I Have a Job

"Master of Chinese Martial Arts" skill extraction completion rate 99%

On the bus back to his hometown, Du Ruo was a little dazed as he looked at the panel in front of him that only he could see. The various changes during this period made him feel like he was in a dream for a moment.

...

Du Ruo lost his job almost twenty days ago. Due to the economic downturn and downgrade in various consumption, the company where Du Ruo worked suffered a large loss of business. Naturally, the company began to lay off employees, and Du Ruo lost his job.

Being unemployed is not scary. What is scary is that Du Ruo suddenly found that he couldn't seem to find a job. This is something Du Ruo had never experienced before.

In the past, Du Ruo always thought that no matter how badly he was doing, in the end, being a courier, food delivery man, and Didi driver would still allow Du Ruo to have a job to support himself.

It wasn't until I lost my job that I realized that everyone thought the same way…

Fortunately, Du Ruo did not gain nothing after wandering in Guangdong Province for ten years. Six years ago, Du Ruo had a girlfriend. In order to get married, his girlfriend forced Du Ruo to buy a house in the center of Dongguan.

Du Ruo took out the 5,000 yuan he had saved from four years of hard work, plus the 175,000 yuan given by his parents, and bought a 90-square-meter second-hand house in the city center.

Six years have passed, and Du Ruo almost forgot why he broke up with his girlfriend at the time, but he has always been grateful to that woman because the house that was worth less than 500,000 yuan at the time has increased in value to 1.8 million yuan.

Of course, originally the house was for him to live in, so Du Ruo didn't really care how much it was worth, and he never thought about selling it.

It was just that during those days when Du Ruo couldn't find a job after he lost his job, in order to pass the time, Du Ruo decided to find a small game to play. It didn't matter whether the game was fun or not, as long as it could relieve stress.

The mini-game is called "Master of Chinese Martial Arts". At the beginning, there is only one panel and a little man. All Du Ruo needs to do is to randomly choose a basic martial art, and then tap the screen with his finger. The character in the picture will start to practice martial arts skills, and the experience bar of the martial arts skills will increase. If you don't tap this character, he will sit on the ground in a daze.

So all Du Ruo needs to do is keep clicking on the screen, and then the character keeps punching to gain experience.

Of course, if you don't want to keep clicking, you can also choose to watch ads, in which case the game character will automatically hang up and practice for three minutes.

As skills are upgraded, the character's image will change, attributes will be enhanced, and the practice animations will become more gorgeous. Moreover, after reaching a certain level, the character can randomly acquire new skills and begin to further practice the newly learned martial arts routines with more bonuses.

It was just such a small game that required tapping with fingers. Du Ruo would play it till late at night. Not only did she feel tired from tapping, but she almost felt sick from watching the small advertisements.

"Congratulations, your character has reached the maximum level. Yes/No, do you want to extract the skills?"

His fingers kept tapping the screen of the phone. Du Ruo was already groggy in the middle of the night. When this page popped up on the phone, Du Ruo just saw it clearly and clicked "Yes" out of habit.

Then the screen froze and the mini-program game disappeared in an instant.

"Eh? What a crappy game, it's a waste of my time. Forget it, I'm going to sleep."

Du Ruo stared at the phone interface that seemed to have frozen and was stunned for a moment. Then he looked at the time and it was already 3:30 in the morning.

Du Ruo, who was extremely sleepy, didn't think about the mini-game in which the player was dressed gorgeously, surrounded by various halos, with special effects popping out with every move, and the skill bar was filled with various martial arts skills.

Anyway, the negative emotions accumulated during this period of time have almost dissipated. Du Ruo put down his phone and fell asleep in a daze.

Who would have thought that when Du Ruo woke up the next day, a small icon and an extraction progress bar appeared in front of his eyes. The icon was a small character in cloth clothes doing a martial arts posture. It was the icon of the small game he played at night.

Du Ruo was surprised at first, then ecstatic. He knew that this was the legendary golden finger.

It's a pity that there is only an extraction progress bar and not much information, but the icon looks exactly the same as the little game I played at night.

At night, he just played to relieve stress and didn't pay much attention to the plot and gameplay. He even played until midnight and was so drowsy that Du Ruo had forgotten what skills the character finally acquired.

Immediately afterwards, no matter how Du Ruo searched, he couldn't find the mini-game again. So that was it.

