Seeing the clouds

Chapter 17 The sixteenth son’s surname is Zhang
With the bandits in Beizang Mountain fleeing, the series of ridiculous things that happened in Xiaocang Village today have come to an end.

But since then, there has been a "Blood Knife" legend around Xiaocang Village that countless people talk about after dinner.As the protagonist of this legend, Zhang Yue was not relaxed at this time. Fortunately, the result was not satisfactory. As for why he was not relaxed?If in front of everyone, a normal person suddenly turns into blood all over the sky, no matter who the person involved is, they will not feel relaxed in the face of everyone's surprise.

So Zhang Chuo spent the whole morning chatting with everyone and making up nonsense. When everyone went back to eat at noon, Zhang Chuo finally took a breath. He spent a lot of water and drank several bowls of tea this morning. Only then can he put these things aside.

Once this incident was over, Zhang Yue finally understood the horror of the outcry.

But what surprised him was that Li Chenxin and Xu Ying, who should be said to be the closest to him, were standing not far away from the teahouse. They only handed over tea occasionally and did not join in the fun. They just looked at him quietly. .After everyone had left, Li Chenxin changed his demeanor. He was no different from the others before, and quickly jumped to Zhang Yue's side and started asking questions.

Zhang Yue turned his head and saw Xu Ying's gentle smiling face and sighed to himself that he probably wouldn't get a moment of peace today.

Fortunately, Li Chenxin only has one mouth after all, so it must have been much easier for Zhang Yue to deal with it before.After chatting for a while, Xu Ying came out with rice and side dishes. The side dishes were indeed fried by Xu Ying temporarily, but the rice was begged from the house next door, because usually Xu Ying and Li Chenxin would go home. Let’s eat, but with this incident today, it’s considered a delay.

At first, Xu Ying was afraid that Zhang Yue would dislike her. After all, everyone knew that Zhang Yue's family was from an extraordinary family. If she had been accustomed to eating delicacies from the mountains and seas since she was a child, how could she be so addicted to these farmhouse stir-fries?

But when she brought the food and put it on the tea table, and Zhang Yue got up and apologized to her for not only drinking tea all morning in vain, but also giving her lunch in the end, Xu Ying's worries immediately disappeared. .

"I don't know how good a family background is to educate a gentleman like Mr. Li." She thought silently in her heart.

Then, the three of them had lunch at the table. Li Chenxin sat next to Zhang Yue. The two of them laughed at each other while eating, while Xu Ying sat opposite Zhang Yue and watched the tit-for-tat between the two. ” Silent, only covering his mouth and laughing from time to time.

Xu Ying's cooking skills are really good. Zhang Yue has never tasted such delicious side dishes since he left Yunxia. It's a pity that the rice brought from next door was a bit cold, otherwise Zhang Yue would really be a big one today. Duoshuo.

After the three of them finished eating, Xu Ying took the plates into the backyard to prepare for cleaning.Li Chenxin quietly followed Xu Ying for a few steps, constantly looking into the backyard to check. It wasn't until she confirmed that Xu Ying had gone far that she mysteriously returned to Zhang Yue.

Zhang Yue saw his look a little funny, so he asked, "What are you doing?"

Li Chenxin put a finger in front of her lips and made a "shhh" sound, then looked back at the backyard before turning back to Zhang Yue and whispering: "Uncle Li, you are actually transformed by a god, right?"

Zhang Yue looked surprised: "Why do you ask that?"

Li Chenxin replied: "Because you are so powerful, you easily killed Han Popi."

Zhang Chuchu reached out and touched his head and said, "Of course I am not a god. What happened this morning was just an accident."

Li Chenxin suddenly laughed and said, "You can fool them, but they can't fool me! I saw with my own eyes that when Han Popi pulled out the knife, something on the knife suddenly shot into him, and then Han Popi was... gone!" "

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Chuecai was really stunned. With his current ability, it was difficult to capture the changes in Qi with his eyes. He had to feel it more with his body and mind.If what Li Chenxin said is true, then he is really what is called...a genius.

Zhang Chuchu confirmed with him again: "Are you serious? Can you see something shooting out of the knife?"

Li Chenxin opened her eyes wide and nodded, looking confident.

Zhang Chuchu sighed, patted his shoulder and said, "Han Liang was indeed killed by me, but you should keep this matter a secret for me."

Li Chenxin nodded first, and then said sadly: "Uncle Li, can you teach me martial arts? If I can be as good as you, then I can protect my mother next time something like this happens."

Seeing his appearance, Zhang Chu couldn't bear to say: "I can teach you martial arts, but only for half a day. Besides, the fact that you can see things shooting out of the knife must be kept secret from everyone, including your mother." . And practicing martial arts is really hard, can you persist?"

Li Chenxin nodded in agreement like crazy.

Zhang Yue scratched the back of his head and said helplessly: "Actually, most of the things I use are learned by myself, so I can't teach you much. I can only teach you some basic moves, and you can only learn the rest by yourself. But fortunately, you have good talent, so your understanding shouldn’t be too bad, at least... it should be better than mine."

