Poor Family

  Chapter 31 Finding Another Way

It was evening, and the business of Weichuan Tavern in the north of the city was booming, with a lot of customers. The table also represents a kind of identity, and it still maintains a weak vitality in some official families, but among the common people, sitting around the table has become the norm.

In addition to the lobby facing the street, the tavern also has a yard inside. The three sides of the yard are also part of the tavern, but the grade is slightly higher, separated by wooden boards and screens, and turned into small cubicles or wing rooms. With He Zhen and Ma Xiancheng.

   County Prime Minister Ma Fu was holding a wine glass and looking at a big boat outside the window in a daze. There was soup outside the window, and the river had frozen, freezing a dozen boats on the river.

  But Ma Fu seemed a little restless. Just now, He Zhen inadvertently reminded him of a past event that he couldn't bear to look back on.

Ma Fu spent thousands of taels of silver to convince his superiors that he had nothing to do with Li Daqi's cheating case, and that his family members did it behind his back. However, this case still made him unable to hold his head up for three years. It's a little better.

  But when He Zhen mentioned that name again, it was like being pricked inadvertently by a scorpion stinger, and the scar he thought had healed began to hurt again.

   "How do you know he is Li Daqi's son?"

  Ma Fu's hand holding the wine glass trembled slightly, and he tried his best to maintain his composure, as if the name had no effect on him.

   "For this boy's reunion, I specially sent people to investigate various schools, trying to know ourselves and our enemies."

   "Even Lushan Town School is going to investigate, you are confident enough." Ma Fu had a mocking smile on his lips.

  The corner of He Zhen's mouth twitched, but this Lushan Town School, which has never been a concern, eliminated them today, and they became the biggest laughing stock of this Boys' Association.

"what should we do?"

  He Zhen asked anxiously: "We are not qualified to enter the semi-finals, will the Boys still make it to the top four this time?"

   "I will try to rank you as the fifth in the debate test, and then you will work hard to get the top three in the strategy test, and there will be no problem in the top four."

   "But... relying on strength alone, it is difficult for us to enter the top three. If the county magistrate can-"

   "Absolutely not this time!"

Ma Fu's wine glass fell heavily on the table, interrupting his words, "Yesterday the magistrate also said that Li Zhizhou is coming to observe this year's Boys' Association. Today I lost my composure. I can't make the same mistake again. I can't help this time." you."

  He Zhen was extremely disappointed, two hundred taels of silver! Is it just so silent? Ma Fu glanced at him, and said lightly: "No one said that this year is the last time, what are you in a hurry? This year can't work, next year will come!"

   Hope surged in He Zhen's heart again. Is this a hint? He hastily took out a heavy bundle and put it in front of Ma Fu, "This is three hundred taels of silver, and we have entrusted the expectations of our elders in Weinan Town. I also hope that Ma County Chancellor will help us get into the top four."

Ma Fu squinted his eyes for a moment, how could he refuse the vain three hundred taels of silver, so he drank the wine in his glass, "I will try my best! Master He, let's not make an example. If you have anything to do in the future, come to the county government office. This officer must do business properly."

   After finishing speaking, Ma Fu picked up the wallet, got up and left in a hurry. When Ma Fu went away, He Zhen spat on the ground, "Bah! Pretend what you want, don't accept money if you are capable."

  Wang Gui and Tang Huai finished their writing, wrote a few random poems, and fled back to the room one after another.

   "Look at them both!"

  Yue Fei said to Li Yanqing angrily: "If you have half the enthusiasm for reading, Master won't always lose his temper with them."

   "Fiction! It must be more attractive than homework."

  Li Yanqing yawned lazily, and after writing poems for a long time, he was also a little tired. To be honest, if "The Great Sage and Monster Hunting" was not written by him, he would definitely run back to the house at the same speed as Wang Gui.

He glanced at Yue Fei and saw that Yue Fei's face was still so serious, so he smiled and said: "Besides, Master also agrees that they will watch for a while after finishing their homework, it's better than them sneaking out to cause trouble. Everything has disadvantages and benefits, so it's good." Look at the other side!"

Yue Fei didn't get angry anymore. Li Yanqing's words made sense. For example, he always thought that his grandfather was very rigid, but this time he discovered that his grandfather was actually very shrewd. He knew that the heavy snow outside would lure Wang Gui and Tang Huai away, so he would rather Allowing them to read novels and not allowing them to go out, this is something he could never have imagined.

