After hearing this, Li Kui said solemnly: "Cultivating and reading heirlooms, not only learning the way of the sage, but also learning the foundation of making a living, proving that only by being pragmatic can we be pragmatic, and being pragmatic can also seek truth, this is the simplest way of the road!" ”

Su Guo is a young man, and he is also an old and a little over-the-top young man.

This is related to his life experience, when he was young and just sensible, his father was sent to prison. Su Shi, who has a bold personality but does not lose his escape, was not very open-minded before the catastrophe came, but panicked and lost his proportion, and this change made him want to lose weight several times.

When I crossed the Yangtze River, I wanted to jump into the river.

When I was in prison, I wanted to hang myself.

Fortunately, none of them died.

After Su Shi was imprisoned, most of his former relatives and friends chose to stay away from him, and some even turned their faces and denied anyone, secretly exposing Su Shi to Yushitai, so as to protect themselves.

The family suffered a sudden change, and in the following years, he encountered the greatest difficulties of a literati, and even his life was difficult to maintain. This made the young Su Guo come into contact with the warmth of people at a very young age, and also realized that life is not easy. It can be said that although he is the youngest among the children of Sumen, he may be the most mature in mind.

It was precisely because of his mature mind that after he heard Li Kui's answer, his heart suddenly swelled up, and he secretly said in his heart: "What a far-sighted teacher and nephew, he has just realized that he has just realized that it is still a hazy concept, but I didn't expect Li Kui to be able to summarize it into a truth and get a set of theories that seem to be feasible." ”

"The talent of the teacher and nephew made me solemn, thinking about all kinds of things after the failure of the provincial test last year, lamenting the bad luck, and giving up the basics. Now that I think about it, I am ashamed. It seems that it is not bad luck, but a lack of talent. Listening to the words of his nephew, such as Hong Zhong Dalu, he was vigilant and thanked his nephew for his advice. Su Guo said to Li Kui, this is the prudence of the scholar in the pursuit of truth. If he thought that what Li Kui said was not worth it, he would not have made such a big move at all.

Li Kui returned the courtesy: "Uncle Xiao must not be like this. The kid is just picking up people's teeth, not my perception. As for the way of learning, Uncle Xiao has been taught by his master for many years, so he is naturally profound. The provincial test failed, not because the little uncle was not talented, but because the poems he wrote did not meet the examiner's wishes. If you change the examiner, you will definitely go to high school. ”

Su Guo didn't dare to be complacent, let alone believe Li Kui's 'touting', but firmly thought that his talent was still very early from becoming an official, and decided to dive into hard work.

"My nephew should not persuade me, I am too talented to learn shallowly, and I dare not steal the choice of the imperial court."

Although Li Kui didn't know what level Su Guo's academic level was, he thought about it, it should be much higher than him, right? That's a little too humble, isn't it?

Fortunately, Su Guo has no plans to take the school entrance examination for Li Kui's studies.

Otherwise, he would have found that Li Kui summed up the truth one after another, but if he wanted to talk about real talent and real learning, he was not much better than ordinary students. He hadn't even finished the Nine Classics, so he was not qualified to talk about the provincial and palace exams, which were too far for them. And he heard from Su Guo's mouth that the failure of the imperial examination was not too big a blow to him, but an encouragement.

After all, Su Guo didn't think he would be stronger than Ouyang Xiu, right?

People have also failed on the list, why can't he fall off the list?

The dishes picked were almost over, and Su Guo asked Li Kui with cold curiosity: "I don't know what kind of livelihood my nephew's family makes?" ”

It's not just that he is curious, even Su Shi is curious, but he can't guess the situation at Li Kui's home. Say he's a Wenchen family, right? What about smearing the face of Song Wenchen? How could the best that could not be produced for hundreds of years be fortunate enough to appear in Sumen?

Say he's a merchant family, right?

Zhou Yuan would not accept a businessman's child as a student against his will in order to be able to be his county master in Yishui.

Squire?

I'm afraid it doesn't have much to do with Li Kui. Li Kui's unique bandit temperament is not compatible with the squire at all. is also practicing martial arts, the squire's children practice martial arts, which will always give people a feeling of chivalry. As far as Li Kui's face is concerned, where can I see the traces of chivalry?

On the contrary, the possibility of closing the door has greatly increased. But the purpose of reading for the children of the generals is probably to study the military books for literacy, and there are vassals and elegant ones, which are rare.

Li Kui's origin has been bothering Su Guo for a day, and if he keeps pretending not to know, I'm afraid it will be uncomfortable. Besides, since Li Kui is a disciple of his senior brother, he is naturally also a disciple of Sumen, and he is considered his own family, so it is nothing to ask clearly.

But this question stopped Li Kui, to tell the truth, I'm afraid no one will believe it. Because his legitimate profession is Orion, which is recorded in Yishui County, it is considered a legitimate occupation. If a fierce beast such as a tiger appears again in Yishui County to harm people, his identity is among the conscriptions. But the question is, can Uncle Xiao believe him when he says it? Speaking of being a farmer, he is more like a bully in the countryside...... Tangled, Li Kui's eyes swept the ground for a while, and then he touched two stones from the mud, and with two sounds, the stones flew into the grass and disappeared.

Su Guo was a little confused, he was just asking Li Kui's family for a living, what is he still doing?

Soon he understood Li Kui's intentions, and Li Kui carried two fat rabbits from the wild grass, the flesh and blood on the rabbit's head were blurred, and they were not dead yet, kicking their legs?

Su hid after passing by, but heard Li Kui say in a sunny voice: "I am Orion, the best Orion in Yishui County." ”

Su Guo believed Li Kui's words, and at the same time became even more confused.

