Chapter 178 3/3

Li Damao and Li Ermao indeed looked very similar to how Li Qingzhi used to look, but there was also a bit of resemblance to Jin Xiaoye on their faces. Although they resembled Li Qingzhi when he was young, there were still some differences in their appearance.

But at this time, there were no cameras… Anyway, the moment Qian Fugui saw the two children, he was convinced that they looked exactly like Li Qingzhi when he was young.

Those shiny eyes, those round faces, those plump little mouths… Wait, how could his future grandson just eat some bones?

Qian Fugui had already begun to consider buying delicacies from mountains and seas for them to eat.

“Come in,” Li Qingzhi spoke up.

It was only at this moment that Qian Fugui came back to his senses. He let his two trusted men leave and then walked towards Li Qingzhi. “Azhi…”

“Let’s talk upstairs,” Li Qingzhi said.

Before meeting Qian Fugui, Li Qingzhi thought that as long as Qian Fugui didn’t harbor any ill intentions towards him, they could interact with each other openly and honestly.

He could keep the fact that he was Li Zhao’s son secret for now, to avoid trouble from King Jin’s people.

But after chatting with Qian Fugui, another matter involving King Yanjun came up.

He had to be more cautious with Qian Fugui.

The two went upstairs, and Qian Fugui saw that the furniture in the house was ordinary, feeling a bit sorry for Li Qingzhi, but he quickly cheered up again.

These conditions were already not bad. His nephew shouldn’t have suffered in these years.

His nephew had married a good wife!

However, how did his nephew become so smart?

Qian Fugui couldn’t help asking, “Azhi, I heard you won the Triple Top Award? Wasn’t your academic performance always mediocre?”

Leaving aside other matters, just talking about the ability to remember things… He remembered that his nephew’s speed of recitation was also mediocre. After reciting, he would still forget what he had memorized because he refused to read it a few more times.

“Uncle, I had a close call with death, and my mind suddenly opened up,” Li Qingzhi said. “I don’t know what happened to me. I almost died at that time. When I woke up, I found that my memory had become exceptionally good.”

“Almost died? Azheng, didn’t you say your journey of escape went smoothly?” Qian Fugui was surprised.

Li Qingzhi said, “Uncle, have you seen ‘The Record of Wronged Souls’?”

“I have,” Qian Fugui said.

Li Qingzhi said, “Uncle, let me tell you about what happened to me after I came to Chongcheng County.”

His experiences after coming to Chongcheng County were known even to Zhang, the governor. There was no need to hide it from Qian Fugui.

Li Qingzhi slowly began to talk.

When he learned that Jin Xiaoye was just an ordinary village girl at the time, Qian Fugui was somewhat surprised—a common village girl had actually established the Jin Ye Embroidery Workshop and Juewei Restaurant?

His nephew’s wife was not simple!

When Li Qingzhi talked about being captured and sent to the quarry… Qian Fugui felt a chill all over his body and froze in place.

He had seen “The Record of Wronged Souls” and knew that the quarry of King Jin was like a hell on earth!

His nephew was actually captured and sent to the quarry?

“One day, I accidentally hit my head while digging stones, and blood flowed out from my head. I was almost dead, but luckily, a laborer who knew some medical skills saved me. After that, my memory became exceptionally good. That laborer knew a lot of knowledge, and whatever he taught me, I could remember it all…”

Li Qingzhi made up a laborer who had traveled around and knew a lot of knowledge.

In the future, if he wrote something that he shouldn’t know… it would all be taught by this person!

“Azhi…” Qian Fugui called out, his eyes turning red.

“Uncle, I’m fine. You can see that I’m fine,” Li Qingzhi said.

Li Qingzhi continued to talk, recounting everything until he escaped back to Chongcheng County, nursed his injuries, and started making money by writing autobiographies for Zhu Qian, while Jin Xiaoye began selling headwear.

Qian Fugui was truly grateful to his nephew’s wife.

She was knowledgeable and knew how difficult life was for ordinary people.

If it were other women, after Li Qingzhi disappeared, they might have remarried.

As for the children… even if they were born, they would be drowned like unwanted kittens in a basin of water.

Qian Fugui had heard a village woman casually mention drowning her daughter like this.

Even if they didn’t do that… it was not uncommon nowadays to abandon children because they couldn’t afford to raise them.

Moreover… it was already difficult to raise children, especially twins… Many families had seven or eight children, but only three or four survived.

Jin Xiaoye had raised two children, and she was his benefactor!

“Your wife is a good girl,” Qian Fugui said.

Li Qingzhi nodded, “Yes.”

At this time, Qian Fugui remembered something else. “Azhi, you’ve said so much, but never mentioned the Lone Wanderer… Did you meet him in the past year?”

Li Qingzhi said, “Uncle, the Lone Wanderer is me.”