Volume III, Chapter 76
From the next day, Chen Fan readjusted his daily schedule.
In the morning, I went out to practice the "Divine Qi" outside at the end of the morning until the end of the season, for a total of two hours, and then began to practice the "Body Technique". Until noon, for an hour. Lunch is the time for eating and handling chores, at this time, the housekeeper will report on the more important things that happened yesterday in those families, and at the same time raise some difficult problems for Chen Fan to decide how to deal with them. In the future, he continued to cultivate the "Divine Qi". It is time for dinner, take a bath by the way, summarize the results of today's cultivation, and then read some books that introduce this world, such as the history of the change of dynasties, the travel records of celebrities, and maps of the surrounding area, so as to meet your needs in the future. He has been cultivating the "Divine Qi" in his room since he was in Yin, and by the way, he has recovered the energy consumed by the day and replaced the time he has been sleeping.
One day passed like this, and seven days passed in the blink of an eye, and the time soon came to April 8, 496 in the first calendar.
After lunch, after Chen Fan dealt with the matter, he did not continue to cultivate, but at Xiaoyue's request, he went to the training center to visit Xiaoqin and Xiaoshi.
There are two main reasons why Chen Fanken stopped cultivating and went to see the two little girls with Xiaoyue:
The first is that he can't stand Xiao Yue's hard pleading, to a certain extent, Xiao Yue is the most important person in Chen Fan's mind in the world, because Chen Fan's relationship with his current parents is not very deep, and getting along with them is greater than his feelings, until now, Chen Fan has not officially called them "father" or "mother". Because Chen Fan still can't regard them as his parents in his heart now, and during the most hesitant period when he came to this world, it was Xiaoyue who took care of him and stayed by his side all the time, making him feel the warmth that someone cared about. For him, an orphan who had never been cared for, this kind of caring was like a deadly poison. It's irresistible to him, and this kind of care still happens at this moment when he needs people to care about it the most, so he's like a drowning person who suddenly grabs a lifebuoy, and he won't let go if he catches it, so he treats Satsuki. He has a very special feeling, and he usually agrees to her requests. And Xiao Yue also felt that Chen Fan treated her differently now, so she begged Chen Fan. Otherwise, if it was before, Satsuki would definitely not even dare to hum.
The second reason is that Chen Fan had just raised his level to the third level in the morning, and the "Body Technique" had also been practiced to the first level, and he also wanted to go out to relax, when he used the method of alchemy to strike a punch. The strength has actually increased by 10% on the original basis, which is a very amazing statistic. There are ten layers of "Body Technique", and each additional layer will increase the strength by one percent, and when you practice to the highest ten layers, you will double the original strength. This is at any time, it is to double the original strength, although it is only useful for physical strength, but not for internal strength. But it is also very amazing, because all the power that Chen Fan has now is physical power. This is the most suitable for Chen Fan.
Chen Fan and Xiaoyue came to the training center, only to see that after ten days of construction, the expanded house has begun to take shape, and it seems that it will not take long to build, and the training equipment on the training ground has also been installed, and there are already people training there. It seems that the housekeeper is managing it well.
The training hall is divided into several sections: men's and women's accommodations, a training ground, a school house, a canteen, and a playground.
Men and women live separately, the training ground is used for the usual training of the families, and the school house is a place to teach knowledge, and everyone goes to the cafeteria to eat after training or studying. The playground is mainly a place for those children who are not so old to play, and older people can also come here to walk around and soothe their tired body and mind.
The two hundred family members on the training ground were training, and the two teachers in charge of teaching were correcting their wrong movements beside them, Chen Fan and Xiaoyue walked through the training ground and walked towards the school.
Before I got close to the school, the sound of reading faintly came, and the closer I got, the clearer it became.
Chen Fan slowly walked to the window of the school building, looking at the children who were concentrating on reading, he suddenly felt very satisfied, an indescribable sense of accomplishment surged in his heart, and he suddenly found that changing other people's futures and controlling other people's fates could actually make him have such a great sense of satisfaction. Of course, this manipulation of other people's fate is not to develop to the bad side, but to guide other people's fate in a good direction, so that they can live better and better, this sense of accomplishment makes his unconcerned heart suddenly have a little more fetters, and he now knows that helping others can actually make the emptiness in his heart decrease. At least, at this moment, he suddenly felt that he was no longer so lonely, it turned out that there were still people in this world who needed him.
Chen Fan was watching the children inside outside the window, while Xiaoyue stood by the window and watched Xiaoqin and Xiaoshi reading intently, showing a sweet smile on her delicate little face from time to time.
Finally it was time for recess, Xiao Yue waved by the window and shouted: "Xiaoqin, Xiaoshi, here, come here." ”
Sister Xiaoqin heard the cry, looked back, and saw that it was Satsuki, and immediately shouted happily: "Sister Satsuki." As he spoke, he ran towards Satsuki.
Xiao Yue stepped forward, took the hand of the Xiaoqin sisters, and the three of them spoke happily.
