While Li Jue was secretly relieved to have escaped a calamity, Li Er had already begun to think about how to increase the intensity of Li Jue's studies and assign him more homework.
Li Jue happily got up from the ground, but unexpectedly, his movements were too fast, which aggravated the wound on his buttocks, causing him to wince in pain.
However, just as he was about to check his injuries, he suddenly noticed a woman standing at the door!
"Why are you here again!"
Upon hearing this, Xu Hui smiled slightly and waved the clothes in her hand at Li Jue.
"I've come to deliver clothes to you, young master!"
"oh?"
Li Jue didn't kick Xu Hui out after hearing her say that.
"Young master, please remove the bed sheet. This servant will assist you in changing your clothes!"
"No, no, no... just put the clothes on the bed, I can do it myself!"
Li Jue's words hurt Xu Hui deeply, because she really wanted to pinch the chubby child's little face and his chubby little belly that was divided into several layers...
"Master, the young master won't allow me to serve him..."
Li Shimin also couldn't understand his grandson's problem. Shouldn't this child have been waited on since he was a child? How come he suddenly learned to be shy?
"Fine, since he won't let you serve him, you can go out now."
"promise!"
Seeing Xu Hui turn and leave, Li Jue happily changed into his new clothes. However, the new clothes were a bit too big; he didn't even need to wear trousers anymore, as the hem of the garment covered his knees.
Just as Li Jue was struggling to put on his pants, Li Shimin immediately stopped him.
"You still have a wound on your butt, so don't wear pants, or you'll rub it open."
"But……"
"There are no buts. Everyone in the yard is family. Nobody will laugh at you."
"Besides, how old are you? You're just a little thing that hasn't even grown all its feathers yet. Who has the time to look at you?"
"Uh..."
Li Jue was furious at Old Li's vicious words, but when he looked down at his bare, hairless little tuft of hair, he could only suppress his anger and swallow his pride!
"snort!"
"If I don't want to wear it, I don't want to wear it. Who cares about being looked at like that!"
When Li Jue arrived in the courtyard, he saw Old Li carrying a large bowl and eating rice.
If he hadn't known that Old Li was a high-ranking official in the court and a powerful man, he would have suspected that this guy was just a freeloader who came here to scam food and drink!
Seeing this, Li Jue grabbed a large bowl, filled it with rice, and then ladled some chicken broth from the stewed chicken onto the rice. Then, as usual, he jumped onto the stool, intending to sit down and eat.
However, he jumped off the stool as if he had been electrocuted.
"Old Li, I hate you, waaaaah!"
Li Er was enjoying his meal when he suddenly heard this. Looking at his grandson's tearful eyes, he couldn't help but scratch his head and ask.
"What's wrong with Da Sun?"
"I...I'm not talking to you anymore, sob sob sob..."
Li Er watched as his eldest grandson tearfully carried the large bowl back into the house, and his expression became even more depressed.
"What did I do to offend this child again?"
Seeing this, Xu Hui couldn't stop laughing and quickly explained to Li Er.
"Master, the young master forgot about his injury on his bottom and it hurt when he sat on the stool, hahaha..."
Li Er laughed heartily upon hearing this, but when he thought about how this grandson was pretending to be stupid in order to avoid memorizing more texts, he still felt that he hadn't beaten him enough today!
Hmph!
Let him be smug for a few more days. When I come back in a while, it won't be a thin book of the Analects anymore!
Li Er decided to return to Chang'an and invite renowned scholars from the court to compile a set of teaching materials specifically for his grandson.
Because of his mistake, the child was demoted to Qianzhou, which has already caused him to waste two years of his studies.
Now, he's going to make it all up to Li Jue!
Seeing the child's prodigy-like performance, Li Er secretly resolved that he must not let the child's talent go to waste!
"Xu Hui, find a bowl and serve some chicken to our grandson!"
"promise!"
Not long after, Xu Hui came out again, and Li Er asked her with concern.
"How is the child? Is he still crying?"
"without!"
"The young master is standing in front of the table eating, and he's eating so happily, hee hee!"
Upon hearing this, Li Er was immediately relieved. Then, looking at the sky, he realized it was getting late and decided to lead his group back to Xianyang.
Before leaving, I had to say goodbye to the child, lest he think that I, his old man, had come all this way just to beat him up.
"Grandson, are you finished eating?"
"without!"
"Is Grandpa leaving?"
Let's go!
"You old geezer, do you think anyone cares about you!"
Upon hearing this, Li Er immediately became angry. "You little brat, how dare you insult me, this old man?"
However, when Li Er opened the door and saw his eldest grandson standing in front of the desk crying, his anger instantly turned into boundless heartache.
This child may call us an old geezer, but he doesn't really want us to leave!
"What's wrong? Are you reluctant to part with it?"
Li Jue angrily turned his face away, not wanting Old Li to see him crying.
"Who wouldn't want to part with it?"
"My butt hurts, and I just can't stop crying!"
Upon hearing this, Li Shimin immediately sat down in the chair in front of his desk, then pulled Li Jue tightly to his side, pinched his little face, and asked.
Are you upset that Grandpa came and left?
"More than that..."
"You even beat me up, you almost killed me!"
Li Shimin chuckled upon hearing this.
"You little rascal, you're quite vengeful!"
“What happened today was Grandpa’s fault; he shouldn’t have hit you so hard. But you didn’t do any homework and completely ignored what Grandpa said. Does that mean you shouldn’t have been hit either?”
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