The ninth day of the fifth month.

That is, on the second day after going to Wei Lai's father's grave with Lu Guanshan, Wei Lai packed his bags - a wooden box of his height and an oil-paper umbrella.

It's still raining.

Wei Lai didn't want the rain to wet the bedding in his wooden box, so he deliberately wrapped a thick layer of oiled paper in the wooden box. He dragged the wooden box to the door of the Lu Mansion with difficulty along the corridor and eaves in the Lu Mansion - Lu Guanshan did not come to see him off, so he wore his official uniform that he had not worn for a long time early in the morning, and hurriedly went out.

I heard that there was another mistake on the other side of the river embankment, and as the magistrate, he naturally had to take the lead, so that he didn't even bother to eat the breakfast made by Wei Lai himself.

As for whether this is true, or if he doesn't want to see Wei Lai, Wei Lai has no way of knowing.

Many men in this world are like this, the older they get, the more difficult it is to say some words, and they feel uncomfortable in their hearts, so they simply find a way to avoid them. At this point, Lu Guanshan is very similar to his father.

Thinking of this, Wei Lai, who was standing at the door of Lu Mansion, sighed, not because of Lu Guanshan, but because the rain was really too big, walking back to the old house like this, I am afraid that most of his box of "treasures" will have to be scrapped.

But it's not a way to drag it out any longer, after all, Wei Lai knows better than anyone else that this rain can't stop.

"Alas. The boy sighed, and finally decided not to go on like this. He crooked his neck and clamped the handle of the umbrella, dragging the big wooden box and slowly walked out of the door of the Lu Mansion.

The wooden box dragged on the wet ground of Luogu Lane, even if Wei Lai adjusted the position of the umbrella as much as possible, preferring to be wet himself than spoil the wooden box, but the rain was really too heavy, even if it was wrapped in a thick layer of oilcloth, Wei Lai still felt that some rain had invaded in the wooden box in this short distance of a few feet.

The distance between the old house left by his father and the Lu Mansion is not counted, and walking over like this, just thinking about the scene after opening the box, Wei Lai's brows wrinkled into a small hill on his face. But there was no turning back from the bow, and Wei Lai could only grit his teeth and drag the wooden box as fast as he could.

In this way, he walked less than ten zhang away, and the old house was still far away, but Wei Lai's body was already soaked by the rain, and the rain came to his face with the sudden wind, and it was pasted on Wei Lai's face, his eyes were a little open, and the road was a little unclear.

Wei Lai, who secretly said a bad word in his heart, was thinking about whether to simply go back to his house and discuss with Lu Guanshan again, and rub it for a few more days. But at that moment, a hand suddenly reached over and grabbed the wooden box that Wei Lai was dragging behind.

"I'll help you. The owner of that hand said this, and the wooden box that seemed like a thousand jun in Wei Lai's eyes was picked up by that hand at that time, and it was carried on the shoulder of the owner of the hand.

Wei Lai was stunned, he reached out to wipe the rain off his face, and then he saw that there was a strong man in front of him who was seven feet tall, and he was grinning at Wei Lai with a smug face at the moment.

It's Sun Daren.

"I heard that your kid was also swept out of the house by Lu Zhixian, did he find out about the idea of beating someone's daughter?" Sun Daren, who was soaked in heavy rain, patted Wei Lai on the shoulder and asked with a mocking face.

Wei Lai came back to his senses, he rubbed his aching shoulder, blinked his eyes, and soon entered his proper state—Mu Leng shook his head a little sluggishly, but he didn't speak, as if he was stupefied by Sun Daren's sudden appearance.

"Why are you looking at me like this, I won't eat you again!" Sun Daren was a little displeased, according to his previous temperament, at this time he was going to pull Wei Lai down to his side, and used his powerful arm to hold Wei Lai's head, and asked a few words viciously, "Are you right?" "You coward, Grandpa Sun will give you a long guts in a few days." Something like that.

But today's Sun Daren was a little different, and the anger that was about to spread on his face was suppressed back by him in an instant.

His face was still full of displeasure, but his mouth said: "Hold an umbrella for Lao Tzu, and I will send you back." ”

"Huh?" Wei Lai was stunned for a moment, and quickly showed a sudden expression. He hurriedly nodded and said, "Oh." ”

He hurriedly picked up the umbrella that had just accidentally fallen on the ground, and tried his best to hold it up above Sun Daren's head.

"Cover me up, cover your broken box!" But before he could take a few steps, Sun Daren's angry scolding rang out again. Forced by the other party's "obscenity", Wei Ziyi was inevitably in a hurry.

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Wei Lai's old house is located on the south side of Ruilong Street, the main street of Wupan City, near the south side of the Wupan River, the location is impeccable, and it is the most lively market in Wupan City right outside. After all, his father was also the magistrate of this Wupan City, and it was not difficult to buy a better mansion, not to mention that this old house was not brilliant except for the better location.

"Ahem, ahem!"

Probably because the heavy rain washed away day and night, the courtyard door of the old house was still clean, but as soon as I pushed open the door of the main house in the courtyard. The dust accumulated on the door over the years came to his face, Wei Lai had expected it, and when Sun Daren's foot kicked open the door and lifted it, he slipped away and hid far away, but Sun Daren was not so lucky, he was stained with dust on his face, and let out a rapid coughing sound, and it took a long time to recover his strength.

