Chapter 8

Liuhe Town is a big town in Qinghe County. It is not far from the county seat, but there are also three or four miles. Today, Su Chang and Qi Donglai ran to Liuhe Town from the county seat and informed Yan Dechang. Yan Dechang also directly ran to the National Art Museum in Qinghe County with the two people.

At ordinary times, this road is nothing for Yan Liqiang. He exercises at home every day and runs ten miles when he has the least body. At the moment, if he is injured, he can only sit in the ox cart called by Yan Dechang, and stagger away from the county to Liuhe Town with Yan Dechang.

Outside the gate of Qinghe County, there is a vast farmland, and the road to Liuhe Town is between the farmland.

The cow cart in motion made a creaking sound, the hardwood wheels rolled on the compacted soil road, and the whole body shook slightly, but it was stable.

At the moment, the sky is dark, there are no working farmers in the farmland, only a frog sound. With the smell of rice, three bright moons of different sizes gradually show their shapes in the sky, and shining stars begin to appear in the sky. The mysterious and endless void seems to be filled with infinite aura, dominating the ups and downs of the stars all over the sky.

Yan Dechang, who was sitting on the bus, was a little silent and in a bad mood, but Yan Liqiang looked up in the carriage and looked at the stars in the night. The whole person was intoxicated and tasted the beauty and vastness of the universe. For Yan Liqiang, although he lost the contest today, he may even have been secretly plotted by others, but he was not much depressed, On the contrary, I feel a little excited. For him who can live again, he can still stand here and look up at the stars, which is already a profit.

The coachman knew Yan Dechang. The coachman sat in front of him and didn't see the faces of the father and son behind him. While driving the car, he talked endlessly, "today is the preliminary test of Guoshu County in Qinghe County. I heard that master Yan, your son is one of the best in Liuhe town at a young age. This preliminary test of the county will certainly be among the best, When your son formally participates in the national martial arts County examination and performs well in the future, he will have the opportunity to enter the National Martial Arts Museum of Pingxi County, meet famous teachers and learn more advanced martial arts skills. Once he advances to become a warrior in the future, he will be a carp jumping over the dragon's gate, really honor his ancestors and prosper in the near future. Master Yan, you are proud in Liuhe Town and Qinghe County. By the way, I wonder if your son, master Yan, has entered the top three today... "

"No!" Yan Dechang replied stiffly, without saying more than half a word.

Hearing what Yan Dechang said, the driver looked back at Yan Dechang and finally found that Yan Dechang's face was not very good. Knowing that he said this, he smiled and said nothing more.

In the middle of the road, less than two miles away from Liuhe Town, a crisp sound of hooves came from behind Yan Liqiang's ox cart. The sound of hooves gradually came from far and near. Yan Liqiang looked back and saw a steward and two servants of the Hong family riding three rhinoceros horses catching up from behind. When the three rhinoceros horses crossed the ox cart, the steward of the Hong family pulled the reins, The three horses slowed down at once and moved forward slowly with the ox cart.

The steward of the Hong family was dressed in blue robes, with two moustaches on the edge of his lips and a shrewd face. The two servants were dressed in gray short clothes and hung knives on their waists.

As soon as the eyes of the steward of the Hong family turned on the faces of Yan Dechang and Yan Liqiang's father and son, a weasel smiled like paying New Year's greetings to the chicken and said hello to Yan Dechang, "isn't this blacksmith Yan? Coincidentally, I didn't expect to meet him here!"

"Well, does steward Hong have something to go out?" Others take the initiative to say hello. Yan Dechang can't pretend that he didn't hear. He replied stiffly.

"Hahaha, didn't my young master Hong Tao rank the top three in today's preliminary Chinese martial arts examination? When I got the news this morning, my master immediately sent me to Yuntao county to report the good news to his uncle and uncle. In two days, my master will hold a banquet at home to celebrate that young master Hong Tao ranked the top three in the preliminary Chinese martial arts examination. It's certain that I will enter Pingxi County National Martial Arts Museum. Right, I heard that your son was knocked off the challenge arena by our young master Hong Tao on the stage today. He was in a coma on the spot and was seriously injured. After only one competition in the preliminary examination, he arrived at the medical school. Is your son all right now? "

Yan Dechang's face turned black in an instant. He squeezed his fist tightly, and then replied hard, "the dog is all right. Thank you for your concern!"

"It's okay, it's okay!" Steward Hong still smiles. "My master often says that villagers in my hometown should help each other when they have something to do. Our Hong family pharmacy has a lot of good medicine for healing. If your family needs it, you can come to the Hong family to find our master. Our master is always eager for justice and will not help..."

"Hum..." Yan Dechang answered directly with his nostrils.

"These rhinoceros horses of the Hong family have gone a little far these days, and their horseshoes are worn. Blacksmith Yan will have to ask you to make some good horseshoes for these animals of the Hong family another day. If your son's County examination is bad this year, you can also consider coming to the Hong family to be a housekeeper in the future. Our master always appreciates young people like your son who like to work hard and make progress, Ha ha...... "steward Hong laughed. After that, no matter how Yan Dechang looked, he wanted to drive his horse away.

"Please tell steward Hong to bring a word to childe Hong Tao..." Yan Liqiang, who has been silent, suddenly opened his mouth, let steward Hong slow down, stopped to look at Yan Liqiang with strange eyes and asked curiously, "what do you want me to bring to childe Hong Tao?"

