Chapter 184 My Son Tieniu Will Die Soon (55)

In Yuncheng, the restaurant run by Wu Da, with the funding from Liangshan and the protection of the county magistrate, has already become the most prosperous restaurant in the county.

Make money every day!

High-ranking officials are proud to host banquets here.

The dishes passed down by Cao Jie are now called Cao’s cuisine and are well-known in Jeju Prefecture.

Even in Tokyo, they opened several shops, with Wu Da training the chefs and Zhu Gui training the waiters. Although they were just legitimate businesses, they were able to provide important intelligence from all over the country for the stability of Liangshan.

Moreover, if necessary, it can be transformed into a violent organization at any time and do earth-shattering things.

Wuhan University, this "three-inch-tall tree bark", is naturally no longer what it used to be.

Not to mention getting married, even if he wanted to take three or five concubines, as long as he nodded, matchmakers from the county would come to his doorstep.

"Brother is here!"

Wu Da came up to greet Cao Jie warmly, and after welcoming him to the backyard and offering him fragrant tea, he glanced at Wu Er and whispered, "You are already an adult, it's time to find a wife..."

Wu Song felt his scalp tingling as he was urged to get married. He gave a bitter smile and opened his mouth, but in the end he did not dare to speak in rebuttal.

When everyone saw Wu Song being humiliated in front of his shorter brother, they all tried to hold back their laughter.

"Da Lang, how are Aunt Li and Li Da doing?" Cao Jie asked.

"Brother, Aunt Li is relatively well, but Li Da is seriously injured and needs to rest for half a year."

Li Kui's eyes widened and he asked in a muffled voice, "What happened to my elder brother?"

Wu Dalang looked up at the black guy. He had been in contact with the Liangshan heroes for many years, but he had never seen such an ugly guy. He was only slightly better than himself.

"You must be Tie Niu! Auntie told me about you. Don't worry, your elder brother just starved himself and couldn't work for half a year. If you take good care of yourself, he will be fine."

"What about my mother?"

"Your mother is fine. Your elder brother is very filial! He was starving, but he still fed your mother."

"My elder brother is more filial than me. I only cause trouble. I beat someone to death, and made my elder brother wear shackles and suffer a lot..."

Li Kui wiped away tears like a child and choked up, "Luckily I followed my brother. Today I will carry my mother and brother to the mountain. From now on, I will take care of my mother and brother."

Wu Song looked at the extremely rude Li Kui and nodded secretly. Li Da was filial, and Li Kui was not bad either.

"Tie Niu, I'll go with you to meet the aunt!"

Led by Wu Dalang, everyone went to the back house.

He was about to see his mother, and Li Kui's steps became more urgent.

After entering a courtyard, Wu Dalang pointed at the door. Li Kui took a few quick steps, swallowed, and his hands, which had never shaken after he had been chopping with two huge axes for an hour, began to tremble uncontrollably.

There was no trace of his rude and violent temper today. He gently pushed the door open and walked in carefully on tiptoe.

The room was very clean and had a kang, so it was very warm.

I saw an old woman with white hair and wrinkles on her face sitting on the kang, chanting sutras and reciting Buddhist scriptures.

Hearing the noise, he asked kindly, "Da Lang is here?"

"hiss!"

Li Kui sniffed his nose, and hot tears rolled down his eyes.

When everyone looked, they found that the old woman's eyes were open, but there was no life in her. She was actually blind.

Li Kui opened and closed his mouth again and again, and finally burst into tears. He fell to his knees and kowtowed, saying, "Mother! Tie Niu is here."

Li Kui's mother struggled to get up from the kang, stretched out her hands and fumbled around, asking anxiously, "Is it really Tie Niu?"

“Mom! Mom, don’t you recognize Tie Niu?” “Tie Niu…”

"Mom! What's wrong with your eyes? Mom! Touch me!"

The old woman, with two skinny hands like chicken claws, stroked her son's face up and down, crying, "I cried my eyes out for you."

"Mom! I'm back..."

"Mother thought you were already dead!"

The mother and daughter hugged each other and burst into tears.

"My son! My son!"

"Mom, please don't cry. I'm doing fine, aren't I? Now I'm with Brother Cao. I have meat to eat and wine to drink. I'm just waiting for him to take me up the mountain to enjoy life!"

"The brother you worship is a living Bodhisattva! If the living Bodhisattva hadn't sent someone to rescue Mom, it wouldn't matter if she died, but your brother would be gone."

"My brother is right in front of you. Brother, my mother and my elder brother will kowtow to you."

"Brother Tieniu, why are we still so polite to each other?"

Cao Jie held the pair of skinny hands, patted them gently, and said, "Auntie! Don't worry! Tie Niu and the dozens of brothers on the mountain are all my brothers. From now on, you can just wait to enjoy the good life!"

Upon hearing this, Li Kui's mother's eyes were filled with tears. She held Cao Jie's hand tightly and said, "Thank you, Living Bodhisattva. Tie Niu has been reckless since he was young and has caused countless troubles. You must take good care of him and don't let him go out to fight and kill again."

Poor parents!
Aunt Li had never been to school and was illiterate, but she had eaten more salt than Li Kui had eaten rice. She had a vague feeling in her heart that her precious little son might not live long.

"Auntie, I will take good care of Brother Tieniu..."

Before Cao Jie finished speaking, Li Kui said, "Mother, my brother saved your life and my elder brother's life. After I have arranged for you and your elder brother, I will help you conquer the world. I will use two axes to carve out a glorious world."

"As I should, as I should! My son is brave."

Li Kui's mother hugged the head with a beard as thick as thatch, tightly held it in her arms, and dared not let go.

It seemed that once he let go, his son would be gone.

"Ugh!"

After all, I am not Song Jiang!
When mother and son are reunited, there are so many words to say that there is no need to elaborate.

Everyone stayed in Yuncheng for one night. Firstly, Cao Jie wanted to see off Shi Wenbin, the county magistrate. He was promoted to become the governor of Fenzhou.

I don’t know if it’s good luck or bad luck.

Promoted directly from a county magistrate to a prefect, Zong Ze has worked diligently for the Song Dynasty all his life, but now he is still only a Tongpan.

Shi Wenbin spent some money and crossed the threshold that he had never been able to cross after working hard for twenty or thirty years.

The reason why he was so unlucky was that Fenzhou was one of the five states that would be affected by Tian Hu's chaos in the future.

If Shi Wenbin takes office now, wouldn't it be the perfect time for Tian Hu to rebel?

Cao Jie wanted to save him, but he didn't know how to persuade him.

That was an official position that he had obtained after spending half his life's money.

It is impossible to give up.

After returning from the county government office, Cao Jie still didn't say anything. He could only wish him smooth sailing and hope that he could get out of this safely!
After bidding farewell to Shi Wenbin, Cao Jie returned to the restaurant again and specially hosted a banquet for Zhu Tong and Lei Heng.

The county magistrate may change, but the city chief remains unchanged.

After the New Year, the new county magistrate will take office, so Cao Jie naturally needs to communicate with the two of them.

Moreover, Cao Jie knew that Lei Heng was murdered by a prostitute named Bai Xiuying, who had a connection with the new county magistrate...

(End of this chapter)