my grandmother

Chapter 4 Mr. Kuan

Clan elder Li Shikuan came out of the ancestral hall, hands behind his back, and walked slowly home.

After entering the gate of the courtyard, Li Shikuan stopped, raised his head slightly, looked at the loquat tree in the courtyard, and after a while, called his little grandson Ah Zhuang.

"Ah Zhuang, go and call your third uncle over."

Ah Zhuang, who was writing in the room, agreed, jumped out and went to the other side of the street to call his third uncle Li Wenhua.

Li Wenhua is in his 30s, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a happy face, but he likes to sullenly to show that he is fierce and strict.Li Wenhua is the eldest son of Li Shikuan's younger brother Li Shiping, who died of illness a few years ago.

Li Wenhua's house was not far away, and it wasn't long before Li Wenhua took a bowl of steamed meat with dried plums and vegetables, entered the courtyard gate of Li Shikuan's house, sent the steamed meat with dried plums and vegetables into the kitchen, and entered the main room.

"Are you ready to discuss the Qingming matter?" Li Wenhua asked before sitting down.

They have the least number of males in this house, and for things like Qingming sacrifices, the copper cash allocated to them is the same as that of a house with many males. Well, when he mentions the clan, he gets annoyed.

"Well, it's the same as last year. I asked you to come, it's not about this." Li Shikuan folded his arms and stood up, "Go, let's talk about it later."

Li Wenhua followed Li Shikuan, one in front and one behind, into the back yard.

"Li Wenshan from Xiaolizhuang, do you know?" Li Shikuan lowered his voice.

"Didn't he die for several years? It was very beautiful when it was buried, I heard people say it." Li Wenhua curled his lips and shook his head.

Death is still beautiful, prodigal!

"Li Wenshan's only son, named Li Xuedong, came in third in the county examination this year." Li Shikuan continued.

"Hey, his house still provides for scholars, so many copper coins? No wonder it's a big deal." Li Wenhua tsk-tsk.

No amount of copper tin should be spent on the dead, what a prodigal!

Li Shikuan glanced sideways at Li Wenhua, who was constantly tutting, and let out a long sigh.

His younger brother is useless to be honest, and this eldest nephew is as useless as his father!
Forget it, forget it, let’s not use it if it’s not useful, at least you will live an undefeated life.

"You go to push the cart, just say go to the county town to look at the incense sticks, and wait for me at the three-way intersection." Li Shikuan confessed directly without saying much.

"Okay!" Li Wenhua said hello first, and then asked in confusion, "Why don't you go together?"

"Let's go to Gaocunji. Remember, don't let others know about going to Gaocunji! Your wife can't talk about it either." Li Shikuan said seriously.

"Uncle, don't worry." Li Wenhua kept nodding.

Although he didn't know what his uncle's plan was, it didn't prevent him from being serious and obedient.

His uncle is a well-known shrewd man in all over the world. When his father was alive, his uncle made up his mind on big and small matters in their family.

What his father often said was: Nong will do what Uncle Nong says!What do you think!

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Li Jinzhu and Li Yuzhu pushed Li Xuedong back home, while Li Xiaonan and Li Yinzhu were cooking. Seeing the expressions on the faces of the three, they knew that they didn't want the copper tin.

Li Yinzhu filled the rice, then strangled an egg in half with cotton thread, and Li Xiaonan and Li Xuedong each had half.

Their family hatched more than a dozen hens last spring, a few were stolen by San Tangbo Li Wencai's family, two were given to her husband, one was killed during the Chinese New Year, and another was killed during the county exam. At that time, there was only one egg a day.

"Sister, the clan doesn't give a single copper coin, how can we go to Pingjiang Mansion?" Li Yuzhu couldn't help worrying after eating a few mouthfuls of rice.

"Looking for someone to borrow?" Li Yinzhu's ideas were numerous and quick.

