Before dawn in the morning, Li Chengyuan was kicked off the bed by his wife. Rubbing his overwhelmed old waist, Li Chengyuan complained in a low voice.

"Madam, how old am I, can I still withstand your toss?"

The voice is not loud, but it can just be heard by the patriarch's wife, and Li Chengyuan has handled it just right for so many years.

Li Chengyuan laughed angrily at his wife's words, twisted Li Chengyuan's ears and pulled him up from the ground, and said angrily: "Toss? At your age, even if you want to toss, you have to have the ability to toss. ”

Li Chengyuan cried out in pain, and finally saved his ear from his wife's hands, and said disrespectfully for the old man: "You didn't say that when you were young, why, seeing that I am old, this is bullying people?" ”

Li Chengyuan is ready to be beaten, the two of them have been old husbands and wives for so many years, and they are used to being sloppy, every time Li Chengyuan plays hooligan, his wife will do it, and it doesn't hurt to beat him anyway, which can be regarded as a small way for the couple to enhance their relationship.

Li Chengyuan closed his eyes and waited for his wife's fist, when he was young, he would run two steps, and then deliberately chased by his wife, now that he is old, he can only wait in place to be beaten, it's not that he can't really run, but he is mainly worried that his daughter-in-law will fall.

After waiting for a long time, and without waiting for his wife's fist, Li Chengyuan opened his eyes and saw that his wife was looking at him in a daze.

"What are you seeing? It's so fascinating. ”

Li Chengyuan looked behind him and saw that there was no movement, and when he turned his head, he saw a scene that broke his heart. It turned out that for some reason, his wife was already full of tears.

"What's going on? Yingzi, what's wrong with you? ”

Li Chengyuan's heart was about to break, and he was at a loss for what to do while holding his wife.

"Ah Lang, it turns out that we are so old."

Mrs. Li Chengyuan touched Li Chengyuan's white hair, choked and whispered.

Hearing his wife say this, Li Chengyuan paused in slapping his wife's back, and then gently slapped it again.

"Yes, it's old, forty or fifty years have passed in a blink of an eye."

Mrs. Li Chengyuan lay in her husband's arms, raising her head to look at Li Chengyuan's face, just like that night more than forty years ago.

"Ah Lang, do you remember? When my father was busy, it was the ninth master who went to my house to help raise his relatives. ”

Li Chengyuan looked down at his wife, although this face is now full of wrinkles, although it is no longer as bright and moving as when he was young, but Li Chengyuan can't get tired of looking at it.

Knowing that Mrs. is uncomfortable because of the death of the ninth master, she is such a character, she usually seems to be domineering, but in fact she is the softest-hearted, the most sentimental, usually a chicken at home will be uncomfortable for a long time, not to mention that this time it is the ninth master who almost watched them grow up.

"Of course I remember, at that time, the ninth master was not young, and he could speak well, and my father asked him to help because of this."

Touching the corners of his wife's eyes and gently wiping away his tears, Li Chengyuan comforted softly.

"Don't feel uncomfortable, the ninth master is not too young, it can be regarded as a happy funeral, let's take care of the aftermath, let the ninth master leave happily."

Mrs. Li Chengyuan nodded, and suddenly laughed.

"You say, when the ninth master sees me crying, will he still point my nose and say that my tears are shallow."

Li Chengyuan almost burst into tears when he said this, but he couldn't bear to cry, Li Chengyuan squeezed out a smile and said softly: "No, the ninth master is reluctant to talk about our Yingzi." ”

After Li Chengyuan finished saying this, the couple was speechless for a long time.

Mrs. Li Chengyuan's surname is Feng, and there is only one English character in her name, she is the eldest lady of the Feng family's compound on Luoyao Street, she is lively by nature and has a big personality, and she doesn't look like a lady at all.

I don't know if it's because of the English word in the name, Feng Ying was as vicious as a hater when she was young, and she couldn't tolerate sand in her eyes, and because of this, as the eldest lady of a wealthy family, in addition to the boudoir girl, she also likes to dance knives and guns, and often disguises herself to go to the street to do chivalrous deeds, and that's it, Feng Ying met Li Chengyuan, who was still the young patriarch of the Li family at the time, and the two met by chance, fell in love, and finally became a family.

