Niu Niu and Niu Niu ran to Li Guolou's side, "Uncle Li, my mother is going to commit suicide by jumping into a well!" Don't want us anymore, my dad only likes to gamble······" cried and confided in him what happened. What the two children said made people cry and laugh, as if their family was about to die, and their mother committed suicide by jumping into a well, and their father must have asked them to beg for food with a broken bowl.

Li Guolou was moved by the tears and snot of the two children, and the placket on his body was also moved, stained with tears and snot. He is young and in good health, and when he gets up in the morning, he still wears thin pajamas, and the underwear that was supposed to be washed is dirty, and he doesn't care.

Niu Niu, Niu Niu's tears and snot were wiped clean by Li Guolou with a handkerchief, he put the handkerchief in his jacket pocket, took out a silver ticket, and beckoned Qian Shui to come over.

Qian Shuiping finally looked forward to the big savior, walked to Li Guolou with a big grin, glanced at the windows on both sides, and told the neighbors hiding in the house like a demonstrative that she was a backstage person. This fake foreign devil has only eaten her family's food, and the fake foreign devil refuses to step into the door of other people's homes.

Li Guolou stuffed the silver ticket into Qian Shuiping's hand, not wanting to hear her say disgusting words, and said, "Sister-in-law Qian, you take it and use it first, I still have to brush my teeth and wash my face." ”

Although Qian Shuiping is illiterate, who wouldn't know the number of words on the silver ticket? First, he lowered his head nervously and glanced at the silver ticket in his hand, and hurriedly put it into his arms nervously. It's a pity that Niuniu is too young for people to look down on.

Qian Shuiping had tears in his eyes, wiped it, and choked up: "Xiaolou, I and I all rely on you, without you, our family will have to eat." After saying that, she still wanted to squeeze in front of Li Guolou and enter the south room, because she had all the clothes Li Guolou had changed.

The courtyard was calm again, and everyone who should have come out in the past opened the door one by one, as if they had just woken up. A "Morning!" Everyone greeted each other. This is the case with the courtyard, with the same well, sitting under the same elm tree, no matter who it is, they can talk a few words.

Li Guolou is not an introvert, but the gap between the people here and him is too big, to be honest, he is a proud person, he thinks he is superior from the bottom of his heart, the bloodline of the big family, and the power of the family are destined to be some distance from the common people. But he didn't want to be bound by the Confucian tradition of etiquette, what was the right place for him to show off his style in the Qing Dynasty?

Until this moment, Li Guolou had no bottom in his heart, because the cultural knowledge he learned was only a half-hanging bucket, and the Qing Dynasty was still a baguwen, and he didn't rely on his uncle Li Hongzhang, who would take a fancy to him, a fake foreign devil who stayed abroad and came back, and didn't even have a diploma. He wanted to buy an official hat and wait for the real shortage. Now that he has bought the identity of Xiucai, he can also buy the identity of Enke Jinshi next spring. Li Guolou is not in a hurry, the Qing Dynasty is an official, as long as he has money, he can be a big official. But pay attention to seniority, step by step promotion, he wants to be a big official, and he has to wait until his beard drags to his chest. What else can he do now? Li Guolou was helpless, and he didn't know the goal of life.

Li Guolou greeted the neighbors, "Good morning!" Have you eaten it? But it is fake, smiling and not smiling, and it is thousands of miles away from people.

As soon as the surrounding neighbors mentioned Li Guolou, it was a "fake" word, and the name of "fake foreign devil" was well deserved, and the neighbors called him this way in front of him and behind his back. If you don't know how to speak, don't say it! As soon as they got up, they hadn't brushed their teeth or washed their faces, so they asked, "Have you had breakfast?" ”

"I haven't eaten yet. Don't I brush my teeth? As usual, a neighbor wanted to say a few more words to Liguolou. Rich people are popular, not to mention that one day he will also ask Li Guolou to help in the rivers and lakes.

But Li Guolou didn't even look at the neighbor anymore, and had already carried the toiletry and walked into his house, as if Fang Cai was talking to the air. He now knows Ma Dabangzi's family, as well as the mother and daughter of the landlord Wu family, as well as the Wang Shutong who hangs his throat, known as Wang Kuaizui.

Li Guolou was very afraid of Wang Kuaizui's wife, who was a woman who was born as a prostitute, and he had already been attacked by that woman, and Honggu had actually attacked him with her chest. It's so bad that he has to look carefully when he crosses the threshold now, don't greet Honggu again, and then be bumped into by her, or himself, full of nephrite, he can't stand it, and he can't say it clearly when he has a mouth. He knows the means of making mistakes, extortion, and he has seen it several times.

Li Guolou wanted to live a civilian life, but he was unwilling to really integrate into the lives of the people at the bottom. He wants to change himself, but he can't be at ease with what happens to him and face the things around him calmly. For him, the Qing Dynasty is still adapting, he wants to love his country, get used to the dirty and lazy surroundings, after nearly a year of courtyard life, he thinks that he is already a pure Qing Dynasty citizen (in fact, he is still a noble child of virtue). Now that he is away from home, he no longer needs to wear a hat with false braids, and although the whip is short, he is also a pure Qing Dynasty person.

