"Several of you, my young master said that the ban was issued by the Emperor of Yanyue, he is just the Saint Son of Yanyue, he has no power to change the ban established by the patriarch."
"But..."
The guard who had just rushed to report to the Su mansion said this, his face turning red, a bit embarrassed to speak.
"The young master also said that to express his apologies, he can open a small back door for you all."
"That is, your people can't enter, but the gifts can be sent in as an exception..."
"???"
Li Zhongtian looked at the city gate guard, his face was a mess.
What does this mean?
Not letting me in, but still accepting my gifts?
I, Li Zhongtian, have lived for thousands of years and have never seen such a brazen person!
Li Ao also twitched the corner of his mouth when he heard the guard's reply.
Brother Su is still so... unconventional!
He turned his head to look at Li Zhongtian.
"Your Excellency, are we going back to the divine dynasty to rest, or are we staying here and waiting?"
Li Zhongtian gritted his teeth: "Go back? I can't use space transmission in the fairy realm. It's so close to the Star Burying Mountain Range here, in case that kid decides to leave one day, we won't be able to catch up!"
"Can only... wait!"
"Then, as you say, Your Excellency."
A large number of gifts were sent into the city, Li Zhongtian decided to stay outside the city, but he didn't have the mood to build a residence, squinting his eyes and standing blankly at the city gate.
Li Ao also had no choice but to sigh imperceptibly, standing on the other side, one left and one right, looking like two stone lions guarding the city...
Su Mansion.
On New Year's Eve, in the main hall.
Su Zhengheng, the head of the Su family, sat alone at the dining table, drinking alone.
This should have been a harmonious family feast.
But out of three invitations sent, only the youngest son came to drink a glass of wine and eat a few dishes with him.
He personally went to invite Su Changge in the afternoon and only got two words: not available.
The invitation sent to Su Huai was simply not responded to.
When he asked the servants, the servants only said that the eldest young master was busy.
Busy, all busy, busy is good...
Su Zhengheng sighed.
He had thought about easing the relationship with his eldest son.
Su Huai has been back home for several days, and it is said that he also brought back a woman who is suspected to be a Taoist companion.
But these days, he has been waiting, except for the first day when Su Ling gave him a bottle of Qingxin pills, saying it was a gift from his sister-in-law, he has not seen the two people pay attention to himself.
Unfilial son!
You, as a son, bring Taoist companion home and don't come to see me, do you want me to come to see you?
... Go!
A man can be humble and stretch, I'll go!
Su Zhengheng picked up the wine on the table and staggered all the way to Su Huai's small courtyard.
When he arrived at the door, he suddenly heard the laughter inside.
He put his face close to the door, looked through the crack into the door.
A plain small stone table is full of ingredients.
In the center of the stone table is a large pot full of red soup.
The pot is floating with a lot of chili peppers.
Su Changge, who is in the upper seat, is drinking while telling some interesting things he encountered when he was young and traveling outside.
On the left side of the table sits his youngest son, less restrained than when he just had the "family feast" with him, and more happy from the heart.
On the right side of the table sits a woman, with a gentle and lovely appearance, holding chopsticks in one hand to put meat slices into her mouth, and holding a cup of water in the other hand to relieve the spiciness at any time.
Her forehead is full of fine sweat, but her eyes are bright.
This is the rumored daughter-in-law of her own...
As for Su Huai.
From this perspective, Su Zhengheng can only see the back of Su Huai.
He is putting some ingredients that Su Zhengheng has never seen before into the pot while putting food into the girl's bowl.
"Wow! The nine-grade spiritual medicine Longshan Blood Ganoderma, people from the divine realm are so generous, I knew I should have made half of the mushroom soup pot."
"Su Ling, eat less, you are still young, this thing is too strong, you can't grasp it, let me come."
Su Ling: "No, brother, I can hold it!"
Su Ling picked up a large piece of blood ganoderma and stuffed it into his mouth, chewed it a few times, felt dizzy, and then fell to the ground, with two streams of bright red blood falling from his nose.
"Brother, I seem to see myself becoming an emperor..."
"Tsk, I said you can't hold it."
Su Huai despised his foolish brother, picked up a piece of ginger, and put it on the meat mountain in Chu Siyu's bowl.
"Si Yu is obedient, don't just eat meat, eat some vegetables."
"You have gained weight."
Chu Siyu's cheeks were stuffed, and she looked up at Su Huai in shock.
The meat in my bowl was all you put for me.
And last night when you held me, you didn't say that, you said I was too thin, holding people, why do you suddenly think I am fat now?
Su Changge knocked on Su Huai's head.
It seems to be quietly protecting his granddaughter-in-law.
Su Zhengheng looked at the scene in the small courtyard, raised his hand, and then slowly put it down.
Talkative and gentle elder brother.
Cute and lovely sister-in-law.
Naughty and unwilling to admit defeat brother.
And a kind face, enjoying the joy of family life grandfather.
Family feast...
Perhaps, this is the family feast.
However, a square table of four people, there is no place for him as a father.
Su Zhengheng turned around and sat on the steps at the door, and took a big sip of wine.
The excitement is theirs, he has nothing.
This winter is indeed colder than in previous years...
In the small courtyard, both Su Changge and Su Huai noticed Su Zhengheng who came uninvited outside the house at the first time.
Su Changge lowered his eyes and took a sip of wine.
Su Changge is very clear about the past of his only son.
The experiences of the father and son are very similar.
Both of them saw the color at a young age and decided to marry a rural girl early.
Su Huai's grandmother was the daughter of a hunter near the small city, a commoner, and was a good hand at hunting wild rabbits.
Kill a rabbit only takes fifteen seconds.
Su Changge was attracted to that girl who was like a young female leopard when he was young, and after getting married, he also had the same confusion as Su Zhengheng.
But in Su Changge's view, there has never been a perfectly matched couple in the world.
Feelings, this matter, needs to be slowly polished, mutual understanding.
Su Changge was only confused for a short period of time and found a common topic with his wife.
She likes hunting, Su Changge took her to hunt relatively weak low-level monsters.
Then slowly, with her to understand more monsters, guide her to cultivate.
Unfortunately, Su Huai's grandmother's talent was very poor, and she only cultivated to the second level in her life, and died of a rare serious illness before the age of forty.
Her life was short, but until she closed her eyes in Su Changge's arms, her face was full of happiness.
Did Su Changge love that woman?
Loved, also doubted, but in the end, it was love.
When his wife died, Su Changge was only forty years old, and Su Zhengheng was just eighteen.
His wife asked him to remarry before his death.
He shook his head and didn't say anything.
After that, he went out to travel, got opportunities, and also met more than one female cultivator who liked him.
But whether it was the brilliant and extraordinary Bo Hu Emperor at the time, or the Su Changge who has returned to the common people now, he has never accepted any woman.
Therefore, in Su Changge's view.
He understands Su Zhengheng's thoughts, and it's not that everyone must be the same as himself, but to fall to this point today, it's not a bit of blame to others!
It's all self-inflicted.