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Wang also became interested: "Were you a Taoist priest in the mountains?"
"Yes!"
Then Wang Ye asked Hu Xiuwu a lot of questions about the mountain, and Hu Xiuwu answered them one by one.
Although Wang Ye is young, he has read quite a few Taoist classics and can chat with Hu Xiuwu.
When the two of them talked, it wasn't as if they were talking at cross purposes.
Wang Ye was thoughtful: "I see, is this what Taoist priests are like?"
Then, Wang Ye's mother came over and asked them to eat.
At the dinner table, after two rounds of drinking.
Wang Weiguo and Hu Yunxuan talked about their children.
When Wang Weiguo heard that Hu Yunxuan was planning to let Hu Xiuwu return to Fujian to go to school, he began to persuade Hu Yunxuan to let Hu Xiuwu come to Sijiucheng to study.
"Old Chief, I'm not exaggerating! The schools in the Forty-Nine City are better than those in Fu J. Let Shugo come here to study. The school that Xiaoye attends is pretty good. There are many activities and summer camps to help you gain knowledge. It will also be very convenient for him to go to college in the future."
His words made Hu Yunxuan somewhat moved.
In the minds of the older generation, no, all parents, the education of their children is the top priority.
For the sake of their children's education, many people take out loans to buy housing in school districts. However, no matter how arrogant you are outside, you have to flatter the teachers at school.
Don’t these parents know that the so-called school district housing is not worth the price at all? Do they like to flatter others?
I just hope for a chance of something happening.
What if my child's grades improve in this school? I hope the teacher can pay more attention to my child.
It’s just that Hu Xiuwu had just returned to him, and he still felt a little reluctant to let him stay in the city to go to school.
"If you are worried, just let Xiuwu live in my house. I promise to raise little Xiuwu fat and white."
"Humph, if I really let Xiuwu come to Sijiu City to study, would I still need to look for you?"
"I'll think about it!"
Seeing that Hu Yunxuan was a little hesitant, Wang Weiguo tactfully stopped talking and continued to drink enthusiastically with Hu Yunxuan.
After dinner, Wang Weiguo sent his driver to take Hu Yunxuan and Hu Xiuwu back home.
In the car, Hu Yunxuan asked Hu Xiuwu if he wanted to study here.
"It doesn't matter. I can't remember what my home looks like anyway."
After arriving home, Hu Yunxuan thanked the driver.
"Xiao Du, thank you."
"It's okay. I just took the money. Why are you being so polite to me?"
Watching the car go away, Hu Xiuwu was thoughtful.
"This driver turned out to be an extraordinary person. It seems that what the master said was right. Those who can make a name for themselves in the city are not simple people!"
When I got home, Hu Bayi and Wang Kaixuan had not returned yet.
Hu Yunxuan began to discuss the matter with his wife. Unlike the entangled Hu Yunxuan, his mother was very happy:
"Then let Xiuwu come here to study. It just so happens that Bayi also works in Sijiu City. If Xiuwu comes here to study again, we can just move here."
The Hu family’s hometown is not in Fujian. After Hu Yunxuan joined the army, the whole family moved from the north to the south with the troops.
Moreover, after Hu Xiuwu was born, there was already a lot of gossip from the country neighbors, and Hu's mother had long since stopped wanting to listen to those people's gossip.
After hearing what Hu's mother said, Hu Yunxuan thought about it and felt that it was right.
Their two sons are here, and the couple feels lonely living alone in the south.
Anyway, they are all retired and have nothing to do, so it's a good opportunity for them to come here and retire.
The couple's savings, plus Hu Yunxuan's retirement pay,
Although I can't afford those newly built commercial buildings in the old city, it is still enough to buy a small courtyard house with its own entrance and exit.
I just can't get used to living in high-rise buildings, so a courtyard house is just right.
The 0s was the time when commercial housing in residential areas was popular.
The old courtyard houses at that time had no heating, no separate bathrooms, and were dilapidated, with old furniture and doors.
Therefore, many local residents in the old city sold the courtyard houses they were allocated and replaced them with clean and bright commercial housing with elevators, heating and bathrooms.
Of course, ten years later, I wonder how many people will regret it.
Now that he had made up his mind, Hu Yunxuan decided to go to the agency and the street office tomorrow to see if there were any good properties available.
From now on, I will settle down in Sijiu City.
Chapter 17 Hu Bayi's departure and school
Here, Mr. and Mrs. Hu Yunxuan were still discussing Hu Xiuwu's matter.
Hu Bayi and Wang Kaixuan finally came back sneakily carrying a bag of things.
As soon as he came back, Hu Bayi found Hu Xiuwu, pulled him into a corner, and secretly asked his brother:
"Xiugo, I have something to ask you."
"??you say?"
"After you came down the mountain, did your master give you any talismans, peach wood swords or something?"