The seven-year-old Niu Niu had his head tied into the braids, and without knocking on the door, he walked into Li Guolou's house unceremoniously and shouted, "Uncle Li, what do you have for breakfast?" ”

Now Li Guolou has a cow and cow bag for breakfast, because there is an errand money, a Tongzhi brother (Tongzhi copper coin, it is a small money, and there is a big money, and the value is different). A breakfast Li Guolou costs four or five copper coins.

It is really a luxury for ordinary people, and their family of four can't spend fifteen Tongzhi brothers a day.

Li Guolou thought about it, what foods can arouse his appetite?

"Three or two xiaolong buns, a bowl of tofu brain, and a few more buns from Goubu, do you look at it?"

Niu Niu smiled and said, "My sister, I want to eat fritters." ”

Li Guolou waved his hand and said, "Get out of yours!" Take the money on the table. ”

Niu Niu's Beijing film is standard: "Hey! Thank you! I wish Master Li a speedy ascension! After speaking, he grabbed the five Tongzhi brothers on the table and jumped out of the south room.

The neighbors who eavesdropped on the conversation between Li Guolou and Niu Niu all looked at Sister-in-law Qian with jealousy, and Sister-in-law Qian raised two sycophants. Now even the fake foreign devil has breakfast, and if it goes on like this, a pair of children will be passed on to the fake foreign devil.

Qian Shuiping carefully brought in a bowl of japonica rice porridge, which was still steaming, and said loudly: "Xiaolou, eating with heat is good for the stomach, don't just think about eating the countertop." ”

Who has ever seen him eat countertop? This is a misunderstanding of the common people about the rich man, thinking that he is drunk and dreaming of life outside. Li Guolou smiled and said, "Well, sister-in-law Qian, let it go." I'll eat it. ”

Qian Shuiping glanced at Niu Niu and Niu Niu on the side of the table, this pair of living treasures were already eating Goubuli buns in a big gulp, and the other hand was still holding a fritter and gnawing on it, they were full of red faces, and they were getting better, they had been freed from the pain just now, and they felt very satisfied with "Uncle Li" in their lives.

Wang Kuaizui was still hanging his voice under the elm tree, singing the Peking Opera empty city plan, "I was watching the mountain scenery on the city tower, and I heard the chaos outside the city, and the flag was waving the sky, but it turned out to be a soldier sent by Sima, and I also sent someone to inquire, and I inquired that Sima led the troops to the west." It's not that Ma Tan has no talent and no talent, it's because the generals are not in harmony with the street pavilion. You got more than 30% of the luck, and waited for Sima to come here to talk. Ordered someone to clean the streets and wait for Sima Hao to garrison the troops. Zhuge Liang has no other respect, and prepares lamb wine to reward your three armies. At this point, the city should be entered, but why are you hesitating outside the city, and what is the dilemma. There are only two people, me and the qin boy, I have no ambush and no soldiers, you don't have to be cranky, you come and come, come into the city and listen to me play the qin. ”

Qian Shuiping waited on Li Guolou's side, waiting to take the dishes out to wash. But seeing Li Guolou eating breakfast while listening to Wang Kuaizui's singing, his face showed a look of approval. She immediately became secretly vigilant, this is not a good phenomenon, someone is competing with her family in the yard for favor, so she must be vigilant, first give Wang Kuaizui some black medicine, and can't let Li Guolou and Wang Kuaizui's family get too close.

Wang Kuaizui's family is the most shameless, Honggu, who was born as a prostitute, is not easy to mess with, and even her mouth skills can't fight Honggu. She has enjoyed Honggu's "care" for her, that is, to use swear words to take care of her body organs, this kind of woman like her good family, she doesn't dare to say it, and she will be defeated after a few words in her stomach. Now the privilege of resting under the elm tree has been occupied by Wang Kuaizui's family.

Qian Shuiping snorted coldly and said, "A storyteller can only sing this paragraph, why can't he get tired of singing." Catch up with me, I will let Niuniu go to Chunhualou to learn to sing, and let her sing to you in the future. ”

She secretly ambushed the killing intent again, and wanted to make Li Guolou bleed, and Qian Shuiping had already thought of another plan.

When Li Guolou heard this, his face sank, and he shouted: "Is there a mother like you?" Let the girl be a drama, so how will she marry in the future? Niuniu and Niuniu have reached the age of reading, and they missed the books that are not good at reading, sister-in-law Qian! You should get them to school. ”

Qian Shuiping wiped the table with a rag and sighed: "Xiaolou, how can our poor family afford two children to study." But don't worry, when the spring comes, even if our family smashes the pot and sells iron, we will let Niu Niu go to study, Niu Niu, long Peugeot, enter the Spring Flower Building to learn to sing, and be a concubine for big families in the future, which is also a future. Xiaolou, did you say it? ”

Niuniu cried on the stool and choked up: "Mother! I want to study like my brother, I don't want to learn to sing. ”

Li Guolou was so angry that his face was red, how could there be such a mother in the world?