The water is deep and the rain is short.

Not long after Chen Ping'an and Aliang walked back to the tree, the raindrops turned into drizzle. The raindrops kept dripping from the leaves. When Chen Ping'an returned to the tree, the little girl with red cotton jacket looked worried. Chen Ping'an smiled brightly, rubbed her little head, and said softly that it was okay. The girl's face suddenly became brighter, like an unexpected rainbow after the rain, so clean that it made people tremble. At this moment, Chen Ping'an suddenly felt a little guilty, but she didn't know how to speak for a while, and many words were stuck in her heart, so she had to practice the sword furnace stake.

After seeing this scene, Aliang smiled knowingly, but Li Huai said a word quickly dispelled Aliang's good mood. Aliang Aliang, I heard Chen Ping'an say that you were going to the mountain to shit because you don't have to wipe your butt. Aliang asked with a smile, was it really what Chen Ping'an said? Li Huai glanced at Chen Ping'an who was standing not far away, probably because he was afraid that Aliang would confront Chen Ping'an, and he also smiled in Aliang's tone, saying that although Chen Ping'an didn't say it, I think he must think so. Of course, I think Aliang, you are not such a person. I also explained to Sister Zhu Lu, patting your chest to ensure that Aliang is not like this. Aliang gently pulled Li Huai's ear and lowered his head to ask, Oh? Li Huai said in pain,

Aliang, it’s all a big deal. I want me to scold him for you? Aliang twists the ears of this little bastard and thinks I’m a good person, right? Li Huai called out, but unfortunately no one is willing to pay attention to it. Li Huai immediately turned the wind and turned around. Aliang Aliang, I have a sister named Li Liu, the name is a little ugly. It’s so beautiful. I will never lie to you. Lin Shouyi and Dong Shuijing both secretly like my sister. Dong Shuijing goes to our house for free when he has something to do. Every time he sees my sister, he is so old and blushing. It’s really disgusting. Aliang, I think you are much better than Dong Shuijing. He is handsome and has a good temper. He can afford to ride a donkey and drink wine. Do you want to help you and my sister in the future?

Aliang quickly let go of Li Huai's ears, put his hands gently on Li Huai's shoulders, pressed them down, and smiled and said, let's squat down and chat slowly.

Chen Ping'an walked to Zhu He and Zhu Lu and his daughter and asked, "Uncle Zhu He, can you talk?"

The man grinned and said, "I have been waiting for you for a long time. Then let's just go, the rain is already very small."

The two walked out of the unknown tree with a shade of trees as big as the peaks. Before Chen Ping'an could ask, Zhu He himself reported to his home and his roots. "Chen Ping'an, there were so many strange things happening in the town before. Since you can survive under the hand of the mountain-moving ape in Zhengyang Mountain, and become a partner with the girl from the foreign country, you probably already know a lot of things, so I won't hide anything. After all, the safety of the lady is the most important. Both of us father and daughter are children of the Li family, and we have been servile slaves for generations to ask for a job in the master Li family. Although it sounds pitiful, it is not as miserable as you think. From a year to the head of the family, to our Baoping Miss, no one regards our father and daughter as the current people, especially the lady and my daughter. In fact, their relationship is no worse than that of ordinary sisters."

When he said this, the middle-aged man turned his head and looked at his daughter standing under the big tree and looked away. It was the time when the girl was sucking her figure and had not yet grown up. She would probably be a real big girl in about a year. He felt that his daughter would not be inferior to any daughter-in-law in Dali Capital. He has always been very proud of this and firmly believed that his daughter Zhu Lu would definitely shine in Dali in the future.

It should be noted that Dali respects women, and she can't help but fight to the battlefield. The late Emperor Dali even ordered the Ministry of Rites to set up a complete set of military titles for women's military and monks, setting off a precedent for a continent. He was once criticized by scholars and literati headed by Guanhu Academy, and started a chaotic war. He pointed directly at the northern barbarian Dali Dynasty. If Qi Jingchun, who was the owner of Shanya Academy, had not disagreed with the public opinion, the young emperor at that time would have to be forced to discuss public opinion by the court and the public, and would have taken back the imperial edict.

