If you don't give up, I'd like to be your adoptive father.

Chapter 870 The Prodigal Son Liu Ji

The ancients ranked them as Bo, Zhong, Shu and Ji.

In addition to "Bo Zhong" which clearly represents the eldest and the second oldest, "Shu Ji" is not limited to the third or fourth oldest.

As long as he is younger than the eldest or second oldest, but not the youngest, he can be called "uncle".

For example, among the hundred sons of King Wen of Zhou, a large group of them were called "Uncle".

"Ji" actually means "youngest".

Liu Laosan is the last son of Liu Laohan’s first wife, Liu Ao.

The fourth child, Liu Jiao, was born to Liu Ao's new young wife, Li, after Liu Ao's death. He was not part of Liu Ao's plan.

Liu Zhong is already an old son, and Liu Laosan is also an old son, he is in his forties, almost fifty.

Like Old Man Liu, he also practiced internal skills, but his level was not as high as Old Man Liu's.

Old Man Liu is at least a "True Yuan Realm boss", while Old San Liu is currently still a small fry in the Inner Force Realm.

Of course, the True Essence Realm and the Inner Force Realm are just differences in realm.

It does not mean that the total amount of internal force of a warrior in the Internal Force Realm is necessarily less than that of a warrior in the True Essence Realm.

Xiaoyu is a typical example.

Liu Laosan is also a typical example.

He has a very strong physique and his bloodline is extremely powerful.

The internal strength of the Inner Force Realm is two to three times stronger than his father's True Essence Realm.

With strong blood and physique, Liu Laosan also has extraordinary appearance and physique.

He has a prominent nose, a handsome face, and a beautiful beard.

That is, he has a high nose bridge, strong facial features, a full forehead, and a thick and shiny black beard. He is a real old handsome man.

With a height of about 1.9 meters and a strong body, he really stands out among a group of country scoundrels.

Although he is also a gangster, he does not have that kind of disgusting temperament.

Especially this guy's eyes, which are very bright and clear, as if they are shining, very attractive, but not intimidating at all. On the contrary, it adds a special affinity to his temperament - when he looks at you and you meet his eyes, you will subconsciously feel that he values ​​you, cares about you, and trusts you.

For example, now, Liu Laosan came back dejectedly with a group of second-rate people. When he saw a strange but extraordinary old Taoist priest standing at the door, he just looked at him with a puzzled look, and Xiaoyu had a feeling that "this person is very easy-going".

"Ji'er, what are you doing?" Old Man Liu asked puzzledly.

His old son did not come back alone.

Behind Liu Laosan is a group of ferocious "neighborhood bad boys".

The old man knew the "evil young man" who was leading the group. He was Yong Chi, the eldest son of the Yong family, a wealthy family in Pei County.

Although Liu Laosan was a village head, he was dressed like an ordinary villager, wearing a patched hemp robe. Yong Chi wore a dark brocade robe and a jade-studded crown.

Liu Laosan had his hair twisted to the right, and it was a little messy, and he didn't wear a crown. Liu Laosan actually had a bamboo crown, but he didn't wear it today.

"Liu Ji, do you want to say it or should I say it?" Yong Chi looked at Liu Laosan with sarcasm.

Liu Laosan looked at him blankly, and when he turned to his father, his face was full of guilt and flattery, "Dad, your son lost money in gambling, and someone came to collect the debt."

Old Man Liu's heart skipped a beat, and he shouted angrily, "How much money did you lose?"

Liu Laosan raised two fingers.

"Two taels?" Old Man Liu asked loudly.

"Twenty taels." said Liu Laosan.

It was as if a steam train started running in Old Man Liu's mind.

Hot white air came out of his nostrils and ears.

He panted heavily and stared at Liu Laosan for a long time without saying a word.

Suddenly, he moved, as fast as a rabbit, pulled out a bamboo pole as thick as his wrist from the bamboo fence and hit his son with it with all his might.

"Pong Pong Pong!"

"Ahhh~~" Liu Laosan didn't dare to fight back, but he could run. He circled around in front of the door, running in the threshing ground, howling, "Dad, so many people are watching, can't you just hold back and wait until night when the door is closed before fighting?"

"I'll give you twenty taels of silver. How dare you lose!"

Old man Liu was completely mad. He cursed and swore, and wielded the bamboo stick mercilessly. "Don't run, you loser. I'll beat you to death."

"If you hadn't married my mother, how could I exist? Dad, if you kill me, you will lose all your money and your son. Why bother?" Liu Laosan held his head and ran while shouting.

"Don't run, you beast. I'll kill you and make myself happy!" Old man Liu continued to chase.

Xiaoyu was stunned.

