Li Banfeng called out: "Brother Huang."
Hearing this, Ye Jianhuang was quite happy and said to Li Banfeng: "Brother, let me do something first.
Congratulations to you again."
After saying that, Ye Jianhuang took a cigarette pot, took a sip, and blew the smoke into Feng Chongli's face.
"Boss Feng, my brother is having a happy event. You shouldn't come over to make trouble on this day. Otherwise, please listen to my advice and don't come to this place again in the future."
Feng Chongli took the abacus and fiddled with it twice.
This is not a casual decision. Every time he makes a major decision, Feng Chongli has to calculate his costs: "Senior Huang, I'm afraid it's not easy to give him this face today."
Feng Chongli had calculated it and felt that he would suffer a great loss if he just let Li Banfeng go.
Ye Jianhuang is also considerate: "If you feel you are at a loss, then let's have a fight. My brother is making a living in this new land, and I will help him open up wasteland today."
Ye Jianhuang bit his cigarette holder and took a sip. There seemed to be countless sharp blades in the smoke, scratching Feng Chongli's skin.
Feng Chongli calculated it again with his abacus. Is it worth fighting Ye Jianhuang for this land?
The calculated result is that it depends on the condition of the leaf tip yellowing.
If it's just a joke, there won't be much loss in a fight.
If Ye Jianhuang shows his true intentions and fights to the death with him, the gain will outweigh the loss.
Feng Chongli turned the abacus beads, and a strong wind blew up, blowing away the smoke exhaled by the yellow leaves.
Ye Jianhuang was not anxious at all. He held the pipe and pot, coughed twice, and transformed Feng Chongli's technique.
The wind stopped immediately.
After the wind stopped, Ye Jianhuang blew out another puff of smoke, and this time the smoke got into Feng Chongli's clothes and went to his vitals.
The leaf tip yellow is really moving!
If it is just for fun, the action should be big and the actual effect small.
But right now, Ye Jianhuang doesn't have much action, and every time he strikes, it's his killer move.
Feng Chongli stopped moving the abacus. Facing Ye Jianhuang in this situation, it would not be wise to continue fighting.
He put away his abacus, hugged his fists at Ye Jianhuang, Li Banfeng and He Yuxiu, and turned to leave.
Ye Jianhuang clicked on his cigarette pot and turned to look at Li Banfeng: "Brother, it's time to congratulate you."
Li Banfeng cupped his fists and thanked: "Senior Huang, it's all thanks to you just now——"
Ye Jianhuang waved his hands repeatedly: "You must not call me senior. If you do, someone will be unhappy. He is talking about Sun Tiecheng, because Li Qi has always called Sun Tiecheng eldest brother. Ye Jianhuang heard that he was worried and
Tang Changfa mentioned it.
"If you think highly of me in the future, just call me Brother Huang like you did just now. Is this your brother's wife?" Ye Jianhuang looked at He Yuxiu. With his body type, one could tell that he would be fertile at first sight.
He Yuxiu was too shy to raise her head, but Ye Jianhuang was actually joking with her.
He Yuxiu didn't know Ye Jianhuang, which was normal because Ye Jianhuang rarely showed up.
But Ye Jianhuang recognized He Yuxiu. He knew everything about the affairs of Puozhou, and naturally he also knew about the eldest lady of the He family.
After joking a bit, Ye Jianhuang took Li Banfeng to a quiet place and got down to business: "Someone asked me to tell you, don't always worry about other people's business and forget about your own business."
Li Banfeng understood what Ye Jianhuang meant. This was City Lord Sun asking Li Banfeng to go home.
"Brother Huang, you have also seen that this new land is being targeted by Xuehuapu. If I leave now, I am afraid I will lose all my achievements."
Ye Jianhuang sighed: "Xuehuapu is really difficult to deal with. I'll keep an eye on it for you first. I won't be able to keep an eye on you anymore. And your brother Sun, too.
Go home and tell him what happened. He is so protective of you, so you can't just ignore this matter."
Li Banfeng returned to the border and exchanged a few words with He Yuxiu, Ma Wu, the cook and others, and prepared to leave the new land and head to the City of Fools.
He Yuxiu was a little reluctant: "Brother Qi, when will you come back?"
Li Banfeng said with a smile: "Once you have secured the land god's seat, I'll probably come back and start clearing the land.
