Chapter 15: The Past
After returning the rent and title deed to Mo Dongshan, the third uncle had no intention of leaving immediately, but seeing that Mo Bai had not returned for a long time, and Mo Dongshan's attitude was lukewarm, it was really not a taste, so he got up and said goodbye after staying for a while. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
"Now I heard that my son is out of the house, so he returned the house to us?"
Looking at the old man's distant back, Mo Dongshan sneered in his heart, "When I was unconscious and forced my wife to hand over the title deed, the old thing was not so reasonable. β
"Dad, mother. β
From the stove on the side, there were already bursts of charming meat aroma, which spread from Qiu Yun's skillful stir-frying, and Mo Bai also came back with a bottle full of soy sauce.
"Why did you come back so late?"
Mo Dongshan saw that it was getting late, and he was a little blamed. His son is his sweetheart, and he is anxious when he comes back a little later.
"It's a long story. β
Shaking his head, a wry smile appeared on Mo Bai's little face, and he first took the soy sauce to his mother, who was stir-frying, and then turned around and explained: "I was greeted by many people on the way, and there was an aunt who asked me to go to her house for dinner, and I was delayed for a while. β
As he spoke, he took out a ten-coin card from his pocket: "Dad, the soy sauce money will be returned to you." β
"Why didn't you spend it?" Mo Dongshan said strangely.
Mo Bai shrugged his shoulders helplessly.
"The uncle of the small shop resolutely refuses to charge me money......"
......
"Today's moon is so round. β
After eating the most sumptuous meat meal in his life, Mo Bai patted his bulging little belly, and Mo Dongshan shared a chair, and the father and son sat side by side in the courtyard looking at the stars.
The night was quiet.
I could only hear the sound of insects coming from the back mountain, but it added a bit of peace to this lonely night.
"Actually, before you went to the Fighting Soul Test, I already had a vague idea in my heart. β
Mo Dongshan picked his teeth with a toothpick.
"What?" Mo Bai tilted his head and blinked curiously.
"Purple swaddling, imperial green jade jade pendant," Mo Dongshan said eloquently, "Your parents are by no means ordinary people, and even the possibility of being fighters is very high." And if that's the case, then as their child, you will definitely inherit their fighting spirit. β
A smug smile appeared on the old man's face: "It turns out that my conjecture is not wrong. β
Mo Bai suddenly realized, his eyes calmed down, he was silent for a while, and said with an innocent smile: "Actually, I also guessed a little." β
"You kid, you're smart when you're young. Mo Dongshan touched his head, and his eyes were infinitely doting, "It is worthy of having a noble bloodline." β
"But, after all, there are no absolutes, and to be honest, I wasn't sure before. As he spoke, he suddenly sighed meaningfully, "Actually, I was still struggling before I sent you out yesterday. β
"Huh?" Mo Bai didn't know why, and listened quietly.
"Xiaobai, you know, I used to have a biological daughter. β
"Hmm. Mo Bai nodded, "My mother often mentions my sister, and I heard that she is very beautiful." β
"yes. When your mother was young, she was also a famous flower, and your sister was born like a flower and jade with her, and she was a well-known beautiful girl in the whole town. β
Thinking back to his poor daughter, Mo Dongshan's eyes could not contain a trace of sentimentality.
"Ten years ago, I was accidentally bitten on the ankle by the Viper 'Medusa' while hunting. The venom of this poisonous snake is very terrifying, and within seven days, the poisoned person will be completely stiffened and paralyzed in the muscles of the whole body, and he will not be able to die, but he will become a petrified person who cannot move, and life is better than death. β
"This kind of snake venom, ordinary medicinal materials will not help, only alchemists with vast magical powers can detoxify it. However, how can it be so easy to find a noble alchemist to see a doctor? Regardless of whether the alchemist is willing or not, ordinary people like us in the countryside can't even see the face of the alchemist, and it is not of the same level. β
"At that time, your sister happened to be studying in the school run by Mayor Munch, and in order to save my life, she went to beg Mayor Munch to find an alchemist to treat me. β
"She's too naΓ―ve, Mayor Munch must have the ability to hire an alchemist. But, how can a greedy person like him help others for no reason?"
But, he agreed, the supposedly insatiable Mayor Munch, he actually agreed. In the end, my old man's illness was cured, although he fell into a lifelong disease because of the lack of timely treatment, the leg that was bitten was necrotic, and the strength of his whole body was gone, but this cheap life was still kept. β
"However, your sister fell into the trap of Mayor Munch's beast for this!"
Speaking of this, Mo Dongshan's voice trembled with anger, and he felt Mo Bai's little hand suddenly on his hand, and his mood stabilized a little.
"The alchemist he hired asked for a very high price, and it was not enough to spend all our savings, so Mayor Munch pretended to be kind and offered to lend us two million, and allowed us to default on our taxes for a year, and then pay it back when we were relieved. It's ridiculous that our family still thanked him for his great kindness, but as everyone knows, that was the first step for him to stretch out his claws to your sister!"
"My body is ruined, and the relatives around me have also alienated us, and your hateful third grandfather even fell into the well and took away the ancestral house that originally belonged to our family while I was still unconscious. Afterwards, I asked the village chief to administer justice, but who knew that your third grandfather had already secretly stuffed him with a lot of money. That forgetful guy, of course, stood on the side of your third grandfather and blasted my old cripple out!"
Hearing this, Mo Bai couldn't help but be angry: "There is such an unfair thing in the world?"
These things were never mentioned to him by the taciturn Daddy in the past.
"It's not fair, it's cruel!" Mo Dongshan sneered, and there were even tears in his old eyes, "And after the end of the year, the 'great mercy and compassion' Mayor Munch, seeing that the time was ripe, finally revealed his ugly true colors. β
Hearing this, Mo Bai didn't need to continue listening to predict what was going to happen next, it must be that the mayor of Na Meng Ke coveted the beauty of the Mo family's daughter and snatched her away in the name of repaying debts.
Sure enough, I heard the old man continue to say angrily:
"That beast, through the way of constantly forcing debts, finally forcibly took your sister to pay off the debt!"
Without any follow-up, the old man was already covering his face and crying silently.
Mo Bai didn't speak, just looked at the helpless old man distressedly, and gently put his hand on the violently trembling shoulder, as a way to show that he was not alone.
In this situation, no words make sense.
"So many years, so many years......"
The old man cried strongly, "I haven't heard from your sister all the time, not at all. β
"Not at all, there is no ......"
After crying for a long time, Mo Dongshan, whose eyes were red, raised his head again, and when he continued to speak, Mo Bai heard a voice that was much hoarse than before.
"I'm sorry, I can't help myself for a while, I digress. β
Of course, Mo Bai didn't mind, and continued to listen very obediently.
"You heard what the tax collector said yesterday, and you don't know how scared I am, afraid that because I can't pay my taxes, even you will be robbed by them. β
"Your sister's fate is uncertain. And you, my son of Mo Dongshan, I must never let you fall into their hands again. β
"So, I originally planned to discuss with the village chief, if the results of your fighting soul test are not satisfactory, I will leave you in the holy capital, let you leave with your things, and never come back. β
"But then, I thought about it again, if it is really as I thought, your parents are not ordinary people, and you have indeed inherited the fighting spirit, then, no matter how bold Mayor Ren Namunke is, he will never dare to plunder a genius who has been admitted to the Fighting Soul Academy!"
"So, I didn't go to the village chief until the last minute, because I have faith in you. β