Zhang Mochen followed Sun Baida all the way to a mansion, and the open space in front of the gate was already crowded, some watching the excitement, and some waiting in line to sign up.

"This has to be ranked in the Year of the Monkey!" "His eyes were full of black heads, Zhang Mochen finally believed Sun Baida's words, and the identity of the money guy was really attractive.

Just when Zhang Mochen was at a loss, Sun Baida pulled him around the crowd and walked directly to the back, where there was a burly man, with a big knife pinned to his waist, holding the handle of the knife with one hand, standing at the back of the Qian family, but it did not affect the coldness on his face, and the man saw Sun Baida coming and glanced at the crowd and walked out quietly.

"Brother Ye, do you look at my little brother?!"

Sun Baida nodded again, stretched out his hand to hold the man, and Zhang Mochen saw that there was a heavy money bag that he was holding together.

Checking it with his hand, the man smiled with satisfaction, if it was only the registration fee of 50,000 gold, it would not have this weight, and then he looked at Zhang Mochen with a cold expression.

"It's absolutely no problem to sign up, but you must participate in the assessment, and this time it's stricter than in previous years!"

In previous years, the selection was very corrupt, and the person in charge of the assessment could bring one or two people directly into the Qian family after receiving filial piety money, and there was no need to participate in the assessment at all. This year the situation is a little different, maybe a little bit, but the low status of men obviously can't help.

"I'm sure I'm relieved that Brother Arino is here. ”

Sun Baida frowned, and soon smiled at each other, what else can he do when the money is in the hands of others.

The man nodded, he should have some friendship with Sun Baida.

"It's up to him to pass the assessment, if he can pass, I can take care of one or two after entering the house, you go to the place where you line up, I'll report the name of this kid first." ”

Sun Baida lowered his dignity for his own business, which made Zhang Mochen's heart warm, and he gently bowed his hand after walking back to the crowd.

"Brother bothered!"

Waving his hand, Sun Baida spat on the ground.

"If you hadn't had to go into the Qian family to be a buddy, the wild dog wouldn't have been worthy of lifting my shoes. ”

Zhang Mochen smiled gratefully, he could feel that Sun Baida, a charlatan, had regarded himself as a true brother.

After about half an hour, the noisy scene quieted down with a thick voice wrapped in Yuan Li, Zhang Mochen stepped on his feet and saw a middle-aged man with a proud face and a bit of temperament standing on the steps in front of the gate from the back of the crowd.

"The selection quota is full, a total of 100 people, those who didn't catch up with the registration should retreat by themselves!"

The scene exploded in an instant, and Zhang Mochen saw that the team at the registration office was still one or two hundred meters long, and these people were dejected and scolded in their mouths, but none of them dared to protest loudly.

"Now I announce the list of 100 people, and those who hear the names stand in the center of the field! Xiang Gao, Abti, Longmei ......"

The middle-aged man was obviously the main examiner of this selection, and as the names came out of his mouth unhurriedly, one by one figures walked out of the crowd and stood proudly in the center of the field.

"Last place, Zhang Mochen!"

Zhang Mochen breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that Brother Ye would not do anything with the money.

"Brother, I'm going!" smiling slightly, Zhang Mochen said to Sun Baida.

"Go, come on!" Sun Baida patted Zhang Mochen's shoulder, looking like a big brother.

A hundred people lined up in a line, and in front of them was a large grinding disc with a diameter of about two meters.

"Won't let us grind on the spot?!!!" Zhang Mochen stood at the end and looked sideways, and said lightly speechlessly, he must be a guy who does rough work this time, and his profession is absolutely right.

"The first level of the assessment, push the stone mill, push the stone mill one meter or lift the waist to qualify, the qualified one stays in the field, the loser leaves on his own, and the following assessment begins. The chief examiner man stood on the steps, but he still wrapped his voice with Yuan Li, and it seemed that he also wanted to put on a show more.

As soon as the voice fell, a young man in his twenties rolled up his sleeves and walked to the stone mill, his strong arms and dark complexion were like a black bull, and after bowing respectfully to the man in charge, he shouted Nearly a hundred catties of stone mill was raised above his head, and he held it for a few seconds.

The examiner man smiled and nodded, and the young man was also very excited, and stood aside proudly after saluting again.

The second candidate then walked out, his emaciated figure was worrying, but it was surprising to push the stone mill five or six meters.

The sun gradually climbed into the sky, and the ninety-nine people in front of him had already completed the assessment, but only about twenty remained in the central field.

Zhang Mochen walked to the stone mill, and a boo suddenly sounded in this space, can a yellow-haired boy move this hundred-pound stone mill? I'm afraid it's hard to pick up a bucket of water.

Zhang Mochen's strength Sun Baida had been taught, and he couldn't break free of that little hand even if he tried his best, but the hundred-pound stone mill was too heavy, and a trace of worry still climbed on his face.

The chief examiner is not optimistic about Zhang Mochen, this first level is to test strength, and the slightly thin small body is not good at first glance, but his hand that is ready to hold the tea bowl has not yet stretched out, and a surprise suddenly sounded in his ears, and when he looked sideways, the stone mill had been overthrown.

With a red face and a thick neck, Zhang Mochen clapped his hands and breathed a long sigh of relief, he could lift this stone mill with one finger, but in order to be low-key, he still pretended to be very difficult, and he tightly overturned the stone mill just to meet the qualified conditions, but it still caused a lot of sensation, and he could only blame his figure for being too thin.