Li Chengyuan's Li family is in this lineage, passed down from generation to generation, the door style is extremely positive, and things are done fairly, since there are records in Luoxian Town, the Li family is the patriarch surnamed Li in the town, and later, the affairs of the town are the Li family's final say, which is a veritable soil emperor.

The Feng family is one of the first three developed in the town, there are four pharmacies in the town, the Feng family monopolizes the pharmacy on South Street, and the other three pharmacies The Feng family also has some interests, so in terms of money alone, the Feng family is the second in the town, and absolutely no one dares to say the first, and the three families at the same time with him are not doing well and have fallen, and one is the Wang family.

The Li family and the Feng family, one is in power, the other is rich, it stands to reason that they can be regarded as the right family, no matter how you look at it, they are all a good marriage, but no one expected that when the Li family came to ask for marriage, the old lady of the Feng family was reluctant to give up her granddaughter, and she didn't want to agree to this marriage, threatening that her granddaughter would not marry, and when would he wait for the old man to enter the ground, and then talk about marrying. The Feng family had no choice but to take the old man, and almost shirked the marriage. At that time, there happened to be an accident in the mountains, and the old patriarch of the Li family, that is, Li Chengyuan's father, was about to go to the mountains to save people, but there was no way, so he handed over the matter to the ninth master, who was already the old man in the town at that time.

The ninth master was very good at doing things when he was young, and when he got old, he became even older and spicier. At that time, the ninth master was carrying the dowry, and he didn't know what to say to the old lady of the Feng family, anyway, in the end, the old lady of the Feng family happily accepted his granddaughter's family affairs. Originally, things were perfect here, but no one expected that the old patriarch of the Li family went into the mountain to save people, something went wrong, and he put himself in for others, and when he came back, he was already cold, and he was afraid that the Feng family would regret his marriage, and it was also after the ninth master was busy, and finally Li Chengyuan and Feng Yingcai finally came together, and even the aftermath of the old patriarch of the Li family was helped by the ninth master, and it can be said that the ninth master is the biggest contributor to the two of them coming together.

In addition, the Ninth Master also helped Li Chengyuan do a lot of things, and even Li Chengyuan's patriarchal position was secretly helped by the Ninth Master, which made him sit firmly in the position of the current patriarch, it can be said that the Ninth Master can be regarded as half a father to Feng Ying and Li Chengyuan, which is why the two of them are so concerned about the affairs of the Ninth Master, and it is also the biggest reason why Lu Yangsheng dared to be the first to come to the patriarch after the death of the Ninth Master.

Since Li Chengyuan became the patriarch, he has done everything in the town himself, and has done a lot of good things for the people in the town, and his prestige has naturally become more and more important, so he doesn't need the ninth master to help anymore. Later, like Lu Yangsheng's parents, Li Chengyuan took the lead, and the ninth master just presided over the affairs when Lu Yangsheng's parents were doing things.

It may be the reason why the juniors are not around, the older the ninth master is, the more lonely he becomes, he doesn't like to be disturbed, except for playing with the children in the town and telling stories to the children, he doesn't treat those adults very much, so the patriarch doesn't have much contact with the ninth master. After knowing that the ninth master had an accident, Li Chengyuan was also the first to enter the door, Li Chengyuan knew that the matter here was not simple, and asked the ninth master, but the ninth master just didn't say anything, and Li Chengyuan couldn't help it.

Last night, Lu Yangsheng came to say that the ninth master had left, Li Chengyuan actually suspected Lu Yangsheng, but when Lu Yangsheng took out the box where the ninth master put the money, he knew that the ninth master was coming to Tuogu, and when Li Aniu and Liu Mazi came out, Li Chengyuan roughly guessed what was going on with the ninth master, which is why Li Chengyuan was obviously partial to Lu Yangsheng last night.

