The first volume of pearl curtains rolls up the western mountain rain at dusk Chapter 19 Prepare Your Own Affairs
The next day, Li Diudiu was the first one to arrive at the classroom and open the door as usual. He wiped the desks again before other people came. The one who came later than him was Liu Shengying.
This little boy, who seemed like he might cry at any moment, was still so timid. When he saw Li Diudui, he just nodded. He wanted to speak, but subconsciously looked outside first.
Li Diudiu knew that he must have been threatened by Zhang Xiaolin or Sun Rugong and was not allowed to talk to him. Li Diudiu thought this childish trick was childish.
What was rare was that Sun Rugong came alone today and did not come with Zhang Xiaolin. After seeing Li Diudiu, he did not express anything and did not even look at her more than once, and was no different from his usual arrogance.
Zhang Xiaolin was the last one to arrive. As soon as he entered the classroom, he looked at Li Diudiu carefully. When he saw that Li Diudiu had no injuries on his face, he looked obviously disappointed.
Sun Rugong seemed a little proud after seeing Zhang Xiaolin's reaction, but he didn't show it on his face. He deliberately waited for Zhang Xiaolin before entering the academy and told him what happened yesterday, specifically asking him to see how miserable Li Diudiu was.
Moreover, Sun Rugong swore that he did this just to vent his anger for Zhang Xiaolin, and if Zhang Xiaolin told anyone, they would break off all ties in the future.
A child of eleven or twelve years old has such scheming. Perhaps he is born that way, or perhaps he is really brought up that way.
Zhang Xiaolin is a simple-minded person. After Sun Rugong told him about it, he asked him to help borrow a book from Shulinlou as a way to thank Sun Rugong for helping him vent his anger. Zhang Xiaolin was naturally happy to do so. Sun Rugong took the opportunity to arrive earlier than Zhang Xiaolin and pretended to have no reaction, not even looking at Li Diudiu.
Li Diudiu noticed Zhang Xiaolin's performance, so he was sure that it must not be Zhang Xiaolin.
Only a fool would show it so obviously. If the people who beat Li Diudiu were not afraid of being found out, why would they do such a tasteless and despicable thing as covering their heads with a sack? They are just afraid of being recognized by Li Diudiu.
If that’s the case, then Zhang Xiaolin’s obvious reaction must be problematic...so Li Diudiu concluded that it couldn’t be him.
Then there is only one Sun Rugong left.
It’s actually not that difficult to find the person.
Li Diudiu did not behave in any unusual way. He listened to the class attentively. At noon, he went to the cafeteria to eat as usual and ate as much as usual.
While ordering food, Li Diudiu lowered his voice and asked Aunt Wu, "Aunt Wu, I want to ask you something. Do you know if Sun Rugong has any brothers or something like that who are also studying in the academy?"
Aunt Wu is a know-it-all, and she knows most of the students in the academy. It’s not that she has a natural ability to remember people accurately, but that she has to be cautious at all times because of her identity.
If she recognized the wrong person, she would be scolded. All the disciples in the academy were young masters. As a woman helping in the cafeteria, she had to work hard to remember who those people were in order to make a living.
"Yes, his cousin Sun Biehe is studying in the academy and will graduate next year."
Aunt Wu asked curiously, "Why are you asking this?"
Li Diudiu smiled and said, "It's okay, just asking."
He took his meal, found a seat and sat down to eat, while he started thinking about how to collect the bill.
The master said that it is better to have less trouble than more, and we should be cautious in the academy.
Xiahou Zhuo said that you should not tolerate being bullied. If you tolerate it once, it will happen countless times. Others will not think you are great just because you tolerate it.
Li Diudiu felt that Xiahou Zhuo was right, and unknowingly, Li Diudiu was greatly influenced by Xiahou Zhuo.
Xiahou Zhuo said that men should join the army, which made Li Diudiu, who had never had such an idea before, couldn't help but think about it several times. However, the closest he had come into contact with military affairs was when he met Luo Jing on the way.
While they were eating, instructor Yan Qingzhi came in from outside. The disciples who were still laughing loudly in the cafeteria all quieted down and stood up to salute.
They all came from well-off families, but no one dared to offend the teachers in the academy, because the dean was the teacher of the Jiedushi, and the Jiedushi's wife even took the dean as her godfather. How powerful was a Jiedushi, a high-ranking official?
Yan Qingzhi sat down in front of Li Diudiu and looked at him carefully. Normally, Yan Qingzhi would not come to this cafeteria, as the teachers' cafeteria and the students' cafeteria were separate.
“Is it heavy?”
Yan Qingzhi asked softly.
Li Diudiu felt something was wrong. Ever since he went out in Mr. Yan's carriage last time, Mr. Yan's attitude towards him had changed a lot, which made Li Diudiu a little uncomfortable.
"It's okay, sir, you know?"
"Um."
Yan Qingzhi said: "If something like this happens again, come find me."
Li Diudiu asked: "Sir, do you have any solution?"
Yan Qing said: "At least I have to know."
Li Diudiu said: "Thank you, sir."
Yan Qingzhi was stunned. Li Diudiu's thanks made him feel the loneliness in the child's heart. Li Diudiu knew very well that what would happen even if he told the teacher?
But he knew how to be grateful . He did not show any resentment because he knew that the person he should blame was not Yan Qingzhi. It would be unreasonable to blame Yan Qingzhi.
Lonely, but not helpless, because he feels he does not need help from anyone.
"Don't ask Xiahou Zhuo to help you."
Yan Qingzhi said this after a moment of silence.
"No, it's my own business."
Li Diudiu asked: "Sir, do you want to have dinner together?"
