Master Qin tucked his hands into his sleeves and asked, "Do you want to know?"
"Isn't that obvious? How can there be someone who doesn't finish their sentence? It makes me anxious."
Li He hated two types of people the most. One was those who stopped halfway through their sentence, and the other was those who spoke in a pitiful tone. Women usually liked to do this.
Therefore, there were two ways to provoke others.
He didn't finish his sentence.
"The Yu Family also eats people!"
"I say, Master Qin, can we stop sighing and say everything in one go?" Li He was listening attentively every time! He was waiting for him to speak! But he didn't say it. Every time this happened, he wanted to saw off his own head!
"The Yu Family used to be a noble family, and how many of them don't eat people? Didn't Lu Xun say that history seems to be full of benevolence, righteousness, and morality, but in reality, it's all about eating people. "
"Yes, yes, continue. What happened to the Yu Family in the past?"
Master Qin pointed at the tall door beam and said, "I saw a woman hanging at the door with my own eyes. It was a pregnant woman in the middle of winter, and the warm blood came from her lower body. The moment it came out, it turned into ice."
Li He didn't say anything else and listened attentively to Master Qin.
"Her man borrowed money from the Yu Family. My goodness, with a roll of the donkey, he was consigned to eternal damnation. The Yu Family pushed him too far, and the man couldn't take it anymore. He slit his neck, kicked his leg, and let go. The Yu Family went to find this woman. She had some color, and she could get a good price if she was brought to the Eight Great Alleys. But this woman had a domineering personality, and when no one was paying attention, she hung at the Yu Family's door in the middle of the night. The Yu Family has killed many people, but this isn't the only one. "
Staring at the lavish door and the beautiful decorations, Li He felt a little upset, "Which one of the Yu Family is that? It can't be Elder Yu, right?"
"Who cares which one it is, it's the Yu Family's debt anyway. At that time, the Yu Family was probably managed by Old Man Yu's father, so it's not wrong to put it on him. But this Elder Yu, other than being a little preposterous when he was young, he didn't do anything wrong. When he was young, he was intelligent beyond compare, and was well-versed in history, poetry, four-six ancient works, especially his calligraphy, he could be called a master. Later, when the Japs came, they didn't lose their pride. "
Li He thought that this was probably the reason why the Yu Family was so rich and powerful.
"What about the Li family?" He couldn't help but want to know more.
"Li Shubai?"
"Yes."
"The Li family of Qianqian Street. All the shops on that street belong to them, but they are even worse off. Li Shubai and his two brothers, the eldest brother is not a decent person. He smokes opium, visits brothels, gambles, injures his health, and marries a few concubines. No matter how big of a commotion he makes, he works day and night, but he can't get any seeds. Before liberation, he basically squandered all the family's property. But a skinny camel is still bigger than a horse, so it can still be squandered. The second brother of the Li family is not yet 20 years old, he is like a dragon and a phoenix, he is in the prime of his life, and his beauty is limitless. But the Li family's reputation has been ruined, and it's not good anymore. Girls from decent families can't marry, and they won't be able to find a wife soon. Everyone thinks that the Li family is probably going to have no more descendants. Who would have thought that the next year, this Li Shubai picked up a refugee from outside and gave birth to a boy and a girl. "
Li He was very shocked. He had never heard people like Old Man Li talk about such things. It seemed like this Old Man Li was bragging when he said that he was glorious in the past. It was only his brother who was glorious.
He couldn't tell whether what Master Qin said was true or not.
"Master Qin, I really haven't heard anyone say these things. I only know that their families are quite rich."
"You didn't ask, how can I say it! Oh, now I'm talking too much. "Master Qin turned around and was about to leave.
"Don't, Master Qin, can you tell me more in one go? There are so many things I really don't know. "
"I won't say anymore, my mouth is broken."
Li He sincerely replied, "Master Qin, I'll have to trouble you. You've had your fill of talking, so don't leave me behind halfway."
"Then who else? That monk with the surname Bo? "
"Then Master Zhu can tell me."
"There's nothing much to say about the one with the surname Zhu. He's a rich farmer with a rich family. He's talented and elegant, and he's educated. Who doesn't want him to be their son-in-law, but thanks to the chairman and the Japanese, he became a refugee. Now, he's as poor as me, and he has no money. This Monk Bo is also unlucky. He hasn't even reached 120 points before the Great Qing dynasty is gone. Otherwise, he would be a person whose light can illuminate the sky and whose voice can be thrown to the ground. "
Li He sighed, "This is fate."
"Fate? No matter how they read their fortunes, their lives are better than ours. Why are you sighing? It can only be said that they used up all their luck in the first half of their lives, and their ancestors didn't accumulate any virtue. That's all. "
"That's right." Li He thought about it and felt that it was right. Old Man Lee and the others were landlords, businessmen, and capitalists of 1% of the population. No matter what, they at least had a free and easy life.
As for how the other 99% of people lived and died, the upper echelons couldn't understand it.
In an era where people were divided internally and externally, warlords fought each other, the average lifespan was 35 years, and the illiteracy rate was 80%, Li He felt humiliated and unbearable modern history.
The snow was getting heavier and heavier. Li He's feet moved left and right on the porch, slowly kicking away a large patch of snow, revealing the wet ground. He seemed to want to see if there really was such a large pool of blood here.
A cold wind blew, and he shivered. He raised his head to look at the door beam, as if there was a cold and gloomy aura surrounding him.
He cursed Old Man Qin in his heart. Damn it, why did he mention this to him for no reason? It made him feel irritated.
He seemed to have forgotten that he was the one who pestered Master Qin to tell him.
At dinner, Li He casually chewed on a steamed bun, casually washed it, and went to bed.
The next morning, he woke up and bought breakfast. Seeing that Four hadn't woken up, he knocked on her door.
Four said, "I'll be up soon."
"It's cold, don't get up so early. I'll put breakfast on the stove for you, and you can heat it up yourself. I'm going out to do something, so you can take care of lunch yourself. You can also eat at a restaurant. "
When he heard Four agree, he turned around and went out the door.
It took a lot of effort to start the car, and it slowly drove towards the restaurant on Shoushan.
At the entrance of the restaurant, the hairy boy saw that Li He had arrived. He didn't wave and got in the car.
Li He said as he drove, "Let's go find your master. We have to understand and reason with him. We have to take him down."
The hairy boy nodded heavily and repeated Li He's words, "We have to take him down."
When they arrived, Li He parked the car, took off his gloves, and looked at the address again. "It's the building in front. Let's go straight there."
They went up to the fifth floor, but there was no specific house number. The two houses were facing each other, and Li He didn't know which house was the Xiang family.
He pouted, and the hairy boy randomly picked a house to knock on.
A woman opened the door and saw two people blocking her door. Puzzled, she asked, "Who are you looking for?"
Li He went forward and replied with a smile, "Excuse me, is this comrade Xiang's house?"
With a bang, the woman closed the door without replying.
"What kind of manners is this?" Li He asked the hairy boy to knock on the other door. "Then it must be this house."
After knocking for a few minutes, there was still no response.
The knocking on the door alarmed the people upstairs. An old lady came down and asked, "Who are you looking for?"
"Auntie, may I ask if this is the Xiang family?"
"Yes, but they're not home. They've all gone to the hospital."
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