Dao Fruit

When Liu Yue found Xianxian Tower, Qiu Yan was wrapping the plates of food in lotus leaves and oil paper, tying them with ropes and carrying them up. He ignored the mocking looks of several scholars around him and kept doing what he was doing.

"Brother Yan, what are you doing?"

Seeing Qiu Yan's appearance, Liu Yue couldn't help but ask.

When Qiu Yan saw it, he smiled and said: "Cousin, here you are, come and help me carry two dishes. These are the dishes that those people just entertained me with, but they left beforehand. They didn't even move their chopsticks and threw away too many dishes." It’s a pity that I haven’t seen any meat in the house for a few days, so I just took it back.”

"Didn't you say that this was an insult to politeness?" Liu Yue found that his cousin was vaguely different from before. If it were before, Qiu Yan would not only not do it himself, but would also prevent others from doing it.

"Is it an insult to elegance?" Qiu Yan smiled, "It won't be an insult to elegance. Extravagance and waste are shameful. Okay, let's hurry up, otherwise the food will get cold."

In this way, Qiu Yan and Liu Yue brought the bags home. Of course, the family members also had doubts, but they couldn't resist Qiu Yan's persuasion, so they quickly put the food on the table and sat around it.

The atmosphere at the dinner table was a bit dull, but Qiu Yan's deliberate words quickly relaxed the atmosphere.

"Yan'er, are those people just now your friends?" After almost eating, Liu Huai couldn't help but ask. He had been worried about this matter, "Those people, who usually commit lawlessness, are all cunning and cunning people." Human beings are the villains and clowns in the play. They are the most fickle and cannot have deep friendships.”

Hearing this, Qiu Yan put down his chopsticks: "Don't worry, uncle. I know the nature of those people very well. They are just tolerant at the moment. When the storm is over, they will definitely not give up and will definitely cause trouble."

"Since you know, why are you still dealing with them?" Upon hearing this, Liu Huai became angry. Ever since something happened at Qiu Yan's home and he fled to Yuanning, Liu Huai treated him as a member of the family and cared for him. Now, Hearing Qiu Yan's words, he couldn't help but feel like he hated iron.

"Uncle, don't be angry." Seeing that Liu Huai was angry, Qiu Yan left the bench, "Now the family is in trouble. Qiu Yan lives in the courtyard every day and can't help. He feels very guilty, so he took this step."

"If anything happens at home, I, the head of the family, will take care of it, so why do you need to worry about it?" Liu Huai's anger subsided a little, "Besides, if the family is in trouble, what's the use of looking for rogues and military gangsters?"

As soon as he said these words, he heard shouting from outside the hospital. Hearing the sound, Liu Huai was worried. He put down the bowl and chopsticks and walked out, followed closely by Qiu Yan and Liu Yue.

As soon as they walked out of the house, they saw Li Bo and Wang Qiaoer standing outside the door, holding two packages in their hands. When they saw Qiu Yan coming out, they immediately walked up and handed the packages over.

"Mr. Qiu, everything you want is inside. I hope you can keep your promise."

Looking at the package with a look of reluctance, Li Bo gritted his teeth and looked back, cupped his hands at Qiu Yangong, and left with Wang Qiaoer.

"What's this?"

Upon hearing Liu Huai's inquiry, Qiu Yan put the package in his hand.

After taking the bundle, Liu Huai paused slightly. The bundle was much heavier than he thought. When he touched it again, there was a crashing sound inside, and his expression changed immediately.

"These are..."

Liu Huai took a deep breath when he noticed what was in the bag. He turned around and saw that Li Bo and others had disappeared. He wanted to chase them, but was pulled into the house by Qiu Yan.

Back in the house, Liu Huai hesitated to speak, but suddenly spoke up and asked Qiu Yan's aunt, aunt, and others to remove the bowls and chopsticks, leave first, and then leave the two packages on the table.

With a "crash" sound, the package spread open, revealing the contents inside. It was a bunch of copper coins and a few small silver cakes!

"What's going on?" Liu Yue was stunned when he saw these things.

In this world, seven hundred and seventy taels of money are always considered equal to one tael of silver. Several silver cakes are of different sizes, obviously cast in private kilns, but they add up to six or seven taels. At a glance, two packages contain Liao Yue has more than ten taels of silver!

A dozen taels, that is, seven to eight thousand yuan, is a big number. You must know that although prices have risen, in Yuanning Mansion, you can buy a bucket of rice for seven yuan, and a pound of miscellaneous salt sells for twenty yuan. In the suburbs of the city, you can buy a bucket of rice for seven yuan. An acre of land in the county only costs eight or nine hundred yuan!

Unlike Liu Yue who was stunned, Liu Huai glared at Qiu Yan and said angrily: "You actually blackmailed others?"

