If you don't give up, I'd like to be your adoptive father.

Chapter 88 A great harvest on the first day
Before Xiaoyu woke up, Hongqiu had been sitting beside the bed, looking at her with a scrutinizing gaze. It was like this at first, but then she gradually became distracted and stared at Xiaoyu in a daze.

Now Xiaoyu has left.

Hongqiu moved a chair, sat by the window, and stared blankly at the river bank lined with green willows outside the window.

Until Aunt Liu opened the door again and walked in, smiling and saying, "Hongqiu, get ready and pack your things. It's time to move."

Hong Qi turned around and asked calmly, "We are living well here, where else are we going?"

"Hehe, if Fengxian said this, I can understand it. Compared with the Northern Desert Sand Dunes, the attic room has become a paradise for gods.

But you, Miss Hongqi, have seen the world. I heard that the palace of the State of Lu is not as rich and magnificent as Prime Minister Dou’s residence.”

Aunt Liu looked around, opened the wooden cabinet in the corner, and teased as she picked out clothes.

Hong Qi pursed her lips, and a cloud of gloom covered her pretty face again, "You don't have to hurt me with your words. There may be many weak and delicate daughters in the families of dukes and marquises, but I am not that kind of person.

I have been here for quite a few days. Have I ever complained about the accommodation or food?"

"Well, you are indeed good. Even though you witnessed your former pride being crushed into dust and felt extremely tormented, you still tried your best to maintain your composure.

But compared to Fengxian, you are still far behind."

Aunt Liu casually took out a new dress made of fine fabric, placed it on the bedside, and folded it up one by one, saying, "Even if you have never been out of the house, you know that this is the attic in the front yard of Hongxiufang.

To put it simply, it is a "signboard" placed at the street entrance for customers to see.

In the attic, your room is considered top-notch, more spacious and quiet than the others, but it is still far behind the independent "Elegant Gardens" behind.

We let you live in the attic before because that was the rule.

The new daughters are first classified.

You are the "top-class daughters" and live in the private rooms on the second floor. Those of middle and lower class or the lowest class have to sleep in the shared bunk beds on the first floor or in the backyard.

A room about the same size as yours, with seven or eight people living in it.

When my daughters become ‘girls’ and start to make money, we will naturally have to move to another place.”

Hong Qi was shocked when she heard this, "Who is going to start making money? Could it be Sha Manyu? She, she has started to receive customers?!"

"What about receiving customers? Does receiving customers mean that you can only sell your body? Humph, in a brothel, selling your body is always the least profitable. If someone only makes money by selling her body, I will never be so attentive to her in my life!"

Aunt Liu glanced at her first, then smiled proudly and said, "As the most romantic place in Tianmen Town, our Hongxiufang has never lacked sword ladies.

Singers, dancers, musicians, painters, poets, whatever the guests may desire, we have everything they need.

However, even in her strongest individual event, she is still far inferior to the 'Five Ultimate Swordsmen' Li Manman.

Now I, your aunt, see hope. In a few years, either the 'Five Supreme Swordsmen' will be replaced, or Li Manman will change her name. Anyway, the 'First Swordsman of Shu' will probably belong to our Xiao Fengxian!"

At Aunt Liu's urging, Hongqiu also opened the cupboard and packed her clothes and belongings into a bag.

Actually, there wasn’t much stuff, mainly a few sets of seasonal clothes.

As "excellent students", she and Xiaoyu were assigned clothes made of top-quality materials and specially tailored by the famous tailor "Four Seasons Square", so they needed to bring them with them.

You don't need to bring towels, teapots, study supplies, etc.

Aunt Liu called a strong maid who was about twenty years old to come and move the bedding.

The quilt is new too.

The three women turned left and right in the backyard, passed through seven or eight doors, and finally came to a secluded pavilion.

Xiaoxuan is a blue-tiled brick house with two large glazed windows. It is about 40 to 50 square meters and a bit low. The eaves outside the corridor are less than two meters from the ground.

There is a grape trellis on the right side of the pavilion. Under the trellis, a pond is made by digging out the earth and laying stones. It is about ten feet long and wide, and a group of small golden carps are raised in it.

There is a weeping juniper planted on each side of the small pond. Under the strong spring sunshine, the green shade is swaying, which is very lovely.

There are several cypress trees standing by the outer wall of the courtyard, like a green screen, blocking the peeping from outside the wall.

Under the green cypress screen, there are three stone rockeries. Although small in size, they have the beauty of towering mountains.

The rest of the courtyard was not empty either, but was covered with fluffy golden thread grass and embroidery grass.

Hongqiu was an expert and knew that these two kinds of grass would not wither and die even in the severe winter when frost fell.

