As the saying goes, family ugliness should not be publicized, but the matter of Yunde Martial Arts Hall is not only not a secret in Pingnan City, but almost everyone knows it.

Cheng Yunde took a sip of tea, paused, and then said to Yuan Xi,

"I have nothing to do with Qianjun! When I saw him squatting on the street begging for food, but he buried his head and said nothing, just like that, who would want to stutter for him? He would either starve to death, or he would be hungry and would do that thing of stealing chickens and touching dogs. The old man gave him a stutter and took him back to the martial arts hall. At that time, I had already taken in five descendants, all of whom were children who lived by begging. Qianjun's age is actually about the same age as the eldest and second, and he has missed the best age to practice martial arts, so he only became a registered disciple. The old man, I accepted five heirs, and named them with the words benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom, and faith. But now, alas!"

Cheng Yunde, who shook his head, asked Yuan Xi,

"After the nephew entered the city, have you ever heard that there is another martial arts hall in our Pingnan City?"

When Cheng Yunde asked like this, Yuan Xi remembered the man's words when he asked for directions.

Yuan Xi thought for a moment and asked with a little doubt,

"Shibo, could it be that Jin Wei Martial Arts Pavilion?"

Cheng Yunde nodded,

"This year's events, so Qianjun still doesn't know. When people are gone, they take away all righteousness and righteousness. People have their own ambitions, they want to go, I can't stop them, originally Fei'er after adulthood, I should enjoy the blessings, but Fei'er is still young after all, not successful in learning, and they have followed me since childhood, my skills have been taught to them, and it is normal for them to be dissatisfied with Fei'er, so they left, I did not stop, nor did I say anything to return the learned skills to me such a cut off words. ”

Cheng Yunde seemed to be reminiscing about the past, and when he said this, after a pause, he continued,

"What I didn't expect was that when they left the martial arts hall, they quickly opened this Jin Wei martial arts hall, and they took them with them, as well as many of our martial arts disciples here. Okay, if they want to open a martial arts gym, I can't stop it, and I shouldn't stop it, why can I open it, they can't open it, right? The main thing is that they are disappointing to me. ”

Yuan Xi, who understood the cause and effect, refilled the tea for Cheng Yunde and asked,

"Shibo, what are you talking about?"

"They said that they had been with me for so long, and they couldn't get anything from being a cow or a horse, so they had to leave the Yunde Martial Arts Hall. ”

Saying this, Cheng Yunde tapped the table twice with his palm,

"Listen, is this human talk? Not to mention that I gave them a bite to eat and raised them, just said that their abilities were conjured out of thin air? They opened a martial arts hall a few days after leaving, and they had no savings? I didn't say anything, they wanted to take advantage of the righteousness first. ”

Yuan Xi was a little puzzled,

"Shibo has been in Pingnan City for so many years, and everyone knows what kind of style the martial arts hall has, and some people believe what they say?"

Cheng Yunde shook his head and smiled bitterly,

"The nephew is still not deeply involved in the world, and most of these people, how many of them are concerned? The most affordable thing is not that the martial arts hall charges less money and teaches more skills. ”

Yuan Xi nodded, and asked again,

"Shibo, I'm afraid that the business of the martial arts hall has been affected a lot, right?"

Cheng Yunde nodded,

"After they left, they took a lot of disciples from here. These are all okay, after all, the old man has been operating in Pingnan City for so long, and it is not something that they can run on at once. The most annoying thing is, alas, you also know that they are my descendants, the Jin Wei Martial Arts Hall opened, and I once came to the door, in addition to Daohe, I said that the two of them can be passed on, and don't spread my master's martial arts. ”

"And what do they say?"

"They nodded yes in front of me, which can be regarded as giving the old man a little thin noodles. However, it didn't take long for words to come out, saying that the old man's martial arts hall was clumsy, and he didn't give his disciples real skills, and recently he secretly made people show the news, saying that no one in my martial arts hall could beat their senior brothers. We should and should not. ”

glanced at Yuan Xi,

"Don't hide it from you, when you came, we were discussing this matter in the hall. It's been a few days since this was released, and our martial arts hall has not replied. If you don't reply, I'm afraid that the disciples who practice martial arts in the hall will be muttering in their hearts. But I'm not afraid of the jokes of my nephew, I really don't know how to reply, the third, fourth, and fifth children are really inferior to them. And the old man, if he makes a move, even if he wins, alas, he may not be able to win now. ”

Cheng Yunde shook his head.

Yuan Xi pondered for a moment, and then said,

"Cheng Shibo, since I am currently a member of our martial arts hall, if Shibo can trust Yuan Xi, if the other party really comes to the door, then Yuan Xi will take it. ”

It's not that Yuan Xi is acting rashly, it's not that he wants to be righteous and want to teach these two ungrateful people a lesson, but that he chooses to gain a foothold in the martial arts hall at the moment, and he wants to come out of this, this is his reason.