He Yuxiu's heart was throbbing and she glanced at the land. The three men had laid out the offerings and were ready to open up the land again.
When she turned around, Li Banfeng's figure had already disappeared.
At the gate of Fool's City, a man stopped Li Banfeng and asked for a fee to enter the city: "You have to give a piece of ocean to enter the city. This is the rule here!"
Li Banfeng shook his head and said, "One piece is not enough."
The man was stunned and said: "Then how much do you think is appropriate?"
"You have to give me five yuan!"
The man scratched his scalp: "Is five yuan too much?"
"It's not much," Li Banfeng said seriously, but the man was reasonable, "I came all the way, and the fare for the carriage and horses was only one yuan, and I had to spend another half a yuan for dry food and water.
I suffered a slight injury on the road, and I still need half a piece of medicine and gauze, so it’s already two pieces. Is it appropriate for you to give me an ocean piece? Where is your conscience?"
The doorman plucked his fingers and calculated for a long time: "Even if one dollar is not suitable, you can't ask for five dollars.
Didn’t you just spend two yuan on this?”
Li Banfeng waved his hand and said, "I haven't finished speaking yet. I met a robber on the road and was robbed of three oceans. How do you calculate the money?"
The gatekeeper was angry: "It's not like I robbed you of your money. No matter how you calculate the money, it can't be attributed to me!"
Li Banfeng was also angry: "If I didn't come to Fool's City, this money wouldn't be robbed. In order to enter this city gate, I was robbed of three oceans. You are the gatekeeper here. Could it be that this money
Shouldn’t you be the one to compensate?”
The gatekeeper lowered his head and said, "What you want is too much. Five yuan will definitely not suffice. Let's not say anything else. You will not need an ocean to hire a carriage and horse. Dry food, water and rice are too much."
Yes, there's also potion and gauze. How can that little thing be worth half an ocean?
The two argued for a while and finally reached an agreement. The gatekeeper gave Li Banfeng three and a half oceans.
Li Banfeng collected the money and entered the city.
The man looking at the city gate sneered: "Looking at you, you are still not convinced. Let me tell you, giving you three and a half yuan is not bad. When I was cruel before, I would only give you three yuan. What can you do to me?"
land?"
When Li Banfeng arrived at Changsan's study apartment, Yan Cui'er was soliciting business at the door, Yan Qing'er was singing in the room, Yan Hong'er was sitting aside reading the newspaper, and Tang Changfa was managing accounts in the back hall.
Everyone was happy to see the shopkeeper back. Li Qi looked at the newspaper in Yan Hong's hand and couldn't help but frowned: "Isn't this the newspaper from last month?"
Yan Hong'er pursed her lips and said, "I asked Tang Changfa for a newspaper, but he never bought it."
Li Banfeng was unhappy: "Old Tang, I gave you a lot of money before, why are you reluctant to buy a newspaper?"
Tang Changfa rubbed his hands and said, "It's hard to earn money, but you can't help but spend it. This is all earned by the shopkeeper's hard work. It's okay for us to buy some firewood and rice to survive. How can we spend it randomly elsewhere?"
Li Banfeng looked at Tang Changfa. He had given him a sum of Huan Guo banknotes before, and then gave him 10,000 yuan. Tang Changfa also showed Li Banfeng the account book. He had not touched the money much.
No matter how much money is given to him, all that is left in his eyes is water and rice. In the City of Fools, persisting in living is more important to him than anything else.
Li Banfeng took out his wallet and gave Yan Hong a sum first: "Go buy a newspaper. Buy as much as you want."
Yan Hong'er went away happily, and Li Banfeng gave Yan Cui'er another sum of money: "Go buy wine and meat, pick the best one."
Tang Chang became anxious: "Shopkeeper, how can I ask for your money? There is plenty of money in the account. We can't let Yan Cui'er buy this meat and wine. This girl is too stupid and spends too much money!"
"You stay at home, let them go, let them bloom." Li Banfeng stopped Tang Changfa,
He gave Yan Qing'er another sum of money.
"Go buy some new clothes and buy one for each sister!"
Yan Qing'er went away happily.
Li Banfeng took out another stack of banknotes and gave it to Sun Tiecheng: "Go buy some rouge and come back and dress up with the sisters!"
Sun Tiecheng looked in the mirror: "I'm so handsome, do I still need to dress up?"
