Chapter 3 The Most Vicious Curse [Part 1]
At night, Zhang Yuan, who was lying on the bed, opened his eyes, stared blankly for a moment, and then lazily got up from the bed...
"Tomorrow's birthday, why don't you leave the dungeon today?" Zhang Yuan had the idea of being lazy in his mind, but then shook his head, rubbed his face, sobered up, and then said to himself: "The Luyuan dungeon progress is 98%. It is about to pass the level. You must explore Luyuan as soon as possible. If you can't enter Luyuan again after passing the level, you will definitely leave all kinds of regrets. You must search for the benefits of Luyuan!"
Zhang Yuan was muttering and getting out of bed, skillfully dragging the bag out of the bed, and everything inside the bag was complete. All his hunting tools were in the bag, bows and arrows, iron swords, spears, arson supplies... and so on.
Zhang Yuan put the bag on his back, then took out the money purse and the elixir purse from the bedding, took out a deer spirit pill from the elixir purse, put it in his mouth, chewed it and swallowed it.
After the pill was taken, Zhang Yuan raised his left hand, and a few seconds later, the birthmark of his left hand changed...
"The irritable deer garden, enter." Zhang Yuan shouted lightly, and in an instant, his body turned into a white light, and disappeared in place with a "swoosh".
When Zhang Yuan appeared in the Luyuan dungeon world, his location was still on the hill when he exited last time. He glanced around the hill a few times, and finally turned his eyes to the north, where there was a vast white snow.
"Go to the north and you can really find Christmas reindeer..." Zhang Yuan thought so, and at the same time, he walked down the hill carefully. After reaching the foot of the hill, he began to speed up and jog forward to the north.
Zhang Yuan went north and encountered several herds of deer along the way. Fortunately, they were all passively attacked deer. Apart from bypassing some elite deer and leader deer, he did not waste much time.
After four hours of traveling like this, Zhang Yuan finally arrived at the edge of the snow-covered area. At first glance, there was a white area ahead.
At this time, Zhang Yuan stood on the snow and did not feel cold. This made him feel an illusion that the snow on the ground was fake. However, when he grabbed a handful of snow from the ground, it was cool. It was obviously real snow, but the air around him was very refreshing, not cold, which was extremely strange.
"It's almost time, it's time to go out. I'll celebrate my birthday tomorrow..." Zhang Yuan muttered, looked around again, then raised his left hand, triggered the [Exit] option, and then disappeared into the dungeon world.
Zhang Yuan returned to the bedroom and first looked out the window. The sky outside the window was still very dark and the moon was still radiating the moonlight. Obviously, there was still some time before the morning, so Zhang Yuan stuffed his bag back under the bed, took off his shoes, lay on the bed, and fell asleep in the blink of an eye.
In the early morning, Zhang Yuan was awakened by Zhang Sihu's shouts and knocking on the door. He got out of bed in a daze. He was not completely awake after washing up, and then returned to the bedroom to change into clean new clothes.
"Young Master, today is your birthday. After breakfast, I will go to pay my respects to the master and his ladies." Zhang Sihu said.
"Yeah, I understand." Zhang Yuan said while having breakfast.
After a while, Zhang Yuan had enough food and drink, and then walked out of the courtyard slowly and walked towards the main house. However, on the way, he saw the third brother Zhang Dao walking towards the main house, so he called out: "Three Brother."
Zhang Dao looked back and found that it was Zhang Yuan, so he stopped. After Zhang Yuan approached, he smiled and said, "Fourth brother, today is your thirteenth birthday. During the dinner, you can ask the aunt for a maid with a sign."
"...Stern brother, the first time I found out that you were not serious," Zhang Yuan said with a squint look at Zhang Dao.
"Haha." Zhang Dao called out, and then said, "Are you going to pay your respects to your father? I'm going to ask my father for something, let's go together."
"Yeah, okay." Zhang Yuan nodded and then walked into the main courtyard side by side with his third brother Zhang Dao, then turned around and came outside his father's study. At this time, the door of the study was open. When the two of them stood open, they could see Zhang Liang sitting at the desk practicing calligraphy.
Zhang Dao and Zhang Yuan had just walked to the door of the study. Before he could make a sound, Zhang Liang spoke first and said, "Come in."
Zhang Dao and Zhang Yuan looked at each other, then walked into the study at the same time. After entering the room, the two of them called out at the same time: "Father."
"Yeah." Zhang Liang just responded, and didn't even raise his head. He still wrote big words on his own until he finished writing a few big words and admired them. Then he turned his eyes to Zhang Yuan and said, "Yuan'er, today you have a family dinner today. I'll invite your second uncle, your cousin and cousin, and there are many guests. Don't be rude at that time."
"Yes, father." Zhang Yuan said respectfully.
Zhang Liang nodded to Zhang Yuan, then turned his gaze to Zhang Dao and said, "What are you asking for me?"
"Father, the disaster in Tizhou has worsened recently, and the number of victims in the city has continued to increase. The porridge shed in our Zhang Mansion has started shortage of rice, flour and food. I originally wanted to use the reserved grain at home, but after checking yesterday, I found that there were not much reserved grain in the mansion. If we use reserved grain, our mansion will become tight three meals a day. Look, should we stop the congee shed?" Zhang Dao said.
Zhang Liang frowned and asked, "How many porridge sheds are there on the street now? How many have our Zhang Mansion opened?"
