Chapter 0001: Rebirth at the end of the Qing Dynasty
Under the cold sky, black clouds rolled, the wind gusted, and a lightning bolt pierced the night sky, and the majestic ancient capital Jinling stood in front of you.
In the middle of the night, the light in an abandoned ruined temple was shining, and the sound of talking could be faintly heard.
Turning around a half-collapsed earthen wall, there was a bonfire with half a clay pot on it, boiling some unknown medicine, and a woman in ragged clothes and unkempt hair was carefully controlling the heat of the decoction, while talking softly to the young man lying in the grass in the corner not far away.
She spoke a Sanwu dialect, and said in a hoarse voice: "Weiguo, the medicine is about to be decocted, you listen to your mother's words, and if you keep drinking it, you will definitely get better." ”
The young man lying on the grass with his eyes slightly closed, looking like he was asleep, but in fact he had already woken up, and when he heard the strange and kind words, a warm current suddenly rose in his heart, feeling warm and happy.
Looking sideways at the flushed face that had been roasted by the bonfire, and the bloodshot eyes that had not rested for many days, the young man's heart was complicated, and he recalled the incredible things that had happened to him in the past few days.
He single-handedly created the international counterfeit-banknote group that shocked the world, counterfeiting the world's currencies with high-fidelity technology and means, and then controlling the global economy and becoming the maker of money rules. However, in the face of huge interests, in the end, a traitor betrayed him, so that he was frantically chased and killed by agents of various countries, and when he woke up, he found that he had traveled to the Qing Dynasty and was reborn in a person with the same name and surname.
At present, Li Weiguo is only twelve years old, and has a new family that he dreams of, his father Li Yanming is one of the few wealthy businessmen in Jiangning, and his mother Yang is also from an innocent scholarly family. Among them is Fu Yang, a university scholar, who is Li Yanming's close friend and in-law. Fu Yang's daughter Fu Shanxiang and Li Yanming's son Li Weiguo had a marriage contract, and before Fu Yang was assigned to Ningguta, he sent his daughter Fu Shanxiang to Li Yanming's house in advance to marry Li Weiguo, just because Li Weiguo was only eight years old at the time, did not understand the affairs of men and women, and did not have a round house. Fu Shanxiang is six years older than Li Weiguo, born in a scholarly family, knowledgeable and reasonable, and born with a beautiful national color. For Li Yanming's family, it was naturally a great joy to have such a daughter-in-law, but soon strange things followed, and the Li family's business was constantly suppressed by the government and peers, and the store was inexplicably set on fire, and Li Yanming was inexplicably put into a lawsuit half a month ago and was arrested and imprisoned.
The Li family in Jiangning is a famous family, and Li Yanming was born in a side line, and his people are thin. After his accident, the members of the clan took the opportunity to seize power, and at this time, not only did not help Li Yanming, but fell into the ground. They were afraid of getting into trouble, so they drew a line with Li Yanming, and even bullied the orphans and widows of Li Yanming's family, robbed them of their property and drove them out of their homes, leaving them on the streets.
In his last life, Li Weiguo devoted himself to studying counterfeit-banknotes and creating counterfeit-banknote empires, and neglected his relatives. It wasn't until his relatives died one after another because of him that he couldn't regret it, and now he is a man again, Li Weiguo swears. You must cherish the relatives around you, whoever dares to hurt his relatives, he must make the other party pay a painful price.
At this time, Li Weiguo's eyes suddenly moved, and he saw that he was wearing a delicately crafted ruby ring ring on his left hand.
In my memory, this ring should have been carried by Sister Shanxiang all the time, but for some reason it got to his hand.
Thinking of his sister Shanxiang, Li Weiguo's mood was suddenly extremely excited.
You must know that his Shanxiang sister is the only female champion in Chinese history, erudite and talented, and even more beautiful and beautiful, she is the most coveted woman in the hearts of countless men throughout the ages, but now she is his wife Li Weiguo, how can she not make him excited?
"Weiguo, it's time to take medicine."
His mother's voice interrupted Li Weiguo's thoughts, he answered, looked up, and saw his mother carefully carrying a broken bowl and coming to him. I blew and blew the decoction to make sure it wasn't hot before handing it to his mouth.
"Be careful, don't get hot."
"Hmm."
Li Weiguo swallowed the medicine as he said, it was very bitter, and he felt like he was going to vomit out after eating it.
