Chapter Ninety-Two: Drawing Salary from the Bottom of the Cauldron

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Xia Zhi and Little Black Fish both nodded at Li Xia and told him with their eyes that such a thing really existed. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 info Li Xia's eyes were a little different when he looked at Xia Zhi again.

Xia Zhi naturally noticed that she raised her eyebrows slightly: "Li Xia, what kind of eyes do you have? I told you this, but not to make you sympathize with me." ā€

Li Xia was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood the meaning of the summer solstice. Xia Zhi, this little girl is very ambitious, and she doesn't like it and doesn't need people's sympathy. He didn't want Xia Zhi to be angry or even hate him, so he immediately restrained Fang Cai's eyes and smiled at Xia Zhi: "I'm sorry, Sixteen, I didn't mean that." I just ......"

Xia Zhi waved his hand, signaling Li Xia not to explain anymore. Li Xia looked at her with sympathy, but more indignation. Li Xia was very upset with her.

After telling Li Xia everything, Xia Zhi asked him: "Li Xia, you say, if I tell the mountain chief about these things, will the mountain chief sympathize with us and agree to my request?"

This seems to be a contradiction. She didn't want Li Xia's sympathy just now, but now she was worried about whether she would get Li Shanchang's sympathy. But Li Xia didn't feel contradictory, he understood that the reason why Xia Zhi didn't want his sympathy was because he regarded him as a friend and his own.

He groaned slightly before he said to Xia Zhi: "I have never heard the mountain chief mention your father's affairs. There was no similar rumor in the academy. I don't think the mountain chief knows. ā€

Xia Zhi nodded: "My dad shouldn't tell the truth." Xia Xiucai raised money to buy a daughter-in-law for Tian Dabao, but there are many unreasonable things in it, and when he advances his salary and borrows money, he should have made up a more suitable name. But what name Xia Xiucai used, Xia Zhi couldn't say, and she couldn't guess.

That's right, at this point, Xia Zhi admitted that she lost to Xia Xiucai.

Li Xia also felt that it should be as Xia Zhi said. "Let's wait here for a while, and when Tian Kuo comes out of the mountain chief, I will go to the mountain chief and tell him about it. What I say, he should be easier to believe. The mountain chief doesn't know you after all. Sixteen, uncle, do you think this is good?"

Xia Zhi thought about it, then nodded in agreement. Little Black Fish believed in Li Xia even more, and felt that what he promised would definitely be done.

Tian Kuo went to the upper room for a long time, and he never came out. Xia Zhi looked at Li Xia, she had a lot of questions in her heart, so she just took advantage of this gap to ask Li Xia.

"Li Xia, you and Li Shanchang ...... Are you a family?"

Li Xia smiled, he thought that Xia Zhi would ask this, and the little girl must have guessed something. "Li Shanchang ...... It's my dad. ā€

The little black fish expressed his surprise with a wow, and then became even more happy.

Xia Zhi was also a little surprised, he guessed that Li Xia was the descendant of Dongcheng Li, but he didn't expect him to be the son of the mountain chief. But that's fine, with Li Xia's identity, many things are easy to do. Then she thought of Tian Kuo again.

"He's cousin to you?"

Li Xia nodded: "This was also guessed by you." Yes. My mother is his own aunt. ā€

Dongcheng Li and Xichengtian, the two families have been related to each other for generations, and they are married to each other. Then Tian Kuo should be a person from Xichengtian. "Tian Kuo is your cousin. Li Xia pondered so casually.

Before Li Xia could speak, Tian Kuo jumped in from outside. He seemed happy to hear Xia Zhi's last words, and showed a big smile at Xia Zhi. "Sixteen, you can even see that I'm my brother. Not bad, not bad. Then, he also glanced at Li Xia triumphantly.

Li Xia didn't have any expression on his face, and he explained in a flat voice: "He was only born one day earlier than me, no, only ten hours earlier. ā€

Tian Kuo became more and more proud: "An hour earlier, then I am also a brother." ā€

Li Xia's face was still expressionless, and he asked Tian Kuo: "What did the mountain chief tell you about this half a day?"

As soon as Li Shanchang was mentioned, the smug expression on Tian Kuo's face immediately disintegrated. He picked a chair and sat down a little depressed, refusing to say anything.

The corners of Li Xia's mouth curled slightly, then he looked out the window again and stood up. "Sixteen, uncle, you sit here, and I will go to see the mountain chief, and I will call you later. ā€

Tian Kuo immediately raised his head: "By the way, you sister and brother, ah no, what are the uncles and nephews doing when they come to find my uncle? I'll take you there." ā€

Li Xia stopped Tian Kuo quietly: "If you don't go to study well, you dare to go to the mountain chief." Go and warm your books. ā€

Tian Kuo snorted and sat there refusing to leave. Li Xia didn't pay attention to him anymore, he instructed Xia Zhi and Xiao Heiyuer again, and went to the upper room.

