Xiuxian, I can travel to another world

Chapter 2 Thirteen Horizontal Refinements
This is a three-courtyard house located in the southern part of Leping County, covering an area of ​​several acres. The house has a grand design, but it is obviously rarely lived in. Even though it has been carefully cleaned, it still looks deserted.

The main gate is not spacious or tall, but rather narrow. There is a couplet posted on the walls on both sides.

"Three stars shine brightly on a peaceful home, and a hundred blessings descend upon a wealthy family."

Very tacky.

But it also fits the image of the old man in the original person's mind.

At this time, there was already a group of people waiting in front of the door. When they saw the few people get off the carriage, they all bowed respectfully.

"I've met the young master!"

"Master, Miss!"

"..."

"Yeah." Zhu Shuang changed her delicate posture in the carriage, her pretty face became cold, and she exuded a sense of majesty. She stepped into the door before the two men.

"Go in and talk!"

The front yard is spacious.

Zhu Shuang pulled Zhu Ju to sit down at the main seat at the main gate and pointed to the group of people who followed them.

"They will obey your orders from now on."

"Wang Quan!"

"Here." An old man in brown robes and a three-inch beard stepped forward and saluted.
"I am Wang Quan, currently the manager of Zhu's Pharmacy. Nice to meet you, young master."

As he said this, he waved behind him.

"You two, come and meet the master."

As soon as he finished speaking, the two young men behind him bent their knees and fell to the ground.

"My humble servant Liu You..."

"My humble servant He Yuan, I pay my respects to the young master."

Zhu Ju, who had never accepted anyone's kneeling worship, tightened his legs and subconsciously stood up from his seat.

Fortunately, the thought was suppressed as soon as it came to mind.

Judging from the expressions of the others, it was normal for servants without status to kneel down and kowtow here. If he stepped forward to help and stop them, it would make people confused and cause unnecessary trouble.

"Yuan Chong."

A middle-aged man with a short, thin figure like a monkey and flickering eyes stepped forward and saluted:

"Back then, Master Zhu was lucky enough to find me and send me to the forest farm as a guard. All these years, I've always wanted to thank Master in person for his appreciation, but I never thought that this blessing would be denied. Instead, I heard the tragic news."

"Master!"

His voice was choked with sobs, and he said in a muffled voice:
"I'm from the same hometown as you. I don't have any other skills, but I will definitely help you manage the forest farm you left behind to repay your kindness."

"Okay." Zhu Shuang's face was moved.
"I also heard my father mention that there is a fellow villager like you in my hometown. I hope you can take good care of my brother in the future."

"As I should." Yuan Chong lowered his head.
"I am willing to do my best!"

"Ahem!" Lu Pu, who was standing nearby, coughed lightly upon seeing this, shook his head slightly at Zhu Shuang, and took a step forward and said:

"I came here today so that you can meet the owner of this place and know who has the final say from now on."

"Don't blame me for saying it right up front!"

His face darkened:
"If I find out who dares to take advantage of my wife's younger brother because he's young and pretends to obey me, don't blame me for being rude!"

"Snapped!"

The strong wind exploded, like a whip lashing the air.

The short and fat Lu Pu flashed several feet away and appeared in front of a rock in the corner of the courtyard like teleportation, and suddenly struck out with his five fingers clenched into a fist.

"Peng!"

A rock as tall as a person shattered in front of everyone, and this scene made many people turn pale.

Internal energy!

Yuan Chong's eyes narrowed and he lowered his head even lower.

The others were already stunned, and Zhu Ju, who had never seen the "world", even held his breath.

However, unlike others, because of his position, he could see that Lu Pu's wrist was trembling slightly under his long sleeves as he walked back, and his expression was a little stiff. It seemed that the previous attack was not easy for him either.

…………

The night is dark.

The backyard study was still brightly lit.

Lupu paced around the room with his hands behind his back, saying:

"For martial artists, health is paramount. You've been taking various nourishing medicines since childhood. Even though you haven't practiced martial arts much to strengthen your body, your physique is still much stronger than your peers. With the help of powerful medicine, you should have no problem achieving the first level of the Thirteen Horizontal Refinements within a month."

"If I spend a few more years cultivating to the second level, it should be enough to protect myself in a small place like Leping County."

"Brother." Seeing Zhu Ju's expressionless face, Zhu Shuang thought he didn't take Lu Pu's words to heart, so she whispered:

"As the saying goes, poor mountains and bad waters breed unruly people. Leping County may have a nice name, but in reality, it has never been truly peaceful."

"Just a few months ago, a thug broke into the county town late at night and slaughtered an entire wealthy family. So the only way to protect yourself is to practice martial arts well."

Kill the whole family?
Is it so dangerous here?

Zhu Ju became alert and nodded heavily:
"I see."

"I'm glad you understand." Seeing that he was more obedient than before, Lu Pu smiled and continued:
"The Thirteen Horizontal Training is divided into external training and internal training, and is further divided into thirteen parts such as fingers, palms, elbows, arms, and head."

"Once all thirteen parts are tempered, the whole body will be free of any defects or weaknesses."

"The first step is to start with breathing techniques..."

