At that time, Li Daqi had not yet married, and many big families in Tangyin County were concerned about his marriage, and finally the patriarch Li Wenyou was the matchmaker, and Li Daqi married Ding Jiaoyun, the second daughter of Ding Zhong, a big family in Tangbei Township. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The following year, Ding Jiaoyun gave birth to Li Daqi's son Li Yanqing, but unfortunately the good times did not last long, Li Daqi committed the Cizhou imperial examination case, Ding Zhong immediately asked his daughter to divorce Li Daqi and marry someone else, but Ding Jiaoyun resolutely refused.

Li Daqi's self-abandonment made the family increasingly poor, and his son was a fool, Ding Jiaoyun was sad and poor, and he couldn't afford to get sick, and he died soon after.

Ding Jiaoyun was buried in her mother's cemetery after she died of illness, although it did not conform to the etiquette system, but Ding Zhong's strength also made Li Daqi helpless, not only that, Ding Zhong also scraped hundreds of dollars of funeral expenses from Li Daqi, which was also regarded as compensating for the loss of his daughter.

is such a ruthless and selfish father-in-law who never cares about the life or death of the Li family's father and son, when he heard that his grandson won the championship in the Tongzi Club and was favored by the officials of Zhizhou, he felt that his grandson was a strange commodity to live in, so he wanted to reconcile with Li Daqi again.

In the afternoon, Li Daqi and his son left the official road and walked a few miles of field paths, and a village suddenly appeared in front of them.

"Qing'er, that's the Ding family's mansion!"

Li Daqi pointed to a mansion with white walls and black tiles at the entrance of the village, "I married your mother home from here back then!" ”

Li Daqi looked at the path, as if the scene of marrying Yun Niang appeared in front of him again, and his eyes were a little moist.

"Daddy, don't forget, I just fell off the donkey, and my leg was injured and I couldn't kowtow!"

Li Daqi hurriedly wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, and said with a wry smile: "If you don't want to kowtow, don't kowtow!" What to do with so many reasons? ”

"Isn't this giving face to Daddy? Save the time when Daddy can't get off the stage. ”

Li Daqi rolled his eyes, is this called face?

The father and son walked to the door, and Zhuang Ding immediately ran into the house to report, and after a while, Ding Zhong and his stepwife and two sons came out, and Ding Zhong was full of smiles.

"Daqi, you're not right, why haven't you come to see your old father-in-law for so many years!"

Without waiting for Li Daqi to answer, he continued: "Of course, I also know that you will see things and think about people, but people can't be resurrected after death, so you have to try to think about it a little!" ”

Li Daqi nodded silently and bowed, "Son-in-law see father-in-law!" ”

Ding Zhong gave his two sons a look and asked them to separate Li Daqi, he was not very interested in Li Daqi now, he only had a strong interest in his grandson Li Yanqing.

The two brothers-in-law hurriedly stepped forward to hold up Li Daqi, "Brother-in-law, let's go have a glass of wine, we haven't seen each other for a few years, we must punish my brother-in-law for three glasses first!" ”

Li Daqi was dragged away by them, so he had to turn around and say, "Father-in-law, give Qing'er some injury medicine, he has a little knee injury." ”

Ding Zhong smiled and looked at his grandson in front of him, he had only met Li Yanqing when he was born, and six or seven years had passed in this flash, and his grandson had grown up to be a talent.

He was waiting for his grandson to kowtow to him, but when he heard Li Daqi's words, he was immediately startled, and hurriedly asked with concern: "Where did you fall, show your grandfather." ”

Li Yanqing pointed to his knee and grinned, "I fell off the donkey and injured my knee." ”

"Quick! Fast! Fast! Go and ask Dr. Yang. ”

"Go get the pergola again!"

Ding Zhong's series of orders made the family scramble, but they forgot that the little official hadn't kowtowed to the lord yet!

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Li Daqi came to Ding Zhong's house just to sweep his wife's grave, but at his repeated insistence, Ding Zhong had no choice but to let his son bring his son-in-law and grandson to his daughter's tomb.

Because his grandson was coming, in order to leave a good impression on his grandson, Ding Zhong specially asked people to clean up the weeds on the tomb in advance and add some new soil, which looked pleasing to the eye, but the tombstone made Li Daqi's father and son's faces darken.

'The Tomb of the Beloved Daughter Jiaoyun'

didn't mention half of the word Li, as if he died unmarried.

Ding Wen, the brother-in-law who brought them, had a fast brain, and hurriedly laughed: "Father means that he wants Qing'er to write a tombstone for his mother by himself, so he has been waiting for Qing'er to grow up, now it's okay, Qing'er will leave a word for her mother!" We'll carve the monument right away. ”

Li Yanqing stood silently in front of the grave of his mother in the Song Dynasty, although he had no impression of this mother, but he also knew that his mother had a very miserable life later, and he must have loved him in every way, but in the end he had to part with his son in life and death.

