"I can't live here for more than a few days." Li Qing said.
"Uncle Li, where are you going?"
"Cochin!"
"Ah?" Zhu Wanqing was surprised, "You're so good, why do you suddenly think of going there?"
Li Qing said: "I have a business there. There is almost no risk. It's just a bit of hard work and I have to go there every three or five."
"What kind of business, why don't I know about it?"
"It's not the Li family's business."
"It's not the Li family...it's Daming's business?"
Li Qing nodded and asked, "Do you still remember Zhu Qijin?"
Zhu Wanqing was stunned for a while and said, "Is it the young man who accompanied that great-grandfather back then?"
"I have a pretty good memory." Li Qing nodded.
Zhu Wanqing said coquettishly: "Brother Hong was still jealous at first, so I was more impressed. Uncle Li, you went to Jiaozhi... but have you made an agreement with him about maritime supplies?"
"Good guy, your head is spinning so fast!"
"Our family runs a maritime business, of course I know that." Zhu Wanqing said, "In the past few years, merchant ships have gone to sea much more smoothly than in previous years. Not only are they efficient, but the cost has also been reduced. I just didn't know that this was due to your efforts, Uncle Li. result."
After a pause, "Can he speak in Jiaozhi?"
"That's great. He is now the top leader in Jiaozhi." Li Qing nodded, "This trip is to fulfill the benefits I promised. It will take about half a year."
Zhu Wanqing was puzzled, "He is already the leader of Jiaozhi. Uncle Li, what benefits can you give him?"
"you guess?"
Zhu Wanqing was stunned for a moment and said in shock: "Could it be that... immortality?"
"Let's just forget it," Li Qing sighed and said, "I just promised to let him live to about eighty."
"That's right, that's quite a lot." Zhu Wanqing suddenly realized, "Yes, a person like him lacks everything, just like a local emperor. This is what attracts him."
"Don't be envious, you two can do it too." Li Qing said with a smile, "Although Hong'er has no talent in martial arts, I taught him everything I could and what was suitable for him, and I even got him a heavenly gift. Shidan, as for you..."
"How can I live longer?" Zhu Wanqing asked.
She has two children, a husband who loves her and she loves her, and a comfortable life in the Marquis's residence. Of course she wants to live a long life.
"The health-preserving method I taught you before, you can definitely do it if you practice it diligently." Li Qing said with a smile, "The prerequisite is that you are not lazy."
"really?"
"How can I lie to you!" Li Qing rolled his eyes, "I want you to stay with me for a while longer, but this is the end. Living a long life... is too difficult."
"This is already very good." Zhu Wanqing was very satisfied, thought for a while, and said: "Brother Hong is seven years older than me. He lives to be eighty... Then I will live to be seventy-three."
Li Qing: "..."
He said with intention: Is it possible for you to take charge of this?
The words came to my lips and I swallowed them again. Holding the hand of the one I love and growing old together with my son is probably the luckiest thing in life.
Zhu Wanqing saw that he had a different look on his face, and she was keenly aware of what she had caused, and quickly changed the topic:
"Uncle Li, Brother Hong is in Haining now. It's not too far away and he's not busy right now. How about I send him a letter and ask him to come back and stay for a few days?"
"No, I will stay in Ming Dynasty for five years after I come back from Jiaozhi this time, so I have plenty of time to reunite." Li Qing smiled, "I can't stay for only a few days, so why bother letting him run around?"
"Okay then." Zhu Wanqing sighed softly, "Uncle Li, after you come back from Jiaozhi, why don't you live in the Yongqing Marquis Mansion and don't leave again? Don't you want to focus on maritime business? Jiangnan Maritime Business It is far more developed than in the north, what do you think?"
She added: "You have been busy with the Shen family almost all this year, so it's almost time to move in."
Li Qing pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "Well, I will focus on Jiangnan, but I can't live in the Yongqing Marquis Mansion forever."
"I change servants frequently, so no one will notice what's special about you. Besides, if you don't change for a few years, it won't attract anyone's attention at all." Zhu Wanqing advised, "You have been running around for so long, it's time for you to Take a rest.”
"I thought so too, but... I'm troubled by trivial matters." Li Qing smiled bitterly and shook his head, "But don't worry, I will come to see you often."
"Uncle Li, I just don't understand. I am taking the lead. It has been several years since the new emperor ascended the throne. Why are you worried?"
"I feel a lot more worried. It's just hard to tell you clearly."
"You can't even tell me?" Zhu Wanqing was hurt, "You don't trust me?"
Li Qing said with a smile: "It's not that I don't believe you, it's just that... there are some things that are better not to be known to you."
After a pause, "If nothing else, you know that your eldest brother is not in good health. He doesn't have much time. I have to keep an eye on him."
Zhu Wanqing was silent.
After a while, she asked: "Uncle Li, how long does my eldest brother... have?"
"I don't know." Li Qing shook his head, "Don't really think of me as a miracle doctor. I'm not that amazing. To be honest, my medical skills are just okay."
Zhu Wanqing: "I don't believe it."
"It's just mediocre. I'm just brave. No matter it's the emperor, the queen, or the emperor, I dare to stab anyone."