Yong Chi shouted angrily, "Old Liu, Liu Ji, don't try to fool me. Twenty taels of silver, not a single copper coin less."

Old man Liu stopped, supported his knee with his left hand, bent over to catch his breath, pointed at his yard with the bamboo stick in his right hand, and said, "Boy, I really don't have even one ounce of silver.

But my Liu family never owes anyone gambling debts. If there is anything you like in our house, go and take it yourself!"

"Dad, I can't do this!" Liu Laoer cried heartbreakingly.

"Shut up! If you yell again, I'll beat you to death too!" Old Man Liu shouted.

Yong Chi sneered and rushed into the Liu family with a dozen evil teenagers, taking whatever was valuable.

Some people were leading cows, some were pulling mules, some were catching chickens, some were looking for eggs in the chicken coop, and some were rushing into the hall to move farm tools.

Li, the second wife of Old Man Liu and the daughter-in-law of Old Man Liu, felt as if the sky had fallen. They collapsed in the yard and cried loudly, but they were very honest and did not try to stop it. They let Yong Chi direct people to move things.

A group of evil teenagers tore around in the house for a long time, and only came out after taking away all the livestock and iron farm tools.

"Liu Ji, do you want to come over and check if it is worth twenty taels?" Yong Chi shouted with a smile.

Old man Liu slapped his son a few times and stopped chasing him.

Both father and son were dejected, squatting beside the millstone, as if counting ants on the ground.

Hearing Yong Chi's shout, Liu Laosan looked up at him woodenly and said, "Yong Chi, now that you've got the things, get out of here!"

"Hahaha, Liu Laosan, find a better fighting cock next time and come bet with me again!"

Yong Chi laughed a few times and left with his younger brothers.

Xiaoyu also mixed in the crowd and left quietly.

When Liu Laosan beat his son, she had been staring at Liu Bang for a long time.

There was no trace of "Son of Heaven's aura" in Liu Bang's appearance, and his facial features were even worse than those of Xi Juan and Zhongli Mei.

However, he did have some aura of a noble man, as there was a thick white aura above his head mixed with a hint of green.

It fits the Liu family's Feng Shui pattern very well, but it does not fit the style of "Emperor Gaozu of Han" at all.

Xiaoyu didn't think she was wrong, nor did she think that what she saw was Liu Bang's true fate.

I can only say that fortune-telling and divination are just references from another perspective and cannot be regarded as true destiny.

Talents come from God, but destiny is in your own hands.

The capital a person has now is the foundation of his fortune.

If you have ten thousand taels of gold today, there will be green air on your head, which means you are destined to be rich and noble. If you lose ten thousand taels of gold in gambling tomorrow, the green air on your head will disappear and be replaced by a shallow grayish air.

Of course, it is difficult for outsiders to fully understand the intangible capital that a person possesses.

Xiaoyu now only sees that Liu Laosan has the strength of inner force, and his martial arts is below average.

The family owned two to three hundred acres of good farmland (Liu Laoer himself had eighty acres, and his father, his older brother, and he himself also had land).

His mother was buried in a blessed land, and a dragon injected some mysterious substance into his mother's body. He was quite famous in the county and had many friends. These "capitals" that Xiaoyu saw constituted the image of Liu Ji that she saw.

But is this all Liu Ji has?

There is no difference between fortune-telling and big data analysis. The more comprehensive the data you have, the more accurate the analysis results will be.

Xiaoyu was not sure what the dragon injected into Liu Ao's body back then.

Anyway, there was no sign of anything unusual about Liu Bang. He was just an ordinary man entering a midlife crisis.

"Oh, where is the Taoist priest?" After everyone had left and the women in the yard had stopped crying, Old Man Liu was about to get up and go back to the house when he remembered the Taoist priest Wuyazi.

"Second brother, have you seen the Taoist priest?" he hurriedly asked Liu Zhong who was squatting at the door and crying silently.

"Master?" Liu Zhong was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized what was happening and exclaimed, "It's amazing, it's amazing, the master is really amazing. Dad, do you still remember that the master asked us to take the cow away, saying that you would lose money today.

As he said, the third son lost twenty taels, and the buffalo, mule, and a dozen old hens in the family were all taken away by Master Yong. "

He stamped his feet with a look of regret, "I should have listened to the Taoist priest and taken the buffalo and mule away immediately.

In a month we will be planting wheat. There are more than 200 acres of land. How can we cultivate it without cattle?"

Old Man Liu's face twitched a few times, and he said in a muffled voice: "If there were no buffaloes, they would have taken away more belongings, it would be the same. Twenty taels of silver is definitely not less."

Liu Laosan wiped his stiff old face, walked over and asked curiously: "Dad, second brother, what are you talking about?"

Old man Liu stared at his son, his expression changing back and forth.

