Xie Lian, who was wearing an apron, smiled: "It's fine, it's really time for the third young master to come back." ”

Xu Daoyun sat at the stone table, picked up two peanuts from the dishes and threw them into his mouth, and said, "I said that I would go early and return early." ”

Xie Lian brought out several large plates of fragrant dishes and placed them on the stone table.

Xu Daoyun's eyes lit up, and he said happily: "Oh, what a good day is today, why are they all meat dishes?"

Xie Lian clapped his hands and said, "Tomorrow, the third prince will have a competition, and only when he is full of food and drink will he have strength." ”

Xu Daoyun smiled bitterly: "We are also a person with a net worth of 100 taels now, and money is something outside the body, so we can't fly and dog." There is a good saying, when the money is gone, it will come back, and when the money is gone, you can just find a way to earn it again. ”

Xie Lian shook his head and said firmly: "That's not good, you still have to save some money for this silver." ”

Xu Daoyun didn't want to argue with her, grabbed a chicken leg and stuffed it into his mouth, and said vaguely: "Okay, you are in charge, these things of firewood, rice, oil and salt are naturally up to you." ”

Xie Lian pursed her lips and smiled, her joy was abnormal, and her heart blossomed.

At the beginning of the second day, the entire Xu Mansion suddenly became lively, the door was wide open, and several distinguished guests from Quwo County were invited to come for sightseeing.

Hundreds of children of the Xu family rushed to the martial arts arena, and the people sitting in the stands were all well-known figures in Quwo County, and even the magistrate of the county also came in person, which shows that the Xu family's small competition is indeed not a child's play, and it has a great impact.

In the Biting Courtyard, Xu Daoyun, who had changed into a new dress, stood in front of the bronze mirror and looked carefully, and said with a smile: "It turns out that you not only cook well, but also have very good needlework skills, I can't see that you will have a lot." ”

Xie Lian smiled: "The third young master doesn't dislike my rough stitches, no matter how good my craftsmanship is, it can't be as exquisite as the embroidery girl in the tailor's shop, but people rely on this craftsmanship to eat." ”

"Don't you underestimate yourself, I think you are the best, look at this dense needle, you can't find a trace of fault, you go to open a tailor's shop, you can also make money. ”

Xie Lian said: "The third young master still has the heart to joke, this is about to go to the stage to compete, you must be careful, don't be reckless if you can't fight, just admit defeat." ”

Xu Daoyun smiled bitterly: "I haven't come to power yet, you start to grow other people's ambition to destroy my prestige, and have a little confidence in me, okay?"

"Okay, good, but you still need to be careful, don't underestimate the enemy. ”

"Don't worry, I remember. Xu Daoyun grabbed the wooden sword with his left hand, flicked the sword with his right index finger, and asked, "You really don't want to go with me?"

Xie Lianya bit his lower lip, shook his head and said, "No, I'll wait for you to come back at home." ”

"It's okay, I guess I'll be back at noon, you can make more delicious food, treat me." ”

"Got it, go ahead, don't delay. ”

Xu Daoyun walked out of the Biting Courtyard with a wooden sword and walked towards the martial arts arena of the Inner Mansion.

After more than a month of penance, coupled with the daily big fish and meat, his originally thin figure was much stronger and more well-proportioned. The complexion is full and ruddy, raw and heroic, the waist is straight, high-spirited, and the spirit is flying, and there are some changes from a few days ago.

When I came to the martial arts arena, I saw a dense crowd of children of the Xu family crowded on the edge of the martial arts arena, and the stands on both sides were also full of people, including men and women, old and young.

As the third young master of the Xu family, he naturally received the most attention, so as soon as Xu Daoyun came to the martial arts arena, he immediately attracted the attention of the vast majority of people, but most of these eyes were full of disdain and ridicule, and there was a burst of cold laughter in the crowd.

Xu Daoyun didn't care, walked to a remote corner and stood still, his eyes fell on the stands on both sides of the martial arts arena, and he recognized a few acquaintances.

The second uncle, Xu Zhengde, and the eldest uncle, Xu Ding, were talking with a man dressed in an official mansion, talking and laughing.

There is only one official in the entire Quwo County, and that is Kong Sheng, the magistrate.

The Xu family and Kong Sheng have close contacts, and many private businesses are cooperated by Xu Ding and Kong Sheng, and the relationship is also friendly, so it is reasonable for him to come to the party.

The rest are people with heads and faces in Quwo County, generally rich businessmen, or martial arts families with family martial arts, and they are also the number one people in this small Quwo County.

One of the purposes of Xu Jiaguang's good relationship is to get closer to each other, and if there is any cooperation in the future, it is easy to discuss. The second is to use this small competition to let the families in Quwo County see the strength of the Xu family, which can be regarded as the meaning of Liwei.

However, what made Xu Daoyun strange was that no one from the Xie family came, and the two families were clearly in-laws, even if they didn't deal with each other in private, they still had to pretend to be on the surface.

As soon as I turned my eyes, I saw Xu Yuanyao on the high platform, and it happened that she also looked over, and the two looked at each other.

Xu Daoyun was a little embarrassed, nodded lightly to say hello, and then turned his gaze away.

After another quarter of an hour, all the children of the Xu family who had signed up or who had not signed up had arrived.

Xu Zhengde jumped forward, and actually jumped from the stands three zhang away to the martial arts arena, landing silently, and the clouds were light and light.

This light skill stunt caused a round of applause, but Xu Zhengde still had a cold face, his anger was heavy, and a loud voice came out of his mouth, as if ringing in everyone's ears: "Today is my Xu family's biennial small competition, the way of martial arts, is to divide the strong and the weak." Although the sword has no eyes, we must not kill each other, damage the friendship of the same family, the competition should stop at the point, no killing or injuring life, violators will be severely punished, do you understand?"

The children of the Xu family said in unison: "Understood." ”

"The first round is a knockout round, two by two, survival of the fittest. ”

"Understood. The children of the Xu family shouted in unison again.

Xu Zhengde opened the book in his hand and read aloud: "In the first ring, Xu Zhongkai is strong against Xu Yiqiang." ”

"In the second ring, Xu Tianhe vs. Xu Shenyuan. ”

"In the third ring, Xu Jin vs. Xu Qixing. ”

"In the fourth ring, Xu Mengjie vs. Xu Bilin. ”

At the beginning of the first round of elimination, although Xu Daoyun had learned swordsmanship for more than a month, he did not have a few real experience against others, and he lacked combat experience, so he urgently needed to watch a few competitions to improve himself, so as not to be nervous and unable to hold the sword when it was his turn to play.

The eight children of the Xu family who played in the first round were not trivial, except for Xu Shenyuan, who was kicked off the ring by Xu Tianhe in the twenty-first move, the other three rings were won and lost after fifty moves.

At the end of the first round of the competition, Xu Zhengde began to announce the list of the second round of the competition: "The first ring, Xu Jun vs. Xu Hong." ”

"In the second ring, Xu Yibo vs. Xu Qinghui. ”

"In the third ring, Xu Feng vs. Xu Daoyun. ”

"In the fourth ring, Xu Shiyi vs. Xu Xinqi. ”