Chapter 49: Martial Arts Cheats
When Li Yanqing returned to the village, he walked into Aunt Hu's house. The yard was filled with stone mills and a pile of farm tools. It was given to them by Uncle Hu. Several rooms were locked. Thinking that he would never be able to eat Aunt Hu's meal again and could not hear Xiao Qing'er's laughter, Li Yanqing felt empty and felt an indescribable loss.
Just then, he suddenly heard someone outside shouting: "Brother Qing!"
Li Yanqing hurriedly ran out, and saw two Li's family members coming back not far away with him, holding his father Li Daqi.
Li Yanqing was startled and hurriedly met, "What's wrong with my dad?"
"Your father has drunk too much, the master asked us to send him back."
Seeing that his father was drunk, Li Yanqing hurriedly led the way. The two families helped Li Daqi into the house and lay down, and then said goodbye and left.
In Li Yanqing's memory, his father had never drunk alcohol. Today, he probably was happy, so he broke the precepts. Unexpectedly, he got drunk.
Li Yanqing had no choice but to take off his father's shoes, help him sleep well, and then covered him with the quilt. Then he closed the door and let his father sleep quietly.
He returned to his room, sat down and started writing books. He was quite diligent during this period. "The Great Sage's Monster Hunt: Flame Mountain" has been written, and the third "The Great Sage's Monster Hunt: The Great Sage's Monster Hunt: The Great Sage's Monster Hunt: The Great Sage's Monster Hunt" has also been written forty-seven thousand words. If you write another three thousand words, you can submit the manuscript. You can finish it tonight. He plans to take time to go to the county town in the past two days.
But Li Yanqing only wrote a few lines and remembered something. He quickly put down his pen, got up, took out an iron box from under his pillow, and slowly opened it. Inside was a small and sharp dagger and a silk book.
The dagger was the one given to him by Aunt Hu. He used this dagger to save Xiao Qing'er. Uncle Hu gave the dagger to him as a souvenir. He put the dagger aside and picked up the yellow silk book. This is the so-called martial arts secret book.
The cover reads Hu's sword technique, which turned out to be a sword technique, but I thought it was a sword technique! Li Yanqing looked below and saw the owner's name, Hu Wen of Daming Mansion, it should be the name of Uncle Hu's father. It turns out that the uncle's surname is Hu, and Hu is just a pseudonym.
Turning on the first page, there was a man in short clothes on it, wielding his sword sideways and cutting across. There was a move called Wushan Duanyun. Li Yanqing couldn't help scratching his head. This move looks very familiar. Isn't it just a trick of killing a dog by himself?
Li Yanqing turned around again, and there were only seven moves in total, four attacks and three defenses. The biggest feature was that he was clean and neat and never dragged on the mud, which was quite in line with his personality.
Li Yanqing put away the silk book and decided to have time to practice. Maybe he could really save his life at a critical moment.
Li Daqi slept until dark before he woke up. He was dry and drank two big bowls of water before stopping. Li Yanqing told him that Uncle Hu's family had gone to Daming Mansion and it might take several months to come back.
Li Daqi nodded, "I understand, then you can go to Baozheng's house to join us from now on! He told me a few times that he would give his family money every month, and your meal problem would be solved."
Li Daqi didn't care much about the whereabouts of Hu Sheng's family. He was different from Li Yanqing. Although he was very grateful to Hu Sheng's family, he looked down on a rough man like Hu Sheng in his bones.
He had to put down his airs because he was down and out of the way, but now he has gradually squeezed into the upper class of the family. He needs to establish a good relationship with the patriarch and Baozheng. As soon as the Hu Sheng family left, he happened to ask his son to go to Li Zhen's house to join him.
"Dad seems to be very happy, and he actually drank!" Li Yanqing didn't want to talk about Uncle Hu, so he changed the subject.
Li Daqi hit his fist with his palm and said excitedly: "Today is a bunch of good news. The clan Changchun is going to Bianjing to negotiate with the Li clan over there to merge the genealogy. He decided to let me go with him, and said he would consider handing over the county's industry to me."
Li Yanqing was stunned, "Our Li family still has industries in the county?"
"Of course there is!"
Li Daqi waved his hand, "Don't interrupt me first, this is not the best news. The best news is that County Ma is going to be transferred away. It seems that he was demoted to a county to be the chief clerk. God finally opened his eyes!"
A foot-long horse face immediately appeared in Li Yanqing's mind. Is that guy going to be transferred? This is really good news.
"Dad, what industries does the Li family have in the county?"
"It seems there is a tavern and several other shops. I forgot what I do."
