Chapter 116
Li Yuezhu and Xiao An got off the boat first. Originally, Chen Jiuying wanted to invite Li Yuezhu to ride home in a carriage, but she didn't expect that Li Yuezhu wanted to go to the store instead.
Liu Wenjing was also reluctant to part with Li Yuezhu and Chen Jiuying. She had a very happy day. Meeting Li Yuezhu today seemed to have opened a new door and allowed Liu Wenjing to see a lot.
As they said goodbye one by one, Liu Wenjing and Li Yuezhu exchanged their home addresses and agreed on a time to meet next time before leaving.
Mrs. Liu is also happy to see the results. This little girl Yuezhu is so lovable. Her daughter is good at everything, but she is too quiet and thinks too much.
Originally, Mrs. Liu planned to let Wen Jing have more contact with Xiao Jiu and let Xiao Jiu take care of her. Unexpectedly, Wen Jing had too few topics in common with Xiao Jiu, and in the end they were not able to play together.
And now that there is Li Yuezhu, Mrs. Liu also saw Li Yuezhu's ability to reconcile and praised her greatly.
Let your daughter have more contact with them, and don't stay at home all day without going out.
The most depressing ones were probably Linglong and her daughter. They originally wanted to go out together to make their presence felt, but unexpectedly they were the two who were ignored the most.
Throughout the entire journey, Linglong did not interrupt even if she wanted to. This was because today was Li Yuezhu's home court.
Holding Xiao An's hand and walking on the road, without those ladies and young ladies sitting around, both of them felt very comfortable, and Xiao An became more lively.
"Sister, sister, are you telling the truth? We really want to open a shop!"
Xiao An's eyes were shining, and he was holding Li Yuezhu's hand and shaking it, looking extremely excited.
"Yes, we can make more money by opening a shop so that my brother and you can go to school!"
When Xiao An heard that her sister's busy work these days was all for her brother and herself, she immediately lowered her head in shame. Although he is only five years old now, he has also lived a hard life.
"boom……"
"ah!!"
Li Yuezhu was pulling Xiao An along the road. He wanted to see the rice dumpling seller there and buy some rice dumplings for Xiao An to eat.
Suddenly, Xiao An was knocked to the ground, and lying next to him was a frail young man in his thirties.
The young man didn't even say an apology, he got up and ran away.
Li Yuezhu was also very angry here and quickly helped up Xiao An who was lying on the side. He originally wanted to catch that person and teach him a lesson, but unexpectedly he was thrown to the ground by others.
"You're fucking looking for trouble, aren't you! How dare you sell our young master a fake? Did you draw that picture of Hanlin riding a donkey? It's simply a fake!"
Those servants violently kicked and beat the frail young man who had just knocked down Xiao An, and cursed him while they were beating him.
"Ouch, ouch, stop fighting."
The frail young man just held his head and begged, but it had no effect at all.
"I'll give you a beating. Not only is the picture of riding a donkey in the cold forest fake, but is the picture of the peaks and snow real?"
The men threw the two scrolls on the man lying on the ground.
Li Yuezhu and Xiao An stood aside. She quickly dusted off her brother's body and checked whether there were any injuries on his body. Fortunately, Xiao An only suffered a little pain and did not suffer any serious injuries.
"Sister, why did those people beat him?"
Xiao An looked on, filled with righteous indignation. Perhaps Xiao An planted a seed of justice when he was very young, and he was very angry when he saw the bully. He turned around and was about to rush over, but was stopped by Li Yuezhu.
"Maybe that man did something wrong."
Li Yuezhu squinted at the beating in front of her. She did not step forward to dissuade him, but waited until the servants walked away cursing before she stepped forward.
"Hey, uncle," Li Yuezhu led Xiao An: "You have to have an explanation for knocking my brother to the ground."
The frail young man who had been beaten to a bruised face got up from the ground. When he saw two children standing in front of him, he remembered that this was the child he had just knocked to the ground. Before he could say sorry, he ran away.
Far.
"My dear, I'm really sorry. My uncle was walking in a hurry just now and accidentally bumped into you."
After the man finished speaking, he took something out of his arms. Li Yuezhu saw that his shabby green shirt was already full of patches, and it was no different from the clothes his family used to wear.
"Here are five cents." The man fumbled around in his arms for a long time, but only took out five cents: "I will buy you some candies with these five cents."
With trembling hands, Ma Yuan handed the five cents left in his hand to the two children.
Seeing that the two children were still indifferent, Ma Yun felt a little shy.
"Uncle, this is the only money we have here. No matter how much you have..." Ma Yuan trembled and got up from the ground: "No matter how much I have, I can't take it out."
"Uncle, you don't have to worry about it. We, the two siblings, are not the ones who are short of money."
Ma Yuan looked at the pair of siblings. Although they were plainly dressed, they did not look like what ordinary family members could afford. He immediately knew what they meant.
"The money is indeed a little short, but uncle really can't get it here."
Li Yuezhu laughed out loud. He had never seen such an honest person.
"Why do we want your money?"
Ma Yuan paused for a moment and muttered nothing for a long time.
"Just now, those servants I ordered came up and kicked and punched you. What were they doing?"
Li Yuezhu helped the man up before asking.
Ma Yuan's cheeks were already red with embarrassment. Could it be that he received this beating because he plagiarized a celebrity's painting and sold it for money? This was something he couldn't say.
Li Yuezhu seemed to know his situation, so he picked up the two scrolls thrown on the ground.
One of the paintings shows a scholar riding a donkey walking in the countryside, with boy servants accompanying him in front and behind him. There is also an ancient pine on the left side of the picture, which actually has the meaning of flying clouds, and there are dead trees and cold streams in the middle. It looks like
The weather is desolate and the realm is profound. It is a rare and good painting.
And unfold another painting, which depicts high mountains with dense snow, waterfalls and cold springs. There is a pavilion inside, and the forest houses on the peaks are all painted in light ink. It is really a wonder.
Li Yuezhu's eyes lit up: "The artistic conception of your painting is very profound. How much money did it cost to sell it to his master?"
Ma Yuan, who was standing aside, didn't expect this little girl to have such aura around her, so he unconsciously said: "Five taels of silver."
"You sold it for five taels of silver?" Li Yuezhu curled his lips. The painting was indeed very good, but the calligraphy and painting sold for five taels of silver was immediately known to be fake. The young master didn't know what he thought.
, do you want to buy an authentic product for only five taels of silver? What a joke!
"Uncle, is he short of money?"
Li Yuezhu carefully rolled up the painting, holding it in his hand without giving it back to Ma Yuan.
"This, this," Ma Yun sighed helplessly: "Hey, if I didn't lack money, would I take such a big risk to sell this painting?"
"My mother is sick, the rented house is about to expire, and the family is running out of money, so I thought of this business." Ma Yuan sighed helplessly.
Here Li Yuezhu had another idea. Calligraphy and painting are good things. Although he has bad handwriting, there are many poor scholars here who have no way to serve the country.
Chapter completed!