Chapter Fifty-Six: Is It Worthy of Leaving the Land?
Seeing that the two of them were silent, Zhang Xiuqin couldn't hold back: "Xiaoman, tell me about you, if you don't tell us about such a big thing, how long do you want to hide it?" What's wrong with the little soldier, the little soldier also eats the country's food! This is not a shameful thing, what is there to say, Su Qi, don't you say? ”
Su Qi, who was asked, lowered his head and fiddled with the cigarette pouch and did not speak.
Whether it was a soldier or a general, he didn't want to say anything, Su Qi originally thought that Lu Li was a very reliable man, but he didn't want to hide such a big thing from his family.
For a while, Su Qi didn't know whether he was angry or worried, in short, the emotions on his face were very complicated.
The two didn't know how to speak, but this became a blind show in Su Xiaoling's eyes, she threw down her pen and pouted: "Su Xiaoman, what are you angry about marrying a little soldier, waiting for me to marry a general one day and become the general's wife, then your man still has to kneel down and salute me, and then see how angry you are!" ”
Xiaoman, who wanted to set up, could anger her no matter how bad it was, so that she knew that she shouldn't put on a face in front of her!
However, to Su Xiaoling's surprise, Lu Li and Su Xiaoman didn't seem to hear this, they took out the things one by one and put them on the Su family's table, and then Lu Li got up and said: "Father-in-law, Xiaoman and I have made a special trip to say goodbye to you, and these things are also made by our family, I hope you don't dislike it." ”
Things have come to this point, and if you don't speak, you have to speak.
Su Qi glanced at the things on the table, and sighed helplessly: "Where are you going, why don't you say it in advance, you have to wait until ......"
Speaking of this, Su Qi was already a little choked, but he still insisted on finishing his words: "I have to tell me when I leave, I, hey, I don't know what to say to you." ”
Su Xiaoman knew that his father was reluctant to let himself go, and he didn't worry about himself.
But there is no way, Lu Li has a responsibility on his shoulders, and since he chose to agree to his expedition, he also acquiesced to taking this responsibility with him.
She walked up to Su Qi, held his slightly thin hand tightly, held back her tears, and explained: "Dad, Lu Li is going to fight in the north, and we have to go." Someone suddenly came to the family to invite Lu Li, I didn't know before, otherwise I wouldn't have come to say goodbye to you so late. ”
As soon as the words fell, Zhang Xiuqin exclaimed: "Really? Going to war? So Lu Li is really a general, is it really fake? ”
If he was just an ordinary soldier, how could he specially ask someone to invite him, it seems that the rumors outside are true, Lu Li is really a big general!
Except for Su Xiaoling, who was also shocked and looked at her, everyone else didn't seem to hear it, and didn't pay attention to Zhang Xiuqin's babbling voice.
Lu Li also stepped forward to hold Su Qi's hand, "Father-in-law, I'm sorry that Xiao Man has just gotten married, and I'm going to take her away, but when I win the battle and repel those barbarians, Xiao Man and I will definitely come back!" ”
"Are you all leaving?" Su Qi still couldn't believe it, how could Lu Li become a general overnight, and he was about to set off to fight, and Xiao Man was going to leave him because of this, he felt shocked when he thought about it.
Su Xiaoman nodded, his eyes red, "Dad, I'm sorry, I'm really going to leave this time." ”
As she spoke, she took out the silver that had been prepared long ago from her arms, "This is a little bit of heart from Lu Li and me, you must take care of it, we are afraid that we will not be able to come back in the past two years, you must take good care of yourself, don't be reluctant to spend money." ”
After instructing Su Qi, Xiao Man turned around to find Zhang Xiuqin again, looking at the other party's appearance of looking at her, she sighed and took out another cloth bag from her arms, "Auntie, I still trouble you to take care of my father for the past two years." ”
The two pieces of silver were wrapped in red cloth, but it was obvious that the share that Xiaoman gave to Su Qi was bigger than his own, Zhang Xiuqin pouted with some dissatisfaction, and reached out to take it.
When the silver really arrived in her hand, Zhang Xiuqin realized the weight, these silver must have more than twenty taels to say the least, she immediately put away her unhappy expression, and nodded at Xiaoman with a smile, "That's natural, how can I say that I am also your father's daughter-in-law, so I should naturally take care of him." ”
I have more than twenty taels of these, and Su Qi's share is twice as much as his own, and the sum of the two must be at least one hundred taels, it seems that this Su Xiaoman is really generous, and he has so much silver as soon as he makes a move! Zhang Xiuqin thought secretly.
She stuffed the silver and looked at the two of them with a smile, "Xiaoman, when are you going to leave?" Your father and I will send you off. ”
"No, you don't." Lu Li coldly refused.
This Zhang Xiuqin's attitude has changed so quickly, it is hard to guarantee that these dozens of taels of silver have played a role, and neither of them needs such hypocrisy.
Besides, on the day of departure, they would come to bid farewell to Su Qi first, so why should they come to see them off?
Zhang Xiuqin laughed dryly twice, and said that she would leave them for dinner, Xiaoman wanted to refuse, but when he thought that his days with his father were numbered, he agreed.
