Chapter 23: Three Fellow Villagers

Chen Jiechang turned his head when he heard the sound, and sneered after seeing Li Libo: "Why can't it be me? You can come, I can't?"

"Hey, are you looking for trouble?" Li Libo rolled up his sleeves, pretending to teach Chen Jiechang a lesson.

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Xiang Changsong blocked between the two and smiled: "The relationship between the two is very good."

"Who has a good relationship with him? *2"

Liang Qu scratched his head on the side. Chen Jiechang, he also had an impression of this person.

There are quite a few people in Yixing Market, with thousands of people, half of whom are fisherman families, and there are dozens of people of the same age. Li Libo is one, and Chen Jiechang is also one. They see each other every day, and everyone knows each other.

Liang Qu is fifteen or sixteen, Li Libo is seventeen or eighteen, and Chen Jiechang is older, about nineteen or twenty.

Compared to Li Libo having two big brothers, who raised a lazy temperament, Chen Jiechang only has an older sister, and he is a famous fishing master, with a daily income of more than one hundred wen, almost the same as Liang Qu now.

Chen Jiechang doesn't have a golden finger, he catches it with his own real skills.

Xiang Changsong said: "In the past, it's not that no one from Yixing Market has come, but it's relatively rare to have three at the same time. Since you all know each other, then the next things will be handed over to Liang Shidi Liang and Liang Shidi Li."

Liang Qu nodded: "Good."

"Brother Jie."

"Ah Shui."

Chen Jiechang nodded, his attitude was obviously better than that toward Li Libo. Speaking of him coming to learn martial arts, it was really related to Liang Qu.

The day the two caught treasure fish together, Chen Jiechang's limelight was completely covered by Liang Qu. They were both young people, so naturally they were resentful, feeling that they were robbed of the limelight for no reason.

But on the day of paying the autumn tax, Chen Jiechang saw Liang Qu's actions with his own eyes, and the resentment turned into admiration.

In all fairness, if it were him, he would definitely be reluctant to take out that stone of rice, and then heard that Liang Qu went to learn martial arts...

Chen Jiechang sold the treasure fish and had quite a lot of money, plus what he had saved before, he had quite a lot left after paying the autumn tax, so he had the idea and also wanted to fight for a way out.

A moment later, Lu Shaohui returned. After learning that he had another student and also came from Yixing Market, his brows frowned again, but soon returned to calm.

Chen Jiechang noticed something was wrong, and his subsequent encounter confirmed this. If it weren't for Liang Qu and Li Libo pointing out mistakes, he wouldn't know whether the pile work he made was right or wrong.

Before coming, he thought that the status of fishermen was low, and he might be discriminated against, but he didn't expect it to be so serious.

If it weren't for Liang Qu saying that there was a Master Hu who could be counted on, Chen Jiechang would almost be unable to hold his temper.

Liang Qu comforted: "Endure a little longer, wait until I finish learning Crane Fist, and then I will teach you."

Some of the pile work in the three fist techniques is the same or similar, and only about one-third of the parts are quite different. With a foundation before, it will be very fast to learn.

Yesterday plus this morning, Liang Qu had already finished learning Tiger Fist, and it is estimated that he would finish learning Crane Fist by tomorrow.

Chen Jiechang took a deep breath and suppressed his irritability: "Trouble Ah Shui."

"Small matter, there are only three fellow villagers in the martial arts hall, so naturally we should help each other."

Li Libo curled his lips: "Why don't you say trouble me? I also taught you just now, right?"

"You? Heh."

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"You said that kid went to learn martial arts?"

In the courtyard, Zheng Xiang, wearing white brocade clothes, circled the peach tree, and the fallen leaves fell one after another, making his mood complicated.

The little servant in hemp clothes on the side bowed: "Yes, I have followed for many days. That kid surnamed Liang doesn't know why he seems to have suddenly opened his aperture, and his fishing methods are getting more and more powerful.

About half a month ago,

he actually caught a treasure fish called Horned Pomfret, sold it for six taels and five qian, and went to the Yang Family Martial Hall to learn martial arts. Master Hu of the martial arts hall also said that he had good bones, and it has been more than ten days now."

