Joy of Life: I'm really not a saint

After saying that, he opened his umbrella and prepared to leave.

"Sir, please, please take us with you!" the young man said in a deep and intermittent voice due to nervousness.

Li An, who was called, turned around and asked in confusion, "Why?" He looked at the purse in the boy's hand and said, "This money should be enough to compensate me for the shed I damaged, right? I have solved this problem for you, so go find a new place to live."

The young man gritted his teeth, but the girl behind him said, "Sir, if you don't take us away, we won't live to see tomorrow."

Li An looked over and saw a girl of eight or nine years old wearing thin linen standing behind the boy. She was timidly avoiding Li An's gaze, but her words were still sonorous and powerful.

Li An thought for a moment and then understood.

He secretly thought that he was careless. If he hadn't taken action today, the boy might have just been beaten up. But now that he had taken action and killed the boy because of the murderous intent in his eyes, he was afraid that this group of kids would not be able to settle peacefully.

Even though those three people could be killed, judging from their behavior, they were just a few scum. Being in this chaotic gray area, there was no need to worry about official intervention, but these children could not be ignored.

"This is really troublesome!" Li An thought to himself.

So he asked the boy and girl, "How many orphaned children as old as you are without adults in this area?"

The two men understood the meaning of Li An's words, their eyes lit up, and they said, "To reply to your Excellency, in addition to the seven of us here, there are eleven more not far away!"

Li An felt a headache: "Call them all, you will be in charge, and no crying or making a fuss along the way!"

The boy nodded and ran in the direction of the child.

There was still time to wait, Li An said to the girl: "Don't waste that bag of food, eat it quickly. Eat your fill, it will take some time before we can leave."

The girl nodded, picked up the package on the ground, distributed it to the children behind her, and continued eating.

Fortunately, the weather was good and the rain had stopped, otherwise it would have been a bad idea for these children to stand in the rain without any shelter.

Considering the number of children, it would be inappropriate for him to bring them around like this. Besides, the journey back to Wanshizhai from here is not short, so he still needs to find a few carriages.

Thinking of this, Li An said to the girl: "Little sister, what's your name?"

The girl swallowed the food in her mouth and said, "My name is Zhao Tong'er." There was some dirt on her face, but her expression was clear.

"Tong'er, I think you heard it just now. My name is Li An. I will pick you up later, but there are too many people. I have to leave temporarily and rent a few carriages. I will definitely come back to pick you up after I'm done. Do you believe me?"

Seeing that Zhao Tong'er understood what he said and nodded hesitantly, Li An said, "Then I'll go rent a car first. When the young man comes back, tell him about this and tell him not to panic and just wait here!"

After saying this, Li An used his body skills to leave, wanting to go and come back quickly.

You have to know what happened to those children in kindergarten and lower grades of primary school in the previous life when they were away from the care of kindergarten teachers for a long time. They would definitely cry and make a fuss, as if the "ancient gods" were whispering in their ears, making people feel depressed and confused!

Li An had no experience in taking care of children, so he had to return as soon as possible.

When Li An came back with three carriages with coachmen, there were already eighteen children gathered here.

Surprisingly, the children did not cry or make a fuss. Instead, they waited quietly in place under the guidance of a few older children.

Li An sighed slightly: "They are all children who have suffered a lot, so they are sensible at such a young age."

He jumped off the carriage and looked at the two older children among the other eleven children. He nodded and said to them, "You two are a little older, each of you will take care of a few children, and you will get on two of the carriages. And Tong'er, you and your brother will get on the last carriage with these children."

After the distribution was completed, Li An nodded to the three drivers, turned around and said to the group of children who had just arrived: "You don't have to worry that I'm a bad person. Anyway, it won't be worse than it is now, right?"

After that, with the help of the coachman, he sent the children onto the carriage, and he jumped into one of the carriages with a smaller number of people, and then slowly headed towards Wanshizhai.

When everyone returned to Wanshizhai, the sky had gradually darkened.

