"Brother Xin, the wild boar meat tonight is really delicious, the food cooked by Qi Niang is so fragrant, it would be nice if you could eat the food made by Qi Niang every day......"

After dinner, night has not yet fallen. Li Xin sent Xiaoli home. On the way home, Xiaoli praised Su Qi's food for doing well.

Li Xin said secretly: "Su Qi turned out to be a popular Qing official in Qinglou, a woman who does not touch the spring water with her ten fingers, in order to live and raise herself, she was forced to do laundry and cook, weaving cloth for money, it really hurt her." ”

"Brother Xin, what are you thinking about talking to you?" Xiaoli looked at Li Xin and didn't answer her words.

"Oh, okay, come to the house for dinner more in the future."

"Okay, that's what you said."

"Yes, yes, that's what I said."

"By the way, Brother Xin, wait for me tomorrow morning, let's go and see if we catch a hare?"

"Got it, let's go, it's getting dark."

"What are you doing so fast? It's not far from my house. ”

“……”

After sending Xiaoli home, Li Xin turned around and returned home.

Uncle Nine had already gone back, and Su Qi had also washed the dishes and sat in front of the door waiting for Li Xin.

"Delivered home." Su Qi asked.

"Hmm."

"Come, sit down, my mother will talk to you."

Li Xin also sat on the bamboo chair next to Su Qi and asked, "Mother, what's wrong?" ”

"Xin'er, you're eight years old." Su Qi asked thoughtfully.

"Mother, you know this best." Li Xin was puzzled, how to ask about his age, others don't know, but as a mother, he definitely knows very well, he is Su Qi's biological flesh and blood.

"The ancients said: When you are eight years old, you will go out of the house." Su Qi dragged a sentence of classical Chinese.

"What do you mean? Mother. Li Xin really didn't understand this sentence. Is it because you have to move out of the house at the age of 8 and live independently outside? Is this the rule of this era?

"It means that you have to start reading and learning at the age of eight." Su Qi explained.

This sentence is from "Da Dai Za Bao Fu Chapter", the whole paragraph of the cloud: "The ancients came out of the house at the age of eight, learned small arts, performed small festivals, tied their hair and went to university, learned great arts, and performed big festivals." ”

"Oh, reading." Li Xin was still thinking about it during the day today, and he wanted to find Su Qi to learn how to read and write, but he didn't expect Su Qi to take the initiative to read at night, hehe, this is a good thing.

"Originally, I didn't expect that it was your ninth uncle who reminded me just now. said that you are General Li's flesh and blood, General Li is an all-round talent in civil and military affairs, and when he was a child, he began to read and write, and practiced martial arts to strengthen his body. Your ninth uncle didn't say it explicitly, but I understood what he meant. Your father wants me to raise you as an adult, which means not just to let you grow up, but also to let you learn some skills. ”

"Mother, actually...... Actually, I want to read too. ”

"Xin'er, do you want to read? I haven't heard you say that before. Su Qi was surprised to hear that Li Xin also wanted to study.

"yes. When I was dreaming, I heard a saying: Reading changes destiny. In order to make Su Qihao understand, Li Xin changed "knowledge" to "reading".

"This sentence is well said, I want to be a mother too, if it weren't for the fact that I studied in the Qinglou, studied literature, met your father, gave birth to you, and changed my fate, then I don't know what the fate would be now." Su Qi deeply believes that "reading changes fate", if he wasn't educated, he would have become a prostitute at the bottom a long time ago, and he would have been a ruined flower and willow in the skin and meat business.

"Hehe, that's the blessing of my mother's cultivation in her previous life." Li Xin said with a smile.

"Reading is actually a luxury in this society, and only in the aristocracy and wealthy families can there be opportunities to study. Your father is a member of the Li family of Jiangmen, and he has been studying literature and martial arts in the family's school since he was a child. Like our children here, there is a chance to read, fortunately, your mother I can teach you, my mother spent 5 years to learn some fur, my son you are a scholar in the sky, naturally learn fast, but you have to guard against arrogance and rashness, study seriously, basic skills are very important. In the process of speaking, Su Qi couldn't help but ridicule, "You are the scholar of Wenqu Xing in the sky", which is the words mentioned in the dream that Li Xin told her 2 days ago.

"Mother, don't worry, I will definitely study hard." In order to make a name for himself in the rivers and lakes, act chivalrous and righteous, and rescue beautiful women, how can you do it if you don't read good books?

"Okay, I believe that Xin'er will do what he says and what he does."

"Then I'm not going to herd cattle?" Li Xin said tentatively.

"Who are you not going to put it? If someone comes to borrow a cow, you can leave it alone that day. Su Qi said with a smile.

"When will you start learning?"

"The day after tomorrow. Tomorrow I'll get my school supplies ready. ”

"Okay."

The two talked about reading, and began to talk about family life again......

The next day, it was just dawn.

"Brother Xin, are you up?" Xiaoli's voice came from afar.

"It's not dawn yet." Li Xin complained in bed. Li Xin often worked overtime until late at night to design before the crossing, resulting in the habit of sleeping lazy. Now I also like to sleep late, but I didn't expect Xiaoli to come over early in the morning.

"He's still sleeping." Su Qi got up early and was preparing breakfast.

"I'm going to call him, it's so late, and he's still sleep......ing," Xiaoli complained in general.