Zhu He smiled and said: After discovering that I had the talent for martial arts, I spent a lot of money to cultivate me Zhu He without saying a word. That's why I have the skills now. My daughter Zhu Lu is similar. If she hadn't been able to do anything, she would have failed in the second level of martial arts, and she would have achieved success in the future, not lower than my father. After my ancestors discovered that Zhu Lu was a good seedling for martial arts, he told me personally that Zhu Lu had hope of reaching the legendary seventh level of martial arts, and I, Zhu He, was just barely the fifth level."

Speaking of this, Zhu He was a little disappointed. When a warrior ascended to the realm, he did not fight against the enemy with equal strength, and did not have the life-and-death tempering of life and death. He was destined to not go long by relying on his talent alone. Moreover, once he missed the opportunity and could not climb up in one go, he would lose his mind more and more, and then he would lose all his energy and completely cut off his path to the top.

Zhu He suppressed the gloom in his heart and continued, "This time we escorted the lady to leave Dali. First, we are closest, we are quite good at being, and we are born in the Li family. I dare not say how capable you are, and at least loyal. Second, the lady travels for the first time and needs careful people to take care of her daily life. Zhu Lu is the right candidate. Third, my lady is the younger generation that my ancestors are most distressed. In fact, the person who actually escorted the lady this time was not someone else, but the ancestors themselves personally. But Master Ruan's Fengxue Temple, after Aliang appeared, the ancestor returned to the town, because now the town has no restrictions and can store the spiritual energy of heaven and earth without any scruples. It is equivalent to practicing in a cave and blessed land. The ancestors are about to break the realm and never come again when they cannot be missed. Anyway, with Aliang as his personal entourage, there should be no trouble."

Zhu He thought for a moment and explained: "Our ancestors have unique vision and broad minds. Although they love and pamper the lady from the bottom of their hearts, when it comes to the miss' travel and study, the ancestors not only did not force the lady to keep her by her side and protect her under her wings, but instead stated that the little girl not only wanted to go to Shanya Academy, but also let her go on the second half of the journey. The descendants of the Li family should have such a courage."

Zhu He suddenly laughed out loud, "But when it comes to this, my ancestor looked worried again, muttering that our little treasure bottle is less than ten years old. Can you talk about it later? In the end, when the ancestor decided not to follow him quietly, he turned around one step and three times, like an old child, the first time he made up his mind to do so forever. So Zhu Lu told me privately that the ancestor was really good to the lady."

Zhu He said gratefully: "Miss treats my Zhu Lu, too. Miss has liked to chat with Zhu Lu since she was a child. Watching Zhu Lu practice martial arts, Zhu Lu can reach this day. In fact, Miss has made great achievements."

Chen Ping'an breathed a sigh of relief, "Uncle Zhu He, I'll be relieved if you are here."

In the town, Chen Ping'an could not trust anyone except Mr. Qi.

Even Master Ruan, as Chen Ping'an said to Li Baoping, he believed only the promise of a saint in this way, which was some of the rules that Mr. Qi had followed, not Master Ruan himself.

This is an indescribable intuition. It can be said that it is born, but it is more boiled, just like the medicine that a straw sandal boy decocted for Miss Ning.

This was the case with Aliang and Zhu He before, and it was no exception.

Chen Ping'an is not worried about food and clothing, and has never suffered hardships, so he is stupid to treat everyone well. The hardships of life, the ugliness of people's hearts, the hardships of poverty, and the lonely and helpless boy have long been engraved on his own bones.

Zhu He patted the boy's slender shoulders, and with just a slap, his bones were so strong that they were slightly stronger than the expectations of this fifth-level martial artist, but he was relieved soon. If it weren't for this, he could have carried the mountain ape head-on? Zhu He would never have such courage and ability. Just when he thought of this, Zhu He couldn't help but sigh. Is he still less than forty years old, and his ambitions were exhausted? He was not as good as a boy who had just staggered on martial arts.

Zhu He was also a little curious and asked with a smile: "Although I have never walked out of the town and don't know the rules of the rivers and lakes outside, my ancestors once talked about it when they met fellow rivers and lakes at the foot of the mountain, there were many taboos, such as monks who did not speak famously and longevity, and even if they could ask the masters, they should not ask about martial arts skills. But I am really curious about how you escaped from the mountain-moving ape. I just heard from my ancestors in the pursuit in your town later."