Li Banfeng was shocked and quickly took back the banknotes.
There were only three girls and one Tang Changfa in the room just now. Li Banfeng really didn't know when Sun Tiecheng came in.
"Brother Sun!" Li Banfeng performed the salute in a down-to-earth manner.
Sun Tiecheng stopped the three girls and said, "Don't rush out yet. You are all standing nearby. I have something to say to your shopkeeper today."
The three girls stood by the wall obediently. Tang Changfa called the other girls out and stood neatly aside.
Sun Tiecheng said to Li Qi: "When you passed the examination in the City of Fools, I gave you a reward and taught you the Foolish Cultivation Skills. This was not for nothing. We had an agreement before. When the time comes, you have to join me."
Daomen, now is the time,
Your cultivation level has reached the level of the clouds. I am confident that you will be able to cultivate in all three disciplines, and you will not suffer the backlash of your cultivation level. If you join my Taoist sect, you will be the only living practitioner of Yuxiu in the future. If you do not join my Taoist sect,
There are some things that we have to talk about carefully."
Li Banfeng said: "There is no need to say it, I want to enter the Taoist sect, I sincerely mean it!"
Sun Tiecheng admired Li Banfeng's attitude very much: "Since I agreed, I will take action!"
Li Banfeng was stunned: "What are you doing?"
"When you enter the Taoist gate, you must apply medicinal powder!" Sun Tiecheng took out a cloth bag and took out some medicinal powder with his bare hands.
Ask Li Banfeng, "Where do you want to apply it?"
Li Banfeng was a little hesitant.
Apply it to the thickest part of the meat?
It's definitely not appropriate to take off your pants in front of so many girls.
Apply it on the palms of your hands or the soles of your feet?
Injuring his limbs will inevitably affect his combat effectiveness. In order to minimize the impact, Li Banfeng pulled up the lapel of his clothes, pointed at his belly and said, "Put it on here!"
"Okay!" Sun Tiecheng nodded and spread the medicinal powder on Li Banfeng's face.
Li Banfeng covered his face and jumped in pain: "Didn't I ask you to wipe your belly?"
Sun Tiecheng smiled: "No matter where you say to wipe it, I will wipe it on my face."
"Then you still ask me?"
"This is to temper you. I used techniques to see if you can spot them."
Li Banfeng was dissatisfied: "If I use techniques on you, can you detect it?"
Sun Tiecheng was very confident: "I can do it!"
"Then I'll really use it."
Sun Tiecheng pulled out a short knife: "You try it!"
This person is really unreasonable.
Li Banfeng clasped his hands, squatted on the ground and said, "Today is the day when I enter Taoism. It's such a big happy event.
Are you coming here empty-handed?"
Sun Tiecheng said in surprise: "What do you mean with empty hands? Didn't I just give you the powder?"
Li Banfeng snorted and said: "How much is that little powder worth? At least it makes sense if you teach me a technique." Sun Tiecheng snorted coldly: "I don't need to teach you anymore? How many years has Gu Rusong been with me? I just taught him."
Two techniques. You have learned four techniques before and after me. Isn’t that too little?”
"Can he compare with me? I am a true entry-level disciple, the only living cultivator of our foolish cultivator, how can you not take care of me?"
Tang Changfa said from the sidelines: "What the shopkeeper said makes sense, you have to take care of me."
Yancui persuaded Sun Tiecheng: "Today is a happy day for us, and it is appropriate to teach two more techniques."
Yan Honger'er nodded frequently: "Our shopkeeper is the eldest son in the city. If you don't love him, who else can you love?"
Yan Qing'er picked up the pipa and said, "City Lord, let me sing a little song for you. You are the head of our City of Fools, so you can't be too petty when doing things."
Sun Tiecheng was annoyed: "Didn't I ask you to go out and buy something? What are you doing here? Go buy it!"
Everyone was busy with their own tasks and left.
Li Banfeng looked aggrieved and was still squatting on the ground.
Sun Tiecheng squatted next to Li Banfeng and said angrily: "Okay, today is indeed a good day. I will teach you another technique. Have you learned it?"
Li Banfeng said: "What have I learned? You haven't taught me anything!"
Sun Tiecheng said seriously: "What do you say? You want to learn techniques. I promised to teach you techniques. How can you say I didn't?"
