My younger brother Lü Fengxian

Chapter 63 The mystery of life experience
The next day, Lu Yi got up very early.

"Brother, you're awake!" Cheng Lian and Gao Shun had no family, so they had been living in Lu Yi's house since they joined the caravan. When they saw Lu Yi get up, they immediately stepped forward to greet him.

"Yeah, you two go ahead and prepare some breakfast while I wash up."

After Lu Yi greeted him casually, he went to wash up on his own.

"Huh? Why haven't I seen Fengxian?" After Lu Yi finished washing up, he frowned when he saw that he still hadn't seen Lu Bu. He also frowned when he saw that Lu Bu's door was closed, and urged him through the door.

"Fengxian, we still need to recruit men in Jiuyuan today. Get up quickly and don't miss the important event."

But after calling a few times, there was no response from inside.

"When did this kid come back?" Lu Yi asked.

"I went to bed early and don't know." Cheng Lian shook his head in confusion.

"This kid went to see Wei Xu's sister last night, and he hadn't come back when I went to bed." Gao Shun was used to reading military books by lamplight at night, so he answered.

"This brat actually delayed important matters just to pick up girls. He must be taught a lesson!"

When Lu Yi heard this, his face darkened and he wanted to break into the house with Gao Shun and Cheng Lian.

"Brother, you are looking for me." But at this moment, Lu Bu's cautious voice came from behind. Lu Bu came in from the gate late.

"You..." Lu Yi frowned even deeper when he looked at Lu Bu, who was still wearing yesterday's clothes and was coming in late from the gate.

"Fengxian, you are such a killer!" Gao Shun immediately realized that Lu Bu had not returned all night, so he shook his head helplessly.

"How is it? Did you capture him?" Cheng Lian hugged Lu Bu's neck and asked excitedly.

"Do you even need to ask?" Lu Bu's tone was proud, but his face showed uncontrollable joy.

"You're really good, kid! You managed to take care of Wei Xu's sister quietly in one night!" Upon hearing this, Lu Yi's frown immediately relaxed, and he smiled as he stepped forward and punched Lu Bu hard in the chest.

"Hehe, I'm still a little inferior to my big brother..." Lu Bu touched his cheek with some pride after hearing that.

"Go change your clothes quickly, we will have important things to do later!" Lu Yi scolded with a smile, then ignored him and Gao Shun and the others and went to have breakfast first.

After breakfast, Lu Yi arranged for Gao Shun and Cheng Lian to put away all the equipment used in the last recruitment.

Before they had finished their preparations, the surrounding villagers came uninvited and surrounded the recruitment point.

"You've got a pretty sharp ear!" Lu Yi and Lu Bu looked at each other and couldn't help but smile.

"Ahem, Sixiao, are you going to recruit some more caravan members with all this activity so early in the morning?"

Upon seeing this, an old man with white hair immediately stepped out from the crowd, put on a smiling face and asked Lu Yi.

"It turns out to be Mr. Zhang. Please take a seat and chat." When Lu Yi saw that the visitor was Zhang Sou, the head of Jiuyuanli, he smiled and welcomed him to his side.

"Haha, Sixiao, you are still so respectful to the elderly. Thanks to you, although Jiuyuanli is located in a remote area, no bandits dare to harass us. Even the county clerks have to be more restrained when they come to collect grain. This is all due to your reputation as the number one hero in Bingzhou."

"Thank you for your compliment, old man." Lu Yi didn't care at all and still treated Zhang Sou with great courtesy. "I heard from my unfilial son that you have made a lot of money in the past few months of business trips, and now the size of the caravan has expanded tenfold. Are you looking to recruit more people because of the lack of manpower?" Seeing this, Zhang Sou smiled even more, and asked politely without putting on airs like an old man.

"What the old man said is quite true. I did make a small fortune during this two-month trip outside the border. Now I am preparing to recruit another group of men." Lu Yi nodded. He did not deny the false rumors. Instead, he was happy to see it happen.

"Yesterday, I also saw your caravan distributing dividends. Any of the guys got four or five thousand coins. It's obvious that this is a lot of money. Sixiao is too modest." The more Mr. Zhang boasted, the more he exaggerates. Lu Yi knew that he must have something to ask for, so he smiled and waited quietly for his next words.

"Hehe, I'm not afraid of you laughing at me. The old man in my family is almost forty years old now, but he has accomplished nothing. He steals and robs people in the village all day long. I am afraid that he will go astray in the future, so I want to ask Sixiao to accept him into the caravan. I would even ask you to lead the horse and stirrup for him, as long as you can give him food to eat!"

"You rebellious son, why don't you come over here and greet Manager Lu!" said Mr. Zhang, and immediately started scolding a tall middle-aged man in the crowd in public, not giving him any face at all.

Mr. Zhang is old and wise, and has long seen through the secular world.

Face? How much is face worth?
"Brother Sixiao, it's been a long time since we last met. Do you still remember me, Zhang Xin?" Although the middle-aged man was tall and strong, he had the look of a ruffian on his face. Seeing his father scolding him, he could only come to Lu Yi reluctantly and say hello.

Zhang Xin has always considered himself a chivalrous man. He and Lu Yi were acquainted with each other. Because he was a neighbor in the pavilion and was a dozen years older than Lu Yi, Lu Yi had always been very polite to him.

Now that he sees that his old friend who used to hang out with him in gangs is suddenly doing very well, he naturally doesn't want to lose his prestige.

"You bastard! My nephew Sixiao is such a hero, and you, a dirty lazy bastard, are allowed to call him by his given name?"

When Mr. Zhang saw that Zhang Xin was acting like a troublemaker again, he got so angry that he stood up and kicked him hard on the butt.

"Dad, I admit my mistakes and I accept the punishment. But please take care of your health and don't get too angry."

Although Zhang Xin was a scoundrel, he was quite filial to his old father. Seeing this, he did not dodge but instead put on a smile and begged for mercy.

"Hurry up and call Manager Lu!" Seeing this, Mr. Zhang shouted with his remaining anger.

"Manager Lu..." Zhang Xin bowed to Lu Yi reluctantly after hearing that.

"Haha, we are all from the same village, there is no need to be so distant. Brother Zhang Xin, you can still call me by my courtesy name as before."

However, Lu Yi did not miss the opportunity to show his approachable personality in front of these neighbors who knew him well, and waved his hands nonchalantly.

"Hehe, Dad, I told you that Brother Sixiao is a first-class hero in Bingzhou, how can he be the same as those money-grubbing businessmen? He will definitely still treat us, the people at his doorstep, as before!" Zhang Xin took the opportunity to take advantage of the situation and immediately sat down next to Zhang Sou with a carefree smile.

"That's right. When Brother Lu was alive, he was a first-class hero. Since Brother Lu brought the one-year-old monk Sixiao and the infant Fengxian to settle in Jiuyuan Village 23 years ago, we have started to live a good life in Jiuyuan Village."

"Sixiao and Fengxian were both raised by me. They are truly blessed by Brother Lu's kindness!"

Zhang Sou couldn't help but sigh when he heard this.

But when Lu Yi heard it, his heart was moved.

"Twenty-three years ago? One year old? Settled in Jiuyuanli?"

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(End of this chapter)