Chen Ping'an felt a little embarrassed, "Actually, he was just running for life, running from Nipin Lane to the mountains. If it weren't for Miss Ning, I would have died long ago."

Zhu He hesitated for a moment, and then whispered: "Take these good deeds, and those with Miss Ning, and those with Master Ruan... Master Ruan, be careful to maintain stability and never break it."

Chen Ping'an was a little confused.

Zhu He sighed: "We are just frogs in the well in the Lizhu Cave Heaven. The gap between us is limited. Just like you and me, martial arts cultivation, if you die, it is the difference between the five realms. As for identity, I have a son in my family, are you still qualified to look down on you innocence? But the world outside the well will be very different. The further you go and the longer you stay outside, the more thorough you will understand it."

Chen Ping'an said sincerely: "I didn't think it was that far."

Zhu He laughed and said, "You can think about it carefully."

Chen Ping'an nodded.

Chen Ping'an has always cherished others' kindness.

If you can't explain the truth to those people for the time being, then don't worry and never forget it.

After all, the road is still long.

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Under the big tree, Li Huai, who had just sold his sister Li Liu, is now very thick in front of Aliang, and he said carelessly: "Aliang, I'll ask Chen Ping'an to make you a wine gourd. Give me the small gourd on your waist. If the family doesn't say two words, they will never treat you badly. Anyway, you look old and are not worthy of my brother-in-law's identity!"

Aliang Shen said mysteriously: "You know, this gourd is called the sword-raising gourd. It is one of the few good things in the world. It looks inconspicuous and valuable. How many sisters do you have? Anyway, one of them is not enough to kill them!"

Seeing Aliang rarely talk to him in such a tough word, the little brat was a little upset. He looked at the little gourd with greed, raised his head reluctantly, and asked tentatively: "Or why would I ask my parents to have more sisters? This matter is easy to discuss, right?"

Aliang reached out to cover his forehead.

For no reason, I remembered that I had walked down the hillside with Chen Ping'an before, and the boy actually compared himself to Zhu He in the fifth realm. Aliang let go of his hand, lamented, and picked up a dry branch and paddled it on the ground.

Li Huai leaned over and saw that it was a crooked word. It was really not as good-looking as a child, and it was even less than Lin Shouyi, who even Mr. Qi said it was not vulgar.

The more Li Huai looked at it, the more embarrassing he felt. He looked at Aliang's words and then the silver-white wine gourd around his waist. After a war between heaven and man, Li Huai said: "Aliang, you are so ugly in writing, I decided not to be your brother-in-law anymore. My parents hope that my sister will marry a scholar in the future."

Aliang slowly raised his head, his face full of incredible ideas, "Is it ugly?"

Li Huai was in a heavy mood and nodded vigorously.

The child felt that if his sister Li Liu dared to compete with him for food next time, he insisted on calling her unconscience, but he didn't even want that sword gourd for her.

Aliang smiled and said with a smile: "How is it possible? It's not that I'm bragging to you. In a place far away from this, I don't know how many people gave thumbs up after seeing this word."

Li Huai said in confusion: "Face to face?"

Aliang smiled dryly and said, "I heard, I heard."

Li Huai said, "I'll just say, whoever has the shame to tell you that he is good at writing in person, I will take him as my teacher. I guess even my mother can't scold him."

Aliang sneered and said, "If you take someone as your teacher, they will accept you as your disciple?"

Li Huai said seriously: "Don't accept it? He is blind?"

Aliang covered his forehead again because that guy was really blind.

Aliang thought that he would not talk to this little bastard, so he raised his head and looked around, looked left and right, and finally saw the girl Zhu Lu, and smiled and said, "Zhu Lu, do you want to learn swordsmanship? I am now interested in drawing swords..."

Not far away, Zhu Lu was worried about her lady.

The little girl in the red cotton-padded jacket held her cheeks with her hands, looked at the direction where her uncle left, and frowned.

After hearing Aliang's words, the girl said angrily: "Go cool down!"

Aliang's eyes were innocent and confused: "It just happened so hard that I was so wet."

