Chapter 39 A White Lies
"Don't be suspicious, our room hasn't been cleaned for years, it will definitely smell something, go to sleep." β
Qi Qi turned over and continued to dream of Zhou Gong.
"Hey, maybe I went to Shanhaiguan once, but I haven't adjusted yet. β
Li Bai also closed his eyes, anyway, there was a poor Qi beside him who could fight with the tiger demon general, what could he do.
A quiet night, except for the sound of poor snoring.
"Ah...... Huh!"
When he got up in the morning, Qi Qi stretched his waist and moved his muscles and bones again.
"How did you sleep last night?"
Li Bai did it impatiently, and looked at Qi Qi with a resentful expression.
"It's okay, it's just that the thunder is a bit loud. β
Poor Qi smiled awkwardly when he heard this, and the two found that Zhu seemed to be out of bed for a long time, and they were about to go out.
"I heard that Zhu Da is back!"
"Where is Zhu Da!"
......
There was a cacophony of voices in the courtyard.
"Let's go out and have a look!"
Li Bai and the others hurriedly walked out and found that there were more than a dozen people standing in the small courtyard, including old people in their seventies and eighties, as well as teenage girls, but there was no young person.
"They are the family of the brothers. β
Poor Qi whispered.
"This ......"
Li Bai also felt shameless, not to mention Qi Qi? Qi Qi inherited Zhu Da's memory, those brothers were all brought out by him, how could he give an explanation to his hometown fathers?
"Oh, you're back! As soon as we heard you were back, we rushed here. β
"Fifth uncle!"
Qi Qi greeted the old man who spoke.
"Oh no, how are you living at the border?
The person who opened her mouth was an old woman in her fifties and sixties, who was Zhu Sixteen's old mother.
"Okay, the food in the army is good, everyone is full, sixteen has grown almost a foot taller, and he is already a young man!"
When Qi Qi talked about his brothers, his eyes were a little ruddy, but he really couldn't tell the news of his brothers' deaths.
The neighbors chatted with Zhu Da for almost half an hour before they took a breath.
"Big brother, why didn't the fourth brother come back?"
A teenage girl, combed with a long braid, walked tossed around, full of the vitality of a young girl, but her face was a little muddy, but it couldn't hide her beauty.
"Forehead ......"
Qi Qi was speechless for a moment and looked at Li Bai on the side.
"This person is the fiancΓ©e of the fourth brother, Chunhua!"
When Li Bai heard this, she immediately felt sad, she didn't know that her fourth brother would never come back, not even the bones.
"Big sister, fellow villagers, the four Zhu brothers are all on official business, and they can't leave for a while, we can only ask for leave one by one, and Zhu Er should come back next time!"
Li Bai looked at so many villagers with expectations in their eyes, and he really couldn't tell them about it, because Zhu Da who went out represented the hope of the whole village, and when a person who was about to despair lost his last hope, God knows what extreme things they would do.
"Oh, I see, that's fine, the kid is busy. β
All the people were a little disappointed, sighing, even the teenage spring flowers were red, Li Bai was very distressed, he thought a lot, in his previous life, he was studying with his parents in the field, he could only go back to his hometown for less than two months every year, and more time could only talk to his grandparents on the phone, when he said that he couldn't go home this time, his grandparents would only sigh, and then let themselves do things well, don't worry about home. Isn't that the same thing?
"Ladies and gentlemen, the brothers asked us to bring you something, and I will bring it to you. β
Li Bai pushed Qi Qi, who hurriedly ran into the house and came out with a big bag.
"They said, there's nothing to bring, so I'll bring a bag of rice for each of you. β
When everyone heard this, their faces were full of joy, what was the most important thing to their village?
"Come on, come on, every family has a bag, don't grab it!"
Li Bai untied the bag and took out more than a dozen small bags from it, each of which was almost twenty catties.
"Thank you!
All the fathers took a bag of rice and carried it on their backs.
"It's not quite right. β
Li Bai felt that these villagers didn't seem to be too excited, this is not what a poor village with a small harvest should have.
"There's something wrong with that, I think we're giving too little. β
Qi Qi opened his mouth, feeling that the lives of his brothers were far more than twenty catties of rice, but he had no money on him, so he was poor and weak. Li Bai also glanced at Qi Qi, he was also very helpless, it was just a difficult brother, just a few hundred catties of rice still came from Wei Shuyu.
"Poor!"
"Everyone, go back, go back and cook a good meal!"
Li Bai opened his mouth, and everyone got the rice, and they all left the courtyard of the Zhu family with satisfaction, and it became empty again, leaving only Li Bai and the three of them.
"Mother, you go in and sit down, I'll cook for you. β
Qi Qi helped Zhu into the room, and then pulled Li Bai to a dilapidated straw hut with some tattered pots and pans.
"Didn't you cook, why did you bring me here?"
Li Bai planned to go to the yard to bask in the sun and sit and wait for dinner.
"Don't you know how to cook?"
Li Bai rolled his eyes.
"! How can I not cook, you Tiger Master? You go to the yard for me, wait for me, the chef, to cook it for you, just eat, keep it to your satisfaction, just kidding, you are known as the first chef in the tiger world!"
Li Bai looked at Qi Qi in front of him who was bragging about not making a draft, wanted to laugh and forcibly held back, turned around and left.
"Hey, you will believe whatever you say!"
Bang Bang Bang!
As Li Bai walked, he heard Qi Qi's complaining again, and the sound of pots and pans crackling, he couldn't help but smile, this Qi Qi really wanted to save face and suffer from it.
"Ah, am I really doing the right thing?"
Li Bai was basking in the sun, two rounds of the sun were hanging high, but the temperature was about the same as a sun in his previous life, Li Bai looked at the morning glow in the sky, and his heart was gloomy, he and Qi Qi could deceive the villagers for a while, could they still deceive them for a lifetime? If the Zhu brothers did not come back in a few years, or waited until the court's mercy came down, wouldn't it all be exposed? This is just a matter of time or time, and what is more serious is that Li Bai and Qi Qi have given the villagers greater hope, and the damage will only be deeper at that time!
"Do you want to tell them?"
Li Bai and Qi Qi originally came to worship their brothers this time, and by the way, they sent their brothers' clothes back to the township and let them be buried.
"Let's discuss it with Qiqi later. β
"Hmm, what does it smell like? What burns?"
Li Bai sniffed, feeling that something was not right, and hurriedly looked at the grass shed, only to see black smoke rising and a fire burning on the grass shed!