Do you know the long song of laughter?

Chapter 35 Borrowing Books
  Ms. Liu lowered her voice and said, "When I was cleaning the house yesterday, I found twenty taels of silver under the bed in the house where you and Tieniu lived."

"what!"

Li Nan and his son looked at Mr. Liu in shock.

Li Nan and Li Ping were really shocked, while Li An was shocked.

He didn't expect that his mother would find out if he hid it so well.

"Shh, keep your voice down. What if someone suddenly hears you?" Ms. Liu said.

Li Nan suppressed the shock in his heart and said, "Is what you said true?"

"How can it be false?"

Mrs. Liu said proudly: "When I was sweeping under the bed, I felt that the broom was hung on something. When I looked carefully, I found that there was a brick protruding out. I found a stick and pressed it, and found that it couldn't be pressed. I got in and picked up the bricks and looked at them. Unexpectedly, there was a cloth bag inside. I took it out and saw that it was full of broken silver. There were twenty taels in total."

"Could this be left by the homeowner's parents? It wouldn't be good for us to take it, right?" Li Nan hesitated.

"You are stupid. If his parents left something behind, why don't you take it away?" Mrs. Liu rolled her eyes at him.

"Maybe I forgot?" Li Nan said.

"It's not like we have so much money, so how could we forget it? Maybe it was left behind by the previous owner of the house. If we send it there stupidly, the owner will definitely say that his parents hid it. Son, right?" Mrs. Liu looked at Li An and said.

"Yes." Li An said with a stiff face: "Dad, mother is right. This money has not been discovered for so long. It must have nothing to do with the landlord. You must not tell the landlord."

It's strange that he has a connection, he hid the money.

It doesn't matter if the money is discovered. If he gives it to others for free, Li An will really cry.

"What if this is the case? What if someone comes to your door?" Li Nan asked worriedly.

"That's why I want to buy the house. After buying the house, everything here belongs to our family. Even if I come here, I won't be afraid," said Liu.

I have to say that Liu's thinking was very clear. Although Li An felt that buying a house on the dock was useless, he might as well save more money and buy it in Yangzhou city.

But he couldn't tell his mother that he hid the money and there was no need to buy a house.

Otherwise, how would he explain the source of the money when Mrs. Liu asked?

Moreover, he has twenty taels of silver hidden away, so Mrs. Liu may have to beat him.

It would be better to let Mr. Liu think that the money was picked up.

Just buy it, you can sell it later anyway.

……

Time flies, and the new year is here in a blink of an eye.

It has not snowed since the beginning of winter this year, but as the New Year is approaching, it has started to snow heavily.

Overnight, it was covered in silver and white became the main color.

The streets of Yangzhou are no longer as bustling as before, and the streets are sparsely populated.

A young man was holding an umbrella and holding a baggage in one hand, walking on the street, humming some weird songs.

"The snowflakes are flying, the north wind is blowing, and the sky and the earth are vast."

"A cold plum blossom stands proudly in the snow, just for the fragrance of Yi."

The only person who can sing such a song is Ang Lee, a time traveler.

Li An hummed all the way and came to a house.

There are two stone lions standing at the entrance of the house. The dark red door is full of mottled colors and has faded. There is no snow on the steps at the door, which shows that someone has been cleaning it.

Li An walked up the steps to the door, put away his umbrella, pulled the knocker, and knocked on the door.

dong dong dong~
  squeak~
  After a while, the door opened with a heavy sound, and a middle-aged boy in a soap-colored cotton coat poked his head out.

"Haha, hello, Uncle Luo, I'm here to disturb you again." Li An said with a smile.

"It turns out to be Brother Li, please come inside." Uncle Luo opened the door wider and welcomed Li An in.

After Li An entered, Uncle Luo closed the door and said, "Are you here to borrow books from the eldest son again?"

Li An nodded and said with a smile: "It's not the Chinese New Year soon. Classes in the academy have been suspended. I'm going back to Lijiacun, so I thought of borrowing a few more books and going back to read."

There was no summer vacation when studying in ancient times, but there was a holiday before the Chinese New Year, and school would not start until after the Lantern Festival of the coming year.

The Lantern Festival is actually the Lantern Festival, and there are about 20 days of holiday.

"Brother Li, come with me."

Uncle Luo led Li An to the front yard and handed him over to a servant.

The servant led Li An around and came to a courtyard.

The servant knocked on the courtyard door, and after a while, an ordinary-looking maid opened the door.

"Yanghao, the younger brother of the Li family is here to see the eldest young master." said the young man who led the way.

When Yang Hao saw Li An, he quickly opened the courtyard door and saluted, "Master Li, please come."

"Miss Yang Hao, I have told you so many times that I am not a young man." Li An walked in with a smile.

Yang Biao didn't answer, closed the courtyard door, and led the way for Li An. When he walked out of the hall, he opened his mouth and said, "Master, Master Li is here."

Sheng Changbai heard the sound and walked out of the hall. When he saw Li An, he smiled and said, "Erlang is here, come in quickly."

It was the Sheng family that Li An came to. After Li An rescued Ru Lan that day, during class the next day, Sheng Hong brought Sheng Changbai to the academy and expressed his gratitude to Li An.

Although Li An did not leave his name, there were several people who went to dinner together. As the parent officer of Yangzhou, it was very easy to find out information about him.

Sheng Hong's gratitude to Li An was more of a face-saving thing, but Sheng Changbai was sincerely grateful to Li An. When he was sleeping, he often went to see Li An, and the two became good friends after going back and forth.

Since the first two months, Li An has been borrowing books from Sheng Changbai.

Although his family's conditions are good and ordinary books can be purchased, the books in Sheng Changbai's house are all those that Sheng Hong often reads.

Sheng Hong's father was Tanhualang, and he himself passed the Jinshi examination. The books contain notes from Sheng Hong and his father, which cannot be bought with money.

The ancients often said that poems and books are passed down from generation to generation, which does not refer to just books.

With the advent of printing, books are not as precious as before. The most precious thing is the annotations of predecessors on the books.

Sheng Changbai welcomed Li An into the hall. After sitting down, he took the teapot on the stove and poured tea for Li An. He smiled and said, "You came here to see me in such heavy snow. You must have something to do, right?"

"The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and classes in the academy have been suspended. I came here this time. Firstly, I want to say goodbye to Brother Sheng. Secondly, I want to borrow some books to read during the Chinese New Year. In addition, there are some things I don't understand. I want to ask Brother Sheng for advice. ." Li An said.

"It's a bit unreasonable to ask for advice. If Erlang has any doubts in his mind, tell us and we can discuss them together." Sheng Changbai said with a smile.

……

"Oh, it's freezing cold here. Why should I learn to be a female worker?" Ru Lan angrily threw the embroidery in her hand on the table.

Minglan, who was sitting next to Rulan and was doing embroidery seriously, was startled. She blinked and said, "Fifth sister, there is a brazier in this room. It's not cold. I'm already a little warm."

(End of this chapter)