Chapter Eighty-Five: Heavy Snow and Small Stove

Lu Jian stepped on the thick snow and walked back to his residence from Elder Meng.

His mood was also infected by the old man's sometimes passionate and sometimes lost emotions, and the little boy had a lot more emotion.

Lu Jian slowly walked to his residence, and suddenly, he saw a woman wearing a hooded robe standing at the door.

There was a lot of snow on the woman's hat and shoulders, and it seemed that she had been standing here for some time.

Hearing a noise, the woman turned her head and looked at Lu Press.

After Lu Jian saw the woman's face clearly, he was also stunned, and blurted out: "Miss?"

Yes, the person who came was the eldest lady of the Ma family from the Horse Temple.

When the eldest lady saw Lu Press, she had a happy smile on her face, and hurriedly walked two steps to Lu Press, and said, "You are back, I came to look for you once yesterday, but you are not here, no, I will come over early in the morning to have a look!"

Lu Jian scratched his head and said with a shy smile: "I went with Elder Meng for the New Year yesterday, I'm sorry, let you run away in vain, is there anything wrong with me?"

The eldest lady smiled and said, "I just got home a few days ago, and I also heard about your performance in the competition, it seems that I didn't mistake you!"

Lu Jian smiled and said: "That's all luck, by the way, I really want to thank you, if it weren't for your jade plate, I might not even be able to enter the door!"

After that, I talked about what happened when I got started.

The eldest lady listened quietly, and when she heard Ma Rong making it difficult for Lu Pressure, her eyebrows were slightly clustered, and her face showed displeasure.

Lu Jian knew that everyone saw these things at that time, and it was useless to hide them, so he simply said it, and he didn't mean to sue.

The eldest lady listened to the whole process, and snorted coldly: "These subordinates have been used to having so many problems over the years!"

Lu Jian waved his hand and said: "Actually, there is no big contradiction, it's all a trivial matter, you don't have to care too much!"

The eldest lady smiled and said, "I was looking for you, I just wanted to eat your baked sweet potatoes!"

Lu Pressure said in surprise: "This is the New Year, you can't eat anything delicious, why do you want to eat baked sweet potatoes?"

The eldest lady pursed her lips and smiled: "I just want to eat it, can you bake it for me?"

Lu Jian really couldn't figure out what this little girl was thinking, so he said, "This is easy!"

Lu Jian opened the door and invited the eldest lady into the house.

One day there was no one in the house, the stove had gone out, and it was a little cold in the house.

Lu Quan hurriedly took some dry firewood and lit the stove.

When the fire was raised, the hut warmed up in a moment.

The two sat down around the stove, and Lu Pressure took out a few sweet potatoes and put them in the hearth.

The eldest lady rubbed her hands on this fire, and said with a smile: "It's still quite interesting to celebrate the festival like this!"

Lu Jian smiled shyly and said, "I'm sorry, this section is a bit shabby!"

The eldest lady grinned and said, "There are big fish and big meat every year, and this year's sweet potatoes are the most special!"

Lu Jian shook his head and smiled: "I think you eat too much good things, hehe"

The eldest lady said angrily: "I just want to eat something special, can't I?"

Lu Jian really didn't know how to deal with the coquettish little girl, so he had to raise his hand and surrender: "You have the final say, if you say good, it's good!"

The sweet potato is constantly turned with a stove hook to heat it evenly.

The eldest lady held her cheeks and looked at the fire, and the fire jumped and reflected her beautiful cheeks.

The eldest lady suddenly slapped her forehead and said with a smile: "Look at my memory, I bring good things!"

As he spoke, his white little hand took out a jade pot from his arms.

Lu Quan asked suspiciously, "What is this?"

The eldest lady said triumphantly: "I stole the wine from my father!"

Lu Jian smiled bitterly: "If this is discovered by the sect master, I will definitely be killed!"

The eldest lady wrinkled her nose and said, "Hmph, I stole the wine, why did he beat you!"

Lu Jian sighed and said: "Everyone knows that the sect master loves you very much, and if he refuses to talk about you, he will scold me!"

As soon as he said this, he suddenly heard a hearty voice outside the door laughing: "Who said that I don't want to say her, I want to scold you two together!"

Hearing this voice, Lu Jian was taken aback, and saw that the eldest lady just pouted and did not squeak.

The curtain was raised, and a middle-aged man walked in.

When Lu Jian saw someone coming, he was a little surprised, that person was the middle-aged man who praised him for practicing boxing last time.

Lu Jian hurriedly bowed and saluted, "The disciple has seen the sect master!"

The eldest lady did not stand up, but tapped the fire with the hook of the hearth.

That middle-aged man was the sect master of the Horse Temple, Ma Wantang.

Ma Wantang was actually older than Elder Meng, but he did look very young.

As soon as he entered the house, he scolded the eldest lady: "Keke, why didn't you stay with your father when you went back to the sect, so you stole your father's wine and ran to see Lu Press!"

said that it was a reprimand, but the doting feelings on his face were beyond words.

The eldest lady Ma Keke stomped her foot and said angrily: "Dad, I'm so old, what do you have to do?" I just want to come over and eat Brother Lu's baked sweet potatoes, can't I?"

Ma Wantang looked at Lu Jian and said with a wry smile: "Hey, my daughter, I didn't stay with my father during the New Year, but I came to you, a little fat man, and stole my good wine, which really hurt the old man's heart!"

