Li Bai's face darkened: "Who is the yellow-haired girl talking about?" ”

Qi Niang still couldn't get down from the window, and her mouth was unconvinced: "It's you, it's you!" ”

Seeing that the topic was off track, and the momentum of the family law was about to disappear, Li Ke had no choice but to hug Qi Niang down in person. The little guy looked at the flesh on his face, but he didn't have much weight in his arms, and he didn't know how to hold the sword every day.

Qi Niang arrived in Ah Weng's hands, and it was obvious to the naked eye that she had become much more well-behaved.

Li Ke put the person on the main seat and sat down, and then asked: "Fang Cai Ah Weng and Erlang were talking, and Qi Niang heard them all outside the door?" ”

As if she was afraid of being ridiculed, Qi Niang's eyes dodged, and she replied weakly: "I didn't eavesdrop, but when I was passing by, I accidentally heard a little ......."

Li Baicai didn't believe this little girl's words.

When didn't he finish commanding with his front foot, and then his back foot came out to listen to the corner?

Li Ke was very lenient with Qi Niang, and explained after a while: "Qi Niang, to be the daughter of our Li family, it doesn't mean that you have to be Ah Weng's daughter. Ah Weng is a few years behind you, and the Wang family is not easy to get along with after having San Lang...... If so, let you be recorded in the name of Da Lang or Erlang, and be Ah Weng's most beloved granddaughter, and then divide the family and not be subject to the Wang family. Would you like to? ”

Qi Niang blinked, looked at Li Ke in disbelief, and soon her eyes were red, and her long curly eyelashes became more and more pitiful after they became wet.

Li Ke touched Qi Niang's head with a rough palm with a calloused face, and asked in a harmonious voice: "Is Qi Niang willing to follow Da Lang or Erlang?" ”

Qi Niang somehow, this son suddenly became shy. Lowering his head, rubbing his eyes with one hand, and pointing at Li Bai with the other.

The implications are obvious.

Li Bai pulled his lips and laughed at her: "Don't you think I'm old now?" I can't imagine when our Qi Niang is still ashamed. ”

Li Ke originally intended to keep Qi Niang in Mianzhou and asked Li Bai to go to Chang'an to participate in the tribute, but when he saw the relationship between the two of them, he suddenly stopped thinking -

This is the fate of others who are easy to pinch, so don't interfere.

When the master and apprentice had enough of laughing, Li Ke asked solemnly: "Does Qi Niang have a name?" ”

Li Bai's face was slightly stiff, and he rubbed his nose a little embarrassedly: "When I picked it up, I only had a jade plate on my neck, and when I learned that there were seven in the clan, I kept calling Qi Niang." ”

Later, Qi Niang got used to shouting, and the household registration was not settled, so she forgot her name.

Li Ke was speechless, glared at Li Bai, and looked at the little girl's eyes more and more softly: "What name does Qi Niang want to call?" ”

Qi Niang had already eased up at this time, and her freshness came up, dangling the boots on her feet and said, "I want to be called Li Jianren!" ”

Li Bai was drinking tea, and almost choked himself to death when he heard the words. The hot tea entered his throat, and he coughed a few times: "Let's ask Aya to choose a name for Qi Niang." ”

Qi Niang couldn't be called Li Jianren, so she sighed old-fashioned and stopped squeaking.

Li Ke was also very difficult.

Back then, Da Lang's name was taken by their mother, and Erlang's "Li Bai" was thought of by him after racking his brains; When Lian Nu was born, he proposed Li Hei, but was immediately rejected by the Wang family.

Li Bai saw that Aya was entangled, and then he remembered the fact that the other party was a wasted name.

He had no choice but to hold his forehead and think for a while, and then he proposed: "The road is simple, I only wish that Qi Niang will be happy in the future, so it is better to call Li Leyang." ”

"Li Leyang." Qi Niang whispered her name.

From now on, she is also a famous person!

In the afternoon, the weather is much cooler, the doors and windows are open, and the natural wind is blowing comfortably.