Sun Baida also let out a long breath, if he was eliminated, the 50,000 registration fee would be in vain, although it was Zhang Mochen's money.

As Zhang Mochen passed the assessment, one hundred people were reduced to twenty-two, among which there was no shortage of beginner-level scholars, and even there were several middle-level scholars, so high quality made the face of the winning man a smile.

"It's noon, the assessment is suspended, and it will continue after the meal!"

As the man in charge turned to leave, the two dozen or so people who passed the assessment and the crowd watching the excitement also dispersed.

Zhang Mochen walked up to Sun Baida and smiled, the latter punched him in the chest with relief, and said unprecedentedly: "Go, today's meal, brother, please!"

Zhang Mochen shrugged his shoulders, but just as he was about to slaughter him, Yu Guang found that a young man who was not tall but very stocky walked to the corner and squatted against the wall, and took out half a yellowed steamed bun from his chest.

Zhang Mochen walked over curiously, this person had passed the assessment before him, so he had some impressions.

"Brother, just eat this to satisfy your hunger?"

After chewing the steamed bun vigorously, the young man looked at Zhang Mochen and ignored it.

"Let's go, come with us to dinner, there will be an assessment later, your half of the steamed bun is not a problem at all!" Zhang Mochen said and stretched out his hand to the young man, but the latter avoided it very unkindly.

"My family is poor, and I can't afford to repay the favor after eating you!"

The young man shrank his body and swallowed the remaining steamed buns in one gulp, even the dough residue was reluctant to throw away, and held it all in his hand.

Just when Zhang Mochen wanted to persuade the young man, Sun Baida walked over, frowned, and asked, "Tiedan, is it you?"

The young man raised his head in surprise, looked at Sun Baida with an excited face, and said, "Sun, Uncle Sun!"

"Good boy, it's uncle, it's uncle!" Sun Baida hugged the young man, and this person who walked the rivers and lakes in disguise actually left hot tears.

The old people met, and the three of them walked through a few street corners to an open-air noodle restaurant, Zhang Mochen thought that Sun Baida was going to the restaurant to have a treat, but he didn't expect to come here, but he didn't mind.

Three bowls of noodles and a pot of spirits were quickly served, and the steaming heat and spicy flavor buds stimulated the taste buds and made the mouth water.

"Good boy, I didn't recognize it at first sight, but I'm a strong man when I grow taller. ”

Sun Baida gave all the meat in the bowl to Tie Dan, and the loving smile on his face was like that of a father, however, seeing the latter gobbling up, a wave of sadness gradually emerged.

"Tiedan's father used to be my brother, but it's a pity that the hero's life is short. ”

Sun Baida took a sip of the spirits, and I don't know if it was alcohol or something else that made his eyes red again.

"At that time, I happened to be not in Ninghai City, and when I came back, I could no longer find the whereabouts of their orphans and widows, and finally I heard that they had gone to another country. ”

Zhang Mochen nodded, the people in the rivers and lakes value brotherhood more than anything else.

"Fortunately, God has eyes, so I met the iron egg again. Sun Baida smiled with relief and touched Tiedan's head with his hand, "By the way, why did you come back?

Hearing Sun Baida's question, Tie Dan slowly put down his chopsticks.

"At the beginning, my mother took me to the north of the quicksand town to beg for a living, but there was a bully in the town who had been bullying us, and finally my mother could only take me around, last month my mother was sick, very sick, no way I took her back to Ninghai City, at least there are a few broken tiles here to shelter from the wind and rain. ”

"Is your mother sick?" asked Sun Baida anxiously.

"It's still where we used to live, and I came to participate in the selection just to earn some money for my mother's medical treatment. There was still half a bowl of noodles in the bowl, but he couldn't arouse the appetite of the iron egg, and he hung his head and looked sad.

"Mochen, the iron egg will be handed over to you first!" Sun Baida got up and left without saying a word.

Life in the world, the past is like the wind, but there is always one or a few things that will always be remembered in my heart, and even though time flies, I leave an eternal imprint in my heart. Looking at the back in a hurry, Zhang Mochen knew a little more about Sun Baida, as the so-called world laughed at me for being too crazy, and I laughed at others who couldn't see through it.

If he didn't have to participate in the assessment, Zhang Mochen would also visit Tie Dan's mother, and the two of them rushed back to the door of Qian's house after eating hastily, Tie Dan had no resistance to him, and he talked more.

At this time, the front of the Qian family became full of people again, and the three inner and outer three floors surrounded by lively people were more crowded than in the morning, and people came one after another in the open space in the center, and when Zhang Mochen and Tie Dan arrived, the people who participated in the second round of assessment were all in place.

In the midst of people's discussion and expectation, the red lacquer gate slowly opened half an hour later, and a group of Qian family members slowly walked out.

The man in charge of the examination was smiling, standing on the steps and looking down, and the voice wrapped in Yuan Li once again spread throughout the space.

"You guys are really lucky, this time it was supposed to select hard labor guys, but my Qian family is based on benevolence and righteousness, and those who pass the second level assessment will become official members of the family. ”

The repercussions were strong, and it was the concept of what a member was, and it was a symbol of status, even if it was just a janitor, it was a lot higher than the status of hard labor.

Seeing the heated discussion below, the examiner man pressed his hand to signal quiet.

"Let's start the second and last level of assessment, the competition!"