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Chapter 4 Ready to Stay
"I haven't thought about it yet. I came back this time because I was away from home for a long time, and I missed my hometown. I came back to take a look. After seeing it, I don't want to leave again. I am going to see if I can live in Qixia Town .”

Fang Yang said while putting the sword and the burden on the table.

"After you disappeared, the government took your house away, and now there are people living in it." Lu Xiucai heard Fang Yang meant that he was going to stay for a long time, so he hurriedly told him about his house.

Fang Yang smiled: "The house is not a problem, I still have some savings, I just need to find a new place, the key now is to find a job first, I can't just sit and eat!"

After finishing speaking, he looked at shopkeeper Tong, and the meaning was very obvious. It would be best if he could stay in Tongfu Inn.

Don't look at Lu Xiucai who is usually dumbfounded, but now she has first-class eyesight, and she is on the sidelines assisting: "Shopkeeper, we just need a handyman here! Or ask Fang Yang to stay."

"Well...it's not impossible, huh?"

Shopkeeper Tong fanned her fan, looked up at Lao Bai who came back from the backyard and was standing next to her, and exchanged glances with Lao Bai, obviously asking for Lao Bai's opinion.

"Why are you still hesitating, shopkeeper, you see that Xiaofang is not an outsider, and now he is looking for a job. We just happen to have a ready-made one, so we can help him, right? You say a scholar." Da Li The shopkeeper was a little hesitant to look at the shopkeeper, and chimed in, saying that he is also the roommate of the scholar.

"Big mouth is right, the shopkeeper, Fang Yang is really not an outsider, so you can help him." Lu Xiucai quickly responded.

As he spoke, he revealed Fang Yang's life experience to win the shopkeeper's sympathy.

"That's right, shopkeeper, you see it's not easy for Xiao Fang, we..."

Pa~!

Tong Xiangyu slapped the table, interrupted Dazui's chatter, and stood up. Seeing everyone looking at her, she thought about it for a while, and said earnestly: "I didn't say I won't help! What are you arguing about? It's not easy for Mr. Fang. Er, I know, but this matter... Zhantang, what do you think?"

Bai Zhantang is in charge of the force in the store, and he is also the person with the most experience in the world. Generally, shopkeepers always consult him when encountering difficult decisions.

Bai Zhantang crossed his chest with one hand, swayed his chin with the other, frowned, his eyes wandered between Fang Yang and the Longquan sword on the table, and he couldn't make a decision for a while.

When he was leading the horse just now, he noticed that Fang Yang had stood outside the door for so long, but left only tiny footprints on the floating soil, and when he entered the store, he didn't make the slightest footsteps, which shows that Fang Yang's lightness kung fu It's so high, it's really rare.

Then Bai Zhantang looked at Fang Yang's right hand. He saw that the tiger's mouth of Fang Yang's right hand was covered with calluses, and he knew that this was caused by swinging the sword all the year round. It can be seen that the sword Fang Yang held was not an ornament, but a master of sword use. .

For the sake of the safety of everyone in the shop, Bai Zhantang naturally did not want Fang Yang of unknown origin to stay.

Even though Xiucai has already proved that Fang Yang was his childhood playmate, as the saying goes, scholars should look at each other with admiration for three days, and after so many years, who knows what kind of person Fang Yang is now.

Lao Xing is easy to fool, but Bai Zhantang, as a robber saint, has rich experience in the world and is not easy to fool. Just now Xiucai proved that Fang Yang is from Qixia Town, but based on Xiucai's judgment, Bai Zhantang is not very convinced.

Besides, even if he is really Fang Yang, who stipulates that he cannot be a male and female?
"It's getting late now, I think it's better to ask him to stay here first, and we can discuss the matter of the handyman later."

Although Bai Zhantang had doubts, he looked at the people around him who didn't know martial arts, and he couldn't be sure that Fang Yang was a male and female dual evil, so he had no choice but to delay the attack first and investigate slowly later.

Hearing what Bai Zhantang said, Tong Xiangyu quickly ordered: "Xiucai, bring this first..."

