The counterattack of the villains

Chapter 80
In the blink of an eye, half a year has passed, and it has been more than ten months since Li Mu came to Shaoshi Mountain.

In more than ten months, Qiao Feng not only practiced the Nine Suns Divine Kungfu to more than half of the third volume, but also made his debut in the Dafumoquan, and also mastered the light kungfu and agility of the snake and the cub.

Recently, Li Mu didn't teach Qiao Feng any other martial arts, but explained to Qiao Feng the content of the fourth volume of Nine Suns Divine Art in detail, so that he could remember it firmly.

On this day, after Li Mu made sure that Qiao Feng had memorized all the methods in his heart and fully understood that he could practice without his guidance, he said to him: "Feng'er, I have to leave as a teacher."

Qiao Feng was taken aback, and asked urgently: "Where is Master going? Are you leaving your apprentice alone?"

Although they had only been together for less than a year, Li Mu treated him very well, even better than Master Monk and his own father.

As soon as he heard Master say he was going to leave, he immediately panicked.

Li Mu looked at Qiao Feng's bewildered look, smiled, and said: "Of course not, the so-called teacher for one day and father for life, you are no different from Master's son, why would Master ignore you?"

"Master is going to marry a wife, find you a teacher's wife, and give you a few brothers and sisters."

Only then did Qiao Feng turn his worries into joy, and said happily: "That's great, Master, can I go with you?"

Li Mu shook his head and said, "I still don't want it, because of some special reasons, I don't want people to know your relationship with me for the time being."

"Practice hard at home, and when you finish practicing the mental technique of the Nine Suns Divine Kungfu, I will bring your teacher's wife to see you as a teacher."

Qiao Feng said seriously: "Yes, this disciple will definitely practice diligently and strive to master the Nine Suns Divine Art as soon as possible."

Li Mu caressed his head lightly in comfort, then said "Let's go", then turned around gracefully, and jumped up.

With the tiptoe of a bush lightly tapped for strength, the body shot out like an arrow off the string, and disappeared into the forest in a blink of an eye.

Seeing this, Qiao Feng immediately sat down cross-legged on the spot, and began to practice inner strength.

He only needs to perform the external skills several times a day to keep his hands free. Now he spends more time practicing internal skills.

……

But they said that after Li Mu went down the mountain, he immediately set off for Jiangling.

When he arrived at the place, he was still fully prepared as he was when he was smiling proudly in the world. He washed the gold, jade and jewelry several times to remove the poison, and then packed a big bag.

This time it was a little more than in the world of Swordsman, and it was still sold along the way, selling a little in every town.

When he arrived in Deluxi, Li Mu was wearing gold, jade and jewelry, which had already turned into more than 28 taels of silver. Jiaozi alone was packed in a locked wooden box.

He packed the wooden box in a bundle and carried it on his back,

The maximum denomination of Jiaozi is 1000 taels, and more than 28 taels, which is more than 280 (the world view of the novel, don’t get into it, the real historical Jiaozi only has denominations of ten guan, five guan, yi guan, and five hundred Wen).

The reason why he took more gold, jade and treasures this time but sold less silver than Xiaoao World is because of the difference in prices and purchasing power of silver between the two eras.

The purchasing power of silver in the Tianlong period is more than twice that of the Xiaoao period, and the prices are also different.

In the Tianlong era, one tael of silver could buy a cow, two or three sheep, or more than 800 catties of rice.

In the era of Xiaoao, one tael of silver can only buy four hundred catties of rice, and a cow can get two or three taels.

So the 28 taels was much more expensive than the 30 taels when Xiaoao was proud.

After returning to Yuncheng, Li Mu bought the betrothal gifts in the city directly, and finally spent hundreds of taels of silver on him to install several large carts.

Li Mu headed for Guangji Town with a group of helpers and a professional matchmaker.

Getting married in this era, paying attention to the orders of the parents and the words of the matchmaker, is an iron rule, even the sons and daughters of the world are no exception.

As the saying goes, "If there is no cloud in the sky, it will not rain, and if there is no matchmaker on the ground, there will be no marriage."