Looking at Xiao Yue's lively and cute appearance, Chen Fan suddenly felt a little ashamed in his heart. Since coming to this world, he has always only cared about cultivation, and he has never cared about anyone around him. For Xiao Yue's care, he didn't feel anything wrong before, but now he realized that Xiao Yue was just a fourteen-year-old little girl, she also had her own ideas, she also wanted to have her own playmates, she also longed for someone to care about her, talk to her, talk to her, but because of the pressure of life, she suppressed her thoughts in her heart and didn't dare to show it.
Laughing self-deprecatingly, Chen Fan found that he was really a failure, he didn't know how to get along with people in his previous life, and it was the same in this life, he wouldn't take the initiative to understand the things of the people around him, so there were many things that he would ignore, resulting in him having no friends.
It used to be like this. But he didn't want to be like this in the future, he wanted to change all that.
Chen Fan walked behind Xiao Yue and said with a smile, "What are you talking about? ”
Xiao Yue heard the voice, looked back, and found that it was Chen Fan, and suddenly came to her senses. I was only talking to Sister Xiaoqin just now, and I forgot that Chen Fan was here, and I couldn't help but say in a little panic: "Young Master, I'm sorry! I was so happy for a while that I forgot that you were still here, I'm sorry!"
Chen Fan patted Xiaoyue's little head, smiled, and said, "It's okay, I originally came with you today." Today you are the host, I am just accompanying the guests, so today's things are up to you, where to go, what to do, it is up to you to decide, I will play with you for a day today. ”
After hearing Chen Fan's words. Xiao Yue screamed in surprise and took Chen Fan's hand. He said happily, "Really, young master, is it true? You can play with me for a day." ”
Chen Fan smiled and nodded.
Xiao Yue cheered, turned around and took Sister Xiaoqin's hand and kept yelling.
Chen Fan shook his head with a smile, walked over to say a few words to the teacher who was teaching, and then walked back to Xiao Yue's side and patted Xiao Yue's shoulder. He said, "Okay, okay, have you figured out where to play?" I have already asked for leave for the Xiaoqin sisters, and both of them can play with you today. ”
"Great! Thank you, young master. Xiao Yue said happily, and then played the little piano and the little poem. Rushing outside, "Let's go, let's go out." ”
Looking at Xiao Yue's bouncing back and the happy laughter that came, Chen Fan's frozen heart loosened a little, and a faint imprint appeared in his heart.
In the blink of an eye, another ten days passed, and after lunch that day, the housekeeper came with the news that the houses in the training center had been completely renovated and could be used for formal training.
After hearing the news, Chen Fan instructed the housekeeper to gather the ten people who had been pre-selected, and take them to the quietly room that had been arranged tomorrow morning to wait, and he would go over tomorrow morning.
On the second day, Chen Fan came to the ten people who were already waiting in line on time.
Chen Fan looked at the ten energetic people in front of him, and said coldly: "You are very good, you can come here today because you are all elites, you were selected from two hundred people, I want you to come today to do something for you, but you don't need to know what it is, and you are not allowed to inquire about it, as for what it is, you will understand it later." Okay, I'm not going to talk nonsense, now I order, you go into this ashram one by one in the order you have arranged, and each of you is in it for half an hour, and those who don't have their turn are allowed to do things according to the steward's arrangement, but those who have not received the order are not allowed to step into this ashram for half a step, otherwise they will be severely punished, do you hear?"
"I heard you!" said the family in unison.
"Okay, now I'll go in first, and I'll call the butler to call you later. After Chen Fan finished speaking, he walked to the room prepared in advance.
After learning the skills, Chen Fan instructed the housekeeper to call people in.
After the family came in, Chen Fan blindfolded them with a black cloth, and then told them to sit cross-legged on the ground, relax their bodies, and leave nothing alone, and they were not allowed to take off the black cloth without receiving his order.
After Jiading agreed, Chen Fan began to cast the "Divine Light" on Jiading's body one by one.
Jia Ding only felt that the warm current kept rising in his body, and then he felt that his whole body was comfortable, and all the fatigue caused by training was swept away, and even the broken wound seemed to no longer hurt, as if it had suddenly become the same as before the injury.
After waiting for half an hour, Chen Fan called the family out, followed another one in, and then repeated the work just now, until the evening when the work was completed.
After Chen Fan finished the work of improving his physique, he began to concentrate on cultivation again, only sometimes going to the training center to teach the family to practice the "Physical Technique".
On this day, when Chen Fan was carefully reading the description of the skill and considering whether to learn another skill, Xiaoyue walked in and said to him that Chen Fu had something to look for him and asked him to go over immediately.
Chen Fan was a little strange, what did he need to find in such a hurry?
When he came to the study, Chen Fan saw Chen Fu sitting at the desk with his head bowed and pondering, and he didn't even know that Chen Fan had come in.
Chen Fan walked to the desk and said lightly, "I'm here." ”
Chen Fu was awakened by Chen Fan's words, raised his head and said to Chen Fan: "Ah! Are you coming? Sit, let's sit and talk." ”
Chen Fan sat down, looked at Chen Fu quietly, and did not speak.
