Li Yanqing jumped up, this is what Zhizhou Li Kui promised himself, but he didn't expect it to come now, he was in a hurry to leave. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Li Wenyou grabbed him, "Don't go, your father has specially entrusted me, he can solve it himself, and let you eat and drink here on his behalf." ”

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

At this time, Li Dongdong got up and raised his glass to deliver a speech, "Dongdong is busy making a living in the capital, and he can't return to his hometown to fulfill his filial piety. ”

He drank all the wine in the cup, and everyone raised their glasses to drink, and then they raised their glasses and ate them.

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

The face of Li Dongdong's father next to him immediately became gloomy, this is his eldest son-in-law Zhang Ping, a lazy scoundrel, if his son hadn't invited him, he would never have let him into the house for dinner.

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

Li Yanqing: 'Oh! Li Yanqing looked at him, only to see that he had a round face, slender eyes, faintly flashing a trace of cunning luster, Li Yanqing immediately remembered the wild goose, their father and daughter were so godlike.

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

Zhang Ping didn't mean to leave, he seemed to want to say something? Li Dongdong's father was even more unhappy in his heart, and urged him: "The little official wants to eat wine, you toast and leave!" ”

Zhang Ping pretended not to hear his father-in-law's words, and said to Li Yanqing with a smile: "I just heard from Daqi that he is often not at home, and there is always no one to take care of the petty officials, so I gave him a suggestion, he said that the petty officials should be willing to do it." ”

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

Next to him, Li Dongdong's father's heart began to get irritable, his son-in-law is not only lazy to eat, drink, prostitute and gamble, but also infected with the vice of eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling, selling all the valuable things in the family, every time he pities his daughter and gives her a little money, he is snatched away by this bastard, what good advice will he have, don't be a bad idea to beat a petty official!

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

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

Zhang Ping glared at his father-in-law, then bent down and said with a smile: "I told your father that if there is a shortage of people in the little official's room, the little girl can go and serve." ”

What's good advice for that? Li Yanqing was stunned for a moment.

Li Dongdong's father couldn't hold back any longer, he was furious, rushed over and grabbed his son-in-law's neck, and punched him to beat, "You will go crazy when you eat wine, and you will embarrass Lao Tzu!" ”

Everyone was so frightened that they hurriedly persuaded him, Li Wenyou sat down Li Dongdong's father, and said with a smile: "Actually, it's not a bad thing!" When the daughter is older, she always goes out to do something, which can subsidize the family, as long as the time is calculated and the marriage is not delayed. ”

Li Yanqing finally understood what Zhang Ping meant, that is, to sell his daughter to their family as a maid, but the maids in the Song Dynasty were different from before, essentially an employment relationship, and the two parties signed a contract with a limited term, and their freedom was restored after the expiration of the period.

Therefore, many poor families are willing to send their daughters out to be little maids, they don't have to raise them themselves, and they can earn a sum of money for themselves, and they will marry after they are free.

It is precisely because of the many sources that the value of the general maid is very cheap, only five or six yuan a year, and the price will be slightly more expensive if she looks beautiful and well-behaved, but at most it is only about ten yuan a year, so many middle-class families have little maids, like Li Er and Li San's family have two little maids.

But in any case, this is also a loss of face, which is equivalent to admitting that he is useless and needs to pawn his daughter to make money, Li Dongdong's father is angry with this, and his son-in-law actually pawned his granddaughter in front of everyone, where does this make him put his old face?

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

"Thank you Patriarch for your kindness, I don't need it for the time being!"

Li Yanqing refused, he was not very resistant to the maid's service, the key was that he knew that the daughter that Zhang Ping wanted to pawn must be the eldest daughter Zhang Dayan, so he didn't want the little lady to serve him, the magpie was almost the same, but unfortunately she was too young.

Li Wenyou is an extremely shrewd old rich man, he knows that Li Dongdong and his eldest sister have a deep relationship, so he will invite his brother-in-law to come to the house to eat and drink, this Zhang Ping is a famous scoundrel in Qianshan Village, if he can be enveloped, he can spy on Li Dongdong from one side.

Li Wenyou saw that Li Yanqing didn't accept it, so he smiled at Zhang Ping: "It just so happens that my wife needs a needlework maid by her side, so let your daughter come to my house to do things!" Tomorrow you send her, and we'll negotiate the price. ”

Zhang Ping was overjoyed, and hurriedly bowed down and said, "It is also her honor for the little girl to be able to do things in the Li Mansion. ”

Although Li Dongdong's father is annoyed that his son-in-law is useless, but with the virtue of his son-in-law, his eldest granddaughter will definitely go out to do things this year, instead of going to ordinary people's homes to be a maid and suffer hardships, it is better to go to the patriarch's mansion to do things, needless to say that he eats well, his income will not be bad, just to earn some money to subsidize his daughter's family, he glared at his son-in-law fiercely, and then stopped talking.

