Chapter 435 Which successful military general doesn't have his own little quirks?
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The day after Li returned home in October, he slept until the sun was high in the sky before finally waking up.
As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw Pingping and An'an staring at her with wide, surprised eyes.
"Auntie! Auntie!"
"Auntie! Auntie!"
Pingping's pronunciation was clearer, while An'an was a bit lazy, only calling out this one word to Li Shiyue.
"Shout it out properly, and if you shout it out nicely, Auntie will take you riding Little Red!"
Yes, Li Shiyue could tell from the siblings' expressions that they wanted to ride the little red horse.
After all, ever since Li Shiyue changed his mount to the mechanical little red horse specially customized by Zhang Lanlan, the horse has recognized its master and is only allowed to be ridden by Li Shiyue.
Unlike other horses, which can be ridden by anyone holding the reins.
For this reason, if Pingping and An'an wanted to ride the little red horse, they had to ask Li Shiyue to take them.
Just as she was chatting with the siblings, Li's mother suddenly lifted the curtain and came in with a bowl of herbal medicine.
A bitter medicinal smell wafted over, and Pingping immediately pulled An'an back, covering her little nose and saying, "Bitter! No! No!"
"You little rascal! It's not for you to drink, it's for your aunt!"
Even though Li Shiyue was already in her twenties, she still didn't want to drink bitter medicine.
"Mother," Li Shiyue said, frowning, to her mother who was holding a bowl of steaming medicine, "It was just a nightmare, you don't need to drink this..."
Before Li Shiyue could finish speaking, her mother forcefully shoved the medicine bowl to Li Shiyue's lips.
A mother's command must not be disobeyed!
Li Shiyue had no choice but to pinch her nose and endure the nauseating smell of the medicine as she drank the entire bowl of steaming hot, calming and soothing soup.
Actually, Li Shiyue had just had a nightmare just before dawn. She was drenched in a cold sweat and was so startled that she sat up abruptly and pulled out the long knife that was placed on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed).
Li Qiutian, who was sleeping on the same kang (a heated brick bed) as Li Shiyue, was awakened and quickly went over to call out to Li Shiyue, "Shiyue? Shiyue?"
Upon hearing Li Qiutian's shout beside her, Li Shiyue immediately snapped out of her daze, gripping her long sword and letting out a long breath.
"Sister, it's okay, I just had a nightmare, it's alright now."
Li Qiutian got down to the ground in the dark, poured a glass of cold water and handed it to Li Shiyue.
Li Shiyue took the towel, drank it all in one gulp, then took the cloth from Li Qiutian and wiped the cold sweat from his face, chest and back before putting away his knife and lying down again.
But when it got light, and Li Qiutian got up at her usual time, the sunlight shone into the room, and she saw the long knife that Li Shiyue was holding in her arms.
Yes, while Li Qiutian couldn't see, Li Shiyue actually slept with a long sword in her arms last night!
Li Shiyue naturally told her mother about this, and that's how this calming soup came about, which Li Shiyue had no choice but to drink.
This kind of herbal soup was supposed to be drunk before bedtime, but Li's mother couldn't wait, so she started brewing it in the morning and waited for Li Shiyue to wake up so she could drink it.
Li Shiyue naturally knew that his dreams were full of fighting and killing, and he was deeply wary of the outside world. Even when he was sleeping at home with his most trusted Li Qiutian by his side, he was still extremely insecure and needed to hold a long knife to fall asleep. It was an illness.
This kind of post-traumatic stress disorder following murder is certainly a disease.
She didn't know why, after becoming a general, her heart softened, since she hadn't contracted this disease during her escape from famine.
However, deep down, Li Shiyue felt that this was nothing. It was just sleeping with a knife in his arms.
It's nothing.
Which successful military general didn't have his own little quirks?
After finishing the bowl of bitter medicine, Li Shiyue was given a piece of candy by her mother.
"Hurry up and wash up, there's some rice left for you in the pot."
After Li Shiyue finished washing up, she ate the hot meal that her mother and Zheng Meiniang had specially prepared for her, and then picked up Pingping and An'an and put them on the little red horse.
She led the little red horse, protecting the siblings, out of the courtyard gate and headed outside.
However, just before Li Shiyue left, Li's mother called out, "Don't forget the time, lunch will be served at noon!"
However, Li Shiyue still didn't get to eat lunch on time because an unexpected person came to Lijiatun.
Manager Jin from Xingsheng Restaurant has arrived!
He brought with him a letter from Yan Jiuniang in Dongmu.
The message in this letter was one that Li Shiyue had waited many years for, and finally received!
After taking Pingping and An'an off Xiao Hong's horse, Li Shiyue took the letter from Manager Jin's hands.
After gesturing to Manager Jin, Li Shiyue stood outside and tore open the envelope, unfolding the two thin pages of letter paper inside.
For the past two years, Yan Jiuniang has been staying in Dongmou to manage the fleet and Xingsheng Restaurant. Before, she was making money for the old Zhenbei King, but now she is naturally making money for Liu Tan.
Because Yan Xuefei, Li Mingfeng, and Li Qingyun were all in Dongmou, and Yan's maternal uncle's family had long since settled in Jiangnan, Yan Jiuniang had been staying in Dongmou for the past two years and had not returned to Andong.
In addition, two years ago, Andong suffered from a drought, and grain production in various prefectures and counties was facing a reduction. Yan Jiuniang, who stayed in Dongmou, also had the task of transporting grain from Jiangnan to Andong.
Therefore, for the past two years, Li Shiyue and Yan Jiuniang have been communicating with each other entirely through the fleet of ships.
Normally, the letters that Yan Jiuniang delivered were personally given to Li Shiyue by Manager Jin's personal servant.
But this time, it was Manager Jin who personally delivered the letter to Li Shiyue!
Moreover, the first thing Manager Jin said to Li Shiyue was, "This letter is important. General, please read it first, and then I will explain it to you in detail."
So Li Shiyue simply stood outside, tore open the envelope, and began reading the letter.
At the beginning, Yan Jiuniang simply sent a letter as usual, offering a few words of greeting and mentioning the weather.
However, just as she finished talking about the weather, Yan Jiuniang brought up the news that Li Shiyue had been asking her to find out—the news about Li Wangzheng, Li's uncle!
Upon seeing this, Li Shiyue glanced up at Manager Jin, then quickly looked down at the letter again.
After quickly skimming through the two pages, Li Shiyue patiently read the letter from beginning to end again.
Then she said to the lamb beside her, "Lamb, help me take Ping An and the other two home."
Turning to Manager Jin, Li Shiyue said, "Manager Jin, let's discuss this in detail in the council hall."
Li Shiyue led Little Red Horse and Manager Jin towards the village council hall at the entrance. Yangzai, seeing Pingping and An'an, the two siblings who had been left behind by Li Shiyue, had no choice but to squat down and say to them, "Come on, Uncle Yang will take you home."
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