Volume 1: Spring in Wulong Town Chapter 8 Tang Family, Tang Xiaotang
The sun sets in the west.
Tang Zheng and the other two were already standing on a path on the outskirts of the city.
Ah Zhi snorted sarcastically, "Look, if you follow this road to the north, you will reach Tangjiabao in Wulong Town. There are no forks in the road. If you walk for six or seven hours, you will almost be there."
Tang Zheng nodded and snapped his fingers: "Thank you."
"Hmph, sir, I didn't want to tell you." Azhi still looked awkward.
"Then, let's say goodbye here and see you again if we're lucky!" Tang Zheng simply ignored him, bowed to the old man, and turned away.
After Tang Zheng walked away, Ah Zhi was still stunned. After a long while, he blinked his big watery eyes and asked, "He...he just left like that?"
The old man smiled and nodded: "Yes."
"Ahhh, did he listen to me seriously? I said, six or seven hours!" Ah Zhi walked back and forth angrily, "Isn't he going to go back to Wulong Town and hire a carriage or something?"
"There's no going back." The old man sighed.
Wulong Town is about to be turned upside down by the Lan family.
It’s too late to go back and hire a carriage now.
"But, in six or seven hours, he was ready... ready to just walk there?"
"Probably." The old man touched Azhi's head lovingly.
Ah Zhi's breath suddenly stopped.
He raised his head in confusion and looked at the old man's withered hands.
Even when the old man touched his head, he could feel it in advance!
However, when that person touched his head just now, he really didn't notice it at all!
It was as if the hand didn't exist at all before it touched his head!
"By the way, I haven't asked him his name yet." Azhi thought depressedly. It seems that he has to wait for the so-called "meet again if fate allows".
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Without clear stamina data like in the game, controlling stamina is purely a matter of experience.
However, this does not pose a problem for Tang Zheng.
It doesn't matter when to walk fast, when to stroll, or when to stop and rest.
What he really wanted to complain about was that the quality of the shoes was too poor!
By the time he reached the gate of Tangjiabao, his two big toes were already sticking outside, looking as awful as could be.
It's getting late at night.
Tang Zheng estimated that it was already past midnight.
However, the lights inside Tangjiabao were still on.
The dark red door that was three people tall was open, but as soon as Tang Zheng approached, he was immediately stopped by two servants: "Stop! What are you doing?"
There was really no way to explain the timing and appearance of Tang Zheng's arrival, so he simply gave up explaining and weakly handed over Tian Meng's jade pendant.
After he took out such a valuable jade pendant, although the two servants still refused to let him in directly, their eyes became much kinder. One of them bowed to him politely and said, "Wait a moment, I'll go in and report!" Then he went in.
After waiting for about a quarter of an hour...
A young girl jumped out from Tangjiabao.
The girl had long hair tied up high and wore a very short top with no buttons, revealing the tight black blouse underneath. Her breasts, which had just become fuller, were firmly hidden by the blouse. Her lower body was not the kind of skirt that Tang Zheng often saw in Wulong Town, but a pair of trousers with only a slight hem.
Her slender waist was revealed where her clothes met her pants, and one could clearly see a bright red thorn flower tattooed next to her navel.
"Miss!" The two servants saluted at the same time.
The girl's lips were red and moist, like strawberries that had just been rained on.
That unique youthful aura, as soon as she opened her mouth, flew towards Tang Zhengyang: "As expected of a teacher who dares to come to a place like Wulong Town to teach. You really have character to visit at this time!"
At midnight, no matter whose door you knock on, being told that you have character is definitely a polite comment.
"Excuse me, where are you from, Master?" The girl led Tang Zheng in while looking him up and down, and finally her eyes fell on his feet. "Did you... have a fight with someone on the road?"
"I'm fighting the Tang Dynasty in the East... Ahem, no, I'm here on behalf of a friend." Tang Zheng was halfway through joking, but he kind of forced himself back, "I came here from Wulong Town, and my shoes are broken."
“Hahahahahaha…” The girl laughed, her brows looking like a raging fire, “Walk…walked here? From…Wulong Town? Hahaha …”
"How is it? Isn't it amazing?" Tang Zheng also laughed.
"How can you be so stupid!" The girl uttered, "Can't you hire a carriage?"
"..." As expected, Tang Zhengshuai's smile lasted only three seconds, and then froze on his face again.
"Uh, you have no money?" The girl suddenly seemed to realize something.
"Yes..." Tang Zheng was thinking that his purple gold belt was like a small treasury, oh no, it was a big treasury. However, he changed his mind and realized that no matter how much money he had, it would be useless if he couldn't take it out. He could only nod his head and admit, "Okay, yes, there is no money!"
“How pitiful!” The girl stood on tiptoe and touched his head, just like she had touched Ah Zhi’s head before. “Don’t worry, in Tangjiabao, as long as I have a bite of food, you will never go hungry! We in Tangjiabao respect scholars the most!”
"..." Tang Zheng, a guy who could talk for two hours without taking a break, was speechless when facing a little girl.
Although Tangjiabao is located in the northern suburbs, it does not cover a large area.
While the two of them were talking, they arrived at the main hall.
There were two middle-aged men in the main hall. When Tang Zheng walked in, he vaguely heard them talking about the flower fields in Yinlan Villa.
