“I see, thanks.”

“Why do you sound so awkward. Thanking me for this and that.”

Aunty Xie pulled the excited Xu Qing to sit down down and mentioned jokingly, “by the way in which I heard one thing about Li Changfeng’s household within the village at present. The household separated with Li Changfeng. Did he let you know earlier than that he was separating?” Aunty Xie went out to purchase some groceries at present. He heard an individual who simply returned from Jixiang village was discussing this matter with Wei household spouse. He eavesdropped their dialog eager to know extra concerning the Li household’s enterprise. Then he heard Li Changfeng was going to to depart the home.

Xu Qing quietly listened to Aunty Xie‘s phrases, “sure, he advised me.”

Aunty Xie hated the iron for not changing into metal and patted Xu Qing’s shoulder, “What had been you pondering? Splitting up with the household; it isn’t an excellent factor to utterly sever the ties , and …“ Aunty Xie whispered, “this matter nonetheless had one thing to do with the third Li.”

Xu Qing didn’t perceive and requested confusedly, “what does it should do with the third Li?”

Aunty Xie signed barely, “that Li Laosan is a widely known determine each out and in of the county.  He was admitted as a scholar just a few years again. TSK! TSK!, he was fairly excellent.”

“Are there many students in our village? Aunty Xie glared, “Is expertise a Chinese language cabbage that it’s in every single place? They aren’t many.”

“Ha ha, I don’t perceive the scenario. You go on. You go on.” Xu Qing‘s foolish expression amused Aunty Xie.

It turned out that Li Laosan was additionally an attention-grabbing character. Among the many three villages – Xingfu village, Jixiang village, and Anle village – there are solely six students. When Li Laosan was admitted as a scholar, he was the youngest in thess villages.

“Then what was the age of the oldest candidate to be admitted as a scholar?”

Aunty Xie stretched out 5 fingers and waved in entrance of Xu Qing’s eyes, “this,” Is that fifty?

“50 years outdated. It was a person from a village. After being admitted, he additionally knew that he can’t cross additional exams so, he opened a faculty in a village and have become a instructor. Don’t assume that it’s shabby.  He was fairly good. Later his faculty produced two skills who grew to become admitted as students.”

“That individual actually benefited the villagers.” Xu Qing knew that there was no faculty in Xingfu village. If somebody needed to review, they needed to go to the varsity in Anle village an hour and a half away.

Aunty Xie additionally spoke with some respect, “Sure, he did, and after Li Laosan was chosen as a gifted scholar, he tried and sat in just a few extra exams however failed. He was additionally ambiguously persuaded by the city chief.” 

Aunty Xie stretched his neck, modified his expression, and imitated the Chief’s tone, “You, younger folks, ought to reap the benefits of their age to do different issues. You may nonetheless be a champion in life.”

They each laughed collectively. Aunty Xie continued, “later when these phrases got here out, Li Laosan head no face to proceed learning. Even when he needed to, the household didn’t have the cash left to assist him.”

Li Laosan felt misplaced and returned to Jixiang Village to farm within the title of a gifted scholar, however he wasn’t used to the lifetime of the agricultural folks. The physique of a scholar wasn’t as robust as an strange villager.

Later, the villagers in Jixiang village requested Li Laosan to arrange a faculty of their village, just like the one in Anle village. If the villages didn’t have the funds for, they might ship some meals to Li Laosan, and solely requested for the kids to be enlightened a little bit. That was it. However Li Laosan was pretentious and unwilling to be a instructor as a result of he nonetheless felt that he may nonetheless cross extra exams someday.

“Then is that this why the villages had been irritated by him?” If it wasn’t for this, Xu Qing thought that the 2 folks he met on the market at present wouldn’t be speaking about L with such disdain. An individual with fame and expertise wouldn’t normally be handled like this. It doesn’t matter what you have a look at it, he was nonetheless a well-known expertise.

Aunty Xie sneered, “No, he didn’t even wish to contemplate it. He was raised by the Li household to solely research for years. He didn’t wish to educate, didn’t work onerous, and even pressured Li Changfeng out. He’s actually good, humph.”

Is it actually true that Li Laosan pressured Li Changfeng to separate? Xu Qing had one other hypothesis in his coronary heart.

Aunty Xie was nonetheless frightened, “this Li Changfeng is nice with all the things, however he’s too trustworthy. Luckily, he’s getting into your home. In any other case, I don’t understand how he will probably be bullied by different folks.”

Xu Qing shook his head in his coronary heart. Plainly many individuals have been fooled by that individual. He initially thought he had discovered an harmless golden retriever, however it turned out to be a black-bellied searching canine.

It was midday, however there was no feeling of spring warmth within the woods. As a substitute, there was a breeze caressed by nature.  Li Changfeng and Chen Qi every carried a big bundle of firewood again to the village.

Chen Qi acted like an honest individual to the relaxed Li Changfeng, “You mentioned so immediately that you simply had been going to be a recruited son-in-law, which shocked me. I don’t know, however no less than it’s best to give me a heads as much as put together.”

Li Changfeng simply walked down the mountain, carrying a heavy load of firewood, by way of the forest’s timber and weeds. He shook off some leaves that had clung to his legs. “Why do it’s important to put together? It’s not like I used to be going to come back dwell with you.” 

Chen Qi was sad, “in any case, we grew up collectively enjoying with mud; to not point out the rest.”

