The first volume of pearl curtains rolls up the western mountain rain at dusk Chapter 92: Becoming a father at the age of twelve
Nothing happened on the way back to Jizhou City. I thought there would be some minor incidents along the way, but I walked very slowly on purpose and no one caught up with me. Xiahou Zhuo said it was boring.
He felt that the man named Wang Xinglun would go to the county government office to complain to his uncle that he was bullied. Such a person who was used to being arrogant in the local area would most likely bring a group of minions to chase him.
But everything went smoothly all the way back to Jizhou City, and Xiahou Zhuo felt that he had suffered a loss.
I wanted to play a second game, but if I didn’t, I would be at a disadvantage.
If it was an ordinary person, this matter would end here, but when did Xiahou Zhuo become an ordinary person...
He said to Li Diudiu: "If these things are applied to the battlefield, it means that you must take every enemy seriously. Even if the enemy is so weak that you can kill him with just a flick of your finger, you must not be soft-hearted."
Li Diudiu was stunned when he heard these words. They seemed very unreasonable, but also seemed to make sense.
"There are 100,000 enemies. After you have exhausted all your efforts to defeat them, you will not just think that everything is fine. After defeating the enemy, you must not give them a chance to turn defeat into victory. Therefore, if you want to win, you must win thoroughly."
Xiahou Zhuo said: "There are only a few enemies, they are here to take your life, they are also enemies, so you should treat them the same way."
Li Diudiu asked: "But the enemy is too weak, why do this?"
Xiahou Zhuo looked at Li Diudiu like he was an idiot and said, "Let me give you an analogy. You lead tens of thousands of troops against an enemy of 100,000. The enemy is defeated by you. In order to have no worries, you order the massacre of all the prisoners. Do you think this is excessive?"
Li Diudiu shook his head: "Not too much."
Xiahou Zhuo added: "There are only three enemies who want to kill you. You can kill tens of thousands of prisoners, but you think it's too much to kill these three people. Aren't you stupid?"
Without waiting for Li Diudiu to speak, Xiahou Zhuo said, "If you want to say that these three people are not worthy, then you are even more stupid."
Xiahou Zhuo patted Li Diudiu on the shoulder and said, "Think about it yourself. I have to go do my work now."
In less than half an hour, Xiahou Zhuo's men were already in the governor's yamen. In less than half an hour again, a cavalry team of several hundred people rushed out of the governor's yamen.
At this time, Li Diudiu settled Wang Heita's wife and children in an inn, and then he had to find a house to negotiate the price. This was Wang Heita's last wish before his death. Li Diudiu felt that he had to see this matter through to the end.
Fortunately, his master was as simple-minded as he was. He had already paid a deposit for a house that his master had taken a fancy to. After listening to Li Diudiu's story, he decided to help Madam Wang buy the house.
With money in hand, he had the confidence to speak. He bought this small courtyard with only three main rooms and one and a half auxiliary rooms at a high price of three hundred taels.
After buying the house, Taoist Changmei was full of reluctance. This was the most suitable house he had seen in all his days in Jizhou City.
When he first wanted to buy it, he asked for two hundred taels of silver. The world was in bad shape, and a big city like Jizhou City was solid and reliable. The house became more and more valuable, and the price rose to three hundred taels of silver in less than a month.
The reason why buying this house was smooth was because the house was too small, so small that the dignitaries did not like it.
They don't like it, but Changmei does.
With Ye Zhangzhu's help, things in the government office of Jizhou Prefecture will be much easier to handle. Lian Gongming is being suppressed now, and people from Prince Yu's mansion have come in person to register such a small house. If Lian Gongming interferes in this matter, he will appear to be a fool.
It took three days to get things done successfully, and Li Diudiu did not participate in the whole process during these three days. It was not that he did not want to go, but that he could not go.
On the first day back at Siye Academy, Yan Qingzhi made him stand outside the classroom for two hours as punishment.
