Chapter 80: Leaving Jiangzhou, the brothers reveal their shortcomings
After Cao Xiu made an agreement with Chen Fu at the blacksmith shop, he did not leave immediately.
Instead, he stayed and waited for Chen Shi's mother to come back from outside, and chatted with the couple for a long time.
Mainly talking about what happened after he and Chen Shi entered the clan.
In fact, after entering the mountain gate, Cao Xiu and Chen Shi separated. The two of them were busy with their own affairs and rarely had the chance to meet.
However, Cao Xiu talked a lot and managed to make the couple smile.
Of course, Chen Fu also knew that although according to Cao Xiu's words, his son was highly valued by an outer sect elder, he was definitely far behind compared to Cao Xiu.
Without mentioning anything else, let’s just say that the two of them started at the same time, and the fact that Cao Xiu was able to help his family get property was enough for him to know the gap between the two.
Even though Cao Xiu didn't tell him how much property there was in Xiaohan Mountain, it was obvious that he needed help from him.
When noon was approaching, Chen Fu pulled Cao Xiu and refused to let him go, while Aunt Chen also went to the kitchen early and cooked several dishes.
Chen Fu even took out a bottle of spiritual wine that he had treasured for many years and invited Cao Xiu to taste it together.
However, during the dinner, he didn't even say a word to ask Cao Xiu to help look after Chen Shi.
Because their two families already had a deep friendship, not to mention that they had been saved by Cao Xiu's father earlier. When Wang Wanzhen brought Cao Xiu and Cao Chong to Jiangzhou City, the Chen Fu family was busy with them.
Nor do they treat them as outsiders.
Even the shop run by the Wang family was actually bought with the help of Chen Fu.
Such a relationship, coupled with the fact that Cao Xiu and Chen Shi are similar in age and have studied and played together since they were teenagers. With this friendship, if he really asked Cao Xiu to take care of him, it would dilute the relationship between the two families.
friendship.
The meal didn't end until Shen Shi.
Cao Xiu's face turned red and he said goodbye to the two of them: "Uncle Chen, Aunt Chen, it's getting late, so I'll go back first.
My mother and I will go to Yishui tomorrow, and we will come back to you when we return!"
"Okay, be careful on the road!"
The couple sent him out with a smile, then stopped doing business, closed the shop and went back to the backyard to discuss things.
As Cao Xiu walked on the road, he felt drunk and burped in the wind.
Shaking his dizzy head, he couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart; "Uncle Chen's spiritual wine is not of high grade, but it has great stamina!"
It's not that he has never drank spiritual wine. During those days in Hanshan City, in order to win over him and Shen Xu, the monks from the Wang and Zhao families naturally treated him with hospitality, and they tasted several kinds of spiritual wine.
It's just that the drinks today were very high, and Uncle Chen kept urging me to drink, so I drank a few more glasses.
Fortunately, the exercises he majored in were mainly about tempering the body, so he looked young, but his body was very strong. As the pure yang energy circulated in his body, he quickly suppressed his drunkenness.
"call……"
Cao Xiu opened his mouth and spit out the smell of alcohol, and his eyes suddenly became clearer.
The two houses were not too far apart, and he quickly walked back to the alley.
"Meow……"
As soon as I walked in, a slightly childish meow came into my ears.
"Huh?"
Cao Xiu looked sideways and saw a black and white kitten walking out of his mother's room, and couldn't help but be surprised: "Why is there a cat in our house?"
"This was the day after my eldest brother and Brother Shitou left home to go to Daluoshan. My mother picked it up from outside.
It was still injured at the time, and I don’t know who had beaten it. My mother thought it was pitiful, so she took it back and raised it.”
Cao Chong ran over and carried the kitten to the table, then took out a plate of dried fish and placed it in front of it. He said with a smile: "It lay on the chair and slept last night. Didn't brother see it?"
"Well?"
Cao Xiu scratched his head. At that time, he was busy telling his mother and others about the passing of Xiaohan Mountain. How could he care about a mere kitten.
Besides, this guy is only the size of a palm at most, and he is very inconspicuous even when he is sitting on a chair.
"This guy, the food is good!"
Cao Xiu smiled and picked up a small dried fish, and stretched out his other hand to stroke the kitten.
As a result, the kitten shrank and escaped his hand.
"She must be a little scared of strangers!"
Cao Chong said: "When I first picked it up, I wasn't even allowed to touch it. It was only after I helped my mother to heal its injuries that it got much better!"
"All right!"
Cao Xiu shrugged and put the dried fish back without paying attention.
After another half an hour, Wang came back from outside.
Not only did she sell the shop, but she also asked the dental shop to change hands of the house.
Anyway, it is sold cheaply, so there is no need to worry about finding a buyer.
Just like that, the family started to pack their things and prepare to leave directly tomorrow.
Cao Xiu took out an emerald green bracelet and handed it to his mother: "Mom, there's quite a lot of space in this bracelet, take it and use it!"
This is a treasure he plundered from the Lin family's underground palace. Not only does it look good, it is among the top-grade storage instruments. When worn, it can match the silver bracelet left by his father.
"Huh? Okay!"
Wang originally wanted to let him keep it for himself.
However, when I think of my son who is willing to give away his spiritual veins, honoring me with a storage magic weapon is nothing.
Thinking of this, he no longer hesitated and reached out to take it.
She originally had magical instruments for storage, but when she first came to Jiangzhou to settle down, she had no money and in order not to delay the cultivation of her two sons, she sold her magical instruments for storage to them in exchange for cultivation resources.
Since she had practiced sacrificing before, Wang got started quickly. After a while, she refined the jade bracelet and put her own true essence mark on it.
With a storage device in hand, packing things becomes easier.
Early the next morning, they left directly without waiting for anyone from Yaxing to come and receive them.
After leaving the city, Cao Xiu released the flying boat, soared into the sky amidst his brother's excited shouts, and flew straight into the blue clouds.
"Ah! Ah! Ah!"
Cao Chong, who experienced flying for the first time, shouted and was very excited.
"Be honest!"
Behind her, Mrs. Wang was holding the kitten in her arms. She reached out and hit her youngest son on the head: "You are twisting around so much, aren't you afraid of falling?"
Of course, this is just to scare him.
After all, Cao Xiu has opened the protective shield of the flying boat, so that not even a breath of wind can blow in. Naturally, he is not afraid that Cao Chong will accidentally fall.
"hey-hey……"
Cao Chong rubbed his head and sat down beside his mother, no longer yelling, but his eyes were still wandering around, looking around and below.
Especially when he saw the escape lights controlled by other monks flying in the sky in the distance, his eyes shone even more.
"Brother, isn't this flying boat expensive?"
"It's okay. It cost almost a thousand spiritual stones!"
"Ah, so many?"
"Practice hard in the future. When you can control the flying boat, I will give you a better one!"
"real?"
Cao Chong's face was filled with surprise.
"When have I ever lied to you?"
"You lied to me about my pocket money years ago?"
"Well?"
Cao Xiu twitched his lips: "That time doesn't count!"
"Last summer, you tricked me into secretly sending letters to Master Yu's daughter..."