Be a little landlord

Lin Lixuan's periodical business is in full swing, and now he has a new plan, which is to open a storytelling shop in the county town.

Many illiterate people eagerly want to listen to the story, but they can’t understand it. They are too old to learn to read, so they have to ask their parents to tell their grandmother to ask others to read it to them. One read, one listen, it’s too much to suffer. up...

"If only someone would read it to you..."

"Yes, yes, I don't even want to hear you read it. What you tell is too ugly. It's a good story, but you tell it so badly."

"That's right, you are simply making a living out of this story, as if it was originally a cup of hot tea, but you let it cool down..."

"You guys...don't beg me to read it if you have the ability! Go and see for yourself if you have the ability!"

"If I could read and write, I would definitely not listen to you. Your voice is really ugly, and the frogs in the field can sing better than you!"

In order to satisfy these people's wishes and please everyone's body and mind, Lin Lixuan put the idea of ​​storytelling building on the agenda.

"Brother Lin, your proposal is good... But, where is the library built?" Brother Yan supported the other party's idea.

Zhao Liniang also supports her son's idea. She has recently fallen in love with eating melon seeds, drinking tea and listening to stories. She raises chickens, ducks and vegetables on weekdays, and listens to boring gossip stories in her spare time. On the contrary, the desire to hold a grandson has faded away.

The more she listens to the story, the more fascinating she is. Compared with the people around her, she is more fortunate to have a son and a daughter-in-law who can tell her. Read it to yourself.

The daughter-in-law of a butcher who sells pork in the county likes to grab her 12-year-old son to read stories to her. Every time she reads it, it makes people laugh. Zhao Liniang always feels that she is similar to them...

I heard from my son that opening a storybook building, with a special storyteller sitting in the lobby telling stories to the people around, this scene is really... great!

"Son, what are you going to do?"

Lin Lixuan rubbed the center of his brows with his index finger, "I don't have a charter yet, first find out the site of the storytelling building, and I have to recruit a few people who can speak well to train and train."

Outlined a plan in his mind, Lin Lixuan started to act, first went to the county town to find a venue, spent several days of hard work, he was not satisfied with the several places he visited, the location was either too far away or too far away, he didn't mind I plan to find a place with inconvenient transportation, preferably not far from the wharf and port, and also close to the post station in the county to meet the needs of passengers and attract more passengers.

Lin Lixuan picked and picked, and finally chose an old teahouse. The original owner of this teahouse was an old man who was over half a century old. His business was slow, and he couldn't live in a deserted place. In addition, he was getting old, and the old man didn't want to run a teahouse anymore. , Hearing that Lin Lixuan was looking for a place, he took the initiative to find him and asked him if he would accept this dilapidated teahouse.

The location of the old man's teahouse met Lin Lixuan's requirements, but the teahouse was precarious and looked about the same age as this bad old man, it was too dilapidated...

"Let's just say it's shabby... At worst, it's overturned and rebuilt..." After discussing with Brother Yan, Lin Lixuan finally bought the dilapidated teahouse.

"Thank you so much, I've been with me in this teahouse for decades... If I'm not old, I wouldn't want to let go..."

"Don't worry, old man, you can come over for some wine and tea after a while..."

"I hope it will get better in your hands..."

This teahouse was very cheap and dilapidated. It was bought for less than 150 taels of silver. The original old man really didn't want to do it anymore. He didn't want all the tables, chairs and benches in the dilapidated old teahouse and gave them to Lin Lixuan.

Lin Lixuan stood at the door of the teahouse that belonged to him. He touched the column with its aging red paint peeled off. It was full of bumps and holes as if bugs had drilled countless holes, "This...it's too weak."

Walking inside, a smell of indescribable damp came up, and the old stairs creaked and swayed slightly. Although they were stepping on wood, they seemed like a boat floating in the water.

Although he was mentally prepared, but after a careful inspection, Lin Lixuan resigned to his fate and planned to find someone else to rebuild it. The teahouse was very old and couldn't last long.

After buying the teahouse, he tried his best to contact the artisans, and also found someone to practice his storytelling skills. The earth will be covered by the night sky.

The wind blowing from the village was quiet and gentle, as if a pair of gentle hands were caressing his face. Lin Lixuan hummed a little song to put aside all his troubles on the road. Mixed, his family's little donkey can't help but respond to his ditty in a babbling tone.

He could see his own yard from a distance, and before Lin Lixuan could smile, he saw an unexpected visitor.

With an old body, the silver hair on her head was golden yellow by the afterglow of the setting sun, and the crutch in her hand stood on the ground. When she saw Lin Lixuan, her serious and wrinkled face became more dignified.

Her voice had the unique hoarseness of an old man, although she was a bit dull but still full of spirit: "Lin Xiucai, I have been waiting for you for a long time, but you are finally back..."

This sentence is really like a blame.

