The leader's strong man

The small town at the foot of the mountain is called Qingping Town. Although it is a town, it is much more prosperous than some big county towns.

In the early years, Gu Jiuyuan shocked the world with his sword. From time to time, people from all walks of life came to challenge him, imperceptibly driving the development of food, clothing, housing and transportation in the town. Those who have connections do not dare to act casually, which leads to the pure atmosphere in the town and attracts many people to move here.

Elder Wang was a visionary, and immediately attracted investment, turning the reputation of the leader and a series of ointments and pills produced by Elder Liu into real money.

Since then, merchants in Qingping Town have had frequent exchanges, the population mobility has increased, and the town has developed better and better. Today, it has become quite a famous town.

Guan Yan stood on the wide and flat main road in Qingping Town, looking at the shops lined up on both sides of the road, he was more than a little surprised.

He hasn't been to many places, but he has never seen a town with such an orderly plan and clean streets. At least in his perception, a state capital city is such a sight.

The snow is just beginning to clear, and the streets are shrouded in the joy of the New Year. Many businesses have cleaned up the snow in front of their doors and hung up red silk or red lanterns. The shopkeepers and waiters greeted the guests who went out to buy new year’s goods on the last day with smiles on their faces. .

The hustle and bustle of the crowd, the rumbling carriages, and the shouting vendors made the town, which had been suppressed by the snow and had been quiet for a few days, suddenly boil.

Among the crowd, there were many families who came out to buy together, and there were also young men and women who hurriedly dressed as people from the Jianghu.The residents of the small town seem to be accustomed to these people from the rivers and lakes, and their expressions have not changed when they pass by.

After understanding the reasons for the prosperity of the town, this phenomenon is easy to understand, and it is not surprising.Guan Yan sighed inwardly. Under the leader's rule, the congregation respected martial arts but was not barbaric, and the residents of the small town could live and work in peace, which is really surprising.If he was the county magistrate in charge of Qingping Town, he would really be grateful to the Shenyin Sect!

Noticing that the man looked at him with a lot of admiration, Gu Jiuyuan raised his eyebrows.His face was too ostentatious, so he put on a mask and went down the mountain with Guan Yan.

There are quite a few people like him walking around Qingping town wearing a mask, so he doesn't look obtrusive.

Guan Yan looked at his iconic mask, and then at the knights of the rivers and lakes who passed by with similar masks, feeling a little uncomfortable in his heart.

"Are they... imitating you?"

"Maybe." Gu Jiuyuan didn't care.

The man frowned slightly, with disapproval in his eyes.

"What's wrong?" Gu Jiuyuan asked in a low voice, taking his dry and warm hand into his palm.

Guan Yan pursed his lips and remained silent.At first, Gu Jiuyuan had to wear a mask to cover his appearance because of his outstanding looks and was given up by his opponent because he couldn't bear to hurt him when he was dueling. Later, he continued to use it because of his amazing talent and appearance, and he was infatuated with others. The mask blocks the sight of those who are probing, these people don't know anything and just imitate Gu Jiuyuan to wear a mask...

"What is Ayan thinking?"

The man had a sullen face, and his eyes seemed to be displeased when his eyes fell on the mask of the other party. Gu Jiuyuan scratched his palm, and led him to a stall selling ghost masks, picked out a Zhong Kui mask and paid for it.

"A Yan doesn't care what they do, you just care about me." Gu Jiuyuan raised his hand to put the mask on him.

The young man was wearing the mask of the green ghost's fangs, and the mask of Zhong Kui was on his own face, so he really didn't care.

Guan Yan's face turned pale.He knew that he couldn't control these people, he just thought about it in his heart, and it showed on his face...

He wouldn't do this in the past, is it because of pregnancy?

Noticing that he raised his hand to touch his stomach, Gu Jiuyuan immediately asked, "Uncomfortable?"

Guan Yan shook his head and put down his hands: "Go buy some red paper?"

Gu Jiuyuan: "A Yan can cut window grilles?"

"No." Guan Yan explained, "The red paper is used to write Spring Festival couplets and make red envelopes."

Red envelope?Gu Jiuyuan was taken aback, and glanced at the young couples who were shopping together holding their children.

Now that he has a lover and a child, he should be given lucky money.

But... Is there a child who dares to ask him for New Year's money?

...Well, no one dares to look for him, maybe Ayan?When Ayan was in Shuigou Village, he was very popular with children!

Or should he offer it?It seems that after getting married here, they should give lucky money to the younger generation.

Gu Jiuyuan said in a soft tone: "I haven't celebrated the New Year with others in a serious way. I don't know these etiquettes. Ah Yan can come here however he likes."

