At the banquet, Song Sunsin asked Li Keding about his father Li Bonan's situation, and Li Keding said: "Thank you Shibo for your concern, my father is fine." It's just that I don't know how the current situation will develop. Song Sunsin said: "I have been friends with Ling Zun for nine years, and I know that he is the most gentleman, and he is bent on the revival of Confucianism, but he is unwilling to fake the support of Yuan Shikai. He is against being the emperor, and I know this, and I am not happy to think that he is doing it in the Ministry of Education. Li Keding listened to his words, he really deserved his father's close friend, and said to Song Sunsin,

"Shi Bo is right, my father is anti-imperialist, although he is not optimistic about the prospects of the republic, but since everyone has chosen the republic, he thinks that we should work together to stick to the republic, as long as we do our part, there is hope for the republic. But at the moment, this form is very bad, the persuaders are making a big fuss, and Yuan Shikai is also ambitious. Song Sunsin smiled and said: "These things are very annoying, I can't deal with them, if I have to choose, I would rather be idle and wild cranes, old in the forest." Then he raised his glass and said,

"Keding, let's have another drink." Li Keding's alcohol consumption was not good, and Song Sunsin had already seen it, and he didn't persuade him to drink much.

After a while, the banquet was withdrawn and tea was served. Song Sunsin was busy with housework every day, and ushered in the delivery, and it was rare to have free during the day, Li Keding took the opportunity to ask him: "Shibo, I went out today, and met an old man on the street, wearing a sweatshirt, barefoot, his appearance is not good, but his conversation and knowledge are quite extraordinary, I don't know who it is?" Song Sunsin said: "Oh, the person you are talking about, his name is 'Hua Gai', he is a Jinshi of the former Qing Dynasty, of course, he has extraordinary knowledge and knowledge. Song Sunsin saw that Li Keding listened carefully, and understood that he wanted to know more about the canopy, and without waiting for him to ask, he continued,

"Huagai has already seen through the world, just wandering the rivers and lakes, and ending up at ease. Huagai was originally a native of Jinzhou, a jinshi in the year of Gengchen, a year in the Hanlin Academy, and later went to Yutian to be a magistrate, only two years, because of greed for alcohol, resigned and returned home. From then on, he only drank and had nothing to do. His wife is also a drunkard, the two are like-minded, drunk all day long, because the husband and wife drink a jar every day, one calls himself 'a jar of wine', and the other calls himself 'a jar of wine', outsiders call them 'mandarin ducks in wine', but they are a good couple. In the Wuxu year, the imperial court recruited him, and he went to Jinju to see it twice, and each time the couple was drunk and unconscious, so they had to do it. Hua Gai once accompanied his wife back to her parents' house, because the two of them drank too much, after going out, they were hanging around outside, while drinking, and they didn't find the door of their mother-in-law's house for a long time, and finally they were taken back by their mother's family. Another time, the couple went to the mountains to enjoy the autumn scenery, and when they were drunk, they sang to the moon, which attracted wolves. They bit the canopy's leg, but fortunately someone passed by and saved them. Twenty-five years ago, Hua Gai's wife died, and at the funeral, he was drunk and laughing, and sang wildly, and everyone was puzzled. Later, Hua Gai sold his family property and began to wander around. Five years ago, Huagai came to Shenzhou, and although he settled here, he often went out to wander for a while. He has been in Shenzhou for five years, and he has never had a deep friendship with anyone, just cares about his own happiness and happiness, but he acts recklessly, laughs and scolds, and exports into chapters, which everyone in Shenzhou knows. ”