After a while, he stretched out his right hand, grabbed his arm, and strode towards the vegetable garden behind the house.

"Dad, what are you doing?" Liu Laosan was puzzled.

Old Man Liu looked around and saw several peach trees nearby.

After eating peaches, rural people throw the peach pits everywhere.

If the peach pit is buried in the soil, it will take root and sprout in the second year and grow into a small sapling.

Peach trees can be easily seen in front of and behind houses in the countryside.

"Old Third, which peach tree do you think is better?"

Old man Liu looked around and saw that there were so many peach trees that he didn't know which one to choose.

He thought of the Taoist priest's instructions and asked Liu Laosan to plant the plants himself.

"Dad, are you having a brain storm? It's just twenty taels of silver and a cow. I will definitely get it back to you in a few days." Liu Laosan said.

"I'm begging you not to gamble anymore." Old man Liu lamented.

"I didn't. Ahem, I don't bet. After the autumn harvest, the court will definitely mobilize civilians to go to the interior of the country to build a mausoleum for the empress dowager.

I am the head of a village, who dares not to give me money?

Just a cow.

That bastard Yong Chi had better be sensible, or I'll arrest him and put him to hard labor." Liu Laosan said smugly.

In fact, Liu Laoer had no reason to blame Liu Ji.

It is true that Liu Laosan was a spendthrift, but he also made a lot of contributions to the family.

Liu Laoer was able to farm and accumulate his family fortune in peace and stability, thanks to the care of Liu Laosan.

Otherwise, just the labor service alone would be enough to ruin Liu Zhong's family.

“The Yong family is a powerful family in Pei County, and the county magistrate has to respect him and dare not ask him to do forced labor.

You are just a small pavilion chief, why? When he came to your house to collect the debt just now, did he give you any face? "

Old man Liu gave his boastful son a look of contempt, then pulled him aside and whispered to him about the "old Taoist priest" who had done feng shui for the Liu family.

"The Taoist priest said that your mother is blessing you in the underworld! All the blessings of the blessed land belong to you. You can pick a peach tree for her to provide shade. It will not only protect your mother, but also prevent outsiders from easily discovering the wonders of the tomb, and it can also protect you.

The Taoist priest said that if the green air coming out of the grave touches the branches and leaves of the peach tree, it will bring you luck in love!

You are now in your forties, almost fifty, and you have a lot of women outside, but you don’t have a decent wife.

Maybe if you plant peach trees, you can find a wife next year who can take care of your daily life and help you save seeds.

It belongs to the Liu family, not a bastard."

Liu Ji's face was full of joy, and he turned around and ran away.

Old Man Liu was careless and didn't even hold him back. He just yelled at him from behind: "I told you to pick a peach tree, where are you running to?"

"When can we not plant peach trees? It's important to find the old immortal now, before he goes far away." Liu Ji shouted happily.

Old man Liu lamented, "You prodigal son of a bitch! Uncle Yong has taken away all the cattle, sheep, chickens and ducks in our home. When we find the old Taoist priest, what shall we give him to entertain him?"

Liu Ji was very fast and had already crossed the alley and disappeared, so he couldn't hear what his father said at all.

"Dad, what are you and the third brother doing?" Liu Zhong came over, looking puzzled and complaining, "He is going crazy again, you should stop him and persuade him.

If we let him continue to do this, our family will break up sooner or later!
Otherwise, let’s split up!
Just like my elder brother and his wife, I will live on my own."

Old Man Liu glanced at him and shouted, "I am not dead yet, why are you dividing the family property?

Let you go out and live a happy life alone, leaving me alone and helpless, starving with the third brother?

Just as the Taoist priest said, you are a short-sighted person.

What are a cow and a few chickens?
When the third brother becomes rich in the future, will he be able to treat you, the 'second brother', badly?"

——So, Dad, you are determined not to let me go out and live on my own, just because you think I can farm and want me to support you and the third child? It is just as the Taoist said, there is no future for me if I just farm honestly.

It's not that farming has no future, it's that you guys are crawling on me and sucking my blood, so you'll never get rich in your life.

Liu Laoer felt very uncomfortable, but he didn't dare to talk back to his father, let alone speak out his dark thoughts.

"Dad, the Taoist priest is indeed a master of predictions. I believe him now. The third or fourth son may become very successful in the future.

But how should we get through the present?

All the iron pots in the house were taken away, and there were also oxen. Without big buffaloes, how can we plough the land? "

"Okay, okay, let's talk about it when we need to cultivate the land. Now let your wife go out and pick some wild vegetables and quickly cook a pot of wild vegetable porridge. I'm hungry and I want to eat!" Old Man Liu shouted.

(End of this chapter)