Xiaoli ran directly to Li Xin's bed, pulled Li Xin's quilt open, and shouted, "Get up." ”

Li Xin was made sleepy by this shout. Li Xin was only wearing a pair of pants, and said very embarrassedly: "You go out, I'll get dressed." ”

"Hee-hee...... You're not stripped naked to sleep, what are you afraid of. Hurry up and put it on, let's see if we catch a hare. Xiaoli saw Li Xin's embarrassed appearance, she put her hands on her waist, laughed hahaha, and revealed her mouth with 2 front teeth missing, which made Li Xin laugh.

Li Xin said while getting dressed: "It's really a little annoying." ”

Xiaoli was beside her, and kept urging: "Hurry up, hurry up, if you don't go, the rabbit may run away." ”

"What's the panic? If you catch it, you can't escape. ”

"But I really want to know, if I caught it."

……

Li Xin washed his face. Su Qi's breakfast was not ready yet, and Su Qi said that he would go after breakfast.

Li Xin saw Xiaoli's anxious appearance and said, "Forget it, I'll take 2 more bags of cereal, and eat this when I'm hungry." ”

Xiaoli said beside her: "Qi Niang, don't worry, we have hares to eat." Brother Xin, let's hurry up. ”

Seeing that Li Xin was preparing things, Xiaoli said to Su Qi again: "Qi Niang, can Brother Xin talk in your house?" ”

Su Qi was stunned for a moment and asked, "How do you say this?" ”

"Yesterday, Brother Xin said that I would eat more at your house in the future, can he talk about it?"

"Count, of course, Xiaoli is coming to dinner, and I welcome you and my brother."

"Alright, alright, there's more meat to eat later."

Su Qi was also amused by this snack goods.

Li Xin brought a short knife, took a flint, and a bag of salt before he and Xiaoli led the old scalper out.

Salt was a precious commodity in this era, and the salt of many inland vassal states was sold very expensive, but salt was the cheapest in Pakistan, because there were two salt farms in Pakistan, which were sold very cheaply in the country, and it was very expensive to export to other countries, which was also the main reason for frequent wars with neighboring countries.

Xiaoli was eager to see if she caught the hare, so she walked in a hurry, and after a while, she was out of breath, which made Li Xin laugh more than once.

Half a pillar of incense, Xiaoli and Li Xin are not far from the place where they pressed the "gate" and the next set yesterday.

More than ten feet away, I heard the cry of "chirp chirp ......".

Li Xin wondered: "How can there be the sound of a mouse?" Li Xin threw the old ox's reins, and the two ran towards the mouse's cry.

Yesterday's place, there was a palm-length little mouse in the hemp rope button, Li Xin couldn't help but sigh: "I, the hare is set, and the mouse is actually set, what's the situation?" ”

Xiaoli stepped forward and squatted next to the mouse, and the mouse was running around, but he couldn't break free from the hemp rope on his legs. Xiaoli glanced at it a few times and said, "Brother Xin, is this a little hare?" ”

"It's a mouse, stupid."

"I told you that I'm not stupid, I'm small. How do you keep forgetting. ”

“……”

"Can this rat eat it?"

"It's too small, there's no meat."

"That's not enough to eat?"

"Yes."

"Brother Xin, look at it, this mouse is so cute and cute. Let's let it go. When Xiaoli heard that the mouse was too small and had nothing to eat, she was kind and suggested that it be released.

"Okay." Li Xin grabbed the little mouse, unfastened the live buckle on its leg, and put it on the ground.

The little mouse "chirped" twice, dragged a tangled leg, and got into the grass.

"Brother Xin, do you see it? The little mouse is saying thank you to you. ”

"You know everything?"

"Hee-hee, it chirped and called those 2 times, not to say thank you, but to say goodbye?"

"Sister, I'll serve you......" Li Xin gave Xiaoli a thumbs up.

"Oh, Brother Xin, let's go and see the gate, have you seen the hare?"

Li Xin and Xiaoli walked to the other side of the big tree, where they pressed the "gate" yesterday.

The mechanism of the "gate" has been triggered, and the slate has smashed down. A furry animal was half-cut out of the slab.

"Hah, the gate has arrived." Li Xin was overjoyed and hurriedly went to remove the slate.

A hare, which had been dead for a long time, appeared in front of the two. The hare was a foot long, and it was bigger than the one I saw yesterday.

The front half of the hare was flattened by a stone, and the seven orifices bled out. I guess when I came to eat the bait last night, I triggered the trap and was stoned to death.

Xiaoli saw that the hare was really stoned to death, and she jumped and jumped with excitement, and kept muttering: "There is meat to eat, there is hare meat to eat......"

Li Xin was also very satisfied when he saw that he had pressed the "gate" and gained it for the first time.

"Brother Xin, hurry up and roast the hare, I really want to eat it."

"You ate so much wild boar last night, haven't you eaten enough?"

"Eat every day, eat every meal, I can eat it all, hehe......"

Li Xin bolted the old ox, carried the rabbit, held a short knife in his hand, walked to the stream and began to disembowel the hare, peel and clean it, and clean it up after half a cup of tea.

During this period, Xiaoli was arranged by Li Xin to find a lot of dry firewood and pile it up in an open space.

At this time, the sun is new, the sky is high and cool, and it is a good day for a picnic.

When Li Xin was about to roast the rabbit, he thought of a joke from his junior high school days before the time.