It's a pity that the Hong family has long since declined, and he is just a showman, so he can't do anything about these two people.

Taking a deep breath, Hong Hui asked his little servant, "Didn't I let you keep an eye on Zhu Xunmiao and Li Qingzhi?" What have they done this month? "If Li Qingzhi or Zhu Xunmiao do anything bad, he will definitely discredit these two people!

However...... Zhu Xunmiao has either gone to school or stayed at home for more than a month, and he didn't go out when he was resting, and he didn't do anything.

Li Qingzhi is the same - he didn't leave Miaoqian Village at all!

As for what Li Qingzhi did in Miaoqian Village...... Afraid that if they entered the village, they would be seen by the people in the village that something was wrong, and their people did not enter the village, so they did not know the specific situation of Li Qingzhi.

After hearing this, Hong Hui became even more angry, and there was nothing he could do.

Li Xiucai's school is closed on the fifteenth day of the new year, and on the first day of the tenth lunar month, Li Qingzhi followed Jin Xiaoye out early in the morning, intending to find Zhu Xunmiao.

For more than a month, Zhu Xunmiao didn't come to him, but he asked someone to send him some books, and at the same time, there were articles he asked Zhu Xunmiao to collect.

Li Qingzhi benefited a lot from these things after reading them, that is...... He's already done it.

He planned to find Zhu Xunmiao and borrow some more books to read.

Jin Xiaoye went out very early, Li Qingzhi walked with her, and it was a little early when she arrived at Zhu's house, and Zhu Qian was still eating breakfast. It's not good to visit when people are eating, so Li Qingzhi simply went to the kitchen.

He had a very good chat with Chef Zhou, and this time he specially brought a gift to Chef Zhou.

This gift is not a rare thing, just some loaches, which the villagers caught in the ditch.

Not every household in Miaoqian Village grows two crops of rice, some families only grow one season of rice, and they will grow rape in winter.

It is the kind of rape that blooms rape flowers, and the seeds that bear can be used to squeeze rapeseed oil.

Canola is basically sown in September, flowering in February of the following year, and then bearing rapeseed...... When the rape is harvested, it is just right to grow rice.

Of course, there are also people who grow wheat in winter, and the planting time is similar to that of rape.

It doesn't take much water to replant these two things in the paddy field, the water in the ditch gets shallower and shallower, and then some experienced people run to grab things.

In addition to loaches, you can also catch small crucian carp, yellow eels, crabs and even soft-shelled turtles, but the most common ones are loaches.

Li Qing insisted on spending money to buy some from the villagers, most of them were eaten by himself, and he brought the rest with him, planning to give them to Chef Zhou.

At the beginning, Chef Zhou didn't give him anything.

When he came to the kitchen, Li Qingzhi saw Chef Zhou sitting behind the stove and roasting the fire.

In the summer, no one wants to make a fire, but in the winter, it becomes a rush to do it.

"Mr. Lai!" Chef Zhou laughed when he saw Li Qingzhi: "Have you eaten?" Shall I make you something to eat? ”

"I've eaten it, but if I have more to eat, I can eat more."

Chef Zhou laughed when he heard this: "There is still porridge in the pot, I'll get you another preserved egg." ”

"Thank you, Uncle Zhou!" Li Qing insisted on eating, and gave the loach to Chef Zhou by the way.

Chef Zhou was very happy, chatted with Li Qingzhi, chatted and chatted, and unconsciously talked about something indecent: "Alas, recently, the person who collects people in the yellow has come every day, and he only comes once every few days, and my house stinks!" ”

Every household in the county uses a toilet, and the toilet must have a smell, if it doesn't fall for a few days, the smell will be even greater.

There are rules in the city that you are not allowed to throw things into the river, and it is not allowed to throw toilets into the river, so everyone can only wait for someone to collect it.

After speaking, Chef Zhou thought of something, and looked embarrassed: "Mr. Li, I'm sorry, you eat, I shouldn't tell you this." ”

"It's okay, tell me more about it." Li Qing insisted.

