It is said that Zhang Fan and Xue'er Wanjiazhen not only exchanged the wild animal skins they had hunted for months and the herbs they had collected for gold and silver, but also bought two satisfactory horses, which could be described as a lot of gains.

Zhang Fan and the two rode all the way back.

When they passed the entrance of Zhangjia Village, a fat black man greeted them from afar. The fat man shouted loudly: "Fanzi! Fanzi!" Zhang Fan took Xue'er to ride a horse and took a closer look, and found that the fat man who greeted them was actually Zhang Jucai.

Zhang Fan jumped down from Hei Feng's body, quickly fell to the ground, and then came to Zhang Jucai's side. He found that Zhang Fatzi was wearing a wide blue cloth robe, pulling a three-grade wolf dog that was more than one meter tall and looked a little clumsy, standing at the three-way intersection, smiling at himself, so he smiled and stepped forward to greet him, and said, "Dog, are you walking the dog back?"

Hearing this, Zhang Fatzi was a little embarrassed, and a red cloud faintly appeared on his chubby black face, and he smiled: "Yes, Fanzi, I took Rhubarb for a walk outside just now." ”

Zhang Fan said with a smile: "Your rhubarb is a little strong and cute, and it is a good dog, haha." ”

Zhang Fatzi smiled proudly and thought, "Of course! My rhubarb is not only a good dog, but also my best friend and guard, and has helped me defeat the little black of the swan and the tiger of the flower cat several times." However, he didn't talk to Zhang Fan about his wolf dog, but asked: "Fanzi, I have been to your house several times during this time, but I can't find you, what are you doing?"

Zhang Fan smiled slightly and said, "Dog, I went to the mountains to collect medicine a few months ago. ”

When Zhang Fatzi heard this, he was a little surprised and a little envious, and said: "You can go to the mountains to collect medicine alone, without the discipline of your parents, you are indeed free and leisurely." I was bored at home all day. ”

Zhang Fan smiled and thought: "Little fat man, you don't know the good of your parents, if I had my father and mother at home, I wouldn't have ventured into the mountains, but I did learn something in the mountains and forests that you can't learn, and I can count it as a gain." So he said to the fat man: "Haha, in fact, collecting medicine in the mountains is almost the same as staying at home, and it is also very boring." However, have you heard that the medicine pickers who went into the 100,000 mountains with my parents to collect medicine have returned?"

When Zhang Fatzi heard Zhang Fan ask about this, he said in his heart: "Why am I so confused, I originally wanted to tell Sù Fanzi about this, so I stopped him from afar." With a little sadness on his face, he replied: "Fanzi, I told you about this, don't worry. I heard Uncle Zhang from our Zhangjia Village say that hundreds of their experienced herb pickers were hired by Nanwangfu in Changrong Town, and were divided into several teams to go to the depths of the 100,000 mountains to find the 100-year-old elixir, but unfortunately the depths of the 100,000 mountains were full of high-level brute beasts, poisonous insects and poisonous snakes were infested, and more than ninety percent of the herb pickers stayed there forever and did not come back. Uncle Zhang's team, of fifty herb pickers, only four of them came back alive when they finally picked the 100-year-old ginseng, and two of them were crippled. It's a pity that the Zhennan Wangfu didn't help them heal, and it seems that their lives will be even more difficult in the future. Your parents were not with Uncle Zhang, and they still haven't come back, and they may have been killed in the 100,000 Mountains. ”

"Ahh ”

When Zhang Fan heard the fat man's words, he felt a little sad in his heart, and thought: "Although the two of them are the fathers and mothers of the previous owners of this body, I have now inherited one of his qiē, and his fathers and mothers are my fathers and mothers." This Zhennan Wangfu is simply a matter of human life, so many herb pickers have died in the vast mountains and forests, and they do not compensate for the losses of the herb pickers, which makes people's teeth cold. I just killed a gentleman who is suspected of being the son of the king of Zhennan a few days ago, and now my father and mother have been killed by them in the mountains, and the bones are incomplete, it seems that my feud with the Zhennan Wangfu is deep. He didn't show his sadness on his face, but said lightly: "Oh, maybe my father and mother have something to delay, and they will go home in a while." ”

Zhang Fatzi was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then thought about it, and felt that Zhang Fan had done the right thing, so he didn't comfort Zhang Fan, but said: "I think so too, after all, uncle and aunt are the best medicine pickers in our village." ”

When Cher heard this, the fear and worry in her heart were slightly relieved. She pretended to be fine, her previous fear disappeared, and she smiled confidently: "I believe that the lord and the lady will be fine." ”

Zhang Fan was in a bad mood and chatted with the fat man about the same, so he said goodbye to him.

Zhang Fan and the others were in a bad mood, so they didn't ride horses anymore, but just let Hei Feng and Bai Xue carry the things they bought from the town and lead the horses to their homes silently.

Zhang Fan and the two returned home, hurriedly sorted out the things they bought from the market this time, ate dinner, and rested early.

The next day, Xue'er got up early, and before dawn, she went to the courtyard to practice internal skills, practice footwork, and practice swordsmanship.

