Chapter 121: Speaking Out for the Yuan Family
The morning light is dim.
A few clear bird calls broke the morning tranquility.
The village, which had been sleeping all night, began to wake up.
In the Su family's courtyard, adults and children got up one after another. The sounds of yawning, washing, talking and scolding created a lively morning scene.
The unique woody fragrance of the burning firewood in the kitchen floated in the air, bringing with it a sense of homeliness that was not found in the imperial capital of Changjing.
Wei Li stood at the door of the main hall, listening and smelling. The morning sunlight shone down from the side, soft and bright. He looked up at the light, his eyes squinted due to the brightness, tears welling up in the corners of his eyes.
The brighter the sky, the busier the surroundings.
A strange laughter came from the right side of the courtyard. The woman across the street was talking to someone in a shrill and high-pitched voice. In the vegetable garden behind, there were more and more talking and laughing sounds.
In the eyes of the little boy, everything is new.
"Grandpa Du got up and started the medicine furnace. Master's wife deliberately yelled at him and asked him to coax her. Behind the house is the vegetable garden of our family and our village. The villagers go to the vegetable garden to eat vegetables in the morning." Su An took a willow branch, bared his little white teeth and squatted on the eaves next to Wei Li. In a moment, his mouth was full of white bubbles.
"Su An!" In the wash corner outside the kitchen, Old Lady Su was holding a small wooden box. Looking at the paste that had been scooped out halfway, she turned around and looked for a broom in anger. "I've told you so many times that you only need to take out a little bit of paste when rinsing your mouth and brushing your teeth, and you scooped out a large lump! You bastard, if I don't spank you today, you'll be tearing up the roof tomorrow!"
Seeing grandma grabbing the broom, Su An bit the willow branch and rushed out, "Grandma, Xiaowen and Xiaowu dug more than me!"
Old Mrs. Su stopped, turned her head, and immediately set her sights on the other two kids who were trying to escape by sticking to the wall.
Su Wen and Su Wu, “…” Run!
Three of them, one in front and two behind, rushed out of the yard and disappeared in an instant.
"Run! Don't come back for breakfast!" Those bastards must have run to Du Lao for refuge. Old Mrs. Su didn't even bother chasing them. She put down her broom and looked at her little granddaughter who was brushing her teeth obediently by the bucket. She was relieved, "Our sweet baby is still so obedient."
Tianbao secretly swallowed the sweet toothpaste in his mouth and patted his chest with his little hands, "Baby, good boy!"
The old woman was so amused that she smiled from ear to ear.
Wei Li stood quietly at the door of the main hall, looking at the grinning little girl. There was a little bit of white ointment on the corner of the girl's mouth that had not been destroyed.
I didn’t see Sua’s milk costume.
So among the several little kids, Grandma Su loved the little girl the most.
"A-Li, come here, brush your teeth and rinse your mouth." The old woman suddenly turned around and beckoned him over with a smile. She handed him a clean willow branch and dipped it in the white paste from the wooden box. "Use this to brush your teeth. After brushing, your teeth will be white and clean. This is the toothpaste made by Du Lao. It's specially made to be sweet, but Xiao An and the other two ate it as candy... You bastards!"
When the old woman mentioned this, she gritted her teeth again.
The white ointment in the wooden box is made of medicinal herbs, and you can’t buy it anywhere else!
Only a few people would dare to waste such a precious thing!
Tianbao rinsed her mouth, put away the wooden cup and branches, and when she turned around, she was inadvertently dazzled and saw the little boy still staring at the corner of her mouth.
Tianbao paused and felt it, "..."
With a quick twitch of his tongue, he rolled the sweet paste from the corner of his mouth into his mouth, raised his head and nodded vigorously at Grandma, "Yes, you three bastards!"
After agreeing, the child jumped away.
Wei Li, "..."
When it was breakfast time, the woman in the yard raised her voice and shouted, and soon everyone was sitting in the kitchen.
