C8 Kuroshio
The Li family's courtyard wasn't very big. The courtyard door was supposed to be a four or five square meter hall. Li Chen would practice medicine here every afternoon, but most of the time, he would write a few letters. Seeing that the New Year was approaching, the number of people who came to the Li Family to write couplets increased. There were more people who requested to write couplets than writing letters, and even more people came to seek medical help. Li Chen fixed on a quill for each one of the five copper coins. His income for three to four days was actually much higher than it was in a month.
Although the Li family had a solid foundation, and they didn't lack this little bit of money, it was still a happy occasion.
Li Chen was writing couplets for someone when he suddenly saw a fiery figure, dressed in a red cotton jacket, running out of the inner courtyard. It pulled Li Chen's sleeve and asked, "Grandpa Li, who is Third Gou Zi next door?"
The lobby was not big. Five guards of Li Chen, Liu Zhengjun, and a villager asking for couplets couldn't squeeze in any more people. Hearing Liu Zhengjun's question, everyone was stunned. What was Liu Zhengjun going to do now? The five guards had headaches. Thirteenth Miss had been very mischievous in the past and had already wandered around the borders of Huai Nan at a young age. The men and women of the clan didn't care and continued to spoil her.
It wasn't easy for Thirteenth Miss to have a playmate. It was always better to sit in the Li family's hall every day than to run aimlessly through the mountains.
[What is this place today? Could it be more like a moth?]
The guards suddenly felt that good days were about to come to an end.
Li Chen put down his pen and asked, "Why are you looking for San Gouzi?"
Liu Zhengjun didn't answer, but skipped forward and asked, "Grandfather Li, did you tell Li Ke that eating sugar will cause tooth decay? Is it just a smile that makes you look especially ugly? " As he spoke, Liu Zhengjun's face was filled with frustration, as if the end of the world was approaching. Even his face had turned pale.
Women, from the age of five to the age of eighty, cared deeply about beautiful matters.
Once linked to the word ugly, no woman could stand it.
Li Chen, on the other hand, didn't think too much about it. He thought Liu Zhengjun was only worried about eating too many sweets and losing his teeth, so he wouldn't be able to see anyone in the future. During this time, Liu Zhengjun often came to the Lee family to play. Li Chen liked it when he saw it, so he taught them about dental care. Actually, it means eating less candy, gargling every day, and washing your teeth before you go to bed.
Unexpectedly, when Liu Zhengjun heard this, he felt as if he was facing a great enemy. He wanted to see what kind of teeth the neighboring San Gouzi had.
Li Chen asked a neighbor to call San Gouzi, who was playing outside, over. San Gouzi was the youngest son of the neighboring family. He was only six years old and had a lot of skin and skin.
San Gouzi, who was wearing a tattered cotton-padded jacket, ran into the room, revealing a pair of tattered and torn fangs. He asked, "Grandpa Li, what are you looking for me for?"
He had a mouthful of broken teeth and was wearing a torn cotton-padded jacket, which set off an earth-shattering "ugly".
At least in Liu Zhengjun's eyes, it was an earth-shattering scene.
"Ya!" Liu Zhengjun screamed as he turned around and ran into the inner courtyard, leaving a bewildered San Gouzi behind.
Li Chen took a piece of candy and gave it to San Gouzi. "Here's some candy for you to eat," he said.
"Thank you! "Li family's grandfather."
"Go and play!"
"En!" San Gouzi couldn't think too much about sugar, as long as it wasn't a wasted trip.
Liu Zhengjun ran into the house in a panic. His face was very ugly, and he couldn't care less about Li Ke. He climbed up the bed and used Liu Yan's mother's dressing mirror to look at the reflection of his small, jade-like teeth.
Perhaps it was a psychological effect, no matter how Liu Zhengjun looked at it, he felt that his teeth were very yellow.
Li Ke couldn't help but shiver. He turned around and said while lying on the bed, "From now on, we don't need to eat sugar anymore." His tone was very determined.
