"I'm back." The woman sitting on the bed put down the needlework in her hand and looked up at Lou Qi, her face was tired, but her eyebrows were full of smiles.

"Mother, have you taken today's medicine?" Lou Qi put down the medicine and brought the white chicken to the woman and opened it, "Look what this is." ”

The woman was slightly surprised, "How did you buy this?" Is there any money left over from the money earned on the docks? ”

"Hehe, mother, is it delicious for you to taste it first," Lou Qi smirked twice, picked up a piece of chicken with his hand and handed it to the woman's mouth, "I have money now, tomorrow I will go to the city to hire the best doctor for you!" ”

"You eat first," the woman smiled as she pushed the chicken to Lou's lips and asked, "What?" Did any of the masters give you some bounty? ”

Lou Qi was already drooling when he saw the chicken, and he didn't shirk it, put the chicken in his mouth and chewed it, even the bones inside were chewed and swallowed, and then let out a pig-like hum, "Delicious, delicious!" ”

"If it's delicious, eat more, what do you eat when you work so the dock all day?" The woman smiled and simply handed the whole package of white chopped chicken to Lou Qi.

But Lou Qi didn't answer, he swallowed his saliva and pushed the white chicken back, "I ate well on the dock, and there was meat for every meal!" Those big brothers on the docks are good to me. ”

"Really? That's good," the woman touched Lou's head, "then tell me about your money." ”

Lou Qi slowly took out the delicate money bag from his arms and handed it to the woman, "Hehe, this is what I won today!" ”

The woman took the money bag, her face sank, "Won?" Are you gambling for money? ”

"No, no," Lou Qi hurriedly waved his hand, "Mother, you said, if I go to gamble and break my legs, how dare I." ”

"And where did you get the money?" When the woman opened the purse, she was so frightened that she almost screamed, "Why are there so many?!" ”

"Someone in the city set up a ring on Huayan Street, saying that it was for people to go up and raise the crown, and if they lifted it, they would get the money, so I said I'll try it," Lou Qi smirked, "I didn't expect that there were so many gold leaves in a hundred." ”

"How many tripods." She knows that her son's strength is indeed greater than that of ordinary people, but are those old men so willing to find a pastime now? A hundred gold leaves! It's enough to buy a big house in Huaiyang City.

"Listening to the butler, it seems that there is a ...... 1,200 pounds? ”

"Twelve hundred pounds?!" The woman looked at Lou Qi and couldn't believe what he said. But my Ah Qi is not a liar, she thought.

"Yes, they let me walk around the ring."

The woman suddenly fell silent, she looked down at the money bag in her hand, her face was gloomy and terrifying. After a long time, she finally raised her head, looked at Lou Qi and said, "Ah Qi, how did my mother teach you since you were a child?" You can't lie, you can't take the money you shouldn't take, I don't care how you got this hundred gold leaves, where you got it, tomorrow morning, you go and return the money to the family first, do you hear? ”

"But......" Lou Qi wanted to say something more, but was interrupted by a sharp look from her, he stood up, took the money bag from her hand, and then sighed softly, and said, "Okay, that mother, you go to bed quickly after eating, I'll go to rest first." ”

"This white chopped chicken was bought with my wages!" After taking two steps out, he suddenly turned back and said.

"Okay, I see, let's go to sleep." The woman smiled.

Lou Qi climbed up to the narrow bed in the corner, curled up in a ball with a thin cup, and soon fell asleep. The woman heard Lou Qi's soft snoring, blew out the candle on the bedside table, and lay down slowly, but couldn't sleep for a long time.

A hundred gold leaves? It should be enough to cure his illness, but Ah Qi can't get the money clearly, just in case, just in case...... In the future, if he learns badly, what should he do?

......

The next day, Huaiyang City.

Yuan Yuxin sat down in the stands early, with a pile of food in front of him, and it seemed that he was planning to stay here for a day. The steward sent someone to remove the ring, and instead spread a red blanket on the ground, he was afraid that if someone lifted the ring again, the ring would suddenly collapse, and then it would be fatal.

The number of onlookers today is as good as yesterday, and the hawkers are moving to sell their wares in the crowd. Because of the appearance of Lou Qi, there are many more people on the stage today than yesterday, and those fanatics who like Miss Yuan seem to have become more confident, they all feel that they can lift the Ding, and some even fight together for a chance to play.

Yuan Feixin frowned, looked at the people in the audience impatiently, and suddenly sighed, in fact, she didn't plan to recruit relatives in the first place, but she was just looking for a way to let her father stop bothering herself with the matter of marriage. The test before the competition is to exclude all people, so that Yuan Yuxin understands the truth that "these can't get into my daughter's eyes".

But now that someone has passed the "impossible test", Yuan Tripping Heart never thought about what to do after someone passed, let them test their fists and feet? Or the eighteen weapons?

What if the person who lifted the tripod up is ugly? Yuan Tripping suddenly began to think wildly.

There was a commotion below, Yuan Zhuxin sat forward, stretched out his head, and saw a tall and thin young man talking to the butler, and the people behind him didn't know why they were cheering and applauding, as if they were welcoming some big hero.

"Who's that?" Yuan asked in the heart.

"Miss, that person is the one who lifted the tripod yesterday." Yu Yu whispered behind Yuan Yuxin.

"Is that him?!" Yuan Tripping stood up suddenly, "Let's go, go down with Miss Ben and meet him!" As he spoke, he took Yu Yu's hand and got off the stands violently.