Hu Xiuwu was somewhat speechless: "Brother, you were the one who brought me to Sijiu City. If I had a peach wood sword, would you not see it?"
"As for the talisman, don't tell me I don't have it. Even if I did, you wouldn't be able to use it. Do you think talismans are really like in the movies, where anyone can use them?"
"Xiu Wu, my brother is going to the desert with the archaeological team to look for the ancient city of Jingjue. Do you have any magic weapon to deal with Zongzi and resentful spirits?"
"Yes,"
Hu Bayi was delighted: "Where is it? Let me borrow it for you. I'll return it to you when I get back."
"I am the most powerful weapon against zombies!"
Hu Bayi said depressedly: "Stop it, I'm talking to you seriously."
Ever since Hu Xiuwu saw at a glance on the train that the things in Wang Kaixuan's bag came from a tomb, Hu Bayi knew that Hu Xiuwu's master must be a true Taoist.
This time when he went to the desert to search for the ancient city of Jingjue, he was also worried about any accidents.
Last time at Niuxin Mountain, the broken tomb-grabbing talismans on his and Wang Kaixuan’s necks didn’t work.
So Hu Bayi wanted to ask Hu Xiuwu if he had any magic weapon to deal with zongzi.
Hu Xiuwu was somewhat helpless. He did not lie to his brother. He himself practiced the Seven Killing Orders of Gods and Ghosts.
Once the killing order is issued, he becomes much more ferocious than Zongzi.
What foolish zongzi dares to get close to him.
There are no peach wood swords that can ward off evil spirits in the alien world, only magical weapons made by weapon refiners.
However, magical instruments require a long time to refine, and each one is priceless and will not be easily sold.
Almost all of them were consumed by the major forces themselves. The only magic weapon in Hu Xiuwu's hand was the Three Corpse Needles he got from Gao Laosan.
But Hu Bayi couldn't use the Three Corpse Needles because the soul of the brocade-scaled anaconda sealed in the needle was full of resentment and could easily turn against its master.
Gao Laosan can use it because he has superb skills, and Hu Xiuwu does not expect to use it against the enemy. He only uses it to buff himself, hurting only himself and not others.
If it backfired and the poison of the three corpses became stronger, Hu Xiuwu would be happier.
However, thinking of the Three Corpse Needles, Hu Xiuwu thought that he did have something on him that he could give to Hu Bayi for self-defense.
Hu Xiuwu returned to the room, took out the needle bag containing the Three Corpse Needles from under his pillow, and took out the Water-Dividing Bead from the pocket next to the needle bag.
"Here, take this for self-defense!"
"Water-dividing beads!"
However, unexpectedly, Hu Bayi recognized it at first sight.
Hu Xiuwu was a little surprised: "Great, brother, I didn't expect you to even know about water beads."
Hu Bayi said with some pride: "That's right. Back then on the grassland, your fat brother and I met a living one. If it weren't for me, your fat brother would have returned to the grassland long ago, and he would not be able to live freely in this city. And..."
"Forget it, why am I telling you this?"
As he was talking, Hu Bayi suddenly thought of Ding Sitian and lost interest in the conversation. He took the water-dividing bead from Hu Xiuwu and felt a little bored.
Hu Xiuwu curled his lips and said, "Still keeping me in suspense, do you think I don't know? He just fell in love with a girl on the grassland."
"How did you know!?"
"I took the letters you wrote to your family and the love letters you wrote to Ding Sitian to the mountain. I was so happy at the time, thinking you had finally come to your senses. But after you joined the army, there was no follow-up."
After hearing the first half of Hu Xiuwu's words, Hu Bayi's old face suddenly turned red, he was extremely embarrassed. The letter he wrote to Ding Sitian back then was so corny.
Hu Bayi hated himself for taking the letters back home and hiding them. He should have thought of it earlier that he would not be able to hide them from his parents if he hid them at home.
The colored CDs that we hid when we were kids weren’t discovered by our parents; they just did it to save our faces.
After all, a home doesn't need so many three-bedroom and one-living-room apartments.
When Hu Bayi heard Hu Xiuwu's next words, he also felt a little melancholy.
If Ding Sitian had not died in the white disaster, he and Ding Sitian would have been married long ago, and perhaps their child would have been able to keep Hu Xiuwu company.
Thinking of this, Hu Bayi patted Hu Xiuwu on the shoulder, said that he was still young and didn't understand, and went to find Wang Kaixuan.
"Weird."
Seeing his brother's face turning red and green, and finally walking away, Hu Xiuwu muttered something and went back into the house.
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Three days later, Hu Bayi and Wang Kaixuan, who had completed all preparations, set off for the desert with the archaeological team and Shirley Yang.
Hu Yunxuan also bought a courtyard house with only one entrance through the street office.
Then, with the help of Wang Weiguo, Hu Xiuwu was admitted to the primary school where Wang Ye was studying.