The koi wife dressed as the male protagonist of the imperial examination

Chapter 263 Crying Poor
When the two fell out, Li Erlang had already started to have memories, and in the next ten years, his mother often talked about his ruthless second uncle and sister.

All in all, the relationship between the relatives of the Li family and their family members is not very good.

So Li Erlang has always known what kind of person Li Ershu is, but he is an elder anyway, so he can only invite him in politely.

At the beginning, of course, it was a polite exchange of greetings. Second Uncle Li said, oh, your family, Saburo, won the first prize, and now he is an official in the capital, taking your whole family to enjoy the blessings, etc.

Just a joke, Li Erlang, who often goes out to buy and contacts all kinds of people, is not Li Dalang who is honest and blindly respects his elders.

What I know better is what kind of tricks should be used to deal with such a person.

After Second Uncle Li expressed his envy, jealousy and hatred, he just looked at his second nephew eagerly.

Li Erlang first expressed his affirmation, yes, it was not easy. The third brother finally got through the years of studying, and the family was able to follow him to the capital to gain knowledge.

At the beginning, the family members also thought it was very beautiful, and the first few days in the capital were indeed extremely exciting.

As soon as the subject changed, Li Erlang grabbed Uncle Li's hand with a sad face, and began to complain: "Second Uncle, you are only seeing the superficial phenomenon.

Living in the capital is not easy, our family may not even have enough money to eat there. "

Second Uncle Li was very surprised, "How come, isn't San Lang already an official?"

"I'm an official. At the beginning, I was only a fifth-rank official in the Imperial Academy. It sounds majestic, but I have no real power. I have a few taels of silver and Lumi every month.

It sounds a lot, but second uncle, don’t think about it, so many of us are eating and drinking there, so why don’t we need money?Besides, San Lang has become an official, so he needs to make new clothes and go out to socialize. If he doesn't have a few taels on his body, others will laugh at him. "

As he spoke, Li Erlang burst into tears: "Before the New Year, we spent all the money we brought with us. My parents want to come back for the New Year, but they don't even have enough travel expenses."

"How come, a few taels of silver is not much?" Uncle Li is not so easy to deceive.

In their countryside, two taels of silver can buy a pig.

"Second Uncle, do you think it's enough, it's in the capital and not in our county.

San Lang's colleagues invited him to dinner, the best restaurant in the capital, the bottle of wine that is said to be very famous in the entire capital cost 18 taels for a meal, and San Lang didn't know the price until after eating.

After coming back, I was heartbroken for several days, but after that, I had to return the invitation, which is the same with human relationships.

You have to take care of your face, but it turned out that you need to eat more than 20 taels of silver for a meal, and my mother felt uncomfortable after hearing this.

But this matter can't be blamed on Saburo, it is inevitable to be an official in the capital, and parents can only blame their own incompetence for dragging Saburo down. "

Li Erlang talked a lot, and most of what he said was true.

But it didn't happen to Li Sanlang.

Li Sanlang has a very clear plan for the future, and also has self-knowledge about his wealth, there is no such thing as shameless.

Because from the very beginning, when he communicated with people, he put his position on it:
I was born in a poor family, and my family is poor. Now the whole family lives in the capital and it is not easy to eat and drink.

Therefore, a food shop was opened in the family to barely maintain the life of a large family, and they would not go out to eat, drink or socialize.

Really, no money!

But because of Li Xiuping's attitude, he clearly showed his identity and attitude from the very beginning, but no one laughed at him because of his background.

On the contrary, Li Zhuangyuan, who was born in a poor family, has won the praise of many people in the Hanlin Academy, which is famous for its nobleness, with such a true temperament.

What Li Erlang knew was other people's stories.

It was gossip from other customers chatting in the restaurant, because many people knew that this restaurant was opened by Li Zhuangyuan's family, and some of them liked Mrs. Li's cooking skills and wanted to taste some home-cooked dishes.

There are still some, but for socializing and entertaining. Anyway, besides the ordinary people, the customers in the restaurant also have many colleagues from the Imperial Academy.

The restaurant in Li's house has a good atmosphere. There are private seats and private rooms on the second floor, and the three friends can chat while eating and drinking.

Naturally, Li Erlang, who had worked as a waiter in the restaurant, had also heard the chatter of some of Saburo's colleagues and knew some interesting things that happened to officials.

Or rather, embarrassing.

In short, similar things really happened to those small officials in the capital, but it was not what Li Xiuping actually faced.

Li Erlang continued to sigh and said: "Hey, this is not the new year, and he had a wave of annual ceremony with his colleagues and Shangguan, but after the new year, the family can't open the pot.

I ran back here on purpose, because my parents were worried about the harvest in the field and asked me to bring some rice, flour, grain and oil to Beijing.These can be brought home, and some green vegetables can be planted in the yard, so as to survive the difficult days of spring first. "

In fact, since the Li family bought a yard in the county, the fields in the village are still planted but the number is much smaller. Basically, the old man Li and Li Dalang run back and forth.

The others are rooted in the county seat and rarely come back.

At that time, they had successively asked other laborers to help them, and it was inconvenient for Mrs. Shi Li and the others to take care of the meals because they were not at home. Old man Li simply followed his son's advice and hired part-time workers.

In the busiest few days, it was basically [-] Wen a day regardless of food, which most people in the village were willing to do.

Later, when old man Li wanted to take his family members to the capital to join Saburo, he directly entrusted all the fields to his clansmen to help them manage them.

At that time, it was agreed that half of the annual harvest will be given to the clan, and how to use it will be arranged by the patriarch of the Li clan.

There is only one condition. In the past, old man Li took care of the fields carefully with his sons. Don't wait for them to leave for a few years.

Entrusting it to the clan instead of his own brother, this really shows that the relationship between old man Li and his brother is not good.

It was also Li Xiuping who taught him. In the future, when he is an official abroad, he also needs to pay attention to his official voice.

There is also the matter of the balance of interests. The patriarch in the hometown is watching, and it must be more or less regulated.

Anyway, the patriarch has more knowledge than ordinary villagers, and the relationship between the two parties is mutually beneficial.

For example, the ethnology built by the Li family, as well as the books and notes that Li Xiuping specially entrusted someone to bring back, are very precious to scholars.

Sure enough, the clansmen helped them take care of the fields very well. Before the new year, they dried and bundled up the grains that could be stored, such as millet, wheat beans, etc. that should be distributed to old man Li, and packed them in sacks.

And those that cannot be stored are exchanged according to the ratio, and all are replaced with wheat beans.

Anyway, they were going to go with the caravan, and these Li Erlangs also planned to take them to the capital, and they could be used in the mansions and restaurants.

(End of this chapter)