When the pears are green

Li Liu threw the paper to the confused Li Yun'an, who quickly picked it up and took a look. He blushed and defended himself, "Mother, I got into trouble for nothing. I bought this in the county town during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and I didn't know what was inside. If I knew it was this, I would never lend it to you even if I was beaten to death. It was Miss Yang who helped me pick out silk flowers for Lingling, so I lent it to her. Besides, I wasn't the only one who bought it, her third brother and Brother Jiang also bought it."

The more Li Yun'an spoke, the more wronged he felt. He glanced at Lingling who was comforting Li Liushi, and couldn't help but blame Lingling for being nosy, which led to him being scolded by Li Liushi.

"You don't have to look at Lingling. Even if you don't know the truth, you shouldn't lend out things you don't know about. If you happen to meet someone with ulterior motives, I don't know how much they will do with this piece of paper. I'm uneducated, so I can't argue with you. Let your father take care of it." After saying this, Li Liu took the paper from Li Yun'an's hand and handed it to Li Ying.

Li Ying took it and took a quick look at it. He originally wanted to smooth things over, so he stepped forward and kicked Li Yun'an.

Li Yun'an felt even more aggrieved after being kicked. He wanted to argue with Li Ying, but after seeing Li Ying raising his hand to slap him, he immediately hugged Li Ying's thigh and admitted his mistake.

"Yun'an, don't feel wronged. You started to study at the age of six, and you have been studying for eleven years now. Even if your teacher has not taught you, you should have seen the two words 'cautious' and 'careful in words and deeds' in books. Let me ask you, do you know Sima Yao, Emperor Xiaowu of Jin, and Huang Xie, Lord Chunshen of Chu?" Li Ying asked Li Yun'an while burning the paper with a kerosene lamp.

Li Yunan nodded.

Li Ying then asked: "Then tell me how they died?"

"After drinking, Emperor Xiaowu joked with his favorite concubine, Concubine Zhang, and said he would depose Concubine Zhang. Concubine Zhang and the palace maids smothered her to death with a quilt. Chunshen Jun presented a woman who was pregnant with his child to King Kaolie of Chu. After entering the palace, the woman gave birth to a baby boy and was made queen. The girl's brother was afraid that the matter would be exposed, so he planned to kill Chunshen Jun and wipe out his entire family." Li Yun'an answered with his head down.

Li Ying walked up to Li Yun'an and pulled him up from the ground. He first looked at Li Yun'an, who looked regretful, and then asked, "Yun'an, do you remember a sentence in Du Fanchuan's "Fu on Afang Palace"? "

"The people of Qin had no time to mourn themselves, but later generations mourned them; later generations mourned them but did not learn from them, and thus caused later generations to mourn later generations." Li Yun'an did not dare to look up at the expressions of Li Ying and Li Liu. At this moment, he had completely realized his mistake. Despite the words of the stall owner and Song Li's obstruction, he still self-righteously lent it to Yang Jing. He deserved the scolding.

Li Ying stopped questioning Li Yun'an. He glanced at the food that was getting cold and told Li Liu and the other two to continue eating.

Li Liu picked up the stool that she had kicked over and motioned Li Yun'an who was standing nearby to come over and sit down.

"Yun'an, don't think that your father and I are making a fuss out of nothing, and don't think that Lingling is causing trouble. If your behavior is not corrected in time, and something big happens in the future, it won't be solved by just a few scoldings or beatings. If Miss Yang is a scheming person, you'll be in big trouble." Li Liushi nagged as she picked up some food for Li Yun'an.

Li Yun'an nodded repeatedly. He first admitted his fault to Li Liushi and Li Ying, and then added to Li Liushi: "Mother, you worry too much. Miss Yang doesn't have so many thoughts."

"If there's no such thing, then there's no such thing. Why bother to mention it specifically?" Li Liushi teased with a smile.

Li Yun'an quickly picked up some food for Li Liushi and asked her to stop bothering him.

Lingling leaned over to Li Liu's ear and told her the news she got from Hu Zhimin.

