After a moment of hesitation, Tang Chen expressed his shock and apology for the news, then said, "...It is indeed serious news. There is more."
Mo Yu said seriously: "The price of the pharmacy has also increased."
"Besides these?"
Under Tang Chen's questioning, Mo Yu finally told the truth: "In fact, the prices of firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea have increased across the country."
Tang Chen rubbed his belly and stood up suddenly, slamming the table and saying, "Hey, big brother, you are teasing me!"
Mo Yu gave a fake smile and said, "Are you so sure that I'm teasing you?"
Tang Chen could see that Mo Yu's trip wasn't just to meet his elders. There was definitely some hidden secret between him and Li Xinzhai. Never mind. Since they were an eyesore, they could just leave. "Okay, Chen Xin, let's go."
"Okay!"
Li Xinzhai knew that the two men had said they were leaving, but they were most likely squatting in the corner to eavesdrop. After raising an eyebrow and signaling Mo Yu to be more careful with his words, he began to help Mo Yu summarize his personal journey: "How is it going? Is everything going well? How is he doing?"
As Mo Yu poured tea, he said calmly and indifferently, "It looks like he won't live for many days."
"Did you say goodbye to him properly?"
"......" Mo Yu's hand holding the teacup trembled slightly, and then he drank the tea quietly as if nothing had happened. If Lin Xinzhai didn't know him well, he would have thought that he was indifferent to Emperor Gan Zhao.
Li Xinzhai knew he was being stubborn and couldn't help but say, "Look, you're the one who keeps saying you don't care, but you're the one who ran all the way here just to take a look. How can you be so hypocritical? Sigh, if I weren't here to translate, I'm afraid you'd be suffocating yourself to death."
Mo Yu rolled his eyes at him and said shamelessly, "I learned this from you."
Li Xinzhai said with a kind smile, "You are the eldest brother. It should be you and I who should learn anything!"
Mo Yu gently put down the teacup in his hand, turned sideways to face him, and said seriously: "Do you know that I am the eldest brother now?"
"nature."
With that, the two of them suddenly fell silent, so quiet that Li Xinzhai could almost hear his own heartbeat and the smacking of his hands. He was waiting for Mo Yu to speak; he knew he must have something to say, otherwise why would he be sitting here so quietly? This person liked quiet, but not this kind of quiet.
Mo Yu looked up at Li Xinzhai for a while, then lowered his head and sighed casually. After a long while, he seemed to have made up his mind and said, "... Xinzhai, after I go back, I want to join the army."
Li Xinzhai was shocked, but he still tried to control his expression: "Why did you suddenly have this idea?"
Mo Yu lowered his head and tapped the table subconsciously, saying, "When he was half asleep, he told me a wish."
Li Xinzhai sighed helplessly, holding his forehead. He was right. If he had known, he would not have let him see Emperor Gan Zhao. He had originally thought that they had no connection other than blood, so he let him go to see him one last time. Now, why didn't he realize that his eldest brother valued family so much before?
Mo Yu didn't know when he stood up. Seeing Li Xinzhai sighing, he slapped him on the back, almost frightening Lin Xinzhai to jump up: "You sigh all day long, like an old man!"
Li Xinzhai turned around and glared at him, saying, "As expected, I'd better not worry about him. Good intentions don't always go unrewarded." "Haha."
"Don't accompany me this time." The atmosphere, which had been gradually relaxing, became solemn again because of Mo Yu's words.
Li Xinzhai thought he had misheard, so he stood up, grabbed Mo Yu's collar, and asked with a smile, "What? What did you just say? You'd better think it through before you speak."
Mo Yu suddenly took a step back, like a loach in the mud, and before Li Xinzhai could react, he broke free from his hands: "I am the eldest brother, I will go to the battlefield and you will cover the rear. Uncle Li is still waiting for you to go back and take care of you in your old age."
Li Xinzhai looked at the scoundrel in front of him with a playful smile and gave up arguing with him: "...as long as you are happy."
After saying that, Li Xinzhai jumped out of the window. No one knew what he was going to do. Mo Yu wiped his face casually and fell asleep.
The two people squatting in the corner outside the door heard no movement from inside, so they quietly sat down against the wall and whispered, "Did you hear anything that we can't hear?"
Chen Xin shook his head slightly and said, "No, it seems that Brother Mo really just went to see the elders."
Tang Chen also said: "It sounds like that to me. But, as for going to the battlefield..."
After Chen Xin let out a long sigh, he looked at the roof and said, "As a man, you should only put your family and country first. If your country is no longer your country, how can you have a family? I admire people like Brother Mo who take the initiative to ask for orders."
Hearing this, Tang Chen smiled and said, "Just admire me. I don't want you to make any mistakes."
In the few short months since he left the Duke's Mansion, as long as he calmed down and closed his eyes, he seemed to be able to see Liang Shuyi humming a leisurely tune, gently pushing the cradle, and smiling at the sleeping child in the cradle.
If it were in the past, perhaps he could have said something as heroic and righteous as what he said to Mo Yu, but now, he couldn't do it, he really couldn't: "You and Shuyi are both good women in this world. Alas, the ancients were still foresighted. It is true that even heroes cannot resist the temptation of beautiful women."
Tang Chen said jokingly, "I have no problem with Shu Yi being a beauty, but if someone like me is called a beauty, then your standards are too low."
Chen Xin knew Tang Chen was joking, but still answered sincerely: "Beauty is not just about appearance. Remove the skin and flesh, and everyone is just a pile of bones."
After hearing his remarks, Tang Chen couldn't help but clap his hands and said, why did he seem to have heard this before? "As expected of a famous doctor, his ideas are quite advanced."
Chen Xin stood up and straightened his sleeves, then reached out and carefully pulled Tang Chen up: "Okay, everyone has left, let's stop sneaking around; go back first, I'll rub your legs."
"Thank you."
After Shen Xin picked up the food and gave Tang Chen some acupuncture and carefully felt her pulse, she was about to go back to her room to rest when Tang Chen called her, "By the way, you don't have to see me off later. Just go back to the Duke's Mansion. Shuyi and the child are still waiting for you. I have them by my side to take care of me. Besides, my senior brother's medical skills are no problem in dealing with any emergencies for a pregnant woman like me."
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