Chapter 257： travel

Li Jishan was speechless for a moment, but he quickly reacted and pointed at Yingbao: "Since you have recovered from the illness and are not going to take the scientific examination, why are you bringing these people home?"

Yingbao didn't wait for Li Xu to answer, and said arrogantly: "Because he owes me medical expenses and consultation fees! Of course I have to come and ask for it!"

Li Xu nodded: "My nephew indeed owes the doctor money for consultation and medicine, and he is unable to repay it."

When everyone heard the uproar, all their eyes turned to the village leader Li Jishan.

Everyone in the village knows that Li Xu’s quota of twenty acres of unentitled land was given to Li Jishan’s family, and it lasted for three years.

In the past three years, Li Jishan seemed to have expressed nothing to his nephew.

Not only did she not say anything, Li Jishan's wife often said outside that if she had known that the family would not have been separated, her family would have been spared a corvee.

As soon as Li Jishan heard this, his expression changed unexpectedly. He paused for a while and then reluctantly said, "I'll believe you for once, and I'll pay for the medical expenses!"

Ying Bao: "Okay, it's fifty taels of silver in total. I'll leave as soon as I get it."

“Wha, what?” Li Jishan was dumbfounded: “Fifty taels? What kind of medicine is so expensive?”

Ying Bao: "If the medicine is not precious, can it bring your nephew back from hell?"

"You...are lying! I won't believe it!" Li Jishan was embarrassed and annoyed, turned around and left.

Before leaving, he left the next sentence: "Li Xu, I have to go back first. You can go to my house to talk in detail later."

Li Xu looked at his uncle’s leaving figure and sighed secretly.

While I was lying in the inn, I suddenly figured out a lot of things.

It is better to rely on yourself than to rely on others. All clan and relatives are just floating clouds.

Just like his biological uncle, while enjoying the benefits he has given, he secretly hopes that he will be unlucky.

The uncle's younger son once got drunk and pointed at Li Xu and said, "A pauper like you will never be able to change his life. Do you think that passing the exam will make you a great scholar? You will be able to show off your power in front of us? I tell you! Dream on!"

Li Xu was very frightened at the time and didn't understand why his cousin would talk about him like that. Seeing that he was drunk again, he thought he was just drunk and confused and talking nonsense.

Thinking about it now, if my eleven or twelve-year-old cousin could say these words at the celebration banquet of his middle school membership, he must have heard what his parents said behind his back.

Li Xu lost his father when he was young, and he and his mother depended on each other. In the first few years, he could not even eat dumplings during the New Year.

In order to support his education, his mother sold the land at home and worked day and night doing embroidery work.

Obviously my uncle's family lives next door, but I have never received any help from them.

After he became a student, his uncle was more polite to him, but he often belittled him in front of outsiders, saying that he had been stupid since he was a child, and he only passed the exam because the county magistrate saw that he was an orphan and pitiful, so he deliberately let him go.

Unknown to the uncle, the college examination was actually held in Fucheng, and the person supervising the examination was not the county magistrate, but the academic official.

“Little doctor, I made you laugh.”

Li Xu lowered his head and thought for a while, then suddenly asked: "Can a junior student really go to your hometown to teach students and pay off his debts?"

“Sure, my father is Muramasa. There is a school in our village, but we can’t find a suitable teacher for a while.”

"Okay! I'll go!" Li Xu made up his mind, but then hesitantly asked: "Young doctor, can you bring your mother with you?"

Yingbao: "Of course. The school in our village is very big. It has several rooms and a big yard. It's bigger than this one. When the original teacher left, there were still several hens left behind. If you go, Those hens belong to you, and the eggs they lay belong to you.”

While she was cheating, she peeked at Li Xu.

It would be great if I could take a scholar and go back to be a private school teacher. Because the scholar has examination experience, it is better for him to teach the children than those who can only enlighten the children.

“Thank you, young doctor.” Li Xu bowed deeply to Yingbao, “Let’s set out tomorrow.”

Yingbao smiles with crooked eyebrows and keeps nodding: "Okay, let's set off tomorrow."

I was originally worried that my mother and I would encounter people with malicious intentions on the way, but now it’s better. There will be a scholar accompanying me on the way, which will definitely make it much safer.

However, that afternoon, when Li Xu was applying for household registration for his mother, he was blocked by his uncle.

Li Jishan angrily scolded his nephew: "Your mother is a widow, how can you take her around?"

Li Xu said coldly: "My mother has been a filial piety for my father for thirteen years. Even if she remarries now, no one else has the right to interfere."

“You!” Li Jishan slapped the table angrily: “I am the head of the Li family, and I cannot allow you to mess around.”

Li Xu raised his eyes and looked at his uncle: "Uncle, since you said so, please lend your nephew fifty taels of silver. My nephew will return the medical money to the little miracle doctor and send them away. My nephew does not have to follow to earn money to pay off the debt." , wait until my nephew wins the election, and then return the money to the uncle."

"You can win the exam?" Li Jishan sneered: "You can win the exam by yourself? Stop wishing! I won't waste money on you!"

Li Xu grinned and laughed at himself: "Since the uncle refuses to lend money, my nephew can only go out to earn money to pay off the debt. But when I leave, my mother will be blind and helpless, so my nephew must take her with him."

Li Jishan’s mouth moved a few times, but he made no more sound.

Li Zheng, who was next to him, saw this and quickly wrote a reason for his trip, and took Li Xu to the nearest post office to have the letter stamped so that he could send it to the county government for filing.

Although it is much more convenient for good citizens to travel nowadays, and it is not as strict as before, you still have to go through the necessary procedures to avoid being arrested in other places.

Li Xu took the household registration certificate, thanked Li Zheng, and then returned home.

Early the next morning, the ox cart hired by Li Xu arrived, and everyone quickly moved their things onto the cart.

Li Xu helped his mother into the cart and sat down, then turned around and locked the door, closed the bamboo fence gate, and then got into the bullock cart.

The oxcart drove for several hours and finally arrived at Mingjiang Pier before dark.

This place is a bustling market town. Even though it is dark, there are still many shops open for business.

Li Xu first found an inn, settled everyone, and then went to the dock alone to inquire about ships passing through Qinchuan County.

In the end, he found out that a merchant ship would dock at the dock in Qinchuan County.

Li Xu was very happy, and he was even more excited when he asked if the ship could carry passengers.

But the ship owner said that their merchant ship will set off at Yin time tomorrow, so the guests must board the ship before Yin time, and they will not wait if it is late.

Li Xu quickly promised to get on the boat in advance, and then he happily ran back to tell his mother and Aunt Jiang.

Chunniang was very happy and took her daughter’s hand and promised that she would get up early tomorrow.

Chun Niang breathed a sigh of relief as she could finally return to her hometown safely.

The anxiety and worry of these days were finally relieved, and Chun Niang couldn't help crying.

Yingbao patted her mother and said, "Mom, when we get home, I will send a letter to the king. Xiao Chengjun not only abandoned us deliberately, but also took away the gold and cloth given by the emperor. If the things in the box are I will never give up if one thing is missing!”

More than a hundred taels of gold is not a small amount, and there are also dozens of bolts of silk.

 Even though Xiao Chengjun was a young master from an aristocratic family, he had no property and no support. He only had a little salary and occasional rewards. Even if he could spend so much money at once, it would be enough for him to drink a pot.