When Li Chenxin heard this, he was more than overjoyed. In his opinion, Zhang Yue's ability to shoot something on the knife so easily and turn Han Liang into blood was like a god. If he was as talented as Zhang Yue said, then As time goes by, no matter how many bullies come to bully my mother, I will not be as powerless as today.

Thinking of this, Li Chenxin couldn't help clenching her fists.After seeing this, Li Chenxin remembered Mr. Bai Feng's words.

There is nothing difficult in the world, I'm afraid of the people who care.

Since Li Chenxin was going to practice martial arts, he couldn't visit the teahouse anymore, so he could only run to the backyard to ask for his mother's consent. Li Chenxin originally thought that his mother would nag her, but to his surprise, Xu Ying He simply said three words "Don't get hurt" and agreed, and the young man was immediately overjoyed.Then Zhang Yue and Li Chenxin left the teahouse to find a clean land to practice martial arts.

This practice lasted all afternoon. Zhang Yue took out the "Nine Knife Styles" that Li Muzhi left for him and the "Little Vajra Fist" that Wang Xuechang gave him, and taught Li Chenxin the initial martial arts training styles.After all, practicing martial arts should start from the basics, step by step, and this is the case with Zhang Yue.

However, Zhang Yue did underestimate Li Chenxin's ability and understanding. Three generations of the old Li family were dedicated tea farmers, and Li Chenxin was like his father, with a superior body shape.As for his understanding, a young man who has never practiced martial arts or had any contact with Qi machines can see the changes in Qi machines. How bad can his understanding be?

It wasn't until sunset that the two of them went home together. Along the way, Zhang Yue kept telling Li Chenxin that the key to practicing martial arts was persistence, which could not be achieved by fishing for two days and drying the net for three days.But Li Chenxin, who usually has a lazy temperament, kept agreeing this time without the slightest hint of impatience or perfunctoryness.

By the time they arrived at Li Chenxin's home, the second elder of the Li family and Xu Ying had already prepared sumptuous meals and were waiting for Zhang Yue and Li Chenxin's return.As soon as the two elders saw Zhang Yue, they knelt down and worshiped. Xu Ying saw her father-in-law and mother-in-law doing this, and she also knelt down.

Zhang Yue couldn't bear this gift, so he hurried forward to help the two elders, and then Xu Ying.When the two elders saw that their savior was so humble and polite, and thanked him profusely, Zhang Yue naturally returned the favor.

Then the five of them had a happy dinner. This time, Zhang Yue, who had been walking for several days, finally had a full meal. He almost burst his belly after eating so much.

At night, Zhang Yue entered the guest room that Xu Ying had prepared for him and began to sit and meditate again.But after sitting for a while, I ate too much at night, and my stomach felt really uncomfortable, so I thought about going for a walk to digest my food.

Zhang Yue walked for a while and found that Xu Ying was still rolling tea leaves in the backyard. Zhang Yue had watched Wang Xue sing the "Tea Classic" and naturally understood the meaning of rolling tea leaves.

So he stepped forward and asked with concern: "Sister-in-law, why don't you rest at this late hour?"

Xu Ying was concentrating on rolling the tea leaves at this time, so naturally she didn't notice Zhang Yue's arrival. As soon as Zhang Yue spoke, she looked up habitually, and the black hair on her forehead also dropped.

When she saw that the person who came was Zhang Yue, she immediately felt relieved, stretched out her hand to pull up the black hair hanging down from her forehead, and said with a smile: "I am the only worker in the house. I will work more tonight and work less tomorrow. In fact, it is the same." Yes. Where is Master Li, why don't you rest? Chen Xin was so tired after dinner that he fell asleep."

Zhang Chuchu explained: "My sister-in-law entertained me well in the evening. I was full, so I went out for a walk to digest."

Xu Ying nodded, and then said: "But can you please Mr. Li stop calling me sister-in-law in the future?"

Zhang Yue raised his eyebrows and asked curiously: "Why?"

Xu Ying was a little shy, lowered her head and said, "Master Li, doesn't he know that there is an old saying in the northwest, which is 'nothing is as delicious as dumplings, but no more fun than a sister-in-law'?"

When Zhang Yue heard this, he was dumbfounded and quickly waved his hand to explain that he did not mean that, hoping that Xu Ying would not misunderstand.When Xu Ying looked up and saw his anxious look, she smiled both in her heart and on her face: "I'm kidding you, are grown men so thin-skinned?"

Zhang Chuchu breathed a sigh of relief and finally felt relieved.

Then Xu Ying said calmly: "Actually, the young master is not a Yumenguan family."

Zhang Yue was stunned and asked: "Why do you say this?"

Xu Ying explained: "Chen Xin told me earlier that you told him that scallion noodles are a specialty delicacy of Yumen Pass. But where can you find scallion noodles in Yumen Pass?"

Zhang Chuchu scratched his head in embarrassment. When Li Chenxin was chatting with him earlier, he had asked him what delicious food there was in Yumenguan, but he had only stayed in Yumenguan for a few days. He didn't know what the specialties were, so he casually broke off a scallion oil. I didn’t expect the filling to be exposed because of this.

