Chapter 43 Battle [asking for monthly ticket]
The second generation of the Song family basically all held official positions in the court. The third generation of male members, except Song Yu, also served in the army and did not live at home on weekdays. Therefore, the old lady chose to hold a family dinner on her day off. Li Nuo heard from Song Muer that such a family dinner was held once a month in the Song Mansion.
For a large family like the Song family, it is meaningful to hold family dinners frequently, which is conducive to enhancing the feelings among family members and cultivating a sense of belonging to the family.
Growing up in such an environment, even married daughters will not consider themselves as outsiders.
For example, my own wife.
For example, Aunt Song Zhen.
At the last old lady's birthday party, Li Nuo was touched and pinched by Aunt Song Zhen for a long time. Today, he found that her eyes were still looking back and forth over his body, and he suddenly felt uncomfortable all over.
The beautiful woman stared at Li Nuo's face and couldn't help but say, "Tsk tsk..., you look exactly like your father when he was young."
A man came over and said with a smile: "Why, sister, it's been almost twenty years, and your two children are married. Are you still thinking about Li Xuanjing? If my brother-in-law knew, he would be jealous again..."
"There are so many women in Chang'an who are after Li Xuanjing. I can't get him, but you still don't let me think about it?" The beautiful woman rolled her eyes at him and said, "Song Hao, are you itching for trouble? Do you need some help to relax your muscles?"
"No, no, no..." The man waved his hands repeatedly, walked to Li Nuo, looked at him closely, and said, "Don't mention it, they look alike. If you and the beauty hadn't already been engaged, I don't know how many young ladies from royal families would be unable to hold back..."
The two elders were joking, and Li Nuo didn't know what to say. He just clasped his fists to the man and said, "Hello, Fourth Uncle."
The man in front of you is the old lady’s fourth son and the father of the sisters Song Muer and Song Ninger.
Song Hao smiled, patted Li Nuo's shoulder gently, and said, "Not only do they look alike, they are also equally smart. Mu'er says every day that she can't understand what Mr. Chen says, but she can understand it as soon as Brother Li Nuo explains..."
"Of course, it doesn't matter whose son you are." Song Zhen looked at Li Nuo and couldn't help but touch his face again. He said with some regret: "If I had married your father, you would be my son. Alas..."
From a scientific point of view, if Aunt Song Zhen had married his father, then there would be no Li Nuo.
However, Li Nuo also smelled a hint of gossip from her words.
When my father was young, he must have been very popular and sought after by women.
Otherwise, there wouldn’t be people who still miss him after twenty years.
Aunt Song Zhen seemed to be looking at him, but in fact her eyes were full of the shadow of her father when he was young.
"Brother Li Nuo, let's go play shuttlecock!"
Li Nuo felt very uncomfortable being stared at by her. Fortunately, Song Muer ran over in time to save him. Song Zhen looked away from him, waved his hand, and said, "Okay, okay, go play with Muer..."
Li Nuo did not play shuttlecock with Song Muer. His shuttlecock skills were not as good as the maid in the Song Mansion. Of course, he would not waste his life just to play shuttlecock with her.
At his suggestion, the two of them finally played Gobang.
Li Nuo only knew the simple rules of Go, so he was not very good. However, Song Muer did not know how to play Go either, so Li Nuo taught her the simpler Gobang. As they were playing, Li Nuo suddenly remembered something and said, "Sweet potato, sweet potato, I am potato!"
The girl opposite was studying how to make a move. Without even looking up, she said, "You want to eat sweet potatoes? I'll ask the kitchen to make some for you later..."
Li Nuo was a little speechless and said, "Ning'er, stop pretending to be your sister..."
As a twin sister, Song Ning'er has a special fondness for playing the role of an older sister and never gets tired of it.
But how could a person fall three times in the same place?
Song Ning'er finally realized something. She looked up and snorted coldly, saying, "Why is she the older sister? Wasn't she just born a little earlier than me? If I was born first, I would be the older sister..."
Song Ning'er was so angry and embarrassed after her identity was exposed by Li Nuo that she messed up the chessboard and ran away.
An identical figure walked in from outside, and seeing this scene, he immediately asked Li Nuo: "Is Song Ning'er pretending to be me again?"
Li Nuo nodded.
Song Muer raised her head and said proudly: "Fortunately, I am smart and asked you to exchange secret codes every time, otherwise you would have been fooled by her again!"
Li Nuo didn't want the relationship between the sisters to become so strained, so she said, "Sisters can't always be like enemies. You're the elder sister, so you can give in to her a little bit on weekdays."
Song Muer snorted and said, "Who told her to snatch everything from me..."