  When the master found the novel from under Wang Gui’s clothes, he didn’t lose his temper. Instead, he flipped through the book and returned it to them, asking them to read the poem after finishing the poem. The smile was so gentle, it’s really different from usual! Yue Fei was thinking wildly and forgot to write poems for a while.

Li Yanqing changed into a comfortable position again, grabbed Wang Gui's soft cushion and put it behind him as a backrest. After trying it out, it was much more comfortable. Then he smiled and said, "Let's talk about tomorrow's competition! Fifth Brother vs Tang How much does Beixiang Academy know?"

  They address each other more casually, and Li Yanqing also yells randomly. For example, he calls Tang Huai sometimes Lao Tang, sometimes Brother A Tang, and sometimes Brother Tang, usually depending on his mood.

  Wang Gui is also, sometimes called Lao Wang, sometimes called Agui, but they all call Yue Fei the fifth brother.

  Yue Fei shook his head, "I know nothing like you, maybe Brother Tang knows a little bit."

   "I'll go ask Lao Tang, do you want to go together?"

   "You go! I want to hurry up and write a few more poems."

  Li Yanqing stood up and walked to the next room. Yue Fei began to think about his poems again. He didn't care too much about how Tang Beixiang Academy was doing. The key was to study hard.

  But Li Yanqing doesn't think so. Just because they wrote a few poems tonight to surpass Tang Beixiang Academy, it's just a dream. There may be a glimmer of hope in using strategies.

  He Zhen's strategy left a deep impression on him today. Although the Weinan Town Academy failed in the end, it can only be said that He Zhen's luck was not good, and he just chose one of his own strengths.

The room was brightly lit, Wang Gui and Tang Huai curled up on the bed, they greedily read every line, trying to chew every word thoroughly, this was a novel they had never read before, it made them excited and obsessed, Just after reading a page, they turned back and read it again. It seemed that they would not let it go until they had read the novel three or five times.

   "Old Tang, whose son do you think Red Boy is?"

Wang Gui had already read it all over, and the final suspense really made him itch. Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva took the red boy away, and the Rakshasa girl went to Jilei Mountain to ask her husband to save her son, but the Bull Demon King yelled viciously: "He is not me! Son, you just go to find his own father."

  Tang Huai read faster than Wang Gui, he was already reading it for the second time, Wang Gui also mentioned his itching, he put down the book and said: "I thought about it, I think it should be Taishang Laojun."

"Why?"

"Think about it! The red boy knows the real fire of Samadhi, why can't his father, the Bull Demon King? Except for the red boy, the Taishang Laojun knows the real fire of the three flavors, and there is also the plantain fan of the Rakshasa girl, which is said to be the same as the Taishang. Laojun’s plantain fan was born from the same branch, obviously it was given to Rakshasa by Taishang Laojun!”

   "What nonsense are you talking about!"

  Li Yanqing walked in with a smile, "Red Boy is the son of the Bull Demon King, but he just said so in front of Princess Yumian, and he will definitely save his son later."

  Wang Gui was confused, blinked and asked, "I didn't see you reading a book! How did you know?"

   "I watched it while hiding in the toilet, of course you didn't see it."

  Li Yanqing sat beside Tang Huai's bed, grabbed Tang Huai's extremely long ears, and Tang Huai covered his ears and shouted: "Ah! Let go, let go, it hurts me to death."

  Wang Gui thumped the bed and laughed loudly, fearing that the world would not be in chaos and shouted: "Just cut off this guy's donkey's ears and drink, and I'll get the knife!"

  Li Yanqing let go of his ears and laughed: "Understood! If the Bull Demon King admits that Hong Hai'er is his son, it is tantamount to deceiving Princess Yumian, and this must be the end."

   Tang Huai punched Li Yanqing's shoulder hard, rubbed his red ears and said in disbelief: "When did the Bull Demon King tell Princess Yumian that the red boy was not his son? It wasn't written in the book."

   "The next book will be there."

  Tang Huai curled his lips, "You thought you were Xiaoxiaozi from Lushan, but if you say so, you have it!"

Wang Gui is a foolish boy, but Tang Huai is a fine person. Li Yanqing knew that talking too much would lead to mistakes, so he stopped talking about it, and changed the topic: "Tell me about the situation of Tang Beixiang Academy, and I will think of a way to deal with them." way."

  (end of this chapter)