Bandit Reborn
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The water level in the well was too low, and before he could see the reflection in the water, his mother grabbed him and scolded him—"Little bastard, you want to die!".He lived a very nourishing life, of course he didn't want to seek death, since then he stayed away from Jing Yan'er, and never cared about his appearance again, anyway, he didn't transmigrated into a woman.
As soon as the school started, the old gentleman first checked the students' previous homework. When Li Huaixi had no entertainment at home, he almost finished all the textbooks at home, so he was praised by the teacher without any surprise.The eldest brother Li Long did well, and his husband also praised him a few times. The second brother Li Hu was even more miserable. He was beaten with a board on the first day of school, and his palms were red.
After the new year, a few classmates left the school, and a few more came. Among the newcomers was a little younger than Li Huaixi.
Mr. Li Huaixi still practiced calligraphy while listening to the class. His hands began to gain strength, and the characters he wrote became more and more beautiful, and he began to have some character of his own.
After the weather gets warmer, people can’t leave on the ice. The brothers and sisters can’t do ice fishing, so they can only catch rabbits on the river beach. Rabbit meat has become the main ingredient in their family during this time. Stir-fried, braised, and fumigated Rabbit meat, grilled... In short, it is all rabbit meat, and even the meat stall with Li Chengkui has a rabbit cage next to it, which also sells rabbit meat.
When the radishes and cabbage in the vegetable cellar were exhausted, wild vegetables grew in the field, the first ones were shepherd's purse and wormwood, and some women would dig wild vegetables every day.Li Huaixi's mother took over a lot of embroidery work at home, and the work of digging wild vegetables was handed over to her three sons. After school, they would carry baskets and walk around the village every day. Instead of rabbit meat, the whole family loves it.The fresh and tender wormwood has left enough weight for making rice cakes in winter, and most of it is made into wormwood soup. The fried wormwood is also very delicious after being coated with starch. Looks a lot healthier.
When the willow shoots started to turn yellow, the plantain, waspweed, and gray vegetables also came out, and the garlic braid under the eaves soon became bald, and they were all used for wild vegetables.
During the Ching Ming Festival, the school is closed because the spring plowing has begun.
Li Huaixi followed his stepfather to pay homage to his "dad" Meng Guangqing. When he came back, he saw his mother soaking seeds. Their family had five acres of rice. Li Huaixi didn't know about farming. He doesn't know a few poems of the Song Dynasty, and he doesn't understand water conservancy, agriculture, and industry that travelers must know. In his previous life, he only loved cooking occasionally, and in the past 20 years, he only had hoo ha ha!
'Huhuhahe' is also considered a skill, Li Huaixi ran to the back of the house and started exercising. He is now less than six years old, and it is a good time to practice martial arts. His master in the previous life did not know any advanced boxing and martial arts. , but Ye Luzi's kung fu is good, at least ten or eight strong men can't beat him.
When Li Huaixi was still Meng Guangqing, his kung fu was a little better than his master, because after his master died, he went abroad alone, traveled around the world and also fought all over the world, practicing true knowledge.
He went to the most chaotic countries in the world. Those places were full of all kinds of violence. Meng Guangqing, who was sixteen or seventeen years old at the time, had no master and his life was in a state of chaos. His identity and purpose were unknown. A bandit can also be called a gangster. Sometimes he chased people to fight, and sometimes people chased him to fight. There was a time when he recruited some bad guys to form a small criminal gang, but it collapsed within a few days. Because his leader is too passive, the younger brothers felt that there was nothing to follow him, and turned to another ruthless guy.
If it disintegrates, it will disintegrate. At that time, Meng Guangqing didn't think there was anything wrong. Everyone had his own ambitions. He just thought that it was enough to have enough food and clothing. What was the goal of the gangsters?Become a mafia?He really didn't have that much courage, so in the end, he, the leader without a younger brother, gave up his career as a hooligan and turned to concentrate on being a gangster, which can be regarded as inheriting his master's behest, and he applied what he learned and specialized in skills .
Today's Li Huaixi should not be able to become a gangster, so he hasn't thought about what he will do in the future. Books must be read, and martial arts should also be practiced. It's like a person guarding a martial arts cheat book. It's a waste if he doesn't practice , so he kept practicing.The elder brother Li Long's bones were already hardened, and after two days of training, he couldn't bear it anymore and stopped practicing. The second brother Li Hu often came to practice with him, and he practiced well.
"Huaixi, have you finished writing your big characters? Play after you finish, or it will be dark in a while." His mother came to the backyard to cut leeks, and saw him practicing martial arts.His mother never thought that he practiced serious martial arts, only thought he was playing.
"Finish, mother, do you want to make dumplings?" Li Huaixi turned his head and asked expectantly, one of his legs was raised against the wall, and he was slowly stretching.
"Well, your father will take your grandma over to stay for a few days, and mother will make you dumplings stuffed with leeks and pork at night. Tomorrow, mother will go to the market to buy a few chickens. You stay at home with grandma, and mother will come back Can I buy you something delicious?" Li Huaixi's behavior is not at all mature than other five-year-old children, so his mother sometimes needs to coax him.
"Is the eldest brother and the second brother going?" Li Huaixi asked.
"Your eldest brother and second brother go, they can help me carry the chicken coop, don't follow, you will only add to the chaos."
"Okay, I want iron broad beans, and... I haven't thought about it, you can buy it." Li Huaixi changed his leg, and at the same time pressed his upper body over, his white and tender face almost stuck to his calf.
"If you want broad beans, you want something else. You're really greedy!" His mother was used to the strange games played by her youngest son, and she put the cut leeks on the ground to choose. Stretch your legs, chatting and laughing.After a while, there was the sound of a donkey braying at the gate of the front yard, and Li Chengkui hired a donkey cart to pick up his mother-in-law.
Li Huaixi is not at all surprised by the sudden arrival of his grandma. The average farmer will be a little helpless at this time of year. It is conceivable that there are so many children in his uncle's family. His mother must know the truth, so she let her At this time, my man took my old lady over. Li Huaixi approved of this kind of filial piety with both hands. He was very happy and slept next to his grandma at night. He didn't think the old lady was snoring at all, and slept peacefully.
Grandma was not idle when she came. The next day, Li Huaixi’s mother went to the market to buy chickens. He can't do anything other than a clamp, and he can barely reach one side of the clothes drying rack in the yard by stepping on the bench.
A fish vendor came to the door, and Li Huaixi went out to buy fish with his grandma. The fish was not big, and they were all two-inch-long cockroaches. Grandma bought a small pot and came back to pack them one by one, preparing to make fish sauce at noon.Li Huaixi was capable of this job, but his grandma said that the water in spring was cold and wouldn't let him do it, so he continued to do nothing.
"Grandma, then I went to the back to practice martial arts. When my mother came back, you called me, and she said she would buy me something to eat."
"Go, our Huaixi can practice martial arts, practice hard, and be a great general!" Grandma answered him with a smile.
Being a general is one of the goals of martial arts training, but Li Huaixi has no interest in it. He has heard too many stories about Yue Fei and the generals of the Yang family, so he has no interest in being a loyal general. In contrast, he would rather be a bandit, with a wave of his sword, 'Leave the road money! ', when the time comes, no one will ask for security. With his ability, he can build an impenetrable cottage. Then, what will happen then?Li Huaixi was confused when he thought of this, it seems that the time will not be so good, the goal of the bandit is to drink a big bowl and eat a big piece of meat, he can eat a big piece of meat now, and he can also drink a big bowl when he grows up, so what is he doing as a bandit? !