Qi Niang was pestering Ah Weng to call her name a few times, and when she heard Wang pinching her throat from afar: "Ouch, it's really a coincidence, Erlang is also here, today I asked them to beat some plums, and the freshly boiled plum soup is cooled and sent over, so try it all." ”

The Wang family specially sent these plum soups, called to send food, but in fact, it was to find out what Li Bai said when he came to the study.

A few days ago, she learned that Erlang was going to participate in the tribute, and she was a little surprised and jealous. After all, they are all from merchants, and although they have some wealth, they are easily unable to embark on official careers.

She let the slave study, just because Li Ke liked it.

Now that Erlang has got the opportunity to become a scholar who takes the exam, and he will go to Chang'an in a few days, Wang's heart is a little impatient. For fear that Li Ke would carry her behind her back and secretly give all his family wealth to Erlang.

Li Ke was about to look for Wang's family, but he sent it to the door by himself.

Well, so as not to move any more.

He waved his hand and told the maids who were fiddling with the plum soup cup to withdraw. Raising his chin, he asked Wang: "You came just in time, can you recognize her?" ”

After that, he pointed casually and nodded at Qi Niang.

Wang Shi wondered, and said with a smile: "What do you don't recognize here, isn't it the child next to Erlang, I remember calling it Qi Niang......"

Li Ke sneered: "Since I know that it is the child that Erlang brought with me, why did I have to get a cheap status for her back then!?" ”

Wang was stunned by this shouting question, took two steps back with his heart, and was about to pretend to be aggrieved and pretend to cry, Li Bai had already taken out Qi Niang's deed and handed it to her.

"Does Mrs. Wang still recognize this?"

Wang stepped forward to take a look, but he didn't recognize it at first, but after carefully identifying it, his face turned pale.

The baby in swaddling clothes back then was really fed by him?

Li Bai asked a few more words, and the Wang family was stubborn at first, but after the female guest beside her was pressed in to confess, she fell silent.

The study was dull, and the wind in the courtyard was quiet.

Li Ke turned his back with his hand behind his back and didn't look at the Wang family again: "I once told you that Da Lang and Erlang have their own way to go, and San Lang is the same, what road they take, how to go, we can't replace it at all." You are planning all kinds of things like this, have you ever asked San Lang, is he willing? ”

Wang smiled bitterly: "If he is not happy, can he have a good future for himself." ”

"Erlang has a career to go, can we be a slave and enter the office as a merchant? I don't fight for him, in the future, I want him to live a hard life. ”

Qi Niang listened to Wang's sophistry, and couldn't help but open her mouth and yawn for a long time.

It's too exaggerated, holding gold and silver mountains, is it a hard life? If she saw them digging wild vegetables and fishing in Kuangshan to survive, wouldn't Wang Niangzi faint with fright.

Qi Niang thought wildly, and then listened to Ah Weng interrupt Wang Niangzi's words: "Enough, do you know that Datang Law abducts children under the age of ten as private slaves and maids, and it is a heavy punishment." Always treat others with selfishness, act ruthlessly, and can do anything to children, how can I tolerate you again! ”

Wang's face suddenly turned pale, and the whole person collapsed to the ground, sobbing quietly. Before she could say anything, the door of the study was pushed open, and the slave and Mingyue stood outside and cried.

Li Ning was behind her younger siblings, scratching her head a little overwhelmed.

Li Ke's face sank: "Who told you to bring them here!" ”

Qi Niang raised her little hand with a proud face: "It's me, Ah Weng, it's me!" ”

Li Ke: "......"

Things came to an impasse, Li Ke's robe was tightly hugged by two children with tears and snots, and he could only look at everyone helplessly, mainly Qi Niang: "With such a temperament, how can she teach mercy and Mingyue." Ah Weng was not at ease. ”

"Of course, Mrs. Wang is not suitable for teaching children, and she is not more reliable than the master." Qi Niang ignored Li Bai's bared teeth and grinned, raised her head and continued with a smile, "It's just that Qi Niang doesn't have A-Niang, so I will think that Lian Nu and Mingyue must want A-Niang to grow up with her." ”

"She doesn't really have to do anything. Because, it is very reassuring to have A-Niang here. ”

Wang listened in a daze, and suddenly realized that he had misseen Erlang and this little girl.