Zhu Ju looked very serious. In order to avoid missing anything, he took out a pen and paper and wrote down Lu Pu's words one by one. When he encountered something he didn't understand, he asked in detail until he understood it clearly.

If you really can't understand something, just write it down and mark it down, and then slowly understand it when you have time later.

Such a serious learning attitude also made Lu Pu's eyes sparkle with satisfaction, and he taught more attentively.

"There's no rush to learn martial arts, so let's stop here for today."

After taking a sip of tea to moisten his throat, he waved his hand gently: "Practicing martial arts to strengthen the body is only for self-protection and to avoid being bullied. In the world, blindly being tyrannical is also not advisable. How to behave in the world is also very important."

"Your sister also has something to say."

"Yes." Zhu Shuang nodded and handed over the sorted account book.
"This is the income and expenditure of the medicine shop and the forest farm over the past two years. I took a look and saw that last month's total income was 327 taels of silver."

"Puff..." Lu Pu, who had just sat down, spat out a mouthful of tea after hearing this, with a look of astonishment on his face:

"How many?"

"Three hundred and twenty-seven taels a month?"

This is not a small amount. More than three hundred taels a month, wouldn’t that be nearly four thousand taels of silver a year?
Not to mention the county town, there are quite a few even in the provincial capital.

You have to know that Lu Pu fights for life and death all year round, but on the surface he can only earn a few hundred taels of silver.

On the contrary, Zhu Ju, whether in the past or now, had no idea about prices, and did not react much after hearing the news.

"This is without taking into account expenses." Zhu Shuang rolled her eyes at her husband and said:
"Purchasing medicinal herbs, repairing the house, and the labor costs of various workers are all things that cannot be saved. After deducting them, the net profit is only a hundred taels."

"One hundred taels." Lu Pu nodded, and his surprised expression slowly disappeared.
"It's quite a lot."

"It's more than enough for one person, but if you start a family and have to entertain more people, I'm afraid you won't be rich enough."

Getting married and starting a family is not as simple as adding one more person and one more set of dishes and chopsticks.

But there are a lot more relatives.

There are many more indispensable welcoming and seeing off activities.

If we have more children, and more than one or two, a mere one hundred taels of silver will not be enough.

Anyway,

Everything will be fine if you don’t get married.

As soon as you get married, you will immediately become poor. As someone who has experienced this, Lu Pu knows it very well.

"I don't have a hundred taels." Zhu Shuang sighed.
"Once winter arrives and the mountains are blocked by snow, the forest farm's income plummets. We even have to pay out of pocket to cover the cost of hiring workers. That means we have no income for about four months a year."

"And there are powerful medicines..."

"To practice martial arts, I need medicated medicine, which costs dozens of taels every month. In short, life is not easy."

After a pause, she waved her hand towards Lupu:

"You go out first."

"Miss!"

Lu Pu raised his eyebrows when he heard this.

As if he had guessed something, displeasure flashed in his eyes, but he shrugged and turned away.

"younger brother."

After Lu Pu's footsteps disappeared, Zhu Shuang took out a few banknotes from her pocket and placed them in Zhu Ju's hand:

"This is three hundred taels of silver..."

"Sister." Zhu Ju was stunned and quickly withdrew his hand:

"How is this possible?"

"Why not!" Zhu Shuang opened his eyes and forced the banknote over:

"This is the dowry I brought from home when I got married. It originally came from the Zhu family. What's wrong with giving it to my younger brother?"

"besides……"

"I asked your brother-in-law to prepare some powerful medicines in advance. You don't have to worry about physical training in the short term, but you must study martial arts well."

This is……

The so-called Voldemort?
But it feels good.

Looking at the silver bills and bags of expensive medicine in his hand, Zhu Ju fell silent with a complicated look in his eyes.

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Two days later.

"Brother-in-law."

Looking at the sky, Zhu Ju frowned and said:
"It's already so late, do we have to leave now? The road is not safe at night, why not set off early tomorrow morning?"

"No." Lupu said seriously:
"Something urgent happened in the hall, and I have to go back immediately. After we leave, you should practice well and don't slack off."

"Yes." Zhu Ju sighed:
"Brother-in-law, sister, please be careful on your journey."

Zhu Shuang boarded the carriage with red eyes, and did not let down the curtain until the carriage had gone far away.

The departure of the two made the already sparsely populated manor even more empty.

"Master."

Qin Bo whispered:
"You've been busy all day, take a rest early."

"Yeah." Zhu Ju nodded.

He walked to his room and just as he closed the door, he felt a gust of evil wind blowing from behind.

what?
I rolled to the side reflexively and heard the sound of the door breaking.

"die!"

Two men in black had been hiding in the room for some time, and before he could stand up, they rushed towards him with knives.

Finished!

Zhu Ju's eyes were wide open. He was so weak that he had no power to resist such a vicious man.

next moment.

His figure suddenly disappeared, causing the attacking long sword to fall in the air, leaving the two men in black looking at each other in bewilderment.

"How brave!"

Qin Bo's roar followed immediately:

"How dare you harm my young master? You're courting death!"

(End of this chapter)