Li Shouzhong raised his eyes and saw an old man of his own age standing in front of him. He was tall, with a gray beard, a black brocade robe, and a hint of ridicule on his face.

Looking at this vaguely familiar old man, Li Shouzhong hesitated for a moment before getting up and arching his hand: "It turned out to be Brother Li Qingdong of the clan, I haven't seen him for many years, and I've always been fine?"

The bearded old man saw that Li Shouzhong was not rude because of his sarcastic words, but greeted him politely, and was a little surprised, so he immediately replied: "Everything has been fine for me in the past few decades, but Brother Lao Shouzhong is worried about it!"

It turned out that this old man was Li Shouzhong's opponent when he participated in the Li clan competition forty years ago, Li Qingdong, the master of the Li clan.

At that time, Li Shouzhong became the first master of the younger generation of the Li family in Li Jiqian Village, and originally with his martial arts, even among the young masters of the Li clan in Mizhi County, he could rank among the top three.

At that time, he shouldered the heavy responsibility of the family to participate in the clan competition, and he was arrogant and arrogant, and he was bound to win, which offended many children in the clan. Who knew that in the first ring match, it was this Li Qingdong who was opposed, everyone originally thought it was a battle without suspense, but because Li Shouzhong suddenly went mad, his muscles and veins were confused, and he was severely defeated by Li Qingdong, and he also lost his martial arts.

This Li Qingdong was not a core disciple among the children of the clan, but he became famous because of that battle, and since then he has been the key training of the clan, his family has also risen, and the resources allocated by the clan have also increased a lot. Now, he is in charge of the restaurant and inn business in the clan, and he is very satisfied.

This Jinfulou is the property of the Li clan, which naturally belongs to the management of Li Qingdong, and today he came to inspect and happened to meet Li Shouzhong, who made him forty years ago.

As a member of the Li clan, Li Qingdong, like everyone else, has always been above the top and looks down on the children of other side families of the Li family, so he couldn't help but ridicule a few words at first.

But since Li Shouzhong lost Dabi, lost all his martial arts, and lived in seclusion in Changliang Bay, he has long since restrained his original arrogance, become very cautious, and have no quarrel with the world.

In an awkward moment, a young man dressed up suddenly walked out from behind Li Qingdong.

I saw that he was about twenty years old, burly, medium height, bronzed skin, and a healed scar on his face, running through his left ear to his mouth, looking very fierce and domineering.

He walked up to Li Qingdong and asked with a smile, "Grandpa, do you know this old man?"

Li Qingdong glanced at his grandson when he heard this, and his heart moved, and he immediately laughed and said: "This old man is Li Shouzhong of our clan's side family Li Jiqian, and he was a very famous master a few decades ago!

When Li Haoye heard that he was from a side family, he immediately became listless, and casually arched his hand to Li Shouzhong and said, "I've seen Uncle Li!"

Li Shouzhong hurriedly returned the salute, praising him again and again for his dignified appearance and promising future.

Li Haoye suddenly turned his eyes, saw Sanxiao who had stopped eating and drinking, his eyes lit up, and he said to Li Shouzhong: "Uncle Li, who are these three little brothers?"

Li Shouzhong hurriedly introduced: "This is the little child Li Hongji and grandson Li Guo, that is Gao Jie, the son of my friend in the same village!" Then, he shouted to Li Hongji and the others: "Why are you still stunned, don't you get up and see the uncle and eldest brother of the Li family soon!"

Li Hongji and Li Guo had never seen a big scene, and they were a little stunned, Gao Jie hurriedly stood up when he saw this, pulled the two children together and bowed and saluted: "I've seen Uncle Li, Brother Li!"

Li Qingdong nodded lightly and said to Li Shouzhong: "Country boy, you don't know how to be polite, it's nothing! I didn't expect that I haven't seen you for many years, and your children and grandchildren are so old, I wonder if martial arts are as strong as you were back then?"

