Li Yihai remembered the fifty taels of silver tickets given by the second brother when he was leaving, and he secretly pulled the eldest brother aside, "Big brother, when I came, the second brother gave us an extra fifty taels of silver tickets, which were for our emergency use, and told me not to take them out until I had to do so." ”

Today's situation is not just a last resort.

Of course Li Yihai didn't dare to say, this silver is for me, it has nothing to do with you, it can't be done if you don't take the silver out at this time, you have to have an explanation if you take it, so it's appropriate.

Li Yiyuan was really pleased and said: "Your second brother has been in business for the past two years, and he is really thoughtful." ”

At that time, Qian sewed her into a padded jacket and was not snatched away. And Li Yiyuan because of his family background, he also carried a few taels of silver with him, and the three of them had a rich family, and they usually had an entourage when they traveled, and they had no habit of loading silver at all, and the valuable items on their bodies were robbed, so that the fifty taels of silver tickets became life-saving silver.

Li Yiyuan pondered slightly, and decided to take these three people to Shengjing, these three people are all better than themselves, and one of them has a family member who is a six-rank official in Shengjing, and being able to rely on these people will be of great help to him in the future.

Li Yiyuan is a very decisive person, he is stronger than several younger brothers, and the three of them were surprised and delighted, they thought that they had to go home, who would have thought that they could follow him to Shengjing, and the three of them were grateful, and felt that he was a friendly person, and regarded him as a brother from some, and defended him everywhere.

They bought some dry food all the way, lived in the Datong shop where the cheap pedestrians lived, walked for nearly a month to Shengjing, they set off from Fucheng in early September, delayed time on the road, walked for a month and a half to arrive, at this time there were many students in Beijing, looking for a few days, only to find a relatively partial house to rent.

The group only had the rags that they had worn for a month, and went to buy a few more clothes, how could there be any silver left, and when they were all packed, Liu Wenju took Li Yiyuan to buy some gifts to visit his relatives of the six-rank Beijing official. Then these people made friends in the capital and participated in the cultural meeting, and the silver was spent like flowing water, and there was not much left in a few days.

And these three people, who were originally rich young masters, had no way to be down-and-out before, they suffered hardships and starved along the way to Shengjing, and were blinded by the prosperity of Beijing, and after a few days, they regained their previous arrogant posture, picking and choosing all day long, and finally Li Yihai was angry, and drove out the three people who relied on him to eat and were still hungry, and a fierce conflict broke out with Li Yiyuan for this.

No matter how they quarreled, it was impossible for the two to really break up, Li Yihai looked at the empty pockets, and reluctantly went out to find a job, but in Shengjing, which was full of lifters, he was an outsider, how could it be so easy to find a job, and in desperation, he was about to go hungry, so he had to go to the dock to work as a coolie.

I thought that it would be good to endure some hardships and wait for Li Yiyuan to finish the examination and return home, but I didn't expect him to fail this subject, so he thought about staying in Beijing and waiting for the next exam. He asked people to send letters back to ask for silver, this time and again, even if he could find someone to bring back the silver, I am afraid that it will be two or three months later, and the money earned by hard work is only barely enough to eat a full stomach, and it is impossible to talk about eating well, not to mention that you can't ask for silver to go to school, you also need silver to make friends, and you have to ask for silver to participate in the literary meeting.

Li Yiyuan was sick and rushed to the doctor, and heard from Liu Wenju's relative, the Liupin Beijing official, that there was a rich merchant who had a twenty-five-year-old daughter, who was widowed within two years of marriage, and the rich merchant was a daughter who loved her, so he took her home, if he wanted to pick a family for him, but she was old and widowed, and she didn't want to fill the house for those pot-bellied old men, nor did she want to marry a clay leg who couldn't read big words, and she wanted to find a scholar.

Most of the scholars want to gain fame, and those who need money are afraid of losing their reputation for selling themselves for money, and the woman who is not handsome looks down on them. To say that this is also a coincidence, when Li Yihai first entered Beijing, he accidentally ran into a woman, but at that time he bumped into someone, and when he saw that the other party was a woman, he didn't dare to look at people's faces, and left after apologizing repeatedly.

As soon as she heard that he was a scholar, the woman took a fancy to him.

At the instigation of Liu Wenju, Li Yiyuan felt that the third child had gone away this time, but after all, he had a wife and daughter at home, but he didn't expect the rich businessman to propose that his daughter could be a flat wife, and could help Li Yiyuan enter the country to study, and instead of a dowry, he accompanied two shops and 500 acres of land, as well as 2,000 taels of silver, on the condition that Li Yihai took his daughter to live in Shengjing after marrying, and his wife in front of him stayed in his hometown to take care of the elderly.

You know, the court officials don't have a wife, but some businessmen don't care about this, Li Yiyuan was moved when he heard this condition, so he told Li Yihai, who knew that he didn't agree, and ridiculed the eldest brother, laughing at him for wanting to climb up by relying on women's nepotism, which angered Li Yiyuan, and the two finally turned their faces.

