Chapter 24: The Frontier - Looking Forward to the Return
The old man surnamed Wu lives in a courtyard next to the city gate of Jiangzhou, which is not small and tidy, but only this old man lives alone.
It didn't take much effort for the couple to find the courtyard, the door was open, and an old man on crutches sat at a stone table in the courtyard, as if basking in the sun.
"May I ask Daddy Wu who lives here?"
Hearing this, the old man in the courtyard slowly raised his head and looked at the two young people standing at the gate of the courtyard.
"I am, what are the two young heroes looking for me?"
"The fairy of love heard that you have encountered some troubles, so she asked us to come and see if there is anything that can help you."
"I see, the two young heroes should come in quickly."
Father Wu beckoned the husband and wife to sit at home, and he went to the trembling stove room, and after waiting for a long time the old man did not come back, the husband and wife were not at ease, so they decided to go to the stove room to see.
I saw the old man standing by the stove, adding some firewood to the stove from time to time, quietly waiting for the water in the pot to boil, his hand holding the firewood was trembling slightly, and the whole person looked very haggard, Xu is physical condition is not very good.
"Old man, let's help you."
"No, no, let's go and sit in the house, and it will be fine soon."
After a while, the water in the pot boiled, Xiaoyu took the teapot and filled it, and then carried the old man into the house with Xiaoji.
"Why do you live here alone, your family?"
"My wife left early, and now there is only one son left, in previous years he would come back before the New Year, but this year he has not returned, and he has not written back, I don't know what happened."
The old man's face was full of worry, and when he heard him, his son seemed to be away from home all the year round, but he was also a filial child, and would often come back to visit him, bring him something useful, and would come back to accompany him for a few days during the New Year's holidays.
"I wanted to look for him at the academy he frequented, but over the years, my legs and feet have become more and more bad, and I can't walk, so I rarely go out."
"Why don't you let him stay home and take care of you?"
"He has the heart to serve the country, how can I leave him in this small town, if a man has ambitions, he should do his best."
"But according to you, he should be in this city, not too far from home, why not go home and live?"
"There was a small empty room in the academy, which had been vacant, and he lived there to save some time."
This made the husband and wife a little crying and laughing, Jiangzhou said that it was not big, and it was impossible to walk through the city for a long time, there must be other reasons for this.
After asking Daddy Wu about the location of the academy, the couple prepared to go and find out, and before leaving, Daddy Wu handed them a letter asking them to pass it on to his son.
The two of them walked a short distance to the east and found the academy that Father Wu said, which was indeed a small courtyard and very quiet.
The door of the side room was closed, and Xiao Zhen knocked lightly, and after a while, a crack opened in the door, and a young man who looked like a scholar stood behind the door, looking at the stranger outside the door.
"Who are you looking for?"
"May I ask your Excellency, is it Wu Wencai and Wu Gongzi?"
"Exactly."
"The two of us just passed by Father Wu's door, and saw his old man sitting in the courtyard and asked, Fang Zhi Gongzi had not returned home on Chinese New Year's Eve this year, nor had he sent a letter to his family, he was a little worried, and wanted to come here to find Gongzi, but his legs and feet were inconvenient, so he asked the two of us to hand over a letter to Gongzi."
Wu Wencai was obviously a little surprised when he heard this, he took the letter, let the two of them into the house, and was busy reading the contents of the letter.
"It's not far from home, so why doesn't Childe go home to live with his father, but live here alone?"
"It's a beautiful thing to live in seclusion here, and it's a beautiful thing to live here."
The husband and wife looked at each other and smiled, knowing in their hearts.
"What are you laughing at?"
"I think it's because Daddy Wu wants Childe to seek fame, but Childe has no intention of this, your father and son have failed to negotiate, and Childe doesn't want Father to be sad, so he found an excuse to stay here."
Wu Wencai sighed softly and nodded helplessly.
"But how long can this matter be hidden, it is tried and tested, and if you can hide it for a while, you can't hide it for a lifetime."
"It's a while to be able to hide it, and after a long time, he will no longer be obsessed."
"How does Childe know that it is not Childe who is obsessed, but Father Wu?"
Xiao Zhen said softly, Xiao Yu and Wu Wencai were both stunned, and then there was a moment of silence.
"When I talked about it in Daddy Wu's courtyard just now, although he said that he would serve the country and make contributions, he said that Gongzi had a heart, I think he should be thinking that Gongzi has this ambition now, and it is no longer because he has this expectation and Gongzi has this behavior."
This sound a bit complicated, but it is very easy to understand, Wu Wencai fell into deep thought after hearing it, and Xu had his own considerations.
"Speaking of which, why doesn't Childe go home for the New Year this year?"
"A few days ago, I was a little unwell, I was groggy all day, and I couldn't remember the days, but today I am better, but the days have passed."
"Did that boy ever think about going back today?"
"I'm going to go, but I'm just ......"
"Chinese New Year's Eve, every family is reunion and beauty, I think the sadness that Fang just saw on Father Wu's face should be caused by the thought of Gongzi, compared to fame, now his old man probably hopes that Gongzi can live happily and happily."
Wu Wencai carefully put away the letter, and finally smiled with relief.
"Sit down for a while, and when I pack up some things, I'll go back with you."
After a while, the three of them returned to Father Wu's house together, and the old man was excited when he saw his son come back.
"Child, I don't see that your face is very good, but your body is not well?"
"I ate the wrong thing a few days ago, and I tossed for a few days, but now I am much better, and my father doesn't have to worry."
"You, you have to take good care of yourself, your body is the most important."
"I know, I'll move back from today, so don't worry about me."
"Okay, okay."
"By the way, Daddy Liu wrote a letter a year ago asking you about your marriage with his daughter, I don't know what you are going to do?"
"Miss Liu has been waiting for me for two years, so she should have settled down earlier."
"Then I'll send a letter to Daddy Liu, we are all at ease when we have settled this matter earlier."
"It's all up to you."
The husband and wife originally only helped Father Wu find a son who had not returned home, but they never thought that they had witnessed a beautiful marriage, which could be regarded as an unexpected gain.
"The two young heroes just said that they will go to the East China Sea in a few days, I don't know if they will pass by Jianye City?"
"It's going, there's something to do."
"Then can you bother the two of you to hand over this letter to Father Liu when you arrive in Jianye?"
"It's going to be delivered."
"Thank you both."
Leaving Daddy Wu's house, the husband and wife continued to set off west, and along the way, Xiaozhen frowned, as if he was thinking about something.
"Lady, what are you thinking?"
"I'm thinking, this woman in the human world marries someone as a wife, and she has to go through so many things and scenery since she mentioned her parents, but you didn't have anything at the beginning, and your cultivation was not high, I didn't even have to sit in a sedan chair to marry you, it's really cheap for you."
"The lady said that she was a woman in the human world, and you and I are both people in the fairy world, so naturally there are not so many courtesies."
"Humph!"
Xiao Zhen glared at Xiao Yu fiercely, pouted and strode forward, Xiao Yu sighed, and hurriedly strode after him.
"Okay, okay, let's go back to Chang'an in a few days and we'll make up for it."
"Who's going to go with you, huh!"
Xiao Zhen said unhappily, but his heart was already happy.