Early the next morning, Pei Sanniang went out to practice medicine. Li Ye gnawed on the meat buns and said with a smile: "What do you want to tell me?"
"Haven't you always wanted to know about your father?"
The smile on Li Ye's face disappeared and he said after a while: "That person I met last time must be him!"
Aunt Mu nodded, "That's him!"
"He is very good-looking and graceful. How did he meet my mother?" Li Ye asked curiously.
Aunt Mu sighed slightly, "This matter has to start from fifteen years ago. Fifteen years ago, Pei Min returned to Zhangye and brought a young man with him. Your grandfather respected him very much and asked your mother to do it for you.
Guide, take him to various places in Zhangye.
That young master is Li Dai, the fifth son of the powerful official Li Linfu. He has just passed the imperial examination. He is very handsome and elegant, and you can say that you are like a tree in the wind. But your mother is a wild girl who has been dancing with swords since she was a child. She grew up crazy, and the men around her are either warriors or reckless men.
She had never seen such an elegant, gentle and considerate man, and her heart was tied to him. Li Dai also liked your mother very much, and the two quickly got together and spent three months together.
Later, Li Dai returned to Beijing. Before he returned to Beijing, he swore that he would marry your mother. I believe he was sincere, but he did not tell the truth. He did not want to marry your mother, but wanted to take your mother as a concubine!"
"He is already married?"
Aunt Mu nodded, "The year before he came to Zhangye, he married the daughter-in-law of the Yuwen family, but he didn't tell your mother."
"Then what?"
"Then your mother's belly gradually grew bigger, and Li Dai never came. Later, your mother secretly gave birth to you, but your grandfather found out about it. He became furious and kicked your mother out of the house.
Your grandmother secretly took some jewelry and money and asked me to go to the capital with your mother to find the Li family.
Your mother came to Chang'an and found Li Dai. Li Dai told your mother that he was willing to accept your mother, but he could only take her as a concubine, and she could only live outside the house and not enter the house.
Your mother went crazy and beat him up. Then she rushed into the Li Mansion with a sword and asked Li Linfu to give her an explanation. However, she was beaten out by the servants of the Li Mansion.
Your mother stopped looking for Li Dai from now on. We sold the jewelry and asked your uncle to buy a small house in Yonghefang and live there. Your mother worked hard to raise you. She just wanted to show this to the Li family.
Without the Li family, she would still be able to raise her son."
Li Ye nodded, "My mother met a scumbag!"
"Scumbag?"
Aunt Mu was stunned for a moment, then shook her head, "This matter is actually not what you think. Your uncle later explained to us that not long after Li Dai returned to Chang'an, he went out with several brothers and encountered bullies who were occupying people's fields. He fought against them.
He caught the bully and went to see the official. Unexpectedly, the bully turned out to be the domestic slave of Concubine Wu Hui. He offended Concubine Wu Hui. He was originally going to serve as an official, but his appointment was cancelled.
His father Li Linfu was very angry with him and banned him for a year. The brothers in the family took the opportunity to add insult to injury and tried every means to say bad things about him. His father became even more indifferent to him."
"So he didn't dare to mention his mother at all!"
Aunt Mu nodded, "Actually, I also hated Li Dai very much. I wanted to kill him at that time. I always believed that he was a heartless and unjust person. But after so many years, when I think back, sometimes I feel that he is both hateful and pitiable.
Mainly because he has a cowardly character, a strong father, and a fierce wife.
I heard that he later became an official because of his relationship with his wife's family. Therefore, for more than ten years, he was oppressed by his wife, trembling every day and living like a dog. He came to see your mother many times, and every time he came, he was harassed by your mother.
He was beaten severely, and not long after that he came again and was beaten out again."
"Why did he come to mother?"
"I don't know, I guess he has a hard conscience! I want to give your mother money, and I want to ask your mother to forgive him. It's just these two things."
"Then what? Why tell me this now?"
