"Sister-in-law, it's New Year's Day. No matter what my uncle did, please let him go for the sake of your nephew, okay?" Zhang Shixun said to Liang Hongyu.
"Shixun, please don't be offended." Liang Hongyu reached out and smoothed her drooping hair. "Since the day we met, my husband has made three rules for me: if he makes a mistake, I can beat him up at will."
"Ga!" Zhang Shixun almost thought he had heard it wrong.
Is there such a strange agreement in the world?
Old Han is a great hero praised by all the people throughout the ages, and his name is almost known to every household in later generations.
"My husband said that once I join the Tianwu Army, I will quit drinking completely."
"Xiaohong didn't lie. This is what I promised at the beginning." Han Shizhong admitted honestly.
"But you drank alcohol today."
Han Shizhong said nothing.
Zhang Shixun suppressed a laugh and said, "Since we have this agreement, my uncle should just stay single and let my sister-in-law beat him up. Why is he hiding on the roof?"
Liang Hongyu smiled and said, "Come down, my husband. I will be very gentle. Don't be afraid."
Han Shizhong did not respond and explained to Zhang Shixun: "It is true that there are three rules, but Xiaohong did not say it in full. She only said the first chapter of the three rules, but not the last two chapters." Han Shizhong was a little indignant.
"Oh! There are two more chapters to come?" Zhang Shixun tried hard to hold back his laughter, but was about to burst out laughing.
"Yes! The next two chapters are..." Han Shizhong was about to continue speaking, but when he saw Liang Hongyu with her hands on her hips and her eyebrows raised, he swallowed his words.
With Zhang Shixun's shrewdness, how could he not see something fishy going on? He smiled and said, "Uncle, I can't ask too much about your relationship... You guys keep going. I'm going back to my room. Bye!" After saying that, he couldn't hold back any longer and ran to his room with a loud laugh.
"Hey! Shixun, don't run away. Tell me what goodbye means?" Liang Hongyu was heard asking loudly when closing the door.
Zhang Shixun almost laughed to death. After finally closing the door, he lay down on the bed and held his stomach, crying "ouch, ouch".
After a long time, Zhang Shixun finally recovered from his anger and pricked up his ears to listen to the noise outside, but it was quiet, completely different from the bustle just now. It seemed that the two of them had finished their fight.
Zhang Shixun got out of bed and planned to go to the Lotus Shed early.
When he arrived at the front yard, he was stunned. He saw Han Shizhong with his head down, standing upside down at the door of the kitchen, while Liang Hongyu was sitting on a stone bench in the yard with a rolling pin in her hand, smiling.
Zhang Shixun quickly retracted his head and was about to go back to his room when Liang Hongyu called him, "Shixun, can you come over here?"
Zhang Shixun had no choice but to bite the bullet and go over, "Sister-in-law, what do you want?"
"Shixun, please don't call me aunt in the future, okay? We are about the same age. Hearing you call me aunt makes me feel uncomfortable all over."
"My wife and I are both disgusted by Shixun calling me uncle." Han Shizhong said in a deep voice, acting as if he was following the husband's lead.
"If you don't speak, no one will think you are dumb." Liang Hongyu said.
Han Shizhong shut up immediately.
"If I don't call you aunt, what should I call you?" Zhang Shixun asked.
"Call me..." Liang Hongyu thought for a long time, then sighed and said, "Forget it, just call me sister-in-law. My husband and I really want to treat you as friends, but with the generation gap, we can't be friends anymore."
So that's how it is. Zhang Shixun smiled, "We are actually already friends, aren't we?"
"Nephew, you are right. We have been friends since the moment we met," said Han Shizhong.
Liang Hongyu also laughed: "I am obsessed with appearances. The most important thing in human relationships is to be open-hearted. We really don't need to care about names."
"Haha! Madam, you said it well, very cleverly! You said it terrifically! You said it so excitingly." Han Shizhong praised.
It was a bit corny, and Zhang Shixun wanted to cover his ears.
However, Han Shizhong's flattery was not successful, but it attracted Liang Hongyu's attention again.
"Husband, let me ask you again, have you ever drunk alcohol in the army?" Liang Hongyu stood up and walked up to him.
"I drank it. The commander ordered me to drink it, and I'm following orders." Han Shizhong said confidently, "As long as I'm in the army, I must follow orders in all my actions. If the commander gives an order, let alone drinking, even asking me to go through fire and water, your husband won't even blink an eye."
"Oh! That makes a lot of sense." Liang Hongyu waved the rolling pin in her hand and asked angrily, "What did you promise me before you went to the Tianwu Army?"
“I…I…”
"explain!"
"I promise my lady that I won't drink...a drop of alcohol as long as we are in the military camp." Although Han Shizhong is fearless, he feels a little timid in front of his wife.
Liang Hongyu said earnestly, "My dear husband, I'm not forbidding you to drink, but I'm against you drinking in the army. Since ancient times, there has never been a famous general who drank too much. On the contrary, there are countless generals who were killed because of alcoholism... My dear husband, if you want to become a famous general, you can't drink in the army."
"My wife, your husband knows."
"If you know that, why do you still drink?"
"It was the military commander who asked me to..."
"Bullshit! If the military commander tells you to eat shit, will you eat it?"
Zhang Shixun coughed lightly and walked towards the door with his hands behind his back. He thought it was better for him to stay away from the couple's affairs.
"Shixun, where are you going? Today is New Year's Eve." Liang Hongyu shouted behind him.
Zhang Shixun rubbed his temple imperceptibly, turned around and said, "Madam Ding invited me to listen to music tonight."
"Really?" Liang Hongyu's brows lit up when she heard this. She turned to Han Shizhong and said, "My dear, since we have nothing to do anyway, why don't we go with Shixun to the Lotus Pavilion and listen to Saisai sing? What do you think?"
"Can I drink?" Han Shizhong was obsessed with wine.
"Alas! You can never forget that yellow soup." Liang Hongyu slapped her forehead and said helplessly: "Today is New Year's Eve, and we are not in the army. Of course you can drink it, but just don't drink too much."
Han Shizhong was overjoyed. He stood up with his legs swung and said happily, "My lady, let's go now!"
"You get excited when it comes to drinking." Liang Hongyu said angrily.
"Haha! Thinking back, if it weren't for the courage bolstered by alcohol, I wouldn't have dared to ask you for help... beg..." Before he could finish his words, Liang Hongyu twisted his arm fiercely.
Zhang Shixun looked up at the sky, pretending not to see it.
"Brother Shixun...ah no, Shixun, wait a moment, I'll go back to the room to change clothes." Liang Hongyu said as she walked back.
Looking at her back, Zhang Shixun asked Old Han, "Uncle, isn't your backyard big enough? Why did you run to the front yard and make a fuss?"
"Xiaohong was rolling noodles in the kitchen. As soon as I entered the yard, she smelled the alcohol on me."
"So that's how it is... Sister-in-law is doing this for your own good." Zhang Shixun said.
"Of course I know, but sometimes I can't control my mouth. What can I do?" Han Shizhong pulled his hair.
"You must have missed something because of drinking." Zhang Shixun said firmly.
"Yes, I did miss something."
"Take care of yourself." Zhang Shixun patted his shoulder and spoke earnestly, completely forgetting that he was someone's nephew.
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