After two days of travel, Dugu Ni and Fang Wutong seemed less rusty.

Along the way, whether it was hitting the tip or staying in the store, the middle-aged man in yellow did not let Dugu Nirvana have a child. Dugu Nirvana is not a self-familiar character, and he is only polite along the way. For the middle-aged man in yellow, he didn't ask for his name, and when he called him, he called uncle.

At sunset, the carriage stopped at Sanli Street, and Dugu Nie jumped out of the carriage excitedly and shouted: "Wutong, uncle, thank you for sending me back, come to my house and sit down, I'll cook you a meal!"

The middle-aged man in yellow smiled faintly and said, "You go knock on the door and see if there is anyone at home, we won't bother you, we have to take Wutong back as soon as possible." ”

Dugu Ni was also embarrassed to be verbose, ran to the door of the courtyard, and knocked on the newly repaired door three times.

"Who?" said a middle-aged woman's voice through the door.

"Mother, it's me!" Dugu Ni shouted excitedly.

Ten zhang away, a small head poked out of another courtyard, which was Uncle Huang's Huang Ergou. When Dugu Nie thought that Uncle Huang died on this street that day, a haze suddenly rose in his heart. Huang Ergou has no father now, it's really pitiful.

The door opened, and a plainly dressed woman stepped out. Seeing Dugu Nirvana, the woman's sick face turned pale, and she scolded: "What are you doing here?" Then I saw a carriage parked opposite, and a short-haired middle-aged man in a yellow cloth shirt was sitting in the driving position, and in the carriage, a young girl with a bright water opened the curtain and was looking here.

Dugu Ni was stunned for a moment and said, "I miss my father and mother." ”

Bai Anan frowned and asked, "How did you come back?"

Dugu Nie pointed to the carriage behind him and replied, "It was my classmate and her uncle who sent me back." ”

As he was talking, Fang Wutong had already gotten off the carriage and called out crisply: "Auntie!"

Lovely appearance.

Bai An'an looked like he was forcibly suppressing his anger, ignored Fang Wutong, and said coldly to the middle-aged man in yellow: "It's hard work, do you want to come in and have a meal?"

When Dugu Nirvana heard this, he looked at Fang Wutong and said, "Are you coming?"

Unexpectedly, Bai An'an dragged Dugu Nirvana fiercely, and shouted: "What are you going to do if you don't go back yet, what's the matter with you?"

The middle-aged man in yellow was also expressionless, and said, "No need, Wutong, let's go." ”

Fang Wutong's face was full of incomprehension, looking at Dugu Nirvana, who was reluctant to walk to the shadow wall and still looking back, Fang Wutong seemed to suddenly understand something, his expression was desolate, there were faint tears in his eyes, he was silent, and got into the carriage with the support of the middle-aged man in yellow.

Dugu Ni walked into the main room, and Bai Anan followed behind.

There is a square table in the middle of the main room, and there are only two dishes on the table, a plate of green pepper preserved eggs, and a plate of garlic sprouts fried meat. On one side of the table is a bowl with half a bowl of rice left, and on the other side, Dugu Yao has a big belly, holding a pair of chopsticks, and a bowl full of plum wine is placed in front of him, and the wine jar is placed on the ground, as if he didn't see Dugu Nirvana, eating by himself.

Dugu Ni walked to the side and shouted, "Dad." ”

"Why don't you go and get the bowl, waiting for me to get it for you?" Dugu Yao's eyes widened, and his big round eyes seemed to bulge out.

Dugu Nie was so frightened that he ran into the ear room with a smoke.

Bai Anan sat on the bench next to the table and said, "After reading the book for half a year, I still have a long ability, let the people from the Bitter Happiness Gate send it back!"

With a "bang", Dugu Yao put the bowl on the table and said angrily: "What?"

Bai Anan didn't seem to be afraid at all, and sneered: "What are you yelling at me?"

"Nirvana!" Dugu Yao shouted, Dugu Nie, who was holding a bowl and chopsticks, had already appeared at the door, and the black python pattern wooden stick that was originally behind his back seemed to be placed in the room, looking at Dugu Yao timidly.

"Bowl down, kneel!"

Dugu Ni obediently walked to the square table, put down the dishes and chopsticks with her wet hands, and knelt in front of Dugu Yao and Bai An'an.