Chen Qi’s household had just one ger besides him. He obtained married when he was 17 or 18, however he nonetheless had no kids.  Luckily, Chen Qi’s mom was not a forceful individual so, his spouse led an excellent life. They obtained alongside properly even when he left for the navy service 5 years in the past.

“I’m pleased. At this age, if I don’t get married quickly, I should be formally matched.”

Li Changfeng was delighted when he considered Xu Qing. He hasn’t acquired a message to this present day, and he didn’t know when the marriage can be. He heard that the twenty eighth of this month was an excellent day, and plenty of {couples} have chosen to get married that day.

“So, do you want him? What sort of individual is he?”

Chen Qi picked up a department from the facet of the highway and stored hitting the firewood carried by Li Changfeng, making ‘da da da’ noises.

The annoying sound appear to show the eagerness of the one that triggered it.

“It’s not like you already know him anyway.” As quickly as he reached the junction, ignoring Chen Qi who had a depressed look behind, Li Changfeng walked down the highway on his personal.

“This child!” 

Chen Qi shook his shoulders to take away some branches that pierced his garments, and walked in direction of one other route. His and Li Changfeng’s homes had been separated by these two roads. They lived neither far or shut to one another.

“You’re again. Shortly wash your fingers, and we’ll eat.”

When Chen Qi’s spouse heard his husband’s peculiar footsteps, hhe spoke with out trying again whereas caring for the quilt within the yard.

Chen Qi’s spouse was from Anle village, he was a sort and delicate individual, however there was a hurdle in his coronary heart. After marrying for therefore a few years, he nonetheless couldn’t give Chen Qi a toddler.

Chen Qi put down the bundle behind the firewood shed and stretched his neck. He replied, “hey, you don’t say, I haven’t collected firewood up to now few years, and it felt a little bit unusual at present.”

Mom Chen introduced the meals to the desk and overheard the loud voice of Chen Qi within the yard. He glared at Father Chen who was sitting within the corridor and smoking a cigar by himself.

Father Chen let his spouse complained with out trying irritated. Then, a comfortable voice was heard “Mom is saying that large brother is like father once more?”

It was a reasonably ger about 1.7 m tall. He got here out of the room carrying a basket of embroidered handkerchiefs and walked into the corridor.  He was Chen Qi’s youthful brother, Chen Hong, who was 15 this yr and was ready to grow to be of age.

When mom Chen noticed his son got here out, he was not offended. Chen Hong was his second youngster, and he was top-of-the-line trying within the village.  He was good at embroidering and was filial. He was mom Chen’s sweetheart – a little bit cotton padded jacket.

“If it wasn’t your brother’s voice sounding so loud like he was panicking.”

Chen Hong put the basket of embroidered handkerchiefs in his hand onto a small cupboard within the corridor. “It simply exhibits that my large brother is in good well being.” He took out a handkerchief from the basket, circled, and gave it to his mom. “That is my newly embroidered sample. What do you assume?”

“Take into consideration what?” Chen Qi and his spouse heard Chen Hong’s final sentence once they entered the corridor. Chen Hong smiled and replied, “Huge brother, sister-in-law, I used to be simply telling mom concerning the handkerchief I simply embroidered. If he thinks it’s OK, we may promote it.”

Chen Qi’s spouse leaned in entrance of mom Chen and appeared on the embroidered handkerchief in Chen Hong’s hand. “Your embroidered work is among the finest within the village.”

Mom Chen fortunately listened to his daughter-in-law‘s reward of his little son; his eyes had been stuffed with satisfaction, “that’s only a matter of claiming, come, let’s eat rapidly. I’ll go to promote this handkerchief tomorrow morning. It is a new sample, so the worth will probably be good.”

Chen Qi had already set the desk and chopsticks. He gave his father and mom a bowl of barely diluted porridge. Though their household was not poor, it was additionally not a wealthy farmer’s household.

Chen Hong drank the porridge within the bowl and glanced at Chen Qi who was consuming the buns on the alternative facet of the desk. “Brother, did you go along with brother Changfeng this morning?”

Chen Qi chewed a mouth stuffed with greens and replied with out pondering a lot, “Sure, that man is getting married. I don’t wanna let you know guys a lot prematurely”

Chang Hong‘s hand that was holding the bowl tightened barely and he pursed his lips. Mom Chen glared at Chen Qi, “then why are you telling us now?”

Chen Qi didn’t perceive why his mom wasn’t happy with him. “Nicely, we grew up collectively since we had been younger so, I care about our relationship.”

Chen Qis spouse seen that Chen Hong beside him was a little bit absent minded. He appeared it Chen Qi, who was nonetheless blabbering, and remembered that Chen Hong requested mom Chen to go to the village this morning to seek out out if the information about Li Changfeng separating from his household was actually true. They didn’t know that Li Changfeng has already made a wedding association with somebody.

Chen Qi’s spouse picked up some meals with a pair of chopsticks for Chen Hong and nabbed the one that was nonetheless surprised, “come, eat extra, or your brother will eat all the things quickly.”

Chen Hong recovered and listened to his sister in legislation‘s phrases. He picked up a pair of chopsticks and continued to eat, “let’s eat in any other case, large brother will probably be hungry and grow to be anxious.”

Father and mom Chen laughed loudly once they heard the phrases. Chen Qi didn’t care. He made a pitiful look, which makes the folks on the desk chuckle extra. In that second, Chen Hong’s fairly face blushed superbly like a camelia within the mountains.