Lu An rubbed his eyes, woke up from the bed in confusion, and glanced at the sun outside, which turned out to be three strokes in the sun.

Lu An sighed, this Qufu City, after figuring it out, didn't want to stay even more, and even felt a trace of disgust, but it was more likely to be a kind of guilt, for Chunniang's guilt, this kind of emotion made Lu An feel uneasy.

In the past, Lu An was unusually flat about life and death, but in the past two years, he felt that he seemed to have changed a lot.

Chunniang's death made Lu An's state of mind lose in an instant, and he abandoned all his previous reason, and he only thought about revenge, not how to take revenge.

If it had been the previous one, such irrational thoughts would never have arisen.

Lu An muttered as he went downstairs: "Enough of this place, it's time to go!"

But then he thought about it and paused, and found a place to sit down, as if Li Li was still waiting for the letter.

The owner of the restaurant saw that Lu Anzheng, who was very arrogant last night, was sitting there alone in a daze, so he immediately greeted him attentively and asked with a smile: "Do you want to eat something?"

Lu An nodded and glanced at the smiling boss, and asked rhetorically, "At this time, do you think it's breakfast or lunch?"

"It's what the guest officer says, and it's not impossible to say it's dinner. The boss replied with a smile.

When Lu An heard this, he couldn't help but stretch his waist, leaned his back against the corner of the table, squinted at the sun, and smiled lightly, "Boss, will you bring me a pancake?"

The boss was puzzled for a moment, and then he answered, and immediately trotted up and ran towards the back kitchen, and after a while, Lu An vaguely heard the boss's scolding.

After a while, the boss walked out with a plate of pancakes around his apron, put the plate in front of Lu An with a smile, skillfully lifted the apron, and wiped the sweat beads on his forehead.

Lu An stopped the boss who was about to leave and asked, "What did you do?"

The boss smiled, "Guest, I won't tell you, I just made two of them, and I just got my hands on them, but I think I can still get my hands on this pancake, because I used to specialize in selling pancakes, and now I haven't done it for many years, and I don't know if the taste is okay, guest officer, you can taste it." ”

Lu An nodded, looked at the boss's eager eyes, and then directly took a piece and stuffed it into his mouth, and took a bite of it, the pie crust was very chewy, mixed with a faint fragrance of green onions, which was very delicious, and then felt the crispy feeling, chewed twice, and ate an extremely special salty fragrance.

"What does it taste like?" Lu An asked happily.

The boss smiled and replied, "This is my ancestral sauce, specially used for pancakes, guest officer, how does it taste?"

Lu An nodded, took another big bite, and praised: "The taste is really good, it's the first time I've eaten pancakes, are all pancakes so delicious? Or are they so delicious just what you made?"

When the boss heard this, he immediately laughed, "Guest officer, I won't tell you, it's really all pancakes are delicious, if we choose a special feature in Qufu City, this pancake is the biggest feature of Qufu City, I don't know how many years ago, we started to eat this thing, every household will make it, and each family's approach is different, but the taste is extremely delicious, because they have spent countless years to accumulate experience, with the best sauce, are very delicious." ”

Hearing this strange statement, Lu An couldn't help but be a little surprised, "Oh? ”

"Guest officer, you are a foreigner, so you don't feel deeply, and we eat more and feel deeper, even if the taste of each family is delicious, it is still not as delicious as your own. The boss said this extremely arrogantly, and Lu An kept nodding when he heard it.

"Last night, I saw the guest officer sitting there alone and drinking stuffy, and today I sat here in a daze as soon as I came out, it seems that I must have encountered some difficult things, I was like the guest officer when I was this age, I was still selling pancakes, although it was very hard to get up early in the morning, but the days were not the same, so many years have passed, I finally survived, and I got such a small restaurant, which can be regarded as eating and drinking, so I say a few words, I don't know, is the guest officer willing to listen?" The boss suddenly said these words.

When Lu An heard the boss's words, he nodded sincerely.

"I'll say it to the guest officer, don't think the old man is long-winded, although I don't know why the guest officer is troubled, but life in the world is nothing more than being a man and doing things. This is actually like this pancake, it is very simple to make, but if you want to make it delicious, you must have experience, this experience may be the experience accumulated by predecessors for several years and decades, which is also the reason why the things in each family and the sauce are different, but the taste is not bad. This is actually the case with people and things, although this time it is unsatisfactory, but at least this time I have accumulated experience, and the next time I encounter this opportunity, the chance of success will be much greater. The boss said this with deep affection.

