The Li Mansion of Lijiazhuang is one of the three overlords of Qinglin Town. It controls nearly one-third of the industry in Qinglin Town.

As soon as he arrived at Lijiazhuang, Li Fu put on a young master's appearance, while Li Lin bent over and followed Li Fu respectfully.

The villagers who passed by also saluted and greeted Li Fu when they saw him.

It's not that Li Fu wants this, but once Li Fugui heard Li Fu call Li Lin "Brother Lin".

Li Fugui was originally dissatisfied that Li Fu didn't look like a young master.

As soon as he heard this, he was immediately furious, and he hung Li Lin up and beat him half to death that night.

It was Li Fu who knelt down and begged, and promised that he would never be polite to his subordinates and villagers in the future, so Li Lin was not beaten to death.

Li Lin followed Li Fu into the Li Mansion.

A middle-aged woman in a gorgeous robe walked up and said angrily at Li Fuwen.

"Where did you go, kid, if your father found out, see if you don't clean it up!"

As soon as Li Fu saw the woman, he ran up quickly with his fat legs, and said angrily.

"Mother, it's rare that the master gave me a day off, and I was bored at home, so I ran out to play. Mother, don't you tell your father, okay?"

Li Fu said as he took the woman's hand and shook it.

The woman pinched Li Fu's chubby face and said angrily.

"You kid, now you know you're scared! If you dare to run around next time, I won't care about you!"

"Mother's kiss is the best!" Li Fu's chubby little face was cute when he smiled.

"Okay! Look at the dirt on your body, my mother will take you to wash it. ”

With that, Mrs. Li took Li Fu's hand and walked to the backyard. Li Fu was led and quietly glanced back at Li Lin.

Mrs. Li and Li Fu walked into the backyard surrounded by a large group of maids, and Mrs. Li deliberately left the personal maids, so she looked at Li Lin coldly and said disdainfully.

"Madame said, if you dare to run around with the little master again, you will have someone break your legs. ”

After the maid finished speaking, she didn't look at Li Lin much, and rushed straight to the backyard.

Li Lin glanced at the maid helplessly, then walked out of the side door and walked towards the courtyard where the next person lived.

In a simple wooden house, Li Lin casually picked up two solid wooden sticks on the firewood pile, one hand was staggered and parallel, and squatted against the wall and squatted up.

Li Lin knew since he was a child that if he didn't work hard, then he would always be just a subordinate, and he didn't even have the qualifications to let Li Fu call him brother.

So Li Lin has tried all kinds of ways to improve himself in recent years. In particular, I yearn for the practice of martial arts.

The reason why Li Mansion can become one of the three tyrants in the entire Qinglin Town is nothing more than because Li Fugui is a second-grade martial artist.

Although the second-grade martial artist doesn't sound very good, in Qingfeng Town, there are only three people who can have this realm on the bright side.

Moreover, Li Fugui once served as a small leader in the army and served the dynasty.

Now some officials in the county are Li Fugui's comrades.

An hour later, Li Lin, who was squatting with a wooden stick, was already sweating profusely, and his feet began to tremble.

Li Lin's face was bruised, and he finally collapsed to the ground.

Got up with difficulty, lay down on the small wooden bed next to the firewood pile, looked at the ceiling of the firewood room, and muttered in his mouth.

"It's still too far off!"

Li Lin took out a nest head in his arms, put it on the tip of his nose and sniffed it vigorously, broke it in half, chewed it a few times and swallowed it, and then fell into a deep sleep.

Shangshui Village, more than ten miles away from Lijiazhuang.

When the moon is bright, the quiet village looks more peaceful in the soft moonlight.

Zhang Xiao lay on the wooden bed in the courtyard, staring blankly at the twinkling stars in the sky.

Tomorrow I will leave this small courtyard where I have lived for sixteen years.

Although the small courtyard is already in tatters, anyone who has lived for 16 years will be a little reluctant.

The owner of this courtyard is a lonely old man named Zhang Dashan.

Sixteen years ago, Zhang Dashan found a baby boy in the nearby mountain forest, and this was Zhang Xiao.

Zhang Dashan originally had a son named Zhang Fu, but because Zhang Fu was handsome and had studied for a few years, he went to the Wang family in the next village to become a son-in-law.

The appearance of Zhang Xiao gave Zhang Dashan, who had lived alone for more than ten years, hope.

Although there are only two acres of thin fields left in the family, even if Zhang Dashan tightens his belt every day, he still has to save Zhang Xiao's stutter.

Since he was a child, Zhang Xiao has known that he respects his elders, not only working in the fields with Zhang Dashan during the day, but also going out at night to shoot some mountain game with a homemade bow and crossbow.

Zhang Dashan fell ill a year ago.

Zhang Xiao used his thin body to prop up this home of only the two of them.

Although Zhang Xiao took good care of him, Zhang Dashan still passed away a few days ago.

Zhang Xiao borrowed some silver taels from the neighbors and buried Zhang Dashan simply, but who knew that Zhang Dashan's biological son Zhang Fu came to the door.

Zhang Fu placed a pillar of incense on Zhang Dashan's grave, informed Zhang Xiao to move out of the courtyard within three days, and left.

Although the neighbors accused Zhang Fu of having no conscience, they were helpless, after all, Zhang Fu was Zhang Dashan's biological son, and this small courtyard did belong to Zhang Fu now.

"Alas!" Zhang Xiao sighed leisurely. I was secretly thinking about where to go.

Although the neighbors saw that Zhang Xiao was pitiful, they stated that the silver taels that Zhang Xiao borrowed from them did not have to be returned.

But Zhang Xiao knew that his neighbor was also very poor, and it was already a great kindness to be able to squeeze money out of his teeth to lend him, so why was he embarrassed not to pay it back?

Zhang Xiao thought about it for more than half an hour, and then fell asleep unconsciously.

The next day, Zhang Xiao carefully wrapped several worn-out clothes in linen. After looking at the few pieces of worn-out furniture in the room, he turned his head and walked out the door.

Walked out of the courtyard and came to Zhang Dashan's grave.

Zhang Xiao knocked his head three times, and walked towards the outside of the village without saying a word.

Along the way, Zhang Xiao politely greeted the villagers who got up early.

The simple villagers were also very sympathetic to Zhang Xiao, and told Zhang Xiao with a worried face that he should know how to tolerate outside.

The villagers sympathized with each other, but no one dared to leave Zhang Xiao behind under the weight of life.

Zhang Xiao walked on a secluded path.

After thinking about it for a long time last night, Zhang Xiao finally decided to go to Lijiazhuang, which was more than ten miles away. Zhang Xiao heard that Lijiazhuang was very wealthy, and he was still recruiting all kinds of craftsmen.

Although he has no skills, he has the strength of an adult at the age of sixteen. Zhang Xiao believed that he had arrived in Lijiazhuang, not to mention anything else, there was no problem in being a blacksmith's apprentice.

Although there is no salary as an apprentice, he can solve his own food and clothing and not be starved to death.

When he became a blacksmith shop, he could repay the money he had borrowed from his neighbors.

Zhang Xiao walked for nearly three hours, and finally came to Lijiazhuang at noon.

Looking at the layers of houses in Lijiazhuang, walking in the village, listening to the sound of striking iron on the street and the sound of villagers pulling goods.

Zhang Xiao couldn't help but sigh.

"It's really rich! It is worthy of the Li family, if I can have one acre and three points of land in this Li family village, then I will be content in this life." ”