"Are you telling a joke?" Li Banfeng couldn't understand, "If you agree to teach, does it count as teaching?"
Sun Tiecheng remained serious: "If I don't agree to teach you, I definitely won't be able to teach you. Do you think this is the truth?"
Li Banfeng nodded: "That makes sense."
Sun Tiecheng said again: "If I promised to teach you, I would have already taught you. Do you think this is true?"
Li Banfeng was stunned for a long time: "What does this mean?"
"This is the principle of reverse effect as cause," Sun Tiecheng smiled, "Whether I teach you or not, it depends on whether I answer or not.
If you think about it carefully, does what I said really make no sense?"
Li Banfeng actually felt that this statement made sense because he had fallen into the trap.
But this was inconsistent with the normal logic he knew, so Li Banfeng could not admit the truth in it.
"The causal relationship you mentioned is flawed and cannot be calculated in this way."
Sun Tiecheng smiled and said: "What do you think should be done? You have the final say, or I have the final say. What is the cause and what is the effect depends on how the technique is performed. Can you understand it now?"
Li Banfeng thought carefully about the technical essentials. After thinking for a long time, he murmured: "Is this indescribable?"
Sun Tiecheng nodded: "Good boy, you've figured it out. Other people's techniques use unspeakable methods.
Our technique uses an indescribable mechanism, so our sect can be said to be number one in the world!"
Li Banfeng seriously thought about the changing rules of cause and effect. This technique was obviously difficult to learn. Sun Tiecheng told Li Banfeng not to be too anxious: "Reversing cause and effect is a hard skill. At the beginning, don't look for something too hard to reverse cause and effect."
,
For example, I entered the Changsan study apartment and had dinner. This is normal cause and effect. If you want to reverse it and say that I did not have dinner and did not enter the study apartment, this reversal is a bit too harsh.
I haven't had dinner now, but I still entered the study apartment. The obvious truth is there. It's not easy to reverse it. I have this ability, but you still need to practice more.
You can start by reversing the cause and effect from the less rigid one. You can reverse it to say that I had dinner, which proves that I entered the study apartment. If you reverse it this way, it will be much smoother."
Li Banfeng tried it, and sure enough, the two causes and effects were reversed, and the difficulty was very different.
Sun Tiecheng smiled and said, "Brother, do you have any ideas?"
Li Banfeng nodded repeatedly, then stood up and said, "Since I have entered the Taoist sect, I should call you master."
Sun Tiecheng gave a bitter smile: "You said the opposite. Now you want to call me Master? You can't call me Master even if you want to." Li Banfeng said happily: "Why can't you call me?"
Sun Tiecheng pulled up a chair and asked Li Banfeng to sit down: "If you are still outside the door, you should indeed call me master. The disciples outside the door should also call me master, but if you enter the Taoist door, you can only call me big brother.
,
Our Taoist sect only has brothers and no master. You must remember that this is an unchangeable rule."
Li Banfeng didn't understand: "Why are there such rules?"
Sun Tiecheng was silent for a moment and said: "If one day we become enemies and have to fight to the death, I will definitely tell you that I will pass on my skills to you. I am your master. You cannot bully your master and destroy your ancestors.
You must not be fooled. There is no master in our Taoist sect, and there is no such thing as bullying the master and destroying the ancestors. You should not be merciful to me."
The words were a bit heavy, Li Banfeng blinked and said, "How could we become enemies? Where do we start talking about this?"
Sun Tiecheng said seriously: "Have you remembered?"
"Remember." Li Banfeng nodded repeatedly.
Yan Cuier bought back the food and wine, and Tang Changfa quickly set the table. Sun Tiecheng looked at the food box and shook his head repeatedly: "How can this little thing be enough?"
Tang Changfa said: "It's quite a lot, enough to set a table!"
Sun Tiecheng took out a few silver coins and said, "Go and buy more. Add a few more tables and let the people in the study come over to eat together. Don't leave behind those who sweep the floor or wipe the dust."
This was a big day for Changsan Shuyu, a big day for the City of Fools. Sun Tiecheng was so happy that he drank all the toasts to everyone. After drinking two jars, he still felt that he had not had enough.
Li Banfeng put down his wine bowl and talked about what happened during the day: "Brother, the people in Xuehuapu are targeting me. They were checking me secretly before, and now they are looking for trouble openly. Today, thanks to Brother Huang's help, I can hide."
