From the family treasure tree to build an eternal family

Chapter 86 Overlord
After Xu Xiaoniu returned home, those who were conscripted into the army in Baihe Village ten years ago, in groups of thirty or forty, came back one after another.

Of the four hundred people, less than one-tenth returned.

Among those who came back, most had no military merits, and only a few had fifth-class military merits.

The Du family was heartbroken when Xu Xiaoniu told them that Du Yong had died on the battlefield. Fortunately, the second son, Du Meng, got married and had children early, which saved Du Hai from such pain and despair.

Six years ago, when the letter and military merit were sent home, Liu Hongzhan, the second son of the Liu family, was awarded the highest third-class military merit, but he was unable to return.

This did not prevent the Liu family from still being a wealthy landlord in Baihe Village.

A lean camel is bigger than a horse. The Liu family is wealthy, far beyond the reach of ordinary farmers.

The third-class military merit that Liu Hongzhan brought back also gave the Liu family more capital to accumulate wealth.

After the conscription, almost every household in the village was busy getting pregnant and having children, so much so that ten years later, Baihe Village has regained its vitality, and children can be seen running around everywhere in the village.

The most famous child among them is undoubtedly the sixth child of the Xu family: Xu Xiaohou.

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Now the Xu family has farm workers to do farm work and maids to do housework, so Xu Xiaohou does not need to work at home and can develop his child's nature.

At his age, it is the time for him to have fun. Apart from practicing standing meditation at home in the morning and evening, reading and learning to read in the morning, he spends time outside at noon and in the afternoon, and does not go home until dinner time.

Occasionally he would go to the county to play, with money given to him by his fourth brother.

Xu Xiaoyun had a hard life since childhood. He was very short of money when he was young, and he had to save up the few copper coins his parents gave him, and he was reluctant to spend them. So when he came to his sixth brother, he was surprisingly generous, not wanting his sixth brother to experience the embarrassment of his childhood.

Forest farm at the entrance of the village.

Nine-year-old Xu Xiaohou was playing and having fun with a group of friends.

"Sixth brother, Sixth brother!"

At this time, a half-grown child with torn trouser legs and snot-stained face came running over.

"what is wrong?"

Xu Xiaohou's nickname was "Liuzi", so his younger friends called him "Sixth Brother".

The child panted and pointed in the direction of the village: "Qiming and Qisheng are bullying Erya again."

Liu Qiming is the son of Liu Hongwei, the eldest son of the Liu family.

Liu Qisheng is the son of Liu Hongtu, the third son of the Liu family.

"Hey, those two don't learn their lesson. Everyone, follow me and let's settle the score with them!"

Xu Xiaohou waved his hand and ran towards the village with a group of children.

The Liu family’s farmland.

Two boys, about eight or nine years old, were fighting over a clay pot from a girl.

Several katydids in the pottery jar made crisp sounds one after another.

The two boys were Liu Qiming and Liu Qisheng.

The girl was thin and looked about six or seven years old. Her name was Erya. Her family was a tenant of the Liu family, and her father would work as a laborer for the Liu family during the slack season.

Erya was pushed to the ground and cried.

Given her family's situation, even if she told her parents about being bullied, they would not dare to say anything and could only swallow their anger.

"Why are you crying? You caught these katydids in my field. They belong to us."

The Liu family's two cousins ​​had personalities that were not dissimilar to their father's. Although the Liu family had become more restrained over the years, their inherent arrogance and tendency to bully the weak and fear the strong remained unchanged.

"Look over there! Xu Laoliu is coming!"

When Liu Qiming saw Xu Xiaohou and others running towards him from a distance, he pulled Liu Qisheng and turned around to run.

The two of them were no match for Xu Xiaohou in the first place, and now that Xu Xiaohou had a bigger backer in "Big Brother", he had no scruples when it came to fighting.

"Coward, don't run if you can!"

Xu Xiaohou shouted loudly and exerted force on his feet to catch up with the two men.

