Otoharu

Chapter 332
Brother Kang immediately cheered, stepped forward and hugged Mrs. Li, and said coquettishly, "Grandmother treats me best. I like grandma the most. I will be filial to you when I grow up."

Li Yan looked at the grandparents and grandchildren who were tired of being together, and couldn't laugh or cry: "Mother, you can't spoil Brother Kang all the time, he is a boy, and now he is getting older, he should be independent, otherwise he will grow up in the future." You actually think about relying on your family, you're not growing up like a dandy."

Mrs. Li didn't care what he said, and said directly: "I was used to it when you were young, and I didn't see you become such a dude now. Our old Li family has good roots, and all the children and grandchildren can become talents." Mrs. Li is still very confident, and there are not many children she raised that are not good.

Li Yan realized that he couldn't speak to his old lady, so he could only silence his voice angrily, and looked to his wife for help.

Mrs. Jiang still had a smile on her face, and said: "Brother Kang, you can go if you want. He is doing well in school now, so it's okay to miss a day or two. If mother is afraid of getting tired, please invite me when we go up the mountain." Two strong men will carry you up the mountain, I see many old people going up the mountain like that."

"How much will it cost? Forget it. I'd better stay at home and watch Brother Jian. Brother Jian is so young, it's not easy to travel far." Mrs. Li didn't want to go when she heard that it would cost money. .

Seeing Mrs. Li's insistence, everyone had no choice but to give up.After breakfast, Mrs. Jiang organized his servants to load all the belongings of Li Yan and Jiang Shanqing into the cart, and the group of people took another bullock cart and went to Siming Mountain.

The ox cart could only go to the foot of Siming Mountain. When everyone got off the cart, Mrs. Jiang told her son, "You have to climb up the mountain by yourself in a while. We all have things in our hands, but no one can hug you."

Brother Kang immediately puffed up his small chest, clapped his small hands on it and assured him: "Don't worry, mother, I will definitely be able to climb the mountain by myself.

The road to Bailu Academy is different from the road to Qingfeng Academy. Qingfeng Academy is built on the mountainside, while Bailu Academy is built directly on the top of the mountain. It takes about an hour for ordinary adult men to climb to the top of the mountain. The Li family, a group of women and children, It took two hours to climb to the top of the mountain. Li Meier was better. She often boxed on weekdays. Now her body is strong and her physical strength is much better than in previous years. The son couldn't do it anymore, the whole body was hung on Li Yan's body, he was so tired that he couldn't say a word, only gasping for breath.

Although everyone stopped and stopped to accommodate him along the way, he still couldn't walk at the last section of the road, and basically he climbed to the top of the mountain only by being dragged by Li Yan.

Li Yan was quite satisfied with his son's performance, and he rarely praised him, "Brother Kang performed well this time. Although his strength is not exhausted, he still insisted on climbing to the top of the mountain. His spirit is commendable, and he will continue to maintain it in the future."

Brother Kang didn't have the energy to speak right now, so he could only nod weakly.

After resting on the top of the mountain for a while, everyone set off for the academy again. This time, they arrived outside the mountain gate of the academy after a short walk.

Because the Bailu Academy has been open for a long time, there are naturally many shops outside the mountain gate, but most of them are bookstores and grocery sellers, and there are some Lishixing who specialize in helping people carry things up and down the mountain, but few sell food. shop.

Because the Li family was in a hurry to go up the mountain, they ate some dry food to satisfy their hunger at noon. At this moment, their physical strength was extremely exhausted, and the food in their stomachs had already been digested.

Brother Kang stroked his flat stomach, looked at Li Yan and said, "Father, is there anything delicious near your academy, I'm so hungry."

Li Yan shook his head helplessly, and said: "There is only one breakfast shop outside the academy, which serves some breakfast snacks every day, and it has closed down for a long time now, if you want to find something to eat, you can only go to Siming Mountain on the mountainside town."

Brother Kang's face collapsed when he heard that, and he said pitifully, "I have to go back to the mountainside... I really can't walk at all~~"

"You can eat a piece of mung bean cake first, I have a few pieces left here." Li Meier saw that her younger brother was very pitiful, so she handed the pastry to him.

"Thank you, sister." Kang Ge'er took the pastry and ate it hungrily. Because the pastry was too dry, he accidentally choked on it. Fortunately, Li Meier quickly handed him water, so he didn't choke enough.

After swallowing the pastry with just this water, Brother Kang let out a long sigh, and said with a bitter face: "It would be great if there is a bowl of hot noodle soup right now, even if there is no noodle, a bowl of soup is fine..."

His words almost expressed the feelings of several people present, and Jiang couldn't help complaining, "Such a big academy, why doesn't there even have a decent restaurant outside the mountain gate?"

Li Yan said with a wry smile: "There is a cafeteria in the academy. On weekdays, everyone eats in the cafeteria for the sake of convenience, and the cafeteria is subsidized by the academy. Many students from poor families eat in the cafeteria for almost no money. I don’t know how to spend money to eat out. There’s no business opening a restaurant outside the academy, so no one comes.”

"Father, I don't think what you said is right." Li Meier has her own opinion, "There are naturally poor students in the academy, but they are only a minority. There are more students from decent families. After all, studying is a costly thing. , the family doesn’t have any family resources, who has the confidence to support their children to study, so there must be many students who are dissatisfied with the cheap and unpalatable food in the canteen of the academy. If someone can open a cheap and delicious restaurant outside the academy at this moment The restaurant will definitely make a lot of money."

"Mei Meier, this matter is not as simple as you think." Li Yan stretched out his hand and touched his daughter's head. He didn't say that the restaurant in the academy was contracted by relatives of Shan Chang's family. He didn't want to tell his daughter about it. Among the twists and turns and conflicts of interest, he always hoped that his daughter would be simpler.

But how did Li Yan know that Jiang Shanqing had already told Li Meier about the inside story. Li Meier felt that Shanchang's relatives were not a problem at all, and she didn't continue to discuss this matter with Li Yan. After all, her father didn't have any business. Brain, the opening of the store has to be discussed with her mother in the end.

"Okay, don't send them off either. Shanqing and I can go up by ourselves. You go to Siming Mountain Town in a while, have a good rest and have a good meal." Li Yan stopped outside the mountain gate and said to his wife and children.

Jiang looked at her husband, and said reluctantly, "Take good care of yourself in the academy, and remember to write back often."

"Don't worry, Grandma, I will take good care of Uncle and Young Master Shanqing." Shuxiang said beside her with her hands full. "Don't forget about me, I'll be home next month for the Hungry Ghost Festival. When that time comes to worship the ancestors, I'll stay at home for a few more days." Li Yan patted Jiang's hand lightly and said softly.

(End of this chapter)