Chapter 38: The Survivors of the Qian Family
Half a year later, seven children were back to normal.
Looking at the originally disabled child and recovering his health, Li Mu also breathed a sigh of relief.
The eyes are full of pride!
"Congratulations, sir!" Sun Mengxi thanked.
"It's not my wish to worship the marquis, but I want peace in the world!" Li Mu said proudly, "These children are now grown up, and they can be sent to good families to feed!"
"My lord, don't drive us away!"
"My lord, don't drive us away!"
Suddenly, the seven children immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed.
Li Mu was silent and looked at Sun Mengxi on the side.
Sun Mengxi said: "Adults, let's keep these children, you can accept them as righteous sons!"
Poof!
Li Mu complained in his heart, but he still said: "The official is not married yet, he has two daughters and five sons, this is too much!"
"My lord, if you send them out, they will be ...... after all," Sun Mengxi persuaded.
"Actually, it's not impossible!" Li Mu frowned and said, "It's just a few more chopsticks and a few more bowls." It's just that I can't even take care of myself, and I won't take care of a few children!"
"My lord, we will take care of ourselves!"
One of the children spoke.
"Yes!"
"Yes!"
The other children nodded as well.
"Okay, one sheep is also driven, and two sheep are also released, and the official will accept you!" Li Mu said, standing up, with endless majesty: "To be a man should abide by loyalty, filial piety, reason, wisdom, and faith." What is loyalty? Be loyal to your original intention, and your original intention remains the same; What is filial piety? I am your father-in-law, and you must honor me!"
"What is reason? It is the principle of heaven, and we must abide by the morality of heaven, and what is wisdom? You should understand what is small wisdom and what is great wisdom. What is faith? People do not stand without faith, and I don't like to speak as a fart person!"
As he spoke, Li Mu looked at the seven children and said, "Do you still want to be my righteous son?"
"Yes!
The seven children said in unison.
Li Mu said: "Very good, to become my righteous son, you must abide by the rules! First, you must not do things that hurt nature and reason; second, you must unite and love each other, and you must not hurt each other; third, you must respect your father-in-law and me! I hope that you must understand everything you do, you must be worthy of God at the top, worthy of yourself at the bottom, and worthy of your father and me in the middle!"
"If one day, I hear that one of you has done something hurtful, and my father-in-law I don't mind beating you to death with my own hands!"
Li Mu threatened, murderous, like a big villain.
Confucius said that only daughters and villains are difficult to raise, those who are close are not inferior, and those who are far away are resentful.
Sage Confucius said that it is very difficult for women and children to feed, too close, too spoiled, will be pampered and arrogant, and lose their proportion; but if they are too distant and ignore her, they will feel that they do not love him, and their hearts will be resentful.
Looking at Sun Mengxi as a woman, and at the seven children, I can't help but be big, too far and too close is not good, if I can't grasp the proportion, it will cause big trouble.
"Yes, sir!"
Seven children said in unison.
"Call your father-in-law?" Sun Mengxi reminded.
"Son, meet my father!"
"Son, meet my father!"
Suddenly, the seven children fell to their knees in unison.
Li Mu looked big, sat on a chair, accepted their worship, and felt at ease.
It has been said that grace should not be rewarded. In fact, this is a big mistake, if you don't try to repay your kindness, who will give grace.
It raises the moral level, but it leads to a decline in moral quality.
It's like Cong Fei helped many out-of-school children, but they were all white-eyed wolves. Those white-eyed wolves, of course, are not things, and take the help of others for granted.
But Cong Fei didn't do it right, his so-called kindness didn't try to repay, who would still give grace.
As the saying goes, if everyone gives a little love, the world will become a better place.
"There are no rules, there is no circle, since you are my righteous son, you can't embarrass me, you have to abide by the rules!"
"First, you can't eat until I eat!"
"Second, go to bed early and get up early every day, practice martial arts and study!"
"Third ,............"
Li Mu began to set the rules, becoming more and more like a feudal parent.
In his previous life, he was an only child, a family of three, even if he had multiple sisters, brothers and the like, there were also four people. There are fewer people, fewer problems, and whether there are rules or not, in fact, it is not a big problem. But now, seven children and one woman, if they don't make rules, they will be in chaos.
"Yes, father-in-law!"
The seven children said in unison.
"Adults, please give names to a few children!" Sun Mengxi reminded.
Li Mu suddenly had a slight headache.
In today's era, most of the poor families have no names, at most they are Li Dalang, Li Erlang, Li Sanlang, or Li Sidi. Most of the women are Sister Li, Second Sister Li, Third Sister Li, Fourth Sister Li and so on.
But Li Mu is a tanhualang, so naturally he can't replace his name with numbers, he must be educated and forced.
"Gold, wood, water, fire and earth, for the father's name is Li Mu, with wood as the foundation! You should take water as the name!" Li Mu said: "Water does not fight and benefits all things, let me think about it......"
"Li Yi, Li Xiao, Li Yu, Li Yi, Li Li, Li Zhi, Li Xun!"
After a long time, Li Mu finally gave names to seven children, and the names of the five children were homophonic, loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, wisdom and faith.
Finally give face, there is no name for the 銇骉鱻羴麤飝龘, otherwise it is troublesome to write the name.
"Thank you father-in-law for the name!"
The seven children said in unison.
............
A few days later, Li Mu had just finished eating.
Sun Mengxi stepped forward and said, "My lord, there is a problem with the little four!"
Seven children, according to their age, get names, and the fourth child is the fourth child, named Li Yi.
"What's the problem?" Li Mu asked, "Did you do something wrong?"
"Xiao Si is only six years old, and I recently inquired about it, and it turned out that Xiao Si was a survivor of the Qian family's annihilation!" Sun Mengxi said.
The survivor of the Qian family, Li Mu was silent.
The Qian family was wiped out, and Li Mu searched for a long time, but he didn't find the criminal. In the end, he could only find the big thief Hades and the Black Water Gang Li Heishui to use to top the pot.
In the end, the case has been settled. But Li Mu knows that this is a stain on his life.
But if the murderer is not found, he is unwilling after all.
In the whole case, the Qian family was poisoned and died. Only three people survived, one was the fourth aunt, the other was Qian Xiucai's daughter-in-law, and Qian Xiucai's son.
In the end, Qian Xiucai's daughter-in-law was also killed halfway.
The fourth aunt returned to the Qinglou again, but as for Qian Xiucai's son, he disappeared.
"The child's memory is a little busy and vague, and some things can't be explained clearly, so I went to the nearby neighbor's house to take a look, and I determined that it was the son of the Qian family!" Sun Mengxi said.
Li Mu said: "Could it be the murderer who sold the son of the Qian family Xiucai to the black beggar!"
According to Xiao Si's memory, he just slept for a while, and when he woke up, his mother was lost, and then he was caught by a black beggar, broke his leg, and begged on the side of the road until he was rescued by an adult!"