C1770

1770

This was the name Xu Taiping heard again after many months.

He did not expect to hear Zhao Gang's name under such circumstances.

The first China Landlord Competition?

What the hell was this?

At that time, there were some people who held the first Chinese Landlord Competition a dozen years ago. At that time, there were many people who signed up for the competition, and Duanmu Ci also participated in the competition, but in the finals, I lost to Zhao Gang in terms of total points. I played Landlord with Duanmu Huanghun for so many years, and I won against Duanmu Ci in a certain game of cards. said Doctor Wang.

"Indeed!" Xu Taiping nodded in agreement. Just like him this afternoon, in some games, his cards were so good that they could easily defeat the Heavens, but in an entire afternoon, if they were to judge based on the score, he had definitely lost to Duanmu. Duanmu would be the strongest, but from the moment he played the first card, the entire game had been playing according to his own tempo, unless your cards were truly too abnormal, otherwise, it would be very difficult for you to escape from his grasp.

"However, I still do not know about the situation of the final battle of the Landlord Competition. It is said that the final battle of the top three is not public, and the three of them fought in a separate, sealed room, and fought twelve matches. The three of them calculated their points themselves, and finally, Zhao Gang Ming obtained the first place in the entire competition. Later on, I also asked Duanmu Ci. Regarding the competition that day, he kept quiet and didn't mention anything about it. said Doctor Wang.

"He really knows how to play." Xu Taiping sighed.

"You can go in and let her pour it out. Let's go eat after it's cold. " said Doctor Wang.

"Alright!" Xu Taiping nodded his head, then walked into the room where Chu Tian was frying the medicine.

Chu Tian was fanning the stove with a fan, hearing the footsteps, Chu Tian turned around to look, and when she saw Xu Taiping, she felt wronged and said, "You are so comfortable, we played Landlord for the whole afternoon, I am so tired."

"This is your disease, not mine." Xu Taiping smiled and said, "Your illness can be cured by your own medicine. You'll feel a sense of accomplishment when it's cured, won't you?"

"That is true, but... "So tired." Chu Tian said.

"Doctor Wang said he can pour out the medicine and then we can go eat. We can just leave the medicine here to dry." Xu Taiping said.

"Really?" Chu Tian asked in surprise.

"Of course, I would still use this to trick you!" Xu Taiping said.

"Alright!" Chu Tian excitedly reached out his hand, grabbing the handle of the medicine jar and lifted it up.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Chu Tian let out a shocked cry, hurriedly releasing the hand that was holding the medicine, the entire medicine pot fell to the ground.

'Pa! 'Xu Taiping caught the jar with one hand.

The pot of medicine began to burn.

"This medicine pot has been burning for who knows how long, but you actually took it with your hand. Is that stupid?" As Xu Taiping spoke, he poured the medicine into a bowl beside him. For him, although the pot was a bit hot, it wasn't enough to hurt him.

"It hurts!" Chu Tian looked at his red right hand, and said with grievance, "In my whole life, I have never fried medicine for myself, let alone been scalded."

"That's great. You've experienced both of these things at once." Xu Taiping said with a smile.

"My poor hand." Chu Tian pursed his lips, looking at Xu Taiping.

"Stop looking, let's go. We won't die from being burned like this." Xu Taiping said, and pulled Chu Tian's hand, and pulled him up.

Being grabbed by Xu Taiping's hand, Chu Tian actually felt that his own hand was no longer in pain.

"Let's go eat." Xu Taiping released his hand and said.

"Aiya, my hand hurts again!" Chu Tian said.

"Don't." Xu Taiping scolded.

"Hold me." Chu Tian pitifully stretched out his hand and said to Xu Taiping.

"Nope." Xu Taiping shook his head.

"Just Lala! "On account of how pitiful I am." Chu Tian said coquettishly.

"Alright then …" Xu Taiping helplessly extended his hand, and pulled Chu Tian's hand.

"It doesn't hurt at all." Chu Tian said happily.

"Let's go and eat." Xu Taiping said, as he dragged Chu Tian out.

Duanmu's home was very big, and there were a lot of people eating at the table.

Xu Taiping saw that the Duanmu family had set up six tables for dinner. There were sixty to seventy people sitting at the tables, and they were all in the courtyard.

At first, Xu Taiping thought it was to welcome him, so he set up a table. However, after he found out from Duanmu Huanghun, he realized that every meal in the Duanmu family was like this.

There were around a hundred people in the Duanmu family, and about sixty to seventy people coming to eat at the table every day. Others were scattered around the mountain, some looking at chicken nests, some taking care of the pigsty, some taking care of the garden, and so on. These people could not come to the table to eat, but someone would bring them along later.

