A swarm of heavy artillery bombarded the cultivators

On the offering table, green smoke filled the air.

The cooked pig's head is in the middle, with one cooked chicken and duck on each side. Next are three wine glasses and a pot of wine. Finally, there are three bowls of cooked pig's head, chicken and duck soup, plus vegetables, garlic sprouts, and chicken and duck livers. While the vegetable porridge is cooking, three pairs of chopsticks are placed beside the bowl, and next to the chopsticks is a cigarette.

Many of our ancestors like tobacco and alcohol, although no one in the family has these hobbies.

There is also a yellow clay block in the middle of the table, with nine incense sticks stuck on it. The festive red ever-burning lanterns are also turned on, filling the room with red light.

"Dingding, Xiaoyuan, come here to burn paper and kowtow to our ancestors."

Lin Wanqiu greeted.

Jiang Ding and the two men tore up the offering papers one by one, laid them on the brazier, lit them, and kowtowed.

"My ancestors bless me to be the first in the exam next semester. The older I grow, the more beautiful I become, and the older I grow, the smarter I become..."

Jiang Yuan muttered something.

Jiang Ding didn't have any wishes.

The reason for kowtowing and worshiping is just because of family affection. Even if there is a so-called underworld and the ancestors have spirits, they don't need to bless anything. Whatever they want, he will get it himself.

Crackling...

After the worship was completed, Jiang Ding lit a roll of firecrackers that was as long as his arm. Suddenly, the flames burst out, the explosion went straight to his ears, confetti flew everywhere, and the thick smell of gunpowder smoke hit his nose and mouth.

After waiting for a while, the smoke dissipated a little. The family made sure that the home was intact, locked the door and left, heading to their grandma and grandpa's house.

…

Grandma’s house,

After a lot of work, the whole family finally had the New Year's Eve dinner at around eight o'clock.

"Oh, Yuanwang won't come back to celebrate the New Year this year. I miss you so much."

There are more wrinkles on my grandma's face than last year. Looking at the big family, she felt relieved and a little regretful.

"Mom, the monastic department is different from the ordinary department. They have a twenty-year academic system, with one summer vacation for two and a half years and one winter vacation for five years. It is the same for you and him to chat more on the mobile phone."

Uncle Lin Yong explained again.

"Ding Ding, how is your study this year?"

Grandpa Lin Gang was afraid that Jiang Ding would think his wife was an old feudal who only wanted his grandson, so he quickly asked with concern.

"It's much better than before, great progress, grandpa." Jiang Ding replied, and then said: "I also want to thank cousin Yuanwang for the blue and white Yunji elixir, which helped me a lot."

This elixir helped him a lot when he started, and he will never forget this feeling.

"Hey, what are you talking about?"

Uncle Lin Yong took a sip of wine and his face glowed. His son's admission into the university's monastic department was the most proud thing in his life: "Ding Ding, no matter what, we will study hard and work hard to get into the university's monastic department.

Even if we fail to pass the exam, we will try to get a first-level alchemy apprentice, first-level spiritual beast master apprentice or other qualification certificate, so that we will be good in the future. "

"Yes, uncle, I will."

Jiang Ding said with a smile.

"And Xiaoyuan..."

night.

The whole family waited until early in the morning to set off fireworks to bring in wealth, and then fell asleep sleepily.

Since there was not enough room in his grandparents' house, Lin Wanqiu made a bed on the sofa in the living room, where he was the only one.

Unable to sleep for a while, Jiang Ding walked to the balcony and watched silently the Caimen fireworks in the distance. The smell of gunpowder smoke hit his nose, but he didn't feel bad.

My grandma’s house was a place I often visited when I was a child, so it didn’t feel strange.

"...how long will this kind of time last..."

He suddenly felt a little reluctant, wanting to stay at this moment forever and stop chasing something far away.

Close your eyes, stand on the balcony and fall into a deep state of cultivation.

…

After the first grade of junior high school, Lin Yong and Lin Wanqiu went home respectively. They had their own colleagues, friends, relatives, etc. to entertain.

