Chapter 425: Alone in a foreign land as a stranger
December 28, the fifth year of Dalong’s reign, outside the gate of Liufu Mansion in Jiangnan.
Liu Zhi'an put his hands inside his sleeves and looked at the smiling Young Master Liu standing in front of the door and the many wives, concubines and children beside him with a stunned expression. His eyes showed a mixture of surprise and joy.
He never expected that his eldest son would come back to his hometown in Jiangnan with his entire family to celebrate the Chinese New Year this year.
“Old man, what’s wrong with you? When you see this young master and my whole family returning to my hometown, are you so excited that you can’t even speak?
You can't do this! It would be troublesome if you get excited all of a sudden and never get up again. I have no plans to put mourning on you yet!"
Liu Zhi'an reacted. After hearing Young Master Liu's words, the joy in his eyes quickly disappeared, and he glared at Young Master Liu fiercely.
You bastard, you can't spit out ivory from a dog's mouth.
The Chinese New Year is coming soon. It’s okay if we don’t say some auspicious words of congratulations after the reunion. We won’t use such depressing words right from the beginning, right?
“Did you have breakfast in the toilet?”
Angrily replied to Young Master Liu's retort, Liu Zhi'an happily walked towards Liu Chengzhi, his brothers, sisters and others.
“My dear grandchildren, my dear grandchildren, we haven’t seen you for such a long time. Do you miss your grandpa?”
“My grandson pays homage to grandpa, and everything goes well for grandpa.”
“Granddaughter pays homage to grandpa, and he may live a long and healthy life.”
“Grandpa, I miss you too.”
“Me too, me too, I miss grandpa too.”
“Not only do I miss my grandpa, I also miss my grandma, uncle and aunt.”
"I also……"
After Liu Chengzhi, Liu Yaoyao and other grown-up and sensible children bowed respectfully, a group of half-grown children gathered directly in front of Liu Zhian's grandfather, who kept shouting.
Liu Zhi'an looked at the large group of chirping grandchildren and granddaughters in front of him with joy, and patted their heads one by one with a smile.
“Okay, okay! Ok, okay! Grandpa misses you too.
It’s so cold outside, are you all freezing? Come home and ask your grandma to get you some hot soup to warm yourself up.”
“Thank you, grandpa, let’s go in first.”
"Okay, let's go. Run slower and don't fall."
“I know, grandpa, see you later.”
After a group of little guys chased each other into the gate, Qi Yun and other beauties lined up in order and bowed to Liu Zhi'anfu.
“Daughters-in-law, please greet your father. He is well.”
"Good, good, good, good, good, good, good, all without ceremony, all without ceremony."
“Thank you, dad.”
"Although the climate in Jinling is not as cold as the capital, it is still cold enough. You have worked hard all the way, so please go home and have a rest."
“Dad, please invite me first.”
“Let’s all come together. We don’t have such vulgar etiquette in our own home. Let’s go in and warm ourselves up.”
Liu Zhi'an smiled lightly and greeted his daughters-in-law and grown-up grandsons. The granddaughters walked towards the house, but they ignored Young Master Liu who stood aside and felt lonely in the cold wind.
“Ha…bah!”
When passing by Young Master Liu, Liu Zhi'an spat in front of Young Master Liu without any grace, and then continued to happily lead a group of juniors into the mansion as if nothing had happened.
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Young Master Liu looked at the filth next to his toes with a look of disgust, stepped aside and followed him, shouting.
“Old man, don’t be crazy. As soon as I return to Beijing, I will tell the world that all people in the world are strictly prohibited from spitting. Otherwise, I will be fined ten thousand taels of silver.
Young master, I don’t believe you anymore, I can’t cure you or me!”
“Liu Yuan, immediately close the door for me and let the dogs out, and prevent some bastard that I don’t know from entering our door without authorization.
First they let the dogs bite them, and then they beat them with sticks and threw them into the street. They beat me to death and I carried them in my pocket."
