When Xu Xian came out of the house wearing a new set of well-made clothes, he saw that there were already mountains of fish and meat in his bowl, patted his forehead and smiled bitterly: "Mother, how can you eat so much." ”

"Why can't you eat so much?" Xu Xianniang glared, "It's the time to grow bones, how can I be hungry and lose weight." "I talked about chopsticks, but I still didn't stop.

Xu first stroked a few folds of his new clothes, and carefully sat down on the chair. The Xu family's subordinates who served the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner brought up a warm five-year old Xu Brew, just the right amount of warmth to let the pears of the wine come out, and the Xu Tou family gave each of these subordinates a red paper bag of five dollars of silver, and then let everyone in the government go back to the regiment year, in addition to rewarding a year of hard work, there is also the meaning of the next year's appointment, although the silver money is not much, but the Xu family is a well-known good master family, and there are few actions to dismiss the next person.

When the people in the courtyard of the Xu family happily took the red paper bag home for the New Year, there was only a family of three left in the dining room in the courtyard, the wine was warm, the charcoal was hot, the dishes were fragrant, and the people were reunited.

Xu Xianniang poured wine for Xu Tou's family and son, and he was not good at drinking, so he poured half of the water into the cup, which made Xu Tou's family laugh and scold, saying that Xu Tou's taste would be light if he mixed it with water, and he was really a loser.

Xu Xian, who had an ordinary amount of wine, drank two glasses of Xu Brew, and when he blushed and could barely speak, he told his father and mother a lot of stories on the way back to his hometown, but the black shop on the cross slope of the big tree was skipped intentionally or unintentionally, and he picked out some interesting things in his opinion, including eating red porridge in an inn, and picking out a lot of meat The worm came, and when he came to the shop to talk about things, he was quickly snatched alive and swallowed his stomach, insisting that it was a piece of fat, and those lice and fleas were rampant on the bed to sleep one night and get up tomorrow morning, and he had to pay two taels of blood to go in, and the next day he found the shopkeeper to quarrel, so he had to pay two dollars cheaper.

Xu Xian, who completely told this as a joke, saw his mother wet his eyes, and couldn't help but be a little glad that he didn't tell the story that he was almost made into a human meat bun, otherwise he might have to make a fuss.

Tilting his head and pouring the wine in the cup, Xu Toujia patted his son's much stronger shoulder, and said: "I know that my son is a person who can endure hardships and do great things, so that my father can rest assured to introduce him to that adult. ”

Xu Xian smiled bitterly and said: "Dad, you are not cold, this time you used your face to go to Wuhang City, it is not a gray back, where is there a shortage of a two-story martial artist at the moment? ”

"Dad is still strong, so I don't need to be in such a hurry to come back to work. Xu Toujia seemed to be smiling, "What's more, I only teach you our family's Xu brewing skills now, and you can't become a teacher in three or five years? ”

"First. Xu Toujia poured wine into his cup again, and talked to Xu Xian while shaking the cup, "You are from the rivers and lakes, and you should know more about the affairs of the rivers and lakes than your father, so do you know which is the largest in Jiangzhou now?"

Xu Xian's face was slightly different: "Songfeng Mountain." ”

"Yes, it's my son. Xu Toujia shrank his belly into the chair, suppressed his voice and said: "It is the Songfeng Mountain that has just destroyed the Zhang family and the smoke and rain building, the poor old Zhang family is left with the prescient vision to leave, and the rest of the heads are killed, exiled, and the Zhang family is gone..."

With a gloomy expression, Xu Xian thought of Wei Changpan, he couldn't go back to his home, and the sect was now gone, Brother Wei, where can you go.

"The Zhang family is gone, the Yanyu Building is gone, and Songfeng Mountain has become the largest Jianghu sect in Jiangzhou, and many families are vying to send their children inside, even if it is to be a handyman. "Xu Tou's family is probably drunk, and his words are contemptuous and a little proud," Dad saw the opportunity to get on the road with one of the stewards of Songfeng Mountain, who was in charge of their mountain lord's clothing, food, housing and transportation, but it was only two hundred taels of silver. ”

Xu Toujia stretched out five fingers and shook in front of Xu Xian, "Let the mountain lord of Songfeng Mountain, now known as Gao Yuntian, the mountain lord of Gao Yuntian have a meal of wine and rice in his father's Fuxian Residence, and his father will give out a jar of ten-year-old Xu Brew, ten years old! Give the mountain lord a drink, and send five hundred taels of silver, my son will have the identity of a disciple of Songfeng Mountain, what else does the mountain lord say, right, 'Ling Lang and the crown will climb the second floor in the year, such talent, in the mountains of Songfeng Mountain'. ”

He clapped his hands, and Xu Xian's mother also smiled: "Xian'er, your father has paved such a good road for you, but you can't go wrong by yourself, for you, the carriage at home is..."

