Chapter 178 Destiny
Wu Shi instantly understood what his father meant.
My aunt's cousin, well, let's forget it.
They didn't take a fancy to me at first, and it's impossible for them to take a liking to her now. My parents are really worried.
Wu Shi touched the tumor on his neck. It was originally the size of an egg, but now it is half smaller.
The child was indeed not bragging, she could actually cure the disease.
I had been seeking medical treatment for many years but had no improvement. I didn't expect that a few-year-old baby was cured by a jar of pills.
Wu Daozi smiled, turned around and looked around, but didn't find what he wanted.
Huh? Xiao Yingbao didn't seem to bring out the pills. Did she forget?
Wu Shi glanced at the bag of golden ears in his father's hand.
Could it be that the bag of gold ears was originally for me? Seeing that my father was there, I borrowed flowers to offer to the Buddha.
When Mr. Wu saw his son's eyes fixed on the bag of golden ears in his hand, he subconsciously held the small bag in his hand and glared at his son: "What are you looking at! This little doll gave this to me."
Wu Shi touched his nose and smiled awkwardly: "I know, I won't rob him, so why are you nervous?"
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Yingbao and her father followed Wu Rui to the dental shop.
Yahang is a department of the county government, and all sales and pawns in the entire county must be registered here.
Wu Rui took his father and daughter to the house registration office to check if there were any shops with better locations for sale.
Seeing that the person was brought by the magistrate's servant, the tooth servant immediately cheered up and recommended a street shop to Jiang Sanlang.
In the end, Yingbao chose a shop opposite Zhong County School.
Although this place is a bit far away from the downtown area, it is not too remote. It is close to home, and not far away is the Gaojia Inn.
Yingbao and Dad were very satisfied, so Yaren took them to see the shop.
The shop doesn't look big, with three wooden houses facing the street, a yard at the back, and a few dilapidated thatched houses.
Opposite is the county school, and a small river flows through it on one side of the county school.
"The first three rooms were originally used to sell food and tea to passers-by. Later, the owner's son owed a lot of money from gambling, and the owner had no choice but to loan the house to a dental shop to pay off his son's debt."
The tooth man said: "It's a coincidence that you are here. The previous landlord just pawned it to the tooth shop, and not many people have come to see it. Two hundred and forty taels is not expensive, and there is a big yard behind it."
Jiang Sanlang frowned, such a dilapidated house is worth two hundred and forty taels? My five-room brick house with a big yard only costs less than 300 taels including the deed tax.
Yingbao didn't think it was expensive. In the next ten years or so, land on this stretch of road will be very expensive, and more than 200 taels can only buy a shop in front. Besides, I have the county magistrate personally taking care of me, so I don't dare to raise the price falsely.
So she decided to buy it, and the property deed was still registered in the name of her father Jiang Sanlang.
Houses and shops must pay deed tax every year and cannot be registered in the household registration of minors.
Afterwards, I paid a pawn purchase tax, and the house became completely my own.
After signing the house deed at the Yamen, Wu Rui went back to resume his duties, and Jiang Sanlang took his daughter to Furifeng Trading Company to buy icing sugar from Zhou Mao.
The trading houses have everything, such as furs, cloths, tea, fruits, dried fruits, medicinal materials, sugar, etc., but they only wholesale and not retail.
Jiang Sanlang bought two hundred kilograms of icing sugar for only eight taels of silver, which was indeed nearly half the retail price.
Afterwards, the two fathers and daughters strolled around several streets in the county, buying some mats, bedding and daily necessities to take back to their new home.
I also bought some pots, pans, buckets and basins, and also measured out two kilograms of rice, two kilograms of white flour and a pack of coarse salt.
The family stayed in their new home for three days. Not only did they clean the house, but they also inspected the surrounding environment.
On the fourth day, the family returned to their hometown in a carriage.
The carriage returned to the south slope. Jiang Wu jumped out of the car and ran to the master to report.
But he quickly ran back and told his sister the big news: "Sister, the master has accepted another apprentice."
Yingbao was helping her second brother and second aunt carry icing sugar, but she didn't pay much attention. "Isn't it normal for your master to accept disciples?"
"It's not normal, it's not normal!" Jiang Wu said mysteriously: "They accepted Brother Chu Yan as their apprentice!"
Chu Yanke was already sixteen years old, already a Dingkou, and yet he was accepted as a disciple by two masters, Zhang and Xu. It was simply unbelievable.
"Chu Yan?" Ying Bao was surprised.
Zhang Meng and Xu Kun only accept children under ten years old, and do not accept those over ten years old. They say that their muscles and bones are already set, and they will not have much potential even if they practice.
However, they have now accepted Chu Yan as their apprentice. Does this have any profound meaning?
"What about Sister Chu Chu?" Ying Bao asked, "Have you ever seen her come back?"
Jiang Wu: "Sister Chu Chu is also at the martial arts training ground. She is cooking for Master and the others."
"I'll go take a look." Ying Bao took her younger brother and ran to the martial arts training ground.
Ever since Zhang Meng and Xu Kun started accepting disciples, their father Jiang Sanlang had applied for new household registrations with Sun Lizheng for them. I don’t know when the approval will be granted, but the clan leader has agreed to the two outsiders building a house on the wasteland next to the village.
Zhang Meng and Xu Kun's houses were built next to the martial arts training ground. They had three thatched huts and a small kitchen. They didn't have a yard. It only took the villagers more than ten days to help them build it.
It is afternoon now, and there are many children on the martial arts training ground, watching Chu Yan squatting on horseback.
Chu Yan's face was covered with sweat, and the clothes on his chest and back were soaked, but his face was firm and cold, and he did not flinch at all.
Such Chu Yan made Ying Bao suddenly think of Colonel Chu in her previous life.
"Ying Bao!" When Chu Chu saw Ying Bao, she immediately ran over, pulled her and said happily: "You are back."
Ying Bao looked at the girl in front of her. Her eyes were bright, her teeth were bright, and she was full of energy. She was even more beautiful than last year.
"Sister Chu Chu, why haven't you come to my house for a long time?" she asked.
Chu Chu took Yingbao aside and said in a low voice: "Last time, bandits came to the village, and the clan took us to escape to other places. We didn't come back until this spring. Later, we had to clean up the house and build a mushroom shed to grow golden ears, so, He didn’t come over.”
In fact, it was her father who refused to let her come again and said he wanted to see her get married. But I don’t want to get married at all.
Ying Bao nodded and pointed at Chu Yan in the martial arts training ground: "Is he here to become a disciple?"
Chu Chu glanced in the direction of her eldest brother and said with a smile: "No, my eldest brother sent me here, but Master Zhang and Master Xu insisted on accepting him as their apprentice. They also said that my eldest brother was destined to be with them."
Destined? Ying Bao pondered.
Chu Chu: "The two masters also said that my eldest brother has a precious life and must learn martial arts to protect himself."
Ying Bao looked at Sister Chu Chu silently, listening to her talk about the past few days.
"My father came to see me and my eldest brother yesterday. Master Zhang said that the eldest brother was already his apprentice, and he would be responsible for everything in the future. He also promised that my father would arrange a good marriage for the eldest brother. My father agreed, but He insisted that I go back with him and said he would pick me up in two days."
Chu Chu struggled: "Ying Bao, I don't want to go back to get married. Can you help me think of something?"
She had no one to turn to, and the only straw was Ying Bao.