Thinking of this mother who had not enjoyed a day's happiness, Li Yanqing's nose was sore, his eyes were a little moist, he slowly knelt down and kowtowed to his mother three times.

Ding Zhong, who was standing in the distance, snorted dissatisfiedly, just now he shouted that his leg hurt and refused to kneel for himself, so his knee won't hurt anymore?

"Master, Qing'er's leg hurts so much and she kneels down to her mother, she is a good child who is filial!" Ding Zhong's stepwife said on the side.

Ding Zhong glared at his stepwife fiercely, turned around and walked away with a black face.

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Although Li Daqi resolutely would not spend the night at his father-in-law's house, in order to sweep the grave of his deceased wife during the Qingming Festival, Li Daqi persuaded Li Yanqing to stay for dinner.

There was a table full of dishes in the dining hall, Ding Zhong and his stepwife and two sons were accompanied, and the Song people were sitting around and sharing meals.

At this moment, the sound of the ring sounded, and a strong fragrant wind blew in the face, and I saw a young woman who came out of the back room, looking to be twenty-five or sixteen years old, tall and fat, with an unknown amount of lead powder on her face, as white as paper, and her original complexion could not be seen at all.

He was dressed richly, wearing a white fox fur coat, a gold silk printed pleated skirt, and a pair of spring shoes embroidered with gold thread and pearls.

She wore several large gold bracelets on her wrists and ten rings on her fingers, but what made Li Yanqing feel strange was that she actually wore a crow bun, which was a sign of an unmarried woman, which did not match her age.

The woman glanced at Li Daqi shyly, and then sat down directly beside Li Daqi, so frightened that Li Daqi trembled, and half of a glass of wine was spilled.

Li Yanqing wondered, who is this woman!

Li Daqi seemed very afraid of this young woman, he leaned towards his son and introduced his son: "Qing'er, this is your eldest aunt!" ”

It turned out to be his mother's sister, Li Yanqing hurriedly smiled and saluted, "Hello aunt!" ”

"It turned out to be Qing'er, she's grown taller!"

The woman couldn't help it, although she was an aunt, she had never seen Li Yanqing, how could she talk about growing taller? She glanced at a pair of frighteningly big apricot eyes, her eyes fell on Li Daqi again, and she squeezed out a delicate voice and asked, "Daqi, how long have you not been here, why don't you come to see the slave family?" ”

'Poof! Li Yanqing couldn't help laughing, he could see that his father was going to take peach blossom luck.

Li Daqi glared at his son fiercely, where did the stinky boy go, this is the eldest aunt.

"Eat and drink! Eat and drink! ”

Ding Zhong smiled and played the round, everyone pushed the cup and drank it, but Li Yanqing looked at the eldest aunt with great interest, only to see that her pair of veins and apricot eyes never left her father, but the father was obviously afraid of this aunt, his body was stiff, and he didn't dare to look at her.

"Has the virtuous son-in-law ever considered continuing?" After three rounds of drinking, Ding Zhong asked Li Daqi with the intention of drinking.

It was really embarrassing for the father-in-law to ask his son-in-law this question at the wine table, but this topic was so attention-grabbing, the two brothers-in-law also stopped their wine glasses, and even Li Yanqing was curious, did the Ding family really want to marry the eldest aunt to their father again?

Li Daqi was unequivocal on this issue, he shook his head like a rattle, "The little son-in-law has never thought of this!" ”

"There is no need for a virtuous son-in-law to drill the horns, marrying a wife is a major human matter, how can there be no wife in the house? The virtuous son-in-law is only thirty-two years old this year, and he is still so young, of course he should consider marrying another bride, at least someone can take care of Qing'er, and the virtuous son-in-law can't just think about himself! ”

Li Daqi has a deep affection for his deceased wife, and he is sorry, he will never marry another wife, but his father-in-law is cunning and cunning, and he takes out his son and motherless to talk about things, which makes Li Daqi speechless for a while, so he has to drink and be silent.

Li Yanqing was even more curious, and simply asked directly: "Is my grandfather planning to introduce a bride to my father?" ”

Ding Zhong smiled and said: "Your eldest aunt is widowed at home, and she is only twenty-six years old. ”

Li Daqi almost squirted out a mouthful of wine, he actually wanted to marry the tigress next to him, could he Li Daqi still live?

Ding Zhong has two daughters, but their personalities are completely opposite, the second daughter Ding Jiaoyun is gentle and virtuous, and everyone praises her, but the eldest daughter Ding Jiaoqiu is a shrew, kicking the door and scolding the street, bullying the old and the young, no one in Dingjia Village is not afraid, and she is nicknamed the mother big worm.

