Chapter 191 Shen Xuniang

Qian Changsheng came here early today because he actually wanted to tell Li Qingzhi and the others that he was hatching eggs.

After reading "The Travels of Solitude", he especially wanted to try it to see if he could hatch chicks.

Qian Changsheng's previous life was dull, but now he really wants to know what it's like to hatch chicks!

Qian Changsheng explained the whole story enthusiastically.

Li Qingzhi was stunned when he heard this, but Gou Ying, Li Damao and others looked envious.

Gou Ying said: "I also want to hatch chicks!"

"I want it too!" Li Damao and Li Ermao said together.

Li Qingzhi was helpless: "If you were not careful, the egg would be broken. It is not that easy to hatch chicks."

It is not that easy to maintain a temperature slightly higher than that of the human body without breaking the eggs.

"I just need to be careful." Gou Ying said. If he could hatch a chick, that would be great! In fact, when he was a child, he used to put hard-boiled eggs in the quilt to hatch.

Li Damao and the others also nodded.

Li Qingzhi felt helpless, then looked at Qian Changsheng: "Changsheng, can you show me the eggs you are hatching?"

Qian Changsheng was a little confused: "It's too cold outside..."

"It's okay to take a look. Hens sometimes leave the coop to look for food." Li Qing insisted. When the hen is nesting, it will also leave the coop to eat and drink, but the time is very short. , will go back soon.

It wouldn't hurt if Qian Changsheng took a look at the eggs he was hatching.

After listening to Li Qingzhi's explanation, Qian Changsheng carefully took out the eggs from his arms.

Li Qingzhi held the egg in his hand and felt it.

His golden finger can be used on people around him, and naturally it can also be used on animals.

The chicks in these two eggs are all alive. The most important thing is... these two eggs will probably hatch in three or four days.

When the Qian family went to buy eggs, they must have specially selected them.

Li Qingzhi returned the eggs in his hand to Qian Changsheng and asked Qian Changsheng to put them back into his arms. Then he said to Li Damao and the others: "There are still six eggs over there at Changsheng. When you come back from school, I will give you one for each of you. Please take care of yourself." hatch."

It will hatch in a few days, so it would be good to let these children try it.

Gou Ying, Zhao Xiaodou and Li Damao and Li Ermao, there are four people in total... Gou Ying asked: "Can you give me the extra two eggs? I want to hatch three!"

Li Qing insisted: "Okay." Isn't it just a few eggs?

However, these people don't have the money to be as careful as Changsheng, so they can easily break eggs accidentally. Li Qingzhi plans to have some small hollow wooden boxes made, just big enough to hold eggs, so that the eggs can be placed inside. Don't worry about it breaking.

While Li Qingzhi and the others were talking, Chang Zhan prepared breakfast and invited them to eat.

Seeing this, Qian Changsheng quickly took out the breakfast he had brought.

There was actually a heater placed under the food box he brought to keep warm, and in the grid above, there were some crystal-clear shrimp dumplings with thin skin and large fillings.

This bun looked tempting, but Qian Changsheng was tired of eating it and didn't want to eat it at all.

Instead, it was the lard noodles made by Chang Zhan...

Qian Changsheng, who has always had a light diet, was amazed!

This noodle is so delicious too!

Even the stir-fried sprouts seemed delicious to him.

The cauliflower was slightly bitter, but he had taken too much medicine and was very used to the taste.

By the way, fried eggs are also delicious. Although there were two eggs hatching, Qian Changsheng still happily ate one fried egg.

After eating and drinking, Gou Ying and the others went to school, while Li Qingzhi asked a carpenter to make several small hollow wooden boxes that could hold eggs.

When the time comes, put the eggs in the box with cotton wool, and Li Damao and the others can place it close to their bodies and hatch the chicks.

While Li Qingzhi and the others were eating noodles, Li Laogen was also eating noodles on the other side.

He ate it in a teahouse and asked someone from the noodle shop to bring it to him.

Li Laogen has no teeth anymore and can't bite meat. He usually eats fish noodles. Sometimes he eats grass carp noodles, sometimes he eats black fish fillet noodles. He eats them in different ways.

Li Qingzhi increased his pocket money last year, and now he gets fifteen cents from Jin Xiaoye every night, which is enough for him to eat all kinds of delicious food every day.

Recently, there are literate people reading "Children's Stories" in the teahouse.

While listening, Li Laogen said to the people around him: "This book was written by my Ah Qing. The stories he tells on weekdays are much better than the ones written in this book!"

As he spoke, Li Laogen put his feet on the stool, and his chopsticks unconsciously turned the noodles over and over, until the fish inside was turned over.

People around were speechless, but this was Li Xiucai's father...

How could Li Xiucai have such a father?

Well, Li Laogen didn't do anything weird and didn't bully men and women, so it's okay...

While they were chatting, a woman in her early thirties came in from outside and walked towards Li Laogen: "Brother Li..."

When Li Laogen saw this woman, he felt a little embarrassed and put down his feet on the stool: "Xiao Xu..."

"Brother Li, are you free? Can we talk somewhere else?" Shen Xuniang looked at Li Laogen with a smile.

Li Laogen looked at the unfinished noodles in front of him and said to Shen Xuniang, "I'm not free."

Shen Xuniang was speechless for a moment.

Only old men come to this teahouse, and now the room is crowded with old men. These people don't take baths very often in the winter, and there is still a stench.

Although Shen Xuniang could risk her life, she couldn't flirt with Li Laogen in front of these old men...

She could only smile and say to Li Laogen: "Brother Li, then I will wait for you outside."

After saying that, Shen Xuniang twisted her body and left.

If Yao Zhenfu were here, he would recognize at a glance that the woman in front of him is Xuniang, whom he once liked very much and later blackmailed him for a hundred taels of silver.

It's a pity that Yao Zhenfu is not here. Yao Shaogong can't stand Li Laogen and won't drink tea with Li Laogen. As for Li Laogen...he has never met Xuniang.

Li Laogen waited for Shen Xuniang to leave, then continued to eat noodles, and said to others: "The stories written by my A Qing are much more interesting than those written by some Sanren!"

Everyone in the teahouse nodded in agreement.

Old men like them all felt that the story of Lingdu Sanren was a bit tragic, but the story written by Li Qing was better.

And Li Qingzhi is from their place! They must help Li Qingzhi!

However, some people asked Li Laogen curiously: "Old man Li, who was that woman just now? A relative of yours?"

When Li Laogen heard what someone said, he immediately became excited: "She is not a relative of mine! But she has fallen in love with me and wants to be my wife!"

When the old men around him heard this, they were extremely envious.

Li Laogen noticed the gazes of the people around him and felt as if he had drank ice water in the dog days of summer and felt comfortable all over: "There are many people who want to be my wife, and she is just one of them, but I don't like any of them." ! What's so good about having a wife? I'm not happy to spend so much money!"

In the past, Li Laogen couldn't get a wife, so he thought the grapes were sour, so he thought up some bad words about getting a wife to convince himself. Now, he took out those words and said: "Without a wife, there is no such thing as a wife." I can spend all the money myself, but if I have a wife, I still have to spend it on her. Why! I just like to spend my own money..."

The more he talked, the more proud he became.

After Shen Xuniang left the teahouse, she went to the noodle shop next door and ordered a bowl of noodles.

Shen Xuniang did get close to Li Laogen deliberately. She wanted to be Li Qingzhi's stepmother and live a comfortable life.

At first, after Shen Xuniang extorted one hundred taels of silver from the Yao family, she found a man from a well-off family to be her concubine.

She was quite skillful and managed to win over this man. She also went to the man's first wife in private and told her what she couldn't do.

Her husband's first wife's attitude towards her suddenly changed for the better!

Although Shen Xuniang was a concubine, she was very happy to have good food and drink hot food, but... the man she was looking for was named Sun, and he was a relative of Sun Juren.

After Sun Juren died, the man had no supporter, and his life was very difficult... Shen Xuniang was naturally not willing to live a hard life, so she cried a lot and asked to go find a new home.

But it's so easy to find your next home!

She also met several men this year. The ones she liked were not willing to marry her back, but they were willing to marry her back, but she didn't like them...

Seeing that she was getting older, Shen Xuniang was a little anxious. At this time, someone pointed out a way for her to become a stepmother for Li Qingzhi.

Li Qing has Jin Ye Embroidery Workshop and Juewei Zhai under his control. He is a scholar and values reputation... If Shen Xuniang becomes his stepmother, she will definitely live a good life in the second half of her life.

Shen Xuniang thinks it makes sense.

Although Li Laogen is ugly, she only cares about money and nothing else!

Shen Xuniang started to seduce Li Laogen, but unfortunately Li Laogen never took the bait. It was only after she directly expressed her thoughts yesterday that Li Laogen was tempted.

Now...she has to work harder and marry into the Li family!

Chapter 192 Beauty Trap

Shen Xuniang slowly ate the noodles in front of her, but her eyes kept falling on the door of the teahouse.

She was waiting for Li Laogen to come out.

However, Li Laogen never came out, but her eldest brother Shen Da came out of the teahouse with an ugly face.

Shen Dada strode into the noodle shop, sat in front of Shen Xuniang, and drank the tea that the store poured for Shen Xuniang in one gulp.

Seeing his expression, Shen Xuniang's heart skipped a beat and asked, "What happened?"

Shen Da Dao: "That bastard Li Laogen said in the teahouse that you fell in love with him, and offered to be his wife. He also said that he didn't like you and was unwilling to marry you..."

Shen Da has been staring at Li Laogen during this period. Today, he was waiting in the teahouse early and sat not far from Li Laogen.

Li Laogen was talking nonsense inside... He was so angry that he couldn't stay any longer, so he came out.

In fact, Li Laogen didn't mention Shen Xuniang much. What he said later was all about the bad thing about marrying a wife and him not marrying a wife. But Shen Da felt resentful in his heart, so he made it more jealous in front of Shen Xuniang.

Shen Xuniang's face turned dark.

Li Laogen, what the hell is that? If this man hadn't had a promising son, Shen Xuniang wouldn't have even looked at him!

But now, Li Laogen actually said that to her in front of a group of old men!

Are all the old men in the teahouse talking about her?

"Xu Niang, let's switch to someone else. I can't even look down on such a rotten person." Shen Da Dao.

He is not a good person, but he thinks he is better than Li Laogen.

His sister didn't know what was going on, but she was planning to marry such an old man.

Shen Xuniang was so angry that she wanted to throw up her sleeves and leave.

But in the blink of an eye, she thought of the person who encouraged her to find Li Laogen.

That man told her that if she could succeed, he would give her two hundred taels of silver!

She knew that the man had bad intentions, but she wanted money and wanted to be Li Xiucai's stepmother.

As for Li Laogen, he is a fly that he has to swallow for money.

Shen Xuniang had spent a lot of time on Li Laogen and was reluctant to give up like this.

But she couldn't stay in this place any longer. She didn't want to be amused by those old men coming out of the teahouse.

Shen Xuniang left the noodle shop and went to wait for Li Laogen on his way home.

So, Li Laogen went home happily after drinking tea, and bumped into her again.

Shen Xuniang wiped her eyes with garlic, tears falling down in a pitter-patter manner: "Brother Li, the people in the teahouse said that I favored you, or you told them..."

Shen Xuniang cried pitifully. How had Li Laogen ever seen such a scene?

He just wanted to brag at the time and said something about Shen Xuniang, but after saying it, he felt a little bad. Now that Shen Xuniang was crying... Li Laogen felt a little guilty.

So he ran away.

He was small, but he ran very fast and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Shen Xuniang was stunned.

She stayed with Li Laogen before dawn and pretended to jump into the river in front of Li Laogen. After Li Laogen persuaded her a few words, she hurried to drink tea.

She gave something to Li Laogen, but Li Laogen accepted it as if he was taking advantage.

She offered to be Li Laogen's daughter-in-law. Li Laogen seemed a little moved, but the next day he turned against her.

She had never seen such a man before.

Is this Li Laogen a man? !

Shen Xuniang thinks she is already shameless, but Li Laogen is even more shameless than her!

Li Laogen always has new clothes to wear, but even if he wears new clothes, he looks vulgar, and the way he runs forward makes people on the road subconsciously wary.

After running away from Shen Xuniang, Li Laogen forgot about Shen Xuniang.

When he got home and saw no one at home, he moved a stool and went to steal dates to eat.

Jin Xiaoye didn't allow him to eat it, but he actually ate it secretly.

Li Laogen touched a handful of dates and happily went back to his room to eat.

When Li Qingzhi came back, he happened to see Li Laogen sneaking around.

His father probably went to steal something to eat again.

Li Laogen thought he was hiding it well, but in fact... he and Jin Xiaoye just turned a blind eye and didn't care.

There was nothing going on at school today, and Li Qingzhi came back.

As for Qian Changsheng, Qian Changsheng is very interested in becoming a teacher. He has been attending classes recently and plans to become a teacher in the future.

Li Qingzhi is very supportive of this, he is short of people!

Li Qingzhi went to his study and continued writing "Travels of Alone". However, not long after he wrote, Qian Changsheng, who was attending a lecture, came to see him.

There was no one else around. Qian Changsheng smiled so hard that he showed two small tiger teeth: "Brother, my dad is here, come to my house for dinner!"

Qian Fugui set out from the provincial capital at dawn today and just arrived in Chongcheng County. As soon as he arrived, people came to find Qian Changsheng.

Li Qingzhi went happily and met Qian Fugui and his two aunts.

The original owner had lived in Qian's family since he was a child, and was raised by Qian Fugui and his wife, but he was not familiar with Mrs. Qian's second wife.

When Mrs. Qian Er married into the Qian family, he was already five years old. Not long after that, Mrs. Qian Er became pregnant with a child, and gave birth to the sick Qian Changsheng... At that time, Mrs. Qian Er couldn't take care of her sister-in-law's children. .

But today, both Mrs. Qian and Mrs. Qian were very enthusiastic towards Li Qingzhi. Mrs. Qian even tried to please Li Qingzhi.

If Qian Changsheng was in good health, she would definitely not be like this and might even be wary of Li Qingzhi.

If Qian Fugui adopted Li Qingzhi, most of the Qian family's property would belong to Li Qingzhi, and her son would suffer.

But isn't Qian Changsheng in poor health?

Although Qian Changsheng seems to be getting better these days, he is still very sick... Mrs. Qian actually also wants to succeed Li Qingzhi's son.

She wanted to give Qian Changsheng an adopted child so that Qian Changsheng would not have anyone to worship him after his death.

Li Qing, who noticed this situation

Executive: "..."

When Li Qingzhi was talking to his two aunts, Qian Fugui looked at Qian Changsheng with a protruding belly in confusion: "Changsheng, what's wrong with your belly?"

Not only did his nephew have a big bulge in his belly, he was also holding a heater to protect his belly...

In this way, she looks like a woman who is pregnant with a child.

Qian Changsheng said: "Uncle, I am hatching chicks." Qian Fugui was stunned.

After Li Qingzhi had dinner, he talked with Qian Fugui.

Qian Fugui talked about some things he had done recently.

He has already obtained a lot of money from Yulon Trading Company.

On the surface, he had no time to take care of the business because of the death of his family, so he gave his power to the people arranged by Prince Yan. In fact...

He dug many holes for the people Prince Yan arranged to take over Yulong Trading Company.

Doing business is not that simple! Those scholars who have never been in the business world, it is really easy to deceive them!

If nothing else, Qian Fugui could find someone to disguise his identity and get some goods from those people.

"I asked my subordinates to pretend to be wealthy businessmen to do business with him. At first, I gave him real banknotes, then gave him fake ones, and then fled with his goods. I also had people sell him fake goods and took the money. Just run..."

After Li Qingzhi heard this, he couldn't help but sigh.

Real business war is so simple and unpretentious.

As he spoke, Qian Fugui said: "By the way, my people got a piece of news."

"What?" Li Qingzhi asked.

Qian Fugui said: "The King of Jin has been suppressed all the time, and he has been acting crazy recently... I heard that he arranged for someone to cause trouble for Governor Zhang. But King Yan, with the idea of catching the cicadas and the oriole behind, went to Jin. The king has deployed people and plans to do something secretly."

Was Qian Fugui the confidant of Prince Yan before, or was he the pocket bag of Prince Yan?

Previously, when people under Prince Yan were short of money, Prince Yan would ask them to ask Qian Fugui. Qian Fugui also helped Prince Yan send money to some officials.

He knew many of Prince Yan's men.

He got this news from someone he knew.

Li Qingzhi kept the news in his heart, and then looked at Qian Fugui: "Uncle, your waist is injured, let me take a look at it again."

Qian Fugui: "..." He really doesn't want to apply medicine. He feels that his body is quite good now!

But if Li Qingzhi wants to watch it for him, then let's watch it.

Li Qingzhi hurried back before Gou Ying and the others came back, and took away the remaining six eggs of the nesting hen bought by the Qian family.

The poor hen was about to hatch eight chicks, but suddenly all the eggs were gone... It could only "wake up" from the nesting state and continue laying eggs.

When Li Qingzhi returned home, the carpenter Chang Zhan had found had already finished the small wooden box for the eggs.

After he checked the eggs with his gold finger, he picked them up in cotton wool, put them into boxes one by one, and placed them next to a stove to keep them warm.

"Mr. Li, you are so good to your children." Chang Zhan sighed.

Li Qingzhi is really spoiled with children. Every time he sees Li Qingzhi being so busy and willing to play with his children, he feels that he is not good enough to Chang Cui.

"I didn't do anything." Li Qing insisted.

What Li Damao and the others put forward was not an excessive request. On the contrary, they wanted to hatch chicks, which was full of exploratory spirit.

He couldn't dampen the child's curiosity.

Chang Zhan smiled.

Li Qingzhi felt that he had done nothing, but how many fathers in this world would do this?