Lin Lixuan jumped out of the car, holding the rein with his right hand, step by step in the shadow of the setting sun towards the old woman standing hunched in front: "Mrs. Ji, what are you doing at our house?"

"Our family has nothing to do with your Ji's family now..." Lin Lixuan stood still in front of Mrs. Ji, and after saying this, he ignored the old man in front of him, intending to bypass him and return home.

Seeing his movements, Mrs. Ji was so angry that she stomped on the ground three times with her crutches. She pointed at him with trembling fingers as old as old tree roots: "You...is this how you treat your elders?"

"An elder who sells his grandson? I don't have such an elder." Lin Lixuan used these words to repay Mrs. Ji. The old lady Ji in front of her is no longer as energetic as before, and she looks much older. It seems that she followed Her baby Ji Lao San is not living well!

Although she was still pretending to be arrogant in front of her, Lin Lixuan had already seen from Old Madam Ji's eyes that the old woman had lost the aura she had when she came to his house to ask Brother Yu to show off her power.

I heard that Ji Laosan's family couldn't get along in the county and returned to Bixi Village. It's really funny. Not to mention the silver taels they got from themselves at the beginning, all the savings that Mrs. Ji kept privately when the family was divided It is also enough for them to spend several years in the county.

Unexpectedly, it was only a short time before they packed up their things and returned to Bixi Village in desperation, which was shorter than Lin Lixuan had expected.

"You don't want to bring up the past, I'll ask you, why don't you accept the articles about my family's selection?" Ji Laosan went to the county town, and no one there knew about these things. Now, he was so poor that he returned to Bixi Village, and the people around him didn't know what happened to their family.

Those two-child women who have a broken mouth like to talk about other people's affairs the most. Although Mrs. Ji is old, her ears are still smart. If others say her words openly and secretly, even if Mrs. Ji is cheeky Thick, she couldn't bear it.

"Who? Whose article?" Lin Lixuan frowned, confused by the lump of paste thrown by Mrs. Ji, who didn't know what she was talking about.

"My grandson, Ji Xuan, he is much more talented than you. If you can be admitted as a scholar, he can also be admitted as a scholar..." Mrs. Ji said sternly to her husband who was her other grandson.

Lin Lixuan crossed his arms and looked coldly at Mrs. Ji showing off her might, and asked disdainfully, "Then, is your talented grandson admitted to the scholar?"

"He will definitely pass the exam! Just wait and see!" Mrs. Ji's saliva sprayed all over the floor, and her voice became louder and louder, as if the louder her voice was, the more confidence she had.

"Okay, I'll wait. Waiting for him to be admitted as a scholar in ten or eight years, your family will not have to pay taxes. This is a great thing... I hope you are in good health, old lady, and you can wait for that day."

"By the way, I'd like to advise you again... Mrs. Ji, since you have moved back to Bixi Village from the county town with Ji's family, I think you'd better let your precious grandson go down to farm obediently first, you Looking at the season before the season, now they are all good players in the field, and life is much better than before."

"Work hard and live, don't think about other things..."

With Ji Xuan's tired and lazy appearance, I'm afraid he won't be admitted as a scholar after ten or eight years of study.

"You, you, you... You bastard speaks really badly. How did your mother teach you... Thanks to you, how did you become a scholar!"

"My old woman will naturally see that day. My grandson is much more powerful than you. When he becomes an official, I will be the official's grandma. At that time, do you still dare to show off in front of me? I'm afraid You have to kowtow to me in a low voice!"

"How dare you compare Ji Ya and Ji Qian's soft bones with my Xuan'er, Ji Ya and Ji Qian's one finger of my family's Xuan'er, but you want to compare him with them, they want to Digging in the ground, my grandson can't do that!!" Mrs. Ji said a lot of saliva, and she was so angry that her breath was short of breath, and her chest heaved and fell.

The hand she pointed at Lin Lixuan was shaking all the time, and Lin Lixuan who was pointed at by her didn't want to get entangled with this old woman, "So, we can't plan food in the fields compared to your grandson, can you get out of the way? Don't block my door, I'm going home, and the old lady should go home early for dinner."

Lin Lixuan led the impatient donkey around Mrs. Ji and walked towards the gate of the courtyard. He had already seen Brother Yan quietly appearing in the courtyard. Lin Lixuan gave the other party a look, signaling the other party to back off, and he will deal with it by himself. .

Brother Yan just came out of the kitchen. He fried some peanuts and was waiting for Lin Lixuan to come back.He happily pushed open the wooden door and looked out to the courtyard door. The person he was thinking of didn't see him, but he saw his grandmother who was always strict with him. He hadn't seen Mrs. Ji for a long time, and he had nothing to do with Ji's family. What is Mrs. Ji doing here?

Brother Yan's joyful mood was immediately splashed with ice water, he acted as if he didn't see the look in Lin Lixuan's direction, instead he walked quickly and hurried out.

"Grandma, what's the matter with you?"