Cao Shuda also acted vigorously and resolutely. Once the marriage was decided, he quickly called an elder of the Cao family, and then asked the elder and his youngest son Cao Wen to take people to the Li family in Xiongshan County to explain the situation.
Later, after Li Xuan returns from his study tour and the marriage is finalized, he will ask the Li family to come to Fucheng to get engaged, and then choose a good and auspicious day to get married.
These days, all kinds of scary rumors in Xiongshan County have reached Baihua Mansion. Cao Wen didn't dare to go there at first, but seeing the two fathers look like "It's okay, nothing will happen", he calmed down his worries. , and set off together with the Cao family elders.
Cao Yi naturally heard about this.
...
A few days later, when she was fishing with Li Xuan in the waterside pavilion of Yanziwu, she became a little more charming and distracted. From time to time, she would twist her black hair with her fingers and giggle at the blue waves in the distance.
Li Xuan's white hair hung down his shoulders, he stroked his beard and smiled: "You haven't married yet, but you already miss your husband?"
Cao Yi's face turned red, like a cute oriole, and she jumped up behind Li Xuan. She clenched her two little fists and gently beat the shoulders of the old man in front of her, while saying coquettishly in a coquettish tone: "Yier I'm not thinking about other men, Yi'er just wants to be with her adoptive father."
Li Xuan laughed, and suddenly, he noticed that the fishing line was tight.
Cao Yi shouted excitedly: "Father, foster father, fish!"
She is a talented woman and a playboy, but... in front of such a terrifying old man as her adoptive father, she is more of an innocent girl.
She herself couldn't remember how long she had left this "innocent girl".
Li Xuan swung the fishing rod.
Wow!
The fish came out of the water, exploding colorful gem-like water droplets in the sunshine.
Snap.
Immediately, the fish landed on the soft grass, jumping and making sounds.
As it jumped, the fish slowly moved closer to the river. If no one took care of it, it might be able to return to the river again.
Cao Yi hurried over, bent down, and held the fish firmly.
She raised her buttocks, and the train of her light green skirt was slightly lifted, revealing her white ankles, which also evoked the fullness and maturity of "a flower that blooms can be folded and a beard can be folded".
Cao Yi picked up the fish and shouted: "Father, foster father, it's an autumn leaf carp, so big."
Li Xuan looked at her graceful back and beautiful curves, and suddenly his heartbeat was a little fast. For some reason, at this time, he felt an inexplicable excitement.
Although the marriage was a natural development of the situation, at this moment, some thoughts that a normal man would have had in his heart.
In a daze, Cao Yi had thrown the autumn leaf carp into the barrel, then waved it in front of Li Xuan with a smile, and shouted pleasantly: "Father, foster father, what's wrong with you?"
The two looked at each other, and Li Xuan suddenly felt a little panicked and nervous.
Recently, he did commit a lot of murders and arson, but he was forced to do so.
To be honest, he is only an eighteen-year-old boy;
A dude whose true ambition is to lie down and enjoy himself, and who would only think of taking the scientific examination if he has no choice.
As for getting stronger?
In peacetime, who wants to become stronger?
At this time, facing the close stare of a girl of his own age, and the fact that he had just thought about dirty things about this girl in his mind, even Li Xuan couldn't help but blush.
But fortunately, he was very accomplished in illusion and could hide his blush.
He put on the airs of an elder and said, "No matter how big or small you are."
Cao Yi hurriedly distanced herself, stuck out her tongue, and said, "Father, I was wrong."
As she said that, she sat quietly on the old man's bench, her long legs hanging down naturally, and her two embroidered shoes with small feet gently pinching the wooden barrel.
In her eyes, the fish that had just entered the barrel began to swim chaotically under her gentle kick.
Li Xuan quietly took a deep breath and said to himself at the same time: "Li Xuan, Li Xuan, your current identity is Cao Yi's adoptive father. You must not think that you are her husband-in-law again, otherwise it will be bad if you act carelessly and show your flaws." '
Cao Yi suddenly asked again: "Father, do you want to listen to music?"
She actually had the mentality of completing the task at the beginning, which was to help deepen the emotional bond between the Cao family and this scary old man, but... after being with this old man for a long time, she found that she was really happy.
