Chapter 12 Owing Favors
"Yu Saburo told me a few funny jokes just now, it's really funny, why don't my cousin come and listen to it. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"
Seeing her cousin's face flushed with a smile, the woman couldn't help but be a little curious, her cousin usually boasted of his literary talents, and the friends he talked about were also classmates from the county school.
"Cousin, I didn't come here to listen to your jokes, didn't you promise me to give it to me when I came back from the county seat? What about that thing. β
Hearing this, Li Jingming smiled helplessly at Yu Shaobai, got up and came to the compartment, and when he came out again, he already had something more in his hand.
"Cousin, how could he have lied to you, I bought you the nine rings you wanted."
Yu Shaobai looked at the eighteen silver rings, a little embarrassed, rich people can really play, ninety-nine links are made of silver, but this thing is not suitable for himself, he doesn't have much patience, if you want to solve the ninety-nine rings, not only have patience, but also be smart, there is a folk saying: "The disagreement that can't be solved is shifted, and the nine links that can't be taken off", Lin Daiyu also mentioned in the dream of Red Mansions to solve the nine links.
However, seeing that the two of them like intellectual games so much, Yu Shaobai thought about it and said: "Li Gongzi, this ninety-nine chain can be described as wonderful, but there is something below, which is even more magical, I wonder if Li Gongzi is interested in watching it?" β
"Oh? What is Yu Saburo's thing? β
"This thing is in my house, I don't know if the son and the young lady can go to my house, the boy promises, this thing is definitely worth the trip."
Seeing that Yu Shaobai said so mysteriously, the two glanced at each other, and Li Jingming smiled: "I'm very curious, I don't know if you're interested, cousin." β
"He said so, of course I'm going to take a look, if this thing isn't as magical as you say, you'll unravel the ninety-nine chain."
Hearing this, Yu Shaobai smiled helplessly, he believed that his decision was not wrong, this was an opportunity, as for solving the ninety-nine chain, it was better to leave it to future generations.
Then the three of them went out of the house together and walked towards Yu Shaobai's house.
When I came to the house, I heard that a guest was coming, and Yu's mother came out to welcome the two into the main house.
"Mother, what about them?"
"Xiao Wu went out to play, what's the matter? What do you have to do with them? Ah Lian went to the thatched house. β
"Mother, you help me entertain two guests first, and I'll come when I go." With that, he ran towards the thatched house, just in time to see Ah Lian coming.
"Ah Lian, the third brother asked you to do one thing......"
Yu Shaobai hurriedly hurried back to the main house and smiled at Li Jingming: "Please wait, you two, I'll go pick up something." β
The two nodded, and soon saw the young man walking in with a strange object, and when he got closer, he saw that it was a strange fake bird.
"Yu Saburo, the magical thing you are talking about is this ugly thing?" The girl looked at Yu Shaobai with some dissatisfaction, and looked a little disappointed. Li Jingming didn't ask much, he felt that Yu Shaobai could not be so naΓ―ve.
Yu Shaobai put the drinking bird on the table and laughed softly: "This thing is a fake bird as you said, but I gave it a name, called "Jingwei". β
Hearing this, the two looked at the fake bird suspiciously, and Li Jingming said suspiciously: "How do you explain this Jingwei?" β
"Wait a minute, and you'll understand why it's called Jingwei." After that, Yu Shaobai put the water cup on the table in front of "Jingwei".
The four people in the room were all staring at the Jingwei bird......
"Huh?"
The motionless Jingwei Bird suddenly lowered its body, Li Jingming couldn't help but let out a soft sigh, under the gaze of the four people, the Jingwei Bird's mouth reached into the water cup, and then slowly stood up, and then stretched into the water......
Looking at Jingwei Bird, who kept nodding and drinking water, except for Yu Shaobai, the other three were already dumbfounded, and Yu's mother was even more surprised, she never thought that Qing'er's busy work was so magical.
"Sure enough...... Amazing, it's amazing! Li Jingming looked at the Jingwei bird in front of him excitedly, and turned his head to look at Yu Shaobai: "It turns out that it is really like a Jingwei bird, I don't know how long it can last?" β
Yu Shaobai smiled: "Theoretically, you can keep going, but I don't know how long it can last." β
Hearing this, the three of them couldn't help but let out an exclamation, the girl reached out and pulled her cousin's sleeve, and the meaning in her eyes was clear to even Yu Shaobai, let alone Li Jingming.
Seeing his cousin like this, he turned around helplessly, his face was a little embarrassed, after all, Jingwei Bird was so magical, and he couldn't speak.
"I'm going to give this to Li Gongzi."
Li Jingming, who was in trouble, couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this: "Is Yu Sanlang's words true?" This is such a magical thing, how can Li win love? β
Yu Shaobai saw that he wanted to speak directly, so he took the initiative to say it, and then said: "It's just a gadget, the son doesn't have to worry about it, you invited me to tea just now, this is my return gift, the gift is still exchanged, please accept it." β
Hearing this, Li Jingming smiled, picked up the Jingwei bird on the table, and said, "Then thank Yu Saburo for cutting his love here." β
At this moment, two people came from outside the door, one was Ah Lian, and the other was Ah Fa, at this time, the kid's eyes were red, and there were tears on his face.