Some came out from the vegetable garden, some flew in from the next door, and some timidly came in from the house opposite. There were so many people that they could not all sit around the small dining table.
For breakfast, we had vegetable pancakes and porridge with a layer of rice oil. The adults had an extra plate of pickled cabbage, and the children each had a boiled egg.
The men took their bowls of porridge, ate some pickles, and squatted outside under the eaves with a rolled-up pancake in their hands, slurping down their food.
The kids stuffed their stomachs with a few bites of pancakes, then ran out with a boiled egg in their pockets, saying, "Let's go to school!"
At that time, Wei Li was still sitting at the dinner table, twirling his chopsticks and taking the first bite of pickles. There was still half a bowl of porridge in his bowl, and in his other hand was a golden and crispy pancake, which he had not even had time to take a bite of.
The cheerful voice of "Let's go to school" made him stunned for a moment.
He had had moments like this before.
He began his education at the Imperial Academy at the age of three and was taught by a teacher along with other princes.
While he was distracted, a strong force grabbed his wrist. Wei Li looked up hastily and met the clear eyes of the little girl.
"Let's go," she said.
That one word wiped away the disappointment in Wei Li's heart. He was a little incredulous, but his eyes lit up. His voice trembled with uncertainty, "...where to?"
Tian Bao tilted his head back and thought he was stupid, "Go to school, the master asked me to take you."
"Why?" This made Wei Li even more incredulous.
Mr. Huo asked you to take him with you? Mr. Huo asked you to take him with you?
Why?
He just came here yesterday and hasn't even visited the teacher in person, but the teacher asked him to take him to school?
A lot of things happened in just one day, all beyond Wei Li's expectations.
The little girl was already pulling him out, and he was too weak to resist, nor did he want to.
The old woman sitting at the table smiled and stuffed an egg into his hand. "Go, go to school with Tianbao and the others."
Wei Li's question was not answered until he left the hospital.
As soon as they walked out the door, the little girl put down his wrist and said, "Uncle Broken Knife, please beg for mercy."
She frowned and thought for a moment, then explained, "Probably, because you're weak."
If you are not good at martial arts, then you can only learn literature.
Wei Li, "..."
It was rare for him to be left speechless for so long. Ever since arriving in Tubei Village, he had been speechless much more often.
The little girl was skipping and jumping in front.
Wei Li looked at her small figure from behind, his lips curled up slightly, revealing a quiet joy, "...Thank you."
Sincerely.
He was truly grateful to everyone who had shown him kindness when he was in the dark: the Su family, Uncle Broken Blade, and Mr. Huo.
I don't know if the little girl heard him or not. She didn't turn around or talk to him again. The two pigtails on her little head swayed as she jumped around, showing her comfortable and cheerful look, as if she had never been bothered by any worries.
In the main hall of the Huo family, there is a square table and a few small stools, which is the school.
The thin and handsome middle-aged man sat behind the table, with the dignity of a teacher.
The three little boys sitting on the stools in front of the table saw the newcomer coming over and kept winking at him, laughing and joking, "Here you come, little junior brother! Hahahaha."
Little Sweetie's eyes lit up immediately.
Wei Li. "..."
While serving tea, Mrs. Huo secretly looked at the new little boy.
Walking up to the man, she bumped her elbow into his shoulder and leaned closer, "You son of a bitch, why would Broken Blade plead for him?"
The man avoided answering, and there was always a smile in his eyes when he looked at her, "Wife, you hurt me."
Huo: Bah!
Opposite the Huo family, on the thatched roof, the man with the knife watched Wei Li enter the Huo family's main hall, then he rolled over to the ground, entered the house and never came out again.
In the 13th year of Hongde, the general Yuan family was accused of treason and collaborating with the enemy. An imperial decree was issued, and all the family members who stayed in Changjing were beheaded, even the infants in their cradles could not survive.
At that time, most officials in the court praised the emperor's wisdom, but Duke Wei was the only one who denounced Chen Ci in front of the palace and spoke out for the loyalty and bravery of the Yuan family.
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