After thinking for a long time, Li Huaixi still didn't think of his goal of practicing martial arts, but it didn't stop him from continuing to practice martial arts. At least the benefit of strengthening his body motivated him. Now he has a small skeleton, which may be inherited from his own father. It may also be inherited from his mother, who is not that strong anyway, thinking of his father 'Meng Guangqing' who died young, Li Huaixi practiced martial arts very diligently.
At noon, his mother came back with Li Long and Li Hu. They bought 15 chicks. They were fluffy and cute. His mother was afraid of losing money, so she only bought those strong and strong ones. After seeing them, grandma curled her lips and said, "No How many females!"
His mother was taken aback, "Huh? I still expect them to lay eggs! What if they are all male?!"
"There seem to be two or three females, not many." Grandma touched the chicks, one chick couldn't stand upright, and the other sat on the ground.
Li Huaixi can't tell the difference between male and female, but he thinks it doesn't matter whether there are roosters or hens. If there are more hens, they will eat eggs, and if there are more roosters, they will eat meat.
The chickens can't eat hard food, so his mother soaked the yellow rice in water before she left, and then mixed some chopped wild vegetables into it after she came back to grind it, and then took it out to feed the chickens.Li Huaixi's mother is also open-minded. After being depressed for a while, she put it down. These chicks, regardless of gender, are treated like treasures. They have to feed them as they want. Anyway, they have already bought them back, the chicken seller said. , In view of the fact that the chicken is delicate and frail, and something happened due to poor care on the way, so there is no refund or exchange, it will be sold out, and there is no after-sales service.
His mother bought a pack of iron broad beans and a pack of glutinous rice sticks for the three brothers. The two brothers didn't steal them on the way, so they took them home and shared most of them with the younger brothers.Li Huaixi's front teeth had already started to move. The child was muttering broad beans slowly while stretching his legs. He ate very carefully. Although the front teeth were moving, they were still there. He really wanted to keep these two teeth for a while.
But God failed, Tie Broadou didn't hurt his front teeth, but the soft dumplings at dinner brought them down. Li Huaixi ran out to rinse his mouth as soon as he took the first bite of dumplings, and the missing front tooth was caught He threw it on the roof, and grandma said that would make the regrown teeth beautiful.
Li Huaixi, who was missing a tooth, squeezed his mouth tightly when he was not speaking, because he always wanted to lick that gap, and the looser tooth next to him!
When Li Chengkui is free, he likes to hold him on his lap, and teases him with a big grin, "Son, give dad a laugh!"
Every time at this time, Li Huaixi would pretend to be dead, roll his eyes and kick his legs, because his father would laugh earlier than him, and he could take the opportunity to run away.
The eldest brother, Li Long, had all his teeth replaced. The second brother, Li Hu, had chipped teeth just like him, but his front teeth had all grown in. Although there were gaps in the inside, it was not obvious at first glance. He was the only one in the family. One mouth is like Song Dandan.
Including his mother, the whole family makes a fuss about his broken teeth every day, and now only grandma protects him the most, "Don't laugh, if you want to laugh, come and laugh at me, I only have five teeth left in my mouth. Joke the child What kind of skill is it, my Huaixi's teeth can still grow back, and the ones that grow back look better than yours!"
Li Huaixi was standing next to his grandma, showing off his might, but even though grandma spoke like a bachelor, she was afraid that people would laugh at her, both grandparents and grandchildren pursed their mouths, which made those with teeth laugh even more happily.
14. Life plan
The neighbor’s house left some flower seeds last year. His mother bought some and planted them in her yard. After a few days, the flower seedlings grew out. Li Huaixi carefully identified them. They were all grass flowers, such as mirabilis, evening primrose, See grass and the like, most of these flowers have some mosquito repellent effect, and they are not delicate, easy to feed, and there are many planted in later generations.
When the seedlings were planted in the rice fields, Li Huaixi's other front tooth was also honorably laid off. This guy forgot about it after more than half a month. His life was too moist, and his serious expression could not be maintained.
Li Chengkui bought a few fruit tree saplings at the market and planted them in the backyard. There are many kinds of peach trees, jujube trees and apricot trees, but the saplings are only as thick as a thumb. Stealing fruit is easier and quicker.
His father looked at his expression while watering the tree, "Don't you think it's too slow? In five years, the jujube trees will pay back the money. They grow much faster than you."
"I'm not waiting for jujubes to bear fruit. Why do I grow up so fast! Dad, the school will start in two days. Can I go up the mountain to play for a day? Just one day!" Li Huaixi would not ask his mother for such things, because he The mother will definitely not agree, but begging the stepfather has the hope of success.
But unfortunately, his stepfather didn't agree to his request today, "No, I don't have time these few days, and I haven't heard that anyone else's house is going to go up the mountain. Just wait a little longer, and the weather will be warmer after a while." One point, your aunt and the others go up the mountain to pick mushrooms every summer, and then you will follow. There are wolves on the mountain, so you can’t do without adults.”
"Oh, okay, then can I go fishing tomorrow? My fishing rods are all ready, and my mother is too strict and won't let me go anywhere! Please help us!" Li Huaixi retreated and then continued Made a request.
"Have you finished your homework? Don't hit the board when the time comes. If I finish, I can tell your mother, but you are only allowed to fish, and you are not allowed to play in the river. Now the water is cold, and you will have cramps in it. The water ghost will drag you down. , you have to be reincarnated as a small fish." Li Chengkui frightened his youngest son seriously.
"I know, I just came back from catching some fish. Now the fish are fat. I'll catch some big ones for you to drink."
"Little sycophant, it's alright, I'll take care of this, and you can go fishing tomorrow." Li Chengkui liked to drink the ecstasy soup that his son poured, and he agreed cheerfully.
That night, Li Chengkui really interceded for the children, so the next day, the three brothers set off facing the morning mist amidst the thousands of exhortations and exhortations from their grandmother and mother.There is an abandoned ferry by the upper river, which is a good place for fishing. Now that the spring is plowing, the adults are very busy, and these three children are the only ones fishing.
Li Huaixi put his fishing rod there, and he didn't care about it after making a good nest. He hardly caught big fish in the morning.The sun had just risen in the morning, Li Huaixi lay there squinting his eyes and wanted to sleep for a while, the child's body was always lethargic, and he found it very difficult to get up every morning.
A group of ducks quacked into the water in the distance, and Li Huaixi got up as if thinking of something, and began to search carefully in the grass by the river.
"San'er, what are you looking for? Be careful of snakes." While picking fish from the hook, Li Long turned his head to look at Li Huaixi. He was afraid that his brother might get lost.
"I didn't find anything. Call me when you don't catch fish. I'm near here." Li Huaixi replied without raising his head. He is not afraid of snakes. In his eyes, snakes are equivalent to snake soup, which is a representative of delicious food.
It is impossible to have emerald fields in the grass by the river, and Li Huaixi never thought he had such good luck. He was concentrating on finding bird eggs, because it is the breeding season for animals, and waterfowl generally do not build nests on trees. Most waterfowl find a hidden place and lay eggs casually with a few stones. Some birds are a little more particular about laying some grass as a symbol, and some don’t lay it at all and lay directly in the stone nest; there is another kind of bird that does it even more. , not even stones, the color of the eggs laid is similar to the stones on the river beach, you can't find it if you don't look carefully.
The chickens bought by his mother have started to grow hard feathers in the past few days. Only two of them have hard feathers on their tails. Eggs are easy to find, the sky here is blue, the grass is green, and there are many more birds flying around than in the world before he traveled.
At noon, Li Huaixi came back with a pile of bird eggs in his clothes. There were eggs of various sizes in it. There were also a few duck eggs, which were laid by the ducks that entered the water just now. I don’t know who raised them. Duck, less □.
