Guo Jiaqi swung his last knife. At this time, the old man came over, holding the half-eaten fruit in his hand. He looked at the slightly trembling tip of the knife, sighed, and said: "It seems that the difference is still far away."
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"You know nothing. If you have the guts, you can take that thing and draw the knife five hundred times. If you can still raise your hand, I'll call you grandpa." After saying that, Guo Jiaqi was about to put away the knife and come back.
"Don't move." The old man called him to stop. "I didn't say what I just said, it was Brother Chen who said it."
Guo Jiaqi looked at him with disbelief.
"Don't believe it, Brother Chen was indeed here before, but he seemed to think of something, so he went out with the little girl. He said something to me before leaving." The old man took another bite of the fruit in his hand.
"That sentence just now?" Guo Jiaqi wondered when Chen Mo had been so boring and asked someone else to convey it to him after saying such a boring thing.
"No, that's just half a sentence."
"Can you finish it all at once?"
Lao Dantou tried to put the leftover fruit in his hand on the tip of the knife that Guo Jiaqi had not put down, but he tried several times without success, so he simply finished it by himself.
"Brother Chen said, after you practice five hundred sword draws, if you can still hold a fruit for half an hour, you will be considered a pass."
"But, you saw it just now. Let alone half an hour, you can't even do it for half an hour. Tsk, tsk, tsk, mistress, keep working hard."
The old man shook his head and sighed.
"Finished?"
"That's it."
"Then don't get out of here."
"Okay." The old man took just two steps, then turned around and said, "I really want to be your grandfather, but time is not forgiving. If I were as old as you, let alone five hundred, even five thousand.
no problem."
"roll!"
On the street, walking on the busy road, Xiao Yanyu once again pulled my Chen Mo's sleeve. She suddenly felt that she hadn't pulled his sleeve for a long time.
Chen Mo suddenly called out Xiao Yanyu and only said: "Go out for a walk." The little girl put down the book in her hand and followed Chen Mo out.
Chen Mo himself went out two or three times and basically walked around the entire Xiayang City. No matter there were more or less people, on the avenues or in the alleys, he was more like a beast patrolling his territory than playing around.
Xiao Yanyu went out many times after he recovered from his injury. Unlike Chen Mo, there was someone accompanying him every time he went out. Unlike Chen Mo, who was simply familiar with the environment, Xiao Yanyu enjoyed the life here more, such as the streets.
Go shopping for candied haws, go to the cloth shop with the Chen family and the Yang family and listen to their interesting bargaining, or sit in the carriage of the Escort Bureau, going to and from various stores, and eating melon seeds.
"Chen Mo, sister Jiayue and brother Buping are getting married the day after tomorrow. What are you going to give them?" Xiao Yanyu spoke up. With Chen Mo, he was the first to speak almost every time.
"No."
An expected answer.
"How can this be done? Send gifts and blessings. Besides, they take such good care of us. Not giving gifts would be against the rules."
"No money."
"Ah~." Xiao Yanyu was a little crazy. "This one isn't there, that one isn't there. What will you do if you want to buy something in the future? Are you going to rob it?"
"No need to buy."
"Okay, I lost to you." Xiao Yanyu said a little weakly. "When the time comes, I will write a few words of blessing to them, and it will be considered as our gift."
"Yesterday I just got paper and inkstones and the writing brush from Brother Pingping." At this point, the little girl started to digress. "The writing brush is much better than when my father taught me to write with branches at home, and it can be written well."
The words are also fragrant."
In fact, the pen and ink is not very fragrant. The little girl just likes the smell of the ink and has never smelled it before.
"Listen to you."
"Also, have you been to Brother Buping's room? There are many, many books there."
"Like it?"
"I like it, of course I do." Xiao Yanyu said happily.
The two of them walked slowly on the street. Xiao Yanyu talked about what was good about the Guo family, while Chen Mo listened and responded in brief words.
The sound of horse hooves did not interrupt Xiao Yanyu's chirping.
When pedestrians on the road hear the sound of horse hooves, they will give way to the spacious road so that the horses can pass together, and no common people will stand in the middle after being full. After all, all those who can ride a horse are
The people who are powerful or wealthy will die in vain unless they meet a good and selfless official, so ordinary people have the self-consciousness of ordinary people.
Chen Mo also stretched out his hand to protect Xiao Yanyu and stepped aside to get out of the way. For Chen Mo, having strength does not necessarily mean playing the role of a hero who eliminates harm for the people. Heroes are all spoken by storytellers.
Several horses passed by Chen Mo, and one horse stopped first, looked at Chen Mo, and said, "What a coincidence."
Chen Mo looked around and saw the man who was pestering Guo Jiayue that he saw in the corridor that day.
