At this time, Xu Lian was drying clothes in the yard, but suddenly heard Xu Ning's voice.
Then I saw Xu Ning pushing the door and entering. He was holding a wine jar in his hand, with a big knife on his back, and he looked dusty.
"You're back."
A smile appeared on Xu Lian's face.
She quickly put the laundry tub in her hand on the ground and greeted her.
This was Xu Ning's first time escorting a car. Although she followed Tao Yungang, she was still a little worried.
Now that Xu Ning had returned intact, Xu Lian's worries were relieved.
"This is wine for my brother-in-law."
Xu Ning handed the wine jar to Xu Lian.
In fact, before leaving Kangyun County, Xu Ning bought two jars of wine for his brother-in-law Tao Yunchuan.
It's just that in the subsequent fight, one jar of wine was broken, so only one jar was brought back.
"Another waste of money."
Xu Lian took the wine jar and habitually said something to her younger brother.
But compared to before, there was not much blame in her tone.
Now that the family has savings and her younger brother has become a martial artist, Xu Lian is no longer fussy about living expenses.
"I'm going to wash it first and change my clothes."
Xu Ning felt sticky all over his body.
"Put your clothes in the basin and I'll wash them for you."
Xu Lian said.
"Understood, sister."
Xu Ning was not hypocritical, and responded.
But just two steps away, Xu Lian suddenly called Xu Ning to stop again.
She first saw the blood on the blade behind Xu Ning, and then noticed the dry dark red on Xu Ning's body.
"Is this blood on you?"
Xu Lian frowned slightly.
Xu Ning paused, nodded and said, "Yes, I met a group of thieves on the road, and after a fight, they dared to run away."
Xu Ning didn't hide anything, but he concealed the danger of the situation.
He didn't want his sister to worry.
However, although Xu Ning spoke calmly, Xu Lian's expression changed slightly.
"Are you hurt?"
Xu Lian leaned over and took a good look at Xu Ning.
Seeing this, Xu Ning shook his head: "No injury, look..."
As he said that, Xu Ning turned around in a circle, and then jumped up and down twice, his movements seemed to be very smooth.
Only then did Xu Lian feel relieved: "That's good..."
After that, Xu Ning took off his clothes, rinsed them, and changed into the clean clothes that Xu Lian brought.
After some rest, both physical and mental exhaustion were swept away within a short time after returning home.
Xu Ning felt refreshed.
"Is uncle back?"
Xu Ning had just wiped his hair clean when he heard Tao Tao enter the door.
The little girl just returned home after going crazy with her friends outside.
Soon, Tao Tao trotted all the way and pushed open the door of Xu Ning's house.
"Uncle!"
Seeing Xu Ning coming back, Tao Tao grinned, and threw herself in front of Xu Ning, hugging his waist.
Seeing Tao Tao's happy face, Xu Ning couldn't help laughing.
But he still grabbed Tao Tao's braid and pulled her away from him.
"Stay away from me, Tao Zi, you are covered in dirt, and I just washed it off."
Faced with Xu Ning's disgust, Tao Tao didn't mind either.
"come over."
After Xu Ning pulled Tao Tao away, he called her to the table again.
Tao Tao leaned over, stood on tiptoes, half of her head was exposed on the table.
"Look, do you like it?"
With that said, Xu Ning took out a wooden hairpin from the package.
The whole body of the wooden hairpin is blue, with simple patterns on it, which looks exquisite and beautiful.
"Is this for me?"
Tao Tao tilted her head to look at Xu Ning, her mouth was opened wide, with an exaggerated expression unique to children.
"For you."
As Xu Ning said, he put the hairpin in Tao Tao's hand.
Tao Tao took the blue wooden hairpin and held it in both hands, as if holding some rare treasure.
She stared straight at the wooden hairpin, her eyes seemed to be shining.
After a while, Tao Tao laughed out loud.
She turned around and ran out, shouting as she ran: "Mother, look quickly, my uncle brought me a present!"
"This silly boy..."
Xu Ning was amused by Tao Tao.
In the past, the family background was relatively poor, and Xu Lian's only wooden hairpin was given to her by Tao Yunchuan when they got married.
Xu Lian has always regarded it as a treasure, and Tao Tao wants to take it to see, but Xu Lian refuses to let it, so Tao Tao has always regarded the wooden hairpin as a very precious thing.
Now Xu Ning gave her a better-looking wooden hairpin, which directly made Tao Tao feel overwhelmed with happiness.
After that, Xu Ning also gave Xu Lian another wooden hairpin.
