Chapter 56 Wujiabao

The villagers who have lived in Wujiagou for generations have truly experienced the tremendous changes in their hometown over the past year or so. The originally barren and desolate hillsides, valleys, and wastelands have magically turned into fertile soil due to a strange small-scale rainfall. Now, anything you plant can yield a bumper harvest. This Coca-Cola made the villagers of Wujiagou so sad that they sighed for God's blessing and the protection of the gods. Every family has an incense burner set up all day long to burn incense and worship gods.

Next door to Father Wu's house in Wujiagou, last year, Father Wu actually hired plasterers to build a row of five large houses with blue bricks and blue tiles next to his house, which were more luxurious. The courtyard was surrounded by blue bricks, a gatehouse was built, and a plaque was hung, euphemistically calling it: "Wu Family Library".

Father Wu was even more generous and invited two highly respected teachers from Qingxian County to sit in the library in person and let the children of Wujiagou study in the "Wu Family Library" for free.

Wu Dashan's reputation spread throughout this year, and his reputation was endless.

The loud sound of children reading wafts out from the library, highlighting that this barren Wujiagou is about to change and develop.

Even the two teachers sitting in the hall praised the young students in Wujiagou. To put it bluntly, the soul boy from Wujiagou was almost buried.

On the other side of Wu Dashan's courtyard, there is also a courtyard. This courtyard is also a large courtyard with blue brick walls and green tiles covering the house. However, the walls of this courtyard are more than twice the size of the courtyard over the library, and the high walls of the courtyard are more than three feet high, and the walls are more than three feet thick. There is no plaque on this large courtyard, and the door is closed all day long, so it is hard to see what it is used for.

However, villagers who walked under the wall could often hear the clashing sounds of swords, guns and sticks coming from the yard. It looked like someone was practicing martial arts in the yard.

In fact, this courtyard is indeed the Wu family's training ground. The martial arts instructor in charge of the training was an old man in his seventies or eighties who looked like he might die at any time. The children who practice martial arts here call him Grandpa Huang. This old man is kind-hearted, but when he teaches martial arts, he is fierce and domineering. If anything goes wrong, he will shout loudly and even use sticks.

Today's Wu family is no longer a courtyard with a small gate and a single courtyard. On the basis of the original old house, it has been expanded to an area of ​​more than ten acres. To the east is the library, to the west is the martial arts hall, and the gate to the south is erected with a fort wall that is more than three feet high and as thick as a city wall. The backyard to the north has been expanded into a castle-like continuous house.

This is a Wu family fort. How can it be called an ordinary wealthy family?

Father Wu and Wu Dashan naturally no longer have to work in the fields themselves. Tenants had servants to do all the work. What he does every day now is to hold an exquisite purple clay pot, sip the Yuqian Yejian tea that is said to be difficult for even the king of Tianlang Kingdom to enjoy, and walk around Wujiabao sighing about fertility. A good son.

"Dad, where is the second brother?" Father Wu was sipping tea from a purple clay pot when suddenly he heard someone shouting from behind. He turned around and saw that it was his eldest son Wu Yan, whom he had not seen for many days, with a cheerful smile on his face. , said: "It turns out to be Yan'er, Xiaoshan just went to the martial arts hall to learn martial arts with Huang Lao. What, what's the matter? You too, why do you like to wear this loose black clothes all day long when you have nothing to do? It doesn't look too much I'm so old, I'll ask your mother to make some bright clothes for you tomorrow. You're already old now. Dad is looking for a way to arrange a marriage for you. Dad has some free time now and wants to take care of his grandson and enjoy it. Enjoy..."

Wu Yan, who was wearing a black robe, did look a bit too dignified and mature at this time. At the age of seventeen, he had an ordinary appearance, but when he put on this black robe, at first glance, he thought He is an adult who has already started a family and started a business with children.

A wry smile appeared on Wu Yan's face, he rubbed his nose and said, "Dad, there is no rush in advance. I have something important to discuss with you and Xiaoshan. Send someone to find him and wait for me at the entrance of the valley west of Wujiashan. Remember, don’t let anyone follow you.”

After Wu Yan finished speaking, he was afraid that Father Wu would continue to nag about marriage, daughter-in-law, etc., so he turned around and ran away. Father Wu stomped his feet and laughed: "This brat is getting more and more outrageous. He actually dares to ask me to run errands."

All joking aside, Father Wu became more and more satisfied with his eldest son. The Wu family can be developed as it is today, and Wujiagou can be changed as it is today, but it is all due to this son. Father Wu did not ask his servants to find Wu Shan, but trotted to the martial arts gym himself.

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Wujiashan is located to the west three or four miles away from Wujiagou Village. The mountain is just a mountain of earth and rocks more than a hundred feet high. The vegetation on the mountain is lush and green, but it is just ordinary wild forest wormwood. In such wild mountains and wastelands, there are not even big beasts. Naturally, the people of Wujiagou cannot expect to make a fortune from here.

To the west of Wujiashan, there is a valley surrounded by low mountains. There is no formal name for this valley. In the past, people used to call it Jujube Valley because there were many wild jujube trees growing on the low hills around the valley.