The next day he was punished by standing, but he was allowed to attend class at a place closer to the door. The same thing happened on the third day.
On the fourth day, after breakfast in the morning, Li Diudiu stood at the door of the classroom very consciously. Last night, Xiahou Zhuo told him that things had been settled and Mrs. Wang and her two children had moved into the small courtyard. Li Diudiu felt relieved and happy, so he just stood there as punishment.
Behind the flowers, Gao Xining squatted there and secretly watched Li Diudiu. She thought, it’s been the fourth day, and Mr. Yan is not going to let Li Diudiu go back?
Standing for a whole day is tiring just thinking about it. Her grandfather had made her stand as punishment before, but she felt her legs were so sore after standing for less than an hour. This is the fourth day for Li Diudiu.
Mr. Yan, you are so cruel.
She barely won the confrontation with Dean Gao. After Li Diudiu brought her dinner that night, Dean Gao actually gave in the next day. That was his own granddaughter, and he would be heartbroken if anything happened to her.
So Dean Gao decided to let Gao Xining go out, but with two conditions: first, he was not allowed to leave the academy, and second, he was not allowed to see Li Chi.
Gao Xining thought that the enemy's concession was the beginning of our big step forward, so he agreed immediately.
She didn't really dare to provoke her grandfather's anger directly, so she couldn't go to Li Diudiu openly and could only watch from afar.
Looking at Li Diudiu standing at the door of the classroom consciously, Gao Xining thought that this was not a good idea. He was already stupid, and what if he stood for too long and his blood circulation was blocked, making him even stupider?
Then who would still like him?
At this moment, the light of wisdom burned in Gao Xining's body, and her brain, which was full of unknown circuits, seemed to be lit up with stars.
After she thought of a solution, she immediately ran back to find her grandfather, Dean Gao, and tried to persuade him by saying that she was really depressed and wanted to go out to buy some delicious food. Dean Gao did not hold out for long before he gave in and asked the maid in the house, who was more stubborn than Xiahou Tiezhu, to accompany Gao Xining to the street to buy them.
The customs in the Great Chu were not so rigid. During the Zhou Dynasty, girls were not allowed to go out on the streets casually, otherwise they would be regarded as violating moral standards.
This maid had a nice name called Ruo Ling. Actually, she wasn't ugly, but she was a little fat and tall.
She is probably as tall as Xiahou Zhuo and weighs twice as much as Xiahou Zhuo. When she walks, it feels like a mountain is shaking. She looks so strong but has great cooking skills. If not for this, Dean Gao would not have kept her.
When Gao Xining and Ruo Ling were walking together, ordinary strong men would avoid them from a distance.
But what is even more surprising is that although this girl is so sturdy and strong, her voice is soft and gentle, ten times softer than Gao Xining's. If you ignore her and just listen to her voice, she is definitely the kind of gentle and quiet girl who can make people fall into sweetness.
"Miss, where are we going?"
Ruo Ling asked as he walked.
"Go to Yunzhai Teahouse."
Gao Xining walked with her hands behind her back, and her ponytail began to swing left and right again.
Ruo Ling asked: "Shall we go have tea and listen to music?"
Gao Xining shook his head: "Let's go recruit an army."
Ruo Ling didn't understand and thought to herself, what kind of army could there be at Yunzhai Teahouse?
She understood after an hour, especially after seeing Madam Sun standing at the gate of the academy with her arms waving and shouting loudly. Ruo Ling felt that she was much more tough than herself. Madam Sun was like a general who could take heads among thousands of troops .
"If the academy doesn't let Master Li go back to class, we will block the door of the academy and refuse to leave!"
Madam Sun turned around and greeted.
"right!"
A group of girls were waving flags and cheering in agreement.
There were clearly only a few dozen people, but their voices rose and fell, as if there were hundreds of people.
If it was a group of men, the guards of the academy would have driven them away long ago, but it was difficult for them to do anything with these women there. You dare to push them? If you push them, you dare to accuse them of molestation, believe it or not?