"Steward Hong, please tell childe Hong Tao. Yan Liqiang thanks childe Hong Tao for his advice on the challenge arena today!" Yan Liqiang smiled in an unassuming manner. He was elegant and calm. He didn't see any anger and resentment at all. Instead, he looked sincere. "The so-called victory or defeat is a common thing for soldiers. Li Qiang's defeat today is due to his inferior skills. Li Qiang admired childe Hong Tao's means and had no complaints in his heart. Childe Hong Tao's encouragement and encouragement were taken as an example. Li Qiang will work hard and redouble his efforts in the future, I live up to the name my father gave me. I hope one day I can have another opportunity to ask and learn from childe Hong Tao! "

Housekeeper Hong, who just looked relaxed, heard Yan Liqiang say so, his face changed slightly and became a little dignified, because the spirit and infinite fighting spirit revealed in Yan Liqiang's words, how could such a young man be defeated by a first attempt?

Instead of laughing at Yan Liqiang, he stared at Yan Liqiang seriously. It seemed that he knew Yan Liqiang for the first time. Then he nodded and didn't say anything anymore. Instead, he took two servants with him and rode away, leaving hooves all the way, and disappeared in Yan Liqiang's sight in the blink of an eye.

Yan Dechang also looked at his son in surprise. He didn't expect that his son was a little silent on weekdays and could hardly say anything. But just now, Yan Liqiang said those words that surprised him. As if speaking of his heart, listening to Yan Liqiang's words, his boredom and depression suddenly decreased a lot.

The ox cart stopped for a while on the road. When the dust raised by the three rhinoceros horses fell on the ground, it began to walk slowly towards Liuhe Town.

Both the Yan Family and the Hong family are in Liuhe Town, but one is a big family in the town, and the other is a blacksmith in the town. In fact, the contradiction between the two families originated from Yan Liqiang, because Yan Liqiang was forced to practice martial arts by Yan Dechang since childhood. He worked hard every day, and gradually became famous in the young and middle-aged of Liuhe Town. However, the Hong family also has a young master of the same grade as Yan Liqiang, In this case, the Hong family naturally can't allow the reputation of a blacksmith son in Liuhe Town to overshadow the young master of their family. Especially after Yan Liqiang was ten years old, the Hong family pointed at the Yan Family in Liuhe Town, and the Hong Tao of their family wanted to press Yan Liqiang everywhere

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Yan Liqiang's home in Liuhe Town is easy to find, because his home is on the side of Liuhe. The whole family is connected with the yard, house, stables and Yan Dechang's blacksmith workshop, covering a total area of more than three mu. From a distance, you can see the big chimney above his blacksmith workshop.

In addition to Yan Liqiang and Yan Dechang, there are two people living in his family, one is Zhou Tiezhu, an apprentice Yan Dechang took in the blacksmith workshop, and the other is Wu Ma, an old servant of the family.

Wu's mother is a mute. She has lived with Yan Liqiang since Yan Liqiang wrote about it. According to Yan Dechang, Wu's mother is a refugee. The year Yan Liqiang was born, Wu's mother fled from the north to Qinghe County. She was unaccompanied and helpless. Finally, she got cold in winter and almost died on the side of the road. Finally, Yan Dechang took her in, She got a doctor to cure her illness, and finally let her stay at home, responsible for washing, cooking, cleaning and other sundries. Since then, Wu's mother has stayed at home.

When Yan Liqiang returned home, Wu Ma, as usual, had prepared the food and was heating it in the pot. Seeing Yan Liqiang and Yan Dechang coming back, Wu Ma, who couldn't speak, quickly brought out the hot food in the pot.

There were four people eating, Yan Dechang, Yan Liqiang, Zhou Tiezhu and Wu Ma. It was said that Wu Ma was killed and didn't serve at the table when she first came to Yan Liqiang's house, but later she stayed at Yan's house for a long time and worked hard. Yan Dechang asked Wu Ma to eat at the table, just like a family.

Yan Dechang, Zhou Tiezhu, Wu Ma's food is very simple, beans, cabbage, radish soup, rice, plus a plate of salt, deliberately put a little heavy milk rot.

Yan Liqiang's food is a lot richer. In addition to the ordinary domestic dishes on the table, a small pottery pot is placed in front of Yan Liqiang. As soon as the pottery pot is opened, a strong smell of quail stewed with ginseng floats out of the pottery pot

Yan Dechang specially prepared this for Yan Liqiang. Yan Dechang resolutely refused to eat, but Wu Ma, who fled to Yan Liqiang's house, heard that she had seen cannibals before. Since ANN, Wu Ma has not touched any meat at all. As for Zhou Tiezhu, as Yan Dechang's apprentice, his duty is very real. Naturally, he will not exceed the rules at the dinner table. Yan Dechang will eat whatever he eats, Even when he saw some dishes that Yan Liqiang liked to eat, he would even naturally avoid, less or no clip. The broth cooked in the pottery pot was eaten by Yan Liqiang alone.

Yan Dechang, a blacksmith who raises four people and a rhinoceros dragon horse, eats and chews horses every day. Even if his blacksmith's income is good and a little more than ordinary people, his family is not well-off. In particular, Yan Liqiang has to practice martial arts. The so-called poor culture and rich martial arts costs more to practice martial arts. In this way, The home is more compact.

In this family on weekdays, apart from the fact that Yan Dechang will ask Wu Ma to add a few dishes and eat some meat with Yan Liqiang and Zhou Tiezhu on New Year's day, usually, there is only Yan Liqiang in the whole family. He can eat fish and meat three times a day, and there is never any lack of nutrition... As a blacksmith, as long as he can eat enough and have enough salt, he can not eat big fish and meat, But people who want to practice martial arts can't -- this is what Yan Dechang told Yan Liqiang. This novel has been translated by www.novelhall.com and if you are reading this somewhere, they have stolen our translation.