In the dimly lit hut in the backyard of the Li family in Xishui Town, there are tablets of Li You's ancestor, great-grandfather, and grandfather. Under the forced gaze of his father, Li You respectfully burned a stick of incense, knelt down and kowtowed.

"Ahem!" Father Li cleared his throat and began to preach: "Your great-grandfather... There's not much to say. Your great-grandfather... There's not much to say. ”

Li You said in his heart, your old man actually just wants to talk about his own history of struggle, and he is talking about his ancestors.

"Your grandfather, who was about the same luck as you, was favored by the magistrate to catch fast. It's a pity that Nazhi County offended the magnates and was withdrawn, and your grandfather has been a catcher all his life. Father Li gradually said to the point: "Your father, that is, me, inherited the family business at the age of eighteen and became a catcher. At that time, my vision was narrow, and I thought that head-hunting was the sky. So the great ambition that my father set since he was a child is that he must be stronger than your grandfather and be the head catcher of the county. For this determination, he worked hard for his father for 20 years, never gave up this idea, went through hardships, excluded dissidents, groveled, framed and planted, and finally got his wish in middle age and earned this family business. ”

Father Li's tone was plain, as if what he said was someone else's business, not as much as Li You imagined, but it was a bit confusing for Li You, and he didn't know what his father wanted to express.

"The Li family's status is not high, it is just a lowly family, but my father has never given up hope, and has always believed that as long as one generation is better than the next, my family will always have a good future." Father Li continued to say calmly: "Your grandfather is better than your great-grandfather, and I am better than your grandfather in the end, so it's up to you next." It's a pity that you two brothers don't have to worry about food and clothing, unlike the bitter son who lived for your father since childhood, and it was also my negligence in discipline that caused both of you to lack a breath of energy. ”

"It's ambition! Ambition! Father Li raised his voice and said, "How can you have a little ambition?" Especially you! Your abominable appearance of always being able to get by and cope with errands is simply blind to your cleverness. Do you know that the day you became a pawn was the happiest day of my father's life, and I have never been so ecstatic. Although you know that it is all opportunistic by you, it has nothing to do with your own diligence. As a father, I still don't understand why you suddenly opened your mind this year. ”

"That's it, no matter your luck or hard work, you can be regarded as a canon than a father, just mix for a lifetime. But there is an opportunity to do inspections in front of you, why are you still not enterprising? Don't say anything that has changed, it's all a lie, you can't hide it from your father. Your heart is still a person with no ambition, and you are still a person who hopes for good luck.

Do you really want to lie in the inspection position for ten years and then be empty-handed? How rare is the opportunity to be an official from my family? My family has been a civilian servant for more than ten generations, and the luck of more than ten generations has been on you to have this ten years of official position, why do you dare not cherish it? Why? You answer me! Father Li roared as he spoke.

Li You bowed his head deeply, it was better not to offend his father at this time.

"Raise your head and look at the ancestral spiritual position!"

Li You's head was lowered.

"Don't you even have the guts to look up?"

Who says I wouldn't dare? Li You raised his head slightly.

"You're just afraid of losing! Will you be able to do the same as a father and persevere in your determination to accomplish it by all means? Life is a lifetime of grass and trees, even if you lose, you don't have to regret it, why be afraid? A good man can stand between heaven and earth without right and wrong, but how can he have no ambition? ”

Li You was finally touched, could it be that deep down in his heart he was really afraid of losing? But my knees hurt so much.

"Do you know what I admire most about you? That's what you did a while ago on the flower boat, when you at least did your best to do one thing! ”

Li You originally intended to question his father for concealing his marriage, but he was disgraced by the training.

He was about to flee back to the county seat in a gloomy manner, but was stopped by his mother Zhu again.

I only heard Zhu say kindly: "Little Er, you still have a few more concubines." ”

Li You couldn't react for a while, how could he talk about this?

"The little lady of the Liu family heard that she can't have sex; That Jin Bao'er used to be a woman in the Qinglou, and it is said that the women in this line all need to drink medicine, and it is difficult to get pregnant if they drink badly. Zhu analyzed very professionally: "So there may not be a future after relying on these two, you still have to take a few more concubines to have children, presumably with my son's ability." ”

This one... Let's talk about it later, Li You escaped.

When he returned to the county office, Li You received a letter and a bookcase, which turned out to be sent by a servant sent by Zhao Liangli. Kaixin looked at it, to the effect that I have something to go back to the city. I knew that Mr. had a noble heart, so I didn't want to insult me with gold and silver, so I helped Mr. print a collection of poems and bring them back to Suzhou for distribution. In addition, a box of sample books will be given to Mr. as a farewell gift.

Li You looked extremely melancholy, if you can choose, you still insult me with gold and silver.

When I opened the bookbox again, I saw a box full of thin books, all of which were Li You's poetry collections or versions with reviews. Seeing the cover, Li You was melancholy again, Zhao Daguan was really talented, and named the poetry collection "Tanhua Collection".

Tanhua is a good word, and it is not too outrageous to name it in the collection of Fengyue Beauty, but how unlucky it is to connect with his surname Li, especially with his age.

How do you get rid of this box of books? Li You couldn't think about it for a while.

There is no other business today, Li You was sent to the Sanya and returned to his residence without mentioning it. After dinner, it was not yet dark, and he was playing leaf cards with Jinbaoer and Xiaozhu, and when he saw that he was about to lose, he heard someone knocking on the door.

After Xiaozhu got up and went to look at it, he came back with a little pink face and said, "Master, there is a female goblin looking for you, send her away, right?" ”

Li You saw Xiaozhu's interesting expression, pulled his legs and walked out, saying as he walked: "Wait for me to go out for a while, and see who the female demon is!" ”

As soon as the pervert goes out, can you have a good one tonight? By the way, the master is about to lose money, so he can't be told to run away. Xiaozhu couldn't help but stretch out his two hands to grab Li You's clothes, and dragged on: "Master, how can you go out to greet you and ask her to come in to see you." ”

Jin Bao'er smiled and patted Xiaozhu's hand and said, "Don't tear the master's clothes, the master is teasing you, why don't you go and invite someone in." ”

Xiaozhu let go and went to invite someone. Because she was a female guest, Kimbell did not avoid it and packed up the table to entertain the guests.

Li You raised his eyes to look, but it was the old concubine Li Mei, whom she hadn't seen for more than half a month, who walked into the courtyard in a curling manner, still enchanting and beautiful, but her makeup was much lighter than in the past, and her dress was not as open and light as before. Could it really be as Yuexiang said last time, Sister Mei is planning to close her business and become good?

It seems that it is for the sake of livelihood, and after listening to Yuexiang's words and begging me for guidance, Li You thought proudly. In addition, I really want to see how jealous my concubine Jin Baoer looks.