Liuhe Town is a big town in Qinghe County, not far from the county seat, but there are also three or four miles of road, today Su Chang and Qi Donglai are after the completion of the preliminary examination, two people ran from the county seat to Liuhe Town, notified Yan Dechang, and Yan Dechang also directly ran with the two of them all the way to the Guoshu Museum in Qinghe County.

In normal times, this road is nothing to Yan Liqiang, he has to run ten miles every day when he exercises at home and boils his body at least, and at this moment, he is injured, so he can only take the ox cart called by Yan Dechang, and Yan Dechang swayed all the way out of the county and returned to Liuhe Town.

Out of the city gate of Qinghe County, there is a vast farmland outside, and the road leading to Liuhe Town is between the patches of farmland.

The ox cart creaked, the hardwood wheels crushed against the tamped dirt road, and the whole body shook slightly, but it was still steady.

At this moment, the sky has darkened, there are no farmers working in the farmland, only the sound of frogs, with the bursts of rice incense, three bright moons of different sizes gradually reveal their bodies in the sky, and the scorching stars begin to appear in the sky, the mysterious endless void, it seems that there is infinite aura during the period, dominating the ups and downs of the starry sky.

Yan Dechang, who was sitting in the car, was a little silent and was not in a good mood, but Yan Liqiang was looking up in the carriage, looking at the starry sky in the night, the whole person's mind was intoxicated, tasting the beauty and vastness of the universe of heaven and earth.

The coachman who was driving the car knew Yan Dechang, and the coachman was sitting in front of him to catch the car, and he didn't see the faces of the father and son in the back, and he was talking there while driving the car, " Today is the preliminary examination of the Guoshu County Examination in Qinghe County, I have long heard that Master Yan, your son is one of the best in Liuhe Town at a young age, this county examination preliminary examination, will definitely be able to rank among the best, and wait until your son officially participates in the Guoshu County Examination in the future, and if he performs well, he will have the opportunity to enter the Pingxi County Guoshu Museum, meet a famous teacher, learn more advanced martial arts, and once he advances to become a warrior in the future, it will be a carp jumping the dragon gate, and he will truly glorify his ancestors, and Feihuang Tengda is just around the corner, Master Yan, you are in Liuhe Town and Qinghe County, and you can be regarded as raising your eyebrows, by the way, I don't know if Master Yan Your son has entered the top three today......”

"No!" Yan Dechang replied sullenly, without saying half a word.

Hearing Yan Dechang say this, the driver who was driving the car glanced back at Yan Dechang, and finally found that Yan Dechang's face was not very good, and he smiled sarcastically when he knew that he had said it, and didn't say anything anymore.

When the road was halfway to Liuhe Town, less than two miles away from Liuhe Town, a crisp hoof sound came from behind the ox cart where Yan Liqiang was sitting, and the sound of hooves gradually came from far and near, Yan Liqiang turned around, and saw a steward of the Hong family and two family members riding three rhino dragon horses from behind to catch up, when the three rhino dragon horses crossed the ox cart, the steward of the Hong family pulled the reins of the horse, and the three horses slowed down all of a sudden, and slowly moved forward with the ox cart.

The steward of the Hong family wore a blue robe, with two mustaches on the side of his lips, and a shrewd face, while the two housekeepers were dressed in short gray clothes and had knives hanging from their waists, which looked a little majestic.

The eyes of the steward of the Hong family turned on the faces of Yan Dechang and Yan Liqiang, father and son, and a weasel smile like a chicken greeting the New Year appeared on his face, and greeted Yan Dechang, "Isn't this Yan Blacksmith, coincidentally, I didn't expect to meet here!"

"Well, does Steward Hong have something to do too?" Others took the initiative to say hello, Yan Dechang couldn't pretend not to hear, he responded sullenly.

"Hahaha, my son Hongtao is not in today's national art preliminary examination ranked among the top three, the lord got the news early this morning, so he hurriedly sent me to Yuntao County non-stop to Hong Tao Gongzi's uncle and third uncle to report the good news, two days later the lord will hold a banquet at home to celebrate Hong Tao's son ranked among the top three in the preliminary examination, and it has been a certainty to enter the Pingxi County Guoshu Museum, by the way, I heard that Ling Lang was knocked out of the ring by my Hong Tao son on the stage today, and he was unconscious on the spot, and the injury was not light？”

Yan Dechang's face darkened instantly, his fist clenched tightly, and then replied firmly, "The dog is fine, thank you for your concern!"

"It's okay, it's okay......

"Hmph......" Yan Dechang answered directly with his nostrils.

"These days these rhinosaurus horses of the Hong family have run a little far, and the horseshoes are a little worn, and I will trouble Yan Blacksmith another day You will make a few good horseshoes for these beasts of the Hong family, if Ling Lang is unfavorable in the county exam this year, he can also consider coming to the Hong family to be a family member in the future, our master has always admired young people like Ling Lang who like to work hard, hahaha......" Steward Hong laughed, after saying this, regardless of Yan Dechang's face, he wanted to ride the horse away.

"Trouble Steward Hong to bring a message to Mr. Hong Tao......" Yan Liqiang, who had been silent, suddenly opened his mouth, but let Steward Hong's movements slow down, stopped and looked at Yan Liqiang with strange eyes, and asked curiously, "What do you want me to bring to Mr. Hong Tao?"

"Please tell Hong Tao Gongzi that Yan Liqiang thanks Hong Tao Gongzi for his teaching in the ring today!" Yan Liqiang smiled neither humbly nor arrogantly, with a graceful demeanor and calmness, without the slightest resentment, but with a sincere face," The so-called victory and defeat is a common thing in the soldiers, Liqiang's defeat today, defeat in the skill is not as good as people, the means of Hong Tao Gongzi, Li Qiang admires it, there is no complaint in his heart, there is a Hong Tao Gongzi to drive and inspire as an example, in the future, Li Qiang must work hard, redouble his efforts, live up to the name given to me by my father, I hope that one day there will be an opportunity to ask Hong Tao Gongzi to learn again!"

