Chapter 042 Returning Home

"Mom, I'm back!"

Xu Kun knocked on the door for a long time, but found that there was no movement in the room.

"Isn't it? My son has narrowly escaped death. Isn't my mother still off work?"

Xu Kun was speechless for a while, but considering his mother's personality, he felt that this was a great possibility!

Xu Kun's mother, named Mu Qingxuan, has an F-level talent, so she has never been seen entering the Haotian Tower since Xu Kun was born!

After all, being able to pass the Novice Trial at Level F is already a great achievement. It is very difficult to climb higher. Instead of wasting time, it is better to work hard to live well!

Being able to raise Xu Kun by himself, Mu Qingxuan naturally has a job, that is, as a teacher in a nearby primary school!

The social status of a primary school teacher and a teacher in Xu Kun's graduating class are naturally not the same!

In today's era, for people with low talent and no ability to climb to the higher levels of Haotian Tower, the first choice is to be a school teacher, because other walks of life are either mechanized production or high-precision work!

Only the education system that the entire human race attaches most importance to, from the highest schools to the most basic elementary schools, needs a lot of talents!

For example, in Jiangnan Base City, the number of primary schools is no less than 100,000!

As for those who work in primary school education, at least seven or eight out of ten low-level talents account for it!

For example, in the tube building where Xu Kun and his mother live, most of them are teachers!

"Eh? Isn't this Xu Kun?"

The neighbor next to him opened the door and took a look, and was surprised.

"Hello Aunt Lin, my mother hasn't come back yet?"

The neighbor next door is a colleague of Xu Kun's mother, and they also teach the same class, but now the neighbor Aunt Lin has changed into home clothes and is holding a handful of vegetables in her hand. She has obviously been off work for a long time!

"You're talking about Qingxuan, hey, she's studying at night as a foreign student again. I said Qingxuan is also true. If a bigger kid is fucked like this by her every day, she'll be scared to death. How can she learn anything... "

Neighbor Aunt Lin kept talking, which also reminded Xu Kun of some bad memories!

Xu Kun's primary school experience was captured in the palm of his hand by Mu Qingxuan!

Mu Qingxuan's teaching methods can be described as extremely strict and merciless!

But if she rated the harshness of ordinary students at eight points, then for him and Hao Jian, it would be at least ninety-eight points!

In the eyes of others, she was synonymous with fear, but to him and Hao Jian, it was a symbol of devil. He and Hao Jian had been beaten countless times because they didn't study hard. After the beating, they still had to complete the extra homework assigned by his mother... …

Of course, the result also resulted in Xu Kun and Hao Jian being admitted to Jiangnan No. 1 Middle School with excellent results and becoming academic leaders in the eyes of others!

"Hey, look at my brain, I remember Xu Kun, you are a senior in high school this year, right? So you just came back from the novice trial?"

Xu Kun nodded: "Yes, I just came back, but my mother is not at home!"

The two looked at each other and were both speechless!

The novice trial is the most dangerous thing in a person's life. For ordinary parents, who has the time to do other things during these seven days? They just stay at the school gate and wait anxiously for news!

Aunt Lin saw that Mu Qingxuan was commuting to and from get off work normally like a normal person recently, and she didn't expect this!

"This Qingxuan is really too much. Just wait, I will call her right now and ask her to go home as soon as possible!"

Just as Xu Kun was about to refuse, Auntie Lin walked into the room cursing.

"Alas..." Xu Kun sighed, and then according to his habit, he found the house key under a flower pot and opened the door!

Familiar and simple environment, but meticulously organized, just like Xu Kun's mother's personality!

"Just in time, before my mother comes back, I'll prepare a meal and wait for her!" Xu Kun thought happily.

Then I took out the unsold materials from my backpack!

E-grade material - grilled snow rabbit meat, no need for much processing. It is still steaming when you take it out. Sprinkle a handful of sea salt and garnish with some onions and peppers, and you will have a fragrant rabbit meat!

I ate three pieces of Kaishanmang beef and gained three points of strength. I left three pieces for Hao Jian. The remaining four pieces were thrown into the pot together with the Kaishanmang beef bone. Stir it over high fire until fragrant. Slow down over low heat. Stew, and after a while, the rich aroma of meat spreads along the window!

High-end ingredients often only require simple cooking methods. Xu Kun's cooking skills are average, but he can't stand the quality of these ingredients. Simple cooking is enough to make a delicious dish!

Then he put 10 kilograms of cracked pork lard in a big pot, leaving 70 kilograms left in his backpack. Then he took out a large piece of cracked pork lard, washed it, put it in the pot under cold water, and floated away the scum.

Then scoop out a large piece of lard, add onion, ginger, garlic, star anise, cinnamon and saute until fragrant. Add the pork that has been chopped into small pieces and fry until both sides are slightly golden. Then add a few pieces of rock sugar, cover the pork with hot water, and cook over high heat. Open, turn to medium heat, cover and simmer...

After doing all this, Xu Kun quickly cleaned up the messy kitchen, but he couldn't make his mother unhappy just because the kitchen was dirty.

