Lin Tian pushed open the courtyard door and saw Lin Chen standing in the courtyard, looking up at the long clump of green bamboo in the courtyard. Lin Tian walked over lightly and called, "Dad." Lin Chen still looked up at Qingzhu, motionless like a sculpture, as if he hadn't heard it. Lin Tian had no choice but to call again: "Dad." This was what Lin Chen seemed to have heard, he didn't turn his head, and said softly: "Tian'er, do you really want to go to the Dao Hall to study?"

Lin Tian knew what his father was embarrassed about, so he quickly shook his head and said, "Dad, no, I just happened to meet a few classmates today." Actually, I don't want to go to the dojo either. Lin Chen smiled bitterly: "Dad knows that you want to study Taoism hard, and you want to participate in the Qingling Test and enter the Qingling Sect." What man doesn't have the dream of crossing the world and looking down on the world. It's just that Dad is really in a big crisis at the moment and can't afford your tuition. It's Daddy's incompetence. Lin Tian's eyes were red: "Dad, our family has no worries about food and clothing over the years, and you have been able to provide me with education for so many years, I am already very grateful to you, I am content." Besides, I'm grown up, and it's time for me to venture out on my own and take on the responsibilities of a man. ”

Lin Chen turned his head, patted Lin Tian lightly on the shoulder, and said, "Okay, as long as our father and son work together, the sky of this family will not fall." I inquired about the news that there will be a batch of cherished herbs to be bought and sold in Hezhou City in the fifteenth day, and I raised some silver, and we will set off the day after tomorrow to sell some herbs from Hezhou City to Lingxiao City, the capital of Qingzhou. If we can buy and sell successfully and save some capital, we may be able to make a comeback. ”

On this day, the father and son talked in the courtyard for a long time, this was the first time Lin Chen talked to his son in a consultative tone, it seemed to be talking to an old friend, Lin Tian had never spoken to his father for so long, he understood his father's difficulties, and at the same time deeply felt the heaviness on his shoulders.

Hezhou City is located in Wujing Prefecture, close to the junction of Wujing Prefecture, Qingzhou and Huijing, and is a relatively large city. As the only way for the three states to interconnect, people come and go, and trade is developed.

The day before leaving, his mother's nagging became more and more, always asking Lin Tian to bring all kinds of things, and kept telling Lin Tian to take care of himself when he went out. Lin Tian said with a smile: "Mother, I have a father, and I don't go out alone." Don't worry. Lin Tian's mother didn't answer, but just hugged her son Lin Chen tightly in her arms. Lin Tian was a little puzzled: "Mother, it's okay, we'll be back in a few days." At this time, Lin Chen came over and said softly to Lin Tian's mother, "I will leave early tomorrow morning." Let's rest early. Lin Tian's mother let go of Lin Tian, and Lin Tian found that the corners of his mother's eyes were slightly red, and she was already crying. Lin Tian hurriedly comforted: "Mother, we are a tourist, and we can make money by the way." Hehe, it's easy, and I'll be back in a few days. When I come back, I will bring you some Hezhou City specialties. ”

Lin Chen said that he had to get up early when he went out, and asked Lin Tian to go back to the house and rest early. This was Lin Tian's first time going far away, and he was excited, lying on the bed and looking forward to the adventures on the road. The more I thought about it, the more excited I became, and if it weren't for his parents next door, he would have been dancing in the house.

Although he was a little prepared, Lin Tian still didn't expect that his father's so-called early wake up was to set off in the middle of the night. By the time the sky flashed into the sky, the two of them had already been two or three hundred miles away from home in the carriage.

From the beginning of walking out of Chuanling City, Lin Tian, who had been sleepy-eyed, was immediately attracted by the scenery on the road, the sky seemed to be different, the air was fresher, and even the pedestrians on the road seemed to be amiable.

Unknowingly, Lin Tian and his father have been out for three days. In the past three days, my father changed his serious appearance in the past, and always patiently told Lin Tian about various matters and skills of going out and walking: which tavern owner is helpful, which place where bandits frequently haunt, which inn is a black shop, what to do if you are injured, etc. Lin Tian listened very carefully, on the one hand, he thought these were very interesting, on the other hand, Lin Chen always asked him to repeat them after he finished speaking, and he had to memorize them carefully.

Today, they finally walked into the territory of Wujing Prefecture, and there are still five days away from Hezhou City.