The shopkeeper didn't dare to neglect, and immediately ran up to lead the way, leading them to the private seats facing the street on the second floor.

As soon as she entered the door, Xiaoyu's eyes lit up and she winked at Li Yi. Li Yi followed his gaze and saw that the room was luxuriously decorated, with two women standing in their clothes and walking slowly, waiting next to them.

Delicate, with a slim waist, she is quite pretty.

"Today is really a blessing in disguise." Seeing the heavy faces of Xiaoyu and others, Wang laughed and said: "Shitou, you still have a lot of potential. I thought the arrester came just now and I thought he would arrest you, but instead he

You are in awe. It seems that you are really promising."

"Shen Shen, Shitou is not what he used to be. Now in Gaoyang, he not only became a student of Sun Chengzong, the emperor's master, but also saved the lives of the refugees in the city and did many things." Xiaoyu looked like he was offering a treasure.

He said repeatedly: "Of course this is what my aunt taught me, otherwise stones would not be able to do so many things."

Wang was even more amused by these words and tapped Xiaoyu with her finger: "Xiaoyu, you have disappointed me so much. I hope you can watch him and don't let him get into trouble. Why are you still here now?"

Help him talk?"

Xiaoyu chuckled, lowered her head and said nothing, her expression was very humble and docile.

"Tell me what happened to him in Gaoyang." After the food was delivered, Wang ordered another drink and then said to Xiaoyu slowly.

Xiaoyu told Li Yi's story exactly, from beginning to end, including the conflicts in the school, which made Wang look at Li Yi more and more angrily, and in the end he didn't even look at Li Yi.

Yi, as if Li Yi does not exist.

Li Yi also looked at Xiaoyu, and his teeth itched with hatred. This Xiaoyu would please my mother no matter what, and she would say whatever she did. Mrs. Wang valued her upbringing and etiquette the most. Li Yi actually dared to make trouble in the school. Mr. Wang

It would be strange not to be angry.

Xiaoyu told what happened after they arrived in Gaoyang, which was very clear and vivid, especially when it came to the confrontation between Li Yi and his husband. Although she didn't see it with her own eyes, she later heard Sun Ce and others talk about it.

, after understanding it in detail, talking about it now is like seeing it in person.

Wang listened silently, occasionally interjecting a few words, and her face began to calm down. In the end, it was like a pool of stagnant water, calm and calm. Even when Xiaoyu said that she was causing trouble in front of the Yaxing people, Li Yi led people to seize the leader Deng Yutang. She

He just raised his eyebrows and didn't say a word.

While they were talking, the waiter brought them wine and food. Wang, Xiaoyu, and Chen Hongyan were eating and talking, and the atmosphere was harmonious. Only Li Yi seemed to be disliked, and no one ignored him.

After hearing what Xiaoyu said, Li Yi also kept his head down and ate the food. After a while, he wiped out all the barbecue and roast chicken in front of him, and then added a jar of beef with soup.

I swallowed the watery part and finally touched my belly with some unfinished thoughts.

He hasn't eaten meat for a long time. Now that there is so much meat to eat, he can't control it for a while.

Wang finally glanced at him, then at Xiaoyu and Chen Hongyan, with a gentle smile on her face: "Hongyan, Xiaoyu, this is enough for Shitou to eat. Do you have enough? If not, just ask for more."

"That's enough." Xiaoyu quickly smiled and said, "I'm not as good at eating rocks as I am. These are enough."

"Hehe, he is a rough man, and he only has the ability to eat." Wang did not forget to say Li Yi at this time, took out the wallet from his waist, took out some silver from it and put it on the table.

He said to Xiaoyu and Chen Hongyan: "Take this money, you two, and go to the cloth market later to buy a piece of cloth. I will take it back and make you new clothes. Now that you have entered the city, you will be looked down upon if you are too poorly dressed."

.”

Xiaoyu and Chen Hongyan were so pleasantly surprised, as if they had received not clothes but mountains of gold and silver, their smiling eyes turned into crescents.

"You have collected the remaining money. You can't suffer yourself in the city. You still have to have meat for three days. You are growing older." Wang said again, but this sentence was for

Everyone knows who it is.

After chatting for a while, Xiaoyu and Cheng Hongyan thoughtfully said that they had finished eating, confessed to Mrs. Wang, and rushed to the cloth shop to buy cloth.

Only Wang and Li Yi were left in the private seats. The smile on Wang's face slowly faded as Xiaoyu and the others went out. She sat in her seat, looked at Li Yi, and then lowered her head and thought for a moment.

Yes, he suddenly said: "Is it good to study?"

Li Yi was used to having to test his homework every time he talked, so he said immediately: "Okay."

"Except for the affairs of refugees, what books have you read these days?" Wang's eyes kept staring at Li Yi, slightly sternly.

If there was anyone in Baoding that Li Yi dared not offend, it was his mother.

Li Yi did not dare to neglect, and recounted his achievements in memorizing "Mencius", "University", "Shangshu" and "The Analects" these days. Finally, he recited a few paragraphs at Wang's request and watched Wang's face change.

, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief. His mother suddenly came to see him and took them out for dinner. He always felt that it was not that simple.

"I have read well, but my practical temperament has not changed." After hearing this, Mrs. Wang commented: "Also, why did you have a conflict with your husband?"

"That's what Mr. provoked me first."

"You were the one who provoked me first?" Wang rolled her eyes and her tone suddenly became very harsh: "Do you know how much of a stain it will be in the future to carry the reputation of being a disobedient gentleman? I think you are still too wild-tempered.

"

Li Yi was stunned, and suddenly realized that what Wang said was right. He had conflicts with Wang Hexiang and the others one after another. Except for a few times because of different ideas, it seemed that the rest were deliberately done by Wang Hexiang and the others.

It turns out that what they want is to have the reputation of being a disobedient gentleman. This is really a vicious intention.

After hearing this, Li Yi touched his head and smiled self-deprecatingly: "Mom, you see clearly, I didn't even expect this."

Of course, it's not that he didn't expect it at all, it's just that Li Yi didn't take these gentlemen seriously, so he just ignored them.

"Haha, now you know that being a mother is not as useless as you thought, right?" Wang sneered: "You are not afraid of anything. Sometimes you get into trouble and you don't even know it."

Li Yi could only lower his head and say nothing. Wang was right to say so, because even Sun Lao said that he has no sense of awe. And no one knows what people without awe will do, because it will definitely

It was something they couldn't imagine, but they knew that people without awe would end badly.

For example, King Zhou did not respect heaven and earth; for example, Xiang Yu did not respect human wisdom;

Li Yi knew that Mrs. Wang was worried about herself. She came all the way from Anxin just to give herself a good meal and some advice. She was a qualified mother, and Li Yi had no reason to refute.

When he thought of this, Li Yi took a long breath and said softly: "Mom, I... am actually not as benevolent and righteous as you think, and I like to do practical things." He raised his head and faced Wang with a surprised look in his eyes, calmly

Said: "Actually, that's what I want to do. I do it to improve our strength and improve our ability to survive this troubled world."

"Strength? Troubled times?" Wang looked at the calm and composed Li Yi and was stunned for a moment. Suddenly, she had a strange feeling. At this moment, she felt that the son in front of her was so strange, yet kind. The reason for the strangeness was that he was so strange.

His thoughts are not as pure as he thought, but his son is still willing to tell the truth to him.

Li Yi told the story from beginning to end. He never fully talked about it with anyone else, including when talking to Sun Chengzong, he only touched on it.

Mr. Wang listened quietly, and his stern expression just now gradually returned to calm. He looked at his son who confided his heart to him, but also had his own wisdom, and a faint smile gradually appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Besides, I have read well in the past half month." Li Yi smiled slightly, bowed and bowed: "Xiaoyu also reported to you just now, I will take time to read sooner or later, just for this time

If you can pass the college examination, Master Sun will not lose face, and I will also give you a son who is a scholar."

As he spoke, he looked at Wang's expression and felt a little nervous. His biggest worry now is how to face Wang, who knows his son as his mother. No matter how powerful Li Yi is, he needs a spiritual harbor, and now

Wang is undoubtedly the softest place in his heart.

After listening to Li Yi's words, Wang didn't speak for a long time and started to drink the rest of the wine. He said casually: "Xiaoyu just said that you and your husband don't get along well. If you want to join the imperial examination in the future, you must pay attention to

Don't be disrespectful to your teachers. Those who are officials are most concerned about their authority. Once they find someone under their command who is disobedient, they will try their best to satisfy their desire for control. I am not used to those pedantic teachers in the school, obviously.

It is really a pity that these innocent children have to be taught to become little adults."

"They...few of them really teach sincerely." Li Yi secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Wang was so understanding of his ideas, and said hatefully: "They all rely on some fame and don't want to do anything, let alone

To do business, you have to hang out in school and be a decent teacher. As for students, only good students are their students. Those who cannot bring them glory are strangers. This is obvious. Unfortunately, no high-sounding words can be said.

Let them talk, it would be difficult for me to refute these empty principles, and I would end up arguing."

Mrs. Wang curled her lips: "I didn't expect you, an unfilial son, to be quite arrogant. So tell me, what kind of achievements do you think you can achieve? Can you ignore these people?"

Li Yi was silent for a moment and said half-truthfully: "I want to take the imperial examination, but the imperial examination is just a way, a way that allows me to protect more people, and what I can really protect them is the iron brigade in my hand.

Therefore, reliable strength is the guarantee of arrogance.”

"Really reliable strength?" Wang's eyes tightened, and she looked at her son with some surprise. She quickly regained her composure, and nodded gently: "If you think so, mother will be relieved. I am most convinced.

I'm afraid that you will become stupid by studying, and finally believe in those rotten scholars. It seems that what I am worried about is wrong. You know your own ideas better than anyone else. If you want to protect more people, you should go to the capital.

, and to go to the capital, you have to rely on the imperial examination, otherwise you will have no dignity in such a city." She thought for a moment, raised her head and smiled: "Mom supports you, since you have figured it out, just do what you want.
Chapter completed!