Chapter 14: One-year-old banquet, Lingying glares angrily
"Master Li, congratulations! Happy one-year anniversary to Xixi!"
The white snowflakes are flying and falling on the black tiles, which is extremely conspicuous.
The courtyard door is wide open, the sound of footsteps stepping on the snow comes one after another, and the sound of congratulations is endless.
One after another figures came from outside the courtyard, offering first-year gifts one after another.
They were all acquaintances from the woodcarving shop. Li Che and Zhang Ya, dressed in fine clothes, stood at the door to greet these guests.
In the yard, the staff from Chunfeng Tower had already set up a shed and set up tables and chairs. The chef set up the stove in a corner and started firing. The fragrant appetizers were delivered to every table early.
A total of nine tables were set up, which was not a small number. After all, many of the master chefs in the shop brought their families with them, so they just wanted to celebrate the occasion.
Chen Dabao held Xixi, who had changed into a red coat and skirt, and was very cute with pink and jade carvings. He was showing off to a few old guys, with smiles on his face, and his love was so strong that it overflowed.
The uncle's family also came. The old scholar held a cigarette in his mouth, but did not light it. He was followed by a young couple, holding an infant child, a boy, with a plump body, and looked around with wide and curious eyes.
"Aunts, aunts, cousins, please come in!"
Li Che saw this family and a gentle smile appeared on his lips.
Li Che was grateful to his uncle's family. If his uncle's family hadn't adopted him and raised him, Li Che wouldn't have been able to live so easily in this troubled world.
Moreover, my eldest aunt also helped arrange the marriage with Zhang Ya.
The old scholar had a wrinkled smile on his face, looking at Li Che who was now completely unrecognizable, he felt deep in his heart.
"It's time to breathe, it's time to breathe, Ah Che."
"If your parents know the truth, they will be happy."
The old scholar patted Li Che on the shoulder with a smile.
The eldest aunt took out the silver jewelry wrapped in red sleeve cloth and handed it to Li Che: "A Che, Xixi's first birthday gift must be accepted."
Li Che did not shirk and accepted it seriously. He immediately looked at his cousin Li Zhengran and his cousin-in-law Liu Chunming holding the boy in their arms.
"Zhouzhou is half a year younger than Xixi, right? He's almost one year old. How can he turn over now?" Li Che asked with a smile.
"It's very neat. With one kick of the calf, it turned over like a windmill. It's lively and energetic!" Sister-in-law Liu Chunming said to Li Che with a smile.
Being able to become a wood carving master at Xu Ji Wood Carving Shop, my cousin-in-law Liu Chunming is very aware of the effort, so her attitude is much more eager than before.
Li Che exchanged pleasantries for a while and then led his uncle's family to sit at the table.
As the hour came and the banquet started, the waiters from Chunfeng Tower shouted the names of the dishes and put the delicacies on the banquet table one after another.
Today, Li Che has mastered the Dao Fruit of [Immortal Craftsmanship], and the wood carvings he carves are extremely popular because of their rich meanings. Although he is not as good as a master like Lao Chen, he has sold a wood carving worth fifty taels at most!
My wealth is no longer what it used to be. Although the banquet at Chunfeng Tower is expensive, I can still afford it.
In addition, the master chefs in the compound will always bring gifts to banquets. In fact, after a birthday banquet, not only is there no loss, but also a lot of profit.
"Brother Che, the third shopkeeper is here!"
Li Che, who was having a cup of tea with several masters, heard that the third shopkeeper was here, and hurriedly hugged Xixi and took Zhang Ya to greet him.
"Hahaha, it's Xixi's first birthday. I came here specially to see it. This is a first-year gift for Xixi."
The third shopkeeper, Xu You, is a humble person and has an excellent reputation in the shop. Of course, he does not rule out the idea of wanting to win over Li Che.
After all, Li Che is able to make charming wood carvings, which have become very popular in the inner city.
"Thank you so much, shopkeeper, Xixi. I'm here to thank you, Uncle Xu." Li Che hugged the pink and jade-carved Xixi and shouted with a smile.
Xixi had lively eyes, long eyelashes, and skin as fair as jade. Xu You took one look at it and liked it very much. He took it from Li Che and held it in his hand. He teased it for a while, and even gave it back to Li Che reluctantly.
"I won't be having this first-year feast. I have something else to do. There has been a lot of turmoil in the weird temple in the outer city recently, and many evil things have come out. The major families in the inner city have organized teams to clean it out... I have to go there too."
Xu You explained.
Then he said goodbye and left.
"Shopkeeper Xu is such a good person..." Zhang Ya said softly from the side.
