As the release date of Yunxiao Pavilion approached, Li Xiaoer became more and more nervous.

He was not afraid of heaven and earth, and he had just passed the age of thirteen, and it was the time to be carefree. The most annoying thing about the whole day is just how to hide from the gentleman in the school, or how to toss some wine in the shop at home and drink it secretly.

He had thought that life would continue like this, but he never thought that since he participated in the Yunxiao Pavilion's apprenticeship test, the situation would change all of a sudden.

His mother sighed behind his back, and his father's face became more and more serious.

After learning about him, the regular customers of the shop sometimes made fun of him: "If Xiao Er is admitted and developed in the future, don't forget to take care of us." ”

His father would ask the man to bring him a bowl of turbid wine, and said with a smile, "Thank you for your good words." But when he turned around, he looked at Xiao Er and stopped talking.

Li Xiaoer didn't understand what it was for, but two days ago, he happened to hear a neighbor in the neighborhood mention himself during a small talk, "The shopkeeper of the Li family is really confused, and he doesn't look at the identity of the Chu family in the past...... Even if we are down now, it is not comparable to our ...... Hearing that the recruit Baba sent Xiao Er over, he didn't look at his son's virtue, he could be punished by Mr. for every word, and there was a ghost who could record it! ”

I couldn't help but feel a little resentful, and ran home with all my strength and told his father about this.

Unexpectedly, his father was not angry, but after being silent for a while, he said: "What they said is also reasonable, people like the Chu family are not what we can think of in the first place. But they only know one thing, they don't know the other, Miss Chu wants to revitalize the family but has no trustworthy manpower, this is your chance! At other times, even if your father and I will break my head, others will not look at you, how can there be a chance to test now! So if you are lucky, you must work hard, and you can't fish in troubled waters like Xi Wen. If you don't win, I don't think you're a good student, so you will die of practicing martial arts, learn to do business with me! ”

Li Xiaoer couldn't help but shudder, and looked forward to the admission even more.

He was feeling pretty good, and he was always at the top of his group and should be able to be entered. But after realizing that this was his last chance to practice martial arts, he suddenly became a little bottomless.

When it came to the day of the release, Baba got up before dawn. I had been guarding the door from dawn until almost noon, when the outside of the house suddenly became noisy.

Li Xiaoer's eyes lit up and he shouted, "Mother! So he went out to check, and saw a great crowd gathered outside the house. A few days ago, the woman who said behind his back was also among them, and he was smiling at a man who looked "heroic" while leading a horse, and said, "The front is it, the front is it." ”

Turning his head to see Li Xiaoer, he shouted happily, "Isn't that Xiao Er!" Then he said, "I knew that this child had a chance." ”

Such a contrast made Li Xiaoer a little stunned, waiting for the man to come forward and ask, "You are Li Ming?" ”

Li Xiaoer nodded, and the man asked his address and his father's name one by one, and after confirming that it was correct in the neighbors' gossip answers, he said: "Your previous grades were good, and after the first test, if you still want to enter our Yunxiao Pavilion, you will come to the interview in three days." ”

asked Li Xiaoer if there were any adults in the house, this was when he heard movement in the house, and his father had already greeted him. The one who came to inform him repeated his previous words again, and his father asked something again, but Li Xiaoer couldn't remember it clearly.

He was dizzy with joy, watching his father talk to the visitor in a daze, and the neighbors came forward to congratulate him...... When I came back to my senses, I found that my mother was holding him and crying.

On the one hand, the father was a little helpless, "This is a good thing, what to cry about!" Then he asked, "Do you have what I asked you to prepare?" ”

His mother nodded, wiping the corners of her eyes with her sleeve.

The father said, "Then take it out for me." But he immediately changed his mind again, "Now that there are many people, it will be night." ”

Li Xiaoer didn't know what his father was talking about, until at night, his father took him around the street and came to a house.

Li Xiaoer recognized this place as a house where he called "Grandpa Sun" lived.

Grandpa Sun is not Li Xiaoer's relatives and elders, but a frequent customer of his restaurant.

It's just that his father saw that he had old injuries on his body, and he had no children and grandchildren to take care of him, so he would sometimes help take care of one or two outside of business.

For this reason, he was complained by his mother, but I don't know why she brought him here at this time.

They were accompanied by a man from the restaurant, with some meat, wine, and goods.

His father told him to leave his things in the courtyard, and only after sending him away did he enter the house to see Grandpa Sun. First, he saluted, "Thank you, sir, for mentioning it." He also told Li Xiaoer to kneel.

