The next day, a steward of the Chengdong Scholar Chain brought someone to find Zhang Mengjin, sure enough, Qi Min had the ability and power, after the two parties drew up the contract, Zhang Mengjin's printing workshop gradually returned to the right track, and found a few third-rate writers to fill the façade, and invested a few hundred taels of silver. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

And Li Xiangzhi also understood why so many people were crazy to chase Li Xiangzhi by the Taihu Lake that day, it turned out that his sketches caused turmoil, which was extraordinary. As a result, Li Xiangzhi has to dress up before going out, and if he is recognized, he doesn't know if he will have a lawsuit, which is quite troublesome for Li Xiangzhi.

After going back, Li Xiangzhi decided to move, but Lijia Village was too far away from Suzhou City, and it took more than an hour to walk, which made Li Xiangzhi very unbearable, so he found an excuse to study, Li Xiangzhi said goodbye to the villagers in the village, and rented an independent small courtyard in the relatively poor area in the north of the city.

Li Xiangzhi wants to invite people to be guests in the future, and he doesn't need to politely say anything about 'humble houses', because this is the case. However, it also cost Li Xiangzhi five taels of silver for a year's rent. For Li Xiangzhi, it is not expensive, compared to today's money, it is too expensive, but for a small room of only twelve or thirteen square meters in the previous life, such an independent small courtyard is indeed not expensive. After adding a simple desk pen and ink, Li Xiangzhi had only five or six taels of money left in his hand, and he mourned for his previous profligacy.

And Sister-in-law Li, who helped Li Xiangzhi buy daily clothes and cotton, kept complaining when she saw this environment, in her eyes, it was not that the environment was bad, but that it was too good, and secretly blamed Li Xiangzhi for spending too much. Li Xiangzhi was criticized, but his heart was warm.

"Xiucai, moving today, although we are poor and have no housewarming, we also want to tell your future father-in-law. This basket of eggs is fresh, go to Su's house in the afternoon! ”

"Yes, Auntie! I made a note of it. ”

"In the future, you have to study hard, I don't understand the affairs of this scholar, I don't understand it, so I don't worry about it, but you just don't fall behind, in this city, can you spend it? Keep your mind in check. ”

"Yes, Auntie! I made a note of it. ”

"Take good care of yourself in the future, and I will take the time to come and see you in the future."

"Okay, Auntie!"

"You're weak, I've heard that there are a lot of bastards in the city, so you should be careful."

"Okay, Auntie!"

………………

Under Aunt Li's chatter, Li Xiangzhi's spirit became more and more sluggish, and he finally sent Aunt Li away, and it was noon. Li Xiangzhi swallowed a steamed bun, and then carried a basket of more than a dozen eggs and planned to run to Su's house.

Li Xiangzhi hummed a small tune leisurely, shook the vegetable basket, and was hit by someone before he went far, and suddenly hit a person at a turn, and threw the basket in his hand to the ground.

"Ouch!" The two shouted in unison.

"Brother Li?"

Li Xiang was stunned, he could have acquaintances who had just moved to this poor alley, so this Suzhou city was also a little smaller.

I saw a young scholar with a thin face and a coarse cloth shirt appear in front of Li Xiangzhi.

"Huh? This brother? Meet Li? ”

The scholar laughed and said, "It's really Brother Li." We met in Book Lane a few days ago, do you remember Gu Jintong? ”

Li Xiangzhi suddenly realized, it turned out that this guy was the brother who asked Li Xiangzhi to set up a stall to sketch that day. But the benevolent brother was called away to write a letter for someone, and later in the evening, he did not see anyone.

"It turns out that Brother Jintongxian, Li's memory, almost forgot, rude, rude!" Gu Jintong looks immature, at most fifteen or sixteen years old, and a virtuous brother has also become closer.

Gu Jintong said apologetically: "I'm really sorry, I walked too quickly just now and hit Brother Li, this is ......"

Li Xiangzhi lifted the basket and saw that there were three or five broken inside, and said disapprerovitically: "Little things, little things." By the way, how could Brother Gu Xian be here? ”

"I'm from Suzhou, and my home is not far ahead. Brother Li, you also live here? ”

"Just moved in today."

"That's such a coincidence, I will definitely communicate more in the future."

"I haven't thanked the virtuous brother for borrowing the booth that day, I have something to do today, and I will invite the virtuous brother to drink another day."

"Good!"

After the two left each other's addresses, Li Xiangzhi took his leave.