"Where's Sister Shanxiang?" Li Weiguo asked casually, Fu Shanxiang has always taken care of his daily life and diet, but he has not seen her since he woke up.
Yang took out a handkerchief to wipe Li Weiguo's mouth, and when he asked, his body and mind trembled suddenly, and he said for a long time: "Your sister Shanxiang - she - she - she went - went to a big family - did - to be a maid." ”
"What?" Hearing this, Li Weiguo sat up suddenly, stared at his mother and said, "Mother, how can you let Sister Shanxiang go to someone else's family?" ”
"Isn't it that there is no money to give you treatment, otherwise for the mother--how can the mother--how can the mother--how can you bear to let your daughter-in-law go out--go and show her face." Yang deliberately avoided his son's eyes and replied stumblingly.
Recalling this disease, Li Weiguo could only shake his head and smile bitterly, in his opinion, he was just a measles, but in this era of underdeveloped medicine, it was fatal, but he didn't have the money to buy medicine to treat the disease.
However, seeing that his mother's eyes were different and her speech was stumbling, Li Weiguo suddenly came to his senses.
"Mother, you were born to lie and stumble, you can't hide it from me."
"Tell me, where did Sister Shanxiang go?"
"This ......" Thinking of Fu Shanxiang, the Yang family suddenly looked down, knowing that he couldn't hide his son, so he lamented: "What a good daughter-in-law, it's a pity that my Li family can't give her happiness, it's my Li family who wronged her and affected her." ”
Seeing his mother's teary eyes and choked up when she spoke, Li Weiguo's heart suddenly pinched, and he exclaimed, "What happened?" ”
Under Li Weiguo's questioning, Yang had to tell the truth with a handful of snot and tears.
It turned out that in order to treat Li Weiguo and get medicine, Yang and Fu Shanxiang had spent all their remaining savings, but they were still not enough. Seeing that Li Weiguo's life was hanging by a thread, the second daughter was powerless, and she washed her face with tears all day long, and this morning there happened to be a newly widowed outside, who wanted to continue the string, and fell in love with Fu Shanxiang, and was ready to marry Fu Shanxiang after the first seven days, as long as Fu Shanxiang agreed. He asked the best doctor for Li Weiguo to see a doctor and grab medicine, and finally Fu Shanxiang gritted his teeth and agreed in order to save Li Weiguo.
Fu Shanxiang was born in a family of eunuchs, scholarly, talented, and his appearance was overwhelming, but in order to save his husband, he put down his noble dignity and was willing to sacrifice himself.
This moment. Li Weiguo was moved, and his heart was complicated.
In his previous life, he only cared about making money, ignoring the people around him, no friendship, no family affection, no love, and he was lonely all his life, but now at this moment, he feels that someone has dug up the flesh of his heart, which is a sharp pain from the depths of his heart. Unforgettable.
Li Weiguo clenched his fists and said to himself: "Fu Shanxiang, everything you have paid for me today, I, Li Weiguo, will never dare to forget in this life and this life, and I will remember it in my heart." Never forget. ”
After a pause, he said: "It's been three days now, and in four more days, she will have to marry the old man." Shanxiang is my daughter-in-law, and even if I die, I can't let him be wronged. So I had to get her out at once. ”
Looking at Li Weiguo's expression and listening to what he said, Yang nodded with satisfaction. Said: "Good son, like a man!" Shanxiang is also my good daughter-in-law, my mother supports you, and she will definitely save Shanxiang back! ”
Looking at his mother's unprecedentedly firm expression, Li Weiguo understood that Fu Shanxiang had won the heart of this mother-in-law since then.
It's just that Yang didn't know that Fu Shanxiang didn't win Li Weiguo's heart, maybe one of the reasons why Li Weiguo liked Fu Shanxiang before was just because she was the only female champion in Chinese history and was very knowledgeable; the second is because she is one of the few top beauties in modern Chinese history, and she is ashamed of the moon; Now Li Weiguo has another three in his heart, because Fu Shanxiang is a well-deserved good woman, a good wife, and a love and righteousness, which is worthy of his cherishing and love.
"Mother, don't worry, Sister Shanxiang will always be my wife, and I will bring her back intact!" Li Weiguo replied resolutely, he looked at the ring on his finger, as if he saw Fu Shanxiang's tearful eyes when he parted, which broke his heart.
