Chapter 210:
“Wife, what’s going on?”
“Nothing!”
Luo Zhi’er glanced at Li Sanmao, who had returned with water and looked nervous, then turned and entered the room.
Anyway, she didn’t need to cook today, so Li Sanmao followed, and Luo Zhi’er lowered her head to do needlework.
“Where’s Miaomiao?”
“Feeding the little rabbit!”
Wife’s face was ashen, “Oh!” Earlier Eldest Sister-in-law had been in the backyard alluding to her with veiled insults, Li Sanmao hesitated to say something…
Luo Zhi’er first asked him: “By the way, husband, where did Zhenzhu go?”
Li Sanmao paused, “I was just about to tell you, Oldest Brother said she ran away right after coming out of the prison cell that day!”
“Ran away?”
“She came out and had a big fight with mother, mother couldn’t hold her back and she even pushed mother down, heard she ran off to Zeng Manor to find Master Zeng herself!”
“What? When did Oldest Brother tell you?”
Luo Zhi’er widened her eyes in disbelief looking at him, unable to believe it…
“I couldn’t believe it either, just now, when I went to fetch water, I ran into him coming back from the fields and casually asked, parents don’t want them telling others!”
“No way… What was Zhenzhu thinking?”
She had no name or status, last time they took the marriage certificate they were thrown into prison, this matter was also orchestrated by Li Lei, Zeng Manor had no reaction at all, she even said there might be a chance to escape disaster!
Was her brain short-circuited?
Remembering the information she had inquired about, she couldn’t escape fast enough, how did she go deliver herself to the door?
Li Sanmao sighed,
“Not clear, good or bad it’s her own fate, what can be done now?”
If something really happened and the rice was already cooked, no big deal, she would have come back early!
Zhenzhu had suffered too much in prison, endured a lot of contempt, vowing to find a backing husband at any cost!
At this moment, hearing the sound of guests arriving outside, why was there Zhou Shi’s shrill crying?
Li Sanmao furrowed his brow, looked at her doubtfully, and walked out.
She also had a bad premonition in her heart, put down the work in her hands and ran out after him.
Li Gui? He… didn’t he just go to the academy two days ago? How did he come back?
Looking at their situation… could it be that the matter she had foreseen happened?
“Gui’er, tell me, what exactly is going on?”
Zhou Shi was hysterical, her short and sturdy figure jumping up to pound his back hard a few times!
Li Gui had the look of a dead pig not afraid of boiling water, half-dead.
Just knew his mother would react like this!
Luo Zhi’er glanced at Li Gui, he was disheveled and very dejected!
Felt like being caught as a thief, with big and small packages piled on the ground nearby.
It was his luggage.
He didn’t come back on his own, he was sent back.
This person was around fifty, looked very majestic and quite scholarly.
The person who sent him was precisely the teacher who taught them.
Old Li Tou came out from the room later, hearing Zhou Shi’s words his face changed with anger, and he hurriedly stepped forward to the visitor,
“You, who are you? Why did you just say our family’s Li Gui was expelled from the academy?”
“I am Fan Fuzi from Donglin Academy, Li Gui’s teaching teacher, specially come to follow the academy’s decision and send the dismissed student Li Gui back!”
Li Daqiang, Xiao Zhou Shi, Chen Shi all ran out hearing the commotion…
Hearing Fan Fuzi say this, excitement flashed in Xiao Zhou Shi and Chen Shi’s eyes.
Fan Fuzi had taught for so many years, felt this was the most embarrassing time.
He thought Li Gui’s family conditions should be decent…
Because he usually spent silver lavishly at school, wanting only the best for everything! Had shown off in front of his daughter!
Only today when he came did he realize this was just an ordinary farm boy’s family, not well-off!
“Li Gui, whatever you did, tell it to your parents yourself!”
Fan Fuzi said sternly.
Li Gui swallowed saliva, “…I have nothing to say!”