Li Xiangzhi secretly thought: "This kid shouldn't know that I can sketch, it's hard to say, I didn't bring brush and ink that day, only a few charcoals, if this kid knows about sketching, maybe he will guess something." Unfortunately, this Suzhou city is not big. ”

Looking at the basket of eggs, Li Xiangzhi suddenly made a difficulty, turned his head and went back, selected a dozen or so good ones, and planned to leave the rest, suddenly had an idea, remembered his fiancée, and suddenly his heart moved, picked up a brush on the eggs, and wrote and painted. Then happily got back on the road.

When he came to Su's house, he learned through Aunt Fu, the old man in the house, that Uncle Su Tong was not there, Li Xiangzhi was suddenly happy, he was most afraid of the future father-in-law, and he didn't say anything with a cold face, maybe he wanted to take the school Li Xiangzhi or something.

"Uncle!" Ruyu girl came out of nowhere, and shouted at Li Xiangzhi unguardedly, Li Xiangzhi suddenly shuddered.

"Ruyu, be quiet, you can't call my uncle here."

Ruyu stuck out her tongue: "Oh! The slave and maid forgot. ”

"Huh? Is your lady here? ”

"Yes."

Li Xiangzhi handed Ruyu a small box of rotten wood and said, "Give!" This is a gift for the young lady of your family. ”

Ruyuhu said suspiciously: "Li Xianggong, what other gifts can be contained in this rotten wood box?" Why don't you change the box for you? ”

"No, no, no! This gift cannot be kept, and it must be thrown away after reading it. ”

Ruyu thought in his heart: "Oh, it must be eaten." When you finish eating, you have to throw away the wooden box. ”

"A couple of eggs in this basket, you send them to the kitchen. Greet your old lady and lady for me, I'll go back first. ”

Seeing that Li Xiangzhi was leaving, Ruyu came back to his senses and hurriedly said, "Li Xianggong, Mrs. is waiting for you in the main hall." ”

Li Xiang was stunned, thinking that he had never met his future mother-in-law, and he was so unpromising that he didn't know what the other party's attitude was. Li Xiangzhi can avoid it, but since he can't avoid it, he will be on the hard side.

In the main hall, a woman about thirty years old was sitting upright, Li Xiangzhi secretly looked at it, and suddenly found that the other party had a good appearance, excellent temperament, a melon seed face, big eyes and a high nose bridge, not to mention that she was once a beauty, even now, she is also a standard beauty. Li Xiangzhi suddenly felt happy in his heart, and secretly thought: "Su Mingyue's father is a beautiful man, and her mother is a beautiful woman, so Su Mingyue must be not bad, I believe that genes can't deceive people." This time it confirmed my idea again, and I earned it. But...... Why did I suddenly think of Su Yinchen's rabbit? ”

"The little nephew Li Xiangzhi has seen Aunt Su." Li Xiangzhi said.

"Sit down." Su Tang looked at Li Xiangzhi with a smile on his face, "Since you have moved to the city, you will run here more in the future, and you don't have to be unfamiliar." ”

"Thank you, auntie, I will!"

Then Su Tang said with concern: "Is your body better?" Is the Lost Soul Disease cured? ”

"Nope! The little nephew is in good health, but he can't remember many things before. ”

Su Tang sighed and said: "If you can't remember, you can't remember, it doesn't matter, isn't your Uncle Su a talent when he is in his forties?" It's a good thing that this person has the ambition to get ahead, but sometimes he has to accept his fate......"

Li Xiangzhi was in a trance for a while, and he didn't know if this Aunt Su was talking about himself or Uncle Su.

"Your Uncle Su is bent on taking the exam, and he has traveled around studying all these years. According to me, it's better to be a Xixi seat and make a more stable livelihood with peace of mind. That's how it was for the rest of my life. ”

Hearing this, Li Xiangzhi found that this Aunt Su was a casual and calm character, a little weaker, and for a while, he remembered the poems Su Mingyue gave him and Ruyu's words describing Su Mingyue, and estimated that this Su Mingyue's temperament should not be far from her mother.

Suddenly, Su Tang said resentfully: "Your Uncle Su is busy chanting poems with his friends all day long, and he can't even care about his own children. What an old fool. ”

Li Xiangzhi listened to his head and gradually became a little confused, and suddenly interrupted: "What? Aunt, Mingyue still has a brother? ”

"She has a younger brother, who is a little younger and loves to mess around, and your Uncle Su doesn't often discipline him, it's really sad."

"Then why don't you see anyone?"

"Alas, I was sent to a private school on the edge of the southern city to study, and I won't be able to come back until the evening."

"I see!"

Su Tang suddenly apologized and said, "Is your aunt too wordy?" ”

"No, it won't."

"Actually...... I asked you to come in today to discuss something with you, and it was not appropriate to discuss with you, but you have no elders in your family, so I don't care about those red tape. ”

Li Xiangzhi said with a straight face: "Auntie, please speak." ”