Daily News: You promised yourself to be a fisherman, but you've become a martial arts god?

Li Nian showed no fear when Zhang Tianqi's guards threatened to draw their swords.

The Zhang family is a powerful and influential clan in the area, not some gangster or hooligans. They wouldn't dare to kill someone in broad daylight.

"stop!"

"My Zhang family are thugs who can bully people with knives at will!"

Zhang Tianqi snorted coldly.

After the guard put down his knife and suppressed his murderous intent, he calmly looked at Li Nian.

"Li Nian, you may eat, but you must not speak recklessly."

"My Zhang family is a powerful and influential family in Qianhu County. How could we possibly engage in such a despicable act as trafficking children?"

"If you don't explain where you heard these rumors from, I can take it as slander and report you to the authorities!"

Li Nian sneered inwardly as she listened to Zhang Tianqi's righteous words.

Humans make mistakes.

The system wouldn't do that.

The mastermind behind this flower-picking case is the Zhang family!

The fact that Zhang Tianqi is demanding repayment at this particular time is enough to reveal something.

With the weather freezing cold and the lake frozen over, fishing is difficult. In addition, his brother had just died in a lake monster encounter, causing a major blow to the family, leaving them with no money to pay off their debts.

Moreover, the Zhang family is not a small family and is not in urgent need of this public money. They can simply let him fish to pay off the debt after the spring.

If Zhang Tianqi is here to collect the debt, then there is one reason: he wants to kidnap his niece, Duoduo.

This matter has nothing to do with Zhang San. According to intelligence, Zhang Tianqi was unaware that Zhang San had the idea of ​​stealing Li Duoduo.

"I heard this rumor in the city; I didn't make it up."

Li Nian spoke with an air of confidence.

"Within the city..."

Zhang Tianqi's heart tightened.

It's possible there's a traitor among the insiders who leaked the news into the city.

The various factions in Qianhu County are mutually restraining each other, and if this matter gets out, it will be detrimental to the Zhang family.

"Where exactly did you hear that?"

"Haoran Martial Arts School"

"Haoran Martial Arts School, you?"

Zhang Tianqi looked at Li Nian with disdain.

I don't believe that a peasant like me can enter a martial arts school.

"Of course it's me. I caught some grass carp a couple of days ago, and they were quite popular with the masters of Haoran Martial Arts School."

"Especially Tang Zhengxiong, the great hero, treated me exceptionally well, buying my fish at a high price."

"They even told me that if I caught a treasure fish, they would buy it at a higher price!"

Li Nian's face was full of pride.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Tianqi frowned, his eyes filled with suspicion.

The fishermen and tenants in the area outside the East City all belong to the Zhang family.

The Zhang family doesn't care how much their fishermen sell ordinary small fish and shrimp, but the precious fish blessed by nature are definitely theirs.

This is a consensus reached between them and various local forces.

Now, Haoran Martial Arts School is openly competing with them for the treasure fish, clearly showing that they don't take the Zhang family seriously.

Although Haoran Martial Arts School has developed rapidly in the past two years, with its master Jiang Chongyan at the peak of Dark Force and He Youchan at the early stage of Dark Force, its overall strength is far inferior to that of the Zhang family.

Could it be that Li Nian is trying to trick me?

Seeing Zhang Tianqi's suspicion, Li Nian brought over a fishing rod.

"Look, the people from Haoran Martial Arts School even gave me a fishing rod."

"Let me take a good fishing rod and go catch some treasure fish to sell to them."

"They were all chivalrous and righteous heroes!"

This fishing rod was none other than the one Xiong Gang had given me earlier.

"These are fishing rods that our Zhang family sold to Haoran Martial Arts School!"

Zhang Tianqi took the fishing rod and recognized it at a glance.

The Zhang family monopolized almost all the fishing gear markets in the city. Fishing gear sold to a certain faction would be marked with subtle symbols to record the other party's movements.

The fishing rod in my hand has a small teardrop symbol on the first section pin.

The character "浩" in "浩然武馆" contains the water radical, and it is specially marked with a water droplet.

Outsiders have no idea.

"This kid wasn't lying to me!"

Zhang Tianqi's eyes were as cold and gloomy as ice.

He was certain that Haoran Martial Arts School and the Zhang family were openly challenging each other.

The rumors about the Zhang family and the beggars must be the work of Haoran Martial Arts School!

"Li Nian, I misunderstood you."

Zhang Tianqi suppressed his anger and spoke calmly.

