Chapter 40: The Family Remains
Xiao Wu sighed very emotionally, but he didn't expect that he hadn't seen him for more than four years, and his two brothers were no longer there, and how miserable it was for his family to be ruined. He is the youngest in the family, even if the third brother is more than ten years older than himself, he has been the heart of his parents since he was a child, which aroused the jealousy of his three brothers, and finally was ostracized by his family after his parents died of illness, but he never hoped that anything would happen to them. His Dao heart was already a lot stronger, if he would have cried out loud two years ago, now he was just secretly sad in the depths of his heart, and his face was still calm and abnormal.
Gu Erlang saw Xiao Wu's calm face, his heart was extremely remorseful and hateful, regret that he had treated Xiao Wu with all kinds of difficulties and persecution, and hated that they had come to such a situation, but Xiao Wu was lucky to live until now, and he looked good, and he could still be so calm after hearing what he said, they were Xiao Wu's brother's family.
After Xiao Wu remembered something, he told Erlang to take care of the two people who had not yet woken up, and to find a car to take a few people out of here. Gu Erlang was a little hesitant at first, afraid that Xiao Wu would not be able to go back, but Xiao Wu said that he wanted to take them away, and he couldn't find a reason to stop him, so he had to watch Xiao Wu leave. In fact, Xiao Wu didn't go far, but only hired a flatbed cart at an intersection and brought it back to the grass house. Carried the two sleeping people and Erlang onto the flatbed, ordered someone to pull them to find a pharmacy, and invited an old doctor to look at the mother and son, both of them were just hungry and cold and suffered from some wind and cold, but fortunately they were delivered in time, and they could be saved. Then Xiao Wu took a few people to an inn, chartered a courtyard and lived in it first. Gu Erlang asked Xiao Wu many times if he had made a fortune, but Xiao Wu just smiled and didn't answer, he didn't plan to stay in Licheng for a long time, so he ignored Erlang and went out again, which made Erlang feel uncomfortable for a while. After making a lot of money, he looked down on their suffering relatives, he really took care of him to fourteen in vain, and asked him to join the army, otherwise it would be impossible to make meritorious contributions and earn a lot of money, Gu Erlang has always thought that Xiao Wu earned a lot of money because of his military exploits, otherwise how could a down-and-out boy come to Licheng alone and charter the entire courtyard, maybe he had already settled in Licheng, but he never met himself, and he was unwilling to take their three poor relatives home.
Xiao Wu walked around Licheng for a long time, and finally bought a garden in the city and ten honest servants in a place dedicated to buying and selling land and servants. After taking people to the relatively remote garden, he left eight tidying rooms, and took the other two back to the inn to take care of Gu Erlang and the three of them, and left the inn by himself.
Xiao Wu only returned to the inn the next day, Gu Erlang didn't sleep all night, and he was relieved to see Xiao Wu come back, at this time Gu Er's sister-in-law and the child had woken up, and they thanked Xiao Wu warmly. Xiao Wu didn't care but took everyone out of the inn and lived in the newly bought garden, there are houses in the south, east and west, there is a small rockery and pool in the middle, and there is a vegetable field behind, which used to be the courtyard of a wealthy family, but it was bought by Xiao Wu after it declined. After living here, after Xiao Wu sent the servants out, he put the land deeds of the garden and the two shops, and the trading books of the ten servants in the hands of Gu Erlang in front of the three of them, and told the two newly bought shops about the situation, both of which were rented to others for trading, and the rent could still support them. He took out another box of gold, silver and jewelry and handed it to the woman for safekeeping before saying: "Second brother, I won't stay in Licheng for a long time, these are all the preparations I can make for your door, I may not come to Licheng again in the future, you can live in peace in the future." Second brother, you are already like this, don't go to those places anymore, you are a foreigner and have no background, it is easy to cause trouble. Sister-in-law, this family will depend on you in the future, my two cousins, you should be able to redeem them now, I don't care, remember that wealth is not exposed, you can do it yourself. After saying that, he didn't care about the stunned eyes of the two adults and walked out, and in a blink of an eye, he went out of the garden and disappeared. For Gu Erlang, it was like a dream, and when they woke up, they found that everything had changed for the better, but in the end, Xiao Wu's warning also woke up the two like a boulder, and the two began to plan for the future again.