Li Daqi was very excited. He had no hope of participating in the imperial examination, but he was unwilling to spend his whole life in a cowardly manner. He also longed for a little power to make his clan members respect him. Therefore, he was favored by the clan leader and gained the right to manage the family industry, which became his dream.
Li Yanqing was a little dissatisfied. He was also working for others when managing the family industry. If he wanted to stand up, he had to be the boss himself. However, Li Yanqing had only a vague idea about this matter, and he would discuss it with his father after it was clear.
Li Daqi walked to the living room and began to pack up the incense table to worship the spirit of the deceased wife in the sky. At this time, he suddenly remembered something and ran back to Li Yanqing and said, "Qing'er, we are going to Tangbei Township tomorrow."
"Do you go to visit my mother's grave?" Li Yanqing only knew that her mother was buried in Tangbei Township, and her mother's home was there.
Li Daqi nodded, "Of course I have to visit your mother's grave. Dad hasn't been there for almost three years."
"Why?"
Li Yanqing was shocked. He had not visited the graves of his deceased wife for three years. This was not in line with his father's personality!
Li Daqi hesitated for a moment and whispered: "Your mother was buried in the Ding family cemetery, and they didn't allow her father to get close."
Li Yanqing was a little confused. He patted his forehead and asked, "Can Dad tell me clearly that my mother's cemetery was not bought by Dad for hundreds of cents? There are also coffins, why can't the cemetery you bought with your own money be close to? What's the reason?"
Li Daqi sighed, "Qing'er, even the cemetery in the capital is not that expensive. It was your grandfather who hated me and forced me to buy the Ding family's cemetery at a high price. In fact, it was a disguised compensation. My father felt guilty of your grandfather, so he agreed, thanks to the patriarch who was willing to lend me money."
Li Daqi bit his lip and said, "Your grandfather is a snob. I swore that I would never see him again in my life, but in order to visit your mother's grave, we have to pretend to behave. I have asked someone to send a message before and take you to greet the New Year tomorrow."
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Tangbei Township is located 60 miles northwest of Xiaohe Township. Walk north along the official road, and arrives at the forks where the Khitan cavalry was shot and then walks west twenty miles before you arrive.
Before dawn the next day, Li Yanqing came back from running and set off with his father. Li Daqi borrowed a strong donkey from Baozheng and Li Zhen. The father and son rode a donkey along the official road and headed north along the official road.
Li Yanqing's poor skills in riding donkeys were mainly because his legs were weak, unlike Yue Fei and Wang Gui and others who had squatted for several years, but he found that after he followed Uncle Hu, his legs doubled. After running for a while, he was even better than the horse squatted for one year.
Now riding a donkey has become very relaxed, and he no longer feels like he can't control the first time riding a donkey. Only then did he realize that the running method that Uncle Hu taught him is really magical.
No wonder Uncle Hu repeatedly reminded himself not to give up halfway before leaving. When he saw the results ten years later, Li Yanqing tasted the sweetness and strengthened his confidence in running.
"Have Dad been to Tokyo?" Li Yanqing and his father chatted all the way.
"I went there six years ago, and it was also at this time. My father went to Tokyo to take the provincial examination. Tokyo is such a good place! It is thousands of times more prosperous than Tangyin County. My father got lost when he went shopping on the first day."
Li Daqi's mood gradually became cheerful. Thinking of the interesting things he had in the past, he couldn't help laughing.
"I was wandering outside in the middle of the night, but the soldiers patrolling the streets sent me back to the inn. Several of my companions thought my father was going to drink flower wine and didn't want to come back. So many years have passed in a flash, and time has passed so quickly!"
"Did Dad know Li Dongdong?" Li Yanqing asked with a smile.
Li Daqi was stunned and thought for a while and said, "It's the second winter melon in Qianshanfang! He is doing well in the capital. I heard that he has opened a teahouse, but I guess it is the kind of coolie teahouse that is open outside the city."
"Why?" Li Yanqing was puzzled.
Li Daqi said with a hint of disdain at the corner of his mouth: "Most of the people who can open shops in the city have backgrounds, and it's not his turn."
"What did you ask him for?" Li Daqi asked strangely again.
"I wrote a Spring Festival couplet for his house two days ago. He thought it was good. Yesterday, he invited me to his house for dinner at the ancestral hall. He said he had set up a few tables of wine and invited me to go too."
"Just invite you only?"
Li Daqi felt a little disappointed. He actually asked his son not to invite me. But after a second thought, he was competing with his son. He felt relieved and smiled and said, "Go! But remember one thing, although he is the same age as me, he also wants to call me "Uncle II." He is the same generation as you, so don't make jokes."
Chapter completed!