The return of the son-in-law

After all, Mr. Sun was old and his legs were still weak, so he couldn't stand the bumps on the road.Moreover, no matter how impoverished Tonghua County is, it is much better than the Northwest where Tatars are raging.

Huo Yu was in a dilemma, of course he wanted to go to the northwest with Guo Zhanan.No, it should be said that no matter where Guo Zhanan went, Huo Yu wanted to follow.But Mr. Sun was the elder who raised him. Since he fell down, his health has deteriorated a lot. Huo Yu is really worried that he will stay in Tonghua County alone.

Sun Lao didn't want Huo Yu to leave him. In his eyes, Huo Yu was still the poor child who was picked up in a snowy day. Huo Dashan entrusted Huo Yu to his care before he died and asked Huo Yu to go to the northwest. How can you rest assured?

But Old Sun also knew that if Huo Yu stayed in Tonghua County, without Guo Zhanan's teaching, Huo Yu's future would be very different.He may grow up healthy and safe, but it will be difficult to make a career out of it.When he becomes an adult, maybe Mr. Sun can use his urgent needs to buy a piece of land for Huo Yu to farm, or maybe he can take Huo Yu to start some small businesses.However, Huo Yu has already been to the capital and seen the prosperity of the imperial capital, would he be willing to be confined here?

After tossing and turning for many days, Elder Sun finally made up his mind, called Huo Yu in front of him, and said, "Yu'er, in a few days, you can go to the northwest with Master Guo."

Huo Yu's eyes lit up, and then he was worried again: "But, if you don't go, Grandpa, I don't worry."

Naturally, Old Sun did not ignore Huo Yu's first reaction, and said in his heart that he was lucky. Fortunately, his reason overcame his emotions, and he did not force Huo Yu to stay.

Seeing that Huo Yu was hesitant, Elder Sun cursed cruelly, "I'm a bad old man, what do you want you to worry about? You are Mr. Guo's adopted brother, and you should go to the northwest with him. I have hands and feet, and I can settle accounts." I can't starve to death."

Huo Yu thought about it, he wanted to go with him, but now that Elder Sun spoke, he was relieved, but also filled with a lingering sense of guilt - he actually felt guilty because his grandfather didn't want him to stay. Hi, that's shameless.

This is actually because Huo Yu is still young, he only knows about death and separation, not life and death.He also thought that everyone could be together happily until death do them apart.

Thinking of this, Huo Yu's nose soured, and he took out the few pieces of silver that he had left from his secret pocket, and offered it with both hands: "Grandpa, consider these coins as my tribute to you. In the future, I will definitely come back more often." Looking after you, you should be well too."

Huo Yu thought very well. Didn't Jia Huan also go to the northwest place?Jia Huan had been back for more than a month at that time, so he worked harder and traveled day and night, maybe he could come back to see grandpa once a month!

Sun Lao didn't want it at first, but after thinking about it, the northwest is far away from Tonghua County, and Guo Zhan'an is going there to be an official. Huo Yu doesn't know when he will come back.

Always keep something as a thought.

Thinking of this, Elder Sun accepted half of them, and returned the rest to Huo Yu: "I don't know the place where I live, so I should bring some money with me at least."

Huo Yu accepted it embarrassingly, feeling even more reluctant in his heart.

But no matter how reluctant you are, there will be a day when you will leave.

On this day, Guo Zhan'an led the crowd to clean up and carried boxes of the emperor's rewards into the carriage—Li Shaojun was thoughtful, and on the pretext that Guo Zhan'an had made many enemies because of the Tatar incident, Li Chonghao sent a team of guards to follow Guo Zhan'an to the northwest Firstly, to protect Guo Zhan'an, and secondly, to be regarded as a supervisor, lest Li Shaojun dare to learn from Li Shaojin and make trouble in the court behind his back.

As for the entourage, compared with the time in Tonghua County, it has been reduced a lot.

