#68 - You must give it back to me.
Every member of the Blood Slaughterhouse has the opportunity to visit home the day before a mission.
This is quite humane, considering you might not return from this mission.
For you, or rather for your family, this could be the last time you see each other.
After a year, Xu Ming returned to the Xu residence.
Prior to this, the Xu residence had not received any notification.
When the Xu residence's steward saw Xu Ming return, he quickly informed the Old Madam and the others.
The Xu residence naturally knew the rules of the Blood Slaughterhouse.
Xu Ming's return at this time, even if he didn't say it, everyone knew what Xu Ming was going to do.
And the people of Wu knew what it meant when the Blood Slaughterhouse carried out a mission.
Their expressions towards Xu Ming were complicated.
If something happened, it was unclear whether even Xu Ming's body could be found.
But as things stood, Xu Ming, already a member of the Blood Slaughterhouse, could not refuse the mission, otherwise, it would be defying the Holy Order. Even if they wanted to persuade him from the sidelines, it was already unnecessary.
Xu Ming returned to the courtyard, only to find that his mother was not there.
Xu Ming heard from his aunt that his mother had been allowed to return to her hometown to pay respects to the ancestors.
The big white goose had also gone with her.
With the protection of the big white goose, Xu Ming felt much more at ease.
In fact, as things stood, the people of the Xu residence had also seen the extraordinary nature of the big white goose, which was showing a faint tendency to transform into a demon.
But no one had any unreasonable thoughts about the big white goose, such as stewing it into soup or giving it away.
After all, not many people were fools. Now that the big white goose had developed intelligence, it might become a house guard for the Xu residence in the future.
And Chen Suya, as a member of the Xu residence, couldn't run away, so naturally the big white goose would follow her.
Most importantly, a mere big white goose that was about to transform into a demon was not enough for the Xu residence to offend Xu Ming.
Everyone could see that if Xu Ming came out of the Blood Slaughterhouse and passed the imperial examination, how prosperous he would be!
That person definitely wanted to keep Xu Ming by his side to cultivate him.
Therefore, the Xu residence had specially given the big white goose a lot of cultivation resources in order to please Xu Ming.
In the evening, sitting in this empty courtyard, Xu Ming felt a bit lonely.
Looking at Xiaochun Courtyard, where he had lived since birth, to be honest, Xu Ming didn't know if he could come back alive.
"Fifth Brother."
Just as Xu Ming was feeling emotional, Xu Pangda poked his head out from the courtyard gate, holding a box of something in his hand, probably "leftover pastries" made by his aunt.
"Third Brother."
Xu Ming smiled.
Xu Pangda walked to Xu Ming's side and sat down, placing the lunch box on the table: "Fifth Brother, my mother made a lot of pastries again, they're leftovers again, try them."
"Okay."
Xu Ming smiled, opened the lunch box, and ate a piece.
"How does it taste?"
Xu Pangda asked.
Xu Ming nodded: "Aunt's skills have improved even more."
"Hehe he, I think so too."
Xu Pangda smiled憨厚ly.
Xu Ming glanced at Xu Pangda: "I heard that Third Brother didn't go to the metropolitan exam this year?"
Xu Pangda nodded: "Yeah."
Xu Ming was a little puzzled: "Why?"
Xu Pangda rubbed his hands a little shyly: "I feel that your imperial examination, Fifth Brother, is incomplete without you, so I told my mother that I will take the metropolitan exam with you in four years, and our brothers will be on the榜 together!"
Xu Ming was stunned for a moment, then smiled and nodded: "Okay."
"Fifth Brother."
Xu Pangda called Xu Ming's name.
"Huh?"
Xu Ming took a sip of tea.
"I heard them say that the Blood Slaughterhouse's missions are always a narrow escape from death, is that true?"
Xu Pangda asked worriedly.
"It's not that exaggerated, it's just that the danger is indeed relatively high."
Xu Ming explained.
"Oh."
Xu Pangda nodded, then took out a talisman from his arms.
"What is this?"
Xu Ming asked suspiciously.
Xu Pangda scratched his head embarrassedly: "This is a talisman I wore when I was a child. My mother said that I had a serious illness once, and a very powerful cultivator drew this talisman for me, which can guarantee safety.
It's useless now, so I'll give it to you, Fifth Brother.
But Fifth Brother, you must return it to me after you come back."
Xu Ming smiled, looking at this little chubby boy who wasn't good at expressing himself: "Okay, I will definitely come back and return it to you."
A remote courtyard in the east of Wudu.
A man with slicked-back hair pushed open the courtyard door.
The moment the man with slicked-back hair pushed open the courtyard door, a dozen children in the courtyard all looked over.
In an instant, the eyes of the dozen children all lit up.
"Brother Li!"
"Brother Li!"
When the children saw Li Han come back, they all rushed over.
"Hehe he, I'm back."
The man with slicked-back hair put down the big and small bags in his hand, "I bought you roast duck, half a duck for each person."
"That's great ~"
"Thank you, Brother Li ~"
"Let's eat roast duck."
The children left with the roast duck and sat down in an orderly manner at the wooden table in the yard, without any争抢.
"You're back?"
In a room in the courtyard, a woman who looked to be in her twenties walked out.
The woman was not very good-looking, but her face was pretty, she was wearing linen clothes, and her hair was tied into simple double ponytails, giving people a simple and樸素 beauty.
"Sister Ye Ye, I'm back."
Li Han said with a smile.
The woman named Ye Ye stepped forward and compared with her hand: "You've grown taller, taller than me."
"The food in the army is good."
Li Han smiled傻, then quickly took out a piece of cloth from his arms, spread the cloth open, inside was a hairpin, "Sister Ye Ye, this is for you."
Looking at this gold hairpin, Ye Ye was stunned for a moment, she didn't refuse, but she didn't accept it either: "This thing must be very expensive, right?"
"It's okay."
Li Han opened Ye Ye's palm and put the gold hairpin in her palm, "Sister Ye Ye, just accept it, our army salary is very high, we can't spend it all."
Ye Ye glanced at Li Han, then nodded: "Then I'll accept it, but don't you only come back once every four or five years?"
"Ah? This time... This time I passed the army's assessment and have a day off, I have to go back to the army tomorrow."
Li Han lied.
Ye Ye looked at Li Han's eyes, then nodded: "Well, since you rarely come back, then I'll make you something delicious."
"Okay."
Li Han wiped his哈喇子, "I miss the口水鸡 you made, Sister Ye Ye."
Ye Ye smiled: "I'll make it for you, you sit for a while first."
"Um."
Li Han played with the children in the yard for a while, and seeing Sister Ye Ye busy in the kitchen, Li Han secretly sneaked into Ye Ye's room and put all his salary for the year under the woman's pillow.
"After doing all this."
Li Han walked out the door, looked at Sister Ye Ye in the kitchen, pressed the copper coin strung with a red thread on his neck with his big hand, and smiled傻傻ly.
