Chapter 1243: Brother! [1]

Hedong Commandery, Anyi County.

Early morning, the dew after the cold dew condensed on the emerald green leaves, and with the direct sunlight of the morning, it condensed into water droplets that bent the leaves.

The bees hiding under the leaves vibrated their wings, searching for the most beautiful flowers in the garden.

A young man of about twenty was standing anxiously in front of the courtyard gate of a villa, his hands clasped together, pacing back and forth in front of the gate.

"Stone, I said, can you stop circling? You're making me dizzy."

Wang Hunu rolled his eyes at Tie Shitou and said with a wry smile: "Having followed the Lord through life and death for so long, what kind of battle haven't we seen? What are you doing?"

Tie Shitou stopped his steps, then rolled his eyes at Wang Hunu, who was standing not far away, and said: "Can this be the same?"

"Can this be the same?"

"When it's your turn one day, you'll know."

"This feeling is different; I'm going to be a father!"

"Pfft."

Wang Hunu turned his head and made a sound of disdain.

At a normal age, for someone as old as Tie Shitou or Wang Hunu, under normal circumstances, their children might already be several years old.

Back when they followed Duan Yu in Jinyang, they were all young men of fourteen or fifteen.

It was also the age for marriage.

However, they had followed Duan Yu in battles south and north for these years and had never married.

It was only when the suppression of the Huang Jin ended and they returned to Bingzhou from Jizhou that their families arranged a marriage for them.

Tie Shitou was just a village boy back then.

But now, Tie Shitou had long since shed his immaturity and had become a great general by Duan Yu's side.

His status and position were naturally different.

The number of good girls in Jinyang who wanted to marry Tie Shitou could be lined up in a long row.

Let alone daughters of ordinary families, even the daughters of the Jinyang Magistrate or the Taiyuan Governor could marry Tie Shitou given his status.

It was just that Tie Shitou's parents were still simple people and did not have any major changes in their thinking just because Tie Shitou was now a military officer of a thousand stones.

They didn't talk about matching social status; they just arranged a daughter from a decent family for Tie Shitou.

This point was also affirmed by Duan Yu.

While staying in Jinyang, Tie Shitou's marriage was settled just like that.

However, they were on a march at the time, so Tie Shitou naturally couldn't take his new wife to Liangzhou.

At the beginning of the year, after Duan Yu asked Empress Dowager Dong for the privilege of mining salt in Anyi, Hedong Commandery, he arranged for Tie Shitou and Wang Hunu to go to Anyi.

In this era, grain, salt, and iron were the lifeblood of the economy and survival.

The snow salt produced in Liangzhou needed to be mined from the salt lake.

Previously, when Dong Zhuo served as the Governor of Hedong Commandery, Dong Zhuo was in control here.

Now that Dong Zhuo was gone, Duan Yu could only send his trusted aides.

Salt was a huge profit and also part of Liangzhou's economic lifeblood, so naturally, he could not be careless.

Duan Yu understood better than anyone that money moves people's hearts.

He naturally did not feel at ease handing it over to others.

Tie Shitou and Wang Hunu had followed Duan Yu the longest, so Duan Yu was naturally at ease handing it over to them.

Hedong Commandery was adjacent to Taiyuan Commandery, so after arriving in Anyi, Tie Shitou naturally brought his new wife to Anyi.

As for Wang Hunu.

His family had already arranged a marriage for Wang Hunu.

The family was a good family, and the girl was also a good girl.

"You kid, can't you get married quickly? In the future, our sons can serve the little heir," Tie Shitou urged, looking at Wang Hunu.

Wang Hunu rolled his eyes again: "I won't!"

"I just won't!"

"Why, why is it that when you guys got married, the Lord was there, and the Lord presided over your weddings?"

"When Chen Qing'an married, the Lord was there, and when you married, the Lord was also there."

"Now that it's my turn, you want me to just get it over with?"

Wang Hunu turned his head stubbornly and said: "I said, only when the Lord is there, and the Lord presides over my wedding, will I get married."

Tie Shitou shook his head helplessly and smiled, pointing at Wang Hunu: "Then you wait. You're not in a hurry, but your fiancée is. I see your father-in-law is in such a hurry; he came again a few days ago, right?"

Wang Hunu showed an expression of complete indifference.

In Jinyang, and even the entire Taiyuan Commandery, who doesn't know now that the four little guys who once followed Duan Yu all have limitless futures?

If one could marry any one of them, it would be a blessing cultivated over eight lifetimes.

Chen Qing'an had already married the daughter of the Zhang clan of Mayi.

Tie Shitou had also already married.

As for Liu Bai Tu... one couldn't even find the door to Liu Bai Tu's house now.

The only ones left unmarried were Wang Hunu and Liu Bai Tu.

Naturally, Wang Hunu became a hot commodity.

Just as the two were talking, a loud cry of a baby suddenly came from the courtyard.

Tie Shitou's gaze immediately turned to the courtyard gate.

And Wang Hunu, who had been saying he didn't care, also hurriedly leaned in.

A moment later, the courtyard gate opened, and the midwife walked out, holding a baby wrapped in swaddling clothes with a smile on her face.

"Congratulations, General, congratulations, General, it's a little young master."

"Haha!"

Tie Shitou laughed loudly, then punched Wang Hunu on the shoulder beside him: "See that? It's a son!"

"In the future, my son can continue to serve as a guard for the Lord's son and fight on the battlefield."

Tie Shitou excitedly stepped forward, took his son from the midwife's hands, held him carefully in his arms, and said with a smile: "Reward, pass it down, reward everyone."

"The Lord said, if it's a son, the given name will be Rui."

"The Lord bestowed the name."

Tie Shitou proudly raised his chin and looked at Wang Hunu.

Although he mocked him with his words, seeing his good brother have a son, Wang Hunu also smiled from the bottom of his heart and leaned forward.

Subsequently, he took out a gift list from his bosom.

"Take it, this is for my godson, not for you."

Wang Hunu stuffed the gift list into Tie Shitou's arms and reached out to tease the little baby in the swaddling clothes.

Just as Tie Shitou and Wang Hunu were immersed in joy, a maid suddenly came from outside.

"General, there is a guest visiting."

The maid said, handing a token in her hand to Tie Shitou. ===== CHAPTER 1245 =====