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Chapter 1179: Died of a Natural Death [ask for monthly ticket]

Tears unconsciously flowed from Li Lianghua's cloudy eyes.

The county magistrate was panicked when he saw her crying, and hurriedly asked, "Mrs. Li, this is a great happy event, why are you crying?"

Li Lianghua's grandchildren also came forward to persuade her.

The three sons and their daughters-in-law knelt on the ground and dared not get up.

They looked at each other and could see horror in each other's eyes.

My head was buzzing and my heart was beating like thunder.

They were illiterate before, but since the old lady won the favor of the king, the whole family has risen to prominence, and even the county magistrate has to be polite to them. They have been cowardly and servile all their lives, but suddenly they have become masters, live in a good house with their mother, and the neighbors come to curry favor with them, and even their mentality has undergone subtle changes.

In order to be worthy of their current social status, the brothers used their spare money to hire a literate scholar, and every now and then asked the children who were studying in the academy to teach them. After much trouble, they managed to learn a hundred or eighty words. With the knowledge in their stomachs, they were naturally several levels higher than before. The things in the hands of the county magistrate were probably beyond the reach of several generations of them.

When the county magistrate left, he left the book behind.

Those who stayed together also received rewards from the government.

When you open it, you will see rice, flour, grain, oil, cloth, and needles and thread.

Li Lianghua's eldest son respectfully escorted the county magistrate out of the gate and tried to invite him to have a meal but was rejected: "Mrs. Li Shuoren is busy at her mansion, and I have some unfinished business, so I won't bother you anymore."

County Magistrate: This is a polite remark, but it is also the truth.

Li Lianghua had received such great honor that the local wealthy families and gentry would definitely come to congratulate her with generous gifts one after another when they heard the news. If the government officials were still there, it would be easy for people to feel restrained. The county magistrate had just taken one step out when he thought of something.

Patting Li Lianghua's eldest son on the shoulder, he gave him a blunt reminder: "You can accept some people's gifts, but don't accept some people's gifts that you shouldn't. Although Li Shuoren is your mother, your last name is Wang, not Li."

Stop using Li Shuoren’s name to mess around!

  The higher-ups regarded Li Shuoren as a treasure, but they had no regard for her descendants. If Li Shuoren's descendants relied on her achievements and did something out of line, for the sake of Li Shuoren's reputation, they would have to face reality!

The county magistrate's words made Li Lianghua's eldest son break out in a cold sweat: "The county magistrate's teaching is correct. I will definitely remember it in my heart."

After knocking on the door, the county magistrate took his men away.

A poor child who suddenly becomes rich will become poor again.

  How many wives of officials in Kangguo could receive imperial edicts?

As an old widow whose husband died early, Li Lianghua did not rely on her natal family, husband, or children, but she managed to obtain the title of Fourth-Class Master. One can imagine how important it was. Not only that, the Fourth-Class Master also received a fixed monthly salary.

Because of the monthly salary and the imperial edict, the three sons who had separated from the family eight hundred years ago all vied to be filial to her. After the stalemate, all three families moved in with their families. The old lady felt warm and happy and did not care about the disputes.

Taking advantage of the old mother, they have received many benefits in the past few years. Either this family wants to make friends, or that family wants to get close to them. During the New Year and other festivals, they deliberately give gifts twice as much as before, just to give benefits to the three brothers. The government saw that the three men were just taking advantage of the old mother, and they were doing their best to take care of the old mother. In addition, the old lady was old, and her happy days would be fewer and fewer, so they chose to turn a blind eye. As long as it was not excessive, it was just to make the old lady happy.

After seeing off the county magistrate and others, Li Lianghua’s eldest son turned around and went back to the house.

Just as the county magistrate said, he hadn't even sat down to chat with his wife yet, and the local prominent families lined up to come to his house. Either the head of the family came in person, or the nephews and nephews came with generous gifts. Unlike the simple gifts from the government, they gave real gold and silver! The most generous gift was a hundred or more taels of silver! Even if the three brothers shared one, it would be enough for each family to have food and drink for seven or eight years!

Not only that—

A respected local old gentleman also came.

  As soon as the old man came, he said that he had his eyes on a good seedling and wanted to take him as his disciple. The three brothers still respected scholars in their bones and hurriedly pushed their sons to the top. Unexpectedly, the old man just smiled gently and said that he wanted to take the youngest grandchild, a granddaughter!

There are a total of twenty-one grandchildren from the three families, supporting eleven people.

There is only one person who has good roots, but they are not very good.

But, if you are taller than some short people, it’s a good choice.

