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Cheng Jinzhou returned to his residence, half disappointed and half excited.

In contrast, Cheng's mother seemed more excited.

After the entertainment was over, but before taking off her makeup, Cheng's mother rolled up her sleeves and came to Cheng Jinzhou. She said with a smile: "Son, I have won a lot of face for my mother this time."

It was obvious that Cheng Jinzhou's performance made her stand out among a group of ladies.

Cheng Jinzhou felt a little lethargic. He teased the Jiugong Suanzhu with his fingers and said, "Is there some reward?"

"Here you go." Mother Cheng didn't notice her son's mood, threw him a small bag of tips, and said with a smile: "The old lady said, your gift is from Master Liu Kuang. You must keep it well and don't let it get naughty. Yes, this is what I use on weekdays.”

But he first took a gamble on the opportunity to pawn his gift.

"I know." The kit in Cheng Jinzhou Diandian's hand was very heavy and in pieces, not like silver.

On the day of ancestor worship, things were heavy. Cheng's mother said a few more words and turned to do her own things. Cheng Jinzhou lazily poured the contents of his kit onto the bed, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

They turned out to be yellow-orange golden melon seeds.

Most of the wealthy families in the Great Xia Dynasty liked the small size of gold. Those with some wealth also liked to use gold when rewarding slaves and playing cards with each other.

At first it was made to look like a golden bean, but it turned out that it had many disadvantages - it would be a hindrance to prepare a plate when gambling. If you reward someone, you would throw it on the ground temporarily, and the person receiving the reward would have to find it from under the table. Instead, it was made into the shape of a melon seed, which was large, easy to carry, and fun to throw. It quickly became popular among the aristocratic circles.

The sick man, Cheng, was still young, and there was no golden melon seeds in his monthly list. He didn't need gold as a reward on weekdays, so he didn't have much inventory left. This was the first time for Dr. Cheng to see golden melon seeds.

The golden melon seeds in the kit do not look like sunflower seeds as ordinary people imagine, but are shaped like large melon seeds. Because they are handmade, the details of each one are different, but when weighed on a scale, they are all 20 Gram up and down, the error rarely exceeds 0.2 grams.

The workmanship of the goldsmiths is always excellent.

A bag of 50 golden melon seeds can be held in one hand, which is a full twenty taels. According to the exchange rate of about 20 times of gold and silver, there are 400 taels of silver here.

Rich family! Cheng Jinzhou sighed silently.

In a bad mood, Cheng Jinzhou was too lazy to exchange food or copy books, so he lay on the bed with melon seeds and clothes, imagining a career as a protagonist who would kill everyone.

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In the early morning, as the dew had just condensed, Cheng Jinzhou was sleeping with his head filled with the aroma, when he was woken up by a voice saying "Please give me a meal, third brother."

Dimly, two girls rushed in and put on Cheng Jinzhou's coat. This was the Cheng family. If he were in a more sophisticated family, the nephew would have to be woken up completely before the girls could help him get dressed. Of course, if you are in a less particular home, the girls can be more tactful and have more actions...

"It's 6 o'clock?" Cheng Jinzhou wiped his eyes and looked at the breasts of the two little girls dimly, maintaining his "health" in the early morning.

Like all countries without nightlife, the Daxia Dynasty also adheres to the good habit of going to bed early and getting up early, and 6 o'clock is usually the last time limit.

"At 5:30, Madam asked you to get up early." It was Zhu'er who dressed Cheng Jinzhou. The former did not have a regular maid yet, only two book boys to follow him.

Cheng Jinzhou didn't move, he just looked at the little girls on the left and right with his eyes.

Zhu'er was plumper, but she could only be regarded as a precocious lolita. The other girl next to her was more youthful, but her face was much more delicate. Cheng Jinzhou shook his head regretfully. The 12-year-old frail body left by the sick Cheng was still A body must be pure. Without the help of hormones, people would lack motivation even for sexual desire.

