Chapter 360

Seeing that Zhang Cuiting's first concern was how much wages he got, rather than whether he was tired or not, Xu Laoer couldn't help but feel desolate in his heart.

"I'm asking you how much wages you got!" Zhang Cuiting said impatiently: "My hands are not for cooking."

To support Yang Jun in practicing martial arts, the money her dead ghost husband left behind had all been spent. Her standard of living had plummeted in the last two years, and only when Xu Laoer got his wages could she eat a meal of meat.

Every month, she counted on the day Xu Laoer got his wages to improve their life.

Xu Laoer said angrily: "You're idle at home, can't you even cook a meal? I'm exhausted after a day of work, and I still have to cook for myself?"

Zhang Cuiting's eyes turned red: "You heartless thing, didn't you say before that my hands cooking was a waste? Now that I have no money, you want me to be a yellow-faced woman to serve you? You're dreaming. Hand over the wages."

As she spoke, she went straight up and snatched the money bag from Xu Laoer's waist.

"Trash, you can't even earn three hundred wen a month. Back then, that little beast Xu Yang could dig nearly four hundred wen a month."

Zhang Cuiting counted the money in the bag and found it was even less than last month, less than three hundred wen, and couldn't help but curse loudly.

With this little money, she couldn't eat meat at all, otherwise, she would go hungry this month.

"You..."

Xu Laoer was trembling with anger. There had been several collapses in the mine this month, and he had almost been buried once, so scared that he hid for a few days before daring to return to the mine. Naturally, his wages were low.

"You what you? If you can't support me, then get out and be a bachelor. With my looks, there are plenty of people willing to support me," Zhang Cuiting said angrily.

Now she had no money herself, and she didn't covet Xu Laoer's looks anymore. And reaching middle age, digging in the mine every day until exhausted, Xu Laoer was already powerless.

If Xu Laoer left her, he could only be a bachelor; if she left Xu Laoer, she would live better. She was simply fearless.

After all, she was the widow of a martial artist and the mother of a martial artist; there were plenty of old lechers who liked her status.

Xu Laoer was furious and was about to go up and snatch the money bag back when he suddenly felt something strange behind him.

"A-Lan, why are you here?"

Turning his head to look, he saw it was actually Xu Lan from his big brother's family, and couldn't help but reveal an embarrassed expression.

Abandoning a pair of children to come and be a filler for this widow Zhang Cuiting, serving someone else's son, and now living like this.

Even though Xu Laoer's skin was thick enough, he felt a burning sensation at this moment.

Xu Lan said softly: "Second Uncle, I'm here to tell you that Little Qing participated in the martial arts examination and also ascended the dragon!"

What? Xu Qing also ascended the dragon?

Xu Laoer widened his eyes. How could that crying loser also ascend the dragon?

For a time, his heart felt like it was being stabbed by a knife.

He had given birth to two children who ascended the dragon, but unfortunately, they had all been abandoned by him, and now they didn't even pay him any mind.

If he had treated this pair of children well, who in Qingyuan County wouldn't call him Master Xu now? He could marry several wives younger and more beautiful than Zhang Cuiting without any problem. Why would he have to suffer this kind of crime, being exhausted every day and still being despised as trash?

"Impossible, how could that cheap girl ascend the dragon!"

Zhang Cuiting shrieked, stimulated.

Her son had failed, so why could that cheap girl Xu Qing ascend the dragon? How could heaven be so unfair?

Xu Lan's face turned cold upon hearing this: "My sister Little Qing is now a Martial Scholar, a Dragon Ascension genius. You dare to call her a cheap girl? Believe it or not, I'll go report it to the officials and have you beaten with boards and thrown into jail."

Zhang Cuiting's face changed greatly, revealing fear. If this matter were pursued, Xu Lan was definitely not scaring her; she would truly be punished.

Only then did she realize that the current Xu Qing was no longer the little girl she could scold at will, but a Martial Scholar of this session, a Dragon Ascension genius.

To crush her to death would be no harder than crushing an ant.

"Little Lan, spare me, my mouth is cheap."

Zhang Cuiting hurriedly begged for mercy, slapping her own face several loud times.

"A-Lan, did Xu Qing really ascend the dragon?"

"Is Xu Qing really that successful?"

At the same time, the neighbors in the street also swarmed over, surrounding Xu Lan and asking questions one after another.

Xu Lan said proudly: "This is naturally true. You'll know in a few days when the list is posted. My sister Little Qing's Dragon Ascension is already a certainty. She is currently celebrating in a big restaurant in the city. She even sent a carriage just now to pick up my father to go to the city for a feast. How could it be fake?"

Hearing that a carriage had been sent to pick up Xu Lao-da to go to the city for a feast at a big restaurant, the crowd was immediately shocked, and many people were envious.

"Amazing, two Martial Scholars in one family, both ascended the dragon," neighbor Uncle Gao said in shock: "Even those big families in the city rarely have the grand occasion of two people ascending the dragon in one family."

"The Xu family is amazing, first Xu Yang, now Xu Qing."

"Really envy Xu Lao-da, actually being able to go to the Dragon Ascension banquet."

"Xu Lao-da is the eldest uncle; if he doesn't go, the banquet can't even start. It's laughable that Xu Laoer can only gnaw on steamed buns here."

