When Xu Xian came out of the house wearing a pair of well-made new clothes, he saw that his bowl was filled with mountains of fish meat. He patted his forehead and smiled bitterly: "Mom, how can you eat so much?"
"Why can't you eat so much?" Xu Xianniang stared at her, "It's the time to grow taller and longer. What should I do if my son loses weight due to hunger?" She kept talking about chopsticks.
Xu Xian stroked a few folds of his new clothes and carefully sat down on the chair. The servants serving the New Year's Eve dinner in the Xu family brought out the warm five-year-old Xu wine. The temperature was just right to let the pear aroma of the wine come out. Xu's head
The family gave each of these servants a five-cent red paper envelope and sent them all back to spend the year together. In addition to being a reward for a year's hard work, there was also the intention of continuing their appointment in the coming year. Although the money was not much,
However, the Xu family is well-known as a good master and rarely dismisses servants.
When the servants in the Xu family's house happily took the red paper bag and went home for the New Year, only a family of three was left in the house in the dining room. The wine was warm, the charcoal fire was strong, the dishes were fragrant, and everyone was reunited.
Mrs. Xu poured wine for Mr. Xu and his son. She was not good at drinking, so she poured half of the wine into the cup, which made Mr. Xu laugh and scold him, saying that the taste of Mr. Xu's wine would be weak if mixed with water. What a prodigal woman.
Son.
Xu, who has an average capacity for drinking, drank two glasses of Xujiang first. When he blushed and could barely speak, he told his parents in bits and pieces about the worldly things he had learned on the way back to his hometown, but what happened to him at the Black Shop on Dashu Cross Slope was...
I skipped it intentionally or unintentionally, and just picked out some interesting things that he thought. One of them was eating red potato porridge in an inn, and I picked out a large meat worm. When I asked the waiter to talk about it, he quickly snatched it away with his quick eyes and hands.
I swallowed it raw, claiming it was a fat piece of meat, and slept on those flea-infested beds for one night. When I woke up tomorrow morning, I had to pay at least two taels of blood to go in. The next day, I went to the shopkeeper to argue, and I had to pay two cents cheaper for rent.
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Xu Xian, who took this all as a joke, saw his mother's eyes wet. Apart from being anxious, he couldn't help but feel a little lucky. Fortunately, he didn't tell the story about how he was almost made into a human meat dumpling, otherwise he might have made a big fuss.
Look.
Looking up and downing the glass of wine, Xu Toujia patted his son's much stronger shoulders and said, "You know that my son is a person who can endure hardships and do great things. This way, dad can feel free to introduce him to that adult. No matter when the time comes,
Whether you are in the army or in the world of martial arts, you can use your skills to shine and shine on the lintel, it is just around the corner."
Xu Xian smiled bitterly and said: "Dad, don't be so shabby. I used your face to go to Wuhang City this time and came back in despair. Where is the lack of a two-story warrior now? If you join the army, you will just be a small soldier.
Since then, there is no war in Jiangzhou, and promotion does not depend on connections and money, so why not come back early to help with the family business."
"Dad is still strong, so there's no need to be in such a hurry to come back and take over the job." Mr. Xu smiled half-heartedly, "What's more, I'm just teaching you Xu's brewing craft now. It won't take three to five years to become a master? Don't worry, dad, it's early."
I've thought of a way for you."
"Sir." Xu Toujia filled his glass with wine again, and while shaking the glass, he talked to Xu Xian, "You are from Jianghu, and you should know more about Jianghu affairs than dad. Do you know this place in Jiangzhou?"
Which one is the largest in the world today?"
Xu Xian's expression was slightly different: "Songfeng Mountain."
"Yes, he is indeed my son." Xu Toujia shrank his big belly in the chair, lowered his voice and said: "It's the one who just wiped out the Zhang family and that Yanyu Tower.
In Songfeng Mountain, the poor old Zhang family only has the orphan and widowed mother who had the foresight to leave long ago. The rest were beheaded and exiled, so the Zhang family is gone..."
With a gloomy expression, Xu Xian thought of Wei Changpan. He had a family and could not return, and the sect was gone now. Brother Wei, where can you go?
"With the Zhang family gone and the Yanyu Tower gone, Songfeng Mountain has become the largest Jianghu sect in Jiangzhou. Many families are vying to send their children there, even if they are just as handymen." Xu Tou's family must have been drunk.
When he came up, his words were contemptuous but also a bit flattering, "Father saw the opportunity and set up a relationship with one of the stewards in Songfeng Mountain who is responsible for the basic necessities of the mountain owner. It only costs two hundred taels."
Xu Toujia stretched out five fingers and waved them in front of Xu Xian, "Let the mountain master of Songfeng Mountain, who is now known as Gao Yuntian, have a meal and wine at my father's Fuxianju.
Year-old wine, ten years old! I gave it to Lord Gaoshan to drink, and gave him five hundred taels of silver, and my son became a disciple of Songfeng Mountain. What else did Lord Gaoshan say?
He climbed to the second floor at the age of 18. This kind of talent can have a place in the inner mountains of Songfeng Mountain."
He clapped his hands, and Mrs. Xu also laughed: "Sir, your father has paved such a good road for you, but you can't go astray on your own. For you, the carriage at home..."
"Don't mention it." Xu Xian's mother stopped talking. Seeing Xu Xian's face gradually darkening, Xu Tou's family guessed that he didn't want to suffer such pain, so they straightened their expressions and said, "When you get to Songfeng Mountain, Dad must go up and down.