"Sixteen, uncle, you already know Phoenix?" As soon as Li Xia left, Tian Kuo immediately cheered up, and asked Xia Zhi and Little Black Fish with a smile.

"yes. Xia Zhi nodded, and she asked Tian Kuo, "Why do you call Li Xia a phoenix?"

"Haha. Tian Kuo laughed, "Phoenix is Li Xia's nickname. In fact, we usually prefer to call him a phoenix egg. He is very precious at home, and the family treats him like a phoenix egg, haha. Saying this, he didn't know what funny things he thought of, and he laughed to himself.

Xia Zhi and Little Black Fish exchanged glances, and she was a little speechless to Tian Kuo. Tian Kuo is a little different from the first time she saw it.

As soon as it was confirmed that Tian Kuo and Li Xia were uncles and brothers, Xia Zhi suddenly remembered where she had seen Tian Kuo. At the temple fair of the Big Buddha Temple in Linshui Town, this Tian Kuo and the girl named Bing'er used to buy her flowers and cherries. Tian Kuo is the peach-eyed boy.

Li Xia and Tian Kuo are very close cousins, and it seems that the relationship is also very good. That Bing'er called them cousins, and I didn't know what kind of relatives they were.

Xia Solstice was pondering, but the little black fish stared at Tian Kuo.

Tian Kuo was a little strange: "Uncle, why do you look at me like this?"

"Well, I suddenly found out...... You're familiar. The little black fish was still looking at Tian Kuo.

"Really?" Tian Kuo rolled his peach blossom eyes, and also looked at Xia Solstice and Little Black Fish. But he couldn't remember where he had seen these two children. But he smiled and said, "Perhaps, otherwise I would have felt very attached to you when I saw you." ā€

"Ahh

Xia Zhi glanced at the little black fish. The little black fish is relatively straight, but he is very smart, and he has been with Xia Zhi for a long time, so he has a tacit understanding. With Xia Zhi's eyes, the little black fish immediately swallowed back the words that came to his mouth. Then, he approached Xia Solstice and bit his ear with Xia Solstice.

The little black fish also recognized Tian Kuo, but he was not very sure.

Xia Zhi thought about it, and asked Tian Kuo tentatively: "Did you go to the temple fair of the Big Buddha Temple in Linshui Town a few days ago?"

Tian Kuo was waiting to listen to the little black fish, and suddenly Xia Solstice asked him this, he didn't answer immediately, and looked back and forth at Xia Solstice and Little Black Fish, and finally his eyes fell on Xia Solstice's face.

"Yo, I remembered. Tian Kuo smiled, "It's you, right." I have seen you outside the mountain gate of the Great Buddha Temple. You were selling flowers, yes, cherries. ā€

He even remembered!

Tian Kuo looked at Xia Zhi's face again, and became more and more sure. "Did you recognize me too?" asked him, and there was anticipation in his gaze.

What else could Xia Solstice say, she and the little black fish nodded.

"That's fate. Tian Kuo seemed to have completely forgotten the distress of Wen Shu at this time, and he clapped his hands, "Just now I saw you from afar, and I felt very kind." ā€

"Thank you very much, otherwise we wouldn't have found Shan Chang Li so quickly. Xia Zhi sincerely thanked Tian Kuo.

"By the way, since you know the phoenix and want to find Li Shanchang, why don't you let him bring you here?" Tian Kuo asked Xia Zhi.

"We know Li Xia, but we just know that he is the son of Li Shanchang. ā€

"Oh," Tian Kuo didn't seem surprised at all, but nodded understandingly, "Phoenix, he's like this." By the way, what are you looking for Li Shanchang? Let Phoenix do it, why don't you let me do it. I speak in front of my uncle, and it works better than a phoenix. ā€

"It's nothing. Xia Zhi smiled, about Xia Xiucai, she still wanted to control the impact to the minimum. Since they are for others, some are for themselves.

Tian Kuo understood and knew that Xia Zhi would not tell him. Obviously, Xia Zhi and Little Black Fish are closer to Li Xia.

"Sixteen, uncle, when did you meet Phoenix, and how did you meet?" Tian Kuo changed the topic and began to inquire about the friendship between the two children and Li Xia.

