834 To Fetch Her (2/2)

Yang Erxi felt embarrassed and slammed his hands on the table angrily and shouted, ”What are you complaining about? Is it wrong for me to want to eat a piece of meat and drink a bowl of wine when I return home? Do you not want me to come back?”

The courtyard was suddenly silent, and then, the sound of a woman crying could be heard.

Yang Erxi felt even more embarrassed and yelled, ”Cry, you only know how to cry! You cry when I am not home, and you cry when I return!” ”I gambled with my life at the Eastern Border and rendered military service. I was awarded 200 taels of silver, so why am I not allowed to eat meat? Also, if you dare to pick the meat out of my bowl and give it to our son, I'll give you a sound thrashing!”

The woman stopped crying and started to chop up the pork trotters. She cursed the man for being heartless as she chopped the pork.

Ning Que looked at him and asked hesitantly, ”Are you really going to thrash her?”

Yang Erxi said, ”Women, will they be obedient if you don't thrash them?”

Ning Que asked, ”Are you not afraid that she will sue you at the county government?”

Yang Erxi's expression grew awkward and he replied, ”This is called being fierce, do you understand?”

Ning Que thought of why he was going to the West-Hill and seemed to have learned something.

They had to leave after eating and drinking their fill.

Yang Erxi sent them to the mill and said, ”I don't know who you are, but I don't think you are ordinary people, and I don't know what you're going to do. If you're going to kill, kill more people on my behalf.”

Yang Erxi would definitely not say this had he not drunk so much.

Ning Que smiled and asked, ”How did you know?”

Yang Erxi said, ”We met once three years ago. I would have forgotten about you if not for your black horse that ate my grain porridge. Would an ordinary person be able to afford feeding a horse like that?”

Ning Que asked, ”And how did you know we are going to kill someone?”

Yang Erxi said, ”You are Tangs.”

Ning Que asked, ”So?”

Yang Erxi said matter-of-factly, ”What else other than killing are the Tangs going to do when they head to Qinghe River now?”

Just then, a pair of siblings ran towards them.

Yang Erxi swooped down and carried them. He looked at Ning Que and boasted, ”My daughter and son. How are they? Aren't they great? They rank in the top at school.”

Ning Que said, ”I don't have children, why are you so proud?”

Yang Erxi said, ”Are you married?”

Ning Que nodded and said, ”Yes. You've met her.”

Yang Erxi asked, ”Is it that girl who likes to drink?”

Ning Que smiled and answered, ”She doesn't like to drink now.”

Yang Erxi replied, ”It's been three years, why do you still not have children?”

Ning Que said, ”There's nothing wrong with me, I think the problem lies with her.”

Yang Erxi said unhappily, ”I don't like listening to this. Men like to push all the blame to women. If there's a problem, find a way to resolve it and don't complain so much.”

Ning Que replied seriously, ”I intend to do that too.”

Yang Erxi's daughter looked at the two strangers and asked curiously, ”Father, who are they?”

”They are father's friends from Chang'an.”

Yang Erxi said proudly. He did have friends from Chang'an and had never lied to his daughter.

The daughter looked at Ning Que, her eyes turning in their sockets as she asked, ”Where are you going?”

Ning Que answered, ”I want to head to the south.”

The daughter asked curiously, ”Why are you going to the south?”

Ning Que said with a smile, ”To pick up my wife.”

The daughter said happily, ”Is your bride beautiful?”

Ning Que thought it over, and replied, ”She's not really beautiful.”

The daughter said seriously, ”Even if she's not beautiful, you can't abandon her.”

Ning Que looked at her and said seriously, ”Of course.”