"Yang Family Martial Hall? Third Young Master is also learning martial arts there, right?"

"Yes." The little servant paused, "Oh, there is one more thing. Two days ago, during the autumn tax, a fisherman named Chen Qingjiang owed seven dou of rice and was almost sent to Lanzhou to dig the canal. It was that kid who took it out to make up for it, making up three dou of rice and six qian of silver. I inquired about it, saying it was because Chen Qingjiang had given that kid a sesame seed cake and sent a few jin of grain before."

Zheng Xiang was surprised, and then squinted and sneered: "A sesame seed cake plus a few jin of grain can be exchanged for a stone of fine rice. I want to do such a good deal."

The little servant A Quan remained silent.

Zheng Xiang circled the peach tree again, and suddenly scolded: "That surnamed Lin is really hateful, sending me out for more than a month for no reason, a thing like a cheap animal!"

There are two stewards in the Zhao Mansion, the big steward is Lin Guiyong, and the second steward is Zheng Xiang.

Zheng Xiang was actually not a steward, but a house-raised little servant in the Zhao Mansion, but he was clever and smooth in handling things, and gradually became the second steward in the mansion.

Where there are people, there is a world.

Big steward Lin Guiyong couldn't watch Zheng Xiang rise and affect his status, so there were often frictions and constant competition between the two.

Zheng Xiang tried every means to please the old master, and Liang Qu was one of his methods, but it hadn't been done yet. On the old master's sixty-fourth birthday, he was sent away by the big steward to send gifts and handle affairs in Huangzhou for the second young master.

By the time he came back, it was more than a month later. Not only did he miss the great opportunity to show his face on the birthday, but even the congratulatory gifts could only be sent by his subordinates hastily.

Although the second young master was very happy and praised him for handling things beautifully, the one who was in charge of the house was not the second young master, not to mention that there was a big young master above the second young master.

Until Zheng Xiang remembered that there was still a handsome young man left in Yixing Market who could be operated on, and heard the little servant say that the kid went to learn martial arts, he was extremely depressed.

Master Yang extremely cherished his feathers. If any accident happened to the martial arts disciples during his tenure, the Yang Family Martial Hall would inevitably check it. Even if it was just a pretense, it had to be checked.

Knowing that Zheng Xiang was forcing buying and selling, there would inevitably be trouble.

Zheng Xiang was very strange, why a person who was almost starving to death in Scabby Zhang's mouth would have such a earth-shaking change.

Could it be that he really opened his aperture as people often say?

Zheng Xiang didn't believe it, but had to believe it.

Things have come to this point, brute force is impossible. The Zhao Mansion is fearless in Pingyang Town, but that is the Zhao Mansion, Master Zhao, the big young master, the second young master, and the third young master, not him!

He still wants to climb up!

Bullying a teenager is a small matter, causing trouble is also a small matter, but because he wasted the toilet paper of the Zhao Mansion, that is a big matter!

If it reaches the old master's ears, he will never think about replacing Lin Guiyong and becoming the big steward in the Zhao Mansion in the future!

Being careful and walking on thin ice is Zheng Xiang's life creed.

"By the way, where is Scabby Zhang?"

"Haven't seen him since last time, I guess he has no face to see you."

"A thing that fails more than it succeeds." Zheng Xiang scolded again, and after a while, he suddenly asked, "A Quan, in Pingyang Town, have any commoners ever made it out by practicing martial arts?"

"This... there are some." A Quan smiled, "The other two families haven't heard of it. The Yang Family Martial Hall has been open for more than ten years, and has produced a few commoner martial artists who broke through the barrier, but there are definitely less than thirty."

"Then in these ten-plus years, how many commoners have entered the Yang Family Martial Hall?"

A Quan calculated quickly: "Five or six every month, ten-plus years... there are nearly a thousand."

"Nearly a thousand? Heh, then let's wait patiently for two months." ===== CHAPTER 24 =====

"A thousand? Hah, then we'll wait patiently for two months."