"Mother, I'm back. ”

"Mother, I'm back too. Lan'er suddenly appeared naughtily from behind Zi Xuan and hugged Zi Xuan's thighs hard.

"Scared my mother, be good, hurry up and wash your hands and eat. Zixuan stroked Lan'er's head dotingly, and said with a gentle gaze.

At this time, Xuanyuan Po looked around the room and didn't see Changqing, so he asked, "What about Dad?"

Zi Xuan complained a little: "Your father is probably busy with work again, you can bring him the food in a while." ”

Lan'er hurriedly said, "I'll go too, I'll go too, I'll also go and deliver food to my father." ”

"Okay, you hurry up and eat, and my brother will take you there after you have eaten all this. ”

Ever since Changqing abolished his lifelong cultivation, he had been reduced to an ordinary mortal. And Changqing, who had no spiritual power, only found out at this moment that in addition to his talent in cultivating immortals, he had no other talent at all. But when he thought of his wife and children at home, Changqing no longer felt depressed, but was willing to start all over again and use his sweat to support his small family.

In the past eight years, Changqing has changed many jobs, and even sometimes has to go out of the village, not long ago, he just went to work as a housekeeper in a small town closer to here, but as he grew older, he gradually realized that he was powerless, and he left on his own initiative without waiting for the owner of the house to speak.

Now Changqing is working for the landlord in the village here, and the landlord has a lot of fertile land, and he plans to help the landlord farm to support his family. There is also a coveted piece of land at the foot of the mountain, this land is very fertile, not only can make the whole village have enough food and clothing, but also improve their living conditions, but this fertile land has been occupied by an old landlord named Pi Yu for many years, as long as someone wants to come to farm, must go through his permission.

Pi Wei's elder brother is an official, and he still has some small rights in his hands, not only relying on his brother's rights to occupy the land of the whole village on weekdays, but also bullying those poor farmers as fun. But the peasants did not want to go against the wealthy landlords, not that they had not resisted, but that it was useless to resist, and they could not fight him, so they could only be exploited by the old landlords and help him work.

Xuanyuan Po and Lan'er came from home to the place where their father farmed, and for these two half-grown children, they were still ignorant of the concept of boundaries, so just the small land in front of them was already vast in their eyes. It was the spring equinox, and the big landlord Pi Cao hired most of the farmers in the village to farm for him.

Xuanyuan Po looked for Changqing among those croppers, and he really didn't find his father for a while.

Lan'er still has smart eyes, and although there is a distance between them, she still recognizes her father very quickly.

"Where is Daddy, where is Daddy......" Lan'er hurriedly took Xuanyuan Po's hand and ran in the direction where Changqing was. Under their feet was the dry yellow earth, and although it was spring, the sun was still so hot at noon.

When Changqing saw his children, he wiped the sweat from his face, then put down the tools in his hand and hugged the children who ran towards him.

"Daddy, my mother asked me to bring you food. Lan'er put a basket about the size of her in front of her father.

At this time, Changqing has completely lost the demeanor of a generation of masters, and the vicissitudes of time have left a lot of traces on his face, old wrinkles, white hair in his sideburns, and Xiuxian's body gradually adapted to doing these mortal farm work. But none of this detracted from his joy, which was palpable, as if he had acquired the whole world.

Changqing hugged Lan'er, "Good, let's go under the big tree." ”

After Changqing finished eating, he didn't let Xuanyuan Po and Lan'er go back immediately, but let them play on the ground first, waiting for him to finish the work at hand and then go back together. And he thought that today was the day of the salary, and after the salary was paid today, he could let the child buy a favorite gadget from the old Li Tou in the east of the village. For so many years, he had not bought any gifts for his children, and it was rare that he had some money these days, and he wanted to make up for the children.

As the sun in the scorching sky tended to tilt to the west, the evening glow red through the sky, and Changqing had been busy all day on the farm, and now was the happiest time for him, and he needed to get back what he had been paid for that day. He took the child to the old landlord's house.

Due to the remoteness and poverty of the village, even the old landlord had far less money than he thought. It's just that his house has both cattle and horses, and the yard is more spacious and bright, and there are several better houses. These are already very rich in this remote place.

Changqing wanted to make up for the child, so he went home earlier than usual on this day, and he was the only one who came to receive his salary. "Xuanyuan Po, take care of my sister, you wait outside for a while, and I'll be back in a while. ”

Changqing entered the landlord's house, the money-loving old Pi Xie was lying on the chair and enjoying himself, when he saw Changqing's arrival, his face instantly lengthened. Of course, he knew what day it was, and he also knew that Changqing came to settle his wages, but with his character of loving money like his life, he didn't want to give Changqing's wages at all, he just wanted to deliberately deduct a little.

Changqing is neat, honest and sincere, no matter what work can be done well, Pi Xian really can't think of any place to deduct for a while. At Changqing's urging, the old landlord Pi Xie belatedly ordered his wife to take out the money.

However, at this time, most of the time had passed, and Xuanyuan Po and Lan'er, who were waiting outside the door, were already anxious.

"Lan'er, you wait here for a while, I'll go see Dad. ”

Xuanyuan Po asked Lan'er to wait outside the door, and he went into the old rich man's house alone to find his father, but by mistake, he saw the scene that Changqing didn't want him to see, embarrassed and humble.