Why did Senior Brother Zhou Yuan accept Orion as a disciple?

This operation is unique among Sumen!

On his face, he said sadly: "Li Kui, the recovery of all things in spring is the season of animal reproduction, so indiscriminately killing, okay?" ”

This sounds like a headache, if someone else dares to question Li Kui, he will naturally stare at the past, and reply angrily: "Do you eat it?" Don't eat too much. Believe it or not, I'm going to beat you! "But Su Guo is not an ordinary person, he is the little uncle according to his generation, and he is Su Shi's youngest son according to his identity.

But if you follow Su Guo's question, you have to talk about learning, and the description of benevolence may also involve the "Book of Rites", the way of a gentleman, and it will be a headache to think about it.

Li Kui had no choice but to explain: "Uncle Shi doesn't know, this rabbit is the most boring, no matter what season, as long as the food is sufficient, you can give birth to a litter of young rabbits every month, you can become an adult in a month, and you can reproduce in three or four months." If there are more rabbits in a litter, you can raise more than ten rabbits, but only four or five female rabbits are selected to raise. Rabbits look very cute, in addition to eating, drinking, and Lazar, they know that making rabbits is very boring. ”

Only then did Su Guo believe Li Kui's words, and he was a successful professional hunter. Because, the knowledge of rabbits, he does not understand. Unexpectedly, the cute rabbit was such a shameless creature, and Su Guo broke off the idea of overflowing love.

In Su Shi's small courtyard, Gao Yu helped unload the goods on the car, and after seeing the coachman drive away, Mrs. Wang Yanzhi, aunt Wang Chaoyun, and Su Shi were stupidly stunned at a pile of half-human-high gifts.

"Su embroidery, is this Su embroidery?" The concubine Wang Chaoyun didn't seem to believe the Dao.

Su Shi nodded heavily and said, "That's right, Zhou Yuan is from Wu County." ”

"This skin looks different from the usual, very soft."

"Be careful, it's a winter tiger skin, and it's worth a lot."

"Silver ingots."

"Bronze vessels."

There is also the best of Su Shi's favorite ginseng - Shangdang Purple Group Ginseng.

……

But in the face of these precious gifts, his heart became extremely heavy. Especially when his wife asked him nervously: "Li Kui, this child looks very stable, will his family not know about giving such a valuable gift?" ”

If Su Shi hadn't read Zhou Yuan's letter, he would naturally identify Li Kui as a simple child.

But the question is...... Li Kui is it?

Although Zhou Yuan did not say it explicitly in the letter, he was full of worries about his disciple outside. And this kind of worry combined with the origin of Li Kui's words, plus the matter of Linyi City can't be hidden at all, I'm afraid that being a teacher is because of the worry that the children have a headache and cause trouble outside all day long, not because they are afraid that Li Kui will be deceived and bullied outside, right?

Facing his wife's apprehension, Su Shi smiled gently: "Although Li Kui's child is the first time to see him, if he can't believe it, can't Zhou Yuan believe it either?" ”

Mrs. Wang has met Zhou Yuan, and she looks like a very stable person, and she will definitely not recommend people to come to the teacher's house indiscriminately. The hanging heart suddenly let go of a lot, and then there was a heart. There is a way to be courteous to people must have something to ask for, Li Kui sent a heavy gift, although it is in the name of Zhou Yuan, but the handwriting on the gift list is not Zhou Yuan's, I am afraid that Li Kui has played a little trick in the middle. In case the gift is accepted, the things to be done are too big for his husband to do, wouldn't it make Li Kui dissatisfied and his husband complain?

said nervously: "Husband, I don't know what Li Kui's child is talking about?" ”

Su Shi's purpose for Li Kui's coming was naturally clear, and his disciple Zhou Yuan's letter said it, and Li Kui also said it. It stands to reason that it was not difficult for him: "Just let me write a poem to make a name for Yishui's specialty." ”

For such a simple matter, Mrs. naturally put down the hanging and said euphemistically to Su Shi: "Since this is the case, the husband should write well." ”

The concubine also echoed: "It's better to write a few more articles so that people can choose them." ”

When Su Shi is doing other things, most of the family members will be worried. But chanting poetry and lyrics, for Su Shi, it is as simple as eating and drinking. They were immediately relieved.

Gao Yu looked at the gift and looked at Su Shi with a blank look. At this time, Su Shi remembered that Gao Yu seemed to have not paid his salary for a long time, and said happily: "Your salary is more, and this year's salary is settled." I'll ask Su Guo to get it another day. ”

After saying this, Su Shi went to the study with the brocade box containing the purple group.

hid his favorite gifts back and forth, but in a blink of an eye, he found that Gao Yu was still standing in the courtyard, and said curiously: "Hey, why don't you go back to the city?" ”

Gao Yu's aggrieved tears were about to fall, the yard was filled with the smell of meat and coriander, and according to his experience, he also smelled an old hen stewed on the stove. The heart said: "Bachelor, don't bring this, seeing that you are about to eat, you don't keep me?" ”

He didn't even have some oil and water in his stomach, he was already hungry, and his heart was secretly ruthless, in this case, his heart said: "Bachelor, you forced me, I didn't want to scare you." ”

Gao Yu leaned closer and said: "Bachelor, although Li Kui has no problem, the two people he carries with him have a big problem, and it has a lot to do with the nobles in the palace." ”

Su Shi suddenly panicked, he pondered the people in the palace?

Grand empress dowager?

Or the Queen Mother?

These two women are not easy to deal with!

Su Shi pondered in a circle in the courtyard, and he had no clue in his heart: "Did I make a mistake?" ”