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Chapter 56 Night

At night, Su Daoshan sat on a recliner, staring at the star marks in the sky in a trance.

Su Xixi was squeezed next to him.

The little girl was wearing a thick brocade jacket with fluffy fur around the collar and cuffs, looking like a little bear. She held a small gilded hand warmer in her left hand and a lantern made of orange in her right hand, her big eyes curiously watching the soft orange light coming through the orange peel. She used the orange lantern to shine on the ground beside the chair, and then held it up to shine on Su Daoshan's face. Then she shook her little feet and smiled contentedly.

The lamp was made for her by Su Daoshan.

The oranges in Xiazhou are very sweet but small in size. It was rare that one of the oranges distributed to the yard today was particularly large, so Su Daoshan was inspired and carefully dug out the orange segments bit by bit, and used a small bamboo stick and a thin wire to make this orange lantern.

Su Daoshan told his second great uncle Su Jingsong about the registration for the county examination during Su Jiawu's class in the morning.

The Su Family's martial arts classes were divided into two parts. Ordinary young men would do some physical training and joint attack and fighting training in the large martial arts training ground east of the fort. When necessary, every adult man in the Su Family Fort could take a spear or a sword and go to the battlefield.

As for the gifted children, after they opened their bones at the age of six, they would study in the small martial arts training ground in the front yard of the Su Mansion. If they still had no achievements at the age of twelve, they would switch to other things. If they were promoted to the ninth rank at the age of twelve, they could be registered in the martial arts register and become a warrior.

There are martial arts classes every day, led by five instructors, led by his second uncle Su Jingsong and guard captain Feng Ting. Su Daoshan used to attend them, but later he went to the academy and stopped attending them.

But today, Su Daoshan appeared again in the small martial arts field in the front yard.

Today's martial arts class is the last one before the county exam and also a mobilization.

The children of the Su family who had signed up for the exam were all excited because of the reward specially approved by the eldest master Su Xianwen and the encouragement from the second uncle and other teachers. They were eager to get good grades. Unexpectedly, Su Daoshan suddenly interrupted and said that he wanted to participate.

Then the entire training ground fell silent.

Then the news spread like a tornado, and wherever it passed, people and horses were thrown to the ground in chaos.

Everyone was stunned.

"I haven't heard that the Mi family tortured him before. Did they not beat his body but his brain?"

"He is a lower ninth rank student, and he is taking the county exam. Does he really not mind bringing shame to the Su family or what?"

"Crazy, this guy is definitely crazy."

"Hey, this fool, he keeps doing what he wants."

Then, those who were supposed to come lined up and came.

First, uncle Su Xianwen called Su Daoshan to the study and spoke to him earnestly, trying to make him give up the idea.

At this critical juncture, Su Daoshan has attracted much attention.

Originally, the Su family won this round. You could say it was luck or some strange coincidence, but everyone was just envious. After all, good luck is also a skill, isn't it?
In the past few days, Su Xianwen, the acting head of the family, has been receiving and seeing off guests in a dignified and glorious manner.

When talking about that time with others, he just smiled calmly and said: "The fortune teller said that Daoshan had a good fate before, and my family didn't take it seriously. Who would have thought that this time he would be captured by the Mi family's villains, and it was such a coincidence that he was taken care of by Master Xie. It's really..."

He clicked his tongue twice, shook his head, and then laughed out loud. He felt extremely happy amidst the envious and jealous eyes of everyone!
Who would have thought that after just two days of joy, this unfortunate nephew would do something like this!
In fact, there are ninth-rank warriors who participate in the county examination, but they are either young but extremely talented, and although their strength has not yet been improved, they have already been selected by the sect. Or the noble family and the sect have already made private agreements on favors or interests.

Take the Yue family, who contributed the most to the rescue of the Qilingmen convoy, for example. If they were willing to allow a ninth-rank disciple to enter the Qilingmen outer sect, they only needed to mention it to the leader of the team, Liufeng Sword Lu Xing'an. A quota for an outer sect disciple must be given anyway.

Of course, the prerequisite is that the talent of this Yue family member cannot be too bad.

But what about Su Daoshan?
He is nearly seventeen years old, and still only at the lower level of the ninth rank. The Su family has never negotiated with any sect in private. Now they suddenly want to take a reference. Isn't this nonsense!

More importantly, although you have embarrassed yourself many times in the past, why did you lose face at this time? And in front of Xie Xunbai?!

He is just an embroidered pillow. When he makes a fool of himself in front of everyone, what will be Master Xie's expression and what will be his opinion of the Su family?
The Su family, which was once so prosperous and proud, had been making a fortune quietly, but they chose to jump out and become a clown, losing face. How embarrassing it was in the eyes of these many noble families and sects. Where would the face of the acting head of the family be?
However, Su Xianwen's persuasion obviously didn't work. Su Daoshan had a lot of experience in dealing with this uncle, so he just put on a stubborn look of determination and determination to overcome difficulties. Sure enough, within five minutes, Su Xianwen angrily slammed the table and walked away.

Next, it was Pingting, Sister Xing'er, Huamei, and Mrs. Jiang, Su Wan, and Su Yu who arrived later, who took turns to go on stage.

When the group heard that Su Daoshan was going to take the county exam, they were all shocked. They couldn't understand why Su Daoshan suddenly had such an idea.