Li Che nodded. Xu You was indeed a very nice person. He was modest and not too arrogant. He rarely showed the arrogance and indulgence of a wealthy family.
However, Li Che heard that Xu You was not favored in the inner city and was sent to the outer city to take charge of Xu Ji, which was equivalent to being transferred away from the center of power of the Xu family.
Compared with the industries in the inner city, Xu Ji Wood Carving Shop in the outer city is not a big business after all.
"In this world, the gentler it is, the easier it is to suffer. Bad things... are all about catching honest people and beating them up."
Lao Chen held the wine cup and walked over, shaking his head with a somewhat complicated expression.
"Just like this dangerous matter of going out of the city to clean up the evil spirits outside the strange temple, who among the major aristocratic families would send their real core disciples..." "Then Xu Beihu, who is extremely powerful in cultivation, was never sent, but instead he was sent Isn’t it because Xu You is not popular among the clan that he is weak in cultivation?”
Old Chen sighed.
Li Che held Xixi in his arms and looked at Xu You's lonely back disappearing in the wind and snow, also in silence.
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After some toasting.
Lao Chen was in a very good mood today. He got very drunk and went to bed early.
Zhang Ya took Xixi to the back room to put her to sleep.
Li Che wiped the cold snow on his face, sobered up, then sat in the workshop in the side yard of the wing, lit the oil lamp, and continued to make the mechanism.
As soon as his mind moved, information appeared in front of his eyes.
…
[Name: Li Che]
[Bond: Daughter (Li Nuanxi)]
[Dao Fruit: Immortal Art (lv2, 89%), Dragon Elephant King Kong (lv1, 2%)]
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His eyes fell on the [Xiangong] Dao Fruit. In one year, the maturity level of the Xiangong Dao Fruit increased to 89%, and it was still close to reaching the LV3 level, but it was fast.
Just complete the production of one more mechanism.
He stood up, walked to a corner of the workshop, and gently turned the wood carving, and a hidden grid suddenly appeared.
A statue of Guanyin sitting on a bloody lotus mountain was taken out.
Guanyin has a kind face and kind eyes, but if you look closely, you can find that this light and shadow statue is actually made of thousands of slender wooden thorns stacked up!
This is exactly one of the three organs in the "Minutes of Tang's Organs" that do not require internal strength, Guanyin Blood Lotus.
In addition to the Guanyin Blood Lotus, there were two square matchboxes next to it. I took out a square matchbox and closed it in my palm. Suddenly there was a subtle sound of a mechanism inside the matchbox, and eight slender spider legs appeared. Embedded in the membrane of Li Che's palm.
Li Che waved his hand gently, and in an instant, an extremely slender silver thread shot out silently, cutting a piece of wood several meters away with an extremely smooth cut, and the cut was extremely glorious.
Between the beats of the five fingers, the whole room was filled with silver threads dancing wildly, and the whimpering wind howled, which was the sound of the air cutting and cracking.
After a long time, countless silver threads returned to the matchbox as fast as lightning.
"What a Thousand Silk Spider. With my little skin-grinding skills, even an ordinary martial artist can't resist the spider silk strangulation."
"But as a martial artist, when you reach the realm of opening tendons, you will cultivate your inner strength. If you strengthen your inner strength, according to Lao Chen, your strength will be 30 to 40% stronger. If you have inner strength, combined with the inner strength martial arts, your lethality will be greater. Stronger..."
"This cannot be taken lightly."
"The main thing is to strengthen my own strength. When I can cultivate my inner strength and use it to activate the Thousand Silk Spiders, my power will definitely be even greater!"
Li Che placed the Thousand Silk Spider and Guanyin Blood Lotus devices back into the secret grid.
He sat in front of the oil lamp again and began to try to make other mechanisms in "Minutes of Tang Syndrome's Mechanisms".
Because there was no internal energy and strong enough blood, the construction of other mechanisms during this period all ended in failure.
However, the problem is not big. Failure is also a lesson learned. Once you develop your inner strength, you can complete the production directly in one go.
suddenly.
Li Che, who had just picked up the carving knife, frowned slightly.
He left the workshop and came to the door of the yard in a few steps. Looking far away, he saw a black shadow that shattered the darkness as fast as lightning and disappeared into the night.
Li Che's eyes sharpened instantly and he slowly looked down.
Then I saw a familiar figure...
Statue of a spiritual infant with three heads and six arms.
However, this time the three-headed and six-armed spirit infant statue did not close and open its eyes like before, but opened its eyes angrily.
As if staring at him!
(End of this chapter)