Gou Ying was very excited when she saw the eggs prepared by Li Qingzhi: "Mr. Li, you are so kind. Why isn't my father you?"

He envied Li Damao and Li Ermao so much! It would be great if Li Qingzhi was his father!

Li Qingzhi said helplessly: "Don't say this nonsense, or your father will hear you."

Gou Ying covered her mouth with her hands and put the three eggs in her arms.

However, he didn't keep these three eggs for long. Chang Cui didn't react yesterday. Today, he learned that Li Damao and the others were going to hatch chicks, so he wanted them too. Gou Ying had to give one of the eggs to Chang Cui.

But he still has two left, which is quite a lot!

When Gou Ying returned to her residence, she built a nest with her own quilt, placed the hand warmer next to the eggs across the quilt, and lay down on it, pretending to be hatching the chicks.

Li Qingzhi didn't know what Gou Ying did.

He also didn't know that in Jiang'an Province, many people who had read Qingdu Sanren's books were copying the contents of "Qingdu Travels".

Du Yongning, who is far away in Yonghe Mansion, is one of them.

He studied obediently for several months, and his family became more relaxed about him. Now that he had money, he found someone to build a fire pit, bought a lot of eggs, and put them on it to hatch chicks.

He even found someone to build a biogas digester, hoping to see if feces and straw could actually produce gas that could be burned.

Of course, some people think that Lingdu Sanren writes nonsense, and even criticize them.

If nothing else, many people can't stand the fact that women and men go to school together.

It's a pity that they don't know who Qingdu San people are. If they write an article to criticize Qingdu San people, they don't know who to show it to.

Send it to "Anjiang Collected Works"... Fang Shanchang, the editor-in-chief of "Anjiang Collected Works", highly esteems the Lingdu San people, so how can he possibly publish their articles?

In short, after "The Travels of Solitude" came out, some things quietly changed.

And Li Qingzhi... He asked Chang Zhan and Jin Xiaoshu to find someone to check Li Laogen, and then found that the person who seduced Li Laogen was Shen Xuniang, who had been entangled with Yao Zhenfu.

Li Qingzhi: "..." This is too coincidental.

But if it's Shen Xuniang... she should be just doing it for money?

When the dispute between Yao Zhenfu and Shen Xuniang broke out, Li Qingzhi was not even a child, and he was not a party involved, so he didn't know Shen Xuniang well.

This time Jin Xiaoshu asked someone from the boat company to inquire, and he found out that Shen Xuniang did not have a husband at all, and was blackmailing the Yao family at that time.

Li Qingzhi doesn't like Shen Xuniang.

Yao Zhenfu did have problems, but he was very kind to Shen Xuniang and gave Shen Xuniang a lot of money. However, Shen Xuniang turned around and blackmailed the Yao family for a hundred taels of silver...

But Yao Zhenfu's matter has passed. Shen Xuniang hasn't gone to Li Laogen these days, so he won't do anything more.

Of course, I still have to tell Li Laogen about this matter.

That night, Li Qingzhi found Li Laogen: "Dad, is the woman who went to the teahouse to find you a few days ago the one who wants to marry you?"

Li Laogen nodded.

Li Qing said: "Dad, someone in the teahouse recognized her. She..."

"What's wrong with her?" Li Laogen asked.

Li Qing insisted: "Her name is Shen Xuniang, she was Yao Zhenfu's former sweetheart. At that time, she hooked up with Yao Zhenfu and then forced the Yao family to give her one hundred taels of silver."

Li Laogen jumped up from the bed: "What? She is the Xuniang that Yao Zhenfu said? Is she looking for me to extort money?"

"It should be." Li Qing insisted.

Li Laogen immediately cursed: "She is too vicious, sooner or later she will get sores on her head!"

After scolding a few times, Li Laogen said again: "Fortunately, I wasn't fooled! I'm too smart to be fooled by this woman!"

It's so scary, that woman actually wants to extort his money!

If he was fooled, Li Qingzhi might not want him as a father and wouldn't give him pocket money!

Li Laogen immediately decided to stay away from the women around him in the future.

When Li Laogen made such a decision, Gou Tongzhi had similar thoughts.

Gou Tongzhi, who had been very busy, was entangled by a beautiful young lady who was said to admire him very much. This young lady came to see him several times.

If it had been before, Gou Tongzhi might have been moved, but he is too busy now.

In order to become the prefect, he wanted to break himself into two. At this time, a peach blossom suddenly appeared... Gou Tongzhi felt a little annoyed.

The main thing is that this woman, with her soft and crying look, is very much like his wife.

Gou Tongzhi never really liked the way his wife cried and complained, but his wife had been married to him for many years and had children for him, so she could tolerate many things.

It's different for others, so why should he endure it? He doesn't have the skills.

Gou Tongzhi had no idea about that woman, but after Mrs. Gou knew about the woman's existence, she still made a scene.

Fortunately, Mrs. Gou was a lady, so she didn't go out to make trouble. She mainly cried at home.

Mrs. Gou was pregnant with the child, and Gou Tongzhi did not dare to quarrel with her... He simply found a reason to see his son and ran from Fucheng to Chongcheng County.

After seeing his son on the first day of the first lunar month, he hasn't seen his son for more than a month!

And... when he met his son, he could meet Li Qingzhi by the way.

He has encountered many problems recently and wants to talk to Li Qingzhi.

Gou Tongzhi set off in the afternoon, and when he arrived in Chongcheng County, it was almost dark.

He knew that his son was in Chongcheng Primary School and rushed there directly.

Zhao Laosan knew Gou Tongzhi and let him into the school.

When Gou Tongzhi entered the school, he saw many children playing in the yard. When he asked, someone gave him directions: "Teacher Gou lives over there."

"Teacher Gou?" Gou Tongzhi was confused.

These students don't know Gou Tongzhi, but they really like Gou Ying: "Yes, he is our teacher!"

"Teacher Gou is amazing, he taught us a lot!"

"Teacher Gou knows everything!"

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Gou Tongzhi suspected that he had heard wrongly. How could his son have such ability?

But these people seem sincere...

It seems that Li Qingzhi is right. If his son stays in Chongcheng County, he will be very obedient and well-behaved...

Gou Tongzhi was thinking this when he saw the housekeeper he had arranged to take care of Gou Ying coming over.

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A housekeeper was very happy to see Gou Tongzhi and took Gou Tongzhi to find Gou Ying.

Gou Ying had just finished dinner and was still asleep, so she did not close the door tightly. The housekeeper called the young master and pushed Gou Tongzhi in. The first thing they saw was a screen. When they walked around the screen, they saw Gou Ying lying on the bed.

The boy who was called "teacher" was lying on the quilt, not knowing what he was doing... Gou Tongzhi couldn't help but ask: "What are you doing?"

"Hatching chicks!" Gou Ying said, then froze: "Dad?"

Why did his father come suddenly?

Gou Ying was extremely embarrassed. At this moment, he felt the egg under his stomach move.

Gou Ying exclaimed and looked at the two eggs that she had hatched for several days.

Just now... one of the eggs seemed to move?

Gou Ying opened the hollow wooden box, pushed aside the cotton wool, and saw a crack on the egg's shell.

This this…

He probably didn't crush the egg. In this case... is the chicken about to hatch?

"I hatched the chick!" Gou Ying cheered.

Gou Tongzhi: "..." What on earth is his son doing in Chongcheng County? Why is he going to hatch eggs when he is so good?

Well, this was also foreshadowed.

Since the publication of "The Travels of Solitude", many people have tried to do all the things written in it...

But he didn't expect that his son could actually hatch chicks.

Gou Tongzhi had never seen a chick hatch out of its shell and was very curious. He leaned over and watched the chick peck at the egg shell with great effort.

He wanted to help the little chicken, but Gou Ying said he couldn't help... He could only ask the housekeeper to light a few more candles and sit by and watch slowly.

When Gou Ying's chick hatched, one of Qian Changsheng's two eggs also had some movement...

A brood of chicks often does not hatch at the same time. Generally speaking, they hatch sooner or later, or even two or three days apart.

So this night, there were only three chicks hatched, and the remaining one was hatched by Chang Zhan and Chang Cui.

But no matter what, people who saw the chicks hatching were very excited.

Qian Changsheng cried. With red eyes, he said to Mrs. Qian who came to see him after getting the news: "Mom, this is the chick I hatched. You must treat it well in the future..." He was afraid that after his death, There will be no one to take care of this chick.

This fluffy chick is so cute. He wants to raise it well and give it a good life.

"Don't worry, my son." Mrs. Qian Er hugged her son and cried.

On the second day, Li Qingzhi found out that a chick had broken out of its shell last night.

On this day, the remaining five chicks also hatched one after another.

Their family suddenly had eight more chicks, which were so cute.

It's just... these chicks were hatched by different people. They all felt that the chicks they hatched were different, and they were afraid of being confused with others and didn't want to raise them together, so they insisted on raising their own chicks in their own houses. inside.

Oh, Li Damao and Li Ermao don't differentiate between you and me. The two chickens are raised together.

Li Qingzhi: "..." If he keeps raising chickens like this, will there be a lot of chicken poop in his house?

Li Qingzhi couldn't stand this, so he had someone build a chicken coop and persuaded Li Damao and the others to raise chickens in the chicken coop.

Chickens can die easily, and Li Qingzhi also used his superpower to help them check the chicken's condition...

Li Damao and the others raised the chicks as their own children, but in the end, all they had to worry about was him as the "grandpa".

But Li Damao and the others were okay. Raising chickens didn't require him to spend too much energy. This was different for Qian Changsheng and Gou Ying, two young masters from a wealthy family. They used soft materials to make nests for the chickens they hatched. of silk, and put them into bamboo boxes for servants to take with them, taking care of them with such meticulous care...

Gou Tongzhi and Mrs. Qian both agreed with their son's actions!

Gou Tongzhi and Gou Ying almost got into an argument again over the issue of what their chickens should eat.

Li Qingzhi chatted with Gou Tongzhi, and then he knew the purpose of Gou Tongzhi's visit.

Gou Tongzhi encountered many problems when handling government affairs. It happened that Li Qingzhi learned a lot of knowledge while chatting with Governor Zhang, and gave Gou Tongzhi some ideas.

As for Gou Tongzhi's luck in love, Li Qingzhi threatened him: "Sir, King Jin has always hated Governor Zhang, and he also hates you. There might be someone behind this woman..."

Gou Tongzhi was agitated and became more determined to hide from the woman outside.

Before he becomes the prefect, he must maintain his image and not cause any problems!

Li Qingzhi was just talking casually, but he didn't know that someone was very confused at the moment.

King Jin wanted to cause trouble for Governor Zhang, but they couldn't get anyone around him. Even if they did, they couldn't get any information.

Thinking of the close relationship between Governor Zhang and Gou Tongzhi, someone reminded them that Governor Zhang valued a scholar named Li Qingzhi very much...

They found someone to set up two honey traps.

In the end, neither party was fooled!

Chapter 193 The plan failed

The father of King Jin was once the regent who held all the power, and for many years, he was the default prince...

Although he is now showing signs of decline, many of the original Jin Wang Party members are beginning to think about wanting to leave, but a skinny camel is bigger than a horse.

King Jin still has a lot of people under his command.

Something happened to the Lou family last year. After Governor Zhang was promoted, King Jin wanted his men to deal with it.

Governor Zhang even wanted to kill Governor Zhang directly.

But his counselors and confidants persuaded him.

Everyone in the civil and military circles of the dynasty knew that Governor Zhang had offended the King of Jin. If something happened to Governor Zhang at this time, the King of Jin would definitely be outraged!

At that time, people around King Jin advised him to keep a low profile and find ways to win the emperor's favor again.

As for Governor Zhang... when the emperor dies and King Jin ascends the throne, isn't it possible for him to do whatever he wants to do?

Therefore, in the end, King Jin just placed some people around Governor Zhang and did not do much more.

But what is unexpected is that after King Jin kept a low profile for a period of time and regained the emperor's attention, a book "Escape from Famine" came out, which revealed the story of the Yuxi Mansion flood seven years ago and gave it to King Jin again. A hard blow.

This "Escape from Famine" was printed and brought to the capital by the Shen family, a wealthy businessman who was attached to Lu Qingxi. According to the information found by the people of the King of Jin... the original manuscript of this book was given to the Shen family by Governor Zhang.

Their people did not find out the identity of Qingdu Sanren, but Qingdu Sanren... Even if this person is not Governor Zhang, he still has a close relationship with Governor Zhang!

King Jin hated Governor Zhang to death and wanted to kill him, but he was stopped by the people around him.

To assassinate Governor Zhang at the cusp of the storm, is this because they think the Jin King's Party was not defeated quickly enough?

These people advised King Jin to be patient for the time being, and then gave King Jin advice, saying that they could cause problems for the people around Governor Zhang and cause some trouble for Governor Zhang.

As for the stumbling candidate...

After Governor Zhang was promoted, he strongly recommended the former magistrate of Chongcheng County to be the magistrate of Hexing Prefecture. When he heard about the incident in Linhu County, Governor Zhang initially asked this same official to investigate...

Now everyone knows that this Gou Tongzhi is a member of Governor Zhang. If he does anything illegal, such as randomly deciding cases, such as embezzlement and bribery, or such as robbing civilian girls... then Governor Zhang strongly recommends this He, the person who promoted him from county magistrate to tongzhi, will also lose face.

After King Jin delivered the letter to his people in Jiang'an Province, those people immediately started digging a hole for Gou Tongzhi.

But the hole is not that easy to dig, especially since their manpower in Hexing Mansion has been cleared.

They bribed a few of the petty officials in Hexing Mansion, but those people were willing to give them some acceptable information, but were unwilling to do anything illegal or criminal.

They live a good life, but they don't want to be beheaded after doing something bad.

After much deliberation, King Jin's people could only use a beauty trick on Gou Tongzhi.

According to the information they found out, Gou Tongzhi only had one wife.

Gou Tongzhi's wife was still young and pregnant, but he still did not take a concubine.

There is no doubt that he likes such a woman.

So they specially found a woman who was younger and more beautiful than Gou Tongzhi's wife, but similar in style, and asked her to get in touch with Gou Tongzhi.

As a result... Na Gou Tongzhi was actually unwilling!

Does he like his wife that much?

In addition to informing Gou Tong, King Jin's people also targeted Li Qingzhi.

Originally, they didn't even pay attention to Li Qingzhi as a small scholar, but the people they recruited in Hexing Mansion sent some books and told some things about Li Qingzhi.

According to what this person said, Li Qingzhi was very valued by Governor Zhang and Gou Tongzhi. Gou Tongzhi raised his sons with him. In addition, Li Qingzhi also wrote some books, all of which took pictures of Governor Zhang and Gou Tongzhi's horses. Shit.

Not long ago, Shenjia Bookstore published "Collection of Children's Interesting Stories" written by Li Qing, which is said to be related to Governor Zhang.

If we put people next to this person, they might be able to cause some trouble for Governor Zhang and Gou Tongzhi.

As for how to deploy people to Li Qingzhi's body, it must still be a honey trap.

It's a pity that Li Qingzhi can't go out!

Li Qingzhi spent most of his time at home and in his school, rarely going out. They had no chance to make a move, so they had no choice but to adopt the advice of their subordinates and ask someone to seduce Li Qingzhi's father.

As a result...even Li Qingzhi's old bachelor father didn't take the bait.

King Jin's people were really angry.

Hong Hui was even more angry.

King Jin's people found some helpers in Hexing Mansion. It was a coincidence that among these people, Hong Hui was included.

After the county examination last year, Hong Hui was expelled from his job, but because the Hong family gave him enough money, he did not go to jail.

After losing such a big face and encountering such a thing... Hong Hui couldn't stay in Chongcheng County any longer, so he left Chongcheng County and went to work for a retired official, helping him with some unattractive things, such as Put usury and the like.

During this period, he went back to Chongcheng County and fell in love with Fang Zijian. He wanted Fang Zijian to be his hand and wanted to use Fang Zijian's sister as a favor.

Unfortunately, Fang Zijian's sister jumped into the river, and Fang Zijian was the only one who came to join him.

Hong Hui did a good job helping the old man, but King Jin's people were short of manpower, so the old man recommended him.

He encouraged King Jin's people to deal with Li Qingzhi, and personally went to Chongcheng County to find Shen Xuniang and asked Shen Xuniang to seduce Li Laogen.

As long as Shen Xuniang can marry Li Laogen, he has plenty of ways to target Li Qingzhi.

If nothing else, killing Li Laogen before Li Qingzhi takes the provincial examination will make it impossible for Li Qingzhi to take the provincial examination.

After that, you can also hold Shen Xuniang and let her seduce Li Qingzhi...

If Li Qingzhi doesn't get involved with his stepmother, he'll be doomed!

But...why didn't that guy Li Laogen fall for the trick?

Also angry were the people arranged by Prince Yan.

During this period, some of King Jin's subordinates secretly defected to King Yan or showed favor to King Yan, and King Yan also knew something about King Jin.

For example, King Jin planned to target Governor Zhang.

Prince Yan immediately deployed his own people among these people. As for what he was going to do...of course he was to help Prince Jin target Governor Zhang, and then expose the matter.

The people of King Yan even wanted to make the matter bigger, for example, by inciting King Jin's people to kill Gou Tongzhi. In this way, when things got out of hand, King Jin, who was already on the decline, would never be able to turn around again!

But again, their plan didn't work out.

Li Qingzhi didn't know much about the above.

He was sitting opposite Gou Tongzhi now, looking at Gou Tongzhi's darkened face and slimmed down body, feeling a little sad.

During this time, Gou Tongzhi was really working hard.

Gou Tongzhi is actually very easy to be influenced by others. Fortunately for Mrs. Gou, even if she is a little petty and likes to lose her temper, she is born in a big family. She has a high self-esteem and will not do bad things. Women outside are different. .