Xuzhou is an important town in the northwest, and there are restrictions on the number of entourage that officials bring with them when they take office.In the end, Guo Zhan'an and Huo Yu only brought Jia Huan, Fuquan, and Wu Xin to the nursing home.In the nursing home, only Wu Xin has a family. Wu Xin's mother-in-law has been working in the kitchen, and they also went there together. In this way, the cook is left.As for the others, we will make plans after we go there.

Wu Jia was specially left by Guo Zhan'an to take care of Mr. Sun. He is the son of Di Wanyan's housemate, and he is loyal to Guo Zhan'an, so there is no need to worry that he will be a slave to the master.Although Wu Jia does not handle things as quickly as Jia Huan, it is more than enough to take care of Mrs. Sun.

Granny Shen and the others were also left behind. After a while, Wu Jia asked Wu Jia to send them back to Di Wanyan's dowry in the capital.

On the day of departure, Granny Shen came over with two sets of clothes: "Young master, these are what the second young master told me before. The second young master bought the cloth himself, and asked me to cut two summer clothes for the young master. I heard that the summer in the northwest is also very hot." It's cold, I don't know if I can wear this summer clothes when I go there. Anyway, the young master will take it with me, so that my old lady can rest assured."

Guo Zhan'an didn't expect Huo Yu to buy cloth for himself to make clothes. He knew Huo Yu, and the money must be his private money.

Guo Zhanan took it, looked at this Granny Shen who had been with her for many years after her mother married into the Guo family, and said, "Grandma should rest more after returning to Zhuangzi, and don't have to do these things all the time, so as not to hurt her eyes."

Granny Shen responded with a smile, and handed Guo Zhanan a small sachet: "Second young master has never traveled far. I was afraid that he would not sleep well in the northwest, so I made a sachet without permission. The sachet contains soothing incense. , It’s not a high-grade product, but I use it very well, please ask the young master to pass it on to the second young master for me.”

Huo Yu took care of Grandma Shen a lot on weekdays. Even Shen Fang, who was rude to him at the beginning, Huo Yu never suppressed her with power, and instead found an errand for Shen Fang.Although the errand is not big, Shen Fang has something to do anyway, so he doesn't need to follow Granny Shen. On the surface, it is to learn the rules, but in fact it is punishment.

On the other side, Huo Yu was fully dressed, knelt in front of Old Sun, and kowtowed three times firmly.

He stood up, took a deep breath, and said, "Grandpa, I'm leaving. I will definitely come back to see grandpa in the future. My brother said that Wu Jia will stay and take care of grandpa. If grandpa has something to do, let Wu Jia do it."

Elder Sun nodded heavily: "Northwest is no different than here. Everything has to start from scratch. Mr. Guo will be busy with government affairs, and there will always be times when he can't take care of you. You should study hard and don't slack off."

Huo Yu responded, panicking in his heart: "Grandpa, are you really not going?"

Elder Sun smiled when he heard the words: "Silly boy, grandpa's legs and feet are inconvenient, and he can't bear this kind of tossing. But you, who are still young, didn't you learn martial arts from Wu Xin before? You have to persevere when you go to the Northwest, and strengthen your body. "

Huo Yu listened to it one by one, and kept it in his heart: "Grandpa, don't worry, I'm much stronger now. I was stabbed with a sword last time. Look, won't it heal soon?"

As soon as he mentioned this, Elder Sun was terrified, but he didn't dare to think about it anymore, so he put on a face and reprimanded: "Nonsense! I heard that Tatar in the Northwest is very vicious and eats people. Don't worry about it!" Follow Mr. Guo and don't cause trouble."

Huo Yu quickly assured: "Grandpa, don't worry, I will definitely follow my brother."

Seeing Huo Yu's immature face gradually fade away, Elder Sun couldn't help thinking of the dead Huo Dashan.They are not biological father and son, their looks are very different, now that Huo Yu is gone today, he will probably never know his life experience in the future.

Is this really good?

Elder Sun hesitated, wondering if he should tell Huo Yu that he was not Huo Dashan's son, but an abandoned baby picked up by Huo Dashan in a snowy day.

No, can't say.

