Xiaoqiang pretended to touch his head and recalled.
"I dug it out of the soil when I was playing in the backyard."
"Ah? It was dug out of our backyard? Are you sure?"
Xiaoqiang nodded blankly and replied.
"If you don't believe it, dad and I will go to the backyard and have a look. The hole is still there."
After receiving his son's confirmation, the doubt on the father's face suddenly turned into a smile, and then he hugged his wife and said excitedly.
"It's paid, it's paid. Since this bead was dug out of our backyard, it belongs to us. Now my gambling debt is settled."
Seeing her husband's excitement and confusion, her mother confirmed.
"Can this bead be sold for twenty gold coins?"
The father nodded and said, "It's just a lot more. Looking at the size of these beads, I think I can probably sell thirty of them."
After hearing what her husband said, the surprise on my mother's face was beyond words.
But thinking of her husband's character, the mother quickly held the beads tightly in her hands and said in a firm tone.
"Since this bead is so valuable, I will keep it all after it is sold."
Seeing his mother's appearance, Xiaoqiang felt funny in his heart.
My father didn't dare to refute when he saw it, he just asked in a low voice.
"What about my gambling debts?"
Seeing that her husband was still thinking about the gambling debt, my mother's finally happy mood suddenly stopped and she said angrily.
"Of course I will pay you back, but I will never leave you a penny of the remaining money. All that money will be used for Xiaoqiang's tuition."
"Tuition?" My father didn't seem to understand what my mother meant and asked, "What tuition?"
The mother hummed, "I heard from the neighbors before that there is a magic academy in White Tiger City. Since our son has received the blessing from the temple, he can naturally enter the magic academy. As long as his son graduates from it, he will definitely be able to work in the White Tiger City Guards.
, when the time comes we can also leave this village and move to the city to live a good life."
The father is an ordinary person who sticks to his duties. He has never thought about letting his son study in a magic academy. After listening to his wife's words, he suddenly felt that this was a way out, but when he thought of the high tuition fees at the magic academy, he gave up.
"But I heard that the tuition fees at the Magic Academy are very high. Even if I sell this beast core, I may not be able to afford Xiaoqiang's tuition fees!"
The mother waved her hand and said with a smile, "You don't need to worry about this. I've already asked about it. The annual tuition for the Magic Academy is two gold coins, and it includes food and accommodation. As long as we save some money, it won't be a problem for our son to graduate from it.
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Seeing that his wife was resolute, his father couldn't say anything more, so he looked at Xiaoqiang and asked.
"Xiaoqiang, do you want to study at the Magic Academy?"
Xiaoqiang had long wanted to leave this home and go out to explore the world. Now that he had the opportunity due to his unintentional move, he was naturally willing to facilitate this matter, so he nodded.
"Of course I want to go to magic school."
Seeing her son agree, the mother immediately hugged Xiaoqiang happily.
"Well done, he is indeed my son. When my son graduates from the Magic Academy and becomes successful, he can take us to White Tiger City to enjoy the blessings."
Ever since the day she got the beast core, my mother seemed to have changed into a completely different person, looking at everyone with a malicious look on her face.
I carry the beast core in my arms all day long and am afraid that others will snatch it from me. Even when I am sleeping, I have to hold the beast core in my arms in order to sleep peacefully.
However, in the middle of the night, she would get up from time to time and look out the window, which made her father very helpless.
In the past few days, my father had been tortured several times and suggested selling the animal core, but my mother was afraid of being targeted by gangsters and never wanted to leave the yard.
It wasn't until the morning of the third grade of junior high school that my father mentioned the gambling debt, and my mother reluctantly left the house. The three of them drove the carriage straight to Baihu City early in the morning.
Along the way, Xiaoqiang leaned on the railing of the carriage and looked at the scenery along the way in boredom, while his father was driving the carriage and thinking about how to sell the animal core.
As for the mother, she was very nervous along the way, looking around and not saying anything. From time to time she would remind the father to pay attention to the pedestrians passing by, which made the father and son laugh out loud.
Baihu City is thirty miles away from the town where Xiaoqiang lives. The carriage traveled for most of the day. It was not until the sun set that the three of them arrived at the foot of Baihu City. However, as soon as they arrived at the gate of the city, they were attacked by the soldiers guarding the city.
Stopped.
I saw a ruthless soldier walking forward, arrogantly looking at the three of them, and then asked arrogantly.
"Where are you from and why are you in the city?"
My father had seen a lot and hurriedly got out of the carriage, nodded and bowed.
"We are villagers from Kumu Town, thirty miles away. We came to Baihu City to do something this time. Please ask the military master to let us in."
Seeing his father's poor attire, the soldier didn't bother to question him in depth. After briefly checking the carriage, he picked up his notebook and recorded it, and then said as if he was sending a beggar away.
"The entrance fee is three copper coins."
My father had long heard that he needed to pay a city entry fee to enter Baihu City. When he saw the military master reaching out his hand, he immediately understood what he meant, so he looked at his wife behind him and motioned for him to take the money and enter the city.
The mother didn't realize it and still held the bulging bundle without saying a word. Upon seeing this, the father hurriedly stepped forward to remind her.
"Get me three copper coins quickly."
Mother wondered: "What do you want three copper coins for?"
"I don't want it, it's the entrance fee."
"What? There is still a fee to enter the city? Is there any royal law for this?"
My mother, who had never been out much in her life, immediately screamed after hearing this. The loudness of her voice immediately attracted the soldier's attention, and his eyes turned malicious when he looked at him.
When his father saw this, he hurriedly covered his mother's mouth and whispered urgently.
"This is the rule of White Tiger City. You should say less, otherwise you will anger the military master and we will have to go to jail."
When my father said this, my mother was so frightened that she didn't dare to say anything and honestly handed over three copper coins.
After taking the copper coin, my father hurriedly came to the soldier, nodded and handed over the copper coin in his hand, but the soldier did not take it, but raised his head and ignored it.
Seeing that something was wrong, my father quickly apologized with a smile.
"Master Jun, you have a lot of people, and women have never been out of the house. What you just said were unintentional words. Don't take it to heart."
The soldier snorted coldly and glared at his mother sharply.
Frightened by the other person's expression, the mother quickly lowered her head in fear.
"The rules in White Tiger City are no longer one-day or two-day. Didn't you ask before you came here what the consequences will be if you don't want to pay."
Seeing that the soldier's anger did not subside, but he had the attitude of making a big fuss, the father, who was deeply afraid of harming his wife and children, turned around and gave his mother a slap in the face. The explosion was so loud in the empty city gate that it immediately attracted people.
The sight of countless passers-by.
"You are a clueless woman. I let you talk too much and contradict the military commander, but you still don't use the remaining coins to honor the military commander."