In the pantry, a teenager put down two steel plates on the table, drank the tea in the cup, picked up the hat in front of him, got up and walked out. The lively discussion behind him continued.

Passing through the bustling crowd in the market, the boy came to an archway.

This is a wooden archway, the underground part of the cypress pile, the lower part of the pillars above the foundation is wrapped with a "clamping stone", and then the outside is tied with an iron hoop.

The eaves at the top of the wooden archway are very short, and it is made into a hanging mountain type. The ends of each column rise out of the ridge, and the top of the column is covered with a cloud jar to prevent wind and rain erosion and insect damage. The tiles used for the roof of the building are black cloth tiles.

In the afterglow of the sunset, there are three bright red white texts in the middle of the archway, "school field west".

The boy pressed the brim of his hat and walked out into the alley.

"Yo! it's the stars are back!" Aunt Zhang pushed open the door and came out, carrying a wooden bucket and was about to go to the old well in the workshop to get some water, when she recognized the young man at a glance and stopped him.

The boy simply took off his hat and said hello with a smile. This young man, who else could he be if he wasn't Wu Xing?

"Don't you have to be on duty today?, why did you come back so early?" Aunt Zhang said "by the way", and then turned Wu Xing and walked in the other direction.

"The old man Zhang Tou of the school field has long wanted to change the duty time with me. Wu Xing replied.

"Oops! You stupid boy! A star monarch and two barbarians have died in the White Horse Stele Forest, and it is said that the evil spirit is very strong, and the night is not very peaceful. Now that you are willing to transfer to the night shift with him, Lao Zhangtou naturally can't ask for it. Aunt Zhang patted Wu Xing's shoulder vigorously, and the expression on her face looked even more unhappy than her own loss: "No! I'll talk to the lieutenant tomorrow! I can't let you suffer this secret loss." ”

"Don't, Mom Zhang, the old Zhang Tou is a granddaughter is sick, I will replace him with the ten-day shift, and then I will change it back. Wu Xing hurriedly comforted Aunt Zhang.

"That's right, that's fine. You, you can't be too honest!" Aunt Zhang patted Wu Xing's shoulder again, then let him go back, and went to fetch water.

After Wu Xing walked back, the door of the other house happened to be pushed open, and Aunt Li was about to pack up the bedding that had been drying for a day, when she saw the young man walking by in front of the door, she stopped him and said, "Xingxing, the matter of cultivation is not in a hurry." If you haven't passed the trial, don't you still have the qualifications to audit? If you really can't do it, you will come back and seek a military position, which is also a way out, to protect your family and defend the country!"

"What Mama Li said is true!" Wu Xing listened carefully to the teachings for half an hour, and then reminded Mama Li if she had forgotten the white porridge cooked on the stove. Seeing that Aunt Li couldn't take care of the futon, and rushed into the door in three steps and two steps, Wu Xing muttered with a smile: "The sensitivity is more keen, and it is still useful." ”

So, Wu Xing finally returned home after saying hello to at least three elders in the archway.

Qian Nanzheng was sitting on a small bamboo stool in the courtyard, holding a large teapot in his hand, looking at Wu Xing with a playful expression, and said, "I told you to move earlier, but you have to suffer this crime every time you come back." ”

"You're embarrassed to say!" Wu Xing snatched the big teapot and poured two sips for himself, before continuing: "I brought back a dozen taels of broken silver and a piece...... Stone, look at you, where did all the money go?"

Qian Nanzheng said lazily: "That stone is naturally going to be confiscated, so it's gone." As for the broken silver....... We can't afford to leave anything to spare!"

"Oh?" Wu Xing pretended to be surprised, "Why didn't I know there was such a thing?" Actually, I heard that there seems to be another set of silver jewelry in Beifang Sun's house, and I don't know if it's true. ”

Qian Nanzheng's face suddenly fell, and he muttered, "Anyway, you are also ill-gotten gains....... I'm pulling you big with a handful of and urine, and it's not easy for me......"

Wu Xing put down the teapot, sat on another small bamboo stool directly opposite Qian Nan, and said, "I know, you blame me for secretly giving all the money and silver of those brute rides to those families who have suffered from military disasters, and I didn't leave you a copper plate." However, in my opinion, those barbarians who have plundered and plundered them are the real ill-gotten gains, although they are ownerless! I have limited ability, and I can only help a group of ordinary people in the villages around White Horse Town. But ......"

Wu Xing turned his words, took out a small oil can from the burden behind his back and put it on the coffee table between the two, and said: "This kind of thing, if you use it, I don't have a little psychological burden anyway." ”

"Grease?" Qian Nanzheng perked up and asked in a low voice, "To be honest, how many oil cans did you get at that time?" I suspect that your kid was hiding outside White Horse Town to bury these oil cans. ”

"Don't I even want my life for these oil cans?" Wu Xing was angry for a while.

Qian Nanzheng said treacherously: "Igniting fires in many places can be suspicious, which is an excellent strategy!"

Wu Xing knew that he couldn't say anything about Qian Nanzheng, so he simply made a gesture directly.

"Fifteen oil cans?!" Qian Nanzheng's eyes widened.

