At this time, at the Duke of Wei's mansion, Li Qinyuan was also talking about this matter with Mrs. Li.
Not as tactful as Gu Wuyou's side, Mrs. Li didn't react too much after the initial surprise, she just sighed: "No wonder you kept staring at my forehead that day, smiling so happily, I still For what."
She held Li Qinyuan's hand, with infinite emotion in her heart, "Leping is a good girl, and her family is also good. If the two of you can be together, I will naturally support it."
What she is looking forward to most now is that her grandson can find a good girl who knows the cold and the hot, regardless of the family background, as long as he likes it.
Leping, she has seen it, and she is also happy.
If the two could really be together, she would naturally be happy.
"It's just—" Mrs. Li suddenly frowned again, "The requirement set by Dingguo is really... too strict."
She also managed household affairs in her early years, so she naturally knew how much money those shops made a year, and how the market was going outside. Her grandson had never handled these things when he was a child, so he made a net profit of 100,000 taels a year. This is not... Embarrassing people
How could Li Qinyuan not know what she was thinking, and when he heard this, he smiled and said with relief: "Don't worry, this is what the grandson asked for himself. If it doesn't work, why would the grandson ask for it?"
"But… "
Mrs. Li sighed and wanted to say more. Looking at Li Qinyuan's smiling face, she didn't say anything after all. She raised her hand and touched his head with love and distress, but finally said: "You go outside. It's good to practice."
She can't protect him forever.
The child is old, and she is also old, and the road in the future can only be walked by himself.
"When do you plan to leave? Where do you go first? Are all the people who will be with you already arranged?"
Li Qinyuan was not bothered at all, and replied one by one: "I will leave after the Lantern Festival. Brother Gu happened to be leaving the boat that day. I plan to go with his boat first. As for the accompanying people, I am used to coming and going by myself. Now, I don't need anyone to wait on me, I only brought two stewards from my mother's shop to help me."
Her grandson is used to being assertive.
Mrs. Li didn't know what to say anymore, she just murmured: "After the Lantern Festival, it's not a few days..."
"Don't worry, even if I go outside, I will often write to you." Li Qinyuan knew that she was reluctant, so he held her hand and gently persuaded people, "You are afraid of the cold, and your knees are not good. The people here advise you to listen, but don’t always be stubborn and turn a minor illness into a serious one, and I’ll ask when I come back.”
Mrs. Li was amused by him, wiped her reddish eyes, patted his hand, and said angrily, "You are taking care of me."
Originally I wanted to ask him a few words, but in the end I didn't say anything. It was just that when the person was about to leave, thinking of the relationship between the father and son, he couldn't help but open his mouth and shouted, "Qilang."
"Um?"
Li Qinyuan stopped and looked back at her.
Mrs. Li looked at him, her upper and lower lips moved slightly, but in the end she didn't say anything, "It's alright, you go to work first."
Li Qinyuan smiled and nodded and left.
When going out, he instructed Chanyi Haosheng to take care of his grandmother, and then put on a cloak and left after waiting.
He just walked out of the hospital when he saw Li Censhen who came back.
Seeing Li Censhen, Li Qinyuan stopped wearing his cloak for a while, and his steps stopped, but it was only a breath of effort, and he returned to normal, no longer looking at people or talking to anyone, just like Li Censhen To him it was nothing but empty air.
His handsome face looked particularly deserted, as if he was not the one who was laughing with his grandmother in the house before.
The steps continued to move forward.
Li Qinyuan had arranged for Xu and Cong, two stewards, to help him with some things a few days ago, and today he is going to give them a few words.
When he was about to pass him by, Li Censhen stopped him. He didn't say anything else, but just handed him a waist card that had been prepared earlier from his sleeve. The iron waist card was only engraved with "Li Censhen". three words.
Li Qinyuan didn't understand what he meant, he stopped and glanced at him.
"You'll need it when you're going out in the future." Li Censhen told him, his voice slightly lower when he spoke, "I'll be leaving in a few days, if anything happens to you in the future, I will If you can't come back immediately, with this token, the local yamen will allow you to be convenient."
"Wei Qingyi, I also keep it for you."
"He is highly skilled in martial arts, and he is well-versed in personnel affairs. Let him follow you. You can send him for anything."
Li Censhen has always been a taciturn person, but he has said a lot today. In fact, he still has some things to tell him in his heart, but neither father and son are hypocritical people, and the relationship has not yet eased up. not come out.
Although Li Qinyuan felt a little surprised in his heart, he just glanced at him and did not take the token in his hand.
