Li Zhi, don't be a coward

Chapter 121
It was three poles high in the sun, Li Qinzai opened his eyes, stretched his waist and let out a long yawn.

The hands and feet stretched out, and the muscles in the whole body seemed to wake up, and there was a burst of sour pleasure.

Li Qinzai was lying on the bed, couldn't help moving his hands and feet, and kicked his legs hard...

As soon as he realized that he had kicked something, he heard a muffled bang. Li Qinzai panicked, and hurriedly probed to check. He suddenly found that Qiao'er had been kicked under the bed by him, and he was sitting on the ground looking around in a daze.

"What's the matter? What's the matter?" Li Qinzai hurriedly picked him up.

Qiao'er opened her sleepy eyes and said in confusion, "What's wrong? Dad, why did I sleep on the floor?"

Li Qinzai said softly, "You didn't sleep well and rolled out of bed by yourself."

Qiao'er scratched her head, said oh, then wrinkled her small face, and said in a crying voice: "Father, it hurts..."

"Where does it hurt?" Li Qinzai hurriedly checked his head.

Qiao'er pointed to her arm, then to her legs, then her stomach, feet, neck...

Li Qinzai was speechless: "Have you been cut into pieces? Be honest, where does it hurt?"

Qiao'er pursed her lips and said, "My arm hurts."

I took a closer look at his arm, there was no bruise or redness.Then I looked at the height of the bed from the ground. It was about half a meter. As long as the height didn't hit the head, there wouldn't be any major problems.

"Qiao'er will be an upright man in the future, this little pain is nothing, don't be hypocritical." Li Qinzai said, rubbing his arm.

After rubbing my arm for a while, it seems that the pain is gone.

Qiao'er asked curiously, "Father, what do you mean by an 'indomitable man'?"

Li Qinzai wanted to talk about a big reason, but considering Qiao'er's age, he might not understand the big reason, so he said: "Just don't cock your fingers, don't cry out for pain, that's what women do."

Qiao'er nodded with a half understanding.

The father and son got up, and the maid waited on them to dress and bring breakfast.

After Qiao'er had breakfast, he suddenly said happily: "Father, I heard that our house has guests, several of them are about the same age as Qiao'er, I want to play with them..."

"They didn't come to our house to play, but since you said it on your own initiative, I won't be polite to you..." Li Qinzai twitched his lips and said, "Go find them, remember, you can do whatever they do." Follow along, don't be lazy, or dad will be angry."

Qiao'er nodded foolishly.

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Starting early in the morning, Li Sujie and other princes and noble children pulled weeds in the yard.

The Li family courtyard is not big, but there is a deserted courtyard in the backyard, which is overgrown with weeds.

Originally, this courtyard was prepared for several grandchildren of the family, but the five brothers of Li Qinzai's generation did not want to come to this remote place, so the courtyard was abandoned like this.

Today, this courtyard finally ushered in spring.

Labor is the most honorable, labor is the most simple, and the sons of landlords must receive re-education from the poor and lower-middle peasants.

Under Li Qinzai's instruction, Guanshi Song brought everyone to the yard early in the morning, and told them that today's task was to pull out all the weeds in the yard.

The eldest of this group of playboys was eleven or twelve years old, and the youngest was five or six years old. A group of children squatted in the yard to pull weeds at dawn, complaining while pulling.

"Animals are nothing more than that!" A son of a rich man looked up to the sky and lamented.

"The livestock live better than us. The horses in my stable can be ridden at most a few times a month, and most of the time they eat and sleep." Another nobleman said in a muffled voice.

The atmosphere became more and more gloomy.

"Aren't we here to study? My mother and maid, what does pulling weeds have to do with studying?"

Li Sujie, who buried himself in weeding, said coldly: "It doesn't matter, this is abuse without teaching, but Mr. Li said that we can go back to Chang'an at any time, and you can go back too. No one is forcing you to pull weeds."

"We can't go back, we can't go back again!" A son of a rich man lamented very literaryly: "Last night my father sent someone from Chang'an to ask me to stay here no matter what, and if I dare to go back privately, I might be killed by Mr. Li." Drive away, I will really be beaten to death."

"Since we're all staying here, let's stop talking nonsense and concentrate on doing things. We deserve all the beatings and scolding, and the family members won't help us get ahead."

Footsteps came from behind, and Li Qinzai walked into the yard holding Qiao'er's hand.

Seeing Li Qinzai approaching, everyone stopped, stood up and looked at him. Everyone's eyes were not friendly, after all, they were all pampered dandies who were sent to this place to work as coolies for no reason, and everyone would have a temper.

Li Qinzai didn't care, he wished that this group of people covered their faces and ran back to Chang'an with tears in their eyes.

"Tsk, it's so ugly that you all bear humiliation and humiliation." Li Qinzai began to mock.

Li Sujie was the first to salute: "Disciple pays homage to Mr. Li."

Everyone reluctantly followed suit.

Li Qinzai led Qiao'er in front of the crowd and said, "He is my son, Li Qiao, from now on he will study with you, don't bully him."

Li Sujie immediately smiled gently at Qiao'er: "It's my junior brother, I met the day before yesterday."

But Qiao'er was not happy, and said in a muffled voice, "It's not junior brother, it's senior brother. I also teach the children in Zhuangzi. They all call me Mr. Xiao."

Everyone was stunned.

Li Qinzai knelt down and looked at Qiao'er, and said, "Since you are studying with your brothers and sisters, you should treat them equally. Whatever they do, you have to follow suit. You can't be special just because he is my son, understand?"

Qiao'er nodded obediently: "Father, I understand."

Everyone couldn't help being moved, and they were a little moved in their hearts.

Although this gentleman's mouth is as poisonous as if he had eaten arsenic, he is still very fair after all, and even his own son has no privileges.

It may not be a bad thing to have such a gentleman teach yourself.

The rough and dull road to school seems to have seen the light of day?

Unexpectedly, Li Qinzai quietly added another sentence, snuffing out that ray of dawn.

"But if someone bullies you, you can tell Dad, and Dad will drive him back to Chang'an."

Qiao'er still nodded foolishly: "Okay!"

"When you bully others, keep a low profile and don't let dad see, then you'll be fine."

"Good!"

Li Qinzai felt relieved: "You can pull weeds with them. When you get tired, come to the front yard. Dad left you chicken legs..."

"Good!"

Crowd: ? ? ?
Is this so human?Did you agree not to be special?
Even Li Sujie, who had always been docile, couldn't help but twitched her cheeks.

There are many routines in the countryside, I want to go back to Chang'an!
Before Li Qinzai left, his last sentence finally touched on the topic of studying.

"Qiao'er, after they finish pulling the weeds, you teach them to recite Jiujiu songs. You must recite them within a day, or get out!"

"I can't even memorize the most basic nine-nine songs, so I'm ashamed to show off the prestige of a rich and powerful kid, trash!"

After speaking, Li Qinzai turned his head and left.

The weather is getting colder and colder, but the sun is pretty good today, so hurry back to the front yard and put out snacks and fermented glutinous rice, taking advantage of the sunshine, to enjoy the wasted youth.

(End of this chapter)