Chapter 36 Chapter 36 Settled in Rongshu Village

When they arrived at the butcher's house in the neighboring village, there was not much meat left. Ye Feng bought a piece of fat, Miao Ying chose the pork belly that still had a lot of meat left, and bought a few bare bones. Ye Feng wanted to say something but stopped, and finally sighed.

Unfortunately, they went there today because the village peddler was out, so they had to wait until next time to discuss business and went back to the village with Ye Feng.

It was almost dark when he returned to the village. Miao Ying thought he hadn't done anything today and another day had passed. When he could see the door of his house, he saw a tall figure walking out.

When he saw them, Huo Xing slowed down his pace.

Miao Ying and Huo Xiaobao sped up a bit, then walked up to Huo Xing and asked, "How's it going? Is everything done?"

Huo Xing nodded and took out their household registration documents from his arms. The family of five, neatly packed up, all landed in Rongshu Village.

"The village has also marked out a residential plot. If we want to build a house, we can build it there." Huo Xing said, "But since we just moved here, the residential plot is not large."

"If it's not big, just pile it up high." Miao Ying looked very cheerful. "What about the land? Have you bought it?"

Huo Xing nodded. "It's all bought." He took out the land deed and showed it to Miao Ying. "Three and a half acres of land, plus the land for the household registration, and some money for the house, the total cost was twenty-eight taels."

Miao Ying nodded. It was pretty much what he expected. It was just that there wasn't much money left after all the hard-earned money. But it didn't matter. He could just earn more money.

"Then let's go check out the land tomorrow." Miao Ying smiled happily, "We'll have something delicious tonight."

He bought a big piece of pork belly and planned to make braised pork. He cut the pork belly into small square pieces and stir-fried it in a pan to release the fat. Finally, he added sauce and spices and stir-fried them until fragrant. He then added sugar. Soon the meat pieces were stained with the color of the thick red sauce, and finally he added water and stewed it.

In another pot, bone soup was boiling. Huo Xiaobao was in the growth stage, so it was always a good idea to drink more bone soup.

Cook the braised pork over high heat until the sauce thickens, sprinkle chopped green onions on the bone soup, steam the multi-grain steamed bread in the bone soup, and a table of home-cooked meals is ready.

Huo Xiaobao had smelled the aroma of meat a long time ago and was almost drooling with greed. They had just made do with the Lantern Festival yesterday, so today was just making up for it.

The braised pork was a little fat but not greasy, but they hadn't eaten meat for a long time and were afraid of stomach discomfort if they ate too much. The family happened to have some vegetable leaves sent by their neighbors, so they wrapped the meat in the leaves and ate it, so it wouldn't be so greasy.

Huo Xing has never had much of an appetite. He can eat anything and can even finish several steamed buns. However, today's braised pork is particularly to his liking. He eats much faster than before.

The last bowl of braised pork was eaten up, and even the remaining soup was eaten by Huo Xing using his steamed bread to dip it in. Huo Xiaobao's mouth was full of oil, and he hugged Miao Ying's arm and said that he wanted to eat this again next time.

Miao Ying agreed of course and gently touched his head: "If you want to eat, I'll make it for you."

Huo Xing was always the last one to put down his chopsticks during every meal. He could finish the whole table of food. After finishing today's meal, he looked at Li Hongying and said, "Mom, Grandma, I'm getting ready to go out."

In the past, Huo Xing would go out just to hunt here, and they were used to it. This time, seeing how serious he was, they realized that he was going on a long journey.

"Where are we going?" Li Hongying was stunned for a moment. "Have you discussed this with Xiaoying?"

"Go to the provincial capital and take advantage of the fact that there's no busy farming season. Come back when the busy farming season is over."

Li Hongying nodded: "Okay, it's okay to go out. We are at home, you don't have to worry."

Huo Xing said okay, but he didn't know what to say next, so he just remained silent.

Huo Xing did not leave the next day. When they got up early, their family went to see the land they had bought and the location of the homestead. When they saw the place, Miao Ying was already planning how their house should be built.

