Poor Family

  Chapter 49 Martial Arts Cheats

When Li Yanqing returned to the village, he walked into Aunt Hu's house. There were stone mills and a pile of farm tools in the yard, which were given to them by Uncle Hu. Several rooms were locked. Aunt Hu's meal, without hearing Xiao Qing'er's laughter, Li Yanqing's heart felt empty, feeling an indescribable loss.

   At this moment, he suddenly heard someone shouting outside: "Brother Qing!"

  Li Yanqing ran out in a hurry, only to see two family members of the Li family not far away supporting his father Li Daqi back,

  Li Yanqing was taken aback, and rushed to meet him, "What's wrong with my father?"

   "Your father drank too much, the master asked us to bring him back."

  Seeing that his father was drunk, Li Yanqing hurriedly led the way, and the two family members helped Li Daqi into the house to lie down, and then he left.

  In Li Yanqing's memory, his father had never drank alcohol. Today, he probably broke the precept because he was happy, but unexpectedly got very drunk.

  Li Yanqing had no choice but to take off his father's shoes, put him to sleep, and covered him with a quilt, then closed the door and let his father sleep peacefully.

He returned to his room, sat down and began to write a book. He has been quite diligent during this time. "The Great Sage Hunting Monsters: The Flame Mountain" has been written, and the third "The Great Sage Hunting Monsters: Havoc in Heaven" He has already written 47,000 words, and the manuscript can be handed in after writing 3,000 words. He can finish it tonight. He plans to take some time in these two days to visit the county.

  But Li Yanqing only wrote a few lines and then remembered something. He quickly put down the pen, got up and took out an iron box from under his pillow, and slowly opened it. Inside was a small and sharp dagger and a silk book.

The dagger was the one given to him by Aunt Hu. He saved Xiao Qing'er with this dagger. Uncle Hu gave him the dagger as a souvenir. He put the dagger aside, picked up the yellowed silk book, This is the so-called martial arts secret book.

  The cover says Hu's swordsmanship, it turned out to be swordsmanship, but I thought it was swordsmanship! Li Yanqing looked at the bottom, the owner's name was on the bottom, Daming Mansion Hu Wen, it should be Uncle Hu's father's name, it turned out that the uncle's real surname was Hu, and Hu was just a pseudonym.

Turning to the first page, there is a picture of a man in short clothes, who is swinging his sword sideways, and next to it is the name of the move, which is called Wushan Duanyun. recruit?

  Li Yanqing flipped over again, there are only seven moves in total, four attacks and three defenses, the biggest feature is that he is clean and neat, never dragging his feet, which is quite in line with his personality.

  Li Yanqing put away the silk book, and decided to practice it when he had time, maybe he could really save his life at a critical moment.

  Li Daqi slept until dark before waking up. His mouth was dry and he drank two bowls of water before he stopped. Li Yanqing told him that Uncle Hu's family had gone to Daming Mansion, and it might take several months before he came back.

  Li Daqi nodded, "I see, then you can join Baozheng's family from now on! He has told me several times that if you give his family money every month, your food problem will be solved."

  Li Daqi didn't care too much about the whereabouts of Hu Sheng's family. He was different from Li Yanqing. Although he was very grateful to Hu Sheng's family, he looked down on such a vulgar person as Hu Sheng more or less in his bones.

  In the past, he had to let go of his arrogance because of his downfall, but now he has gradually squeezed into the upper echelons of the family. He needs to establish a good relationship with the patriarch and Baozheng.

   "Daddy seems to be very happy, he actually drank!" Li Yanqing didn't want to talk about Uncle Hu, so he changed the subject.

Li Daqi slapped his palm with his fist and said excitedly: "It's really a bunch of good news today. The patriarch is going to Bianjing in the spring to negotiate with the Li clan over there about merging the genealogy. He decided to let me go with him, and he said he would consider Leave the industry in the county to me."

  Li Yanqing was taken aback, "Our Li family still has property in the county?"

   "Of course!"

  Li Daqi waved his hand, "Don't interrupt me, this is not the best news. The best news is that Ma Xiancheng will be transferred away. It seems that he will be demoted to a county to be the chief secretary. God finally opened his eyes!"

  A one-foot-long horse face immediately appeared in Li Yanqing's mind. Is that guy going to be transferred? This is really good news.

   "Daddy, what property does the Li family have in the county?"

   "It seems that there is a tavern, and there are several other shops. I forgot what they do."

Li Daqi was very excited. He had no hope of taking part in the imperial examinations, but he was unwilling to spend his life as a helpless person. He also longed for a little power to make his clan respect him, so he was favored by the patriarch and gained the right to manage the family property. It became what he dreamed of.

