Chapter 302: Thousand-year-old female corpse vs. the last warlord (23)
Yaochuan, which had always been peaceful, suddenly erupted in a student movement. Groups of students held small red flags and signs that read "Down with the warlords" and shouted loudly in the streets. Adjutant Chen was so anxious that his hair almost fell off. He had to keep sending messages to Meng Liangchao and Meng Yuanyao, father and son, in Jinwei City.
Meng Yuanyao didn't take these students seriously at all. He thought that they had no guns and no courage, and could not accomplish anything big. But because Yaochuan was his base camp, he finally asked his son Meng Liangchao to rush back overnight to suppress the rebellion.
The quarrel with Meng Liangchao in the room yesterday made Meng Yuanyao realize that his son was no longer the same son as before. He wanted to control his son Meng Liangchao, so he wanted to force Shi Yi to stay by his side as a bargaining chip.
Meng Liangchao refused to give in and even threatened: If he didn't let him and Shi Yi go together, then he would never see his son again.
Meng Yuanyao thought for a long time before he was willing to give in.
His son Meng Liangchao had a strong temper, just like his mother. If he was really pushed to the limit, he might do something extreme. But he was still heartbroken.
He only had this one son, so wouldn't everything he had belong to him in the future? Why couldn't he understand the heart of a father?
Duan Yikai targeted his current state of mind, took the initiative to show his courtesy, and successfully became Meng Yuanyao's adopted son, becoming Meng Liangchao's brother in a sense.
Meng Liangchao and Shi Yi returned to Yaochuan, and smiled at each other when they stepped on the ground.
Both of them thought that going to Jinwei City would take a long time, and they would definitely spend the New Year there, but they didn't expect to come back to spend the New Year in the end. Although there was no festive atmosphere in Yaochuan at the moment, the streets seemed even more depressed.
Adjutant Chen, who stayed in Yaochuan, saw the two of them and greeted them with unprecedented enthusiasm, just like seeing his own mother. Then he complained:
"Young military officer, you don't know how violent these students are. I am a soft-hearted person and don't want to shoot and hurt their lives*..."
Meng Liangchao interrupted him, "If you have anything to say, go home and say it. Madam is tired."
Adjutant Chen put his hand to his mouth and looked at his wife who was held by his military officer's hand. The tiredness on her face was really obvious. It seemed that the two of them were really exhausted from running all night.
When they returned to the Meng Mansion, Shi Yi had fallen asleep. Meng Liangchao personally took off her shoes and socks, covered her with a quilt, washed her face, and then went out quietly.
At the corner of the stairs, he met the housekeeper.
The housekeeper held his hand again and again, and was reluctant to let go.
"Grandpa, we have been safe all the way." Meng Liangchao knew that the old man must have worried about them a lot at home.
"Where is your father? Why didn't he come back?" There were tears in the corners of the housekeeper's eyes.
During the days they went to Jinwei City, this old man was not satisfied with anything he did, and nothing he ate tasted good. I want to talk to Adjutant Chen, he is busy every day. He is an old man, and he is really worried about them at home. Today, he finally sees them back.
"Father has his own things to do." Meng Liangchao reached out and wiped the tears from the corners of the old man's eyes.
After so many years of getting along, he has long regarded him as his own grandfather.
"Why don't you take a rest when you just came back." The housekeeper choked, still reluctant to let him go. Even though he knew that he had important things to deal with now.
Adjutant Chen had been waiting at the door for a long time. He hadn't seen his little military master come out, so he came in with his military boots. He just ran into the housekeeper's tearful eyes.
For a moment, he didn't know whether he should urge him or not.
"Grandpa, don't worry, we will all come back safely." Meng Liangchao had already caught a glimpse of Adjutant Chen from the corner of his eye, and hugged the old man solemnly.
"You can't go back on your promise." The housekeeper turned around quickly, facing away from Meng Liangchao and Adjutant Chen, and wiped the tears from his face. "It's unlucky to cry in the New Year. I won't cry next time." However, tears kept coming, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't wipe them away.
"Let's go." Meng Liangchao raised his head slightly, motioning Adjutant Chen to go out with him.
When he reached the door, he suddenly stopped, turned around and said to the old man behind him, "Grandpa, I want to eat the dumplings you made tomorrow morning."
After hearing the old man's tearful reply, he walked out without looking back.
The housekeeper wiped the tears from his face, and then he looked up, just in time to see Shi Yi standing barefoot at the stairs, looking at him with a sad expression.
"Miss Lu, it's cold, be careful not to catch a cold."
He reminded her.
The next morning, before dawn, he got up.
The pork at home had been smoked long ago and stored in the cellar. Meng Liangchao and Meng Yuanyao both like to eat bacon, so they prepared a lot of it in the cellar.
He planted fresh cabbage in the backyard himself, and he also picked some green onions and white radishes. He didn't pay much attention to it at ordinary times, just planting it for fun, but he didn't expect that it would come in handy at this time.
When he carried the vegetables to the kitchen, Shi Yi also arrived.
The two of them tacitly prepared the ingredients needed for making dumplings.
Shi Yi washed the vegetables, and the housekeeper kneaded the dough;
Shi Yi chopped green onions, vegetables, and radishes, and the housekeeper rolled the dough;
Shi Yi lit the fire, and the housekeeper began to mix the dumpling fillings;
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The two were busy in the kitchen for a while, and the hot dumplings finally came out of the pot.
"It smells very fragrant, Miss Lu, do you want to try one?" The housekeeper wanted her to taste it first, and correct any shortcomings later.
Only one tray of dumplings came out of the pot, and there were still many dumplings to be made, waiting for Meng Liangchao to come back and eat fresh ones.
Shi Yi picked up the chopsticks and picked up a slightly broken one and put it in his mouth. The taste was very fresh, better than what she and Meng Liangchao had eaten in other places.
The housekeeper noticed her expression and his heart dropped back into his stomach.
Then, the two of them sat in the hall and waited for a long time.
The housekeeper finally couldn't hold back his words, "When do you think Liang Chao will be back? He promised me last night that we would have dumplings for breakfast."
"It should be soon." The smile on Shi Yi's face was so forced.
"Tell me about you two, why haven't you had your wedding yet? I always call you Miss Lu, and I'm not comfortable with that. I want to call you Madam, but you haven't officially entered the house yet, so it's not comfortable to call you that." The housekeeper suddenly remembered this.
"You can call me anything you want." Shi Yi heard the sound of a car at the gate, and his expression was a little confused.
"Report... Report... Report, the young general and Adjutant Chen just went to the prison and were ambushed by an assassination organization. Now their lives are in danger."
The housekeeper wanted to get up and ask for clarification, but he stood up but didn't notice and sat down on the ground.
His eyes fell on the dining table, and the dumplings on the table had long lost their heat.
(End of this chapter)
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