"I've got the golden finger, so why should I look for a job? I can go home and it doesn't matter if I get scolded or forced to go on a blind date."

Just because of the appearance of the small game icon, Du Ruo made a decision, which was to sell the house and return to his hometown, even though he was not sure what the extraction progress bar on the panel in front of him was.

The house had a market value of over 1.8 million yuan, but Du Ruo listed it for 1.75 million yuan, and he promised to give the seller a big red envelope if the house was sold. Within half a month, the house was sold, and he finally got 1.45 million yuan. Together with the 3,000 yuan he saved from working for ten years, Du Ruo now had the capital to go home and study the golden finger with peace of mind.

(In fact, in the current environment, it is not so easy to sell a property.)

It's a pity that I don't know if it's because the memory is too large or the signal is bad, Du Ruo's extraction progress is too slow. It's been almost twenty days, and the last 1% of the progress bar has not been completed.

"We're here, grab your luggage and get ready to get off the bus."

The vehicle arrived at Tangkou Town, Huangshan, and Du Ruo got off the vehicle with a backpack. Huangshan was still relatively hot in June, but the temperature of 30 degrees could not dampen the enthusiasm of tourists. The streets were bustling with young people who came here to travel.

The phrase "Youth has no price, Huangshan is right at your feet" has attracted countless young people.

"I haven't had a good visit to Huangshan for more than ten years. Maybe I should find some time to go up and have a good look."

Du Ruo looked at Huangshan Mountain under the blue sky not far away. Without stopping for too long, he hailed a taxi, told the driver the address, and the vehicle quickly drove away from the bustling town.

The car kept driving, the number of vehicles on the side gradually decreased, the surrounding houses were no longer dense, and large tracts of farmland began to appear. Fifteen minutes later, the taxi stopped at the entrance of a village and Du Ruo got out of the car.

The houses in the village are white-walled, green-tiled and horse-head-shaped buildings, standard Anhui-style architecture. They are obviously planned in a unified manner and look very comfortable. In front of the village are large tracts of green farmland, with a winding river flowing through the middle.

Beside the village are large tea gardens and vegetable fields, and behind the village is Mount Huangshan, the first of the three mountains in the world.

Under the blue sky and blue sea, there is a beautiful village scenery with mountains, rivers and countryside.

"Why didn't I think our village was so beautiful before?"

Looking at the scenery, Du Ruo couldn't help but smile.

He hasn't been back for more than two years. In the past, he went home in a hurry and left after the New Year. He had no time to appreciate the scenery. Now he doesn't have to worry about work. When he sees the scenery that he used to get tired of when he was a child, Du Ruo feels relaxed. He no longer feels depressed and restless like he did in the city.

Carrying a backpack, he walked towards the village.

When passing by the village entrance, a few old men were sitting by the small bridge at the entrance, fanning themselves with palm-leaf fans and chatting. When they saw Du Ruo approaching, they began to whisper to each other.

"Grandma An, Grandma Ci, Grandpa Hui, what are you guys talking about?"

Du Ruo was the first to greet them with a smile. Don't just walk away with your head down at a time like this. The old men and women in the countryside gossip a lot. If you just leave without saying hello, who knows what will happen tomorrow.

"The kid from Du Jianting's family is back."

When the old man heard Du Ruo's greeting, he stopped chatting and replied to Du Ruo with a smile.

"Ding~"

Du Ruo originally wanted to chat a few more words, but a sound of downloading completed rang in his mind. Du Ruo knew that the mini-game must have been extracted.

He suppressed his excitement, nodded to the old men, and then walked quickly towards a house at the end of the village.

He summoned the panel as he walked.

This time, what appeared in front of him was no longer the small icon and extraction progress bar, but a page similar to the small game that Du Ruo played that night.

Name: Du Ruo

Age: 31

Refinement: 8.02

Air: 8.10

God: 8.42

(The average value of the body's vitality, energy and spirit for an average adult is 8, and the upper limit of the normal human vitality, energy and spirit value is 10)

Attribute points: 0.00

Initial skill: Xingyiquan LV0 (0/100)

Note: The host's body cannot withstand all skills, please work hard to improve yourself.

Practicing skills will gain skill experience and attribute points.

The attributes can be enhanced.

When skill experience is sufficient, you can upgrade and obtain the next skill.

...

Du Ruo looked at the panel and his steps unconsciously slowed down until he stopped completely.