Xu Ying knew the answer from Zhang Yue's reaction, smiled, and continued: "Actually, the young master is not a scholar, and passing by here is not going to Beijing to take the exam."

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Er and Monk Zhang Er were even more confused. Could it be that there was something he hadn't done well that she could see out?
Xu Ying further explained: "When those rogue men drew their swords, others may not have seen it, but I noticed it. No matter how hard the big men drew their swords one after another, the young master's feet were connected from head to toe. You haven’t touched it yet, how can there be such a scholar?”

Zhang Yue was speechless and had to turn around quickly. He still had the nerve to look at Xu Ying. He said to himself that Xu Ying was really delicate and scary.

But Xu Ying looked at Zhang Yue's back and still said shockingly: "Actually, the young master's surname is not Li either."

Zhang Yue did not look back. He no longer had the courage to look back, for fear that Xu Ying would say next, "My surname is Zhang."

But reality just plays tricks on people like this. Seeing that Zhang Yue had no intention of looking back, Xu Ying said, "My surname is Zhang."

Zhang Yue was stunned and turned around suddenly, only to see the beautiful woman who was already a widow at a young age smiled tenderly at him and said, "I really guessed this time."

Zhang Chuchu had no idea and said in frustration, "You guessed it all."

Xu Ying looked at the man in front of her who had saved her life and asked seriously: "Can you tell me your true name?"

Zhang Chu nodded and said, "Then you are not allowed to tell others."

Xu Ying naturally nodded in agreement.After Zhang Chu saw her, he walked to Xu Ying and squatted down. Using his finger as a pen, he wrote three simple Chinese characters squarely on the sand.

Although Xu Ying had never read a book, she still knew these three words. She muttered them for a while, looked at Zhang Chuedi who had already stood up, and said: "Actually, I was also born on the first day of the month, and my name is Gongzi."

She smiled softly, like a spring breeze.

"sounds so good."

In the early morning of the next day, Zhang Yue set off early in order not to disturb others, and only informed Xu Ying before leaving.

Perhaps Li Chenxin was too tired from practicing swordplay the day before, so he didn't get up until about three o'clock in the morning.

When he got up and found that Zhang Yue had disappeared, he immediately found Xu Ying in a hurry and asked his mother: "Mom, where is Uncle Li?"

Xu Ying was working at this time. Seeing her most beloved son in such a hurry, she couldn't help laughing and said: "Master Li has already set off on his journey. He saw that you were still resting and didn't want to disturb you, so he only informed mother. And Mr. Li left some martial arts secret books on the table in the guest room, asking you to pick them up and read them when you get up, and asked my mother to tell you to persevere in practicing martial arts."

After hearing this, Li Chenxin was naturally a little reluctant to leave, but even if he left, there was nothing he could do.Then he suddenly and mysteriously said to Xu Ying: "Mom, do you like Uncle Li?"

Xu Ying found it a little funny: "Why does Chen Xin think so?"

Li Chenxin said: "Because I think the way my mother looks at Uncle Li is so gentle. My mother has never looked at me like this."

When Xu Ying heard this, she stretched out her hand as if to strike: "What nonsense are you talking about? Mom is already a woman, and Mr. Li has not married yet. If others hear this, wouldn't it be in vain that Mr. Li's innocence has been stained? Don't do it again. If you call him Uncle Li, let’s call him Brother Li.”

When Li Chenxin saw her mother reaching out, she naturally retracted her head, but her mouth was still moving: "But Brother Li seems to like my mother."

Xu Ying stared into Li Chenxin's eyes and asked, "Did Young Master Li tell you?"

Li Chenxin scratched his head and said sheepishly, "I guessed it."

Xu Ying didn't even realize it. She was a little disappointed when she heard these three words: "What are you thinking about all day long? You are not allowed to think nonsense."

Li Chenxin nodded and stopped talking. The atmosphere between mother and son suddenly became quiet.

After a while, Li Chenxin thought of something and asked Xu Ying again: "Mom, do you like dad?"

When Xu Ying heard this, she smiled and said, "Mom is the daughter-in-law of your father Mingwen. What do you think?"

Li Chenxin suddenly lowered his head and said, "But I don't think mom likes dad. Yesterday, mom smiled so beautifully in the teahouse. Although I don't get along with dad much, I have never seen mom smile so beautifully in my memory. "

Xu Ying touched Li Chenxin's head and said, "Silly boy."

Li Chenxin suddenly raised his head and asked seriously: "Mom, if you don't like dad, why do you want to marry him?"

Xu Ying hugged Li Chenxin and said equally seriously: "Children only talk about liking... adults only care about suitability."

After hearing these words, Li Chenxin was silent for a while, not sure whether he understood or not.

After a long time, Li Chenxin said, "Mom, although I don't have much respect for dad, but I think it would be better if mom could meet Brother Li earlier."

Xu Ying pulled back the black hair hanging from her forehead, sighed, touched Li Chenxin in her arms, and said nothing.

I was born before you were born, but when you were born, I was already old.

Yes, it would be great if I were a few years younger and met you earlier.

(End of this chapter)