Chapter 18: Be Kind to Others, Be Kind to Yourself
Chapter 18 Be kind to others and be kind to yourself
Author: gusty wind
Chapter 18 Be kind to others and be kind to yourself
"If you have anything to say, just stand there and say it!"
Mrs. Zhu frowned and shouted sternly: "Don't dirty the house!"
Wu Zhong stopped outside the door and tried to straighten his body and look down at the mother and son in the house, but he bent down in response to Zhu's scolding, which looked quite strange.
"My aunt has the style of Pingyang." Wang Renbiao praised in a low voice.
"I heard that Princess Pingyang is now stationed at Weize Pass?" Li Shan said casually, pointing to Wu Zhong outside the door and said: "I went north last year, and this slave was the first to defect."
"Is there a bond of sale?" Wang Renbiao looked calm, "To kill the escaped slave with a stick is just a fine."
"Haha, why is it like this? Why is it like this? It's human nature to be kind to others and to yourself." Li Shan had a gentle smile on his face, "Tell me, why are you here?"
Wu Zhong outside the door bowed slightly, "Aren't Madam Zhu and Dalang still going back to Lingnan?"
"Mr. Lang has a plan for the whole clan, so he did it as a last resort..."
"I don't know if you are a slave of the Li family or a slave of the Zhu family!" Zhu sneered, "Or do you think you are a slave of the Pei family?!"
Wu Zhong was silent for a moment and said softly: "Ms. Zhu, for Da Lang's plan, we need to set off back to Lingnan immediately."
"What if you don't want to?"
"It was freezing cold in the first two months, so it was difficult to set off. Now it's the first lunar month in a few days." Wu Zhong threw the sack next to him into the house, "Twenty guan of money is enough for transportation."
Zhu was so angry that she couldn't speak for a moment, not because of the 20 guan of travel expenses, but because she heard the implication of Wu Zhong's previous sentence... If you don't get out, aren't you afraid of something happening to your son?
Wang Renbiao glanced at Li Shan beside him and thought that you are worse off... A tiger cannot eat its seeds, and Li Dewu's ruthlessness is even worse than that of a tiger.
But Li Shan heard some other meanings from these words. Seeing that his mother's face was ashen and about to curse, he quickly stepped forward and said, "Don't worry about such trivial matters, mother. The child will handle it."
"Brother Wang, sit down for a moment and come as soon as you go."
"Da Lang, Da Lang!" Mrs. Zhu called from behind, but Li Shan turned a deaf ear and only dragged Wu Zhong out with his money bag.
"Auntie, there is no need to worry." Wang Renbiao advised Zhu to sit down and said with a smile: "Dongshan Temple was the first temple to be dismantled. It is safe and well-known. How can it be difficult for Brother Li to deal with such a small matter?"
"He's just pretending to be a ghost."
Wang Renbiao grinned. In the past few days, he had specifically inquired about Dongshan Temple. This temple had become quite famous in the previous month. On the Lantern Festival, he saw Li Shan presiding over everything in the temple. The monks and villagers all obeyed and guessed that Dongshan Temple
The escape was probably due to Li Shan's methods.
After leaving the village and reaching the foot of the mountain, Li Shan suddenly stopped and asked: "How many dollars have you been greedy for?"
Wu Zhong's breathing was stagnant, his pupils dilated, he couldn't find anything to say for a moment, and his eyes flickered uncertainly.
"If he wants my mother and son to return to Lingnan, he will naturally have to pay some money, but it should be the last time my mother went to the Pei Mansion a few years ago."
"He asked you to take the money to find us and let us set off back to Lingnan as soon as possible... As long as we leave, he will have no worries."
"And you have stolen the money, but you are not afraid that my mother and son will freeze to death and starve to death in the North."
Seeing Wu Zhong gritting his teeth, Li Shan smiled and said, "Of course, it's also possible that you can't find us. Before that day, my mother and son had left Chang'an and settled in Dongshan Temple."
Wu Zhong nodded nervously, "Yes, I didn't know you were gone until I went to the inn..."