Live through a calamity."
Sun Tiecheng was very satisfied: "Ah Huang did a good job. You are also very brave. You dare to take land from Neizhou people. This land is not easy to defend."
Li Banfeng said: "I am also worried about this matter. What should I do if I meet people from Xuehuapu again?"
Sun Tiecheng laughed and said: "What else can we do? Beat the motherfucker! If you can beat him, beat him to death. If you can't beat him, let's hide first. When we have a chance to do something evil, we will beat him to death."
Li Banfeng sighed: "They all say that Xuehuapu is not easy to offend, but this time I have completely offended them."
Sun Tiecheng laughed repeatedly: "It's not easy to offend Snowflake Cream, but who the hell is Snowflake Pu? What can you do if you offend them? They will be beaten to death!"
Li Banfeng said: "They are in charge of the money making business, and they have many ruthless people. With my current ability,
You really can’t beat them.”
Sun Tiecheng shook his head and said: "Brother, there are some things I can't tell you. You listen to me. If you can beat them, don't be polite. Beat them to death. If you really can't beat them, you come to me and I will beat them for you."
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Xuehuapu was so miserable in Sun Tiecheng's place.
After drinking a few more drinks, Li Banfeng looked at Tang Changfa and a few familiar girls: "Brother, I want to take them out and give them some experience."
As soon as these words were spoken, Tang Changfa, Yan Cuier and others put down their chopsticks.
Sun Tiecheng was speechless, and Tang Changfa said to Li Qi: "Shopkeeper, we haven't been out for many years, and we don't know what it looks like outside. If we go out now, we may cause a lot of trouble, and in the end we will be a burden to you."
Li Qi shook his head: "It's impossible to be a burden. You all have the means to do things. When you go out, you can be my helper."
Several people looked at each other and remained silent.
Sun Tiecheng smacked his lips: "The entire Puozhou is on guard against our Taoist sect. They have been with me for so many years, and I am a little worried. If they leave the city, they will die."
Li Banfeng thought for a long time and said to Sun Tiecheng: "Then don't go to Puozhou, go to other states. Foreign states don't know much about our Taoist sect."
When he heard that he was going to Waizhou, Tang Changfa became even more panicked: "City Lord, Waizhou may not know us, but we don't even know Waizhou. I have never seen the word Waizhou except in newspapers."
Sun Tiecheng took a sip of wine and tasted the taste. This time he was a little tempted: "Old Qi, tell me the truth. Is it to help you or to repay me by taking them to another state?
If you want to repay me, that's fine. I don't need you to repay me. If you really want to take them out to see them, I think it's a good thing."
"They are all good helpers when they go out of state. This is true." Li Banfeng really needs some help out of state.
Tang Changfa still didn't want to go: "City Lord, we really can't do it——"
"What's wrong?" Sun Tiecheng waved his hand, "In the city, you listen to me, but in Chang San Shu Apartment, you have to listen to the shopkeeper. You have to go wherever the shopkeeper tells you to go!"
Everyone was speechless. Sun Tiecheng was in a good mood and poured another bowl for Li Qi: "Set a date and take them on their journey. If you really think it's useful, stay longer. If it's really useless, you can send it back to me."
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After living in Fool's City for a few days, under Sun Tiecheng's guidance, Li Banfeng learned the art of converting effects into causes.
He also received news from He Yuxiu that the first three-mile plot of land in the new land was opened.
The cook is really powerful and has different strategies to deal with different monsters.
The three-headed man learned quickly. On the last day of the exam, the cook didn't give much advice. The three-headed man thought of his own countermeasures and successfully defeated Fengzhiweng.
The land reclamation work is progressing smoothly. With the water source, more than 5,000 people can be resettled smoothly. Ye Jianhuang has stayed in the new land and Xuehuapu has not sent anyone to cause trouble. This matter is considered to be completely completed.
"What a good boy," Sun Tiecheng praised, "you have chopped off a piece of meat from Neizhou!"
Li Banfeng is not greedy for merit: "Brother, was that crucian carp skeleton left by you?"
Sun Tiecheng nodded.
Li Banfeng smiled and said, "I just picked it up from my eldest brother."
Sun Tiecheng shook his head and said: "Not everyone can pick this ready-made. I kept this fish because I wanted to see if Neizhou dared to fight with outer state.