The three brothers built a fire on the river beach at noon, and first put the fish they caught on the fire on the fire, and the white flour steamed buns that their mother brought them were wrapped in cloth, although they were not cold, they were not hot either, so They put the steamed buns on skewers and baked them. Li Long also brought some salt from home and sprinkled some on the fish and steamed buns. Both Li Huaixi and Li Hu praised Li Long for doing a good job.In the end, Li Huaixi pulled out a large hot pebble and performed the unique skill of frying eggs on a stone slab. He spread a bird egg on it. After sprinkled with salt, the fragrance of the bird egg overflowed, causing the two brothers to follow suit, and the three brothers ate it all at once. I swallowed more than a dozen bird eggs, and every hiccup smelled like bird eggs.
In the afternoon, the three brothers changed their big hooks to catch big fish. Their father was very confident in them and brought them a big wicker basket when he came out. As a result, the three sons lived up to their high expectations and filled the wicker basket half full. .
The wicker baskets were placed in the water by the river bank and fixed with stones, and all the fish caught were raised there. Seeing that the sun was about to set, the three brothers returned with a full load. It's not easy to carry a few pounds of miscellaneous eggs with your waist down. When you get home, you can shake your arms and legs together and shout tired.
"Stay honestly at home for a day tomorrow. School starts the day after tomorrow. Be careful if you can't recite your homework, sir, and beat the board. Dalong, Huaixi, you two help me, last time my husband beat his hands to swell. There are two more It took me a few months to try it out. Last year, the son of Wang Shoucai's family became a scholar at the age of 13. Seeing how envious your father is when he comes back, you three brothers can't just patronize and play all the time. You have to think about studying, you know? "His mother chattered to her three sons while cooking, and the fish she caught were kept in the water tank again. The big ones were going to be eaten in a few days, and the smaller ones were going to buy more salt and seasonings for pickling tomorrow." fish.
"Understood, mother." The three brothers agreed politely, Li Long went back to the house to read a book honestly, while Li Huaixi and Li Hu sneaked out to practice boxing.
The next day, the three brothers stayed at home to study their homework. Their mother packed a black earthenware pot. After cleaning the fish, it was broken open in the middle, and then put in layers of salt, pepper powder and ginger powder. , so that it can be eaten slowly after being marinated.
For dinner, they didn’t eat big fish as the three brothers expected. Their mother put the fish roe, maw, and fish white in a bowl, and stewed it with tofu at night, which was very delicious.
"Mom, why did you stew all the fish maw? Don't you keep it?" Li Huaixi asked curiously while eating.
"Eat yours! Why do you care so much?!" His mother glared at him, and picked up a chopstick of fish roe for him, and his father also picked up a chopstick for him, and the couple lowered their heads to eat together. While eating, he looked at his daughter and son-in-law, smiling very cryptically.
Li Long and Li Hu are getting more and more edible, and one dish is not enough, so not only do they have stewed tofu with fish offal for dinner, but his mother also made dried radish and fried bacon with bacon cooked in winter under the guidance of his youngest son. The authentic method should be put Chili, but now Li Huaixi can't stand a little bit of spicy, so only green garlic is put in it.
Even with such a lack of weight, fried bacon with dried radish is also very delicious. The whole family ate it full of praise. After hearing these praises, Li Huaixi felt a little overjoyed, and suddenly he wanted to start a business, so he asked the current family with some expectation. Master Li Chengkui, "Father, I can also make several other types of preserved meat like this. What do you think of us opening a roast meat shop in the county?"
Li Chengkui thought about his youngest son's proposal seriously, and then replied, "I'm afraid it won't work. There are only a few people in our family, and there is no one who can work. If you want to do business and open a store, you need to be a merchant, and the third generation cannot be an official." It’s not cost-effective to be an official, so you should concentrate on your studies, keep this secret recipe for a few years and talk about it in a few years.” He didn’t block the road, and glanced at his second son who was often beaten, feeling that this The secret recipe will work sooner or later.
In fact, that’s what Li Huaixi said. He read too many time-travel novels and film and television dramas, and felt that if he came to ancient times and didn’t start a business, he would be a bit out of place with the other protagonists. Turned around and gave up.
Since the annual children's examination is about to start, the courses arranged by the old gentleman recently are mainly about the examination content. There are more than a dozen children in the school who have studied in the school for three years. You are eligible to apply.Li Huaixi's elder brother Li Long also studied for three years, but he felt that he was not sure, so he planned to give up this year.
The children's examination in this dynasty is divided into three levels: county examination, government examination, and courtyard examination. Rules and regulations can better reflect a person's true level.Those who pass the college examination are called students, and then they are assigned to study in prefectural, state, and county schools.The students are divided into three classes, including lin students, hyperplasia, and epiphysis.Those who are provided with meals by the government are called Linshan students, referred to as Linsheng; those who are added beyond the quota are called Zengguangshengyuan, and the division is called Zengsheng; additional places are added to the end of Linsheng and Zengsheng, and they are attached to the end of all students, called attached students member, the branch is called epiphytic.
To become a student is just to get the qualification certificate to enter the imperial examination. If you want to become an official, you need to pass the imperial examination only once every three years. Qualification to be an official is a long process, and it costs a lot, so there are not many families who send their children to study in this era, especially those like Li Chengkui who send their three sons to study together are even rarer.
The husband himself is a Jinshi, and he has been giving lectures every day these days, just like the key assaults of the graduating class in modern schools. Li Huaixi listened carefully for a few days, and began to feel that his father's three sons' 15 or two bouquets of flowers every year were not wronged. This little old man is really knowledgeable.
After school, Li Huaixi asked his elder brother as he walked, "Brother, are you really not going to take the exam this year?"
"I don't want to take the exam. After listening to the master's problem solving these two days, I feel even less confident. I'd better wait for another year and study harder before taking the exam. Otherwise, it would be embarrassing not to pass the exam."
"What's so embarrassing about it, if you don't pass the exam this year, you can familiarize yourself with the exam room first." Li Huaixi didn't think so.
"I don't want to take the exam, I'll talk about it next year." Li Long insisted.
"Next year, let's talk about the next year, and you can wait for me to take the exam together." Li Huaixi smiled, and decided to be an eight-year-old scholar, so that his father could be bullish in the village once.
"I'll take the exam with San'er too. I won't pass the exam, but San'er will pass the exam. If Dad is happy, he won't bother to scold me." Li Hu echoed from the side, but the purpose of taking the exam together made people afraid compliment.
"Look at how promising you are!" Li Long and Li Huaixi despised him together.
"What's the matter with my future? I don't like studying. It's my father who loves studying. He insisted on sending me to school, but it's not him who gets the board! I heard San'er's idea yesterday. It's a good idea. I will open a shop in the future. Business, regardless of whether he is a businessman or not." Li Hu is practical.
"That's true, but now the teacher's teaching is not very helpful for doing business. Let's sell two rabbits and buy you an abacus. I will teach you abacus. I have learned this before." There are abacus lessons in elementary school, Li Huaixi I played very fast, and for a while I used abacus beads to practice the flexibility of my fingers.
"Our father doesn't know whether to let us go or not. If we beat us up, we will be in trouble." Li Hu was a little worried.
"Come on, you think our father can't see that you are not a material for studying, even if our father can't see it, Mr. has said it many times, don't worry, father promises not to hit you, at most he will say a few words about you." Li Long said with certainty from the side.
Facts have proved that what Li Long said was correct. After buying the abacus, Li Chengkui called Li Hu over and talked for a while and then let him back. Li Hu said with a smile on his face, "Dad said next year I won't need to read all the words." Now that I have gone to school, my father will save my tuition fees for me to make money in the future, and let me start a business in the future."
