He tapped the key three times rhythmically, then stopped and waited.
Two or three minutes later, the door creaked and was opened from the inside.
A boy who looked about sixteen or seventeen years old appeared from the door.
"Look for Hu Liu." Xiang Wentian said lightly.
"Are you looking for Sixth Uncle?" Seeing that there was no flattery or humility in Xiang Wentian's tone, the boy seemed a little unhappy.
"Xing Da!" Xiang Wentian suddenly said another name.
"Please wait a moment. I'll go tell Uncle Six right away." The boy's face froze when he heard Xing Da's name. He didn't even dare to close the door. He turned around and ran in.
"Were you introduced by the boss? Please come in quickly." I heard the voice before I saw the person.
A bandit-like voice came quickly from far away, and then a figure about 1.8 meters tall and as strong as a Wagyu appeared at the door.
When he saw Xiang Wentian and Leng You, he was visibly stunned.
Xiang Wentian: “…”
Without even nodding, he carried Leng You straight into the yard.
This is a small courtyard that is tightly enclosed on all sides, and there are five or six men with unfriendly looks in the courtyard.
Xiang Wentian didn't even bother to look at those people. When he reached the door of the main house, a man quickly ran over and respectfully lifted the thick door curtain.
"Excuse me, who are you..." Hu Liu was a little confused.
The young man in front of him had an extraordinary temperament. Even from his many years of experience in the martial arts world, he knew that this young man also had a murderous aura that people dared not provoke easily. This made Hu Liu even more unsure.
"Xing Da has already sent you a message, right?" Xiang Wentian completely ignored Hu Liu's questions, obviously not wanting this person to know too much information about him and Leng You.
"Yes, yes, yes, the boss sent someone to give me a message two days ago, saying that a distinguished guest might come and asked me to entertain him well.
Please sit down, please sit down, please sit down!
Erdan, make some good tea!"
What Hu Liu didn't say was that Xing Da had repeatedly warned him that this was an extraordinary person and that he must not be neglectful in the slightest. If he dared to make the big shot even slightly unhappy, Xing Da would come and pull his head off personally.
Although the young man in front of him had a terrifying aura, he was just a teenager. Hu Liu couldn't imagine who he was that could make Boss Xing, who was well-known in the entire Tongyuan City, be so careful and respectful to him.
No matter how he muttered in his heart, his actions spoke for themselves. He invited Xiang Wentian and the others to sit down, served tea, and even brought out a large plate of snacks that were rare in this era to entertain Leng You.
"I have something, please help me find a buyer." Xiang Wentian then put Leng You down from his back, took her hand and sat down together, then took the ginseng wrapped in straw paper from Leng You's schoolbag, and placed it on the table with a calm expression.
"Hiss... Ginseng?" With Xiang Wentian's permission, Hu Liu carefully opened the straw paper on the outside. When he saw clearly what was wrapped inside, he couldn't help but take a deep breath.
He never expected that the young man in front of him would take out such a big item.
Although I am not an expert in this field, I have been in the world for so many years and have some experience. I know that this is a good thing that is not even available in the entire Tongyuan area.
He immediately had an idea in his mind and called his men to whisper a few words to them.
After receiving the order, the subordinates immediately bowed, nodded, and ran out.
"Let's find someone to look at the goods firsthand!" Xiang Wentian picked up a cup of tea at a moderate temperature on the table, looked at it, and handed it to Leng You. His tone was much calmer than that of Hu Liu.
Leng You: “…”
Express gratitude with your eyes.
She took it and took two big sips. She was really thirsty.
As soon as she raised her head, Xiang Wentian had stretched out his big hand to take the cup from her hand, and then stuffed a piece of cake into her hand.
Leng You looked up, exchanged glances with Xiang Wentian, and took a small bite.
There is no technology or hard work such as flavoring or preservatives, only a small amount of saccharin added to this almost green food. The simple taste made Leng You eat the whole piece.
This was one of the "luxuries" that was out of her reach in her previous life.
After Xiang Huaixin returned to Pingdu, he would send her various food, clothes, school supplies, and various books several times a year, but in the end none of them fell into her hands.
Even the school supplies and books that the good-for-nothing children of the Leng family had no use for were sold to others by Ma Dahua, or the books were simply taken down and used to cover the walls.
The shameless behavior of the Leng family and Ma Dahahua repeatedly cut into her heart like a knife, causing her to gradually develop a special obsession with these things that she wanted so much but could not get.
So much so that even after she followed Wang Zicheng to Pingdu many years later and had seen and tasted countless delicacies, she still stubbornly believed that only the food from that time was the most delicious.
And what she ate today should be the taste of the time she was obsessed with.
However, her obsession has changed. It is no longer about the simple satisfaction that food can bring to her taste buds, but the pleasure of sending the devil to purgatory.
"Do you want more?" Seeing Leng You squinting his eyes and eating the snack in his hand bit by bit, Xiang Wentian asked softly.
"No." Leng You shook his head.
Due to long-term hunger, their stomachs had shrunk severely. Even with the blessing of magical powers, the stomach of their current small bodies was not that big. Besides, they had a full meal before going out in the morning, and the little space just digested was enough to be filled by this piece of pastry.
After eating and drinking, Leng You began to look around the room.
The hardwood tables and chairs, the rough duster bottles, and especially the mimeographed picture of a tiger descending the mountain on the front wall, all betray a cultural atmosphere that is pieced together without understanding, making it seem funny and out of place.
Leng You lost interest and subconsciously grabbed the corner of Xiang Wentian's clothes and twisted it.
Seeing that Leng You looked full, Xiang Wentian put his arms around her and brought her closer to him. Leng You then leaned lazily against him.
The room was too warm, making people who had just finished eating feel drowsy.
Jiao Liu just stared blankly at the brother and sister opposite him. Yes, in his eyes, they were a pair of brother and sister.
It's just that there's a big difference in the way they dress.
Although the boy was wearing a cotton hat without a badge, a military coat, and a pair of cotton military boots, it was clear that he was from a big city and his background was definitely not ordinary.
But the skinny girl who looked only three or four years old was dressed in typical rural child's clothes, a coarse cotton jacket, cotton pants, handmade cotton shoes, and a handmade, ugly cotton hat on her head.
Even so, the little girl was fair and generous, and she ate in a very polite manner, without any of the shyness of a country girl. So it seemed that she was from the city.
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