On the edge of the ring, Lou Qi was holding a money bag and wanted to stuff it into the butler's hand, but the butler refused to accept it, "How can there be a person like you, don't you want to put a hundred gold leaves?" You didn't steal or rob, this is what you won openly, how can there be any reason to return it? ”

"But my mother said that no matter how I got the money, I want to return it." Lou Qi held the money bag with a serious look in his eyes.

"Whoever lifts up the tripod will get a hundred gold leaves, this is what our young lady said, and it is also what the original family said, if you return it, it will be spread out in the future, and the people in Huaiyang City will say that our original family has no faith."

"But ......"

"You were the one who lifted the tripod yesterday?" Yuan Tripping Heart suddenly walked up.

"Miss." The butler bowed slightly.

Yuan Yuxin nodded to the housekeeper, turned his head to look at the young man, he was more than seven feet long, more than a head taller than himself, the so-called Fengshen handsome, probably talking about people like him. The clothes on his body are very old, but they are very clean, there are faint traces of patches on the clothes, but they are not obvious, the person who mends his clothes must be very skillful, the muscles under his clothes are bulging, probably the result of frequent manual labor, it seems that it is indeed a coolie from Qingpu Port.

"It's me," Lou nodded, and was about to hand the money bag to Yuan Yuanxin, "Give it back to you, your money." ”

Miss Yuan looked at Lou Qi's outstretched hand, she was stunned for a long time, her little face turned red, and she asked with a half-roar, "You returned it to me, do you think the money in it is too small?!" ”

"No, no, no." Lou Qi hurriedly waved his hand.

"Then do you think Miss Ben is not worthy of you?"

"No, I ......" Lou Qi lowered his head and looked at Yuan Feixin, who had some tears in his eyes, and was glaring at himself viciously, I don't know why, it seemed to be a little cute, so he couldn't help laughing.

"You're still laughing?!" Miss Yuan's face turned even redder, she pouted, like an angry little pufferfish, and then suddenly turned around and walked back to the stands, "Butler! Call me!"

When the housekeeper heard this, he beckoned, and several men with big shoulders and round waists suddenly surrounded him, grabbed Lou Qi and beat him, Lou Qi squatted down and curled up in a ball, but he didn't suffer any internal injuries, but his clothes were dirty and torn. After fighting for a while, the men worked together to lift Lou Qi up and throw him out.

Yuan Feixin rubbed his eyes, and his mouth kept cursing the stupid big guy just now, although scolding and scolding were only those few words that were not vicious. She did feel very aggrieved just now, since she was a child, she has been treated like the stars holding the moon, her father is reluctant to say anything to her even if he is a little heavier, and those self-proclaimed sons are even more different ways to make themselves happy, only she has refused others, but today she was rejected by others, especially his laughter, isn't that laughing at himself? ! The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and he suddenly stood in place and stomped his feet fiercely, closing his eyes and shouting "ah", which startled Yu Yu.

"Miss, what's the matter?" Yu Yu stepped forward and asked.

"Nothing! Angry! Yuan stumbling pouted and walked away without looking back.

......

"I'll have to be scolded by my mother again when I go back tonight." Lou Qi squatted at the mouth of a narrow alley, looked at the money bag in his hand and sighed again and again, "Aren't I just going to pay back the money, why are you still beating people, why are you still talking about what you don't deserve to be ......?"

"If you don't deserve it, I'm not worthy of you." After a long time, he said to himself.

Suddenly, someone patted him on the shoulder, Lou turned his head, it was an old man, dressed in a green shirt, with white hair, but his waist was straight, his face was smiling, full of energy, and his eyes were not cloudy like other old people, but slightly bright.

"Old man, do you know me?" Lou Qi asked with a puzzled expression.

"You're the young man who lifted the ding in the ring of the original family, right?"

"yes, you are?" Lou Qi thought for a moment, but he still couldn't remember where he had seen this old man.

"A wandering traveler," said the old man, stroking his beard, and smiling, "young man, I see that you are a ...... of astonishment."

"Is it a one-in-a-million martial arts wizard? Are you going to give me this martial arts cheats?" Lou Qi interrupted the old man, trying to hold back his laughter.

The old man was stunned for a moment, then smiled, "It's about the same, but how do you know I'm going to say that?"

"Both the book and the storyteller said that, and I heard a lot of it when I was a child." Lou Qi paused, and then asked, "How much do you plan to sell me for your martial arts cheats?" When he said the four words martial arts cheats, he deliberately accentuated his tone, and the smile on the corner of his mouth couldn't be suppressed.

The old man was stunned again, and then laughed, "Do you think I'm a liar who wants to scam you out of a few pennies?" ”

"It's not a few, it's a dozen." Lou Qi made a serious correction.

"There's no such thing as you who report your family background."

"That's right." Lou Qi scratched his head and smiled embarrassedly.

"How about it, do you want to learn some skills from the old man?" The old man looked straight at Lou Qi, as if he wanted to find something out of him.

"Collect money? If I don't charge money, I'll consider studying," Lou Qi also looked at the old man directly, "Also, how long will it take to study?" ”

The old man couldn't help laughing again, "Do you know how many people in this world want to learn from me? They are eager to exchange all their possessions, all their things, just to learn a trick and a half from me, you are better, first ask me if I will accept the money, and consider it. ”

"How do I know if what you're saying is true or false?" Lou Qi was straightforward and straightforward, and directly said the words that others would hide in his stomach.

"That's it," the old man waved his sleeve, not angry, "if you want to learn, come back to this place in three days." ”

After speaking, the old man turned around and walked into the alley, and then the voice came out of the alley again, "As for how long you will learn, it depends on your creation." ”

Waiting for the old man's figure to disappear, Lou Qi muttered in a low voice, "How come I met some weirdos today, and I want to give money and teach me skills......"