Chu Qingxiao was dragged out of bed by Chu Zhaozhao.
Yesterday's battle left him exhausted, and he came back a little late. In addition, he spent a lot of time sorting out the blood stains on his clothes and the wounds on his body. By the time he went to bed, it was already ugly time.
Chu Zhaozhao pulled him up from the bed early in the morning. He was still a little dazed, sitting on the table and stool and yawning.
"I can't stay in this shabby cottage for even a quarter of an hour!"
"We have to go! Now! Right now! Leave now!"
Chu Zhaozhao was so excited that he kept chattering in Chu Qingxiao's ears.
Chu Qingxiao was half asleep and persuaded almost instinctively: "It's not that easy."
"Someone is watching us!"
"In a few days, when they relax their vigilance, or Yue Jian learns about the Shura realm, we will..."
Snapped!
Before Chu Qingxiao finished speaking, Chu Zhaozhao slapped his hand heavily on the table.
This heavy blow made most of Chu Qingxiao's sleepiness disappear.
At this moment, Chu Zhaozhao's face came close to him, staring straight at him.
"no!"
"They are just bandits!"
"I also endured the bullying from that female bandit!"
"But here, besides these, there are also lewd thieves!"
"My personal belongings were placed on the table yesterday, and when I woke up early this morning, they were gone!"
"It must be the evil thief among these bandits who has taken advantage of him. If I find him, I will cut off his hands and feet and turn him into a pig!"
Chu Qingxiao was shocked when he heard this, and the remaining half of his sleepiness disappeared.
He shuddered, looked at the girl with fire-breathing eyes in front of him, reached out and touched his cuffs. The bellyband was still in the sleeve pocket, and he felt a little relieved.
Immediately, he coughed twice and said: "Then... what, Zhaozhao, are you remembering it wrong? Why didn't I see anything personal here yesterday?"
"Impossible!" Chu Zhaozhao said categorically: "I just took back the clothes to be dried yesterday. I wanted to put them in the cabinet, but Xiao Xuer asked me to help in the textile workshop, so I put them on the table!"
"I can't remember it wrong."
Seeing that he couldn't get away with it, Chu Qingxiao swallowed his saliva and then said: "It's inappropriate for you to put this...such a private thing on the table. It's also wrong to throw it away..."
"So what? This is our home? I can put it wherever I like!" Chu Zhaozhao said loudly, but as soon as he finished speaking, he noticed something strange again, looked at Chu Qingxiao suspiciously, and asked: "Isn't that right? You
How can you help a perverted thief speak up?"
Chu Qingxiao's heart trembled, and he quickly said seriously: "How can I speak for the evil thief!? I want to find out the whole story, and then I can help Zhao Zhao find the evil thief and let him taste the feeling of life being worse than death!"
Chu Zhaozhao didn't think much about it. Hearing Chu Qingxiao's words, his mood improved a lot. He rolled his eyes at him and said, "You have a conscience."
But the next moment, she frowned again, moved in front of Chu Qingxiao again, and stared at the boy.
"Is it hot today?"
"Why is there so much sweat on your forehead?"
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After a lot of effort, Chu Qingxiao finally appeased Chu Zhaozhao, and finally escaped from the room on the pretext of going to accompany Yuejian to continue practicing in the Shura world.
Walking on the street of Cangying Village, Chu Qingxiao breathed a long sigh of relief, secretly thinking in his heart that he must find a way to wash the hot thing clean, and then take advantage of the opportunity of Chu Zhaozhao to go out to stuff it into Chu Zhaozhao's clothes.
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Thinking about this, Chu Qingxiao had already arrived outside Yue Jian's courtyard.
When I was about to knock on the door, I saw a piece of white paper taped in front of the door, with a few large characters written crookedly on it.
"I have something to do today, so practice is on hold."
Chu Qingxiao frowned, there were only about six or seven days left, and for Goshawk Village who couldn't get enough money, a death battle was almost inevitable.
At this juncture, what else is more important than the Shura world?
Chu Qingxiao was a little confused, but after all, he was just an outsider to Cangying Village. Since Yue Jian had spoken, it was hard for him to find him and ask more questions.
He simply turned around, thinking of following his previous routine.
During the day, Chu Zhaozhao had to accompany Sanniang and the others to deal with the trivial matters in the village. No matter how fast he was, he would not come back until after noon today. Taking advantage of this opportunity, he could go home and deal with the bellyband matter to avoid future troubles.
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However, Sanniang and the others usually didn't go out until after midnight. It was still early at this moment. In order to avoid bumping into each other, Chu Qingxiao decided to hang out in the village for a while.
But after walking a few steps in the village, he bumped into Pang Zhuang. He was sweating profusely and holding a large wooden box in his hand.
After catching a glimpse of Chu Qingxiao, the big man's eyes lit up.
"Brother Chu! Why didn't you practice martial arts with the boss today?" He winked and said to Chu Qingxiao.
Ever since that day when Chu Zhaozhao knocked on the door to "catch an adulterer", some rumors spread in the village.
Chu Qingxiao was also very helpless about this. He explained it several times, but Yue Jian avoided talking about it, which made Chu Qingxiao's explanation become darker and darker.
"Miss Yue Jian has something to do today, so..." Chu Qingxiao could only choose to ignore Da Pang Zhuang's teasing gaze and explained patiently.
"Right."
"There is no bad land in this world, only exhausted cows. Brother Chu really can't work day and night. After all, he has one at home. It's good to have a rest. It's good to have a rest." Pang Pangzhuang squinted his eyes and said with a smile.
