An adult becomes a tiger, and a gentleman becomes a leopard.
A man's growth must come after he has experienced great changes.
Therefore, it is not surprising that a once well-dressed and arrogant playboy turned into a tolerant and cold-blooded figure who fought for the survival of his family in just a few years.
Since Tang Ji refused Li Qinzai's help, Li Qinzai certainly wouldn't do anything on his own.
To be very realistic and cruel, before Tang Ji fully proves his worth, he will not get much help from Li Qinzai.
From ancient times to the present, capable people will win the respect of others. No one is interested in helping a useless person who can only cry for help. Even if they help, it is out of a mentality of taking advantage. This useless person will pay a more painful price. cost.
For thousands of years, under the guise of Confucianism, the polite and powerful class actually adhered to the law of the jungle.
Li Qinzai is a powerful man, not a holy mother. He will only help those who are worthy of help. Before Tang Ji has proved his worth, Tang Ji is just a stranger he has just met.
If you want to quantify his friendship with Tang Ji, it would be about ten cents.
In other words, if Tang Ji asked him to borrow money, Li Qinzai would be willing to lend it up to ten cents, but he would hesitate for more than ten cents. If it exceeds 100 yuan, we will break off the relationship immediately.
This kind of friendship doesn't go as far as helping him avenge his father's murder.
Back at Ganjing Village, Li Qin got off the carriage and went straight to the backyard.
Cui Jie and Jin Xiang were sitting in the side room in the backyard, each of them quietly tracing patterns on the embroidered cloth.
Cui Jie painted a toad, one of the five poisons, and Jin Xiang painted a magpie making spring branches.
When Li Qinzai entered, Jin Xiang hurriedly stood up to greet him, but Cui Jie remained motionless. She glanced at him, let out a dissatisfied hum, then lowered her head and continued to trace.
When Li Qinzai saw Cui Jie's unkind expression, he immediately offered her fresh flattery.
"Madam, you have great skills! This toad painting, an expert can tell at a glance that it is a high-end toad that has eaten swan meat!"
Jinxiang snorted, Cui Jie twitched the corner of his mouth, and snorted again. After a moment of silence, he finally couldn't help it and gave him a hard punch.
"What a toad? It's a toad, used for blessing!" Cui Jie said angrily.
Li Qinzai looked at Jin Xiang in confusion: "Is there any difference between the two?"
Jin Xiang covered his mouth and smiled softly, lowering his head and saying nothing. Obviously he didn't want to join the couple's bickering, let alone be involved.
The first rule of survival that a man with two wives must learn is to keep both the rain and the dew equally.
Once the spoils are divided unevenly, the consequences will be disastrous. If the women in the back house quarrel, it will be no less than a catastrophe for men.
So Li Qinzai hurriedly praised Jinxiang's painting skills: "It's not bad, your painting is also very good. This bird is black and strong, with a tiger's head and a tiger's head. At first glance, it shows that it has experienced many people and has made great achievements in war. It is like my husband." Did you draw it like that?"
The speed of the car was so fast that Jin Xiang didn't even notice that the wheels of the car ran over his face. He pouted dissatisfiedly: "Husband, what I painted is a magpie, how can it be like a tiger's head and a tiger's brain..."
Li Qinzai patted her shoulder and comforted her: "Yes, the painting of the magpie is very vivid. Don't paint it next time... As a husband, I paid for your father to build Prince Teng's Pavilion, which greatly damaged his vitality. Next time, I will embroider a picture of the God of Wealth." Give me a treasure map, this is more practical."
After speaking, Li Qinzai put his hand on Cui Jie's slightly swollen belly and said, "Is the baby in your belly fussy? Is it kicking around?"
Cui Jie slapped his hand away and said angrily: "How old are you? You have just become a human being. How can you kick him around?"
Cui Jie then hit him several times and said angrily: "My husband is running out all day long and you are so busy. His Majesty has not given you an official position. Do you need to be so busy? After a while, I'm afraid you will forget I am still pregnant with your flesh and blood in my belly."
Li Qinzai said sternly: "Absolutely impossible. I sowed the seeds myself and have been thinking about the harvest."
Cui Jie hummed: "You still care about the harvest, why do you always run away? I often don't see your husband for several days, and I don't know what you are busy with."
Li Qinzai smiled and said: "This time it was an accident. I went to Chang'an City to collect a talent and came back. He will be used by me in the future. Of course, I have to arrange everything myself. I will rush back as soon as the matter is done."
"My husband has recruited another talent? What kind of talent? Are they male or female?" Cui Jie asked nervously.
Li Qinzai sighed. The mother-in-law only cares about men and women, for fear that he would bring back an extra sister to the family.
"Male, man, Madam, don't worry, he can neither warm my bed, nor give birth to a child, nor threaten Madam's position as the main wife."
Cui Jie turned from worry to joy and let out a sigh.
Then he didn't even bother to ask. As long as he was a man, it didn't matter what kind of talent he was. A military commander with a robe.
Women can't get involved in men's affairs, and they can't even figure it out, so there's no need to ask questions.
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Arriving at the Li Family Courtyard in Ganjingzhuang, Liu Asi took the curious Tang Ji around and then arranged for him to live alone in a wing in the front yard.
Tang Ji accepted Liu Asi's arrangement in silence. Regardless of whether he liked it or not, he never said a word of objection. It seemed that the conditions of food and accommodation did not matter to him at all.
People with deep blood feuds have this kind of behavior, living like zombies, like machines with no emotion.
The next day, Li Qinzai woke up early and yawned as he walked to school.
Although rural teachers are laid-back, they still have to be diligent occasionally, otherwise they will be embarrassed to charge sky-high tuition fees next year.
Arriving at the school, Li Qinzai had just taken a few steps inside when he suddenly felt something was wrong.
He stopped and looked around carefully. Mountains were mountains, water was water, trees were trees, there was no difference, but he still felt something was wrong.
It wasn't until he came to the door of the classroom that Li Qinzai realized something was wrong.
It was so quiet, so incredibly quiet.
In the past, before class, the classroom was noisy, and the noise could spread to half the village.
None of the little bastards were in peace, chasing and fighting inside and outside the classroom, scolding and crying, etc. All kinds of sounds filled my ears, like a pot of boiled feces and urine, which was both smelly, slutty and fresh.
The noise will probably last until Li Qinzai enters the classroom, and then the little bastards will suddenly quiet down. They all pretend to be holding books and pretending to be concentrating on studying.
It was as if they were all diligent academics at heart, and the noise just now was just Li Qinzai's illusion.
However, at this moment, Li Qinzai dared to swear that he really did not hear a single noisy sound. This strange silence was by no means an illusion.
Li Qinzai thought for a moment, and then there was a surge of anger in his chest.
The only reasonable explanation for making a school so quiet and making the little bastards fall into silence is that these bastards collectively skipped class.
The angry Li Qinzai kicked open the classroom door, but he did not see the room being empty as expected.
In the classroom, all the little bastards were here. The difference was that they were not sitting in their seats, but dozens of them were huddled in the corner and shivering.
In the center of the classroom, Wu Minzhi was sitting alone and leisurely. Seeing Li Qinzai come in, Wu Minzhi stood up with a smile. Just as he was about to salute, a timid Imperial College student who was squeezed into the corner shouted hysterically.
"Don't come over here——!"
(End of chapter)