Lu Jian was caught between the father and daughter and didn't know how to interject, so he had to smirk.

Lu Jian hurriedly found a stool, placed it next to the stove, and asked Ma Wantang to sit down.

After Ma Wantang motioned for Lu Pressure to sit down, he said to Lu Pressure: "I heard Coco talk about the delicious sweet potatoes you baked, just right, this New Year's New Year will change the taste, taste your craftsmanship!"

Lu Jian hurriedly said: "The sect master said that it was funny, roasted sweet potatoes are just an emergency thing for our poor children in the countryside to eat, how can it be regarded as a delicacy!"

Ma Wantang shook his hand and said: "It's okay, let's have a special year this year according to Cocoa."

Lu Jian had to flip the sweet potato a few more times, tried it, and felt that it was already baked, so he picked it out with a stove hook.

Lu Quan first knocked the baked sweet potato with a stove hook, cracked a crack, and then gently broke it open and handed it to Ma Wantang and Ma Keke respectively.

Beneath the black and red skin, the golden sweet potatoes have an unusual aroma that spreads through the hut.

Ma Wantang's eyes lit up, he reached out to take the sweet potato, pulled a piece of golden brown and put it in his mouth, of course, with his cultivation, this temperature is nothing, and naturally he will not feel hot.

Marco also smiled and broke a piece of sweet potato and put it in his mouth.

"It smells so good!"

Ma Wantang praised with a sweet potato in his mouth.

Marco laughed and said, "How about it, Dad, I'm not wrong!"

Ma Wantang nodded with a smile.

Marco smiled and nodded as he ate.

Lu Pressure was speechless by the father and daughter's eating, isn't it just the usual roasted sweet potato?

Ma Wantang picked up the wine jug placed next to him, asked Lu Jian to find a few bowls, poured two bowls of wine and said: "Having food and wine is the New Year!"

Marco saw that he didn't have his own share, so he was not happy: "Dad, I want to drink it too!"

Ma Wantang scolded: "Big girl, what kind of wine are you drinking!"

Ma Keke said unhappily: "I know that you have a lot of things, so I don't want to take you, you can take a look, and teach people!"

Ma Wantang had a helpless look on his face, and said to Lu Quan: "Let you see the joke, this girl is what I'm used to!"

Lu Jian persuaded in a low voice: "Today's New Year, sect master, why don't you let the eldest lady take a few sips?"

Ma Keke clapped his little hands and said with a smile: "That's right, Brother Lu is the master today!"

Ma Wantang couldn't resist his daughter, so he had to pour her a bowl and instructed: "Just this time, you are stained with the light of your senior brother Lu!"

The three of them raised their bowls and touched them, and Lu Jian said, "Happy New Year!"

Ma Keke laughed very brightly, and said to Ma Wantang and Lu Zhu: "Happy New Year, Dad!, Happy New Year to Brother Lu!"

Ma Wantang said with a smile: "It's rare for Coco to be so happy this year, and I also have to thank Lu Pressure!"

The three of them laughed and took a sip of wine.

After a sip of wine, Lu Jian felt warm in his belly, and he was usually quite shy, and he let go a lot: "If you like to eat barbecue, I will cook a lot, go back and roast suckling pig, barbecue skewers or something!"

Ma Keke's eyes narrowed into a slit with a smile: "That's it, I want to try Brother Lu's craftsmanship! Thank you Brother Lu."

Ma Wantang said with a smile: "This girl, I have raised you for so many years, and I have never seen you thank me!"

Ma Keke pouted and said, "Who made you my father's, it's not right to raise me!"

The three of them laughed together.

Eating sweet potatoes, drinking wine, and baking the fire made the cottage full of warmth.

Ma Wantang sighed and said, "Hey, this kind of holiday together, it's been a long time!"

Ma Keke's eyes turned red and said: "No, after beating my mother and leaving, I haven't been so lively again!"

Speaking of their mother, both father and daughter were silent with different expressions.

Lu Jian hurriedly diverted the topic.

"Sect Master, I spent the New Year with Elder Meng yesterday, and I heard him tell a lot of stories about how he fought the country when he was a teenager, which is exciting!"

Ma Wantang sighed, took another sip of wine and said: "Old man Meng is bragging again, but when he fought the world at that time, he was indeed facing life and death every day, and the Horse Temple can have today, thanks to these old brothers!"

As he spoke, Ma Wantang held the wine bowl, a little dazed, perhaps recalling the passionate years of the year.

Lu Jian looked at Ma Wantang, and suddenly felt that he had always seemed to be a peaceful sect master, but for some reason, he suddenly had a deep feeling like water.

At this moment, Lu Jian finally felt the momentum of a generation of sect masters from him.

Marco coughed and said, "Look, as soon as you talk about the past, you start to remember it again!"

Ma Keke hesitated for a moment and whispered, "Dad, why don't you tell me about my mother, Elder Meng, Elder Kong, and Second Uncle back then?"

I don't know why, when Ma Keke mentioned "Second Uncle", Ma Wantang's face changed drastically, and even made Lu Jian feel a sense of horror for a moment, because at that moment, Ma Wantang's momentum changed in vain, and the cold suddenly appeared.

Ma Wantang turned his face suddenly, he put down the wine bowl, and said coldly to Ma Keke: "Don't drink next time, talk nonsense again!"

At this moment, it is the grandmaster who dominates the world