I have taken care of everything, and I will definitely not let you suffer any injustice. If you don’t want to stay on that mountain, it’s okay. Many Songfeng Mountain industries in Jiangzhou are short of manpower. After two years of experience, it is not difficult to fill the vacancies in management."
Seeing that Mr. Xu was still unmoved, he also felt some anger in his heart. He scrimped on food and clothing to plan for this kid's future. It was a good thing for him that he didn't care at all, so he suppressed his anger and said slowly: "I'm already a top-notch person.
It’s not a problem to wander around like this all day long..."
"No!" Xu Xian slapped the table and stood up and said angrily, "Songfengshan colluded with the government, killed so many people in Yanyulou and the Zhang family, and also wore a gangster hat to make people unable to stand up after death. What the hell is Gao Xu?
Gao Yuntian is just a beast inferior to a pig or a dog. He is still pretending to be kind here. He just gave away some rice and grain to cover the blood on his hands?!"
The anger in his heart became much stronger after a cup of five-year-old Xu brewing was poured on it. Xu Xian threw the cup in his hand to the ground and smashed it into pieces: "As long as I Xu Xian survives for one day in this world, I will not be with you."
Pine Peak Mountain is complicit.”
When Mrs. Xu saw what he was doing, she didn't dare to go up and try to persuade him. She just whispered softly, "Peace is broken, peace is broken, peace is broken." Then she wrapped the broken porcelain on the ground with a handkerchief.
"You." Xu Toujia's heart was also filled with anger. He raised his hand and wanted to slap the traitor on the face, but in the end he couldn't bear it. He stared at him for a while, but the father was relieved first and slumped.
Sitting back on the chair, he sighed and said dejectedly:
"Songfengshan brought people to the Zhang family's residence that day, and the county government officials also arrived. As a result, many Zhang family disciples were arrested. Many of them came from respectable families. After two days, their family members came to pick them up and released them.
"You were still in Wuhang City at that time, so you didn't know." The Xu family drank another full glass of wine, "There were a few old disciples of the Zhang family who didn't want to be captured, so they broke out with knives. Among them was Xiao Chang.
Brother Dashi, who was taking you to play with, was killed with a sword by the people from Songfeng Mountain. His head was hung on the city gate tower to expose to the wind and sun. My father spent ten taels of silver to have someone replace it with a wooden one and buried it together with the body.
"
Looking at the older Xu family, he smiled bitterly and then said to Xu Xian: "Dad, don't you know there is something fishy in this?
Dad is just a businessman who is almost out of money. If you don’t follow the trend, how can I pave a good road for you?"
"Sir, your arms can't twist your thighs."
After getting along with each other, Xu Xian, who was full of reasons to refute Xu Tou's family, could not say the words on his lips. He also returned to his chair and drank the wine in his glass without saying a word.
Wine enters the heart of sorrow.
Thinking that Mr. Xu's move was acquiescence, a smile appeared on Xu's family's face: "The Yanyu Building has nothing to do with us. It's just the neighbors of the Zhang family who have not looked up. After suffering such injustice, there is nothing I can do." If you do it, you can't say I'm sorry for the friendship I've had with the Zhang family all these years. I won't have to stay long at Songfeng Mountain. Even if I just leave my name and go down the mountain, it will be easier to find a job in the future."
"Dad." Xu Xian suddenly raised his head and said expressionlessly: "As long as I, Xu Xian, live in this world for a day, I will not join the same trap as Songfeng Mountain. I think my son made it clear before I came here."
"Is it possible that dad's seven hundred taels of silver were wasted like this?" Seeing that Xu Xian did not give in, Xu Tou's family changed their attitude, "Okay, then you kid can earn seven hundred taels of silver and give it a try, dad." I have broken my heart for you, and in the end I will still be angry with you, this rebellious son!"
"Okay, seven hundred taels, the written record will be established now." Xu Xian got up and went to the study to get pen and ink, sharpen the ink and write, "Seven hundred taels of silver, five years, the annual interest will be calculated according to the highest bank, and every year someone will be entrusted with it. I brought back the money from that year."
When Mrs. Xu saw him behaving like this, she was so anxious that she wanted to go up and snatch the paper from Mr. Xu: "You're celebrating the New Year, what are you doing..."
But it was already a step too late. Xu Xian bit his thumb nail and put a blood-red fingerprint on it. Xu Xian's mother felt distressed and said: "Why did you bite your thumb? We are all a family. We owe nothing. I spend some money for my son. Is it right?" Shouldn’t you? Come and admit your mistake to your father and accept it. If we don’t go to Songfeng Mountain, we won’t go. Then we can find another job, it won’t be worse than this.”
"No, this has nothing to do with mom or dad. Songfeng Mountain may really be the sect that countless warriors in Jiangzhou dream of going to, but in the eyes of my son, maybe it's better to just sell wine at home and make a living."
Xu Xian laughed at himself, "I'm not really angry with my father. My son knows that the family's money is tight, so in order to give his son a way to go to Yangguan in the future, he even sold the family carriage..."
"But my son doesn't want to and can't take this path." He stood up, picked up a new cup, poured wine, and paid tribute to his parents for their twenty years of upbringing.
It is for profit to choose first and then to decide, and it is righteousness to choose first and decide later.
Mr. Xu vowed to seek justice for the Zhang family in Qishan County from now on, so he had to give up the kindness of his parents in raising him temporarily.