Chapter 37: Rebirth: The girl next door has not yet grown up
The palace city is surrounded by a harsh light, and the beauty of the city falls into pieces during the day.
The winter in Mingzhou City is extremely cold. The streets and buildings are covered with snow, and there are very few pedestrians.
Beside the dirt road outside the city, refugees in ragged clothes gathered together, looking at the city gate with numb expressions. If you are lucky and encounter the government office or a big family in the city coming to offer porridge, you can live for a few more days. If you are unlucky, you can survive overnight.
In the past, it was not uncommon to freeze to death on the roadside.
Ning Yan avoided the crowd and sat down in an open space. He looked up at the gloomy sky and couldn't help but cursed: "Kaiyao was seven years ago...then the hell wasn't ten years ago?! Are you kidding me?
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Fate seemed to have played a huge joke on him. The various visions in the room before coma made him think that he could finally rise again, but when he opened his eyes again, he was inexplicably transported to Kaiyao Seven Years.
All of this was so real, the crunching feeling of the snow under his feet, the stinging pain of the wind on his face, so real that Ning Yan couldn't help but wonder if he had really traveled through time again.
"System? Where is the system's father? Please help!"
The only person who responded to him was Xiao Xiao Feng Sheng.
The air sea was empty, and there was no strange voice in his head. Ning Yan carefully sorted out his situation. At the moment, he seemed to be no different from other refugees.
To say that the special thing is that it may be able to know the major events that will happen in the next ten years, but this will not be of much use in a short period of time.
He is so poor now that he can't even pay the taxes needed to enter the city, and he might not be able to survive this winter.
After thinking about it, Ning Yan realized that this was simply a disaster start.
At this moment, a strange movement at the city gate attracted his attention.
"Don't crowd, don't crowd!"
The heavy city gate was slowly pushed open, and several guards held long guns to stop the refugees who came forward, and forced a passage.
A group of people followed closely behind, and with the support of the guards, they ran to the city wall, raised a campfire and set up a boiler. Bag after bag of corn was poured into the large iron pot and slowly cooked. The aroma of the grain filled the air immediately, making everyone's mouths water.
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Looking at this posture, it seems that a kind person came to give porridge.
The refugees were very greedy for the pot of corn porridge, but for a while no one dared to go there.
The leader of the group is a burly middle-aged man with arms and waist. He is wearing a green feather cloak and a snow cap covering most of his face. He obviously has a very charlatan attitude, but he is dressed like a wealthy businessman.
It seems nondescript.
It would not be inappropriate to say that he was a gangster who had just robbed a rich man.
Ning Yan didn't care about so many things. His stomach was already empty. He crossed the crowd and walked forward. He first saluted the wealthy businessman Shi Ran, then picked up a pottery bowl from the table and started to cook.
The accompanying servants were about to stop him from his rude behavior, but the wealthy businessman waved his hands and said not to care. Instead, he asked with interest: "Looking at your outfit, have you studied?"
"Students have spent some time in Heshan Academy." Ning Yan replied without blushing, and his words were half true and half false, but they were not completely lies.
The reputation of Heshan Academy is still good in Mingzhou, and the eyes of the people around him suddenly changed. The wealthy businessman pondered for a moment, asked his servant to bring paper and pen, and randomly asked a few questions for the exam.
Ning Yan knew that this was his chance, so he immediately put down the pottery bowl, rolled up his sleeves and started writing. Not only did he answer flawlessly, but his good calligraphy also made the wealthy businessman shine. It didn't take long for the two of them to meet each other.
I hate the feeling of being late.
"How could you, your Excellency, be such a talented person and fall into such a situation?"
Ning Yan sighed falsely: "There was a disaster in my hometown, so I just fled here."
"Well, life is not easy these days." The wealthy businessman nodded in agreement, then took off his hood, revealing a chiseled face with Chinese characters, and said sincerely: "I happen to be short of a teacher in my house, I wonder if you would be willing to give in?
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Ning Yan was shocked when she saw his appearance clearly.
Chai Mingyuan?!
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Unlike ten years later, when business was at its peak with business all over the world, today’s Chai family can only be said to be quite famous in Mingzhou.
Of course, Chai Mingyuan at this time also looked different from the good old man with a big belly. Judging from the time, he should have just taken over the affairs of the Chai family two years ago, and he was at the peak of martial arts.
Ning Yan sat by the window, looking at the pavilions and waterside pavilions in the courtyard of Chai Mansion, feeling a little lost for a moment.
Everything is so familiar, yet so strange.
"Sir, what do you mean by this sentence?"
A milky voice brought him back to reality.
Ning Yan turned around and saw the youthful version of Chai Jingyi holding up the scroll and trying to get closer to him.
"This... then, you should memorize "Cangjie Chapter" first. It's a bit early for this."
Ning Yan made a few casual remarks, and he would forget them all in a few years anyway, so it would be better to just be a happy waste from the beginning.