Li Qing laughed at himself: "Putting aside these and the aid of martial arts, my medical skills are quite average. After all... Uncle Li, I have only studied medicine for ten years, and I only learned it casually. I just dare to take on the trouble." "
Zhu Wanqing was silent for a moment and said, "Uncle Li, when my eldest brother really arrives, can you take me to see him off on his last journey?"
"It depends on the situation. If possible, I will take you with me." Li Qing sighed, "Birth, old age, illness and death are all human nature. He himself sees it very openly, so why should you be sad?"
"After dad left, I was the only blood relative left. We brother and sister didn't get along much, but my eldest brother was very nice." Zhu Wanqing recalled the past, "The old witch made a big cut on my hand to identify our relatives. , it was my elder brother who bandaged it for me."
Speaking of this, Zhu Wanqing said with emotion: "Oh...I was only ten years old at that time. In the blink of an eye, my son is about to get married. Time flies so fast!"
"Yes, sometimes I feel that time flies too fast, but sometimes...I feel that time passes too slowly, too slowly!" Li Qing said tiredly, "Sometimes, I really want to sleep with him Five hundred years!"
"Sleep for five hundred years, don't talk about me. Counting from me, all the bones of my nine clans are rotten." Zhu Wanqing said angrily, "Everyone wants to borrow five hundred years from heaven, but you are better off. , sleeping for five hundred years, why, can you live as willfully as you want?"
"Are you trying to teach me a lesson?" Li Qing laughed.
Zhu Wanqing said angrily: "Your thoughts are very dangerous, I am not allowed to talk about it?"
She became serious and said seriously: "Uncle Li, don't let your mind wander!"
"...If you really can't think about it, you can't think about it a long time ago." Li Qing looked up at the roof and said quietly, "The bond is too deep and I can't let it go. I... also want to take another look at that splendid age."
"What a prosperous age?"
"I told you, you don't understand." Li Qing stood up and said, "Ma Liu will prepare the food and drinks while I walk around."
…
Yongqinghou Mansion is very big.
Li Qing walked aimlessly and came to the pond unknowingly. At first, he liked fishing here. He remembered that one time he failed to catch a fish, so he went to the vegetable market and bought a lot of live fish and put them in. The results were immediate...
In February spring, the sunshine in Jiangnan is very warm.
Li Qing got interested, asked his servants to get a fishing rod, and started fishing in the sunshine...
After a few clicks on the float, it suddenly submerged into the water. Li Qing flicked his wrist, and the fishing line swayed left and right for a moment, and a carp weighing several kilograms flew out of the water.
This scene seems familiar, but something is missing...
"Ah, so awesome!"
A crisp sound sounded.
Li Qing was shocked and turned around suddenly.
They are brother and sister Li Hao and Li Xueer.
"It's you," Li Qing felt indescribably disappointed and forced a smile, "Coming to see me?"
"The food and wine are ready. Mother asked us to call you." Li Hao stepped forward and picked up the fish basket and said with a smile, "Just in time, let the cook add another fish soup."
Li Xueer stepped forward and stared at Yu'er, exclaiming: "So fat!"
"Brother, let's cast a net tomorrow and let's have a fish feast."
"Prodigal thing." Li Qing raised his hand and slapped him.
"You, why don't you look where this is?" Li Hao was furious, "I am also a young master after all, how could you insult me like this?"
"...I'm used to it, you get used to it." Li Qing finished his sentence and Shi Shiran left.
"You bullied me too much." Li Hao was very angry.
Li Xueer advised: "Brother, don't be angry, it doesn't hurt."
"How do you know it doesn't hurt?"
"You're not even blushing."
Li Hao: "..."
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The dishes were sumptuous and the wine was soft. Li Xueer drank two glasses of it.
Li Hao, who had been away from home for a year, was so happy that he soon got drunk and started chattering.
"Mom, I'm seventeen, and I'm not good at studying. It's really too early to take over business matters. Otherwise..." Li Hao licked his lips, "I'll marry a daughter-in-law and help us grow old." Will the Li family continue the family lineage?"
Zhu Wanqing: "..."
"Big brother has no formal appearance." Li Xueer complained.
Li Hao retorted: "I'm not here for you, big brother. If I, the elder brother, can't have a family, how can you start a family? Huh?"
"Brother, you are so annoying. It's obviously you who... insists on dragging me along." Li Xueer was ashamed and annoyed, her face flushed.
Zhu Wanqing glared at her son and cursed: "Look at your worthless look!"
"Mom, don't you want to have a grandson earlier?" Li Hao said with a smile, "The girl who is waiting to marry me is rich from Jinling Pai to Suzhou and Hangzhou. I don't know how many ladies are waiting to be your daughter-in-law. You have to give Give them a chance, right?"
"Ouch...it hurts, it hurts..." Li Hao yelled, "I also do it for the incense of our old Li family!"
Zhu Wanqing twisted it hard again, then let go and turned to look at Li Qing, "Uncle Li, what do you think?"
"What can I think?" Li Qing rolled his eyes, "I'm not his mother."
"..." Zhu Wanqing's face was full of dark lines, "I mean, is it too early for Xiaohao to get married now?"
"It's not bad, it was much earlier than him." Li Qing smiled and said: "We can't let him be like his father, right?"
Zhu Wanqing: "..."
"Then, Uncle Li, you have to take care of it."
