Ma Hongtao, who was still feeling a little dazed, suddenly felt that his head had been slapped hard.
"You can be regarded as a disciple of my Li Erdan. Can you be a promising person? Isn't it just a Hunyuan Pill?
Before I gave you that, you fainted from fright. If you are still so embarrassed in the future, get as far away from me as possible. I, Li Erdan, cannot afford to embarrass this person like you."
"Master, master, please don't be angry. Am I not a poor boy from the grassland?
I have no knowledge and I am making you laugh, but don’t worry, my disciples will definitely not embarrass you in the future."
Ma Hongtao, who was blushing with embarrassment, rubbed his still aching head and said with a silly smile on his face, making Xiao Linger and Giggling giggle.
"Tell me, kid, what is your background? Now that you have become my disciple, your family will not have any problems."
Li Erdan asked.
Having witnessed Ma Hongtao's Kung Fu with his own eyes, Li Erdan believed that this silly boy was definitely not an ordinary person.
"Master, disciple, my name is Ma Hongtao, and I am from the Ma family in the desert.
As for joining your family, don't worry, I am the next head of the Ma family. If anyone dares to challenge me, I will punch him to death."
Ma Hongtao held his head high and said proudly.
"Da Mo Ma Family, you are actually from the Da Mo Ma Family."
Guo Donglai, who was standing behind Li Erdan, couldn't help but exclaimed.
"Is the Ma family famous in the desert?"
Li Erdan looked back at Guo Donglai.
"Brother Erdan, you don't know much about the Chinese martial arts. A hundred years ago, the Ma family in the desert was the top family in the secular world. However, in recent years, the Ma family has kept a low profile and is somewhat lonely."
Guo Dong glanced at Ma Hongtao and said something cryptic.
In fact, Guo Donglai had already given Ma Hongtao face. Not only was the Ma family in the desert in decline, the situation was even worse than that of the Qing Gang.
"You guy, you don't have to be so cryptic when talking. Although our Ma family is in decline now, it's because the old men above me are too pedantic. If the Ma family is in my hands, it will definitely return to its past.
The glory is even higher."
Ma Hongtao said confidently.
In the following time, Ma Hongtao briefly talked about the situation of the Ma family, and Li Erdan and others had a general understanding of Ma Hongtao.
"Okay, you know what's going on here. If nothing happens, just go back. Come here often when you have time and treat this place as your home."
Li Erdan patted Ma Hongtao on the shoulder and said.
After all this trouble, it was almost early morning. There were only so many rooms in this small fishing village, and Li Erdan was not prepared to let Ma Hongtao and others stay here.
"Master, can you please do something better?"
Ma Hongtao also saw that it was getting late and it was indeed time to go home.
"Why should I be polite to Master?
If you have anything to say, don't be so mother-in-law.
Li Erdan still liked this cheap disciple very much.
"Master, your place is so far away from the city. Please lend me some taxi money. I only have five dollars left in my pocket. I walked here. You see it's so dark now."
"puff!"
Li Erdan had just taken a sip of tea into his mouth, and after listening to Ma Hongtao's words, he immediately sprayed Ma Hongtao in the face.
"What are you talking about? You came from the city?"
Not only Li Erdan, but almost everyone looked at Ma Hongtao in stunned silence.
"We're not just here. The three of us haven't eaten for two days. We've been living on streets, overpasses, and places like this these past few days."
Not far away, a simple and honest young man among the two people brought by Ma Hongtao muttered.
"I'm not mistaken. You are children of aristocratic families. You haven't eaten for two days. You walked hundreds of miles. There is no need to cry about poverty like me."
Li Erdan asked with his eyes widened.
"Master, who hasn't had a difficult day yet?
These days, even a penny can stump a heroic man. Qin Qiong even sold the yellow gelding for a little money for hotel accommodation.
But don’t worry, Master, if you help me now, one day I will pay back ten times the amount. Sooner or later, I will make our Ma family rich."
Ma Hongtao said confidently.
"Brother Hong Tao, we are all in this state. Brothers from the family are working as security guards in hotels. You are still pretending to be cool. I can see that the master is a big shot, so don't pretend to be cool with him.
Brother, I am starving to death. You are still pretending. If you had known that I would go out to work as security guards with my mistress and the others. At least I can have a full meal. Following you, we are almost starved to death and we can revitalize the family.
That."
The honest young man muttered.
"Xiao Liu, shut up. You, Brother Hong Tao, and I are just down for a moment. In the future, we will surely lead our Ma family to the top of the world."
"Crack!"
Li Erdan, who was on the side, didn't understand what was going on, but he roughly understood it. Seeing that his cheap disciple was still slapping his face and pretending to be fat, Li Erdan couldn't help it anymore. Looking at his head, he looked like a big
hand.
"Shut up, don't talk, let them talk."
After Li Erdan glared at Ma Hongtao fiercely, he turned to Xiao Ling'er and Xiao Jiu.
"Whatever is ready-made to eat at home, hurry up and get some for the three of them, so they don't starve to death."
"Master, we don't want to eat snacks. There is nothing to eat at home."
Xiaojiu said.
"Let me see the car and buy some. There is a 24-hour supermarket not far away. It only takes more than ten minutes to drive back and forth. I will be back."
Guo Donglai said.
Guo Dong came and went to buy food for the three of them, and Li Erdan began to ask the three of them how they, who were dignified Xuan-level warriors, could be so bad.
You don't know if you don't ask. After asking, Li Erdan realized how unreliable his cheap disciple was.
The Ma family in the desert has remained standing for hundreds of years, and its main source of livelihood is trading with the customs and selling cattle, horses, sheep and other livestock.
This method of trade within and outside the customs was still OK a few decades ago.
However, with the increasing strength of China, convenient transportation, the rapid development of the breeding industry in the pass, and many other reasons, the way of survival that the Ma family relied on was no longer enough to support a large family.
And this family is all stupid, they don't know how to do business, and they don't know how to adapt.
The old man of the Ma family saw that the family was declining day by day and it was really unsustainable, so he sent the younger members of the family to go out on their own.
Ma Hongtao accepted his grandfather's order and came to Shanghai City with his grandfather's expectations and opened a souvenir shop in the city.