During dinner time, Xu Taiping and Duanmu Ci sat together. There were adults and children sitting at the same table, and none of them appeared to have a high status.

The Zhao Family had a strict hierarchy, and the people who sat at every table were all very accurate, and they also had strict rules at every table. The elders did not use chopsticks, so the younger generation could not use chopsticks, and when the elders stood up, the younger generation had to stand up, and the whole Duanmu Family, at dinner time, was just like a bunch of ordinary friends, gathering together to cook.

As the saying goes, no rules cannot be broken. If a large family didn't have enough family rules, then it would be very difficult for them to go far. If everyone treated the people from the main branch of the family very casually and had no respect, then the family would disperse sooner or later.

After the meal, Duanmu said to Xu Taiping, "Let's go out for a stroll."

"Let's go!" Xu Taiping nodded, and then followed Duanmu Huanghun out of the courtyard, walking down the mountain path.

"I spent two years to build this small path with the workers our family hired. I've really put in a lot of effort!" Duanmu Ci pointed at the road beneath them.

"You want to build your own path?" Xu Taiping asked in astonishment.

"That's right. In this place, there are many things that I am willing to do. Only by doing more can I not look like a cripple." Duanmu Ci said with a smile.

"To be honest, I saw something different in your house from the Zhao Family." Xu Taiping said.

"Rules?" Duanmu Ci asked.

"Yes, your family doesn't seem to have that many rules. Even the most ordinary cleaning person can make you help them with their work." Xu Taiping said.

"Because our family is not the Zhao Family." Duanmu Ci said.

"But if you want to develop it, you have to have rules." Xu Taiping said.

"What if you don't want to develop it?" Duanmu Ci asked with a smile.

"You don't want to develop it?" Xu Taiping frowned.

"Not everyone wants to turn their family into the next Zhao family. Even the Zhao family members don't want the Zhao family to turn into the current Zhao family. The current Zhao family is a family that doesn't have much human feelings because their level is too strict." Duanmu Ci said.

"It has to be." Xu Taiping said.

"Yes, in order for a clan to be strong, they must have a higher level and a higher system, but I don't want our Duanmu clan to become like that. I long for this kind of life even more, and also, when I participated in the first Landlord Competition, the ancestor of the Zhao Clan, Zhao Jingyu, told me that he regretted letting the Zhao Clan become such a powerful clan the most. If he could make a new choice, he would rather have the Zhao Clan be a small and unknown family." Duanmu Ci said.

"Perhaps this is another reason why he has been unwilling to return to the Zhao Family to live." One of the reasons why he knew Zhao Gang didn't want to go back to the Zhao Family was because there were too many deaths in the Zhao Family, while Zhao Gang was still alive. He had to send black haired people back with white hair every time, so Zhao Gang didn't want to stay in the Zhao Family.

"So, it was also at that time that I heard his suggestion and gave up on making our Duanmu Family a super big family. It was only now that I understood how right he was in the past, and what he had said was, 'Our Duanmu Family now is very good, our family doesn't have much money, but everyone is on their own, so our entire family's expenditure is no more than 10,000 yuan per month. Basically, we can be self-sufficient, and coupled with the businesses that I worked hard for when I was young, we can all live happily ever after." Duanmu Ci said with a smile.

"Oh right, I heard from Doctor Wang that you and Zhao Gang participated in the first China Landlord Competition?" Xu Taiping asked.

"He really tells you everything." Duanmu Ci said with a smile.

"You lost. You got number two, right?" Xu Taiping asked.

"Yes, Zhao Ding is in first place, while I am in second place." Duanmu Ci said.

"How was the game that day? I'm very curious. If you can't recall, you can just tell me." Xu Taiping said.

"Forget about it. I'll tell you later when I have the chance. That was the most miraculous card I've played so far. So, I clearly remember everything that happened that day, including my cards and theirs." Duanmu Ci said.

"When will there be a chance?" Xu Taiping asked.

"When he has the chance, he will naturally have the chance." As Duanmu Huanghun spoke, he suddenly stopped and said, "Alright, you've come to our training field. How about a match?"

"Don't you like fighting?" Xu Taiping asked.

"Eat after meals, and do as Doctor Wang says. After dinner, walk a hundred steps. The sickness will leave me. Fight once, and it will be the same." Duanmu Ci smiled as she pulled away from Xu Taiping and said, "Get ready."

"Come!" Xu Taiping smiled and made a gesture.

The wind gradually picked up.

On the simple, rough, and muddy ground, the two people in the top three of the Martial Saint Ranking were about to start fighting.