In the south of Yanjiang City, there is a courtyard that covers an area of a very wide area, the main entrance of the courtyard is separated from a small room as a bookstore, there is a plaque above the bookstore that reads "Bu Gongzhai" three big characters, this room is close to the main entrance, and a door is also opened inside, which can go straight to the inner courtyard.

There are many dark black wooden shelves in the bookstore, which are filled with paper books of different thicknesses, and there are even a lot of bamboo slips on the innermost shelves. A small servant was sitting behind the counter and taking a nap, and then looked inside, in the courtyard, a man wearing a black wide-sleeved regular dress and long white hair was lying on a rattan chair reading a book.

At this time, Xiao Xiaoyou and the three of them were coming in from the door.

Xiao Xiaoyou slapped his palm on the counter, making a crisp sound of "bang", the napping little guy was instantly scared awake, and when he saw that it was Xiao Xiaoyou, he immediately lowered his head and took off the shoes on his feet and threw them over, and Xiao Xiaoyou had already run into the yard with a smile, leaving the little guy angry and chasing after him: "Xiao Xiaoyou, I will beat you sooner or later!" ”

Sun Fusheng and Ye Li had long been accustomed to such a scene, and Zao Xiao Xiaoyou had already entered the courtyard in one step.

When the two of them saw the white-haired man lying on the wicker chair reading a book, they all bent down and saluted, and called out sir.

The white-haired man did not look up at them, but he bowed his head slightly in return.

After Xiao Xiaoyou came in, he also saluted and shouted, "Shopkeeper." ”

Xiao Xiaoyou is not afraid of the outside world, but he is a little restrained in front of this person.

This white-haired man is the owner of Bu Gongzhai, his real name is unknown, and he is called Mr. Bu.

Mr. Bu closed the book he was reading, looked at the three teenagers, and was about to say something when a woman came over with a meal and smiled: "Mr. Bu...... It just so happens that you guys are here, the meal is ready, let's go eat first, I'll go and deliver some food to Chang Fu. ”

Mr. Bu nodded and said, "Eat first." ”

At the dinner table, Mr. Bu and his three children sat around a wooden table, and the woman was beckoned to sit down with a sumptuous meal.

"Aunt Yun has the best skills!" Ye Li stuffed a mouthful into his mouth and praised.

The woman called Aunt Yun suddenly smiled from ear to ear, and put vegetables in her bowl one after another: "Come on, come on, eat more if you like." ”

Ye Li smiled sweetly: "Thank you, Aunt Yun." ”

Sun Fusheng on the side chewed slowly, but Xiao Xiaoyou did not dare to be presumptuous in front of the shopkeeper, and bowed his head to eat seriously.

After the meal, Mr. Bu took a few books and took the three children to the backyard, and the bookstore was watched by Chang Fu, and because the books sold in the bookstore were not those usual bestsellers, there were fewer customers on weekdays, so it was harmless for the shopkeeper to be there or not.

There is a martial arts training ground in the backyard, and there are several stone tables and chairs next to the martial arts training ground, which Aunt Yun wipes from time to time, so it is very clean even in the open air.

Mr. Bu led the three children to sit down separately, handed him the "Treatise on Rites and Kingdoms" mentioned by Sun Fusheng earlier, and gave Xiao Xiaoyou and Ye Li two other books.

What was given to Ye Li was a romance story called "Five Heroes", and what was given to Xiao Xiaoyou was a military book called "Doubtful Strategy".

Mr. Bu brought a rattan chair and lay on it to read the book he had not finished reading before.

Mr. Bu didn't know where to take a ring ruler, and pumped it on the stone chair where Xiao Xiaoyou was sitting, and a crisp sound dragged Xiao Xiaoyou back from the confusion.

On the one hand, Ye Li watched the story of the romance with relish, and when he got tired of watching it, he went to the martial arts training ground to practice moves, while Sun Fusheng often asked Mr. Bu some difficult points.

On the treetops in the courtyard, there are always cicadas singing in summer, and the four of them sit in the courtyard reading a book leisurely, time passes slowly, and they don't realize that it is already twilight.

Sun Fusheng and Ye Li each returned home with a farewell to Mr. Bieb.

After the meal, Xiao Xiaoyou came to the practice room to meditate as usual, and used the exercises taught by Mr. Bu to guide the true qi to run Zhoutian.

Since the age of eight, Xiao Xiaoyou has been practicing for five years, he is not the kind of talented martial arts wizard, can only follow the step-by-step, believe that diligence can make up for clumsiness, so he meditates every morning and evening, and practices with Mr. Bu every three days.

Two days later, in the evening, Xiao Xiaoyou and Mr. Bu came to the martial arts training ground after practicing, and Aunt Yun lit up the lights around the martial arts training ground early, so that she could see things even at night.

The two of them each held a wooden sword and opened their stance to attack.

At this time, Xiao Xiaoyou seemed to be a different person, his spiritual energy was completely concentrated on the sword in front of him, the wooden sword in his hand was aggressive, and the moves were directly attacked, but it was a pity that Mr. Bu carried his back with one hand, and resolved the moves one by one like a leisurely walk.

Mr. Bu is also very ruthless, Xiao Xiaoyou slightly leaked out of the gap, Mr. Bu slapped him with the back of the sword, the gap was slightly larger is a kick to kick it to the ground, often suffered such a kick Xiao Xiaoyou fell to the ground for a while and couldn't slow down, but Mr. Bu didn't urge him, Xiao Xiaoyou didn't shout or shout, he rushed up again after a little slow.

