Fang Yilin's house is in a relatively remote place in the east of the town, and there is a river three or four zhang wide more than 20 zhang away from her house, the river is not shallow, and the water flow is turbulent.

It was this river that took Fang Yilin's father's life and became the source of her miserable life.

There is a suspension bridge erected on the river, and after crossing the bridge is a forest with a wide area, there are many cicadas in the forest, and the sound of singing is endless every day, so it is named "cicada singing forest".

Luo Changfeng and Ah Qing followed Fang Yilin through the streets and alleys, and after a few minutes, they finally arrived at their destination, which belonged to the edge of the town, and no one came, so it was relatively quiet.

Fang Yilin's home is very simple, with two thatched-roof wooden houses in front and back, and a small courtyard of less than ten square meters in the middle.

On the left side of the courtyard there is a vegetable patch with some vegetables planted, and on the right is a thatched hut and a chicken coop with only one and a half large rooster and two laying hens.

Fang Yilin's mother, Sister-in-law Fang, earns some meager income by helping people wash and wash clothes, sewing and repairing.

She is less than thirty years old, which is left in the future generations, it is the most prosperous time in a woman's life, and it can be seen from Fang Yilin's appearance that she is not bad.

But the hard life of this era makes her look ten years older than her actual age, and her face is full of old-fashioned and mean.

At this time, she was washing the sheets and quilts in the yard, beating them repeatedly with a hammer stick to hammer out the dirt inside, when she suddenly heard the sound of the door being pushed open, her face suddenly sank, and she looked up at the back door of the front room.

Sure enough, Fang Yilin quickly walked out of the house, and just called "Mother", before she could say anything else, Sister-in-law Fang scolded angrily: "You short-lived ghost knows how to play all day long, what time did it take you to buy a salt for so long? Why didn't you die outside?"

Fang Yilin grabbed the hem of her clothes tightly with both hands, bit her lower lip with her teeth, and hung her head silently, she didn't dare to speak when Sister-in-law Fang was angry, let alone argue.

But Luo Changfeng and Ah Qing, who were waiting in the front room, were very dissatisfied, they had never seen a mother cursing her daughter with such mean and vicious words.

After they followed Fang Yilin into the house just now, Fang Yilin invited them to sit down for a while, and went to the back room to call their mother, who knew that they heard such words that made them feel very uncomfortable, and then the two of them got up together and went to the backyard.

After Sister-in-law Fang cursed a few words, she saw that Fang Yilin was empty-handed, and the salt she bought was nowhere to be seen, she couldn't help but widen her eyes angrily, and asked, "Where is the salt you bought?"

"I ...... I haven't bought it yet. Fang Yilin originally went out to buy salt, but when she met Ergou on the street, they surrounded her as soon as they saw Fang Yilin.

Fang Yilin had no choice but to escape, but who knew that the two dogs and they didn't give up, chased and intercepted her, and finally was blocked not far from the tailor shop, if it weren't for Luo Changfeng, she wouldn't be able to get out now.

As soon as Sister-in-law Fang heard Fang Yilin's words, she couldn't help but be even more angry, she stood up suddenly, raised her hammer and was about to come up to beat Fang Yilin, "You useless thing, what else can the old lady expect from you......?"

"Qiang ......"

"Snap"

After a crisp sound of gold and iron rubbing, Sister-in-law Fang only felt a light in her hand, and the upper half of the hammer stick broke out of thin air and fell to the ground, Sister-in-law Fang was stunned, and Fang Yilin was also stunned.

Fang Yilin Huo Ran turned around, and saw that in front of the back door of the front room, Ah Qing was standing there with a calm face, the gorgeous long sword had been unsheathed, held in her slender and slender hand, pointing obliquely to the right, and the sword body was filled with mysterious and noble purple qi.

Luo Changfeng stood on her left, also frowning, and his face was pale.

Sister-in-law Fang looked at the hammer stick in her hand, stunned for a moment, then looked at the door, her pupils suddenly shrank, and she subconsciously threw away half of the hammer stick, took a few steps back, and said in a frightened trembling voice: "You...... Who are you, what do you want to do?"

At this time, Ah Qing was more than a foot away from her, even if she was just a village woman who didn't know anything, she also knew that the one who could cut off the hammer stick with a sword in the air was by no means the ordinary practitioners in the town, but a real martial arts master.

Ah Qing silently returned the sword into the sheath, took a few steps forward, pulled Fang Yilin to his side, took her into his arms, and caressed her shoulder and back with pity.

Fang Yilin felt an unprecedented sense of maternal love and security in Ah Qing's arms, and Ah Qing's gentle movements made the grievances she had accumulated over the years burst out all of a sudden, and she suddenly cried bitterly.

It is precisely because she has suffered countless grievances that she yearns so much for the hero to save her, fortunately, she waited.

Luo Changfeng took a deep breath, took two steps forward, and said in a deep voice, "That's how you became a human mother?"

Sister-in-law Fang involuntarily took two steps back, her lips trembled, but she didn't know what to say, since her husband died to save Fang Yilin, she had always had a grudge against her daughter in her heart, and naturally she didn't have a good face for her.

It's not that she doesn't know that the residents of the town privately say that Fang Yilin is a broom star, but she didn't refute it, because even she thinks so.

But now looking at the situation, this short-lived ghost has a relationship with a martial arts master and has a backer.

Hmph, what if you have a backer? These so-called chivalrous warriors are just claiming to be righteous and meddling in their own affairs, and in the end they are not going to leave, and I don't think anyone else can stand up for you at that time.

Who knew Luo Changfeng's next sentence, but she was surprised inexplicably.

"Originally, I wanted to tell you well, and I will take more care of you for Yilin's sake in the future, but now it seems that there is no need. ”

Luo Changfeng reached into his arms, took out a few ingots of gold, threw them at the feet of Sister-in-law Fang, and said, "Yilin has decided to learn martial arts with us, you can't earn this money in ten lifetimes, so I will repay your nurturing grace for her." ”

After speaking, he turned around and walked out of the courtyard, as if he didn't want to see Sister-in-law Fang again.

Ah Qing stroked Fang Yilin's hair and said softly, "Yilin, let's go!"

Fang Yilin left Ah Qing's arms, wiped away her tears, and looked at Sister-in-law Fang, but saw that she was staring at the gold on the ground, and the last trace of hope in her eyes disappeared.

Fang Yilin knelt down facing Sister-in-law Fang, kowtowed twice, and said lightly: "Mother, I'm leaving, you take care of yourself." ”

After speaking, he got up, turned around, took A-Qing's outstretched hand, and walked away without a trace of nostalgia.

Sister-in-law Fang finally raised her head and looked at Fang Yilin's back, but what she thought in her heart was that her daughter belonged to someone else's family after all, even if she was raised until she was sixteen years old and married, it would be impossible to get so many dowries.

Now that she is favored by a martial arts master and accepted as a disciple, she has received so much money, which is the best result for both her and the other party.

This is the so-called woman's view, and she never understands what she has lost when she gets this money that she can't earn in ten lifetimes.

In the eyes of some people, there may be no such thing as family affection at all, but in the eyes of others, family affection is a priceless treasure that no amount of money can buy.

It's just that Sister-in-law Fang may be the other party Yilin, she doesn't have much family affection at all, and she can exchange so much money for something that she doesn't have at all, from Sister-in-law Fang's point of view, she has indeed made a lot of money.