Guan Yan didn't count on him either. Two days ago, he asked Elder Liu about the New Year's etiquette and attention.Going down the mountain today, I plan to buy all the fruit, sugar, cakes and meat on the list.

Gu Jiuyuan, who was carrying a basket on his back, accompanied him to buy from store to store. Guan Yan picked the goods, and he was responsible for giving money and picking up the goods.

Then he discovered that Guan Yan was actually bargaining with someone!

The man stood in a shop selling snacks such as preserved fruits, sesame candies, and pastries. After asking the clerk a few prices, he said, "It's all expensive. The dried fruits and candied fruit are of good quality, but they're not so outrageously expensive. I Anyone who has just asked about the price will have it, and it will be cheaper for me.”

"Dried fruit costs six cents, and candied dates costs five cents..."

At the end, Wen Sheng added: "We are not foreigners."

The guy's eyes lit up, he looked him up and down, and looked at him standing behind him, although he couldn't see his face clearly, but he was dressed in white clothes with outstanding aura, even with a basket on his back, he didn't lose his extravagance at all. Feeling radiant, Gu Jiuyuan asked with a smile on his face, "Did you just come down the mountain?"

Guan Yan didn't know how to answer.He said that he directly admitted that they were members of the Shenyin sect, and if he didn't say it, he would give people a tacit attitude.

Say it or not, it seems to be the same.

After the guy finished speaking, he quickly weighed the candied fruit cake he wanted and wrapped it in a special paper, as if he didn't need to answer at all.

"Chenghui 780 Wen." The guy's smile didn't change, as if he wasn't the one who opened his mouth to ask for a high price just now.

Gu Jiuyuan took out his money bag, paid for it, took the paper bag and put it in the basket.

He has never experienced this kind of experience. It is not that he has never gone to the street with Guan Yan in the past, but this is the first time he buys like an ordinary husband shopping with his wife.

It feels... quite interesting.

Gu Jiuyuan looked at Guan Yan with a smile on his face. The eyes behind the man's mask blinked, and he asked after leaving the shop, "How does this guy tell whether a customer is a local or not? He's not afraid that I'll just say it casually?"

Gu Jiuyuan couldn't help laughing: "No one here dares to pretend to be a member of my teaching."

Guan Yan was slightly surprised.

The Shenyin Sect is so famous that no one dares to pretend to be one of the reasons, and the other is——

"Some of the disciples' relatives are residents of the town, and many of the shops in the town belong to my teaching business."

So that's the case, no wonder the guy's attitude suddenly became much more eager.Guan Yan thought to himself, looking at Gu Jiuyuan's gaze full of novelty, he couldn't help asking: "What are you looking at?"

Gu Jiuyuan smiled slightly, and led the people to continue shopping: "What else does Ah Yan want to buy?"

Guan Yan thought for a while: "Buy a firecracker."

Setting off firecrackers during the Chinese New Year has a new year flavor. When he was a child, what he envied most during the Chinese New Year were those children who could set off firecrackers.

Of course, Gu Jiuyuan had no objection, but when the two of them went to buy firecrackers, the clerk in the store recommended fireworks.

Guan Yan had never bought these before, didn't know the market, and couldn't bargain, but the guy didn't raise the price, but sold it at the normal price.

Gu Jiuyuan smiled lightly: "We are locals, so naturally we have to pay the price of the locals."

Guan Yan wanted to ask how this guy saw it, but Gu Jiuyuan smiled and said nothing.

What puzzled Guan Yan was that they didn't encounter any price calls when they bought things afterwards.

The two ate lunch at a restaurant on the street. When they left the restaurant, Guan Yan found that the shops on the street were closing one after another, and the noisy street suddenly became deserted. Dressed up pedestrians.

...so the guys are relying on this to make sure they're local?

Guan Yan looked at Gu Jiuyuan, and Gu Jiuyuan took his hand and walked back slowly: "Qingping Town does not keep outsiders during the Chinese New Year."

Guan Yan was stunned, never expecting such a rule.

Gu Jiuyuan: "Is there anything else A Yan wants to know?"

"……No."

"Then go?"

Guan Yanhui held his hand and looked up at him: "Well, let's go home."

Gu Jiuyuan's heart moved slightly, his thin lips curled up, his fingers intertwined with his, "Okay, go home."

The highlight of New Year's Eve is the New Year's Eve dinner. Except for Elder Wang, the other elders and the guardians are all lonely. In the past, they would sit together and eat vegetables and drinks to celebrate the New Year. Guan Yan called people over.