After those women tried their best to get in touch with Gou Tongzhi, they must have some agenda, and their relatives might also use their power to bully them.

Let's not talk about others, let's talk about Shen Xuniang... Li Laogen really wants to marry Shen Xuniang. Shen Xuniang's maiden brother will most likely use his name to bully men and dominate women.

In the end, these things will definitely be blamed on him!

With this in mind, Li Qingzhi continued to scare Gou Tongzhi: "Sir, Governor Zhang told me privately that King Jin has been acting a little crazy recently, and has placed a lot of people around him..."

Gou Tongzhi was shocked when he heard this.

After he got involved in the officialdom a lot, he found that people in the officialdom didn't explain many things clearly, so they only "mentioned" a few things.

What they tell people may be only one leaf, but underneath the leaf, there may be an entire tree connected.

Li Qingzhi told him this. Was it the instruction of Governor Zhang?

Is Governor Zhang giving him a hint?

There was something wrong with that woman... Although he didn't like her before, but someone liked him, he was still a little confused, so he didn't think much about it. Now... he wants to investigate.

Gou Tongzhi stayed in Chongcheng County for five days.

In the past five days, he had a good chat with Li Qingzhi, and also checked on his son's condition.

Not only does his son study hard with Li Xiucai, he also teaches students at Chongcheng Primary School and helps take care of Li Damao and the others...

This is simply the perfect son he has always wanted!

So...his son's previous problems were all because of him?

When he knew that his wife did not send his son to the husband recommended by Li Qingzhi, he should have replaced his son with a husband in time!

But this is fine now.

Most of King Jin's people have already targeted him. His son will be much safer if he stays in Chongcheng County. Gou Tongzhi left Chongcheng County worriedly.

It's February 15th in a blink of an eye.

Chongcheng Primary School was on holiday that day, and Gou Ying and the others also took a break.

Li Qingzhi woke up early in the morning and saw his two sons standing next to the chicken coop, feeding the chickens: "Dabao and Erbao, eat more and grow up quickly."

"Dabao and Erbao, I will catch earthworms for you. You must grow stronger than other chickens!"

"The second treasure of the great treasure..."

Literature, all in Jinjiang Literature City

Li Damao and Li Ermao named the chickens they hatched, Dabao Erbao. They were so caring about the two chickens that Li Qingzhi was a little jealous.

Just as he was talking, someone knocked on the door outside.

Li Qingzhi opened the door and saw Gou Ying coming in carrying a bamboo basket: "I'm bringing my golden phoenix and silver phoenix to play with Dabao and Erbao."

Gou Ying used red paint to dye a small amount of hair on the heads of his two chickens. Without fear of admitting his mistake, he happily put them into Dabao Erbao's chicken coop.

Chang Cui, Zhao Xiaodou and Qian Changsheng also marked their chickens. These chickens were raised together during the day.

When Qian Changsheng came, the bamboo basket in which the chickens were placed was not carried by him but by a servant of the Qian family. However, the servant of the Qian family put down the basket and left, not staying at Li Qing's house for long.

They knew that Li Qingzhi didn't like having outsiders at home.

"Brother Li." Qian Changsheng greeted everyone one by one as he entered the courtyard.

Li Qingzhi invited Qian Changsheng to come for breakfast, and then saw Jin Xiaoye looking at Qian Changsheng again.

Although the way Jin Xiaoye looked at Qian Changsheng was the same as the way she looked at Fang Jinniang, Li Qingzhi was still a little bit bitter having not been looked at by Jin Xiaoye like that.

Qian Changsheng was very obedient and kept working hard to bask in the sun.

He is indeed no longer a pretty boy.

But...before Qian Changsheng, looking at his sickly pale face, women would feel more pity for him and not think how handsome he was.

It's different now. After Qian Changsheng's skin became slightly darker, his complexion improved a lot, and he looked more and more handsome!

This is still not dark enough. He doesn't believe that Qian Changsheng can be so handsome if he is more tanned!

Chapter 194 Glass

Li Qingzhi felt a little emotional, but he actually knew very well that Jin Xiaoye and Qian Changsheng had nothing.

He let Qian Changsheng bask in the sun, but it was actually for Qian Changsheng's good.

Qian Changsheng used to eat less, didn't exercise, and stayed indoors all day without going out. He was in poor health and lacked calcium.

It's not too hot in winter, so you should get more sun.

Speaking of this matter... Mrs. Qian Er was worried that her son would get sick if he was exposed to the sun and the wind. As a result, her son's complexion was getting better and better... She couldn't wait to let her son bask in the sun every day.

At this time, Mrs. Qian Er was talking to Mrs. Qian: "Sister-in-law, I thought Azhi said he had medical skills just casually. Now look...his medical skills may not be bad after all. Since Changsheng I go to him every day and take the medicine he prescribes, and my health is getting better and better!"

They had invited many doctors before, and almost all of them sentenced Qian Changsheng to death, saying that he would not live long.

When Qian Fugui sent them a letter years ago, asking them to take Qian Changsheng away from the Qian family and come to Chongcheng County to find Li Qingzhi, Mrs. Qian cried hard.

Her son is raised at home every day, and his health is not very good. He gets sick from time to time. On his way south, he also encounters "robbers"... Her son may not survive in Chongcheng County.

Mrs. Qian Er is actually a little dissatisfied with her sister-in-law and her family.

Although I know I can't blame my sister-in-law's family, if the Qian family didn't have this relative, they could have lived a stable life in their hometown.

Her parents-in-law may still be alive, and her husband may not be lame.

After being informed that she was going south, she felt even more dissatisfied.

If something happened to her son, she would definitely hate her sister-in-law's family.

Fortunately, nothing happened to her son!

After her son was fine, Mrs. Qian began to think about other things. For example... maybe she could let Li Qingzhi adopt a son to her son?

Li Zhao has been rehabilitated and has even become a good official praised by everyone.

Thinking more deeply, if the Qian family was still in their hometown and couldn't hire a good doctor, her son might have died!

The resentment in Mrs. Qian Er's heart dissipated a lot, and her attitude was very enthusiastic when facing Li Qingzhi.

During this period of time, she watched her son become more energetic every day, and everything seemed to please her.

Mrs. Qian heard from Qian Fugui that Chief Li Qing was thinking about treating his back injury.

Qian Fugui felt that Li Qingzhi could not heal his back injury, but he also felt that Li Qingzhi was filial, so he did not stop him.

As for Qian Changsheng... Li Qingzhi will never harm Qian Changsheng, and Qian Fugui is assured of this.

Mrs. Qian said: "If it is really useful, that would be great! Azhi helped his uncle treat his back injury, maybe it can be cured."

Mrs. Qian said: "It will definitely work!"

Mrs. Qian added: "We have been here for some time. Let's go to the Golden Leaf Embroidery Workshop together tomorrow to get to know Xiaoye? We can also interact with each other by then."

Mrs. Qian Er agreed immediately.

Mrs. Qian Er is really beautiful, with a small and pointed face. When Mrs. Qian first met her, she was still delicate and delicate...

Mrs. Qian was a little worried at that time, fearing that she would be difficult to get along with.

The young ladies from scholarly families she had come into contact with before all looked down upon merchants and liked to talk about poetry and so on...

Fortunately, Mrs. Qian Er is not such a person. Although she is literate, she does not like to read poetry. Instead, she likes to eat various delicacies. She is a bit lazy and a bit greedy.

Unfortunately, Qian Changsheng was in poor health. Mrs. Qian was busy with her son all day long and had no time to look for delicious food.

But Qian Changsheng's health has improved recently... Mrs. Qian's second wife asked people to buy braised meat from Juewei Zhai every day, and she made herself a little fatter.

While the two sisters-in-law were talking, a boat entered the yard quietly, and Qian Fugui came.

After Qian Fugui got off the boat, he was stunned when he saw Mrs. Qian's dress: "Madam... why are you dressed like this?"

Qian Fugui studied in his early years and wanted to be a scholar, so the Qian family was not in a hurry to marry him.

It wasn't until he was over twenty years old and decided to give up the imperial examination and stop studying that his family proposed to marry him.

Mrs. Qian went to Qian's house all day long, and everyone knew Sima Zhao's intentions, and the two families were well-matched... Mrs. Qian married Qian Fugui as she wished.

At that time, Mrs. Qian was only fifteen years old, while Qian Fugui was already twenty-two.

Mrs. Qian is seven years younger than Qian Fugui and is forty-three this year.

Qian Fugui is handsome and looks young. Mrs. Qian used to dress herself younger in order to match him.

She has never given birth, and the Qian family is very rich, so she doesn't look old very much - Mrs. Qian is already in her forties, but she looks like a woman in her thirties.

On the contrary, it was Mrs. Qian who looked a little older because she had to worry about her son. She looked older than Mrs. Qian.

However, Mr. Qian is also richer and older than Qian, so the couple doesn't talk about the other.

But today... Mrs. Qian is wearing old-fashioned clothes and has a forehead bandage tied on her head...

Her face is still the same, with very few wrinkles, but it always makes people feel that she is much older.

Qian Fugui was a little uncomfortable.

Doctor Qian said: "I'm going to be a grandma, so naturally I can't dress up like before."

She planned to contact Jin Xiaoye and meet Li Damao and Li Ermao.

If she dresses up particularly young... she can't let Jin Xiaoye call her sister!

She also coaxed Li Damao and Li Ermao to call her grandma!

Speaking of which, many people her age are grandmothers, and they all dress up like this.

Qian Fugui: "..." Should he dress up a little more old-fashioned?

Well, now is not the time to think about this. Qian Fugui asked his confidants to find Li Qingzhi and Qian Changsheng: "Let them come here quickly."

He had something important to tell Li Qingzhi.

When he learned that Qian Fugui had arrived, Li Qing carried Qian Changsheng's chicken and took Qian Changsheng to the Qian family's house.

Qian Changsheng had no friends since he was a child, and he never had any pets. He was quite lonely, and he loved the chicks he hatched to the core.

"Brother Li, Changsheng and Baisui like to eat millet the most. They are yellow, and millet is also yellow. Just peck it..." Qian Changsheng danced and wanted to carry the bamboo basket by himself.

Li Qingzhi didn't give in. Qian Changsheng's body was definitely not as good as his. This bamboo basket was a bit heavy for Qian Changsheng.

As he was walking, Li Qingzhi suddenly felt someone staring at him. He turned around and saw Shen Xuniang smiling gently at him.

Shen Xuniang trotted forward: "Hello, I am new to Chongcheng County and would like to ask for directions..."

Li Qingzhi looked at Shen Xuniang speechlessly: "Don't you always live in Chongcheng County?"

Shen Xuniang was stunned.

She was humiliated by Li Laogen and hated Li Laogen, so she wanted to take revenge and go back.

As for how to take revenge...if she could become Li Qingzhi's concubine...

Li Qingzhi is about the same age as Yao Zhenfu. Since she can take down Yao Zhenfu, maybe she can also take down Li Qingzhi?

Li Qingzhi has been studying at home and has never seen much of the world.

Li Qingzhi added: "Yao Zhenfu is my neighbor. I have seen him with you before. Their family sold four acres of land to me to get the one hundred taels of silver you asked for."

Li Qingzhi was very rude. Seeing Shen Xuniang freeze, he walked forward without changing his expression.

"Brother Li, who is this?" Qian Changsheng asked Li Qingzhi.

Li Qingzhi thought for a while and told Qian Changsheng about Yao Zhenfu and Shen Xuniang.

Qian Changsheng is about the same age as Chang Zhan.

Chang Zhan experienced the loss of his family and grew up quickly, and is now able to take charge of his own business. However, Qian Changsheng is actually very immature. Li Qingzhi feels that in terms of mental age, he may be about the same age as Gou Ying.

It's time for him to understand the outside world.

Qian Changsheng was stunned for a moment after hearing this, his eyes getting brighter and brighter: "What else?"

Li Qingzhi was stunned for a moment, and then said something else to him.

For example, Yao Zhenfu has been refusing to work at home, and Shen Xuniang seduced his father and wanted to be his stepmother.

Qian Changsheng was stunned.

He felt like a door to a new world had been opened!

He had never heard such a story before!

Li Qingzhi suddenly thought of something when he saw Qian Changsheng's expression.

Li Laogen boasted in front of Qian Changsheng before, and Qian Changsheng listened with gusto. Does this kid like to hear gossip?

After Li Qingzhi finished talking about Yao Zhenfu and Shen Xuniang, the Qian family arrived.

Qian Fugui had not been to Chongcheng County for more than ten days. When he saw his nephew who was tanned and much handsomer, he looked happy and encouraged him a few words.

Then he took Li Qingzhi to the study.

Li Qingzhi saw Qian Fugui's happy face and asked with a smile: "Uncle, what good thing happened?"

Qian Fugui said: "Ah Qing, I did some tricks before and got a lot of money from Yulon Trading Company. Yulon Trading Company did not suspect me at first, but later they began to suspect me!"

When Qian Fugui said this, there was no worry on his face... Li Qingzhi knew that things must not have gotten worse, so he waited for Qian Fugui to continue.

"Unexpectedly, as soon as they suspected me, Yulong Trading Company encountered some troubles. When Prince Yan's people checked, they found that the person who did it was Lu Qingxi's people!"

Qian Fugui talked about his experience in the past half month.

He had a grudge against Prince Yan, so he defrauded Prince Yan of more money.

Both Prince Yan and his subordinates were very suspicious. They suspected this and that, and they actually suspected Qian Fugui.

While Qian Fugui was thinking about how to clear his grievances, Lu Qingxi's people began to target Yulong Trading Company.

After Prince Yan's people discovered this, they immediately stopped doubting Qian Fugui. Prince Yan even wrote a letter to Qian Fugui himself, saying that Lu Qingxi was responsible for the accident that happened to Qian Fugui's wife and nephew.

"Prince Yan said this because he wanted me to hate Lu Qingxi, and it's also because... he really thought so," Qian Fugui said, "All the troubles I caused for Prince Yan were blamed on Lu Qingxi. Yes, Lu Qingxi did confront Prince Yan..."

Lu Qingxi had been targeting King Jin before, but after receiving the news from Chang Duan and knowing that King Yan had secretly developed a lot of power and that Yulong Trading Company was King Yan's pocket, Lu Qingxi immediately stopped caring about King Jin and began to target him. Prince of Yan County.

Compared to the King of Jin, Lu Qingxi hated the King of Yan County even more.

If Prince Yan's mother hadn't poisoned the emperor, why would he be so frightened all day long?

If he had not been poisoned, the emperor would have lived a long life, maybe even longer than him. Even if the emperor died before him, he would definitely have his son treat him well!

When the time comes, he can definitely adopt a few godsons and live his old age comfortably!

But the emperor's health was broken and he didn't even have any heirs!

His reputation is still very bad now!

No matter whether King Jin or King Yan ascends the throne, he will not end well.

Realizing that he had been targeting King Jin and actually allowed King Yan to take advantage of him, Lu Qingxi was filled with hatred and wanted to bring down Yulong Trading Company.

And after Lu Qingxi did this, it would be even easier for Qian Fugui to poach money and people from Yulon Commercial Bank!

Li Qingzhi listened to Qian Fugui's account of his experiences during this period, and then said: "I had someone tell Lu Qingxi what uncle you said about Prince Yan's actions before... The effect was quite good!"

Qian Fugui said: "Thank you for exposing those things to Lu Qingxi!"

Li Qingzhi had mentioned Chang'an to Qian Fugui, but it wasn't until this moment that Qian Fugui realized how good it was to have someone who could talk to Lu Qingxi.

He fished in troubled waters and actually made a lot of money.

Just... Lu Qingxi wrote a letter to Shen Zhilan, so Shen Zhilan ignores him now.

Li Qingzhi asked: "Uncle, what are you going to do next?"

Qian Fugui said: "Azhi, your uncle, I will keep a low profile... In a few days, I will send you the money I got from Yulon Trading Company. With the money, you can do whatever you want in the future."

It is no longer possible for him to take care of Yulong Trading Company. For safety reasons, it is impossible for him to seek refuge with Lu Qingxi. There should be nothing he can do next.

"Uncle, I have something here that I want you to help me make."

"What are you going to do?" Qian Fugui asked Li Qingzhi.

Li Qing said: "I want to make glass and soap."

He can't do these two things. But Qian Fugui now has money and people, so he can do it.

Li Qingzhi wrote out the recipe, and then told Qian Fugui the location of the alkaline lake he knew.

Without enough alkali, these two things would be difficult to make.

The little alkali in the plant ash is simply not enough.

If you really have to rely on plant ash to make soap, not only will it cost a lot, but the soap produced is probably similar to the "soap" made from pig pancreas at this time.

And glass...making glass also requires alkali, and the amount is quite large.

Li Qingzhi knew the recipe, but he had never made these two things.

If you want to make glass, you may need craftsmen to try it out repeatedly, which is absolutely time-consuming and labor-intensive, and requires a lot of upfront investment.

This was one of the reasons why he had not cooperated with Zhu Qian before. Zhu Qian was not necessarily willing to spend a lot of money on these two things.

But now money is rich and rich.

Qian Fugui can slowly study these two things. Once they have the money, they can cultivate some chemical talents and make other things...

Technology will slowly change the world.

Li Qingzhi explained glass and soap to Qian Fugui in detail.

Qian Fugui was a businessman, and he almost immediately realized how much profit these two things could bring.

But... Qian Fugui asked: "Can you really make something like this? Azhi, where did you get this recipe?"

"The person who taught me a lot of knowledge told me that he once went to sea and got the formula from overseas." Li Qing insisted.

"That man... what a pity." Qian Fugui sighed again, and at the same time said that he would definitely find a way to make these two things.

"Sorry to trouble you, uncle." Li Qing insisted.