The excitement in his heart could not be described in words. This panel was just as he imagined, and it really extracted the skills from the mini-game he played that day.

Although only the game skills were extracted and the exaggerated character attributes of that character were not extracted, I felt relieved to see that I could continue to add points to Du Ruo. At least this gave Du Ruo a chance to transcend.

At the same time, a memory emerged in Du Ruo's mind, as if Du Ruo had already known it but was just recalling it now. It was very easy and natural, and he remembered it deeply. He could even easily understand the reason and reason behind it.

What I remember are some basic knowledge of martial arts, as well as the knowledge and practice tips related to Xingyi Five Elements Boxing and Xingyi Three Body Posture.

The sudden appearance of memories in his mind made Du Ruo very happy. At the same time, he also understood that this was the skill shown on the panel. He did not expect that happiness would come so suddenly.

"I take that back now. It's not a rubbish game, but the most conscientious game in the world. I only hate myself for not playing it seriously at the time. I apologize for my attitude at the time. I was wrong and I was a little loud."

After absorbing all the skills and knowledge, Du Ruo immediately apologized for his attitude towards playing the game at that time, and regretted his perfunctory attitude even more.

It would be great if I could remember all the skills clearly. Now I only remember that I learned "Xingyiquan", "Baguazhang", "Bajiquan" and so on. Later, there seemed to be hidden weapons, weapons, acupoint pressing, mental skills and other martial arts, but I can't remember their specific names.

"I don't know if he has learned any immortal cultivation techniques like the Eight-Nine Mysterious Art. If he has, he will be very successful."

Du Ruo muttered to himself, completely forgetting that the little game was called "Master of National Martial Arts".

"Son? Why did you come back so suddenly? What are you mumbling about while standing at the door?"

The shouting brought Du Ruo back to his senses and he found himself standing at the door of his home. It was his mother who called him. While talking to Du Ruo, his mother looked him up and down.

"Mom, you've lost a lot of weight and become younger and more beautiful."

Du Ruo looked at his mother and suppressed his inner excitement. In order to avoid his mother from worrying, he rubbed his face quickly, smiled, and began to flatter her.

"You have lost weight, right? I have been trying to lose weight recently, and it seems to be working well. Come on, come into the house. Have you had lunch? I'll make you something to eat."

My mother really bought into this, but what she cared most about was whether her son had eaten and whether he was hungry.

"No, I took the bus right after I got off the plane. We didn't stop along the way."

Du Ruo touched his stomach. It was about 1:30 in the afternoon and he was really hungry.

"Okay, have some fruit. I'll go make you a bowl of noodles. Then I'll cook you your favorite stinky mandarin fish in the evening."

When she heard that Du Ruo hadn't eaten yet, her mother couldn't sit still anymore. She took some fruit for Du Ruo to eat first, and she went to the kitchen.

Du Ruo put his backpack in his room on the second floor and then started walking around the house.

I haven't been home for nearly two years, but home still feels familiar and everything seems to be the same.

After eating the noodles, Du Ruo chatted with his mother for a while. Originally, he thought that his mother would ask all kinds of questions, such as "Why did you come back suddenly?", "Have you encountered any difficulties?", "How is your search for a partner going?" and so on.

Who would have known that his mother just cleaned up Du Ruo's room, then watched him eat noodles with a smile, without asking anything. After he finished eating, she only asked him if it was enough and if he wanted some more noodles, and didn't say anything else.

"Go to your room and rest first. You must be tired from the journey. I'll go find your dad and buy some food with him later. I'll make you something delicious tonight. And by the way, ask your sister and brother-in-law to come back for dinner."

After Du Ruo had eaten her fill, my mother cleaned up the dishes and let Du Ruo go to her room to rest.

Du Ruo nodded and went upstairs. The martial arts he had just acquired were waiting for him to study, and he couldn't wait any longer.

"Since you have to practice to gain attribute points and skill experience, let's officially start."

Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Du Ruo recalled the knowledge about Xingyiquan in his mind.

"When practicing martial arts, you must first change your strength. For Tai Chi, use routines; for Bagua, use turning the tree; and for Xingyi, use standing still."

The basic knowledge of martial arts training was directly in his mind, and because of this sentence, Du Ruo decided to start practicing with standing still.

The so-called changing of strength is essentially changing the body's force-generating habits. Normal people use muscles to exert force, and the stronger the muscles, the greater the strength.

