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Cheng Zhuliu welcomed them in: "Why did you come back so late today? But what happened?"

Cheng Qianren rubbed the top of his hair: "It's okay, Mister was late, and after he came out, he accompanied Gu Er back to his house to change clothes, so it was delayed."

Cheng Qianren's house is not big, with a total of four rooms including the back kitchen, but the yard is still spacious. Under the old locust tree, there is a half-old Eight Immortals table with four benches.The dishes were warming on the stove, Cheng Zhuliu went to serve them, and the two diners also went to the kitchen to help out.

Cheng Qianren sat firmly on the bench, like a calm patriarch: "Let's serve dinner."

Four people, as usual, one cold and three hot, cold cucumber for appetizers, braised eggplant for dinner, crystal elbow and West Lake vinegar fish as hard dishes.Gu Xuejiang doesn't eat elbows, but Xu Ran can eat half a plate alone, and can add two more bowls of rice.In this regard, he always felt that he was at a disadvantage, after all, they both paid the same food expenses.

Cheng Qianren invited them to come to his house for dinner last year. After tasting his younger brother Cheng Zhuliu's cooking skills, the two of them forcibly asked to join the group and paid two taels of silver every month. Why not do it.

I don't know when it started, Mr. Gu, who is the only one who pays attention to "eat and sleep", also joined in the lunch chat, mostly talking about recent schoolwork, teaching jokes to Mr. Xi, and sometimes exchanging doubts.

There was no class this afternoon, and there was plenty of time. After the meal, Cheng Qianren made a pot of tea for everyone, and then chatted.

Xu Ran gestured with chopsticks: "In my saber technique, 'Flying Birds Throwing Forest' is a backhand saber. The saber moves from bottom to top and then rises. The advantage is that it is fast and ruthless. Even in the middle is extremely dangerous. I didn't practice well at first, and I thought it was not enough proficiency, but I haven't made any progress in the past two months. I have a hunch, this is the bottleneck that prevents me from reaching the Great Consummation of Qi Refining."

Gu Xuejiang puffed on her bong, and said lazily, "What did your swordsman say?"

"He read three chapters of "Tai Shang Qi Gan" to me, and then demonstrated two moves with a knife. I couldn't understand it, nor did I understand it."

Gu Xuejiang ordered tea with chopsticks, and drew a few interlaced lines on the table, the outer frame of which resembled a human shape.

"As I said last time, there are too many impurities in your Chongshen Meridian, which hinders the speed of the true essence. The Taixu Meridian has no impurities, but it is not wide enough, and the reserve of true essence is small." He pointed his chopsticks at a node and said : "This is your Rending acupoint, the two faulty martial arteries are connected here, how do you get up so fast?"

At this time, Cheng Qianren would pull Cheng Zhuliu to listen together, and refill Gu Xuejiang's tea.

Mr. Gu took a sip in satisfaction: "It's useless to practice this kind of problem many times, either, after you graduate, you can worship a powerful master and let him use real energy to help you open the Taixu vein, or you can wait until you have money. Once one Xian Bi Dan is put down, all the impurities in the martial arteries will disappear."

"If I don't break through the Great Perfection of Qi Refinement before graduation, which big sect will accept me? Buying medicine is just a daydream."

"What's the hurry, then bypass the Chongshenmai." Xu Ran just wanted to refute, but Gu Xuejiang made a gesture of silence, and the chopsticks swiped quickly on the table, and the lines in the human figure immediately became complicated: "Look here, These auxiliary meridians of yours have very little impurities, and the speed will definitely increase, but the reserves are too small, so you need to go to two more acupoints to replenish them in time, and mobilize the true essence of these six auxiliary meridians from the Zifu at the same time, and put one on top of it. The main vein is more than enough."

"As long as you practice a lot, it will definitely be faster than walking through the Shenmai."

Xu Ran suddenly realized: "It is really possible to go around... But it is also very difficult to mobilize at the same time."

Gu Xuejiang put down her chopsticks and picked up the bong again: "At least this can be done with hard work, and it's easier than washing the pulse. Water drips through the stone, when the kung fu is ready, once the bottleneck is broken, the Qi refining will be completed."

Xu Ran stared at the lines on the table, nodded thoughtfully, and didn't seem to be wondering why a person who has no cultivation base and majored in "Natural History" is so proficient in spiritual matters, and his words are more vivid than Mr. Easy to understand, or she thought about it, but never asked.

She suddenly thought of something again, and suddenly stood up and walked out.

Cheng Qianren shouted, "Where are you going? It's your turn to do the dishes today."

"Today is the first day of the new year. It's time for me to collect the protection fee. Let Gu Er do it for me first, and I'll wash it tomorrow."

Gu Xuejiang didn't want to agree, but the protection fee Xu Ran collected was their main shared income, so she waved her hand in resignation: "Go, go, Boss Xu."

A penny is hard to kill a hero, the swinger rolled up his sleeves and cleaned up the dishes neatly.

Cheng Qianren patted Cheng Zhuliu's hair on the top: "Next time if I come back late, you must eat first. I am growing up, so I have to eat according to the order."

The child seemed to be very obedient and responded: "Brother, I understand."

But Cheng Qianren knew that Zhuliu would wait for him next time.No matter how many times I say this, it doesn't change.

"Okay, let's go take a nap."

The sensible Cheng Zhuliu got up and went back to the house. Before closing the door, he heard his brother sigh.

