Traveling through troubled times, he fled with his stepson

"Where should I start?"

Wei Qiqi asked Li Yuan, and Li Yuan said without hesitation: "The third one."

"it is good."

She nodded and headed towards the east of the city.

"Qiniang!" Li Yuan shouted helplessly, and Wei Qiqi waved her hand to signal him to follow.

No matter what the kid wants to choose, I won't let him be proud. I thought I couldn't guess what he was thinking.

"Qiniang——"

Li Yuan chased after him, trying to make Wei Qiqi change her mind, but Wei Qiqi walked faster, swinging her uninjured hand.

After a distance, Li Yuan had no choice but to follow Wei Qiqi.

Wei Qiqi used two cents to buy two strings of candied haws, and put one big and one small in her mouth, eating as she walked.

"Qiniang, you don't have to buy it for me next time."

Looking at the crystal clear candied haws in front of him, he felt helpless. Qi Niang always treated him like an ignorant child and coaxed him.

"It's not good for me to eat too much by myself. What will others think of me? It's just two cents. Don't worry, I won't let you starve."

As he spoke, Wei Qiqi stuffed half a mouthful of candied haws into his mouth.

Seeing that she was eating with great relish, Li Yuan took a bite and chewed it twice. The sweet and sour taste exploded in his mouth. After the sour taste passed, only the sweet sugar was left in his mouth.

After taking one bite, I couldn’t eat a second bite, but seeing Wei Qiqi eating happily, I still patiently ate it.

It took the two of them an hour to reach the east of the city. She really didn't expect the distance to be so long.

The person hasn't been found yet.

"Um... Auntie, I want to ask, where does Mr. Kong, who teaches here, live?"

"Mr. Kong?"

The old lady was so confused by the question that she paused for a moment before she realized, "Mr. Kong, he is... go straight through that alley and turn left at the exit, and that's where he teaches."

Wei Qiqi was so beautiful that she couldn't think of anything else at first sight.

Wei Qiqi thanked him with a sweet smile, and then the two of them walked straight forward along the alley.

After turning left, there is the gate to a courtyard.

She looked around and found that this place was chosen particularly cleverly.

It is quiet in the midst of noise, and the sound of reading aloud can be heard from inside.

She walked up and knocked on the door with the ring. There was silence for a moment, then the sound of reading started again.

After a while, the sound of footsteps was getting closer.

"Excuse me, ma'am, are you here..."

The person who opened the door was a woman in her thirties, wearing an apron and looking very plain.

"Ah, hello. I'm here with my child. I want to ask Mr. Kong if he still accepts students."

"I'm not sure about this. When Mr. Kong comes over later, you can ask him. Just follow me first."

The woman led her in and through the quiet corridor. Wei Qiqi saw the sunlight shining through one of the rooms. The door was closed, but the window was wide open.

You can see the students inside reciting the textbook with their heads shaking.

When they saw a stranger coming in, they all glanced outside.

Wei Qiqi looked at it curiously and looked a few more times. She saw the old man in the front looked back at her, then walked forward and closed the doors and windows from a few steps away.

She touched her nose and felt that she was disliked.

Li Yuan had been paying attention to Wei Qiqi's expression, taking everything into his eyes.

Naturally, I also noticed the teacher's deliberate actions.

His expression was slightly cold.

The two men sat in a corner, and the woman came forward and brought them some boiling water with a few tea leaves floating on it.

Wei Qiqi had been rushing all the way and felt a little thirsty, so she lowered her head and drank a few sips to moisten her throat.

After staying in the side room for nearly half an hour, the teacher finally arrived.

"Confucius."

Wei Qiqi and Li Yuan stood up and saluted.

When the teacher saw that Wei Qiqi was not performing the etiquette in the correct way, his already dissatisfaction reached its peak.

"Who are you?"

Confucius asked after returning the gift.

"My name is Wei Qi, and this is my stepson Li Yuan. Because my husband passed away, I brought him here to live with my relatives."

Wei Qi is the name of this body. The pronunciation is the same, but with one character missing.

"Why?"

Confucius was a little arrogant. There were only two or three such large towns, and his was the best of them, so Wei Qiqi could understand.

"I want my stepson to study, and I want to ask Confucius if he is willing to accept my child."

Wei Qiqi's attitude was too humble, which made Confucius look good, but made Li Yuan's eyes look increasingly cold.

"What will the enlightenment be like?"

Confucius then looked at Li Yuan.

This orphan and his widow are so beautiful that it is unforgettable once you meet them.

When this boy came in, he was well-mannered, didn't talk much or show off, and was steady in his conduct. Confucius was quite satisfied with him.

I just don’t know how academic it is.

"I still need to learn "Zeng Guang Xian Wen", "You Xue Qiong Lin" and "Wu Xue Jian" for enlightenment."

Li Yuan answered word by word. Even though he was dissatisfied with this place, he did not want to disappoint Wei Qiqi.

He could see that Wei Qiqi was very satisfied with this place.

"Oh?" The teacher was obviously a little surprised by the answer. He stroked his beard and continued to ask, "How old are you now?"

"My ninth birthday has not yet arrived."

"Okay, let me test you.

"On the days when you have free time from studying the classics, you must understand the next sentence of the history books."

"Zhonghua is filial and Wumu is loyal."

"Washing the concubine, the schoolmaster Zhaorong said one sentence."

"Tao is against the mist leopard, Han is against the cloud dragon."

"Okay, he's of the right age, acts prudently, and has received enlightenment." Confucius seemed satisfied and stroked his beard again before speaking.

"Madam Wei, if you are interested, bring your money and two taels of silver to send Li Yuan here tomorrow at this time."

Confucius' test was considered passed, and Wei Qiqi took Li Yuan to pay his respects before walking out.

After coming out of the gate, Wei Qiqi asked Li Yuan, who was lowering his head, "What do you think of Confucius?"

Li Yuan nodded: "Not bad."

"Do you want to study here?"

silence.

Wei Qiqi didn't get an answer and looked at him with her head slightly lowered.

"What's going on here?"

"Aren't we going to see other teachers?"

Wei Qiqi smiled slightly: "No need, this place is good and the teacher is good, there is nothing to complain about."

At this point, Wei Qiqi finally realized: "You don't want to study here?"

"We don't know what kind of person Confucius is, but he is like this when we first meet..."

"how?"

Li Yuan didn't know what to say. The relationship between him and Qinnan was very strange.

Wei Qiqi understood that young people had some selfish ideas, but she was not sure what Li Yuan meant.

After all, this child has his own potential.

"Since you don't want to read here, I can't force you to read here.

So how about we go and have a look at other places?"

Li Yuan looked up: "Qiniang, why don't you ask me why I'm being so petty?"

"I think you are very confident. You haven't touched a book for half a year, but you can answer everything the teacher asks. Xiaobao, you are so capable, so I don't have to worry about you being naughty."

Wei Qiqi called Li Yuan and a smile appeared on her face, and she couldn't help laughing. This child was always like this. Every time she praised him, she would be obviously happy.

She pushed back the kid's hair on his forehead and rubbed it hard.