Li Shoumin introduced his two younger brothers, named Li Xiangji and Li Shouji. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Everyone exchanged a few words of greetings before they sat down and began to eat.

The family is very well-behaved, Mrs. Zhou is the elder who sits on the main seat, Zhou Hexuan is the guest who sits on the right, the eldest brother Li Shoumin sits on the left, and the two younger brothers sit with their backs to the door.

There are some home-cooked side dishes on the table, and only one pot of meat is meat, which is deliberately placed in the direction close to the guests. The rice is a bit rough and yellowish in color, and it looks like it is more than three years old.

Zhou Hexuan only glanced at the dinner table, and he had a basic understanding of the family's situation - the family style is very strict, but the economy is not rich.

Li Shoumin took the initiative to ask about Zhou Hexuan's situation: "Listening to Brother Hexuan's accent, is he from Zhili?" ”

"My ancestral home is Hebei," Zhou Hexuan began to make up his resume, "I grew up in Nanyang when I was a child, and later my family fell into the middle of the road and traveled with my parents to various places. After the death of the second old immortal, I wandered around the Western countries, and only returned to China by boat a while ago. ”

Li Shoumin had only studied in a private school, and said enviously: "Brother He Xuan is a top student from a famous school in the West?" ”

"I'm ashamed to say that although I have traveled to various countries, I don't have a formal diploma," Zhou Hexuan said with a wry smile, "The main thing is that I don't have any money in my pocket, and it is very rare to be able to fill my stomach." When I returned to China this time, I was going to find a job in Tianjin to make ends meet. ”

Mrs. Zhou suddenly interjected and said, "Shanji, you can help Mr. Zhou keep an eye on it." ”

Zhou Hexuan hurriedly asked, "Where is Brother Shoumin?" ”

"I can't talk about Gao, I only have an errand in the "New Tianjin Evening News". Li Shoumin briefly talked about his situation.

He used to work in the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Peiping, and he was a small civil servant. Later, when the Second Zhifeng War began, the warlord Hu Jingyi united with Feng and Sun to become straight, and Li Shoumin took refuge in Hu Jingyi to become a military secretary, traveled to various parts of the north to fight, and then stationed in Tianjin with the army. Hu Jingyi died of illness in April last year, and Li Shoumin lost his backer, so he took off his military uniform and joined the newspaper as a proofreader.

Li Shoumin's second brother Xiangji, who just turned 20 last year, worked as a small clerk in Tianjin Lili Bookstore, and the third brother Shouji is still in school.

Zhou Hexuan inquired: "What is the salary of the newspaper?" ”

Li Shoumin said with a smile: "It depends on what newspaper company, the bigger the sales of the newspaper, the better the treatment." What's the matter, Brother He Xuan intends to join the newspaper? ”

"My writing is okay." Zhou Hexuan was ambiguous.

Li Shoumin said enthusiastically: "Then I'll help you ask tomorrow to see if our newspaper is still short of people." ”

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After dinner, Mrs. Zhou cleaned up the table and washed the dishes, leaving Zhou Hexuan and the others to continue chatting.

Li Shoumin talked about a lot of domestic situations, and Zhou Hexuan introduced the customs of Western countries in a mess. He didn't dare to say too much, he could only talk about the folk customs of Britain, the United States and France, thanks to the travel experience before the crossing, Zhou Hexuan still had some understanding of this.

"The most interesting thing about Italy is Venice. The whole city was built on the water, and the people did not sit on the streets by chariots and horses, but by rowing boats, and the bridges and water streets in the city crisscrossed and connected on all sides. Zhou Hexuan opened the conversation box and said.

Li Xiangji was surprised: "That's strange, the city is full of water, and the humidity must be very heavy." ”

Li Shoumin said with a smile: "It's a bit of a Jiangnan water town." ”

Zhou Hexuan added: "The carnival in Venice is particularly famous, and on that day every citizen has to put on a mask and play the role of someone else. At this time, people no longer had a distinction between class and wealth, the earl could dress up as a beggar, the farmer could dress up as a prince, and the commoners and nobles could enjoy themselves and perform their own drama of life. ”

"It's interesting, it's interesting, there is such a festival in the world." Li Shoumin said again and again, and he asked again, "Are there beautiful mountains and rivers and dangerous peaks abroad?" ”

Zhou Hexuan said: "The highest peak in the world is the Himalayas in China. ”

"The world's highest peak is actually in China?" Li Shoumin was very surprised, many people still don't know this kind of popular science knowledge.