"Xu Laoer, you are really blind, two Dragon Ascension geniuses, you actually abandoned them both."

"Xu Laoer, do you regret it?"

As the crowd talked, they talked about Xu Laoer.

Every time these people said a word, Xu Laoer's heart felt like it was being stabbed by a knife, his expression turning pale.

How could he not regret it? His guts were green with regret.

Holding his breath, he silently returned to the room. He wasn't hungry anymore, and he also forgot to snatch the money back from Zhang Cuiting's hand.

Zhang Cuiting's eyes rolled, and she followed him back to the room: "That little girl Xu Qing is the softest-hearted, her heart isn't as black as Xu Yang's. You go beg her quickly, she should recognize you as her father again.

I heard she has a dividend in the Qiu family's business. She's about to ascend the dragon and leave. Let her give us the dividend, and we can live a good life again."

Xu Laoer's eyes lit up upon hearing this.

Zhang Cuiting was right. Xu Qing was not that rebellious son Xu Yang; her character was soft. As long as he, this father, went to cry a few times, he guaranteed Xu Qing would pity him.

"You're still smart, but you're wrong. It's not us, it's me."

Xu Laoer snatched the money bag from Zhang Cuiting's hand.

He had seen through Zhang Cuiting and wouldn't continue to entangle with her. Once he got Xu Qing's forgiveness and had money, wouldn't it be better to find an eighteen-year-old? This yellow-faced woman, whoever wants her can have her.

"Xu Laoer, you heartless bastard." Zhang Cuiting was furious.

She had come up with the idea, and this bastard Xu Laoer had actually kicked her away.

"Didn't you say there are plenty of people willing to support you? You cheap thing, go find someone else."

Xu Laoer was too lazy to pack his clothes and left with large strides.

Once he got Xu Qing's forgiveness, he could just buy new ones.

Overnight, Xu Laoer went into the city, gritted his teeth, spent one hundred wen to buy a cheap hairpin to please her, and waited near Zhou Shunchang's house.

He waited for Xu Qing, but he also saw that rebellious son Xu Yang.

"How did he come back?"

Xu Yang's aura was even more intense. Seeing him, he couldn't help but tremble in his legs, not daring to look directly at him.

"Xu Laoer, what are you doing here at my house, you beast?"

Before Xu Yang could speak, Zhou Shunchang couldn't help it: "Now that A-Yang and Little Qing have achieved success and ability, you want to come and recognize them? You're thinking beautifully."

He was drunk and stepped forward to beat Xu Laoer.

"Great Uncle, be careful."

Stumbling under his feet, he almost fell, but fortunately, Xu Yang was quick-eyed and fast-handed and supported him again.

"My daughter ascended the dragon, I've come to see her, what's wrong with that?" Xu Laoer stretched his neck and said, looking at Xu Qing with soft eyes.

It was good enough that that rebellious son Xu Yang didn't beat him; he could only pin his hopes on Xu Qing.

Zhou Shunchang was furious: "Beast, Little Qing has ability, and you know you have a daughter? When you went to be a filler for a wild woman and be a stepfather, why didn't you know you had a daughter? If it weren't for A-Yang, they would have starved to death long ago."

As soon as these words came out, Xu Qing's gaze, which had been somewhat unbearable, immediately turned cold. Xu Laoer hadn't discovered his conscience; he knew she had ascended the dragon and wanted to come and take advantage.

Xu Laoer answered this question guiltily, stepped forward, handed the hairpin to Xu Qing, and said flatteringly: "My daughter has ability. Dad can't give you anything good, but this is Dad's heart."

Zhou Shunchang looked down at the cheap hairpin in his hand and said disdainfully: "With this kind of thing, you're embarrassed to give it to Little Qing? She is a dignified female Martial Scholar, a Dragon Ascension genius. Do you want her to wear it out and be laughed at?"

Xu Laoer's face turned red with shame. Not to mention giving this thing to a Dragon Ascension genius, even a woman like Zhang Cuiting would despise it, but he was short of money and couldn't afford a better one.

And he was just here to sell misery, so how could he buy a good one?

Xu Qing pursed her lips and didn't take it.

Xu Yang's large hand reached out from the side, snatched the hairpin, and with a burst of Gang Qi, only a bang was heard. The cheap hairpin Xu Laoer had gritted his teeth to buy turned into powder.

Xu Laoer's flattering smile froze. This move was very absolute, as if what he had sent was something disgusting. He knew Xu Yang hated him to the extreme. If he weren't his biological father, he estimated that what would be shattered wouldn't be the hairpin but his head.

Xu Yang clapped his hands and said: "Alright, we've received the item, you can get out. If you want to take advantage, I think you should go back to sleep and dream; it's possible. We will never recognize you in this life."

If you don't want the item, you can return it to me, so I can go back and please Zhang Cuiting.

Xu Laoer's heart was bleeding. This was one-third of his wages. If he couldn't get Xu Qing's forgiveness and fell out with Zhang Cuiting, wouldn't it be stealing a chicken only to lose the rice?

He hadn't expected Xu Yang to return. With Xu Yang there, it was impossible to win sympathy.

"Little Qing, can you bear not to recognize Dad? You were the most clingy to me when you were young..." Xu Laoer wailed, trying hard to squeeze out a few tears, but he couldn't squeeze them out no matter what.