Chapter 24 The Rise of the Little Village Girl (2)
Su Zhan originally thought that four children in the Li family were already a lot, but there were actually eight or nine children in Li's mother's family. Obviously, there were not so many children when Li Quyue came last time.
In other words, within just a few years, the two couples had several more children.
Su Zhan looked at the number of children and felt his head hurt.
Mother Li and Sister Li obviously had different ideas from hers. With smiles on their faces, they took out the sweet-scented osmanthus cake made by Mother Li and handed it to the nephews and nieces who came around.
"Sister-in-law, younger brothers and sisters." Mother Li looked at the two people who came to greet them and said with a smile.
"Sister is here, come in quickly." Sister-in-law Li grabbed her hand and led her inside. On the other side, Li's mother and sister, not to be outdone, held her other hand.
Mother Li watched the actions of the two sisters-in-law, and the smile in her eyes couldn't help but shrink a little. According to her experience, once they become so enthusiastic, they will definitely come to her for help with something.
Li's mother's two sisters-in-law are actually not bad-hearted to be honest, but they just have the habit of being competitive and greedy for petty gains.
But this is human nature, and these two are not greedy people, so Mother Li actually gets along quite well with them.
"Okay, you two, stop being like this. If you have anything to do, just talk directly." Mother Li felt a little pain in her head as she watched the two men moving stools and passing tea.
Hearing what Li's mother said, the two of them stopped what they were doing. The Li family's sister-in-law turned around sheepishly and said, "No, your eldest nephew and the other boys have grown up. I'm thinking it's time."
Send them to school, maybe our family will produce a few talented people in the future."
Li's mother and sister also nodded repeatedly,
Mother Li nodded. There were indeed some smart nephews in her family, and having a few scholars in her family was also a good thing for her.
Even though the Li family was one of the best in Lihua Village, the current dynasty was not as focused on agriculture and suppressed business as the previous dynasty, but business people in this era were not as good as officials. This was a common understanding among everyone.
Although she is very confident about her son Li Xiaoyu's future, if her mother's family has a few more people to help her, Xiaoyu can also have one more helper if he really enters the imperial court in the future.
So she pondered for a moment and then said, "This is a good thing."
When the words came out, Li's mother suddenly realized something. How much money it costs to train a scholar. She had already sent Li Xiaoyu to a private school. She knew it very well.
"You want to borrow money?" Mother Li asked clearly, "How much do you want to borrow?".
Their eyes lit up and they said hesitantly, "Ten taels." After saying that, they immediately added, "One person has ten taels, a total of twenty taels."
Mother Li shook her hands and looked at them in disbelief.
In Lihua Village, where the per capita income may not even be one tael a year, ten taels is equivalent to the average person's income in the past ten years.
Even for the Li family, ten taels of silver is at least half the year's income.
These two people really dared to speak, and Mother Li's eyebrows twitched.
"Sister, we have known each other for many years. Don't worry, my sister-in-law is definitely not the kind of person who will not pay back money." Sister-in-law Li gritted her teeth and said, "It's just a temporary turnaround. I will definitely pay it back at the end of the year."
you."
"Yes, if you are still worried, second sister, we can write an IOU." Li's mother and sister-in-law quickly assured.
Mother Li pressed her forehead and said helplessly, "In that case, why don't you go get the pen and paper?"
As soon as these words came out, the two of them immediately knew that she had agreed, and happily took the paper and pen to sign.
Naturally, Mother Li would not say that there is no need to write an IOU. After all, even brothers need to settle accounts clearly. No matter how good the relationship is, no matter how close the relationship is, if money is involved, especially when it is a large amount of money, you still have to settle the accounts.
clear.
Mother Li put away the two IOUs, took out a piece of paper with the bank's seal from her purse, and said, "I don't have that much cash with me now. Take this to Chase Bank, and their people will
I’ll give you the corresponding amount of money.”
The two nodded and took the special paper in her hand issued by Datong Bank controlled by the Great Mo Dynasty.
"By the way, why are you the only ones at home, parents, eldest brother and younger brother?" Mother Li asked doubtfully, today is her father's birthday, shouldn't he be at home waiting for her to come back to celebrate his birthday?
Sister-in-law Li replied, "Your elder brother and younger brother have been busy these days, and it will probably take some time before they come back."
Li's mother and sister-in-law continued, "Dad and mother went to the village chief to hold a clan meeting. I'm sure they won't be back for a while."
"Have a clan meeting?" Mother Li frowned slightly and asked in confusion, "Isn't it only at the end of the year that the villagers are called to hold a clan meeting? Why is it so early this year?"
Sister-in-law Li sighed, "It's not because of the severe drought in the north. Now there are rumors that there won't be any rain here in the near future, so the village chief has to call everyone to discuss it."