When I walked to the door of the pavilion, I could see a carved cage hanging on the corridor outside the window, with a parrot with a green head and red beak in the cage.

"Hello master, I'm hungry." It can also speak.

Hongqi was not surprised.

As a parrot, if you can't even speak human language, you don't deserve to be hung here.

"Squeak~~~" I pushed the door open and walked in, which was a study room. The first thing I saw was a desk with a porcelain vase with flowers, an ancient town, a pen, and an inkstone on it.

There are four pieces of gold-flowered paper with poems inscribed on them pasted on the pink wall. Both the poems and the paintings seem to be from famous artists and should be fakes.

"How is it? It's almost comparable to the lower-class maid's room in your Dou family, right?" Aunt Liu put down her bag, turned around and said with a smile.

"Aunt Liu is talking about the lower-class maids' rooms, but she is thinking about my show building and boudoir, right?"

The disdain on Hongqiu's face was about to drip to the ground. "When I was a child, I heard a story about an old farmer in the field talking about the king. He was fascinated and guessed that the king's shoulder pole must be made of gold."

Aunt Liu was angry.

She took two steps forward, grabbed Hongqiu's face and twisted it slightly, cursing, "You really think your Dou Mansion is a royal palace! My aunt is of humble origin, but that doesn't mean I haven't seen the world.

Open your eyes and take a good look, this is Tianmen Town.

Tianmen Town is the most prosperous place in the West.

There are many things here that you barbarians from the distant Xilu country have never seen in your life."

Hong Qi covered her face with her right hand and sneered, "So what if you've seen it? All the rare and precious things you've seen in Tianmen Town, weren't they eventually given to nobles outside Tianmen Town to enjoy? Do you think you can use them yourself after seeing them?"

Aunt Liu rolled her eyes at the rebuke. "You are no longer the daughter of the Xiangfu! The Doufu has disappeared, and you are just an orphan in trouble!"

Hong Qi was not angry, but said calmly: "Aunt, you don't have to be so angry and humiliate me! You were the one who started it, you can't stop people from telling the truth!"

"Ouch, I'm so angry that my heart hurts, ouch~~~"

Aunt Liu covered her chest and cried out for a while, until a maid came in to look for her. She pointed at Hongju's little nose and said, "If you still have a little bit of pride as a lady from an aristocratic family, you shouldn't keep eating Xiao Fengxian's food for free, hum~~"

Seeing Hongqiu pursed her lips and said nothing, she seemed to have turned the tables. She twisted her slender waist and walked out majestically.

"Wow, is this our new home? It's so beautiful!" It was almost dusk when Xiaoyu returned to Xiaoxuan, carrying a big bag of things, under the guidance of the little girl Ziying.

"Yes, although this 'Xiao Jing Xuan' is not big, it is the most secluded and exquisite place in the town.

When Sister Shaoyao was still a 'daughter' in the neighborhood, she lived here for three years."

Ziying has a round, fair face, big, round eyes, a fleshy, round nose, and a small mouth. Her hair is tied into two round buns, revealing her entire face, making her look particularly cute and energetic.

"Is this place called 'Xiao Jing Xuan'?"

Xiaoyu took two steps back and returned to the gate of the courtyard. As expected, she saw a wooden sign that had been weathered by wind and rain hanging on the wall. The words "Xiao Jingxuan" on it were a little blurry.

"Who is Sister Shaoyao? Is she no longer a 'daughter'?"

"Hey, Sister Fengxian, you just got here, so you probably haven't heard of 'The Li trees in Luodu are growing slowly, and the peonies in Tianmen are red'.

Li Manman is known as the 'Five Wonders Sword Lady', she is a master of poetry, sword, song, dance and beauty, which are the five wonders.

Although "famous prostitute" does not sound very nice, if you add "the best in Shu Kingdom" before famous prostitute, it might sound different.

'Peony Red' is as famous as Li Manman, hehe, Sister Fengxian knows how powerful Sister Peony is! "

Ziying loves to laugh very much. When she talks, she starts grinning after just a few words.

Only when she mentioned "famous prostitute", a hint of sadness flashed across her big eyes, which were very clear but no longer innocent.

"Where is Sister Shaoyao now? Can we see her?"

Xiaoyu walked into the room, glanced around casually, and then put the brocade package on the table.

She regretted it a little.

When she was chatting with Ziying before, when Ziying asked, she first said her date of birth, and it turned out to be "sister".

If she had been more alert at the time and let Ziying tell her age first, she would definitely have become the "big sister".

Anyway, I was born a barbarian in this life, so I can’t remember my exact birthday and the month is just a guess.

"Hongqiu, you are here too, please pour us a cup of tea."

"No, don't bother Sister Hongqiu, I'm not thirsty. Well, I can do it myself."

