Liangyue Farm Gate

Chapter 479
After chatting for a while, Guan Wen and Wei Xingzhi also came back.

Wei Xingzhi carried a bamboo basket on his back, a long cage specially used for calligraphy and painting, and Guan Wen helped him carry the wooden boards and table legs for setting up a stall.

Li Xin carefully observed the expressions of the two, but he did not see any anger on Guan Wen, nor did he see any annoyance or shame on Wei Xingzhi's face.It's just that Guan Wen still doesn't look very happy.

Wei Xingzhi greeted Li Xin, and went to clean up the stalls on his own.Guan Wen unloaded the wooden boards and table legs, took the water from Li Xin and drank it, heaving a sigh of relief.

Li Xin asked him in a low voice: "Did you really find Wei Shusheng in Xifang?"

Guan Wen paused, then nodded slightly.

Li Xin looked at him with a smile.

After a while, Guan Wen said helplessly, "Xiner, what do you want to ask?"

Li Xin pursed his lips and smiled, and said in a low voice: "The expression on your face before you left, it looks like you are going to catch an adulterer..." As he said, he waved his hand: "Didn't Aunt Wei say that Brother Wei is selling money in Xifang? Calligraphy and painting? I don’t know where Xifang is.”

Guan Wen patted his forehead annoyed.

"How?" Seeing that Guan Wen was not angry, Li Xin also knew that Wei Shusheng had done nothing out of the ordinary, so he asked Guan Wen about it with some interest.

Guan Wen reluctantly pretended to wash his hands to avoid A-Mei and Aunt Wei. Li Xin followed up with kindness, and Aunt Wei joked with A-Mei: "Your brother and sister-in-law have a very good relationship. When your elder brother comes back, your sister-in-law never leave him..."

Li Xin smiled and watched Guan Wen pouring water to wash his hands. Guan Wen rubbed his palms to wash his hands, then stretched out his hands and shook them, and then said: "He set up a booth to sell calligraphy and paintings at the entrance of Xifang. Now, there is nothing indecent in broad daylight, but most of the people who come to him to buy calligraphy and paintings are people from Xifang..."

Guan Wen paused for a moment, and Li Xin understood that he was referring to the women in Xifang who were in the flesh business.

Immediately Li Xin didn't know what to say.

Guan Wen pondered and said: "I asked Brother Wei on the way back, and he said that because of the tight schedule, he had to save more money quickly. He didn't want to come here either, but calligraphy and paintings are sold here. , I get more money, and those women are willing to pay. So..."

Li Xin hummed lightly, and Guan Wen said: "He said that he also went during the day, and when it was getting late, he closed the stall and came back when there were more people. In the morning, he set up a stall to write letters, and in the afternoon, he sold calligraphy and paintings. It is really tiring to turn on the lamp in the evening to read and review books for a while, or to write and draw pictures..."

Li Xin sighed.

Wei Xingzhi was a weak scholar with no real property in his family. Although he was a scholar, he was a poor scholar, and he had to spend money on buying books and the four treasures of the study.Aunt Wei is too old to work hard, so the burden of the family falls on his young shoulders.

Guan Wen said: "I offered to pay him money for the trip, but he refused. I said it was a loan to him, but he still refused..."

Li Xin said: "He is a literati, and literati are somewhat sour and so-called dignified and arrogant..." Li Xin sighed: "Forget it, let him alone. Do you know how he is saving the travel expenses now?"

"I asked, and he just said it was almost there."

Wei Shusheng didn't want to owe them too much. This was also caused by self-esteem, and Li Xin couldn't say anything.

Wei Shusheng packed up and came out. Mrs. Wei pulled him to talk to him, and what she said was the purpose of Guan Wen and Li Xin's visit today.Amei stood beside Wei Shusheng and lowered her head slightly to look at Wei Shusheng's toes, with a slight blush on her face.

On the way back with Wei Shusheng, Guan Wen also told him the purpose of coming today. Wei Shusheng was very calm, helped Aunt Wei and thanked Guan Wen and Li Xin with a smile.

Aunt Wei smiled happily, holding Amei with one hand and Shusheng Wei with the other, looking left and right, she just felt that her hard life had come to an end.

Although after giving birth to so many children, only such a son was able to live on in the end, but seeing that the son is promising, and the daughter-in-law is such a virtuous and gentle person, in the future, the son is filial and the daughter-in-law is filial, how many more will the daughter-in-law have? This... She can be regarded as having explained to the ancestors of the Wei family, and the Wei family can be regarded as a successor!
Li Xin and A-mei helped Aunt Wei pack her things, while Guan Wen and Wei Xingzhi stood outside the yard talking.

"When do you plan to go to the state capital?" Guan Wen asked.

Wei Xingzhi made the calculations and said, "It should be four or five days later." Wei Xingzhi smiled: "My mother said that we should check the auspicious days for travel, and find a suitable day for travel before leaving."

Guan Wen laughed and asked, "Then what was your original plan?"

"I was planning to leave the day after tomorrow."

"Since we're leaving the day after tomorrow, why didn't you bring my aunt to our village?" Guan Wen looked at Wei Xing and knew, "Didn't it be agreed last time? Something happened in my family during this period, and you almost didn't Gu Shang. If we hadn't found you here today, would you have left your mother behind and let your mother stay here, and go to the state capital by yourself?"

Wei Xingzhi felt a little uncomfortable on his face: "Brother Guan, I didn't mean that..."

