CHAPTER XVIII
The sun set, and Li Wanmu finally chose to hand over the fifth embroidery scroll, thinking that maybe the white scroll was the best answer. On the other side www.biquge.info Li Tingyu also got off the exam, his back hurt faintly, and he hid behind the wall for a long time, listening to the Egret Academy gradually quieting down, and the carriage and horses outside the door were finished. I slowly moved out. The darkness of the night blurred his countenance, and the occasional passer-by did not recognize him, which gave him a little comfort in strengthening his pride.
It was dark, and Li Tingyu walked back alone, sparsely populated. It was getting late and late, and he didn't know that Li Wanhan had been waiting for him for a long time, and with an injury on his body, he was walking very hard step by step. I don't know how long I walked, but there was no one on the road. Li Wanhan was scared when he went back in the carriage, now it is not as modern as it is, there are street lights everywhere. As far as the eye can see, it's pitch black. There was no light at all, and it was not until I almost arrived in Loei that I could faintly see a few lights.
Fortunately, Li Zhizhen didn't have the heart to let his three baby daughters come back in the dark and send someone to pick them up. The long lanterns hanging from the carriage danced violently in the night, and the carriage ran very fast. Seeing a few lights from afar, Li Wanmu subconsciously hugged her two younger sisters into her arms. The coachman respectfully bowed his hand, opened his mouth to speak in the rivers and lakes, and said loudly: "Friend, let's go, I am a friend of Master Wuquanyi in the car, and I am going to Xiangguo Mansion." Avoid it. The other side also said loudly: "But it's from Li Xiangguo's mansion." ”
"Exactly." The coachman sat sideways in the carriage, casually hitching on the dagger in his black boots, and his eyes were dangerous. As soon as there was a joy over there, a group of people rode over, flashed their waist cards, and said, "Boy, it's okay, my lord, let us pick you up." In Xia Lixu, Shangyuan Festival once escorted the sons out of the city to play. The driver withdrew his hand and leaned his back against the door. Li Wanhan remembered him and looked at Li Wanmu. Li Wanmu pressed next to Li Wanying's ear and said, "Third sister, knock twice on the coachman's back, and gently don't be discovered." Li Wanying did so, and as soon as her hand fell, she listened to the coachman: "Then let's go." It was late at night, and it was freezing outside. ”
The person next to Li Xu's left hand also wanted to confirm whether the carriage was all there, but was stopped by Li Xu. "Let's go." The four men surrounded the carriage in front of the carriage, left and right, and the carriage moved slowly. Li Xu and the man walked in front, Li Xu held the reins of the horse with one hand, and then explained: "There are little girls inside, what should you do if you scare people." The man was not angry, "I don't ask clearly, what if there are not enough people to take it back." It's not us who are to blame. Li Xu chuckled, "Fool, the eldest lady and the third lady are all demure ladies, the fourth lady is young and stubborn, and the eldest sister is watching." Besides, you don't look at who is driving. ”
The man looked back suspiciously, and saw that the coachman was not tall, with a round face and purple skin, and he was respectfully carrying the car, and there was really nothing special about it. Li Xu saw that he couldn't see anything, so he didn't say anything more, and carefully escorted him along the way. The lanterns in Loei flickered and flickered, gradually approaching the house.
The dark stars dimmed, and the moon did not show its face.
A lone Li Tingyu was even more scared, he told himself in his heart that he was a man. On the other hand, he was only ten years old, and he was extremely helpless in the dark night. Finally, he met a man carrying a little girl on his back, and the little girl was sitting on the pyre on his back, and Li Tingyu sped up two steps. Closely followed by the man. The woodcutter paused and slowed down. The little girl yawned and asked with teary eyes, "Dad, why are you walking so slowly, I want to go home and sleep." The man smiled, "Little Laipi, you have to follow me today, and now you are dozing." ”
The daughter rubbed and rubbed behind his back, and the man's heart was about to melt. whispered: "When I'm tired, I sleep on my father's back, my little brother is afraid of the dark." We accompany him. The little girl's dark and bright eyes stared at Li Tingyu intently, and asked crisply, "Big brother, where are you going?" If you follow us again, you will go to our house. After speaking, the man also stopped to look at him and asked, "Child, where are the adults in your family?" ”
Li Tingxuan hesitated and bowed. He turned around and left. "Kid, kid." The man hurried after him, staring at the worn and whitened cotton robe on his body, and at his delicate and white hands that were more delicate than his own daughter. "Which young master are you? Where's your family? Li Tingyu hung his head and took two steps back. He said, "Thank you." He bowed his head and walked away.
