Dynasty, the book copying industry did not die out. Some private book collections still like to ask people to copy books. Li Daqi works here. His handwriting is very beautiful, so the shop invites him to copy books for others. Li Daqi's engraving is also good, and occasionally engraves some woodblocks. Although movable type printing has been invented, it has not replaced woodblocks due to various reasons such as typesetting and aesthetics.

Shilinyuan is one of the three major bookstores on Hebei West Road. The main cabinet is in Damingfu. Tangyin County is only one of its branch cabinets, but it also occupies the best location in the county. There are many kinds of books and good quality. It is deeply loved by Tangyin. It is a favorite of scholars in Yin County, and the business is very prosperous.

   Today happened to be the proprietor of Shilinyuan who came to inspect the Tangyin County Bookstore, so the storekeeper and the staff were very busy, and they got up early in the morning to clean the bookstore.

  The proprietor, surnamed Yang, is a young man in his early thirties. He is very smart and capable. He has just inherited his father's business for only two or three years. He is ambitious and wants to make Shilinyuan the largest bookstore in the dynasty.

At this time, in the shopkeeper's room on the second floor, shopkeeper Luo was reporting the performance of the last few months to the young proprietor, but he soon discovered that the proprietor did not listen to his report, but was reading a volume of manuscripts, which was a bit confusing. Fascinated.

Shopkeeper Luo just remembered that the manuscript was given to him by Li Daqi yesterday, saying that it was written by his son, please help him to read it, the owner came these two days, and he was busy preparing for various reception matters, so he threw the manuscript aside Besides, he was not interested in the things written by the six-year-old child. He didn't expect the manuscript to be seen by the proprietor.

   Shopkeeper Luo stopped the report in embarrassment, and waited for a while, but unexpectedly, the proprietor did not stop, but became even more fascinated.

  At this time, a waiter came up and whispered: "The shopkeeper, the tavern has delivered the food, do you want to invite the owner down?"

   "Nonsense, serve the food!"

  The guy hurried down, brought the food up in a short while, and put it on the table.

   Shopkeeper Luo said with a smile: "Proprietor, you can eat first!"

   "Well! Put it there, I'll eat it later."

   Shopkeeper Luo had no choice but to close the door and retreat. When he went downstairs, he did not see Li Daqi, and asked quickly, "Where is Daqi?"

   "Li Daqi has gone back. Someone from the same village came to look for him. He just left!"

   "It's going to be bad!"

   Shopkeeper Luo stomped his feet and chased after him, only to see that Li Daqi had already gone a long way, and he shouted while chasing: "Daqi! Wait a minute."

  Li Daqi was worried about his son, and was about to go back with his neighbor Hu Sheng, when he heard someone calling him from behind, Li Daqi turned around and saw that it was the shopkeeper, so he stopped quickly.

   Shopkeeper Luo panted and ran forward, out of breath, said: "Daqi, wait a moment, don't rush back."

   "Master Luo, I've finished copying that book, and I'll put it on your desk."

   "I know! It's not about you, it's...the book written by your son, it seems very good, let's talk about it, it's not too late to go back tomorrow."

  Beside Hu Sheng said with a smile: "Let's keep Da Qi! Brother Qing is under the care of my mother, so it's fine."

  Li Daqi couldn't help but show shopkeeper Luo face, so he nodded and agreed, "Okay! I'll go back tomorrow."

   Shopkeeper Luo dragged him back. As soon as he entered the store, the shop assistant hurriedly greeted him: "Shopkeeper, the proprietor is looking for you!"

   Shopkeeper Luo hurriedly said to Li Daqi: "Wait a moment, I will come as soon as I go."

   Shopkeeper Luo hurriedly went up to the second floor, pushed open the door, and saw that the food had not been touched, and the proprietor was still flipping through the manuscript. He stepped forward and asked cautiously, "Is the proprietor looking for me?"

   "Who wrote this?" Proprietor Yang raised the manuscript in his hand and asked.

   "This is written by the son of a copyist here. I just brought it yesterday, and I haven't had time to read it yet!"

   "Are there any more?" Proprietor Yang asked eagerly.

   "I don't know too well, why don't I ask."

   "Quickly invite this copyist to see me, it's such a good book! I almost missed it."

   Shopkeeper Luo hurriedly turned around and ran downstairs. He was very thankful in his heart that he had recovered the big device, otherwise things would have been troublesome. He had never seen the proprietor praise a book like this.

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  (end of this chapter)