"Isn't this the little barbarian from the Guo family, coming out to play? It doesn't look like that. Oh, by the way, I heard that the Guo family has a happy event. Are you here to get something for them? But can you do it? I'm afraid this is the first time.
Go into the city, be careful not to be deceived." Sun Zhiyuan seemed to be concerned, but actually said with a mocking tone.
Then he sat on the horse, bent down, and said to Chen Mo: "I don't know when you will leave the city. Then I will pay you a courtesy."
When he talked about the latter part, he gritted his teeth and continued to say in a gloomy voice: "My sword has not drunk blood for a long time."
Then he glanced at the little girl hiding behind Chen Mo and said, "Is this your sister? Don't worry, I won't let her stay alone in the world. Look, isn't this young master very kind-hearted? Uh-huh.
Ha ha ha ha."
"If you keep hiding in the Guo family and never leave the city, well, you can indeed live for a while longer, but only for a while."
After speaking, he straightened up and continued to have fun with his friends.
A few people and horses left, and the streets closed together again like a river that had been temporarily separated. However, no one cared about what the high-status young man just said to the plainly dressed young man. As the saying goes, it's none of your business.
rise.
"Who was that person just now?"
Watching the man leave, Xiao Yanyu stood up from behind Chen Mo: "They look so fierce, as if they want to eat us, so scary."
"I am here."
"Where were we talking about just now?" Chen Mo said "I'm here", and Xiao Yanyu started to find their original topic again.
"Speaking of buying cloth."
"Oh, yes, yes, just two days ago..."
The two walked aimlessly, taking Xiao Yanyu to touch some ancient city walls, but they could not bring her to the top of the city. They saw the majestic governor's mansion, but of course it was only at the door. They also saw the sound of reading loudly.
Private school, Xiaozui also read a few sentences more eagerly.
There were old fortune tellers under the dead trees, storytellers in the alleys, and charlatans who played tricks. Except for the places with heavy rouge and powder, Xiao Yanyu had really seen the scenery of the small town.
It was already dark when we returned to the Escort Bureau. The little girl was lying on Chen Mo's back, her little feet dangling, and she was muttering to herself why Chen Mo didn't take her to see the fragrance of flowers and the smell of warblers.
The place where swallows sound.
"Ah, where have you two gone? You haven't seen anyone for a day."
As soon as I returned to the escort agency and stepped into the door, I heard Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Wang shouting.
"Aunt Chen and Wang, do you have anything to do with us?"
Xiao Yanyu asked with his head on Chen Mo's back.
"Have you eaten?" Aunt Wang asked.
"Nope."
"If you don't want to eat, just wait and eat. The food is still hot in the kitchen. Let's take care of business now." Mrs. Chen pulled Chen Mo and walked inside.
Chen and Wang took him to their residence, where there was a woman who seemed to be waiting for them.
"Oh, Sister-in-law Li, I kept you waiting for a long time, but the people have been found. Please measure them quickly." Ms. Wang said apologetically.
"It's okay, it's okay, we are all neighbors." Neighbor Sister-in-law Li said with a smile.
This sister-in-law Li and Xiao Yanyu had met her once in a cloth shop when she and Mrs. Chen were out. She was a neighbor of the Guo family. Her family was in the cloth business. They had a small shop on the street that specialized in making clothes for ordinary people.
, the business is pretty good, and the Guo family often brings fabrics from their home.
Xiao Yanyu got off Chen Mo's back and politely called "Aunt Li".
The two stood still, and Aunt Li held a measuring rope to measure the two of them.
"Chen Mo, Yan Yu, the day after tomorrow is the day when Jiayue and Buping will get married, and Aunt Chen wants Aunt Li to help you make a new set of clothes."
"No, thank you very much for our food and accommodation, and we also have clothes to wear." Xiao Yanyu refused.
"You little girl, don't you think Chen Mo is as outgoing as you." Mrs. Chen pinched Xiao Yanyu's cheek. "Besides, the old clothes you wear from Jiayue and Jiaqi are somewhat inappropriate."
Chen Mo didn't show up? That's because he was so eloquent that he was too lazy to speak. Xiao Yanyu thought helplessly in his heart, but he still had to shirk it.
Seeing the little girl trying to push away, Mrs. Chen immediately stopped her: "When the time comes, your sister Jiayue will be dressed beautifully, and you must also be dressed beautifully, otherwise your sister Jiayue will not be happy.
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Mrs. Chen said so, and Xiao Yanyu didn't shirk anymore and let Aunt Li play with the measuring rope on her body.
After coming out of Chen's side, the two of them filled a big bowl with food in the kitchen. Then, with Chen Mo's help, they jumped up to the roof of the kitchen and started eating at night.