Xiao Wu has done what he can do, and how they will live in the future has nothing to do with him, he didn't want to return to Licheng again, he hasn't found a way in the future, and taking them with him is also a burden, and he also knows the real reason why Gu Erlang's leg is broken, that is, he took the third brother to the gambling house to get addicted to gambling, and finally the third brother is gone, and the second brother also broke his leg, I hope that after this incident, he can also learn some lessons. As for the third sister-in-law and the child, I heard that they were sold to a merchant in the south, and in the end it was the third sister-in-law's own choice, so it should be fine. But Xiao Wu still burned down the gambling house last night, just scared away everyone in advance and avenged them.
Unexpectedly, this trip to Licheng also made him meet his relatives, but this is not what Xiao Wu wants, he would rather they all be safe and never meet. With a heavy heart, I walked out of the city gate and walked towards the southeast, and the next place to go was the floating carp lake. After walking a hundred steps and turning around and looking at Licheng, the city wall as high as dozens of zhang blocked all prosperity and all thoughts, and couldn't help but sigh and continue to move forward, just like the three brothers didn't know what happened to the south, he didn't know what he would become in the future.
This time, Xiao Wu did not hire a carriage to go on the road, but chose to go on foot, first, he wanted to experience and train his mind and chose the method of asceticism, and slept in the open along the way. The second is to slowly enjoy the scenery of Jiangnan all the way, although it is already a cold and windy season at this time, but Jiangnan still has a scene, which can also meet the desire of red, green and blue three beans, saving them from transmitting the sound to themselves if they have nothing to do, so that they are not used to it now. They are talking to Xiao Wu if they are fine, even if they ignore them, red beans and mung beans can talk to themselves for a long time, and they always have a bullied expression, but now they feel that Lan Dou is better, at least most of the time they sleep, it seems that they should really find something to do, so that they can be quieter.
Along the way, Xiao Wu didn't forget to cultivate, through continuous trials, he has almost cultivated the Wind Binding Technique and the Fireball Technique, but the Wind Binding Technique is not as powerful as he thought, and he can resist the attacks of the general Qi Induction Period by looking at the power, and the restraint can only block two or three breaths in the solid foundation period. The fireball technique is a spell that can control the power according to the size of one's own mana, and the power released by the old man surnamed Zhao is more than double that of the old man surnamed Zhao at that time. If he had been attacked like this at that time, he would not have been able to hold out for long even if he was blocked by the Aoki sword, and there was such a big gap between the solid foundation and the qi induction. And what Xiao Wu didn't expect was that when he used the Aoki Sword and the five-color umbrella to try to cooperate, he found that he could release a mana line from his body to connect with the two treasures, so as to keep the two magic weapons in the best condition, although this will always consume his own mana, but this is already hundreds of times stronger than when he was inducing, and his connection with the magic weapon has also become a lot closerγ
In the first few days, red beans and mung beans will wake up to see the scenery on the road, but they are too lazy to look at it more times, they all stay quietly, and they don't play anymore, which makes Xiao Wu a little strange, and the two who usually wake up and make trouble, why are they so honest these times?
"What's wrong with you, why aren't you making as much trouble as you used to?
"We don't have anything on our minds anymore, it's just that after the Licheng incident, we have been feeling unhappy in your heart, your heart is always gloomy, we don't feel well, we want to make you happy, but it's useless, we know that you like to be quiet, so I don't want to quarrel with you. The red bean boldly stated the reason, and the mung bean turned into a tearful appearance again.
"--- I really don't know that my affairs have caused you trouble, I know, it won't be like this again in the future, with you by my side, what am I not satisfied with, you are my most important family now. β
"Hehehehe, I'll just say that it will work if you don't talk to him. Little Red smiled slyly and gestured to Mung Bean.
"Fifth brother, don't worry, Xiao Lu will also work hard to become stronger, and then we can protect everyone, and we will not be harmed, because we are a family." β
"It's the same with Red. β
"Okay, let's work together. Through the conversation with the red mung bean, a trace of gloom in Xiao Wu's heart is gone, there is a "floating life" by his side, how can he be unhappy, the road ahead, he is not alone, he still has three little guys to walk with him.