An Shuyi nodded, opened the door and went out. Wen Shi escorted her to the tent next to him before returning and sitting down in a chair. "Third Brother, I never thought Mother would actually come back."
This was something he had never imagined. After all, his mother and the others had said when they left that they might never come back in this lifetime, but now, his mother had returned.
He wished his mother could stay here, but then he thought it was impossible. After all, in another world, his mother still had family, aunt, and Uncle Xiao waiting for her. If she stayed here, they would worry, and his mother wouldn't be happy either.
Lin Wenshan nodded, "I didn't expect it either, but it's best if you can come. Even if you don't stay for long, just knowing that Mother is doing well is enough."
"When you send Mother away tomorrow, I will go with you. The wound is almost healed. The outside is healing, but the internal organs need to be recuperated slowly."
"Now that Mother is here, I should spend more time with her. Otherwise, when I go back, I might never see her again in my entire life."
He was overjoyed to see his mother again, so he wanted to spend as much time with her as possible now, otherwise he wouldn't have the chance again.
"Third brother, although your wound has healed, you can't travel long distances. Why don't you rest for a few more days, ten days or half a month? Mother shouldn't leave then."
Actually, he said he wasn't planning on it. After all, his mother's visit this time was such a surprise. Even his mother didn't know how long she would stay or when she would leave. But he had a feeling that his mother wouldn't stay for long.
"It's alright, my injury has healed a lot. I can't ride a horse, but I can sit in a carriage!"
Lin Wenshi shook his head, "I can't make that decision. Let's wait for Mother to decide tomorrow. If she says you can go, then you can go; if she says you can't, then you can't. I'll listen to Mother."
“Zhu Daniu may have already arrived in Luoxu City. If we take a carriage, we might not make it in time to see him die. Why don’t you set off a few days later, Third Brother?”
If Mother weren't here, Third Brother wouldn't have left, and this annoying problem wouldn't exist. But now that Mother is here, we should still ask her opinion.
Lin Wenshan also knew that even if her fourth brother agreed now, her mother wouldn't agree tomorrow. It was better to try to persuade her mother again tomorrow.
"Okay, I know you can't make the decision. Just lie here for a while tonight and we'll set off tomorrow."
If his mother doesn't agree to let him go with her, then he can only go a few days later.
"Third brother, you go to sleep first. I'll write a letter to the village to let them know that Mother is back. Everyone misses Mother and Aunt, so we can't keep it from them."
"Alright, then write it down. Once you're done, run the messenger hawk to deliver it. It's a pity that the clan chief and other elders are no longer here. If they knew that Mother was coming back, they would be overjoyed."
“Even if they are alive, Uncle Village Chief won’t tell them that Mother is back. After all, she’s old. Alright, you should go to sleep!” After saying that, Lin Wenshi took out paper and pen to write a letter.
After writing it, he went out of the tent, took out his whistle, called the carrier hawk, put the letter in the letter box in its claw, fed it a little food, and then let it go.
The next day, An Shuyi got up early and heard Wen Shi's voice outside. He was there to bring her water and asked her to come in so she could wash up.
"Mom, I just cooked a bowl of noodles. Please make do with this so we can get on our way." Because they needed to set off early, there wasn't much time to cook, so they could only cook a bowl of noodles.
Once we reach the capital, we can enter the palace, where there will be plenty of food and drink, and my mother won't go hungry.
"Have you got a meal yet?"
"Mother, I've already eaten, you eat!" Lin Wenshi said as he watched his mother sit down to eat. "Mother, Third Brother said his wounds have almost healed and he wants to go with you."
This was something his third brother had told him to ask early in the morning. Although he didn't want to think about it, his third brother had already told him, so he had no choice but to do as he was told.
“Your third brother injured his internal organs, right? Even if he heals now, it’s only the outside. If the inside wants to grow, it will take some time. Let him rest and recover.”
As soon as Lin Wenshan stepped outside the tent and lifted the curtain, he heard what his mother said and hurriedly said, "Mother, my injuries have healed a lot and I'll be fine. Now that you're going to the capital, I don't know if I'll ever see you again."
"While you are still here, your son wants to stay by your side as long as possible and do his best to be filial."
Although he said that, An Shuyi still disagreed. "Wenshan, it's not that your mother disagrees, it's just that your injury hasn't healed yet. Why don't you wait a few more days, take care of things on the frontier, and then you can set off for the capital alone?"
“You need to understand that there is no general on the frontier right now. All those soldiers are under Zhu Daniu’s command. Once the war is over, they will return to the frontier. If you are not here, who will take charge of the overall situation?”
He wanted to go to the capital, which was fine, but he had to handle the affairs on the frontier well. Unlike the border, Wen Shi had handled things very well here, and there were other generals, all of whom had been brought out by Yu Bai, so there would be absolutely no problem.
Lin Wenshi chimed in, "What Mother said makes sense."
“Mother, if you put it that way, then shouldn’t I go to Luoxu City even more? After all, my soldiers are still there. As long as I give the order, they won’t make a move and will even kill those traitors,” Lin Wenshan said.
Actually, this was agreed upon long ago. General Chen only needed to kill Zhu Daniu and those traitors, and the soldiers would return to the border on their own. But after hearing what his mother said, he felt it was necessary to make a trip to Luoxu City.
An Shuyi was helpless. She had originally tried to persuade him not to go, but now he could not only go, but also had a very legitimate reason.
"Alright, but your wound isn't good. Have you taken any medicine? Wenshi, is there a carriage here?"
If you want to go, then go.
Lin Wenshi nodded from the side, "Mother, don't worry, there is still a carriage. I will prepare a carriage for you and Third Brother, but you don't need to prepare a horse."
If there's a carriage, then there's no need for horses; otherwise, riding a horse would be quite tiring.
"It's a pity. Then prepare a carriage, a two-horse carriage. A one-horse carriage is too slow. What if we arrive and Zhu Daniu is already dead?"
"Don't worry, Mother. As long as we travel fast, even at night, we can reach Luoxu City tomorrow."
"Okay, go prepare it. Wenshan, have you eaten?"
Lin Wenshan nodded, "I've already eaten. My fourth brother brought it over earlier. Mother, please eat slowly."
He ate all the meals prepared by his fourth brother. The cooks were all too busy to cook for him separately, so his fourth brother felt that the food was not nutritious and made it for him instead.
Although I had never cooked before, I did it many times later on. Plus, everyone in Taoyuantou Village knows how to cook, so they naturally did too.
An Shuyi saw that he had already eaten before continuing to eat her own. It was a simple bowl of porridge and four steamed buns, two with meat filling and two with vegetarian filling. It tasted pretty good, with the bun skin having its own sweetness and the fillings being seasoned just right.
She still enjoyed eating; she finished a bowl of porridge and four steamed buns, since she hadn't eaten anything since noon yesterday.
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