Time and Space Tavern

Chapter 19
Two days later, Sun Simiao ended his wonderful journey.

Before leaving, Qiao Mu gave him a large box of white wine, as well as various books on medicine and Taoism.

Sun Simiao looked reluctant, and bowed deeply towards Qiao Mu, looking at this blessed land that he had never dreamed of in the past few decades, he couldn't help but look forward and said: "I wonder if Xiaodao will have a chance to see you again?"

"There will be such a day." Qiao Mu smiled.

Seeing that the famous medicine king in history disappeared after entering the door, Qiao Mu turned around and asked, "Am I right, Lolita?"

"Yes, master." Lolita's figure was condensed by the light, "All the planes you open have coordinate records. When the tavern upgrades to a certain level, you can actively connect to these planes. I can feel that .”

The ten kilograms of gold obtained from the bank were put into the tavern by Qiao Mu and exchanged for ten space-time coins.After thinking for a long time, he did not open the portal again.

The current tavern is at the first level, and the planes that can be opened are either ancient or similar to the modern world, and the benefits that can be brought to him are extremely limited.

It is not easy to meet a stranger like Sun Simiao. Next time, if you meet a talented but poor poet, or a general official with a little money, you may not even be able to earn back your capital.

"There are a lot of people peeping in the dark these days. Although I have tried my best to help the master hide the abnormality here, it may not be discovered after a long time, so you should rest for a while." Lolita suggested.

Qiao Mu nodded and took out the Baicao Brewing recipe that Sun Simiao gave him. He recalled what Tang Wei said during the last meal. If he wanted to maintain a tavern, it would be best to have his own specialty brewing.

"It's time to go home, just to let my parents stop farming and make wine with peace of mind, so that I won't be too tired." Qiao Mu thought to himself.

After he made a decision, he set off immediately.

Before leaving, he sent a message to Tang Wei, telling her that he was going home to pick up some "ancestral" beauty formulas. Tang Wei replied "Okay".

Just when Qiao Mu thought that the goddess was still arrogant, she received a second message from her, telling him to take good care of the glutinous rice balls, and he would go to see the little guy when he had time.

"It seems that you are more popular than me." Qiao Mu pinched the little milk cat by the neck and threw it onto the sofa.

He pointed to the wooden box near the door: "That's your food for the past few days, don't steal wine and drink casually!"

"Meow." Tang Yuan squinted her eyes and dozed off on the sofa.

I packed my luggage—actually, I didn’t have any luggage, except for the cigarettes and alcohol I bought for my dad, a gold bracelet for my mom, and clothes for the two old people.

Carrying the suitcase, Qiao Mu took a taxi to the station, transferred to a bus to the county seat, changed to a minibus to the town, and called his father to pick him up.

In fact, he still has more than 300 million yuan on his body, so he can buy a car or take a taxi back. The sad thing is that he doesn't have a driver's license. In order to avoid the scolding of his parents, and his mentality has not yet changed, so he neglected to take a taxi home. Such a luxury.

When he got out of the car, he saw his father leaning against an old electric car.

Qiao Mu's father, Qiao Yunhua, has just turned 50 this year, but his hair is already gray and his face is full of signs of age. Outside, people even think he is a 60-year-old old man.

Seeing his father's appearance from a distance, Qiao Mu felt sad.

He understood that the reason why this strong father became what he is today is all to support their siblings to study, and they have been overdrawn by physical labor for a long time, which makes them look so old.

"You're back, how did you go shopping?" Father Qiao's face was happy when he saw his son, and then he asked with an unhappy expression when he saw the suitcase and the bag in his hand.

However, Qiao Mu's eyes were on his father's shoulder. He passed his father, looked behind him, and saw the familiar dry cement marks.

"Dad, are you carrying cement again?" Qiao Mu asked.

Father Qiao, who was originally resentful because of his son's possible expenses, waved his hands awkwardly like a child whose lies have been exposed, and said, "It's okay, Dad is in good health, what's wrong with carrying a few bags of cement."

"But your lumbar spine is not good. Last time the doctor told you that you can't do this kind of work, and you promised me." Qiao Mu said.

"Now the price of unloading cement has increased, and it costs one yuan per bag." Qiao's father said with a smile.

Qiao Mu only felt that the sourness had spread to his eyes, and suddenly wanted to cry.

His father had two brothers. From childhood to adulthood, the father did all the crop work in the family alone. In order to support the two siblings, he often went out to do odd jobs.

The so-called odd jobs are mainly unloading goods for people.For example, someone needs cement to build a house, and a bag of one hundred catties has to be unloaded from the car and carried to the home of the builder.Generally, such large vehicles are not allowed to enter the village, so one hundred catties of cement has to be carried at least several hundred meters, but only to earn a few cents.As long as Qiao Mu can remember, his father has often done this kind of work.He was in good health at that time, but now he is 50 years old, and his body has been exhausted and sick. When it is rainy, he coughs all night, tossing and turning, and cannot sleep because of the pain.

But even so, for that little money, he still does this kind of manual work, and he is so used to it.

"Dad, you can't do such heavy work again!" Qiao Mu sternly said.

He wanted to cry, but knew he couldn't cry.

"What nonsense are you kidding?" Father Qiao stared, "I can still move, it's not your turn to be in charge, besides, the bride price for marrying a daughter-in-law is so expensive now, while I can still move, I'll save some money for you .”

Noticing that there were already onlookers around, and knowing his father's temper, Qiao Mu had no choice but to put down the topic for a while.

"go home."

When the father and son returned home, Qiao's mother had already prepared Qiao Mu's favorite dumplings after hearing the news.

"You and your dad will wait for a while, I'll go and get the dumplings, and they'll be ready soon." Mother Qiao looked at her son dotingly, and smiled, "It's your favorite big meat lotus vegetable."

Also at the age of 50, Mother Qiao looked several years older than her peers.

"Wait, Mom, go into the room first, I have something to tell you." Qiao Mu said solemnly.

Qiao's house is not considered dilapidated, it is one of the first batch of buildings in the village, but it has been built for more than ten years, and now it is just simple white walls, wires are distributed in disorder, and there is not much furniture in the house.

At Qiao Mu's strong request, Qiao's father, Qiao's mother, entered the room, and the family sat on a stool that Qiao's father had nailed with wood.

"What's the matter, so mysterious." Qiao's mother was still thinking about the dumplings to be served.

Qiao Mu smiled, opened the suitcase, and took out the presents for his parents.

(End of this chapter)