"Right ahead."
This is an ordinary town.
At a glance.
The town is located at the foot of the mountain, surrounded by mountains on three sides, and the size of the town is not large.
Take a closer look.
It was afternoon at this time, and there were fur traders from the county buying furs, and medicine traders picking up herbs.
It's obvious.
This is a small resource town that relies on the mountains to survive, and makes a living by hunting and collecting herbs, and this is Huangfuqi’s hometown.
"Brother Qi!"
Along the way.
Many young hunters recognized Huangfu Qi and said with joy on their faces: "Brother Qi, when did you come back? Do you still know me? I am Cao Liang. When I was a child, I was Xiao Liang who followed you for bird eggs.
Ah."
"Xiao Liang!"
Huangfuqi had a smile on his face: "You have grown so big in a flash."
As he spoke, he glanced at the pheasants and deer on the stall: "Didn't you join the martial arts school? Why are you still hunting in the mountains?"
In the early years.
After hearing the news that he had entered Baishou Mountain, the young people in the town also became interested in practicing martial arts.
Cao Liang is one of them.
It's just that he failed to pass the mountain gate examination and was rejected twice in a row. Later, I heard that he went to a martial arts school in the county.
"Brother Qi, I've been back for more than a year."
As Cao Liang spoke, he lifted up his clothes, revealing the scar on his stomach: "A senior brother whose family owns a restaurant invited us to go to his opponent's restaurant to cause trouble. It turned out that he was not a good person and started fighting before we even reached an agreement.
"Oh, I'm not good at school. I was stabbed twice in the stomach. I almost bleed to death."
He smiled to himself: "I've been scared since then. The knife in my stomach hurt so much, so I ran back. Now I inherit my father's business and go up the mountain to hunt rabbits and catch pheasants.
My family also helped me find relatives."
Finished.
Carrying a pheasant and fortressing it to Huangfu Qi.
Huangfuqi did not refuse.
As an elite disciple in the mountain sect, he is also the idol of the younger generation in villages and towns.
Huangfu Qi actually knew very well that most people who practice martial arts do not go high and low and enjoy grudges, but fight on the streets and are brave and ruthless.
When will the name be spread?
Everyone on the street knows that you are not easy to mess with, so some gangsters come to seek refuge with you and call you big brother.
If you can win over people, you can make money.
Create a name, seven or eight brothers, and more than a hundred younger brothers.
You are the leader of a certain gang.
At that time, you will be in charge of two or three streets, and the merchants on the streets will have to pay filial piety to you. You will also use part of it to manage the county magistrate, master, chief bookkeeper, and a group of arrests. From now on, you will be the overlord in the county.
And this is also the final destination of most warriors.
"It doesn't matter if you don't practice, you can live on the mountain. We haven't heard of anyone starving to death."
Huangfu Qi took out two pieces of silver and said, "Forget about the pheasants. If you just go up to the mountain to play and kill two wild animals and share one with me, I won't say anything more, but you make a living by hunting now.
Just sell it for money. If I get it for nothing, how can I be so right?"
"Brother Qi..."
"I'm your brother, you can take it if I tell you."
Huangfuqi couldn't help but put the broken silver into Cao Liang's hand.
Cao Liang had a silly smile on his face, and while putting away the money, he couldn't help but ask: "Brother Qi, you are not far from being first-rate."
Huangfuqi said vaguely: "Absolutely."
In fact, he is already top-notch, he just doesn’t want to show off.
"First class..."
Cao Liang sighed sincerely: "The martial arts master who teaches us is only a second-rate back-end. If you don't go out with your strength, it would be enough for you to open a martial arts gym in the county."
"Maybe."
Summer insects are not enough to describe ice.
What is Huangfuqi's target? He is the garrison general of a certain prefecture or county, or the vanguard of the army.
County.
Let alone opening a martial arts gym, he would not hesitate to take the position of chief catcher.
"Dad, mother..."
Huangfu Qi’s family looks very dilapidated.
This is also inevitable.
He learned art in the mountains, and his own expenses were very high. In addition, his father was seriously ill in bed, so the little money he sent back every month was used to buy medicine, and where would he go to build a new house?
"Qiqi is back?"
The person who greeted the door was an old woman.
She looked like she was in her fifties or sixties, her eyes were all white, and she groped toward the door: "Is it Qiqi?"
Then he said: "Your eldest sister came back this morning, bringing five kilograms of cornmeal and a lot of dried sweet potatoes, so you can make your favorite sweet potato porridge."
"Mom, your eyes..."
Huangfuqi stared.
"It's okay. I'm not going out, so it's not a hindrance."
As the old woman spoke, she also said with some uncertainty: "Qiqi, is there someone else?"
"Auntie, my name is Jiang Xuan, I am Huangfu Qi's senior brother, and there is another person who is my maid Qing Ning." Jiang Xuan took the initiative: "I am going down the mountain this time. I have a sect mission, so I invited Huangfu Senior Brother to help me.
Went there, and on the way back, I heard him say that he wanted to drop by home for a visit, so we followed him, so please don’t find it too troublesome."
"No trouble..." The old woman was very happy: "Qiqi brings someone home for the first time in these years. We are a poor place and there is nothing to entertain. Just don't dislike it."p>
"Don't worry, ma'am, I was also born into a poor family. I couldn't even afford a full meal when I was a child."
As Jiang Xuan spoke, he handed over the gift box: "Auntie, there is nothing to bring. Here are some brown sugar and rock sugar. If anyone comes to visit, take out a few rock candies and have a sweet snack."
The etiquette is not important.
If you really want to get two 30- to 50-year-old ginseng, you might die at night.
What about brown sugar and rock sugar.
Hangujie is a farming world with underdeveloped science and technology.
These two things are rare nowadays. Children will love to come to any house that has sweets, and it will be more lively when there are more people.
......
"I had already thought about going down the mountain this time."
"When I return to the mountain gate, I will go to the real master to apply to leave the mountain, and then join the army. Unfortunately, God does not fulfill my wish. There are not many pioneers like me in the Shen Kingdom, and there are too few without me in the family."
Eating sweet potato porridge from a bowl.
Huangfuqi struggled in his heart: "Senior brother, if it were you, what would you choose?"
Jiang Xuan said nothing.
Because the family needs him more than Shen Guo at this time.
It's just that he can't say these words. This is Huangfuqi's multiple-choice question and he must choose it himself.
Crunch.
Crunch...
On the way back to the mountain gate, Jiang Xuanduo hired two carriages.
One car was pulling Huangfuqi's parents, and the other was pulling his sister's family.
Jiang Xuan arranged the matter.
After arriving in Changshou Town at the foot of Shanmen, Jiang Xuan not only bought a small courtyard with a courtyard, but also helped Huangfu Qi's sister build a shop in the town.
The shop is not big.
Thirty square meters, it's definitely not good for anything else, but it's enough for a grocery store that sells needles, thread, and accessories.
In addition, Jiang Xuan also hired a servant named Widow Liu.
She doesn’t have to do anything, just wash the clothes, cook, and make some medicine.
For all this.
Huangfuqi did not refuse.
Chapter completed!