Steward Hong, who was still relaxed just now, heard Yan Liqiang say this, his face changed slightly, and he became a little dignified, because the spirit revealed in Yan Liqiang's words and the infinite fighting spirit, how could such a young man be defeated by a first test?

He didn't laugh at Yan Liqiang anymore, but stared at Yan Liqiang seriously, as if he was meeting Yan Liqiang for the first time, then nodded, and didn't say anything anymore, but directly took the two family members to ride away, leaving a hoof all the way, and disappeared from Yan Liqiang's sight in the blink of an eye.

Yan Dechang also looked at his son in surprise, he didn't expect that his son was a little taciturn on weekdays and rarely could say anything, but just now, the words Yan Liqiang said surprised him, as if it was in his heart, listening to what Yan Liqiang said, the boredom and frustration in his heart suddenly decreased a lot.

The ox cart stopped on the road for a while, and waited until the dust raised by the three rhinosaurus horses fell to the ground, and then began to walk slowly towards Liuhe Town again.

The Yan family and the Hong family are both in Liuhe Town, but they are just a big family in the town, and one is just a blacksmith in the town, the contradiction between the two families actually originated from Yan Liqiang, because Yan Liqiang was forced to practice martial arts by Yan Dechang since he was a child, and he worked hard every day, and gradually became famous among the teenagers in Liuhe Town, but the Hong family also has a young master with a grade similar to Yan Liqiang, in this case, the Hong family naturally can't allow the reputation of a blacksmith's son in Liuhe Town to overshadow the young master of his own family, especially after Yan Liqiang was ten years old, the Hong family was openly and secretly targeting the Yan family in Liuhe Town, and their Hong Tao wanted to suppress Yan Liqiang everywhere......

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Yan Liqiang's home in Liuhe Town is easy to find, because his home is on the edge of Liuhe, and the whole family with yards, houses, stables, and Yan Dechang's blacksmith workshop covers a total area of more than three acres, and from a distance, you can see the big chimney above his blacksmith workshop.

In addition to Yan Liqiang and Yan Dechang, there are two other people living in his house, one is Zhou Tiezhu, an apprentice brought by Yan Dechang in the blacksmith workshop, and the other is the old servant Wu Ma of the family.

Wu Ma is a mute, from Yan Liqiang's memory, this Wu Ma has been living with Yan Liqiang, according to Yan Dechang, Wu Ma is a refugee, Yan Liqiang was just born in the year, Wu Ma deserted from the north to Qinghe County, unrelated, helpless, and finally got a cold in the winter, almost died on the side of the road, and finally Yan Dechang took her in, asked her to be cured by a doctor, and finally let her stay at home, responsible for laundry, cooking, sprinkling and other miscellaneous items, since then, Wu Ma has also stayed in this home.

When Yan Liqiang came home, Wu's mother, as usual, had already prepared a meal and was putting it in the pot to heat, seeing Yan Liqiang and Yan Dechang coming back, Wu's mother, who couldn't speak, hurriedly brought out the hot food in the pot.

There were four people eating, Yan Dechang, Yan Liqiang, Zhou Tiezhu, and Wu's mother, I heard that Wu's mother was beaten to death when she first came to Yan Liqiang's house, but later she was in Yan's house for a long time and did her best, so Yan Dechang also asked Wu's mother to come to the table to eat, just like a family.

Yan Dechang, Zhou Tiezhu, and Wu Ma's meals are very simple, beans, cabbage, radish soup, rice, plus a plate of salty milk curd deliberately put a little heavy.

In addition to the ordinary home-cooked dishes on the table, there is also a small clay pot in front of Yan Liqiang, as soon as the clay pot is opened, a strong fragrance of quail stewed with soil ginseng wafts out from the clay pot......

This is specially prepared by Yan Dechang for Yan Liqiang, Yan Dechang himself resolutely does not eat, and Wu Ma, who fled to Yan Liqiang's house, heard that she had seen cannibalism before, and since An, Wu Mama has not touched any meat at all, as for Zhou Tiezhu, as Yan Dechang's apprentice, he is very honest, and naturally he will not exceed the rules at the dinner table, Yan Dechang eats whatever he eats, and even sees that there are dishes that Yan Liqiang likes to eat, he will even naturally avoid it, with less or no clips, and the broth cooked in the clay pot is only eaten by Yan Liqiang alone。

The source of all the income of this family is Yan Dechang, Yan Dechang is a blacksmith, raising four people and a rhinosaurus horse, eating horses every day, even if his blacksmith's income is not bad, more than ordinary people, the life in this family is not easy, especially Yan Liqiang has to practice martial arts, the so-called poor and rich martial arts, the cost of practicing martial arts is greater, so that the family is more compact.

On weekdays in this family, except for the New Year's holidays, Yan Dechang will ask Wu's mother to add a few dishes, and eat some meat with Yan Liqiang and Zhou Tiezhu, usually, in the whole family, only Yan Liqiang can have fish and meat for three meals a day, and there is never a lack of nutrition......

To be a blacksmith, as long as you can eat enough and have enough salt, you can skip eating big fish and meat, but those who want to practice martial arts can't-this is what Yan Dechang told Yan Liqiang.

Looking at the distinct dishes on the table and his special treatment for more than ten years, and then looking at Yan Dechang, who only has two sets of clothes throughout the year, Yan Liqiang's nose couldn't help but be a little sour, and the chopsticks in his hand were inexplicably heavy......