The next day, early in the morning.
There was a knock on the door of Li Qing's room. When he opened the door, it was his son and daughter-in-law.
Zhu Wanqing picked up the bamboo basket and said, "Uncle Li, Brother Hong and I are going to Cao Guogong's Mansion to visit relatives. You... go and see your relatives too."
Li Qing took it and opened the cloth covering the bamboo basket. Inside were tributes such as paper money, incense candles, and fruits.
"I'm interested." Li Qing nodded, "You go quickly."
…
It was already afternoon when we came back from Qixia Mountain.
As soon as he arrived home, Li Hao greeted him, "Grandpa Li, where have you been?"
Zhu Wanqing said: "Let's go visit relatives, and naturally your Grandpa Li will do the same."
"Aren't we from the same family?" Li Hao didn't understand. "Besides Cao Guogong's mansion, where else can we go?"
Zhu Wanqing was stunned for a moment, she really didn't know how to explain it.
Li Hong was more direct. He raised his hand and said with a landslide of fatherly love, "Children, don't pry into adults' business."
"Dad, you..."
"Um?"
"You're celebrating the Chinese New Year, can you please stop doing things all the time?" Li Hao said weakly.
"You brat, I betrayed you." Li Hong grabbed him by the collar and dragged him out like a chicken.
Zhu Wanqing stepped forward and said, "Uncle Li, the kitchen is warming up the food. Can you have something to eat?"
"No, I'm tired. I'm going to take a nap." Li Qing waved his hand and went straight to the wing...
At dinner, Li Qing still didn't show up.
Li Hao said: "Mother, do you want the child to call Grandpa Li?"
"No, let's eat." Zhu Wanqing shook her head and then said, "Xiao Hao, do you know what you are going to do with Grandpa Li this time?"
"I know, Grandpa Li said he was discussing business with the Shen family."
Li Hong warned, "You must listen to Grandpa Li, you know?"
As he spoke, he flashed his fist.
"……Know."
Zhu Wanqing felt that what her husband said was all nonsense. If she didn't listen to him, could she still let him do it?
"You are familiar with business matters. What we are mainly talking about this time is to eat the surplus products of the Shen family. At that time, you have to lower the price." Zhu Wanqing said, "Your Grandpa Li will stay at the Shen family for a long time. For a period of time, during this period, try to learn more about the Shen family’s industry and how it operates, you know?”
"What do you mean, mother, let the child do business?" Li Hao asked.
"...It's so ugly to talk!" Zhu Wanqing glared at her son, "It's about studying. Do you understand studying?"
"Okay." Li Hao nodded, "What if someone refuses to teach me?"
"You don't need to be taught by them. You and your Grandpa Li can learn everything." Zhu Wanqing said, "In the future, our family and the Shen family will cooperate for a long time. There is no harm in getting to know each other better. Don't be afraid of hardship."
Li Hao said seriously: "Don't worry, mother, I know the importance of this."
"Well, let's eat."
~
On the second day,
It was another sunny day. Li Qing moved a chair to bask in the sun under the eaves. He squinted and looked at the Hou Mansion, recalling various events from the past.
That posture... was like an old man who was about to be buried, curling up in winter and looking back on the past.
In the past year, he has been to Wudang, to the Taoist temple, to see the master, to see the girl... When he calmed down, the long-dusted memories came back like a tide.
It's like an insomniac who wants to fall asleep but can't.
He wanted to avoid it but couldn't.
After so many years, he is no longer as sad as before. In fact, when he recalls the past, he still feels a little warm and the corners of his mouth curl up.
It's just...after thinking about it, there is endless loneliness and emptiness.
After an unknown amount of time, Li Qing breathed out a sigh of relief, and then he discovered his son and daughter-in-law, one on the left and one on the right.
Li Qing chuckled and said, "When did you come here?"
"It's been a while." Li Hong said with a smile, "I saw you were in a trance, so I didn't dare to disturb you."
As he spoke, he moved his chair closer to his godfather and held his arm.
The same goes for Zhu Wanqing.
"Uncle Li, you still have us." Zhu Wanqing said, "There will still be Xiaohao and Xueer in the future. As long as you look forward, everything will be beautiful, isn't it?"
Li Qing sneered and said: "You still comforted me. Alas, just thinking about my old friend makes me a little sentimental. I am not as grudged as you think."
"Actually, those memories don't make me sad. On the contrary, they are like fine wine that has been gathering dust for a long time, mellow and intoxicating." Li Qing said gently, "Although he is gone now, it still gives me enough thoughts. "
Hearing this, Li Hong relaxed.
He was stupid and didn't know how to comfort her, so he could only wink at his wife.
Zhu Wanqing ignored him, just like Li Qing, facing the sun, lazy but enjoying it.
You all are basking in the sun, so let me do the same... Li Hong stopped talking.
Although they didn't say anything, they all felt warm...
The next day, the fourth day of the Lunar New Year.
Li Qing is leaving. He won't be able to live a full year this year because there are still many things for him to do. Even if he doesn't do anything, he has to watch, otherwise he will always feel uneasy.
This is the strategy he proposed and the starting point for breaking the situation. We must pay attention to it!
"Father, mother, little sister, Grandpa Li and I are gone, don't miss me!" Li Hao said with a smile.
