Liuhe Town is a big town in Qinghe County, not far or near, but it is also three or four miles away. Today, Su Chang and Qi Donglai ran from the county town to Liuhe Town and informed Yan Dechang. Yan Dechang and he and the two ran directly to the National Museum of Qinghe County.

In normal times, this is nothing. He had to run ten miles at home when he exercised at least his body. At this moment, he had to take the ox cart called by Yan Dechang and staggered with Yan Dechang and left the county town and returned to Liuhe Town.

After leaving the gate of Qinghe County, there is a vast farmland outside, and the road to Liuhe Town is between the farmlands.

The driving ox cart made a creaking sound, and the hardwood wheels were rolled on the compact dirt road, and the entire body was slightly shaking, but it was still quite stable.

At this moment, the sky was dark, and there was no worker in the farmland, only a frog sound. As the fragrance of rice came, three bright moons of different sizes gradually revealed their bodies in the sky, and the stars of brightness began to appear in the sky. The mysterious and endless void seemed to be filled with infinite spiritual energy, dominating the ups and downs of the stars in the sky.

Yan Dechang, who was sitting in the car, was a little silent and was in a bad mood. However, Yan Liqiang raised his head in the carriage and looked at the starry sky in the night. His whole mind was intoxicated, savoring the beauty and vastness of the universe. For Yan Liqiang, although he lost the competition today, he might even be plotted by someone else, but he was not very depressed. Instead, he felt a little excited. For him who could live again, he would have made a profit to stand here and look up at the starry sky.

The driver who drove the bus knew Yan Dechang. The driver sat in front and drove the bus. He didn't see the expressions of the father and son behind him. He was rushing there while rushing the bus. "Today is the first exam of the Guoshu County Examination in Qinghe County. I have heard that Master Yan's son is one of the best in Liuhe Town at a young age. This county exam will definitely be among the top. When your son officially takes the Guoshu County Examination in the future and performs well, he will have the opportunity to enter the Pingxi County National Museum. Meeting a famous teacher and learning more advanced martial arts skills. Once you advance to become a warrior in the future, you will be a carp jumping over the dragon gate and truly shining your ancestors. It is just around the corner. Master Yan, you are proud in Liuhe Town and Qinghe County. By the way, I don't know if Master Yan's son has entered the third grade today..."

"No!" Yan Dechang replied in a depressed manner, without saying much.

Hearing Yan Dechang say this, the driver who drove the car turned around and looked at Yan Dechang, and finally found that Yan Dechang's face was not very good. He knew that he said that, then smiled embarrassedly and stopped talking.

Halfway through the road and less than two miles away from Liuhe Town, a crisp sound of hoofs came from behind Yan Liqiang's ox cart. The sound of hoofs gradually approached. Yan Liqiang turned around and saw a manager of the Hong family and two servants riding three rhinoceros dragon horses from behind. When the three rhinoceros dragon horses crossed the ox cart, the manager of the Hong family pulled the reins and the three horses suddenly slowed down and moved slowly with the ox cart.

The manager of the Hong family was wearing a blue robe, with two beards on his lips, and a smart face. The two servants were dressed in short gray dress and had a knife hanging around their waists, which looked a bit majestic.

The Hong family's manager's eyes turned on the faces of Yan Dechang and Yan Liqiang and his son. A weasel smiled like a New Year greeting chickens, and he greeted Yan Dechang, "Isn't this Yan Blacksmith? It's a coincidence. I didn't expect to meet him here again!"

"Well, Manager Hong has something to do, too?" Others greeted him on their own initiative. Yan Dechang could not pretend not to hear him. He responded in a depressed manner.

"Hahaha, isn't my son Hong Tao ranked first in the third place in the first national martial arts exam today? The master got the news early this morning and quickly sent me to Yuntao County to report the good news to Mr. Hong Tao's uncle and third uncle. In two days, the master will hold a big banquet at home to celebrate Mr. Hong Tao ranked first in the third place in the first class. It is absolutely certain to enter the Pingxi County National Martial Arts Museum. By the way, I heard that the son was knocked off the arena by my son Hong Tao on the stage today. He was unconscious on the spot and was seriously injured. He only competed for the first exam and went to the clinic. Is the son okay now?"

Yan Dechang's face turned black in an instant. He pinched his fists tightly, and then replied hard, "Dog son, nothing is wrong, thank you for your concern!"

"It's fine, it's fine!" Manager Hong still smiled, "My master often says that the villagers in the countryside should help each other if they have any problems. Our Hong family has collected a lot of good medicine for healing. If your family needs it, you can come to the Hong family to find our master. Our master has always been anxious and righteous, so he will not help..."

"Hmph..." Yan Dechang responded directly with his nostrils.

"These rhino dragon horses of the Hong family have been running a little far away these days, and the horseshoes are a little worn. Another day, I will ask Blacksmith Yan, you can make some good horseshoes for these beasts of the Hong family. If the son is not good at the county exam this year, he can also consider coming to the Hong family to be a servant in the future. Our master has always admired young people like Ling Lang, who likes to work hard and improve, hahaha..." Manager Hong laughed loudly. After saying this, he wanted to ride a horse away regardless of Yan Dechang's expression.

"Please ask Manager Hong to bring words to Mr. Hong Tao..." Yan Liqiang, who had been silent all the time, suddenly spoke, which slowed down Manager Hong's movements. He stopped and looked at Yan Liqiang with a strange look, and asked curiously, "What do you want me to bring to Mr. Hong Tao?"