Xu Lian was much calmer than Tao Tao, but after receiving the gift, the corners of her eyes kept bending, and she couldn't hide her smile.
"Why hasn't my father come back yet?"
At the dinner table, the three of them waited for Tao Yunchuan to come back.
Tao Tao was still holding the wooden hairpin in her hand, Xu Lian asked her to put it down first, but she refused anyway.
"It should be soon."
Xu Lian glanced outside the door.
Just at this time, Tao Yunchuan pushed the door open and entered.
I saw that he moved in a hurry. Although his legs and feet were inconvenient, he obviously looked in a hurry.
"Xu Ning, is Xu Ning back?"
Before entering the room, Tao Yunchuan asked at the top of his voice, his tone full of concern.
"Brother-in-law, I'm back."
Xu Ning quickly got up from the table, went out to support Tao Yunchuan, and brought him into the room.
"I'm back, it's good to be back..."
Tao Yunchuan was panting heavily, with sweat all over his forehead.
Seeing this, Xu Lian took a towel and wiped Tao Yunchuan's sweat: "Why are you in such a hurry?"
"I'm not worried that something will happen to Xu Ning!"
Tao Yunchuan coughed, and explained: "On the way back, I heard that brother Tao Yungang had an accident this time. He was robbed by a horse bandit on the way. Some people were seriously injured and three of them died! When I heard that, I was almost terrified. , come back quickly, I'm afraid something will happen to Xu Ning."
"Has it already spread..."
Xu Ning did not expect that less than half an hour had passed, and the news that Tao Yun was attacked while escorting the car had already spread to Taojiazhuang.
"Three people died?"
Xu Lian was startled and looked at Xu Ning.
Xu Ning didn't mention it at all.
Seeing this, Xu Ning knew that he couldn't hide it, so he told Tao Yunchuan and Xu Lian what happened.
"So it's so dangerous..."
After hearing the process, Xu Lian's original smile disappeared, and she looked at her younger brother with fear.
Although Tao Tao is young, she vaguely understands that the wooden hairpin in her hand was brought to her by her uncle who experienced danger.
"You are not allowed to follow the escort car in the future."
Xu Lian immediately spoke, with a serious face, and her tone did not give Xu Ning any room for discussion.
Tao Yunchuan also stared at Xu Ning, without speaking, obviously agreeing with his wife's words.
Xu Ning knew that he couldn't hold back, so he responded, "All right... I won't escort the car from now on."
Now that I have the strength to enter the Yunze Mountain to obtain resources and then sell them, I can also get a lot of income, so there is no need to do things that worry my sister and brother-in-law.
Seeing Xu Ning come down, Tao Yunchuan and Xu Lian's expressions softened a lot.
"Okay, let's eat."
Tao Yunchuan waved his hand, and the family began to eat dinner.
…
Xu Ning was going to rest for two days, and then went into the mountain again.
In the morning of the next day, Xu Ning first went to the village to fetch a few buckets of water, then went outside the village and cut some firewood in the woods outside the village.
During the walk in the village, Xu Ning clearly felt that the people in the village were much warmer to him.
Those who are not familiar with me will take the initiative to come up to say hello to me, and those who have known me before will hold me to talk, and praise my heroic deed of taking the risk to rescue Tao Yungang and others yesterday.
In just half a day, the story of Xu Ning, a foreigner, desperately saving people against the powerful horse bandit leader has spread throughout Taojiazhuang.
"Xu Ning!"
Xu Ning was carrying firewood on his back, and before he got home, he heard someone calling him.
I saw a young girl walking towards me with a spear in hand.
"Tao Ye?"
Xu Ning recognized the person.
It was the granddaughter of Tao Jingxing, the patriarch of the Tao clan, Tao Ye who had previously received the reward of the Spring Wind Jue of Internal Strength together with her.
"Brother Ning, it's really you."
Tao Ye came over and smacked Xu Ning's chest manly.
Xu Ning was made a little uncomfortable.
"Warriors who have achieved great achievements in Gaefeng Saber and dare to attack the Inner Prosperity Realm are really fierce."
Before Tao Ye always thought that Xu Ning was a minor success in Gale Feng Dao, but she didn't know that Xu Ning had already achieved great success when the reward was received that day until the news spread yesterday.
A small achievement in external skills at the age of seventeen is not worth mentioning, but a great achievement in external skills at the age of seventeen can be considered a talent no matter what.
With such a good comprehension in external kung fu training, the internal kung fu must not be too bad.
"Everyone has praised me too much..." Xu Ning said modestly, "The enemy was killed by Uncle Gang, I just helped to attract a little attention, that's all."