Chapter 51 You've Gone Too Far

"Remember that little girl from yesterday? You tried to steal her meat."

"You want me to apologize?" Li Zhen pointed at himself. He hadn't done anything wrong, so why should he apologize?

"Yes, go apologize."

"Grandpa, I didn't do anything wrong."

"How old are you to still have the nerve to steal a young girl's flesh?"

"No, sir, I am Li Zhen." He, Li Zhen, was such a special person!

Tieguai Li lifted his eyelids slightly: "Oh, right, you are Li Zhen, but Li Zhen should apologize even if he does something wrong."

"I'm not going."

"You're not going, huh?"

“No!”

"Fine, you're not going!" Tieguai Li said, heading towards the kitchen.

Li Zhen looked terrified: "Master, Master, what are you going to do?"

"It's been a long time since I've used an axe, so I need to stretch my muscles."

Li Zhen was so frightened he almost cried: "Grandpa, am I still your grandson?"

Tieguai Li ignored him and went straight into the kitchen. Li Zhen quickly shouted, "Master, apologize! I'll go apologize!"

Tieguai Li picked up an axe from the kitchen and casually threw it on the ground, which startled Li Zhen, who shuddered: "If you had agreed earlier, none of this would have happened."

Li Zhen wiped away his tears, feeling utterly pathetic.

He's clearly his grandfather's favorite grandson, so why does his grandfather always threaten him with an axe? Waaah, he's so pitiful.

Tieguai Li didn't care that his grandson was crying his eyes out. Since his grandson had agreed, he had to prepare gifts when he arrived at the other party's house. Besides, he was going to take the other party's child as his apprentice. After sorting through the gifts, all he could give away was a bottle of malted milk powder, a can of food, and a few pounds of pastries. Well, all of these were brought by the guest from yesterday.

Things like cigarettes and alcohol are not suitable.

If the gift is too expensive, the recipient might not accept it.

This kind of food is just right.

After packing up his things, Tieguai Li saw his grandson still crying in the yard and said impatiently, "If you keep crying, I'll throw an axe at you."

Li Zhen hiccuped as he cried, then stopped.

"Honestly, what kind of man cries like that?"

Li Zhen retorted, "I'm not your favorite grandson anymore!" Thinking of the warmth his grandfather had shown him yesterday, Li Zhen felt more and more aggrieved.

"Yes, that's right. You're not my favorite anymore." Tieguai Li thought for a moment and nodded seriously. His favorite now was his future disciple.

Just thinking about how his family's ancestral home would have successors in the future gave him a lot of energy. He even felt that his limp was no longer a problem, and he was full of energy!

Li Zhen looked at his grandfather in disbelief: "Grandpa, look at me, look at me and say it again."

"Hmm, my dear grandson, you're not my favorite anymore."

"Grandpa, you've gone too far!" The crying, which had stopped, grew louder and louder, and finally turned into a wail.

Tieguai Li: ...

He can't keep this grandson.

"Are you leaving or not?! If you don't leave, you won't get a single penny!"

“Let’s go…” Li Zhen followed along, feeling wronged, wiping away tears as he walked.

Tsk, Tieguai Li was even more annoyed.

That's the only bad thing about my grandson; sometimes he acts like a spoiled princess, and he just can't seem to change.

He sometimes suspected that this was not a grandson at all, but a granddaughter!

As soon as the door closed and the two stepped out, Li Zhen, who had been crying, immediately covered his face.

Tieguai Li glanced at him sideways: "What? Not crying anymore?"

Li Zhen ignored him.

Tieguai Li didn't bother with it, and the rest of the road became quiet.

People who saw the grandfather and grandson greeted them, and Li Zhen, in particular, held his head high with an air of arrogance, acting like a big shot.

Tieguai Li noticed this and thought to himself: Ha, kid! We all know each other!

It took quite a while for Tieguai Li to go home and then rush back to Xiaolin Village. When he arrived, Xiao Taohua was still waiting there.

"Hello, Grandpa!"

The surrounding children greeted them.

Tieguai Li chuckled and said, "Why don't you go home?"

"We have to wait for Grandpa."

"Oh my, so sweet." Tieguai Li's heart melted instantly. How could he have such a thoughtful daughter? After saying that, he grabbed his timid grandson and said, "Little Peach Blossom, come here. This is that bad brother. He said he came to apologize to you in person."

Everyone looked at Li Zhen.

Li Zhen snorted, but Tieguai Li secretly tugged at him, and he became obedient, reluctantly apologizing: "I'm sorry, I made a mistake yesterday."

Little Peach Blossom looked at her older brother and felt that she could forgive him: "It's okay, I forgive you."

"Hmm." Li Zhen was aloof, noble, and unapproachable.

"You brat!" Tieguai Li slapped him on the head.

Li Zhen felt wronged.

Tieguai Li didn't care about him. With a future disciple, who cared about his pretentious grandson? "Come on, Little Peach Blossom, can you take Grandpa back to your home? Grandpa has something to discuss with your family."

"Okay." Little Peach Blossom had been waiting here for this, so she naturally nodded repeatedly.

Such an obedient child! Tieguai Li was increasingly pleased with him.

Not bad, not bad, he should be a descendant of the Li family. Hmm, he should also be a descendant of Tieguai Li.

When Xiao Taohua brought Tieguai Li home, Yin Qing had not yet returned. Only Wang Qiu, Old Man Lin, and Old Woman Lin were at home.

The three people were surprised to see Xiao Taohua return with people.

"Grandpa, Grandma, Second Aunt, this grandpa is here to see you." He's looking for family members. Yes, Grandpa and Grandma are family too, that's for sure.

"Hmm? May I ask who you are?" Old Man Lin looked at the other person with a puzzled expression.

"Hello, hello, you must be Little Peach Blossom's grandfather, hello." Tieguai Li quickly greeted him.

"Hello," said Old Man Lin.

"Here's the thing, I'm an old traditional Chinese medicine doctor in town. I think Xiao Taohua has a good talent and I'd like to take her on as an apprentice. I wonder what your thoughts are? Of course, you can discuss it properly; there's no rush." ​​Although he was in a hurry, this wasn't something that could be decided just because he agreed.

Old Man Lin fell silent.

Tieguai Li asked cautiously, "Excuse me..."

"I'm sorry, we can't make decisions about Little Peach Blossom's matter. You can wait for Little Peach Blossom's mother to come back and ask her," Old Man Lin replied.

He thought they were coming to see him or his second son, things he could decide on his own. But when it came to his eldest son's family, he really couldn't make decisions.

"Oh, is that so? No problem, I can wait." Tieguai Li was a very shrewd man, and he immediately smiled and said.

As for the gifts I brought, I originally intended to find a place to put them, but now I just leave them lying around me; I don't plan to give them away.

"Wang Qiu, pour a glass of water for the guest," Old Man Lin instructed his second daughter-in-law.

Wang Qiu quickly nodded and went to the kitchen to pour water.

As the head of the household—or rather, the nominal head of the household—Old Man Lin forced himself to continue greeting Tieguai Li: "From town? May I ask your name?"

Tieguai Li said casually, "Oh, Tieguai Li."

"Iron-Crutch Li?" Old Man Lin exclaimed in surprise.

"What? You know me?"

"No, I've heard of you."

"Oh, what kind of title is that? He's just an ordinary old man."

But at this moment, the way Old Man Lin looked at Tieguai Li was different.

(End of this chapter)