"Sir, what you said is wrong!" Chai Jingyi corrected him with a solemn face: "The sage has said that if you are forty or fifty, you will not hear about it. This is nothing to be afraid of. I am almost six years old after the Chinese New Year, how can I return the favor?
Are you wasting your time studying in Meng?"
Ning Yan was stunned for a moment after hearing these words, and couldn't help but applaud: "Well said, I suddenly became very interested in your growth trajectory."
Then I gave him a thick stack of homework.
Chai Jingyi still didn’t know what the dangers of the world were, and his lips trembled slightly: "Sir, is this too much..."
"The sage also said that the deceased is like a man, and he does not give up day and night. You must seize the time, I am optimistic about you." Ning Yan turned over the window sill and told him before leaving: "Don't be lazy, I will check." p>
"Ahhhhhh!"
Ning Yan left with brisk steps, and the five-year-old boy's cry of collapse could be heard vaguely behind him.
He has been to Chai Mansion countless times. Even if they are ten years apart, the basic structure of the house is still very much the same.
Since he came here because of Chai Ruru, there is no reason not to find another person involved.
Ning Yan walked through the house in a familiar manner and finally arrived at the school grounds.
The other servants in the Chai Mansion all know where this place is and usually don't come in to disturb it, so there is only one person present in the school grounds at this time.
"Drink!"
A small figure danced into a swimming dragon in the field, her whole body full of energy, and ordinary boxing skills actually exerted great power in her hands.
Looking at his realm, it is clear that he is already at the peak of the ninth grade, and will be at his peak the day after tomorrow!
The intrusion of outsiders obviously caught the girl's attention. She stopped her movements and said on guard: "Who are you? Why haven't I seen you before?"
She should be only seven years old now, and her facial features have not yet developed, but she is smart and lovely. It can be seen that she is a beautiful woman. Ning Yan took a few rough looks and said, "I am the new teacher in the house.
I accidentally entered this place by mistake. Please don’t blame me, Miss."
"Really?" The girl frowned and looked at this strange man. Suddenly, her feet moved and she rushed towards him with full energy in her fists!
Ning Yan raised his eyelids and subconsciously used the steps in Fuliu Shenfa.
He was so impressed by this girl's fists.
Although Ning Yan has no cultivation for the time being, his opponent is just a seven-year-old girl without much combat experience, and they are equally matched for a while.
But it didn't take long for him to feel that he was powerless and shouted quickly: "Stop chasing me, I am really a teacher!"
"How can any teacher have such good body skills!"
"What is this...I can teach you!"
As soon as she finished speaking, the girl stopped chasing and asked seriously: "Is it true?"
Ning Yan held his knees with his hands and was out of breath from exhaustion: "Zhenjiao Zhenjiao...let me take a break."
The two walked to the stone bench and sat down together. The girl glanced at the useless adult and said, "I'm starting to believe that you are a teacher."
"I was originally..." Ning Yan shook his head helplessly, and then took out two pieces of honey cake from his arms: "Would you like to eat it?"
The girl's eyes lit up, but she quickly suppressed the desire in her heart and turned her head like a little adult: "I don't eat food from strangers."
Ning Yan was persuasive: "We didn't know each other before fighting, and now we are no longer strangers. Let me treat you."
Chai Ruru has liked eating honey cakes since he was a child. Just before he went out, he saw two pieces placed on Chai Jingyi's table, so he confiscated them on the way, just in time to borrow flowers to offer to Buddha.
The girl swallowed. She was hungry after practicing for so long. She snorted softly on the tip of her nose: "Okay then."
Taking the honey cake that was handed to her, the girl immediately took a small bite. The sweet feeling bloomed on the tip of her tongue, and she narrowed her eyes with satisfaction.
Although this man seemed sneaky, he was willing to teach her body skills and even treated her to honey-bean candy cakes. It was really...
Wrong!
The girl suddenly became alert and raised her eyebrows: "What are your intentions?"
"What's the intention?" Ning Yan only found it funny: "It's nothing to treat friends to a honey cake. If you like it, I'll bring you something new next time."
"Friend, friend?"
"Yes, don't you want to?"
"No..."
Is this a friend? This is what it feels like to have friends.
The girl patted her little face to concentrate, stood up and said, "Thank you for the honey cake, I'm going to practice martial arts."
Ning Yan's expression froze and he said blankly: "Don't you want to rest for a while?"
After practicing for so long, you only rested for less than five minutes...
"No need." The girl took the time to adjust her breathing: "Dad never stopped even when he was so tired. I want to help him share more of his burden."
"I'll leave the matter of body skills to you tomorrow."
Ning Yan was silent in a rare moment.
It’s really heartwarming in a sensible way...
"By the way, my name is Chai Ruru, what about you?"
Ning Yan rubbed her little head out of habit: "Ning Yan."
"Ning, Yan." Xiao Chai Ruru chewed these two words carefully, suddenly raised her head, blinked and asked: "Then I call you... Brother Yan, is it okay?"
Hiss...
Ning Yan's hands shook and she took a breath of cold air.