"En!" Li Ke quickly agreed. Li Ke was naturally happy that there was only one less troublesome matter.
Liu Zhengjun threw a whole packet of candy onto the ground. He stood far away, as if a single glance would cause his mouth to grow rotten teeth. His face was filled with fear.
Li Ke thought to himself, "He really is a child."
That night, Li Chen went back to his room and listened to Li Ke recount the story. Only then did he understand the reason. He felt more and more that Liu Zhengjun was naive and cute, and told Li Ke not to bully others.
Li Ke did not dare to reveal the secret to Liu Zhengjun, just nodded in agreement and promised not to bully Liu Zhengjun.
In fact, Liu Zhengjun often came to play, and the Li family did not conceal Li Ke's talent. The Li Family didn't have much resources. If he could establish a relationship with the Huai Nan Liu Family and receive the care of the Liu Family, it would greatly benefit Li Ke in the future. That was the reason why the Lee family welcomed Liu Zhengjun to play at home.
The Liu Clan looked down on the Li Clan in their heart, but they didn't stop them. With Liu Zhengjun's talent, he was destined not to be a victim of political marriages, and he was likely to become the cornerstone of the future stability of the Liu family. Since he could not get married, it was inevitable that he would take in a son-in-law. As long as Liu Zhengjun liked it, it would not matter if the family matters in the south were lower.
The children did not have many eyes, but the adults had many hearts.
Li Chen put away the candy that Liu Zhengjun had left behind. If his family members didn't eat it, he could give it to the children next door so that they could get closer to each other.
As he opened the sugar bag to count, Li Chen suddenly smelled a familiar temperature.
Li Chen picked up a piece of candy and placed it on top of his final rejection. He immediately understood why Li Ke suddenly became ill, and also why the fire within his body was so strong. These candies contained the ingredients for the Hundred Herb Liquid. It was an auxiliary medicine used when warriors were cultivating in the early stages, and required the meticulous refinement of the Hundred Herbs. It wasn't something that large families couldn't use.
Li Ke had eaten an entire candy filled with Hundred Herb Liquid. Only when he had finished eating it would he be able to keep his fever and need to use ice water to cool it down.
Liu Zhengjun probably didn't even know that the candy contained Hundred Herb Liquid. It seemed that the Liu family had been very diligent in cultivating Liu Zhengjun. Li Ke kept the candy and prepared to return it to Liu Zhengjun's guard the next day.
At this time, in Huainan's Liu Family's Third Young Miss's courtyard, a thorough candy inspection was being carried out. All the candies in the courtyard were cleaned up and a lot of green salts were prepared to rinse their saliva as a backup.
Liu Zhengjun was determined to fight tooth decay.
Liu Zhengjun's mother, Jun Pingping, came over to ask about the situation. He smiled when he heard the guard's explanation. When he returned home and told his husband about the incident, Liu Zhengjun's father, Liu Song, laughed.
"Jun'er even lost an entire bag of sugar at the Li family."
As a joke, Jun Pingping thought that it would be a pity to lose his daughter, since it was rare for his daughter to have a playmate and he didn't want her husband to cause trouble for the Lee family.
Liu Song pulled his wife into his embrace, reached out to grab the softness, and said, "People from the Li family may not understand, but they may not be able to get away with it." However, she was pushed into the bed by Liu Song.
"Are there still people outside?" Zhu Jun begged in a low voice, embarrassed.
Liu Song said, "There really are people who didn't dare to come in."
The next day, the guard returned with a packet of candies and handed it over to Liu Song and Zhu Jun.
After asking, Liu Song said in surprise, "I can't tell! "The Li family's old man has some experience to actually be able to recognize Hundred Herb Liquid. He's not greedy."
Jun'er was surprised as well. It seemed like Li Chen had the ability to practice medicine in a hall.
"Should we investigate the Li family's background?"
She was worried about the safety of Liu Zhengjun, so she had to be careful.