Aunt Mu pondered for a moment and said: "Your mother never mentioned it, but I know that her biggest wish is for you to be accepted by the Li family and recognize your ancestors. Your name is Li Ye. This is the name given by your father. She
She hasn’t changed her mind, do you understand what she means?”
Li Ye shook his head. He didn't want to be Li Linfu's grandson. Whether he was a treacherous minister or not was another matter. The key was that Li Linfu was very miserable later. After his death, he was dragged out and whipped by Yang Guozhong. Not many years later, all his descendants were exiled and sent to the army.
Being Li Linfu's grandson now is no different from joining the Kuomintang in 1949?
Besides, what does Li Dai's son have to do with him? He recognized his mother from the Tang Dynasty and really regarded her as his mother, but what does it mean when a father from the Tang Dynasty appeared out of nowhere?
"Auntie, I think we should have some backbone. Why do we have to enter the Li family's door?"
Aunt Mu said anxiously: "Ye'er, you are now a gangster and an illegitimate child. Once someone comes to check you, you will be deprived of official status and reduced to a slave. So after you offended the Yang family, your mother was so anxious that she couldn't sleep.
, I’m afraid that the Yang family will go to the county government to check your household registration."
Li Ye frowned. This is not a big problem. There are many ways. As long as you have money, it is not a trivial matter to have a household registration. Besides, just because he does not have a household registration in Chang'an, does not mean that he does not have a household registration in other places!
He thought for a while and then smiled and said: "Actually, there is a way. For example, just spend a little more money and go to a remote county to buy a household registration for a good person. A commoner like me, who will care whether your household registration is true or false?"
"
Aunt Mu sighed, "I have thought of this method, but I never mentioned it, just because I was afraid that your mother would really buy a household registration?"
Li Ye was stunned, "Why?"
Aunt Mu said slowly: "Only when the Li family accepts you, your grandpa will forgive your mother and allow her to go home. Otherwise, she will never see her parents in her life. She has cried for this so many times?"
"
Li Ye's nose suddenly choked. He seemed to have seen his mother hiding in her room, missing her parents, crying helplessly. She was only eighteen years old when she gave birth to him!
After thinking for a long time, Li Ye finally nodded, "I promised to go back to the Li family, but not for the sake of the Li family, but so that my mother could go home to see my grandparents!"
………
In the tavern of Yonghefang, Pei Sanniang and Li Dai met again. Pei Min stood at the door from a distance, watching them, how he hoped they could get back together.
Pei Sanniang said with a cold face: "I agree with Ye'er to recognize his ancestor and return to the clan, and Ye'er also agreed, but I have three conditions!"
Li Dai was overjoyed and said quickly: "Sanniang, please tell me!"
"First, Li Ye returned to the clan because he has the blood of the Li family, but I have no relationship with your Li family."
Li Ye nodded. He was actually a little disappointed, but this was what he expected. His father didn't care about Sanniang's choice.
"Second, Ye'er doesn't live in Li's house. He must be by my side. You can see him if you want, but you can't step into my house and see me outside."
Li Dai sighed and said: "Changlefang, which is close to Dongshi City, is the residence of the Li family. There is a courtyard of mine over there. You can live there!"
Pei Sanniang shook her head, "We can live in Changlefang, but I won't live in your house. I will buy myself a courtyard and you can leave it alone."
"But………"
"Nothing but!"
Pei Sanniang interrupted him, "I have nothing to do with your Li family. I will not enter your Li family's door, even if it is a palace, I will not enter!"
"All right!"
Li Dai said helplessly: "Keep talking!"
"Third, you don't have to worry about Ye'er and I's lives. We won't ask for your Li family's money, not a grain of rice, not a drop of water, that's it!"
Pei Sanniang stood up and left. When she reached the door, she turned back and said, "Take care of your shrew. Don't let her harass me. I'm going to tell you something ugly in front of you. If she steps into my door with her left foot, I'll cut off her
With her left foot, she stepped into my door with her right foot, and I cut off her right foot. I, Pei Sanniang, will do what she says!"
After saying that, Pei Sanniang turned around and walked away.