Seeing that Li Qing was not disgusted, Chef Zhou told him about the situation.

In the past, there were many dung men in Chongcheng County who collected Zhonghuang, and at that time, people in the city could even sell it for money.

But then a businessman surnamed Zhang monopolized the business, and they couldn't get the money.

Because there is not much money sold by Huang in the people, the businessman surnamed Zhang has a background...... Although everyone will complain in private, life goes on as usual.

But I don't know what's going on lately, those who accept people don't come!

After Li Qingzhi listened, he couldn't help but say: "In the future, maybe I will let you pay, and then people will be willing to come to collect Zhonghuang." ”

Isn't the behavior of the businessman surnamed Zhang to engage in monopoly, and then raise prices?

As far as he knows, the price of fertilizer for people in the village has also increased.

But this monopoly business really stinks

It's smoky.

Although this business stinks, the people in the vicinity want fertilizer, so the businessman surnamed Zhang is afraid that he will make a lot of money.

According to Chef Zhou, the businessman surnamed Zhang is the wife and brother of Sun Juren in the county seat...... In this era, Xiucai has little weight, but lifting people has weight, and they can even be officials. It is by relying on Sun Juren that this businessman surnamed Zhang can monopolize in Chongcheng County.

Li Qingzhi didn't have any feelings for this businessman surnamed Zhang before, but after guessing his intentions, he couldn't help frowning.

I hope he doesn't go too far, otherwise the lives of the people will be even more difficult.

The two didn't continue to chat, because Zhu Xunmiao came.

"Brother Li, have you been writing anything during this time?" Zhu Xunmiao asked when he saw Li Qingzhi.

"Written." Li Qingzhi laughed and took out a thick stack of paper.

He wrote a case for Gou County, and also helped Ding Xi write some.

Since I want to borrow books from Zhu Xunmiao, I will show these to Zhu Xunmiao first.

But he didn't just want to borrow books this time—he also wanted to visit Li Xiucai and ask Li Xiucai to give him some guidance.

Although he memorized a lot of books and could write, his level of writing serious articles was really not very good, and if he could get Li Xiucai's guidance, his scientific research should be smoother.

Chapter 53: The Li Family

After Zhu Xunmiao got the manuscript given by Li Qing, he couldn't wait to read it immediately.

But that's a bit rude...... He pressed his thoughts and invited Li Qingzhi to his study to talk.

Knowing that Li Qing insisted on studying with Li Xiucai, Zhu Xunmiao said: "If Brother Li wants to see Mr. Li, I can take Brother Li over." ”

"Wouldn't it be good to disturb the rest of the day?" Li Qing asked, He originally wanted to discuss with Zhu Xunmiao and then choose a day to visit Li Xiucai.

Those gentlemen who teach and educate people in Chongcheng County, the highest level must be Sun Juren, but Sun Juren accepts very few students, and he is very picky, he will definitely not accept him, and if you count further, it will be Li Xiucai's turn.

Although Li Xiucai has a bit of a love for money and a bit of a student, he is already the best choice.

"Mr. Li won't care." Zhu Xunmiao said, and then instructed the housekeeper to prepare a gift for Li Xiucai.

The gift prepared by the housekeeper of the Zhu family for Zhu Xunmiao was some paper and two pieces of ink, which were worth two taels of silver.

The Zhu family is very rich, but they don't give too many gifts to others, and it is not necessarily a good thing to give too many things to others.

Taking the gifts, Zhu Xunmiao took Li Qingzhi on the Zhu family's boat and went to Li Xiucai's house.

Li Xiucai has a large family, so he rented a large yard in the county seat.

It's just that no matter how big the yard he rented, after his sons got married one by one, it also seemed a little small.

If it weren't for the fact that his two sons who had a bit of a fortune had moved out to live, I am afraid that he would not be able to live here.

Li Xiucai's house is big, and a river port was built next to this side of the river, and the Zhu family's boat stopped here, so Zhu Xunmiao took Li Qingzhi up the steps and knocked on the door of Li Xiucai's house.