Old housekeeper Liu Yuan looked at the stiff-faced Young Master Liu and shook his head helplessly, then welcomed Young Master Liu into the mansion with a smile.
“Young Master, what do you want me to say to you? You two have had enough. When will the injustice be repaid?”
Young Master Liu scratched his neck carelessly and watched as Liu Yuan deliberately raised his voice and spoke loudly.
“Uncle Liu, don’t worry, retribution will be settled sooner or later. After all, a certain old guy won’t be crazy for a few years anymore, right?
Uncle Liu, these words came from my mouth and entered your ears. Heaven knows and the earth knows that you know and I know, but I am determined not to let any third person know these words.
You must help me keep the secret. You can go on to rest. I will go back to visit my mother first."
Young Master Liu looked at Liu Zhi'an's trembling back, laughed a few times and hurried towards the inner courtyard of Liu Mansion.
“Brother!”
ification.
Liu Mingli smiled lightly and nodded: "Brother, you really came back in time. I thought you wouldn't be able to return home until at least the New Year!"
“Brother Wei also relied on the convenience of being able to work quickly through official channels, and finally got back in time.
I told you to wait for me to come back together, but you didn’t listen.”
“Hey, I’m afraid I might get delayed along the way. Just come back. Just come back.”
“Where’s your mother?”
"It should be in the inner courtyard. I'm about to go there."
“That’s right, let’s go together.”
“Okay, brother please come first.”
Young Master Liu rolled his eyes casually, grabbed Liu Mingli's shoulders and walked towards the corridor.
“You brat, just pretend, let’s go together.”
“Hey, hey, I’m not afraid of being rude in front of my eldest brother, the emperor!”
“Nonsense, no matter how much the eldest brother is the king of a country, he is also your biological eldest brother. Why should you be so polite with your own eldest brother? What about this guy Mingjie?”
“She must be bored in the study reading, I’m not sure. I’ll just ask our old man later.”
“Really or not, is this kid working so hard now?”
"It's hard to say. It's true that I'm reading a book, but it's hard to say what book I'm reading."
“Hahaha, this is in line with this guy’s character!
By the way, is this girl Xuan'er back? The Chinese New Year is coming in two or three days, so it's almost time for her to get home, right?"
Liu Mingli’s face froze, and he smiled bitterly at Young Master Liu and shook his head.
Young Master Liu frowned slightly and looked at his second brother's somewhat downcast expression with confusion: "What's wrong? Did something happen?"
“No, no, nothing happened. The main reason is that my little sister may not come back to celebrate the New Year this year.”
“Hmm? What’s going on?”
“I don’t know what Xuan’er’s condition is now. I just know that she sent a letter home to her parents, saying that she will most likely not come back to celebrate the New Year this year.
No, she hasn’t returned home until today! In all likelihood, she won’t come back, and she may have to spend this festive season in a foreign country.”
Young Master Liu pursed his lips and remained silent for a long time. He gradually suppressed some of his thoughts and patted his second brother on the shoulder happily.
“This girl may not want to be a stranger in a foreign land. Maybe something happened and she couldn’t come back in time, or maybe she was too far away from her hometown and didn’t have enough time to come back.
Since I have written a letter to my family to report that I am safe, it means that Xuan'er is fine now. As long as she is fine, everything else is not important.
Let's not talk about this anymore, let's go visit my mother first."
“Yes, what the elder brother said makes sense. As long as people are fine, other things really don’t matter.”
"Forget about Xuan'er, will Dai'er adapt to following you and Xin'er back to Jinling? If there is any acclimatization problem, don't be careless and ignore it.
When Jiang He and his siblings went to inspect the Western countries, they entrusted the girl Dai'er to my brother. If something goes wrong with this girl, I really don't know how to explain it to Jiang He and his siblings."
“Brother, don’t worry, this girl is really happy!
I play and fight with my little brother’s children all day long, not to mention how healthy I am.”
“That’s it, that’s good, then I’ll feel relieved.”