Li Xiaoer was a little unhappy at first, but he couldn't stand his father's stern expression, so he knelt down and kowtowed three times unwillingly.

Grandpa Sun said: "It's also this child's own creation, what does it have to do with me?" ”

His father replied, "If it weren't for my husband's guidance, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to make up my mind until now." ”

They talked for a while, and when his father said goodbye, Grandpa Sun said again: "Although the eldest lady of the Chu family is a great disciple, she may not have the mind to take precautions in her heart, if they ask in the future, you don't have to hide it, it's okay to say it directly." ”

His father was stunned before saying yes.

Li Xiaoer looked strange and wanted to ask, but his father didn't answer.

And so on, three days passed in a flash. On the day of the second test, Li Xiaoer got up early in the morning, put on new clothes, and went to Chu Mansion under the leadership of his father.

There were already people waiting for the Sky Pavilion, and after confirming their identities with them, they arranged a carriage and drove towards the Sky Pavilion with another family that also participated in the interview.

On the way, Li Xiaoer was inevitably a little curious, and looked at his companions with the same purpose as himself. But he found that he was much stronger than himself, and he was obviously bigger, but he was not very well dressed, and although his clothes were clean, they were not new.

Li Xiaoer couldn't help but feel a little proud, flauntingly straightened his chest, and talked to him again, but found that the person was very bored, and often asked three or four sentences before replying, so he quickly felt bored.

He passed the time with nothing to do, and finally arrived at the place, and hurriedly jumped down to stretch his body, while his father contacted people, and came back with a number plate after a while.

was taken to a place, where there were not a few people with the same family as them, and there were more than 20 people of the same age as Li Xiaoer.

They all sat honestly on wooden chairs and didn't know what to wait for.

Li Xiaoer was feeling strange, so he heard the person who brought them to say: "You just wait here, see that there is no room in the room, where is someone to conduct the test, according to the number, and when you shout yours, you will go in." You can pick up tea and snacks here, just ask us if it's not enough, but don't go far, if you miss it, it's troublesome. ”

Li Xiaoer's father nodded again and again, and pulled Li Xiaoer to find a place to sit down.

Li Xiaoer didn't dare to run around, so he could only observe while eating snacks, and he found that the numbers came one by one, and the time was not very long, but after coming out, some people felt happy, and some people seemed to be a little depressed.

This discovery made him a little curious about the situation inside, and he felt a little nervous.

Thinking wildly, when his number was called, it was only when his father pulled him back to his senses.

According to the rules, he and his father need to enter it together, and Li Xiaoer approached the house with some trepidation.

I saw five people sitting on the main seat, and the woman in the center was the leader, who was quite good-looking.

Li Xiaoer subconsciously looked at it twice, and was pinched by his father, "I've seen Master Chu." ”

"Li Wenda, Li Ming's father and son, right?" It was not Master Chu who answered, but another man next to him, his appearance was very extraordinary, but his hairstyle was a little strange...... It's not tied up, and it's not a short hair like a novice...... With the matter of the head of Chu in front of him, Li Xiaoer didn't dare to look at it more.

He motioned to Li Xiaoer's father and son: "Don't be nervous, find a place to sit down first." Your previous test results are generally in line with our requirements, but we still have a few small questions to ask before we decide. ”

Li Xiaoer's father replied on his behalf: "Yes, yes." ”

So after the man said some precautions and confirmed that Li Xiaoer understood, he started.

At first, I asked some very common questions, that is, name, gender, age, whether I had studied martial arts before, whether I had studied literature, whether I could write my own name, etc.

was specially mentioned by his father, Li Xiaoer didn't dare to make a mistake, and replied honestly one by one.

And then the next question, it quickly became a little strange.

"Why do you want to practice martial arts?"

Li Xiaoer was stunned for a moment, subconsciously turned his head to look at his father, saw that he didn't say anything, and thought that he had to answer all the questions, so he said slowly: "I don't know either...... It seems that Dr. Tea talked about the deeds of the heroes in the store, and I felt very yearning......

He replied without a word, and he didn't know whether this answer was good or bad, until he found that the man behind the table was smiling a little, and his heart felt relieved.

So I waited for the next question, "What do you want to do after practicing martial arts?" "What would you do if someone was in distress and your martial arts were not an opponent?" and so on.

Then he replied one by one according to what he thought in his heart.

After answering such questions quickly, it didn't take long for the last few questions, "Why do you want to apply for our Cloud Pavilion?" ”

Li Xiaoer was stunned for a moment, and then said: "It's my father's decision, he thinks that the head of the family doesn't believe in anyone, as long as I behave well, I should be reused......"