"Maybe, maybe they left in a hurry and didn't bother to say anything!"
Shopkeeper Lao Du noticed the boy's loneliness and smacked his lips as he repeatedly tried to make amends. It was obvious that those Gods of Wealth had a life-long relationship with this boy.
Li Kuo smiled lightly: "You don't have to worry about it. They are all passers-by who travel in the wind and float in the clouds. Who knows where they will appear next moment, just let it happen."
"I say Qilang, don't think about anything when you come back this time, just rest your body. It's bitterly cold outside the Great Wall, and you've suffered so many injuries, so you need to mend them!" Shopkeeper Lao Du came over from the next table and said something rough.
He filled a pot of porcelain sea bowl with fruit wine and handed it to the young man.
"The home-brewed fruit wine doesn't look good on your face, let's have a bowl of it!"
"Dad, Brother Xiao Qi is still injured, so he can't drink!" Du Jingtian snatched the porcelain bowl from Li Kuo's hand and kept complaining.
"Hey, we haven't even gotten married yet, and we're already going to the husband's family. What a waste of water for a married daughter. Poor old Mr. Du, I have worked so hard all my life to raise such a white-eyed wolf like you."
When Du Jingtian heard her grandpa ridiculing her, she put her hands on her hips and raised her eyebrows: "Dad, if you say that again, my daughter will be really angry."
"Okay, Grandpa, why don't you stop talking?" Shopkeeper Lao Du patted his thigh and stared at Li Kuo with half-squinted eyes: "Qilang, you and A Tian have been together for so long. In my opinion, this
Let’s get married the first time we’re in Beijing!”
"Ah!" He never thought that the old shopkeeper's thoughts would change so quickly, and Li Kuo was shocked for a moment.
"Hehe, listen to me, listen to me." Shopkeeper Lao Du smiled awkwardly and said: "Now that Qi Lang is committed to the country, there are some things you can't do for yourself. Our territory in the Tang Dynasty is so vast, you can't guarantee that you will start anywhere.
The war has ended. You are now the captain of the first battalion. If a war really breaks out, why don't you raise arms and go out with the army? Tian'er and you..."
Shopkeeper Du swallowed hard and raised the corner of his mouth slightly: "Tian'er and your childhood sweethearts have been playing together since we were young. It can be said that we know everything about it." After sighing softly, shopkeeper Du continued: "Your grandpa left early.
, I have always treated you as my son, half of your father. Now that you are a grown-up, how can you do it without anyone around to take care of you? Since you and Tian'er are in love, why not just get married?
.This way, the stone in my heart and my mother-in-law's heart will fall." Old shopkeeper Du was not polite and immediately confirmed the title of old father-in-law.
"Uncle Du, if the Huns are not destroyed, why should we take care of our family?" Li Kuo didn't know how to respond for a moment, so he actually said the mandarin saying that the sky will not believe it and the earth will not care.
"You kid!" Shopkeeper Lao Du's expression immediately changed: "What does it have to do with whether you can have a family or not whether the Xiongnu is destroyed? If the Xiongnu remains alive, you will always live a single life?"
Tapping his fingers lightly, he continued to enlighten his future son-in-law: "Besides, nowadays, is there any barbarian nation that has not surrendered to us, the Tang Dynasty? Are the Turks in the north arrogant? Were they not beaten by Taizong and others and fled westward?
.The Khitan people to the east are arrogant or not. They are still kept docile by Fatty An and pay tribute every year. Even the Tubo people who have always robbed my people in Longyou were beaten to the point of crying by you Qilang this time.
mother?"
"This, this..." Everything Mr. Du said made sense, and Li Kuo was in trouble for a moment. It wasn't that he didn't want to marry A Tian, but it was just that in the current situation, he might go to the outside of the Great Wall at any time and leave A Tian alone.
I really can't bear to stay in Chang'an City.
"Also, there is a big cannibal in the west!" Li Kuo suddenly had a flash of inspiration and blurted out.
"What? A big cannibal?" Shopkeeper Du opened his eyes wide and stared at the young man in disbelief. "Say Qilang, aren't you making fun of your uncle? Although my teahouse is not as good as Taibaiju, the big ones in Beili
The restaurant also received a lot of barbarians, why haven’t I heard of another big cannibal?”
"Yes, the cannibals!" Li Kuo seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw and exhaled softly: "The cannibals are much more arrogant than the Turks and Tibetans. They came from the far west and invaded all the way east.
Burn them and kill everyone you see!" The young man couldn't care less about this and poured out all the information he knew about the cannibals from a bamboo tube like beans. After adding fuel and jealousy, it sounded real and believable.
"Why are there such barbaric people?" Shopkeeper Du trembled subconsciously, his words full of timidity.
"What do they believe in, what are the teachings of Lao Shizi, but they are quite crazy." Li Kuo spread his hands, well, he finally put the matter aside.
Having said that, shopkeeper Du probably understood the young man's thoughts. He didn't want to force him too much. The old man rubbed his hands angrily: "It's up to you, but you have to marry this child A Tian. If you dare
I betrayed her, and even with all my strength, I still want to get an explanation from you."
"Look at what you said, how can it be possible?"
The three of them were talking and laughing inside the house, and they were having a great time talking, but they heard the sound of soft footsteps outside the house.
"Brother Xiao Qi is back? Brother Xiao Qi!"
Following the sound, Chen Xiaoliu entered the inner room with square steps.
"Brother Xiao Qi, you didn't even tell me when you came back, which made me worry at home!" Chen Xiaoliu walked closer, his face full of joy. Behind him stood more than a dozen young men, all of whom Li Kuo knew well.
Childhood playmate.
"No way, I just came here." Li Kuo smiled bitterly and punched Chen Xiaoliu on the shoulder.
"Well, your boy has grown a lot stronger."
Chen Xiaoliu puffed up his chest and said, "Didn't Brother Xiaoqi tell me to let Xiaoliu get in shape? Look, my body is still well-proportioned now?"
"Little Liuzi has been showing off in front of us all day long, and I have a headache." Su Jinghong, the eldest son of Su Ji Mipu, waved his folding fan and uncovered his friend's shortcomings.
"The Sixth Son is a big shot now. Does the Jingzhao Mansion police officer know? He is a real official! If you don't pay attention to your words, he may put you in shackles and throw you into prison."
Hao Yihao from Hao Ji Silk Shop was also merciless and started joking about his new identity as a good brother.
"Brother Kuo'er, you come to judge, they all bully me!" After all, it was a boy's nature, Chen Xiaoliu pouted, hugged Li Kuo's arm and complained.
Li Kuo listened quietly, with a smile gradually spreading to the corners of his eyes.
This is the life he has always longed for.
Hundreds of thousands of men in Longyou fought bravely to kill the enemy, even at the risk of death. In the end, weren't they just looking at the faint smiles of their relatives and friends?