Chapter 271

Vice General Luo turned around and left the tent after he agreed. He probably went out to look for them. Xu Ran and King Yan sat in the tent and waited.

When it was only the two of them, Xu Ran coukld fianlly ask King Yan, “Why don’t you remember the rules you set yourself? Why didn’t you tell me about this from the beginning? Don’t you know that Tongtong and Baozi are still in the cold wind outside now?”

King Yan didn’t feel guilty at first, but when he heard Xu Ran’s words, his expression instantly turned bad.

He rubbed his nose in embarrassment, “I thought you would come alone and I just wanted to tease you. I didn’t know that Zheng and Baozi were coming too. Besides, I had set so many rules. How could I remember them every day?”

He seemed to be a little aggrieved, which made Xu Ran speechless. The first part was not important, what was important was that he couldn’t remember them.

Xu Ran was just about to refute King Yan when he heard footsteps outside.

“Dad, Dad.”

Tangtang and Guoguo was calling him before they had showed up.

Xu Ran didn’t care about King Yan anymore and got up to greet them.

The father and his two children met at the entrance of the tent. The two kids suddenly rushed to him, saying how they missed him, which made King Yan very envious.

And this scene suddenly reminded Xu Ran of  every time when he went out,  they weould be standing at the entrance to the village, waiting for him to come back.  They were still young and short at that time, and they could only reach his chest. They would jump at him when they saw him get out of the carriage, and he would catch the two children who approached him, take them in his arms, and kiss them on the cheek.

And now, the two children were so tall. Only when they ran to him did Xu Ran realize that they were almost his height.

Something flashed through Xu Ran’s mind, but it was too fast that he was not able to catch it.

Xu Ran felt a little embarrassed to kiss them since they had grown up. So he just patted their shoulders and asked them, You haven’t been home for two months. Do you want to go home?”

The home Xu Ran mentioned naturally meant their home in Yanzhou. Tangtang and Guoguo nodded certainly. How was it possible that they did not want to go home?

Xu Ran smiled and asked, “How about your days in the military camp? Are you getting used to it? Can you bear these sufferings?”

He asked a series of questions, and the two children were patient enough to answer him one by one.

They had just finished practicing before they ran over here, both of thyem were still sweating. Tangtang wiped the sweat on his forehead and said, “Dad, don’t worry about us. Me and brother lived very well in the military camp. We lived together every day and got along very well. Everyone would take care of us because since we were still young. We are fine here.”

It’s human nature to hold back unpleasant information to people who really care about you and whom you care about, and that was also what Tangtang and Guoguo did. Xu Ran squinted and looked at them seriously for a while. Seeing that they didn’t intend to continue to say, he nodded to show that he got it.

Although there were no expressions on Tangtang and Guoguo’s face, they all felt relieved.

So did the Vice General Luo. Because when King Yan had sent them over, he had only left them to him and did not explain anything else. Therefore, he had only left them with the Old Veteran and never cared about them.

In the past two months, he had heard a lot of news about the two children. There was news that they were bullied, and there was also news of they bullying others for revenge. However, no matter what the news was, as long as there was nothing serious, Vice General Luo never asked about it.

So when Xu Ran asked, he was afraid that the two children would tell him the truth, and fortunately, the two children didn’t seem to be telling the truth.

Xu Ran only glanced at Vice General Luo and understood everything. However, he did not say anything about Vice General Luo. Instead, he started to educate his two children in front of Vice General Luo.

Xu Ran said, “It’s good that you didn’t suffer. No matter what, I know that both of you arefine when I hear you say that. The road is for you to walk step by step. No one can help you, and you won’t take a step less just because someone else stops you. It is the same in this military camp. Instead of using your fists, you can also use your brains to solve the problems. I’ve taught you since you were very young, remember?”

Xu Ran emphasized the word “brain” particularly and pointed at his temple to let the two children pay attention.

Xu Ran didn’t say who did wrong . He just asked his two children to do everything with their own strength, but when Vice General Luo heard it, he thought that Xu Ran was hinting at something.

He saw that King Yan had already come next to Xu Ranto talk to the two children. It was better for him to not chip in and ask what Xu Ran just meant, so he could only guess by himself.

Vice General Luo took them here, which meant that he had agreed to Tangtang and Guoguo go home home and take a look. Since Liu Tong and Baozi were still waiting outside the camp, they didn’t talk long before they went out of the camp to look for Liu Tong and Baozi.