"Yes, it's all buried under the stove of our house, and this oil tank is the last. Wu Xing said with a smile: "Uncle Zheng, you turn the pot in the kitchen around, and after burning an oil can, you will scrape the smoke and ink." When I saved enough money, I went to take down the shop next to Widow Sun's house and help her open a tofu shop, which can be regarded as giving someone an explanation. ”

Qian Nanzheng fell silent all of a sudden, looked at Wu Xing, looked moved, and said, "It's all given to me, what can you do?"

Wu Xing's face darkened suddenly, and he stretched out his hand and gestured: "Half and half, why do you have to leave half for me?!"

"I'm eight and you're seven. ”

"You're seven and I'm eight. ”

After the two of them "crossed the fist", it finally ended with the agreement that seven cans would be divided equally among seven cans and one more can would be donated.

After dividing the spoils, the two finally started to talk about business.

"Are you going east?" asked Qian Nanzheng.

"The last time I went out was in 'heaven'. This time on the 'road', you must take a good look at the customs and customs of other parts of the country of West Wind. Anyway, there are less than three months left before the Star Hall Outer House lecture begins. Although Wu Xing did not answer positively, he could be regarded as acquiescing.

Qian Nanzheng picked up the big teapot and walked into the house, with Wu Xing following behind. After the two sat on the kang bed, Qian Nanzheng put on a kang table, a large jar of burnt knives, a plate of braised pork, and a plate of boiled peanuts, and then said: "The two of us are simple because of ugliness, and this can be regarded as a meal for you." ”

Wu Xing patted open the mud seal, cut open the oil paper, and poured half a bowl for the two of them, and then went to the kang again.

I don't know why so many people like to drink this. After Wu Xing took a small sip, the expression on his face was obviously not enjoying.

"You don't understand it yet. Wine is never the taste of wine, it's the mood to drink!" Qian Nanzheng poured half a bowl directly, with a comfortable face, and then filled himself with a bowl, and then continued: "The progress of your cultivation, it is inconvenient for me to ask now, even the Eagle Lord...... You can also have reservations. Everyone has to keep at least one hole card for themselves. ”

Seeing that Wu Xing wanted to speak and stopped, Qian Nanzheng made a gesture of calmness and continued to say to himself: "The general has suppressed your credit, according to my speculation, it is nothing more than the following points. With the strength of more than a dozen barbarians in your hands, especially including the two Star Monarchs, I'm afraid no one will believe that you were actually brushed down when you were in the Heavenly Ladder Trial, and in the end you could only be a student who was an observer in the outer room. It was late in the evening when you broke into the camp, so not many people really knew about it. In addition, after the battle reports of the Zhenjia Village and Shanmu Village were submitted, if you want to say that someone is fighting for merit, or that it is said that it helped you cover up this obvious loophole, anyway, this matter is just pressed down. It's a happy outcome. ”

"Those two barbarians and that one star monarch in the stele forest...... The county government has also closed the case, which is the story of the brave and the barbarian scouts who died together. That's good too. In the future, if anyone else comes to turn over this case, there will also be a chance to find out the melon. ”

"Since you still haven't given up your qualifications to observe the outer house of the Star Palace, going to the outer house of the Star Hall as a mediocre identity is the best protective color for you, and it will not be misunderstood that you deliberately gave up the Star Hall because of the things of your parents back then, otherwise there will be trouble when you go to the outer house of the Star Hall to observe. We still don't know if the 'big man' back then was someone from inside the Star Temple or someone outside the Star Temple. This time, you went to listen openly, because of what happened to your parents back then, it is estimated that at most, someone secretly stumbled on you, but it will not be a black hand. Anyway, I can't stay any longer, so let's come back!"

After Qian Nanzheng finished speaking, he poured half a bowl of burning knives, and then began to peel some boiled peanuts for wine.

"Uncle Zheng, you adopted Xingxing without hesitation, which cut off the way for those door-to-door matchmakers. Wu Xing raised the bowl and continued: "Xingxing is now a man, and some things can already be undertaken alone. So, Uncle Zheng should start a family as soon as possible! Don't worry about the stars anymore!"

After speaking, Wu Xing poured down the half bowl of burning knives very heroically, and then choked half to death by the wine, which made Qian Nan cry and laugh.

When Wu Xing eased up, Qian Nanzheng put a bracer on the kang table and motioned for Wu Xing to accept it.

"The Yongzi telegraph is too conspicuous, so don't show it. Qian Nanzheng saw that Wu Xing had already put on the bracers, so he gestured and said, "Click this bracket button, and the thing inside will pop up." ”

Wu Xing did so, and a palm-length three-sided thorn popped out of the ribs of the bracer.

Holding the three prismatic thorns in his hand with his fingers and trying the feel and weight, Wu Xing had already vaguely guessed the source of this thing.

Qian Nanzheng ate two pieces of braised pork with wine, and then said: "I didn't hand over that piece of Jiupin Star Stone, anyway, it's already an ownerless thing, so you don't need to use it in vain." And that seven-grade star stone, left in my hand is a broken stone, it is better to replace it with something more practical. ”