The first volume of pearl curtains rolls up the western mountain rain at dusk Chapter 13 The goal is to buy a house
Li Diudiu didn't find his master, so he went to Wuwei Temple. The middle-aged Taoist guarding the gate was very respectful when he saw him wearing the uniform of the Four-Page Academy. He denied that he had ever seen such a sloppy Taoist as before, and just said that he had never been there.
Li Diudiu came back in a daze and went to take a look at the firewood pile halfway. That was where he and his master lived the night before he entered the academy. It rained last night. How hard would it be for his master to sleep there?
Soon after Xiahou Zhuo got up and left, the instructor Yan Qingzhi came over, looked at Li Diudiu, who had tears on her face, and said after a moment of silence: "Don't think that I can't do anything to you just because you flatter Xiahou Zhuo. If you don't come to class again, I will expel you from the academy."
Li Diudiu raised his head abruptly: "I don't want to learn anymore. I want to find my master."
He stood up and bowed to Yan Qingzhi: "I'm sorry, sir, I have to leave."
"You can't go anywhere."
Yan Qingzhi took a step forward and stood in front of Li Diudiu, saying with a sullen face, "The academy can expel you, but you can't leave the academy on your own."
"Why?"
Li Diudiu asked: "I can't even walk?"
"no."
Yan Qingzhi said in a cold voice: "If you want to leave, wait until your one-month term is up. If you want to leave the academy under my tutelage, there are only two ways. The first is that you break the rules of the academy and I will drive you away. The second is that you fail the final exam after a month and I will persuade you to leave. Otherwise, you cannot leave."
Li Diudiu was silent for a long time before saying, "Sir, why do you study? What's the point of studying if you can't even take care of your family?!"
Yan Qingzhi said: "I don't care why you do that. You don't have to tell me about you and your master. You can fool Xiahou Zhuo but you can't fool me. I'm not interested. Whether you are pitiful or not has nothing to do with me."
The voice was as cold as frozen snow that had never melted.
Li Diudiu turned around and walked back. Yan Qingzhi angrily asked, "Where are you going!"
"I'm going to clean the classroom."
Li Diudiu walked away with his head down, carrying the bag of dumplings. Yan Qingzhi looked at the child's back for a long time, then let out a long breath.
When Li Diudiu returned to the classroom, there was no one else there. He checked that the door was not locked, so he went in and got a broom to sweep. Just then he heard footsteps outside the door. He thought it was Yan Qingzhi following him, so he didn't turn back.
"Hello."
Li Diudiu heard someone gently calling him "hello" and turned around to see the beautiful girl he saw that day when he was standing in the corner as punishment.
"What's up?"
Li Diudiu asked.
Gao Xining stood at the door and looked at him angrily and asked, "Why didn't you come to class?"
Li Diudiu replied: "I really didn't come."
Gao Xining was so angry at his answer that she pouted her lips. When she pouted her lips, her small and beautiful nose wrinkled slightly, which was particularly cute.
"I was asking why you didn't come."
She said with some resentment: "Don't you know how hard it is for you to get into the academy? Are you the same as those students? Can you just not come if you don't want to? What qualifications do you have to not come if you don't want to?"
Li Diudiu was in a bad mood and was annoyed, so he didn't want to pay attention to her.
Seeing that Li Diudiu didn't say anything, Gao Xining also became annoyed. He strode over to block Li Diudiu and snatched his broom.
"I am asking you!"
Li Diudiu slowly exhaled and said, "Why are you bothering me? I'm already very upset, can you please let me be quiet for a while?"
Gao Xining looked at his expression and felt that things might not be as simple as she thought, so she asked, "What's the matter?"
Li Diudiu stretched out his hand: "Give me back the broom."
Gao Xining walked to the back row of the classroom and said, "I'll help you sweep, and you tell me."
Li Diudiu went over and snatched the broom back, then made a gesture of invitation: "I don't need you to help me sweep, and I don't want to talk to you. I don't even know who you are. Please get out."
"I!"
Gao Xining's face turned pale with anger, and he turned around and walked out: "What kind of person is this? You can't tell good from bad."
Li Diudiu was in a really bad mood. No matter how beautiful the girl was, he didn't want to pay attention to her and was too lazy to say a word.
"Wait a moment."
Just as Li Diudiu lowered his head and prepared to continue cleaning, he suddenly remembered something and shouted towards the door: "I have something to ask you."
Gao Xining turned around and looked at Li Diudiu: "You don't say what I want you to say, but I have to listen to what you want to ask?"
Li Diudiu thought about it and realized that this was the truth, so he said sorry and continued sweeping the floor. This made Gao Xining angry again. She felt that this little boy named Li Chi was simply stubborn, no, like an iron rod that couldn't even turn.
"Who will like you in the future if you talk to girls like this?"
Gao Xining muttered something and advised himself in his heart, saying that he should not argue with him. What's the point of getting angry with a country boy who can't speak or be tactful? After a few words of advice, he felt better. He walked back to Li Diudiu and kicked Li Diudiu's leg: "Ask."
Li Diudiu’s first reaction was to check if his pants were dirty.
When Gao Xining saw the look in his eyes, he was about to curse but he held it back.
"I would like to ask, how much does it cost to buy a house in Jizhou City? It doesn't have to be a big one, just an ordinary house."