This was the excuse the old gentleman racked his brains to come up with before he came to visit. If there was no one with roots, he could only think of another one. Under the pretext of accepting a disciple, the old gentleman met Li Lianghua. When the old lady heard that the old gentleman wanted to accept a disciple, she immediately gained strength, and the wrinkles on her face deepened with the traces of smile. She witnessed the simple apprenticeship ceremony with her own eyes, and kept saying things like "the old Wang family's ancestral graves are smoking, and she can explain to her husband after her death."

The old gentleman took the opportunity to ask to see the biographies of famous officials and scholars. The old lady was easy to talk to and agreed immediately, and asked her eldest daughter-in-law to bring the treasures offered to the ancestral house. The other guests were very sharp-eared, and they slightly lifted their hips and leaned forward slightly.

The old man suppressed his excitement and read each article carefully.

He carefully noted down every detail and made rubbings of them and kept them in the Dan Mansion.

The biographies of famous officials and celebrities on the market are also divided into different versions.

  What Li Lianghua holds in her hand is the collector’s edition!

The pictures were all in color, and the paper used was the finest of the finest, said to last for a thousand years without decaying, and the scroll base was made of the finest silk. The words on it were not printed, but written stroke by stroke with golden ink, and the signatures at the end of each article were personally stamped by those great men. The old man touched the marks with his fingertips, and there was a strong scent of the owner of the mark on them. The moment he touched them, the insights left by the owner swirled in his mind.

He let out a breath and sighed.

"The higher you look, the higher it is. The deeper you dig, the stronger it is. When you look ahead, it's suddenly behind you... I finally know what it feels like."

Tears streamed down her face: "I'm sorry to have made you laugh."

He was satisfied and returned the collector's edition to Li Lianghua.

The guests were still in shock.

At this time, the father of the old gentleman's new student, Li Lianghua's third son, suddenly jumped out to announce a big news.

"Please come and witness it."

The old man stroked his beard and said, "You say."

Unexpectedly, the third son said something shocking.

  Among so many grandchildren, only his daughter was chosen by the old gentleman as a student. It can be seen that this child is the one who looks most like her grandmother. His mother's life was not easy. She was a widow for decades and raised three brothers. She worked hard for the Wang family all her life. However, there was no one in her natal family, which means that there was no one in her Li family!

In that case, why not let Ni'er change her surname to Li.

The old man pondered.

Li Lianghua's eldest and second sons' faces turned as black as ash at the bottom of a pot.

It doesn’t matter whether you have a surname or not.

  What's important is that the grandchild who "most resembles Li Lianghua" was born to his third son. When his mother passes away, will he have to give more things in the family? Will the imperial decree and treasures for the ancestral house earned by his mother also be given to his third daughter? How can this be allowed?

He immediately overturned the table to protest.

The most respected old gentleman present also agreed! Li Lianghua didn't understand these twists and turns. She only saw that her son was filial, her daughter-in-law was caring, and her grandchildren were ambitious. There would be gods in the family in the future. If the two brothers continued to quarrel, it would make the old lady sad.

For a moment, the two felt more disgusting than eating shit.

Li Lianghua's third son was also afraid that the night would drag on and he made the decision immediately.

The old man first accepted an apprentice, and then served as a spectator when the apprentice changed his surname. Since the surname has been changed, he might as well change his name to something nice. Peach, plum, etc. sound inappropriate. This day was the happiest day for Li Lianghua.

Guests came and went, and she met all the important people she had met before. It was not until the stars and the moon shone together that the guests left one after another. It is no exaggeration to say that the bricks and stones at the entrance of Li Lianghua's house were worn out and shiny. Perhaps because people are in high spirits when they are happy, the old lady was also in a particularly good mood today.

I couldn't sleep even after returning to the main house.

I was always thinking about the biographies of famous officials and celebrities.

She asked her granddaughter to read it to her.

"This is the Wang family's heirloom. How can we let the youngest child touch it? What if it gets dirty? The higher-ups will blame us!"

Li Lianghua: "To me, the youngest is my treasure."

The three sons had different expressions.

Li Lianghua had always thought that they were still young, and was jealous of her youngest son, so she said, "When you were young, you were also your mother's treasures."

Finally, the treasure that no one else could ask for appeared in the hands of the youngest child. Although her hands were washed seven or eight times with clean water, the adults were still worried that the treasure would be dirty.

"Grandma, I don't know you."

Li Lianghua said lovingly, "Then pick the ones you know."

He read the words he knew, read half of the words he didn't know, and skipped the words he didn't know at all. The little boy sat beside his grandmother's bed, reading aloud in the dim candlelight. Two of his three sons held lamps beside him, and one fanned him.

Accompanied by the tender child's voice and the slightly hot wind, Li Lianghua gradually felt sleepy and soon began to snore softly.

Those who held the lanterns dared not put them down, and those who fanned them did not stop.