In fact, she had almost no elders to accompany her during her childhood. Her father was an official and her mother was also very busy. Her family was rich and powerful, but she... always seemed to be missing something important.
And now, she understands.
This kind of missing thing is actually "children play beside their elders, and the elders do their things, while children can run, play, laugh, cry, no matter how far they go, no matter what they do , but that elder will always wait for you where you are, and then go home with you."
In fact, there is still a lot of difference between this and the current situation of the two.
But maybe Cao Yi has never experienced this. At this time, he actually regarded this scary old man as his adoptive father. Even the screams and coquettish sounds were not fake, but... real.
Li Xuan was fishing, and Cao Yi was chattering to her elders about what songs she could play.
After a while,
Li Xuan said calmly: "Xiaoyi, let me go and see why the person I called has not come over for so long."
Cao Yi jumped up from the side railing of the pavilion by the waterside, wiped the wrinkles on her buttocks unladylikely, and said with a smile, "Yes, foster father."
With that said, she ran away.
This time, Cao Yi was gone for a long time, and it was not until sunset that he led the two women over.
But he saw a woman dressed in red, with a smooth temperament and a social flower, it was Zuo Hong.
The other woman is wearing a dark dress, with cloudy hair in a high bun, a gloomy face, and a long sword tied to her waist. She is Lin Jianfeng's wife Yao Xiaoxiao.
After the two arrived, they said in unison: "I have met Mr. Su."
Li Xuan maintained his composure and did not turn around. He just said lightly: "Why are you late?"
Zuo Hong rolled his eyes and was about to say something,
Yao Xiaoxiao, who was next to him, was the first to speak: "Mr. Qichen, because someone completely ignored your order and stopped the two of us halfway, we must promise to meet you before we are allowed to leave.
Otherwise, they will give us a good look.
They said that the Qinghe Cao Gang belonged to them, and even if Mr. wanted to appoint his own people, he should summon one of them, not us.
The master of Zuowu agreed, but I didn’t, so it took a long time.
But according to the opinions of the subordinates, they have long been intertwined, and even the previous Mr. Su was not able to control this place too much. "
After saying that, Yao Xiaoxiao maintained her fist-clasping posture and fell into silence.
Of course Li Xuan knew.
What Mr. Su wanted before was to herd Lin Jie Niu, so of course he didn't know how to control it.
But now, what he wants is to control the Caobang to a certain extent.
In this way, Caobang could open up water areas for him, increase the output of Danyu, and even find waters that produce magical fish like Danyu.
The original interest circle of the Cao Gang was intricately intertwined. If it was not broken, even if he had orders, he would ultimately be obeying them and disobeying them.
He knew that Cao Shuda was the money "tributed" by the Cao Gang.
But he doesn't want to fight for the money, he wants to control it.
Thinking of this, Li Xuan suddenly reached out and touched his arms, then threw a jade token out.
Yao Xiaoxiao hurriedly caught it.
When I looked at it, I saw it was the Great Elder's token.
Caobang belongs to Cao Shuda's lineage, and the Great Elder Order was given to Cao Shuda by Caobang many years ago.
There are actually no elders in the Cao Gang. This token is added, and its authority is equivalent to the gang leader's token. Everyone in the Cao Gang recognizes it.
There are even times when the Caobang disciples will recognize the Great Elder Token more.
"Yao Xiaoxiao, if you want to do it, just do it. How long will it take for me to get the results?"
Li Xuan asked.
He seemed to already know what Yao Xiaoxiao was going to do.
Yao Xiaoxiao said in a deep voice: "One month."
After that, she saluted again and said, "So that sir will know that my name is no longer Yao Xiaoxiao."
"My... name is Yao Chou."
Li Xuan nodded and said: "Zuo Hong, you stay with her. As for what to say after going out, you can discuss it. Those people don't believe Yao Chou, but they will believe you."
Zuo Hong is tactful and gets along well with everyone in the Twelve Links Dock. She is the owner of the dock, so others will trust her.
But....
Zuo Hong was speechless, smiling bitterly in her heart, but she didn't know how this scary old man knew the internal relations of the Cao Gang. However...at this moment, she had no choice but to say yes.