When Elder Sun thought of Huo Yu's biological parents, who had never masked their faces, how cruel and tough did they have to be to leave the child in an inaccessible place in a snowy day?If Huo Dashan hadn't happened to pass by in time, Huo Yu would have froze to death long ago.

Such parents, what qualifications do they have to be Huo Yu's parents?

Thinking about it this way, Elder Sun decided to keep this secret in his heart.

Huo Yu's father is Huo Dashan.

Old Sun had trouble with his legs and feet, so he just sent Huo Yu to the door of the room. He watched Huo Yu go out and looked back at him from time to time, but in the end, Huo Yu's figure disappeared around the corner.

His eyes became hot, and the tears couldn't stop flowing down.

In the carriage, Huo Yu, who experienced parting from his relatives for the first time, was always depressed. Guo Zhan'an saw it and couldn't help feeling sorry for him.He took out a box of Butterfly Cakes and handed them to Huo Yu: "Seeing that you didn't eat much this morning, eat some of these."

Huo Yu took it, but didn't eat it, and asked him in a muffled voice, "Brother, am I being unfilial?"

Guo Zhanan raised his eyebrows, is he going to talk to him?

But that's good, at least it's better than holding it in your heart, so Guo Zhanan asked Huo Yu, "Why are you unfilial?"

Huo Yu replied solemnly: "My parents are here, so I won't travel far. Grandpa's health is not good, but I still want to leave him. Isn't this unfilial and what is it?"

Guo Zhanan raised his eyebrows and said, "I ask you to study on weekdays to make you understand things, not to make you study hard! If this is unfilial, then what am I? What are so many people who left their hometown to work hard?"

Huo Yu knew he had said the wrong thing, and hurriedly explained: "I didn't mean to blame brother, I was, I was, I was..."

Guo Zhan'an let out a long sigh, knowing that Huo Yu was young, and Huo Dashan, the grandson and the elders doted on him since he was a child, so he naturally didn't understand the reason why there is always a banquet in the world.

He took Huo Yu to his side and comforted him, "Don't worry, I left Wu Jia here. He is a smart and capable person and will take good care of your grandpa. Also, every month's silver, I will People will also send them over, so you don’t have to worry about Mr. Sun’s shortage of food and clothing. If you really miss your grandpa, remember to write to him every month and tell him what you have learned and seen this month, and what you have seen. So that your grandfather can rest assured."

Huo Yu nodded, his heart that had been hanging all morning finally relaxed a little.He couldn't help but look up, seeing Guo Zhan'an's handsome face full of tenderness, his mind flickered, and he couldn't help but whispered: "Brother, can, can you let me hug you and sleep for a while."

Guo Zhan'an was taken aback for a moment, but then he thought it was because Huo Yu had just left his family and was afraid that he would leave him too, so he wanted to hug him, so he felt at ease.

Therefore, Guo Zhanan took the initiative to reach out his hand, hugged Huo Yu into his arms sideways, put one hand under Huo Yu's neck, and wrapped the other around Huo Yu's back, imitating his mother's appearance when he was a child, and gently patted Huo Yu's back. Back: "Okay, I'll let you hold me."

Huo Yu's heart almost jumped out of his mouth, he trembled slightly, boldly embraced Guo Zhan'an, and buried his head in Guo Zhan'an's arms.

In fact, he is not sleepy at all. On the contrary, it is not a problem for him to run ten miles excitedly!

However, Guo Zhan'an's voice was full of demagogic power. Huo Yu felt Guo Zhan'an's hand gently pat on his back, and finally, he fell asleep accompanied by the shaking of the carriage.

For several days, Huo Yu gradually came out of the depression of parting.He saw that among the people Guo Zhanan brought this time, there was not a single person who specialized in accounting, so he took out the bill that Mr. Sun gave him for studying, and reviewed it a little bit.

This is not enough, in order not to cause unnecessary trouble to Guo Zhanan, Huo Yu specially found out from Guo Zhanan's big box of books that introduced the customs of the Northwest, and when he was tired of reading the bills, he took this book to read.

The group of people walked on the road for more than half a month, and finally arrived at the destination of Guo Zhanan's post - Xuzhou.