Chapter 8

He noticed that just before the immortal conjured the token, he made a special gesture, touching the small bag hanging from his waist.

Cheng Bu Zheng secretly speculated in his heart, "Could this be a storage bag!"

However, his face showed no sign of surprise. He quietly stood beside the immortal, waiting for the inspection to end.

At the same time, he was calculating the date to send the letter, "By now, my family should have received my farewell letter!"

...

Meanwhile.

Qing Shan Town, Cheng Family Village.

A young man dressed as a messenger, dusty and weary, walked out of the Qing Shan Town post station and soon arrived at a house at the eastern end of Cheng Family Village. He knocked loudly on the old wooden door and shouted.

"Knock... knock... knock!"

"Cheng Hanzi... your second son has sent a letter!... Open the door quickly, I still have other letters to deliver!"

After a moment, the door opened.

A middle-aged woman with somewhat withered hair and a sallow complexion hurriedly opened the wooden door. Before she even reached it, her voice came from inside.

"I'm coming... be gentle... you'll break the door with all that knocking!"

The middle-aged woman opened the wooden door and saw the young man dressed as a messenger. "Young man... my second son has sent a letter!"

"Yep... here's the letter. I have other letters to deliver, so I'll be on my way!" He took a letter from his bag and handed it to Cheng Jiangshi, then turned and left without a moment's hesitation.

Cheng Jiangshi looked at the letter in her hand, her eyes filled with joy, but she muttered to herself.

"Brat... always showing off, can't you come back to see us when you have time!... Writing letters is such a waste of money, you won't need a dowry when you get married!"

She then turned and walked into the house, a smile on her face, and called out, "Cheng Hanzi... come out, your second son has sent a letter!"

In a moment, Cheng Hanzi, with a simple and honest look, came out of the house. Seeing his wife, who was overjoyed, he scratched the back of his head and said, "I can't read, we'll have to wait until Dagu comes back at sunset to read it for us!"

"When did Dagu learn to read!... I didn't know that!"

"Two and a half years ago, Dagu was taken by your second son to learn from a scholar for half a year. Later, your second son taught him for another half a year. When your second son left, he told me that Dagu can now read and write. In the future, we can have him read any letters for us.

Ergou, who had the potential to study, was held back by our family! We didn't have the means to send him to school, so he had to go out to work as a medicine boy at a young age!"

"You... you three, do you have any other secrets you haven't told me!... If it's true... even if we have to sell everything, we'll send Ergou to school!" Cheng Jiangshi, angry, grabbed Cheng Hanzi's ear and demanded.

"No... really, there's nothing else! It was Ergou who didn't want me to tell you."

"You, Cheng Hanzi, don't know what's important! Such a big deal, and you didn't tell me!... Go... go to the fields and call Dagu back to read the letter!" Her eyes turned red, knowing that the family owed a lot to her second son, her heart felt even heavier.

After a moment.

A young child ran back from outside, followed by a group of playmates, pushing open the door and shouting, "Mother... where is my second brother!" He began searching the house.

Suddenly, the house was as chaotic as a heavenly palace, full of noise.

"Xiaocao, he's not here!"

"Xiaocao, he's not here either."

...

"Mother... where did you hide my second brother!" Xiaocao, who had searched in vain, asked angrily.

"Brat, your second brother didn't come back, he sent a letter!" Cheng Jiangshi, with slightly red eyes, scolded softly.

"Is it something to eat? Where is it... I want to eat!" She looked around the room with her eyes.

Cheng Jiangshi slapped the back of the child's head and said irritably, "It's not something to eat!... Go play outside! Don't be a nuisance here!"

She then chased the little girl and her playmates out.

Immediately.

The house became quiet, but seeing the mess, her anger rose. However, eager to know what her second son had written in the letter, she didn't scold the little girl.

Otherwise, a beating with a bamboo stick would be inevitable!

After two hours.

The father and son, both sweating profusely, pushed open the door and walked into the house one after the other.

Seeing her eldest son return, Cheng Jiangshi immediately handed him the letter and said impatiently, "Dagu, read it quickly... what did your brother say in the letter?"

Dagu, with a dark complexion and a simple and honest look, opened the letter, and his deep voice echoed in the room.

"To my parents,

Is everything well at home! I am very concerned, but there is one thing that has been on my mind for a long time. At the beginning of this month, I witnessed a sword immortal flying on a sword.

After much inquiry, I learned that there is an immortal in the county who will be recruiting disciples. I am going to the county, and you need not worry, it will be safe!

If I do not have the destiny to become an immortal, I will return in ten days. If I am favored by the immortal, I will return in at most ten years.

Please do not reveal this matter to anyone, to avoid retaliation from unscrupulous people!

...

Cheng Jiangshi, after listening, couldn't help but cry and scold, "You ungrateful brat, how can I not worry, not be afraid!... When you come back, I'll give you a good beating."

Cheng Hanzi, feeling frustrated, said irritably, "Enough... stop crying... didn't you hear that your second son said not to reveal this? How can he be at ease if you act like this!" He rarely lost his temper.

Cheng Jiangshi, who never lost an argument, retorted, "If you have the ability, make him come back and say it to my face... let's see what you can do!"

Cheng Hanzi stood up and waved his hand, "I won't stoop to your level, I'm going to sleep."

Cheng Jiangshi, who never backed down, said, "Ability... what ability do you have! You old fool who doesn't know what's important."

Seeing his father retreat, Dagu, scratching the back of his head, said honestly, "Mother, Father is right. Your second son has always been smart, he must be worried about something. I may not be smart, but I know we should listen to him!

Your second son would never harm us, Mother... you must not tell anyone about this. If someone asks where your second son is, we'll say he went to learn a craft!"

If Cheng Bu Zheng heard his elder brother's words, he would applaud. His elder brother had learned to think and handle problems, showing significant improvement.

Cheng Jiangshi glanced at her eldest son, "Of course I know, I was just angry. Do you think I'm as foolish as your father?"

Then she sighed, "I hope he achieves his goal, but I also hope he comes back to me. If he is favored by the immortal, ten years is such a long time without seeing your second son, how can I live!"

Dagu, with a simple and honest voice, comforted his mother, "Even if he is favored by the immortal, it's at most ten years, right?... It could be three or four years before he comes back!"

"I hope so! Don't tell Xiaocao, she can't keep a secret. Only the three of us know, even your wife is not to be told, understand?"

"Also... what you said just now is right. If someone asks where your second son is, say he went to learn a craft. You should tell your father as well.

... And in the letter, your second son asked you to go to Bai Ren Tang in Qing Shan Town, apologize to the doctor...

Your second son wrote a farewell letter to the doctor, but didn't say where he went. You know what to say, right!"

Dagu nodded seriously, "Mother, I know what to do. I'll go to the town tomorrow and apologize to the doctor for your second son."