The daily routine of wearing a book and abusing literature to cultivate a scholar and Xiaoxianggong

Chapter 52 The turbulent home-cooked meal
Although the provincial capital of the southeast province is not as cold as the north, it is very windy near the sea, and it is also much northerly than Baima village.

In the hall of my brother's house, a large charcoal brazier was lit, and it was burning vigorously, which was both warm and dehumidifying.

Sitting in front of the table, Li Xiaodao felt warm and comfortable. He will light one for the hall of his new home tomorrow. Open the windows during the day and pay attention to safety.

"Come here from your hometown and talk for less than four or five days. You're exhausted. Have a good meal today and rest. We'll talk about the unfinished business tomorrow." After everyone was seated, Mrs. Qi smiled and greeted.

Li Xiaoxin stood up, picked up the teapot, poured a cup of hot tea for all four of them with a smile on his face, Pei Zhiqi and Li Xiaodao hurriedly saluted and thanked them.

Li Xiaodao also replied with a smile: "It's because brother and sister-in-law are thoughtful, even the charcoal is prepared, and I can live by buying some meat and vegetables tomorrow, thank you brother! Thank you sister-in-law!"

Li Xiaoxin poured the tea and put down the pot, and quickly responded: "No, I will arrange for someone to prepare it myself. My sister, let me tell you, you and your brother-in-law don't have to worry about charcoal and firewood. Someone in Tanshi Street brings it to me every month. Once, I asked him to deliver it to you in the future, so you don't have to go all the way... Oops!"

While talking, Qi Shi pinched him under the table with a smile.

Li Xiaoxin hurriedly stopped talking.

Li Xiaodao understood what happened, and smiled normally: "Thank you brother."

Qi smiled again and said: "Your brother will have a consultation tomorrow, so he won't drink alcohol tonight. It stands to reason that he should have a few drinks with his brother-in-law."

Li Xiaoxin whispered: "It's okay to just have a drink..."

So he was pinched again.Shut up now, he swears.

Pei Zhiqi smiled and shook his head, "No need, I don't drink alcohol on weekdays."

After hearing this, Mrs. Qi held up a teacup and greeted him: "Then today, your brother and I will replace wine with tea, and welcome my sister and brother-in-law to the provincial capital. I hope that the brother-in-law of a scholar will become a master next year!"

Li Xiaodao also said: "This cup of tea is also respectful to brother and sister-in-law, thank you for helping us prepare such a nice house."

The four of them toasted, and after drinking the cup of tea, the feast officially began.

Li Xiaodao was hungry and just wanted to have a good meal. After exchanging greetings, she quickly picked up chopsticks and began to fill her stomach.

Xianggong is not a talkative character outside, apart from the necessary etiquette, he is used to sitting there quietly to eat.While eating, Li Xiaodao chatted politely with Mrs. Qi and his brother who occasionally interrupted.

"Oh, I have been in your Li family for three years, and I have never had a child." Qi sighed pretendingly: "So I am always afraid that your brother will abandon you and raise other women outside. Today I was too nervous to cause this misunderstanding, sister, please don't mind."

Li Xiaodao hurriedly put down the bone he was gnawing, smiled and shook his head: "No, no," he picked it up and continued to gnaw.

Li Xiaoxin comforted from the side: "Didn't I say it earlier, there is nothing wrong with your body, but your emotions are affected. If you insist on taking the medicine I prescribed, it will definitely happen!"

Mrs. Qi glared at him, and said angrily: "Your broken medicine, if you drink it today and don't drink it tomorrow, when will it be cured? It's been three years, and it has no effect at all!"

"I was afraid that the medicine would hurt your body, so I controlled the dosage..." Li Xiaoxin said aggrievedly.

Li Xiaodao wanted to say that sometimes it's not because of women that they can't have children, and men may also need to take medicine, but it seems that this is not suitable to say at the banquet, so he thought about it and let it go.

It's better not to add fuel to the fire of my brother's difficult life.