Chu Qingxiao felt a little dizzy and was about to explain.
But Pang Pangzhuang chuckled at this moment, and immediately stuffed the wooden box in his hand over: "Just in time, since you have nothing to do, help me send this thing to Xu Xiazi, I have to go down the mountain today to see if I can catch it
Catching big fish before the appointment.”
After Pang Pangzhuang said this, regardless of Chu Qingxiao's reaction, he turned around and hurried towards the village gate.
"I said..." Chu Qingxiao felt his hand heavy after taking the wooden box. He was caught off guard and almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, he had broken through yesterday and his strength had increased significantly. Otherwise, he might still be able to survive.
I will really be pressed by this wooden box, and in front of the big guys, I will put on a big show of a vicious dog attacking its food.
"This guy." Seeing that before his words were spoken, Pang Pangzhuang disappeared. Chu Qingxiao muttered angrily, but still walked towards the residence of the old man named Xu with the wooden box in his arms.
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Blind Xu, also known as Grandpa Xu in Yue Jian's mouth, is a very weird person.
Chu Qingxiao and Chu Zhaozhao also stayed in Gosying Village for a full half a month. Except for the first night, when the old man helped him talk to Chu Zhaozhao, Chu Qingxiao never saw the old man again.
I heard from people in the village that the old man named Xu was a blacksmith, and most of the weapons in the village were made by him.
In addition, Yue Jian respects him very much, so his status in the village is also very special.
The old man's residence is located on the north side of the stockade, at the innermost boundary. There is only his house nearby, so there is no need to identify it. You can see it when you walk to the innermost side of the stockade.
It was a not too big house. Before he even got close, Chu Qingxiao heard the sound of iron striking coming from the house, accompanied by black smoke rising from time to time from the chimney above.
Chu Qingxiao came to the door with the wooden box in his arms and knocked on the door.
"Mr. Xu, I've brought you something on behalf of Brother Pang."
Chu Qingxiao said towards the house, but except for the clanging sound of iron, there was no response.
Chu Qingxiao secretly thought that his voice was too soft, so he moved closer to the door, thinking of speaking louder.
But when his body touched the door, it made a muffled sound and slowly opened on its own.
Chu Qingxiao blinked his eyes, listening to the continuous sound of hammering in his ears, and secretly thinking in his heart that the wooden box in his hand was not light, and Xu Lao was also old, so he just helped him move it in.
With this thought in mind, Chu Qingxiao opened the door, held the wooden box in the direction of the sound of forging, walked through a small yard, and came to a door.
In the door, a white-haired old man was naked from the waist up, holding a hammer in his hand and constantly falling towards a red-hot sword embryo.
Every time the hammer fell, stars of fire exploded on the sword embryo.
In the furnace nearby, there are several sword embryos being tempered in the fire.
The temperature in the room was extremely high, and the old man was sweating profusely. What surprised Chu Qingxiao was that, logically speaking, the old man should be strong and strong to engage in such physical work, but in fact, the old man in the room was a little tall.
skinny.
It's hard to imagine how such a thin body could lift such a heavy hammer again and again.
Of course, this surprise only lasted a moment.
The next moment Chu Qingxiao opened his mouth to explain his intention.
"Put the things there." But before the words came out, the old man's voice suddenly sounded.
Chu Qingxiao was stunned and didn't know how the old man with his back turned knew of his arrival, but then he thought about it. It is said that the other senses of blind people will become more sensitive. It is probably because of this that the old man can detect his arrival.
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He put away his doubts and put the wooden box in his hand next to the door.
I was thinking of resigning, but before I could say the same thing, the old man's voice came again.
"Come here." The old man said.
The tone was tough and there was no intention of discussing with others.
Chu Qingxiao blinked his eyes, obviously he had not recovered from the old man's "naturally familiar" way of getting along with him.
This hesitation seemed to arouse the old man's dissatisfaction. At this time, the old man turned back to Chu Qingxiao and asked in a low voice: "Don't you understand human speech?"
Chu Qingxiao was murmuring in his heart, but in line with the fine tradition of "respecting the old and loving the young" that he had received from Chu Yueshan since he was a child, it was actually a fine tradition of punching and kicking.
He stepped forward anyway.
"Take it," the old man said again, and handed over the pliers holding the sword embryo.
Chu Qingxiao was already a little confused by the series of orders from the other party. With his head spinning, he subconsciously took the pliers, and the old man also thrust a hammer into his other hand.
"Remember, after five breaths, the hammer falls, from bottom to top."
"After nine hammers, turn it over and do this method again."
"Repeat sixty times."
The old man's voice sounded again.
"Ah?" Chu Qingxiao stared at the serious old man in front of him, his eyes full of confusion.
"Hit me, why are you staring at me?" The old man frowned.
"Oh..." Chu Qingxiao responded, a little confused and started to drop the hammer according to the old man's order.
"Be careful not to break this fine sword embryo!" the old man warned again.
Immediately he turned around, fumbled for the teapot beside him and took a sip, muttering in his mouth: "Didn't you ask Fatty Pang to come and help me blacksmith today?"
"Why is it replaced by a doll? Yue Jian's work is getting more and more unreliable."
Chu Qingxiao, who had raised the hammer and was about to drop it, was stunned when he heard this. He suddenly understood why Pang Pangzhuang was in such a hurry when he left after handing the things to him today...