Chapter 6: Green Hair Brother's Horse Whip

  "Jiāo'er, now that you have no home to return to, consider this place your own from now on. Although the world has become increasingly chaotic over the years, our Li family can still provide a safe haven for you and your mother. After some thought, Li Qing said, "From now on, you will live in the Li family's secondary estate at the back of the hill. I'll have someone allocate ten mu of dry land and eight mu of paddy fields to you, so you can settle down."

  Before Zhao Xing's mother could thank him, a somewhat discordant voice came from outside.

  "Grandpa is really generous! He gave away eighteen mu of good land to an outsider, I wonder where we, his own grandsons, will end up?" A sarcastic voice floated into the living room with its owner.

  When he heard this, Zhao Xing couldn't help but burst out laughing. Because earlier he had heard the newcomer pronounce "eighteen mu" as if it were "eighteen touch", and now seeing a young gentleman dressed entirely in green, with a green cloth hat on his head (actually a kind of silk crown, which was the attire of Han Dynasty Confucian scholars), looking exactly like a green-haired turtle, just like the "Ninja Turtle" from the previous life's animation.

  "Who is this? What I just said was ridiculous?" The young man who came in raised his eyes, revealing a large circle of white, and asked Zhao Xing with his nostrils flared in anger.

  "Come on in, don't be rude, this is your brother Zhao Xing, your Aunt Yu Juan's son, hurry up and pay your respects!" Li Qing scolded weakly.

  "This is the eldest son of Big Brother, Jin Bang?" Zhao's gaze turned to Li Qing, with a questioning look in her eyes. In Zhao's impression, when she got married that year, Li Jinbang was still in his infancy, so she asked this question.

  "Alas, it's indeed that useless thing!" Li Qing's face was filled with shame.

  "Junior brother Zhao Xing pays his respects!" Although he felt a strong sense of disgust towards the green-haired giant turtle in front of him, Zhao Xing still greeted him with courtesy.

  "How dare you!" Li Jinbang still had an air of disdain, "How could I be brothers with someone who suddenly appeared out of nowhere to fight for our family's property?" He said, waving his sleeve and turning his back on everyone, leaving them a big view of the back of his head.

  "You damned thing... Cough, cough..." Li Qing was so angry that he almost fainted.

  "Hum, you green-haired turtle, how dare you be rude to the young master of my house!" On the side, Zhou Cang, who had already lost his patience, suddenly let out a loud shout, which shook the dust on the top of the beam and made it fall down.

  "Zhou Cang, you are not allowed to make a big noise, step down!" Zhao Xing said in a low and stern tone.

  Zhou Cang wanted to say something more, but seeing Zhao Xing's serious face, he could only nod and retreat behind Zhao Xing.

  "Alas, when under another's roof, one cannot but lower their head. As soon as he arrived, Zhao Xing was given a demonstration of authority."

  "Brother-in-law, you've said too much!" Zhao Xing said calmly: "This time my mother and I have returned to our hometown to avoid the difficulties of the world for a year or two. We have no intention of competing with all of you brothers for family property. I, Zhao Xing, promise that we will not stay in Li Family Village for more than three years. After three years, we must find another place to go. At the same time, during our three-year stay in Li Family Village, all expenses and expenditures, including the conversion of land output into grain money, I, Zhao Xing, will repay tenfold when the three-year period is over!"

  "Is this for real?!" Li Jinbang's eyes widened bigger than a cowbell, he really couldn't believe what Zhao Xing had just said.

  "If you don't believe me, brother-in-law, we can sign a contract in front of the landlord!" Zhao Xing replied firmly.

  "What makes you think you can pay it back?" Li Jinbang asked with a look of disdain.

  "With my own strength and brains!" Zhao Xing said coldly and decisively, without any interest in explaining to the "useless person" in front of him.

  "Hmph, I've seen people who talk big before, but never one as shameless as you." Li Jinbao said with a sarcastic tone.

  "I'd rather be presumptuous than those who, in the face of their master's descendants, clamor for a share of the family property after his passing!" Zhao Xing retorted with disdain.

  "You!......" Li Jinbang was choked and couldn't speak, his originally pale face suddenly turned into an ugly liver color.

  It's already been said to this extent, and the people in the house can't easily interject anything else. Whoever comes out to mediate now might also have designs on the family property.

  Stillness, a suffocating stillness, the people in the hall each had their own thoughts, as for what they were thinking, only heaven knows.

  Among the crowd, Li Jinbang and Li Jinsi's mouths slightly moved, wanting to stand up and say something, but were pulled back by their respective parents. Xu Wanting looked at Zhao Xing with a concerned face, but made Zhao Xing feel somewhat embarrassed to look at his cousin more often.

  Zhao Xing thought to himself: Three years later, it will be the Yellow Turban Rebellion. At that time, the world will be in chaos, and I don't want to stay in Shangdang County, which has external troubles and internal civil unrest. I must find a safe place to stay! Moreover, relying on my own abilities and experience, I can make a name for myself in the tumultuous late Eastern Han Dynasty and stir up a storm!

  Looking at the still chattering and entangled green-haired brother, Zhao Xing secretly made a ruthless vow in his heart: Wait until my strength grows stronger, see if I won't make you this "filial son" submit to me!