Under Wei Lai's painful gaze, he put the wooden box on the ground, made a muffled sound, and complained in his mouth: "Wei Lai, your shabby house is dirty, right?"

Wei Lai scratched the back of his head and smiled shyly, but did not answer.

Sun Daren glanced at Wei Lai angrily, he was not too dirty, and sat down on the Taishi chair placed in the main room. The burly boy looked at the courtyard that had been untouched for a long time—the yard was not large, a few feet square, and there was a peach tree in the middle, I don't know what kind of variety, it had already borne green fruits, and it had not yet had time to fully bloom. The main room was poorly furnished, with a few chairs and a desk, but all that was left was some rotten walls and columns. Sun Daren secretly thought that maybe this was the sequelae left by the flood that year.

Sun Daren was still lamenting that time had passed, but Wei Lai tore off the tarpaulin wrapped in the wooden box, opened his wooden box, and began to carefully inspect his belongings.

The corners of the futon are a little wet, but the problem is not big, take the fire and roast it for a while, it can come in handy tonight, not many clothes are wrapped under the futon, most of them are unscathed, the most important fire fold is not the slightest problem, it can still be used normally, Wei Lai saw this, and couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief.

"Hey. At this time, Sun Daren's voice came from his ears again, and the sturdy young man looked at him with an arrogant slanted eye, and asked, "What are you going to do in the future?"

Wei Lai raised his head, blinked his eyes, looked confused, and said after a while, "It's pretty good here." ”

"Then what do you eat?" asked Sun Daren again.

Wei Lai squatted down, tossed in the wooden box for a while, and took out something from the bottom of the wooden box for a while, and unfolded it in front of Sun Daren with some pride, Sun Daren looked at it fixedly, and couldn't help but laugh dumbly—it was a silver ticket, a silver ticket that he secretly stuffed to Wei Lai a few days ago.

Of course, one hundred taels of silver is not a small amount, according to the price of goods in Dayan, this one hundred taels of silver is enough for Wei Lai'an to live a stable life for four or five years, if he is more frugal, he can't say where he can buy a daughter-in-law. But what is the long-term solution?

Sun Daren was a little distressed, and he didn't know how to explain the truth to Wei, but today Sun Daren also understood what it meant to be a soldier in a show, and he couldn't explain what it was like.

He thought for a while with his brain, which was not necessarily much brighter than Wei Lai, and suddenly walked to Wei Lai, and under Wei Lai's fearful gaze, he put his hand on Wei Lai's shoulder, and asked in Wei Lai's ear: "Did you take the pill that my father gave you yesterday?"

"My mother said that it is a medicine that is poisonous, why should I eat it if I am not sick, but I was secretly eaten by the yellow dog in the house. Wei Lai replied with a serious face.

The muscles of Sun Daren's face twitched a little, the Ming Blood Pill is not precious, but it is better than having a price, the imperial court controls it strictly, and if you want to get one, you still have to spend a little effort and feet, in terms of price, the black market has already fried a thousand taels and one piece, and such a thing is probably only made by a fool like Wei Lai when it is fed to dogs.

"What's the matter? Could it be that the pavilion owner wants to go back?" Wei Lai looked at Sun Daren curiously.

The look on Sun Daren's face was stagnant, but he quickly recovered, and said with a dry smile: "How can it be?

Sun Daren patted his chest and said this, as if he remembered something, and said: "My father has contacted me, Elder Hu of Qiankun Gate in Guzhou will come to Wupan City to pick me up and go to Qiankun Gate at the end of the year, that is one of the best sects in Guzhou, and when the time comes, your grandfather Sun will be a dragon and phoenix among people who jump into the dragon gate with his tail and step up to the ladder with his big feet." ”

As he spoke, Sun Daren also raised his head, ready to accept Wei Lai's envious gaze with a look of vigour.

"That Qiankun Gate must be much more powerful than Wuya Academy, right?" But Wei Lai couldn't understand Sun Daren's thoughts, and which pot didn't open and poked Sun Daren's sore spot.

"Ahem, cough, cough!" Sun Daren let out another rapid cough, lowered his head and silently said in his heart: Don't be angry, don't be angry, this fool saved your life.

It took seven or eight times in a row to calm down the anger in his heart, squinting his eyes and smiling at Wei and said: "It's almost, but it's not much, you see, you don't have anything else to do here anyway, why don't you go to Qiankun Gate with me then, I will cover you and make sure you eat and drink spicy food." ”

Wei Lai probably didn't expect Sun Daren to make such a proposal, he was stunned—stunned in the real sense.

After a few breaths, he blinked and asked, "Can I marry a daughter-in-law if I go with you there?"

This time, it was Sun Daren's turn to be stunned.

Then, he slapped Wei Lai on the shoulder, ignoring Wei Lai's pained expression, and smiled with a smile: "Okay, you kid is going to find a new love so soon?"

Then he patted his chest with a proud face, and said happily: "No problem, when the time comes, the girl of Qiankun Gate, the first beautiful will belong to me, and the second will belong to you. ”

Wei Lai nodded his head busily, and did not forget to correct: "Tongdang." ”

"Damn, why aren't you stupid at this time?"

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