Fu Ya chuckled and said, "I've been thinking about it. In the two months since I last saw you, you two have not only grown taller, but also stronger."
Fu Ya patted their heads and pinched their arms, feeling happy to see them grow up.
Rong Jiaojiao and Fu Ya weren't that close, so she didn't seem too eager. Instead, she watched them being happy and smiled foolishly, calling out "Mom!"
Fu Ya had been eyeing her daughter, who had grown quite a bit taller, for a while. Seeing her grinning foolishly, she pushed Rong Zhiyuan aside, picked her up, and said, "Mommy's little darling, did you miss Mommy?"
Rong Jiaojiao nodded: "I've thought about it."
Fu Ya kissed her forehead and said, "Mommy missed our Jiaojiao baby too. Let Mommy take a good look at her." Seeing that her little face was much darker, she asked, "Did your brothers play around and take you running around, so you got so tanned?"
Rong Zhigao chimed in, "No, it's because my sister trains with us every day, so she's gotten a bit tanned."
Fu Ya gave a thumbs up: "Our Jiao Bao is really amazing."
The banyan tree has lofty aspirations...
So, out of the three of them training together, only the younger sister is really good...
After Fu Ya had finished kissing and cuddling with the three children, she thanked Qing Xuanzi: "Brother Qing Xuan, thank you so much. The children have troubled you for so long."
Qing Xuanzi waved his hand and said, "It's alright. Jiao Bao needs to train anyway, so it's good that they're here with her."
Fu Ya looked at her two sons and said, "You're back just in time. School starts tomorrow, so you can come home with me in a bit."
Qing Xuanzi asked in confusion, "Lian Hu isn't home?"
Fu Ya smiled and nodded: "No, he was in a combat competition held at the garrison a while ago. He beat a bunch of young soldiers to a pulp, so the brigade commander sent him there for training."
Qing Xuanzi asked with a smile, "Has he developed a sense of Qi?"
"Yes, it took him a year and a half to develop a sense of Qi. You have no idea, he was so excited that he got up in the middle of the night and ran for several hours."
Fu Ya still felt speechless when she recalled Rong Lianhu's agitated state at that time.
Qing Xuanzi thought it was normal. Rong Lianhu was already so old, yet he was still able to cultivate Qi in a year and a half, which showed that he had been working hard all along.
When something you've worked hard for a long time finally comes to fruition, the excitement is indescribable.
Qing Xuanzi smiled and said, "Then this time he goes to train the troops, which is a good opportunity for him to consolidate his Qi perception and improve his combat skills. It's a good training opportunity for him."
Fu Ya nodded: "Yes, he also cherishes this opportunity. However, before he left, he specifically told me that he might not be able to make it back in time for your trip."
Qing Xuanzi waved his hand: "Jiaojiao has almost used up the talisman paper she used for practice. I plan to go to Bingcheng to buy some more. I don't plan to stay here for long."
Fu Ya said reluctantly, "But you've just come back, why don't you stay a few more days?"
Qing Xuanzi shook his head: "The grain on the mountain is about to ripen. I plan to buy some talismans and go back to the mountain, otherwise the rice will all fall to the ground."
Seeing Fu Ya holding Rong Jiaojiao and looking very reluctant to part with her, he said, "Why don't you take Jiaojiao back to stay for the night?"
Fu Ya was very tempted, but after thinking about it, she decided against it: "I'll have to dig her up early tomorrow morning and toss her around, so I'd better not."
Qing Xuanzi didn't press the matter and steered the conversation to the two boys: "Zhigao and Zhiyuan have brought back quite a few prey for you. What do you plan to do with them?"
In this sweltering heat, they simply won't keep. Fu Ya thought for a moment and said, "I'll keep a few, process and marinate them, and eat them in the next couple of days. Qingxuan can take the rest back with him."
Qing Xuanzi threw out a dozen pheasants and seven or eight rabbits: "Since it's still early, let Zhigao and Zhiyuan help you clean them up."
Upon hearing this, Rong Zhigao immediately ran to the kitchen to boil water, and Rong Zhiyuan followed him in to help.
When Fu Ya asked about the children's situation over the past two months, Qing Xuanzi mentioned some of the children's positive achievements.
Hearing that the children were not afraid of hardship and were practicing martial arts diligently, Fu Ya felt both heartache and pride. She knew that the children must be quite good to have received praise from Qing Xuanzi.
She felt even more grateful to Qing Xuanzi, but she had nothing to thank him for, so she could only sincerely express her gratitude.
Soon after, Rong Zhigao and the others boiled water, and everyone pitched in to clean up.
While working, Rong Zhiyuan kept talking, sharing their fun stories from the valley with his mother. For a moment, the courtyard was filled with laughter.
After cleaning up the game, Fu Ya went to cook dinner. By the time they finished eating, it was already very late, and Rong Jiaojiao was already asleep. Only then did Fu Ya take her two sons home.
Before they left, Qing Xuanzi told Fu Ya that he would be taking Rong Jiaojiao to the Ice Market early the next morning, so she didn't need to come to the courtyard early.
Despite her reluctance, Fu Ya knew that since her daughter had become Qing Xuanzi's disciple, she had to follow his arrangements, so she could only nod.
The next day, before dawn, Qing Xuanzi got up to make breakfast. After the breakfast was ready, he woke up Rong Jiaojiao, dressed her in the new clothes that Fu Ya had made for her, and braided her hair into a pretty braid.
Rong Jiaojiao was fully awake after all that fuss. She asked Qing Xuanzi, "Master, what are we doing up so early?"
In the past, when Qing Xuanzi asked her to get up early to practice her skills, he would never dress her in new clothes or braid her hair. His behavior today was very strange.
Qing Xuanzi said, "Today, your master will take you to the ice market to buy talisman paper. The ice market is far from here. We need to take a bus from the town to the county, and then take a train from the county to the ice market."
He asked Rong Jiaojiao with a serious expression, "Jiaobao, do you still remember what Master said about not doing certain things in front of others?"
Rong Jiaojiao nodded: "We cannot use magical artifacts or divine sense in front of others, and we cannot collect things indiscriminately."
Qing Xuanzi nodded: "Jiaobao has a good memory. Remember, if there's anything you like, tell your master and he'll buy it for you."
Rong Jiaojiao nodded: "Master, I understand."
I brought Rong Jiaojiao to the courtyard for dinner. It was just getting light when there was a knock on the door.
Qing Xuanzi used his divine sense to investigate and found that it was Fu Ya and Rong Zhigao. He was quite surprised. What were they doing here so early in the morning?
Fu Ya waved and opened the door, then smiled and said, "It's good that you didn't leave."
As soon as Rong Jiaojiao saw them, she ran over happily and took Fu Ya's hand: "Mom, come and eat!"
Fu Ya picked her up and asked, "What did Jiaojiao eat after Mommy ate?"
Rong Jiaojiao didn't know what to do, so she turned to Qing Xuanzi and asked, "Master, does Mom have any food?"
Qing Xuanzi nodded: "There really is. I thought I'd make a lot so you'd have something to eat if you got hungry on the way, so there's quite a bit."
He cooked a pot of porridge and made some pancakes early in the morning; there was definitely enough for everyone.
He took out a small jar of pickled vegetables and said, "Zhigao, go get the rice!"
Fu Ya stopped her, saying, "Brother Qingxuan, keep it so Jiaojiao can eat it when she's hungry at noon. Zhigao and I came to give you some money and coupons."
As he spoke, he took out some money and various coupons from his cloth bag, including grain coupons, meat coupons, and coupons for candy and snacks.
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