Jiang Ding also often helped cook and entertain guests, but he never reduced his training time.

The same is true for his friends, Li Junhao and others. Even during the Chinese New Year, they have almost no time to have fun, and their study intensity is not much worse than at school, or even exceeds it.

This is the norm for high school seniors.

Those who give up will be divided into vocational middle schools and ordinary high schools after junior high school. Xianmen High School invests a lot and actually implements elite education.

Jiangyuan is different. He has been missing all day since the first grade of junior high school. Either he made an appointment with this friend to set off firecrackers, or he went out with that friend to watch the fireworks show, or the whole class got together for a picnic, played cards, and so on.

In any case, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month passed slowly and slowly, and the flavor of the new year began to fade.

"I don't want to go to cram school!"

In the early morning, Jiang Yuan walked between Lin Wanqiu and Jiang Ding with a sad face and a schoolbag on his back.

In fact, if Lin Wanqiu had not forcibly taken her away last night, she would have planned to stay up all night watching TV and playing games again. During the Chinese New Year, Lin Wanqiu did not control her and lived very indulgently.

"no!"

Lin Wanqiu had a straight face.

"Xiao Yuan, you have to work hard and study with your brother. At the very least, we have to pass. You are less than 70 points in Chinese, Mathematics, Physics, Ideology and Morality. You will not be able to contribute to the Immortal Sect in the future."

"I'm going to be a good-for-nothing otaku."

Jiang Yuan said weakly.

Lin Wanqiu: "..."

No matter how she behaved, she was still dragged to the cram school by the two of them, and then took a bus to Rongcheng Steel Plant.

This is an industrial park covering an area of ​​dozens of acres. It has strict security measures. You have to go through multiple security checks before entering the factory. Jiang Ding even suspected that one of the security checks was for Shenhun.

"Oh, Wan Qiu, is this your son?"

"Come here for an internship? Oh, that son of mine..."

Along the way, Lin Wanqiu's colleagues kept saying hello, and they all looked envious when they saw Jiang Ding.

As old employees, they naturally know how valuable internship places are at Rongcheng Steel Plant. If their academic performance is not excellent, they are not qualified to come and can only choose other small companies.

"Hello Aunt Zhang, hello Aunt Zhou, Li..."

Jiang Ding greeted these elders politely.

"Oh, he's just lucky, it's nothing..."

Lin Wanqiu couldn't hide her proud smile at all, but she still pretended to be modest, which made her extremely uncomfortable.

Inner factory area,

Lin Wanqiu stopped and warned: "Ding Ding, just keep walking. Someone will pick you up. If you see an unfamiliar building, don't enter without permission."

"Got it, Mom."

Jiang Ding nodded.

Sure enough, after walking for more than a hundred meters, they saw Hua Bing and Wu Tianli who had already arrived, chatting and laughing. Hua Bing's face turned slightly red when he saw Jiang Ding approaching, and immediately turned serious.

"happy New Year!"

After greeting each other, Jiang Ding walked to the corner, closed his eyes and rested his mind, entered a state of cultivation, and showed no interest in any gossip.

Hua Bing secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

After a while, a middle-aged woman with a plain appearance and a serious expression wearing a gray protective suit came over. She had a third level of Qi training.

"Hello, you three. I am Zhou Xiuyun, quality engineer at Rongcheng Iron and Steel Plant. I am a first-level weapon refiner apprentice. You can just call me Zhou Gong."

she said competently.

"Good week."

Jiang Ding and three others said at the same time.

"The internship lasts for one month. In the first week, our plan is to visit and practice the sorting, crushing, smelting, extraction and other processes of the raw materials of French steel. In the second to third weeks, we will learn how to use the optical array recording machine. In the fourth week, we will learn how to engrave formations on half magic weapons under the guidance of the weapon refiner Wu Chengzhong."

Zhou Xiuyun briefly introduced as he walked:

"Please come this way, this is the iron, manganese, zinc, aluminum and other ore sorting and crushing workshop..."