"I'm calling you over today. I want to tell you something. Chen Fu pondered for a moment, and then said: "In a few days, it will be my friend Chen Jin's fiftieth birthday, and I want to celebrate his birthday with you at that time, so I called you over and asked you to prepare in advance." ”
Chen Fan frowned. He said, "Why should I go to celebrate his birthday?"
"Chen Jin is the county magistrate of our Chen County. Chen Fu's words made Chen Fan's brows furrow even tighter, what did the county order He Shou have to do with him? It is better to continue cultivating with this time, at least he can increase his strength and benefit from it, and he doesn't want to deal with Chen Fu's friends at all, he is very disgusted with those entertainments, and feels that it is a waste of time at all, his time is not enough, and he has to take some time out of it to deal with those people. He's weird.
"He's also your future father-in-law. Chen Fu's other words broke Chen Fan's doubts, no wonder he had to take himself there, it turned out to be to celebrate the birthday of his future father-in-law, but at the same time, new questions appeared, Chen Fan was a little surprised and said: "My future father-in-law? Why don't I know?"
Chen Fu said slowly: "Don't worry, listen to me slowly, this matter dates back to sixteen years ago, when I had not yet made a career. It's just that with the help of my father-in-law, that is, your grandfather Wang Wanwan, opened a small shop. Life is passable. ”
"Because I used to work as a shopkeeper in a shop owned by your grandfather, and then I opened my own shop after I met and married your mother. At that time, your mother and I loved each other, took care of the shop together, went home together, and did everything together. At that time, I didn't have as much money as I do now, but I was really happy. Thinking of those good memories in the past, Chen Fu was a little intoxicated, and the rare gentleness appeared on this face, which actually made this face have a touch of warmth. A little less majesty.
Chen Fu paused for a while, woke up from his memories, and then said: "At that time, your mother had just conceived you, I was very happy at that time, and I didn't want her to work anymore, so I let her recuperate at home, and I went to take care of the store by myself, and one day, my best friend Chen Jin when I was a child came to me and said that there was something urgent to discuss with me." ”
I asked him what was going on. At first he couldn't say clearly, but later I summed up his intention from his intermittent words, and it turned out that he had come to ask me to borrow money, and it was fifty taels of silver when he borrowed it. Don't look at it now, fifty taels of silver is not a big deal, but at that time, fifty taels was a huge amount of money to me. ”
"I asked him what he wanted so much money for, and he said that it was used to buy officials, which is not a big deal in this dynasty, and many people do it. At that time, a friend of his father said that there was a way to buy an official position, but in the end there was only the position of the county magistrate, because Chen County was a poor county in the past, and everyone was reluctant to come, so the selling price was so low, but he didn't have so much money at that time, so he had to borrow it from me. ”
"He said that he can't write himself, he can't do martial arts, such a big person can't achieve anything, and the good or bad of the rest of his life depends on this time, so he begged me to help him this time no matter what. I was a very good friend with him, and it was supposed to help him, but if I were to come up with fifty taels of silver at once, I would not be able to take it out unless I sold the shop, but that was the work of my mother and yours, and I could never sell it. ”
"So I told him that I had to go back and discuss this matter with your mother before I could reply to him, and asked him to go back and wait for my news, so he had to go back, and I went back and told your mother about the events of that day. Your mother was silent at first, did not speak, and after a long time, she asked me if I wanted to help him, and I said that Chen Jin is my best friend, and I really want to help him, but I don't have so much money now, and my father-in-law will not be willing to lend me money, so I can only love and can't help. ”
"When your mother heard my words, she pondered again for a while, and then asked me to take her jewelry and sell it, and send it to Chen Jin when she raised enough money. I originally refused, but your mother said that it is useless to keep those jewelry, and now my friend is in need, so he will sell it first, and then buy some back when he has money, but I know that your mother actually likes those jewelry very much, although it is said that you can buy some more when you have money in the future, but after all, the ones you bought back are not the original ones, and once the relationship is lost, you will never come back. ”
"Later, at your mother's insistence, I took the jewelry and sold it, and then took out a sum of money in the store, raised fifty taels, and sent it to Chen Jin. When he heard that your mother was pregnant, he took me by the hand and insisted on making a pact with me, because he already had a two-year-old daughter, and decided that if your mother gave birth to a daughter, then our daughter would be sisters, and if your mother gave birth to a son, then we would be married. ”
"Because I withdrew a lot of money from the store, the funds were a bit overturned, and then in order to save every copper coin, your mother fired the only guy in the shop, and then came out again pregnant. I didn't agree, but your mother insisted on it, and I had no choice but to pay more attention to her at ordinary times, and not let her do any heavy work, so as not to hurt her. ”
"But one day, your mother was still tired and accidentally contracted the wind chill and fell ill. Later, although the disease was cured, but it fell to the root of the disease, causing your body to be weaker than ordinary people as soon as you were born, and when you were a child, you didn't know how much effort it took me and your mother to raise you, and your mother felt sorry for you, so no matter what you asked, she would agree to you, no matter what you did wrong, she would also help you solve the aftermath, and she did this to compensate you. (To be continued......)