Li Daqi panicked in his heart, so he was a little speechless, and hurriedly said: "Didn't the eldest aunt remarry last spring?" Why are you still at home? ”

The fat aunt's eyes next to her suddenly became a little unkind, and she said coldly for a while: "At the end of the year, my husband died again, and the slave family had to come back." ”

Li Yanqing secretly stuck out his tongue, before the rise of science, it was very common for women in the Great Song Dynasty to remarry, and even the Queen Mother had remarried when she was young, not to mention folk women, the problem of remarriage was not big, the problem was that she only remarried at the beginning of the year, and her husband died at the end of the year, and now it is only the second day of the Lunar New Year, how anxious the family is.

Li Yanqing saw his father's embarrassment, so he relieved his father and said, "Daddy, grandpa is joking with you!" How can the marriage event be decided casually at the wine table, and my grandfather will not be rude. ”

Li Daqi got help from his son, and hurriedly climbed along the pole, "Of course Daddy knows, no matter your business, eat quickly!" There is still something important in the family, and Daddy has to rush back. ”

Ding Zhong glared at Li Yanqing, this kid is not very old, he has a belly of ghosts and elves, he wants to marry his eldest daughter to Li Daqi, he also has ideas, he has witnessed Li Daqi's family build a new house, the furniture is new, and he has a good income errand, the key is that there is a competitive son, the eldest daughter is not a loss when she marries Li Daqi, and she can completely control their father and son, and she doesn't have to listen to her daughter crying all day long to get married, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

It's just that Li Yanqing blocked his mouth with a word, how could the marriage matter be talked about as a joke at the wine table, he really couldn't talk about it anymore, so he didn't have to go back and talk to their patriarch, but he was not in a hurry.

Unexpectedly, the other party was annoyed, Ding Jiaoqiu's suddenly! Standing up, the dishes in front of him toppled over, and the momentum of pulling out the mountains frightened Li Daqi beside him.

Ding Zhong knew that his daughter was going to commit a crime, and his heart was suddenly anxious, he stepped on his daughter hard under the table, Ding Jiaoqiu finally restrained his temper, and stomped his foot shyly, "Daddy, people don't want it!" ”

She turned around and ran away shyly, everyone getting goosebumps.

Li Yanqing glanced at his father with great sympathy, presumably his father had learned how powerful this aunt was, so he was so afraid.

Ding Zhong knew that there would be no results today, so he didn't mention this matter anymore, and said with a smile: "Since there is something in the clan tomorrow, of course, the family matter is important, I won't stop you, but why does Qing'er have to leave, he has a knee injury, isn't it good to raise an injury here for two days?" ”

Li Daqi was stunned for a moment, now his son is doing it himself, see how he answers?

Li Yanqing said unhurriedly: "Grandpa doesn't know, tomorrow morning, my grandson will pay New Year's greetings to the county, and I have already said in advance, I can't go if I don't go!" ”

Li Daqi was taken aback, how could his son be involved in the county, this is too bold!

Ding Zhong's eyes narrowed into a slit, his grandson has a future! I actually want to go to the county to pay New Year's greetings, this is true, or I am fooling myself! He rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "Then I'll let the carriage take you there, since you have to walk at night, it is more convenient to take the carriage." ”

Li Yanqing smiled happily: "Then it's troublesome grandfather!" ”

Li Daqi wondered in his heart, what kind of reputation is his son doing, and what is he going to do in the county?

Li Yanqing quietly wrote two words on the back of his father's hand: Bookstore.

Li Daqi suddenly realized that his son was going to the county bookstore, and this stinky boy had already planned it.

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After dinner, Li Daqi and his son went on the road, Li Daqi rode two donkeys home, and Li Yanqing got into the carriage of the Ding family and went all the way to the county.

Li Yanqing had already finished writing the second manuscript of the book last night, and he had planned to go to the county to hand in the manuscript after sweeping his mother's grave, since the Ding family was willing to send him in a carriage to save him from the fatigue of the journey, why not.

Li Yanqing got into the carriage and fell asleep, and slept until the fifth watch, when the coachman woke him up, "Little official, the fifth watch has arrived." ”

Li Yanqing sat up and rubbed his eyes and asked, "Where are you now?" ”

"I've arrived at the county seat, but the city gate hasn't opened yet, and I have to wait for half an hour."

"Then you can go back!"

The coachman was startled, "How can this work, the master asked me to send the little official to the county office!" ”

"It's not necessary, I'll go to the county government by myself, you go back! He said that he had already sent me to the county office, and my grandfather would not know. ”

As he spoke, Li Yanqing gave him fifty yuan, "Take it and have breakfast on the road." ”

"Thank you little official, it's just that I'm afraid of ....."

"You're scared of a fart!"

Li Yanqing suddenly became intimidated, "If you don't leave, I'll tell my grandfather that you are blackmailing me for money halfway, I see if you are afraid!" ”

The coachman was so frightened that he hurriedly surrendered his hand, "The villain is leaving, this is leaving, please take care of the little official!" ”

The coachman turned his horse's head and drove the cart away, but Li Yanqing packed up his belongings a little and galloped towards another official road around the city.