Chapter 203: The Many Troubles of Children's Enlightenment
"Master, Second Miss, dinner is ready. Shall we set the table now?"

Aunt Qiu's voice came from outside. The two people in the house stopped talking. Li Yaoguang responded to the outside, "Set up."

As soon as Aunt Qiu left, Li Yaoguang followed and was about to go to the back to call the little girl to come for dinner, but Li Qifeng suddenly stopped her.

"Wait for Yaoguang."

"Anything else?"

Li Yaoguang looked back and saw her brother took out a half-worn purse from his arms and handed it to her, "Take this?"

"What is this? Money?"

Li Qifeng nodded, a little shy, "You have always been the head of the family, and I am not good at this. These are what I earned in the past few days. Although it is not much, I will work hard in the future."

Well, I can't dampen my brother's enthusiasm, so Li Yaoguang reached out to take it, opened it, and found that there was quite a lot inside, a silver coin weighing about two taels, and about twenty Tongbao coins. It was really not a small amount, and Li Yaoguang was surprised.

"Brother, you earned this much in just three days?" Is this how much you can earn by ghostwriting letters?

Li Qifeng explained, "No, thanks to the care of the neighbors, the income from writing letters for others is only those Tongbao coins, and these two taels of silver are what I earned from copying books."

"Oh, then the price for copying the book is pretty good. But brother, you have just recovered from a serious injury, so you have to take care of your body and don't overwork yourself, otherwise you will have to spend a lot on medicine."

Li Qifeng nodded heavily, knowing his sister's concern. "Yes, I know. Don't worry, sister. I know my limits and I'm not tired."

"That's fine, that's fine."

Although he agreed verbally, Li Yaoguang was actually worried in his heart. After all, his brother was too dull and was not good at sweet talk. He just kept his head down and did things. He secretly made plans in his mind. He thought that if he had nothing to do tomorrow, he would personally keep an eye on the things after delivering them to his aunt, to prevent his brother from pretending to obey but actually disobeying his orders.

In front of the other person, he took out the silver coin from his purse and shook it in front of Li Qifeng, "Brother, we are family, so I won't be polite. I will use this money for household expenses. I will make an account book later so that I know everything about income and expenditure."

"Okay, take it, take it. We're all family, you're in charge." Li Qifeng was also in a good mood and smiled. It was obvious that he was happy with Li Yaoguang's generosity.

Li Yaoguang took the silver, tied up the purse and stuffed it back. Li Qifeng was stunned. Li Yaoguang said hurriedly: "Brother can't be without money when he is out. Take these. In case of emergency or change, you don't have to ask others for help."

Li Qifeng thought about it and took the purse and put it in his arms, smiling and saying, "Okay, I'll listen to Yaoguang."

The meal at night was very warm. At the dinner table, Yaoyao heard her sister say that she would go to the Marquis' Mansion tomorrow to deliver cakes to Brother Yi and Brother Yangyang. The little girl immediately expressed her desire to follow.

The next morning, after the three siblings had finished their meal, Li Qifeng went to the bookstore to deliver the copied books, and at the same time, he sent the two sisters, who were carrying large and small bags, to the corner gate of the marquis' mansion.

When I came, my uncle was not at home. My aunt took the two children to sit in the warm room by the window. The two children were playing with the nine-ring puzzle that I had bought in Tongzhou.

Li Yaoguang found that her aunt, who was doing needlework, looked a little worried, so she took out the cakes she brought from Duke Cheng'en's mansion and coaxed the three little ones to go to the opposite room to play. After the three of them walked away hand in hand, Li Yaoguang asked.

"Aunt, why isn't uncle here? Is there something wrong at home?"

Yu Meixue froze when asked, and still wanted to hide it, so she hurriedly shook her head, "No, no, your uncle went to the front yard for something, why do you ask Guang'er?"

Li Yaoguang sat down in front of her aunt. She didn't believe it. "Aunt, they say that no one knows a mother better than her son. We are not mother and daughter, but we are more like mother and daughter. You still want to hide it from me? Come on, tell me what's going on. We are both good at what we do."

Yu Meixue was annoyed with herself for not being good enough and being unable to hide anything from her child. When asked, she became anxious and was afraid that her niece would worry too much, so she finally told Li Yaoguang about what had been bothering her recently.

"Well, there's nothing else to say. It's because we're seeing a stable life and no more turmoil. Yang'er and his friends are not young anymore and we shouldn't delay them. Your uncle also said that in this turbulent time, men shouldn't just eat and play around. They should start to learn etiquette, justice, benevolence, wisdom and trustworthiness. It just so happens that the mansion has invited a scholar who is said to be quite knowledgeable to teach the young masters in the mansion. Your uncle and I wanted to send Yi'er and Yang'er to the mansion, but they refused to accept them."

"Not accepting? Why? Is it because Yi Ge'er is not surnamed Cheng and is an outsider? Then they should just refuse to accept Yi Ge'er and not involve Yang Yang."

"Who says it isn't?"

Yu Meixue sighed helplessly, and Li Yaoguang guessed.

"Is it the Marquis's wife who doesn't allow it, or is it that the master doesn't like it? Is this the matter that my uncle is going to take care of today?"

"I don't know the details, but the master hasn't seen the two children yet. It's not that the master doesn't allow them to go. I guess it's still over there... But it's okay. The Marquis is at home on a day off today. Your uncle has gone to talk to the Marquis about this matter."

"Is that so? Actually, aunt, if it really doesn't work, just let my uncle teach them first, and then find a good teacher when there is a chance in the future, isn't it okay?"

"Ha, your uncle is an enlightened one?" Yu Meixue paused and shook her head in amusement. "I did want to, but your uncle himself said that he is a half-baked one. He was bullied and didn't work hard. His knowledge is not solid. And maybe he can teach others if he works hard on his own?"

She knew her husband was a good man, but because of his circumstances in the past he had become lazy and idle, and he had probably returned all the things he had learned to his teacher long ago.

"Guang'er, not everyone is suitable to be a wife. Your uncle... forget it."

Seeing his aunt's expression and thinking of his uncle who didn't forget to eat chicken even when he was beaten and punished, Li Yaoguang couldn't help but nod.

Although her uncle is not old-fashioned, I'm afraid he is not suitable to educate children.

"Okay, don't worry, auntie. Yangyang is still young anyway, and I'm sure your uncle can still teach him simple things. If it's not possible, let them live with me and let my brother teach them. Don't forget that the brother you abducted for me is a real scholar."

"Oh no! How could I forget!" Yu Meixue slapped her thigh happily.

"What did you forget?"

Suddenly, her uncle's voice was heard from outside. Li Yaoguang hurried down from the warm room to greet him. Before she reached the door, Cheng Su, who was on crutches, was helped in by Luanshan.

Cheng Su smiled lovingly when he saw Li Yaoguang, "Sister Guang is here. Haha, I heard your voice from far away. What are you two talking about?"

Luanshan hurriedly greeted him, but Li Yaoguang waved his hand to stop him from being polite. After his uncle was helped to sit down and Luanshan carried him out, Li Yaoguang told his uncle what he had just said to persuade his aunt.

Cheng Su, who was sitting down with the help of his wife, brightened up when he heard this.

"Oh, it's true. I forgot about it too. But there's no rush for now. The Marquis has already given his reply today. He will talk to the teacher. I don't think there will be any problem. Yang and Yi will be able to study in the mansion. Although there are conflicts here, men will not become successful without going through hardships."

Li Yaoguang understood what her uncle meant and didn't say anything more. There were some things she could take care of, but there were some things she couldn't interfere in.