Li Zonggui finally wiped his face, got up and patted Lu Feng's shoulder heavily, and patted it more than ten times in a row, but he could be regarded as holding back his words: "Don't worry, eat first, go, eat!" ”

Lu Feng was dragged out of the door by Li Zonggui, and dragged him to the kitchen to eat, Li Xiaoqi tilted his head and looked at the two pills in his hand, sniffed it again, raised his hand and threw it into his mouth, this good throat lozenge, he didn't want it, then eat it himself.

This period of time is about the day of grain delivery, the soldiers who transport grain pass under Beacon Mountain once a day, and the bandits who steal grain have increased from 15 people to 25 people in a shift, and Wei Shuisheng takes several turns to take them down the mountain to work, as long as they pass through the grain team under Beacon Mountain, they will never let go of one. Several warehouses on the mountain were soon full, and Li Xiaoqi looked at the warehouses full of rice and wheat with satisfaction, and only felt that this day was really facing grain, and the spring flowers were blooming.

Li Xiaoyi, who was satisfied, sat on his most comfortable rocking chair on the whole mountain, basking in the sun and reading idle books, and after reading them, he went to Mr. Fan's big bookshelf to find a few more books to read.

In the courtyard, several children of different sizes have a sand table in front of each other, sitting upright to practice calligraphy, Mr. Fan has a thin face, and is wearing thick cotton clothes, sitting under the eaves, while making tea in an orderly manner, while talking to Li Zongliang who is sitting on the other side of the low table, seeing Li Xiaoqi coming in, he greeted with a smile: "Finished reading again?" The two books you took have to be carefully read to taste, so fast, and swallowing dates again? Come, have a cup of tea, the tea I brought, that's all, if you don't drink it, you won't have it. Mr. Fan's tone was calm, and he couldn't hear the joy and sorrow, and for a while, the painful pain of losing a son and wife gradually became numb and calmed down a little bit.

Li Xiaoqi responded with a smile, first sent the books back to the bookshelf in the house, found two more books and took them out, dragged a chair, and sat next to Li Zongliang, Li Zongliang raised his hand and stroked Li Xiaoyi's head, looked at Mr. Fan and said with a wry smile: "On this mountain, Xiaoqi is more worried than me, sometimes I think about it, she is a girl's ••••••, alas, I feel very sad." ”

Li Xiaoqi moved a little uncomfortably, she was very happy, this is almost a day when you can do whatever you want, what's wrong? Mr. Fan made a cup of tea and handed it to Li Xiaoyi, looked up at the children in the courtyard who were concentrating on practicing calligraphy, turned his head to look at Li Xiaoqi and said: "Yesterday's copy of the palace, the imperial court appointed Zhu Youjin to be the governor of Chizhou. ”

"Well, I saw it, and it was recommended by the eldest prince." Li Xiaoqi nodded in response, looked at Mr. Fan, and waited for him to say next, Mr. Fan glanced at Li Zongliang, and sighed with a gloomy face: "This Zhu Youjin was born as a businessman, and I was the same year, he was born with real money and silver, and then he chose a magistrate, scraping the ground too hard, offended several households in the county, and was sued to the Taiping Mansion to be dismissed, he returned to the Taiping Mansion, and somehow caught up with the original official Xia Shangshu, worshiped Xia Shangshu a favorite concubine as a godmother, and then reinstated the official, and elected a magistrate, he was unlucky, A few days after he arrived, there was a big case in the territory, and the luggage was not put down, so he withdrew and came back, and when he returned to the Taiping Mansion, Xia Shangshu had already told the old, and within two years, he caught up with Song Gongsheng's brother-in-law Wen Sanye and recognized his godfather. ”

Mr. Fan paused, his face full of disdain: "That Wen San is a few years younger than him!" Once invited Wen Sanye to a banquet, Wen San drank too much, raped his second daughter-in-law, he turned around and gave his second daughter-in-law to Wen San as a concubine, just like that, he was selected again and became the magistrate, so shameless, he was actually included in the sleeve of the eldest prince and recommended him to be the governor of Chizhou! Mr. Fan exhaled angrily: "I originally pinned my hopes on the virtue of the eldest prince and the first queen, who doesn't respect it?!" Who knew it would be like this! And so it was! Mr. Fan put the cup in his hand on the table heavily, leaned back in the chair, closed his eyes, and was sad.

"Sir, don't think too much, the eldest prince may have been deceived for a while." Li Zongliang explained in a low voice, Mr. Fan shook his head slowly, and Li Xiaoqi pouted: "For the monarch, it is necessary to distinguish people and know how to use, so that the things that the gentleman and the villain cannot distinguish will be in place in the future, and he will also be a faint king, dizzy!" ”

"What Xiao Qi said is extreme, alas!" Mr. Fan sighed for a long time, Li Xiaoqi glanced at him, poured another cup of tea himself, and was not ready to talk more.

The figure at the gate of the courtyard swayed, Li Xiaoqi hurriedly turned his head to look back, Mrs. Fan carried a log food box, and entered the courtyard with light steps, and Yu Yan followed behind with a tray. Li Xiaoqi turned his head and continued to drink her tea leisurely, but out of the corner of his eye, he saw Li Zongliang's upper body straightening and staring nervously at the cup in his hand.

