Li Jingxiao remembered that historical records in his previous life stated that Li Hongzhang had only one biological son, who was born to him and his second wife.
He and his first wife Zhou did not have a son, so how did he get out?
It seems that I have traveled to a parallel time and space, and some contents are not the same as the history of Li Jingxiao's previous life.
Maybe in the original time and space, Li Hongzhang did not let Zhou have children in order to let his beloved wife live a few more years.
At this time and space, Zhou insisted on giving birth to a child for Li Hongzhang, and therefore consumed a lot of his own life force.
Leading to her death earlier than in history.
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"Nanny, where is Huzi? Why haven't I seen him all day?"
Huzi's original name is Chen Hu, the son of Li Jingxiao's nanny. He is one and a half years older than Li Jingxiao and is now three and a half years old.
I used to follow Li Jingxiao around every day.
I didn't see anyone today.
Li Jingxiao's wet nurse was named Song Xianlian. She had always taken care of Li Jingxiao's daily life and took care of Li Jingxiao as if she were her own son.
"He has grown up and is curious about the outside world. His father is going out to do errands today, so he went out with him."
"It's good to go out and have a look. I want to go out, but my father won't do it. I'm like a canary."
"I'm also doing this for your own good. There's chaos outside right now, and there are people from the Taiping Heavenly Army everywhere. I'm also the deadly opponent of the Taiping Heavenly Army. It's too dangerous for you to go out."
"When will Huzi come back?"
"You should be back in the evening."
Li Jingxiao looked at it and it was getting late, Hu Zi should be coming back too.
Li Jingxiao was just curious about what the outside world was like now.
In the evening, Li Jingxiao finished his meal and read in the study.
Two-year-old Li Jingxiao can already read most words, mainly military, the Analects of Confucius, etc.
He has no interest at all in the Four Books and Five Classics.
You may read it, but you won’t be very focused on memorizing it.
At this time, Hu Zi, who was over three years old, ran in with a tiger head.
"Master, I'm back. Master, hehehe, look what I brought you..."
After saying that, Chen Hu took out something wrapped in brown paper from his arms.
Li Jingxiao became interested and wanted to know what it was.
Chen Hu ran to Li Jingxiao with a smile, and then slowly opened it. Inside was Anhui's specialty pastry baked cake.
Li Hongzhang also bought it for Li Jingxiao before, and Li Jingxiao thought it was quite delicious.
He had never eaten any cakes in his previous life, and Mr. Li donated all his money to charity.
"Huzi, you eat too. Where were you and your father today?"
"It's time to collect rent for the fields in the countryside. The housekeeper asked my father to take people to collect this year's rent."
"Then if you have encountered anything interesting, tell me quickly."
"It's not good outside. Many children outside have straws stuck in their heads. I don't know why."
"I asked my father and he said they were for buying children, both boys and girls."
"I don't understand why I want to buy a child."
"And when we went to collect the rent, many people looked at the rent being collected, just like the way my buns were snatched away by Xiao Hei."
"Huzi, you don't understand, who can sell their children if they can't live well."
"If they have land, why would they farm it for us? This is the harm caused by land annexation."
"You are still young, and you don't understand even if I tell you."
Chen Hu pursed his lips and muttered: "I'm young. I'm more than a year older than you. I'm not a two- or three-year-old kid anymore. I'm three and a half years old."
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In 1858, Li Jingxiao was 4 years old this year, and Chen Hu next to him was also over five years old.
"Master, where are we going? Can we not leave? I can't bear to leave home."
"Huzi, we have to leave to save our lives. The Taiping Army is about to conquer Luzhou. If we don't leave, we won't be able to leave."
"Okay then, let's leave quickly. Master, will we come back in the future?"
"Yes, we will definitely come back in the future."
Then Li Jingxiao left Li Mansion for the first time and also left Luzhou for the first time.
His father Li Hongzhang took him and some important people in the house and fled to Nanchang quickly.
Not everyone in the mansion was taken away. Many servants gave some money at Li Jingxiao's suggestion and fled for their lives.
The reason why Huzi is with them is because Huzi's mother is Li Jingxiao's wet nurse.
Now that Li Jingxiao is no longer breastfeeding, he is still taking care of his daily life.
So Huzi's family fled to Nanchang with Li Hongzhang and others.
Why Nanchang? Because Li Hongzhang’s eldest brother Li Hanzhang is in Nanchang.
Although Li Hongzhang was fleeing for his life this time, he also brought a lot of gold and silver with him, and there was still a lot that he had not taken away. Li Jingxiao also came up with an idea and found a place to hide.
Li Hongzhang is also quite satisfied with his son's intelligence. Sometimes he can always think of things he never thought of.
After all, Li Hongzhang also served as a third-level inspector in charge of justice.
He was also a big shot in the Qing Dynasty, and there were still many strong men in the mansion. This time Li Hongzhang led nearly a hundred people to protect the family.
Along the way, Li Jingxiao truly saw the living conditions of the lower class people living in the war years of the late Qing Dynasty.
He saw many dilapidated farmhouses and thin people.
There are more YP addicts selling their children and wives.
It was really terrible, but there was nothing he could do. He was too weak now and couldn't do anything to help.
Chen Hu looked at Li Jingxiao from the side. He could tell that his young master was in a bad mood, so he did not disturb him.
He has followed Li Jingxiao for so many years and has been reading and literacy together since childhood. Li Jingxiao has instilled many thoughts of later generations in terms of thoughts and aspects.
Chen Hu looked at everything in front of him and was very sad.
Because the road was unsafe and some places required detours, the group walked for nearly a month before arriving in Nanchang.
On the way, they received news that Luzhou had been defeated and captured by the Taiping Army.
Li Hongzhang and his party arrived in Nanchang and were greeted personally by Li Hanzhang.
Li Hanzhang has no children now, and one of them died in infancy.
Therefore, he also loves his second brother, his son, very much.
Li Jingxiao is also the first boy in the next generation of their Li family.
Li Hongzhang brought Li Jingxiao to Li Hanzhang.
"Brother, it would be a shame to ask you to go out of the city to greet me in person."
"I'm not here to pick you up. I'm missing Jingxiao, so I'm here to pick up Jingxiao."
"Come Jing Xiao, uncle, give me a hug."
"Uncle, I haven't seen you for more than a year, and my nephew misses you very much."
"My nephew is here to kowtow to my uncle and thank him for taking our family in."
"Get up, get up, you kid, you and your uncle are so out of touch with each other, it's not like what your father taught you."
"It seems that our Li family has a Qilin. This is it."
Li Jingxiao smiled at his uncle.
As for Li Hanzhang wanting to hug Li Jingxiao, he can only talk about it.
Although Li Jingxiao is only four years old, he is stronger and slightly taller than Huzi.
Li Hanzhang will definitely not be able to lift up his old bones.
Then several people chatted for a few more words, and then Li Hanzhang took Li Hongzhang and his family to the house that had been arranged long ago.