Li Haoye didn't wait for Li Shouzhong to answer when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "Since it's such a coincidence, otherwise, let the children have a fight with these country boys, and have the right to play!"

Li Qingdong deliberately glared at Li Haoye and shouted: "What country boys, they can barely be regarded as brothers in your clan!"

Then he turned his gaze and said to Li Shouzhong: "Since the children want to be close, Brother Shouzhong will give him a face, and our brothers can also take a look at the excitement!"

Li Shouzhong is low-key on the surface, but his heart has long been churning, how can he forget the humiliation of decades ago, how can he forget that today, Li Qingdong, who was not in his eyes at all, has repeatedly bullied him, which makes him very uncomfortable, but this is in the land of the Li clan in Mizhi County, and he has a lot of scruples, so he is a little hesitant at the moment.

"Compare, compare, who is afraid of whom!" Suddenly, the dark Li Guo lost his temper and stood on the chair and shouted. Li Hongji was a little timid, and secretly dragged him a few times, but who knew that Li Guo's stubborn temper came up, but he refused to come down.

Gao Jie didn't stop him, firstly, he couldn't get used to these so-called clan people, and secondly, he had confidence in his two little hairies. Thinking that a year later, the two of them would sooner or later come to participate in the Li clan's twenty-year clan competition, and it would not be a good thing to try the depth today.

Li Qingdong thought that these three country children would be intimidated by his grandson's momentum, but he didn't expect it to be like this, which surprised him. didn't make a sound, he just touched the gray beard under his chin with his hand, and watched Li Shouzhong's reaction with slightly squinted eyes.

As soon as Li Shouzhong saw that he had reached this point now, thinking about the recent great progress in martial arts of his children and grandchildren, let them see the level of the young children of the clan, which should be of some help to the progress of martial arts in the future, so he also pretended to glare at Li Guo, and then bowed down and said: "The old man is not strict in discipline, let Brother Qingdong laugh!

"Okay!" Li Qingdong saw that Li Shouzhong had responded to the battle, and immediately smiled and said: "Let's go, let's go to our martial arts arena to have fun! Brother Shouzhong's meal money is counted on me! Haha!"

As soon as the words fell, Li Qingdong took the lead and led the way. Li Haoye glanced at Sanxiao, with a sneer on the corner of his mouth, and walked downstairs with his grandfather.

Li Shouzhong was a little nervous, but when he suddenly heard that he had saved money for food, he suddenly felt a lot better, and began to regret not letting Li Hongji order a few more expensive dishes to pack home.

The Li clan has been operating in Mizhi County for many years, with a solid foundation, and most of the western part of the city belongs to their sphere of influence. The clan is rich in resources, has many industries, and the members of the family with a bit of power all have a large number of mansions, but they are not comparable to the rural turtles of Changliang Bay like Li Shouzhong.

Li Qingdong is in charge of the clan restaurant inn, he has made a lot of oil and water over the years, his family's house is as big as Li Shouzhong's three houses, the houses are all wooden structures, carved beams and paintings, and at first glance it is a rich family.

didn't bother to greet Li Shouzhong and them to drink tea and rest, after Li Qingdong entered the door, he led everyone straight to the martial arts arena in the East Courtyard.

Li Qingdong's martial arts arena covers an area of two acres, the ground is a solid hard land, surrounded by stone locks for practicing strength, plum blossom piles for practicing steps, and human-shaped piles for practicing fists and feet, etc., in the middle is a raised round bluestone platform, which is a ring for the children to usually compete.

The children who were practicing martial arts on the martial arts arena suddenly saw the head of the family arriving with a group, and they all stopped practicing, and looked at Li Shouzhong and the three of them who were following behind.

Li Shouzhong is well-informed, and he has seen bigger scenes than this, so it is not strange. But it was the first time for the three elementary schools to see such a big and good martial arts arena, and they were quite excited, and Li Hongji, who was timid by nature, was even more timid.