Bai Anan pulled Dugu Nie up and shouted: "I haven't eaten anything yet, I'll talk about it after eating!"

Dugu Yao blew his beard and glared, picked up the wine bowl on the table and drank it all, snorted, and filled it again.

Dugu Ni walked to the edge of the rice bucket, filled a bowl of rice, and stood at the table. Hanging his head, he stretched out his chopsticks and grabbed a piece of preserved eggs, put them in a bowl, and took a bite of rice.

The room was quiet, so quiet that the sound of flies flying by, and in addition, there was the sound of Dugu Ni's small chewing.

Suddenly, Dugu Nie's hand hurt, and when he looked up, Bai Anan hit his hand with chopsticks. "Your ninth aunt is usually quite loose, and she started to eat again, right?" Dugu Nie didn't dare to speak, and continued to eat.

Hearing the sound of "bang" again, Dugu Yao had already put down the dishes and chopsticks, and said, "After eating, clean up the dishes and chopsticks, and then come to the study!" After that, he took the wine bowl, got up and walked inside.

Seeing that Dugu Yao was gone, Bai An'an lowered his voice and said, "Don't you know that the short-haired one is from the Bitter Happiness Gate?

Dugu Nirvana shook his head.

Bai An'an continued: "Don't you remember how you were usually taught?

Dugu Nien didn't speak, what Bai An'an taught, at this time he could only listen.

"The people of Kule Gate, who doesn't hide away from Fuying Town? Look at how they look like they are fighting with the world all day long, and they still talk about what merits they accumulate and what they preach, but who doesn't know, what comes out of them is not a fuel-efficient lamp? A group of crazy people, others can't avoid it, you are good. Hmph, what's the matter, do you know that you like that little girl at such a young age?"

"No! we're just classmates. Dugu Nie felt shy for a while, and was busy responding.

Bai An'an looked at Dugu Nirvana, sneered, and said, "You are going to marry a girl from an official family in the future, what are you doing with this kind of girl?"

Dugu Nie was a little unhappy in his heart, but he still didn't dare to say anything.

Bai An'an had a gloomy face and continued to chatter: "Since I gave birth to you, my mother has fallen into a problem, and I have been running around outside for so many years to beg for a living, who knows how bitter I am in my heart? Your father is a deputy in the Governor's Division, and he is at home all day long, and he often drinks some monkey urine and is angry at me, who am I angry at? Is this family able to support it with his little money? If it weren't for your sister's still a little talent, the old lady would not have been able to live a long time ago!" You have worked hard to save money, and you are reluctant to even take good medicine, just so that you will be admitted to the Xianchen Mansion in the future, so that you will have a way out in the imperial city, and there will be less place to use the money at that time?

Speaking of this, Dugu Ni raised his head, took out a money bag, and said: "Mother, I took the April exam and the June exam, and I took the third and second exams, this is the silver rewarded by the school, twenty-five taels!"

Bai An'an's face changed, he couldn't help but show a smile, took the money bag, immediately straightened his face again, and scolded: "What's the use? Your ninth uncle has to choose such an expensive school for you to study, but you don't know how to compete for energy, and you can't even pass the first exam! Your sister has been the first in the literary examination since she was a child!"

Dugu Nie responded: "My literary test is also the first, but this reward for our Donglin Minxue is based on the ranking of the martial arts test." ”

Bai An'an was speechless for a while, and said: "Studying is for yourself, I can't control you so much! When you are like your sister, you will be admitted to the Xian Mansion, and then take the Xianchen Mansion, and you will be able to earn some money to support yourself in the future, and my life will be over." ”

Dugu Nie buried his head and said, "Mother, I will work hard to earn money." ”

Bai Anan said again: "You are also in this school now, and you also teach some knives, guns and sticks when you go to school. That's as long as Rausch can pass the test, don't get lost in it, don't think that your ability is too big, and you won't be able to collect the body of the old lady who died outside in the future. Dugu Jian, the eldest son of your sixth uncle's family, isn't he going to break into the rivers and lakes? Put more effort into your essay class, and see if you want to walk the rivers and lakes with this stick you brought back, or will you wait for your father to beat you with this?"