Since then, the three of them seldom went out to play after school. Li Huaixi taught Li Hu to recite formulas and abacus at home. While exercising while reciting books, my grandma is always by his side every time. It is very cute to watch him stretch his arms and legs while reciting words.
At the beginning of the county examination, my aunt, whom I hadn't seen for a long time, came to visit my grandmother, but my cousin Yan Ying didn't come with her, and she was sent to become a female celebrity.My aunt's complexion became a little ruddy, and she was in a good state of mind. The facts were as my grandmother said. After taking a concubine, my uncle never beat her again. He was afraid of being charged with "doting concubines and destroying wives". The new concubine did not My aunt was beautiful when she was young, and she didn't compete with her after she took things lightly, so life was much easier.
"Hey, why is this Huaixi planner faster than our family's Yanli?! Who did you learn this from? So it was taught by Meng Xiucai?" The aunt sat in the room and looked out of the window in surprise and asked.
"Where! Who knows where he learned it? These days, he teaches his second brother every day. He can also keep accounts. He is not old and has a lot of skills." His mother also glanced out of the window while embroidering. The youngest son was teaching Li Hu fingering in the yard. He was holding abacus beads with his fleshy little hands. The black beads and white hands were dazzling.
"Huaixi wants to learn how to do business?" Auntie was a little reluctant. Although her family is a merchant, the status of a merchant is low, and the three generations are not allowed to take the exam, otherwise her son Yan Li would not go to worship the shopkeeper as a teacher.
"No, Huzi will learn to do business in the future. His father said that Huzi is not suitable for studying, so forget it. We also don't want Huzi to be an apprentice. It just so happens that Huaixi doesn't know which book he learned from. , then let Huaixi teach first, and he can keep an account. Huaixi himself said that he still wants to take the exam for scholar. This kid is good at reading. I just asked, both Dalong and Huaixi are good." His mother replied with a smile while embroidering, she understood what the eldest sister meant, she was just afraid that the stepfather would delay the child, to be honest, she was afraid at the beginning, but now Don't be afraid, Li Er, the pig butcher, is not that kind of person, he is a good man.
"Your body is almost ready, don't you plan to have a child? The half-way couple of you should have a child to be safe." The aunt glanced out the window and whispered to her sister.
"I want it," his mother was a little embarrassed, and complained in a low voice, "Sister, you said that Huaixi, a bad boy, knows everything like a little adult, but sometimes he doesn't understand anything, what should be asked should not be asked. Asking everyone, it's annoying."
"Is this annoying? You waited for him to be seven or eight years old. At that time, people hated dogs, and it was even more annoying. At the time when our family was Yan Li, I was so angry that I didn't know what to do. What did Huaixi ask you?" Auntie asked curiously.
"Sister! You ask too, I hate it!"
"Just asking, look at you like that"
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15. Summer Solstice
Grandma stayed at the little daughter's house and couldn't leave. Li Huaixi's mother broke the good news during the Dragon Boat Festival. She vomited profusely every day and couldn't smell any oily smoke. Grandma had to stay and cook for the whole family.
Li Huaixi found that grandma was good at cooking, and the seasoning in the kitchen was easy to use, and he didn't need to point fingers at him at all.
"My natal family used to be a big family, so what are these bottles and jars? Back then, our kitchen was bigger than your main house, and the cook's seasonings were stacked in three rows on the counter! Didn't you see, Hey, I didn’t even see your grandpa,” grandma sighed while cooking, “my dad was so addicted to gambling that he ruined the family fortune. When I married your grandpa, my dad couldn’t even afford the dowry. They’ve all been sold out a long time ago. I haven’t enjoyed the blessings of being with your grandfather, I haven’t used these things for decades, and of course your mother doesn’t know how to use them. It would be nice if she was a little oily when she was young.”
"Then did your father still gamble later?" Li Huaixi asked curiously. It turns out that there have been gamblers since ancient times, and even after time travel, you can still find the best ones like his father.
"Gamble, why don't you gamble? Don't you still think about making money? In the end, he died in the gambling house. He said he caught a good pair of cards, but he died of excitement. Back then, my brothers brought him back from the gambling house. .”
Li Huaixi opened his mouth, thinking of his bad gambling father in his previous life. He didn't know who would pick him up after he died, and he didn't know that the family business he earned in his previous life was enough for that old man to gamble for several years.After being sad for a while, Li Huaixi was happy again. He didn't know how he was wearing it. Maybe the old man entered the house and smoked, and the whole small building was blown up. If the two of them went to the sky together, maybe the old man wore It is a few years earlier than him, so it is not certain that he will be dressed as his great-grandfather, but it is a pity that he dressed too late and could not see his great-grandfather, so there is no way to verify this matter.
The elderly love to talk about ancient times, and grandma told him some old almanacs of the past while cooking. Li Huaixi sat on a small bench and listened quietly. While listening, he wanted to have a kitten even more.
The weather is getting hotter day by day, and their family has changed into fine linen clothes. Li Huaixi is white and tender, even if he is missing a few teeth, he still looks good. People in the village are willing to pinch his face when they see him .
He recently learned to comb his hair, and he practiced it on his elder brother and second brother's head. His own hair is still very short, and it can't be tied up if it's loose. It's just cool in this season, so he didn't think about combing it.
In summer, the river water has risen, and I heard that there is also flooding upstream, but their geographical location is close to the mouth of the sea, and the river channel is gradually widening. The weather has been smooth and rainy these years, and there have been no major disasters.
When the cicadas in the courtyard began to cry, the children's examination results were released, and three more scholars appeared in the school. After the seats became vacant, the master moved Li Huaixi's seat to the front. He was small and tall, and the master was afraid that he would be behind. Can't hear clearly.
A huge fan was hung from the beam of the school, pulled by a long rope. An old servant of Mr.’s house was pulling the rope at the door, and the fan was flying back and forth above the head. Cool and quiet without the loud hum of the air conditioner.
Through this child's test, Li Huaixi finally figured out the era he traveled through, the Zhou Dynasty, the Zhaode period, but this Zhou Dynasty is not the Zhou Dynasty of Xia, Shang and Zhou. This emperor has nothing to do with Ji Fa, neither the Eastern Zhou Dynasty nor the Western Zhou Dynasty. Now The surname of the country is Zhou, the name of the emperor is unclear, and the name of the year is Zhaode. When Li Huaixi traveled through time, his character was overwhelmed, and he came to the parallel space overhead era!
Finding out the age has no effect on Li Huaixi. Today's imperial city is located inland, hundreds of thousands of miles away from them. The biggest official the folks have ever seen is the grain official who goes to the countryside to collect grain. Even the county magistrate never seen it.
There was a time when Li Huaixi always wanted to see what heroes were like in ancient times. His father didn’t know what heroes were. Draw your sword to help!"
"Then this hero is always 'walking the rivers and lakes', what does he eat and drink? He always draws his sword to help, so the government won't arrest him?" His father was a little puzzled.
"Here, heroes are good at martial arts, and the government can't catch them."
"Then what does he eat and drink?" His father continued to ask this question.
"Here, heroes, heroes don't have to worry about eating and drinking. There are so many rabbits on the road, how can you worry about eating and drinking?" Li Huaixi didn't think about these issues, so he could only talk nonsense.
"Always eat rabbit?" Li Hu got tired of eating rabbit meat when the spring started, and the word 'rabbit' made his stomach sick.
"I also eat pheasants, and maybe even eat tigers!" Li Huaixi became more and more mysterious.