Besides, does the reputation of the Four Pages Academy still need to be preserved?
"Speak up for Master Li!"
Mrs. Sun waved her arms and took the lead in shouting slogans, and more and more people gathered around.
Gao Xining hid inside the gate of the academy and watched with a sense of pride. She knew what her grandfather's weakness was. The reputation of the Four Pages Academy was something her grandfather would never allow to be destroyed.
Sure enough, not long after, the academy arranged for the teacher to go out and negotiate with Madam Sun and the others, and explained that Li Chi had returned to the classroom to attend classes. Madam Sun said that she must be allowed to go in to see how Li Chi was doing, otherwise she would not leave.
In desperation, the people in the academy had to let Madam Sun in.
Ruo Ling asked Gao Xining curiously: "Miss, how did you convince them?"
Gao Xining lowered his voice and said, "I told them that Li Chi didn't go to Yunzhai Teahouse because he was punished by the academy. If they don't help, Li Chi may never be able to leave the academy."
Gao Xining chuckled: "Li Chi is the golden signboard of Yunzhai Teahouse. Many families of dignitaries there like to listen to his music and storytelling... But Madam Sun is so enthusiastic, it seems a bit abnormal..."
She stopped laughing when she said this. Why did she sound a little sour?
Academy, Yan Qingzhi's study.
Yan Qingzhi glared at Li Diudiu, but Li Diudiu lowered his head and dared not look him in the eye.
"Are you successful?"
Yan Qingzhi said: "How dare you instigate a group of women to threaten the academy?"
Li Diudiu said: "Sir, I am innocent..."
Yan Qingzhi said: "I know it wasn't you who went to find the person, but it must have been Gao Xining who went there. What's wrong with her putting the blame on you?!"
Li Diudiu thought for a moment and said, "Then put it on my head..."
Yan Qingzhi: "You really dare to answer it!"
Li Diudiu said: "What she did was also for me. Although I think it was a bit childish, I will take the blame."
Yan Qingzhi was about to say something when he heard Madam Sun shouting outside. He didn't want to negotiate with a woman, so he waved his hand and said, "Go out and talk!"
Li Diudiu responded and after going out, he saw Madam Sun who was anxiously searching. The moment she saw Li Chi, Madam Sun immediately smiled, and the sunshine bloomed on her face.
"Mr. Li, you haven't been to the teahouse for several days."
Madam Sun saw that Li Diudiu had sweat on his forehead and wiped it with a handkerchief. Li Diudiu took two steps back awkwardly and said, "Madam, I'm fine. I was the one who violated the academy rules first, so I only received a light punishment. Madam, please go back. I will go to the teahouse tomorrow to thank you and apologize to the guests."
Madam Sun said, "I'm glad you're okay. By the way, there's something I want to tell you. If it weren't for this, I might not have come today."
Li Diudiu asked: "What's the matter? You look very happy."
"Happy, of course I am happy."
Madam Sun smiled and said, "I have been married to the old man in our family for nearly 20 years, and we have never had a child. But what a coincidence! After you went to our teahouse, I got pregnant!"
Li Diudiu was so scared that he took a step back and waved his hands repeatedly, saying, "Don't talk nonsense."
Madam Sun said, "I don't care. This is all good luck brought by you. I will not get along with anyone who treats you badly in the future."
Li Diudiu said: "I have only been in Yunzhai for more than a month, so... this should have nothing to do with me."
Madam Sun said, "What do you mean it doesn't matter? If was infertile for 20 years before you came, but I got pregnant after you came. Can you still say it wasn't a good thing brought on by you?"
Li Diudiu felt his head buzzing and his face turned pale.
Madam Sun said, "I want to tell you this good news, and then tell you that whether you agree or not, you will be the godfather of the child when he is born."
Li Diudiu’s expression is: ????? ? ? !!! !!!
Madam Sun said, "I'm glad you're okay. I won't bother you anymore. Just study hard. He's your godfather."
Li Diudiu: “…”