Only when Tang Zheng came in did the two middle-aged men stop talking.
"Master Tian is here?" One of the middle-aged men looked at Tang Zheng, "Looks like... he's... gained a little weight?"
"He's grown taller, and his skin has become darker..." Another middle-aged man said, "He's experienced a lot!"
Tang Zheng stroked his forehead: "That..."
"Come on, come on, sit down. Oh, the last time I saw you was five years ago. Alas, no scholars are willing to come to Wulong Town. It's really great that you are willing to come to Tangjiabao to teach..."
"Well, but..."
"Xiaotang, why don't you pour the tea?"
"You two! Wait a minute..." Tang Zheng stopped the fiery girl from pouring tea, "Tian Meng hasn't gained weight or height, and his skin is still as white. As for his experience... his combat ability is still as bad..." Watching the two men's faces change again and again, he finally said a summary, "To put it simply, I'm not Tian Meng."
As he spoke, Tang Zheng took out Tian Meng's handwritten letter from his pocket and handed it to the two middle-aged men.
The two middle-aged men looked at it once, and then raised their heads. Their smiles were a little awkward. One of them cupped his hands and said, "I'm really sorry. We... haven't seen Tian Meng for a long time, so just now... I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."
"It's okay, it's okay." Tang Zheng waved his hand.
Tang Zheng had read Tian Meng's handwritten letter. It did not describe in detail their experience in Fengmen Village. It only said that he met bandits on the road and was accidentally rescued by Tang Zheng. However, he was seriously injured and needed to find Xiao Tanzhi, the young master of Tianyi Valley, as soon as possible. He had no choice but to temporarily entrust the affairs of Tangjiabao to Tang Zheng, and he would visit him to apologize another day.
"I saw that Tian Meng mentioned in the letter that your surname is also Tang? It's really fate." The middle-aged man returned the jade pendant to Tang Zheng and said, "Master Tang, I am Tang Boyuan, the master of this Tang Family Fort."
"Nice to meet you!" Tang Zhengdao.
"Master Tang, you have been tired all the way! Recently, because of some things that happened in Wulong Town, most of the disciples in the fort are out, so Master Tang can just rest in the fort for a few days. When they all come back, I will ask them to hold a grand welcoming banquet for you!"
"Are you all out? Then this one..." Tang Zheng pointed at the girl next to him .
"Oh, this is my only daughter, Xiaotang. Sigh...she's spoiled. Please discipline her more in the future." Tang Boyuan looked at his daughter with a loving face. "Xiaotang, it's late. Take the teacher to rest."
Tang Xiaotang skipped out, looked back at the door with a smile, and white-baited at Tang Zheng.
When Tang Zheng followed him out, he vaguely heard the two middle-aged men pick up the topic that had been interrupted just now...
"Hidden Blue Villa has suffered a huge setback this time!"
"Well, they don't have enough goods next month, so they have to pay a large amount of money to the Zhaixing Sect and the Qintian Sect."
"If they want to pay compensation, they have to sell some of their shops! We can take over. Zijin must make preparations in advance."
"It's ready. Humph, Hidden Blue Villa has been doing unethical business for so many years, it's time to vent!"
"only……"
"What?"
"The Lan family's flower fields are so secretive that even we can't find their exact location. Which deity took them away this time?"
"Not many people can get into that kind of flower and burn it and destroy the fields... Could it be... Purple Gold City... Du Qixi?"
"But Du Qixi had nothing to do, so why did he go and burn their flower fields?"
"Maybe he set fire to some pretty girl? To make her smile?"
"Well, it's possible!"
"If it's really Du Qixi, then the Lan family can only consider themselves unlucky this time..."
The voices of the two people became smaller and smaller, and Tang Zheng was getting farther and farther away. Gradually, he could not hear clearly anymore, so he simply hurried to catch up with Tang Xiaotang.
The house that Tangjiabao arranged for Tang Zheng was a courtyard with two entrances.
There is a stream flowing through the yard, and there are patches of black bamboo planted by the water.
"This is it. Although the place is not big, I clean it very well every day. Are you satisfied, Master Tang?" Tang Xiaotang stood at the gate of the yard, looking at the fruits of her labor with satisfaction.
"You? Cleaning?" Tang Zheng's face twitched and he looked inside...
It was clean, but what the hell was that all-red color? He was here to teach, not to get married!
Tang Xiaotang's hand was already on Tang Zheng's shoulder: "It's not easy to find a teacher willing to come and teach us, we will definitely not neglect it. This is the best set of furnishings in the Tang family. My brother didn't even want to use it when he got married..."
Tang Zheng swallowed hard: "Hmm... I see..."
"If you need anything, you can tell me anytime." Tang Xiaotang patted his chest loyally.
"Okay...um...my books were all damaged when I encountered bandits. I hope the Tang family can provide some tomorrow..." Tang Zheng felt that the fact that he could still speak calmly now was simply a sign that his cultivation level had improved by several levels.
"Yeah, of course no problem!"
"Also, I need a flower pot...a bigger one."
"Flower...flower pot?"
"Well, the book is not urgent, but the flower pot should be delivered now..."
"You want a flower pot in the middle of the night..." Tang Xiaotang went to find a flower pot for him, counting on her fingers and muttering, "Hehe, this person is really interesting..."