"It gets dark so fast on rainy days!" Li An slapped his forehead and said, "Well, I didn't buy anything today, but I brought back 18 children!"

What a sin!

Chapter 35 Skills as a teacher.

Chapter 35 Skills – Being a Teacher.

Looking at these children, they all showed signs of fatigue and hardship, with dark and rough skin. They looked haggard and thin due to long-term malnutrition.

Their clothes were worn and dirty, and some of them could only wear tattered clothes to cover their bodies. Their eyes revealed a sense of helplessness and confusion, and they looked at the small courtyard in front of them with some worry, and their little hands pinched the corners of their clothes helplessly.

Li An called the three older boys and Zhao Tong'er and instructed them, "Go to the room in the backyard and find my clothes. Then go to the kitchen to boil water and take the children to wash them thoroughly. Wear my clothes for the time being and wait for me to come back."

Afraid that the children would worry, she added, "You can use whatever is in the kitchen, but be careful about safety. This is up to you older children. I'm going out to buy clothes and dinner for you, so don't worry."

After the children nodded in agreement, Li An went out to purchase supplies.

Including children's ready-made clothes, shoes, evening meals, various dishes, meat, bedding needed at night, etc. There are also paper, pens, books and various supplies that you need.

Fortunately, there is the system space, otherwise Li An really doesn’t know how he could bring back so many things.

Clothes, shoes and socks were distributed to the children, and after they were dressed, the dishes were served and dinner was served.

During the meal, Li An asked about their names and lives.

We learned that there were three eleven-year-old boys, whose names from oldest to youngest were: Hong Gou Wa, Xu Xi Gan, and Xu Xiao Qiang.

Li An thought that these names were ugly, so he changed their names: Hong Kaijia, Xu Sheng, Xu Qiang. As for Zhao Tong'er, she was still called Zhao Tong'er, in case this was the name given to her by her relatives, Li An did not change it. The remaining 14 children were too young, so Li An gave them names one by one, following his surname, which will not be discussed here for the time being.

After a long chat, and with the children's stories, Ang Lee had a general idea of ​​their previous lives, and the meal gradually came to an end.

Looking at the children wolfing down their food, I reminded them not to eat too much to avoid getting stomach upset, and I was also thinking about what to do with these children.

Apart from Fan Xian, he didn't have many friends, and he didn't know how to settle them down. He thought that he was short of some people to do the work, so he kept them in the courtyard for the time being and taught them some cultural knowledge.

Li An told them his decision, and the four older ones immediately called the teacher. Although the children did not understand what the word "teacher" meant, seeing their older brothers and sisters calling him teacher, they also followed suit and called him teacher.

Li An had no choice but to arrange rooms for them all after dinner and let them go to rest.

There were not enough rooms in the yard, so they had to squeeze in. The children did not resist and went to the rooms excitedly to rest. It could be seen that they became more lively.

"It seems that we need to prepare some books and teaching materials for them so that they can read and practice calligraphy." Li An said silently: "After that, we will be busy!"

In this way, Li An taught them to read and write in the morning, told fortunes in the afternoon, and taught them swordplay, leg techniques, and internal skills in the evening. A month passed like this.

During this period, except for the difficulty in learning to read, these children practiced martial arts diligently, and Hong Kaijia and his four companions were the most diligent. Not only did they learn to read and practice martial arts, but they also had to take care of their younger brothers and sisters. Gradually, they also learned to chop wood, cook, wash clothes and other chores.

“没想到这教书育人，自己还学会了两个技能。”李安望着系统面板中的“书法LV2：13/45”“为人师LV3：55/90（每提升一阶段，则教授的弟子的学习程度增加百分之十）”陷入了沉思。

"This calligraphy still needs to be better. Tong'er has been collecting her own handwriting manuscripts as teaching materials. If she grows up and finds out that her master's handwriting is actually very bad, then will I still have the face to save it?"

"Also, this skill of being a teacher is very useful. If I can increase it to a high level as soon as possible, it will be very beneficial to the learning and growth of my disciples, whether in studying or practicing martial arts. This way, they can also grow quickly and help me sooner."

