Sifang City, far to the south, is a relatively remote Haikou city in the Dachang Dynasty, although it is remote, it is also clean.

Just like a young man outside the courtyard, he is also a rare and clean teenager.

For many people, it doesn't matter who is the king or who is the emperor, nodding when they are satisfied, and scolding a few words when they are dissatisfied.

But the black-clothed young man in the yard didn't seem to be too lazy to scold, lying on the recliner outside the yard and basking in the sun quietly.

In front of the boy was a small pond, full and clear, with sparkling water, occasionally blown by the cool breeze peculiar to autumn, swaying as if it were about to overflow.

The boy opened his eyes, which were as full as the sea, but as deep as the night sky.

The calm and clear eyes revealed a little dryness and incomprehension, and he was a little puzzled why the fish caught today was so unpalatable.

This made him extremely irritable.

Most of the residents of Haikou City are engaged in fishing, and some people never fish, but fish are always on the table.

Although the boy is young, he also carried a small net out early to net fish, not to mention that he has seen strong winds and waves, but he still knows some depths in places such as rivers, ditches and ponds outside the city.

Lying on the chair, he wrenched his delicate fingers and counted the days, today he has been fishing for three days, according to the habit, the next two days he needs to dry his fishing nets.

Today, however, his nets are not in the courtyard.

Three days of fishing and two days of drying nets, this is a habit that the teenager has always cultivated, his habit has always been the negative teaching material of the street people, and everywhere in the alley can be heard parents educating their children to do things can not be like him, three days of fishing and two days of drying nets.

It's no wonder that it's not applicable to teenagers, and it's still difficult to block those gossip when they blush, and their necks are thick and they quarrel with other people's theories.

The black-clothed boy turned over in frustration, and the dilapidated chaise longue made a creaking sound with his movements, making the already depressed and irritable teenager even more irritable.

Perhaps tired of this sound, the young man sat up from the chair a little helplessly, and sighed with his hands on his small waist.

Tomorrow is the ninth day of the ninth month, which is his birthday.

There is a custom in the city that the mother is not celebrating her birthday, but this boy is one of the very few children who can live his birthday at this age.

As for his father......

"Xu Changan, your father is dead......

......

A muffled voice came from behind him, and there was no panic, but judging from the height from which the voice came from, the man should be a short man.

The young man named Xu Changan was stunned when he heard this, and two pairs of delicate calves quickly ran to the man and asked the visitor, "What's the matter?

The short and fat man, who was slightly taller than the young man in black, carried a polished shiny pole, and in the bamboo basket at each end of the pole should have carried some food for sale, which was tightly covered with two white cloths. As for his appearance, it is really more flattering than his size.

In the end, I don't know if it's a stupid person who has stupid blessings or what kind of business this man's ancestors have accumulated, the poor jingling short and fat man just married a little lady like a flower and jade.

Not to mention that in this small city full of gossip, even in the rich and noble capital, it is the object of gossip of the residents of the city after tea and dinner.

Cow dung is also good and bad, if you want Xu Chang'an, the man in front of him is definitely a good grade.

The middle-aged man's left shoulder pushed down the flat shoulder on his shoulder a little hard, ensuring that the two bamboo baskets were not next to the ground, and scolded: "Which grandson tied such a long rope to Lao Tzu?" The fat ring finger of his right hand buckled his lower nostrils, rubbed his thumb gently, and said irrelevantly: "Then who can know, grandson, I ...... Lao Tzu, I can still control when your father will die?. ”

Xu Changan didn't have time to think about it, and began to run towards the location of Dongcheng.

After running far away, the more I thought about it, the more angry I became, and I didn't forget to turn around and shout loudly: "The clothes pole upstairs in your house always hits people, remind your lady to pay attention, don't run with anyone......"

The middle-aged man was angry when he heard the young man's words, "Rabbit cub, smash a ball to death!"

......

Sifang City has four city gates in the southeast, northwest and northwest, and I don't know what kind of anger the father and son put in, how Lao Tzu lives in Dongcheng, how a rich and noble, but the son has to carry a dilapidated fishing net to move to Xicheng to live a poor life of fishing, and do not interact with each other for a year.

The city is not big, but the father and son are not close.

There was enough distance and time for Xu Changan, the young man, to think carefully about what was going on, and the more he ran, the more he realized that something was wrong.

My own son is old and strong, not to mention his body, and there are people at home to take care of his daily life, so it makes no sense that he will suddenly ...... at such an age

Although the boy was flustered, it did not mean that he had lost his mind, and when he ran to the city, a middle-aged strong man walking slowly on the street interrupted the young man's thoughts.

The man's eyebrows and beard were unusually thick, his two hands that naturally drooped were as wide as small wooden basins, and he was wearing a simple coarse cloth robe, and he was walking towards the north gate.

It's not that there are few pedestrians on the street, but the man is too tall and easy to notice.