He was at the second level of Zhuang Gong, and his physique was much stronger than his peers. When he caught up with the Liu cousins, he beat them up without a word, punching and kicking them until they were bruised and swollen, crying and begging for mercy.

The friends next to him applauded.

He stepped on Liu Qiming's face with his dirty foot: "Hey, if I see you bullying Erya again, I will beat you up every time I see you. Got it?"

"Woo~ I know~" Liu Qiming's tearful face was stained with dust from Xu Xiaohou's shoe soles.

"get out!"

Xu Xiaohou kicked Liu Qisheng on the butt again, kicking him two meters away.

The two men fled away tumbling and crawling.

Xu Xiaohou was not afraid of them complaining at all. His eldest brother was a county lieutenant, his third brother was a congenital warrior, and his fourth brother was a wealthy businessman. Who was he afraid of from the nearby villages?

Not long after, someone else came to him and said, "Sixth brother, the riverside where we often play has been taken over by some older kids from the next village!"

"go!"

Without saying a word, Xu Xiaohou took a group of friends to find a place to fight.

There is a small river next to Baihe Village, where they often fish and catch crabs.

In the shallows of the river, a group of children were playing, led by a few teenagers.

"Hey! This is our territory, get out of here!"

Xu Xiaohou shouted in a domineering manner.

"This isn't your village, why is your name written here?"

Some people in the other crowd looked dissatisfied.

What they said makes sense. This small river does not belong to Baihe Village.

However, at Xu Xiaohou's age, he didn't care about right or wrong. He would do good things to help the weak and suppress the strong, but he would also do things that were tyrannical and overbearing.

"Hey, you're not convinced, right? Come and have a fight. Only the winner gets to play here, and the loser can go home and play in the mud."

Xu Xiaohou said this and was about to take action.

Someone in the other crowd recognized him and whispered a few words to him.

They were not ignorant children. After hearing about the "County Lieutenant", a big shot who should not be offended, they left in shame.

"Xu~~"

Xu Xiaohou whistled, feeling very proud.

As time went by, the name "Little Overlord" of Xu Xiaohou, the sixth son of the Xu family in Baihe Village, spread.

Its reputation is mixed.

Some people say that he is very loyal and all his friends respect him.

Some people say that he has an extraordinary talent in martial arts, even better than his third brother.

Some people also say that he is vulgar and overbearing, that he only knows how to use force and is unreasonable, or that he is nosy and interferes in matters that have nothing to do with him.

In short, all the villagers in the surrounding area know that there is a person who should not be provoked.

Occasionally someone would come to the Xu family to file a complaint.

Xu Fugui and Jiazhen repeatedly disciplined Xu Xiaohou, but to no avail.

There are some things that Xu Xiaohou did that were not wrong, he was just meddling in other people's affairs. His original intention was to do good deeds.

As for those who did do something wrong, Xu Xiaohou simply accepted the punishment and refused to change.

Standing facing the wall as punishment became a common occurrence. Xu Xiaohou was like a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water, and became numb after being punished so many times.

If Xu Fugui's teachings were too harsh, Xu Xiaohou would hide in the county town.

Xu Xiaoniu, Xu Xiaogou and Xu Xiaoyun usually live in the county town, and Xu Xiaohou has a place to live in the county town.

Except for Xu Xiaoniu who strictly followed his father's instructions and was very strict with Xu Xiaohou, the rest of Xu Xiaogou and Xu Xiaoyun were very doting on their sixth brother.

This was the main reason why Xu Xiaohou was not disciplined.

After a long time, Xu Fugui saw that he was not a bad person and had not made any major mistakes, so he just let him go.

The greatest discipline he received was that Xu Fugui reduced the number of times he gave him the Five Elements Elixir Soup.

With Xu Xiaohou's progress in standing meditation and the assistance of the Five Elements Spiritual Medicine Soup, his strength will increase rapidly.

However, his age and character make it difficult for him to control his own strength. The mismatch between his strength and character can easily lead to trouble.

(End of this chapter)