Li Yanqing didn't care about Zhang Dayan going to the patriarch's house to be a maid, he only cared about his father's situation now, and he didn't know how the conversation went?

Li Yanqing was so anxious that he didn't dare to get up and say goodbye, and finally stayed up until the banquet dispersed, he was also ready to say goodbye and leave, Li Dongdong had been drunk by everyone, and Li Dongdong's father sent them out of the house.

Li Wenyou smiled: "Qing'er, take my carriage!" I have something to say to you. ”

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

In the carriage, Li Wenyou took out a contract of the firm and handed it to him, "In triplicate, this is your share, take it yourself." ”

Li Yanqing took the contract and asked, "Where does the patriarch plan to start?" ”

"I plan to start with this batch of medicines, tomorrow your father will go to Weinan Town with Li Dongdong to buy medicinal materials, and in the future I plan to let him manage the money, I can't believe others, and when the canal thaws next month, I will go to the capital with your father with the medicinal material ship, on the one hand, it is for the matter of repairing the genealogy, by the way, look at the grain market, and wait for the negotiation in the capital, and start purchasing and transporting the first batch of grain in March, Qing'er, I have been planning for nearly four years, but I have been hesitant, but I didn't expect that because of you, it was finally done."

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

Li Yanqing also felt a lot of feelings in his heart, after his father suffered setbacks, he was finally going to start a new life, and it was best if his father could marry a virtuous wife again, and then it would be complete.

However, let his father take care of the accounts, Li Yanqing was a little uneasy, their father and son lived in destitude and poverty, and there was also a reason why his father really couldn't be in charge.

To give a simple example, the sugar in the Great Song Dynasty is very expensive, a syrup cookcake costs ten yuan, Li Daqi felt sorry for his son and took out ten yuan to buy a syrup cookcake, but he didn't expect that he could buy a bucket of wheat with another five yuan, and they didn't have to eat vegetable bean buns all the time.

But the patriarch can trust his father, which is another matter.

At this time, Li Yanqing suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said to Li Wenyou: "I don't know if my father has mentioned moving my mother's grave." ”

Li Wenyou nodded, "Your father told me, I was responsible for this matter back then, I shouldn't have promised your grandfather, but don't worry, your grandfather has business dealings with our Li family, which is related to his interests of thousands of times a year, as long as I propose to move the tomb, he doesn't dare not agree, but this matter will be talked about when we come back from the capital, you can wait patiently!" ”

"I don't have a problem, thank you Patriarch!"

Li Wenyou said with a smile: "Your task is to study hard, I see that you took a sword from Li Dongdong's house, in fact, it is not bad to learn both civil and military, there are only three things that are most effective in this world, either the money bag is enough, or the power is big, or the fist is hard, everything else is fucking bullshit!" ”

"The patriarch's teachings, Qing'er remembers them."

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

The carriage stopped, and Li Yanqing jumped out of the carriage and ran towards the village.

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Li Yanqing just ran to the entrance of the village, and happened to meet Aunt Gu San, who was carrying a rolling pin and walking out of the village angrily.

"Third aunt, are you still going out so late?"

"Zhuzi's father went to the town to buy vinegar, but he hasn't come back yet, and I don't know where he went, I'll take a look!"

Li Yanqing hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "Do you want me to go with the third aunt?" ”

"No need, no need, you can go home quickly!"

Aunt Gu Sangu walked a few steps, then turned back and said, "Brother Qing'er, someone came to ask about your father's situation today, we all said good things to your father, and we also signed and drew on the paper, everyone hopes that your father will get better!" ”

"Thank you third aunt, I will definitely repay you in the future."

"You're welcome, let's go see your daddy! He cried today. ”

Li Yanqing rushed home in one go, the courtyard door and the door were not closed, he rushed into the house, only to see his father sitting in the dark guest hall, covering his face and crying in a low voice, Li Yanqing was startled and hurriedly lit the lamp.

"Daddy, how's it going?" Li Yanqing asked nervously.

Li Daqi picked up the paper on the table and handed it to his son, and said in a choked voice: "See for yourself!" ”

Li Yanqing took this piece of paper and looked at it carefully, it turned out to be an investigation record book from the government, which was clearly written that although Tang Yin's son Li Daqi violated the law in the imperial examination five years ago, it has been five years, and after on-the-spot investigation, Li Daqi has changed his past wrongs, and benefited the township, and the people's reputation is excellent, and it is specially recommended to eliminate his bad record in the imperial examination five years ago, hoping that he will keep to himself from now on and not repeat the crime.

The following is the personal signature of the investigator, generally speaking, as long as the investigator passes the on-site verification, then there is no problem, and the record will definitely be erased.

Li Yanqing's eyes were also a little moist, it had been five years, and his father had finally gained his innocence, at this time, Li Daqi looked at his son, he could no longer suppress the excitement in his heart, and fell on the table and cried.

[End of Volume 1]