Chapter Seventy-Six: Boss Li
It turned out that after Li Laosan left the inn, he found a nearby restaurant, ordered two side dishes, a pot of wine, and gave Xiao Er some copper coins to ask him about the situation.
When Li Laosan went, it was past the time to eat, and he was the only one in the store, and Xiao Er saw that he was generous and was willing to say a few more words to him.
When I heard him ask, all he asked was some gossip and gossip in the town, and it was not about any family and country affairs, so there was nothing to avoid. Looking at the money in his hand again, he is even happier when he talks about it. The shopkeeper also saw that there were no other guests, so Xiao Er was talking nonsense there!
Li Laosan saw that he was almost done, so he asked about the news of the nearby master, and when he talked about the master's second child, he was the first to talk about this Li Boss, and first put up a big mother finger, saying that others are good, humble, respect teachers, and take good care of the students of the academy!
Li Laosan was naturally happy when he heard it, although the two were not close, but he must be his own eldest brother, he had such a good reputation in this town, he also had face, didn't he?
Xiao Er saw that Li Laosan was easy-going, and he was not polite, so he sat next to Li Laosan at his request, and said: "If you want to talk about this Master Li, you have to talk about his background first, he is a peasant family, and his family has no money, and he can be admitted to Xiucai or his father-in-law has made great efforts!
Li Laosan frowned slightly, it was uncomfortable to listen to this? The boss's Yue family had some silver, but it was just a drop in the bucket from his own family!
It turned out that his father-in-law's family had some wealth, but there was a young son in the family, and when he hadn't left home, one year he caused a big disaster, not only ruined his own life, but also made their family lose a lot of money!
But he didn't interrupt Xiao Er's words, he had to know what the townspeople were saying about his family and the boss?
Xiao Er said: "After Master Li won the show, he didn't look down on his own lady like others, although Mrs. Li only gave her a daughter, but the two have been living a small life with Hemei!
While saying that Xiao Er also showed a serious face, he still agreed with Boss Li's point, Li Laosan also nodded, not to mention anything else, his eldest brother is really good to his daughter-in-law! Although he sometimes looks down on his eldest brother, but that is because he is too good at spending money, and the family's thick family foundation has made him empty, but nothing else.
"Not only to Mrs. Li, but also to his father-in-law as filial piety! Mrs. Li has no mother since she was a child, and it is not easy for her to be raised by a father. When you get old, you will enjoy the blessing of your daughter!"
Li Laosan's heart was churning, did he become his father? His father is not dead, where did he get so many fathers? Enjoy happiness? His own father does not know whether he has enjoyed the blessings of his own son for a day, and he has become a son to outsiders? What kind of life his own family has lived in the past few decades is only known to his own family, why is this so? It is not for him to study, but in the end it is his father-in-law who enjoys his happiness?
Xiao Er didn't know that Li Laosan was angry, and still said: "I heard that Master Li has already taken his father-in-law to live in his own house, not only for food, but also for spending money to make a living!"
Li Laosan was angry, but with a smile on his face, he asked in a low voice, "I don't know what kind of livelihood it is?"
Xiao Er looked envious, "Li Fuzi bought a courtyard on the edge of the academy, opened a bookstore, and also sold some pen and ink by the way, and some scholars from poor families can also take over some book copying work with him, and they can exchange some pocket money! This bookstore makes him earn a lot of silver every day, but he just handed it over to his father-in-law to take care of!"
Li Laosan nodded, and wrote down the affairs of this bookstore in his heart, thinking that he had time to take a look, at least he had to know how much money his eldest brother could make from trading! He didn't care about the boss's money, but he couldn't let his family be kept in the dark!
Li Laosan smiled, poured a glass of wine for Xiao Er, raised his glass, and did one first, "This Master Li is really good, but I don't know what the situation is in his family? You said that his family is a farmer, so he supports his father-in-law like this, and there is no objection in the family?"
Xiao Er looked back, and saw that the shopkeeper didn't know what he was busy with, and he was not nearby, so he quickly poured the wine into his mouth, and said casually without thinking: "I don't know about this, I only know about Li Fuzi's family, and I have never heard anyone mention the situation in his family, maybe his parents are long gone!
Li Laosan was so angry that he almost flipped the table, whose parents are gone? Your parents are dead. Unable to listen to it anymore, Li Laosan stood up directly, and said to Xiao Er with a stiff expression: "Let's go!"
He put some silver on the table and turned to walk away quickly.
Xiao Er scratched his head, what's wrong with this person? He didn't say anything! Okay, he left suddenly, this person is sick, right? But seeing that the money on the table paid for these drinks and food, he didn't care, anyway, he saw a lot of strange people in a day, and it wasn't bad for this one.
Li Laosan slapped the table angrily to Hui Niang and the others! Scolding Li Boss is not a thing!
Hui Niang smiled: "What should I do? That's it?" Without waiting for Li Laosan to refute, she said again: "Uncle is just raising his father-in-law alone, how much can he eat and use as much as an old man, but he has to show him the store, who takes advantage of whom? Why are you so atmospheric?"
Li Laosan's neck twisted, and for the first time, he stood up and said to Hui Niang: "That's not what I said. His father-in-law has only one daughter, and I have no problem raising him, but I can't go around saying how much his father-in-law has paid him, and how much money his father-in-law has, can our family know? Is the amount he gave enough for our family to be a fraction of it?"
Li Muyao and Erya only looked at the two of them, and neither of them spoke, but the expressions of the two were completely opposite, Erya's expressions were somewhat tangled, but Li Muyao looked interested!
Li Laosan said: "Our family has been studying for so many years, and so many people in the family have studied for him alone, and all those who can come out are out, and they almost starve to death! Of the three girls in the family, which one of them married not to ask for more dowries, but in the end, where did they go, not all of them went to the hands of the boss. What kind of life has the three sisters lived so far, has he been in charge?
When the second brother married the second sister-in-law, the first thing my mother liked was not how the person was, but the least dowry she wanted.
Li Muyao smiled and muttered in a low voice: "Isn't your daughter-in-law just picked up for nothing?