Do you know the long song of laughter?

Chapter 135 Chapter Old Friend
  Mrs. Liu returned to the house with the jewelry, sat in front of the dressing table and tried it on happily.

"The jewelry from Bianjing is just better than the jewelry from Yangzhou."

Mrs. Liu put a silver hairpin on her head and looked in the mirror with her head tilted.

"Didn't you just complain about your son spending money indiscriminately?"

Li Nan was holding two exquisite small wine jars and was wondering whether to open them and take a sip.

This jar is so beautiful, but the wine inside is so delicious.

Hearing what his wife said, he replied casually.

Mrs. Liu turned her head dissatisfied and glared: "When I said my son spent money indiscriminately, I was talking about wine! Wine is gone after you drink it. What is it if it's not a waste of money? The jewelry is made of silver, with such exquisite styles, if If you take it out and sell it, you might still make money, it's not like spending money indiscriminately."

Li Nan: "..."

He remembered clearly that Mrs. Liu was talking about jewelry before, but now she was talking about wine.

But he was smart enough not to argue with his wife, for fear that she would confiscate the wine from him.

……

During dinner in the evening, Li An proposed to go back to Lijiacun tomorrow to visit his grandparents.

The smile on Mrs. Liu's face instantly turned cold when she heard this.

"Mom, what's wrong?" Li An asked doubtfully.

Shi Lin came back several times and only told him a few things about his parents, but never mentioned anything about his grandparents and uncle's family.

Li An didn't know what was going on with his uncle's family. Seeing that his mother's face looked a little strange when she mentioned returning to Lijiacun, he guessed that it was related to his uncle's family.

"Your eldest aunt is nothing, she..."

"Okay, we are all a family, why are you saying something so unpleasant?" Li Nan quickly pulled his wife.

It's not that he didn't let Ms. Liu speak, but he felt it was a bit embarrassing to say this in front of his daughter-in-law.

"Why don't you let me tell you what she did?"

Mrs. Liu glared at Li Nan and continued talking.

After Liu's narration, Li An probably knew the reason.

After Li An left Yangzhou, his eldest aunt often came to borrow money. They were all relatives, and it didn't look good when they made trouble. Li Nan couldn't help but give some money every time.

Although Mrs. Liu always told Li Nan off, she actually acquiesced in her heart.

There is no other way. If you don't give it to her, she will make a fuss. Their family is doing business and there are people walking on the street. How can they do business if there is a fuss?

Later, my grandfather got angry and my aunt stopped coming.

Although the eldest aunt is not a very good person, she does not spend the money she gets.

All together we spent almost twenty taels of silver, and with the family's savings we bought another three acres of land.

After Li Nan discussed with Mr. Liu, he returned the five acres of land that had been divided to his grandfather.

After all, it’s not much to collect rent from five acres of land, and it’s not even hard enough to live so far away.

Now my grandfather and uncle own 20 acres of their own farmland and rent another ten acres.

With thirty acres of farmland, the weather has been good these past few years, and life has been pretty good.

In addition, Li Nan would give the two elders a little money every year when he went back. Last year, his grandfather tore down the family's adobe and thatched house and built four blue brick houses.

At that time, Li Nan also bought a cow as a gift.

Now, my grandfather and uncle are considered to be one of the best families in Lijia Village.

Life is getting better, and my aunt is suppressed by her grandfather and doesn't dare to make trouble anymore, which is quite good.

However, just a month ago, the eldest aunt came to Yangzhou again.

This time I'm not here to ask for money, but to say hello. The eldest aunt's maiden brother has a daughter who is getting haircut this year, and the eldest aunt wants to tell her to Li An.

It is normal to propose marriage, but after Mr. Liu refused, the eldest aunt came to make trouble every three days.

Later, even if her grandfather intervened, it was useless. In the end, her grandfather told her that if she dared to make trouble again, he would ask her uncle to divorce her, so she became honest.

This matter troubled Mr. Liu endlessly, so when he mentioned going back to Lijiacun, his face turned ugly.

"Your eldest aunt's niece is quite nice. Your mother is not someone who dislikes poverty and loves wealth. But her younger brother is a gambler. I heard someone said that he owed money outside, and your eldest aunt even took some money for him. , I even had a quarrel with your uncle because of this. If you get attached to such a person, there will be a lot of trouble in the future. Your aunt wants you to marry her niece. Doesn’t she just want our family to help him pay back the money? She knows that her brother She's a gambler, and she doesn't have any good intentions when she comes to marry her," Ms. Liu said.

"Mom, it's okay. I'll just go back with dad tomorrow. I can handle it then." Li An said.

"That's right, if we don't agree, can my sister-in-law still force her?" Li Nan said.

"No, your father is soft-tempered, and she is an elder. It will be difficult for you to be pestered. I will go back with you. If she dares to mention this matter, see if I don't scold her! I won't do that in Lijia Village. I'm so worried," Liu said.

"Okay, let's go back together." Li An smiled.

With his grandfather here, he was not afraid of his eldest aunt making any trouble.

But if mother wants to go back together, let’s go back together.

Next, Li Nan talked about the situation of the uncle's family.

The eldest cousin also got married a few months after Li An left, and he married a very nice person from the Zhu family.

Dragging her parents' family to help, she found Li Fu a job as a teacher at her parents' academy.

After all, Li Fu had been studying for nearly ten years. Although he didn't even pass the exam of Mingde Academy, he had no problem teaching elementary school students.

After Li Fu got married, he changed and matured a lot under the influence of Zhu.

The eldest aunt came to the door several times to make trouble, and Li Fu even came to apologize to Li Nan.

Because he took a nap in the afternoon, Li An didn't feel tired after eating in the evening.

The range of activities on the boat was too small this time, and I was a little exhausted. After dinner, Li An took Shi Zhu and Desheng out for a walk.

A few years after leaving Yangzhou, the city of Yangzhou seems to have remained the same as before, but Li An has a feeling that things are different and people are different.

After shopping for more than half an hour, Li An felt a little bored and was ready to go home.

When passing by a restaurant, several drunken men walked out of the restaurant. One of them, Li Anjue, looked familiar. If he took a closer look, wasn't he Feng Xihui, a student of Xu Shigao?

Feng Xihui was nearly twenty years old more than three years ago. After not seeing him for a few years, he seemed to have matured a little, but not much changed.

Li An shook his head slightly and had no intention of going up to say hello.

"Brother Feng will definitely win the first prize in this county examination, but we can't. We still have to rely on Brother Feng's help."

"Haha, that's right, Brother Feng, don't forget us when he gets rich."

"Relax... don't worry, I..."

Feng Xihui's face turned red, his tongue was tangled when he spoke, and he walked crookedly.

Just as he was talking, he bumped into Shizhu.

Shizhu has been practicing martial arts all year round and has a strong body. Now he looks like a pillar as his name suggests.

Feng Xihui bumped into the stone pillar. The stone pillar did not move at all, but he himself was ejected.

Fortunately, his two companions supported him and prevented him from falling.

"You don't have a good eye when walking. You almost knocked Mr. Feng down."

"That's right, Brother Feng is the head of this county examination. If he is injured anywhere and delays Brother Feng from participating in the county examination, you will be finished."

Feng Xihui's two companions looked at Li An and the three of them and cursed.

(End of this chapter)