"What's the trouble?" Qian Fugui said with a smile.

Li Qingzhi also smiled: "Uncle, can I put a plaster on you?"

Qian Fugui: "..." Here we go again!

But...his waist hasn't hurt recently, seems to be getting better?

Could it be that his nephew really had medical skills, and his medical skills were better than those of the old imperial doctor he had seen before?

Li Qingzhi left after lunch at Qian's house, while Qian Fugui stayed at home for one night and left the next day.

When Li Qingzhi returned home, he saw that the children at home were still studying their chickens.

The chicken is still small now and looks very cute, but when it grows into a big chicken in a few days, I don't know if these children will like it.

Li Qingzhi was quite curious about this.

And it turns out...these kids still love it.

Time passed so quickly, almost in the blink of an eye, the weather got hotter, and it had already been two full years since he traveled to this world.

It is already the end of the fifth lunar month, and there are only more than two months before the rural examination. At this time, the chicks hatched at the beginning of the year have grown into big chickens, and those hens are almost laying eggs!

There are eight chickens, three roosters and five hens. It is a coincidence that Li Damao and Li Ermao's two great treasures are both hens.

On this day, Li Ermao, who was wearing short-sleeved clothes, came back from Li Xiucai. The first thing he did was to look at his chickens.

He grabbed a handful of millet to feed the chickens and sighed.

Li Qingzhi asked: "You are so young, why are you sighing?"

Li Ermao said: "Dad, should I eat the eggs laid by Dabao Erbao or not?"

Li Damao and Li Ermao used to raise chickens. For them, the eggs laid by the chickens raised at home were just for them to eat.

But Dabao and Erbao are different. They hatched them themselves. Do they want to eat the eggs laid by Dabao and Erbao?

"Dabao and Erbao are just like my children. Eating their eggs is like eating my grandson." Li Ermao looked confused.

Li Qingzhi: "..." What a grandson! How dare his son think!

At this time, Gou Ying said: "What are you thinking! If you don't raise Dabao and Erbao together with the rooster, the eggs they lay will not be able to hatch chicks at all. If you eat them, you will eat them!"

Li Qingzhi was about to agree when he heard Gou Ying say again: "My golden phoenix and silver phoenix are what worries me. They happen to be a male and a female, and the eggs they lay can hatch into chicks..."

Li Qingzhi was speechless.

No matter which hen it is, just eat the eggs after they have been laid. If you really don't eat them and let them nest in the nest... He can't raise so many children and grandchildren, and his house will still stink!

In fact, after Dabao and Erbao grew up, Li Qingzhi had already moved them outside the yard to avoid the smell at home.

He's not a fussy person, but he's still a bit particular.

After the children fed the chickens, they all ran to the school.

Now Gou Ying, Qian Changsheng, Zhao Xiaodou and Li Damao and Li Ermao are all teachers in primary schools.

They take turns teaching those students. The shy ones like Zhao Xiaodou will read stories directly to the students. Li Ermao likes to tell students the various popular sciences that Li Qingzhi told him. Li Damao likes to teach students more difficult topics. Math problems... They had a lot of fun, they became more courageous, and the students in the school also gained knowledge.

Li Qingzhi thinks this is good.

He went back upstairs and continued writing "Travels of Solitude".

He has written a lot of this book, and he plans to finish it after finishing this one.

In the next time... he will start preparing for the provincial examination and the national examination in Beijing.

Moreover, he has written down everything he can, and it is time to finish it.

Li Qingzhi kept writing until the tempting fragrance came from downstairs.

He went downstairs and saw Chang Zhan and his two apprentices cooking.

A few months have passed, and some students from Chongcheng Primary School have been diverted away.

For those students who struggled with their studies, the boys were assigned to work at Jin Xiaoshu's boat shop and Juewei Zhai, while the girls were assigned to Jin Xiaoye's side, some working at the Jinye Embroidery Workshop, and some doing other jobs.

Speaking of which... After Li Qingzhi made such arrangements, some parents of children who were good at reading approached the school and wanted Li Qingzhi to arrange jobs for their children.

You must know that there is no money for studying. If you are assigned a job, you will get money every month!

Many parents feel that instead of studying, it is better to go to work early.

However, Li Qingzhi did not agree: "If you enter my school, you must obey me!"

Of course, he also explained to these people: "I want to train your children to be managers. Then they can earn several thousand dollars a month. If they go to work early, they can earn at most one thousand dollars a month. You really Do you want him to go to work early?"

In short, these parents were finally persuaded to go back.

In fact, the most troublesome thing for Li Qingzhi is that the parents of some female students want to take away their children to marry off.

The students he recruited were not very old. Li Qingzhi felt it was unkind to let these students work, but now... they are married?

Fortunately, it was agreed from the beginning that he would have to work for him for a few years when he came to study... He finally blocked the parents and said that he could get married if he wanted to, but he had to be older, at least eighteen years old. years, before that

…Let's work for him first.

If you really want to take the person back, you have to compensate him.

The tuition fees for schooling, and the money he spent making clothes and quilts for these students, add up to ten taels of silver.

Anyway, in the end, the parents of the female students laughed and left.

Chang Zhan cooked a very sumptuous dinner that day. Today was Jin Xiaoye's birthday and they invited many guests.

There are Jin Xiaoshu's family, Mrs. Wang's sister, Mrs. Xu, some female workers from Jinye Embroidery Workshop, and Mrs. Qian's second wife.

Chapter 195 Birthday

When Li Qingzhi went downstairs, he saw Jin Xiaoye.

"Ah Qing!" Jin Xiaoye smiled at Li Qingzhi, and then said, "I'm covered in sweat, so I'll take a shower first."

"I'll get you clothes." Li Qing insisted.

Li Qingzhi brought Jin Xiaoye a set of beautiful new clothes, and not long after, Jin Xiaoye took a bath, got dressed and came out.

In the past few months, Li Qingzhi helped Qian Changsheng with his treatment every day.

At first he would use up all the energy in his body, but when Qian Changsheng's heart recovered a little and his life was no longer in danger, he stopped and just helped treat him casually every day.

It is not good for Qian Changsheng to be successful too quickly, as it can easily arouse suspicion.

As a result, he had excess energy... Li Qingzhi used it to strengthen his own physical fitness, and at the same time used it to condition the bodies of Jin Xiaoye, Li Damao and Li Ermao.

He did not change Jin Xiaoye's appearance, but now Jin Xiaoye is in good health and his skin is really good and very delicate.

In addition, Jin Xiaoye is now very confident and her temperament has improved... Her appearance is getting better and better.

Li Qingzhi praised: "Xiaoye, you are so beautiful."

Jin Xiaoye smiled in a good mood.

Li Qingzhi said again: "Xiaoye, go put some lipstick on. Today is your birthday, so you must dress up nicely."

Jin Xiaoye readily agreed and walked upstairs.

Li Qingzhi saw this and followed him.

Jin Xiaoye doesn't wear makeup on weekdays, but she will put some rouge on her lips to make herself look better.

At this moment, she put some rouge on herself as usual, and Li Qingzhi praised her again and kissed her a few times.

Jin Xiaoye was in a better mood: "It's true that you invited so many people to celebrate my birthday..."

Here in Chongcheng County, many people do not celebrate their birthdays, for no other reason than lack of money.

Jin Xiaoye had never celebrated her birthday before. Before she got married, her mother could secretly give her an egg on her birthday, which was already very good.

Jin Moli is different. Aunt Jin loves to eat delicious food. She doesn't have the opportunity to buy meat on weekdays, so she remembers her children's birthdays very well. Every time she encounters her children's birthdays, she will take the opportunity to buy meat to celebrate. …

At that time, Jin Xiaoye was even looking forward to Jin Moli's birthday, because during their birthday, she could also have a bite of meat.

"I didn't have the chance to help you celebrate your birthday before. If I have time this year, I will definitely give you a good one." Li Qing insisted.

He wore it the year before last. When Jin Xiaoye celebrated his birthday that year, he was still bedridden.

As for last year... At the end of April last year, Governor Zhang went on a killing spree in Linhu County. He was very busy throughout May. On Jin Xiaoye's birthday, he cooked something delicious and nothing else.

This year is different. They have money and leisure, so they can invite a few tables of guests to make it lively.

Jin Xiaoye laughed and thought about the past again: "When I was a child... the thing that impressed me the most was my tenth birthday. On that day, my father went to help people cook a banquet and secretly brought me a chicken drumstick so that I could eat it while hiding from my family. Oh...it's the first time I've eaten a whole chicken leg."

There are many Jin family members, and Grandma Jin always chops the chicken into pieces when cooking, so no one can eat the whole chicken leg.

Of course, Jin Moli and the others must have eaten it long ago, and Aunt Jin will cook a small meal for them.

After the two of them finished speaking, they walked downstairs together.

They borrowed a few tables and set them up in the yard for guests to sit. At this moment, Li Laogen lit mugwort and was fumigating mosquitoes in the yard. cold cuts on the table.

Li Qingzhi: "..." They didn't starve Li Laogen at all. Why was Li Laogen still so hungry?

Forget about being greedy, Li Laogen has a small appetite and can't actually eat much. If he eats too much, he will have diarrhea or constipation, so... he eats and drinks well every day, but Li Laogen doesn't get fat at all.

After all this time, he is still a skinny old man.

At this time, Jin Xiaoshu's family came.

Fang Jinniang is plumper, with snow-white skin and rosy complexion. She looks more and more beautiful. Standing next to Jin Xiaoshu, who is getting darker and darker, no one will think that she is older than Jin Xiaoshu.

As for Jin's father and mother, they were smiling happily, and it was clear from a glance that they were doing well recently.

Li Qingzhi called them to sit down, and soon some female workers from Jinye Embroidery Workshop came together under the leadership of Mrs. Xu and Sister Wang.

Suddenly there were many women in their yard, and everyone congratulated Jin Xiaoye and gave them gifts they had pooled their money to buy.

In the midst of the excitement, Mrs. Qian and Mrs. Qian came together.

A few months ago, Mrs. Qian and Mrs. Qian went shopping at Jinye Embroidery Shop and met Jin Xiaoye. After that, the two parties began to communicate with each other and their relationship became better and better.

After Qian Changsheng officially became a teacher at Chongcheng Primary School last month, the two of them went to Chongcheng Primary School whenever they had something to do.

They donated some books to the school reading room, and from time to time they bought some meat for the students of Chongcheng Primary School. They almost became supernumerary staff of Chongcheng Primary School.

personnel.

Li Qing insisted on this.

He built this school because he wanted to train some people, but he didn't have much time, so it would be best to have someone help.

"Xiaoye, Azhi." Mrs. Qian and Mrs. Qian greeted Li Qingzhi with a smile and gave Jin Xiaoye a gift.

What they gave was a box. Jin Xiaoye opened it and saw that it contained a set of finely crafted jewelry.

This jewelry is definitely worth a lot of money!

Jin Xiaoye sighed secretly and put away the jewelry.

This is not the first time she has received gifts from Mrs. Qian and Mrs. Qian. She was a little embarrassed at first, but she got used to it as time went by.

Of course, she would also give something in return. She had people make some clothes for Qian Changsheng and Mrs. Qian, Mrs. Qian. If there was delicious food at home, she would also have people send some to them.

Li Qingzhi took Mrs. Qian and Mrs. Qian to their seats.

The people sitting at the table they were sitting at were the Jin family. Mrs. Qian immediately started chatting with Fang Jinniang, calling each other "little girl."

She actually wanted to talk to Jin's parents and Jin's mother. She regarded Li Qingzhi as her own child, and Jin's parents and Jin's mother were her in-laws!

Unfortunately, there was a language barrier between the two parties, so Jin Xiaoshu and Fang Jinniang could speak some Mandarin and could chat with them.

Mrs. Qian and Mrs. Qian liked Jin Xiaoshu and Fang Jinniang very much. Fang Jinniang had a pleasant appearance. As for Jin Xiaoshu... this child looked strong!

They like such strong children!

Mrs. Qian Er also said to Jin Xiaoshu: "I don't know when my parents will get you so tan." Li Qingzhi said that it was good for Qian Changsheng to spend more time in the sun, so she urged Qian Changsheng to bask in the sun every day.

But even so, Qian Changsheng was not like the black-turned-gold tree.

When Cao Cao arrived, Qian Changsheng and Gou Ying came together.

When these people entered the yard, almost all the female workers in the gold leaf embroidery workshop in the yard looked over, and their eyes all fell on Qian Changsheng.

Compared with three months ago, Qian Changsheng was darker, stronger, and even taller.

The Qian family were already handsome, and Qian Changsheng's mother was even more beautiful... He looked even more handsome.

Li Qingzhi: "..."

Mrs. Qian and Mrs. Qian couldn't help but feel happy when they saw Qian Changsheng like this, and they also liked Li Qingzhi even more.

Mrs. Qian Er, in particular, looked at Li Qingzhi as if she were a Bodhisattva rescuing people from suffering.

In February, although she felt that her son's health was getting better, she did not feel that her son had really recovered.

But now... Last month, Mrs. Qian Er saw several doctors for her son. The doctors said that Qian Changsheng was a little weak and could not do heavy work, but they also said that as long as Qian Changsheng was well taken care of, he could live a normal life and marry a wife. Give birth to children.

My son can live a normal life!

Ever since Mrs. Qian Er learned the news, she was extremely grateful to Li Qingzhi.

So about sunbathing...

Since Li Qingzhi asked Qian Changsheng to bask in the sun, let him bask in it well!

"Changsheng!" Mrs. Qian Er greeted Qian Changsheng, and Mrs. Qian began to greet Li Damao and Li Ermao.

"Grandma Qian." Li Damao and Li Ermao shouted when they saw Mrs. Qian.

Mrs. Qian smiled so hard that her eyes were crooked, and she wished she could give all the good things she had to Li Damao and Li Ermao.

But with so many people watching, she couldn't be too enthusiastic...

Mrs. Qian sighed and reluctantly watched Li Damao and Li Ermao sit at the table with Jin's father and Jin's mother.

Chang Zhan and his two apprentices cooked many delicious dishes.

It was almost time, and everyone sat down to eat.

Mrs. Qian Er has become more and more fond of eating since her son's health improved. She picked up the food on the table and devoured it.

When Mrs. Qian saw this, she couldn't bear to look directly at him.

You are now a grandmother, so you should be more reserved when eating.

Mrs. Qian, who regards Li Da Mao and Li Er Mao as her grandson, has been acting like her former mother-in-law in the past few months. She also dresses herself in an old-fashioned way and even mentions her age from time to time.

Everyone knows that although she does not look older, she is actually as old as the Golden Mother.

"Sister-in-law, this banquet ball is particularly delicious." Mrs. Qian Er recommended the food in front of Mrs. Qian.

Mrs. Qian still trusts her sister-in-law's taste. Food that her sister-in-law thinks is delicious will definitely not be unpalatable.

She picked up a banquet ball and took a bite, but her brows furrowed.

The smell of this banquet ball is too strong!

The banquet balls are made of minced fish meat and lard, and are particularly tender when eaten.

Mrs. Qian has eaten it before and quite liked it, but this time...

Why is this banquet ball so unpalatable? Could it be that the materials used are not good?

But that's not right. Li Qingzhi is not short of money, so he won't use bad materials.

And...her sister-in-law has already started to eat the third one. If it was really not fresh, her sister-in-law would definitely not eat so much.

Mrs. Qian was struggling when suddenly an unpleasant smell came from the kitchen not far away.

The terrible smell made Mrs. Qian feel something welling up from her stomach... She couldn't help but want to vomit.

But with so many people here, I was so embarrassed to suddenly vomit... Mrs. Qian held it back, looking a little ugly.

Suppressing the discomfort in her stomach, she looked at the people around her... There was nothing strange about the people around her!

What exactly is going on? Mrs. Qian was extremely confused. As the smells came from the kitchen, she became more and more uncomfortable. She couldn't help but retched...

Li Qingzhi noticed something was wrong with Mrs. Qian. In the past few months, he had met Qian Changsheng every day, but he didn't get along much with Qian Fugui and Mrs. Qian.

Qian Fugui only came over two or three times a month. As for Mrs. Qian... Men and women are different. They usually only chat a few words when they meet, and it is impossible to get along for a long time.

But after all, this was the relative of the original owner, and Li Qingzhi was still very concerned about it.

"Auntie, what's wrong with you?" Li Qingzhi asked.

Doctor Qian said: "I'm fine, I just don't feel well."

After saying that, Mrs. Qian covered her mouth and her expression became even more ugly.

Li Qingzhi stretched out his hand: "Madam, can I check your pulse?"

Li Qingzhi cured Qian Changsheng, but he asked Qian's family not to tell anyone, so the news of his medical skills did not spread.

However, he often told his relatives and friends that he was studying medicine and used it to check people's pulses, so people around him didn't find it strange to hear him say this.

As for Mrs. Qian...she thinks Li Qingzhi is a miracle doctor!

Mrs. Qian immediately stretched out her hand and asked Li Qingzhi to feel her pulse.

Li Qingzhi did learn some medical skills, but he mainly relied on his golden fingers to "treat" people.

At this moment, he used his golden finger to help Mrs. Qian check her body.

Li Qingzhi was stunned by this inspection.

Uh... Mrs. Qian is pregnant.

Qian Fugui was sincere to him, so every time they met, he would help Qian Fugui take care of his body. He had already helped cure Qian Fugui's infertility problem.

But he never told Qian Fugui about this matter, and therefore, he thought Qian Fugui would not have children.

Firstly, Qian Fugui has become stoic over the years, and secondly... Qian Fugui is not young after all.

As a result... Mrs. Qian is pregnant?

Chapter 196 Miracle Doctor

Seeing that Li Qingzhi didn't speak, Mrs. Qian was a little worried: "Mr. Li, what's wrong with me?"