Xia Zhi was about to speak when he heard soft footsteps outside. The two girls didn't know when they walked out of the window. One of them is younger and dressed as a girl, and the other is fourteen or fifteen years old, wearing a short shirt and skirt, and it seems that it is the daughter of a young lady.

Tian Kuo's whole temperament suddenly changed, he stood up, straightened his robe and the Wensheng towel on his head, and walked out.

Xia Zhi sat on the couch and watched Tian Kuo go out to meet the pair of master and servant, I don't know what they said, Xia Zhi looked at the pair of master and servant's faces seemed to be a little red, and then, Tian Kuo led him to other courtyards.

After a while, the summer solstice turned back. Tian Kuo just now was the suave peach-eyed boy they saw that day. One person can judge two people in an instant, which is also a miraculous skill.

Seeing Tian Kuo leave suddenly, the little black fish opened his little mouth slightly. But he didn't say anything. He is still too young, so naturally he doesn't understand a teenager like Tian Kuo.

Not long after Tian Kuo left, Li Xia returned. "Sixteen, uncle, the mountain chief wants to see you. ā€

Xia Zhi brought the little black fish to the upper room, and along the way she asked Li Xia in a low voice: "Is the mountain chief willing to agree?"

Li Xia nodded slightly and told Xia Zhi that he had convinced the mountain chief. Li Shanchang called them over just to see the two of them. "Whatever he asks you, you just tell the truth. ā€

Xia Solstice nodded, it was better than she expected.

Li Shanchang is a thin man who doesn't look old, full of bookishness, very elegant, and his face is seven or eight points similar to Li Xia. He kindly sat the two children down.

"Came from Daxingzhuang, is it just your uncle and nephew, and there are no adults to follow?" Li Shanchang's voice was very gentle, which made Xia Zhi's good impression of him a little more.

ā€œā€¦ā€¦ I followed my aunt into the city as a guest. Today, I came to the academy to ask to see the mountain chief. My aunt lives on West Market Street, and my cousin sent us here. Xia Zhi answered Li Shanchang's question in a few simple words.

Li Shanchang nodded slightly, and his eyes showed a bit of approval. The little girl is young, but she has a generous attitude, neither humble nor arrogant, which is rare. In addition, he spoke in a clear manner, but in a few sentences, he not only completely answered his questions, but also solved the doubts he didn't ask, even if he was an adult, he might not be able to do it.

Because of this, his attitude towards the summer solstice was not only mild, but also a little more solemn.

"I've heard about you just now. …… Your father was my student. Li Shanchang told Xia Zhi that Xia Xiu was his student. Xia Xiucai used to study in Wenshan Academy, and the reason why he was able to teach in the academy after being admitted to Xiucai was arranged by Li Shanchang.

This is the gentleman's care for the students.

Li Shanchang's meaning is to stay in Xia Xiucai in the academy to teach students to teach and learn from each other, on the one hand, they can earn some money, and on the other hand, they can continue the imperial examination.

He knew that Xia Xiucai's family was not very wealthy, and he had to take care of his family when he married a wife and had children.

Li Shanchang is Xia Xiucai's Bole and Xia Xiucai's mentor.

"Your father has also told me about the situation of your grandfather's family. Speaking of this, Li Shanchang frowned slightly, "Your father told me that your maternal grandmother was poor and sick, and the only one she relied on was your mother. Your mother is a filial daughter. When he married your mother, he promised her that he would take care of her family. ā€

"Is there such a thing?" Li Shanchang looked at Xia Zhi and asked.

Xia Zhi's heart moved slightly. Li Shanchang's attitude seemed to be impartial, but after listening to Li Xia's relay, he still asked this, in fact, he had already expressed a certain inclination.

In the matter of Xia Xiucai, the angle from which Li Shanchang stood was different from her.

"I don't know how to answer the words of the mountain chief. …… If my father borrowed money to treat a disease or save a life, even if the other party and I didn't know each other, I wouldn't stop it. ā€

The corners of Li Shanchang's eyes twitched twice, and he seemed to be touched when he looked at Xia Zhi. "You little girl, you have a lot of insight. ā€

Xia Zhi's eyes were clear: "The benevolent see the benevolent, and the wise see the wise." A thousand people have a thousand opinions about the same thing. My request to the mountain chief is for me and my siblings, but also for my father and my mother, even for my maternal grandfather's family, and it is only for the good. Borrowing money can save people, but it can also hurt people. ā€

Li Shanchang suddenly laughed: "You little girl is very powerful, do you want to tell me that if I allow your father's money, it will hurt you?"

"Father!" Li Xia raised his eyebrows slightly beside him, and looked at Li Shanchang with some dissatisfaction.

(To be continued.) )