August 16.

Early morning.

Pei Ye opened his eyes on the bed, and he saw the gray old wooden beams on the roof.

A sight that is all too familiar can give people a sense of comfort, as if nothing had happened, and the heavy rain that weighed down the city was yesterday.

But if you think about it carefully, there are indeed too many complicated things crammed into the past ten days.

Pei Ye turned over and got out of bed, no matter how desperate the situation was, it would eventually pass, and when everything was at peace, the rest of the people would continue to go their separate ways.

The Golden Autumn Martial Arts Contest in Bowangzhou will begin on the seventh day of the ninth lunar month, and it is only twenty days away from now, and he is about to start preparing for this matter in earnest.

He is actually not unfamiliar with the name of this event, and on the first day he entered the martial arts hall, he knew from the mouths of the masters: being able to participate in the "three competitions" in the state city is the highest honor of the small city martial arts hall.

Since the Shenjing martial arts was held in early summer, the Bowang Prefecture Association held three martial arts competitions covering the whole state in autumn, winter and spring, and a total of three places were determined to go to Beijing.

However, although Pei Li was familiar with the name, he didn't know much about this event, because it had nothing to do with him all along.

Of course there is now.

Yesterday, he greeted Master Huang and said that he was going to the martial arts hall today to ask for advice, and decided to practice in the martial arts hall these days before leaving.

Master Huang has taught in the martial arts hall for more than 20 years, and has led more than a dozen students to participate in the three competitions, so he is really familiar with this set of things.

After breakfast, he was going to put the black cat at home and let it practice quietly, but the black cat jumped on his shoulder. So Pei Ye took it, took his sword, thought about it and lifted the heart-cutting glass.

In the past few days, as long as he has a little time, he will pull out the dragon's blood for this sword.

And after this dragon blood is condensed into a cold front, the energy contained in it is also much richer, and it has grown extremely fast by absorbing Xuan Qi, and now it has gone down a few "tonics" from time to time, and the two small shoots in the dantian have grown strong in a few days, and Pei Ye feels that in two more days, it may turn into two lives.

Pei Ye used the sword box of his own sword to put up the heart-cutting glass and carry it on his back, kicked and locked the crooked old broken courtyard door with both feet, and strode towards the north of the city.

After turning a few alleys into the main street in the north of the city, the words "Lao Lu Liquor Shop" hung steadily on the side of the street, as if it was completely unaffected by the disaster - in fact, as soon as the rain stopped, it immediately reopened.

Pei Ye lifted the curtain, and the drinkers inside were a lot sparse, and the noisy and lively atmosphere of the day was gone.

The familiar figure is still busy at the counter.

Pei Ye approached: "Uncle Lu, make two gourds of wine." ”

"Yo! Xiao Pei! You're okay, that's good! Lu Youcai raised his head, although the two knife eyebrows stood up in an instant, Pei Ye still captured their original appearance of being worried and drooping.

"I'm fine, what's wrong with you, Uncle Lu, did the rain hurt you?"

"Thankfully, the family is well." Lu Youcai sighed lightly, "It's just the wine I piled up in the yard. Alas, forty old barrels, the stock of the next year, are all ruined. ”

"Ah......h

He probably knew Lu Youcai's family background, although it was not poor, but it was not rich, and he lived steadily on the small wine shop passed down from his father. A few days ago, Lao Zhang's liquor shop was closed, and it would have been an opportunity for Lao Lu to grow here in the next period of time, but unfortunately now the inventory is completely destroyed, not to mention growing, and even the book can't be recovered.

For the next year, Lu Youcai had to find a way to scrape together to support the family's livelihood, and he had to borrow money to make new wine. But just after the disaster, how many are rich?

"No way......" Lu Youcai sighed and stretched out his hand, "Where is the wine gourd?" ”

"If you lose it, get me two new ones."

"Yo, it looks like the days are not tight." Lu Youcai smiled.

"No matter how tight it is, you have to drink it."

"That's right—I'm still crying outside, so why did I open the shop in a hurry?" Lu Youcai took out two gourds from under the counter and shook them, turned his head to pick up the wine, and chattered, "Since I started running errands in the store when I was a child, the neighbors in the north of the city have been drinking here, and for more than 30 years, everyone is used to it." ”

"So no matter what happens, I should open or open, when others see it, they know that the days are still like that, and they don't panic so much."

Lu Youcai turned his head and put the two full gourds on the counter, and sighed: "But ah, it won't be open for a few days, and when these two barrels are sold out, I will find a way to make food." ”

"It's okay, it's not the year to starve." Pei Ye said with relief, "No matter what, I can survive this year, and it will be good when the new wine comes out." ”

"yes, that's right." Lu Youcai let out a long sigh.

"It's already good, Uncle Lu, the family is safe! How do you say that? Blessings hurt wealth, and no blessings hurt oneself. Pei Li smiled.

"Damn! Stinky boy! Lu Youcai scolded with a smile, "Turn back to me!" ”

"Hey, hey." Pei Ye counted the money from his pocket, "This time it's Bawen - oh yes, there is also a gourd, how much money is the gourd Uncle Lu?" ”

"Why, last time, it was said that the poor ghosts didn't dare to take credit, but now they are all big heroes, and they are still poor?"

"Poor, Uncle Lu." Pei Li smiled, in fact, he had a bright future, but now Lu Youcai is embarrassed, and he naturally refuses to take advantage of it.

Lu Youcai rolled his eyes: "Poor old man, your Uncle Lu can't afford to hire you for this little thing?" ! ”

Pei Ye smiled helplessly, took back the money, lifted the two gourds and said goodbye to the door.

Then it was all the way through the streets and alleys to the north bridgehead, which happened to be the border eroded by the frost, and the martial arts hall inside was fortunately undisturbed.

Pei Ye came to the door of the martial arts hall, only to see that the door was open, and when he looked up, he saw Master Huang sitting under the eaves and flipping through two pages of official documents.

"Master Huang!" Pei Ye shouted, "Why is there no one today?" ”

"In the past few days, mothers and fathers are not worried about their children going out. But I also said that it would be restored tomorrow. Master Huang raised his head and stared at him, then lowered his head and continued to read, "I just asked for the official document of martial arts sent by the state from Master Chang - speaking of which, no one has been up to our martial arts hall in the past few years. ”

"Then I'll regain my prestige." Pei Ye walked over with a smile and handed a gourd of wine to Master Huang.

"That's true—only wine? Let's make a little dish. ”

"Isn't it drinking now, isn't it going to talk about the Golden Autumn Martial Arts Competition?"

"Don't delay drinking." Master Huang stood up and ran back to the house, and soon came out with a pot of peanuts.

"Cooked in the morning." Master Huang put down the official document, peeled two peanuts and poured them into his mouth, and said vaguely, "Let me think about where to start." ”

Pei Ye sat next to him, opened the sword box, put his hand on the Heart-Cutting Glass and began to absorb the dragon's blood.

"Oh yo! What is it?! Master Huang's body fell over.

"Gadgets. Oh, you talk about it first, and I'll show you when I'm done. ”

"Okay." Master Huang retracted his round eyes, and couldn't help but look at it again, "What a fucking look......

Thanks to the boss of Kakteen for the tip!

(End of chapter)