Chu Qingxiao's father, Chu Yueshan, often said this.
Qian is a bastard, but he is so good-looking.
Chu Qingxiao considers himself not a person who loves money, but...
Chu Zhaozhao really gave too much.
"Five hundred liters a day."
"It will last for ten days. After the period is over, if you still don't believe me, I will give you another ten taels of silver."
Chu Yueshan and Sun Kuan worked exhaustingly in the rice and grain shop. Together, they only made a little over four taels a month.
Even if we don't take into account the ten taels of silver promised by Chu Zhaozhao, these ten days, 500 taels of silver per day, together, are a full five taels, which is more than what Chu Yueshan and Sun Kuan earned in a month.
After all, Chu Qingxiao still did not have the consciousness to regard money as dirt.
Just play house with her.
With this thought, Chu Qingxiao succumbed to the windfall of five hundred yuan a day.
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"Your memory is trivial."
"If we want to find out the truth, we must first understand what happened in Wuling City after Zhuyin besieged the city!"
"So, I think the first step in our plan to save Wuling City is to find your Gone City Codex!"
Chu Zhaozhao seemed particularly excited after getting Chu Qingxiao's consent.
With high spirits, she titled this operation as saving Wuling City, and at the same time made the first step of the plan.
Chu Qingxiao was not very interested in this. He didn't know whether Chu Zhaozhao was a disciple of Tianxuan Mountain, nor did he understand what her purpose was.
He didn't think much about it.
However, even though Chu Qingxiao was thinking this, he still led Chu Zhaozhao to his former home with the intention of taking people's money and eliminating disasters for them.
"This is your home?" Chu Zhaozhao just walked to Baishui Street and his eyes fell on a tall house door in the middle of the street.
"The one next to it." Chu Qingxiao shook his head and pointed to a short lintel next to the house.
"That's it?" Chu Zhaozhao was a little surprised. Early this morning, he resolved the misunderstanding with Chu Yueshan and heard that Chu Zhaozhao was from Tianxuan Mountain.
Chu Yueshan was bragging for a while, from his qualifications to his vision, to how he had been respected in Wuling City over the years, he couldn't stop talking about it. What made him most proud of it was this house in the busy city, and even more so.
Mentioned many times.
Of course, this was due to a man's vanity, but more importantly, he was afraid that Zhao Nianshuang, who he had brought up since childhood, would be bullied in an unfamiliar place like Tianxuan Mountain.
Although, my ability is just a drop in the bucket compared to Tianxuan Mountain.
But that's probably all he can do.
Because of this, Chu Zhaozhao subconsciously believed that the house that Chu Yueshan had repeatedly made famous should have a high-walled courtyard...
"Baishui Street is a bustling area in Wuling City. The land is expensive. The salary that the government officials receive per year is only forty or fifty taels. My father takes care of my two children, Nian Shuang and me. He has not missed out on the private schools he should attend and the skills he should learn.
It has been difficult to save the money to buy this yard in the past ten years." Chu Qingxiao probably saw Chu Zhaozhao's doubts and whispered.
"That's true, but what is the relationship between Uncle Chu and the little master uncle? Why do you need to raise the little master uncle?" Chu Zhaozhao asked, and when the three words "little master uncle" were mentioned, the girl's eyebrows,
What flashed through was genuine admiration.
But Chu Qingxiao did not take the other party's identity as a disciple of Tianxuan Mountain seriously. He ignored the other party's questions and just walked towards the house.
Chu Zhaozhao curled his lips when he saw this, and muttered with some dissatisfaction: "Hey! Don't forget, I am the employer now!"
Chu Qingxiao ignored the shouts of the girl behind him and walked to the door of his former room.
Looking at the familiar door and courtyard wall, he felt somewhat mixed in his heart.
At that time, he took a deep breath, reached out and knocked on the door.
This small courtyard is now the property of the county magistrate, and he is not sure if there is anyone to guard it.
After a few knocks, he stopped knocking and stood aside quietly waiting.
Chu Zhaozhao was obviously impatient. She looked up at the low courtyard wall and was already thinking about how to climb over the wall and get admitted.
But at this moment, a sound of footsteps suddenly came.
With the soft sound of the door bolt being pulled, the courtyard door was slowly opened from the inside.
An old man stuck his head out. He was a little sleepy. While rubbing the corners of his eyes, he said impatiently: "This house has been replaced."
But as soon as he said these words, he saw clearly the appearance of the person coming.
The old man was startled and shuddered: "What...what are you doing here?"
As he spoke, he wanted to close the door. He looked like he was afraid that if he stayed with Chu Qingxiao for a while longer, he would be haunted by evil spirits.
Seeing this, Chu Qingxiao quickly stretched out his hand to block the door and said with a wry smile: "Old sir, don't be afraid. I just came back to pick up some old things. I don't mean any harm."
