Chapter 26 Night Sky
In the spacious living room, the surrounding walls are painted with fine lime and the sunlight reflected in the wide open door and windows makes the entire living room bright and bright. A brand new round table is placed in the center of the living room, and dishes are radiant and fragrant on the table are arranged in an orderly manner. The people from Tang Ming and Meng Xue’s families and Ling Fei have all sat on the stools next to the round table, and a reunion family dinner kicked off.
Since Tang Ming brought back various cooking spices from the mountains, Tang Mother's craftsmanship has increased day by day. Even Tang Ming, who has a little appetite, praised the dishes she has made. After tasting once, Tang Dashan, Meng Dagang and others praised them even more, so that when they heard that it was about to start a meal, everyone seemed very active. Even Meng Mother spent all day trying Tang Mother to teach her how to cook.
At the dining table, seven people were eating happily at this time. Occasionally, some happy topics were discussed, and everyone was also happy to laugh while eating.
The ones who talk the most are the two conversations of Tang and Meng. The rest are regarded as listeners and can occasionally interject a sentence or two.
"Men's sister, Xue'er should be a man this year, right?" At this time, Tang's mother put down the bowls and chopsticks in her hand and asked Meng's mother with a smile. At this time, Tang's mother usually called Meng's mother.
"Well, after next month, she will be sixteen and will be just over 16 years old." Meng's mother replied with a smile.
When Tang Ming heard this, he couldn't help but look at Meng Xue for a moment. It turned out that this girl is underage! (A sixteen-year-old in this world is considered an adult.) It's really a girl next door who has just grown up!
"Haha..." Tang's mother laughed dryly, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Look, the child has grown up in a blink of an eye. This time passes so fast. I wonder... Did the girl from the Meng family have decided to find a good in-law family for Xueer?"
"Puff!" Hearing his mother asked this, Tang Ming sprayed snowflakes all over the sky on the spot, and even several of them were stuffed into his nostrils. Tang Ming turned his head mechanically and stared at his mother with big eyes and couldn't confidently look at his smiling mother...
Meng Xue, who was sitting next to Meng’s mother, had already stopped the chopsticks in her hand and lowered her head slightly to look at her toes.
"Uh...this...this is not as fast as I think about it..." Meng's mother was stunned for a moment and replied with an awkward smile.
Hearing this topic, the people at the table couldn't help but stop the chopsticks in their hands and listened blankly to the conversation between the two women.
"Oh... it's time to think about it... a woman should marry at the age of a young woman!" Tang's mother continued to say with a full face: "Look at our Tang Ming..."
"Wait..." Before Tang's mother finished speaking, Tang Ming waved his two big hands on the table and stopped everyone's conversation.
Tang Ming looked at everyone present, coughed twice and said with a serious expression: "Mom, please put this topic first. At this moment when everyone is reunited, I have something to announce to everyone..."
Originally, Tang Ming wanted to discuss it with everyone, but when he thought about it, he might as well announce it directly, so that he could also vote on his mentality and reduce possible unnecessary debates.
"Tell me, what's the matter?" Tang Dashan asked first. Except for Meng Xue and Ling Fei, everyone looked at Tang Ming with curiosity.
"That's right," Tang Ming said, "As for me, after a long and careful consideration recently, I finally made a difficult decision!"
Tang Ming paused for a moment, looked at the expressions on his parents' faces, and finally said firmly: "I want to leave Changgang Village and go to the outside world!"
"Ah!? Go outside?" The parents of both sides couldn't help but say in unison.
Tang Ming slowly closed his eyes, hugged his hands in front of his chest, and nodded with certainty.
"That... I'm going too..." Meng Xue also raised her head and said in a low voice.
"You want to go too?" The parents of both sides said in unison again.
"Hehe... I'm going too." Ling Fei scratched his head and smiled and interjected.
