Chapter 5 The number one scholar’s father is a charlatan who always wins in gambling!
The residence of the Marquis of Jingyuan was located in the west of the capital, close to the imperial city.
The west of the city was where high-ranking officials, royal relatives and relatives lived. People without status and position had no right to settle down in the west of the city.
Although the Jingyuan Marquis' Mansion is now in decline, after all, his ancestors were once wealthy. The Li family's ancestors were once the emperor's trusted ministers. This Marquis' Mansion was also a good mansion bestowed by the emperor to the Li family's ancestors, which could not be bought with money.
Now it has been passed down from generation to generation. Unless the Jingyuan Earl's Mansion is confiscated and the family is exterminated, this mansion will continue to be passed down in the hands of the branch that inherited the Jingyuan Earl's title.
The house that the original owner got when the family split up was located in the east of the city. As the saying goes, the east of the city is rich and the west of the city is noble, and those who live in the east of the capital are all wealthy people.
The original owner, a young master of the baron's mansion who was separated without any official title, naturally belonged to the group of wealthy people in the east of the city.
The journey from the Li family in the east of the city to the Jingyuan Earl's Mansion in the west of the city is not short, and it takes a long time to travel by carriage.
Si Yuan sat in the carriage, looking at Yu Yan who was sitting beside him. He saw her stroking her abdomen from time to time with a worried look on her face. He comforted her, "My divination must be accurate. Don't worry about it. When we get to the Bo's Mansion, I'll ask the palace doctor to check your pulse. He will definitely be able to diagnose a pregnancy."
Yu Yan looked at him hesitantly. Although it was hard for her to believe her husband based on his past behavior, his recent fortune-telling and winning every time he gambled made her want to believe him.
People are always more willing to believe in things that are beneficial to them, just like a non-superstitious person goes to worship gods and draws lots. If the lot he draws is a bad one saying that you will never get rich in your life, he will definitely scorn it: feudal superstition is not to be trusted! But if what you pray for is a lucky fortune that says you will get rich soon, then I guarantee that you are sincerely hoping that the gods will really work.
The main focus is on flexible superstition.
Yu Yan was in a similar situation. If Si Yuan had told her that she couldn't get pregnant, she would have definitely cursed him, but Si Yuan said that she was already pregnant with the child she had always dreamed of! How could she refuse to believe this?
Yu Yan and Si Yuan's conversation topic unknowingly turned to how to raise a child after it was born.
Si Yuan was bewildered as he listened to Yu Yan talking about her parenting experience, about how wet nurses must be carefully selected so that the children would not go hungry, and what kind of toys must be customized for the children so that the children would be intelligent but not get hurt by the toys... Si Yuan, who had never raised a child, said to the system with his spiritual sense: "I think Yu Yan is quite suitable to be your host. If she is the mother of the cannon fodder cub, I guarantee that she will be more suitable as a father than me, who has never raised a child before." 】
The system comforted him: [Who hasn’t had a first time? This is your first time being a father, so it’s good to have experience. 】
Si Yuan kindly reminded it: [Yu Yan is also a first-time mother. 】
The system was angry: [Do you really have to remind me that I am bound to a weird host? 】
Si Yuan: […I suspect you are scolding me, and I have evidence. 】
The system snorted: [Do your task well. If you really don’t know how to raise a child, then you should work hard and be a support for the child. After all, our task is not to raise the child to be a talent, but to allow the cannon fodder to compete with the protagonist or the villain for fatherhood. 】
Si Yuan answered it skillfully: [I know. I'm trying my best. Don't push me anymore. 】He picked up a piece of cake from the small table on the carriage and stuffed it into his mouth, eating with relish.
After all, he hadn't finished his lunch yet when he was urged to go to the Jingyuan Marquis's Mansion, so he was a little hungry.
