Chapter 153 After the Great Battle When there is great joy
Drunkenness is not caused by alcohol, but by the long memories that fill the throat with a unique flavor.
Everyone was the same, drunk and lying on the ground. In the middle of the night, the courtyard was filled with people sleeping in every direction. I was lying on Huigen’s stomach, and Huigen was still talking in his drunken sleep: “Brother, I dare to eat cake again now… Take me to eat the best cake in the whole time, and I can eat bread too.”
I laughed… the wine was boiling in my heart, and I didn’t know what to say… I really wanted to know, after I was gone, would Daotongzi take Huigen to eat cake?
“Third brother… should I marry Qin Huai or not? Forget it, you’ll definitely say yes… but it’ll have to wait until after the war… Third brother, my fat bug is very powerful, and you may not be able to beat it, hahaha… the golden silkworm is always an unknown existence.” Ru Yue leaned against me, and got even more drunk.
I really wanted to reach out and pinch her nose… but I found that I had double vision in my eyes and couldn’t pinch Ru Yue’s nose… but Cheng Xin was laughing over there, scolding, “Chen Chengyi, you idiot… what are you waving your hands around for? Come over here… I seem to see Shen Xing in front of me, I… can’t see clearly, will you help me take a look?”
Over there, Cheng Yuan leaned against the wall, silently watching Cheng Qing without saying a word, while Cheng Qing silently avoided Cheng Yuan’s gaze… He took another big drink, then suddenly turned around and suddenly walked over to Cheng Yuan, reached out, and then put it down… Finally, he collapsed softly, leaning on Cheng Yuan’s lap like this… Cheng Yuan’s face wore an inexplicable gentle smile, and one hand gently rested on Cheng Qing’s head… caressing his white hair.
“Brother, how was my boxing?” Over there, Qiangzi was dancing around the courtyard by himself, and his boxing moves were already out of order… but his power was still there, and he was full of vigor.
“Good!” I said in a daze, then kept clapping my hands, but my mind was in a daze… I always felt like I saw a lot… I wanted to know the result, but life no longer belonged to me… Qin Huai, Yue Yue… Cheng Yuan, Cheng Qing Ge… But before I could be sad, my neck was suddenly strangled.
I coughed, but I saw Xiao Daxiao’s face turning red… and he said nonsense in my ear: “This Cheng Zhen is really too arrogant… you say, I want to marry her into the family? Can I fix her?”
Before I could say anything, Xiao Daxiao’s face turned even redder. He patted my back and put his head on my shoulder and said, “Chengyi… I’m not a young master anymore. I, Xiao Chengqian, have nothing now. But I don’t think Chengzhen will despise me… right? Come to think of it, you are her eldest brother, her big brother… and her big brother is my brother-in-law, right? Chengyi, why don’t I give you a betrothal gift here? Look at this… how about this? The most expensive thing I have.
While he was talking, Xiao Chengqian took out an iron box from his robe, which was his most precious cigar… I laughed and said, “Xiao Dasha, you want to marry my sister with a box of cigars?”
But before I could say anything, Chengzhen suddenly rushed over, grabbed the drunken and limp Xiao Chengqian, and suddenly kissed him.
“Oh, they kissed…” “Amitabha…” This move made the courtyard boil, and everyone suddenly cheered.
Chengzhen also looked at Xiao Chengqian with a drunken haze in his eyes and said, “You said it, marry me. No dowry, if you want it, just give me your heart.”
When did they? I realized that there were so many things I didn’t know about the flow of time… and that feelings had already been planted in this time of life and death… and I wish that all lovers in the world can have a long-lasting happiness.
In the midst of the uproar, Xiao Chengqian hugged Chengzhen tightly and said, “Chengzhen, if I am still alive after the war, you will definitely be my wife… I will definitely marry you in a grand banquet on the vast grasslands of the snowy mountains, and then spend the rest of my life with you.”
“Good…” “Fuck, that’s too mushy…”
Everyone was making a fuss again, but the two people in happiness didn’t care about us. They were hugging tightly… I saw that over there, Lu Shan looked at Tao Bai, who was already drunk and unconscious… He looked at Xiao Da Shao and Cheng Zhen, who were in happiness, and his eyes were filled with blessings and loneliness.
When Chengxin was making a fuss, two tears suddenly rolled down his eyes. He wiped them away quietly, took a cigarette in his mouth, and then slowly fell silent.
