Chapter 60: Father hired without telling his son

Without mentioning the matter, Li You didn't care much about being arrested by Chen to take the tank, which had no substantial impact on him. It had already rained and no need to do any rain prayers. Li You, who had made a free move, thought that the Xuhe Water Conservancy Project should also be started, and told Chen, "Now there is only two months before the autumn harvest. The river work matter should be prepared in advance."

County Magistrate Chen asked Mr. Huang: "How much silver has been raised?"

Mr. Huang replied: "Currently, a total of 16 major households in this county have paid out silver and gathered 37,000 taels."

County Magistrate Chen nodded and said, "You can start preparing materials. But what do you think about the money and the emperor's merchants want to collect stone materials for 50,000 silver? Will you give it to him?"

Li Youxin was not here, just thinking about Xue Juren's wooden stake business, and said, "Although this matter is suspicious, the master is afraid that it will be inappropriate and cannot stop it. He might as well give him money in batches. As long as he has no problems, he will be 10,000 yuan at a time until the river affairs are completed, so as not to regret any accidents that will happen."

Magistrate Chen and Master Huang both praised him for being kind, so he decided to do so.

After Li You followed Mr. Huang to the magistrate's room, he said as he walked: "Mr., I have a good reputation for finding a side house for the county. He is a distant relative of my mother's family. He is a good woman from a good family and has good looks. However, his poor father died and his livelihood was hard to survive. I am willing to be a concubine with the county emperor. I am now living in the City God Temple. I also ask the old man to take the county emperor to see it."

It turned out that he had thought about it last night. Instead of trying his best to make arrangements, it would be better to hand it over to Mr. Huang, who is more familiar with County Magistrate Chen, so as to avoid any unnecessary thoughts from Mr. Huang.

Master Huang smiled and said, "It took you so long to find it. I guess it won't be bad. I'll ask the county magistrate in the past two days."

Li You Xie said: "Mr. Lao is troubled by this matter. I am in the Wushuo."

When she returned to the public housing, Li You took a few sips of tea and went out to the yamen to discuss business with Xue Yuanqing and Juren. It was under great pressure to make money. She had a concubine with a private pocket of hundreds of taels of silver at home. She could not always be inferior to her. Her husband must be cheered up!

Juren Xue also lives in the north of the city. Speaking of the pattern of Xujiang County, most of the dignitaries live in the east of the north of the city, and most of the brothels and restaurants are in the west of the north of the city. The south is full of handicraftsmen such as silk and wood ware, and foreign merchants gather, and the middle streets are shops.

When he arrived at Xue's mansion, Li You was surprised and even flattered when he saw that Xue Juren had come out to greet him personally. He felt that Mr. Xue is worthy of being a very successful businessman and is deeply aware of the truth that many people don't blame him.

You should know that a juren can be called a master, treating the magistrate with a courtier, or even being selected by the Ministry of Personnel to be a magistrate in a small place, or making up for the lack of miscellaneous officials of the prefecture. Although he is only regarded as a turbid current with no chance of promotion and cannot be compared with the Qingliu Jinshi, I don’t know how tall it is than Li You, a minor official.

After the guest and host in the hall sat down for tea, Xue Juren smiled and said, "I haven't seen each other for many days, Mr. Li is getting better and better. Today I come to my house and I will definitely have good news to tell you."

Li You said without hesitation: "Today, I have obtained the approval letter from the county master and can prepare materials. Heming silver is also sufficient for now. Mr. Xue quickly went to transport the wood, and he will temporarily use 10,000 wooden piles, the thickness must not be less than six inches, and the price is very easy to say."

"It's really good news." Juren Xue said happily: "I will go to purchase immediately. I can't miss the major water conservancy matters. Please rest assured Mr. Li." Seeing that it was almost noon, Juren Xue said again: "I should have kept the meal, but I didn't prepare it here, so I asked Mr. Taihualou to eat."

When I walked to the gate of Xue Mansion, I saw a team of gongs and trumpets, red-colored red-coloured team passing through the alley, carrying twenty or thirty bars.

Looking at the festive team Xue Yuanqing chatted: "After Mr. Li's method of rainfall and the ban was abolished, many families rushed to prepare for weddings. I don't know who this team was hired for."

The servant Jia of Xue's family said, "I have seen it several times today. I heard that this is a betrothal gift sent to Lord Liu's mansion."

Lord Liu? Li You was stunned when he heard this. It seemed that only one of the only people in Xujiang County could be called Lord Liu, which is his future cheap father-in-law Liu.