The life of always eating rabbits and pheasants did not arouse Li Long and Li Hu's interest. Li Huaixi made another explanation that heroes usually have ancestral property. He intended to say that heroes also have money to live in restaurants, but he was scolded by his grandma as "nothing" production, specifically for
As soon as the school started, the old gentleman first checked the students' previous homework. When Li Huaixi had no entertainment at home, he almost finished all the textbooks at home, so he was praised by the teacher without any surprise.The eldest brother Li Long did well, and his husband also praised him a few times. The second brother Li Hu was even more miserable. He was beaten with a board on the first day of school, and his palms were red.
After the new year, a few classmates left the school, and a few more came. Among the newcomers was a little younger than Li Huaixi.
Mr. Li Huaixi still practiced calligraphy while listening to the class. His hands began to gain strength, and the characters he wrote became more and more beautiful, and he began to have some character of his own.
After the weather gets warmer, people can’t leave on the ice. The brothers and sisters can’t do ice fishing, so they can only catch rabbits on the river beach. Rabbit meat has become the main ingredient in their family during this time. Stir-fried, braised, and fumigated Rabbit meat, grilled... In short, it is all rabbit meat, and even the meat stall with Li Chengkui has a rabbit cage next to it, which also sells rabbit meat.
When the radishes and cabbage in the vegetable cellar were exhausted, wild vegetables grew in the field, the first ones were shepherd's purse and wormwood, and some women would dig wild vegetables every day.Li Huaixi's mother took over a lot of embroidery work at home, and the work of digging wild vegetables was handed over to her three sons. After school, they would carry baskets and walk around the village every day. Instead of rabbit meat, the whole family loves it.The fresh and tender wormwood has left enough weight for making rice cakes in winter, and most of it is made into wormwood soup. The fried wormwood is also very delicious after being coated with starch. Looks a lot healthier.
When the willow shoots started to turn yellow, the plantain, waspweed, and gray vegetables also came out, and the garlic braid under the eaves soon became bald, and they were all used for wild vegetables.
During the Ching Ming Festival, the school is closed because the spring plowing has begun.
Li Huaixi followed his stepfather to pay homage to his "dad" Meng Guangqing. When he came back, he saw his mother soaking seeds. Their family had five acres of rice. Li Huaixi didn't know about farming. He doesn't know a few poems of the Song Dynasty, and he doesn't understand water conservancy, agriculture, and industry that travelers must know. In his previous life, he only loved cooking occasionally, and in the past 20 years, he only had hoo ha ha!
'Huhuhahe' is also considered a skill, Li Huaixi ran to the back of the house and started exercising. He is now less than six years old, and it is a good time to practice martial arts. His master in the previous life did not know any advanced boxing and martial arts. , but Ye Luzi's kung fu is good, at least ten or eight strong men can't beat him.
When Li Huaixi was still Meng Guangqing, his kung fu was a little better than his master, because after his master died, he went abroad alone, traveled around the world and also fought all over the world, practicing true knowledge.
He went to the most chaotic countries in the world. Those places were full of all kinds of violence. Meng Guangqing, who was sixteen or seventeen years old at the time, had no master and his life was in a state of chaos. His identity and purpose were unknown. A bandit can also be called a gangster. Sometimes he chased people to fight, and sometimes people chased him to fight. There was a time when he recruited some bad guys to form a small criminal gang, but it collapsed within a few days. Because his leader is too passive, the younger brothers felt that there was nothing to follow him, and turned to another ruthless guy.
If it disintegrates, it will disintegrate. At that time, Meng Guangqing didn't think there was anything wrong. Everyone had his own ambitions. He just thought that it was enough to have enough food and clothing. What was the goal of the gangsters?Become a mafia?He really didn't have that much courage, so in the end, he, the leader without a younger brother, gave up his career as a hooligan and turned to concentrate on being a gangster, which can be regarded as inheriting his master's behest, and he applied what he learned and specialized in skills .
Today's Li Huaixi should not be able to become a gangster, so he hasn't thought about what he will do in the future. Books must be read, and martial arts should also be practiced. It's like a person guarding a martial arts cheat book. It's a waste if he doesn't practice , so he kept practicing.The elder brother Li Long's bones were already hardened, and after two days of training, he couldn't bear it anymore and stopped practicing. The second brother Li Hu often came to practice with him, and he practiced well.
"Huaixi, have you finished writing your big characters? Play after you finish, or it will be dark in a while." His mother came to the backyard to cut leeks, and saw him practicing martial arts.His mother never thought that he practiced serious martial arts, only thought he was playing.
"Finish, mother, do you want to make dumplings?" Li Huaixi turned his head and asked expectantly, one of his legs was raised against the wall, and he was slowly stretching.
"Well, your father will take your grandma over to stay for a few days, and mother will make you dumplings stuffed with leeks and pork at night. Tomorrow, mother will go to the market to buy a few chickens. You stay at home with grandma, and mother will come back Can I buy you something delicious?" Li Huaixi's behavior is not at all mature than other five-year-old children, so his mother sometimes needs to coax him.
"Is the eldest brother and the second brother going?" Li Huaixi asked.
"Your eldest brother and second brother go, they can help me carry the chicken coop, don't follow, you will only add to the chaos."
"Okay, I want iron broad beans, and... I haven't thought about it, you can buy it." Li Huaixi changed his leg, and at the same time pressed his upper body over, his white and tender face almost stuck to his calf.
"If you want broad beans, you want something else. You're really greedy!" His mother was used to the strange games played by her youngest son, and she put the cut leeks on the ground to choose. Stretch your legs, chatting and laughing.After a while, there was the sound of a donkey braying at the gate of the front yard, and Li Chengkui hired a donkey cart to pick up his mother-in-law.
Li Huaixi is not at all surprised by the sudden arrival of his grandma. The average farmer will be a little helpless at this time of year. It is conceivable that there are so many children in his uncle's family. His mother must know the truth, so she let her At this time, my man took my old lady over. Li Huaixi approved of this kind of filial piety with both hands. He was very happy and slept next to his grandma at night. He didn't think the old lady was snoring at all, and slept peacefully.
Grandma was not idle when she came. The next day, Li Huaixi’s mother went to the market to buy chickens. He can't do anything other than a clamp, and he can barely reach one side of the clothes drying rack in the yard by stepping on the bench.
A fish vendor came to the door, and Li Huaixi went out to buy fish with his grandma. The fish was not big, and they were all two-inch-long cockroaches. Grandma bought a small pot and came back to pack them one by one, preparing to make fish sauce at noon.Li Huaixi was capable of this job, but his grandma said that the water in spring was cold and wouldn't let him do it, so he continued to do nothing.
"Grandma, then I went to the back to practice martial arts. When my mother came back, you called me, and she said she would buy me something to eat."
"Go, our Huaixi can practice martial arts, practice hard, and be a great general!" Grandma answered him with a smile.
Being a general is one of the goals of martial arts training, but Li Huaixi has no interest in it. He has heard too many stories about Yue Fei and the generals of the Yang family, so he has no interest in being a loyal general. In contrast, he would rather be a bandit, with a wave of his sword, 'Leave the road money! ', when the time comes, no one will ask for security. With his ability, he can build an impenetrable cottage. Then, what will happen then?Li Huaixi was confused when he thought of this, it seems that the time will not be so good, the goal of the bandit is to drink a big bowl and eat a big piece of meat, he can eat a big piece of meat now, and he can also drink a big bowl when he grows up, so what is he doing as a bandit? !
After thinking for a long time, Li Huaixi still didn't think of his goal of practicing martial arts, but it didn't stop him from continuing to practice martial arts. At least the benefit of strengthening his body motivated him. Now he has a small skeleton, which may be inherited from his own father. It may also be inherited from his mother, who is not that strong anyway, thinking of his father 'Meng Guangqing' who died young, Li Huaixi practiced martial arts very diligently.