"Daddy, he's got blood on his clothes!" The little girl lost her voice. The moon is not good tonight, and the stars are very dark. The little girl was so sharp-eyed that she saw something strange. The man's broad palm grabbed Li Tingyu's shoulder, and Li Tingyu turned his head in shock. There was silence for a while, and the man said, "Come to my house and give you some medicine." ”
The man held Li Tingling's hand strongly, and the rough feeling grinded into Li Tingling's palm made him want to cry. His eyes were wide open, his tongue was on the roof of his mouth, and tears kept rolling in his eyes. The little girl kept looking at her curiously. The little girl was transferred from the man's back to his left arm and held with one hand, Li Tingling's eyes were facing the sky, and the little girl looked down into his eyes. "Brother, are you going to cry?" When the man heard this, he also looked at Li Tingling, who swallowed his tears forbearantly. A slight smile was revealed: "I'm bothering you tonight." ”
It's too late today, Li Tingyu's injury yesterday is not healed, and if he is injured and injured, he may not be able to go to the Egret Academy tomorrow. He looked around, feeling the distance, and it would be nice to live here.
In the Li Mansion, Li Wanhan has been thinking about Li Tingyu, and when he and Li Wanmu set off the next day, they knew that Li Tingyu might not have returned, and the two looked at each other. Li Wanying blew the night breeze last night, and it was a little hot in the morning, so she was left behind by Li Wanmu and the two sisters to rest. Before Li Wanmu entered the examination room in the morning, she was about to tell Li Wanhan about Li Tingyu. Li Wanhan nodded and said, "I know." Sister, don't worry, take the exam with peace of mind. Li Wanhan nodded, lifted her skirt up the steps, and entered the door.
Li Wanhan trotted all the way to Tunqing Courtyard, and fortunately Li Tingyu came. He was still in the cotton robe he wore yesterday, and his face was ruddy, not at all like what Li Wanhan was worried about. Li Tingyu asked, "Fourth sister, why are you here?" "You didn't come home last night. Big brother, you can go back with us in a carriage today. There are still two months left, and you toss so much every day, which will also affect your exams. Li Wanhan was in a hurry.
"Yes." Li Tingyu responded lightly and said, "I'm in." Quite meaningfully asked Li Wanhan: "What did your second sister tell you?" "No, it's not." What's the matter with Li Wanluo? Li Wanhan shook her head and begged, "Big brother, I'll wait for you at the gate of the academy at night." ”
Li Tingyu stopped, thought for a while and turned back and said, "Don't wait, be good, go home early." "Big brother!" Li Wanhan said menacingly: "You'd rather be beaten than take the exam with your second uncle, don't you want to do a better job." Why are you tossing yourself like this, how are you..."Li Wanhan was about to cry.
"Hanhan." Li Tingyu touched the top of Li Wanhan's head, took her little hand and put it on her back, and said hoarsely: "Big brother is afraid of pain." Every day when I go back and get beaten, I won't be able to write the next day. After a pause, he added: "The test is even worse." "In the summer and autumn season, the clothes are not too thick, nor are they thin. Li Wanhan stroked the flesh and flesh edges, and her heart trembled through her clothes, her lips trembled, and she couldn't speak anymore.
Because of Li Tingyu, Li Wanhan tried her best to pick out the genealogy of the heirs of the second room from her memory. There are a total of five children in the second room, three sons-in-law and two concubines. The eldest son, Li Tingling, Li Wanhan thinks the pronunciation of this is very interesting, and the pronunciation of this is the sound of the younger brother, and I don't know if it is a coincidence or deliberately.