In traditional martial arts, the force is exerted using tendons and bones. Changing the force is a process of changing the habit of exerting force. With practice, the force is gradually transformed from being exerted by muscles to being exerted by tendons and bones, and then the change of force is completed.

Standing still can not only help you change your strength, but also slowly strengthen your muscles and bones, so the practice of the three-body posture requires persistence.

"San Ti Shi is also called San Cai Shi, which combines the three elements of heaven, earth and man, which are the upper, middle and lower parts. When exerting force, one must achieve the unity of the three elements. San Ti Shi is the basic stance of Xingyi, and it is also the beginning of all the changes in moves. That is why it is said that all things come from San Ti Shi. When practicing, one must unite the mind and intention, intention and qi, and qi and force.

It emphasizes three tops, three buckles, three circles, three poisons, three hugs, three hammers, three bends, and three straightens.

When practicing Xingyiquan, one should pay attention to the chicken legs, dragon body, bear arms and tiger head hugging, which is also known as the internal and external six-in-one stance.

When exerting force, you need to follow your waist, stretch your back, use your shoulders to push your elbows, and use your elbows to push your hands. You also need to sink your shoulders, drop your elbows, and exert strength from your waist. These are the three most basic forces in Xingyiquan.

At the same time, the tips of the nose, hands and feet should be aligned. "

Chapter 3 Points

While recalling the key points, Du Ruo naturally began to practice the Three Body Posture. The Three Body Posture is divided into two types due to their difficulty. The most basic one is the Double Three Body Posture, which means placing the balance when standing between the legs and letting both legs bear the weight together.

Du Ruo chose a more difficult practice method, the single-weight three-body pose, which means placing the center of gravity on one leg.

Because the single-weight three-body posture is the fastest and most effective way to change strength.

There is no such thing as being perfunctory in practicing martial arts. Only effective practice can yield results. Moreover, the skill-related knowledge in his mind does not allow him to be perfunctory.

Du Ruo got into position, cleared his mind, stopped thinking, and began to feel the changes in his body.

After doing the single-weight three-body pose for half a minute, soreness, numbness and itching began to spread from the feet to the whole body, and then the body began to shake unconsciously.

This feeling was so uncomfortable, as if ants were crawling on his body. Slowly, Du Ruo realized that his standing posture was about to be deformed.

"Huh... the time is a bit short, not even a minute."

Not long after the shaking started, Du Ruo could no longer hold on. He took a breath, stood up straight, stretched his body, then changed feet and continued standing.

There is a standard for changing the strength of the Xingyi Three Postures, and that is to persist for three minutes.

With the correct posture, if you can stand in the single-weight three-body posture for three minutes, the change of strength is completed.

The unconscious shaking of the body just now is actually the beginning of changing strength. The stiffness of the body (muscle strength) will be shaken off during the shaking and turned into whole strength (tendons and bones strength). But at the same time, we must also pay attention that shaking is allowed but the posture cannot be deformed.

It becomes more difficult to stand in the stance as time goes on. The first two and a half minutes test your body, while the last thirty seconds test your perseverance and faith. Therefore, practicing martial arts is a process of perseverance, and it is also a kind of tempering of your martial arts spirit.

The Xingyiquan knowledge that Du Ruo obtained from the panel made him know how to practice and how to practice correctly without taking any detours. What matters in the three-body standing posture is not the duration, but whether the posture is correct and whether you can persist in it.

If the posture is correct, you can gain one minute's worth of skill by standing for one minute. If the posture is incorrect, it will be useless even if you practice for ten years.

Du Ruo practiced for half an hour. Just when Du Ruo began to feel a little impatient, he saw the panel jump.

Skills: Xingyiquan LV0 (1/100)

Attribute points: 0.01

"Is it only a little bit of proficiency and attribute points that I gained after practicing for half an hour?"

Du Ruo stopped and sat down in a chair to rest. At the same time, he felt excited and satisfied as he looked at the panel in front of him.

Du Ruo found the long-lost happiness. This happiness was simple and pure. Du Ruo had only felt it when he was in school and played an online game for the first time and watched the character he controlled level up.

"Then the next step is: add some points!!"

Du Ruo looked at the familiar panel, and at the same time a "+" sign appeared behind the energy value, indicating that points could be added.

Without hesitation, Du Ruo added his only 0.01 attribute point to the lowest "Essence".