Cheng Yunde groaned slightly, and then said,

"Since my nephew said this, it would be too unkind for me to excuse myself, but this matter is not in a hurry, and I will discuss it with my nephew after I make arrangements. ”

Seeing that Yuan Xi was still wearing coarse cloth clothes, Cheng Yunde smiled again,

"Nephew, although you don't care about dressing, but you are in my Yunde Martial Arts Pavilion, if you wear such clothes again, it will make the old man fall into his mouth, and I will find someone to come over and measure it for you, so that I can customize a few sets of fitting clothes for you." ”

Yuan Xi looked down at his clothes, before in the king of Li Zhuang and the mountains, everyone was wearing almost all of them like this, he didn't think there was anything, but after coming to Pingnan City, he found that everyone was wearing something different from what he was wearing. He smiled a little, and then said to Cheng Yunde,

"Thank you, Shibo, but when I first came to the martial arts hall on Yuan Xi, how can I let you break the bank, I still have a lot of silver taels in this package, and I haven't taken a good look after arriving in Pingnan City, so I went out to take a look at it for a while, and I just bought a few clothes for myself." ”

Seeing Yuan Xi say this, Cheng Yunde nodded secretly, he was really not mistaken, this person was not the opportunist.

"In this case, the nephew should please take care of himself, just treat this place as his own home, if you have any needs, just tell the old man, the old man still has some things, so he won't sit more. ”

After saying that Yunde got up, Yuan Xi got up to see him off, and walked to the door to watch him leave.

After Cheng Yunde left, he went to his study and sat on the bear skin given by Zhao Qianjun.

"Daddy, are you looking for me?"

"Well, sit down!"

Cheng Shifei sat next to his father, waiting for his father to speak.

"Fei'er, Yuan Xi has agreed to temporarily settle in our martial arts hall, just as a chair martial artist, you will be responsible for arranging it tomorrow, and you will be close to him. In addition, pay attention to proportion, this person should intersect with sincerity, no need to use more brains, and make some fancy thoughts. ”

"yes, got it!"

"In addition, you go to the Drunken Immortal Residence to book a banquet, and in the evening, you and I, father and son, and then call your three senior brothers to pick up Yuan Xi together, if someone asks, it will say that Yuan Xi is the new chair martial artist of our martial arts hall. ”

Keeping the right and wrong in mind, and then asking my father,

"Daddy, do you mean that Brother Yuan is willing to help us?"

Cheng Yunde nodded, his son was still good, and he regarded Yuan Xi as his own family in his heart as soon as he called "Brother Yuan".

After thinking for a moment, he said,

"Your three senior brothers, the current commission for the chair in the martial arts hall is 30%, I remember that it used to be 20%, and then they were all older and were about to start a family, so the master added another 10%. In this way, the two benevolent and righteous still did such a thing. ”

After all, Cheng is young, sophisticated, and does not have much involvement in buying and selling financial management, so I have to continue to listen and learn more by myself.

Thinking that Yuan Xi was also going to serve as a chair martial artist in the martial arts hall, he asked his father,

"Daddy, if Brother Yuan speaks, how will the remuneration be determined?"

Cheng Yunde smiled and looked at his son,

"What do you think?"

Cheng thought about it,

"I think forty percent is more appropriate, but can you add half percent to the three senior brothers?"

Cheng Yunde nodded,

"Tell me why!"

Cheng Shifei didn't hurry to speak, and after thinking for a while, he replied,

"Since Daddy believes that Brother Yuan can become the key person to solve the current urgency of our martial arts hall, then Brother Yuan Xi must have something extraordinary, which must be beyond the reach of the three senior brothers, so Brother Yuan's commission can be higher. However, after all, Brother Yuan is a newcomer, and it is not good to set it too high all of a sudden, after all, his ability has not been seen by others, especially the three senior brothers, it is inevitable that they will have ideas. It's the father's decision, and they may not be convinced, so let's add half a commission to the three senior brothers, first, to stabilize the bad impact of the two of them, and second, the three senior brothers are also very hard during this time, and they should add some money. As for whether Brother Yuan can really convince the public, then we really have to see what he can do. ”

Hearing his son say this, Cheng Yunde nodded,

"Yes, if you can think of this, you will be relieved that your father will hand over the martial arts hall to you in the future, and you will gradually grow up, share some worries for your father, and your father will enjoy his happiness." Your eldest brother Yuan will definitely not stay in our martial arts hall for a long time in the future, what you have to rely on is still your three senior brothers, okay, you go and get busy!"

Cheng said "um" and got up to leave.