Could she be suffering from some serious illness? Speaking of which...she hasn't been sleeping well during this period and has a bad appetite.

After Li Qingzhi confirmed that Mrs. Qian was pregnant, he roughly guessed the reason for Mrs. Qian's discomfort: "Madam, the smell of oil smoke here is heavy. Let's go outside and talk."

People in this era mainly ate lard, but they also ate vegetable oil. The vegetable oil commonly eaten in Chongcheng County was squeezed from rapeseed.

Chang Zhan uses lard most of the time when cooking, but some dishes are more flavorful when made with rapeseed oil.

The dishes he was cooking at the moment used rapeseed oil.

The oil extraction process at this time is not very good, and the purity of the extracted rapeseed oil is not good. Using this oil to cook will produce very thick oil smoke.

Most ordinary people would find the smell of oil smoke unpleasant. For pregnant women, it is normal for them to feel nauseated and want to vomit.

Mrs. Qian became more and more uneasy when she heard what Li Qingzhi said.

Li Qingzhi asked her to go outside... This must be because her illness was so serious that he couldn't tell her in front of others!

Mrs. Qian followed Li Qingzhi outside the courtyard.

Mrs. Qian, who had been busy eating, finally realized something was wrong. She quickly got up and followed her, along with Qian Changsheng.

When the two of them arrived outside, Qian Changsheng immediately asked: "Brother Li, what happened to my aunt?"

Mrs. Qian Er also asked: "What happened to my sister-in-law?"

Madam Qian was even more worried.

Li Qing said: "Auntie, you are pregnant."

There is a chicken coop outside the Li family's yard. Eight sleek chickens are pacing inside, taking a bite of rice from the plate from time to time.

People these days are reluctant to feed chickens food. Many chickens can only eat vegetable leaves, but these eight chickens are different!

The best white rice, millet, and sorghum are put together and they can eat whatever they want.

At this moment, these chickens were walking back and forth leisurely. Mrs. Qian, Mrs. Qian Er, and Qian Changsheng were frozen in place, not knowing how to react.

After a long time, Mrs. Qian spoke first: "Azhi, are you mistaken?"

How could she be pregnant? In the early years, she hoped for the stars and the moon to have a child, but she couldn't get pregnant. How could she suddenly have one now?

She is so old!

"That's right, aunt, you are pregnant." Since there was no one around, Li Qingzhi called "aunt" directly.

Mrs. Qian said: "This is impossible. At such an old age, Guishui doesn't even come..."

Li Qing said: "Auntie, you are pregnant, that's why Guishui didn't come."

Mrs. Qian still couldn't believe it.

Isn't her man incapable of giving birth?

It's impossible that Qian Fugui couldn't have children when he was young, but he can have children when he's older, right?

You must know that she was not pregnant for a long time. The Qian family found two concubines for Qian Fugui. One of them was easy to give birth to and the other was more powerful and had given birth to her.

They had been in the Qian family for many years and had never been pregnant with a child. However, when Qian Fugui released them, they both remarried... They have now given birth to more than one child.

It is obvious that money and wealth cannot lead to birth.

In this case, how could she be pregnant?

"Auntie, you are getting older. It will be a bit difficult to have a child at this time, but there is nothing wrong with the child. As long as you take good care of it, you will be able to give birth safely." Li Qingzhi added.

He just checked and found that the embryo carried by Mrs. Qian had no problems and was quite healthy.

"But, your uncle..." Mrs. Qian was confused.

Li Qingzhi coughed lightly: "My uncle had a small problem, which is why he has no children, so I helped him treat it. Now it seems that he should be fine."

Mrs. Qian looked at Li Qingzhi in shock.

So... Li Qingzhi helped her man cure his undesirable disease?

Every time Li Qingzhi meets her man, she insists on giving him medicine. Is it to cure her man's problem?

Think about it carefully... Li Qingzhi can even cure Qian Changsheng. It is normal for a man to be able to cure her.

Mrs. Qian recalled it carefully and remembered another thing.

When her husband got older, he began to cultivate his moral character and was not so keen on marital affairs. However, in the past few months, every time her husband came back, he was quite enthusiastic.

Out of curiosity, she once asked, and according to what her man said... Every time Li Qingzhi applied medicine to him, he felt that his body was warm and full of energy.

So Li Qingzhi's medicine can help with pregnancy?

Her nephew is really great!

Mrs. Qian looked at Li Qingzhi moved.

But after being moved, she became entangled again.

She is already quite old and a grandmother, and now she is suddenly pregnant...

She will be embarrassed to see anyone!

At this time, Mrs. Qian Er suddenly said: "Azhi, I didn't expect you to treat this. Can you give Changsheng a look? Can he give birth?"

Mrs. Qian Er is worried that her son is like his father and uncle, and there is a problem in this regard.

Li Qing said: "Second aunt, don't worry, there will be no problem in your immortality."

"That's good, that's good." Mrs. Qian Er breathed a sigh of relief.

Qian Changsheng: "..." What the hell are these questions?

But his cousin is really a miracle doctor. He not only cured him, but also cured his uncle!

Li Qingzhi said to Doctor Qian who was still in a daze: "Auntie, you are pregnant and can't stand the smell of oil smoke. It's better to go back and rest early. You can also find another doctor to look at you. But don't let the doctor prescribe medicine for you. , it's medicine that is three parts poisonous, and taking medicine is not good for your health."

Mrs. Qian's child is quite healthy and there is no need to take medicine.

Many Chinese medicines are useful, but some are toxic, so it's better to eat less.

"Oh...ok..." Mrs. Qian nodded.

The servants of the Qian family had been waiting not far away. Mrs. Qian Er and Qian Changsheng accompanied the dizzy Mrs. Qian and walked to the Qian family's house.

Li Qingzhi returned to the birthday party.

Jin Xiaoye asked Li Qingzhi worriedly: "Is Aunt Qian okay?"

Li Qing insisted: "She's fine."

"What happened?" Jin Xiaoye asked.

Li Qing insisted: "She is pregnant."

Jin Xiaoye was stunned.

After a while, Jin Xiaoye whispered: "Your aunt is pregnant, why am I not pregnant?"

Is Li Qingzhi's body really okay?

Li Qingzhi didn't know what Jin Xiaoye was thinking, and said, "We are so busy now, what do we want children for?"

Jin Xiaoye glanced at Li Qingzhi and thought what Li Qingzhi said was strange.

It's not like you can have a child if you want it, or you can have it if you don't want it.

Jin Xiaoye's birthday party was still a success.

Just after finishing the process, Sister Wang asked Jin Xiaoye about Qian Changsheng and wanted to be a matchmaker for Qian Changsheng: "This is the first time in my life that I have seen such a handsome man!"

Li Qingzhi: "..." Isn't he handsome?

On the other side, the Qian family.

After Mrs. Qian returned home, she immediately sent someone to find a doctor for her.

Mrs. Qian was very willing to spend money, so soon the servants of the Qian family invited the two most famous doctors in Chongcheng County.

The two met at the door of Qian's house and saw that the other party was also coming, so they couldn't help but worry.

This family invited two of them at once. Could it be that they had some serious illness that would kill them immediately?

As doctors, they don't like treating seriously ill patients. After all... they can't be cured.

But here it comes... The two of them entered the house together, and were then brought to a middle-aged woman.

Each of them started taking the pulse with one hand, then changed positions and started taking the pulse with the other hand.

After finishing, both of them fell silent. After looking at each other, they both said: "Madam, congratulations, you are pregnant!"

Isn't it just pregnancy? Is it necessary to invite both of them?

Mrs. Qian asked in surprise: "Am I really pregnant?"

"Really." They both said together.

Doctor Qian said: "Come here, give each of the two doctors five taels of silver!"

Mrs. Qian gave the two doctors big red envelopes and asked people to send them back.

The two doctors were a little confused - is this money too good to make? You just took your pulse and made five taels of silver?

After the two doctors were sent away, Mrs. Qian found what Qian Fugui had left behind. She could contact Qian Fugui's confidants: "Go to the master immediately and ask him to come back as soon as possible. There is something important!"

This confidant did not dare to delay and left immediately.

On the way, he was quite worried.

The lady called two doctors back, and then asked him to go find the master... What happened?

Could it be that there is something wrong with the young master's health?

The man was so worried that he ran to the provincial capital overnight.

But it was late at night and the boat was not easy to row, so it was already early in the morning when he arrived at the provincial capital.

Forget it, he rushed to Qian Fugui's residence and learned that Qian Fugui was not there.

Qian Fugui was indeed not where he usually lived. He went to another contact point and met with the person he had arranged to go to make glass further south.

In February, after Li Qingzhi gave him the formula for glass and soap, he arranged for people to find the alkaline lake Li Qingzhi mentioned.

They did find the alkaline lake that Li Qingzhi mentioned. After that, they found craftsmen who could make porcelain and tried to make glass.

Firing glass is completely different from firing porcelain, and although Li Qingzhi gave the recipe, it was not detailed and the firing process was a bit troublesome.

But even so, a lot of glass was still fired.

Qian Fugui's confidants brought all the fired glass to Jiang'an Province.

Blue, green, transparent, and various strange-shaped glass beads were placed in front of Qian Fugui.

The person he arranged to burn the glass was very excited: "Shopkeeper, I asked the craftsman to bake it according to the recipe you gave, and a gem was made. Look at this gem, how beautiful it is! How translucent!"

There are impurities in these fired glasses, so most of them are not transparent. There are more green ones, and they look like gems.

If you polish it and set it in jewelry, it should look good.

But...this is different from what Li Qingzhi said.

Forget it, for a while, it may not be that easy to make the glass mirror Li Qingzhi said.

Qian Fugui accepted the glass beads and planned to give them to Li Qingzhi so that Li Qingzhi could find someone to process them into jewelry and sell them.

He told the outside world that he was ill and needed to recuperate due to the death of his family. King Yan Jun had asked him to go back several times but he still didn't go back. Under such circumstances, he definitely couldn't do business.

Li Qingzhi is different.

Jin Xiaoye's Jinye Embroidery Workshop has made a lot of miscellaneous things, so why not make some jewelry?

It was getting late after the conversation, so Qian Fugui was in no hurry to go back. It wasn't until the next morning that he got on the carriage and rushed to his residence in the provincial capital.

He bought the house next to his residence. He would go to that house first and then enter his own residence.

He had already left Yulong Trading Company. Lu Qingxi's people were not keeping an eye on him, and Prince Yan did not care about him. He was actually safe now.

But he still acted very carefully.

On the way, Qian Fugui opened the car curtain a little and looked out, and then saw a young man in a robe riding a "bicycle".

This bicycle was written by Ling Du San in "Ling Du San"

In "Traveling Alone", he also drew the drawings.

The Shen family printed out the drawings and put them in a book, and people began to make copies of them.

This bicycle is difficult to make, especially the chain, which is very troublesome to build, but there are still skilled craftsmen who make it.

The finished bicycle does not require horses or oxen to pull it. You can move forward by pedaling by yourself, but it is very tiring and bumpy when pedaling. Most people can't stand it after pedaling for a short distance.

This is to be Mara yourself!

The bicycles they made were difficult to ride, but if they followed what was written in the independent independent book and used better steel to make wheels and rubber tires, the bicycles should be much easier to ride and the road would not be so bumpy.

But even if the bike is difficult to ride, it is still a fun toy and has been modified in various ways.

For example, some people will make the tires thinner so that they are less tiring to ride.

Qian Fugui was very proud to see someone playing with a bicycle.

This is something written by his nephew!

In the past few months, many people have studied what his nephew wrote in the book. I heard that someone has already made a biogas digester. They just wanted to try to light a fire for cooking, but the fire was too big and almost burned the thing!

In addition, some people hatched dozens of chicks in one breath using a fire kang...

Qian Fugui put down the curtain, fanned himself with a fan, wiped his sweat, and returned to his residence in a good mood.

Then someone hurried over: "Master, someone is coming over there!"

"Is there someone here? What happened?" Qian Fugui was a little worried.

If there was nothing special, his wife wouldn't come to him?

"Qian Shan doesn't know. He said that his wife went to celebrate Shopkeeper Jin's birthday yesterday, but she came back before finishing the meal and found two more doctors..."

Qian Fugui became anxious when he heard this.

Did you find two doctors? Could it be that there was something wrong with Qian Changsheng's health?

Although Qian Changsheng's health seems to be getting better recently, the doctor said that he still needs to take good care of himself and not work too hard, otherwise he will easily get sick from fatigue.

Qian Fugui took the glass, got on the boat and hurried to Chongcheng County, and asked Qian Shan carefully about the situation.

But Qian Shan didn't know anything - the two doctors were taken directly to the backyard.

Qian Fugui became even more worried. He rushed to his residence in a hurry and ran to the house where Qian Changsheng lived.

There was no one inside.

"Where's the longevity?" Qian Fugui asked.

Mrs. Qian Er heard the noise and came over and said, "Brother, Changsheng has gone to school. He is a school teacher and is very busy."

Mrs. Qian Er was very proud when she said this.

Her son can even teach students! This is something she never dared to think about before!

Can Qian Changsheng still go to school? Is his health okay? Qian Fugui breathed a sigh of relief.

Mrs. Qian Er said again: "Brother, go find your sister-in-law quickly, something terrible has happened!"

When Mrs. Qian Er said this, she looked happy.

Li Qingzhi has cured all the problems that Qian Fugui cannot have... She will definitely cure her son completely!

Qian Fugui didn't pay attention to Mrs. Qian's expression. Hearing this, he hurried to his wife's side.

Qian Changsheng is fine... Could it be that his wife is sick?

Qian Fugui walked into his wife's house and was stunned.

In the past few months, his wife always dressed up in an old-fashioned way, but today, she found a bright yellow dress and put it on, and her hair was combed into a fashionable style. She looked much younger. Others would definitely think that she only had More than thirty years old.

"Madam, why did you ask me to come back?" Qian Fugui asked.

"I have something big to tell you." Doctor Qian said.

"What?" Qian Fugui asked.

Doctor Qian said: "You know that Changsheng's health has improved a lot, right? The doctor said that he has no problem getting married and having children now."

"I know." Qian Fugui didn't understand why his wife said this, but this matter... After he learned the news, he was happy for many days and wrote several letters to his brother.

"So... Azhi is actually a miracle doctor!"

"Azhi is indeed amazing." Qian Fugui agreed.

Mrs. Qian coughed lightly: "Mr. sir, don't you have a problem that you can't have? Azhi checked your pulse and found out."

Qian Fugui felt a little embarrassed when he heard this.

Mrs. Qian added: "After he saw it, he helped you cure it."

"What?" Qian Fugui was stunned.

"Ah Qing has cured the problem that you couldn't have." Mrs. Qian repeated.

Qian Fugui was a little confused and couldn't believe it.

In the past, he really went to the doctor a lot and took medicine, but it was of no use at all!

Is his problem really cured now?

But even if he is fine, he is already fifty years old, can he still have children?

Mrs. Qian said again: "Hey, what do you think we should do now! I am so old and I am still pregnant..."

Qian Fugui looked at Mrs. Qian in disbelief: "What did you say?"

Doctor Qian said: "I came back to you just to tell you this. I'm pregnant, and it's been two months."

Qian Fugui pinched himself hard. Feeling that it was not enough, he pinched himself twice more...

That evening, a servant of the Qian family came to look for him, and Li Qingzhi learned that Qian Fugui had come to Chongcheng County.

He and Qian Changsheng went to Qian's house together, and then saw Qian Fugui with red eyes.

"Azhi, is your aunt really pregnant?" Qian Fugui asked.

"It's absolutely true." Li Qing insisted.

"This is really great!" Qian Fugui pressed his eyes with a handkerchief.

So Qian Fugui was crying before?

Li Qingzhi waited for a while, waiting for Qian Fugui to calm down, and then said: "Uncle, although I treated you, but you are old, so the effect is not that good... It is really beyond me that my aunt can get pregnant. It's unexpected, even God's blessing! I checked it out for her, and she is a woman who can easily get pregnant."

The original owner was very close to Mrs. Qian when she was a child. Mrs. Qian even took the young original owner to bed with her.

Li Qingzhi liked this aunt very much.

He didn't want Qian Fugui to take a concubine after he recovered from his illness, so when he spoke, he preferred Mrs. Qian.

In fact, he didn't lie. At Qian Fugui's age, it is not easy to have a child. Even if a woman is pregnant with his child, she may have an abortion due to poor embryonic development.

Mrs. Qian is really lucky to be pregnant with a healthy child.

It is probably because... every time Qian Fugui and Mrs. Qian are together, it is always after he has just treated Qian Fugui.

What Qian Fugui said to Li Qingzhi was profound

Believe it or not.

It is not easy for a man of such an age to have a child.

As for Madam Qian, it is easy to get pregnant... She can still get pregnant in her forties, so what is this if it is not easy to get pregnant?

Qian Fugui didn't think about taking a concubine at all at the moment, he just wanted to take good care of his wife so that his only child could be born safely.

Thinking like this, Qian Fugui looked at Li Qingzhi: "Azhi, your aunt is so old, and it is dangerous to give birth... You are a miracle doctor, and I will depend on you for the rest!"

"Uncle, don't worry, my aunt will be fine," Li Qing insisted.

As long as Mrs. Qian stays by his side and he glances at her from time to time, nothing will happen to her.

Qian Fugui asked again: "By the way, how will she take care of her pregnancy? What can and cannot be eaten?"

Qian Fugui had never understood this before, and now he desperately wanted to know how to take care of his wife.

Li Qingzhi mentioned some precautions and finally said: "It's best for my aunt to move around more on weekdays. This will be good for her health and will make it easier to have children in the future. Besides...she must be in a good mood."

He can help take care of your body, so being in a good mood is the most important thing.

