"Studying is the only way out for us farmers. If you don't study, what do you want to do with your current health?"
"..." Li Yi was speechless. It seemed like that. Right now, the only thing he wanted to do was to cure his parents' health. Apart from that, there was nothing else he wanted to do.
He somewhat understood Wei Xi's original state. After seeing all the prosperity, he just wanted to live a quiet life. After abandoning Li Changsheng, he just wanted to stay at home, accompany his parents, and farm.
"It's not impossible to study, but I want to study at home. Aren't there some social examination candidates now?"
"That won't do. I need to talk to your uncle about how to teach you to study well at home." Father Li was unexpectedly tough on studying. As a former teacher, he was very strict with Li Yi's studies, and Li Yi's excellent grades were also due to him.
Li Yi had no choice but to turn to his limping mother for help and called out, "Mom."
My mother is a typical rural woman. Although she knows that studying is the only way to succeed, she is obviously not a rational person.
"Yi Er has just recovered from a serious illness, why are you in such a hurry?"
Facing his wife, Father Li suddenly lost his temper: "Isn't this for the future of our children?"
Beep beep....
A sudden phone call interrupted the Li family meeting. Li's father took out his mobile phone to answer it. Li Yi recognized that it was Zhao Si's voice.
"......Uncle, I'm passing by Yucheng and just came to see Brother Yi. Is Brother Yi available?"
"That's convenient. Welcome, welcome. I have set up a few tables for Li Yi to celebrate his recovery from a serious illness."
"Hey... there are a lot of people here..."
"It's okay, no matter how many people come."
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Hanshui Village, Li family.
When Li Yi was young, clan consciousness was very prevalent, and adults would often fight over water sources, and deaths were common. And the children would follow the adults' example and fight by forming gangs based on their surnames.
The Li family ancestral temple was bustling with activity today. Everyone in the village knew that this was to celebrate the awakening of the Li family's top scholar who had once had the hope of passing the imperial examination. However, due to some well-known issues, everyone's discussion was somewhat ambiguous.
He is no longer the top scorer in the college entrance examination, but a vegetative person who has been sleeping for ten years.
Along the way, many elderly people leaned out to watch the family of three: a father who had pneumoconiosis and could not do heavy work, a lame mother, and a vegetative son who had just woken up. This family was a top family in the village, once because of Li Yi's achievements, and now because of Li Yi.
Li Yi felt like a statue in a temple, paraded through the streets during festivals. No one stood up, but after they walked away, heated discussions began. With his spirit altar open, he heard everything clearly, and the most repeated words were "Isn't that the number one scholar of the Li family? Back then..."
The words were not so nice, but they did not mean much harm either. For the older generation like them who stayed in the countryside, the greatest and only remaining pleasure was probably gossip and waiting for the younger ones to come home for the New Year. They had already become the biggest gossip in the village.
Compared to ancient society, people living in modern times are so kind that they are somewhat cute.
He was deprived of his qualification to take the imperial examinations. As soon as he returned to the village, he was asked for money by several big men. The elders saw that their investment had gone down the drain and almost sold themselves to Xianggu House as male prostitutes. If they had not become private school teachers later, their lives would not have been so easy. The most vicious words they said were probably that he was a useless person who had slept for ten years. There was not much contempt, but more of a statement of facts.
They won't come to ask for money, eat the whole family's food, or cause trouble. They just gossip after dinner.
Modern times are still better, thanks to civilization and thanks to the country.
"Ha~" Li Yi yawned, and his whole body looked like a puddle of mud.
As they approached the ancestral hall, the sounds of bustle could be heard from afar. Li Xingguo put Li Yi down and let him walk in with his cane.
The Li family ancestral hall was filled with unknown relatives, all of whom looked at him with false eager eyes. The aunts and uncles came forward to greet him, and he leaned on his cane to pass tea to the male elders one by one.
From the beginning to the end, Li Yi was calm and composed, so calm that it was a bit surprising. It was more like a worker on an assembly line, serving tea mechanically and accurately, without any faults.
Father Li was quite helpless about his child's condition and could only explain it by saying that he had just recovered from a serious illness and was still in shock.
Finally, everyone was happy and started to eat.
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