"Old things? I threw them all away..." the old man said in a low voice with a bitter look on his face.
"Throw it away? Why did you throw it away?" When Chu Zhaozhao heard this, he couldn't hold it back. His eyes widened and he walked up.
The old man became increasingly guilty and muttered in a low voice: "It is said that Mr. Chu has found evil things. Who can say for sure whether those old things he has used are contaminated with evil spirits?"
"I was watching the yard alone and was so scared that I threw them away."
"You're such a shameless old man! You've done nothing wrong, so you're afraid of someone knocking on the door!" Chu Zhaozhao was so angry that he stepped forward to argue.
The menacing look frightened the old man back again and again. Seeing this, Chu Qingxiao quickly reached out to stop him. The old man also took advantage of this opportunity and hurriedly closed the door.
"If you let him go, where can we find the manuscript!?" Seeing the old man hiding in the house, Chu Zhaozhao suddenly became furious.
"What's the use of threatening him? He's just a janitor, and it's only human nature to be afraid of ghosts and gods. Asking him where he threw his things is the only way to remedy the situation." Chu Qingxiao advised kindly.
There is some truth to this, and Chu Zhaozhao naturally understands it.
But he just couldn't see the way Chu Qingxiao was holding back, so he snorted coldly, turned his head and looked to the side, and muttered: "We have agreed, if you don't do something good, I will deduct your wages."
Chu Qingxiao smiled helplessly and stopped arguing. He turned to look at the door and stretched out his hand to knock again.
But before his hand landed on the door panel, he suddenly felt the corner of his clothes being pulled.
He looked back and saw a boy with a tiger-like head coming behind him at some point. Seeing Chu Qingxiao turning around, the boy grinned, revealing a missing front tooth on his teeth. "Liu Pei." Chu Qingxiao recognized him.
.
"Brother Qingxiao, come with me." The boy said with a smile, pulling Chu Qingxiao to leave.
Chu Qingxiao was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly smiled bitterly and said: "Xiao Pei, brother Qingxiao has something to do today. I'll see you to play another day."
But Liu Pei seemed not to have heard Chu Qingxiao's words, dragging Chu Qingxiao towards the door of his room.
Chu Qingxiao was a little helpless. He turned to look at Chu Zhaozhao apologetically, fearing that this hot-tempered girl would get angry again and take action against the little kid Liu Pei.
But the strange thing is that when he looked at Chu Zhaozhao, the girl was frowning and staring at Liu Pei, not knowing what she was thinking.
Chu Qingxiao was dragged to the door of his house by Liu Pei.
Squeak——
Some old doors were pushed half open, making a harsh sound like rotten wood being sawed open.
Although the sky was a little dark because of the non-stop snow, the Liu family's courtyard was a bit gloomier than the gray sky.
Looking around, I saw that the narrow corridor was claustrophobic and crowded, and it was so dark that there was no light at all, so that I could not see clearly what was ahead.
The darkness in the depths was so dense that it seemed like a living thing, wriggling and surging there...
It's like a long corridor leading to hell, straight to the unspeakable abyss.
Chu Qingxiao couldn't help but be startled, feeling a little frightened for no reason.
But the boy beside him didn't seem to feel anything unusual. He stood in the room, his figure overlapping and blending with the darkness.
"Brother Qingxiao, come on..."
"Come quickly..."
"Come quickly..."
His childish voice sounded, echoing in the dark corridor.
And the echo stirred up the echo.
Overlapping back and forth, interweaving without stopping.
He waved to Chu Qingxiao, and the corners of his face and mouth in the darkness raised in a strange and exaggerated arc.
Chu Qingxiao felt his scalp numb and his whole body was frozen in place.
Boom.
Boom.
At this moment, a dull sound of footsteps suddenly came from the house.
Chu Qingxiao looked up and saw a tall black shadow walking from the depths of darkness.
He was tall and tall, and every step he took made a dull sound.
The voice seemed to have some kind of magic power, penetrating Chu Qingxiao's eardrums and reaching his heart.
His heart kept trembling with the sound of footsteps.
Waves of chill that were even colder than the wind and snow outside came over me.
It felt like the dark beast driven by candlelight that Chu Qingxiao had seen in that weird nightmare.
They are tall and cold.
Cruel and evil.
Chu Qingxiao's pupils began to shrink violently, and the image of the Yin beast raging began to reappear in his mind.
But the figure in the darkness was getting closer step by step, and the sound of footsteps became increasingly dull.
Soon he passed Liu Pei in the darkness and walked to the door of the room. At this time, a hand stretched out, as if he wanted to drag Chu Qingxiao into the terrifying darkness.
At that moment, Chu Qingxiao felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar, his body was shaking, but he could not move.
He could only watch helplessly, as the hand got closer and closer to him in the darkness...