Cheng Qing, with a gentle smile, rested his head on Cheng Yuan’s lap… Cheng Yuan’s eyes were still gentle, but he gently placed his hand on Cheng Qing’s shoulder, and Cheng Qing held that hand.
My sincere blessing in my heart… But, it is also inevitable to be a little sour… If I had stayed in the Miao village back then, or if Ru Xue had followed me without hesitation, would I have said to Ru Xue, “Marry you… We’ll set up many tables at the Bamboo Forest Villa, and then many more at the Moon Weir Miao village… I’ll have a big, lively wedding, with lots of people watching you become my wife.
In the end, it was just a sigh… I suddenly shouted, “Chengqing, you marry Chengyuan… I am the eldest brother, I will make the decision for you.”
Everyone turned their heads and looked at Cheng Qingge and Cheng Yuan… They were suddenly stunned. Cheng Qingge’s cold face showed hesitation and struggle. Obviously, he was as old-fashioned as Uncle Li, unlike me and my master, who were so free and easygoing…
Chengyuan suddenly said with courage, “Chengyi, are you really going to make a decision for us?”
“Really!!” I shouted seriously.
“Well… after the war, I, Yuan Chengyuan, will marry Mu Chengqing… Brother Chengyi, I will put this happiness on you.” Chengyuan said very seriously.
“Good… Brother Chengqing, let’s have a banquet together when the time comes, and let’s get married together… on this grassland, set up three hundred tables… it will be so lively that it will be fun to death…” Xiao Daxiao hugged Chengzhen tightly and shouted.
Chengqing’s face finally no longer hesitated, and he nodded heavily… and then looked at me with a hopeful look.
I smiled and nodded, as if promising… but the tears in my heart boiled at that moment. I shouted, “Dao Tongzi, you know, don’t you? You must know, right? You have to petition for my fellow disciples… if there really is a wedding, you have to play Chen Chengyi well, and you absolutely mustn’t make everyone sad.”
But Dao Tongzi’s will did not give any response… but I knew that he must have known… and I didn’t mind reminding him over and over again before I disappeared.
It was late at night… In the joy of the unrestrained emotions, everyone was finally too drunk to be drunk… They all fell into a drunken stupor in the courtyard and fell asleep… unable to move.
When Elder Qi came out and saw this, he sighed and said, “These young people…” Then he ordered someone to lay a mat in the courtyard and carry us up… I stood up dazedly and said, “Don’t carry me, I’m not completely drunk.”
“Me too, then please prepare two bowls of hangover soup for us… Chengyi, do you want to talk to me?” At this time, a soft voice sounded behind me. I looked and saw that it was Lushan leaning against the wall, looking at me with a gentle smile.
I nodded and said to Elder Qiu, “Then I’ll trouble Elder Qiu.”
Elder Qiu didn’t say anything… he just looked at me and Lushan, and the group of people who were sleeping in all different positions, and sighed again, saying, “This group of young people…”
The snow mountain’s special hangover remedy… It was clearly warm, but the taste was indescribably cold… It stimulated the mind, and gradually became clear… Lu Shan and I were also cultivators… With the operation of the breath, we were able to exude some of the effects of alcohol.
After finishing the hangover soup, Lu Shan and I were both sobered up by seven or eight points. We sat on the stone table in the courtyard. Lu Shan first looked at Tao Bai with pity, then looked at everyone, and said to me, “Chengyi, people always say they hope for world peace… but how many people do you think can truly understand the true meaning of peace? Perhaps this true meaning can only be truly experienced through the hardships of life and death on the battlefield, and then it can be more deeply appreciated…”
“What is the true meaning?” I also glanced at everyone, and in fact, I felt something in my heart.
“The true meaning is to cherish the beauty of the future… Peace is a word that gives you a future to look forward to, isn’t it? Chengyi?” Lushan smiled.
“Yes… that scene must have been very happy and lively… I mean, if Chengqing and Xiao Chengqian had a wedding together… what a wonderful future, how much hope there would be if there had been no war.” I said softly.
“Like me, I’m very happy to have met you in this life, but I’m sorry that I met you too late… the only thing I can look forward to is the future. So, I look forward to peace even more, without that war.” Lushan said very seriously.
I was silent… To be honest, I have a future to look forward to, so is that not something to look forward to?
“Chengyi…” Lushan suddenly called out to me.
“Huh?”
“Want to go for a walk?”
“Yes.”
“Do you know what I’m going to say?”
“Your story.”