"Wait a minute, both of you." Yu Shaobai got up and came to Ah Fa, and when he saw him winking at him, he asked in a loud voice, "Ah Fa, did you come to me for something?" β
"My father was arrested and put in prison, I felt uncomfortable, so I came to you, I want you to help me make up my mind, you are my best friend, only you can help me." After that, Ah Fa actually cried out loud, and Yu's mother was about to step forward when she saw this, but Ah Lian gently pulled her sleeve, looking at the expression on her daughter's face, Yu's mother was a little puzzled.
At this time, the conversation and crying of the two had successfully diverted Li Jingming's attention from Jingwei Bird, he looked at the scene in front of him curiously, he didn't go out today, so he naturally didn't know about Li Zheng's arrest.
"Ah Fa, don't cry, it's not that I don't want to help you, but we don't have any way out there, there are no acquaintances and no silver or two dots, it's too difficult to return your father's innocence."
"My dad was wronged......"
Seeing the young man crying so sadly, the girl was a little unbearable, and said loudly: "Your father should be Li Zheng, I have also heard about him, I heard that the evidence of the government is conclusive, how can he say that he is wronged." β
Hearing this, Yu Shaobai was overjoyed in his heart, and said: "Ah Fa is my child, Uncle Li's person is known to everyone in the village, he can't be a murderer, we just hope that the government can be accommodating for some time to re-investigate the case, if Uncle Li is really a murderer, then we are blind, but if I am wronged, if I don't save it, it will be another unjust case, so how can this orphan and widow live in the future?" Alas~ Ah Fa, I'm sorry, my friend is incompetent, I really can't stand you, I hope you don't blame me. As he spoke, Yu Shaobai's tears also fell, and Li Jingming, who was watching, couldn't help but be a little moved, they didn't expect this young man to be so affectionate.
Li Jingming opened his mouth and said, "Maybe I can help you." β
Hearing this, the two crying teenagers glanced at each other, Yu Shaobai immediately held back his tears, turned his head and said, "Ah Fa, I forgot to introduce to you, this is Li Gongzi and Miss Fei'er from the east of the village." β
Ah Fa stepped forward to salute and asked, "What you said just now is true, can you really help me?" β
Li Jingming nodded and said: "The county magistrate and the county Cheng of Lanxi County are both friends of my father, and the eldest son of the county Cheng and I are classmates, if you say that it is just to accommodate some time and let the case be re-investigated, you don't need my father, just one of my handwritten letters, you give it to Wu Zichu, the eldest son of Wu Xiancheng, I believe that his father will sell me a face." β
Hearing this, Yu Shaobai was overjoyed and patted Ah Fa: "Thank you Li Gongzi soon." β
"Thank you Li Gongzi ~ Thank you Li Gongzi."
At this time, Yu Shaobai hurriedly took a pen and paper, and Li Jingming wrote a few lines with a pen and handed it to Ah Fa.
At this moment, a housekeeper ran in from outside the door, saying that there was a guest in the house, and the lady asked them to hurry to meet the guest.
Li Jingming smiled at Yu Shaobai: "Since this is the case, then the two of us will leave, and you can go to my house to sit and sit when you have time......"
Standing at the door and sending the two away, Yu Shaobai turned his head to look at Ah Lian: "This time things are done well." β
It turned out that Yu Shaobai was looking for Ah Lian before, just to ask her to let Ah Fa come over immediately, just as he said to Ah Fa, they have no money and no connections, so naturally there is no way, but they don't have it, Li Jingming does, but this kind of thing is not something that you mention will help you, so Yu Shaobai gave him Jingwei Bird, a gadget in Yu Shaobai's eyes,
In Li Jingming's eyes, it is a big favor. Yu Shaobai understands a truth, when there is a request for people, the first gift is always passive, so that the recipient feels that you are asking for him, which is a bribe in his eyes, there is no friendship between you, only equivalent transactions, and the higher realm is a gift after the fact, the person who is useful to you, don't always think of him when he is used, this is a gift, not a bribe, as for the highest level, that is, he takes your benefits on weekdays to get soft, when you encounter difficulties, even if you don't take the initiative to mention, he is embarrassed to care, will often take the initiative to stand up and solve your troubles for you.
Li Jingming accepted such a valuable gift from Yu Shaobai, because of this great favor, he would take the initiative to speak, if it was placed in normal times, even if Yu Shaobai begged him, he would not necessarily help, favors, you have to pay back if you owe it, he paid back Yu Shaobai, he owed the favor of his classmates and friends, and the two favors weighed in his heart, and he chose Yu Shaobai's favors to be greater than the favors of his classmates and friends, which led to the one just now.
"San Lang, you are really good, when did you meet the son of the rich man Li's family? How did I not know? β
Hearing Ah Fa's words, Yu's mother also looked at Yu Shaobai curiously.
Yu Shaobai said with a smile: "It's just a coincidence, I went to the rich man's house to borrow bamboo for the sake of the Jingwei bird, Li Jingming heard about it and invited me to his house, so I got to know him." β
"Jingwei Bird?"
Looking at Ah Lian and Ah Fa with curious faces, Yu Shaobai led them to his study......