Early in the morning, Xue'er prepared breakfast, and saw that Gongzi hadn't gotten up yet, so she ran into Zhang Fan's bedroom angrily and said in a coquettish voice: "Childe, how can you still lie in bed like when you were a child? ”

Zhang Fan, who was sleeping soundly on the wooden bed, was woken up by Xue'er's shouting, slowly opened his tired eyes, and said with some reluctance: "Xue'er, why did you wake me up so early, I'm so sleepy!" he yawned as he said.

Xue'er was so angry with her son's Lai Pi that her little face turned red, and she said angrily: "Childe, you used to always say that I was snooze, how can you snooze now? If you are still snooze like this in the future, then no girl will like you." ”

When Zhang Fan heard this, the tiredness on his face was suddenly swept away, and he asked with some concern: "Xue'er, do you girls really hate snoozing boys?"

Xue'er saw that her son-in-law was fooled by herself, and she felt a little proud in her heart, and said coquettishly: "Yes, son." Get up quickly, I've already cooked lean porridge and I'm waiting for you. ”

When Zhang Fan heard this, he thought: "I'm a big man who has to rely on a little girl to wake up, and I'm really a little ashamed." But that's because I didn't fall asleep until the rooster crows at night, otherwise how could I be belittled as a good man?" he thought, and the speed of getting up did not slow down.

Zhang Fan got up, washed up, and then had a delicious breakfast with Xue'er.

At noon, in the bedroom of the side room, Zhang Fan and Xue'er were practicing internal strength.

"Whew!" As Zhang Fan exhaled his last breath, he stood up and moved his muscles. At this time, Xue'er also finished cultivating, and seeing that her son-in-law was idle, she asked in a coquettish voice, "Childe, what are you doing here? Why is it a bit like a duck walking?"

Zhang Fan was embarrassed when he heard this, and thought: "Is my posture of moving muscles and bones so ugly?"

At this time, Cher's voice came again. She smiled coquettishly: "Childe, look, I have been in the late stage of refining the marrow, in this Wanjia Town, except for you, Childe, I am the number one master in Wanjia Town, hehe." ”

Zhang Fan heard the words and asked, "Is it?" He looked at Xue'er again and said with a smile, "Xue'er, you can be a heroine and go to the rivers and lakes in the future, and I will give you a package, how about the glory of sticking to the heroine?"

When Xue'er heard this, she blushed a little, and said coquettishly: "Childe, you are in the early stage of blood refining, do you still want a slave maid to protect you?"

Zhang Fan smiled narrowly and said, "That's what you have to need, who made it so easy for you women to be famous, haha." ”

Xue'er heard that her son-in-law always liked to tease herself, and the sense of pride in her heart gradually faded, so she said to her son-in-law: "Childe, let's go and practice swords." ”

When Zhang Fan heard this, he was a little surprised, and thought: "This usually lazy little girl has become so brisk, it is really a strange incident of the iron tree flowering water backflow, haha." He didn't say much to Xue'er, so he came to the courtyard to practice swords.

At noon, the sun shines down on the earth, spreading a little blessing in the greenery.

Zhang Fan and Xue'er are sparring.

Xue'er ran into a small step without a trace, holding a nine-rank long sword (Drifting Snow Sword) to attack Zhang Fan, and suddenly a blue-green sword light flew towards his abdomen. Seeing this, Zhang Fan smiled slightly, and quickly reached the realm of entering the room without a trace, easily dodging Xue'er's sword, and then pointed a sword at the Drifting Snow Sword in Xue'er's hand, shocking the Drifting Snow Sword about to get out of Xue'er's control. Seeing this, Xue'er's pretty face was slightly red, but she was not discouraged, a sword-spring blossomed, and several strange blue-green sword rays wrapped towards Zhang Fan. Seeing this, Zhang Fan knew that he couldn't confront the sword head-on, so he hurriedly ran and hid to the side without a trace, and then another sword swirled and slashed out, and suddenly a light purple sword and a blue-green sword light died together. Xue'er saw that she hadn't touched even a little corner of Gongzi's clothes with her sword skills, so she used a sword to make a storm, and suddenly more than a dozen sharp swords rushed towards Zhang Fan again, Zhang Fan saw this and knew that he didn't need to dodge, so he took advantage of the situation to use a whirling slash, and Xue'er's attack was resolved again. Then the two practiced against each other for a while before stopping.

In the courtyard, Zhang Fan and Xue'er sat cross-legged, recovering their breath. After a while, the two of them all recovered their inner breath. Xue'er blushed and said to her son-in-law: "Childe, you are too powerful." I didn't even touch the corner of your clothes. When Zhang Fan heard this, he smiled and said, "Fool, the martial arts practiced by the two of us are similar, my cultivation is higher than yours, of course you can't beat me, haha." ”

When Xue'er heard this, she smiled awkwardly and said, "Childe, you bullied me again and ignored you." Then she ran into the house with a red face.

In the following days, Zhang Fan and Xue'er stayed at home to practice boxing, swordsmanship and footwork, or train two good horses, and after half a month, they both improved.