When the three hard dishes were almost done, Xu Kun heard footsteps at the door.

He quickly stuck his head out and shouted: "Mom, are you back?"

Mu Qingxuan was changing his shoes at the door. When he heard Xu Qing's voice, he didn't even look up. He nodded slightly and said in a cold voice: "Well, I'm back. Did you just ask Sister Lin next door to call me?"

Xu Kun's face suddenly froze: "No...it was Aunt Lin who saw that I had just come back from the trial."

Mu Qingxuan changed his shoes and stopped worrying about this small problem, which made Xu Kun relieved.

It can be seen that Xu Kun, who has no fear in the face of monsters of a certain race, is so afraid of his mother!

"Mom, I've prepared the meal. Wash your hands and eat!"

"Okay, let's serve the food!"

"Serving rice?" Xu Kun was stunned.

Mu Qingxuan frowned: "What's wrong?"

Xu Kun slapped his head: "I forgot to cook!"

Mu Qingxuan:...

Xu Kun:......

Finally, under Mu Qingxuan's operation, the rice was put into the pot, but the vegetables came out first.

"Hey, let's eat the vegetables first. Mom, try this meat..." Xu Kun put a large piece of fat and thin pork into Mu Qingxuan's bowl as if offering a treasure.

Then, he looked expectantly at Mu Qingxuan and took a sip.

"Well, not bad!"

Just these three words made Xu Kun so happy that he couldn't help himself. Growing up, because he didn't have his father by his side, his mother was extremely strict with him and could only praise him very rarely!

"Mom, try this beef bone soup again!"

Xu Kun himself was not in a hurry to eat, he was busy trying to make it delicious for his mother!

After Mu Qingxuan finished another bowl of soup, he wiped his mouth and looked at Xu Kun.

Xu Kun quickly put down his job and sat upright, knowing that the main event was coming.

"Is everything going well?"

Xu Kun's head was nodding like a chicken pecking at rice, and he proudly said: "It went very smoothly!"

"You are number one on the gold list, right?" Mu Qingxuan said in surprise.

Xu Kun froze on the spot: "How...how did you know?"

"Guess." Mu Qingxuan said lightly.

Xu Kun's head drooped all of a sudden. This was what he wanted to show off to his mother the most, but he didn't expect that he was exposed before he could show it off.

Mu Qingxuan couldn't help but smile when he saw Xu Kun's disappointed look.

"Mom, are you laughing?" Xu Kun's eyes widened.

However, the next moment, Mu Qingxuan's expression returned to its old Gujing Wubo, as if the smile just now was an illusion!

Mu Qingxuan was called the "Iceberg Beauty" by the entire Tongzilou and school teachers. It was even harder to see a smile on her face than reaching the sky!

Although Xu Kun was raised by her mother alone, compared to other mothers who worked hard to raise their children, Mu Qingxuan's face did not seem to have left any traces of time!

The beauty is so breathtaking, walking among the crowd, you are like the center of attention!

A son is like a mother, and Xu Kun naturally inherited his mother's excellent genes. He has always been the center of attention since he was a child!

Xu Kun has always had snacks and love letters on his desk since he was in junior high school. But he was used to seeing earth-shattering beauties like his mother, and the women who showed love to him were too ordinary!

As a result, most of those snacks went into Hao Jian's stomach, which made him look pretty bad!

Even Zhan Rourou, who is known as the beauty of No. 1 Middle School, lacks a lot of charm and looks too young compared to her mother's appearance!

Just like Xu Kun attracts many women to look at him secretly, a man who wants to be Xu Kun's stepfather is like a crucian carp crossing the river!

Many people don't even care about Mu Qingxuan's F-level talent and dragging Xu Kun around!

More than once, Xu Kun saw well-dressed and successful people downstairs trying every possible means to show their favor to Mu Qingxuan, spending huge sums of money just to win the beauty's smile!

But Xu Kun had never seen a slight change on his mother's face. There was no disgust or scolding, just the indifference that repelled people thousands of miles away, which turned away countless suitors!

She is like an eternal iceberg. It is more difficult to make her smile than to kill a boss of the same level!

Mu Qingxuan did not answer Xu Kun's meaningless question, and said calmly as always: "Let me see your talent and attribute panels."

Xu Kun's eyes lit up, his mother still cared about him!

Immediately, his property panel was displayed naked.

Mu Qingxuan read line by line carefully. Xu Kun expected to see a different expression on her face, but unfortunately, the smile just now was like a flash in the pan.

Even the F-level talent [Illustrated Book of Ten Thousand Races], which shocked me, and the SS-level talent [Child of the Wind] obtained from Ling Feng, as well as the extremely powerful attributes with the professional bonus of [Magic Martial Arts], Mu In Qingxuan's eyes, everything is so natural!

Not even the full amount of luck could make her eyes change at all!

Many times, Xu Kun doubted whether his mother was really an F-level talent. Her character and her calm attitude were completely unlike an ordinary person struggling at the bottom!

But unfortunately, apart from seeing his mother's harshness since childhood, Xu Kun didn't notice any difference in her!