With the cold wind blowing across his face, he gently closed his cloak and said in a very light tone, "No." He neither needed his help nor his connections. The time when he needed him the most had passed.
The steps continued to go out.
"Ali..."
Li Censhen called him from behind.
Hearing this title, Li Qinyuan's expression changed slightly, and he hesitated for a moment in his steps, but he still didn't stop or look back, and continued to walk out without going forward.
It wasn't until he walked away, until he could no longer be seen, that Li Censhen took his eyes back. He lowered his eyes and glanced at the token in his hand. In the end, he remained silent and didn't say anything. Out of the old lady's yard, she went to Jin Guiyuan, Shen's former residence.
Suxiu was sweeping the yard, and when she saw him coming, she hurriedly greeted him.
Li Censhen didn't speak, and went straight in. There were only two pairs of shoes on the shelf, one large pair and one small pair. He looked down at the small pair for a while, and then changed to the large pair of soft-soled shoes.
When he was free at home, he often came to Shen's yard to sit, sometimes just sitting, and sometimes talking to her.
Today, he looked at these old-fashioned arrangements in the house, like the first time, and like the last time, inch by inch, from beginning to end, without any omission, and wrote it down, as if to remember these things. to the core.
The melons and fruits on the incense table were all fresh, stained with some dewdrops, and even the incense in the lotus incense burner was just lit.
But he still held a handkerchief and wiped the tablet over and over again. The rough finger pads under the golden horse all the year round were very gentle when he stroked the words, as if he was afraid that his strength would be stronger. It will be painful.
I don't know how long it took before he said, "Our Ah Li has grown up and has a girl he likes."
"That girl, you've seen it before, the one called Manman, you hugged her when she was a child..." Li Censhen said softly, "She's a good girl, she was defending Ali in front of me yesterday. ."
"If you're still here, you'll love her when you see her."
"Ali also went for the hunt this time. He is very good, even better than I thought. I used to think that he was dissolute. I was afraid that I would be gone in the future. I'm relieved."
Think of yesterday's hunting scene.
There was a rare smile on Li Censhen's face, but he spoke in a low voice, "I'm leaving soon, and I don't know when I'll be back to see you." After saying this, he was late. Never spoke again.
Indoor fragrance curls.
It wasn't until the three sticks of incense in the incense burner were burnt out that Li Censhen put the tablet back in his hand. He looked at the words on the tablet with deep eyes, and he didn't know how long it took before he took off his dressing. The white jade comb on the stage turned and walked out.
When Su Xiu heard the movement, she came over, bowed to greet him, and asked, "Are you leaving?"
"Yeah." Li Censhen nodded and explained to her, "Qilang will be leaving in a few days, you go help and see if there is anything to clean up. He doesn't like others approaching his yard."
"Yes."
Li Censhen didn't say anything else, glanced at the yard behind him again, and then walked out.
After he left, Su Xiu stood up, looked at the figure of Li Censhen leaving, and sighed softly. The father and son both had each other's hearts, but they were both like this. She shook her head, not knowing. What should I say, after cleaning the yard, I held the Buddhist scriptures I extracted earlier, and planned to offer it to my wife's incense case.
When I went in, I found that the white jade comb that had been on the dresser was gone.
It was Madam's relic, and Madam Su Ri's favorite thing. Her expression changed, and she immediately shouted: "Xi'er!" Holding something, she didn't see it clearly, only remembered that it was a white side.
Could it be…
"Mother, what's the matter?" Xi'er hurried over and didn't dare to come in. She asked her at the door. She didn't hear anyone's answer, so she asked again, "Mother, what happened?"
"No… "
Su Xiu shook her head, "You go down."
She didn't know what to do, but she suddenly panicked. The comb was the first gift that the grandfather gave to his wife. The wife always regarded it as a treasure. Later, when the wife went, she placed it on the table according to the old habit of the wife. , Grandpa Guo will hold the comb for a long time every time he comes back.
But for so many years, he took nothing with him wherever he went.
this time…
Maybe she thinks too much
Suxiu tugged at her heart and thought for a while, but she still planned to talk to someone when she looked back at the young master.
Li Qinyuan came back at night.
Hearing the sound, Su Xiu greeted him and greeted him, "You're back."
"Why is Auntie here?" Li Qinyuan glanced at her in a daze, and said again, "It's windy outside, let's talk inside."
Suxiu smiled and took off the cloak for the man. Then she said to the man, "I made seafood porridge for you. I was afraid that you would come back late, but I planned to simmer it on the stove for you." "Go get the bowl and chopsticks for the young master."