It is impossible for him to work hard. Is he working hard just to give the cannon fodder a father to fight for? Dad is making progress, but what if the kid doesn’t work hard to make progress? Therefore, in order for his cheap baby to become successful in the future, he, as a father, can only lie down with tears in his eyes, so that the baby can have enough motivation to work hard.
Ah, he is such a good father who can encourage his children!
The carriage stopped. Si Yuan finished the last piece of dessert, wiped his mouth with a handkerchief, and took another sip of tea to suppress the fragrant taste of pastries in his mouth.
Yu Yan's eyes turned speechless when she looked at him at this moment. She had just watched her husband eating all the way. After watching for a long time, he actually had the nerve to ask her if she wanted to eat. He had no sense of crisis at all. Didn't he ever think that there was something bad happening that made the Jingyuan Marquis' Mansion call them over in such a hurry?
Si Yuan had tried to comfort Yu Yan for her nervousness, but this kind of thing is not something that can make the person being comforted feel at ease just by saying it.
Before getting off the carriage, Si Yuan said to Yu Yan, who was still a little nervous, "After entering the mansion later, find an opportunity as soon as possible to ask mother to ask the mansion doctor to check your pulse. After knowing that you are pregnant, father and mother will definitely not let you get tired or scared. You will have nothing to do today. Leave everything to me from now on."
Yu Yan understood what Si Yuan meant. If she was really confirmed to be pregnant, even for the sake of her feelings as a pregnant woman, the old Jingyuan couple would definitely give her some face and would not do anything to them. Even a scolding might be just a lot of noise with little action.
After Si Yuan got off the carriage, he raised his hand and helped Yu Yan down as well.
The two first met Li Chengyuan, the current Earl of Jingyuan and the original owner's elder brother.
When Li Chengyuan saw Si Yuan, he looked disgusted and said unhappily, "Father wants to see you!"
It must be bad news if you meet him!
After Si Yuan realized this, he said to Li Chengyuan, "I will go with my eldest brother to see my father, and my wife will go to see my mother."
Li Chengyuan nodded indifferently. Anyway, the main purpose of today was to teach this disappointing younger brother a lesson, and it had nothing to do with his sister-in-law.
Si Yuan turned to Yu Yan and said, "Madam, you go and greet mother first. After I greet father, I will go and greet mother and take you home."
Yu Yan looked at him with some worry, but still did as he said and took her maid to the inner courtyard to pay a visit to Li's mother.
Si Yuan followed Li Chengyuan to the courtyard where old Uncle Jingyuan recuperated after retirement. The scenery here is beautiful and the climate is pleasant. It is very suitable for an old man like Old Uncle Jingyuan who needs to recuperate after surviving a serious illness.
Although he is called an old man, Uncle Jingyuan is actually only in his forties. However, in this ancient society where the average life expectancy was not long, people in their forties were not considered young and were old enough to be a grandfather.
The original owner's eldest brother, Li Chengyuan, is only twenty-three years old this year, but he already has a legitimate son, a legitimate daughter, and two illegitimate daughters; the original owner's second brother also has two legitimate daughters.
The original owner, the third child, had not yet had children. The father of the fourth child, the original male protagonist Li Changwen, Li Jingyuan, had just gotten married and also had no children. The original male protagonist Li Changwen would not be born for another three years.
Even so, old Uncle Jingyuan already has six grandchildren.
As soon as Si Yuan and Li Chengyuan entered the gate of the courtyard where old Lord Jingyuan was recuperating, they heard old Lord Jingyuan's full-throated curse: "How dare you come to see me, you little bastard! Get down on your knees!"
Si Yuan: “…” His loud voice doesn’t sound like someone who has been seriously ill and is about to die.
Although Si Yuan wants to maintain the original owner's personality, he is not the real original owner. It is impossible for him to really kneel down just because the original owner's father yells at him.