However, what Brother Li Nuo said was right. She was the elder sister, and an elder sister should act like an elder sister. She was not as stingy as Song Ning'er. After a difficult ideological struggle, she looked up and said to Li Nuo, "Brother Li Nuo can explain the questions to Song Ning'er and play with her, but you have to promise that, apart from Sister Jia Ren, you will always be the best friend in the world with me!"
Faced with Song Muer's naive request, Li Nuo said helplessly: "Okay."
“Hook!”
"Hook."
After making an appointment with Song Muer, the two played Go for a while, and then it was time for lunch.
The lunch was held in the old lady's birthday hall. There was a long wooden table in the hall, which stretched almost from the innermost part to the door.
Song Muer and her sister sat next to their parents.
Li Nuo and Song Jiaren, because they were the youngest, sat at the back of the long table. Li Nuo sat at the end of the table on one side, and opposite him was Song Yu.
Song Yu looked up at Li Nuo and Song Jiaren, then quickly looked away.
Although Jiaren beat him a lot when they were children, she was his sister after all, and he still hoped that she could live a good life.
He has always been bothered by the fact that his best sister married a fool.
Therefore, he never liked the fool from the Li family and would make trouble for him whenever he had the chance.
Now he is not stupid anymore, and Song Yu likes him much more. Even though she has suffered at his hands, it doesn't matter as long as her sister is happy.
Song Qian was sitting next to Song Jiaren. She was in a bad mood to begin with. When she looked up, she saw that one of Song Yu's eyes was a little dark and asked, "Xiao Yu, what's wrong with your eyes?"
Song Yu lowered his head quickly and said, "It's nothing, I just bumped into it accidentally."
Song Qian frowned and said, "I touched it by accident... Can you touch another one for me to see?"
Song Yu lowered his head and remained silent.
Song Qian asked solemnly, "Who did it?"
At this time, a young man sitting next to Song Yu said, "It was the two brothers from the Zhou family. They fought against one, and Brother Yu suffered the loss."
Li Nuo had met the relatives of the Song family last time. The young man who spoke was named Du Jin, the youngest son of Aunt Song Zhen.
Song Qian put down her chopsticks and said angrily, "How can this be absurd? Does the Zhou family think that there is no one in our Song family? Song Jin, are you just going to watch your brother being bullied by outsiders?"
Song Qian is the eldest sister in the Song family. When she was named by her elder sister, Song Yu said before Song Jin could say anything: "Sister, don't worry about this matter. I have already issued a declaration of war to the Zhou family, and I have made an appointment with my friends to teach them a lesson in the grove behind the academy tomorrow..."
Song Qian asked, "Can the person you invited be okay? When I get back to the Chen family, I'll tell your brother-in-law to ask Chen Yu and the others to come and support you..."
Song Yu said confidently: "Wang Hua has just broken through the inner breath realm. It is no problem for him to deal with those trash around Zhou Yu and Zhou Tao. I will definitely avenge myself tomorrow!"
Li Nuo, who was eating silently, looked up at them.
He is not a member of the Song family and has no blood relationship with Song Yu. When Song Yu was beaten, he was not as indignant as Song Qian.
All he knew was that Song Yu and another group of people had agreed to have a group fight tomorrow.
The Daxia Code stipulates that those who fight with bare hands will be caned 40 times; those who beat others with weapons will be caned 60 times; those who break teeth, destroy ears and noses, blind one eye, or break fingers of hands and feet will be sentenced to one year in prison; those who break two teeth, two or more fingers, or shave their heads will be sentenced to one and a half years in prison; those who break a limb or blind one eye will be sentenced to three years in prison; if more than three people fight and injure others, the crime will be increased by one level, if more than five people fight, the crime will be increased by two levels, and if more than ten people fight, the crime will be increased by three levels...
Based on his current understanding of the Code, the stronger the prisoner, the more noble his status, the more life the Code would add.
It is also easier for the Legalists to improve their practice by judging kings and nobles than by judging commoners.
Song Yu and the man surnamed Zhou have arranged a group fight with a lot of people tomorrow, including a martial arts master.
Wouldn't he be happy if he and his men could wipe out all these people?
When he thought of this, Li Nuo couldn't stop feeling happy.
Song Yu was planning a fight for tomorrow. He glanced at Li Nuo and found that he couldn't suppress a smile on his face. It seemed that he was laughing at being beaten. He felt ashamed and angry. He put down his chopsticks and asked, "What are you laughing at?"
Li Nuo waved his hands repeatedly: "Nothing, I just suddenly thought of some happy things..."
(End of this chapter)
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