Looking at this situation, Neizhou is shouting loudly, but its confidence is still insufficient. I would rather give you a piece of land than dare to take action with other states."
Li Banfeng sighed: "If I had known that it was my eldest brother who was responsible, I would have asked them for a few more pieces of new land to see if they would agree."
Sun Tiecheng laughed loudly when he heard this: "You're such a high-spirited boy. Do you know that you personally sealed an Earth God?"
"Really?" Li Banfeng thought about the whole incident and realized that He Yuxiu was really sealed by him himself.
Li Banfeng smiled casually: "This is nothing."
"It's nothing?" Sun Tiecheng looked Li Banfeng up and down, "The Earth God is a prince, who do you think can be canonized as the Earth God?"
Li Banfeng really didn't know about this.
Sun Tiecheng didn't explain much, hummed a little tune, turned around and left.
After everything was packed, Tang Changfa left the study apartment to Yan Qing'er to take care of, took Yan Hong'er and Yan Cui'er with him, and followed Li Banfeng to leave the City of Fools.
Li Banfeng originally planned to take them on the train. With his strength, it was not a problem to get three anonymous road signs. Everyone could take the train all the way back without having to walk so hard.
But less than twenty miles away from Fool's City, Tang Changfa started to tremble. He didn't know how to move his legs when walking, or how to open his mouth when talking.
This was not nervousness, it was Tang Changfa's fear that his fooling skills would fail, that he would not believe that he was still alive, and that he would slowly turn into a dead person.
Yan Cui'er trembled along with Tang Changfa. Yan Hong'er was strong and smart. She pretended to be calm in front of Li Banfeng, but in fact she was also scared in her heart.
Li Banfeng said to the three of them: "I came out of the City of Fools, am I alive?"
The three of them nodded.
Li Banfeng said to the three of them again: "You must be alive when you come out of the City of Fools!"
Yan Cuier nodded, she believed what the shopkeeper said was true.
Yan Hong'er remained silent. She felt this was not true, but she did not dare to say it.
Tang Changfa couldn't help it, so he said it anyway: "Shopkeeper, you are different from us."
Li Banfeng pretended to be surprised: "Why are they different? It's the same when we eat, and it's the same when we drink.
It’s the same when you sleep, it’s the same when you enter the Taoist sect, it’s the same when you learn techniques, no matter what you do,
There is no difference between us, but aren’t we the same people?”
Li Banfeng straightened out the cause and effect, and Tang Changfa felt at ease. He thought he could walk all the way to the station, but after walking dozens of miles, the three of them fell ill again.
They have been in the City of Fools for who knows how many years. This cannot be cured with one technique. If this situation gets on the train, there is no telling how much trouble will happen. If they can't control themselves, they may be killed.
Tell me what happened in the City of Fools.
Let’s go to the new land.
Li Banfeng led three people to trek in the new land for a whole day. At night, they set up camp and rested. Just as Li Banfeng was about to go home, he smelled the smell of burnt smoke.
Fire?
Li Banfeng walked out of the tent and followed the smell of burnt smoke. After walking for more than two miles, he saw a man who had built a stove with several stones and was adding firewood to the furnace.
Seeing Li Banfeng, the man stood up and clapped his hands: "The night wind is getting colder. I'm afraid you will get cold, so I'll light a stove to keep you warm."
Li Banfeng laughed and said: "It's two miles away from us, but we really can't feel the warmth."
The man added some firewood and said, "Aren't you here now? I expected you to come, so I lit a fire here and waited for you to come and keep me warm."
Li Banfeng nodded: "You are quite a nice person. What do you want to do by bringing me here?"
The man replied sincerely: "I want to fight with you to win or lose."
Li Banfeng asked: "What happens after the fight is over?"
The man took out a deed: "If you win, I sign this deed, and the land under my feet will be yours to deal with from now on."
Li Banfeng said: "If you win, He Yuxiu's land will be yours, right?"
"I don't want that piece of land in vain," the man took out another deed, "If I win, you sign this deed, and I will exchange the land under my feet with He Yuxiu's land, and you won't
It’s such a loss.”
Li Banfeng asked: "What do you call me?"
The man received the deed, turned on the fire, and said with a smile: "I like to light the stove and keep the fire burning brightly.
The land beneath your feet is mine."
Chapter completed!