Ch 333: Reunion
Huai Ge’er looked at Li Chunhua with guilt: “Mother, when I heard they were abusing the border common people, I couldn’t bear it. I was also afraid that the family would disagree…”
Li Chunhua thought back to those days, and couldn’t help but cry again.
Xingxing hurried over to comfort Li Chunhua: “Aunt, don’t cry! Eldest Brother’s safe return is good news! Look, Eldest Brother is wearing this armor, so majestic! Eldest Brother must have become a General, right?”
Xingxing deliberately changed the subject, which was indeed effective. Li Chunhua forgot to cry for a while.
Yu Daniu excitedly said: “My son really became a General?”
Huai Ge’er grinned, and a personal soldier following him excitedly said: “Madam and Masters, our General is amazing! He led us straight to the Western Barbarian Royal Court, the Western Barbarian King committed suicide, and we captured the Western Barbarian Crown Prince. The Western Barbarian officials surrendered and agreed to pay tribute to our Great Xia every year!”
Even the Yu Family, from a poor and remote village, couldn’t help but be overjoyed at such exciting news: “Really?”
Old Master Liu, a civil official who had retired from the court, was so excited he couldn’t speak, clutching the armrest of his chair, finally saying “Good, good, good” three times in a row.
“Eldest Brother is so amazing!”
Xingxing looked at Huai Ge’er with admiration.
Although Huai Ge’er was used to the admiring and envious gazes of others, he was especially pleased by the shining, admiring look in Xingxing’s eyes.
Huai Ge’er chuckled, puffed out his chest, making his figure look more upright.
The personal soldier, carried away, continued: “…Our General also won many major and minor battles. Have you heard of the Battle of Beilian Pass? At that time, our General was still a Deputy General, leading a small team of elite soldiers to lure the Western Barbarian Third Prince and his entourage into the narrow Beilian Pass. He fought valiantly against overwhelming odds for a whole hour until reinforcements arrived, completely surrounding the Western Barbarian Third Prince and riddling him with arrows! Hahaha!”
Xingxing exclaimed in a very supportive “Wow!”
The attentive expressions of the Yu Family and the Liu Family further encouraged the personal soldier, who recounted several more of their General’s brilliant battles.
The Yu Family and the Liu Family were filled with amazement.
Finally, Huai Ge’er felt a little embarrassed and coughed: “Alright, alright, stop bragging, if you keep going, I’ll become the God of War!”
The personal soldier said admiringly: “What do you mean bragging? I’m just recounting the General’s previous brilliant battles! Besides, the General is already the God of War, why would I need to brag?”
Huai Ge’er was speechless, and punched the personal soldier: “Get lost, get lost, go eat your meal!”
The personal soldier laughed and gave a proper military salute: “Yes!”
Then he ran off.
But now the Yu Family looked at Huai Ge’er with pride. Huai Ge’er could see more than a dozen pairs of eyes full of pride in him as he turned his head.
…It felt pretty good, to be honest.
Especially Xingxing, her eyes were sparkling.
Huai Ge’er felt quite elated!
Old Master Liu looked at Huai Ge’er with approval: “A hero is born young!”
He had several excellent banquets prepared to welcome Huai Ge’er home, and of course, the dozens of personal soldiers Huai Ge’er brought with him were not neglected; Old Mao had already made arrangements for their banquet.
That night, everyone put the unlucky Linyang Marquis’ Mansion behind them, laughing and celebrating, welcoming Huai Ge’er home.
When Huai Ge’er left, Bang Ge’er was just a toddler, and Mian Ge’er and Xu Ge’er were not even born yet. However, the three of them had heard their family talk about Huai Ge’er since they were young, and were not at all unfamiliar with him.
Because Huai Ge’er was a heroic and valiant General, the three little ones idolized Huai Ge’er, calling him “Eldest Brother” repeatedly after dinner.
Huai Ge’er patiently responded.
Finally, Xingxing called a maid to take Bang Ge’er, Mian Ge’er, and Xu Ge’er away. She pulled Huai Ge’er to a corner: “Eldest Brother, come, I have something to tell you.”
Huai Ge’er obediently followed.
Huai Ge’er remembered that when he left, Xingxing was still a little girl with two pigtails. In the past four or five years, in the blink of an eye, Xingxing had grown into a young girl.
She truly is his younger sister!
Xingxing mysteriously led Huai Ge’er to a corner. Huai Ge’er’s increasingly strong physique completely overshadowed Xingxing.
Outsiders couldn’t see what the siblings were doing.
Xingxing asked Huai Ge’er to extend his hand, and took his pulse. As she expected, the medical conditions in the army were limited. Although Huai Ge’er’s pulse seemed strong, he actually had countless hidden injuries. Currently, Huai Ge’er was at the peak of his physical condition, so these hidden injuries wouldn’t manifest. But when Huai Ge’er got older, these hidden injuries would affect his body, causing problems.
This is why many famous generals don’t live very long.
Xingxing frowned, feeling sorry and whispering: “Eldest Brother, you have too many hidden injuries… I’ll make some pills for you tomorrow, and you should take one every day.”
Xingxing was heartbroken, sobbing, wondering if Eldest Brother’s wounds hurt.
Grandmother and Aunt were too excited tonight, and Xingxing didn’t want them to worry too much.
Pills would be more discreet.
Huai Ge’er knew that before he left, his sister had been studying medicine with Daxi Sipo, but he didn’t expect his sister to be able to diagnose his condition with just one pulse check?
Huai Ge’er exclaimed: “Xingxing, you’re so amazing now?”
Xingxing proudly raised her chin: “Although Grandmother Daxi doesn’t say it, I know she must think I’m very talented! I saw her secretly smiling very satisfied at the pills I made!”
Huai Ge’er couldn’t help but smile.
Xingxing’s pride lasted only a moment. Thinking of Huai Ge’er’s injuries, she sighed with distress: “Eldest Brother, does it still hurt?”
Huai Ge’er’s heart was filled with emotion and warmth. He patted the muscles on his arm: “Xingxing, don’t worry, those little injuries don’t hurt anymore!”
As they were talking, Bai Ge’er and Liu Ge’er came over, carrying wine jars: “Ha, Eldest Brother, you’re here with Xingxing!”
Huai Ge’er looked around: “Speaking of which, where’s Gui Ge’er?”
Liu Ge’er smiled: “Gui Ge’er has his own adventures, rarely at home. Next time he comes back and finds out that Eldest Brother is back, he will be overjoyed.”
Bai Ge’er patted Huai Ge’er’s shoulder: “Eldest Brother, let’s go, the three of us brothers should find a place to have a long drink!”
Xingxing puffed out her cheeks: “Don’t drink too much! If not, just drink tea instead.”
“Okay, okay, we’ll listen to our Xingxing.”
“Really?”
“Really, really. Look, we only brought this one jar, we’ll only drink this one jar.”
Xingxing looked at the size of the wine jar and estimated the drinking capacity of her brothers, and then waved to them with relief.
That night, Bai Ge’er and Liu Ge’er told Huai Ge’er everything that had happened at home over the years in detail.
Early the next morning, Huai Ge’er assembled his personal soldiers and went straight to the Linyang Marquis’ Mansion’s encampment in the Back Mountain.
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