"Dad! Dad! I want to go to Jiangning City to see the sights too! Didnt you say that Jiangning City is an ancient capital? Ive grown up so big and still havent seen a capital city! Neither new nor old, I havent seen any of them! You must take me there!" Li Xia, who was hiding behind the curtain eavesdropping, ran in and pulled on Old Master Lis sleeve, acting spoiled and silly.

  "Is this Ninth Miss? I, an old slave, pay my respects to Ninth Miss!" Zhao Da hastily knelt down and kowtowed to Li Xia. Li Xia subconsciously took a half step back, "Im too young for that."

  This Zhao remembered that he was a capable and loyal manager by the side of his uncle, who followed his uncle to be exiled in Shaanxi. He was very devoted and when his uncle was demoted to a commoner and never reused, he went around asking people to see him, saying that he had something to say, but she didnt see him.

  Li Xias swift movement was seen by Zhao Da, whose smile on his face grew thicker and his attitude became more respectful than before.

  This smile and courtesy fell into Li Xias eyes, Li Xias heart jumped lightly, it seems that this is a very reasonable and transparent person, in the previous life, maybe she should have seen him.

  "Good! Good!" Mr. Li was already hesitant, and he couldnt bear Li Xias pleading as she grasped his sleeve, so he agreed immediately.

  After seeing off Zhao Da, the boat set sail again. Li Wenshan found an opportunity to squat in front of Li Xia, with a face full of shock, confusion and a thin layer of fear, his voice as low as possible, "Ah Xia, did you hear? Eldest Uncle has really been promoted to be the Transport Commissioner of Eastern Jiangnan! Eldest Uncle has really sent someone over! Its all true!"

  "Wake up!" Li Xias chubby hands slapped Li Wenshans face, "Think carefully about how to speak and what to do to make Uncle willing to help us."

  Li Wenshan nodded repeatedly: "A Xia, dont worry! Hmm? How to say it... Do you have a way or not..."

  I heard they are going to Jiangning Prefecture for fun, Sixth Brother Li Wenlans eyes lit up and he also wants to follow them to Jiangning Prefecture.

  Li Xia was unwilling to bring him along, she worried that he would say something inappropriate and ruin the big deal between her and Fifth Brother.

  Li Wenshan pinched his chin with two fingers, posing as a majestic and dignified elder, "Dont worry! Im here! Lan Ge is the most obedient to me. Ill talk to Lan Ge, if he dares not listen, we wont take him!"

  In the middle of the night, the boat docked at Jiangning Wharf. Early in the morning, two cars were parked behind Zhao Da, waiting early at the wharf.

  Mr. Li, however, slowly and deliberately finished his breakfast, carefully reviewed Li Wenshans homework, and meticulously evaluated Li Wenlans calligraphy, one word at a time, until the sun was high in the sky before ordering them to change clothes and prepare to disembark.

  Li Wenshan, Li Wenlan and Li Xia were already anxious, hastily jumping up to change their clothes.

  For Li Wenshan to go to Jiangning City, Li Dong and Mrs. Xu were worried for a whole night. Mr. Li was fine, having made two new sets of clothes before taking office. After arriving in Hengshan County, Li Wenshan would have to attend the county school, so he needed several good sets of clothes to save face. Mrs. Xu took out some of Mr. Lis old clothes from his early years, picked out a few that had hardly been worn, and had Li Dong alter them for Li Wenshan, which could be considered new clothes.

  Li Wenlan and Li Xia were at a loss, the spring clothes were made on the spot, but Li Wenlans clothes were made from Li Wenshans old clothes that had been altered to be smaller, while Li Xia used Li Dongs old clothes, they could only be considered clean and fitting.

  Li Xias mind was not on this, and he didnt notice the newness of his clothes. Li Wenlan, however, looked at him with envy, admiring the bright blue satin robe that made him look vigorous and full of spirit. He couldnt help but tug at his own old clothes, wishing he could wear something as beautiful as his brothers new attire.

  Mr. Li got on a bus, and the three siblings insisted on sitting together, so they squeezed onto another bus.

  "Has Big Brothers confession been memorized?" Li Wenshan asked with a straight face as they got on the car.

  He is now more nervous and afraid than Li Xia, Ah Xia didnt speak nonsense, or their family would really be in big trouble, the kind of disaster that Ah Xia said... If they cant get help from Eldest Uncle...

  He must have thought about it countless times, if the uncle is unwilling to lend a hand, he really doesnt know where else to find help! With no one to help, relying on him and Xia, to protect his family, he didnt even have half a grasp of confidence.

  "Remember it!" Li Wenlan pouted, looking very unhappy. "Id rather not speak! Anyway, I dont tell lies!"

  "Who made you tell lies? I was saying... thats not a lie...... forget it, just dont speak anymore!" Looks like Li Wenshan couldnt take down his brother after all.

  "If someone asks you if its right or not, is it? Is that so? Then look at me, I nod and you nod, I shake my head and you shake your head!" Li Xia had no choice but to take matters into her own hands.

  Li Wenlan looked at Li Xia in surprise and confusion, he was seven years old now, no longer so naive, his sister was very different from before, strange, very strange! But what exactly was strange about her, he couldnt quite put into words.

  "When we go to someone elses home for dinner and to admire the flowers, we need to be polite and not say anything that might make everyone unhappy, right, Sixth Brother?" Li Xia noticed the confusion in his eyes, but could only continue speaking awkwardly. Fifth Brother was never good at flattering people, he wasnt when they were young, and still isnt now that theyre grown up.

  "Yes." Li Wenlan nodded.

  "When we speak, we should say things that make everyone happy, right? How can it be considered a lie? For example, my mother is actually very seasick and uncomfortable, but every time she says: Shes fine, not uncomfortable at all. Is my mother telling a lie?"

  "Is... isnt..." Li Wenlans furrowed brow looked very good, her sisters words were quite reasonable, and he couldnt refute them!

  "Thats it! We have to be polite today, we want everyone to be happy, otherwise people will say that we are not well-educated, that our father and mother did not teach us well. If that happens, our father and mother will lose face because of us. Eldest brother, am I right?"

  "Right, right, right! Thats it!" Li Wenshan nodded desperately, Ah Xia was good at coaxing people!

  Li Wenlan looked at her sister, then at her big brother, and suddenly felt that the two of them had a tacit understanding, excluding herself from it. This feeling made Li Wenlan feel a little bit wronged.

  The car drove past the main gate of the transportation department and walked halfway down the street before entering through a side door.

  Mr. Li got off the carriage, looked around and felt very bitter in his heart. Jiangnan East Road is one of the most prosperous places under heaven, and Big Brother has been promoted to be the Transport Commissioner of Jiangnan East Road and the Prefect of Jiangning, becoming the number one person in Jiangnan East Road. In this life, he himself could hardly catch up with him.

  Thinking of the words that the old lady had been muttering in his ear since he was born and hadnt opened his eyes yet: to make a name for himself, to hold his head high, to slap their faces... to avenge his mother, to bring back a first-class title for his mother...

  Its all a joke!

  Im already over thirty and almost forty, I had to sell my wifes dowry and turn the house upside down just to get a minor official position as the county magistrate of a small county in Hengshan, which is only an eighth-rank official. But my older brother has already become a regional lord and a high-ranking government official.

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