"On the border of Tibetan areas, it is covered with snow and ice all year round, and no one has been able to climb it successfully." Zhou Hexuan said.

Li Shoumin's favorite is to climb the mountain and swim, when he was young, he went to Emei three times, climbed Qingcheng four times, and later climbed Mount Tai, Huashan, Qilian Mountain, Diancang Mountain and other famous mountains. "I will definitely go to the Himalayas in my lifetime," he said. ”

Zhou Hexuan continued: "The second highest peak in the world is the main peak of the Kunlun Mountains, which is called 'Qiaogori' in Tajik, which means tall and majestic......

Li Shoumin clapped his hands and exclaimed: "The mountains and rivers of China are really extraordinary, and the second highest peak in the world is also Chinese!" ”

His third brother Li Shouji suddenly asked: "Is it the legendary Kunlun Mountain of the Queen Mother of the West?" ”

"Whether there is a Queen Mother of the West on the mountain, then I don't know." Zhou Hexuan said with a smile.

Everyone chatted until more than 10 o'clock in the evening, and Zhou Hexuan got up to say goodbye, and before leaving, he asked Li Shoumin for a stack of discarded newspapers.

Back in his bedroom, Zhou Hexuan found that most of these newspapers were "New Tianjin Daily", "New Tianjin Evening News" and "New Tianjin Xiaobao", newspapers and periodicals issued by the newspaper where Li Shoumin worked.

He roughly skimmed through the social news of the past six months, and quickly turned his attention to the "New Tianjin Evening News". This newspaper serializes reviews and novels, and the reviews are aside, but the novels are very primitive martial arts novels, which have not yet departed from the category of three heroes and five meanings.

Maybe you can contribute to the "New Tianjin Evening News" and copy a few martial arts novels to earn some manuscript fees, Zhou Hexuan still wants to redeem his watch as soon as possible.

A good night's sleep.

Early the next morning, Zhou Hexuan estimated the time to get up, and after getting dressed, he went to the landlord to ask for some water to rinse his mouth.

Tianjin had a water supply company at the end of the Qing Dynasty, but water pipes have not been popularized until now. Those who have wells drink well water, and most citizens have to buy drinking water, and there is a special profession called water delivery workers.

Zhou Hexuan asked the landlord for a bowl of water, and when he returned to the courtyard, he found Li Shoumin standing in the courtyard.

This gentleman squatted with his legs slightly spread apart, his hands on his chest and abdomen, his eyes slightly closed, and his breathing was long and silent, as if he was practicing some kind of exercise.

Zhou Hexuan looked surprised, and waited for the other party to collect his skills before he walked over and asked, "Brother Shoumin, are you practicing qigong?" ”

Li Shoumin explained: "An old Taoist priest in Mount Emei taught me the technique of spitting, and I have practiced it since I was a child. ”

"It turns out that you are still a martial arts master, disrespectful and disrespectful." Zhou Hexuan said with a smile.

Li Shoumin waved his hand again and again: "I'm not a martial arts master, I haven't even learned a move and a half, it's just a breathing technique." ”

Zhou Hexuan asked a few more questions, only to know that Li Shoumin was telling the truth, this vomiting technique was only used to strengthen the body, and it was not of much help in fighting.

The three brothers of the Li family soon went out to work and school, and Zhou Hexuan also carried the ocean and prepared to go to the street to buy. Pots and pans need to be purchased, and pens, ink, and manuscript paper are also bought for writing.

Walking on the street, Zhou Hexuan suddenly remembered Li Shoumin's identity, isn't that the author of "The Legend of the Swordsman of Shushan" still the owner of the pearl house?

The catastrophe in the later generations of immortals and fantasy novels was invented and pioneered by Li Shoumin. Many of the settings in Jin Yong, Liang Yusheng and Wen Ruian's novels also draw on Li Shoumin's works, and this gentleman can be said to be the founding master of Xianxia novels!