Yuan Xi really doesn't have any ideas about dressing, but he doesn't have ideas, it doesn't mean that others don't have ideas.

Once, when the master took him down the mountain, if he hadn't been led by the master, maybe the restaurants and teahouses that the master went to would not have let him in.

Such a pair of master and apprentice is very strange in the eyes of ordinary people, and they are all speculating about the origin of this child. If it weren't for the mountain monk who asked Yuan Xi to eat with him, and let him eat the delicious food at will, I'm afraid that many people would treat the mountain monk as a human trafficker.

Yuan Xi was also well-behaved, followed the master out, didn't say a word, and didn't even call the master.

If you have a silver tael, then go shopping.

With the money bag, Yuan Xi went out.

After going out, I walked to the front yard, and I just happened to meet Cheng Shifei, who greeted him and shouted,

"Brother Yuan!"

It's also thanks to Yuan Xi's good memory, I remember that when I first entered the house, there was such a person sitting in the room, I wasn't sure who was coming, he hesitated,

"Are you the son of Cheng Shibo, Cheng Shibo?"

Cheng said with a smile,

"Brother Yuan has a good memory, he remembers the younger brother at a glance, and the eldest brother will call me Xiaofei in the future. ”

Yuan Xi looked at this young man who was about the same age as himself, and he was still a little childish, and he only felt a lot more kind.

After all, he is still a teenager, and who doesn't want to have more playmates.

Looking at Yuan Xi with a smile on his face, Cheng Shifei said happily,

"Brother Yuan, are you going out?"

"Yes, I went out for a walk, I just arrived in Pingnan City yesterday evening, I want to go shopping today, I have been here with Master before, but I haven't visited much. ”

Hearing Yuan Xi say this, Cheng Shifei said happily,

"Brother Yuan, it just so happens that the younger brother is also going out, let's go together, my father explained, let me go to the Drunken Immortal Residence to set up a table of banquets, and pick up the wind for Brother Yuan at night. ”

When Yuan Xi heard this, he hurriedly said,

"Xiao Fei, why bother so much? I'm not an important person, Cheng Shibo has helped me so much, how can I be embarrassed?"

Cheng heard it and said with a smile,

"Brother Yuan, where is this, my father told me, you have promised to be a martial artist in the martial arts hall, then we are all a family, it is right to pick up the wind for the eldest brother, just take Brother Yuan to know a few of my senior brothers. ”

Yuan Xi thought about it, too, and no longer shirked,

"Okay, let's go together! I'd like to go to Buzhuang first and make some clothes that fit. ”

Hearing Yuan Xi say this, Cheng is delighted,

"Big brother, Buzhuang is not far from the Drunken Immortal Residence, let's go and book the banquet first, and then I'll accompany you to take a walk around the city. ”

"Good!"

The two walked out of the gate of the martial arts hall together. The disciples were very curious, who was this young man in cloth? Could it be a distant relative of the pavilion owner? The young pavilion master was so enthusiastic about him, and the pavilion owner was worthy of being a person of great benevolence and righteousness, and he was so enthusiastic about his distant relatives.

Some people also speculated that it was the master of the hall who came from the sect, and was immediately refuted by others, have you ever seen a disciple of a big sect wearing such shabby?

The same is true of the people who were refuted.

Kong Lixiang, Zhu Zhimang, and Zhou Xinliang were drinking tea in the chair rest room.

Fang Cai Cheng has been here, and briefly said, Yuan Xi will serve as a chair martial artist in the martial arts hall, and go to the drunken immortal residence at night to pick up the wind for him, and several senior brothers will go over together, and everyone will get to know each other.

Zhu Zhimang glanced at his senior brother,

"Senior brother, what do you think?"

Kong Lixiang drank tea, didn't speak, and glanced at the old five Zhou Xinliang.

Zhou Xinliang is the youngest of the five senior brothers, and all the senior brothers have taken good care of him, including the two Renyi who left.

When he saw that his senior brother Kong Lixiang looked at him, he opened his mouth,

"Senior brother, they have approached me, but I didn't agree, I would never do anything to be sorry for Master, without Master, I would have starved to death. ”

Kong Xianglong put down the small teapot and opened his mouth,

"Don't say it's you, they are also looking for me, the fourth must have been there, right, the fourth?"

Zhu Zhimang nodded,

"I scolded it, the two of them are not human things!"

Kong Lixiang held the small teapot in his hand, rubbing his fingers, feeling the texture of the teapot and the temperature of the water passing through. Hearing Zhu Zhimang say this, he opened his mouth,

"You're still so quick-tempered. Look at me, I didn't even open the door, I shouted directly, I wasn't at home. ”

Taking another sip of tea, he said slowly,

"Since childhood, Master has taught us to be virtuous, we must not forget our roots, we can have today, all by Master's teachings, so our three brothers must be of one heart and one mind, and we must not do anything sorry for Master and Martial Arts in the future. ”

The other two nodded.