Liu Tong was fine, he was just a little excited. However, Baozi ran to Tangtang and Guoguo directly. He asked both of them to hug him at the same time. Finally, Tangtang and Guoguo had no choice but to cross their four hands to let him sit on top.

Baozi said how he missed the two of them and asked about the situation in the military camp. He also told them what he had learned in King Yan’s residence.  He literally told them everything, no matter how big or trivial it was.

When he was finally done and Tangtang Guoguo had answered him, the two of them only had time to greet Liu Tong.

Liu Tong touched the heads of the two children with a loving expression. “I haven’t seen you for two months, and it’s dark now.”

When a child who had been away came home, parents would always say such a thing. Xu Ran had a deep feeling about it. Even if he had only been away for a few days, his mother would say it when she saw him.

Looking at Liu Tong now, he really felt that he was like his mother.

Xu Ran rubbed his nose and looked at the sky, feeling a little upset. He hadn’t thought about her for a long time. Why did he suddenly miss his mother?

Liu Tong did not notice his emotions and was still immersed in the joy of seeing Tangtang and Guoguo.

It was still a little cold in April and they didn’t stand for long before heading back.

Xu Ran said that he wanted to go home and make delicious food, but Tangtang and Guoguo said that they wanted to eat hotpot at Red Tower. The family hadn’t eaten together for two months.

It was also warm and sweet for a family to eat hotpot together, and there were more dishes that could be chosen than cooking at home. Xu Ran has no objections, so all of them went to Red Tower.

Xu Ran said to King Yan, “Why don’t we call Lu Qi and Yan Hao over? It would be more lively with more people, and they must miss Tangtang and Guoguo too.”

There was nothing better than a family meal together. King Yan nodded in agreement at once.

However, when he came out, he came out alone, even Yan Chuan was not with him. But as a king, he would not invite other people himself. Not only Xu Ran coulldn’t do it, even he couldn’t do it himself,  so the task fell on Gao Quan.

Only Gao Quan, Tangtang and Guoguo ran fast among them. But they could not akt the two kids to do it, so they had no other choice except Gao Quan.

It was not a big deal, and Gao Quan wouldn’t have any objections.

So Gao Quan went to invite these people. While Liu Tong and Shao Yu went to the kitchen to prepare the food. Baozi had been pestering Tangtang and Guoguo, and they were willing to spoil their little brother. They were answering his questions one by one, so Xu Ran and king Yan were completely unable to chipt in.

The two of them just looked at each other in helplessness.

Since they had no chance to chip in, they could only look for fun on their own, so Xu Ran and King Yan started to talk about the factory building.

The place had been chosen and the iron had been drawn out from the iron mine. All that remained was to build the plant. This was not a simple thing and it would take quite a long time. At least three or four months. The hardest part was to make the iron sheet.

Although Xu Ran had told him about this during the New Year, he had not prepared anything in the past, so it would be very efficient to be able to build it before this winter came.

King Yan said to Xu Ran, “Although the plague in the south has been solved, the masses there still have no means to live. They don’t have enough food and clothing. Not long ago, a group of people came from the south, at least a hundred. They want to live and work in Yanzhou. I was investigating where these people from. If there was no problem, I would send them to build the factory. As you said, they are not maltreated as long as they get paid well. After all, these people don’t have much money. Even if they arried in Yanzhou, they can only be beggars. I think they should be very happy to do it.”

Xu Ran nodded and said, “It’s true, but you have to confirm the identities of these people first. Otherwise, what will be leaked out is that there were iron and coal mines in Yanzhou. Then you will be in trouble if someone really wants to get in your way.”

King Yan smiled and said, “I’m not worried about this. According to my people in the capital city, the Emperor is about to be dying. He could only live no more than a year or two. I’ve been waiting for so many years, so I could wait another year or two. When he sent our family to Yanzhou, why didn’t he think that we might stage a comeback?”

However, Xu Ran frowned after hearing this. He felt what King Yan said a little strange. Staging a comeback? was it meant to be rebel?

Perhaps the expression of the Xu Ran was too obvious, King Yan could see it. King Yan said, “It’s not what you think. I just need justice from the new emperor. As for the throne, I am not interested and I don’t have time for that. After so many years in Yanzhou, I am getting lazy now, but no matter what, I have to ask the new emperor for justice.The future of these children must not be affected by this.”

you can’t appreciate the love of your parents without having children of your own. Xu Ran thought that he could understand King Yan. At the same time, Xu Ran was also relieved.

There were only about 70,000 words left. Some of the contents of the main text were not explained clearly, and I was wondering if I should write more about it.