"You...what does this mean?" Tang Dashan looked at the three young men, then turned to look at Tang Ming and asked, "Tang Ming, tell me clearly what's going on!"
"Yes, tomorrow, how long have you been back? This time I said I was going out?" Tang's mother also said with a worried look on her face.
"I have already made it clear that I want to leave this place and go to the outside world." Tang Ming said seriously again.
"You! Bastard!" Tang Dashan slapped the table in anger. He was really angry at this time. Tang Ming had just returned for more than a month. In the past, he had indeed given Tang Dashan a lot of surprises. From a former gangster to a role model that everyone in the village talks about now, Tang Ming has changed a lot. While Tang Dashan was happy, he was also very pleased that his son could finally live down-to-earth. But who knew that this kid had only been stable for more than a month, and at this time he had the idea of leaving, so it is not a big deal that Tang Dashan was so angry.
"Okay, OK, you guys don't argue first, have a meal first." Tang's mother persuaded in time.
Tang Dashan also snorted and stopped talking. In this way, the originally happy family dinner ended after Tang Ming and his son had an unhappy quarrel.
The whole afternoon after lunch, Tang Ming hid in the Dragon Space to refine elixirs and practice the Qinglong Art. After more than a month of hard work, Tang Ming refined a lot of elixirs, some of which were to stay at home for their parents to spare, while the others were to be taken on the road for three people. In the past month, in addition to harvesting a large number of elixirs, Tang Ming also taught Meng Xue and Ling Fei a lot of knowledge about martial arts cultivation, including how to condense true qi and use true qi, etc. Tang Ming himself also practiced the first level of the Qinglong Art to the middle stage. Now, based on the strength that Tang Ming himself estimated, he should be considered a martial artist with a high level, but which level he can reach can be understood by the outside world.
When Tang Ming came out of the Dragon Space, it was already the sky. After walking out of the room, Tang Ming sat on the big rocking chair in the yard, pillowing his hands on the back of his head, and gently tapping the ground with his heels swaying the chair, looking at the starry sky in the sky with all kinds of chatter.
A moment later, Tang Ming heard a sound of wooden wheels rotating behind him. When he turned around, he saw that it was Tang Dashan who was pushing out of the wheelchair.
"Dad, why are you coming out?" Tang Ming sat up and greeted.
"Come out and take a look..." Tang Dashan pushed the wheelchair to Tang Ming and said softly.
The father and son were speechless, their eyes looking at the distant starry sky...
"Have you really thought about it?" Tang Dashan asked suddenly.
Tang Ming lowered his head and looked at his father. Under the night sky, he seemed to hear his father's tone with a little choking.
"Dad, I have thought about it. I don't want to stay in this mountain village without any world," Tang Ming looked up at the starry sky and said, "I think men always have to choose their own path. Only by choosing the right path can a person's life be more exciting. And the path I chose is at the end of the night sky..."
After listening to Tang Ming's words, Tang Dashan still looked at the distant night sky quietly, but his eyes gradually became deeper.
After being silent for a long time, Tang Ming finally heard his father's deep sigh.
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On the second floor of the building, in Meng Xue's room, the mother and daughter were having a long chat.
"Xue'er, you can think clearly that the outside world is not something we can know. We don't know anything about the dangers there..." Meng's mother persuaded worriedly.
"Mom... I know everything, but I just want to follow Brother Dingming. No matter how much you persuade me, it will be useless." Meng Xueyu said firmly, swaying a strand of hair hanging on her chest.
"Hey... you kid." Meng's mother sighed deeply, shook her head and stood up and walked out of the room.
Meng Xue walked to the window, looked at the night sky with twinkling stars, and her little hand was sly behind her, murmured: "What kind of world will be at the end of the night sky?"
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On the rooftop, Ling Fei was sitting cross-legged on the backbone of the roof, holding his chest with both hands, biting a grass stem in his mouth, looking at the night sky in the sky, his eyes full of endless yearning.
Chapter completed!