Lu An listened very carefully, kept nodding his head, and agreed.

Although this pancake theory is a bit simple and crude, but if you think about it, it is actually very reasonable, and the life philosophy summarized by the boss after living for decades can be regarded as the essence, but unfortunately, this theory is a bit inconsistent with Lu An's current situation, but Lu An still listens to it with relish.

Seeing that Lu An listened so seriously, the boss immediately smiled, and said arrogantly: "Guest officer, this pancake is considered to be what I invited you to eat." ”

Lu An raised his eyebrows, pointed to the proprietress who was settling accounts not far away, and said, "The boss is so atmospheric, aren't you afraid that the boss lady will find you to settle accounts?"

"Old lady, what kind of reasoning do you know, and you can count this and that all day long?" The boss scolded coldly directly, but the voice was exceptionally soft, and he gave Lu An a wink after speaking.

Lu An glanced at the proprietress who was going to fight with a serious face, smiled and said, "Boss, do you think that the proprietress is the reason why you can succeed." ”

The boss's face stiffened, he snorted twice, hurriedly denied it, and muttered in his mouth, "The old lady saves this province and that all day long, and she doesn't understand anything, what can she do." ”

Lu An shook his head helplessly and said, "Boss, help me deliver a letter." Then he took out some broken silver and pushed it over.

The boss looked at the silver taels on the table, and then nodded.

Lu An asked the boss to send someone to send a letter to Li Li, asking them to gather directly at the city gate, and he would arrive later.

After Li Li received the message, he didn't have any suspicions, so he immediately chatted with Lao Guan, retreated from the room, pulled Wei Yang, and led the two horses to the city gate slowly.

When Li Li arrived at the city gate, he understood that Lu An was sitting alone on the ground, leaning against the city wall, wearing a hat on his head, holding a piece of grass in his mouth, dozing off, and a bag beside him.

Li Li walked over directly, squatted down, patted it, and woke up Lu An.

"It's finally here. Lu An patted his buttocks, got up and stretched again.

Wei Yang looked at the strange person in front of him and asked puzzledly, "Master, who is this person?"

When Lu An heard this, he didn't say a word, he directly took out two pieces of cold sand iron and handed them over, "It's time to add some weight." ”

Wei Yang reacted immediately, and the whole person suddenly became happy, screaming and pounced, "Childe, want to kill me!"

Lu An hurriedly stopped Wei Yang and whispered, "Secret!"

Wei Yang also realized that he had lost his temper and quickly became honest, but his face was still unusually excited.

Lu An handed the bag to Li Li, "It was sent by one person." ”

Li Li opened it and glanced at it, and said in surprise: "It's a pancake?"

Lu An nodded, "It tastes pretty good, but the person is too enthusiastic, praise him a few words, you must give me such a bag, I can't shirk it, so I have to accept it, but I can just keep it on the road and eat it slowly." ”

"Childe, where are we going next?" Wei Yang asked suddenly.

Lu An glanced back, "Since we have already decided how to go, then let's go how to go, the next place, Shangqiu." ”

Wei Yang shouted with excitement on his face.

Li Li said worriedly: "Childe, is it really okay?"

Lu An nodded and replied: "It's okay, now I'm worried about this, which one to worry about, it's better to go straight away, trouble this problem, it's not something you can escape if you want to, it's better to face it directly." ”

When Li Li heard Lu An's answer, he also showed a relieved smile on his face, he was still worried that Lu An would lose his mind and do something radical because of Chun Niang's matter, but now it seems that this worry is superfluous, and after only one day, he seems to have recovered, which also makes Li Li breathe a sigh of relief.

Lu An saw that Li Li's expression changed and changed, and then asked tentatively, "Sir?"

Li Li immediately retracted his thoughts when he heard this voice, took the horse, urged Wei Yang, and said, "Go, go." ”

Wei Yang put the things on the horse, and then walked in the first place, shouting, "Finally, I don't have to copy books anymore!"

