Liangyue Farm Gate

Chapter 40

Li Dalang and Li Erlang are not at home today, the only men in the house are Li Ming and his father.Guan Wen didn't like to intervene in the affairs of Li Xin's mother's family and couldn't say anything.

Li Ming was very worried, for fear that his father would really be fooled by his uncle and make up his mind to agree to build a golden nanmu coffin for grandma.

The uncle's house will be comfortable, but I'm afraid that there will be another disturbance in my family.

The lesson about Dad buying the iron plow from Third Uncle's shop is still there, and it is impossible for Yiniang's temper not to make a fuss.

Li Ming thought about it in his heart, but he could only hear Li Houbo's words to teach his father in his ears, but his father didn't dare to open his mouth to refute.There was also the meaning of blaming his mother inside and outside the words, and he was furious when he heard it, but he couldn't stand up rashly regardless of his seniority.

Looking around, he saw his brother-in-law sitting at the door, with his eyelids closed as if he hadn't heard what was said in the room.

Li Houbo spoke excitedly, Li Ming took the opportunity to shrink back, sat next to Guan Wen, and whispered: "Brother-in-law."

"Ai."

Guan Wen hurriedly responded, "Why did you come out?"

"I can't hear it very well. Seeing that my father couldn't help but want to yell at Uncle." Li Ming said with a smile, "I was afraid I couldn't control it, so I came out."

"Well, you are a scholar, it's better not to argue with others, and it's still an elder."

"Brother-in-law also heard what uncle said?"

"Of course I can hear it." Guan Wen quickly glanced inside, "Uncle's voice is quite loud."

Li Ming crossed his legs and sighed, "Father has been crushed by my uncle all my life, and I can't turn over. I listen to my uncle and third uncle in everything. So does grandma, who is completely partial to my uncle and third uncle. She doesn't treat Dad at all." Not good. Like Mother said, sometimes I feel that Dad is definitely not my grandma's real son."

"It's common for the elderly to favor one another."

"Isn't that so?" Li Ming curled his lips, "Uncle is the eldest son, he has a prosperous family, and his family is richer than his father, so grandma is naturally partial. The third aunt is the daughter of a family in the town, and she also helped the third uncle open a blacksmith shop. Grandma thinks that third uncle is great, and always thinks that the people in the town are much higher than the people in the village. My father is not as good as the top, and he is not as good as the bottom, so he is naturally suspected."

This is not easy to answer, Guan Wen just smiled.

"I just thought, when I pass the Tongsheng exam, and then I take the exam as a scholar, my father and mother will be able to stand upright. At that time, even the uncle will be polite to my father."

After all, he was still a child at heart, and Li Ming's swear words sounded a bit angry.Guan Wen nodded, "Mingzi is good at reading, and he will definitely be promising in the future."

Li Ming smiled happily, and after a while he looked lonely again, "If it wasn't for my sister, I wouldn't have been sent to study by my mother..."

After muttering a few words, Li Ming immediately felt that it would be unlucky to say this in front of his brother-in-law, so he changed the subject and said, "Brother-in-law, don't you have younger brothers who are also studying? Yesterday when my mother asked, it seemed that you didn't want to talk about it."

Seeing Guan Wen's embarrassment yesterday was Li Ming who came out to relieve him. Although he is small, but because of Li Xin's relationship, he has seen the faces of the villagers since he was a child, so he naturally knows some ways of life.

Guan Wen might as well ask Li Ming about this, and said awkwardly, "Ah, it's my sixth brother, who will be sixteen this year."

Guan Zhicheng is 16 years old. He is really smart. He did well in private school with his husband, but the older he gets, the more pedantic he seems.On the contrary, he had taken the children's exam twice, but he failed. After the incident, Guan Zhicheng only scolded the tester for the bad questions in front of his family, and scolded the tester for not being Bole. Anyway, he never found the reason on himself.

Guan Wen also vaguely felt that Guan Zhicheng's temperament was a bit dull and pedantic, but there were many things at home, and Guan Zhicheng had big ideas, and a 16-year-old boy had self-esteem, so he couldn't say anything.

Hearing that Li Ming was going to take the entrance examination for children at the age of 12, Guan Wen couldn't help but compare him with his younger brother, and felt a sense of inferiority.If Li Ming really got into Tongsheng this fall, Guan Wen would probably feel even more ashamed for his younger brother.

Li Ming clapped his hands and said, "Brother-in-law, can you introduce that elder brother to me? The gentleman said that a scholar should make friends all over the world, be open-minded, and broad-minded. I don't know which gentleman's private school he studied in? Maybe I will too. know."

"Mr. Zhang Zishan's disciple." Guan Wen knew about it. He had been there a few times when he was sending Shuxiu off, and had seen this serious-looking gentleman whose name didn't quite match his name.