At noon, his mother came back with Li Long and Li Hu. They bought 15 chicks. They were fluffy and cute. His mother was afraid of losing money, so she only bought those strong and strong ones. After seeing them, grandma curled her lips and said, "No How many females!"
His mother was taken aback, "Huh? I still expect them to lay eggs! What if they are all male?!"
"There seem to be two or three females, not many." Grandma touched the chicks, one chick couldn't stand upright, and the other sat on the ground.
Li Huaixi can't tell the difference between male and female, but he thinks it doesn't matter whether there are roosters or hens. If there are more hens, they will eat eggs, and if there are more roosters, they will eat meat.
The chickens can't eat hard food, so his mother soaked the yellow rice in water before she left, and then mixed some chopped wild vegetables into it after she came back to grind it, and then took it out to feed the chickens.Li Huaixi's mother is also open-minded. After being depressed for a while, she put it down. These chicks, regardless of gender, are treated like treasures. They have to feed them as they want. Anyway, they have already bought them back, the chicken seller said. , In view of the fact that the chicken is delicate and frail, and something happened due to poor care on the way, so there is no refund or exchange, it will be sold out, and there is no after-sales service.
His mother bought a pack of iron broad beans and a pack of glutinous rice sticks for the three brothers. The two brothers didn't steal them on the way, so they took them home and shared most of them with the younger brothers.Li Huaixi's front teeth had already started to move. The child was muttering broad beans slowly while stretching his legs. He ate very carefully. Although the front teeth were moving, they were still there. He really wanted to keep these two teeth for a while.
But God failed, Tie Broadou didn't hurt his front teeth, but the soft dumplings at dinner brought them down. Li Huaixi ran out to rinse his mouth as soon as he took the first bite of dumplings, and the missing front tooth was caught He threw it on the roof, and grandma said that would make the regrown teeth beautiful.
Li Huaixi, who was missing a tooth, squeezed his mouth tightly when he was not speaking, because he always wanted to lick that gap, and the looser tooth next to him!
When Li Chengkui is free, he likes to hold him on his lap, and teases him with a big grin, "Son, give dad a laugh!"
Every time at this time, Li Huaixi would pretend to be dead, roll his eyes and kick his legs, because his father would laugh earlier than him, and he could take the opportunity to run away.
The eldest brother, Li Long, had all his teeth replaced. The second brother, Li Hu, had chipped teeth just like him, but his front teeth had all grown in. Although there were gaps in the inside, it was not obvious at first glance. He was the only one in the family. One mouth is like Song Dandan.
Including his mother, the whole family makes a fuss about his broken teeth every day, and now only grandma protects him the most, "Don't laugh, if you want to laugh, come and laugh at me, I only have five teeth left in my mouth. Joke the child What kind of skill is it, my Huaixi's teeth can still grow back, and the ones that grow back look better than yours!"
Li Huaixi was standing next to his grandma, showing off his might, but even though grandma spoke like a bachelor, she was afraid that people would laugh at her, both grandparents and grandchildren pursed their mouths, which made those with teeth laugh even more happily.
14. Life plan
The neighbor’s house left some flower seeds last year. His mother bought some and planted them in her yard. After a few days, the flower seedlings grew out. Li Huaixi carefully identified them. They were all grass flowers, such as mirabilis, evening primrose, See grass and the like, most of these flowers have some mosquito repellent effect, and they are not delicate, easy to feed, and there are many planted in later generations.
When the seedlings were planted in the rice fields, Li Huaixi's other front tooth was also honorably laid off. This guy forgot about it after more than half a month. His life was too moist, and his serious expression could not be maintained.
Li Chengkui bought a few fruit tree saplings at the market and planted them in the backyard. There are many kinds of peach trees, jujube trees and apricot trees, but the saplings are only as thick as a thumb. Stealing fruit is easier and quicker.
His father looked at his expression while watering the tree, "Don't you think it's too slow? In five years, the jujube trees will pay back the money. They grow much faster than you."
"I'm not waiting for jujubes to bear fruit. Why do I grow up so fast! Dad, the school will start in two days. Can I go up the mountain to play for a day? Just one day!" Li Huaixi would not ask his mother for such things, because he The mother will definitely not agree, but begging the stepfather has the hope of success.
But unfortunately, his stepfather didn't agree to his request today, "No, I don't have time these few days, and I haven't heard that anyone else's house is going to go up the mountain. Just wait a little longer, and the weather will be warmer after a while." One point, your aunt and the others go up the mountain to pick mushrooms every summer, and then you will follow. There are wolves on the mountain, so you can’t do without adults.”
"Oh, okay, then can I go fishing tomorrow? My fishing rods are all ready, and my mother is too strict and won't let me go anywhere! Please help us!" Li Huaixi retreated and then continued Made a request.
"Have you finished your homework? Don't hit the board when the time comes. If I finish, I can tell your mother, but you are only allowed to fish, and you are not allowed to play in the river. Now the water is cold, and you will have cramps in it. The water ghost will drag you down. , you have to be reincarnated as a small fish." Li Chengkui frightened his youngest son seriously.
"I know, I just came back from catching some fish. Now the fish are fat. I'll catch some big ones for you to drink."
"Little sycophant, it's alright, I'll take care of this, and you can go fishing tomorrow." Li Chengkui liked to drink the ecstasy soup that his son poured, and he agreed cheerfully.
That night, Li Chengkui really interceded for the children, so the next day, the three brothers set off facing the morning mist amidst the thousands of exhortations and exhortations from their grandmother and mother.There is an abandoned ferry by the upper river, which is a good place for fishing. Now that the spring is plowing, the adults are very busy, and these three children are the only ones fishing.
Li Huaixi put his fishing rod there, and he didn't care about it after making a good nest. He hardly caught big fish in the morning.The sun had just risen in the morning, Li Huaixi lay there squinting his eyes and wanted to sleep for a while, the child's body was always lethargic, and he found it very difficult to get up every morning.
A group of ducks quacked into the water in the distance, and Li Huaixi got up as if thinking of something, and began to search carefully in the grass by the river.
"San'er, what are you looking for? Be careful of snakes." While picking fish from the hook, Li Long turned his head to look at Li Huaixi. He was afraid that his brother might get lost.
"I didn't find anything. Call me when you don't catch fish. I'm near here." Li Huaixi replied without raising his head. He is not afraid of snakes. In his eyes, snakes are equivalent to snake soup, which is a representative of delicious food.
It is impossible to have emerald fields in the grass by the river, and Li Huaixi never thought he had such good luck. He was concentrating on finding bird eggs, because it is the breeding season for animals, and waterfowl generally do not build nests on trees. Most waterfowl find a hidden place and lay eggs casually with a few stones. Some birds are a little more particular about laying some grass as a symbol, and some don’t lay it at all and lay directly in the stone nest; there is another kind of bird that does it even more. , not even stones, the color of the eggs laid is similar to the stones on the river beach, you can't find it if you don't look carefully.
The chickens bought by his mother have started to grow hard feathers in the past few days. Only two of them have hard feathers on their tails. Eggs are easy to find, the sky here is blue, the grass is green, and there are many more birds flying around than in the world before he traveled.
At noon, Li Huaixi came back with a pile of bird eggs in his clothes. There were eggs of various sizes in it. There were also a few duck eggs, which were laid by the ducks that entered the water just now. I don’t know who raised them. Duck, less □.
