Chapter 374: Lantern Festival

In the next few days, life in the Chen family courtyard was as quiet as ever.

In Kaiyuan County, the flavor of the New Year is still strong, and according to Chen Fan's memory, this atmosphere will continue until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month before gradually dissipating.

But he didn't run out every day, but stayed in the room, took out two top-grade frost jade, and refined talismans for Chen Jing'an and An Xiaoru.

In the end, a frost pendant was refined for An Xiaoru, and a frost jade pendant was given to Chen Jing'an, saying that it was a New Year's gift.

Although the two were a little surprised, they thought of Chen Fan's current strength, and they were happy to accept it and wear it closely.

They didn't know that on these two pieces of jade, there were dense invisible formations, and each jade stone carried several formations, which could not only resist the attack of a late-stage Qi refining cultivator, but also strengthen the body and relax the mind when they were often worn.

Compared with the frost pendants given to Su Tong and the others in the past, the effect of these two talismans is much more than that, on the one hand, because his parents are the most important object of protection for him, and secondly, because his current strength has increased a lot compared to before.

"However, I will have to change my cousin's frost pendant. But Chen Fan also secretly thought, those frost pendants before could only withstand the attacks of cultivators below the Qi refining period, and they were not relatively strong.

"Give them to them the next time we meet. Thinking of this, Chen Fan refined a few more frost pendants.

After refining it, he officially resumed his cultivation.

Occasional relaxation is conducive to the stability of the state of mind, but it does not mean that you should slack off on your cultivation, and it is also in the case of the uncertain future of this sect.

He was now in the late stage of Qi refining, and he had already passed the Heavenly Trench of the Qi refining stage, coupled with the experience of his previous life, it was only a matter of time before he entered the late stage of Qi refining.

However, this cultivation had just lasted until the evening of the ninth day of the first month, when it was interrupted.

"Lantern Festival?" Seeing the excited appearance of Zhou Xiaohu and other courtyard children, Chen Fan's eyes flashed, and he also remembered.

On the ninth day of the new year, a lantern festival will be held in Kaiyuan County, which can be regarded as a traditional event.

Seeing that the entire courtyard was pouring out, under the urging of Zhou Xiaohu and other children, Chen Fan also followed with a smile.

The lantern will be held on the bank of the moat of Kaiyuan County, the visitors are weaving, the lights are bright, all kinds of lanterns are hung under the treetops, it looks colorful and has a unique charm.

"Whew!" Feeling the lively atmosphere, Chen Fan also exhaled lightly, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and let a group of children pull him around.

Chen Jingan and others have been watching this lantern festival for decades, and after visiting for an hour, they told Chen Fan and others to go back early, and then returned to the courtyard.

Seeing the adults leaving, a group of children suddenly became active, clamoring for all kinds of delicious and fun things, to which Chen Fan agreed one by one.

In the end, several children held various toys in their hands, nibbled on strings of rock sugar gourds in their mouths, and their faces were covered with sugar shreds, which looked very cute.

The others looked at Chen Fan and saw a group of children around him, holding a little girl of three or four years old in his left and right hands, all of them showing a kind smile.

It wasn't until eleven o'clock that a group of children gradually showed their sleepiness and prepared to go back to the Chen family courtyard.

"Yo, isn't this Zhou Xiaohu?"

However, as soon as a few people set off, they saw a group of young boys and girls who were flowing in front of them, and a young man with explosive hair and full of non-mainstream atmosphere looked at Zhou Xiaohu and smiled playfully.

"Brother Junjun" saw this young man, a trace of fear flashed in Zhou Xiaohu's eyes, and he shouted with an ugly face.

"Hmph, Zhou Xiaohu, do you still dare to call Lao Tzu Brother Jun?" The young man called Brother Jun frowned, and then said coldly: "Did you pay the protection fee last month?

"This" Hearing this, Zhou Xiaohu suddenly froze, reached out and touched his pocket, with a trace of worry on his face.

"Zhou Xiaohu, I see that you are becoming more and more ignorant of the rules!" And at this time, two tall teenagers walked out from behind the military brother, looking at Zhou Xiaohu with a cruel smile on their faces and said: "You want to mix in Kaiyuan County, and you don't want to honor the military brother, isn't this looking for death?"

"I" A trace of anger flashed in Zhou Xiaohu's eyes, but he didn't dare to attack, he just looked at Chen Fan and said, "Brother Fan, you take them first, I'll deal with something." ”

Obviously, he seemed unwilling to implicate Chen Fan and others in this matter.

"I want them to go, dream!" But hearing this, a girl next to the military brother who looked quite beautiful, but her face was full of smoky makeup, but she walked out and sneered: "If you don't pay the 1,000 yuan today, oh no, a total of 2,000 protection fees including interest, the old lady will beat your friends today." ”

"Two thousand!" Zhou Xiaohu's fists clenched suddenly, and his teeth creaked.

"Xiaohu, who are they?" But at this moment, Chen Fan, who had always had a calm face, walked out and asked lightly.

"Brother Fan," Zhou Xiaohu froze for a moment, but when he saw that the young boys and girls had surrounded him, he immediately lowered his voice with a bitter face: "They are the gangsters in our garage area. ”

"They charged you protection money?" Chen Fan nodded, and then asked with a hint of eccentricity.

"Well," Zhou Xiaohu gritted his teeth and said with a hint of anger: "I work in a car repair shop, and my salary is only two thousand per month, but they have to charge a thousand protection fees, and my father spent some money when he was sick last month, so he didn't pay it, but I didn't expect to meet it today." ”

"Will they take you and give it to you?" Chen Fan shook his head, a trace of coldness flashed in his eyes.

"I" Zhou Xiaohu was stunned for a moment, and then said with a bitter face: "Brother Fan, you don't know, this military brother is very good in Kaiyuan County, there are dozens of brothers under his hands, and protection money is collected everywhere, if I don't give it, the end will definitely be miserable." ”

"That's right. Chen Fan's eyes narrowed slightly, and he looked at the group of military brothers with a hint of playfulness.

At this time, the military brother also noticed Chen Fan, only to see the military brother raise his neck and ask coldly: "It's Zhou Xiaohu's friend, what's the matter, I want to settle this matter for him, so I can say, give three thousand yuan, and this matter will be over." ”

Seeing his proud look, the faces of the children were quiet, obviously frightened, while Zhou Xiaohu was furious and shouted, "Why are there three thousand again!"

With that, he clenched his fists and wanted to rush over.

However, before he was halfway there, he was stunned, only to see Chen Fan pull him, and then he didn't look at the military brother, but said calmly: "Give you three seconds to get out." ”