Li An looked at the money he had earned in the past month and found that he had accumulated a lot. Without hesitation, he upgraded his calligraphy to the ninth level and his teaching skills to the maximum level.

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for reaching the ninth level of calligraphy skills, reaching the level of founding a school. ]

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for reaching the maximum level of his teacher skill and reaching the pinnacle (the growth rate of his disciples in all aspects has increased by 100%). ]

With a system voice, Li An's wealth value was reduced by more than 100,000 again.

Nodding, it's done now! Li An picked up the pen and continued to write the textbook he wrote on the paper. After a while, he absorbed the calligraphy experience of the system. Don't say it, this word looks pleasing to the eye and highlights the fragrance!

Just when Li An was discovering new fun, a crisp voice came:

"Teacher, the meal is ready, come and sit down to eat."

This was Zhao Tonger's voice. Li An threw the brush in his hand and said, "Eat, eat. I'm already hungry."

The disciples sat in front of the "extended" dining table in an orderly manner, waiting for Li An to take a seat. After Li An sat down, he said, "Eat." Then he picked up his chopsticks and started eating.

Li An found an opportunity and said to Zhao Tong'er inconspicuously, "Tong'er, let me ask you something. Where did you put the teaching materials you collected a few days ago?"

"In my room. Sometimes in the evening, I explain the textbooks to my fellow students." Zhao Tong'er put down her bowl and chopsticks and answered respectfully.

"Hey, eat, eat. Just answer while eating. No need to be so reserved." Li An motioned her to eat first and said, "Bring all those manuscripts to me later, and I'll give you another copy."

Zhao Tong'er asked curiously, "Then the previous manuscript is useless?"

Li An nodded: "Not bad."

"That's great. In this case, Tong'er will keep the previous manuscripts!" After hearing the teacher say not to be so restrained, Zhao Tong'er relaxed a little.

Ang Lee slapped his forehead, it was ruined, there was no way to recover the dog-like handwriting.

He turned to the eldest disciple and ordered, "Kaijia, go find two cooks and cleaners this afternoon. Find some with clean backgrounds, okay?"

"I understand, teacher." Hong Kaijia replied. Li An had left him a large sum of money and asked him to manage the daily expenses. Although the two of them met because of his stealing, he did it just to keep his brothers and sisters from starving. He should not be blamed, but only blamed the world with its hierarchy.

Li An also believed in him and would not do anything related to stealing again, but he felt a little sorry for those people he had stolen from before.

"Teacher, is the food cooked by Tong'er not delicious?" Zhao Tong'er curled her lips, looking aggrieved.

Seeing her lovely expression, Li An was in a good mood, but he still had to coax her patiently, saying: "Of course not, it's just that these boys have a lot of appetite these days, how can you and the two sisters handle it?"

Seeing Zhao Tong'er nodded, Li An continued, "And the learning tasks will be heavier, and the martial arts training will be more intensified. There will not be much time. You can't be distracted and caught up by your brothers and sisters!"

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Chapter 36: Undercurrent.

After instructing his eldest disciple, Li An nodded, turned to the second and third disciples next to Hong Kaijia and said, "Xu Sheng, Xu Qiang."

"Disciple is here." The two brothers replied.

"You two should go and ask the owners of the surrounding courtyards this afternoon and come here. I want to buy their courtyards."

This was something Li An had decided long ago. There were quite a few disciples, so he bought the courtyards on the left and right and broke through the walls to connect them. This way, the disciples could live separately.

"is teacher."

"Okay, let's eat." After Li An finished his instructions, he also started to eat. But after a moment, he started to teach Zhao Tong'er: "Tong'er, can't you cook a few more meat dishes when you cook?"

Zhao Tonger said anxiously: "But."

Li An interrupted by waving his hand: "Don't worry about spending money. You know how fast your master makes money. But now that you are growing up, you can't be careless. If you don't eat more meat, how can you support your martial arts training? You, relax, the previous poor days will not come back again."