Chapter 197 Future Plans

Li Qingzhi explained in detail all the things that need to be paid attention to during pregnancy.

Qian Fugui listened very carefully and even took out a pen and paper to write down some things.

After writing it down, Qian Fugui sighed: "It's a pity that there are still people staring at me now. I can't stay with her every day."

In the past few months, Lu Qingxi has been causing trouble for Prince Yan. Prince Yan was too tired to deal with it and couldn't care about him for a while.

But he certainly can't disappear suddenly. If that happens, Prince Yan will suspect him.

He had to continue pretending to be sick in the provincial capital.

"Uncle, don't worry, I will take good care of aunt." Li Qing insisted, and then thought of something: "It's just that if I pass the provincial examination, I will definitely go to Beijing to take the national examination. At that time... aunt had better go with me I'll go with you."

Mrs. Qian is an advanced maternal age, so it is best not to leave his sight.

"Then let's go together. Not many people have seen her, so no one should be able to recognize her. I might also go together when the time comes," Qian Fugui said.

Many people in Prince Yan's household knew him, but almost no one knew his wife.

Both his wife and Qian Changsheng used to live in seclusion and rarely see people.

The two talked for a long time and discussed going to Beijing before going to dinner together.

While eating, Qian Fugui's attention was entirely on Mrs. Qian.

He and Mrs. Qian have been married for more than 20 years, and they have gone through many hardships together, and their relationship has always been very good.

Now Mrs. Qian is suddenly pregnant... He can't wait to put her in his pocket.

"This time I will stay at home for two more days to accompany you. If you want anything to eat, just tell me..." Qian Fugui looked at Mrs. Qian with concern and kept picking up food for Mrs. Qian.

Mrs. Qian glared at Qian Fugui: "Azhi will be here forever!"

There are two juniors here, why are you so stupid?

Qian Fugui smiled, his eyes still firmly fixed on Mrs. Qian.

Li Qingzhi smiled when he saw this and said, "Auntie, you can pretend that we don't exist."

Mrs. Qian: "..."

After dinner, Li Qingzhi said goodbye to Qian Fugui.

It was only then that Qian Fugui remembered something: "Wait a minute, Azhi, I have something to give you!"

He brought the first batch of fired glass to Chongcheng County and wanted to give it to Li Qing.

Wait, it seems he forgot to tell Li Qingzhi about the glass?

Li Qingzhi was a little surprised to learn from Qian Fugui that Qian Fugui had burned out the glass.

He didn't expect it to be so fast. He thought it would take a year before the glass could be fired.

However, when he saw what Qian Fugui gave him...it turned out to be glass like this!

Glass like this can only be used to make jewelry.

These glasses are neither beautiful nor rare treasures, but they will certainly be popular if used to make novel jewelry.

Rings, bracelets, hairpins...you should be able to make a lot of things. Li Qingzhi asked Qian Fugui to continue paying attention to the production of glass and strive to make a mirror as soon as possible.

Firing glass is quite troublesome, and using glass to make windows is a bit of a luxury at the moment, but you can try making mirrors.

In Daqi, mirrors should be very expensive.

There was a lot of glass, and he was worried that Li Qingzhi wouldn't be able to take it back, so Qian Fugui found a carriage to take Li Qingzhi back.

It was already dark when Li Qingzhi arrived home. Jin Xiaoye heard the noise and opened the door, and saw Li Qingzhi carrying two sacks.

"What is this?" Jin Xiaoye asked curiously.

"Some small things." Li Qing insisted, carrying two sacks and walking inside.

Li Laogen saw it and asked immediately, "Ah Qing, is this food?"

Li Qing insisted: "No."

The things packed in sacks could not be eaten... Li Laogen was no longer curious, but when Li Qingzhi and the others went upstairs, he sneaked into the kitchen and stole some candies.

Chang Zhan happened to see it: "..." He said why there was always so little candy at home!

Li Laogen, what's wrong with this! His niece won't steal candy!

Li Qingzhi carried both sacks upstairs and placed them in his and Jin Xiaoye's room.

Jin Xiaoye tried to lift one of the sacks, but failed.

How did Li Qingzhi manage to carry them upstairs without changing his expression?

Is a man so strong? "What on earth is this?" Jin Xiaoye asked again.

"See for yourself." Li Qingzhi smiled.

Jin Xiaoye opened the sack and saw some glass that contained impurities and was not very pure.

In modern times, such things are worthless at all, but this is Daqi!

Jin Xiaoye's first reaction was: "So many gems?"

Li Qingzhi laughed: "These are not gems, but they can also be made into jewelry. Xiaoye, if you find some craftsmen to polish these glasses and make them into jewelry, you will definitely make a lot of money. I can also draw some for you. drawing."

Li Qingzhi took a pen and paper and began to draw novel jewelry. By the way, he told Jin Xiaoye about the origin of the glass.

These beautiful glasses are actually fired like porcelain? Jin Xiaoye took out a piece of green glass, and the more he looked at it, the more beautiful it became.

Something like this would also be great if inlaid on hats and shoes.

"Xiaoye, if possible, it would be best to make all these glasses into jewelry within three months." Li Qingzhi looked at Jin Xiaoye, "Xiaoye, in three months, you can come to Beijing with me."

He felt that it would be no problem for him to pass the Juren examination, and after passing the Juren examination, he would go to Beijing to take the Jinshi examination.

The vast majority of candidates who go to Beijing to take the examination will not bring their families with them. Usually, after passing the examination, they return to their hometowns and bring their families with them to work.

Li Qingzhi had the same plan at first.

But then I thought about it...

He wanted to see the situation in the capital and planned to go to the capital after taking the provincial examination. He was expected to leave at the end of September. The general examination will be in February next year, and there will be the palace examination and other things after that... If Jin Xiaoye and the others don't go, he will be separated from Jin Xiaoye and the others for half a year.

This is not half a month, it is half a year!

It's okay if he has no money and can't go to Beijing together as a family. If he has money... Li Qingzhi feels that there is no need to wrong himself so much, and he can also let Jin Xiaoye and the others see the world.

As for Chongcheng County, Fang Jinniang can take care of Jinye Embroidery Studio, Chang Zhan can take care of Jueweizhai, and Chongcheng Primary School is also simple, just let Qian Changsheng take care of it.

"Would it be bad if I followed?" Jin Xiaoye asked.

Li Qing insisted: "My eldest aunt is also going. She has gone, why don't you go?"

Mrs. Qian was pregnant at an advanced age, so he had to watch, otherwise he would not be able to rest assured. However, the child Mrs. Qian was pregnant should be delivered at about the same time as Fang Jinniang, in January next year.

The examination will begin in early February, and he must stay in the capital at that time.

To be on the safe side, Mrs. Qian had better follow him to the capital for resettlement as soon as possible and then give birth there.

He is going to take Mrs. Qian with him, why not take Jin Xiaoye with him?

He did set up a big stall in Chongcheng County, but he has no shortage of manpower now, so he doesn't need to keep an eye on this stall.

On the contrary, Beijing... After he is admitted to Jinshi, he will embark on a new path, and he will have to plan carefully when the time comes.

Li Qingzhi told Jin Xiaoye about Mrs. Qian's situation. Jin Xiaoye heard the words and said: "Okay, I'll go!"

That's the capital! She had always wanted to see it.

Jin Xiaoye was very excited when he thought that he was going to the capital. He couldn't help but ask Li Qingzhi various questions: "Ah Qing, what is the capital like?"

"I haven't been there, so I don't know very well, but according to what Chang Duan and Shopkeeper Wu said, the capital city is similar to the provincial capital, except that the style of the houses is different, and the control there is stricter."

"Aqing, how do we get there?"

"Take a boat. When the time comes, we'll find a caravan to follow and take the boat over slowly."

"Aqing, what should dad do?"

"Let him come with us, so as not to stay here and be plotted against."

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Li Qingzhi answered Jin Xiaoye's various questions seriously.

Since he had already planned to take Jin Xiaoye, Li Damao and Li Ermao to the capital, he naturally would not leave Li Laogen behind.

No one expected Li Laogen to have problems. If he followed them to the capital... Based on his understanding of Li Laogen, Li Laogen would definitely hide away like a quail, and he would not cause trouble.

The two went to bed very late that day, but Jin Xiaoye woke up early the next day.

"Shopkeeper Wu has gone to the capital and is not at home, but it is time for him to come back. When he comes back, I will ask him what he needs to bring to the capital." Jin Xiaoye calculated, "I must have a few things to bring to the capital. A nice piece of clothing. I will ask the embroiderer to make it for us later. I will also find someone to make the glass into jewelry as soon as possible. I heard that things in the capital are expensive, so it would be better if we bring more things to sell in the capital..."

"Xiaoye, you are so thoughtful. I have to take the provincial examination next, and I need your help to prepare for it." Li Qingzhi said with a smile.

"I will definitely get things done." Jin Xiaoye was very happy.

Li Qingzhi liked the way she looked cheerful and full of expectations for the future, so he kissed her.

When the two went downstairs, Chang Zhan was making breakfast with his apprentice.

After having two apprentices, it became much more convenient for him to cook. For example, this morning, he asked his apprentice to buy a few kilograms of pork and then made cowpea and pork dumplings for breakfast.

Seeing Li Qingzhi and the others coming down, he asked: "Mr. Li, shopkeeper Jin, how many dumplings do you want to eat?"

The dumplings made by Chang Zhan are quite big. Ten Jin Xiaoye are enough. As for Li Qingzhi... he wants thirty.

"I'll do it right away." Chang Zhan laughed and served dumplings to Li Qingzhi and Jin Xiaoye.

While the two were eating, Qian Changsheng came.

Li Qingzhi invited Qian Changsheng to eat dumplings, and while eating, he said: "Changsheng, I will be busy with the provincial examination next, and I will ask you to look after the school. You are careful in your work and good to the children. I trust you." I will definitely be able to manage the school well..."

Li Qingzhi praised Qian Changsheng, which made Qian Changsheng, who was a little worried that he could not manage the school well, become more confident: "Brother Li, don't worry, I will definitely manage the school well."

Li Qingzhi looked grateful: "Changsheng, I'm lucky to have you."

When Qian Changsheng heard Li Qingzhi's words, he felt

You have to be full of energy.

Li Qingzhi is his benefactor, and he still trusts him so much... He must not let Li Qingzhi down!

Qian Changsheng, full of enthusiasm, went to school after eating dumplings.

Li Qingzhi smiled when he saw him like this.

Young people are easy to fool, but managing a school is also a good experience for Qian Changsheng.

Before he went to Beijing, he had to cure Qian Changsheng's heart, so that Qian Changsheng would have enough energy to manage a school well.

Since he was already planning to leave, Li Qingzhi simply put aside the school affairs completely.

Anyway, he has almost prepared the textbooks and other things, and the rules and regulations have been perfected, so there can be no problems in the school.

Over at Jinye Embroidery Shop...Jin Xiaoye also wants to start trying to let go.

Li Qingzhi was in a good mood and making future plans, while Mrs. Qian was worried.

She went to school and the Golden Leaf Embroidery Workshop a lot some time ago. She even told people about her age and dressed up in an old-fashioned way...

Under such circumstances, she suddenly became pregnant... and she didn't know what others would think of her.

After the surprise, Mrs. Qian couldn't help but feel entangled, and then she glared at Qian Fugui.

Qian Fugui didn't know why Mrs. Qian was glaring at him: "What's wrong? Is there something wrong with me? Tell me and I will change it right away."

Mrs. Qian said nothing and glared at him again.

Qian Fugui said: "You like to stare at me? Then stare more often."

Mrs. Qian: "..."

Chapter 198 Travel Note Completed

After Qian Fugui stayed with Mrs. Qian for two days, he reluctantly left Chongcheng County.

During the two days he was there, Mrs. Qian never went out, but after he left, Mrs. Qian tidied herself up and, together with Qian Changsheng, came to Li Qingzhi early in the morning.

When they came over, Li Qingzhi was eating dumplings again, but this time he was not eating cowpea and pork dumplings, but mushroom and pork dumplings.

Chang Zhan didn't do anything today and watched his two apprentices do it.

The two apprentices Chang Zhan accepted were very attentive, and the dumplings they made were very nice, but a few were not pinched tightly and fell apart in the pot.

Of course this is nothing, but it is still edible.

Li Qingzhi was eating when he saw Mrs. Qian and was stunned.

Mrs. Qian is a little fat, but her skin is very white. Because of the flesh on her face, she has no wrinkles and looks young.

Today, she wore a moon-white sleeveless gauze skirt and a yellow silk shawl. Her hairstyle was also different from before, and she looked more than ten years younger than before.

Li Damao and Li Ermao were stunned for a while before saying, "Grandma Qian, you are so beautiful!"

"Grandma Qian, you look different today!"

Li Laogen also glanced at her curiously, and then murmured jealously: "You're not even a few years younger than me, why are you still dressed like this? You're so charming."

Li Qingzhi frowned and looked at Li Laogen: "Dad, don't speak ill of others in the future."

Seeing Li Qingzhi's ugly face, Li Laogen immediately gave in and said, "I won't say anything next time."

"Mrs. Qian?" Chang Zhan saw it and was a little afraid to recognize her.

Mrs. Qian smiled slightly awkwardly: "It's been hot lately, so I've changed my appearance."

"It's nice to dress up like this. You look young." Li Qing insisted.

Although Li Qingzhi said this, Mrs. Qian still felt uncomfortable.

But even so, she still has to dress like this!

With her like this, it would be normal for her to show her pregnancy in the future, but if she dressed in an old-fashioned way and had a big belly, people around her would probably look at her even more strangely.

And she doesn't want to take her child out in the future and others think she is the child's grandmother.

Li Qing's medical skills are so good, but he doesn't know if he knows how to take care of himself... Should he know something about it?

Mrs. Qian was thinking about asking Li Qingzhi to teach her how to take care of her in a few days.

Mrs. Qian changed her dress, and everyone was a little uncomfortable with it at first, especially the students at Chongcheng Primary School...

In the past few months, Mrs. Qian often went to Chongcheng Primary School to help take care of the female students. She also asked the female students to call her grandma.

Now that she looks like this, how can those female students have the nerve to call her grandma? They finally silently changed their title to Mrs. Qian's aunt.

After a few days, everyone got used to it.

Mrs. Qian looks quite good dressed like this.

Mrs. Qian did not tell anyone about her pregnancy, and her reaction after the pregnancy was not big, so few people knew about it.

People around were just puzzled - what happened to Mrs. Qian?

She suddenly changed her appearance and started telling people about her husband... something she hadn't mentioned before.

Li Qingzhi knew that Mrs. Qian was preparing the ground for her pregnancy.

Jin Xiaoye's birthday was in late May, so it didn't take long for June to arrive.

The chicken that Qian Changsheng and Gou Ying hatched themselves has laid eggs!

It usually takes half a year for free-range chickens to start laying eggs at this time. Their chickens lay eggs earlier than other chickens.

This is not surprising.

Farm chickens often don't feed much. Those chickens often need to find food on their own, so they don't get enough to eat. Naturally, they lay eggs later.

Their chickens are different, they can eat very full every day.

Li Damao, Li Ermao and Zhao Xiaodou even catch insects and feed them. In short, they have enough nutrition, grow fast, and naturally lay eggs early.

Li Damao and others valued these chickens, and Qian Changsheng even asked his servants to clean the chicken coops every day.

But that day, the servant who was cleaning the chicken coop picked up an egg.

It happened to be a holiday for Chongcheng Primary School, Qian Changsheng stayed with Li Qingzhi, and Gou Ying and the others came back early...

Everyone saw the egg, which was smaller than the usual egg.

When a hen first starts laying eggs, the eggs will be very small. It takes a while before she can lay larger eggs.

"Who laid this egg? Is it the Dabao Erbao or my Silver Phoenix?" Gou Ying asked.

How could the servants know?

The chickens were marked and they could tell them apart, but the key was... they didn't keep looking at the chickens and didn't know which one laid the eggs.

"Then what should we do now?" Gou Ying worried: "Should we put the egg back in the henhouse and let them hatch it?"

Whose egg does this belong to?

Also, why did you start laying eggs so quickly?

How old is his Yinfeng? Why do you want to be a mother?

Qian Changsheng also said: "I don't know if this egg can hatch a chick..."

As they talked, these people began to fight for the "custody rights" of the eggs.

Gou Ying said: "I raise my silver phoenix very well. It should have laid these eggs."

Qian Changsheng said: "That's not necessarily the case. It would be great if my family lived to be a hundred years old!"

Li Ermao was not to be outdone: "I think this egg is either Dabao's or Erbao's."

Li Qingzhi saw them struggling around an egg that didn't know who its mother or father was, so he gave them an idea: "Give me this egg to eat. I'm about to take the provincial examination and need supplements." Body."

Everyone looked at Li Qingzhi with condemning eyes.

This is an egg laid by a chick that they hatched themselves!

These chickens were raised little by little as they watched the chicks break out of their shells!

Li Qingzhi actually wants to eat the eggs they lay!

Li Qingzhi asked them: "If you don't eat... do you plan to hatch them all? What happens after they are hatched? A hen can hatch dozens of chicks in a lifetime. Do you have to keep raising so many chicks?" ? Can you raise them? If you don't, do you think you have to wait until those chicks grow up to eat chicken? Instead of raising the chicks and then eating chicken, why don't you let me eat the eggs in the first place."

What Li Qingzhi said makes sense.

These people imagined for a while and finally gave Li Qingzhi the egg, which was not much bigger than a table tennis ball.

Purely natural, pollution-free eggs, quite delicious.

After Li Qingzhi finished eating the eggs, the children raised the chickens separately.

Gou Ying: "Only I can eat the eggs laid by my silver phoenix!"

Qian Changsheng: "I want to feed my eldest aunt the eggs laid by my family."