The three brothers built a fire on the river beach at noon, and first put the fish they caught on the fire on the fire, and the white flour steamed buns that their mother brought them were wrapped in cloth, although they were not cold, they were not hot either, so They put the steamed buns on skewers and baked them. Li Long also brought some salt from home and sprinkled some on the fish and steamed buns. Both Li Huaixi and Li Hu praised Li Long for doing a good job.In the end, Li Huaixi pulled out a large hot pebble and performed the unique skill of frying eggs on a stone slab. He spread a bird egg on it. After sprinkled with salt, the fragrance of the bird egg overflowed, causing the two brothers to follow suit, and the three brothers ate it all at once. I swallowed more than a dozen bird eggs, and every hiccup smelled like bird eggs.
In the afternoon, the three brothers changed their big hooks to catch big fish. Their father was very confident in them and brought them a big wicker basket when he came out. As a result, the three sons lived up to their high expectations and filled the wicker basket half full. .
The wicker baskets were placed in the water by the river bank and fixed with stones, and all the fish caught were raised there. Seeing that the sun was about to set, the three brothers returned with a full load. It's not easy to carry a few pounds of miscellaneous eggs with your waist down. When you get home, you can shake your arms and legs together and shout tired.
"Stay honestly at home for a day tomorrow. School starts the day after tomorrow. Be careful if you can't recite your homework, sir, and beat the board. Dalong, Huaixi, you two help me, last time my husband beat his hands to swell. There are two more It took me a few months to try it out. Last year, the son of Wang Shoucai's family became a scholar at the age of 13. Seeing how envious your father is when he comes back, you three brothers can't just patronize and play all the time. You have to think about studying, you know? "His mother chattered to her three sons while cooking, and the fish she caught were kept in the water tank again. The big ones were going to be eaten in a few days, and the smaller ones were going to buy more salt and seasonings for pickling tomorrow." fish.
"Understood, mother." The three brothers agreed politely, Li Long went back to the house to read a book honestly, while Li Huaixi and Li Hu sneaked out to practice boxing.
The next day, the three brothers stayed at home to study their homework. Their mother packed a black earthenware pot. After cleaning the fish, it was broken open in the middle, and then put in layers of salt, pepper powder and ginger powder. , so that it can be eaten slowly after being marinated.
For dinner, they didn’t eat big fish as the three brothers expected. Their mother put the fish roe, maw, and fish white in a bowl, and stewed it with tofu at night, which was very delicious.
"Mom, why did you stew all the fish maw? Don't you keep it?" Li Huaixi asked curiously while eating.
"Eat yours! Why do you care so much?!" His mother glared at him, and picked up a chopstick of fish roe for him, and his father also picked up a chopstick for him, and the couple lowered their heads to eat together. While eating, he looked at his daughter and son-in-law, smiling very cryptically.
Li Long and Li Hu are getting more and more edible, and one dish is not enough, so not only do they have stewed tofu with fish offal for dinner, but his mother also made dried radish and fried bacon with bacon cooked in winter under the guidance of his youngest son. The authentic method should be put Chili, but now Li Huaixi can't stand a little bit of spicy, so only green garlic is put in it.
Even with such a lack of weight, fried bacon with dried radish is also very delicious. The whole family ate it full of praise. After hearing these praises, Li Huaixi felt a little overjoyed, and suddenly he wanted to start a business, so he asked the current family with some expectation. Master Li Chengkui, "Father, I can also make several other types of preserved meat like this. What do you think of us opening a roast meat shop in the county?"
Li Chengkui thought about his youngest son's proposal seriously, and then replied, "I'm afraid it won't work. There are only a few people in our family, and there is no one who can work. If you want to do business and open a store, you need to be a merchant, and the third generation cannot be an official." It’s not cost-effective to be an official, so you should concentrate on your studies, keep this secret recipe for a few years and talk about it in a few years.” He didn’t block the road, and glanced at his second son who was often beaten, feeling that this The secret recipe will work sooner or later.
In fact, that’s what Li Huaixi said. He read too many time-travel novels and film and television dramas, and felt that if he came to ancient times and didn’t start a business, he would be a bit out of place with the other protagonists. Turned around and gave up.
Since the annual children's examination is about to start, the courses arranged by the old gentleman recently are mainly about the examination content. There are more than a dozen children in the school who have studied in the school for three years. You are eligible to apply.Li Huaixi's elder brother Li Long also studied for three years, but he felt that he was not sure, so he planned to give up this year.
The children's examination in this dynasty is divided into three levels: county examination, government examination, and courtyard examination. Rules and regulations can better reflect a person's true level.Those who pass the college examination are called students, and then they are assigned to study in prefectural, state, and county schools.The students are divided into three classes, including lin students, hyperplasia, and epiphysis.Those who are provided with meals by the government are called Linshan students, referred to as Linsheng; those who are added beyond the quota are called Zengguangshengyuan, and the division is called Zengsheng; additional places are added to the end of Linsheng and Zengsheng, and they are attached to the end of all students, called attached students member, the branch is called epiphytic.
To become a student is just to get the qualification certificate to enter the imperial examination. If you want to become an official, you need to pass the imperial examination only once every three years. Qualification to be an official is a long process, and it costs a lot, so there are not many families who send their children to study in this era, especially those like Li Chengkui who send their three sons to study together are even rarer.
The husband himself is a Jinshi, and he has been giving lectures every day these days, just like the key assaults of the graduating class in modern schools. Li Huaixi listened carefully for a few days, and began to feel that his father's three sons' 15 or two bouquets of flowers every year were not wronged. This little old man is really knowledgeable.
After school, Li Huaixi asked his elder brother as he walked, "Brother, are you really not going to take the exam this year?"
"I don't want to take the exam. After listening to the master's problem solving these two days, I feel even less confident. I'd better wait for another year and study harder before taking the exam. Otherwise, it would be embarrassing not to pass the exam."
"What's so embarrassing about it, if you don't pass the exam this year, you can familiarize yourself with the exam room first." Li Huaixi didn't think so.
"I don't want to take the exam, I'll talk about it next year." Li Long insisted.
"Next year, let's talk about the next year, and you can wait for me to take the exam together." Li Huaixi smiled, and decided to be an eight-year-old scholar, so that his father could be bullish in the village once.
"I'll take the exam with San'er too. I won't pass the exam, but San'er will pass the exam. If Dad is happy, he won't bother to scold me." Li Hu echoed from the side, but the purpose of taking the exam together made people afraid compliment.
"Look at how promising you are!" Li Long and Li Huaixi despised him together.
"What's the matter with my future? I don't like studying. It's my father who loves studying. He insisted on sending me to school, but it's not him who gets the board! I heard San'er's idea yesterday. It's a good idea. I will open a shop in the future. Business, regardless of whether he is a businessman or not." Li Hu is practical.
"That's true, but now the teacher's teaching is not very helpful for doing business. Let's sell two rabbits and buy you an abacus. I will teach you abacus. I have learned this before." There are abacus lessons in elementary school, Li Huaixi I played very fast, and for a while I used abacus beads to practice the flexibility of my fingers.
"Our father doesn't know whether to let us go or not. If we beat us up, we will be in trouble." Li Hu was a little worried.
"Come on, you think our father can't see that you are not a material for studying, even if our father can't see it, Mr. has said it many times, don't worry, father promises not to hit you, at most he will say a few words about you." Li Long said with certainty from the side.
Facts have proved that what Li Long said was correct. After buying the abacus, Li Chengkui called Li Hu over and talked for a while and then let him back. Li Hu said with a smile on his face, "Dad said next year I won't need to read all the words." Now that I have gone to school, my father will save my tuition fees for me to make money in the future, and let me start a business in the future."