They were never wrong, and it was always herself who saw and drilled the horns of the bull.

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Qi Niang opened her mouth to protect the Wang family, also for Li Bai.

The master is the one who is going to participate in the tribute, and if Wang Niangzi is convicted, there will be problems with the pleadings. simply sell it to them first, and the grievances will be settled later.

Li Ke asked, Li Bai could only follow Qi Niang's words and smiled: "The mercy slave is not bad, but he is a little pampered, and Mingyue is even more of a good boy who is too polite." Now Mrs. Wang is willing to change, which can be regarded as the best choice for the two children. ”

It's just that Li Ke always feels that he has lost Qi Niang.

Qi Niang's household registration has now fallen to the Li family.

For this matter, they did not toss less, and the head of the family and the eldest son first handed over a handwritten letter to the yamen, cancelled Qi Niang's cheap status, turned into a beloved, and then officially recorded Qi Niang in Li Bai's name in the name of adopting an orphan girl.

In the Tang Dynasty, the protection of minors has long been included in the Tang Law, which has opened a precedent that has not been seen in the previous dynasty. Those orphans who are unable to live independently will be sent by the government to the "Beitian Nursing Workshop" and raised by the monastery. ①

At the same time, the government will also give priority to advocating friends and neighbors to care for orphans.

Therefore, although this matter was a little stumbling by Zhao County's order, it was still done without danger.

The first thing Li Bai did when he got the household registration was to touch Qi Niang's head and smile and said, "Call Aya to listen." ”

Qi Niang held the sword and disgusted face.

Li Bai: "In front of Meng Haoran in the past, you still took the initiative to call Aya!" ”

Qi Niang grimaced: "Slightly, who told you not to cherish it." ”

Li Bai nodded, grabbed Qi Niang and began to tickle, the little girl was very afraid of itching, laughing and crying "yes" begging for mercy.

The naïve Li Taibai was satisfied and let Qi Niang play.

Li Bai's small courtyard is on the west side, and in the afternoon, the sun shines on a hundred-year-old locust tree in the garden, and the light spots that leak are very poetic.

Li Taibai was very prosperous, ordered someone to get paper and pen, and began to show his skills.

Qi Niang also liked the poems written by the master, so she gathered around the stone table with an expectant face.

Li Bai took a sip of wine and raised his pen-

"Erlang, Erlang! Oh no! This is Li Dalang's voice.

Li Bai sighed, put down his pen, watched Li Ning stumble in, and asked, "Brother, tell me what happened slowly." ”

Li Ning gasped and said: "Before, didn't you let the villagers learn to make that high drum car, but now they have found that dry land can save fertile land, and they all gathered at our door, begging Qi Niang to show her spirit, and then help them revitalize that little bit of saline-alkali land." ”

Such saline-alkali land, the field that Li Dalang bought before, also accounted for one-tenth.

Different from later generations, Jiannan Road in the Tang Dynasty had a part of saline-alkali land due to special climatic and geological reasons. Most of them were distributed to farmers in remote villages and towns, and only a small part was allocated to public land.

The farmers in Qinglian Town are living a tight life.

This year, after the household department has recalculated the household registration, a new round of household tax collection will not be far off. They had no food or money in their hands, and they didn't dare to become fugitives, so they thought of Qi Niang.

If the Li family prodigy can make money on their dry fields next year, they will definitely be able to save these saline-alkali lands.

Li Bai figured out what these farmers thought, and he couldn't laugh or cry: "Qi Niang is not a fairy, how can she save them from fire and water in everything." ”

After the words fell, Qi Niang spoke weakly: "Master, I do know that there is a kind of thing that grows well when planted in saline-alkali soil, but also slowly reduces the salt content in this field. ”

"There are so many things in Shu, do you want to tell them?"