What is a device

It was already dusk when I returned to Li's Mansion from the bank of Taohuaxi.

The east courtyard was peaceful.

The mother was sitting in the yard in the floral apron cleaning the soles of the shoes, and the sister was cleaning the yard.

Seeing Li Chen'an came back, Ding Xiao'e put down the needle and thread in her hand, and waved to him, her face was no longer happy, but worried.

Li Chenan sat opposite to his mother.

Ding Xiaoe's eyes fell on his face, and she asked, "You...you really became a leader of the Ichthyosaur Society?"

"En." Li Chenan nodded.

"Your father can't sleep at night these days!"

"Just because of my status as the helmsman?"

"Of course!" Ding Xiao'e put the sewing basket on the table, and said earnestly, "Although mother is a woman, she also knows what a fish and dragon are!"

"You! Our Guangling Li family, although it has declined all these years, it is still a scholarly family no matter what!"

"Your martial arts mother doesn't object, and you do business, and mother doesn't object either. But my son! How can you join forces with people from the Fish and Dragon Society?"

"Isn't this humiliating yourself? How does this make the neighbors see our Li family?"

"Your sister is trying to excuse you, saying that it's because the Huo family will retaliate against you, and you joined the Fish and Dragon Society for self-protection... son! There should be a bottom line in life! Mother always thinks that it's okay to do a smaller business, we Just ask for peace."

"Isn't the tavern in Erjinggou Alley very good? What if you want to make so much money?"

"One's life, one can bring nothing into this world when one is born, and one can take nothing away when one leaves!"

"Then what will be left after a person walks through the world in this lifetime?"

"Mother thought it wasn't Wan Guan's wealth, but... fame!"

"If a person's reputation is ruined, he will be spit on by the world, and his spine will be poked by others!"

Li Chenan really didn't expect to be taught a lesson by his mother when he came back, and the lesson was actually very reasonable.

It's just that he can't argue with his mother about this matter, because he has found that he is getting further and further away from the ideal when he first came to this world.

It was as if an invisible hand was pushing him somewhere.

From seeing that handsome father-in-law to now knowing the situation in Ningguo, he has a strong sense of crisis, which makes him unable to sit still and must fight!

It's not for fame and fortune, but for this family, to be able to find a place to settle down in the chaotic world that is likely to come next.

"The child knows what mother said."

"Since you know, then resign from the position of the helmsman of the Ichthyosaur Club!"

"Mother... You should know about Ba'er. I can't explain too much to Mother. I just want to say that the lintel of the Li Mansion is indeed a little dark. I will polish the lintel to make it brighter."

Ding Xiao'e obviously couldn't understand, she only knew that when she went out these days, the neighbors looked at her differently.

They are no longer as friendly as before, they always find various excuses to stay away from her.

Of course she knew why, so she became even more worried.

"My son, the success of the lintel of Li's mansion depends on the inscriptions of Li's mansion's scholarly pen and ink! It's not the rendering of blood, and it's not the threat of a bad name!"

"That will only make everyone cast aside, and it will only make the lintel darker!"

Li Chenan was speechless.

He pondered for a long time before he said a word to Ding Xiaoe, "Mother, I will go to Kyoto in a few days... Besides,"

At this moment, footsteps came from the corridor.

A little anxious, Li Chenan turned his head to look, and saw his father Li Wenhan walking in hurriedly.

Li Wenhan's complexion was dark.

He came to the yard, sat at the table, picked up the teapot and took a big sip, looked at Li Chen'an, but didn't say anything to blame, but sighed leisurely, and said, "Your uncle has replied."

"What did you say?"

Li Wenhan was silent, and after a while, "It's not a good word."

"It makes sense, does he also know that I have become the helmsman of the Fish and Dragon Society?"

Li Wenhan nodded, "Obviously someone in the capital released the news. Your second uncle said... that this is a disgrace to the Li family, and you should be expelled from the house!"

Li Chen'an was stunned, this Li Wenhou is quite ruthless, but if he leaves the Li family, he can preserve the reputation of the Li family. After all, many of the things he does in the future are really evil in the eyes of those who don't know the truth. thing.

So the corner of his mouth curled up, "I think this proposal is good."

Li Wenhan waved his hand, "Don't take it to heart!"

"The second room of the Li family's eldest family is now in the capital, and the third room of our Li family is in Guangling. In fact...they are already estranged from each other. We don't have to care about his opinion!"

On the contrary, Li Wenhan's words made Li Chen'an stunned for a moment. In his memory, this father valued fame and integrity the most, and outsiders' evaluation of Li's family style was the most important.

The last time he was kicked out of the house, it was precisely because his predecessor violated the family precepts and went to a gambling house and owed a whole lot of debt, and then he was humiliated by the Shen family's divorce.

This time, he became the notorious head of the fish and dragon club, and the impact on the reputation of the Li family must have been even worse.

He thought his father would use this letter to drive him out of the house again, and he was even able to accept it calmly, but unexpectedly his father did not do so.

"I've been thinking about you for my father these days. I couldn't figure it out. I brought a jar of peach blossom wine to Qianmo Academy yesterday. I wanted to have a drink with Zhang Zheng. Master Zhang is also there."

"The three of us drank in the drunken pavilion, and raised my doubts about you for my father."

"Master Zhang said something that made my father Mao Sai suddenly understand."

Li Chenan asked curiously, "What did Master Zhang say?"

"He said that the so-called utensils are utensils in that things are shaped utensils, objects, and everything that is used by people is utensils."

"If the device is in the human body, it is the capacity, the measure of the heart, the time position, the role, etc., which can be summarized as the performance of human behavior."

"Pouring wine with a utensil is the aroma of wine, and pouring tea is the aroma of tea. The utensil has no fragrance, and the fragrance comes from external objects. People have good and evil, and they all come from the heart. Therefore... the utensils are not important but the things are important. The position is not important, but the heart is important!"

Li Wenhan looked at Li Chen'an with a firm gaze, "My father thinks that the weapons of the Fish and Dragon Association are not important. My son stands in it, his heart is good, he is not affected by the tools, and he has his own youth, which is the most important thing!"

"So, go your own way, measure it with your heart, and have no regrets, that's enough. As for the rest... let others talk about it!"

Li Chen'an immediately looked at his father with admiration.

Ding Xiao'e seemed to be still recollecting the meaning of these words. She looked at her husband in a daze, and suddenly felt a little strange, but she was very relieved——

She was worried.

Therefore, he was earnest to his son.

The worry is that the husband will drive the son out again.

Now it seems that my worries are unnecessary. Of course, it would be better if my son could get out of the Fish and Dragon Society.

"Xiao'e, go get some wine and side dishes, and have a drink for my husband and Chen'an!"