Li Damao: "Dad, from now on, all the eggs Dabao lays will replenish your body!"

Li Ermao: "Dad, the second baby was hatched by me and is my child. The egg it laid is my grandson... ugh... I'll give it to you too!"

Li Qingzhi: "..." Li Ermao's statement is a bit scary, he just ate an egg!

Their family had raised chickens before. At that time, Li Damao and Li Ermao not only dug out eggs every day, but also coveted their meat every day. Why is it like this now?

Li Qingzhi was a little worried that these people would hatch the eggs and eventually raise more and more chickens to create a chicken farm.

But he soon discovered that he had thought too much.

Within a few days, these children began to compete with each other to see whose chickens laid bigger eggs, and also began to argue about whose eggs were delicious.

It changes so quickly!

In mid-June, Li Qingzhi's "Travels Alone" officially came to an end.

Li Qingzhi wrote a total of 400,000 words for this book. He has already published seven previous books, and he has just finished writing the eighth and final one.

The way he writes this book is different from before. He doesn't write too much about "my" feelings - this is not a story book.

He used this book to describe a future world that was far fairer than Daqi.

After writing about the countryside, he wrote about towns, and then about large factories.

Workers who work in factories have pensions even if they can no longer work.

The factory has a canteen, a bathhouse, a nursery and an elementary school.

This is true support for the young and support for the old.

This book is not just about the social environment, it also contains a lot of knowledge and things that the people of Daqi don't know.

People even made bicycles based on the drawings given in the book.

In the past few months, Li Qingzhi's life has been peaceful, but outside... outside, because of this book, there have actually been waves.

I don't know how many people are looking for Lingdu Sanren, but fortunately no one doubts Li Qingzhi.

The knowledge of Qingdu Sanren was so profound that no one thought that the young Li Qingzhi had such ability.

Li Qingzhi was also happy like this, he didn't want anyone to doubt him!

After finishing writing the book and putting the manuscript away, Li Qingzhi heard Zhang Zao's voice: "Mr. Li, I'm here to see you!"

Li Qingzhi has a lot of secrets, so he has never found a book boy, and he doesn't even have any servants at home.

But this is actually very inconvenient.

After observing the school for a long time, Li Qingzhi talked to Zhang Zao, and then Zhang Zao became his student and worked part-time as his book boy.

This kid has a very flexible mind and he also remembers gratitude. If he is well nurtured, he can become his confidant.

After hearing Zhang Zao's words, Li Qingzhi went downstairs.

As soon as he came downstairs, he saw Gou Tongzhi sitting in the lobby of his house with eight strong men, looking something wrong.

"Master Gou, what's going on?" Li Qingzhi asked.

Gou Tong knew: "Mr. Li, if you hadn't reminded me, I might have died!"

Li Qingzhi didn't react a bit: "What happened?"

Gou Tongzhi has not been to Chongcheng County for two months. He has been too busy to take care of Gou Ying.

This time he came here in a hurry and brought so many people with him... Did something happen to him?

Gou Tong knew: "I was targeted by King Jin's people and almost died!"

Gou Tongzhi said a lot, and only after Li Qingzhi listened did he know what happened.

At the beginning of the year, a woman seduced Gou Tongzhi. Li Qingzhi was afraid that Gou Tongzhi would fall for the woman, so he frightened Gou Tongzhi.

Gou Tong believed it, and after returning to Fucheng, he had been very careful and even asked people to keep an eye on the woman.

Not long after, the woman disappeared. The identity of the woman seemed to be wrong even after repeated searches.

Gou Tongzhi suddenly became vigilant. He had been very careful during this period, but yesterday, he was still attacked.

The woman who had been missing for a long time suddenly appeared in front of him and wanted to kill him!

He was even injured by the other party!

Gou Tongzhi rolled up his sleeves and showed Li Qingzhi his bandaged arm: "She took a knife and wanted to chop me. I blocked it with my hand to save my life, but my arm was injured..."

Gou Tongzhi was assassinated last night, and there was a lot of commotion. He felt that the person who did it was the King of Jin.

"Prince Jin is too lawless..." Gou Tongzhi said with gritted teeth when talking about Prince Jin: "He used a honey trap on me at first, but then when he saw that the honey trap was useless, he wanted to kill me..."

If he hadn't met Qian Fugui, Li Qingzhi would have felt that the assassination of Gou Tongzhi was arranged by King Jin.

But now...according to the news that Qian Fugui got, there are many people from King Yan on King Jin's side, so this incident may have been planned by King Yan.

However, no matter whose hand it was, Gou Tongzhi was injured.

These royal relatives are indeed a bit lawless!

Based on the current situation...will those people be targeting him?

King Jin may not necessarily pay attention to a young scholar like him, but the people under King Jin may do something wrong under the calculation of King Yan.

They have already done such things as assassinating Gou Tongzhi, what else can they not dare to do?

He has a golden finger. It's not that easy for those people to kill him, but it's different for the people around him!

Jin Xiaoye and Li Damao and Li Ermao are his sweethearts, even if Li Laogen... If something happens to Li Laogen, he won't be able to take part in the imperial examination!

Li Qingzhi thought a lot in an instant.

Gou Tong knew: "I found some people to protect me. I came here this time to see Ying'er, and I left a few people to protect him..."

He was very worried about Gou Ying, so he came to Chongcheng County injured the day after the assassination.

Gou Tongzhi specially left four strong men to protect Gou Ying, and then left in a hurry.

There are still many things for him to deal with in Fucheng.

After Gou Tongzhi left, Li Qingzhi immediately transferred a few workers from Juewizhai and asked them to protect his family.

He also scared Li Laogen and told him not to go out.

Li Laogen was dumbfounded: "Don't go out? What will I do then? I have nothing to do at home!"

Li Qing insisted: "Dad, you can go to the school to help." He didn't want to lock Li Laogen. Li Laogen could go to the school.

"How can I help you over there..." Li Laogen was not happy.

He really likes to go to the county seat to drink tea and brag!

"Dad, after I finish the provincial examination, I will go to the capital to take the national examination. Do you want to go?"

"Capital? Of course I want to go!" Li Laogen said.

"Then you should be careful during this period and stay at home." Li Qing insisted.

In fact, there was another reason why he didn't let Li Laogen go out.

After Shen Xuniang, Li Laogen met another peach blossom.

Although Li Laogen was not fooled and even told him about it from the beginning to "show loyalty" to him, he already had a faint feeling that something was wrong.

So... Li Laogen is better not to go out.

Li Da Mao and Li Er Mao didn't plan to let them go to study with Li Xiucai anymore. They could just stay at Chongcheng Primary School.

Jin Xiaoye must go out, so arrange a few more people to protect her.

The people of King Jin may not necessarily keep an eye on him. Li Qingzhi did this mainly to prepare for a rainy day.

Li Qingzhi didn't know that at this moment, someone on King Jin's side was arguing about his matter.

Hong Hui encouraged Jin Wang's people to attack Li Qingzhi, but this matter... the leader did not agree.

The man who took over the mission from King Jin and came to Jiang'an Province to cause trouble for Governor Zhang was named Xu, named Xu Yuandong.

Xu Yuandong was very loyal to the King of Jin. After he came to Jiang'an Province, he wanted to place people around Gou Tongzhi to lead him to commit wrongdoings or to frame Gou Tongzhi for some wrongdoings.

If this happened, it would not only bring down Gou Tongzhi, but also make Governor Zhang lose face.

But he never succeeded.

Forget it, the people under him didn't know what was going on, but they went to assassinate Gou Tongzhi!

They even made things worse!

Xu Yuandong was angry, but Hong Hui actually asked him to assassinate Li Qingzhi...

Would it be good for the King of Jin to assassinate a scholar? No!

Will King Jin praise him for this? Won't!

Xu Yuandong disagreed, reprimanded Hong Hui, and then began to scold those who planned the "Gou Tongzhi assassination" case.

Gou Tongzhi's assassination was not a good thing for them!

The people under him are simply a bunch of losers. They don't say anything when things can't be done, and they still cause trouble for him!

Li Qingzhi was not clear about this.

On this day, while looking for someone to protect his family, he handed the written manuscript to Chang Zhan and asked Chang Zhan to deliver it to Governor Zhang.

The next day, Governor Zhang received the ending of "The Travels of Alone" from Li Qingzhi.

Li Qingzhi had never stopped exchanging letters with Governor Zhang, but he had not sent any manuscripts to Governor Zhang for several days.

He planned to finish writing and then send it to Governor Zhang... It wasn't until yesterday that he finally finished writing.

Governor Zhang opened the food box and saw Juewizhai's spicy duck and some raw wontons inside.

Chang Zhan has recently been teaching his disciples how to make various kinds of pasta, so he can eat dumplings and wontons sent by Chang Zhan from time to time.

Governor Zhang is a pasta lover. When he saw the wontons, he immediately asked Butler Li to cook them. When the wontons were taken away, the manuscript underneath was revealed.

Governor Zhang took it out and read the letter written by Li Qingzhi first.

"A Travel Notes Alone" is actually finished

...Governor Zhang felt a little disappointed, but he couldn't wait to open the book and read it.

The world described in this book is really beautiful.

If only Daqi could do this!

Governor Zhang read on and found that Li Qingzhi wrote "military camp" this time.

The military in that world was divided into air force, army and navy, and people were proud to be a soldier...

In Daqi, those who serve as soldiers are all people who have no money to eat, and the common people still regard military service as a scourge!

There is also this strict military discipline that "does not take a stitch from the common people"... If we really have an army like this, we must be invincible.

Governor Zhang was excited when he read it. On the other side...the seventh "A Travel Notes of Loneliness" had just been printed, and today happened to be the day for sale.

The first volume of "Lonely Travels" attracted many people to rush to buy it. Now that the book has reached its seventh volume, even more people are rushing to buy it! When Shenjia Bookstore first started selling, there was a long queue at the door.

Some people even buy several copies at once. After buying them, they will send them to their relatives and friends who do not live in the provincial capital!

As before, some people can't wait to read the book after they get it.

One of them exclaimed: "There is another drawing in this book, it's a loom!"

"Weaving machine? Can it be used?"

"It must be possible, right? All the drawings drawn by Qingdu Sanren can be made!"

"That bike is very interestingly designed!"

"I don't know if this loom is useful or not."

…

Everyone started talking, but some people were paying attention not to the textile machine, but to the factory described inside.

Li Qingzhi wrote this book based on the development level of the 1970s and 1980s.

In the 1970s and 1980s, people were actually quite poor, and things like mobile phones and computers were not widely available to ordinary people.

But this has already amazed Daqi's readers.

"This factory is really good!"

"It's really good, but it's offensive. Men and women work together."

"Since this is a unified world, what if men and women work together?"

"It's simply unreasonable that a woman here can take the initiative to ask for a divorce."

"I think this is well written. This is the real world of Datong."

…

While we were chatting, someone said angrily: "I have read all the books written by Qingdu Sanren. He is just a person who is seeking fame and reputation. He hides his head and shows his tail, and dare not appear in front of others!"

Then... this man was beaten by the people around him.

The people who came to line up to buy "The Travels of Alone" all liked the book very much and admired Alone's Sanren very much.

At this time, someone suddenly came and said that it was not good to be alone, and it would be weird if he didn't get beaten!

As the provincial examination approached, some scholars came to the provincial capital in advance. While visiting each other, they also visited the provincial capital's governors in an attempt to get their advice.

And when there are more people in the provincial capital, there will be more disputes.

"The world written in this book is the real paradise!"

"It would be great if I could go to that world!"

"What's so good about this? In my opinion, this book should be banned!"

…

The more people argue, the more people buy books.

Shen Zhilan made a lot of money and felt even better thinking that her caravan was about to return from the capital.

When his caravan went to the capital, he brought thousands of copies of "Lonely Travels" with him. He didn't know if the people in the capital liked this book.

Of course, this is not the key, the key is...if everything goes well, his caravan can make him a lot of money this time.

His business is doing better and better now, but Yulon Trading Company is on the decline.

Thinking of Yulon Trading Company, Shen Zhilan thought of Qian Fugui.

He feels that Qian Fugui is quite pitiful.

Qian Fugui, a businessman, should have taken refuge with Prince Yan just to make more money. But now it's better, he didn't make much money, and his family was ruined! News came out that Qian Fugui's wife and nephew were killed by Eunuch Lu's people, but I don't know whether it is true or not.

And money, wealth and honor... He has been seriously ill for several months and has not recovered, and he doesn't know if he can survive it.

However, although Shen Zhilan sympathized with Qian Fugui, she had no intention of contacting Qian Fugui.

The two have different masters... He has already drawn a clear line with Qian Fugui.

Shen Zhilan actually thought about contacting Prince Yan before, but now... Eunuch Lu hates Prince Yan so much that as long as Eunuch Lu does not fall, Prince Yan will be his enemy!

But there was one thing Shen Zhilan couldn't figure out.

He did deal with Yulon Trading Company, but he didn't know what happened. He didn't get much money from Yulon Trading Company.

Chapter 199 Clues

"Lonely Travels" has been written, but Li Qingzhi did not relax.

To say that what he cares about most in this world is definitely his own safety.

The end of the world is so dangerous, and he wants to survive. This world is a thousand times better than the end of the world, and he even wants to live for a long time.

He also wants to live well and comfortably, and hopes that his family and even his descendants will be safe and happy.

But now... I'm afraid someone is targeting him.

If you strike first, you will be stronger. If you strike later, you will suffer disaster. He has to find out the person behind it.

Li Qingzhi found six workers from Juewizhai and asked two of them to guard the school, while the remaining four followed Jin Xiaoye when he went out.

When these workers first came to Chongcheng County, their physical condition was very poor, but after a year of recuperation, their bodies have recovered.

Among the people who came to protect Jin Xiaoye, there was one who looked almost dead a year ago, but now, he has muscles on his body and looks very strong. It is said that he is also a good at killing pigs.

"Mr. Li, don't worry, we will protect Shopkeeper Jin." Several people said one after another.

"Thank you very much." Li Qingzhi thanked him seriously.

However, Jin Xiaoye was a little uncomfortable with it: "Would it be a bit exaggerated if I brought so many people with me when I go out?" In Chongcheng County, Zhu Qian, the president of the Chamber of Commerce, would not bring so many people with him when he went out.

"It's nothing to exaggerate. Safety is the most important thing," Li Qing insisted, "Xiaoye, those people dare to assassinate even Gou Tongzhi. There is nothing they dare not do. You must be careful."

Jin Xiaoye said: "I will."

After Jin Xiaoye took the workers out, Li Qingzhi looked at Zhang Zao: "Xiao Zhang, let's go out."

Zhang Zao responded and followed.

Li Laogen was a little unhappy when he saw this: "You didn't let me go out, so you walked out yourself..."

"Then you are coming with me?" Li Qingzhi looked at Li Laogen.

Li Laogen shook his head like a rattle: "I won't go out!"

Gou Tongzhi was assassinated, and Li Qingzhi found so many people to follow Jin Xiaoye... It must be dangerous outside, so he wouldn't go out!

Li Laogen cherished his life just as much as Li Qingzhi.

He had a bad life before, but now he has finally had a good life. He will have a few more years to live.

Thinking like this, Li Laogen said again: "Ah Qing, you'd better not go out. If you want to go out...can you call a few more people? You have thin arms and legs, what should you do if you are beaten?"

Li Qing said: "Ordinary people can't beat me."

Li Laogen didn't believe it: "You are a braggart better than me!"

Li Qingzhi didn't talk to Li Laogen anymore and took Zhang Zao out.

After watching Li Qingzhi leave, Li Laogen went to the school.

It was morning now. The students were all in class and the teacher was not free. Li Laogen went to the kitchen and chatted with the cooks: "Did you know? My Ah Qing said that he will go to Beijing to take the exam in the future. You'll take me with you!"

"That's the capital, where the emperor lives. Few people in the entire Chongcheng County have been there, but I can go!"

"My Ah Qing is really, too filial!"

…

Several cooks: "..."

In the summer, cooking in the kitchen is very hard, and their clothes are soaked with sweat!

Li Laogen, on the other hand, was sitting next to him, waving a cattail leaf fan, and still saying such things!

Aunt Jin scooped a ladle of water from the water tank and poured it on Li Laogen: "Don't get in the way here!"

Li Laogen was not angry even after being splashed with water: "I won't leave!"

It's nothing to be splashed with water in the middle of summer! He's had shit thrown at him before! Anyway, he has a son like Li Qingzhi, so these people don't dare to do anything to him. Li Laogen continued to talk.

Aunt Jin: "..." Who are these people?

On the other side, Li Qingzhi went to find Ding Xi.

At first, he wrote an autobiography for Zhu Qian. Later, after Zhu Qian's introduction, he wrote an autobiography for Ding Xi and got to know Ding Xi.

However, he didn't have much contact with Ding Xi. In the past, if he had anything to do, he would go to Zhu Qian.

But recently Zhu Qian went to Fucheng and was not in Chongqing.

In the city and county, it is also possible to approach Ding Xi, and it is even easier for Ding Xi to handle this matter.

Ding Xi has many bodyguards under his command, providing bodyguard services to businessmen in Chongcheng County and even surrounding counties.

When Li Qingzhi wrote his autobiography, he felt that his life experience was like a martial arts novel.

Because he is in this field, Ding Xi knows many people from all walks of life.

You know, when Zhang Yunquan was domineering in Chongcheng County, he did not dare to offend Ding Xi. Of course, Ding Xi would not offend Zhang Yunquan.

Li Qingzhi approached Ding Xi and asked Ding Xi to help him keep an eye on whether there were any suspicious strangers in Chongcheng County.

In addition... Li Qingzhi also asked Ding Xi to help him keep an eye on the Hong family.

Not many people know that he is an independent person, and those who do know will not let it out yet.