"Please tell Mr. Hong that Yan Liqiang thanked Mr. Hong Tao for your advice on the ring today!" Yan Liqiang smiled with a humble and arrogant smile, elegant and calm, without any resentment at all, but with a sincere look on his face, "The so-called victory and defeat are common in military affairs. Liqiang's defeat today is that his skills are inferior to others. Liqiang admires Mr. Hong Tao's methods and has no complaints in his heart. With Mr. Hong Tao's encouragement as a role model, Liqiang will work hard and work harder in the future, and live up to the name given to me by my father. I hope that one day I will have the opportunity to ask Mr. Hong Tao for advice and study!"

Butler Hong, who had a relaxed look on his face just now, changed his face slightly when he heard Yan Liqiang say this, and became a little solemn, because the spirit revealed in Yan Liqiang's words and infinite fighting spirit, how could such a young man be defeated by a preliminary trial?

He did not laugh at Yan Liqiang anymore, but stared at Yan Liqiang seriously, as if he had known Yan Liqiang for the first time. Then he nodded and stopped saying anything. Instead, he took two servants to ride the horse, leaving behind a sound of hoofs, and disappeared from Yan Liqiang's sight in the blink of an eye.

Yan Dechang also looked at his son in surprise. He didn't expect that his son would be a little taciturn and rarely say anything. But just now, the words Yan Liqiang said surprised him, as if he was talking about his heart. Listening to what Yan Liqiang said, the boredom and depression in his heart suddenly decreased a lot.

The ox cart stopped on the road for a while, and when the dust raised by the three rhino dragon horses fell on the ground, they began to slowly head towards Liuhe Town again.

The Yan family and the Hong family are both in Liuhe Town. One is a big family in the town, and the other is just a blacksmith in the town. The conflict between the two families actually originated from Yan Liqiang. Because Yan Liqiang was forced to practice martial arts since he was a child, and he worked hard every day. Gradually, he became famous among the young men in Liuhe Town. However, the Hong family also has a young master who is similar to Yan Liqiang. In this case, the Hong family naturally cannot allow a blacksmith son in Liuhe Town to surpass his own master. Especially after Yan Liqiang was ten years old, the Hong family targeted the Yan family openly and secretly in Liuhe Town. Hong Tao of their family wanted to suppress Yan Liqiang everywhere...

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Yan Liqiang's home in Liuhe Town is easy to find, because his home is right next to Liuhe River. The whole home, along with the yard, house, stable, and Yan Dechang's blacksmith workshop covers a total area of ​​more than three acres. From a distance, you can see the big chimney above his blacksmith workshop.

In addition to Yan Liqiang and Yan Dechang, there were two other people living in his house, one was Zhou Tiezhu, an apprentice brought by Yan Dechang in the blacksmith workshop, and the other was Wu Ma, an old servant at home.

Wu Ma is a mute. As Yan Liqiang remembers, Wu Ma has already lived with Yan Liqiang. According to Yan Dechang, Wu Ma is a refugee. When Yan Liqiang was born, Wu Ma could not escape from the deserter in the north to Qinghe County. She had no relatives and had no support. Finally, she got a cold in the winter and almost died on the roadside. In the end, Yan Dechang took her in, asked a doctor to cure her illness, and finally let her stay at home, responsible for washing, cooking, and cleaning and other miscellaneous items. Since then, Wu Ma has stayed at this home.

When Yan Liqiang returned home, Wu's mother had already prepared the meal as usual and was putting it in the pot and was hot. Seeing Yan Liqiang and Yan Dechang back, Wu's mother, who couldn't speak, quickly brought out the hot meal in the pot.

There were four people eating, Yan Dechang, Yan Liqiang, Zhou Tiezhu, and Wu Ma. I heard that Wu Ma was beaten to death when he first came to Yan Liqiang's house and never served the table. But later, after staying at the Yan family for a long time, he worked hard to do his best. Yan Dechang asked Wu Ma to come to the table to have dinner, just like a family.

Yan Dechang, Zhou Tiezhu, and Wu Ma's meals are very simple, beans, cabbage, radish soup, rice, and a plate of salty fermented fermented fermented scent.

Yan Liqiang's meals were much more abundant. In addition to the ordinary home-cooked dishes on the table, there was also a small clay pot in front of Yan Liqiang. As soon as the clay pot was opened, a strong aroma of stewed quail from the clay pot would float out of the clay pot...

This was specially prepared by Yan Dechang for Yan Liqiang. Yan Dechang refused to eat it himself. Wu's mother, who fled to Yan Liqiang's house, heard that she had seen people who had eaten people before. Since An, Wu's mother had no meat and fish. As for Zhou Tiezhu, as Yan Dechang's apprentice, she was very honest and naturally would not break the rules at the dinner table. Yan Dechang would eat whatever Yan Dechang ate. Even when he saw the dishes that Yan Liqiang liked to eat, he would even naturally avoid it, and he would not pick up less or not. The broth made in the pottery jar was eaten by Yan Liqiang alone.

The entire income source of this family is Yan Dechang. Yan Dechang is a blacksmith who raises four people and a rhino dragon horse. Every day, people eat horses and chew them. Even if the blacksmith has a good income, he is more than ordinary people, and his life in this family is not well-off, especially Yan Liqiang, who also has to practice martial arts. The so-called poor, rich and powerful martial arts expenses will be greater, so the family will be more compact.

On weekdays, Yan Dechang would ask Wu Ma to add some dishes and eat some meat with Yan Liqiang and Zhou Tiezhu during festivals. Usually, Yan Liqiang is the only one in the whole family. He can have fish and meat for three meals a day, and he never lacks nutrition at all...

As a blacksmith, as long as you can eat enough salt, you can avoid eating big fish and meat, but you cannot do it for those who practice martial arts - this is what Yan Dechang told Yan Liqiang.
Chapter completed!