The brocade-clothed young man riding on the wall looked at the two backs of the old man and the young man who were far away, his eyes were full of jealousy and envy, and even some hatred, "Jiang Xiaobai, you~ Do you really believe what this kid said? It seems that he is definitely deceiving you, and you are going to lose a lot this time." “

Qi Donglai purred his eyes smartly, "However, you don't suffer a loss, I'm afraid there are forty or fifty coins in that money bag." ”

Jiang Xiaobai shook the money bag in his hand, held it in his hand, and made an estimate in his heart.

"It's about the same, but this family is too polite, and it is estimated that this money is enough to buy hundreds of silk rabbits in the town. ”

As if seeing this Jiang Xiaobai looking like a loser, Qi Donglai seemed to be a little angry, "Hey, a loser is worse than a girl, Jiang Xiaobai, I guess that's all you have for the rest of your life." He stopped talking to Jiang Xiaobai, jumped off the wall, and entered the room alone.

It didn't take long for the sound of reading to come from the room: "The way of the university is in Mingmingde, in being close to the people, and in stopping at perfection." Knowing and then there is determination, and then being quiet can be quiet, and then being quiet can be peaceful, and then being able to consider, and then being able to achieve. Things have a beginning and an end. If you know what to do, you will be the shortest,......。 ”

Qi Donglai's voice reading was subdued, making people listen a little distracted, and the girl Dongying stood in the courtyard, as if she had been fighting in her heart for a long time, and the corners of her eyes were a little bloodshot.

"Jiang Xiaobai, don't listen to my brother's nonsense, but your bag of copper coins must not be used, put it at the bottom of the box at home, but you have to ......"

A cough in the room interrupted the conversation between the two, "Ah Ying, don't give me a cup of Bitan Drifting Snow, I'm going to fight at night tonight, and read this book on the principle of self-cultivation and family governance." ”

Dongying obediently agreed, and then turned around and went into her kitchen. Jiang Xiaobai shook his head, if this Qi Donglai didn't speak harshly, and if he didn't speak sarcastically and sarcastically every time he spoke, he was actually a very good person. You said that you are a maidservant girl's child, it is not good to find a business, what to read all day long Qi family rules the world, in the mind of the straw sandals boy, this Qi Donglai is similar to him, although the brother and sister do not worry about food and clothing, but in fact, it is also a child that no one cares about.

It was late at night, Xiao Baipan sat on the wooden bed, closed his eyes slightly, concentrating calmly, his hand slowly gestured in the air with some strange movements, this was the last time his father slaughtered the rabbit's action, the boy didn't know how many times he practiced, but so far he can't carry a sword to peel a rabbit, of course he hasn't carried a sword, the young man always thinks that this unique skill of the Jiang family may be lost in his hands.

Early in the morning, as soon as the sky was slightly bright, Jiang Xiaobai got up early, cleaned up the courtyard, added some forage to the thin red horse tied to the pipa stump, and picked up the wooden bucket to the well on the side of Qingyun Lane to fetch water, which is one of the things that Xiaobai must do every day. When he came to the well, the Leopard Tu Well was already full of people, the reason why the old well in the town is called the Leopard Tu Well, that is, the old people in the town are not very few people can say clearly, some people say that the sound of the spring water in the well is like the roar of a leopard, some people say that in ancient times, a leopard dug a spring here as a well, for the benefit of future generations of the town.

Jiang Xiaobai disdained these statements, this well may have been dug by the ancestors of a small town, he was a carpenter, and he knew that this leopard protruding well must have been built by craftsmen, and it may have nothing to do with what kind of leopard.

"Xiaobai, are you going to Tianya Lake today?" spoke a tall young man, standing in front of him, always with a sincere smile.

"Senior brother, are you still working in the carpentry workshop?" This is Jiang Xiaobai's senior brother Xie Shishi, the eldest disciple of the dead old man, of course, the craftsmanship is better than Jiang Xiaobai, after the old man died, he was left behind by the carpentry workshop, and has been making some delicate wooden parts for the Shenji Gate in the workshop.

"What the hell is there in that place, I haven't been working there since last month. ”

Jiang Xiaobai was a little surprised, his senior brother Xie Shishi's craftsmanship is also a first-class master in the woodworking workshop, how could he be swept out of the workshop, looking at Jiang Xiaobai's somewhat surprised look, Xie Shishi smiled and said: "I took the initiative to go, I want to go to the Shenji Gate to learn Karakuri, I heard that where to create a flying bird can fly in the sky for three days and three nights without falling, and can also make wooden oxen and flowing horses, and can walk on the mountain road like flying, you said that if you can learn to make these organ news, wouldn't you have to worry about food and clothing in this life?"

"But, Senior Brother, do you have a selection fee? I heard that the selection fee of the Divine Machine Gate is high, if you can't choose it with money, wouldn't you be wasting money in vain, Senior Brother, I advise you to be your carpenter honestly." ”

The tall boy didn't seem to pay attention to Xiaobai, and persuaded him. "Xiaobai, I suggest you give it a try, maybe if you choose, you kid will be developed. ”

This conversation with senior brother Xie Shishi did not make Jiang Xiaobai take it to heart, the Shenji Gate will recruit a group of disciples every three years, but the Haoda Continent is so vast, not anyone who wants to enter can enter, especially the exam, it is a single-plank bridge crossed by thousands of troops.