Li Xiaoqi blinked and froze for a moment, glanced at Li Zongliang a few times, and turned his head to look at Mrs. Fan carefully. Mrs. Fan was in a hurry, sweat was oozing slightly from the tip of her nose, she walked in front of the three of them, bent her knees, and said in a soft and peaceful voice: "The eldest sister asked people to grind a few liters of rice noodles and steam a few plates of cakes, let me bring them to my father, uncle, and fifth master to taste." ”

As he spoke, he put the food box in his hand on the side table, took out two plates of rice cakes that were still steaming, and took a stoneware pot and a few small bowls from the tray in Yuyan's hand and put them on the table, and poured three bowls of chicken soup as clear as white water: "This is a clear chicken soup boiled according to the method of the fifth master." ”

Li Xiaoqi squinted his eyes, and watched Mrs. Fan hand over the bowl to Mr. Fan first, and then held a bowl, and generously entrusted it to Li Zongliang, Li Zongliang was about to reach out to take it, but when he stretched out, he found that he was still holding a teacup in his hand, hurriedly retracted it, threw the cup on a few in a panic, poured a hand of tea water and took the soup bowl, opened his mouth, as if to say thank you, but no one heard it, Li Xiaoqi picked up the bowl of soup by himself, and looked at Li Zongliang extremely speechless.

Mrs. Fan didn't seem to see Li Zongliang's embarrassment, so she stood up and took half a step back and said goodbye: "I'll clean up the dishes later, the eldest sister is still busy there." Mr. Fan nodded in response, Li Xiaoqi drank the soup while watching Mrs. Fan take the jade inkstone out of the courtyard gate, Mr. Fan raised his voice to greet the children sitting in the courtyard writing, and asked them to wash their hands and come over to eat rice cakes.

Four or five children, the younger one is only four or five years old, and the older one is only eight or nine years old, young and troubleless, eating rice cakes happily and joyfully, while eating, you push me, I push your hip-hop jokes non-stop, Li Xiaoqi turned his head to look at them with love and pity, let them joke Mr. Fan, this old man Fan can't help but be a child, and it seems that he is not a blindly pedantic person. A few children ate cakes, drank chicken soup, jumped around for a while, and continued to sit in front of the sand table to practice calligraphy.

"What are your plans for the future?" Li Xiaoqi raised his chin at the children and asked bluntly, Mr. Fan looked at Li Xiaoqi and asked rhetorically, "What are your brothers and sisters' plans for the future?" ”

Li Xiaoqi turned his head to look at Li Zongliang, Li Zongliang looked at Mr. Fan, and replied honestly: "I haven't thought about this yet, since I went up the mountain, I have been thinking about how to live, and I can take the big guy to eat a full meal, and I haven't thought about it yet." ”

"Our brother and sister are from Lijia Village, Chizhou, the year before last Nanyue came in, slaughtered the village, the eldest brother they protected me desperately to escape, had to leave home, and later in order to treat my legs, and went to the Taiping Mansion, cure the legs, our brothers and sisters have found a job to do, originally wanted to save some more silver, with the capital, in the Taiping Mansion to open a fruit shop, live in peace and stability, who knows out of the princess of Funing, Taiping Mansion Ding, big brother they were taken by the chief to top the number of Baoli, our brothers and sisters had to escape, I wanted to flee to South Vietnam, Or Beiping, when I arrived here, I encountered a strong wall and a clear field, and there was nowhere to go, so I had to fall into the grass first. Li Xiaoqi sighed, did not hide it, and said frankly and sincerely.

Mr. Fan was silent for a moment, then sighed sympathetically and asked, "What about the future?" Do you want to be a mountain bandit for the rest of your life? ”

"Later, Mr. also saw that in such a troubled world, if you want to be stable but can't get it, doesn't Mr. have to flee with his life? Mr. is still an official! Let's count it as a day, although the Beiping country is said to be strong in the Qing Dynasty, it can be located in the cold land of the north, the population and property are limited, and it has to grow up slowly if it is strong, although the Wu country is said to be turbulent in the court and weak in military strength, but in the end it is a rich and powerful country, and the heritage of hundreds of years is there. Li Xiaoqi paused, lowered his eyes and hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Years ago, I have sent people to Taiping Mansion to open a shop to do business, and now there is no capital and silver on the mountain, wait until the middle of the year to see, if you can do a few good business, with silver, you will pick a suitable person to open a shop in Kaiping Mansion to do business, and leave a good regression for everyone." ”

Mr. Fan listened attentively to Li Xiaoyi's words, and looked at Li Zongliang, who was also attentive and obedient, for a while, before he sighed, looked at Li Zongliang and sighed: "No wonder you said that Xiaoqi is more worried than you, it is a blessing for your brother to have such a sister!" Saying that, he turned his head to look at Li Xiaoyi: "I didn't expect you to understand better than I see, this world can be contested, that is, Beiping and Wu, what you said is very true, who killed this deer, it is not yet known, in the court army, it is changing rapidly, you plan to do this is very appropriate, I have also seen this mountain, there are still a few regressions, that Xishan is not good, there should be no regression, the cunning rabbit has to have three holes, this is one, two, the business of Kaiping Mansion, if you have the right candidate, I have some money and silver, you take it first." ”

Li Xiaoqi looked at Mr. Fan in surprise, and after a while, he asked slowly, "Sir, is this planning to follow us into the grass?" ”