Yan Qingzhi clearly felt the gap between him and Li Diudiu. The child set up a barrier in his polite manner.
"You can trust me."
Yan Qingzhi said one more sentence.
"Yes, sir."
Li Diudiu said: "I have always believed in you, sir."
Yan Qingzhi stood up: "You eat."
He walked out of the cafeteria and sighed deeply after leaving the door... What happened to him? Wasn't this just a case of trying to please a kid?
Li Diudiu looked at Yan Qingzhi's back, and actually felt a little warm in his heart. He knew that Yan Qingzhi wanted to help him, but he didn't want Yan Qingzhi to help him. At a young age, Li Diudiu knew one thing very well... It was not good for the instructor to be involved in such things, and it would not be good for Yan Qingzhi. After all, the Sun family was very powerful in Jizhou City.
My own business.
Li Diudiu repeated this sentence in his heart.
By the next day, Li Diudiu had found out a lot about Sun Biehe. During the past two days, Zhang Xiaolin often stared at him like a fool for unknown reasons. The more this happened, the more Li Diudiu believed that Zhang Xiaolin had nothing to do with this matter.
After being suspended from school, Li Diudiu returned to his room, sat down at his desk , picked up a pen and started drawing on paper, writing as he drew.
On this day he took some time to identify who Sun Biehe was. Sun Biehe was never alone. No matter where he went, there was always a group of younger brothers following him. The way that man bossed people around was annoying to look at.
He also found out a story that the reason why Sun Biehe never traveled alone was because he was afraid of Xiahou Zhuo. He had a scar on his forehead, which was caused by Xiahou Zhuo hitting him with a brick.
On the third day, Li Diudiu had figured out Sun Biehe's approximate travel route. He would not eat in the cafeteria at noon, but would go out of the academy to eat at the restaurant across the street. It was said that he never paid the bill, so it should be his family members who came to settle it every once in a while.
Even when he went out to eat, Sun Biehe was always accompanied by less than five people.
At noon on the fourth day, Li Diudiu stood behind the woods and watched Sun Biehe walk out of the academy gate and go to the same restaurant.
On the fifth day, Li Diudiu got another piece of news from Aunt Wu. Aunt Wu said that Sun Biehe was a scum who often bullied those who were not as well off as him because of his wealthy family. He would make sure that the people he chose to bully were those who could not afford to offend his family, and he would not bully them rashly if he was not sure.
And he would never bully people in the academy, only outside the academy. He bullied people first because he liked it, and second because he wanted money. His family was not short of money, but he liked to bully people for money.
This is inherently evil.
Aunt Wu also said that whenever he bullied someone for money, he would call a large group of people to go drinking that night, and when they took the money to drink, they would definitely not go to the restaurant opposite, but to Xiufanglou across the street.
Xiufanglou is a brothel with quite a reputation.
On the sixth day, Li Diudiu felt that the time was right, so he went to see Yan Qingzhi. Half a month had passed since he arrived at the academy, and this was the first time Li Diudiu came to Yan Qingzhi's courtyard.
Yan Qingzhi had no family, never married or had children, and lived in the academy most of the time.
What surprised Li Diudiu was that he discovered a different side of Yan Qingzhi when he arrived at the door. He was actually planting vegetables in the yard in a sweatshirt, wearing a bamboo hat and a towel on his shoulders. This attire did not look like that of a gentle and refined teacher in an academy.
"gentlemen."
Li Diudiu bowed outside the door.
Yan Qingzhi looked back at him and pointed at the bucket at the door: "Go get me a bucket of water."
Li Diudiu responded and went to fetch water with a wooden bucket. He brought back a full bucket of water without spilling a single drop.
Yan Qingzhi waited for him to come back, looked at the bucket, and pointed outside the door: "Go and help me carry back another basket of fine soil."
There was a large bamboo basket at the door. Li Diudiu didn't ask any questions and went out with the basket on his back. Not long after, he came back with the basket full of soil, weighing no less than 70 or 80 kilograms. After he put the basket down, his expression didn't change.
Yan Qingzhi was silent for a moment, then nodded: "Go ahead."
Li Diudiu was stunned.
He asked Yan Qingzhi: "Sir, do you know what I am here for?"
Yan Qingzhi said: "If you don't tell me, I don't know, and I'm too lazy to guess. What you do has nothing to do with me, but you have been doing well recently, so I will temporarily allow you to go out for a walk outside the academy after school every day."
Li Diudiu bowed and said, "Thank you, sir."
Yan Qingzhi waved his hand: "Don't disturb me from growing vegetables, let's go."
Li Diudiu nodded and turned to go out. When he reached the door, he stopped, remained silent for a moment, then turned around and bowed to Yan Qingzhi again.
After Li Diudiu walked away, Yan Qingzhi straightened up and looked outside the door. The child's back seemed a little tall in the afterglow of the setting sun, but that was just an illusion. He was still the same child.
In a bamboo forest not far from here, Gao Xining curiously hid behind the bamboo forest and secretly watched Li Diudiu. She was a little afraid to meet Li Diudiu again. She felt very uncomfortable because she failed to return as promised last time.
The girl's thoughts are hard to understand. She is not afraid of anyone, not even her grandfather. But she doesn't know why, but now she is a little afraid to see Li Diudiu. She thinks she is in the wrong and that's why she dares not to see him.
But aren't there enough times when she's in the wrong?
I am afraid to see it but I still want to see it, so I can only watch it secretly from afar.
Watching Li Diudiu walking away, Gao Xining wondered...why did that guy come to find Yan Qingzhi?
She always felt something was wrong.
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