The straw sandals boy picked up the wooden bucket, carried two buckets full of water back to the house in Luoguo Lane, just walked to the front of the courtyard gate, the door next door creaked open, a thin figure carried a very heavy wooden barrel to the direction of Qingyun Lane, opened the wooden door to the door of Granny Cai, looked at the delicate back and scolded fiercely: "Beast, do it yourself." The girl turned her head, her eyes suddenly became charming, and the blood light condensed at the corners of her eyes, like a python flying, intersecting with Granny Cai's fierce light, and there seemed to be two flying dragons fighting in the sky.

The girl's eyes were cold, and she turned her head, her swaying figure as if to demonstrate to him, "You stinky old woman, what can you do." “

Granny Cai retracted her gaze and grinned at Xiaobai, "Xiaobai, I've come back with water so early." ”

"Granny Cai, I'll pour your bucket of water into the tank for you right away. ”

The mother-in-law looked at Jiang Xiaobai kindly, with kindness and care in her eyes, "Xiaobai, it's really troublesome for you, I have to carry water and chop firewood and buy rice for my wife every day, it's really difficult for you." ”

"Mother-in-law, you are old, I should do this. Saying that, Xiaobai carried the bucket into his mother-in-law's house, poured water into the water tank, and when he went out, he did not forget to see if the rice in the rice bowl and the firewood in the stove were enough.

The straw sandals boy was busy with the things he had to be busy with every morning, and he led his skinny red horse to walk on the bluestone paved road in the town, although the town has four city gates, east, west, north and south, but not every city gate is guarded, except for the east gate that directly connects to the official road The city gate is responsible for opening and closing the city gate every day, and the other three city gates are equal to nothing, and anyone can enter and exit at will, but except for the selection of the god machine gate every three years, the town is still very calm.

When the boy led the horse out of the north gate, he met Zheng Butcher who was pushing a wooden cart into the city gate, with two pork fans on the cart and a bucket full of pig blood in the large wooden barrel next to it.

"Xiaobai, are you going to Tianya Lake again?"

Jiang Xiaobai jumped on the horse, pulled the reins, and the thin horse "tapped" on the country road, and the young man glanced back at Zheng Butcher, "Uncle Zheng, this is not the day to catch the market, you still kill pigs, I estimate that this pork ~ You will definitely not be able to sell it today." ”

Butcher Zheng's scolding voice came from behind: "Rabbit cub, curse me early in the morning for bad business, you kid and I think this time will be in vain in Tianya Lake, damn, how can there be so many people who have seen through the red dust." However, there are also ...... , Damn, it's really bad luck to meet this little king and eight lambs. ”

Butcher Zheng chewed gossip in his mouth, pushed the cart into the city gate, and walked in the direction of Mishiba.

The straw sandals boy sat on the horse, squinted his eyes, and began to take a nap, as if he was not worried that he would fall off the horse, although the horse was thin, but it was an old horse, he had helped the other Granny Cai every day since he was eight years old to buy rice, chop firewood and carry water, once said that the mother-in-law's distant relatives gave her such a pony, the old woman may not be able to ride a horse at an old age, perhaps to thank him for taking care of the old woman, and gave him the thin red horse.

About half an hour or so, a man and a horse came to Tianya Lake, at this time there was a drizzle in the sky, the visitors by the lake had already held up the oil paper umbrella, this Shenji Gate triennial selection event, also attracted the royal sons from the various dynasties of the Haotian Continent, the family lady came to visit the lake.

On the shore of the lake, visitors are in twos and threes, sometimes chasing, sometimes stopping, admiring the peach blossoms blooming in the drizzle, on both sides of the lake, peach blossoms, The willow trees are interspersed in the meantime, there are both fishing boats on the lake, there are also the painting boats of the prince of the family shuttling through the reeds, the southeast direction is a tall stone arch bridge, across the center of the lake, it is said that the four major clans of the town ask the craftsmen of the god machine gate to build it, when the sun comes out, shine on the sparkling lake, the stone arch bridge is like the rainbow in the sky, so the town is named Rainbow Bridge, but there are also people named Yudai Bridge, no matter what the name is, this stone arch bridge becomes the special landscape of Tianya Lake, all the people who come to Tianya Lake like to stop on this rainbow bridge and enjoy the beauty of the lake。

The straw sandals boy sat leisurely on the horseback, at this moment, the drizzle had drenched his messy long hair, he simply put the coat on his body, threw the straw shoes in the bamboo basket, and sat on the horseback barefoot, enjoying this rare time very much.

"Help, someone is going to jump the end of the world!" Suddenly there are tourists on the shore of the lake who exclaimed loudly, the young man on horseback opened his eyes violently, a subtle smile hung on his lips, in the time of each selection, there will always be students who are selected to fail, or the son of the family is selected, the royal princess is unsuccessful, and the two parted ways, there are always people who can't think clearly, and the reason is still messy, to this Tianya Lake, the boy always obeys his father's will, can be saved, can not be saved, can only sigh.

The young man looked up, and on the Tianya Stone at the west end of the Rainbow Bridge, there stood a young man about fourteen or fifteen years old, whose clothes had been hung in tatters by branches and stones.