"Who?" A female voice sounded, and the door was opened.

The person who came to open the door was a woman in her forties, and when she saw Zhu Xunmiao, she smiled, and immediately beckoned Zhu Xunmiao to come in, and shouted at Li Xiucai to come out.

Li Qingzhi followed in, and saw several children playing in the courtyard of the Zhu family, and some ropes were pulled next to them, which were full of clothes......

Li Xiucai came out soon, he was not young, he was older than Jin Xiaoye's father Jin Dajiang, but probably because of his rich life and good upbringing, he looked much younger than Jin Dajiang.

If nothing else, let's talk about teeth...... Li Xiucai's teeth are very complete, and none of the teeth in front of him have been lost.

In this era, many people in rural areas have passed the age of forty and have not many teeth in their mouths.

The first is that people at this time do not pay attention to oral hygiene, and many people do not brush their teeth for the rest of their lives...... Ordinary people eat poorly, the nutrition is not enough, the food they eat is still rough, and their teeth will naturally not be good.

But the people in the city are different, their teeth will be much better.

Li Xiucai looked a little serious at first, but when Zhu Xunmiao approached...... Seeing the gift Zhu Xunmiao was carrying, he smiled and beckoned Zhu Xunmiao to go to the hall to talk.

Li Xiucai's hall is not big, and there are tables and chairs waiting for guests, but at this moment, two Taishi chairs are put together, and two babies about one year old sit in the middle.

Li Xiucai picked up the two children and opened his mouth to shout: "Xiulian, Xiulian, take the children away." ”

After a while, another middle-aged woman came over and took the two children away one by one.

When the child left, Li Xiucai asked Li Qingzhi and Zhu Xunmiao to take a seat: "The cold house is shabby, forgive me." ”

After a few words of greeting between the two sides, Zhu Xunmiao explained his intentions.

Li Xiucai was very happy to learn that Li Qingzhi was going to study in his school, and then said the tuition fee without hesitation - Li Qingzhi needed Li Xiucai to explain the scriptures to him, and the tuition fee for that year would cost seven taels of silver.

Li Qing insisted: "Sir, I went out in a hurry today, and I didn't bring any money, and I will give the bundle tomorrow." ”

"There's no hurry." Li Xiucai smiled and spoke, and then asked Li Qingzhi what books he had read.

Li Qing insisted on telling the truth: "Sir, I have memorized the Four Books and Five Classics very well, and I have also memorized some other books, but I have never been guided, so I am lacking in making a fuss or something." ”

"You've memorized all the books?" Li Xiucai was a little surprised. The four books and five classics add up to more than 600,000 words, and very few people can memorize them all.

He didn't know how many times he had read the book, and he knew it well, but he couldn't do it if he wanted him to memorize it completely.

When he got older, some of the books he had memorized before were forgotten now.

"Yes." Li Qing insisted.

Li Xiucai didn't suspect that Li Qingzhi was deceiving, after all, there was no need, but he was really surprised, so he read a few paragraphs and asked Li Qingzhi to memorize it.

Li Qingzhi came as soon as he opened his mouth, and there was nothing wrong with it.

Li Xiucai asked Li Qing again the meaning of some sentences...... Li Qingzhi has read the annotated book given by Zhu Xunmiao, and he can also give a rough idea.

The more Li Xiucai chatted, the happier he became, patted his legs and applauded, and then asked Li Qingzhi: "Is the injury on your arm better?" ”

When he didn't know Li Qingzhi's level before, Li Xiucai felt that Li Qingzhi's broken arm was not a big deal.

But at this moment, I found that Li Qingzhi's knowledge was so good...... If Li Qingzhi's right arm can't get better, his left hand must be practiced well! Li Qing insists on the current word, it is not okay to participate in the imperial examination!

"It's not all right yet, but it's fine." Li Qing insisted that he would break his muscles and bones for a hundred days, and in order not to make others feel strange, he planned not to use his right arm in front of outsiders for a short time.