Mr. Guan Yan asked them to eat together!You can also eat the dishes made by the leader!Shen Feibai was so happy that he couldn't find Bei, he rubbed his hands together and said, "Why is this so embarrassing?"

"What are you embarrassed about?" Elder Liu patted him on the shoulder, "If the leader is happy, we will naturally be able to follow the glory! This is the first New Year that Mr. Guan Yan has come to our Shenyin teaching. Be smart later and give Guan Yan Make a good impression, son!"

Shen Feibai patted his chest in response: "I know!"

When they arrived at Qingxiao Pavilion, Shen Feibai immediately rushed to Guan Yan and asked if he needed help. Gu Jiuyuan gave him a neutral look, and Shen Feibai smirked at the leader.

The New Year's Eve dinner is interesting for everyone to do it together. Guan Yan had already thought about what kind of work to arrange for a few people. Seeing that Shen Feibai took the initiative to speak, he said, "Elder Liu makes dumplings, Elder Shen chooses to wash vegetables, and Hufa Yi helps kill fish and chickens. Elder Wu carved a plate..."

Gu Jiuyuan raised his eyebrows: "What about me?"

Guan Yan stuffed the red paper to him: "Your handwriting is the best, write a Spring Festival couplet. Call me when you finish writing, and I will post the Spring Festival couplet together with you."

Gu Jiuyuan became a little interested, and with a wave of his hand, the red paper was spread out, and then he picked up the pen and dipped it in ink, and the pen went like a snake, all done in one go.

"Okay, do you want to write anything else?"

Looking at the iron-painted silver hook on the red paper, which pierced through the handwriting on the back of the paper, Guan Yan said with satisfaction: "Let's write another blessing."

"A Yan, come here." Gu Jiuyuan waved to him.

Guan Yan didn't doubt that he was there, who would have thought that as soon as he got to Gu Jiuyuan's side, the young man would pull him over, embrace him in front of his chest, wrap his hands around him and grab the pen together.

While Guan Yan was still in a daze, Gu Jiuyuan was already holding his hand and started writing stroke by stroke.

The young man pressed his chin against his collarbone, his nose hit his ears, and a clear and warm voice entered his ears and fell on his heart.

He said: Ayan is my blessing.

The roots of his ears burned up, Guan Yan's eyelashes trembled, and he said quickly: "Let's put a pair in the kitchen too. The first couplet says firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea, and the second couplet says sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, salty, astringent. The horizontal batch is very good in color and taste."

His chest was pumping, and a melodious low laugh overflowed from his throat. Gu Jiuyuan rubbed his neck, "Is this what I look like in A Yan's eyes?"

Guan Yan's cheeks were stained with a thin blush, and he quickly pushed his head away: "I didn't talk about you."

"Well, no." Gu Jiuyuan was kind, and let him go with a smile.

Guan Yan breathed a sigh of relief, and posted the couplet together with him.

……

The sound of crackling firecrackers kicked off the New Year's Eve, and several people sat around to toast and drink.

"Every year, there is today! Every year, there is today!" Shen Feibai, who was so drunk that his tongue was too big, wobbly held his wine glass and said to Gu Jiuyuan, "I wish, I wish the leader and Mr. Guan Yan, Bai, grow old together, and have a precious son early !"

An angry look flashed in Elder Liu's eyes, and he stomped on him under the table, causing Shen Feibai to shake his hands in pain, and the wine spilled all over his body.

Winking at the protector and Elder Wu, Elder Liu clutched his forehead and groaned and poured it on the protector, looking as if he couldn't bear the alcohol.The guardian froze for a moment, and hurriedly supported her.

Elder Wu smiled apologetically: "Elder Shen and Elder Liu are both drunk, let's send them back first."

Gu Jiuyuan finished his glass of wine, and said in a low voice, "Go."

Elder Wu and the guardian immediately supported the person to leave.

Guan Yan, who wanted to keep the year old and only drank two glasses of wine restrainedly, watched the four of them go away, and said: "If Elder Shen knows that his words come true in the future, will he be frightened..."

Gu Jiuyuan swallowed his unfinished words.

"I accept this blessing." Gu Jiuyuan squeezed his jaw to exchange breaths, "In order not to disappoint my subordinates, both me and A Yan have to work harder. Is A Yan right?"

Guan Yan's complexion became more and more red, and his moist and bright eyes met his dark eyes.

"Is Ah Yan full?" Gu Jiuyuan's right hand landed on his still tight and sexy abdominal muscles, and his hoarse voice swept across his heart like a feather, "Would you like to come and taste me, who is delicious?"

With a "boom", Guan Yan turned red from head to toe.