There was nothing surprising about Suanzaogou before, but a year ago, villagers who often collected firewood here suddenly discovered that Suanzaogou had been covered by an inexplicable fog for some reason, seemingly overnight.

Standing on the low hills on all sides and looking down, it was so hazy that it was impossible to see clearly what was going on at the bottom of the valley. Originally, there were some mountain people who wanted to go down to find out what was going on, but since four monsters that looked like humans but not humans ran out of the valley, the mountain people all said that there was a man-eating mandrill wood demon in the Suizao Valley, and no one dared to go there. Came here to check it out.

Occasionally, a brave child would secretly carry an adult on his back to the mouth of the Suanzaogou Valley, wanting to go in and have a look, but he would pass out for no apparent reason and be dumped on the ridge of Wujia Mountain. Since then, this place has become a forbidden place where no one goes.

Wu Shan has become more and more courageous since he learned martial arts from his master Huang Zhen and developed his internal strength. In normal times, Wu Shan, who was fourteen or fifteen years old, would often go to the depths of the mountains more than ten miles away to hunt wild beasts alone, carrying a hard mulberry bow, and hone his martial arts and courage.

Wu Shan's current strength is frightening, and his size has grown dramatically within a year. Naturally, he doesn't know that all of this is just the result of Wu Yan giving him a lot of miraculous medicine to improve his physical condition.

"Dad, eldest brother is so mysterious. Why did you call us here? There is something scary in this jujube ditch. I wanted to go in and have a look earlier, but a monster suddenly broke out of it. It was really scary. I jumped. I had a fight with the monster, and guess what? The monster turned out to be a wooden man, and he knocked me down in a few blows. Fortunately, I ran away quickly, otherwise, hehe... ...By the way, Dad, do you think my eldest brother really made a lot of money by running a big drug store in Qingxian County? This year, our family built a house and hired a husband, which cost at least seven or eight thousand taels. Baiyin, the eldest brother is so thin and weak, but he has such great abilities. I'm a little worried about him being alone. When I learn the skills, I must stay with him to protect him!" Wu Yan muttered. As Father Wu spoke, he stared nervously at the mouth of the foggy valley.

Father Wu was also staring at the entrance of the valley nervously, with a suspicious expression on his face, and his heart was pounding a little. He couldn't understand why Wu Yan brought the two of them here to discuss important matters. Wouldn't it be better to discuss it in your own room?

"That's right, Xiaoshan, Dad always feels a little weird. Your eldest brother seems to have something big to discuss with us. Tell me, why did he let us come here? This wild mountain valley was not so scary in the past few years. , and there is no heavy fog that covers the sky. What is going on? You said, your elder brother has been mysterious all day long. What is he doing? Find out why, the three gentlemen he invited seemed to be silent about his affairs, which is really strange." Father Wu also said in confusion.

At this moment, the two of them suddenly heard the sound of heavy objects hitting the ground in the valley. It sounded like some huge monster was about to come out of the valley, which frightened the two of them. They looked at each other, both at a loss.

"Dad, I seem to hear that the wooden weirdo in the valley is coming out? Although I am stronger now and have learned martial arts, I still feel like I can't beat the wooden weirdo. What should I do? Should we run? "

"Run? Where to go? Didn't your elder brother ask us to wait for him here? As soon as we run away, your elder brother comes. What should we do if we bump into this wooden weirdo?"

The two of them talked nervously, but their eyes kept looking around for traces of Wu Yan.

"Yan'er?! Yan'er!"

"Brother! Brother! Where are you?"

At this moment, the heavy fog that filled the sky at the entrance of the valley suddenly began to strangely separate to both sides, as if it had heard some kind of order. The Wu family father and son, who were originally calling for Wu Yan, were shocked and stunned by the bizarre changes in front of them.

However, Wu Shan was very filial. When the mist parted to both sides, he jumped in front of Father Wu, holding a long knife in his hand to protect the two of them.

The mist in the valley opened a passage more than three feet wide, and a huge steel skeleton monster more than five feet tall walked towards the outside of the valley step by step, staring at a pair of red eyes the size of a lantern.

When the Wu family father and son suddenly saw such a huge steel skeleton monster, they were so frightened that their hamstrings twitched and they were unable to move. At this time, the two of them heard a familiar voice in the air: "Dad, Xiaoshan, why are you here just now? I've been waiting for you for a long time."

The Wu family father and son looked up following the sound, only to see a young man in black clothes sitting cross-legged on top of the huge skeleton monster. Wasn't it the Wu Yan they were worried about looking for?

Father Wu swallowed his saliva and tried to say something in a hoarse voice. He pursed his lips for a long time but didn't say a word. Wu Shan was different from Father Wu. When he saw his eldest brother sitting leisurely on the head of the huge steel skull monster, he quickly realized what was going on. He rolled his eyes and shouted happily: "Brother, So you have been living in this valley? Are you responsible for the fog in the valley, the wooden monster, and the huge iron guy?"

Wu Yan smiled, stretched out his hand, and the two huge palms of the steel skeleton puppet were spread out on the ground. Wu Yan pointed at the huge steel palms and said to the two of them: "Dad, Xiaoshan, this is not a place to talk. Come up, I’ll take you into the valley.”