Even if Si Yuan was flexible and didn't care about the little bit of gold under his knees, old Lord Jingyuan couldn't bear the kneeling of a powerful man in the Spirit Transformation Stage. If he knelt, all the remaining life span of old Lord Jingyuan would be consumed, and he would be sent away on the spot.
So Si Yuan said with a playful smile: "Father, why are you so angry? Are you confused? Have you forgotten that you were the one who sent someone to call me here?"
Old Uncle Jingyuan suddenly became even angrier and raised his cane to beat him.
Si Yuan dodged the old uncle Jingyuan's cane in a very coquettish way. The old uncle Jingyuan was so angry that he chased after him: "How dare you hide, kid?"
Si Yuan shouted as he ran, "If you hit me with a small stick, I will take it. If you hit me with a big stick, I will run away! Dad, your stick is so thick, it's definitely a big stick. In order to avoid being accused of being unkind and unjust, I have to hide."
Old Jingyuanbo was so angry that he chased him faster, and his originally staggering steps became neater: "You kid didn't study hard, now you know how to put your knowledge into practice! I told you to go gamble, and you gambled so much that others came to complain! Tell me, how much money did you lose?"
Si Yuan walked around Li Chengyuan who was standing nearby and ran over: "I didn't lose any money! Who on earth complained to you? The casino must be owned by his family. I knew they had bad intentions and wanted to defraud my family business. Fortunately, I was smart. Not only did I not lose money, I also won back all the money they had in the casino."
Old Jingyuan, who was chasing Si Yuan, almost hit Li Chengyuan, who was bypassed by Si Yuan, with his cane. He was so angry that he stopped and leaned his cane on the ground, panting and said, "Didn't you lose money?"
Seeing that he stopped chasing, Si Yuan also stopped and said with a chuckle, "Dad, if I lost a lot of money, wouldn't your daughter-in-law come to you to seek justice? Wouldn't the casino come to you to collect the debt? What else did the person who complained say besides saying that I was addicted to gambling and asking you to teach me not to gamble? Did he ask you to help me pay the money back?"
Old Uncle Jingyuan calmed down and thought about what the man who had come to him to complain had said.
It seemed to be true. The purpose of that person's complaint seemed to be to let him, as a father, teach his son a lesson and stop him from gambling. He did not mention the gambling debt.
Before, old Uncle Jingyuan didn't think there was anything wrong. His son, who had separated from the family, became addicted to gambling. A kind-hearted person came to tell him about this and advised him to stop his son from continuing to gamble. He naturally thought that this was a good thing for his son. After all, there is no good in gambling.
Now Si Yuan said that he did not lose money, but the people who owned the casino did not want him to continue gambling, so they did something bad behind his back and used his biological father to teach him a lesson... This possibility does not seem to be impossible.
Old Uncle Jingyuan stared at Si Yuan suspiciously for a while, then asked Li Chengyuan to help him back to the pavilion in the yard to sit down and rest. Then he called Si Yuan over to ask about the whole story.
Si Yuan didn't want to hide it from old Uncle Jingyuan. After all, he was the original owner's father. Although this old father valued the overall interests of the family more, he was indeed very good to the children. No matter how disappointing the original owner was, in the original plot, old Uncle Jingyuan never completely gave up on him.
Otherwise, in the original plot, after the original owner lost all his fortune in gambling, how could Li's mother have supported Yu Yan and her son for such a long time without the tacit consent of old Earl Jingyuan? After the original owner's son Li Changqing showed his talent for studying, the old Earl of Jingyuan was willing to bear the expenses of his grandson's subsequent studies, and brought Li Changqing to the Earl of Jingyuan's mansion to study.
In the end, the original owner was framed by the Third Prince and died by drowning. It was the old Earl of Jingyuan who insisted on investigating the cause of the original owner's death. Unfortunately, the Earl of Jingyuan's Mansion had fallen into decline and had to rely on Li Jingyuan, a bastard who became a third-rank official. He had no power and could not find out the truth behind the drowning carefully planned by the Third Prince.
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