Standing still in front of the circular ring, Li Qingdong turned around and smiled at Li Shouzhong: "Shouzhong, we are also our own brothers, I won't be polite to you, the children want to learn, just let them go, what do you see?"

Li Shouzhong arched his hand and said: "Brother Yiqingdong, the children are also considered their own family, so let's stop there!"

Li Qingdong bowed slightly, glanced at his eldest grandson Li Haoye, who was about to move, but turned his eyes and beckoned to a young man among the surrounding children and shouted, "Haoran, come here!"

The young man was short, shirtless, with bulging muscles, and his age seemed to be about the same age as Li Hongji, but he looked even burder than Li Haoye. His name is Li Haoran, he is born by Li Qingdong's third son, although he is young, his strength is not inferior to anyone in the family.

Li Haoran ran to Li Qingdong's side, listened to his grandfather's instructions, grinned honestly, hugged Li Shouzhong and Sanxiao with his fists, and then carried a cooked copper stick and ran into the ring.

Li Shouzhong looked back at Li Hongji and Li Guo, and was hesitating who to let go up, but saw Gao Jie pull them aside and whispered for a while, and then saw the round Li Hongji nodded, turned back to Li Shouzhong and said, "Dad, I'll come first!"

Li Shouzhong knew that this son was usually timid, but now seeing that his eyes were a little flickering and his confidence was insufficient, he was worried in his heart, but it was difficult to ride a tiger at the moment, so he had to grit his teeth and nodded.

Li Qingdong saw that the first to fight was Li Hongji, a fat man with some sissies, and laughed and said: "Big nephew, you can pick any weapon next to you, don't be afraid! Haoran will be measured, haha!"

After all, Gao Jie has more than 40 years of life experience, plus superhuman eyesight, and the "Phantom Lotus Change" he has learned is even more particular about anticipating the enemy's opportunity, so as soon as he saw Li Haoran sent by the other party, he immediately decided to let Li Hongji, who was not very confident, take the lead. Because that Li Haoran seems to be honest and honest, and the martial arts he cultivates are estimated to be won by strength, and Li Hongji should be able to cope with it.

He also whispered to Li Hongji: "Fat man, believe me, you are much stronger than him! After going up, you will be able to be invincible if you fight steadily and forcefully." Remember to master the scale, not allowed to win, save your strength, just need to draw!"

Li Hongji didn't understand why Gao Jie was so confident, but recently, he and Li Guo had become accustomed to blind faith and obedience to Gao Jie, so they also picked a cooked copper stick on the weapon rack, and then slowly walked into the ring.

This is the first time Li Hongji has really fought against outsiders, although he has Gao Jie's encouragement, he is still very nervous, he has not yet started, and the palms of his hands holding the cooked copper stick are full of sweat.

Li Shouzhong watched his son step by step into the ring, worried and expectant, and his heartbeat began to accelerate.

Li Qingdong seemed to be sure of victory, and when he saw that the second child was ready, he shouted with a smile: "Okay!

Li Haoran was simple and rude by nature, stunned, and shouted loudly when he heard the words, slammed his stick with both hands, and smashed it down on Li Hongji with one move of "Mount Tai pressed the top".

The cooked copper stick weighed fifty or sixty pounds, and Li Haoran's arms were bulging with muscles, and he smashed it down with eighty percent of his strength.

The Li family in the field all applauded, with such a powerful stick, it is estimated that few of the children present dared to take it hard, and everyone thought that the fat man could only dodge and dodge, in that case, he would lose the opportunity.

Who knew that the reality was beyond everyone's expectations, I don't know if the fat man was scared stupid, or because he was too fat, he didn't have time to dodge, I saw him raise a stick with both hands, and he "raised fire to the sky" with one move, and he was stunned to parry upwards without knowing whether he was alive or dead, and chose to resist directly!

In the loud sound of "boom", everyone was shocked and their ears were ringing.

Li Shouzhong sighed secretly: "Silly son!" lowered his head, unable to bear to look directly.