The mother and her four children seemed to have returned to the hot summer decades ago, with the three children snuggling up to their mother, staying outside to cool off, and her gentle hands driving away annoying mosquitoes for the children. The childhood stories of that time and Lang Lang's writing today seem to overlap.

For a long time——

The youngest child had a dry mouth and heavy eyelids.

"Father, I want to tell Grandma that I want to sleep."

Li Lianghua's third son naturally agreed, but when he looked down, he suddenly realized something was wrong and let go of the palm-leaf fan in his hand.

The mother on the bed sleeps peacefully and contentedly.

I just don't know when he lost his breath.

Free from illness and pain, passed away in a dream.

When Shen Tang received the news, he personally wrote a elegiac couplet for her.

"There are few people in this world who can die of old age, so Li Shuoren's funeral can be considered a happy one." When she was alive, she met her great-grandchildren. Although the children and grandchildren had their own thoughts, they were friendly and respectful to their old mother, and the three families had not had any conflicts for so many years. Even teeth can fight sometimes, let alone independent individuals. As long as conditions permit, Shen Tang is willing to treat her descendants well.

  The common people in Kangguo were more likely to buy into this biography of famous officials and celebrities, but their economic conditions were limited, while the wealthy classes, especially the aristocratic families, did not really approve of it. The three civil and three military officials were worthy of their names, and the doctor and the ink painter were also recognized, so what was a mere commoner old woman? Why was she included? Just because she could not read a single word, she came up with a plan to control the flood?

Water control?

They have learned it too.

Don't buy it, don't approve, don't accept it.

This public opinion changed after only a few days.

When alive, he was granted an imperial decree, and the king wrote a biography of him. After his death, he also had a mourning couplet written by the king himself... To tell you the truth, the number of officials who received such treatment in the future can be counted on one's hands and feet. Isn't this what an official pursues all his life?

If this is how they treat common people, what about their meritorious officials?

There is no need to worry about the cunning rabbit dying and the running dog being cooked.

  There are even many children of aristocratic families who regret their prejudice against Shen Tang. They did not join the war of founding the country, and did not actively work for Kangguo in the years when it was on its feet. Now, no matter how hard they work, it is just icing on the cake, far less than helping in need. And her problem?

That means the aristocratic families have been weakened again and again.

But they have their reasons for cutting it.

  Those who were not caught doing anything wrong and cooperated obediently?

For example, the Lin family, which only had a few old mascots left and relied on the head of the family, Lin Feng, to carry on; the Kang family, who stood in line early and fawned on Kang Shi and Qi Shan; the Xu family, who gave Shen Tang a lot of help and was a thief who would bet on him... As long as the children of other families worked honestly and served as officials, they could count on their fingers and they were actually doing well. How could Shen Tang be so bloody and cruel?

As for her conflict with the family?

From her perspective, it seems understandable.

As a result, biographies of famous officials and scholars were sold out immediately.

Pirated copies also appeared in the market.

"Kill them all!"

Shen Tang doesn't allow anyone to share her money.

These inferior pirated products greatly affect the beauty of diamonds!

I have to ask about the diamond production every now and then, so that I can have enough stocks! Gong Xichou and several high-level warriors said that their hands were about to spark, but the king was still urging them! Gong Xichou was stubborn, and he said he would go on strike for half a day, and he kept complaining in Shen Tang's tent: "Push, urge, urge, urge, urge three times a day! I have never been so anxious in all these years of fighting! I didn't see you sell a single diamond, aren't you afraid of wasting so much money? You can't really order me around just because my brother said I can order you around, right?"

A confidant shouldn't be wasted like this.

Shen Tang said: "It costs nothing to smash it in your hands."

Gong Xiqiu: "..."

"Isn't it because the dark advertising is too dark? People nowadays are so reserved and don't understand the rules of advertising. It's not my fault." If people of that era had a pair of sharp eyes, Shen Tang could only guide them patiently and arrange more water troops to take action. "It's not that there is no gain after so many days."

At least rumors about diamonds have spread among the public.

As long as Shen Tang gives it one more push, this can be accomplished.

The first thing is to buy some marketing accounts and big Vs...

  No, they are “famous people” from all over the place!

I have to say, Quqing Academy is really awesome.

Xiahou Yu and Gu De both have a wide circle of friends and their own media matrix. When you open the friend list, it is full of connections and resources!

  With the newcomers working so hard, shouldn’t the old guys reflect on themselves? They are all old bosses, why are their connections so poor?

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　　Today I stood guard for two and a half hours, standing by the traffic light on the roadside like a pillar, in a trance. In the past, I felt that time passed very quickly when I was in a trance during class breaks, and another class was over in a blink of an eye. Now I feel that time passes so slowly, standing guard for two and a half hours is not as enjoyable as sweating for two and a half hours in the gym...

　　(End of this chapter)