This silly young master had always been proud and conceited. In the past, when he argued with others, if he lost due to poor speaking skills, he would be so angry that his face would turn red and his whole body would tremble, as if he were sick. Now, all the major sects had gathered together, and if he lost face in public, the consequences would be unimaginable.

So a group of people surrounded Su Daoshan and bombarded him indiscriminately.

Some played the good cop, some played the bad cop, some gently advised him, some gave him stern orders, and some tried to lure him into taking the county exam instead by offering him activities like going outings and writing poems...

To be honest, facing the siege of a group of women soldiers, who were all his close relatives, Su Daoshan was really a little overwhelmed. Especially Mrs. Jiang and his second sister Su Yu, they were both the original body used to being afraid of. At this moment, if one of them pulled one ear, it would be almost fatal.

So Su Daoshan could only keep his head down and say nothing, using silence to fight back.

Later, the world finally became quiet.

Everyone knows that this idiot is stubborn, and the less he talks, the more stubborn he becomes. The last time he was so silent was when his grandfather Su Jingyan came back with a message to arrange a marriage for him. But within two days, he secretly ran out of the city and almost lost his life to the hands of the crazy puppet. And if he is pushed to the limit again this time, who knows what will happen next.

Anyway, no one dares to try it.

Su Daoshan stretched himself, pulled up the blanket covering his legs, and covered Xixi with it. Xixi leaned against him with her head tilted, holding up the small orange lamp and waving it in front of him.

Su Daoshan put his face close to the orange light, and in the swaying orange light, he rolled his eyes and stuck out his tongue, and made a face at Xixi. The little girl was so amused that she giggled and buried her face behind his arms.

There was a sound of footsteps coming up the stairs.

Turning around, I saw Su Wan coming up with a food box.

"This is the spiritual millet that City Lord Zhu sent this time. Since you will be taking a look at it tomorrow, eat it while it's hot." As she spoke, Su Wan carefully opened the food box and brought out a high-footed bowl with a blue and white pattern.

Su Daoshan took the bowl, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

It's a little too late to cram at this last minute.

The bowl contained cooked porridge. But the rice was different from ordinary rice. It was as white as jade and as big as soybeans. Just by smelling it, one could sense a strange fragrance.

As a warrior, this fragrance even made Su Daoshan feel as if every cell in his body was craving for it.

"This is the spiritual millet!" Su Daoshan looked at it in a trance.

This kind of corn, which comes from the secret realm and is full of spiritual power, can greatly improve the internal energy and blood of warriors and speed up the progress of cultivation. As a direct descendant of the Su family, Su Daoshan naturally has a corresponding quota every month, and the original body is not unfamiliar with this.

What fascinated Su Daoshan was the higher-level meaning represented by this thing—that is, the foundation of order in this world.

For a world of martial arts, the significance of resources like spiritual millet naturally needs no explanation.

The distribution of spiritual millet is basically the same as the current distribution of power.

The imperial court, super sects, princes and nobles, ordinary sects, aristocratic families...

As far as Su Daoshan knew, in addition to the gold and stone, silver bowls and silver corners established with the power of the imperial court, the currency system of Xi State also had another kind of currency called jade coins.

There are two kinds of jade coins. One is a rectangular jade plate about the size of a child's palm. It is called a big jade coin. The other is about the size of a bull's eye and round. It is called a small jade coin. Jade coins can be exchanged for spiritual millet. A big jade coin can be exchanged for one dou, and a jade coin can be exchanged for one jin of spiritual millet.

But unlike gold and silver coins, jade coins were not issued by the Xi Kingdom court. In the entire Lanzhuo Continent, there was only one place that was qualified to issue jade coins and exchange them for spiritual millet, and that was Fengyuan Sect!

Su Daoshan tested the temperature first, then scooped a spoonful of liquid and put it near Xixi's mouth, letting her take a small sip.

Xixi is too young and can’t stand drinking too much.

This was because she had been practicing martial arts since she was young, and her family would give her some spiritual millet from time to time. If it were an ordinary person, eating a few spiritual millets would allow them to go without food for several days.

Su Xixi took a sip happily, and then Su Daoshan turned his gaze to Su Wan.

Su Wan smiled, tucked her long hair behind her ears, revealing her fair and slender neck, took the bowl, lowered her head and took a sip.

After Su Wan finished drinking, Su Daoshan started to eat with a spoon. Su Wan picked up Xixi and put her on her lap, and then she sat down next to Su Daoshan.

"This time..." Su Wan hesitated for a moment and asked, "When you were captured by the Mi family, did they hurt you?"

Su Daoshan shook his head.

Su Wan leaned her head on his shoulder and said faintly, "I'm sorry."

Su Daoshan turned his head and looked at Su Wan with a blank expression. Su Wan didn't hear his voice, so she looked up, chuckled, and cursed, "Fool!"

Su Daoshan was unhappy, snorted, and continued to drink his porridge.

"Actually, Shandi, you don't have to care about what people outside say," Su Wan leaned her head back on Su Daoshan's shoulder and said softly, "They say that you are a fool with good luck, so let them say it. You are so good at studying, you don't have to prove anything else..."

Su Daoshan said nothing. He didn't know if it was because of the porridge or something else, but he felt a warm feeling flowing through him.

In his original body's memory, he could no longer remember when he first saw Su Wan. His mother said that he was less than three years old at that time.

Later, Su Wan became his elder sister.

Later, Su Yu came and became his second sister.

(End of this chapter)