The excitement dissipated, and there were only two people left in the courtyard.Cheng Qianren watched Gu Xuejiang go to fetch water from the well, and suddenly remembered the first time he saw this person.

At that time, Mr. Gu was dressed in brocade clothes and led a green horse, followed by two young servants, one of whom served tea and served water and vegetables, and the other beat his back, shoulders and legs. He stopped at Flower Street in the south of the city, and all the girls rushed to fan him.Don't talk about washing dishes, fish bones can't be picked.Basically a half disabled who can't take care of himself.

Even though he ran out of money later, the servant ran away, and came to Cheng Qianren's house to have dinner with him, he still brought a set of bowls and chopsticks, divided the meals, and rinsed his mouth with tea before and after meals.When the weather is hot, he wears a fan, and when the weather is cold, he wears a felt for the stool. Washing the dishes seems to kill him. Several times, Xu Ran has a look of "this person is probably sick".

However, it has only been a year, and he has become what he is now. The ghost knows what happened to him.

The big wooden basin contained rice washing water, and Gu Xuejiang sat on a low stool and washed the dishes with loofah vines without raising her eyes.

"I know what you want to ask. I have already explored Zhuliu's martial arteries. The Purple Mansion is wide open. The twelve main arteries and 36 auxiliary arteries are close to absolute purity. Not to mention Nanyuan College, it is the imperial city that is surrounded by heaven and earth. Prince Bao's grandson, and the inner disciples selected by thousands of people from the seven major sects, may not be as qualified as him."

Cheng Qianren has never seen what happened to the royal family and the great sect, but he believed in Gu Xuejiang's insight: "You said that he was good at the bottom, but I thought he was just average, but he turned out to be this good?"

Gu Xuejiang sharply said, "Otherwise, do you think that with my narcissism, I will praise others?"

"Xiaoliu is nine years old this year, and the children of the aristocratic sects start to draw qi into their bodies when they are nine or ten years old. We can't delay any longer..."

Gu Xuejiang suddenly raised her head to look at him, her expression was calm: "Do you understand what I mean?"

Cheng Qianren was silent for a moment: "If Xiao Liu was born like me, with no martial art and lack of talent, I have many ways to let him grow up safely, get married and start a career. But for him now, it is not enough to have enough food and clothing. Is it because he Brother is an ordinary person, his talent will be buried, and he will be a mediocre person for the rest of his life?"

But Gu Xuejiang refused to let him escape: "I had a friend in the past, whose parents were both half-step Mahayana practitioners. The mother's womb was fed with blood essence, and there was a white jade microvessel among the twelve main veins after birth. Xia, he washed his veins at the age of eight, and entered the fifth level of Qi refining at the age of ten. There is no one in ten thousand. Now that the aura on the mainland is withered, it is almost impossible for people to be born with pure martial arteries. Do you still think that Zhuliu is normal now? Isn't it your own brother? Do you know where he came from?"

Cheng Qianren rushed forward and punched him: "You little heartless, my brother cooked for you for a year and fed it to the dog's stomach, yet you said he was abnormal!"

"Hey, hey, let me go, you just do it, I paid for it!" Gu Xuejiang jumped up, and the dishwater was spilled all over the floor: "Listen to me first, I mean , can you protect him?!"

There is nothing wrong with Cheng Qianren, he is usually very good-tempered, but he can't say that his brother is wrong, and he can't even say a word.Similarly, if you want him to calm down, just talk about his brother, one sentence is enough.

"You want him to practice, it's easy. With his talent, he doesn't need elixir to wash his veins, and he doesn't need to force his master. He only needs a book of exquisite sword formulas to be able to enlighten himself. But what happens after that? Can you predict what will happen? ?”

Cheng Qianren let go of Gu Xuejiang's collar, picked up the half-washed bowl, sat down and continued to wash: "Of course I have thought about what you said... I will find a way to save some money, and let him participate in the admission to the academy next spring." For the exam, the main subject is the 'Wanfa deduction' taught by the vice president, and a few more martial arts courses. With the strength of Nanyuan College, he will not get into any trouble."

Gu Xuejiang continued: "When he graduates, he can join the sect that he has a good relationship with the vice president. The 'Jiange' in the south and the 'Cangshan' in the west can be regarded as clean and upright, better than the dirty families in the imperial capital."

It's just easy to say, and he also knows how difficult it is to save one more person to enter the hospital with Cheng Qianren's current situation: "It seems that you have already planned for him, alas, why don't I have a brother like you."

After finishing the business, Cheng Qianren got up and fetched water to wash his hands: "Don't be discouraged, brother is not, I will accept you if you call Dad."

Gu Xuejiang picked up the loofah vines in the pot and threw him: "Go to your uncle!"

"What are you shouting for! Keep your voice down, Xiaoliu is asleep!" Cheng Qianren raised his hand to catch it, threw it back, and turned to enter the room: "You wash slowly, and remember to close the door when you leave."

Gu Gongzi's low curse came from behind.

Reading and practicing, firewood, rice, oil and salt.

There are [-] students in the college, and more than half of them live like this.

The pressure of life and heavy schoolwork are not enough, if you have to find out the difference between these three people - Xu Ran is the boss of Wufang in the east of the city, with a pair of knives and a ticket to run errands, Gu Xuejiang is the second young master who was exiled by the aristocratic family , with a bong and a poor dressiness.

And Cheng Qianren is a time traveler, bringing along Cheng Zhuliu picked up by the river.