Li Yiyuan actually relied on Liu Wenju and couldn't starve to death, although this guy is not a good person, but he is not bad to him, but he is reluctant to this large sum of money and the quota of Guozijian to study, you know, this is something that even the sixth-grade official can't do.

Liu Wenju gave him an idea, he is the boss, so he naturally has the final say, and if he doesn't agree, he will tie him up and get married. Besides, the woman was not ugly except that she was older, and he did not suffer any loss.

Li Yihai never dreamed that his eldest brother would sell himself like this, he packed up the torn cotton jacket he wore when he came, and the dozens of dollars he earned from work, and he wanted to go home alone.

As a result, before he could get out of the house, he was knocked unconscious. Although he was a scholar, he used to do farm work, and his health was naturally good, and he worked as a coolie at the dock for a few months, and soon woke up and heard the people in the house talking, and then he knew the reason, and he was about to blow up when he was angry.

He calmed down for a while, and when those people said that they were going to pick up relatives for him, he took advantage of the fact that no one in the house was watching, knocked out the little guy guarding the door and ran out. The baggage was taken away when he was knocked unconscious, and he was penniless and had no way to lead, and walked for several months like an escape before returning home.

He said with a blank face, and the faces of the people in the room were blue and white for a while, and each had their own thoughts. "How many times did I think that I was afraid that I wouldn't survive, so I confessed to the road, and the sky had eyes, so I came back alive. Father, my son is not filial, I can't stay in this family, if I stay any longer, I may lose my life one day, and my wife and daughter will be sold......"

Before he finished speaking, Qian's eyes, which had been sobbing quietly, burst into tears, and Tian also burst into tears, patting his thighs and crying: "God, what kind of sin has this created, what is this boss who has lost his conscience......

Regarding the matter of a man taking a concubine and marrying a flat wife, Li Laoshi has his own opinion, "Okay, don't cry, the boss is not right in this matter, but you shouldn't push it out of the third child, it's just to marry a flat wife, and you can't go beyond the Qian family, it's a common thing for a man to have three wives and four concubines, and it can help your eldest brother, what a good thing!" ”

Qian was sad when he heard this, and cried loudly with his daughter with an ignorant face, Li Xiaodie saw her mother crying, and she was scared and cried, Zhang pouted at the door and said cool words, "Yes, I really don't know what the third child thinks." ”

Qian was angry and yelled at Zhang: "Since you are so envious, let the eldest brother marry." ”

As soon as Zhang heard that he stood up straight and was about to speak, Tian gave her a "snap" and slapped her, pointed to the door and scolded: "Get out, get back to your house for me." ”

Zhang was stunned, although Tian often scolded her, but never moved, she saw the murderous gaze of Li Yihai and his wife, as well as Li Yihe's cold and contemptuous gaze, squinted, snorted and turned back to the room.

Tian turned around, looked at the old man as if he didn't know, pointed at him and said in a trembling voice: "What are you talking about, how can we take concubines in the Zhuang family, let alone marry a flat wife, that is a sign of a ruined family." I think you're dazzled by the boss's fame, you're confused! ”

For the first time, Tian was suspicious of Li Laoshi's statement about the glorious lintel, and if the happiness and peace of his children were exchanged for this lintel, then she would rather not. Who in the world is a mother who doesn't want her son to be good. Aren't they the big families, didn't they stick a knife in front of the two of them, and cut people's hearts apart.

As soon as Li Laoshi wanted to say that she knew a fart, he saw his son's disappointment and gaze, his heart tightened, and he sighed and said: "Forget it, I'll come back when I come back, Yihe, you go to the county to find someone, and find a way to give your eldest brother two hundred taels of silver, he can't do it without silver there!" ”

Li Yihe said lightly: "Okay, dad will bring the silver, and I will go to the county tomorrow." ”

Li honestly squinted his eyes and looked at him unkindly, "Why, if your eldest brother becomes an official, won't you all follow to reap the benefits, I don't want to pay now, and I will ...... when the time comes."

"Dad, don't worry, no matter how big an official he is, I won't touch him at all. If my father is really not at ease, I will write an essay to my father. Li Yihe didn't wait for him to finish speaking.

Li Yihai also immediately continued: "I won't touch his light, I just didn't become an official, and he was going to sell me, we don't dare to touch him for half a point." ”

He was choked by the words of his two sons, and he couldn't speak for a long time, Tian said sadly and disappointedly: "Divide the family, divide the old three, Yihe will go to the town to find your fourth brother back, ask him, if you want to, you will divide it together." This family is divided well, and no one cares about it when it is divided, and whoever wants to live a life can live a life like that. ”

She really didn't expect that the eldest son of the old couple who was dedicated to defending would do such a thing, which was really disappointing to her.

Li Laoshi yelled at her: "You can't divide it, what do you know, the boss will be able to be an official soon, and when the time comes, the third and fourth will be able to get it clean, and now it's divided, and you won't be able to borrow any light in the future, you old woman doesn't understand anything." ”

Not to be outdone, Tian also yelled at him: "I don't understand, I know that my sons are not willing to borrow this light, my sons want to live their own lives, as long as they are willing, this family can be divided!" ”R1152