The young man didn't know what it was like to be sad, and he yearned wholeheartedly for the joy of "the sea is wide enough for fish to leap, and the sky is high enough for birds to fly." Now it was better, he finally escaped from his mother's clutches and could let himself fly.
Silly son, next you will know how kind your mother is... Looking at her son who looks like this, Zhu Wanqing secretly feels funny in her heart.
Although she had a bad taste, Zhu Wanqing still felt deeply reluctant to give up.
After all, she is a mother. How can she be free and easy when her son is thousands of miles away?
Zhu Wanqing stepped forward and straightened her son's collar, and warned: "Don't cause trouble when you go out, listen to Grandpa Li, and write home if you have anything to do, ah~"
"I understand, mother." Li Hao nodded.
Li Hong was not good at words. He just patted his son on the shoulder and said in a low voice: "I feel like I miss home after eating well."
"..." Li Hao's mouth twitched, not daring to laugh, "I remember it, kid."
"Brother, take care." Li Xueer's reluctance was written on her face, "Come back soon."
"Oh, okay." Li Hao grinned and said sheepishly: "Little sister, the red envelopes that I hacked you in the past years are all in the closet in the wing room. Now that you have grown up, you can keep them by yourself."
"Let's go, don't miss me." Li Hao bowed his head, turned around and walked out with a smile, showing a wild and uninhibited attitude of "walking to the end of the world with a sword".
Li Qing touched his nose, turned his head and glanced at Li Hao, who looked like a dick, turned back and said:
"I am leaving."
"Uncle Li (Grandpa Li) take care and have a safe journey."
"Hmm..." Li Qing smiled, turned around, mounted the horse, and tightened the reins, "Go back, everyone. We will come back after we finish what we are doing."
"Go back." Li Hao followed, driving the horses ahead.
…
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"Grandpa Li, you are such a great man," Li Haosheng said helplessly, "I have barely slept for three days. I mean, is it necessary to rush like this?"
Li Qing said calmly: "That's it. I've already taken good care of you. We just left Aurous Hill not long ago. If you feel it's too hard, go back now. There's still time."
"..." Li Hao murmured, "Grandpa Li, how about we get a carriage? It's too cold."
When I went out, I was thinking about being a coquettish girl. I had a folding fan and a gentleman's sword. I could say that I was full of youthful chivalry. But now I realized... it was more comfortable to come in a carriage.
After three days, the skin on his thighs was worn out, his body was torn apart, and every part of his body hurt.
"I really should have brought three or five servants with me in a luxurious carriage..." Li Hao felt regretful.
He finally understood that there was a price to pay for being cool, but it was too late.
"I'm still saying the same thing, if you find it hard, go back or shut up." Li Qing frowned, "What kind of man is he if he can't bear this little hardship?"
"I..." Li Haojun's face turned red.
Young people are the most unsettled, "Hai~!"
Another day later,
"Master, you are my biological father, how about we change to a carriage?"
"Okay, you pay."
"I didn't ask... uh, I didn't bring any money. Didn't you say that everything is taken care of by you?" Li Hao said nonchalantly, looking like he was about to cry.
Li Qing looked at him as if he were a fool, "How can I change to a carriage if I don't have money?"
"You, you didn't mean..."
"Don't worry, I will definitely let you reach Baoding Mansion alive," Li Qing patted his chest, "I'll take care of it."
"You...you don't have any money to make a fortune?" Li Hao yelled, breaking his guard.
Li Qing's face darkened, and he slapped him with his hand, "Presumptuous!!"
"You, you hit me?" Li Hao was shocked. He felt that Li Qing was a distant relative, and he only wanted to fight against the autumn wind by interacting with the Li family.
He didn't expect that Li Qing would actually attack him.
Li Qing was too lazy to talk nonsense to him and said directly: "Are you leaving?"
"I'm not leaving." Li Hao got off his horse and sat on the ground, "If you want to leave, you can go."
"That's OK." Li Qing nodded and rode away.
No, are you really leaving? Li Hao was dumbfounded.
Not long after, the cruel and annoying Grandpa Li disappeared.
Looking around, he saw no one was around, and seeing that it was getting dark, Li Hao finally became afraid.
"Wrong, wrong, grandson is wrong..."
The little boy follows his mother, and the main idea is that a person who is able to bend, stretch, and understand current affairs will be a hero.
However, no matter how he called, Grandpa Li who left had no sign of coming back.
it's dark.
The wind is getting stronger.
"Hiss~ It's so cold." Li Hao curled up and shivered.
After a while, his stomach began to growl.
At this time, he sadly discovered that all the food was on Grandpa Li.
Although the New Year has passed, spring has not yet arrived. It is cold and freezing, the lights are dark, there is no village, no shop, and he is alone...
Li Hao collapsed.
Crying.
'My mother is not the only one who is afraid of your Grandpa Li. Soon, there will be one more person. '
Li Hao realized.
"I was wrong, I was really wrong. I should never have traveled far away from the beginning. If I had not traveled far away, I would not have ended up like this. If..." Li Hao muttered, tears streaming down his face...
Late at night.
Grandpa Li hasn't come back yet.
Li Hao was hungry and cold, and he was almost desperate.
"Do I, the tallest, richest and most handsome man in Jinling, have to hate this?" Li Hao shouted angrily: "My surname is Li, I am @#￥%..."
"boom!"
Li Hao rolled his eyes and fainted on the spot.
"Damn it, how dare you scold me!"