Another servant Yi said in a sarcastic tone: "Then Lord Liu looked for his son-in-law everywhere in the first half of the year, but the wealthy families looked down on his mute daughter. In the end, I don't know what kind of family I found to make do with. I wouldn't be a deaf person, but that's a pair of people who are incomplete, hahaha."

Li You was so angry that he sneered at the Xue Mansion's servant Jia, "Go and ask! Whose family is the one who is the one who is hired."

Soon after, the man inquired and replied: "I heard that it was the betrothal gift from Mr. Li's house to Lord Liu's mansion."

Suddenly, the scene was cold.

Juren Xue was shocked when he heard this and thought to himself that the old captain Li's family was Mr. Li's family, was it Mr. Li's own happy event? The servants just mocked Li You. I wanted to start arriving at this point and ordered him to say, "This bitch dares to insult the distinguished guest, take it down and beat him to death!"

The servant Yi was so scared that his face looked like a dirt, and immediately knelt in front of Li You and begged for mercy. But Li You looked at him indifferently, ignored him, and bowed to Juren Xue and said, "Thank you for your kindness. I really have no intention of going to the banquet. I have to go home to take a look. For the wood matter, please give me more attention. When I have a look, I come to discuss the money and say goodbye."

On the way home, Li You thought that the wedding process was going too fast. According to custom, after the vocational ceremony, it was commonly known as the hiring, and a few days or evening, a month after the marriage was held. After the family had done this, he didn't tell him at all. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes today, maybe in a few days, the servant Yi Ge would suddenly come over and shout: Young Master! You should go to the bridal chamber today, and others really can't replace you. Please go home and participate in it yourself - that's a surprise.

If you think about it carefully, he will understand that this is definitely a gentleman who judges a villain by his villain's heart and beware of his son, who has a criminal record, making trouble. He has been busy with business these days and has not yet communicated with his father about his ideas.

After rushing back to Xishui Town, Li You entered the door and looked for his father. But he saw his father and his neighbor, Mr. Sun, played chess under the shade of the tree. Mr. Sun knew that the father and son had something to do and said goodbye.

After Li You finished his greeting, his father said, "If you don't work hard in the county government, why do you come to work at home?"

Li You said dissatisfiedly: "My father is so overwhelming. I don't know about my marriage."

"What do you need to know? Is it necessary to let you do something wrong after telling me?" Li's father said calmly. He knew that his son had a lot of thoughts and often did something self-righteous, so he concealed Najib from the beginning. Najib pursued two procedures to prevent his son from destroying him.

"Son, I..." Li You was about to defend himself.

Li's father slapped the table and interrupted: "Take a concubine and prostitution, you are less bold and arrogant? When you were young, you were not as arrogant as you! Tell you, whether you are satisfied with the marriage or not, it's not your turn to decide! I'm the one who decides this family!"

"I think this marriage..." Li You wanted to defend himself again.

Father Li shouted again: "What else do you have to think about? Today, the betrothal gift is given and you can't let it go! Do you want people in the county to make a joke?"

"Father listen to me! I..."

Li's father was not willing to listen to his son's arguments, so he raised his hand and wanted to beat him.

Li You subconsciously shrank back.

With just two bangs, Li's father slapped his old face twice, leaving red handprints.

Li You was stunned. His father slapped himself. What was he playing with?

Li's father, who had a palm print on his face, threatened with a fierce expression: "If you dare to say no to the marriage again, you will have a slap mark on your father. Use this as a proof to go to the yamen to sue you for a serious crime of beating your father! You can't exile for 3,000 miles without any irresistible exile! Then I will pretend that you don't have your son!"

According to the laws of this era, the fact that a son was found to be a serious crime of disobedience when he beat his father was found. The highest punishment could be executed. The father is indeed a cruel person... but is it necessary? "I actually don't oppose the marriage..." Li You said helplessly, "Father, why are you doing this? I have thought about it thoroughly. Today I came to tell my father that I would like to marry the Miss Liu family."

My mind almost couldn't turn around for a moment. Li's father, who was a little angry, couldn't help but cough violently and complained: "Bastard! Are you an unfilial son going to be angry to death as your father? Can't you speak completely? What kind of rudeness is it to hesitate!"

After he recovered, Li's father said again: "Go to the front of the ancestral tablet to kneel down. Seeing that you are going to get married and start a career, you will tell you about your family history. Let's talk about your lack of ambition. My Li family must not fall in your hands!"

In fact, Li You understood that his father could not blink even if he killed someone. The reason why he was excited when talking about his marriage was because he was a little guilty but didn’t know what guilt was. However, with the bad things his father did in his life, if he really knew how to feel guilty, he would repent day and night, and it would be better if he didn’t feel guilty.
Chapter completed!