The girl noticed her mistake, but she still sneered: "I am not a good person if I am stupid and ignorant!"

Aliang said angrily: "Xiao Baoping, Li Huai, Lin Shouyi, am I a good person?!"

Li Huai took advantage of the situation and put it in trouble, "I just look like a good person. But if I am willing to give me a wine gourd, I will be a good person."

Lin Shouyi said coldly: "Don't lie to me to drink in the future. The gentleman has long said that a hundred poems about literati's wine fighting are all fake."

Only the little girl in the red cotton-padded jacket smiled secretly at Aliang. Aliang felt warm in his heart, and gave her a thumbs up, taking the sarcasm of the other two guys as wind in his ears.

After all, Aliang's world is not a waste of time.

When Chen Ping'an and Zhu He walked back, the group set off again.

When Longwei River, which was originally southeast, turned to the south and became the brand new Tiefu River in the Dali Local Chronicles, the river suddenly surging and the water surged.

The wide surface of the river and the deep water are far better than the previous stream weather.

At Chen Ping'an's suggestion, I took a short rest and cooked rice here, and then rushed to the road after lunch.

Li Huai stood by the river, put his hips on his lips and said, "Aliang, have you ever seen such a large amount of water before?"

Aliang, who was a white donkey in the former, looked at the junction of the stream and rivers, then looked behind him, and finally smiled at Li Huai, "The big rivers I have seen are more rice grains than you have eaten."

Li Huai was immediately dissatisfied, "Aliang, do you feel uncomfortable all over if you don't brag all day long?"

Aliang turned a deaf ear and walked to the young man who built a simple stove and whispered: "Let's go, walk by the river, I have something to say to you."

Chen Ping'an was stunned for a moment and asked the Li family's maid Zhu Lu for help. Li Baoping was able to help him along the way, and even helped Aliang feed the white donkey, so he helped Sister Zhu Lu cook with his hands and feet, and asked her uncle to just go for a walk by the river, and everything was like a playful look wrapped around her.

These days, the little girl always insists on carrying the basket on her back and doing her best to take care of everything herself.

Every time the boy was doing boxing and walking, she would often stay by her side silently, following her like that, being cute and cute.

The two walked to the river and then marched down the river.

Aliang met frankly and said, "I like this little girl Baoping very much. Of course, you will only like it more than me."

Chen Ping'an looked back and saw the little girl busy there, with her legs like a wheel. Compared with Lin Shouyi who did something and Li Huai who would never do anything, although Li Baoping was still young, she was full of vitality. Even if she just looked at her, it was like seeing a beautiful spring.

Chen Ping'an nodded.

Aliang said again: "But you always think something is wrong, right?"

Chen Ping'an nodded, "Since I talked about martial arts last time, I have said a lot in one breath, but after that, it seems that she doesn't like to talk much."

Aliang asked: "Did you say anything you expected to do to her, such as what kind of person do you hope she can become in the future?"

Chen Ping'an suddenly turned his head, his face full of shock.

Aliang probably didn't want to hurt people inadvertently. He was very rare to be careful in making words. He simply stopped, squatted by the river, and threw stones gently. After the boy squatted beside him, Aliang whispered: "Love is not long-lasting, wisdom will hurt. Most people naturally do not have the right to apply these two statements, but Li Baoping is different. Although he is still young now, the first point is of course a shadowless thing, but the second point is that she has applied it. You have used your Chen Ping'an as a support, so your heartless words and unintentional actions will make the little girl deeply hold it in her heart. The words are very strange. They will accumulate in their hearts by word by word. Maybe you think my statement is more like an old scholar who is half a bucket of water and a sour scholar, but the truth is this."

Chen Ping'an exhaled gently, "It's my fault. I was afraid that she would not have the confidence to walk to Shanya Academy, so I said that I hope she can become a female gentleman, the young master."

Aliang smiled, "'It's my fault'? Chen Ping'an, you were wrong."

The boy was puzzled.

Aliang didn't look at the boy, but just looked at the calm river side lazyly, "You just didn't do better, not because you did something wrong."

The boy was even more puzzled. The two were just different. Isn’t the results the result the same?
To be continued...