Dugu Nie buried his head, finished the last bite of food, and said, "This is what the master gave me." Mother, I know, I'm done. ”

Bai An'an didn't move his chopsticks much, picked up the plate, poured all the dishes into Dugu Nirvana's bowl, and said: "What are you doing with some left?" You don't know my body, what does it matter if you eat more or less? Anyway, we won't treat you badly. ”

Dugu Ni picked up the dishes and chopsticks again, ate the dishes in it cleanly, and Bai Anan kept talking next to him until Dugu Ni finished brushing the dishes and chopsticks and came to the study. Bai An'an stopped talking, found a chair, and sat aside.

Dugu Yao sat behind the bookcase, looking at a book, the title of the book was "Honest", and the wine bowl next to it was empty. Dugu Ni didn't wait for Dugu Yao to speak, and knelt in front of Dugu Yao's bookcase.

Dugu Yao seemed to be a little angry, threw the book on the bookcase, and said: "This is the first time, Lao Tzu only told you once, and then let me see you mixed with the people of Kule Gate, Lao Tzu broke your legs!"

Dugu Nie trembled and replied, "I heard it!"

"Tell Lao Tzu, what have you learned in the academy? If you can't say it, you will kneel for Lao Tzu until dawn today!"

Dugu Ni said what he had learned in the literature class, Dugu Yao studied it and scolded: "What bullshit to learn, Lao Tzu didn't go to school back then, it's all on his own, and he has today!"

Dugu Ni knew that Dugu Yao might be drunk again today, and he had to tell the story that he had told countless times. I didn't dare to say anything, but I knelt down and listened.

"You and I were born in troubled times, when I was a child, my family was poor and I couldn't afford to eat. Your eldest aunt can't be counted on, so Lao Tzu is the eldest in the family, so he has to take care of the family. At the age of eight, he began to walk the streets and alleys to send letters, at the age of twelve he went to the blacksmith shop as an apprentice, played iron for three years, did not spend a copper at home, and also gave the family a subsidy of nine taels of silver, at that time your grandfather had no money to study for me, Lao Tzu was free, he squatted outside the wall of the private school to listen, and later recruited soldiers from the former army, Lao Tzu went to the army for seven years, it was simply not a human life, Lao Tzu saved some money before leaving, and settled in Fuying Town. After another two years, Tianwu was founded, Lao Tzu worked hard, and finally he was able to get an errand in the Governor's Division, so that you have your sister, your third uncle, nine uncles, ten uncles, and eighth uncle to make a fortune, which one doesn't rely on Lao Tzu to take care of him?"

Bai An'an was not happy when he heard this, and said: "How much does the old lady's brother want you to take care of? Didn't the old lady save up the capital for doing business one by one? How grateful are you to those brothers of yours for taking care of you?"

Dugu Yao sat up straight and scolded: "Do you have the right to intervene in Lao Tzu's lesson?"

Bai Anan didn't say much, leaning back on the chair with his hands folded.

Dugu Yao said again: "If Lao Tzu wasn't for such a big family, could he just be a governor and deputy envoy in this place?"

Bai Anan said again: "We didn't let you not go up, you have the ability to go!"

Dugu Yao stared at Bai An'an and said, "Are you itching, get out!"

Bai Anan whispered something in his mouth and walked out.

Dugu Yao exhaled heavily, his eyes widened angrily, and he said: "Don't look at your mother's words, she almost lost her life in order to give birth to you, do you know?

Dugu Nirvana replied: "I know." ”

"I know you still don't let us worry! Look at your sister, have you ever made Lao Tzu so angry?"

"Nope. "Dugu Nirvana deserves it extremely fast.

Speaking of his daughter, Dugu Yao seemed to be in a better mood, leaned back in the chair, pinched his forehead, breathed heavily, and asked, "When will your school start?"

Dugu Ni replied: "On the first day of the eighth month." ”

"Take advantage of the holiday, go to your third aunt's restaurant to help, your mother has invested some principal in it, if you can't get into the Xianfu in two years, you will be a shop junior at your third aunt's, and you won't starve to death." Learn more about how to behave in the world, and when your third aunt is old, being a shopkeeper in that restaurant is also a way out. ”

Dugu Ni thought about it for a while, and said cautiously: "Dad, I also want to earn more money, can I go and deliver the letter?"