For a long time, Xiao Xiaoyou looked at the opportunity when Mr. Zhun Bu's last move had not been withdrawn, and saw that he was about to stab Mr. Bu, just about to retract his strength, Mr. Bu's elbow was slightly raised, and the hilt of the sword in his hand accurately flicked off Xiao Xiaoyou's blade, moving half a step sideways, Xiao Xiaoyou couldn't stop retracting, and rushed forward, Mr. Bu slapped his backhand, and the back of the sword slapped on Xiao Xiaoyou's back, and there was a strong "bang" sound. Xiao Xiaoyou was slapped and fell directly to the ground, and this time Xiao Xiaoyou struggled several times and didn't stand up. Mr. Bu threw the wooden sword, and the wooden sword was firmly inserted into the weapon rack next to the martial arts training ground, and Mr. Bu turned to leave: "That's it here tonight." ”

With these words, Xiao Xiaoyou seemed to be drained of his energy, lying on the ground gasping for breath, and no longer tried to get up.

Aunt Yun, who had been waiting for a long time, hurriedly came over with a little maid, Aunt Yun took away the wooden sword in Xiao Xiaoyou's hand, and the little maid carried Xiao Xiaoyou on his back and walked towards the inner room.

Aunt Yun held her hand weakly, and said with distress in her eyes: "Laifu, slow down, slow down, don't travel upside down." ”

The little maid who called Laifu replied: "Aunt Yun, we know, you can rest assured." ”

Xiao Xiaoyou also said on his back: "Aunt, don't worry, it's just a little skin injury, and it won't get in the way." ”

When I arrived at Xiao Xiaoyou's house, there was a wooden bucket prepared by Aunt Yun in the house, and in the wooden bucket was the warm potion ordered by Mr. Bu. Rifle put Xiao Xiaoyou on the bed and then withdrew.

Xiao Xiaoyou sat on the edge of the bed, and when he saw that Aunt Yun wanted to speak and stopped, he smiled and said: "Auntie, don't blame Mr. Bu, although Mr. Bu is ruthless, he is also measured, it is not a big injury that hurts the muscles and bones, the training time has been getting longer and longer every three days, and I am improving every time." ”

Aunt Yun replied: "I don't blame Mr. Bu, I blame you, study hard, why do you have to practice this martial arts." ”

"Aunt, I don't want to be a hero in the future, do chivalrous deeds, of course I have to practice martial arts well."

Aunt Yun sighed lightly and said, "You should soak the medicinal bath quickly, and Auntie will clean it up later." With that, he exited the door and closed it.

After Aunt Yun left, Xiao Xiaoyou took off his clothes, and the skin on his body was not like that of a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy, it was already scarred, and there were new blood marks on top of the old injuries, but it was much lighter than before.

Xiao Xiaoyou got into the barrel, the whole person sat in, the itchy and tingling sensation instantly spread throughout the body, Xiao Xiaoyou buried his head in the potion, held his breath, for a long time, the water surface began to bubble, and after a while Xiao Xiaoyou raised his head, wiped a handful of water with his hand, and breathed heavily.

"See Your Highness." A cold voice came from behind Xiao Xiaoyou.

However, Xiao Xiaoyou has long been accustomed to it: "Say." ”

"What happened back then, Ningzhou Dragon Claw will be involved."

"Dragon Claw will ......" Xiao Xiaoyou groaned for a moment, "Ah Zuo, what do you think should be done." ”

"Follow the vine and touch the melon, check along this line, don't startle the snake, maybe there are other gains."

"Okay, do as you want, and do the same in other similar situations in the future, so you don't have to ask me."

"Yes."

"Wait a minute, Aunt Yun didn't find you."

"Please rest assured, Your Highness."

Xiao Xiaoyou nodded: "Go ahead." ”

There was no sound behind him.

Xiao Xiaoyou took a deep breath and buried his head in the potion again.

The next day, the sky was not very good, Xiao Xiaoyou got up early, yesterday's injury was no big deal, it did not hinder walking, Xiao Xiaoyou first practiced and meditated as usual, and then went out with an oil-paper umbrella under the entrustment of Aunt Yun, went to Wangjiang Tea House to get Ye Li's favorite meat buns, and then went straight to Ye Li's house.

Ye Li opened the door and took Xiao Xiaoyou into the courtyard, Ye Li's courtyard is much smaller, it is the size of an ordinary family, there is a plane tree planted in the courtyard, and next to the tree is a white lily in full bloom. Ye Li said that this sycamore was planted by her mother when she was pregnant with her, and this white lily was also her favorite flower during her lifetime.

There is a tank on the ground near the room in the courtyard, there is a blooming lotus flower in the tank, the green tank red lotus, the lotus leaf floats quietly on the water surface, there is a red carp under the water surface, the red carp has a white spot on the head, and the tail is also missing a piece, probably because of this, this red carp does not like to swim very much, always stops in one place, sometimes a stop can stop for a day. Ye Li called it Xiaobai because of its whiteness since childhood, and later Ye Li pulled Xiao Xiaoyou and Sun Fusheng saw this red carp for the first time, Sun Fusheng felt that Xiaobai was not good, and named it Broken Snow, this name won Ye Li's love, and since then Xiaobai has officially changed its name to Broken Snow.

Ye Li and Xiao Xiaoyou sat on the edge of the steps outside the house, and at this moment, it suddenly rained in the sky.

The two children leaned in, their backs against the wall, eating hot steamed buns while watching the raging rainstorm.

The sycamore tree and the white lily drooped in the rain, and the water in the tank soon overflowed, and the lotus flowers became more and more delicate under the rain.