Douluo's Gourd

Chapter 616 The Zhou family recruits a son-in-law

The reading soul skill taught by the old gentleman exerted an extremely exaggerated effect on Wang Xiaofeng, improving his information reception ability exponentially.

Before, it would have taken a lot of time and effort to read through the books in this library.

The original plan was to read roughly a quarter of the book collection before the end of the college exchange activities.

But now, in just one week, Wang Xiaofeng has gone through all the books on the first floor and entered them all into the big library of Shihai.

The combined volume of books on the second and third floors is less than one-tenth of that on the first floor.

There was no need to read the remaining ancient books urgently. He suddenly had a lot of free time to arrange freely, and Wang Xiaofeng began to make plans again.

First of all, we need to pick up the dropped physical training.

"You said you want to find a place to exercise?"

Dai Mubai put down the stone lock in his hand and hit it hard on the ground. The entire training ground seemed to shake.

Dai Mubai picked up the towel hanging around his neck and wiped his sweat. He pointed at the empty training ground and said, "No need to bother. You can just exercise with me. It just so happens that it's not interesting for me to do it alone."

Wang Xiaofeng looked at the fitness equipment placed nearby. In addition to the huge stone locks, there were also logs, iron sandbags and other load-bearing equipment.

He casually lifted up a stone lock that was half a man tall and weighed a thousand kilograms, then put it down, picked up the iron coat again, and shook his head, this one was lighter.

"Is there anything heavier here?"

"Heavier?" Dai Mubai looked at the 500-pound stone lock at his feet and said helplessly, "The stone lock you just picked up is already the heaviest thing here."

"If you need something heavier, you have to ask a craftsman to tailor it for you, but that will take a while."

Wang Xiaofeng nodded, "That's right, then please help me make an appointment with a forging master. Do you have any soul masters who can master the gravity soul skill?"

Dai Mubai slapped his head and said with a smile: "I almost forgot that the devil training method practiced under Teacher Zhao's gravity field was proposed by you. Using gravity to make up for the lack of weight is really a good method."

"This is easy to handle."

Dai Mubai ordered the guards standing guard outside.

About half an hour later, two middle-aged men wearing snow-white uniforms walked in and saluted Dai Mubai.

After hearing Wang Xiaofeng's request, the younger middle-aged man nodded and said: "If we don't fight and just use my soul skills on you alone, I can maintain it for half an hour without any problem."

Another middle-aged man said not to be outdone: "If I just limit the space around your body, then I can hold on for an hour."

"Then I can hold on for two hours!"

"I'll hold on for three hours!"

The two looked at each other, and there was an astonishing electric shock between their eyebrows.

Wang Xiaofeng smiled and said: "Then I'll trouble you two."

"Young Master, you're welcome."

In this way, the daily plan becomes: have breakfast at 6:30 in the morning, then read in the library for two hours, rest for ten to twenty minutes to refresh, and arrive at the training ground at nine o'clock on time for three exercises. hours until lunch time.

Only two hours of deep sleep at night can restore the energy consumed in the morning, and the extra two hours can be used for meditation practice.

The free time in the afternoon can be freely arranged.

"It's been more than two months. Nidia should have gone home." Wang Xiaofeng walked out of the palace and walked towards the Zhou family.

However, before arriving at Duke Zhou's Mansion, I saw a crowd of people in the distance and a lot of noise.

There were two large tables and two Taishi chairs next to the two heavy stone lions. There were many adults and children standing in two long queues. Judging from their clothes, most of them were from poor families.

Two people who looked like they were studying registered on the table one by one. Those who completed the registration followed the instructions and entered the mansion through the small door on the side. There was a tall sign in the middle: Registration Office.

Wang Xiaofeng walked to the noodle stall opposite and skillfully ordered a bowl of hot braised noodles, "Uncle, what are they doing?"

Wang Xiaofeng used to use another face before, but now he uses the original one, so the noodle stall owner didn't recognize him and thought it was his first time here.

For the sake of the two copper soul coins, the noodle stall owner started chatting: "Brother, you have asked the right person. You are choosing servants and servants."

"The Zhou family's servants are treated very well. Even the lowest-level servants have three Gintama coins in their monthly salary, and there are also red envelopes during the holidays. There is an endless stream of people applying. If it weren't for the age limit for recruitment this time, as long as For children under 10 years old, I want to try my luck.”

