Chapter 8 Avoiding the Yellow Dragon
Yan Liqiang did not fall asleep all night. On this first night of rebirth, he lay in bed, his mind full of the past.
Especially after midnight, the skin of his body that was injured by Hong Tao's iron sand palm was burning with a scorching pain, just like being roasted with fire, which made it even more difficult for him to fall asleep, tossing and turning, and at the same time, he was glad that Hong Tao had not yet practiced the iron sand palm to a higher level. I heard that after practicing the iron sand palm until he entered the hall, he could instantly burn and shatter the internal organs, and easily kill people. Moreover, the palm power of the iron sand palm hurts the lungs the most. Some people who were hit by the iron sand palm were not dead, but they would leave permanent trauma in the lungs, which was very difficult to heal.
In this way, on one hand, he felt uncomfortable and was thinking about something in his mind. Before he knew it, Yan Liqiang heard the first rooster crow in his ear. The sky outside was still dark. Usually, this was when Yan Liqiang was about to get up and start practicing martial arts.
Yan Liqiang quickly got up, washed up, changed his clothes, and after having breakfast made by Wu Ma with Yan Dechang, he carried his packed luggage and then took the Rhinoceros Dragon Horse out of the stable, putting on a saddle, Yan Dechang sat in front of the Rhinoceros Dragon Horse, Yan Liqiang sat behind the Rhinoceros Dragon Horse and hugged Yan Dechang's waist. The two rode Rhinoceros Dragon Horse out of the door.
There is a rhino-like horn on the forehead of the Rhino Dragon Horse, with hard leather on its body and a layer of scales. The back of an ordinary Rhino Dragon Horse is basically two meters high, with slender and powerful limbs, which looks half bigger than an ordinary horse. Putting an ordinary horse in front of a Rhino Dragon Horse feels like putting Alto in front of Audi, which is completely incomparable. This Rhino Dragon Horse is also the most expensive property in Yan Liqiang's family.
Although the rhino dragon horse bought by Yan Liqiang's family is not the best among rhino dragon horses, it is still acceptable. For rhino dragon horses, it is not difficult to run with two people at all.
Even if ordinary people want to learn riding or practice martial arts, they will buy horses. Most of them buy ordinary horses. In addition to being able to ride, ordinary horses can also do a lot of work, and it is easy to raise them. However, Yan Dechang bought expensive rhinoceros dragon horses. The price of buying a rhinoceros dragon horse can be almost five ordinary horses. Yan Liqiang once asked Yan Dechang why he wanted to buy rhinoceros dragon horses. Yan Dechang told Yan Liqiang that the cavalry on the battlefield all rode rhinoceros dragon horses, and those who want to practice spear skills must ride rhinoceros dragon horses in the future, so Yan Liqiang had nothing to say.
Yan Dechang had no spare effort to invest Yan Liqiang.
When the two of them went out, the sky was already shining outside. There were already many people on the road in Liuhe Town - martial arts practitioners, small businesses, and vegetables, all of whom had already gotten up.
When the people on the road saw Yan Liqiang and his son riding a rhino dragon horse, their eyes were a little weird.
Even if those people didn't say anything, Yan Liqiang knew that the news of his crushing defeat in the arena yesterday had probably spread throughout Liuhe Town.
"Have you heard that the son of Yan Blacksmith's family was seriously injured by the young master of the Hong family in the first national martial arts exam yesterday..."
"I heard that I was still vomiting blood and unconscious, and I had several bones broken, and I couldn't move for several months!"
"In the past, it was said that the son of the Yan Blacksmith family is powerful, but I think the young master of the Hong family is even more powerful!"
Listening to the gossip of the boring people on the roadside, Yan Dechang's face was not good at all. He could only look cold and shook the reins, which made the pace of the Xilongma speed up a little.
As soon as the two left the village entrance, they met Liu Butcher and his son driving a ox cart and escaped from the village road on the other side. The two father and son happened to meet at the entrance of the village.
"Haha, isn't this Yan Blacksmith? He went out with his son so early and rushed to the clinic?" Liu Butcher Liu laughed suddenly when he saw Yan Dechang and Yan Liqiang. His son, who was as fat as him, looked at Yan Liqiang gloated.
Liu Butcher's son was beaten several times by Yan Liqiang when he was a child. The Yan family and the Liu family also had some minor frictions over the children's affairs, and the relationship between the two families was a bit dissatisfied.
"My son is so good, not going to the clinic!"
"Hahaha, I know everything about Li Qiang. The Hong family wants to have a big banquet for guests. Last night, the Hong family's manager came to me to book a few pigs. I was rushing to the village outside to collect pigs early this morning..." Liu Butcher said earnestly and proudly, "I used to say that not everyone can do this for martial arts. For ordinary people, just practice martial arts and be strong. Don't think too much. It's not so easy to become a samurai. In the whole Liuhe Town, there is only one old man Hong is a samurai. Others should do whatever he should do. Just like my son, he should learn from me to kill pigs and to make irons. Isn't that good!"