There was a violent coughing sound outside the door.

Cheng Jinzhou turned his head towards the source of the sound with an innocent expression, as if he had been inspecting it uninterruptedly just now, but was just in a daze.

Standing at the door was a female star warlock wearing a gray robe. She looked like Zhou Zheng, but she had no braids and her ears were exposed at her temples, like a tomboy from later generations. Apart from being born bald, the only people in the Great Xia Dynasty who were willing to shave their hair this way were star warlocks.

Cheng Jinzhou remembered that this was one of the three star warlocks he saw during the ancestor worship. Their level was much higher than the star warlocks worshiped by the Cheng family.

"What do you want from me?" Cheng Jinzhou suddenly woke up and jumped to the ground with his feet.

The status of women in the Great Xia Dynasty was more like that of European women during the Louis XIV period. Through certain channels, noble ladies could still obtain political rights that exceeded most people, and among these channels, becoming a star warlock must be a shortcut. one.

Judging from the collar badge, the man in front of him does not seem to be a serious star warlock with a star rating, but he still has a high status. Cheng Jinzhou looked at the other party secretly.

"Teacher hopes to meet you. I am the teacher's disciple, Xiang Xin." The other party is indeed a star warlock, with a calm tone and perfect etiquette. It can be seen that he is well-educated and may also be a noble.

Without looking at the application of the little girl next to him, Cheng Jinzhou could guess that the so-called meeting must have been approved by his parents, otherwise he would not have entered the second door, even if it was a woman.

"Who is your master?" Cheng Jinzhou asked sheepishly as he packed up his clothes.

"Level 4 star warlock Liu Kuang." The young star warlock apprentice had no interest in Shota and his eyes were very indifferent.

Cheng Jinzhou touched his earlobe, turned slightly to let the maid adjust his clothes, turned to look at the unabashed woman and said, "Is it because of the gift I got?"

"That set of adjusting tools and scales, yes."

Level 4 Star Warlocks were quite remarkable within the entire Great Xia Dynasty. Cheng Jinzhou let out a faint sigh, feeling quite agitated.

A star warlock actually came to see him.

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In the main hall, not only Cheng Jinzhou's father and mother, but also the other three branches each sent their second-generation sons to preside over the ceremony. dignified hardwood chairs were lined up beside the door.

Sitting in the middle is the star warlock he saw the day before. He can be seen to be very old, but he does not look old. The black robe wraps his body tightly, and there are no badges or collar badges hanging around his body. A vein-like tattoo stretches out from under the neck, which looks a bit scary at first glance.

Then, the eyes that looked at him were all gentle and awe-inspiring.

"Cheng Jinzhou, right?" Liu Kuang, the legendary fourth-level star warlock, smiled modestly and greeted him first.

"It's me." More than 20 years of experience have no effect. In the past few days, apart from his parents, Cheng Jinzhou has actually never met anyone who can change his destiny in such a profound way. He would inevitably become nervous when encountering similar situations.

Liu Kuang continued to smile kindly and said, "How did you open that small settlement bag?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a disciple in gray robe came up beside him, opened a piece of white paper, and hung it on the wall.

There is still a right triangle on the paper, the two right-angled sides are 12 and 35, and the other side is blank.

"Can you figure it out?" Liu Kuang said with a smile. The tattoo on the neck also looks much more natural.

The simplest application of the Pythagorean Theorem - Cheng Jinzhou was almost dumbfounded. He didn't even remember that this was a question that only appeared in what grade. The difficulty may be that the process of squaring twice and then taking the square root would make primary school students scratch their heads a little, plus some verbal calculations.

Even a fake doctor has dignity. Cheng Jinzhou was quite unhappy and blurted out: "37."

Unexpectedly, Xiang Xin and the star warlock disciple behind him were both surprised.

Liu Kuang, who was leaning on the backrest, sat upright inadvertently.

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