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Chapter 42
"Does the old man recognize these two knives?"

Seeing the old man's abnormal expression, Shen Jiangge asked tentatively.

There was a hint of wariness in the old man's eyes, and he finally shook his head and said, "Although I don't recognize these two knives, girl, they can be repaired."

"Really? That's great!"

Shen Jiangge was overjoyed and asked hurriedly: "But, I don't know how much the salary is?"

The old man touched his beard, took a deep look at Shen Jiangge, and said with a smile: "I won't charge you any wages."

"No charge?"

"No charge?"

The young man was stunned for a moment, then blurted out a question.

Then Shen Jiangge asked in surprise.

——It doesn’t look like this blacksmith shop is open without making money...

Seeing the two people's doubts, the old man repeated solemnly: "Yes, I won't charge you any wages. The girl can just wait here for an hour."

"This...how embarrassing..."

Shen Jiangge said awkwardly.

"As long as the girl remembers my blacksmith shop in the future, nothing else is necessary."

The old man waved his hand, picked up his pipe and took two puffs of smoke.

"Juniors will never forget it."

Although Shen Jiangge felt a little strange, he still responded.

"it is good."

The old man took a few puffs of smoke, then walked to the forge with a knife, and said to the young man: "Get out of the way, I will do the knife myself."

"Master, you are already your age, how about I do it?"

The young man felt sorry for the old man. He took a step forward to take the knife, but was glared at by the old man.

"Why, you think I'm old and useless? Huh?"

"No... Master, please slow down."

The young man who was scolded could only respectfully retreat behind the old man.

The old man put the knife on the fire, and soon it burned red.

He raised the hammer high and knocked it down with a clang, causing sparks to fly!
The firelight set off his old and dark face, illuminating the wrinkles on his face one by one, as if the traces of time were burning fiercely at this moment, and the fusion of vicissitudes and strength created an amazing feeling.

His eyes always fell on the two knives, and his face showed nostalgia for some reason.

"Go and get what's in the middle drawer on the back wall."

The old man said to the young man without looking back.

The young man was even more surprised after hearing this. He hesitated and said: "Master, that's..."

"What? When will it be your turn to teach me how to do things?"

The young man was interrupted by the old man before he finished speaking.

After hearing this, the young man had no choice but to respond, turned around and brought in an extremely exquisite wooden box.

When Shen Jiangge saw that the wooden box was opened and there was a piece of thousand-year-old iron inside, he was so shocked that he said quickly: "Old man, this piece of iron is very valuable, isn't it? How about you give me a price? Let me see if I can afford it. …”

After saying that, Shen Jiangge blushed and couldn't help but feel embarrassed when he thought of the few silver coins he had.

The old man raised his head and glanced at Shen Jiangge, and said calmly: "I told you, I don't want the girl's money."

"How does this work..."

Shen Jiangge felt embarrassed.

"If I say yes, then that's okay. Girls don't have to worry too much."

The old man's tone was very firm and allowed no refutation.

Shen Jiangge could only stand there uneasily, already feeling extremely sorry.An hour passed quickly. The old man wiped the tempered swords and handed them to Shen Jiangge. He said slowly: "Girl, the swords are ready."

"Thank you so much, uncle."

Shen Jiangge bowed respectfully.

"You're welcome. Girl, walk slowly."

Shen Jiangge turned around to leave, but saw the old man giving her a salute that was only done in the military camp.

As for this gift, he waited until Shen Jiangge was very far away before he slowly let it go.

The young man looked at the old man and couldn't help but ask: "Master, do you know this woman?"

The old man stared at the direction in which Shen Jiangge was going, and murmured: "I don't know..."

The young man didn't understand what he meant and didn't dare to ask any more questions. He could only scratch his head.

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When Shen Jiangge returned and passed in front of Mo Mansion, he saw an endless stream of scholar-looking people lining up at the door.

Some were carrying gifts, while others were carrying something. At first glance, no one came empty-handed.

"Oh, just for this battle, that boy Li Wen may have been waiting forever and ever before he could even get his turn..."

Shen Jiangge shook his head helplessly.

The purpose of getting the title is to be an official, but when you become an official, it is not for the benefit of the people, nor for the sake of the country, but for the sake of officialdom. I am afraid that just on this day, the Mo family does not know how much money it will make, right?

Shen Jiangge had always disdained these things, so she went back to the inn without even looking at these people.

When Shen Jiangge came back, she passed by Li Wen's door and heard the boy reading the book of sages loudly. She wished that all the guests on the second floor could follow suit.

"This kid is good at reading, but unfortunately he doesn't know how to flatter him. I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing."

Shen Jiangge stopped at Li Wen's door and knocked on the door three times, "Dong dong dong -".

The sound of reading in the room stopped suddenly, the door creaked open, and Li Wen poked half of his head out.

"Jiang Ge, do you have anything to do with me?"

Li Wen said with a smile, the "Analects of Confucius" in his hand was almost torn through.

Shen Jiangge nodded, "Yeah." He said, "You will come with me to the Li Mansion in Youshi."

"Didn't you say you were going to see Master Mo? Why did you go to the Li Mansion?"

Li Wen was confused and asked, scratching his head in confusion.

"Don't worry, as long as you are in Li's Mansion, I will protect you, Mr. Mo, who will personally come to the gate of Li's Mansion to find you."

Shen Jiangge looked at Li Wen sadly and murmured in his heart - How come Li Mengzhi is so smart and has a stupid nephew?
"Master Mo came to Li Mansion to find me in person? This is impossible...Jiang Ge, are you confused?"

Li Wen grabbed Shen Jiangge eagerly, fearing that she was joking with him.

"Don't worry. You can't go wrong."

Shen Jiangge sighed and glanced at Li Wen, then said, "Remember to bring a self-defense weapon with you, it might come in handy."

After Shen Jiangge said that, she turned around to leave, but she heard Li Wen getting anxious behind her.

"Wait a minute, Jiang Ge! Why do you think Mr. Mo is wearing a self-defense weapon? Is there any danger? I don't have anything for self-defense..."

Shen Jiangge stood helplessly, then turned around with a smile, gave Li Wen an ugly smile and said, "You can ask the cook in the back kitchen if he can lend you a kitchen knife."

"Chop... kitchen knife???"

Li Wen's face suddenly turned ugly. He muttered in embarrassment: "How can a scholar use this thing... It's not like he's going to take the martial arts exam... Besides, you can't bring a sword when you meet a first-class official of the imperial court. ah……"

"It's up to you to take it with you or not. I'm sleepy, so I'm going to take a nap. Remember to call me when you are in trouble."

Shen Jiangge strode forward, looked up to the sky and yawned, waved to Li Wen and entered his room.

"Jiang Ge, this, this is not etiquette..."

The remaining nerd stood there with his brows furrowed like his copy of "The Analects of Confucius".

(End of this chapter)