Even if the two parties have already hit it off, and the parents know it, but without the matchmaker going through the procedures, it is not considered "the matchmaker is married", it is called "the private life", which is neither polite nor legal, and is considered unfilial.

It is also for this reason that in the original plot, after Ruan Xingzhu eloped with Duan Zhengchun, he never dared to go home again, nor did he dare to raise a child by himself.

So even if Li Mu doesn't like it, he has to follow the rules.

When he arrived at Ruan's house, he saw that the door was closed tightly, and he couldn't hear the shouts of the apprentices practicing swords in the past.

Li Mu stepped forward to knock on the door in surprise, and he was relieved when he heard a crisp "Who is it" from inside, and said with a smile, "It's me, Li Mu."

As soon as the words fell, Li Mu heard the sound of hurried footsteps, and the courtyard door opened with a bang, and Ruan Xingzhu's beautiful face that was overjoyed appeared in front of him.

"Brother, you are back!"

At this time, Ruan Xingzhu was dressed in strong clothes, and his waist was even more slender. He was holding a long sword upside down in his hand. His face was flushed after exercise, and his forehead was covered with beads of sweat. It was obvious that he was practicing sword just now.

Behind her, Ruan Xiong and Mrs. Ruan were also dressed up. They put their long swords back into the scabbards on the weapon rack, and greeted them here.

There were no young apprentices in the yard, only nine children including Ruan Baiming.

Li Mu raised his hand and wiped the sweat off Ruan Xingzhu's forehead with his sleeve, and asked softly with a smile, "Did you miss me?"

Ruan Xingzhu had already seen the large carts and objects behind him, as well as the woman dressed as a matchmaker, and obviously understood what was going on.

Hearing his question again at this time, her pretty face blushed, she lowered her head slightly in both shame and joy, and nodded.

"Hahaha... the old man guessed that my nephew should be back in a few days, as expected."

Li Mu clasped his fists to Ruan Xiong and said with a smile, "How is uncle?"

Ruan Xiong said with a smile on his face: "Okay, okay, everything is fine, my nephew's trip is going well, right?"

Li Mu nodded and said, "Everything is going well."

After speaking, he turned to the delivery guys and said, "Thank you, push the car into the yard to unload the goods."

There were five carts of dowry gifts prepared by Li Mu, and the guys pushed the carts into the courtyard, and moved all the belongings to various rooms under Mrs. Ruan's call.

Ruan Xingzhu also went to help. It is not appropriate for her to stay here at this time, and she is also very embarrassed, because the matchmaker has already started her own work.

She approached Ruan Xiong with a smile and said: "Dare to ask the master, how old is the daughter of the family?"

Ruan Xiong happily replied: "The young girl has passed the age of Ji."

Matchmaker: "So, it's in the [-]th year?"

Ruan Xiong: "Of course."

This is just a formula, not to say that Ruan Xingzhu is really only 16 years old, but to show that the girl is old enough to leave the court.

Matchmaker: "I don't know if the master has found a marriage with the young lady?"

Ruan Xiong: "No."

The matchmaker: "It's a coincidence that the magpies are chirping this morning, it seems that it is a good news that your family will have a happy event."

Ruan Xiong looked at Li Mu with a smile, and asked, "Why did you say that?"

The matchmaker stretched out her hand to Li Mu, and said with a smile: "I came to your mansion today because I heard that the noble lady in your mansion is gentle and gracious, knowledgeable and reasonable, and as beautiful as a fairy."

"Mr. Li's family has prepared a small gift, hoping to obtain the young lady in the mansion. Although there is no golden mountain and silver sea, it is still a wish to marry. Please accept it with a smile."

"The two families got married in Qin and Jin. They will come and go frequently in the future, and love Yu Jiumixiang deeply. Isn't it a beautiful thing?"

Ruan Xiong cheerfully clasped his fists at the matchmaker and said, "What my aunt said is very true, my little girl's marriage needs to be bothered by my aunt."

The marriage is said to be done, the matchmaker's favorite job is this kind of job where both the man and the woman have already fallen in love with each other.

Because this kind of work is [-]% stable, and there is no need to waste a lot of words, just go through the procedures and get paid.

(End of this chapter)