Chapter 31： The poor hero bleeds and sheds tears

Chapter 31 The poor hero bleeds and sheds tears

“I will introduce you to a gentleman in a moment. His surname is Sun. He is the most knowledgeable gentleman in our Hanbo Academy and the brother-in-law of the dean.

The dean is not often in the academy, and Mr. Sun is also in charge of general affairs. The Xiuxin class he leads has the best academic performance in the academy. You are right to study with him. "

Li Jiaren nodded repeatedly and said thanks.

Mr. Sun was drinking tea at the moment. He heard that a new student wanted to study with him, but he did not refuse.

Li Jiaren can write and do calculations, is cleanly dressed, and speaks in a gentle and polite manner.

Mr. Sun was very satisfied with the few words of the exam, so he accepted the meeting gift from Li Laoer, and then told Jiaren to formally enter the academy three days later to perform the apprenticeship ceremony.

Li Laoer and his son quickly thanked him and were very happy when they left the academy.

At this moment, Li Laosi also sold deer skins and antlers and came to join them.

The deer antler was sent to Baicaotang and he received five taels of silver directly. The deer skin was cheaper, and the fur shop gave him one or two and a half.

One red deer brought in more than six taels, which was almost enough for Jiaren to study for half a year. He finally felt less guilty.

The three of them returned home and learned that Jiaren had been accepted by the most knowledgeable gentleman in the academy. The Li family were very happy.

That night I steamed two rice and stewed a pheasant to celebrate.

It is a good thing that the Li family wants to send their children to study, and the Li family does not hide it.

Soon everyone in the village knew about it, and everyone admired the Li family's courage.

In the past few days, people from the village have come to Li's house every now and then to talk. They all want to see Jiaren and get acquainted with the future scholar in advance.

"Jiaren, you have to study hard when you get to the academy. You were born into a good family, and you have to repay your grandma if you have a future!"

Jiaren responded one by one. Seeing his blush, Mrs. Li kicked him out to chop wood in the backyard.

“This child is really filial and sensible, and he will definitely have a great future!”

“All the children in Lao Li’s family are good at it. Even the youngest, Jia An, is also very smart! My little boy is bigger than Jia An, and he is always naughty and mischievous...”

Mrs. Li listened to their praises with a smile, grabbed a few roasted chestnuts for each person, and said a few polite words from time to time.

At this time, the village chief uncle also came.

“Sister-in-law, my old lady heard that Jiaren was going to study in the county, so she specially sewed him a gold-listed sachet. It contains medicinal materials to refresh his mind. He can smell it and not feel sleepy when he is studying at night.”

After he said this, he handed over a box, which contained two sachets sewn in dark blue fine cloth, embroidered with gold plaques and inscriptions, which were very exquisite.

Mrs. Li hurriedly thanked the village chief and invited the village chief to sit down and drink tea. When Jiaren heard the noise, he also threw his ax to greet him.

“There will be scholars in our village in the future. This kid Jiaren can’t do anything wrong. He will definitely win face for our Qingshui Village!”

The village chief uncle patted Jiaren on the shoulder and liked him for being steady and polite.

“Then I’ll lend you your kind words.” Mrs. Li asked everyone to sit down again and said as she remembered something.

"By the way, brother, in the past few days, while Jiaren is still at home, I would like to trouble you to take our family to worship the original owner of this yard."

 Before going to the county town to sell deer antlers, Li Laosi bought half a basket of yellow paper incense candles. It is not good to keep these things at home, so he must burn them quickly.

The village chief was stunned for a moment, then he immediately responded.

“Okay, we can go tomorrow.”

"Then I'll ask Hongying to prepare things tonight." Mrs. Li simply said so, and the matter was settled.

That night, Tao Hongying made some snow-white steamed buns with fine flour, steamed the rabbit meat, put it in a bowl, and filled it with two plates of fruit.

Early the next morning, the family packed their belongings and went to wait at the door of the village chief's house.

The village chief also brought some food and wine, and then led the Li family to set off in a grand way.

The original house owner had no children. After his death, the village chief helped bury him in the mountains. The Li family felt a little sad when they saw the solitary grave.

Tao Hongying and Zhao Yuru quickly arranged the sacrifices and incense candles, and helped the village chief pour the wine.

Wu Cuihua probably felt that this place was unlucky and refused to help at all, wishing she could stay away.

Hide behind the crowd now, Li Laoer can't even pull him.

The village chief sat in front of the tombstone, looking sad.

At the beginning, he fought with the enemy on the battlefield, bleeding and sweating and narrowly escaped death.

None of this made this iron-clad man shed a single tear, but now his eyes easily turned red.

“My old brother died a miserable death.”

The village chief knew that someone in the village was gossiping about the current yard of the Li family. He was afraid that the Li family would misunderstand, so he planned to take this opportunity to explain.

“When we were in the war, the enemy attacked at night, and many brothers were wiped out on the neck in the camp. My brother had a bad stomach and saved his life, but he also suffered from heart problems and could not sleep well at night.

Later we came to Qingshui Village. He married a wife and was living a good life. But one time he had a nightmare at night, and his wife didn't understand and called him several times. He actually mistook her for an enemy and killed her by mistake. "

The Li family members gasped when they heard this, and the village chief looked even more sad.

"When I arrived, my brother was sitting there stupidly, saying he was sorry for his wife, and wiped his neck in front of me..."

The Li family's hearts are heavy and extremely pitiful. Their good family has been separated like this, and their family has been destroyed.

Old Mrs. Li sighed, "He is also a poor person. Brother village chief, don't worry, our Li family is also getting a bargain."

She bowed to the other side and made a promise in a low voice.

"As long as our Li family lives in Qingshui Village from now on, I will let my children and grandchildren come to worship every year, and I will not let this brother underground stop offering incense and offerings."

This is what the village chief wanted, so he quickly thanked him.

“I would like to thank you and your family on behalf of my brothers.”

They burned the paper, kowtowed together, and cleared away the weeds from the tomb.

As usual, the village chief wanted to stay and talk for a while, so the Li family went down the mountain together.

Since the Li family made so much noise, people in the village naturally knew about it.

Some people say that the Li family is benevolent and righteous, while others say that the Li family is bold. Of course, there are no good things to say when it comes to the Liu family.

“I really have too much money to burn, but if I have such good things, I’d rather give them to a dead man! The whole family is a worthless thing!”

Ms. Guo was so angry that she sat at the door of the courtyard and cursed. The Li family was willing to subsidize a dead person, but they would not give anything to their family.

Liu Laifu came back from the city two days ago and saw his wife beating her sister-in-law until her nose was black and her face was swollen, and she didn't even fart.

At this moment, listening to Guo's cursing, he became more and more irritated, and simply went into the city to find Wu Ergou in the casino.

“Wu Er, what are you doing here? Your sister’s husband’s family is very rich. Can’t you just let your sister support you?”

Liu Laifu's words were sour, which made Wu Ergou confused.

He spent all the little money he earned as a waiter on gambling, and now he has lost not a penny left, so he is worried.

After hearing this, he hurriedly ran back to Li's house.

When Wu Cuihua saw her brother coming back, she was busy preparing food for him. She also planned to take out the leftover venison and smoked rabbit.

“Second sister-in-law! Mother said to keep these venison and rabbits for the New Year. If your brother wants to eat them, he can go up to the mountain and hunt them down himself!”

Tao Hongying was not polite at all and closed the warehouse door directly.

Jiayin was lying on my mother's back, just in time to watch the excitement. Now she stretched out her little hand and made a few babbling sounds to cheer her mother on!

(End of this chapter)