Yang's expression suddenly changed, and he suddenly worried: "You are so old that you have measles, it is already a miracle to be able to come back to life, for this reason my mother has already spent more than 1,000 taels of silver given by the old man, now we are in such a situation, how can we still have so much silver?" ”
Li Weiguo said: "Mother, don't worry, I'll figure out a way with the silver!" ”
The Yang family smiled bitterly, in the past, with the Li family's financial resources, one thousand taels of silver didn't care at all, but now that the Li family is in trouble, one thousand taels of silver is a huge amount of money, how can it be raised? But when she looked at Li Weiguo's expression, she suddenly had a feeling that he would definitely do it, and this feeling was very special.
"Okay, my son has finally grown up, has responsibility, and friendship, just like your father when he was young!" Yang touched the scene, and immediately thought of Li Weiguo's father, and sighed: "And your father, who was arrested in prison and lacked food and clothing, his health is not good, and I don't know if he can hold it." ”
Li Weiguo knew his mother's worries, so he persuaded him: "Mother rest assured, the child will definitely save his father and Shanxiang!" ”
"I hope so!" Yang nodded, her heart was haggard, and she sat down to the side without saying anything.
Li Weiguo closed his eyes, but he was thinking about how to save Fu Shanxiang and his father in his heart.
Click...... Thundered......
Accompanied by a flash of thunder and lightning, the torrential rain that had been brewing for a long time finally poured down at this moment.
The ruined temple has been abandoned for a long time, except for the palm-sized place where Li Weiguo is lying, the rain is leaking everywhere, Yang is tiptoeing under the eaves, very hard, but he never goes to Li Weiguo's side, for fear of affecting his rest.
"Mother, you're tired all day, go to the child's side and rest for a while."
"Mother is not tired, such a heavy rain will pass in a while, just wait for a while. But your illness is not yet well, cover the quilt, don't catch a cold! ”
Li Weiguo called several times, but Yang was very stubborn and had no choice, so he had to play the track: "Mother, I can't sleep, you come and tell me a story!" ”
Yang was stunned, what is the situation, when does his son sleep and his mother has to tell a story?
I soon understood that this was my son deliberately making an excuse to let her go to shelter from the rain!
With a warm heart, Yang smiled kindly: "Obedient, hurry up and go to sleep!" ”
Li Weiguo had no choice but to make a killer move, crying, making trouble, hanging himself, and even sitting up directly, looking like he was going to stand up.
This frightened his mother, Yang rushed to his son's side in three steps and two steps, hurriedly supported him, and reprimanded: "Why are you so disobedient? If she is infected with wind and cold again, how can she live? ”
Li Weiguo just smiled, hugged his mother's arm tightly and didn't let go, and pulled her to sit down against the wall, while he sat next to his mother, his head resting on her shoulder.
Where did the Yang family not understand his son's filial piety, his heart was sweet, and he no longer pushed it.
At this time, Li Weiguo suddenly noticed that the arm his mother was holding by him seemed to be injured, and although it had been treated, there were still blood stains on it.
"Mother, your arm is injured?" Li Weiguo asked with a worried face.
"Don't worry, in the evening, my mother carried you to see the doctor, and I happened to run into five wild dogs and was accidentally bitten. You were in a coma with a high fever and didn't see how powerful your mother was at that moment, and your mother never thought that one day she would be able to defeat five fierce wild dogs with her bare hands! The wild dog, which even the old men were afraid of, was beaten by his mother and ran away! Yang touched the wound on his arm, not caring at all, but looking very excited like a victorious general.
Li Weiguo was sour in his heart, tears covered his eyes, of course he knew why his mother fought to the death in that dangerous situation, everything was just to protect her son.
This mother's love, I should spend my life to repay the guard!
Li Weiguo mustered up his courage and finally shouted.
"Mother!"
"Hmm."
"Mother!"
"Well, what's wrong?"
"It's nothing, I just want to call you twice!"
Yang also felt the change in his son, but he didn't take it to heart, just smiled slightly: "Silly child, it's okay, go to sleep!" ”
Li Weiguo nodded, closed his eyes and stopped talking, he called his mother twice, this was from the heart, from this moment on, he completely regarded the Yang family as his mother, and there was no barrier.
From this moment on, Li Weiguo is no longer an orphan, he has relatives and a home, and he has people who need to be protected for the rest of his life (to be continued. )