Pi Xie was dissatisfied with giving the money to Changqing like this, but he had to give the money to Changqing, otherwise who would come to his house to work in the future. Pi Yu finally threw the money on the ground in annoyance, and said in a disdainful tone: "Get out." ”

Changqing's heart was very unhappy, but he still had a smile on his face, he didn't care about the deliberate humiliation of the old landlord Pi Xian, and bent down with a slightly rickety back, picking up the money on the ground little by little. Pi Yu squinted at Changqing, feeling that this smile was particularly blocked, and he spit out a mouthful of old phlegm and landed on the money bag.

Changqing was stunned for a moment, he looked up angrily, but quickly lowered his body, and then pretended not to care and picked up the money bag, wiped his clothes, and finally put it in his pocket. He calmly said, "Thank you, thank you." ”

Xuanyuan Po watched all this at the door, he was always gentle, but now he had an urge to rush up and smash the money on the head of the old Pixi. Changqing, the image in Xuanyuan Po's heart has always been glorious and majestic, he regards Changqing as the most powerful and tallest father in the world, but he didn't expect Changqing to be ...... today

He clenched his fists tightly, his eyes glaring at Pi Xie viciously, but his father's arrival quieted him down. He took advantage of the fact that his father hadn't noticed anything strange, so he ran out of the door in a panic and returned to Lan'er's side.

"Let's go, Dad will buy you delicious food and fun today, okay?" After Changqing came out, he pretended to be relaxed, as if nothing had happened, he came to his children and smiled heartily. Lan'er was like a happy little sparrow, quickly returned to her father's arms, and said, "Okay, good......"

Only Xuanyuan Po stood there quietly and looked at his father and Lan'er fixedly, as if thinking about something, but the scene just now had an indelible scar on his young heart. Changqing frowned, feeling that something was wrong with Xuanyuan Po, he touched Xuanyuan Po's head lovingly and said, "Why are you unhappy? Haven't you always wanted me to take you to buy something? Dad will take you to buy today." ”

Xuanyuan Po's face froze, but the corners of his mouth smiled slightly, he nodded lightly, and then he was silent and never spoke again.

Changqing took his two children to the peddler Lao Li Tou, whose home was in the center of the village, and he usually relied on his good skills to make some furniture and children's things, in addition to some fructose and other things. Although he had a good businessman, because of the poverty of the whole village, his business was scarce, and he could barely make ends meet.

Changqing walked on the road with his two children, and found that today's village was surprisingly lively, at this time in the past, every family began to be busy with their own work, so who would go out, but today it was already evening, and many people got together. Changqing wanted to stop and ask the neighbors, but Lan'er in her arms showed great enthusiasm for the toy, "Daddy, go faster, Daddy, go faster......" Changqing was reluctant to make Lan'er sad, and smiled slightly under Lan'er's urging.

He didn't think much about it anymore, and walked directly into Lao Li Tou's grocery store. "Pick, no matter what you buy today, Dad will buy it for you?" Lan'er jumped down happily and picked up a small wooden sparrow. "Daddy, if you want this, you want this......"

At this time, Changqing's eyes looked at Xuanyuan Po, at this time Xuanyuan Po was still silent in the scene just now, he didn't expect that the money in his father's hand would come so hard, not only to work every day, but also to grovel to the old rich man!

"What's wrong with Xuanyuan Po, aren't you yelling all day long that you want to come here to buy something, why didn't you say a word when you arrived here today. Changqing lovingly stroked Xuanyuan Po's head, feeling a little strange in his heart, since leaving the Pi Xie family, Xuanyuan Po seemed to have something on his mind along the way, dull and dull, not at all lively as before.

Under Changqing's gaze, Xuanyuan shook his head firmly and said, "Dad, I suddenly don't want to buy it." ”

Changqing was even more puzzled, "Why?"

"I didn't want to waste my father's sweat and sweat to earn it, and I didn't want to waste my father's sweat......"

Xuanyuan Po's words made Changqing's heart tighten, he restrained himself from letting his tears fall, no matter what, he had to be strong and reliable in front of his children. "Daddy, Daddy, I don't want it anymore......" Although Lan'er was naughty, she listened to Xuanyuan Po's words very much, since Xuanyuan Po didn't want toys anymore, then she didn't want it either, Lan'er put the wooden sparrow in her hand back to its original position.

Seeing such a child so sensible, Changqing felt sad for a while, and tears couldn't help but drip down the corners of his eyes, but he quickly wiped away his tears.

Lao Li Tou saw these in his eyes, patted Changqing's shoulder, and said: "The child has grown up and has his own thoughts, this is a good thing, what are you crying about?"

"No, no ......"

Lao Li Tou smiled and put the wooden sparrow back into Lan'er's hand, took out a wooden sword from the back shelf and gave it to Xuanyuan Po, the wooden face exuded a simple atmosphere, so that Xuanyuan Po couldn't take his eyes off.

Lao Li Tou smiled, and knew that Xuanyuan Po must like the wooden sword very much, every time this kid passed by here, his eyes stared at this wooden sword without blinking, and he didn't need Xuanyuan Po to say it, Lao Li Tou could guess it.

"I'll give it to you. Xuanyuan Po was a little embarrassed, he longed for this sword in his heart, but he knew that he couldn't just take it for nothing.

There is no concealment or whitewashing on the child's face, whether it is a happy or unhappy expression, it is written on the face.

Changqing could see that Xuanyuan Po liked this sword very much, and he smiled, feeling that he liked this sword too.