Poor Family

  Chapter 55 No Blessings

  Li Yanqing jumped up, this is what Li Kui, the magistrate, had promised himself, he didn't expect to come now, and he was in a hurry to leave.

  Li Wenyou grabbed him, "Don't go, your father specifically told me that he can solve it himself, and let you represent him to eat here."

  Li Yanqing sat down slowly, he was still anxious, what if his father couldn't speak and missed a major event?

At this time, Li Dongdong got up and raised his glass to give a speech, "Dongdong is busy making a living in the capital, and cannot return to his hometown to fulfill his filial piety. Since the neighbors and patriarchs usually take care of my father, there is nothing to repay them. I have specially prepared a glass of water and wine to thank all the neighbors. Mr. Dongdong Do it for your respect!"

  He drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, and everyone raised their glasses and drank it. Then they held up their chopsticks to pick up the vegetables, talking and laughing, and started eating.

  At this time, a thin man in his thirties, dressed in rather shabby clothes, walked up to Li Yanqing, raised his glass with a smile and said, "I'll toast the little official."

  The face of Li Dongdong's father next to him immediately darkened. This is his eldest son-in-law Zhang Ping, a lazy rascal. If his son hadn't invited him to come, he would never let him in for dinner.

  But Zhang Ping's cup had already been raised in front of Li Yanqing. Li Dongdong's father didn't want to lose face in front of the patriarch, so he had to introduce him bitterly, "Brother Qing, this is my eldest son-in-law Zhang Ping."

  Li Yanqing'Oh! With a cry, it turned out that he was the father of Dayan Magpie. Li Yanqing looked him up and saw that he had a round face, slender eyes, and a sly gleam. Li Yanqing immediately thought of Dayan. So similar.

  Li Yanqing didn't know why he wanted to toast himself, so he said a few polite words and had a drink with him.

  Zhang Ping didn't intend to leave. He seemed to want to say something? Li Dongdong's father was even more unhappy, and urged him: "The little official wants to drink, you should leave quickly after toasting!"

Zhang Ping pretended not to hear his father-in-law's words, and said to Li Yanqing with a smile: "I just heard from Da Qi that he is often not at home, and the petty officials are always left unattended, so I gave him a suggestion, he said Only the petty officials are willing to do it.”

  Li Yanqing smiled happily: "I don't know what good advice Brother Zhang gave my father?"

Next to him, Li Dongdong's father began to feel irritable. His son-in-law was not only lazy, but also had the bad habit of eating, drinking, whoring, and gambling. He sold all the valuable things in the house. Take it away, what good advice will he have, don't make any bad ideas about hitting petty officials!

   Li Dongdong's father was afraid that his son-in-law would spoil his son's business, so he stood up and pushed Zhang Ping away, "Go aside, it's none of your business here!"

  Li Yanqing quickly stopped him, "Second Uncle, don't be angry, since Brother Zhang has already told my father, it's better to listen."

  Zhang Ping glared at his father-in-law, then bent down and laughed together: "I told your father, if there is a lack of people in the small official's room, the little girl can serve."

   What kind of advice is this? Li Yanqing was stunned for a moment.

  Li Dongdong's father couldn't bear it anymore, he was furious, rushed over and grabbed his son-in-law by the neck, and wanted to hit him with his fists, "You will go crazy after drinking, embarrassing me!"

  Everyone was so frightened that they hurriedly persuaded Li Wenyou to sit down Li Dongdong's father, and said with a smile, "It's actually not a bad thing! My daughter always goes out to do something when she grows up, so she can subsidize the family. As long as the time is right and she doesn't delay her marriage, that's fine."

Li Yanqing finally understood what Zhang Ping meant, which was to sell his daughter to their family as a maid. to regain freedom.

  That's why many poor families are willing to send their daughters out to be maids, so that they don't have to raise them by themselves, and can earn a sum of money for themselves, so that they can get married when they are freed after the term expires.

Just because there are so many sources, the average maid's net worth is very cheap, only five or six dollars a year, and the more handsome and well-behaved, the price will be slightly more expensive, but at most it is only about ten dollars a year, so many middle-class people have Little maids, like Li Er and Li San's family, there are two little maids.

But in any case, this is also a shameful thing. It is tantamount to admitting that he is useless and needs to **** his daughter to make money. Li Dongdong's father was angry that his son-in-law actually pawned his granddaughter in front of everyone, which made him look old. Where to put it?

  Li Wenyou smiled at Li Yanqing: "Your father will often be away from home in the future, I also think you need a little maid to take care of your daily life, how about it?"

   "Thank you for the patriarch's kindness, I don't need it for now!"

Li Yanqing refused straight away. He didn't really dislike being served by maidservants. The key point was that he knew that the daughter Zhang Ping wanted to sell must be the eldest daughter, Zhang Dayan. Small.

Li Wenyou is an extremely shrewd old rich man. He knows that Li Dongdong and his elder sister have a deep relationship, so he invites his brother-in-law to come to his house for a drink. This Zhang Ping is a well-known rascal in Qianshan Village. Li Dongdong is gone.

  Seeing that Li Yanqing refused to accept it, Li Wenyou smiled at Zhang Ping and said, "It happens that my wife needs a sewing maid by my side, so let your daughter come to my house to work! You send her here tomorrow, and we will discuss the price in person."

  Zhang Ping was overjoyed, and quickly bowed and said, "It's also an honor for my little girl to work in Li's residence."

