Nativity

Chapter 392 Li Changshou

Sima Lian checked the items to buy, and found out why the rice was missing?

"The price of rice has doubled, and the money the teacher gave us is not enough, so I can only buy less." Houwa replied.

"Oh, it's true, how can the common people live with the rising prices?" Sima Lian said with a sigh.

"That's right! Prices are constantly rising, causing most people to suffer from starvation and poor clothing!" Houwa also sighed.

Sima Lian and Houwa were on the bridge, waiting for Li Changshou for a long time, but Li Changshou hadn't come yet.

"This Li Changshou, why hasn't he come back yet?" Sima Lian asked impatiently.

"Are you homesick too much, do you want to stay at home for a few more days?" Houwa asked.

"Perhaps!" Sima Lian replied unclearly.

Another morning passed, and Houwa and Sima Lian stopped waiting for Li Changshou, so they drove back in the carriage.

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In other words, when Li Changshou came home, he saw his old mother sitting on a wicker chair, squinting her eyes and staring at the sun.

It's not winter yet, and my mother is so afraid of the cold. If it's winter, isn't my mother even more afraid of the cold?

Li Changshou didn't understand that his mother was getting more and more afraid of the cold every year.

"Ma'am, the young master is back!"

The servant who was serving Mrs. Li at the side saw the young master coming back, and reported to Mrs. Li in surprise.

"My longevity is back?"

Mrs. Li stood up from her chair sadly and joyfully when she heard her son came back.

"Changshou, why did you come back suddenly? You didn't ask anyone to tell Shengniang before you came back." Mrs. Li asked in surprise and joy.

"I came back secretly."

Came back secretly?
Mrs. Li didn't understand what her son meant by stealing someone back. She thought her son had made a mistake and was driven back by Sima Ao.

"You made a mistake!" Madam Li asked nervously.

Li Changshou couldn't help but smiled and said: No.It was the dean who asked me, Jinlian and Brother Monkey, to go to the city to buy winter supplies.I took this opportunity to go home and visit my mother. "

Hearing what her son said, Mrs. Li breathed a sigh of relief.

"The dean and father are close friends, you must speak the dean's words, and the dean's words are your orders."

"I know this!"

"Mom, are you cold?" Li Changshou suddenly wanted to ask first.

"No!" Mrs. Li replied hesitantly.

"It's not cold, why are your hands so cold?" Li Changshou asked again.

Mrs. Li hurriedly withdrew her cold hand and said, "Oh, it's my mother's body is a little cold, so her hands and feet seem a little cold."

In order not to let her son Li Changshou not worry, Mrs. Li squeezed out a calm smile on her face.

"Then, has the doctor read it? What did the doctor say?" Li Changshou asked again.

"The doctor has seen it, and said that Madam should rest more, put aside her worries, and take some tonic medicine, and her body will recover soon!" The servant all over the body replied.

"That's good!"

Hearing that his mother was fine, Li Changshou finally heaved a sigh of relief.

"Changshou, come here, let mother see if you have gained weight." As she spoke, Mrs. Li stretched out her hand to caress the face of her son Li Changshou.

"Mom, I'm right in front of your eyes. Can't you tell whether Changshou has gained weight or lost weight?" Only then did Li Changshou realize that his mother's eyes seemed to be unable to see clearly.

"Mother is getting old, and her eyes have become blurry!"

In order not to worry her son, Mrs. Li squeezed out an indifferent smile on her face
The servant on the side wanted to tell Li Changshou that the madam's eyesight was not clear, not because she was old, but because she missed Master Li (Li Fulai) too much.However, the servant finally held back!

Li Changshou believed it was true, so he didn't ask any more questions.

Mother and son haven't seen each other for a long time, so naturally there are too many things to talk about!

During the chat, what Li Changshou asked the most was why his father (Li Fulai) hadn't come back for many years?

The life and death of the husband (Li Fulai) is uncertain. Mrs. Li didn't want to make her son sad, so she never told the truth.

Now the son asked again, why didn't his father come back for so many years, did something happen?
Mrs. Li was very contradictory and painful. She didn't know whether to tell her son the truth.

In the end, Mrs. Li still didn't have the courage to tell the truth.

"Your father didn't come back to see us, but he wrote to us."

In order not to make her son feel sad, Mrs. Li had no choice but to lie to her son first.

"Really? Where is the letter? When did you receive it?" Li Changshou was very happy to hear that his father was still alive, and wanted to read his father's letter.

"Uh, this, where did I forget to put it?"

There was no letter at all, and Mrs. Li looked slightly flustered.

"It should be in the cabinet, right? I'll look for it."

After saying that, Li Changshou went to the cabinet in his parents' bedroom to look for it.

Li Changshou searched all the cabinets, but found no letter from his father.

"Didn't you find it?" Mrs. Li asked pretending to be calm.

Li Changshou shook his head in disappointment.

Mrs. Li said again: "Maybe it won't be put in the closet. Let your mother think about it carefully. When she remembers it and finds it, she will send it to the academy for you."

Li Changshou thought, that's the only way to go.

Mrs. Li kept her son for a meal, and drove her son back to the academy after the meal.

It was rare to go home, Li Changshou didn't want to leave so quickly, he wanted to stay at home for a few more days before returning to the academy.

However, Mrs. Li disagreed, saying that everything should focus on studies.

Li Changshou didn't dare to disobey his mother's order, so he could only leave home reluctantly.

After her son left, Mrs. Li cried sadly.

In fact, she was also reluctant to let her son go.It's just that the son didn't leave, because he was afraid that he couldn't help but tell the truth.

When Li Changshou came to the appointed bridge, Sima Lian and Hou Wa had already left.

Without the carriage, Li Changshou could only walk back to the academy.

Since it was evening now, the number of people leaving the city and entering the city gradually decreased. The soldiers guarding the city relaxed their vigilance, and several soldiers guarding the city chatted.

Li Changshou came to the gate of the city leisurely, and from the conversation of several guarding soldiers, he heard that Datang had perished.

Datang perished?
Datang already perished?

Datang is destroyed, so why hasn't my father come back yet?
Li Changshou couldn't accept this fact. He frantically grabbed the hand of a soldier defending the city and asked, "Did the Tang Dynasty perish? Did the Tang Dynasty really perish? Did the Tang Dynasty perish long ago?"

The guarding soldier grabbed Li Changshou's lapel with his backhand, and threw Li Changshou to the ground heavily.

The thin and weak Li Changshou could bear the fall, and immediately heard a bone crack.Li Changshou lay straight on the ground in pain, but the pain in his body couldn't compare to the pain in his heart.

Li Changshou cried out heartbreakingly: "Father! Datang is destroyed, why don't you go home?"

In order to prevent the people from rioting, Liu Taishou ordered all the cities to block the news of the demise of the Tang Dynasty.

If Li Changshou yelled like this, the news would definitely leak out soon.

"Are you tired of living?"

With a choke, the soldier defending the city drew out his sword angrily, intending to silence Li Changshou.

The other two city guards, seeing Li Changshou crying heartbreakingly, were really pitiful, so they stepped forward to dissuade them.

"Forget it! His father is dead, so let him live!"

Seeing that Li Changshou was indeed pitiful and a dutiful son, the soldier guarding the city loosened his sword.

The soldier guarding the city glared at Li Changshou with bright eyes, and shouted loudly: "Get out, or you will die."

(End of this chapter)