Most of the inhabitants of this city are petite, and even adult men rarely have such a tall existence.

This man was by no means from the city, this was the first impression of the teenager.

Maybe he noticed something, and the strong man glanced down slightly.

Xu Chang'an's heart beat tightly, and when he passed by, he just lowered his head, and only glanced back and backwards after he walked away, as if he wanted to remember all his characteristics.

If something happens to my own Lao Tzu suddenly, then there may be something to do with this person.

Xu Changan subconsciously clenched his hands, his steps were a little faster, and when he rushed into the gate of Xu's house, the sky was gradually darkening.

As gloomy as Xu Chang'an's face, maybe it's not as good.

When Xu Changan stood in the Xu family's compound with a gloomy face, what he saw was a greasy old face like a fox's smiling treacherously.

"I'm very satisfied that you came back and confessed your mistakes. ”

Hearing this, Xu Changan felt that he was in the way of this old fox, and he was about to turn around and leave without saying a word, but he was hurriedly pulled back by Master Xu, rubbing his hands and laughing gently: "Isn't Dad missing you, so many people are watching, giving Dad a face, you can't let them see your father's jokes, right?"

Xu Changan sneered, but he really couldn't remember what happened to the two of them last year, he only knew that his legs were a little sore.

Xu Changan sat down on the stone chair in the courtyard, took a green pear and nibbled it, Master Xu hurriedly caught up, squatted down very hard, and gently pounded the delicate calves with both hands, and the smile on his face never stopped.

"Don't leave when you come back. ”

"That's not going to work. Xu Changan put the half-eaten green pear on the plate, wiped his hands on his body casually, and then stretched his waist and said, "I remember who let me go and don't come back?"

Master Xu was a little embarrassed, but after a while, the smile on his face reappeared: "Your father's words can actually be understood in reverse, you see, don't come back if you leave, don't leave when you come back, doesn't it mean anything?"

"Hahaha. ”

Father and son laughed at the same time.

Xu Changan suddenly put away his smile: "It's really a meaning, then if you want to say so, if you let me come back today and don't leave, can I also understand it the other way around?"

......

Master Xu was stunned for a moment, and then carefully brushed it for a long time before he was a little confused and speechless: "Why did this come back again?"

Xu Changan picked up Master Xu with both hands, and said seriously: "Dad, I saw a strange person in the city. ”

"Well, many people have seen it, and they don't know if it's a blessing or a curse. ”

Xu Changan frowned slightly, the fish in the river suddenly became unpalatable, and there was a strange person in the city, but he felt that these two seemingly unrelated things should not be just a coincidence.

"You asked someone to 'force' me to come back, but something is going to happen?" the young man came back to his senses and deliberately accentuated the word, and said fiercely.

Master Xu licked his lips, blinked a little embarrassedly and said, "Tomorrow is your birthday, but my father can't accompany you." ”

Xu Changan asked, "Where are you going?"

"Dad is going to the capital. ”

"Gotta leave today?"

Master Xu said softly: "I have to leave now." ”

The young man didn't hold back, and there was no reluctance on his face, he just said lightly: "I should have the right to know what you're going to do, right?"

Master Xu said with a smile: "That's nature, that's nature, my father is going to the capital to negotiate a deal, so I'm in a hurry in time." ”

Xu Changan suddenly got up and waved his arms, and said with spittle: "You just talk about you, I don't know what our family does when I was a child, what kind of business do you talk about?"

Not only Xu Chang'an is curious, but even many residents in the city are curious about what this Xu family does for a living, it seems that they have not received any money, but they have never been shy in their pockets, for example, this mansion is not inferior even compared to the official residence of the county guard.

The question is obvious, where does the money come from?

Master Xu explained carefully: "Our ancestors have a very large family business, and they have left a lot of money, so much so that our grandfather and his ancestors can't spend it for eighteen generations. Huh, why does it sound like an insult...... But I can't always sit back and eat like this, so my father wants to do something and talk to someone about the next deal. ”

"Is this a very important deal? If you say so, our family lacks your money for this deal?"

Master Xu looked up at the sky, and said in a rare and serious manner: "It's very important." He turned to look at Xu Changan with a kind face, "Our family is not short of money, so it's not a matter of money." ”

Although the young man was dissatisfied, he was not the kind of person who would desperately try to keep him, but he just waved his hand like an adult and said, "Hurry up, hurry up." ”

Master Xu breathed a sigh of relief, slowly stood up and looked carefully at the face that could not be seen clearly under the moonlight, and said with some difficulty: "After I leave, you should go back to live first, I am afraid that you will not be safe alone in such a big house, and there are many people who are interested in making money." ”

Xu Changan's face was gloomy for a moment, and without saying a word, he began to walk out of the gate angrily, and Master Xu helplessly reached out and pulled the sleeve of the young man's shirt.

The sleeves slid over the fat and greasy palm, and Master Xu carefully stared at his palm and sighed softly.