"I have no idea."
Gao Xining turned and ran: "Wait, I'll come back and tell you later."
After running a few steps, he turned back and asked curiously: "Why do you want to buy a house? Where do you get the money to buy a house?"
Li Diudiu looked at her, and she looked at Li Diudiu. The two looked at each other, and after a moment Gao Xining sighed softly: "Forget it."
Li Diudiu cleaned the classroom thoroughly, wiped every table, and then sat on the steps at the classroom door waiting for the girl. She said she would be back soon and it should be soon.
They waited until dark, and even when the moon was above the willows, she still didn't come back. Li Diudiu thought that his master was right. His master had said that one shouldn't take women's words too seriously.
At this time, Gao Xining was locked in the house by his grandfather Gao Shaowei and was not allowed to come out.
She had been locked up ever since she came back and asked her grandfather about buying a house. She had been begging for more than an hour, but her grandfather refused to let her out.
"You are a girl. How can a girl casually meet a boy? How can you casually talk to him? You also want to help him clean the classroom. That's what you should do. How many times have I told you that men and women should not touch each other."
Gao Shaowei moved a chair and sat in front of the door, blocking it and refusing to get up.
"I'm telling you seriously, stay away from him from now on, and you are not allowed to go to Yan Qingzhi's classroom again. I didn't bother with you about what happened last time, but you forgot so quickly? How dare you hit Yan Qingzhi with a clod of earth? You...you don't look like a girl at all, you don't look like a lady from a noble family!"
Gao Xining leaned against the door with an anxious look on his face: "He must still be waiting. That guy has as many axes as he wants. I may not go back to sleep before he can wait."
"I told you not to go out, so you are not allowed to go out."
Gao Shaowei said: "Don't make me angry again. If you make a mistake again, I will confine you to your home and not even let you leave the house."
Gao Xining opened his mouth, knowing that he could no longer persuade her.
I just thought, that guy must not blame me... But then I remembered that I was the one who broke my promise, so I could let him blame me, just don't blame him in a too harsh way.
Late at night, Li Diudiu was finally sure that the girl would not come back. Some night dew had fallen on his body and his school uniform was a little damp. He had been sitting for too long, so he got up and moved around for a while. He went back to the house, took the broom and started dancing in the yard. His master taught him a lot, and martial arts was one of them.
About ten feet away from the classroom, instructor Yan Qingzhi was watching Li Diudiu. He did follow Li Diudiu back to the classroom in the afternoon, but after seeing Gao Xining, he deliberately did not follow in.
But he heard the conversation between Gao Xining and Li Diudiu. After Gao Xining left, he also left. When he came back after dinner, he found Li Diudiu sitting at the door. He was watching the child, and before he knew it, it was late night.
Even Yan Qingzhi himself found it unbelievable. What happened? He watched a child for so long, especially when he saw Li Diudiu dancing with a broom in the yard, he seemed to be fascinated.
After a long time, Yan Qingzhi couldn't help but walked over slowly.
Li Diudiu was surprised when he saw Yan Qing. It was so late and the gentleman suddenly came, most likely to scold him.
"Sir, I was wrong."
Li Diudiu admitted his mistake very quickly.
"Um?"
Yan Qing was startled.
Li Diudiu said, "I'll put the broom back, lock the door and go back to the house."
Yan Qingzhi's heart softened, and he walked to Li Diudiu and stood in front of him. After a moment's silence, he said, "Do you want to buy a house because you haven't found your master?"
"yes……"
Li Diudiu answered, then raised his head suddenly: "Did you hear that, sir?"
"Um."
Yan Qingzhi asked, "Is your master living on the streets?"
Li Diudiu's expression changed, and he answered with one word: "Yes."
Yan Qing said: "Houses in Jizhou City are very expensive. You come from outside the city, and you know how chaotic it is outside the city now. There are bandits everywhere. It is safe in the city, but houses are basically unavailable. Even if you can buy one, the price of an ordinary house has risen from fifty taels ten years ago to two hundred taels. And we don't want coins, only silver."
"Two hundred taels!"
Li Diudiu’s eyes widened.
Two hundred taels...he only has five taels.
Moreover, Xiahou Zhuo said that no one was allowed to give him money to eat in the future, so this way of making money was cut off. Otherwise, he should have made money quite quickly.
"you……"
Yan Qingzhi said one word but did not say the rest. This child was different from any other student in the academy. He did not want this child to be contaminated by that foul smell, especially he did not want him to get closer to someone like Xiahou Zhuo.
That guy Xiahou Zhuo...whoever messes with him will be in trouble.
"Go back to bed."
Yan Qingzhi said this and turned to leave. Li Diudiu seemed to have guessed what he was thinking and asked, "Sir, what kind of person is Xiahou Zhuo?"
"he?"
Yan Qingzhi thought for a while and replied: "He and you are from two different worlds. There is no benefit in being with him. You should stay away from him in the future."
After saying that, he walked away.
Li Diudiu wanted to ask more, but Yan Qingzhi didn't even turn his head, so he had to suppress his curiosity.
But he was really curious about Xiahou Zhuo. He thought that since his master wouldn't tell him, he would go to the cafeteria early tomorrow morning to ask Aunt Wu. Aunt Wu seemed to be very afraid of Xiahou Zhuo, so she should know Xiahou Zhuo's background.
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