Liu Song also felt that they should check it out, so he nodded in agreement. He instructed the guards to find some small things and children to play with Liu Zhengjun, diverting his attention away from the Lee family.
After the New Year, the number of times Liu Zhengjun came to the Li Family gradually decreased.
During the winter, spring, and winter, since he had gotten sick, his cultivation progress had increased by a lot. In the fourth month, he had already reached the calmness of a Level 6 Warrior, and after taking one step forward, he would be able to understand the mysteries of the heaven and earth.
Someone who could reach the seventh rank was a second or third rate expert in the martial arts world.
At the beginning of April, Li Chen took another two months leave for Li Ke. Li Chen and Li Ke left Huainan by boat and went down the river.
Once they were outside of Huai Nan's territory, it would not be a peaceful place.
It was very common for large and small families to fight against each other. Li Chen chose to travel in the early spring because when he was busy farming, the place would be a little more quiet. People had to eat. The most important thing about a year's harvest was watching the cultivation in the early spring. Disrupting the cultivation in the spring would only cause both sides to suffer and others would only pick the peaches.
Walking on the rural dirt road for three days, I saw the grudges on the brown land, covered by little green.
Farmers toil in the fields, occasionally straightening their waists to take a deep breath to relieve physical and mental exhaustion. As he breathed in and out, the bystanders felt comfortable looking at him. What did Li Ke feel when he went to watch the villagers work? After becoming a warrior of the sixth rank, his eyesight had improved by a lot, and he could see many things from different angles.
Grandfather Li Chen said: "Whether it is practicing martial arts or studying literature, we need to broaden our horizons. If we walk around and look around, we will naturally understand a lot of things, and there will be fewer obstacles."
In the past, Li Chen was able to escape death because he had expanded his knowledge and knowledge when he became a Sixth Martial Disciple. He didn't expect that when he finally became a Seventh Martial Disciple, his entire clan would be annihilated.
His death was an extremely aggrieved expression on his face.
Because of a woman.
As for that beautiful woman, she also died without a burial ground in the end.
In order to take revenge on Li Chen, he had killed many people. Unfortunately, he did not manage to kill the culprit, the third young master of the Liu family, nor did he manage to exterminate the Liu family.
Perhaps the hope for revenge lay with Li Ke.
Spring was resplendent, and the Wolf's Residence Mountain was filled with verdant greenery. There was life everywhere, as well as killing intent. Li Ke followed Li Chen and placed their bets at the foot of the mountain in a small village. Li Chen was familiar with the old hunter's surname, and he came over with two jugs of old wine.
Hunter Gong lived alone in the small forest outside the village. His children were all farmers in the village, and he was honest and hardworking.
Because it was a busy season, the children had to go to work. They sent their grandchildren to the Gong family's residence along with some village children that they were familiar with. There were a total of six males and one female, and seven six-seven year olds.
The older children all have jobs to do and do not need the help of the hunter.
Li Chen carried the old wine over to the door. The old hunter exclaimed, "You're not dead yet!?"
Li Chen didn't get angry and replied with a smile, "Yes, he's still alive. Elder brother Gong has been fine for the past few years, but he's been gone for twenty years. We're all old men."
"My grandson has run all over the ground. How can he not be old?"
Hunter Gong and Li Chen looked at each other and laughed heartily. Li Ke saw a lot of heroic spirit and also a lot of sadness.
Li Chen and Hunter Gong chatted for an entire night while Li Ke and the seven children stayed together. Looking at the seven pairs of curious eyes that were looking over, Li Ke suddenly felt that …
"Here you go."
The only girl gave Li Ke a handful of fried beans and said, "It's for you to eat." The little girl had a very happy smile, reminding Li Ke of Huainan's Liu Zhengjun.
"Thank you!"
Li Ke placed a fried bean in his mouth and chewed it. The taste was very light, but the more he chewed, the more fragrant it became.
The children laughed together, and so did Li Ke.
On this day, Li Ke made a new friend, the smiling girl Gong Lingruo.