"We have six large households in West Street, including our Zhang family. According to the agreed rules, each company has two porridge storage sheds, and our Zhang family has also opened two porridge storage sheds. However, we are new to us, and we don't have much grain reserves, and we can't compare with other big households..." Zhang Dao explained.
"Have other people's porridge shed been removed?" Zhang Liang asked after interrupting Zhang Dao.
"No." Zhang Dao said truthfully.
"Since no one else has removed it, we cannot remove it. Notify the accountant and purchase a batch of grain at a high price and continue to distribute porridge." Zhang Liang said.
"But, the price of rice and flour continues to rise now. If we buy grain and porridge at a high price, it may take less than half a month for the money in the account to be emptied!" Zhang Dao said worriedly.
Zhang Liang hesitated for a moment, finally sighed and said, "Just do what I said. Your second uncle's uprising is not far away. At this critical moment, we can't drag him down."
"Yes, father, I'll do it now." Zhang Dao said helplessly.
When Zhang Yuan saw the three Zhang Dao leaving, he also took the opportunity to speak, "Then, father, I'll go to pay my respects to my mother, aunt, second and third nun."
"Go." Zhang Liang waved his hand and said.
Zhang Yuan and Zhang said out of the study room, and Zhang Yuan asked, "Third Brother, is the disaster outside really that bad?"
Zhang Dao glanced at Zhang Yuan and said, "Fourth brother, today your birthday, don't talk about these things. Go to the back house to pay tribute to your mothers."
"Okay, then I'll go." Zhang Yuanjian's third brother was unwilling to say more, so he waved his hand, said goodbye to his third brother, turned around and walked towards the backyard.
The backyard is the residence of women. The big room in the middle is the room of the eldest lady Zhang Liu, and Zhang Liang's master bedroom. There are three rooms on the left, namely the rooms of the second lady, the third lady and the fourth lady. On the right is a small garden, flowing water, flowers and plants, pavilions and rockery.
As soon as Zhang Yuan walked into the backyard, he saw the aunt, Erniang and Sanniang were sitting in the yard. Erniang and Sanniang worked together to tear a roll of white cloth, while the aunt was painting something on the white cloth.
"Auntie, second wife, third wife." Zhang Yuan called out.
The aunt looked up at Zhang Yuan, smiled and said, "Yuan'er is here."
Erniang and Sanniang smiled and nodded at Zhang Yuan, but did not speak. The eldest lady was by her side, and the second lady and the third lady could not rob. This is a rule. Of course, this rule has long been outdated, and people in the world have forgotten this rule. Then the Zhang family is an implementer of machismo, and Zhang Liang is a thorough machismo, so some rules are still used in the Zhang family.
"Auntie, what are you doing?" Zhang Yuan asked.
"Sword Drawing Notes." Zhang Song replied, then handed the brush in his hand to the maid beside him, then took Zhang Yuan's hand and said with a smile: "Come on, come in and see the gifts the aunt has prepared for you."
Zhang Yuan looked at the "Sword Book" in confusion, then followed Zhang Liu into the room. After entering the room, Zhang Yuan casually found a chair to sit down. Zhang Song walked to the dressing table, took out a small wooden box from the drawer, then walked to Zhang Yuan with a smile, handed the small wooden box to Zhang Yuan, and said, "Open it and see if you like it."
Zhang Yuan opened the small wooden box and saw a green jade unicorn pendant placed in the small wooden box. The jade color is very good and it seems to be expensive. This jade pendant is suitable for hanging on the belt. Young men and women wear it, which is considered a trend.
Zhang Yuan took out the green jade unicorn pendant, measured it around his waist, and then smiled and said, "Thank you, aunt, I like it very much."
"Haha, just like it." Zhang Song said with a smile, then sat opposite Zhang Yuan and said, "Yuan'er, this year your thirteenth birthday, according to custom, you should choose a personal maid and tell the aunt, do you have any likes in our house? If there is one, the aunt will directly tie her to your place."
"Uh." Zhang Yuan rubbed the Qilin Jade Pendant with his hands awkwardly and said, "Auntie, my mother mentioned this to me a few days ago, but I am now practicing martial arts and just starting out. It is better to spend some more days on this maid's affairs."
"Your mother told me this, but now we live in the county town, surrounded by wealthy families. You now have your own courtyard and have sufficient monthly money. If you are over thirteen years old, you will gossip when you know about it. Although the gossip is insignificant, it is always not nice. I look at you, you can choose a maid first. It's a big deal. You can sleep in a separate room first. You are older, and it's convenient to have a maid to serve you." Zhang Liu said with a smile.
"This, this..." Zhang Yuan was embarrassed and didn't know what to say. He was really not used to this ancient custom. He was obviously just a little kid, but someone arranged for him to sleep with the woman.
"Stop this and that, listen to the aunt." Zhang Liu said.
"Okay." Zhang Yuan nodded helplessly.
"I'm so good, the aunt will definitely find you a beautiful girl." Zhang Liu said with a smile.
At this time, Zhang Yuan's second and third nun walked into the house, holding the white cloth that had just been painted. Zhang Yuan saw Er and third nun, but he didn't see his mother. He just didn't see his mother in the yard just now, and he thought his mother was in his house. But after so long, he should have been scared to notify his mother that he had come, but he never saw his mother appear. He couldn't help but wonder, so he asked, "Why don't you see my mother?"
Chapter completed!