"Yes."
The little servant Ruoyu ran to the next room to get something, Suxiu poured hot water again, waited for her face and hands to cleanse, and said, "I know you will be leaving in a few days, so this servant will come over to give her. Pack up your things."
Li Qinyuan laughed when he heard the words: "It's not the first time for me to go out, where do I need you to clean up?"
But he didn't stop anyone. He always had affection for his mother's old servant. He would drink hot porridge and say to someone, "I'm almost done with everything, look, Just help me get some clothes ready."
"Yes."
Suxiu smiled and went in to clean up, just as Li Qinyuan said, his things were almost cleaned up, she just helped others to tidy up again, when she went out, Li Qinyuan had just finished a big bowl of porridge, he was obviously hungry , This bowl of porridge was not left at all.
Looking distressed, she couldn't help but ask, "Why are you so hungry? Would you like me to make some food for you?"
Li Qinyuan smiled and shook his head, "No, it's almost there, eat again, and you have to accumulate food at night." After he finished speaking, he put down the tableware, wiped his mouth with the handkerchief, and then said to her, "I'll have a few days later. Sun is about to leave, I will ask you for my mother’s side, and my grandmother’s side.”
"If there is anything at home, send someone to write to me. Every time I go to a place, I will tell my family my temporary address."
Su Xiu naturally answered one by one, and after she finished her orders, she hesitated for a while or told them about the afternoon thing, "Today, the grandfather of the country is going to his wife's place again..." As soon as she finished speaking, she saw Li Qinyuan's face pale. , this is going to be in the past, she naturally won't say it again.
But today, she pursed her lips, and continued to say, "I think something is wrong with the grandfather of the country. He never took anything with his wife when he left before, but this time he actually gave it away for the first time. I took the white jade comb for Madam."
Li Qinyuan frowned.
White jade comb? What did he take this for
Suxiu glanced at his face and asked in a low voice, "Do you think something will happen to the grandfather of the country?"
"How is that possible?" Li Qinyuan directly refuted without thinking. He sullenly and frowned, but in the end he said dryly, "What can happen to him?"
Suxiu didn't speak, and Li Qinyuan didn't know what to do. Suddenly, he became a little upset. It took a long time before he said, "Don't think about it, maybe he just took it." The annoyance hasn't diminished at all.
But he didn't want to show it, so he said to Suxiu, "It's late at night, auntie go back first."
Knowing his temperament, Su Xiu didn't wait any longer. She just asked him to pay attention to his body outside, and if anything happened, he would come to the house to report. After Li Qinyuan responded, he left with the lantern.
But Li Qinyuan did not return to the house immediately after she left.
Instead, he stood there and looked in the direction of the main courtyard for a long time, and then walked into the house with pursed lips.
Ruoyu was packing for him, when he saw him coming in, he held a box and asked, "Master, this sword was sent by Wei Changsui on your birthday. Do you want to take it with you this time?"
Li Qinyuan had been busy with business a while ago, and he didn't pay attention. He would hear people say this, so he asked, "Wei Qingyi sent it?" He frowned, "Bring it here, I'll take a look."
"Yes." Ruoyu carefully placed the brocade box on the table.
Li Qinyuan sat on a chair and opened the brocade box, and saw that there was a sword as thin as a cicada's wings. The sword was extremely soft and light, but the blade was extremely sharp.
When he was young and ignorant, he heard people say hero dreams several times. He knew that some people in Jianghu like to forge such a soft sword, and then wrap the sword around his waist. He would be very envious after hearing that, and turned his head and went Yang Nai wanted that kind of sword.
But the man said he was young and did not allow him.
now-
He looked at the sword, what else could he not understand
Where did Wei Qingyi give it to him, but the man sent it to him in the name of someone else, with his hand on the brocade box, Li Qinyuan looked at the sword with complicated eyes, and did not speak until the servant asked again After a while, he said in a hoarse voice, "Take it."
the next few days.
Li Qinyuan has been taking care of the things he needs to use in Beijing and when he goes out.
As for Gu Wuyou, she has been obediently staying at home these days. She has already finished copying the family rules and sent them to the main courtyard to be reviewed by her grandmother... Now, she lives in her own room as a female celebrity.
In a few days, Li Qinyuan was going to leave. She didn't know what to help, so she wanted to make him a pair of shoes and socks, and put some effort into the little things.
In this way, the Lantern Festival has finally arrived.