  Li Yanqing didn't take it seriously, managing the family business was also a part-time job for others. If he wanted to stand up, he had to be the proprietor himself. However, Li Yanqing only had a vague idea about this matter, and he would discuss it with his father after it became clear.

  Li Daqi went to the living room and began to pack the incense table to worship the spirit of his deceased wife in heaven. At this moment, he suddenly remembered something, and ran back to Li Yanqing and said, "Qing'er, we are going to Tangbei Township tomorrow."

   "Are you going to visit your mother's grave?" Li Yanqing only knew that her mother was buried in Tangbei Township, and her natal family was there.

  Li Daqi nodded, "Of course I have to visit your mother's grave. Daddy hasn't been there for almost three years."

"Why?"

   Li Yanqing was stunned. He hadn't visited his dead wife's grave for three years. This was not in line with his father's character!

  Li Daqi hesitated, and whispered, "Your mother is buried in the Ding family cemetery, and they don't allow your father to come near."

Li Yanqing was a little confused. He patted his forehead and asked, "Can you explain clearly to me, didn't Dad spend hundreds of dollars to buy mother's cemetery? There are also coffins and so on, why did you buy it yourself?" The cemetery cannot be approached yet, what is the reason for this?"

Li Daqi sighed, "Qing'er, even the cemetery in the capital is not that expensive. It was your grandfather who hated me and forced me to buy the Ding family's cemetery at a high price. In fact, it was a kind of compensation in disguise. Dad felt sorry for your grandfather, so he agreed. , thanks to the patriarch willing to lend me money."

Li Daqi bit his lip and said: "Your grandfather is a snob. I swore I would never see him again in this life, but in order to visit your mother's grave, we have to put on a show. I have already asked someone to deliver the letter. Tomorrow Take you to New Year's greetings."

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  Tangbei Township is located 60 miles northwest of Xiaohe Township. Walk north along the official road, and then walk 20 miles west to the fork where the Khitan cavalry shot their horses.

  The next day, before dawn, Li Yanqing came back from running and set off with his father. Li Daqi borrowed a healthy donkey from Baozheng Li Zhen, and the father and son rode a donkey to the north along the official road.

Li Yanqing's donkey riding skills are not good, mainly because his legs are weak, unlike Yue Fei and Wang Gui who squatted for several years, but he found that after running with Uncle Hu, the strength of his legs doubled, and he only ran for a while The time is comparable to the horse stance of squatting for a year.

   Now riding a donkey has become very easy, and he no longer feels uncontrollable like riding a donkey for the first time. Only then did he realize that the running method that Uncle Hu taught him is really magical.

   It’s no wonder that Uncle Hu repeatedly told himself not to give up halfway before leaving. After ten years to see the effect, Li Yanqing tasted the sweetness and strengthened his confidence in running.

   "Has Daddy ever been to Tokyo?" Li Yanqing chatted with his father all the way.

   "I went there six years ago, and it was also at this time. Dad went to Tokyo to take the provincial examination. Tokyo is really a good place! It is a thousand times more prosperous than Tangyin County. Dad actually got lost while shopping on the first day."

  Li Daqi's mood gradually brightened, and he couldn't help laughing when he thought of the funny things in the past.

   "I was wandering outside in the middle of the night, and the sergeant who was patrolling the street sent me back to the inn. A few of my companions thought that my father went to drink flower wine and didn't want to come back. So many years have passed, time flies so fast!"

   "Does Daddy know Li Dongdong?" Li Yanqing asked with a smile.

  Li Daqi was stunned, thought for a while and said, "It's the Erdonggua from Qianshanfang! He's doing well in the capital, and I heard that he opened a teahouse, but I guess it's the coolie teahouse outside the city."

   "Why?" Li Yanqing was puzzled.

  Li Daqi showed a trace of disdain at the corner of his mouth: "Most people who can open shops in the city have backgrounds, and it is not his turn."

   "What did you ask him for?" Li Daqi asked again strangely.

   "Two days ago I wrote a Spring Festival couplet to his house. He thought it was good. He invited me to his house for dinner on the fifth day of the ancestral hall yesterday. He said he had set up a few tables of wine and invited me to go too."

   "Just invite you?"

Li Daqi felt a little disappointed, and actually asked his son instead of Lao Tzu, but after thinking about it, he felt relieved and said with a smile: "You go! But remember, although he is the same age as me, Also call me Second Uncle, he is of the same generation as you, so stop making jokes."

  Li Yanqing laughed, "Then do I have to prepare some lucky money for the younger generation?"

  (end of this chapter)