Although Li Dongdong's father is annoyed that his son-in-law is useless, but with his son-in-law's virtue, his granddaughter will definitely go out to work this year. Instead of working as a maid in an ordinary family's house and suffering hardships, it is better to work in the patriarch's mansion. Needless to say, the food is good, and the income will not be high. Poor, just in time to earn some money to subsidize his daughter's family, he gave his son-in-law a hard look, and then stopped talking.

  Li Yanqing doesn't care about Zhang Dayan going to the patriarch's house to be a maid. He only cares about his father's situation now. I don't know how the talk is going?

  Li Yanqing was so anxious that he didn't dare to get up to say goodbye. Finally, when the banquet was over, he was about to say goodbye and leave. Li Dongdong was drunk by everyone, and Li Dongdong's father sent them out of the house.

  Li Wenyou smiled and said, "Qing'er, take my carriage! I have something to tell you."

  Li Yanqing had to get into the carriage, and Li Wenyou arranged for a servant to ride Li Yanqing's donkey home, and the carriage started.

  In the carriage, Li Wenyou took out a business contract and handed it to him, "There are three copies, this is yours, keep it by yourself."

  Li Yanqing took over the contract and asked again: "Where does the patriarch plan to start?"

"I plan to start with this batch of medicine. Tomorrow your father and Li Dongdong will go to Weinan Town to buy medicinal materials. I plan to let him manage the money in the future. I can't trust others. When the canal thaws next month, I will follow the medicinal materials with your father." The ship went to the capital together, on the one hand, it was to repair the genealogy, and to check the grain market by the way. After the negotiation in the capital, the first batch of grain will be purchased and transported in March. Qinger, I have been planning this matter for nearly four weeks. Years, but I have been hesitant to do it, I didn't expect that because of you, I finally made it."

  Li Wenyou was very emotional. From now on, they will slowly deal with the capital, which is also a challenge for him.

  Li Yanqing also felt a lot of emotions in his heart. After his father suffered setbacks, he finally wanted to start a new life. It would be best for his father to marry a virtuous wife again, and that would be consummation.

  However, Li Yanqing was a little worried about letting his father handle the accounts. Their father and son lived in poverty, and one reason was that his father really didn't know how to manage the family.

To give a simple example, sugar in the Song Dynasty was very expensive, and a pancake with syrup cost ten Wen. Li Daqi felt sorry for his son who spent ten Wen to buy a pancake with syrup, but he didn’t expect that he could buy a bucket of wheat with another five cents. , they don’t have to eat the bean buns all the time.

  But it is another matter that the patriarch can trust his father.

  At this time, Li Yanqing suddenly remembered something, and quickly said to Li Wenyou: "I don't know if my father has mentioned the matter of moving mother's tomb."

Li Wenyou nodded, "Your father told me that I was responsible for this matter back then. I shouldn't have promised your grandfather, but don't worry, your grandfather has business dealings with our Li family, which is related to his thousands of dollars a year. Li Yi, as long as I propose to move the tomb, he dare not refuse to agree, but this matter will be discussed after we return from the capital, so please wait patiently!"

   "I have no problem, thank you Patriarch!"

Li Wenyou said with a smile: "Your task is to study hard. I see that you took a sword from Li Dongdong's house. In fact, it is not bad to learn both civil and military skills. There are only three things that are most effective in this world. Either have a lot of money, or have a lot of power. Either the fist is hard, and everything else is **** nonsense!"

   "Qing'er always remembers the patriarch's teachings."

  Li Wenyou laughed, his fat round face seemed to bloom, "I don't dare to teach you, it's here, you go back!"

  The carriage came to a complete stop, Li Yanqing jumped off the carriage and ran towards the village.

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  Li Yanqing just ran to the entrance of the village when he happened to meet Aunt Gu, who was angrily coming out of the village with a rolling pin in her hand.

   "Third Aunt, are you going out so late?"

   "Zhuzi's father went to the town to buy vinegar, but he hasn't come back yet, and he doesn't know where he went. I'll go and see!"

  Li Yanqing hesitated for a moment, then asked again: "Do you want me to go with Third Aunt?"

   "No, no, go home quickly!"

Third Aunt Gu walked a few steps, then turned around and said, "Brother Qing, someone came to ask about your father's situation today, and we all spoke well of your father, and even signed the paper. Everyone hopes that your father will be well." !"

   "Thank you, Third Aunt, I will definitely repay everyone in the future."

   "You're welcome, go see your dad! He cried today."

Li Yanqing ran back home in one breath, the courtyard door and the door of the room were not closed, he rushed into the house, and saw his father sitting in the dark living room, covering his face and weeping in a low voice, Li Yanqing was startled, and hurriedly nodded. The lights came on.

   "Daddy, how are you?" Li Yanqing asked nervously.

  Li Daqi picked up the paper on the table and handed it to his son, and said with a choked voice, "Look for yourself!"

Li Yanqing took the paper and looked at it carefully. It turned out to be an investigation and record book from the government. It was written clearly that although Tang Yin's son Li Daqi violated the imperial examination five years ago, five years had passed. After on-the-spot investigation , Li Daqi has changed his past, and he has benefited the village, and the popularity is excellent. It is recommended to eliminate his bad record in the imperial examination five years ago, and hope that he will keep his own life and never repeat the crime.

   Below is the investigator’s autograph. Generally speaking, as long as the investigator passes the on-site verification, there will be no problem, and the record will definitely be deleted.

  Li Yanqing's eyes were also a little moist. After five years, his father finally obtained his innocence. At this moment, Li Daqi looked at his son, he couldn't restrain his inner excitement any longer, and fell on the table and began to cry loudly.

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