"Brother Fei came over just now, and I must have told you two that I want to give us half a commission. What do you two think?"

Zhou Xinliang glanced at his senior brother and opened his mouth first,

"You two know my temperament, Master can give me as much as he wants, I have no opinion. ”

Kong Lixiang looked at his junior brother Zhu Zhimang again, and Zhu Zhimang smiled when he saw his senior brother looking at him,

"Senior brother, you don't have to test the two of us, our brothers grew up together, you know what kind of temperament and temperament everyone has, those two are so shameless, don't talk about the fifth child, anyway, I know how to write the word shame. The master added half of the commission to us, firstly, to appease us, and secondly, I am afraid that it has something to do with that young man of Yuan Xi. ”

Kong Lixiang heard what his junior brother said, and nodded,

"Yes, if the guess is correct, the current difficulties of our martial arts hall should be pressed on him. You and I are brothers, work together. Since he can get the master's approval, then the Yuan Xi Shaoxia must be outstanding, but the Yuan Xi Shaoxia may only be able to help for a while, and in the future, our senior brother in the martial arts hall will have to work harder to solve problems for the master and the right and wrong brothers. ”

Zhu Zhimang said with a smile,

"What Senior Brother is talking about is, our brothers, who doesn't regard the martial arts hall as their own home. yes, old five!"

Seeing Zhou Xinliang nodding, Zhu Zhimang continued,

"Since we are giving Yuan Xi Shaoxia the wind tonight, our brothers can't snub Yuan Xi Shaoxia, senior brother, the fifth child, don't let Yuan Shaoxia look down on our brothers. ”

Zhu Zhimang drank the best among the senior brothers, and seeing him say this, Kong Lixiang and Zhou Xinliang looked at each other and smiled.

Yuan Xi Shaoxia, if you have the ability, brothers respect you!

Cheng Shifei and Yuan Xi were walking on the street, and many good people guessed who the rough-clothed young man next to the young pavilion owner was.

Yuan Xi doesn't care about other people's opinions.

The two arrived at the Drunken Immortal Residence.

The guy saw that it was the young hall master of the Yunde Martial Arts Pavilion who came, and hurriedly came up to greet him.

"Yo, Young Master Cheng is here, there is a seat upstairs, please!"

Drunken Immortal Residence, Yuan Xi has also been here a few times, and when the master took him down the mountain, he came here. However, the guy thought that Yuan Xi was a follower of right and wrong, so he ignored it.

When it was right or wrong to book a banquet, Yuan Xi waited on the side.

"I'll come over and order a table of wine, and come over in the evening to give my big brother Yuan a pick-up. My eldest brother Yuan wants to stay in the martial arts hall for the time being and become the new chair martial artist of the martial arts hall, my father is happy, I want to drink more at night, and I have to prepare your family's good wine!"

"Well, don't worry, there's a noble person in the Guiwu Pavilion. ”

At present, the grievances between the two martial arts halls have almost become the appetizers of some guests in this restaurant, and the guys know about it.

Cheng Shifei smiled and didn't say much.

At this time, the guy also saw that there was a little doorway, and this follower was too unlike a follower. If you look closely, you will feel familiar.

"Alright, so be it. "It's almost time to make a decision, and I'm ready to leave.

The guy said yes, and then asked more,

"Young Master Cheng, who is this?"

Cheng Shifei saw that the guy was asking his eldest brother, so he smiled and said,

"This is my big brother Yuan. ”

Yuan Xi, who was waiting for Cheng to be right and wrong, heard that Cheng was introducing himself, so he handed over a smile.

The guy felt more familiar, thought for a while, and patted his forehead,

"Have you ever been to our store? There is a gentleman with you. ”

When Yuan Xi heard it, this guy has a good memory, he can't come a few times a year, he remembers it, so he replied,

"Little brother has a good memory, I have been here a few times, with Master. ”

Then Yuan Xi looked at right and wrong,

"Xiao Fei, is it booked?"

Cheng Shifei hummed and left the Drunken Immortal Residence with Yuan Xi.

Cheng Shifei took Yuan Xi to Buzhuang.

When he came to the door of Buzhuang, he said to Yuan Xi,

"Brother Yuan, this cloth village has business dealings with my brother-in-law's family, the quality of the cloth is reliable, and his tailoring skills are also very good, and he has a good reputation in our Pingnan City. ”

At this time, he found that Yuan Xi was looking at a back not far away.

Lu Guanju, who had changed into women's clothes, had just walked out of Buzhuang and walked in the opposite direction when they came over on New Year's Day.

Yuan Xi's nose involuntarily sniffed twice.

This smell is somewhat familiar.