Liu's son complained when he was a child when he squatted, but when it came to eating, he was not a martial arts material at all. Gradually, he learned the ability to kill pigs with his father and became a butcher. In addition to the conflicts caused by the two children, Liu's butcher Liu would say that Yan Liqiang was not a martial arts material, and he would definitely learn to make a blacksmith like his son in the future.
Sometimes people's hearts are so ugly. If they are not good, they can't stand others. They do not have the ability to break out of their class, but at the same time, they can't stand people around them who can break out of this class. Once they find that there is anyone around them, they will be jealous in their hearts, and all kinds of blows and rumors will come. Seeing the failure of the people around them is the most comforting thing for them.
Yan Liqiang could see people like Liu Butcher and his son at first glance. At this time, he was too lazy to talk to them. He just looked at Liu Butcher and his son indifferently. The only way to deal with such people was to use his achievements and strength to make him desperate. Finally, he looked up and even crawled on the ground, and never dared to speak loudly in front of you. Apart from that, nothing else was useless.
"No need to worry!" Yan Dechang replied with a cold face, shook the reins, and the Rhino Dragon Horse ran, and in the blink of an eye, he threw the father and son of the Butcher's family behind him.
"Ha... Bah..." Looking at the Yan family's father and son leaving, Liu Butcher spat a mouthful of phlegm on the ground and sneered, "I think when will your Yan family be able to be good, and how strong your son will be in the future..."
The road was the old road to the county town. Yan Liqiang's body had not yet healed and could not withstand too much bumps. Yan Dechang rode a rhino dragon horse. Even if he controlled the speed, it was much faster than a ox cart. In less than twenty minutes, the two of them arrived at Liuhe Wharf not far from the county town and got off the horse.
"If you get off the boat in Matou in Huanglong County, naturally someone will come to pick you up from the dock. The person who picked you up is about the same age as me, and you only have four fingers on your right hand. Just call him Uncle Qian, he will arrange for you. You live in Huanglong County with peace of mind and recuperate well. Don't worry about your home, don't write letters or bring any messages to your home. If there is anything, I will come to you, and the people over there will also notify me..."
Yan Dechang was seriously explaining Yan Liqiang to Yan at the edge of the dock. After saying that, he took out a heavy bag from his body and stuffed it into Yan Liqiang's arms. "This is the money I have prepared for you. If you have any needs, go buy anything. Don't think about saving money when you go out. I have already put the medicinal wine in your bag. Remember to wipe it!"
"Okay, I remember!"
"I believe my son will definitely be able to give me a sigh and will definitely be able to advance to warriors in the future!" Yan Dechang put his hand on Yan Liqiang's shoulder and patted him hard.
Yan Liqiang could only nod heavily.
After explaining to Yan Liqiang, Yan Dechang sent Yan Liqiang to a cargo ship that was still unloading wood outside on the dock.
"Boss Wang, this is my son, I'll trouble you..."
"Hahaha, I'm going to say it's troublesome, it's a matter of the way..."
"These are two bottles of old wine, for the guys on the boat to taste it, to protect the cold at night..."
"Hahaha, Master Yan is polite, be polite..." Boss Wang's smile brightly and he still took the wine.
More than ten minutes later, the cargo ship moved, and sailed up. Several guys on the ship supported the shore of the dock with poles. The cargo ship left the dock and headed towards the distance.
Yan Dechang had not left yet, but led the Xilong Horse and stood on the shore of the pier, watching Yan Liqiang leave the boat.
While the boat was sailing far away on the water, the pier gradually disappeared from Yan Liqiang's vision, Yan Liqiang could still see the figure standing blankly on the edge of the pier.
Yan Liqiang felt an unspeakable emotion and an inexplicable sense of excitement in his heart.
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This was the first time Yan Liqiang left Qinghe County so old. In the past fourteen years, Yan Liqiang's life footprints had almost never taken a step forward in Qinghe County.
After a brief sorrow of separation, Yan Liqiang declined the cabin in the boat arranged by Boss Wang for him, and sat on a pile of wood on the boat, looking at the scenery by the river with great enthusiasm.
For a person who was reborn in this world from the 21st century on Earth, the sky is full of Shangri-La in this world, and the scenery by the river is comparable to the Xixi Wetland everywhere. Even the water in the river reminds people of Xu Zhimo's "Farewell to Cambridge".
The cargo ship was not driving fast and went downstream. Several guys on the boat threw a few fishing lines on the boat. After a while, a bell on the fishing line rang. He pulled up the fishing line and caught a big bluefish that was more than a foot long and shaking his head and tail. Several guys laughed...
After Yan Liqiang finished eating fish with a few guys on the boat and drinking delicious fish soup, after several hours of driving, the boat stopped at a pier.
Chapter completed!