Li Chengyuan and Feng Ying hugged for a long time, and when the rooster in the courtyard crowed again, the two let go, Li Chengyuan bent his index finger and hooked Feng Ying's nose, and laughed softly: "People who are about to enter the ground, still crying noses, get up, I also have to send the ninth master." ”

Feng Ying straightened up, didn't speak, wiped his face indiscriminately, picked up Li Chengyuan's coat, and dressed Li Chengyuan.

Li Chengyuan smiled, turned around and waited for his wife's service, halfway through his clothes, Feng Ying suddenly stopped and called out softly, "Brother Chengyuan". Li Chengyuan turned his head with a smile, only to see Feng Ying with tears in his eyes at this time, but his face was smiling like a flower.

"Brother Chengyuan, will I go first in the future? It's definitely quite tiring to be alone. ”

Li Chengyuan smiled and said, "Okay." ”

An old husband and wife, with white hair and frosty face, one helps her husband dress, one enjoys his wife's service, one is accustomed to it, and the other is at ease, since they got married, year after year, day after day.

The most touching thing in the world is the old couple.

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After Mrs. dressed herself, Li Chengyuan turned around and hugged Feng Ying, and said softly: "You can rest for a while, I'll move a bed for the ninth master, the ninth master often complains that the straw bed is too hard, which makes his back hurt, I will give him a comfortable bed, so that he won't sleep well and make noise." ”

Feng Ying wiped her eyes, shook her head, her eyes were sharp, the domineering eldest lady of the Feng family in the past was back.

"No, I can't see the Ninth Master asleep, you just go and make the Ninth Master a bed yourself, I have to ask the watchdog of the old Song family, what is going on with the Ninth Master, although I am no longer from the Feng family, and this North Street is not under the control of my Feng family, but something happened to the Ninth Master, and his surname Song wanted to make a big deal into a small matter." Feng Ying sobbed again when she said this, and then continued.

"You don't have evidence to come forward to take care of these messy things, it's okay, I'm just a country woman, whether it's the relationship of the Feng family or the name of the patriarch's wife, I can take care of this matter, really take everyone for a fool? I, Feng Ying, are not dead yet. ”

Li Chengyuan looked at the lady who had returned to normal, smiled and nodded.

"You go, take Nian Feng with you, don't worry about making a big fuss, if something happens, let Nian Feng solve it, we are both about to go to the ground, and Nian Feng has to be ready to take over my business."

Li Nianfeng is the son of Li Chengyuan, in his early Chinese New Year's Eve, and has been decided to be the next patriarch, who is good at work and smart, not far worse than Li Cheng.

Feng Ying nodded and began to get dressed.

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When Li Aniu arrived at the pharmacy, the shopkeeper was already active in the courtyard, which was the habit of the shopkeeper and had been insisted on for many years.

Seeing that the shopkeeper was finished, Li Aniu could only wait beside him, and finally waited for the shopkeeper to finish a complete set, Li Aniu hurriedly greeted him with a towel, and congratulated: "The shopkeeper's body is getting better and better, and he looks stronger than a young man like me." ”

The shopkeeper took the towel and mumbled, without even looking at Li Aniu.

Li Aniu was also used to it, and continued with a smile: "Shopkeeper, I want to take a day off today, okay." ”

Hearing Li Aniu say this, the shopkeeper turned his head to look at him, and said nonchalantly: "Okay, but half of this month's salary has to be deducted." ”

Li Aniu was so distressed that his face twitched, but when he thought that a large amount of money would go into his pocket immediately, he could only agree.

Looking at the reclining chair in the courtyard of the shopkeeper, Li Aniu turned around and walked out of the pharmacy, and when he arrived at the door, he suddenly turned his head and said to the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, the patriarch's wife asked me to give you a message." ”

The shopkeeper was a little sleepy, and he didn't hear it clearly, so he replied in a daze.

"Say."

Li Aniu repeated Feng Ying's words.

"The patriarch's wife said, let us stop doing bastard things that have lost our conscience, and be careful of retribution."

I don't know if the shopkeeper heard clearly, I didn't hear the shopkeeper speak for a long time, Li Aniu turned around and left.

I still have big plans today, so I don't dare to delay my time here.

After Li Aniu left, the shopkeeper in the courtyard slept soundly, snoring like thunder.