"It'll be fine once the misunderstanding is cleared up."

"By the way, Second Young Master, how much does my family owe in total for public property?"

"Also, I plan to quit my job and go to a martial arts school to learn martial arts. I don't know how much the rent will cost, but I'll give it to you in the end."

Li Nian pretended not to care.

Resign from the lease?

Practicing martial arts?

Haoran Martial Arts School?!

In order to obtain the treasure fish, Haoran Martial Arts School actually gave Li Nian, this country bumpkin, so many benefits!

Zhang Tianqi felt a chill run through him.

"Forget about the rent for leaving the tenant farm, the public property fee is one tael of silver."

Zhang Tianqi did not stop Li Nian from leaving the farm.

He knew exactly what kind of place Haoran Martial Arts Academy was.

Li Nian is gone; probably not a single hair of her remains.

Moreover, after Li Nian resigned from the tenancy, he could no longer live in the house here and had to go to the city to live. It would be easier to keep an eye on him when he went fishing outside the city, and if he caught a treasure fish, he could intercept it immediately.

At that time, once Li Nian is dealt with, that little girl won't be able to escape my grasp!

"Thank you, Second Young Master. Here is one tael of silver."

"I'll have someone give you the tenancy contract later, but starting tomorrow, your family will no longer be able to live here."

"know."

Zhang Tianqi took the silver, said nothing more, and left the village.

He must report the information he obtained from Li Nian to the head of the family as soon as possible.

"Second Young Master, Li Nianruo brought her sister-in-law and niece into the city. The little girl, born in an unlucky month and hour, personally chosen by the head of the family, is not easy to catch. How about I go and steal that girl tonight?"

"Yes, Second Young Master, we went through a lot of trouble to take down that Li Zhi..."

"Shut up!"

clap clap!

Zhang Tianqi slapped the two guards hard across the face twice, leaving their mouths full of blood and several of their molars knocked out.

"Shut your stinking mouths!"

"If you dare spout any more nonsense, I'll chop you all up and feed you to the fish!"

After saying this, Zhang Tianqi turned and left.

The two guards covered their swollen faces, dared not say a word, and obediently followed behind.

Li Nianjia.

Looking in the direction Zhang Tianqi and the others left, Li Nian's lips curled into a sly smile.

Tang Zhengxiong had people keeping an eye on him, which made him very unhappy.

Although he was preparing to move to the inner city, he would inevitably be found and cause trouble.

We can use Zhang Tianqi to make them fight like dogs!

"Erlang, you just said you were leaving your tenant farm to go to the city..."

Zhao Lijuan held Duoduo and looked at Li Nian with a puzzled expression.

Li Nian truthfully revealed that she planned to buy a house in the inner city and move there.

Zhao Lijuan hesitated for a moment, then lowered her head and said:

"Erlang, I've heard that prices in the city are very high."

"I'm just a country woman, I don't know anything about the city, and I'll only add to your burden."

"Duoduo and I can stay here. After spring arrives, I can farm in the yard and weave fishing nets for others, so I can have something to make a living."

Hearing her sister-in-law's almost humble tone, Li Nian felt a tightness in her chest.

He understood that his sister-in-law was worried that she wouldn't be able to help him and would become a burden to him, which was why she did this.

If it were someone else, they probably would have thought he hadn't done enough.

That's why he has to treat his sister-in-law even better!

Suddenly, Li Nian remembered something.

"Sister-in-law, who said you don't know anything?"

"Your meat sesame flatbread is so delicious! All the senior students at our martial arts school have tried it and asked me if they bought any."

"The new house has a storefront facing the street, so you can make and sell meat sesame cakes there."

"Besides, you and my older brother took such good care of me before. Without you, I would have frozen and starved to death long ago. Even if you do nothing, I will still support you and Duoduo!"

Li Nian looked at Zhao Lijuan earnestly, her words full of sincerity.

"Jiro..."

Zhao Lijuan looked at Li Nian, her eyes instantly reddening, deeply moved.

The two looked at each other for a long time.

An ambiguous atmosphere quietly permeated the air.

It took Zhao Lijuan an unknown amount of time to come to her senses. Her beautiful face flushed red with embarrassment, and she hurriedly looked away.

Li Nian was also slow to realize what was happening, and awkwardly turned her head to touch her nose.

Duoduo, nestled in Zhao Lijuan's arms, peeked out and looked at the two of them.

"Mommy, your face is all red. Do you have a fever?"

"Uncle too."

"Come here, let Duoduo touch your foreheads..."