Without Zhang Xiuqin taking the initiative to stir up trouble, the atmosphere in the house was quite harmonious, the five of them ate, Zhang Xiuqin politely said goodbye to the three of them, and she dragged Su Xiaoling to the east house to trumble.
The east house is Su Xiaoling's house, the house is barely clean, Zhang Xiuqin doesn't care about the large amount of clothes piled up on the kang, she sits down with her butt and drags Su Xiaoling to reason.
"Mother! What the hell are you going to say, I hurt to death when I dragged it! Su Xiaoling sat on the chair dissatisfied, frowning dissatisfied, looking very disgusted.
In the end, it was her daughter, Zhang Xiuqin didn't care about this, she leaned over and approached Su Xiaoling, and lowered her voice: "What do you think, how about Lu Li?" ”
Su Xiaoling sat up straight vigilantly and looked at the person on the kang suspiciously, "Mother, what do you mean by this?" ”
"What else can I mean!" Zhang Xiuqin slapped her thigh, and the excited spit stars flew around, "Lu Li is a general, and now he is going to march and fight again, and the emperor can't reward him with an official position or something?" And have you noticed, as soon as Su Xiaoman made a move today, it was a hundred taels of silver, so much money, isn't it all Lu Li? ”
Su Xiaoling still just looked at her and didn't speak.
Zhang Xiuqin couldn't, so she had to make things clear and say, "Think about it, if you marry Lu Li, then you will become the general's wife, and there must be endless money!" When the time comes, if you work hard and have a child, you will enjoy endless glory and wealth for the rest of your life! ”
At that time, she will become the mother of the general's wife, and no one will dare to stop her if she wants to walk sideways in the village in the future!
"Mother, but after all, Su Xiaoman has been married to Lu Li for so long, if I marry Lu Li now, won't I have to be a concubine? I'm not reconciled. Speaking of which, Su Xiaoling had almost acquiesced to Zhang Xiuqin's suggestion.
All she wanted was to marry a dignitary, and now there is one in front of her, Su Xiaoling naturally has to fight hard, but Su Xiaoman is ahead of her, she can't marry a concubine, right? Isn't that still a low Su Xiaoman?
Zhang Xiuqin's eyes rolled, "I'll figure out a way to do this, don't worry, I won't let Su Xiaoman pressure you!" ”
"Thank you, mother!" Su Xiaoling nodded beautifully, and she was already fantasizing in her heart that after marrying Lu Li, she would wear gold and silver, eat fragrant and drink spicy food, and then squeeze Su Xiaoman again in her spare time, which was very refreshing.
At this time, Su Xiaoman, who was wiping his tears and saying goodbye to Su Qi, never thought that the stepmother would hit Lu Li with her idea, and she also wanted Su Xiaoling to replace her.
She looked at her father who was getting older, her heart was sour and reluctant, and thousands of emotions were intertwined, and she could only gather into two lines of tears.
"Don't cry, Xiaoman, you haven't been sorry for your father, this is your creation, you should go and live such a good life." Su Qi stretched out his hand to wipe away Xiao Man's tears, although he also had tears in his eyes, the corners of his mouth were raised.
As long as Xiaoman can live happily, he doesn't care what happens.
The father and daughter were talking, and suddenly there was a shout from outside the house, and listening to the voice, it seemed that they were looking for Lu Li.
Xiao Man walked to the window suspiciously, looked out through the translucent window paper, and was suddenly startled.
There were so many people, she had never seen so many people, the heads were dense, as if people from the nearby villages had come, crowding and shouting Lu Li's name outside the courtyard.
"What's going on?" Su Qi also noticed that something was wrong.
Lu Li frowned, "Xiaoman, you stay in the house for a long time, I'll go outside to see what's going on." ”
As he spoke, he opened the curtain and walked out, just like Zhang Xiuqin's mother and daughter who came out of the east room after hearing the movement, Su Xiaoling subconsciously became shy, but Lu Li didn't look at her.
As soon as the people outside saw a man coming out of the house, and he was tall and walking with the wind, everyone started talking for a while.
"This is Lu Li?"
"That's him! I'm from this village, and I went to drink wine when he got married! ”
"Lu Li, Lu Li!"
Regardless of those who know each other, those who don't know each other, those who are familiar with it or not, they all shout loudly, shouting one after another, and it is very lively.
Lu Li walked to the door, very puzzled: "Excuse me, what are you looking for me?" ”
"You are Lu Li, you are the general Lu Li?" A young brother looked at him excitedly, his eyes lit up.
He smiled and nodded in acknowledgement.
Before Lu Li could ask what this person was looking for him, a little girl next to him suddenly screamed: "I heard that you married that woman is a disorder, Brother Lu Li, what do you think of me, otherwise you divorce that woman and marry me!" ”
Looking at the girl dressed up in flowers, Lu Li subconsciously regressed and refused: "My wife and I are very affectionate, no-"
"What are you? Don't pee and take care of your own appearance, look at your big buckteeth and small squinting eyes, are you worthy of being on the land? Don't get out of here! ”