Since then, the three of them seldom went out to play after school. Li Huaixi taught Li Hu to recite formulas and abacus at home. While exercising while reciting books, my grandma is always by his side every time. It is very cute to watch him stretch his arms and legs while reciting words.
At the beginning of the county examination, my aunt, whom I hadn't seen for a long time, came to visit my grandmother, but my cousin Yan Ying didn't come with her, and she was sent to become a female celebrity.My aunt's complexion became a little ruddy, and she was in a good state of mind. The facts were as my grandmother said. After taking a concubine, my uncle never beat her again. He was afraid of being charged with "doting concubines and destroying wives". The new concubine did not My aunt was beautiful when she was young, and she didn't compete with her after she took things lightly, so life was much easier.
"Hey, why is this Huaixi planner faster than our family's Yanli?! Who did you learn this from? So it was taught by Meng Xiucai?" The aunt sat in the room and looked out of the window in surprise and asked.
"Where! Who knows where he learned it? These days, he teaches his second brother every day. He can also keep accounts. He is not old and has a lot of skills." His mother also glanced out of the window while embroidering. The youngest son was teaching Li Hu fingering in the yard. He was holding abacus beads with his fleshy little hands. The black beads and white hands were dazzling.
"Huaixi wants to learn how to do business?" Auntie was a little reluctant. Although her family is a merchant, the status of a merchant is low, and the three generations are not allowed to take the exam, otherwise her son Yan Li would not go to worship the shopkeeper as a teacher.
"No, Huzi will learn to do business in the future. His father said that Huzi is not suitable for studying, so forget it. We also don't want Huzi to be an apprentice. It just so happens that Huaixi doesn't know which book he learned from. , then let Huaixi teach first, and he can keep an account. Huaixi himself said that he still wants to take the exam for scholar. This kid is good at reading. I just asked, both Dalong and Huaixi are good." His mother replied with a smile while embroidering, she understood what the eldest sister meant, she was just afraid that the stepfather would delay the child, to be honest, she was afraid at the beginning, but now Don't be afraid, Li Er, the pig butcher, is not that kind of person, he is a good man.
"Your body is almost ready, don't you plan to have a child? The half-way couple of you should have a child to be safe." The aunt glanced out the window and whispered to her sister.
"I want it," his mother was a little embarrassed, and complained in a low voice, "Sister, you said that Huaixi, a bad boy, knows everything like a little adult, but sometimes he doesn't understand anything, what should be asked should not be asked. Asking everyone, it's annoying."
"Is this annoying? You waited for him to be seven or eight years old. At that time, people hated dogs, and it was even more annoying. At the time when our family was Yan Li, I was so angry that I didn't know what to do. What did Huaixi ask you?" Auntie asked curiously.
"Sister! You ask too, I hate it!"
"Just asking, look at you like that"
……
15. Summer Solstice
Grandma stayed at the little daughter's house and couldn't leave. Li Huaixi's mother broke the good news during the Dragon Boat Festival. She vomited profusely every day and couldn't smell any oily smoke. Grandma had to stay and cook for the whole family.
Li Huaixi found that grandma was good at cooking, and the seasoning in the kitchen was easy to use, and he didn't need to point fingers at him at all.
"My natal family used to be a big family, so what are these bottles and jars? Back then, our kitchen was bigger than your main house, and the cook's seasonings were stacked in three rows on the counter! Didn't you see, Hey, I didn’t even see your grandpa,” grandma sighed while cooking, “my dad was so addicted to gambling that he ruined the family fortune. When I married your grandpa, my dad couldn’t even afford the dowry. They’ve all been sold out a long time ago. I haven’t enjoyed the blessings of being with your grandfather, I haven’t used these things for decades, and of course your mother doesn’t know how to use them. It would be nice if she was a little oily when she was young.”
"Then did your father still gamble later?" Li Huaixi asked curiously. It turns out that there have been gamblers since ancient times, and even after time travel, you can still find the best ones like his father.
"Gamble, why don't you gamble? Don't you still think about making money? In the end, he died in the gambling house. He said he caught a good pair of cards, but he died of excitement. Back then, my brothers brought him back from the gambling house. .”
Li Huaixi opened his mouth, thinking of his bad gambling father in his previous life. He didn't know who would pick him up after he died, and he didn't know that the family business he earned in his previous life was enough for that old man to gamble for several years.After being sad for a while, Li Huaixi was happy again. He didn't know how he was wearing it. Maybe the old man entered the house and smoked, and the whole small building was blown up. If the two of them went to the sky together, maybe the old man wore It is a few years earlier than him, so it is not certain that he will be dressed as his great-grandfather, but it is a pity that he dressed too late and could not see his great-grandfather, so there is no way to verify this matter.
The elderly love to talk about ancient times, and grandma told him some old almanacs of the past while cooking. Li Huaixi sat on a small bench and listened quietly. While listening, he wanted to have a kitten even more.
The weather is getting hotter day by day, and their family has changed into fine linen clothes. Li Huaixi is white and tender, even if he is missing a few teeth, he still looks good. People in the village are willing to pinch his face when they see him .
He recently learned to comb his hair, and he practiced it on his elder brother and second brother's head. His own hair is still very short, and it can't be tied up if it's loose. It's just cool in this season, so he didn't think about combing it.
In summer, the river water has risen, and I heard that there is also flooding upstream, but their geographical location is close to the mouth of the sea, and the river channel is gradually widening. The weather has been smooth and rainy these years, and there have been no major disasters.
When the cicadas in the courtyard began to cry, the children's examination results were released, and three more scholars appeared in the school. After the seats became vacant, the master moved Li Huaixi's seat to the front. He was small and tall, and the master was afraid that he would be behind. Can't hear clearly.
A huge fan was hung from the beam of the school, pulled by a long rope. An old servant of Mr.’s house was pulling the rope at the door, and the fan was flying back and forth above the head. Cool and quiet without the loud hum of the air conditioner.
Through this child's test, Li Huaixi finally figured out the era he traveled through, the Zhou Dynasty, the Zhaode period, but this Zhou Dynasty is not the Zhou Dynasty of Xia, Shang and Zhou. This emperor has nothing to do with Ji Fa, neither the Eastern Zhou Dynasty nor the Western Zhou Dynasty. Now The surname of the country is Zhou, the name of the emperor is unclear, and the name of the year is Zhaode. When Li Huaixi traveled through time, his character was overwhelmed, and he came to the parallel space overhead era!
Finding out the age has no effect on Li Huaixi. Today's imperial city is located inland, hundreds of thousands of miles away from them. The biggest official the folks have ever seen is the grain official who goes to the countryside to collect grain. Even the county magistrate never seen it.
There was a time when Li Huaixi always wanted to see what heroes were like in ancient times. His father didn’t know what heroes were. Draw your sword to help!"
"Then this hero is always 'walking the rivers and lakes', what does he eat and drink? He always draws his sword to help, so the government won't arrest him?" His father was a little puzzled.
"Here, heroes are good at martial arts, and the government can't catch them."
"Then what does he eat and drink?" His father continued to ask this question.
"Here, heroes, heroes don't have to worry about eating and drinking. There are so many rabbits on the road, how can you worry about eating and drinking?" Li Huaixi didn't think about these issues, so he could only talk nonsense.
"Always eat rabbit?" Li Hu got tired of eating rabbit meat when the spring started, and the word 'rabbit' made his stomach sick.
"I also eat pheasants, and maybe even eat tigers!" Li Huaixi became more and more mysterious.
The life of always eating rabbits and pheasants did not arouse Li Long and Li Hu's interest. Li Huaixi made another explanation that heroes usually have ancestral property. He intended to say that heroes also have money to live in restaurants, but he was scolded by his grandma as "nothing" production, specifically for
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