Chapter 505 "My father would never marry a new wife!"
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Before coming to Lijiatun, Li Wangtian had heard from Manager Jin that Li Shiyue had become a general in the Andong Xuanjia Army.
However, since he had never seen Li Shiyue in his current state, Li Wangtian truly could not imagine what Li Shiyue, now a general, would be like.
However, after he finished speaking, the Li clan members surrounding him were no longer so surprised or impressed by his proud introduction of Li Wangzheng as a brigade commander in the Youzhou army.
That makes sense, how can a brigade commander who commands a hundred people be compared to a general who commands a thousand?
At this moment, it was no longer Li Wangtian who was speaking, but Li Shiliang and a few others who started telling Li Wangtian about their experiences after fleeing famine from their hometown in Henan.
They recounted to Li Wangtian the many hardships they had endured on their journey to Dongmou, how they got from Dongmou to Andong, and how they established themselves in Andong.
Just as Li Wangtian was about to ask a question, Yangzai, who had been sitting next to Zheng Meiniang, suddenly stood up.
"Third Brother, let everyone disperse."
It's getting late. Uncle Wangtian needs to take good care of himself; don't let the medicine my master prescribed go to waste.
Turning his head, the lamb bowed to the group of people surrounding him and said, "Uncles and aunts, if you have anything else to say, come and talk to Uncle Wangtian tomorrow."
Upon hearing this, Li Shiliang and Li Wangshui worked together to persuade the surrounding Li clan members to leave.
This time, everyone knew that Li Wangtian wouldn't be leaving again anytime soon.
The person is right here; they won't run away.
So the group obediently went out in small groups.
After a while, the side hall finally quieted down.
This time, only Yangzai, Li Shiliang's family, Zheng Meiniang, Li Xiatian, and Ping An'an stayed behind.
Seeing that there were fewer people, Li Wangtian then said to Li Shiliang that he wanted the bundle that Li Shiliang had been carrying when he arrived.
Li Shiliang found the bundle from the side and placed it in front of Li Wangtian. "Uncle, don't worry, I packed this bundle away after you fainted. No one has touched it!"
Li Wangtian took the bundle that Li Shiliang had put away and found a letter inside.
"Sister-in-law Mei, this is a letter my elder brother wrote before I came. He told me to personally deliver it to you after I found you."
After handing over the letter, which was also Li Wangzheng's entrustment, to Zheng Meiniang, Li Wangtian finally felt completely at ease. He had finally accomplished what Li Wangzheng had asked him to do on his trip to Andong.
However, when Li Wangtian saw Zheng Meiniang's trembling hands as she took the letter, and saw her silently weeping after seeing the familiar handwriting on the envelope, he felt a tightness in his chest.
He didn't know what Li Wangzheng said in the letter, but when he saw Zheng Meiniang's tears, he felt sad along with her.
This is a kind of empathy.
Why do I say that?
Because of the natural disasters and man-made calamities, Li Wangtian and Zheng Meiniang have actually achieved some similar results over the past eight years.
As for Li Wangtian, it was Qin Tao who didn't want him anymore.
Not only did she despise him, but Qin Tao also remarried and became pregnant.
As for Zheng Meiniang, not only did Li Wangzheng remarry, but he also already had a new child.
It was exactly the same thing Zheng Meiniang had said to Li Xiatian—"Your father has probably already remarried and had a new baby outside!"
When Li Wangtian saw Zheng Meiniang raise her hand to wipe away her tears haphazardly, and was about to open the letter in front of everyone, he shouted at Zheng Meiniang, "Wait!"
Everyone was startled by Li Wangtian's shout and looked up at him on the low couch.
Under the scrutiny of the others, Li Wangtian had no choice but to bite the bullet and say, "Brother, your letter must have contained a lot of private words. Sister-in-law Mei, you should... you should go home and read it."
Li Wangtian's words made Zheng Meiniang stop opening the letter.
Finally, Li Shiliang suggested that it was getting late and that the three of them should head home, and they would visit Li Wangtian again tomorrow.
At this moment, the lamb stood up on its own initiative: "Tonight I will stay with Uncle Wangtian and sleep on the makeshift bed that has been set up outside."
Uncle, if you need anything, just call me. Don't be shy.
The lamb left, but he didn't go far; he lay down on the canopy bed set up outside this side hall.
After glancing at Li Wangtian, Zheng Meiniang took out several sheets of paper from the letter and began to read them.
The letter had seven or eight pages, neither too few nor too many. She could read it quickly, and in no time at all.
However, Zheng Meiniang's expression was not good after she had roughly read the letter.
Li Wangtian understood Zheng Meiniang's dark expression. He lowered his head, not daring to look directly at his sister-in-law, Zheng Meiniang.
Li Xiatian, who had been standing to the side, was very anxious. "Mother, what did my father write?"
Huh? What did you write?
Li Xiatian stepped forward and snatched the letter from Zheng Meiniang's hand. Her eyes quickly scanned the familiar handwriting—it was the same handwriting Li Wangzheng used when he taught her to read as a child.
"My wife Mei Niang..."
Li Xiatian silently read the contents of the letter in her mind. She read it very quickly, even faster than Zheng Meiniang, who had just skimmed through the letter.
In the letter, Li Wangzheng used the simplest words to express his longing and guilt towards his wife and daughter.
The longing is real, after all, it's been eight years, eight years.
But the guilt was also real, because Li Wangzheng had indeed remarried and had a new wife and children!
Upon seeing this, Li Xiatian gripped the thin letter tightly with her fingers; with such force, it seemed she could tear it apart with just a little more pressure.
The letter written by Li Wangzheng was filled with self-blame and guilt.
But when Li Xiatian read the letter, his anger surged to the top of his head!
"impossible!"
Li Xiatian suddenly shouted, her voice sharp and piercing, "My father wouldn't do this!"
impossible!
My father would never marry a new woman!
No!
impossible! "
Eight years of waiting, eight years of perseverance, only to find out that her own father already had a new wife and children!
How could Li Xiatian possibly accept this?
Upon hearing Li Xiatian's call, one of the taller lambs climbed up from the bunk bed, slipped on his shoes, and headed towards the side hall.
As the lamb hurried over, he saw Li Wangtian leaning against the low couch with a troubled expression.
On the other side was Zheng Meiniang, who was holding Pingping and An'an on either side with her head down;
And Li Xiatian, clutching those few pages of letter paper tightly, looked up at Li Wangtian with an angry expression.
For a moment, the lamb was at a loss.
"Sister Xia Tian? Aunt Mei?"
Turning his head, the lamb looked at Li Wangtian again, "Uncle Wangtian? What, what happened?"
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