Li Tingyu's biological mother is the maid of the Li family, and the second uncle Li Huandong was handsome, and his life is absurd. However, at that time, the marriage contract was decided, and the second aunt Wei Ruijin was unwilling to compromise under the strength of the mother's family.
Also compromised was Li Huandong, whose mother died with the tacit consent of both families. Li Wanhan can't remember how Li Tingyu grew up when he was a child, but he only remembers that his second uncle later took a concubine, surnamed Meng, and Li Tingyu was always brought by this Aunt Meng later. But how Li Tingyu lived before this, Li Wanhan couldn't imagine it at all.
Aunt Meng's face was very vague in Li Wanhan's memory, and she couldn't remember whether she had seen Aunt Meng or not. I only remember that the seventh girl Li Wanhao is also from her knees, and the girls of the Li family are named next to the word Wanzi, only the seventh girl is not. Li Wanhan had been confused by these similar names for a long time, and when she later understood that this was also a sign of being recognized by the family, she couldn't tell what it was like.
Wanhao's sister is quite favored, compared with the fifth sister Li Wanqing and the third girl Li Wanying, who died for her, she really grew up pampered. You must know that Li Wanhao also has a sister-in-law, Wei Ruijin has three children, a son and two daughters. They are the third young master Li Tinghui, the second girl Li Wanluo, and the eighth girl Li Wanwen who will be born in many years.
Li Wanhao has any conflict with Li Wanluo on weekdays, and the second uncle will help Li Wanhao, and denounce Wei Ruijin and Li Wanluo for being vicious as a mother and sister-in-law, and bullying Li Wanhao. Therefore, the second sister Li Wanluo is very unkind to see the seventh sister Li Wanhao, it can be said that even if Li Wanhan did not make trouble at the beginning, Li Wanhao's fate was in the hands of Wei Ruijin, and it was not much better.
It's just that with Li Wanhan, it seems that he handed Wei Ruijin a knife naturally. Wei Ruijin can not only stab Li Wanhao mercilessly, but Li Wanhao and Aunt Meng have to kowtow and say thank you with tears.
In an instant, Li Wanhan suddenly understood why Li Tingyu was beaten so hard. In addition to Wei Ruijin himself hating him and her mother, the third young master Li Tinghuo is the reason why Wei Ruijin is unwilling to let him come out. The third young master was born in the third year of Jingxi, and he is only seven years old this year, and he is eight years old. The enrollment period of Egret Academy is ten years old, which is nothing more than someone lying about their age. This is not as good as the birth certificate of the ID card of the modern household register, or the national network can be found at a glance.
Basically, if you say how old my child is, he is. As long as the disparity is too great, no one will account for it. But it is not applicable to people like the Li family, and people like Li Tingyu can still fool around. In this vein, there are people who worship red and white ceremonies, whose children are how old they are, and each family is clear. Who doesn't want their children to become famous at a young age and pave the way for their future careers. The smaller, the more talented it is, not.
Invisibly, a supervision circle has been formed among the powerful and powerful families. No one is going to break this rule.
Of course, Wei Ruijin didn't want Li Tingyu to be stronger than Li Tinghui, but fortunately, she didn't know that Li Tingyu had come to Bailu Academy to take the exam. Li Tingyu's beating was Li Huandong's handiwork. It's just that he didn't expect his wife to use her hands and feet on the family baguette. Wei Ruijin wished that Li Tingyu didn't like to go to school, and it was better to be a plaything and not learn and have no skills. Li Huandong has high hopes for every boy in the family. It's like the stupid bird that can't fly, he can't fly far, so he hatches the bird, pinning his hopes on the next generation, hoping that they can fly high and far.
In fact, Li Tingyu can tell the second uncle, the second uncle will definitely support...., Li Wanhan was suddenly deflated, and the eldest brother would not have thought of this. Then, what could it be that made Li Tingyu feel that even if he told the second uncle, the second uncle would not be able to help him. I can't even protect him. Li Wanhan was silent, turned her head to look at the green holly, and shed a tear, every family has a scripture that is difficult to read.
She better not guess.