"Hugh mentions. Stopping Xu Xian's mother's words, Xu Toujia saw that Xu Xian's face gradually sank, and guessed that he didn't want to suffer this pain, so he straightened his face and said, "When you arrive at Songfeng Mountain, Dad must be up and down, and he will definitely not let you suffer the slightest grievance, if you don't want to stay on that mountain, many Songfeng Mountain industries in Jiangzhou are short of manpower, and it is not difficult to make up for the lack of a steward after two years of training." ”

Seeing that Xu Xian was still unmoved, he also had some anger in his heart, and he was planning for this kid's future, but he was good, and he didn't care at all, so he forced his anger and said slowly: "It's not a matter of being so gangstered all day long...."

"No!" Xu Xian slapped the table and got up and said angrily, "Songfeng Mountain colluded with the government, harmed so many lives of Yanyulou and the Zhang family, and also wore a bandit hat to make people unable to turn over after death, where is he Gao Xu Gao Yuntian, he is a beast who is not as good as a pig and a dog, and he is still pretending to be merciful here, but he is just giving up some rice grain, which can cover the blood on his hands?!"

The little fire in his heart was much more vigorous after pouring a cup of five-year-old Xu Brew, Xu Xian threw the cup in his hand to the ground and smashed it: "But as long as I Xu Xian survives in this world for a day, I will not be in the same stream as Songfeng Mountain." ”

Xu Xianniang saw him act like this, and she didn't dare to go up to persuade him, but she just whispered about broken peace, broken peace, and wrapped the broken porcelain on the ground with a handkerchief.

"You. Xu Toujia's heart was also angry, and he raised his hand to slap this rebel in the face, but after all, he was reluctant, staring at him for a while, or being a father, he was relieved first, sat back on the chair, sighed, and said dejectedly:

"Songfeng Mountain brought people to the Zhang family's house that day, and the county officials also arrived, but as a result, many of the Zhang family's disciples were arrested, many of them came out of the family with heads and faces, and after two days, the family came to collect it, and they were released, you were still in Wuhang City at that time, and you didn't know. Xu Toujia drank a full glass of wine again, "There are a few old disciples of the Zhang family who are unwilling to be arrested, and break out with knives, among them, Brother Dashi, who often takes you to play when he is a child, was killed by the people of Songfeng Mountain with a sword, and his head was hung on the city gate building. ”

looked at Xu Tou's family, who was a little older, smiled bitterly and then said to Xu Xian: "Dad doesn't know that there is a lot of mystery in this, but Dad is just a businessman who is about to run out of money, if he doesn't go with the flow, where can he pave the way for you?"

"First of all, your arms can't twist your thighs. ”

Xu Xian, who got along with Xu Tou's family and refuted the truth in his head, failed to say the words that came to his mouth, and returned to the chair, and entered the wine in the cup without saying a word.

Wine into the bowels.

Thinking that Xu Xian's move was a tacit acquiescence, a smile appeared on the face of the Xu Toujia: "What Yanyulou has, it has nothing to do with us, it's just that the Zhang family bows their heads and doesn't see the neighbors who look up, they have suffered such grievances, and their father has done everything he can, even if he is benevolent and righteous, he can't say that he is sorry for the friendship with the Zhang family over the years, and he doesn't need to stay long when he goes to Songfeng Mountain, even if he goes down the mountain after putting on a name, it will be easier to find an errand in the future." ”

"Daddy. Xu Xian raised his head suddenly, and said expressionlessly: "But as long as I Xu Xian lives in this world for a day, I will not be in the same stream as Songfeng Mountain, and my son has made it clear before I think about it." ”

"Could it be that Daddy's seven hundred taels of silver was wasted like this?" Xu Tou's family changed their attitude when they saw that Xu Xian didn't eat at all, "Okay, then your kid will earn seven hundred taels of silver to try, Dad will break his heart for you, and in the end he will suffer from your anger as a rebel!"

"Okay, seven hundred taels, the note will be set up now. Xu Xian got up and went to the study to get pen and ink, grinding the ink, "Seven hundred taels of silver, five years, the annual interest is calculated according to the highest money, and every year I will ask someone to bring back the silver money of the year." ”

Xu Xianniang saw him behaving like this, and she was so anxious that she wanted to go up and snatch the paper in front of Xu Xian: "It's the New Year, what is this doing..."

But it was a step too late, Xu Xian bit the thumb nail, pressed the blood-red fingerprint on it, Xu Xianniang said distressedly: "Why do you bite your hands, they are all a family, what money is owed, Lao Tzu spends some silver for his son, shouldn't it? Quickly admit your mistake with your father, we won't go if we don't go to Songfeng Mountain, and then find another errand, it's not worse than this." ”

"No, this has nothing to do with my mother and father, Songfeng Mountain may really be the sect that countless martial artists in Jiangzhou have dreamed of going to, but in the eyes of his son, it may be better to sell wine at home and make a living. ”

Xu Xian laughed at himself, "It's not really angry with my father, my son knows that the family's money is tight, and in order to give his son a Yangguan Avenue in the future, he even sold the family's carriage..."

But the son did not want to, and could not take this path. He got up, picked up a new cup, poured wine, and paid tribute to his father and mother for twenty years of nurturing.

The first choice is for the sake of profit, and the first choice and then the decision is for the righteousness.

Xu Xian vowed to seek justice for the Zhang family in Qishan County from now on, and his father's nurturing grace had to be given up for the time being.

For righteousness also.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, people go out of the mountain.