There are only two things in her life, teaching and educating people!

Ordinary, yet extraordinary ordinary!

After Mu Qingxuan withdrew his gaze, Xu Kun also put away the attribute panel.

After waiting for a long time, I finally got the answer I wanted.

"very good."

Just these two words are the greatest affirmation Mu Qingxuan has for his son!

"Be careful to hide your identity." Mu Qingxuan thought for a while and added.

Xu Kun nodded, knowing what his mother meant.

"Mom, look at these things again!"

As he said this, Xu Kun showed off the [Chengying Sword] and [Melting Gold Sunset Blade], as well as the SS-level [Swift Wind Sword Soul·Certificate of Job Change].

He even showed out the treasure mentioned by Qian Manlou - the lucky three-piece set.

"Take a look, do you need any of these?"

Xu Kun thought, although his mother only had an F-level talent, if she changed her job to [Swift Wind Sword Soul], she should have the strength to climb the Haotian Tower!

Mu Qingxuan looked at them one by one, and after reading them, he gave the answer: "They are all good treasures, keep them for yourself!"

"Mom!" Xu Kun was anxious.

God knows how much he wanted his mother to strengthen herself!

Soon, he would go to the academy for further studies, and the time he could spend with his mother would be even shorter.

Mu Qingxuan looked at Xu Kun's anxious look, and her face showed a rare mother's kindness, stretched out her white hand, and put it on Xu Kun's head.

"My son has grown up and knows how to love his mother. I am very relieved!"

The gentle tone is the tenderness that Xu Kun has never felt before.

"Work hard, don't worry about me!"

The unquestionable tone made Xu Kun habitually choose to believe!

"Put it all away. You are an adult now. You should walk your own way in the future. You should control your own life!"

Hearing Mu Qingxuan's words, Xu Kun felt a little uneasy.

But the noise outside the door instantly made him take back what he was about to say, and he quickly put all the things on the table into his backpack.

"Sister-in-law, are you home?"

Mu Qingxuan regained his calm expression: "Come in!"

Soon, two adults and one child... cough cough, not small figures pushed the door open, making Xu Kun's already closed little home suddenly seem crowded.

"Second father, second mother, you are here?"

Xu Kun immediately stood up and greeted them with surprise.

"Haha, big boy, I miss you so much, come here, let me see if you have grown taller recently!"

Hao Zhong, the father of Hao Jian, who is more than two meters tall, stood there like a mountain. Even Xu Kun, who is 1.88 meters tall, looked skinny in front of him.

Just like when he was a child, Hao Zhong grabbed Xu Kun's armpit and lifted him up.

Xu Kun, who was lifted in the air, blushed and felt a little embarrassed: "Second Dad, I'm an adult now, I don't want to play this kind of lifting game anymore!"

"Besides, I'm already tall enough, if I'm any taller, the ceiling at home can't stop me!"

"Haha, look at what you said, saying you are tall in front of second dad, I see you are as thin as a monkey, you should eat more like Xiao Jian!"

Hao Zhong put Xu Kun down, and just a slight lift, he almost poked Xu Kun's head into the ceiling, the floor of the tube building is only more than three meters, Hao Zhong didn't dare to jump while standing!

Xu Kun stood there, looked at the gentle lady beside him, and said sweetly: "Second mother!"

"Ah!" The gentle lady smiled happily, and quickly spread her hands and took out the things she had prepared long ago.

"This is a gift specially prepared for you by your second father, take it!"

Compared to the cold Mu Qingxuan, Hao Jian's parents Hao Zhong and Chen Gu are more enthusiastic about Xu Kun, and have always spoiled him more than their own son!

When the two had a conflict when they were young, it goes without saying that Hao Zhong would not care who was right or wrong, but would just grab Hao Jian and beat him up.

While beating him, he would also scold him: "Little bastard, A Kun is your brother, as an older brother, don't you know how to give in to your younger brother?"

As usual, Hao Jian, who was standing aside at this moment, was quite upset: "Sometimes I really doubt whether I am his biological son. I don't even have an A-level growth protective bracelet, woo woo woo!"

When Xu Kun heard that the gift prepared by his second parents for him was an A-level equipment, he was embarrassed to accept it: "Second father, second mother, this gift... is too expensive!"

"What are you talking about! Don't listen to the nonsense of Xiao Jian, the little bastard. Take it. If you dare to give it back, I will beat up Xiao Jian, the brat who speaks out loud!"

Xu Kun:...

Hao Jian:...

Are you sure you are scolding Hao Jian, and not yourself at the same time?

The big and strong Hao Zhong does things so straightforwardly. One is one, two is two. No one can refuse, and no one dares to refuse!

However, there are still people who can cure Hao Zhong's personality.

After some greetings, Hao Zhong walked to the table, looked at the sumptuous dishes on the table, and said to Mu Qingxuan cautiously: "Sister-in-law, are you eating?"

Mu Qingxuan raised her head calmly: "Well, you came at the right time, right? You came at mealtime, right?"

Xu Kun: (′???‵)