After hearing this, Li Liu smiled and said to Li Yun'an who was drinking porridge, "From what Lingling said, I think I have seen her. I have run into Mingshu a few times before at the market. She was always accompanied by a little girl about your age, who was said to be her husband's sister. Not only was she pretty, she also had a brother who was a scholar."

"Dad, Mom, Lingling, take your time eating. I'm going back to my room first." Li Yun'an ignored Li Liu's words. He quickly finished the porridge in the bowl and hurriedly fled out of the kitchen.

Li Liu stared at the empty bowl that Li Yunan had placed on the table, then looked at Li Ying who was drinking again. She told Li Ying: "If you don't take care of him anymore, you will be sent to do hard labor by your filial son."

"No hurry, no hurry. Just wait until the New Year and order one for him." Li Ying replied calmly to Li Liushi. As he drank the wine, all his worries disappeared.

A dark cloud passed through the moon, and the obscured moonlight reappeared.

"Oh, I thought it was going to be cloudy!" Song Li sneezed again as soon as she finished speaking.

Jiang Qingzhou quickly brought the cooked ginger soup to Song Li who was leaning against the kitchen door. He touched Song Li's forehead with guilt on his face, fortunately she didn't have a fever.

"Xiao Li, drink it quickly. I'll take you to the town to see a doctor tomorrow morning." Jiang Qingzhou rubbed his hands nervously. He knew that the reason why Song Li caught a cold was entirely because of his mischief.

Song Li sipped the ginger soup. As she drank, she said to Jiang Qingzhou, "It will be fine after a good night's sleep. I don't want to take medicine. It's too bitter."

"But if it doesn't get better, we still have to see a doctor. Good medicine tastes bitter but is good for the disease. I'll buy you some candy tomorrow, okay?" Jiang Qingzhou coaxed Song Li in a low voice.

Song Li smiled and nodded. She drank the remaining ginger water in one gulp, frowned, and handed the empty bowl to Jiang Qingzhou beside her.

Jiang Qingzhou asked Song Lixiao to go back to her room to rest. When he finished washing up and returned to the east room, Song Li had already fallen asleep.

Jiang Qingzhou first wiped the sweat off Song Li's forehead with a handkerchief, and then helped Song Li change her sweat-soaked shirt. He kept touching Song Li's forehead all night until the first rooster crowed, and he couldn't resist the sleepiness anymore, so he closed his eyes and fell asleep.

When the sky turned white, Song Li woke up, but her hair was pressed behind her by Jiang Qingzhou. She could feel Jiang Qingzhou touching her forehead in her sleep, but she couldn't bear to wake up the sleeping Jiang Qingzhou, so she lay patiently and waited for Jiang Qingzhou to wake up.

At noon, Jiang Qingzhou woke up and asked Song Li, who was carefully examining the fingerprints on her right hand: "When did Xiaoli wake up? Are you feeling better?"

"I just woke up too. I sweated last night, but I feel better today. Qingzhou, you have two fingers on your right hand. Let me take a look at your left hand." After Song Li finished speaking, she first pulled her hair out from behind Jiang Qingzhou, and then lay directly on Jiang Qingzhou's chest to look at the fingerprints on his left hand.

After Song Li finished counting, she smiled and told Jiang Qingzhou: "Qingzhou has four dou, and I have three dou. As the saying goes, one dou means poverty, two dou means wealth, and three or four dou means selling tofu. How about we go sell tofu?"

"But I don't know how to make tofu. What about Xiaoli?" Jiang Qingzhou asked while hugging Song Li.

Song Li broke away from Jiang Qingzhou. She thought for a moment and replied, "I've seen it before, but I don't know where to buy brine."

"Forget it, let's get up. After dinner, you rest at home, and Qingye and I will go buy bricks." Jiang Qingzhou sat up and went to get their clothes.

Song Li nodded. Although she felt better, she still felt a little tired.

While Jiang Qingzhou and Jiang Qingye went to the town to buy bricks, Song Li lay lazily on the bed again.