Before leaving last time, it was obvious that Wei Xingzhi called him "Big Brother".

Guan Wen just sighed: "We will be in-laws in the future, and you will be my sister-in-law, so you don't need to be so alien."

Wei Xingzhi bowed his head and remained silent.

Suddenly, Wei Xingzhi asked: "Brother Guan, I heard that Guan Liu is also going to the state capital to take the Juren examination. Has his itinerary been arranged?"

Guan Wen was startled for a moment.

Wei Xingzhi said: "My mother told me that if you have to go to the state capital, it is better to go together." Having said that, Wei Xingzhi's tone did not have such emotion.

Guan Wen twitched the corner of his mouth and said, "That's unnecessary, he... I don't know where he is now."

Wei Xingzhi was surprised: "Where did you say that?"

"...he and my father are not in the village anymore." Guan Wen replied briefly, then changed the subject and said, "It's you, Mrs. Wei is going with us today, why don't you go with us."

Wei Xingzhi quickly shook his head: "I'll forget it..."

"If the money is not enough, tell me how much is missing, and I will add it to you with my sister-in-law." Guan Wen said: "The day of autumn is approaching, and it is not a problem for you to go out early and return late every day to earn money. By then, money will be earned. However, Qiu Wei was delayed, and he couldn’t write what he should have written, so that’s not worth the loss.”

Guan Wen looked at Wei Xing seriously and knew: "Use these few days to study hard. The countryside is quiet and the air is good. You can smell the smell of alcohol around your house..."

Wei Xingzhi lowered his head.

"You scholars all say that you have a backbone. I didn't say that the money was given to you for free. When you have money in the future, it's not too late to pay me back."

Guan Wen tilted his head and asked him, "What do you think?"

Aunt Wei pushed open the door and shouted at Wei Xingzhi, "Xingzhi, mother packed it up."

Wei Xingzhi hurriedly turned his head, looked at Aunt Wei with a smile and said, "Mother, are you ready?"

"Okay." Aunt Wei asked with a smile, "What are you talking about?"

"I didn't say anything." Wei Xingzhi helped Aunt Wei, and said with a smile, "Mother has packed up, let's go to Lotus Village with Brother Guan and the others."

A-mei followed out from the house with a bundle in her hand. Hearing the words, she immediately raised her head and glanced at Wei Xingzhi, who happened to meet Wei Xingzhi's eyes. She lowered her head immediately, mustering up her courage, and said: " The aunt said that you will leave in four or five days, so you will be at home alone during this time..."

Li Xin then said: "Brother Wei, come back to Lotus Village with us, you can't earn much money in four or five days of work, all your time is used to earn money, and you don't even read the classics and history collections, how will Qiu Wei take the exam? "

The corners of Wei Xingzhi's mouth were slightly stiff, and Li Xin said in his ear: "You also said before that you are not very good at strategy theory, but you are good at poetry and prose, which must be recited and memorized by heart. Qiu Wei There are not many days left, so you should memorize for a while."

Li Xin regarded Wei Xingzhi as a high school student who was facing the college entrance examination. At this time, he should decompress. She also wanted Wei Xingzhi to relax a little bit.

In fact, from a selfish point of view, Li Xin didn't want Wei Xingzhi to have much promise.If Amei becomes an official wife, she will face more pressure from all parties in the future.If the man in my family is on the rise, I am afraid that people will miss him even more.Colleagues in the court, some small business officials who want to curry favor with him... All kinds of people who want to get involved with him will definitely find ways to give gifts, money, and women.

It should be very difficult for Amei to deal with these.

Li Xin looked at Amei, her face had the healthy and shy luster that a girl should have, especially when facing Wei Xingzhi, she was naturally shy.

Guan Wen tried to persuade him from the side, and Aunt Wei took La Wei Xingzhi's hand and said, "Xingzhi, just listen to my sister and her elder brother and sister-in-law. Don't be too tired..."

Wei Xingzhi smiled reluctantly, but finally agreed: "Then listen to brother Guan and sister-in-law Guan."

Li Xin faintly felt that something was wrong, but after thinking about it, he didn't feel anything was wrong.

Wei Xingzhi also simply packed his bags, bringing two changes of clothes, a set of the Four Treasures of the Study, and some books, planning to go over there and look through them.

After leaving Wei's house, Wei Xingzhi locked the door of Wei's house.

Just as he was about to leave, Li Xin suddenly saw someone coming out of the next corner.

Second Sister Qiao looked haggard, staring at Aunt Wei and the others with wide-eyed eyes, looking a little scary.Immediately behind her appeared the vicious man Li Xin had met once, pulled Second Sister Qiao back, and cursed, "What are you looking at? Why don't you hurry up and buy wine for my brother!"

Wei Shusheng frowned suddenly, and Aunt Wei sighed: "I don't know what kind of man this second sister Qiao is marrying. She's already calling for friends and companions after drinking..."

"Auntie, let's go." Li Xin raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and asked Amei to help Aunt Wei out of Jiuzi Lane, and stood at the entrance of the alley waiting for Guan Wen to call for a carriage.

And Wei Xingzhi looked back frequently, and said in a low voice: "Will Second Sister Qiao be tortured by her man so that she can't live..."

"No." Li Xin said.

Just as he was talking, Guan Wen had already pulled the carriage and asked everyone to get on the carriage.

Before getting into the carriage, Wei Xingzhi glanced at Jiuzi Lane again.

The very strong smell of wine seemed to cover up other smells.

(End of this chapter)