Chapter 24: War
Old Layton sat at the table and looked at the young man in front of him, who still hadn't figured out what this guy was about.
The last thing the young man said was to get him something to eat, and then old Layton asked his wife to bring the young man a bowl of noodles from his lunch.
After the young man picked up the noodles, his attention was no longer on himself, and by now the other party had eaten three bowls of noodles in a row, and still had not said a word to himself.
As Ling Tianmao picked up the bowl again and poured the little noodles left at the bottom of the bowl into his mouth, he finally felt a little full, he had never felt that Bai Shui could be so delicious.
Touching his stomach, Ling Tianmao looked at the old Leiden in front of him embarrassedly, touched the back of his head and said to him:
"Excuse me...... Belch...... I'm so hungry......"
Old Layton waved his hand: "Don't say that, you saved my grandson Tommy, who is the great benefactor of our family, and a few bowls of noodles are nothing." ”
"You mean, that kid is your grandson?" Ling Tianmao pointed to the location of the child outside the house, where the old Leiden's wife and the young woman were carefully taking care of him.
"Yes, my son was captured by the Noxian army shortly after they entered the city to build some fortifications on the front line, and now there are two of us old guys and a daughter-in-law left in the house, and I don't know if my son will come back alive."
Ling Tianmao nodded, he had heard these things from Old Layton when he was hiding behind the carriage before, but he was so hungry at that time that he didn't have the heart to think about these things.
"Speaking of this gentleman, I don't know what you call it? Where are you from? I've lived in this city for decades, and you're certainly not from the city. ”
"Just call me Dahl," Ling Tianmao thought for a while but still didn't say his name, "I'm coming from the east, and I'm going to go to the west coast." ”
"East Side...... Do you know how the war is going now? Old Leiden looked at Ling Tianmao hopefully.
"Now the Ionian resistance is not as defeated as it used to be, and it is currently in a stalemate with the army of Noxus."
"That's it......" After listening to Ling Tianmao's words, Old Layton's eyes suddenly became excited, but in just a few seconds, his head that had just been raised suddenly drooped again, looking very disappointed.
"Uh, don't you want Ionia to be able to retake the country's territory?" Ling Tianmao was very puzzled, in fact, he didn't know how the war was going in the east, but he subconsciously thought that Old Leiden should really hope that Ionia could win the war, so he said it to comfort him, but it seemed that Old Leiden didn't seem to be particularly happy.
Old Leiden didn't say anything, but glanced at Ling Tianmao vigilantly.
"You don't have to worry, I'm from the east, and I'm naturally not a Noxian, and I hid in your carriage this morning to enter the city, I heard what you said, you want the Noxian army to be driven out quickly!"
Hearing Ling Tianmao's words, Old Layton's face changed and changed, and finally, he slammed the table hard, gritted his teeth and said:
"I've never dreamed of getting out of here these Noxian dogs, they're a bunch of robbers!" Speaking of this, Old Layton's tone lowered again, "Just if the war continues...... My son he ......"
Ling Tianmao was silent, home and country, in which world are two topics that cannot be avoided.
"But if only I could get them out! What is this sacrifice? I am now waiting for them to counterattack, and I will open the gates of the city to our army with my own hands. ”
"Smack!" A plate full of braised pork smashed to the ground, and Old Leiden's wife was looking at him, and then she explained to Ling Tianmao in a panic:
"Don't listen to his nonsense, he must have just drunk some wine at noon and talking nonsense."
Old Layton stopped his wife's words with a wave of his hand:
"Don't hide it, this Mr. Dahl has already heard what I told you in the morning."
When the old Leiden's wife heard this, she did not continue to say anything:
"I'm sorry, I was impulsive just now, I wanted to add some food for you to eat, I'm going to prepare another one for you."
Shortly after the old Leiden's wife left, the young woman came in with the child in her arms:
"This gentleman, thank you so much for saving Tommy's life, the child is not sensible, I am here to kowtow to you, if it weren't for you, I guess I wouldn't want to live now." After the woman finished speaking, she was ready to kneel.
Ling Tianmao saw the woman's movements, and hurriedly helped her: "Don't be like this, I believe that many people will choose to do this, just be careful when taking care of the child in the future, don't give him these things again." ”
"A lot of people? Sir, don't be kidding, if a lot of people could do this, there wouldn't be so many people going to look for Soraka every year, but Soraka-sama is too busy for her, and many people still die like this. I'm sure there must be a lot of people begging you to save their lives, my child is a blessing to meet you, and my gratitude is nothing, but please don't refuse, otherwise I won't be able to put myself at ease. ”
Ling Tianmao saw that the woman's attitude was very tough, and he pulled her twice but couldn't pull it, so he could only watch her kowtow three times on the ground.
After the woman got up, old Layton also pulled the topic back again:
"Speaking of which, Lord Dahl, I forgot to ask you, where did you learn these skills to save people?"
"Uh," Ling Tianmao thought for a moment, "My father used to know something about this, he taught me since I was a child. ”
Ling Tianmao is not lying when he says this, his family has practiced medicine for generations, and his father is a doctor, but a Chinese medicine doctor. However, in his generation, he was really not interested in Chinese medicine, he believed that Chinese medicine lacked its own theoretical system, and it could only be passed down by relying on some experience and so-called ancestral secret recipes, so when it came time for him to choose, he chose Western medicine to learn. However, since he was a child, he still has a lot of knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine.
"Then your father must be a great man, too." Old Layton asked tentatively, "Is he also our Ionian hero?" ”
Just when Ling Tianmao was worried about how to bypass this topic, a knock suddenly sounded outside the door.
Old Layton got up to open the door, and a young man ran in in a panic:
"Oh, why haven't you arrived at Leyton, the Wing Festival is about to start."