Chapter 4: The End (4)

Speaking of which, the Li family is not an authentic Sichuan Fushun person. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

During the Jiajing period, the businessman surnamed Li in Shaanxi saw that Sichuan salt was profitable, and the family left the family to enter Sichuan, and now it has been more than 100 years, the original four sons multiplied down, and now the four major houses of the Li family, each room continues to increase or decrease the number of people, to the apocalypse years, it is already a well-known family in Fushun Town. The father of the Li family is the eldest son of the big roof door, dozens of brothers of the same generation in the next room, and he only has one brother-in-law.

However, Li Qi has supported the face of the Li family's big house, and in the decades of being in charge, the clansmen have all looked up to him and snorted, and the so-called clan elders and relatives did not dare to come out when they saw him, and their waists were as soft as if they had no bones. In the early years, when Li Qi's body was still healthy, the clansmen who came to the door every day to fight the autumn wind could block people from getting out of the corner gate.

But now it's different, the eldest young master Li Yongbo came from the corridor all the way with the elders who pretended to be calm, but could still see the happy faces, and the servants hid to the side with stunned expressions on their faces, quietly exchanging obscure glances with each other. In the past, if Li Yongbo was discovered, he would be scolded for his head and face, and dragged down for a board, but now Li Yongbo is expressionless and hurried, and he has no time to pay attention to people's faces.

"Big brother." Li Yongzhong said hello to Li Yongbo calmly. He patted the back of his father's hand, who was soothing because of his rage, and swept his eyes over the few people behind Young Master Liβ€”some of them suddenly twisted uncomfortably and hid behind Li Yongbo.

"Now you know that you will be a filial son in front of your father?" Li Yongbo said in a strange manner, Shi Shiran lifted the corner of the straight robe and supported a second leg on the carved round stool, he looked at his half-brother with a calm face with a sneer, the false fire in his heart was burning more and more, and he had to say something to be stable: "In the past, I couldn't see your shadow in the mansion, but now I know how to drill into the old man's bed!" ”

Li Yongzhong retracted the gaze that fell on the clan elders, and he glanced at his brother fixedly, "I am indeed often absent from the mansion. He replied calmly, and then glanced at Li Yongbo indifferently, and the eldest young master of the Li Mansion suddenly felt as if he had been pricked by a needle, which made his body tremble involuntarily, and his body was cold.

"If I stay in the house often, I'm afraid that my sister-in-law will have to thank me - the family has less livelihood, and the eldest brother can pay two less for combing his hair in the spring makeup building." Li Yongzhong laughed, and there was some banter in his eyes. The meaning of his words is very clear, and the people present are not outsiders, even the patriarch who has been "raised" over the years has heard a lot of Li Yongbo's absurd stories, not to mention that there is Wang Huanzhi in it, and the faces of the two are subtle.

Li Yongbo's skin was purple in embarrassment, he stared at Li Yongzhong deadly, his teeth were clenched, and he wanted to suck the skin of this half-brother to the bone, clenched his fists and looked at the next moment to fall on Li Yongzhong's head, but he finally swallowed this breath, and when his biological father was still lying on the bed panting, once the news of his blatant beating his own brother spread, even if he was arrogant and arrogant, he knew that this was not something that could be calmed down casually.

On the other hand, Li Yongbo always had some inexplicable fear of this younger brother who was much younger than him.

Maybe it has something to do with his age, the second young master of the Li family, who is only sixteen or seventeen years old, has a thin physique, and will be five feet tall, the young man is not as tall and big as his brother, but his face is calm, his demeanor is steady, and he is not like an ordinary young man.

Li Yongbo snorted coldly, and finally remembered the purpose of this trip, he slapped it on the table, startling the teacups and dishes, and his face couldn't hide the pride: "Li Yongzhong, don't talk about all that mess!" Now that the clan elders are here, you are plotting about the family property, and you think you can hide a few more?! ”

His face suddenly became respectful again, and he hurriedly got up from the round stool and walked to several clan elders, bowed down and made a request.

The clan elder Wan, who was suddenly pushed to the table, didn't expect Li Yongbo to be so stupid and reckless. A few clan elders, you look at me, I look at you, they are all anxious, and they can't wait to pull Li Yongbo's ears and shout: Your old man is not dead yet, you are too anxious! On the one hand, he complained about Li Yongbo, and on the other hand, he hated that he was dazzled by wealth and nobility - Li Yongbo promised them a share of the dividends of the salt water business after the matter was completed - but unfortunately when he arrived here, he realized that it was terrible: except for Li Yongbo, who spent all day making trouble thinking that he was the heir of the Li family, everyone else was an old and white-haired fox, watching Li Yongzhong follow Wang Huan down to the salt well when he was a few years old, planning to take the salt road with the caravan at the age of eleven or twelve, how could such a character be a good person.

The one with the highest rank had no choice but to come out and answer - "Brother Zhong, your brother is very temperamental. He slowly and methodically said to Li Yongzhong: "Your father can't get up, he is in a hurry, you can take care of it." He also said Li Yongbo: "Now that your father is not angry, don't talk about these things first, there are only two of you brothers in this generation, and you must be harmonious." "Desperately hinting at what is wrong with him, wait until Li Qi is dead.