As soon as he said the words, Wu Zhong wanted to slap himself. Doesn't this mean he admitted that he was greedy for money?
"It's human nature to have a red head and a white head." Li Shan smiled and patted Wu Zhong on the shoulder, "After leaving the inn, it was natural to set off back to Lingnan, right?"
Wu Zhong didn't know how to answer. The young man in front of him looked so familiar, but his behavior and conversation were so unfamiliar, as if he had changed.
"We met in the temple on the day of the Lantern Festival. If you had gone back and told me...he would not have delayed seven days before letting you come." Li Shan said slowly, "So, you came today just to try to cover up your mistake."
"My mother has given up. She has never thought of visiting her. Although she has a strong temperament, she will not hit her with an egg... After all, she is the Pei family from Hedong."
"From now on, I will settle here to support my mother and live a stable life."
"You just need to repay me. You have already returned to Lingnan."
Li Shan's voice intruded unknowingly like the drizzle in spring, "Mother doesn't want to go back to Lingnan. If things get too big...you are just a slave, and he is just clinging to his son-in-law. He can only rely on the Pei family...what else can he do?
Can you keep it a secret?"
"The most important thing is that no matter what, you must be the first to be unlucky, whether it is him or Mr. Pei."
"If the reward has been returned to Lingnan... he will naturally feel at ease, and you are certainly not wrong."
Wu Zhong's expression kept changing with Li Shan's words, and he had a strange feeling in his heart... The young man opposite seemed to be doing him a favor.
"Of course, you actually took the twenty coins this time. This is not a small amount of money."
"Do you really just live here in peace?" Wu Zhong was completely moved by the last sentence.
"Of course, he is determined to cling to the Pei family anyway. If my mother and son were forcibly involved, the consequences would be unpredictable." Li Shan shook his head, "If he wasn't afraid of going back and making others laugh, he really wouldn't want to stay in Guanzhong."
Wu Zhong's face turned blue and white. He thought for a long time and finally gritted his teeth and agreed. The fact is that as Li Shan analyzed, Li Dewu spent all his money and spent fifty thousand dollars to send Zhu, Li Shan, mother and son back to Lingnan to avoid future troubles.
, but Wu Zhong stole the money.
On the day of the Lantern Festival, Wu Zhong saw Li Shan at Dongshan Temple and knew something was wrong. The next day, Li Dewu also ordered him to send people to Lingnan to inquire. In the past seven days, Wu Zhong finally collected 20 yuan of money and wanted to use both soft and hard methods to deal with Zhu.
Li Shan sent him away... most of the money he had greedily used.
If the mother and son could only live a stable life, even if they were near Chang'an, they would be in the same sky and on the same place, and it would be almost impossible for them to meet... Wu Zhong thought in his heart, twenty guan of money.
After watching Wu Zhong leave, Li Shan returned home with a smile. When he entered the door, he said: "I've gone back, it's okay."
"Mom, let the child handle such matters from now on."
"How did you deal with it?"
Li Shan put away the drawings on the table and briefly mentioned the process.
"You are taking advantage of him so much?!" Zhu scolded: "Since he admitted that he did it in private, just detain him... Even if he is beaten to death, it won't be a big deal!"
"It's just a delaying tactic, right?" Wang Renbiao said with a smile.
"As for the Gewürztraminer matter, Dongshan Temple, your in-law family came forward and split it 50-50, Gewürztraminer... and Gewurztraminer, uh, let's make two more snacks, the fried dough sticks are good." Li Shan muttered a few words, and then said to Wang Renbiao:
"It's not really a delaying tactic, it's about doing good to others and doing good to yourself."
Mrs. Zhu couldn't help but scolded her a few more times. She felt that her son was too kind, but Wang Renbiao was always observant of words and expressions, and could detect the slightest chill from Li Shan's kind smile.
While Li Shan was talking about the cooperation, he felt regretful in his heart. It was a pity that he had lost the 20 guan of money, but it would be difficult for Wu Zhong to feel at ease if he didn't give it to him... Damn, remember, kid, I'm afraid you'll have to pay the interest on these 20 guan in the future.