In the afternoon, in the county hall, Li Li was chatting with his uncle Liu Decai. He bought a jar of wine and some snacks, and brought it to Liu Decai to thank him. What he thanked was that Liu Decai helped him plead with Wu Licai.

Of course, pleading for mercy must have been made by money. Liu Decai didn't say it out loud, and Li Li didn't say it out loud.

Similarly, Li Li came to thank him with a gift. Although he did not expressly say that he "spent money to plead with mercy", Liu Decai knew it well and did not say it out loud, so he started chatting with Li Li.

Liu Decai was a disciple of the county party committee, and his superiors were on duty in the county party committee. Of course, he had to guard the government office and lived in the government office, so he was not allowed to go home easily.

Li Li's family was not in the city. As a serving county official, he either rode a boat outside to fish or lived in the county dormitory of the city. He was always waiting for the orders and could not go home easily.

So, the two are now talking in Liu Decai's dormitory, and Li Li's chat level suddenly "spinned" compared to the past.

In that life, he entered society, worked in business, did marketing, and practiced the ability to talk to others and talk to others, and he was able to socialize with ease.

But he dared not act too "skilled" now, otherwise he would not be able to explain why he was like a different person overnight.

Liu Decai remembered something and asked: "Cunqinqi, does your mother know that you are safe?"

Li Li nodded: "Uncle, don't worry, after my nephew comes out of the county party, he goes to the county party to find his mother to report his safety."

Liu Decai was happy when he saw that his "new nephew" was now enlightened, and he started to talk too much: "Your father and brother, if that hadn't happened, your family wouldn't be like this now..."

"Uncle drinks tea... Come on, I'll give you a full list..." Li Li poured tea for Liu Decai, then sat down and cooked tea with a tea set.

Seeing that Liu Decai was in high spirits, he said, "The past is hard to mention, but once it is mentioned, my mother will feel uncomfortable... I have to rely on my uncle to take care of her family."

Liu Decai nodded: "You should also pay more attention. Although you are only thirteen years old, you have to take the lead. Don't have any more trouble, otherwise what will your mother do? What will your sister-in-law and nephew do?"

"Uncle said..." Li Li answered while cooking tea. The preparation of tea this year is different from that of later generations. It is not "making tea" but "making tea". It also has to add some seasonings, as if it is cooking porridge.

Liu Decai watched Li Li cook tea and recalled his words and behavior just now. When he saw this nephew talking, he suddenly became quick and easy to do things, and felt a little strange.

Before, Li Li was no different from other teenagers. Because he had no knowledge, he was timid and of course he couldn't be said to be a good deal for treating people and things, after all, he was just a child.

However, in just a few days, his performance became much more mature. What's going on?

But Liu Decai thought about it again and thought that it was the high fever a few days ago that made his nephew smart?

Li Li's family is not in the city, but in a fishing village on the east side of Pengli Lake. Because there are white stones beside the village, it is named Baishi Village. Most of the villages are fishermen who rely on water to get water.

Baishi Village is north of Pokou, about thirty miles away, while Pokou is downstream of Poyang City, and the distance between the two places is about 80 miles.

Li Li Aye, the eldest brother died early, and the second brother passed away early this year. Li Li's family had a widowed mother, Wu.

As a female, Wu served as an official. Now he is a chef in the county kitchen and works as a chef. The mother and son are in the same city but they cannot meet each other often because Li Li wants to fish.

Li Li also has a widowed sister-in-law Lin, who is the widow of Li Li's elder brother. Now Lin is in Baishi Village and guards a few acres of fish ponds (fish ponds) at home.

The Li family's two orphans and widows lived together, and their lives were very tight, and they didn't know when they could make it happen.

Not long ago, Li Li had just recovered from a serious illness and escaped. This time, he caused a "fish belly book collection" and it was also very worrying.

Liu Decai did not ask about the matter of "Yu Bai's Book Collection", but just cared about Li Li, and started to talk and talk again:

"I heard from my uncle that when you go out for fishing, you must take care of yourself. Otherwise, like your second brother, you will suffer from a cold and will be seriously ill and will not even marry your wife. If you don't leave any incense, you will be gone. How desolate would it be?"

Liu Decai said in a nagging manner. Although Li Li was a little nagging, he felt very warm. After all, only those who really care about him would be so nagging.

After chatting for a while, Li Li quietly turned the topic elsewhere and asked about current affairs.

As a subordinate of the letter, Liu Decai assisted the assistant in handling official documents. He had a good news. In addition, he had always been good at Li Li's family, so he was an excellent target for inquiries about current affairs.

But Li Li is a minor official, and it is impossible and should not ask about things like "what is the situation in various countries today". What he wants to ask is of course the current affairs of the county.

For example, Poyang Palace.

"The practice of all dynasties is that although the king of the clan has a vassal state, it is not a vassal state...ah, this country refers to living in a vassal state for a long time..." Liu Decai told his nephew the overview of the Poyang Prince's Mansion.

Poyang County was the vassal state of the Poyang King (county and state, empty title). Poyang King Xiao Fan was the nephew of his son today and was an official in Beijing before.

All the royal families have officials, either serving as officials in the capital or leaving the town. They basically will not live in the royal palace of the feudal state for a long time, and the King of Poyang is no exception.