Li Yongzhong didn't understand the hint in the old clan saying, he owed a little, straightened up and said lightly: "Elder Lao is worried." Then, as if the few people crowded in a pile at the door did not exist, he sat down directly beside Li Qi, carefully fished out the handkerchief in the copper basin and twisted it dry, wiped his face and hands.

Li Yongbo was so angry that his face was crooked, and he seemed to have a quenched knife hidden in his eyes, and first fell lightly on the elder who spoke, making the old man tremble with fright, and then flew to Li Yongzhong. "You're a dutiful son." Since he had torn his face, Li Yongbo didn't look for that high-sounding reason, and smiled viciously, the eldest young master of the Li family squeezed the words out of his teeth: "It's a pity, a mongrel is a mongrel, wait for the old man to take a breath, don't say that I'm not generous as an elder brother, the township has a hundred acres of watered fertile land, a green brick compound, and you have a lot of points." ”

Li Qi grabbed his young son's hand in shock and anger, he struggled to sit up, his throat continued to make heavy and terrifying sounds, Li Yongzhong held his father's hand, wanted to say something but couldn't open his mouth. Li Yongbo's eyes were red, and he didn't care about fighting with his younger brother at this time, he swept away the clan elder who was blocking in front of him, and hurriedly shouted: "Dad, you can't die!" There was a mess in the room, but Wang Huanzhi, who had not spoken since entering the house, paused and roared at the servants behind him: "Why don't you hurry up and call the doctor!" ”

"It's coming, it's coming!" Dr. Chan had been waiting in the wing room near the left, but the spiritual servants had rushed to invite him. He trotted in with his hat on his head, threw himself on the edge of the bed to check Li Qi's pulse, and called his scholar: "Bring my medicine box here!" Only then did he straighten his face and said to the two young masters of the Li family: "Ling Zun, this is the last effort, don't let the old man go uneasy." Someone just gave ginseng slices to the elderly? This is very true, otherwise it would never have survived to the present. I'll use the needle in a moment, and you can talk to the old man. ”

Li Yongzhong lowered his eyes, only bowed to Dr. Chen, and said, "Doctor, just do it, I admit your affection." ”

Li Yongbo's face was cloudy, he didn't know what he was thinking, and finally hurriedly arched his hand and said, "Yes, yes, yes." He said something nonsense, and even he didn't know what he was talking about.

Dr. Chen used the needle quickly, and when he was sticking incense, he took the needle and put it away, wiped his hand on the handle of the handkerchief a few times, nodded to the two sons of the Li family, and gave up the position at the head of the bed.

Li Yongbo couldn't wait to squeeze over, rushed to Li Qi and squeezed two drops of horse urine, but he couldn't squeeze out any more sadness on his face, but he had to work hard, and finally seemed to cry so weirdly that he had to howl: "Dad, why are you going...... Daddy, you're not here, your son and I have no way to live! The sound was as loud as a sound, and at the end it was so sharp that it almost punctured the eardrums of the audience: "Daddy! ”

The head of the Li family gasped and leaned on the pillow, looking at the ugliness of the eldest son, his heart was mixed, and finally mixed with the bitterness of Coptis chinensis. He had the heart to scold him a few more words, but sadly found that he had nothing to say to Li Yongbo at this time. Li Qi's eyes fell on the young son behind Li Yongbo, his face was calm, his head hung slightly, and he seemed to be humble and polite, but as a father, Li Qi still easily found coldness and impatience in Li Yongzhong.

He opened his mouth, and finally sighed, coughed twice, and beckoned to Li Yongzhong again and again: "Zhong Guan'er, come here, kneel." Then he bowed his head to his eldest son, who had changed his color, and said, "Kneel down and listen." ”

Li Yongzhong knelt down beside his father's bed without hesitation, Li Yongbo hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth and knelt down with the hem of his clothes.

"I'll just say two things."

"One, it stands to reason that the family business should be passed on to my eldest son, but I, Li Qi, have worked hard all my life, but in the end I am ashamed to be a father and an uncle, and I can't afford the burden of the Li family, and he can't afford the livelihood of the Li family," Li Qi didn't look at Li Yongbo's already flushed face, and only said to a few clan elders: "Today, you are the elders of the clan, so give me a witness." ”

He insisted on not falling, and only said to Li Yongzhong: "You have to take care of your brother and pick up the burden of the family!" ”

Li Yongzhong's expression remained unchanged, he kowtowed stiffly, straightened his waist and responded simply: "Yes." ”

Li Yongbo jumped up from the ground suddenly, his face dripping gloomily: "Old man, you are really a good father of that bastard!" Pointing at Zhong Guan'er, "What is he?" A milk doll! You have given up your own son. He walked back and forth in the room, his steps became heavier and heavier, his voice became louder and louder, and the more he talked, the more angry he became, and finally he turned around and threw himself at Li Qi on the bed!

The people in the room never expected such a change, it was Wang Huanzhi, and they also exclaimed.

I never thought that the eldest young master of the Li family was not next to his father's bedding, and he was already kicked out by the second young master Zhong Guan'er!

PS: Changed a sentence