This shout attracted sideways glances from others, but Wei Yang didn't know it, and Li Li immediately showed a hint of apologetic gaze around.

"Sir, is Wei Yang too anxious?" Lu An said worriedly as he looked at the cheerful Wei Yang in front of him.

Li Li shook his head and laughed dryly, "Childe, as the saying goes, the stupid bird flies first, I know very well what kind of bird Yang'er is, not to mention that it hasn't taken off yet, and whether it can take off in the future is still a question, so if you don't hurry up now, you can only flutter on the ground in the future, and I don't know how many more years this old bone can last." ”

Lu An frowned, smiled and replied, "Sir, what you said is too pessimistic, right? Now that you can eat and drink, you have begun to think about this matter." ”

"Childe, this is not pessimistic, and I didn't talk nonsense, when I get older, I will naturally think of this aspect of things, and when the time comes, there will be a sudden fork in the province, and when the time comes, I want to arrange this and that, where is it still too late, I can only take advantage of the time to plan slowly, and when the time comes, I will have no worries when my eyes are closed. After saying this, Li Li immediately laughed.

This smile directly provoked Lu An to roll his eyes.

"In the future, if I really close my eyes, I will have to rely on the help of my son. After Li Li said this, he directly stared at Lu An with an expectant gaze.

Lu An was stared at all over the place, and did not answer this question, but asked rhetorically, "Sir, is this taking care of the orphans?" Did you know that something bad would happen after arriving at Sungkyon Academy?"

Li Li hurriedly shook his head and replied: "Where can I know about the affairs of Chengjun Academy, it's just such a statement, Gongzi is young and promising now, and the future will definitely not be in the pool, but by the time Gongzi goes straight to the clouds, the old man may be long gone, so if you don't say this earlier, you may not have a chance in the future." ”

"You, you are fickle, you have said good and bad things, you are really cunning and cunning, so if I will still be the same in the future, then your promise will not be in vain? Or do you say this when you meet people, cast a wide net, and as long as one net is completed, you will rest assured. Lu An scolded with a smile.

Li Li's beard suddenly turned up in anger, and he said angrily: "Childe's words hurt people, I say this kind of words similar to Tuogu when I meet people, how can I be such a brazen person, where can this old face be pulled down?"

Lu An saw that Li Li's expression had changed, and immediately hurriedly smiled, and said with a smile: "Sir, don't get excited, I'm just joking." ”

After Li Li said two more words, he calmed down, nodded, looked at Lu An, and sighed twice.

"It's not because what Mr. said is exactly the same as what Tuo Gu said, how do you ask me to deal with the reply, not to mention what your situation will be after you arrive at Sungkyon Academy, I may not know where I was at that time, alas, I have such a large amount of debt on my body, I feel heavy when I think about it!" Lu An sighed directly.

"What kind of debt?" Li Li asked puzzledly, because in his eyes, Lu An has always belonged to the very rich kind, not to mention the children of wealthy families, but he can be regarded as worry-free about food and clothing, and there are a lot of treasures on his body, how can he fall to the point of being in debt?

Lu An directly stretched out two fingers.

"Two hundred taels, isn't that right, two hundred spirit crystals?" Li Li asked tentatively.

Lu An shook his head.

"Could it be two thousand spirit crystals?" Li Li asked with some surprise.

Lu An calculated, but still shook his head.

At this moment, Li Li was shocked, and said with a look of disbelief: "Two, 20,000?"

Lu An sighed and replied, "Two hundred spirit crystal essences, that is, two hundred thousand spirit crystal essences. ”

Li Li's eyes stared at the boss, he was so frightened that he couldn't breathe, his face turned red all of a sudden, and he quickly knocked twice and took a breath, "Gong, Gongzi, are you joking?"

Lu An thought for a while and replied, "No, it doesn't seem to be so much." ”

Li Li breathed a sigh of relief all of a sudden, "I'll just say it?" ”

"I had returned two before, and now there are still one hundred and ninety-eight missing. Lu An nodded and replied seriously.

Li Li's breath that had just eased up suddenly held back again, and the whole person froze there all of a sudden, and his face became more and more ugly.

Seeing Li Li's face, Lu An hurriedly stepped forward and patted Li Li's back several times, which made Li Li ease up.

