"Still no news from Yang'er?"

In the study, Chu Bufan gently closed an account book, his face wrinkled slightly, and asked in a deep voice to Chu Changrong, the third elder in a loose robe and white temples in the room. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"No, half a month ago, the young owner of the village just gave a vague explanation to the next person, that is, there was no news after leaving the villa, I ordered to go down and let the people below investigate, but there seems to be no progress. ”

The folds on his face twisted slightly, and after a pause, Chu Changrong said with some concern: "The owner of the village is a family banquet tonight, after all, the young owner is your son, and he has the title of the young owner, if the young owner of this banquet does not participate, I am afraid that the great elder's group of relatives will take advantage of the topic." “

"Hmph! At the beginning, the ancestor ordered the annual family banquet, which was intended to ask us to keep in mind the unity of the top and bottom in Yanxia Villa, in order to promote the prosperity of the villa, and now many people in the villa have their own ghosts, this banquet has long lost its original intention, and the reason why it is still kept is just to go through the motions and show respect to the ancestor. With a sneer, Chu Bufan's face revealed a slight anger.

"Yang'er is also older, it is understandable that he has his own things to do, as for whether he participates in this banquet or not, it is the same, anyway, if there is nothing to do, some old guys will make me some trouble, okay, three elders, you go and arrange tonight's family banquet first! In addition, since those disciples of the Holy Courtyard are also there, inviting them together can be regarded as the friendship of our Yanxia Villa. Chu Bufan sighed lightly and waved his hand at Chu Changrong.

Chu Changrong nodded, turned around and hesitated, then took the step back again, and said with an embarrassed face: " According to the contract, our villa will compensate ten times the silver taels to the employer for the failure of this dart, but now the business of our villa is not much, the annual income is shallow, and the annual expenses in the village are huge, especially the elders of the relatives, the value of the enshrinement received from the account office every year is very great, and now the villa has reached a point where it can not make ends meet, and then it will continue like this at most to maintain a livelihood for half a year, I am afraid that the villa will go out of business!"

"Hey...... Tiger fell Pingyang was bullied by dogs, and now even the thieves have caught our attention, this has not yet reached the Xuanting Meeting, it seems that many people now feel that our Yanxia Villa is going to be wiped out!" Chu Bufan's eyes flashed a trace of confusion, and the palm-sized knife mark at the center of his eyebrows loomed.

"In the future, the cost of the villa will be minimized, and the liquidated damages will be paid to the employer, if the reputation is lost again, our dart game will really be over. Rubbing his temples a little tiredly, Chu Bufan said a little haggard.

In the human realm, the survival of many forces depends on the local livelihood, after all, cultivators can't survive by swallowing qi like those terrifying beings in the martial arts realm, and if they don't step into the martial arts realm for a day, the cultivators can't leave the grains, but with the improvement of cultivation, many cultivators don't have that much demand for food.

There are at least a few hundred people in a force, and these hundreds of people just eat and drink for a year is a huge expense, plus some weapons costs, pill costs, martial arts costs, servant costs, and so on...... All of them require a large amount of snowy silver, so if a force wants to survive, it must have a huge capital turnover.

The income of the general forces mainly depends on darts, inns, shops, shopping streets, etc...... Each force has its own industry under it, and the survival pillar of the force also depends on the profits generated by these industries every year, after all, there will be no money in the sky just practicing martial arts.

The ranking of the Xuanting Society of Qingxuanmen once every five years is related to the development of a force in the next five years, and the prestige of this force in the next five years, so if any force in the Xuanting Court will achieve good results every year, the related industries under it will inevitably increase in income, and on the contrary, it will gradually decline.

After all, it is human nature for businessmen to pursue profit and consumers to look at prestige. Five years ago, because of Chu Yang's name as the owner of the village, the majesty of the entire Yanxia Villa was lost and its prestige was damaged, and at the Xuanting Conference five years ago, the comprehensive results of Yanxia Villa ranked at the bottom.

As for some of the industries under it, they have suffered setbacks one after another, and are now almost on the verge of collapse.

"Could it be...... It is destined to be destroyed in the hands of my Chu Bufan......?

Sighing slowly, holding his hands behind his back, he stood at the window for a long time, Chu Bufan's face was full of sadness, and the whole person looked a little older.

The shy sunset on the horizon was like a shy bride, wanting to cover the pipa and half-cover her face, a breeze blew in the distance, and a figure on the flat path came quickly.

"Hmm...... A few days ago, my father said that Ao Xue was going to lead the students of the Holy Academy to our Yan Kingdom to enroll, and this time it took a lot of time to enter the mountain, so the girl shouldn't have left, right? ”

Lowering his brows and muttering softly, the young man raised his delicate little face and looked at the towering mountain peaks in the distance, and his steps couldn't help but speed up a little.

In the summer, in the lonely and sultry heat, in the Guanhai Garden of Yanxia Villa, the sound of laughter and conversation is endless, and the annual family banquet seems to have become a certain habit, whether it is the members of Yanxia Villa who are working hard outside or some disciples of Yanxia Villa who are concentrating on cultivation, all gathered together, and it was really a bit lively to gather together.

"Brother Chun's banquet is about to start, our young village owner has not yet appeared, do you say that the Xuan Court will be approaching, our young village owner is afraid that he will be kicked down again, embarrassed, and sneak away?" Several teenagers surrounded by a stone table on the side, one of them said with a smile on his face who was quite close to Li Chun.

Li Chun sneered twice, the black mole on the corner of his mouth jumped slightly, and his face moved slightly: "That's fine, when the time comes, he will save him because he is alone, thus losing the face of our entire Yanxia Villa." “

"That is, if it weren't for him, our Yanxia Villa would have fallen to this point?!"

"When I go out now, I don't dare to say that I am a person from Yanxia Villa, as soon as I say it, people will ask me whether the young owner of your village is a congenital idiot since childhood, or an idiot the day after tomorrow? I was stunned and asked, this idiot is still divided into congenital and acquired? How can I divide the price of radish and cabbage for the same price as the one who buys vegetables?!" A young man in a green shirt danced with extremely exaggerated hands, like a parrot toddler.

"I look at the stars at night, maybe it's innate!"

"Phew, God stick, I dare to pack a ticket, it's definitely the day after tomorrow,"

Amused by the funny performance of the young man in the green shirt, a group of people burst into laughter, and some people stood up and coaxed, the scene looked happy, to the point of being extremely harmonious, in the past few years, they often took this matter in private, as fun and ridiculed, and over time they still developed a habit, of course, they usually dare not say this in front of Chu Yang, after all, he has a farmer's father.