First of all, there needs to be a kitchen and a toilet, and a convenient place to take a bath. Then four rooms are needed. Huo Xiaobao is grown up and can no longer sleep in the same room with his grandmother and mother. His grandmother and mother's rooms need to be next to each other.

There also needs to be a large main hall where the whole family can eat together.

You can create a vegetable garden in the front and grow some vegetables for daily consumption. Once you have it all set up, you will have a lively home.

After looking at the homestead, I went to see their several plots of land. Because they were bought later, they were not connected together. One piece was in the east and the other was in the west. Because they were not sold, they were now idle.

"It's a bit far, but the land looks good." Grandma and Li Hongying have been farming for almost their entire lives, so they can naturally tell the difference.

"Let's hoe the land tomorrow so we can plant vegetables in the piece close to home," said Li Hongying.

When they first moved here, they had nothing and relied on vegetables sent by neighbors. They felt at ease only when they grew their own crops.

After looking at the land, Huo Xing was ready to leave home.

He was not good at speaking and had nothing to say. Grandmother and Li Hongying said a few words to take care of themselves and then left the time to them.

Back in the room, Huo Xing packed his luggage in silence. Miao Ying sat on the bed, watching him busying himself under the dim candlelight.

"Aren't you bringing thick clothes?" Miao Ying didn't do anything, but he pointed out Jiang Shan, "You'll be cold, right?"

Huo Xing reached out and put the thick clothes into his bag.

"Can you come back by the end of April?" Miao Ying asked again, "I'm going up the mountain to harvest rapeseed. You have to lead the way."

Huo Xing nodded: "I will be back."

Miao Ying took out the purse containing their money from under the pillow. Huo Xing gave him the remaining money after he came back from his work. He counted it and gave more than half to Huo Xing: "Take these with you."

Huo Xing shook his head: "No, keep it for yourself."

He was already useless and couldn't go out to earn money and use the family's money: "I don't need it."

Miao Ying put the purse into his bag without saying anything: "I've never heard of a poor family becoming rich on the road. Take it with you."

After saying that, he lay down with the quilt covering him, not giving Huo Xing any chance to refuse, leaving him only the back of his head.

Huo Xing curled the corners of his lips, packed his luggage and lay down on the bed.

Miao Ying was pretending to be asleep, but he fell asleep while pretending. After he fell asleep, he was completely defenseless. Only then did Huo Xing dare to reach out and touch him.

His breathing was shallow and the arc was very small. Huo Xing bent his index finger and gently scratched his cheek, then restrainedly withdrew his hand and just lightly touched the index finger that had just touched him with his thumb.

Judging from the time we've been together these days, Miao Ying actually doesn't understand anything at all. He doesn't understand love or romance. The way he gets along with me is like that of ordinary brothers, supporting each other. It's not liking, nor is it love.

Huo walked without disturbing anyone in the house, not even Miao Ying, who shared the bed with him.

He took out the purse from his bag. The money should be left at home. It was of no use keeping it with him.

Before leaving, he stood at the bedside for a long time, but did not dare to touch Miao Ying again, for fear that he would wake up. Finally, when he heard a rooster crow, he packed his bag and left home.

It takes about two or three days to walk from Rongshu Village to the provincial capital, but Huo Xing didn't feel tired at all. When he arrived at the provincial capital, the sun was high in the sky and he was queuing in the crowd, waiting to enter the city.

The provincial capital was much more prosperous than the county town and the town. After entering the city, he took out the token given to him by his master and asked others for directions. Without much effort, he found the Zhenwei Escort Agency.

Huo Xing had heard his master talk about the Zhenwei Escort Agency. The Zhenwei Escort Agency was arguably the largest escort agency in their entire country, and it seemed to have some relationship with the imperial court. It was said that the founder of the Zhenwei Escort Agency was the father of a current general. When escorting goods, they basically had to use the name Zhenwei, and even bandits had to think twice. He could hear from his master's tone that his master was very proud of it.