If there is no rain, in the hot summer, it means no harvest.
More seriously, if the rain does not fall for a long time, livestock, wild animals, and even people living in drought-stricken areas are likely to die of thirst and starvation.
Mother Li shuddered after thinking about that scene.
However, there has always been plenty of rain in their area and there has never been a major drought, so Sister-in-law Li, her mother, and her siblings had the time to talk to her here.
Mother Li looked at the sky outside, which was clear and blue, and a strange thought flashed through her mind.
It seems like it hasn't rained here for nearly ten days.
However, this kind of situation has not happened before, so Mother Li just shook her head, thinking that she was overthinking.
Outside the house, Su Zhan avoided the enthusiastic attack of a group of little carrot heads. Looking at the innocent and childish faces, he couldn't help but sigh quietly.
It has only been a few days since it rained, and the land is dry and cracked, requiring artificial canals to release water.
But after waiting another half month and still not a drop of rain falls, everyone will start to panic.
In Li Quyue's memory, this year's summer was extraordinarily long. As long as he went out every day, his clothes would be soaked with sweat when he came back, and it was so hot that it felt like his heart was on fire.
Father Li was a decisive person. The sky refused to rain for a long time, and staying in Lihua Village was like waiting for death. So he sold his property without hesitation and prepared to move south to Shanling City.
It's a pity that people are not as good as God. Just when he was about to leave with his wife, children and children, he was unlucky enough to encounter bandits who came and looted the village that had become impoverished due to drought.
Naturally, the Li family did not escape the murderous hands. All the men in the village, including Li's father and Li's younger brother, were killed by the bandits on the spot. The still charming mother and elder sister Li, Li Quyue, and a dozen young girls in the village were tied up.
For the bandits who occupied Lihua Village to vent their anger.
Mother Li and Sister Li tried their best to get Li Quyue out, but were discovered by the bandits. Unable to bear the humiliation, they both committed suicide.
At this point, the only people left in the Li family are Li Quyue, who escaped, and Li's second brother Li Xiaoyu, who received a letter from Li's father and set off from the private school alone to Shanling City to prepare to join his family.
Li Quyue was alone. Although she was only in her early teens, in this troubled world, who would care that she was actually still young.
After going through hardships, she arrived at the gate of Shanling City. Just when she thought she could see her second brother right away, the sky suddenly became violent with strong winds, thunder and lightning, and a heavy rain quietly came.
This belated heavy rain made everyone in the Mo Dynasty who was concerned about the drought cheer for joy.
But this little girl, who was only eleven years old and had gone through so much trouble to get to Shanling City alone, passed away forever before she had time to take another look at the precious rain. She fell alone at the gate of the city, a few meters away from the city.
Only a step away.
There was a stone pressing on her body, and her head was a bloody mess.
It turned out that at the moment of the thunder, for some reason, a bolt of lightning hit the city gate above her head, knocking down a stone and hitting her on the head.
After reading Li Quyue's memories, Su Zhan couldn't help but feel aggrieved for this little girl. Even though it was such a long distance from Lihua Village to Shanling City, she miraculously had nothing wrong with her.
But just when she was about to reach her destination, she was dramatically stoned to death. Even she would not be reconciled.
It's no wonder that besides wanting to keep her family safe, this girl also has an additional wish, which is to enter Shanling City safely and write a message on the city gate about Li Quyue's visit here.
Su Zhan rubbed his head, looking at this resentful person, it made everyone sad when he saw it and shed tears when he heard it.
In fact, these two things are not particularly difficult for Su Zhan, who knows the cause and effect. As long as Father Li packs up and sets off for Shanling City in advance, he will naturally not encounter bandits, and he will not encounter them when entering Shanling City.
There will be thunder and lightning, so you don’t have to worry about your life being taken away by an inexplicable rockfall.
The problem is how to write the word "visit here".
Although the Da Mo Dynasty did not exist in the last two worlds, there was a strict feudal hierarchy like the ancient history that Su Zhan had read.
But this does not mean that a city’s facade symbol can allow people to write graffiti and graffiti.
Su Zhan promised that if she dared to take action, the surrounding soldiers would definitely dare to put her in jail.
It won't be a problem if she is detained for a long time, but if she is detained for two or three days and educated, it is better to leave her online because she is young and ignorant.
Su Zhan didn't want to live a good life and have to go to that kind of place to find fault.
However, Li Quyue's additional wish cannot be made secretly. After all, even if you do it secretly, the people in Shanling City will only have to find out who Li Quyue is and why he has such ambitions, and then everything will be exposed, right?
Therefore, she had to think of a way to write that sentence on the city gate openly and honestly.