Seeing her hesitate, Bai Zhantang obviously forgot Fang Yang's name, so he quickly reminded Tong Xiangyu, "Mr. Fang, go to the guest room to rest. By the way, Mr. Fang hasn't had dinner yet, right?"

"did not eat."

Fang Yang held his sword and bag, and was about to go upstairs with Lu Xiucai. He heard Tong Xiangyu's question as soon as he got up, and he replied with a smile.

"It just so happens that we didn't eat either, you go to the guest room to rest first, and wait for Dazui to prepare the meal, and then ask you to come down and eat together!" Tong Xiangyu waved his fan and said with a smile.

"Then I would like to thank the shopkeeper." Fang Yang cupped his hands at Tong Xiangyu, and went upstairs with Lu Xiucai.

"Big mouth to cook, Xiaobei, you can go to the backyard to play, uh, I have something to discuss with your big brother Bai."

As soon as Fang Yang left, Tong Xiangyu immediately dismissed Li Dazui and Mo Xiaobei, and when there were only two of them left in the lobby, she whispered to Bai Zhantang: "Zhantang, do you see that Fang Yang has What's wrong?"

Tong Xiangyu saw Bai Zhantang's puzzled expression just now, so he naturally wanted to ask.

"There are a few doubts, one: He is from the rivers and lakes, why did he come to this small place to find work, is he also tired of the disputes in the rivers and lakes like me?
Two: Based on the scholar's judgment alone, how can he be sure that he is Fang Yang in the scholar's mouth?

Three: Even if he is Fang Yang, how can he be sure that he is not a male and female? "

Bai Zhantang articulated all the doubts in his mind, then frowned and looked at Tong Xiangyu solemnly.

After hearing Bai Zhantang's analysis, Tong Xiangyu opened her mouth in shock, and she didn't get lost in thought for a long time. After she realized it, she hurried out: "Then what are you waiting for? Let's report to the authorities now and get Lao Xing here."

"and many more."

Bai Zhantang took a few steps forward and stopped her, "Don't be impulsive, I think his martial arts is not low, if you really fight, it's useless even if you call Lao Xing, it's not like you don't know Lao Xing's three-legged cat kung fu. It's an extra life for nothing."

"Then what should we do?"

Tong Xiangyu kept walking back and forth, extremely anxious.

Seeing Tong Xiangyu turning around in a hurry, Bai Zhantang smiled and comforted her: "Don't worry, these are just my guesses, they don't count. And I don't think he has any malicious intentions towards us. Maybe it's because I think too much." uncertain.

When we are having dinner later, let's find out what he has to say. If it's what I think, then it's not too late for us to find a way to do it. "

After hearing Bai Zhantang's words, Tong Xiangyu fanned his fan anxiously, and sat back in his seat: "Well, that's the only way to go, listen to you, get him drunk later, and listen to him carefully. "

As soon as she finished speaking, she quickly put her finger to her mouth, made a 'shh' gesture, and looked back upstairs, for fear of being heard by Fang Yang.

……

Of course, Fang Yang didn't know anything about the following things. He followed Lu Xiucai into the guest room, and found that the room was not bad and well furnished.

He put the burden and Longquan sword on the bed, and sat on the wooden couch with Lu Xiucai drinking tea and chatting.

Lu Xiucai told about some things that happened in Qixia Town since he left, from the beginning to the end, like what happened not long after he left, he came to take office in Louzhi County; who's young man married whose family My girl; what new shops have opened on the street, where to go to buy things... and other trivial matters.

Fang Yang, on the other hand, picked out some interesting things he saw and heard after he left Qixia Town and told Lu Xiucai. No, the whole family was wiped out... He just skipped mentioning such bloody things that are difficult for frail scholars to accept.

From Lu Xiucai's words, Fang Yang felt more of the nostalgia, which had a special taste; and from Fang Yang's words, Lu Xiucai felt more of surprise and inconceivability, sighed that he had benefited a lot, and felt that reading thousands of books is not as good as Travel thousands of miles.

The two chatted happily, and Lu Xiucai had the intention of having a long talk, until Mo Xiaobei came up and asked the two of them to go down for dinner, and their chat came to an end.

(End of this chapter)