As one of the few wealthy families in Xingluo City, Duke Zhou's Mansion had to sign a contract of sale to select servants, but for the poor families, it was a good opportunity to leap over the dragon's gate, at least they didn't have to endure hunger and cold.

"Of course, that's not the main reason."

The noodle stall owner looked around, then pointed at the queue not far away and whispered cautiously: "Little brother, have you seen the people in line?"

Wang Xiaofeng observed carefully for a moment, "Some of them seem..."

The noodle stall owner quickly covered his mouth, fearing that others would hear, "Yes, those people deliberately pretended to be poor."

Wang Xiaofeng asked in confusion: "Why?"

The noodle stall owner chuckled and said, "You don't know the inside story. I heard that the eldest daughter of the Zhou family is twenty years old and is about to choose a son-in-law. These people are all here for this."

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"Think about it, the eldest lady of the Zhou family's grandfather is Mr. Zhou, who is a titled Douluo. As long as you marry the young lady of the Zhou family, even if you are a wife, it will be a good opportunity to rise to the top in one step."

"Besides, Miss Zhou is a beauty that is rare to see in a hundred years. I have seen her once from a distance, tsk tsk, that figure, that appearance."

The noodle stall owner tried hard to collect the poor vocabulary in his brain, but he really couldn't think of how to describe it. In the end, he could only pretend to be busy and turned around to clean up the stall.

Looking for a son-in-law? I don’t know if this is what Nitya meant. If this is the worst case scenario...

Family affection and love have been a dilemma in life since ancient times.

Wang Xiaofeng lowered his eyes.

The guests sitting aside eating noodles suddenly felt a strong loneliness that seemed to surround themselves. It was a loneliness and exhaustion that went deep into their bones.

I don’t know why, but I suddenly feel that life is quite boring.

"benefactor?"

A timid voice came from behind, and the strange emotions were swept away, and the surroundings returned to normal. The noodle eater touched his wet face strangely, not knowing why he suddenly cried.

Wang Xiaofeng turned around and saw that it was a thin girl. A head appeared behind her. It was a boy with a yellow face and thin muscles.

"It's really you, benefactor, you may not remember, I am..."

"No, I remember you." Wang Xiaofeng knelt down and touched their heads, "Liu Xiaodie and Liu Xiaocao, right."

This girl was also a miserable person. Her parents and brother were all killed by the beasts, and only she and her younger brother, who was less than five years old, escaped by hiding in a small cellar space.

Wang Xiaofeng remembers all those who sacrificed their lives in the beast wave or struggled to survive.

Although Liu Xiaodie was a little thin back then, she had a slender figure, slender eyebrows, and a delicate face. She was a perfect beauty. Unlike now, she is just a thin and dirty little beggar.

And Liu Xiaocao seemed to be even more silent. It seemed that he had suffered a lot in the past year or so.

"Boss, two more bowls of noodles."

"Guest, here." Looking at the dirty clothes, hands and feet, the noodle stall owner looked embarrassed.

A bright silver light fell on the table.

The noodle stall owner calmly took it into his arms and said, "Okay, two bowls of braised pork noodles, please wait a moment."

After a while, two steaming bowls of noodles were served.

The two little ones looked at him blankly, and Wang Xiaofeng smiled: "You're welcome, go ahead and eat."

Liu Xiaocao held up his chopsticks unfamiliarly and couldn't wait to stuff noodles into his mouth.

After Liu Xiaodie picked the only two pieces of braised pork and put them into her brother's bowl, she carefully tasted the rare delicacy.

After they had almost eaten, Wang Xiaofeng held their dark little hands and used his soul power to help them groom their bodies. "I remember, didn't you go home with the army? Why did you come to Xingluo City again?"

Liu Xiaodie endured the tingling feeling in her body and said word by word: "Home is gone."

How could an underage girl with a younger brother who was less than six years old be able to keep the family property? After the army left, the little family land was occupied by bullies.

Then he wandered all the way, calling himself home all over the world.

Liu Xiaodie didn't mention many details, but Wang Xiaofeng could also understand the hardships involved.

"So you are also here to take your brother to participate in the family selection?"

"Well, the people with this mark are very rich." Liu Xiaodie pointed at the Zhou family's emblem and said.

“The uncles and aunts wearing the clothes with that mark come with more people than they bring with them. Every time they come, they all go to line up together, but usually the line only lasts for a short period and all the food is gone.

"So every time, everyone actually has to rush to line up. Those who get to the front will have a chance to get food. Those who can't get it will only be hungry."

So, is the so-called charity just a show after another?