Li Li covered his chest and coughed several times at once, gasping heavily, the whole person was extremely excited, pointing at Lu An, and his mouth kept chanting words, but in the end, he still didn't speak, shook his hand, and glared at Lu An with an iron face, with a face of hatred that iron does not become steel, and scolded angrily, "Two hundred spirit crystal essences! That's two hundred spirit crystal essences! If you change it to the baked cake in your hand, how many will you have to sell to earn it back!"

Looking at Li Li, who was so excited, Lu An hurriedly smiled and comforted: "Sir, don't get excited, don't get excited, it's not good if you're angry." ”

Li Li sighed heavily and threw away directly.

After walking a few steps, he stopped, looked back at Lu An and said seriously: "Childe, there is a lot of fun, but betting, nine out of ten bets and nine losses, I think Childe should quit as soon as possible, otherwise no matter how thick the foundation is, it will not be enough." ”

Lu An was stunned in place, smiled dumbly, and hurriedly retorted: "Sir, I don't bet. ”

When Li Li heard this answer, he was immediately shocked, glanced at Lu An, and said meaningfully: "That son has to pay attention to his body, youth is capital, but he squander it at will, and in the future, he will feel that this physical strength is used to hate less." ”

Lu An raised his head, with a puzzled face, he didn't understand what he meant, and after thinking about it, he immediately reacted, his whole face turned red, and he wanted to argue, but Li Li left without looking back at this time, and Lu An froze in place all of a sudden.

"Where is the girl? It costs so much money to be so expensive?" could it be that it is inlaid with gold?" Li Li muttered as he walked, his face full of puzzlement.

"Master, what is inlaid with gold? It looks like a Shintoist thing. Wei Yang suddenly ran to Li Li's side and asked.

"Stinky boy, go aside, you don't have to learn this? If you don't study hard, you won't be able to touch anything in the future. Li Li angrily reprimanded.

Wei Yang was frightened by this sentence, and hurriedly ran to Lu An's side to complain, "Childe, the master has been angry at me lately, but I haven't provoked him?"

Lu An shook his head, sighed and replied, "It's not just you, even I suffered, alas." ”

Wei Yang was even more puzzled when he saw that Lu An was also so depressed, and said in surprise: "Master, has become so bold recently? Even Gongzi dares to scold?

Lu An hugged Wei Yang under his arm and muttered in a low voice, "That's not it, I have to dictate everything now, but the age is here, what can I do, is it difficult to punch him away? ”

Wei Yang's eyes glared at the boss, and he nodded very seriously, "If Childe can't do it, then I'll come, my grudge against my master is much deeper than Childe's, and my strength is so weak, it shouldn't cost much to fight." ”

Lu An laughed directly, flicked Wei Yang's head with his fingers, and corrected: "Stupid, how can you do such a thing as a black hand? If you want to do it, you have to do it without leakage, and you will never suffer in the future, you are so weak now, kick it, nothing happens, and then he lay down on the ground, pulled you, and what should I do if you want money for medicine? In the end, it was not you who lost it? I was not angry, and I lost money, I want to say, kick to death, it will be a hundred." ”

"Then I don't dare, kick the master to death, I'm a little reluctant. Wei Yang replied with a frown.

Lu An flicked it again, and Wei Yang, who was in pain, quickly covered his head and rubbed it.

Lu An scolded with a smile: "Who told you to kick Mr. to death, these words I just said, you can't learn them in books, these are all wise sayings, more practical than the words of the saints, you have to remember it well, when you live alone in the future, you have to use it flexibly, these people in front of you, if you want to start, you must be ruthless, it is best to kick to death, don't make it half dead, so in the end, it is you who are disgusting." ”

Wei Yang listened very carefully, kept nodding, and an idea suddenly popped into his mind, and then said: "Childe, your words sound much more pleasant than those truths in the book, or you will be my husband, right?"

Lu An hurriedly shook his head, "That's not good, you haven't finished reading your book yet, read the book honestly, or else, every time you finish reading a book in the future, I'll teach you how to kick others to death, okay?"

Wei Yang thought about it for a while, felt that it was a good deal, and quickly nodded, "I agree, let's pull the hook." ”

Lu An smiled and stretched out his fingers, "Okay, pull the hook and pull the hook." ”