Ziying looked at Hongju, who had a cold face and cold eyes. She seemed to be weak. She waved her hands repeatedly and took the initiative to find the teapot. She poured a cup for Xiaoyu and Hongju first, then held the cup herself, but did not drink. She just looked at Xiaoyu with a smile on her face and said, "Sister Shaoyao still belongs to Hongxiufang, but she has her own house outside and rarely comes back."

As she spoke, she pointed to the brocade package on the table and said with a chuckle, "Sister Fengxian, didn't you get lucky today?"

Xiaoyu nodded thoughtfully.

The most famous prostitute in Western Shu is still a prostitute, and no matter how popular the peony in Tianmen is, she is still a member of the Jiaosifang.

But at their level, their circles are different from those of ordinary people.

Afterwards, Ziying chatted with her for a while about the common knowledge of Hongxiufang, and then was called away by another little girl in a green skirt named "Dujuan".

Before leaving, Xiao Yu opened the brocade package on the table and said, "Come on, come on, don't be polite. Everyone has a share, and everyone must take it! If you don't take it, you are looking down on me."

The brocade package took up most of the table top. When it was opened, the room immediately sparkled with gold and silver.

Gold ingots, gold leaves, silver coins, jade pendants, these ordinary goods, not to mention, there are pearl necklaces, chicken egg-sized pearls, and even three swords, two gem-studded daggers, and four thin old books.
Dujuan even let out a "wow" sound, but Ziying just smiled and expressed her gratitude, without any look of surprise.

As for the red
When Dujuan and Ziying were still there, she glanced at them with disdain.

When Xiaoyu and she were the only ones left in the room, she sneered and mocked, "I knew you were a scoundrel, but I didn't expect you to be so shallow."

Xiao Yu flipped through the pages of "Ghostly Grappling Technique" and said calmly, "I fought with your father before, and he was such a loser~~"

"You~~~" Hongqiu was about to turn into a little angry lion again, but stopped halfway and just looked at her with resentful eyes.

Xiaoyu ignored her and concentrated on opening the secret book in his hand.

Well, all four books are martial arts secrets.

Along with the sword and dagger, they were all gifts from underworld "bigwigs" such as Xu Dahao, known as "Flying Crane in the Clouds".

It takes no effort at all.

She only reported her reputation as "the Guan Yu who killed Kong Zan and abolished Zhou Lang". Xu Dahao and other martial artists were amazed, stood up and bowed to her, asking her to show some sword skills of "killing the Hunting Flag Immortal".

Aunt Liu was still a little worried that her injuries had not healed yet.

Xiaoyu just got out of bed to stretch his body as if he had been ill for a long time, and picked up the sword to perform a set of "Tiger Roar Sword" dance.

Well, there are seven great mysteries of "Tiger Soul Seven Kills", a total of 49 moves. The Tiger Roar Sword derived from the "Tiger Roar Knife" is the simplest first-level mystery, with a total of seven sets of moves.

As a result, the Jianghu leaders were shocked and exclaimed, "It's the legendary divine power to control the sword", "Oh my god, she has realized the sword power at such a young age", "Isn't it said that her sword bone is broken, why is her sword power still so sharp, it makes me feel cold to the bone".
Aunt Liu beside her also had eyes shining with excitement.

Ziying and other little girls had adoration on their faces, and there was obvious awe in their adoration.

Xiaoyu was confused by their fuss.

——I just started warming up, what are you yelling about? It's still a "legend". Even "divine will" is a legend, what about the sword immortal? What about the Fiery Sun Marquis?

But their expressions were very genuine, and they didn't seem to be deliberately flattering.

Xiao Yu was confused. She walked in and shouted "Greetings, fathers!", and a series of killing methods were activated.

The fact that they could be activated meant that their fighting power was not weak, and at least they could threaten her at this moment.

She said respectful words and asked the group of "big names in the world" to come on stage and give it a try.

Their faces all blushed, their eyes flickered, and they waved their hands repeatedly, saying “I dare not”.

After Xiaoyu pleaded again and again, with an extremely sincere expression and eyes, they mustered up the courage to demonstrate their special skills on the spot.

With the help of the killing method given by Zifu, Xiaoyu gradually understood something.

This group of heroes is not unworthy of the name.

Their moves are extremely sharp, their combat experience is rich, their internal energy and blood are extremely strong, their swords are as fast as dragons, and their punches are as powerful as a gust of wind.

Several of them are even at the Qi refining realm. Like Ge Qing, their Qi is integrated into Gang Qi, making them indestructible and unbreakable "Gang refining masters."

But they are all about physique, moves and internal energy. It cannot be said that the spiritual will is insufficient, but it can only be said that it has not even entered the door.

(End of this chapter)