Seeing Zhao Tong'er's worry, she still didn't feel very safe. Li An continued, "Don't save the money you should spend. Your teacher doesn't feel bad about it. How much can you spend?"

After hearing this, Zhao Tong'er nodded reluctantly and said stubbornly: "But I feel sorry for you." She counted the rice grains in the bowl with chopsticks in her hand. When she saw Li Ang's gaze looking at her again, she hurriedly started eating in big mouthfuls.

Seeing this, Li An nodded with satisfaction.

After the meal, Hong Kaijia and the other two bowed to Li An and went out to do some work. The other disciples gradually cleared the table.

The three older ones, although only eleven or twelve years old, have been in the community for many years and naturally have their own experience and methods of doing things.

Li An was relieved to let them do the work, and in the past month, he had gradually mastered the inner strength and qi, and learned some basic punches and kicks. If you were to calculate it, he was a first-class warrior, and he could still deal with ordinary people or hooligans.

After seeing that everything was arranged, he asked his disciples to make tea and waited silently for the guests to arrive in the afternoon.

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Zuixian Tower, inside the pavilion.

"My royal brother has been hiding and not doing anything since the last trial. It's worrying." The second prince Li Chengze picked a grape and put it in his mouth to taste it. He looked at the nearby lake, took off his shoes and lay back in the chair.

Li Hongcheng, the prince of Jing, smiled gently and said, "The prince thought he had the evidence against Fan Xian and wanted to take him down right away. He has already been disgusted by this matter. Your Highness, why should you worry about it?"

Li Chengze shook his head, feeling the breeze from the lake, his expression solemn: "We still have to win over those who should be won over. I can understand what Fan Xian is thinking. After all, if the princes fight for the throne, it will bring disaster to the whole family if we are not careful, so we have to be cautious." He changed the subject: "I just don't understand why my father saved Fan Xian at that critical moment and let him enter the palace? I'm very curious about what they said afterwards."

Li Hongcheng looked at the second prince seriously without saying anything.

"Go to the Fan Mansion and invite Fan Xian. I will host a banquet here tomorrow."

Li Hongcheng nodded and agreed.

After a moment, Li Chengze asked about Li An: "That day at the restaurant, you invited Fan Xian to the poetry gathering, why didn't you invite Li An?"

Li Hongcheng replied: "I got your letter and went to the restaurant. Only Fan Xian and his brothers and sisters were there. Li An had already left, as if..."

"As if he had expected trouble to come?"

Li Hongcheng nodded, and the second prince laughed: "Your feeling is correct, this is exactly what makes him magical."

"I just didn't expect that Fan Xian and Li An were actually good friends." There was a hint of surprise in Li Hongcheng's tone.

"The jasper is dressed up as a tall tree,

Ten thousand green ribbons hang down.

I don’t know who cut out the fine leaves,

The spring breeze in February is like a pair of scissors. "The second prince chanted the poem "Ode to the Willow" and sighed after a moment: "Although this poem is not as good as Fan Xian's "Climbing the Heights", the style is very different and it is also a rare masterpiece!"

The second prince savoured it for a moment and shook his head, saying, "Compared to the seven-character quatrain, I prefer this "Ode to the Willow", which makes people feel refreshed! Who would have thought that Li An is not only knowledgeable, but also has such a talent for poetry! This may be the reason why the two of them became good friends."

Li Hongcheng nodded in agreement, as if thinking of something: "Should we invite Li An to the banquet tomorrow?"

"No need." The second prince shook his head. "My people got the news that three people were killed in the slum area, and the killer claimed to be Li An. He then led the dozen orphans away to the vicinity of Wanshizhai. Although it is not convenient for me to leave people to watch, the news has been confirmed in the past few days. This Li Shen has accepted more than a dozen disciples."

Li Chengze said firmly: "Since he is quite busy these days, we will not bother him. As long as we win over Fan Xian, as his friend, Li An will definitely be biased towards us!"