Chapter 603: The ridge is not a constraint, but a ladder to the top
Xu Minghui's figure, much thinner than Xu Yu's, disappeared into the darkness. Sang Zhixia, who was leaning against the window, saw him and said without turning around, "Did you tell him everything?"
"Yes."
Xu Yu looked around for a suitable place to hang the sachet, but he wasn't satisfied with any of the options. He said unhappily, "You're quite smart, but you're too stingy."
It's just these worthless little gadgets, what's wrong with carrying a few more at a time?
Now, no matter where I hang it, I am afraid that the blind mosquitoes will bite Sangzhixia.
Sang Zhixia found his mumbling a little funny, and leaned against the window and said slowly, "What about you?"
"When will you join the army?"
Long before meeting the old prince today, Xu Yu had carefully analyzed the next path to take with Sang Zhixia.
Sang Zhixia was not surprised that Xu Yu chose the military camp as his destination.
After all, for this person...
Sang Zhixia lowered his eyes and thought: The mountains and fields would be a waste of his time. As a son, he should inherit his father's business and his grandfather's aspirations. The battlefield thousands of miles away is the best place for Xu Yu to make achievements.
Xu Yu has a murderous aura hidden under his cynicism and dishonesty, and the military camp and battlefield are where he should be.
With his back to Sang Zhixia, Xu Yu finally decided on the final destination of the sachet. He raised his hand and carefully tied the knot while humming, "Zhizhi, I heard that the mosquitoes in the mountains here are particularly fierce at night."
"If you wake up, wake me up."
Sang Zhixia deliberately said: "What's the point of asking you to get up? Are you going to open your mouth wide and bite the mosquitoes?"
"That's not the case."
After hanging up the sachet, Xu Yu laughed and said, "But I just found a palm-leaf fan."
"When you fall asleep, I can fan you to keep away the mosquitoes. I guarantee you won't get any more lumps."
"Your legs must be sore from walking all day today, right? I've boiled some water back there. Before I came here, I asked Mr. Hu for some herbal foot bath bags to invigorate your blood circulation. Soak them in some blood-activating herbs later, and I'll give you a massage so you don't feel so bad tomorrow."
Sang Zhixia heard that Xu Yu was avoiding the important issues but didn't care. She just watched him busy himself lazily.
When the steam from the basin and the aroma of herbs wafting from the herbal bag mixed with each other in his nose, Sang Zhixia looked down at the back of Xu Yu's head and said word by word, "Xu Yu."
"Um?"
"Is the water too hot? How about I..."
"Are you planning to wait until the day you go to the battlefield and let me be the last to know?"
Xu Yu's attempt to cover up his mistake suddenly froze, and the water splashing from the basin landed on the hem of his clothes, leaving a mixture of deep and shallow marks.
Sang Zhixia smiled bitterly and said, "You said you would not hide anything from me."
"Why, now that it's the thing I most need to know, are you going to break your promise?"
After taking a deep breath, Xu Yu once again grasped Sang Zhixia's slender yet tough calf. Under Sang Zhixia's calm gaze, he said, "Zhizhi, I don't want you to worry too soon, and..."
"I don't know how to tell you."
Although everything was prepared in advance, when the day came for him to speak, Xu Yu found that he had overestimated himself.
In fact, he didn't want to leave Sang Zhixia and the two children for even a second.
The closer the day gets, the harder it is to explain.
Sang Zhixia raised her eyebrows quietly.
After a brief silence, Xu Yu slowly exhaled, "The old prince hopes to limit the scope of the war to the smallest possible extent, so he won't openly go to war with Kyoto for a while."
"But I've never been in the military, so just being able to talk about military matters on paper doesn't count. I'll be joining the military soon, but there's no danger at this stage."
"But I promise, even if a fight does break out, I won't put myself in danger."
"So don't worry, okay?"
Having said that, Xu Yu himself knew that from the moment he entered the military camp, Sang Zhixia would never be able to let go of her worries.
Xu Yu himself knew how weak his promise was, so even when Sang Zhixia brought it up, Xu Yu avoided the topic.
Sang Zhixia remained silent.
Xu Yu paused and smiled bitterly, "Zhizhi, after you married me, I don't think I've ever let you live a comfortable life."
"Will you blame me?"
"Yes."
Sang Zhixia kicked Xu Yu on the shoulder without warning and said unhappily, "Of course."
"For example, when you were like a clam and couldn't be pried open, or when you weren't even sure of yourself, but still dared to make promises to me."
"Also... do you know when you're most annoying?"
Sang Zhixia couldn't stand it any longer and grabbed Xu Yu's face, pulling it apart and saying angrily, "This is when you try to act pitiful in front of me and try to fool me."
"It's always like this."
"Whenever you encounter something you don't want to talk about in detail, when you encounter something you feel embarrassed about, you turn around and act pitiful in front of me. Do you think you can get away with it like this?"
"You wish."
Xu Yu was like a scammer. Sang Zhixia kicked him lightly and made him sit on the ground. He didn't resist even when his face was pulled and his ears were tugged. He just glanced at Sang Zhixia's face cautiously.
Sang Zhixia was so angry that she laughed: "It must be said, Xu Minghui really was born with a pair of good eyes."
"Do you know who you look like now?"
Xu Yu asked tentatively, "Nuonuo?"
"You know that too."
Sang Zhixia stretched out her hand to pull Xu Yu's arm: "Stop pretending and get up quickly."
"You can still call your daughter cute when she's like this, but you're already a grown-up, and if people see you looking this miserable, how can you still have the dignity to become a general in the future?"
Xu Yu thought about his clever daughter and couldn't help but laugh too.
"Zhizhi, when Nuonuo was like this, you always said you felt bad."
"Will you not feel bad when it comes to me?"
"It hurts."
Sang Zhixia rolled up her sleeves and bared her teeth in warning: "Not only do I feel bad, I can also make your flesh hurt right now. Do you want to try it?"
Although Xu Yu failed in his attempt to act pitiful, he was not discouraged. He got up and took the foot that had kicked him not long ago in his hand, and slowly rubbed it upwards along the meridians.
Sang Zhixia was almost driven crazy by his unreasonable demands.
Sang Zhixia nudged Xu Yu and said, "If you want to go, go ahead. Don't worry about anything."
"Zhizhi..."
"I'm serious."
Sang Zhixia leaned on Xu Yu's shoulder and nudged him with her head, saying softly, "After all, you've been diligently studying and practicing for nearly twenty years. Why do you always follow me around in the fields?"
"I can't wait until Nuonuo and Yuanbao grow up and people ask them what their parents do for a living. They'll just say they're farmers!"
Sang Zhixia couldn't help laughing as she spoke, and then she sighed, "Of course, being two farmers is something to be proud of. We can raise the children well, but their father is more than just a farmer."
"So neither I nor our two children can be a reason to trap you in the fields."
Xu Yu lowered his head and placed a hot kiss between Sang Zhixia's eyebrows.
Sang Zhixia chuckled and said, "Xu Yu."
"The ridges we built with our hoes and our hands are not constraints; they are ladders that lead us upwards."
"so……"
Sang Zhixia took the initiative to hook Xu Yu's neck, kissed the corners of his lips, and said softly, "Let go and do what you want."
"If one day we get tired and don't want to do this anymore, we can go home and continue farming."
"I still say that, I will farm and support you."
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