"Who can I borrow it from? How can I repay it? Even if I can pass the exam," Li Jinzhu paused, and his whole body froze. "I passed the government exam and the college exam."

"The college exam will be in Hangzhou city." Li Xiaonan answered in a low voice.

"I borrowed the copper tin, in case I don't pass the exam..." Li Yuzhu glanced at Li Xiaonan, and lowered her head to eat.

Li Xiaonan didn't say anything, she really didn't dare to guarantee that she would pass the exam.

A few people stopped talking and buried their heads in eating.

After a good meal, Li Jinzhu cheered up and said, "Xuedong and Ah Nan are going to study, and I will help you find a solution for the second sister and third sister about Tongtian."

Not long after Li Xiaonan and Li Xuedong arrived in the main room, Li Jinzhu and Li Yuzhu came in with sullen faces, each with a loom, and started weaving.

Li Xiaonan slipped out of the main room and got next to Li Yinzhu who was cooking pot, and asked in a low voice: "Sister San, has Eldest Sister figured out a solution?"

"Eldest sister won't let me talk." Li Yinzhu's eyes turned red.

"Let's talk secretly." Li Xiaonan squeezed closer to Li Yinzhu.

"It's your second elder sister, who wants to plead herself out." Li Yinzhu choked her throat.

Li Xiaonan was stunned for a moment, slowly shrinking and squatting at the mouth of the stove, looking at the third elder sister who was rinsing the pot and raising her hand to wipe her tears from time to time, she was so sad that she wanted to cry.

The next morning, Li Jinzhu and Li Yuzhu sent Li Xuedong and Li Xiaonan back to Gao's Academy.

When Li Xuedong entered the school, Mr. Gao beckoned to stop Li Jinzhu.

Li Jinzhu followed Mr. Gao into the main hall of the Gao family, only to feel that the bright and rich room was dazzling, and there were good things everywhere.

"How much do you know about the affairs of your clan?" Mr. Gao asked first.

Li Jinzhu was stunned, "Little Lizhuang is four or five miles away from Lijiaji, and we don't go to the clan very much. There are affairs in the clan, and it's the third uncle who passes on the word, collecting copper tin to offer sacrifices to the gods, and so on. I don't know much about it. "

"Your Li family is divided into five houses, Feng, Sheng, Xiang, Man, and Wang.

"Fengzifang is the long house. You and your third uncle's family are both Shengzifang. Shengzifang and Fengzifang have the same grandfather, and they have always been connected with each other. The two families are also the most prosperous. You Families Feng and Sheng are the masters of the family affairs, and the current patriarch belongs to Feng Zifang." Mr. Gao explained in detail.

Li Jinzhu nodded repeatedly.

"In the middle, it is unavoidable that there are more here and less there. The other three rooms, I don't know anything else, Wang Zifang is very dissatisfied." Mr. Gao lowered his voice.

Li Jinzhu looked at Mr. Gao in a daze.

"Yesterday, the head of the Wangzifang, your cousin Weng Kuan, the old man, came to me to ask about Xuedong's character and knowledge. What the old lady Kuan means is that your family's Xuedong took the government examination and the institute. He will give you the copper tin for the trial."

Li Jinzhu's eyes widened.

"Do you understand?" Mr. Gao looked at Li Jinzhu and asked.

"Let my Xuedong help Yi in the future?" Li Jinzhu asked blurted out.

"You are so smart!" Mr. Gao said with a smile on his face, "Old Master Kuan means that if Xuedong fails the test, this matter will not be mentioned again. He will treat this copper coin as a waste. If Xuedong If you are a scholar, you have to stand behind their Wangzifang in the clan's affairs, your Xuedong."

"Okay!" Li Jinzhu nodded immediately.

The third uncle dared to take the idea of ​​her family's tens of acres of land because his family had the final say in the clan, and she dreamed all day long that when she had the ability, she would definitely beat the third uncle and her father and mother until their faces were swollen!
(End of this chapter)