Qiu Yan was unhurried and said: "My uncle clearly saw that if he took the initiative to find others to cause trouble over nothing, that would be blackmail. But today it was Li Bo and the others who came to the door. Not only did they threaten me, but they even threatened Liu. The family is in a bad situation, even my aunt, aunt and sister-in-law are frightened, and I cannot let them go regardless of reason. "

After hearing this, Liu Huai shook his head: "You took so much money, how can they rest? There will be no peace from now on! It's better to return it as soon as possible..."

"Leniency and severity, virtue and punishment, cannot have both ends. We must repay kindness and not tolerate hatred. Treating others blindly with tolerance is not kindness, but connivance," Qiu Yan said first, then changed the subject, "But what my uncle said To be fair, those people must have a grudge. For the sake of safety, we cannot stay in Yuanning City. Please pack up your belongings and come with me to Qingchang to settle down temporarily. "

"You..." Liu Huai was speechless. In the past few days, Qiu Yan had mentioned that Liu Huai's family should leave Yuanning temporarily and live in Qingchang for a while to avoid the limelight. But the old Liu family settled down in Yuanning, so of course they would not agree.

However, in the past few days, he has been out looking for a job, but he has encountered obstacles everywhere. Those shopkeepers and acquaintances know that Liu Huai and his son were kicked out by Pan Mansion, how dare they take him in? On the other hand, Liu Huai, who had returned from an early trip and was quite young, was already a little overwhelmed. Now that he heard this proposal again, thinking of what he had experienced in the past few days, he did not refuse it immediately.

Next to him, Liu Yue looked at the money on the table and was a little moved, but his father didn't agree, so of course he didn't dare to do it for him.

At this time, I heard Qiu Yan say: "If my uncle doesn't want to, then Qiu Yan can only go on the road alone. But with all this money on his body, and against thugs and military gangsters, it's unclear whether he can return to Qingchang County alive." , and I don’t know much about finances, so it would be bad if I let you cheat me out of my money.”

"This..." Liu Huai pondered.

"Father, what my cousin said is not unreasonable..."

Seeing that his father was a little moved, Liu Yue also tried to comfort him, and with Qiu Yan's further words, Liu Huai finally made up his mind.

"Then let's go to Qingchang and live there for a while, until the storm passes..."

With the decision made, the Liu family and his son began to plan when to set off, but were interrupted by Qiu Yan's words——

"In that case, I'll go to the car dealership and hire a carriage. Let's stop dragging it and leave today."

"Too urgent." Liu Huai shook his head.

"Sooner rather than later, things will change later. Who knows if Li Bo and the others are preparing to attack the house at night? In fact, there is no need to pack too many things at home. With so much money, it will be a disaster to spend it on things when you get there. It’s better to go out. Besides, there is a good medical clinic in Qingchang County, and there is no doctor here who can save my cousin. It’s better to go to Qingchang County and give it a try.”

After some talk, Liu Huai was finally persuaded, and then he notified his aunt and uncle. Although many of the female relatives felt rushed, they didn't say much. The Liu family didn't have anything of value, so they packed up some clothes and land deeds, and found some lifters. In the sedan chair, take the unconscious Pan Rongniang with her.

"This courtyard was handed down from our ancestors. I didn't expect that in my generation, it would..."

Looking back at the closed courtyard, Liu Huai sighed.

Liu Yue quickly comforted him: "Father, it's not like we won't come back. Besides, Qingchang is not far from here. From now on, I will come here every two or three months to clean the courtyard."

"It's hard to say whether I can come back now that I'm old." Liu Huai shook his head.

After hearing this, Qiu Yan felt a little guilty in his heart, and comforted him: "Don't worry, uncle. Maybe it won't be long before you can come back in good health." After the words fell, there was a hint of black energy that is rare for ordinary people to see. The ground was wrapped around Qiu Yan.

Liu Huai still shook his head and said it was his nephew who was comforting him.

After locking the door, the family left under the different eyes of the neighbors.

With money on hand, it was not difficult to do things. An hour later, the Liu family left the city in a large carriage.

When the sun went down, the carriage just arrived at a village, nearly ten miles away from Yuanning City. Seeing that it was getting late, the driver drove into the village and stayed at an inn.

After dinner, the family rested separately, and men and women were divided into two rooms.

"Wake up when you sleep, don't be too dead." After giving Liu Yue and Qiu Yan a few instructions, Liu Huai lay down first. It didn't take long for him to start snoring. He was old and lacked energy.

"Brother Yan, you have spent a lot of energy dealing with those rogues. Go to sleep. I will keep watch." Liu Yue persuaded Qiu Yan, blew out the candles, and sat at the table.

The three of them slept in one room, and because they were worried that their money would be revealed, someone had to keep watch.

Qiu Yan didn't refuse and fell asleep.

"Things are almost arranged, it's time to act as planned."

Lying on the dry and hard bed, Qiu Yan's thoughts were turning, and his mind led the soul to gather in one place and gush out from the heavenly spirit.

The living soul came out of the body, circled around the house, and then floated out of the window with a twist. Then green light surged out of the soul, wrapped around the soul body, and flew out towards Yuanning City.

The night is getting darker.

PS: There will be another update tonight.