After returning home, Li You was in a hurry to go to bed. He did not go to see his parents and went directly to the right courtyard where he lived. At this time, the time after marriage was still short, the new house was not in full bloom, and there were still many traces of red and colorful decorations.
As soon as he entered the house, he ran into his wife and his maid Mei Zhi. Li You nodded and said, "How have you been at home these past two days?"
Mei Zhi stepped forward and complained: "It's still the wedding period, and the master didn't come home for two days and nights."
Is it your responsibility as a foreign maid to take care of this? Li You was about to scold him, but he felt his left hand being grabbed. It turned out that it was his wife who stretched out both hands and held his palm together. Her eye circles were slightly red, and her face showed a bit of sadness.
Pitiful.
Li You's heart softened. This young girl with low self-esteem suddenly came to a strange environment, and while she was trying her best to adapt, the close person she relied on for support disappeared silently for two days. It was indeed pitiful and sad. After all, he was
Her husband, no matter what the causes and consequences, is responsible. After all, he did not oppose the marriage for various reasons in the end.
He almost didn't think about his wife during the two days away, and he couldn't help but feel a little guilty. Li You held his wife's hand and comforted him gently: "It's not that I'm tired of you. It's just that I have been busy with business these past two days, and I didn't sleep all night last night.
Please forgive me, good wife."
Madam Liu pulled Li You into the back room, pointed to the bed, and signaled her husband to go to bed. Li You felt sleepy, smiled at her, then got into bed and fell asleep. Madam Liu sat aside and stared blankly.
After a while, her husband also took off his coat and long skirt and went to bed and lay in Li You's arms. She was not sleepy, but felt very relieved.
I don't know how long he had slept, but Li You was suddenly awakened by the sound of firecrackers. When he opened his eyes, he saw his wife and his eyes facing each other. When did she get into bed?
Li You patted her, got up and got out of bed. When he saw Mei Zhi in the outer room, he asked, "Who is setting off firecrackers?"
Mei Zhi replied: "I heard from the people in the front yard that Mr. Wang, the magistrate of my house, sent a message and will come to visit later. The grand master seemed to feel honored, so he ordered the remaining firecrackers from the wedding to be lit, and asked you to
Get up quickly and get ready."
Li You looked at the sun and saw that it was already past noon. As usual, Chen Zhixian was going to meet with Wang Tongzhi this morning. Wang Tongzhi must have encountered a problem and came to see him again.
Li You had a headache about this. He really didn't expect that Wang Tongzhi, a fifth-grade civil servant, would be so unafraid of embarrassment. He, a small ninth-grade sesame official, has hid back in Xishui Town. Do you know that the master can still give up?
The lower ones are also chasing after me. Do you still need the dignity of being an official? Do you still need the dignity of a scholar? How can there be such a person in this world?
People chase Han Xin, visit the thatched cottage, endure lice, and so on, all for the sake of the king's affairs, so Corporal Lixian can leave a good name. But Wang Tongzhi knows that you are just doing it for the money, and it is just for show. I really don't know what Wang Tongzhi wants to do to be so active...
…It’s not like I’m doing anything for myself.
Faced with a fifth-rank official who could risk his life, Li You, who was treated as a corporal by Li Xian, had no choice but to resort to the thirty-six strategies.
Why did Wang Tongzhi ask Li for inspection again?
When Wang Tongzhi met with Chen Zhixian in the morning, he proposed the thirty thousand taels, but Chen Zhixian refused without mercy and immediately sent the guest away. Then Wang Tongzhi took the post from Zhao Daguan and went to Master Huang for help.
Master Huang expressed his inability to do Tai Chi. However, Huang's Tai Chi was useless against Wang Tongzhi, who was also a master. Seeing that Wang Tongzhi only used one move, Sitting on the Golden Luan, he was firmly entrenched in Master Huang's palace. Master Huang used all his strength
Tricks cannot shake it one bit.
In the end, Mr. Huang had no choice but to use his magical power to move trouble eastward and told Wang Tong: "I am not proficient in practical matters and have no idea about this. Mr. Wang can find someone else who is good at taking advantage of changes in situations and taking advantage of them."
.I recommend one person, Li Youli for inspection. If you want to succeed, it must be this person. If he can't do it, then you can only give up."
Wang Tongzhi then said: "This man has disappeared this morning. What can be done about him?"
Master Huang quickly betrayed Li You, "He works in the Xishui Inspection Department, and his family lives in Xishui Town. You only need to go to Xishui and ask around."
So Wang Tongzhi came to the Li family.
Hearing the sound of firecrackers again, Li's father was obviously very excited and regarded the visit of a fifth-grade civil servant as a great honor for the Li family.
Li You despised his father's short-sightedness. He washed up briefly and then walked out of the yard and walked back. However, he followed Zhang San and Li Si. Li You waved his hand and said: "You can just stay at home, there is no need to follow."
Li You planned to escape quietly through the back door. If the two long followers disappeared and people were suspicious, it would be better to stay at home to cover his escape.
On the street, under the watchful eyes of everyone, Li You, a famous person in the town, ate a bowl of glutinous rice balls at a stall at the bridge head, looked in the direction, and headed towards Guan's house. Suddenly he remembered that he should bring some gifts for this unsolicited visit, and he planned to
You have to trust others to do business.
After thinking about it for a while, I saw a fan shop on the street and suddenly had an idea. Based on the price, I chose a women's silk round fan with a blank space on the fan. Li You planned to plagiarize a few sentences and find someone to write it for him.
write down.
Such an elegant and practical gift will definitely be popular. Think about how many people want Mr. Tanhua's poems but cannot get them (70% are brothel practitioners in this county and Fucheng).
The store owner euphemistically said that if Li Xunjian could write an inscription for the store, the items would be given away for free. But Li You said, "It's not worth mentioning that I'm a fellow from the same hometown and neighbors. How can I take advantage of you?" and he insisted on paying the money.
There were also calligraphers setting up stalls on the street. Li You found two of them, but they all said in fear: "I really don't dare to show off in front of Mr. Li."
When it came to the third writer, he still said the same thing. Li You threatened: "If you are told to write, then write. If you don't write, you will go to the Inspection Department to spend the night!"
The writer calmed down before sharpening his ink and picking up his pen.
"Listen up, the title is about a beautiful woman. After that, write: Sister Guan fell from the sky, like a light cloud just emerging from the sky. She is as quiet as a flower shining on the water, and her actions are like the wind supporting a willow. There is a delicate beauty in the eyebrows and corners of the eyes, and her voice is full of smiles.
Gentle." In fact, these sentences were not very suitable for the occasion. Li You wrote it on a round fan with a playful attitude and gave it to Miss Guan as a gift. The most important thing is the first sentence. Besides, they are all members of his family, so there is no need to be too serious.
After the writer finished writing, he recited it silently, and felt that these lines did not look like poetry or lyrics. Could it be that Mr. Li composed a tune by analogy? I don’t know which young lady of the Guan family has such a blessing.
After walking through several streets and alleys, Li You arrived at the door of the Guan family. The Guan family's doorman had already received the lady's order and directly brought Li You in without asking the purpose of his visit. Li You walked along and looked at the eaves of the Guan family's house.
, the courtyard and porch are more exquisite and gorgeous than my own, a typical home of a small wealthy man in the south of the Yangtze River.