The King of Poyang is now in office and is now serving as the governor of Yongzhou. The capital of Yongzhou is located in Xiangyang. The King of Poyang and his family are naturally in Xiangyang.

Since the time of the former Poyang King, the two generations of Poyang King have basically not lived in Poyang for long.

Therefore, although the Poyang Palace in Poyang City is logically "main house", it is actually very deserted. After all, where is the Poyang King?

However, because the waterway between Poyang and the Yangtze River is convenient for travel, some royal family members take turns to Poyang to live in a short life every year, which is considered to add a little popularity to Poyang's royal family.

It is also true that Liu Decai specifically instructed Li Li that if he meets people from the Poyang Palace, he must hide. If he can't escape, he must endure it even if he suffers a lot of grievances.

The reason is very simple. People in the royal palace act recklessly. After all, they rely on their power and do not take ordinary people seriously. These slaves will beat and scold them at any dissatisfaction, like evil dogs.

If the attack starts, kill the person and gets disabled, the murderer hides in the palace, and the local officials are not easy to manage.

Liu Decai emphasized: "You don't know that in the capital, there are many vicious and stubborn people in the royal family, and even their followers and servants are quite domineering. The governments in Jiankang City are not easy to manage, so those servants in the royal palace are very difficult to serve..."

"The clans are rampant in Jiankang. Think about it, can these people and their followers be restrained elsewhere?"

These days, many royal families are rampant, and their evil slaves rely on their power. Such news is very important, and Li Li dare not not remember it in his heart.

I also know that this era is clearly distinguished by the noble and humble, and the people are basically illiterate.

Of course, he was not illiterate, but most of the knowledge in later generations could not be "seamlessly connected" with the knowledge in this life. Not to mention anything else, the writing of this era seemed to be "lishu" and not simplified Chinese.

The previous Yu's poem was adapted by Li Li's "borrow" a poem, and it was written in simplified Chinese characters. In this era, some simplified Chinese characters were mostly considered cursive script or typos.

Li Li lost his father since he was young. Because he was a son of an official family, he certainly had no chance to study. However, he was "introduced" by his uncle Liu De, and learned to read and write some common characters, and he could also make basic arithmetics.

So compared with others, Li Li has "ink" in his stomach.

But if you want to compare with scholars, you can't compare at all.

Illiterate, low status and no backer, and run around to complete the catch quota every month. This is Li Li's current situation.

......

The next afternoon, Li Li was talking to his mother Wu in a corner of the kitchen of the Poyang County Party Committee.

Wu is in the county party kitchen. She looks ordinary, just like many working women, and her face is full of vicissitudes.

Poyang is the county seat of Poyang County and also the county seat of Poyang County. Wu and his son Li Li were in the same city, but because of the officials and servants, they could not meet frequently.

When Li Li came, Wu was cooking and preparing "Xiangyu food" for the county party committee. When she learned that her son was coming, she brought hot pancakes for her son to eat.

Yesterday, Wu was helping the chef in the county party committee when he suddenly heard that his son was suspected of rebellion and seemed to have been beaten to death by the government. He was shocked at that time.

Fortunately, Li Li came to report his safety, which prevented Wu from collapsing. Now he saw his son again, and looked left and right, but he couldn't see enough.

After all, this is her only son on earth.

Li Li was gnawing on the pancake, and Wu was so angry that he was afraid that the other party would find that his son had "changed someone", so he quickly said, "Mom, what the tongue woman said is not true. Look, isn't the child good?"

My son is still young and doesn’t know the dangers of the world. Wu is always worried: “You got sick a few days ago and are now facing such a thing again, so you should take care of yourself.”

"Well, don't worry, mom, the child will take care of himself."

A few days ago, Li Li fell into the water and caught a cold while fishing. The high fever did not subside. Wu was anxious, but he couldn't ask for leave, so he could only ask for a letter to help Liu Decai take care of Yi Er.

Now that my son has survived, I still can't rest assured and I always have endless things to say.

The Li family has suffered repeated accidents in recent years, leaving two pairs of orphans and widows. Wu has endured too much sadness and pain, but he dare not think that if something happened to his last son, he would still be unable to hold on.

The kitchen was very busy, and Wu did not dare to delay too long. He ordered his son a few more words and sent him away.

Li Li left the side door and ran into several people heading towards him along the street.

First, the man was dressed in bright clothes, fat head and big ears, and a kind face. When he saw Li Li, he smiled and said, "Oh, Li Sanlang, today is such a coincidence!"

Li Li recognized this person as Lu Quan who borrowed money, and was known as "Shopkeeper Lu".

Li Li was very disgusted with this person, but knew that he could not afford to offend him, so he quickly said hello.

But Manager Lu waved his hand: "Forget it, I won't say much. I'm here to find your mother today and say something important, but since you are here, that's just right..."

He ordered his followers: "Go, go in and call Wu out."

Then he looked at Li Li again: "Li Sanlang, the end of this year is coming, and the debt, principal and interest you borrowed will be paid back together. Your mother may not remember things when she is old. Well, you are half the head of the family, and now you will hear it clearly..."

"You can't pay back this debt by then, and you have to take out the fish pond you mortgaged before!"
Chapter completed!