"Oh... Mr. Zhang Zishan..."

Li Ming frowned slightly, and said with a sudden smile: "I know this gentleman! My husband mentioned him and said that his explanation of "The Doctrine of the Mean" is the most incisive, but he is a bit rigid. A little wood."

"Really?" It was the first time for Guan Wen to hear negative comments on Mr. Zhang Zishan, so he hurriedly asked, "Your husband is familiar with Mr. Zhang?"

"Not very familiar..." Li Ming said: "But they are all private school teachers in Hui County, and they should know each other, not to mention that the private school is located in two neighboring villages. Although my husband doesn't approve of Zhang Sir, but my husband also said that every year, under Mr. Zhang’s family, there are many students who are admitted to the school and scholars. A few years ago, Mr. Zhang’s family had a Jinshi and passed the exam. At that time, Mr. Zhang was very beautiful.”

Guan Wen nodded. It was precisely because Mr. Zhang had such a proud student that Guan Wen didn't take over Guan Zhi to the private school in the town.

"Mingzi said so much, I still don't know who your husband is?"

"My husband's name is Gu Changsheng." Li Ming scratched his head embarrassingly. "Mr. Gu is much younger than Mr. Zhang. Mr. Zhang is already old enough to know his destiny. My husband just passed away..."

"Mr. is young, and you should be able to talk better."

"That's right, my sister said that too." Li Ming smiled and rolled his eyes, "My sister said that Mr. Gu's way of educating students is very good, not too restrictive, but not indulgent, let me follow Mr. Secondly, the main thing is to learn to be a human being." Li Ming said excitedly: "By the way, my sister specially read the opening sentence of "University" for me!"

As he spoke, he began to memorize, "...the way of a university is to be virtuous, to be close to the people, and to be perfect..."

Li Ming was talking, Guan Wen was listening, and they ignored Li Houbo's lecture and Li Houzhong's nonsense response behind them, but suddenly there was a loud noise in the main room, and the two hurriedly turned their heads to see that it was Li Houbo who took the picture. After leaving the table, the four-corner table was crumbling, and the reverberation caused Li Ming's ears to hurt.

Li Houbo scolded angrily: "Second son, are you going to be a bastard or something? I'm still fighting with your elder brother! I must listen to your mother-in-law for everything? You can't be the master! Mom is here It is waiting for you to make a coffin for her with a sigh! Are you still your mother's filial son!"

The word "filial piety" was suppressed, and Li Houzhong didn't dare to say anything.

Li Houbo told him that he was just joking, and he was forced to wait for his family to come. That sentence made Li Houbo angry.

Li Ming hurriedly stepped forward to call his father, and said to Li Houbo: "Uncle, you are..."

"Mingzi, get out of the way! Don't talk too much when adults talk."

Li Houbo swung his fat palm and almost hit Li Ming.Li Ming staggered and was protected by Guan Wen, and there was a layer of fire in his eyes, and he said angrily: "Uncle, don't make a mistake, this is my house, and you can decide what to do! Could it be that you are the eldest brother?" What, my father has to agree to being a younger brother? Clay figurines are still a bit earthy! Isn’t uncle filial? Grandma wants a golden nanmu coffin and uncle doesn’t know how to make it for grandma? What’s the reason for relying on my father? !"

"You...reversed! You've read the book for a few days and you've become a fool! How dare you talk to your elders like that! I must teach you a lesson on behalf of your father today!"

Li Houbo stood up "crashly", glared at Li Ming, raised his palm and was about to slap it down, but Guan Wen grabbed his wrist all of a sudden.

"Uncle, please speak carefully. Mingzi is only 12 years old, not much older than your grandson."

Li Houbo was a little apprehensive when Guan Wen came forward, after all he also knew that Guan Wen had fought with the bandits, so he could only insist: "It's only natural for the elders to teach the younger ones!"

"It's true to say that, but Mingzi's serious father is still here, and if you do this, it's a bit..."

"Some things have been overstepped, uncle."

It was Li Xin who stood outside the door holding the hem of her skirt, and accepted Guan Wen's words with cold eyes, "We don't make golden nanmu coffins, but Grandma wants that kind of coffin, and the uncle's four strong laborers are enough to make it. My elder brother and second younger brother have been busy recently, and have no time to make coffins."

Li Houbo choked, as if he didn't bother to argue with his niece, he turned to Li Houzhong and said, "Look at your two children, what do you look like? You don't teach them well!"

Li Houzhong blushed and was about to speak, when suddenly an angry roar came from outside the door, "I can teach my baby by myself, big brother just take care of your own family affairs, brother, don't intervene in our family's affairs so much One hand! I'm too busy to panic!"

(End of this chapter)