In the eyes of outsiders, he is a scholar with some fame and outstanding knowledge.

Although he wrote letters to Gou Tongzhi and Governor Zhang, it really didn't count. These days it is common for scholars to write poems and articles to praise a certain official. Most people will think that he does this purely to please those who agree with him.

King Jin's people would not target him because of such a small thing, but if there were other people involved, the situation would be different.

Li Qingzhi had always been wary of Hong Hui, and this man gave him a bad feeling.

"Speaking of Hong Hui, Mr. Li, my men saw Hong Hui in Chongcheng County not long ago." Ding Xi told Li Qing.

He is usually a brother-in-law with his subordinates, so he knows a lot of things.

"Shopkeeper Ding, please help me keep an eye on him." Li Qingzhi said immediately.

Ding Xi agreed immediately.

Li Qingzhi's knowledge is very good. If nothing happens, he will definitely be able to pass the exam. Being friends with Li Qingzhi will only bring benefits but no disadvantages.

Li Qingzhi chatted with Ding Xi again, and then invited Ding Xi to a restaurant for dinner.

Li Qingzhi's appetite was as good as ever. Ding Xi saw that Li Qingzhi was so good at eating, and couldn't help but ask: "Mr. Li, you eat so much, why don't you gain weight?"

Li Qingzhi laughed: "I have a lot of muscles on my body."

Ding Xi didn't believe it. Li Qingzhi was much fatter than before, but he still looked a little thin.

These scholars are too weak!

Ding Xi thinks that a man must be big and round, with a fist that can stand up to a man, and an arm that can walk like a horse, then he is considered powerful!

After dinner, Li Qingzhi took Zhang Zao back home.

He was careful, but nothing bad happened around him in the next few days, and life remained peaceful.

At most... Li Damao and Li Ermao were reluctant to give him the eggs laid by Dabao Erbao, so they were not filial to him.

These two children now eat the eggs themselves if they touch them.

They asked Chang Zhan to fry them for them, and they ate deliciously every day. After eating, they fed Dabao and Erbao, and then emphasized that Bao Erbao's eggs were good.

It was at this time that Ding Xi found Li Qingzhi and said that one of his men had seen Hong Hui in Fucheng.

Also on this day, Fang Xiu Niang, whom Li Qingzhi had not seen for a long time, came to Chongcheng County and found Li Qingzhi: "Mr. Li, I saw Fang Zijian in Fucheng!"

After Fang Xiu Niang ruined her face, she kept basking in the sun and tanned her face a lot.

Her appearance is very different from before.

She lived a good life in Fucheng, earning a lot of money from her braised meat shop, and a man offered himself to marry her, but of course she didn't agree.

Fang Xiuniang doesn't want to get married. She plans to make more money, come to Fang Jinniang when she gets old, live with Fang Jinniang, and let Fang Jinniang's descendants take more care of her.

Then...she saw Fang Zijian in Fucheng.

"I paid someone to keep an eye on him, and found out that he was living in a northern goods shop. I don't know what he was doing, and my mother didn't know where she was... Mr. Li, he never went out since he was assassinated. , the assassination of Gou Tongzhi may have something to do with him."

The more Fang Xiu Niang thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong, so she asked others to look at the shop while she followed the person who brought her braised food to Chongcheng County.

"Thank you for letting me know." Li Qingzhi thanked him. After asking Fang Zijian where he lived, he immediately wrote a letter and had it sent to Gou Tongzhi.

After Gou Tongzhi was assassinated, he kept looking for the murderer but never found it.

Fang Zijian and Hong Hui are not necessarily related to the murderer, but even if someone is arrested by mistake, it is not a big deal. They can just let them go when the time comes.

Not long after Li Qingzhi sent the letter, Jin Xiaoye came back.

At the beginning, Jin Xiaoye was a little uncomfortable with having four people around him, but after a few days, he got used to it.

Not only that, she also found that it was much easier for her to do things with four people around her.

She hadn't paid attention to the affairs of the gold leaf embroidery workshop recently, and had been looking for craftsmen to process the glass. Originally, she was a woman, and those craftsmen or jewelry workshops didn't take her seriously, but since she was followed by four strong men, Han... When these people talked to her, their voices were much gentler than before, and they no longer asked for high prices.

All that glass should be made into jewelry in September.

Jin Xiaoye chatted with Li Qingzhi about the glass, and then asked about Gou Tongzhi's assassination.

Li Qingzhi told her about the progress, and said: "It stands to reason that King Jin's people wouldn't keep an eye on me, but I had a faint feeling that someone was watching me before, and the situation on my father's side wasn't quite right either. , I suspect that Hong Hui and Fang Zijian are helping the people of King Jin, or they may be helping the people of King Yan."

"These two people are really haunted." Jin Xiaoye frowned.

"They probably hate me to death." Li Qing insisted.

Li Qingzhi was right, Hong Hui and Fang Zijian hated him.

They had always wanted to take revenge on Li Qingzhi, but they couldn't find the chance.

Recently, because of the assassination of Gou Tongzhi, they had to huddle in the house and did not even dare to go out.

"If I had known, I would have spent some money to find a desperado to attack Li Qing directly!" Hong Hui said, "I would have had his hand chopped off to see how he would take the imperial examination."

Rather than killing Li Qingzhi, he wanted Li Qingzhi to live in pain.

Fang Zijian also strongly agreed.

As a result, while they were talking, someone suddenly broke in...

Chapter 200 Provincial Examination

Gou Tongzhi had great trust in Li Qingzhi.

If it weren't for Li Qingzhi, how would he have the chance to jump from a county magistrate to a fellow magistrate?

If he wanted to be promoted to prefect safely, it was best to listen to Li Qing.

The woman pestered him before, but he ignored her at all. As a result, his wife

The wife still wronged him and quarreled with him...

At that time, Gou Tongzhi was actually a little rebellious and even considered taking that woman home - didn't his wife wrongly accuse him of having an affair with that woman? He might as well just settle this matter!

If his wife hadn't been pregnant, he might have done this!

Fortunately, Li Qingzhi reminded him in time, and he did not play a trick on the American mantra.

He was very wary of that woman, who could even hurt his arm with a knife. If he took that woman home as a concubine and she stabbed him in the chest... would he still survive?

Gou Tongzhi was frightened when he thought about this, and became even more grateful to Li Qingzhi.

Therefore, when he received Li Qingzhi's letter and saw Fang Zijian's hiding place in the letter, he immediately led people to arrest all the people in the northern goods shop and interrogated them immediately.

This trial...the people who assassinated him were indeed arranged by these people!

It's really not easy for Li Qingzhi. He searched for so long but still couldn't find the mastermind behind the scenes. However, Li Qingzhi found him in just a few days!

It's just... these people are the subordinates of King Jin. Not only is the leader Xu Yuandong a confidant of King Jin, but Xu Yuandong's sister is also King Jin's woman... How should he deal with it?

Gou Tong knew that he would not stop and made another trip to Chongcheng County.

"I didn't touch Xu Yuandong. I scrutinized Fang Zijian and them very hard. They were indeed responsible for assassinating me..." Gou Tongzhi said in detail what Hong Hui and Fang Zijian had done this year. .

After Hong Hui couldn't get along in Chongcheng County, he went to help an official who resigned and returned to his hometown to do shameful things. Later, Fang Zijian took refuge in him.

When Fang Zijian left Chongcheng County, he actually took Fang's mother with him, but later they ran out of money and couldn't even afford food. Fang's mother wanted to return to Chongcheng County to live a stable life, and the two always quarreled.

Fang Zijian felt that it was not good for Fang's mother to live with him without a fixed place, so he found a good home for Fang's mother and married her off.

Of course this is what he said, is it actually...

He just "sold" his mother.

Gou Tongzhi was amazed by Fang Zijian's approach.

Although his mother was not good to her two daughters, she was very good to his son. As a result... he actually treated his mother like this?

Mother Fang is too old to have any more children. If someone marries her, they will most likely make her work. She will definitely not have a good life in her later years.

"I didn't expect that Fang Zijian could do such a thing!" Gou Tongzhi sighed.

Li Qing insisted: "If he can sell his sisters, he can also sell his own mother." Fang's mother had asked Fang Zijian to live a life that was superior to other people in the family since she was a child. She did not treat her two daughters as human beings in front of Fang Zijian. , Fang Zijian naturally does not take the people around him seriously, including his mother.

"Yes." Gou Tongzhi continued.

After selling his mother, Fang Zijian began to follow Hong Hui to help Hong Hui, and then he and Hong Hui followed Xu Yuandong to plan against Gou Tongzhi.

Xu Yuandong only targeted Gou Tongzhi, but Hong Hui and Fang Zijian targeted Li Qingzhi.

None of them succeeded, and then someone took the risk and tried to assassinate Gou Tongzhi.

Gou Tongzhi felt a little aggrieved: "Mr. Li, what should I do now? That Xu Yuandong is a confidant of the King of Jin. When beating a dog, it depends on the owner..."

Gou Tongzhi was worried that if he killed Xu Yuandong, the King of Jin would continue to cause trouble for him.

King Jin is a little crazy now, he doesn't want to die! After hearing this, Li Qingzhi said: "My lord, it is better to divert the trouble eastward."

Gou Tongzhi looked curious.

Li Qing said: "Master Gou, I know a lot of people, and I learned a piece of news. Xu Yuandong is from King Jin, but he has people from Prince Yan."

Li Qingzhi explained the relationship between Prince Yan and Prince Jin, and then said: "Prince Jin does want to cause trouble for you, but he probably won't want to kill you. The people of Prince Yan are different." Prince Yan The people wanted Xu Yuandong to kill Gou Tongzhi. In this case, the King of Jin would be charged with assassinating an official of the imperial court.

Gou Tongzhi didn't expect that there were so many things going on behind the scenes: "Then I...find a way to make Xu Yuandong hate Prince Yan?"

"Yes, my lord, please arrange a scene to tell Xu Yuandong what Prince Yan did, and then try to get Xu Yuandong released." Li Qing insisted.

He was about to take the provincial examination, and since he had many secrets, he didn't want to cause any complications.

And neither King Jin nor King Yan is a good person. It is actually best to let them eat dog.

If Lu Qingxi is added to the mix, the capital will definitely be in chaos, and people there won't be able to care about him.

As for how to make Xu Yuandong believe it...just let Gou Tongzhi handle it. He believed that Gou Tongzhi could handle it well.

"Mr. Li, how do you know so much?" Gou Tongzhi asked Li Qingzhi.

Li Qing said: "I have been corresponding with Governor Zhang."

Gou Tongzhi glanced at Li Qingzhi enviously.

He also knew Governor Zhang, but Governor Zhang did not correspond with him at all and would not tell him these things.

However, Li Qingzhi is very capable, and it is right for Governor Zhang to value Li Qingzhi.

Li Qingzhi chatted with Gou Tongzhi and told Gou Tongzhi what he learned from Qian Fugui about the king of Yan County. He even told Gou Tongzhi the truth about the loss of the disaster relief silver seven years ago: "Yan County The king has been hiding in the dark to target King Jin. If Xu Yuandong knew about this, he would definitely not bother to harm you again."

Gou Tongzhi chatted with Li Qingzhi and immediately returned to Fucheng.

When he was on the road, he thought about how to let Xu Yuandong go and let Xu Yuandong know what Prince Yan had done. As soon as he arrived in Fucheng, he immediately made arrangements.

When everything was done, Gou Tongzhi breathed a sigh of relief.

After relaxing and thinking about what King Jin and Prince Yan had done, Gou Tongzhi suddenly wanted to understand why Governor Zhang followed Lu Qingxi!

Eunuch Lu was not as crazy as King Jin and King Yan. He didn't deal with King Jin's party at first. On weekdays, the most he would do was demote the officials he disliked.

When Gou Tongzhi returned home after finishing his work, he saw his wife looking at him with an aggrieved face and red eyes.

His wife gave birth to a daughter not long ago, and she didn't know what happened after that. She was always unhappy.

Gou Tongzhi has never liked his wife's behavior, but today the more he looks at his wife, the more he likes her.

No matter what, his wife will not use the knife on him!

Li Qingzhi has been paying attention to matters in Fucheng.

Gou Tongzhi released Xu Yuandong, but did not let go of others. Hong Hui, Fang Zijian and others were suspected of assassinating court officials and were sentenced to death.

The people in Chongcheng County also talked about this matter after tea and dinner.

"I used to talk about how good Hong Hui was... Now look at him, what's so good about him?"

"Then there is no good person in the Hong family."

"Gou Tongzhi is such a good person! He actually assassinated Gou Tongzhi!"

"That Fang Zi recommended him even more. I heard he sold his mother."

"He wanted to sell his sister before, but now it's normal to sell his mother." ...

Although Gou Tongzhi has left Chongcheng County, the people of Chongcheng County still miss this good official.

They hate to assassinate those who agree with him.

But soon, everyone was talking about Hong Hui and Fang Zijian no longer, but about the upcoming provincial examination.

The rural examination, also known as Qiuwei, takes place once every three years.

The academic examination was presided over by the academic administration of the province, but the provincial examination was presided over by officials arranged by the imperial court. The examination venue was still in the provincial capital.

Those who want to participate in the provincial examination need to register one month in advance. Therefore, Li Qingzhi plans to go to the provincial capital in early July. Jin Xiaoye, Li Damao and Li Ermao will all go with him.

By the way, we also want to see if the Golden Leaf Embroidery Workshop and the school can operate normally without them.

As for the Juewei Zhai... Li Qingzhi believed that Chang Zhan could take care of it. In fact, the Juewei Zhai should have been owned by Chang Zhan.

As for glass jewelry, Jin Xiaoye entrusts it to jewelry workshops and craftsmen, and just pick it up when the time comes.

Those workshops might steal some glass or imitate the jewelry designed by Li Qingzhi, but since glass is not valuable, the jewelry styles will be imitated sooner or later, and the two of them can see through it.

I heard that the wooden shopkeeper in Beijing found many embroiderers to imitate the products of Jinye Embroidery Workshop, and made a lot of money. Before going to the provincial capital, Li Qingzhi and Jin Xiaoye went back to Miaoqian Village.

"Li Xiucai, are you going to take the provincial examination?"

"Li Xiucai, after you pass the exam, will you be admitted to the imperial examination?"

"Li Xiucai..."

Some older people in the village asked curiously, but as for the young people, they no longer dared to move forward.

Li Qingzhi chatted with the elders in the village, and Jin Xiaoye was also chatting with Jin Xiaoshu and the others.

Now that the weather is hot, Jin's father and mother are worried that if they take too much braised food, it will spoil if they can't sell it all. So the braised food they get from Juewei Zhai is relatively small, and it is basically sold out in the afternoon.

Today, they returned home early.

Hearing that Jin Xiaoye was going to follow Li Qingzhi to the provincial capital, and possibly the capital in the future, Jin's father and mother nodded repeatedly, but they didn't know what to say, so they just kept saying, "You have to take good care of Da Mao and Er Mao."

"I will, and you should also take care of yourselves." Jin Xiaoye said.

Father Jin and Mother Jin nodded again and again.

Jin Xiaoye chatted with Jin's father and mother, and then went to find Fang Jinniang: "Jinniang, are you going to visit your mother?"

After Fang's mother and Fang Zijian spent all their money, Fang Zijian married Fang's mother to a middle-aged man whose wife had died.

When Gou Tongzhi interrogated Fang Zijian, he asked about Fang's mother's whereabouts and told Fang Jinniang about it.

Fang Jinniang said: "I won't go, I'm very busy now, and since my mother is married, she belongs to someone else's family and has nothing to do with me."

If her mother was unmarried and returned to Chongcheng County, she, the daughter, might be taken advantage of.

But isn't her mother married?

She can completely ignore her in the future.

She is living a good life now, just pretend she doesn't have this person!

"Very good!" Jin Xiaoye agreed very much. Fang's mother was so bad at Fang Jinniang. It would be quite frustrating if Fang Jinniang still wanted to see Fang's mother.

Jin Xiaoye turned to talk about Jinye Embroidery Workshop.

Fang Jinniang is literate, and she has been taken by Jin Xiaoye for the past two years... She can still manage an embroidery workshop well.

As for Jin Xiaoshu, he drove a boat business. He started the boat business bit by bit by himself, so Jin Xiaoye didn't need to worry about it.

Jin Xiaoye and Li Qingzhi had a meal at Jin's house, and the next day, they left Chongcheng County together and headed for the provincial capital.

Last year, Li Qingzhi went to the provincial capital with Zhu Xunmiao, but this time, he did not go with other people who took the provincial examination.

Among the scholars in Chongcheng County, he was only acquainted with Li Xiucai and Zhu Xunmiao. Li Xiucai had long given up on taking the exam. As for Zhu Xunmiao, he knew that he would not pass the exam and had no intention of taking the exam. He planned to study at Chongwen Academy for a few years. book, and then take the provincial examination.

However, Li Qing was still holding on to Zhu Qian's house.

Zhu Qian offered to lend him the house to live in, and he agreed.

They all planned to take Li Laogen to the capital. This time to the provincial capital, Li Qingzhi took him along with him, as well as Zhao Xiaodou.

Zhao Xiaodou was young, and Li Qingzhi was afraid that he would not be used to traveling far away, so he asked him specifically if he wanted to follow him to the provincial capital. He wanted to go, and Zhao Laosan agreed, so he took him with him.

In fact, bringing Zhao Xiaodou is nothing. What makes Li Qingzhi the most helpless is that Li Damao and Li Ermao want to bring their chickens.

Li Qingzhi was sitting on the boat heading to the provincial capital, drinking tea and blowing in the wind. At his feet, Li Damao, Li Ermao and Zhao Xiaodou's chickens were placed in the chicken coop and were "clucking".

These three chickens, after following them to the provincial capital, may follow them to the capital.