"Oh, by the way, brother, let me ask you something." Li Xiaodao suddenly remembered that he could ask his brother about something, and by the way, diverted from this easily explosive topic, "Do you know that there is a Boss Wan in the provincial capital? "

Li Xiaoxin looked like I thought you were asking someone, "Boss Wan? Of course he knows. Boss Wan of Wanji Trading Company doesn't know. Although he is a businessman, he is upright and respects scholars. The college my brother-in-law wants to study It's also funded by others, but it's hard to get into this academy, brother-in-law has to work harder!"

Pei Zhiqi nodded with a smile: "I will."

"Then do you know that Boss Wan has a son..." Before Li Xiaodao finished speaking, his elder brother slapped the table and became excited: "Hey! Boss Wan is such a good person, but he has raised a single seedling who is not up to expectations. Entering the academy, playing truant with his father behind his back all day, often sneaking hundreds of miles, visiting brothels, looking for singers, playing gambling, fighting, bullying men and women, and doing all kinds of bad things, really... "That feeling of regret is like talking about his own son.

"Sister, why did you ask this?" The elder brother asked suddenly while talking.

"No...it's nothing, I heard people gossip on the way here," Li Xiaodao fooled him.

Sure enough, this guy is also in the academy, but it's useless to tell my brother about it, so I can only take a step forward.

Mrs. Qi couldn't get in the way of talking about this, so she opened her eyes and looked left and right, and saw that Pei Zhiqi took out a clean handkerchief and wiped off the oily little hands that had held the ribs for the lady, patient and gentle.

Mrs. Qi kicked her man under the table, and directed Li Xiaoxin to look at him with his eyes.

Li Xiaoxin hurriedly imitated the example and wanted to wipe his wife's hands, but found that he didn't have a handkerchief on him, so he had to use straw paper instead. Qi rolled his eyes and snatched the straw paper to wipe his dry hands. He said with a dry smile: "Although this talented brother-in-law was born in the village and grew up in the village, he doesn't behave like a villager. It's nice to be gentle."

Li Xiaoxin nodded sincerely: "Yes, I have always felt that my brother-in-law has an indescribably noble air."

So his foot was trampled on again by Mrs. Qi, it hurt so much that she couldn't figure out why Madam stepped on him.

The husband just smiled politely and didn't answer, Li Xiaodao smiled awkwardly: "This...sister-in-law is too much...hehehe..."

It's better to find some serious topics to talk about, otherwise the meal might not last, Li Xiaodao thought.

"Brother, do you know if there are any Beijing officials visiting the provincial capital recently?" Li Xiaodao thought about another important question.

Li Xiaoxin thought for a while: "Hmm... I haven't heard of it? Why are you asking such strange questions?"

Li Xiaodao replied with an embarrassed smile: "Uh... When I entered the city, I saw many strange people from other provinces, and I was wondering if something happened recently." She made up a nonsense reason.

Li Xiaoxin suddenly realized: "Oh~ You said those people from other places, heh, those people are indeed from Beijing, but they are not officials, they are all running errands for the princes and officials to buy things in the provincial capital. I heard that the Queen Mother will come to the provincial capital next year It’s going to be its [-]th birthday in spring, and all the kings, kings, royals, and dignitaries in Beijing are trying their best to prepare congratulatory gifts, and send people to search for rare objects all over the country. Our provincial capital has a big port, and many foreigners come to do business. It is normal for Jingli to send people to buy some new gadgets."

Li Xiaodao let out a thoughtful "Oh~".It turned out to be like this, and it should be the reason why Li Guanshi went to Fucheng.

Li Xiaoxin said proudly again: "Don't worry, I'm sure what I said is accurate. If a Beijing official brings someone to the provincial capital, I'm not bragging about it. Anyone who is not acclimatized and has a headache will come to my Baihetang to report. I don't know reason."

Li Xiaodao smiled and said, "Brother is really amazing." After she said that, she picked up a few more bites of vegetables, saw a piece of pork ribs with a lot of lean meat on it, and happily put it into Xianggong's bowl.

Qi saw it again.

(End of this chapter)