Li Mengxi was also really hungry. A soldier brought him some porridge. Li Mengxi took it and took a sip. The porridge was a little hot.

"Brother, it's too hot. I've burned you." On the other hand, the younger brother was burned by the hot soup and said aggrievedly.

Li Mengxi put down his bowl and helped his brother cool the noodle soup.

Liu Bei took his brother's bowl first, and then ordered his soldiers to bring an empty bowl. After bringing the empty bowl, Liu Bei naturally used two bowls to spread the noodle soup around to cool down the heat.

Liu Bei took good care of himself and his younger brother, and Li Mengxi felt the kindness from Liu Bei.

Li Mengxi thought carefully about the reason for this goodwill. Maybe it was because Liu Bei was a kind man. He and his younger brother were two children with no one to rely on. Since he was in the army, Liu Bei should take care of him a little as a landlord.

More likely, Li Mengxi thought it was because he lied to Guan Yu, saying that his family had heard that someone in Zhuo County was recruiting volunteers, so the whole family came to surrender, but unfortunately they met the Yellow Turbans on the road, leaving only two brothers.

It was because of this lie that Guan Yu and Liu Bei felt that they were indebted and were so kind to themselves and their younger brother.

He achieved his goal with lies. Liu Bei and Guan Yu were both honest gentlemen, so he deceived them. Li Mengxi felt a little ashamed.

My younger brother is a simple-minded person who eats meat and noodle soup very happily.

Li Mengxi had something on his mind and ate absent-mindedly.

Liu Bei and the three of them also ate simply, only gruel.

Soon, everyone finished their meal.

Liu Bei seemed to have something to say, and Li Mengxi could see it, but he pretended not to notice, sitting upright with his eyes lowered, looking at the shorter one without saying a word.

"Little brother, what do you call me?" Liu Bei asked, looking at the two shorter brothers on the opposite side.

"Li Mengxi, Mencius's Meng, Fuxi's Xi." Li Mengxi raised his head, met Liu Bei's eyes, and answered in a neither humble nor overbearing manner.

During the first conversation, Liu Bei was surprised by one sentence.

Although the young boy in front of him has a childish voice, he speaks calmly and resonantly.

"Mencius, Fuxi." Liu Bei recited silently, "Okay, what a good name."

It is indeed a good name. One is the Confucian Sub-Sage, the other is the Human Emperor Fuxi, and the other is the Two Saints. It can be seen from the name that it is not a name that ordinary people can give.

"Where is your younger brother?" Liu Bei smiled and pointed at the brick.

Li Mengxi was about to speak.

"My name is Brick." The younger brother rushed to say his name in a babyish voice. The younger brother was lively and cute, and everyone sitting around him laughed.

"Brother, Li Zhuan." Li Mengxi introduced his younger brother.

Liu Bei nodded, Liu Bei's problem was obviously more than that.

"Yun Chang has fully informed Yu about the little brother. The little brother's family wants to join me, Liu Xuande. Although we have not met my father in person, I am deeply impressed by his loyalty.

My little brother's family suffered a great disaster for joining our rebel army, and I am deeply ashamed of it."

"I wonder if my little brother has any relatives in his family?"

"It seems like nothing." Li Mengxi replied.

"What are your plans, little brother?" Liu Bei asked tentatively.

When Li Mengxi heard Liu Bei's question, he sat up straight and bowed his hands to Liu Bei.

"My father originally wanted to join the rebels. Although my father is now dead, fortunately my two brothers were able to meet the rebels.

I am willing to join the rebel army to fulfill the righteousness of my father."

At this point, Li Mengxi suddenly paused, "Besides, my two brothers are still young and have no strength to tie a chicken. I am afraid that they will not be able to survive on their own. I dare to ask Xuande Gong to take my two brothers in."

When it came to the touching scene, Li Mengxi had a look of sadness on his face, and his brother beside him had his eyes red with sadness and almost cried because he thought that his parents were dead.

Li Mengxi stood up and took a step back, intending to kneel down on the spot. Guan Yu quickly held him back, hoping not to let Li Mengxi continue to kneel down.

Li Mengxi asked Liu Bei to take him in. In fact, even if Li Mengxi didn't say anything, Liu Bei would have made the same choice due to circumstances and reasons.

Liu Bei looked at Guan and Zhang. The three exchanged their eyes quickly, and Guan Yu nodded slightly.

Seeing this, Liu Bei made a decision in his heart.

Liu Bei pondered for a moment, looked at Li Mengxi, and then looked at Li Zhuan who was next to Li Mengxi with his lips pursed and tugging on his brother's sleeves with a sad look. Liu Bei said, "Your Majesty died because he surrendered to me. I am twenty-six-year-old this year, and I have no children under my knees."

Son, I want to recognize your two brothers as adopted sons, what do you think, little brother?"

Dumbfounded.

Li Mengxi opened his mouth wide and looked at Liu Xuande with a serious expression and a solemn look in astonishment.

For a long time, Li Mengxi didn't even turn around.

Seeing that Li Mengxi was stunned for a moment, Liu Bei thought that Li Mengxi didn't hear clearly, so he asked again, "I want to adopt your two brothers as adopted sons and treat them as my own children. What do you think, little brother?"

"No!" Li Mengxi came to his senses and refused immediately without even thinking about it.

As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Li Mengxi immediately regretted them.

"I...I just..." Li Mengxi stuttered.

Liu Bei was stunned for a moment, "It was a violent wave." Liu Bei smiled and confessed to Li Mengxi.

I guess Li Mengxi had some concerns, Liu Bei thought.

As for Li Mengxi's statement that he was afraid that his two brothers were too young to make a living and wanted to join the rebels to earn a living, there was no reason why Liu Bei would not allow it.

Later, Li Mengxi, who was in a state of confusion and forgot what kind of state he was in, walked out of the big tent, climbed into a grain truck, and then the rebels took the captured and prisoners and continued to chase the fleeing Yellow Turban remnants.

Lying on the grain truck, Li Mengxi reviewed the conversation with Liu Bei over and over again.

Li Mengxi thought about it later and found that Liu Bei probably really believed that he was the son of a righteous man. Therefore, seeing that his two brothers were lonely and helpless, he made plans to adopt him as his adopted son.

It is self-evident what an adopted son meant in ancient times.

Moreover, Liu Bei will be the leader of a party in the future. If he really becomes Liu Bei's adopted son, then this status will be a strong political resource.

At first, Li Mengxi wanted to join Liu Bei in order to have a place to settle down.

Liu Bei recognized him as his adopted son. Since Liu Bei proposed it, he should agree even if it was just to settle down.

However, Li Mengxi thought over and over why he refused without even thinking about it, and felt a little regretful.

If I think about it carefully at the time, the reason why I refused so neatly was probably a stress reaction.

Liu Bei wanted to recognize his adopted son, and Li Mengxi subconsciously thought that Liu Bei wanted to be his father?! It was intolerable, but not intolerable.

So, I refused without hesitation.

In the final analysis, it is just a matter of coming from a society where everyone is equal and having dignity and pride engraved in one’s bones.

In previous lives, these comments were often made on the Internet.

For example, suppose a certain richest man said that whoever calls daddy would leave one million, and asked netizens if they wanted to call him daddy.

Comments are often,

"I'll scream him bankrupt!"

"Is one million too much? One hundred thousand is enough for me!"

"I can do it with ten thousand!"

It seems that netizens laugh at themselves at will and don't seem to take their own dignity seriously.
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