After speaking, perhaps feeling too ashamed to face everyone, he turned and ran into the main hall, slamming the door shut with a bang, leaving everyone bewildered!
Old Li Tou composed himself, thinking it was probably Second Brother Li Lei’s matter that implicated Li Gui, and hurriedly said to the teacher: “Fan Fuzi, truly sorry, our family’s Second Brother did cause some trouble that implicated Gui’er, but now our family has been released from official custody!”
“Moreover, moreover our Gui’er also brought… cough… filial piety silver, we haven’t skimped in previous years either… this matter probably a misunderstanding!”
Old Li Tou felt since he had taken their bribery silver, he shouldn’t be so inflexible, he even suspected they were deliberately making trouble for them.
Plus previously every time Li Gui asked for silver he said it was to give some filial piety to the teaching teacher, they had always prepared it!
Fan Fuzi upon hearing this immediately blew his beard and glared, face ashen, “What nonsense?”
“I Fan Fuzi as a teacher for many years, always abide by school rules, accept no bribery or filial piety from students, don’t believe me go inquire, you are completely damaging this teacher’s reputation!”
Old Li Tou was angry, this teacher was too cunning how could he take the things and then deny it?
Luo Zhi’er tugged Li Sanmao’s sleeve, signaling him to ask.
“Dad, don’t get agitated first!”
“Fan Fuzi, sorry my dad is just anxious please don’t mind, our family only has Fifth Brother as a scholar, the whole family places great hopes on him!”
“May I ask, what exactly was the reason my Fifth Brother was expelled?”
Fan Fuzi’s expression softened a bit, “Your mood this teacher understands, so this teacher personally made this trip to explain the whole story to you!”
“Fan Fuzi, you’ve had a hard journey, come sit here, have a cup of tea to moisten your throat!” Luo Zhi’er also hurriedly welcomed him forward.
Fan Fuzi saw that the family at least had two sensible ones, also sighed and said: “Alright!”
“This teacher will have a sip of tea, and explain clearly to you!!!”
He didn’t want his lifelong reputation ruined.
Fan Fuzi went to sit at the table over there, Old Li Tou and Zhou Shi also reluctantly moved over…
After drinking tea, Fan Fuzi sighed: “Originally your family’s Li Gui was implicated because your family’s Second Brother Li Lei got in trouble with officials, he was publicly arrested and thrown in prison, the academy intended to expel him.”
“This one thought left and right, after all ten years of cold window study is not easy, and he is this teacher’s student, thus repeatedly guaranteed, when he came to school the day before yesterday he was reinstated…”
“Many thanks to Fan Fuzi for the support!”
“A small favor, not worth mentioning!” He would help any of his students like this.
“But… after entering the academy he didn’t study diligently with beam and awl, instead fought with fellow students causing trouble, and not only that, last night he actually sneaked out of the academy to the brothel!”
“Caught red-handed in public!”
“What?”
Brothel is a pleasure house, a small workshop…
Old Li Tou was so angry he felt dizzy, suddenly remembered he seemed to have seen it once before, at that time he thought he saw wrong!
Could it be, that person was… Li Gui?
Zhou Shi was bewildered, “His father, what’s a brothel?”
Xiao Zhou Shi and Chen Shi contemptuously covered their mouths, Chen Shi angrily said: “Hah! So while we slave at home earning a bit of silver for his studies, he goes to that filthy place to amuse with women?”
Xiao Zhou Shi: “Li Gui ah Li Gui, are you worthy of your oldest brother?”
Zhou Shi then reacted, “Impossible, our Gui’er is not that kind of person! Fan Fuzi, you as a teacher, don’t gossip like an old woman and damage our Gui’er’s reputation!”
“Hmph! If you don’t want people to know, don’t do it, he Li Gui was caught by us publicly in a woman’s quilt, as his teacher, this old face of mine has nowhere to put!”
That kind of scene, publicly naked and bare, it was also his first time seeing it!