The gate of Zhenwei Escort Agency is very grand, and even the two stone lions in front of the gate are majestic and more domineering than those of other houses.

Huo Xing had just stood at the door of the escort agency for a while when someone came over and asked him what was the matter. Huo Xing then handed over the token.

The man took one look at the token in his hand and led Huo Xing into the inner courtyard.

The headquarters of Zhenwei Escort Agency is in the capital, and the rest of the branches are scattered across the country. The chief escort of each branch is carefully selected from the capital, and their character and martial arts skills are impeccable.

The chief escort leader usually doesn't go out very often. He mostly deals with the affairs of the escort agency. He will only go out when the escort is about to get something very difficult. Today, the chief escort leader happened to be in the escort agency. When he heard that someone was coming with a token, he went to meet him in person.

The token of Zhenwei Escort Agency is not something you can get just by wanting it. This is the tradition of the General Escort Agency. Only the escort leaders who have made significant contributions to the escort agency can get it. As long as they have this token, the escort agency will try its best to satisfy their wishes.

So far, only a few people have been able to obtain this token, and there is only one person who brought the token to the escort agency.

The chief escort looked at the word "Yang" engraved under the token and knew who it belonged to.

Yang Xiong was the second most important person in Zhenwei Escort Agency after the chief escort. When he was escorting, he was the mainstay of the escort team.

When he left the escort agency, even the head escort agency wrote to inquire about his situation. Later, knowing that he was determined to leave, they gave him this token and told him that if the escort agency could help him in the future, he could just ask.

Almost twenty years have passed in a flash. Yang Xiong has not come, but his descendants have come.

"Master has no children, I am just his apprentice." Huo Xing did not dare to claim the identity of his master's child.

"Since he can give you the token, it shows that you are a good young man. What do you want?" The chief escort looked at Huo Xing. He looked very respectful. Although his clothes were patched, they were clean and tidy. He didn't look like those deceitful people. His eyes were also very pure.

"I want to make some money." Huo Xing said with some difficulty, "My family is in financial difficulty."

The head escort nodded. He wanted to make money, not ask for it. He was indeed a good person. He asked, "Do you know any martial arts?"

Huo Xing nodded: "Master taught me."

"That's fine." The head escort stood up and patted him on the shoulder. "Come and spar with my men."

Huo Xing followed him and walked to the martial arts training ground behind the escort agency. There were many people training at that time, and they all stopped when they saw the chief escort leading the people.

"Come on, come on, find someone to come over and have a sparring match with." The chief escort waved to one of the escort leaders and asked him to bring someone over.

Competitions were common in the escort agency, and many people were eager to try. In the end, the escort leader chose someone who was about the same size and build as Huo Xing.

There will be excitement when there is competition. Now those who are practicing have stopped and all come together to see who will win today.

Huo Xing was still carrying a bag on his back. He was a bit insensitive and didn't care too much about other people's eyes. He just carefully put the luggage aside because it contained the thick clothes that Miao Ying asked him to take.

Huo Xing's moves were all taught by Yang Xiong, and he practiced them one by one against the wild beasts in the mountains. Compared with the moves he practiced in the martial arts hall of the escort agency, Huo Xing's moves seemed to be ruthless, and every move was aimed at taking lives, and the victory or defeat was quickly decided.

The head escort looked at Huo Xing and asked, "Did you learn martial arts from Brother Yang?"

Huo Xing nodded: "Master taught me how to hunt."

"He went hunting right after returning from the escort agency?" The chief escort leader widened his eyes. The mainstay of their escort agency ended up going hunting?

Huo Xing hummed.

"I'm giving you two choices now. One is that I'll give you the amount of money you want and take back the token. The other is that if you're willing, you can stay at the escort agency and make money with your own hands."

Huo Xing raised his head and naturally chose the latter. He had never thought of getting something for nothing. He also wanted to let Miao Ying know that he could make money with his own hands.