Du Ruo only felt a warm current surging, traveling from his dantian throughout his body, and the muscle soreness from the exercise just now seemed to be relieved.

"Keep up the good work. Next, it's time to practice the Xingyi Five Elements Boxing routine."

After adding points, Du Ruo felt it carefully, but unfortunately, apart from feeling a little more comfortable, there didn't seem to be much improvement. It was obvious that the value was still a little low.

Du Ruo decided to strike while the iron was hot and began to try the Xingyi Five Elements Boxing routine to see if he could gain a little experience after practicing it once, or if, like the Three-Body Style, he needed to practice for a certain period of time before gaining a little experience and attribute points.

Another reason is that standing still actually requires a relaxed mind. It is usually not recommended to stand still or do static exercises when you are restless and irritable.

Xingyi Five Elements Boxing is the basic boxing technique of Xingyi Quan, including chopping fist, drilling fist, collapsing fist, cannon fist and horizontal fist. Each boxing technique is matched with the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire and earth.

The practice of Five Elements Boxing is very particular and requires consideration of the relationship between the five elements.

With the skills and knowledge, and the fact that these movements did not require much physical strength and could be done easily, Du Ruo's practice was just like a textbook from the beginning, with no deviations or mistakes in his movements.

After performing the boxing technique once, the skill remained unchanged.

Du Ruo was not disappointed, but continued to practice, while clearing his mind and stopping thinking too much, fully experiencing the changes that boxing practice brought to his body.

Half an hour later, the skill proficiency jumped again, increasing a little, and the attribute points increased by 0.01 again.

Without hesitation, he continued to add attribute points to "essence". The fatigue in his body dissipated and his energy was restored a little. The feeling of immediately getting rewards for his efforts was so great that Du Ruo couldn't help but indulge in it.

Every time the experience bar jumped, Du Ruo felt satisfied. This visible growth gave Du Ruo great motivation.

Du Ruo knew that from then on, his life began to become smooth, because hard work pays off, he no longer had to take detours, nor would he run into walls, or even bottlenecks, at least when it came to practicing martial arts.

Du Ruo was absorbed in the practice, and then there were sounds coming from the first floor, as if her family had returned.

However, Du Ruo was most excited at this moment and had no intention of stopping at all.

Just after Du Ruo had practiced wholeheartedly for three hours, he added the attribute points he had gained to "Essence" again. The panel changed, and Du Ruo had to stop.

Name: Du Ruo

Age: 31

Refinement: 8.02 (8.08)

Gas: 7.99 (8.10)

God: 7.99 (8.42)

Attribute points: 0.00

Skills: Xingyiquan LV0 (6/100)

Note: The host's body cannot withstand all skills, please work hard to improve yourself.

The six points of skill proficiency were the result of Du Ruo's full dedication for just three hours.

In addition, the biggest change is that his energy and spirit have just declined, especially his spirit and energy. At this time, Du Ruo relaxed and only felt a headache. He also felt that the bowl of noodles he had eaten in the afternoon had been completely absorbed, and his stomach was empty and he was very hungry.

Du Ruo frowned and sighed, knowing that he could not practice anymore.

The fundamental purpose of practicing martial arts is to make oneself stronger, and unlimited practice is definitely not a good thing. What's more, for a beginner like Du Ruo, blindly practicing can easily damage the foundation, which will end up being counterproductive.

At the same time, it also made Du Ruo completely understand one thing, that this is reality, not a game, and he can practice endlessly.

"That's good. At least it means I'm the one playing the game, not the game playing me."

Thinking of this, Du Ruo smiled instead. This real feeling made him feel at ease. If he could practice endlessly, maybe he would really become a machine.

Du Ruo suppressed his headache and hunger, washed up, and went downstairs.

"Wang~Wangwangwang~"

"Woof woof, woof~"

"Woof woof woof~Woo~"

As soon as she went downstairs, Du Ruo saw a little girl standing at the gate, pulling a golden retriever that was almost as tall as her shoulders, and barking at a local dog outside the door.

Yes, the kind of shouting, "Wang Wang Wang~". It seemed that originally there were two dogs barking at each other, and then the little girl started shouting along to help the golden retriever quarrel.

"Huang Yamei!! I've already told you, your uncle is sleeping upstairs, please stop barking like a dog here, or you'll wake up your uncle. At night, you and Maomao's meals will all be halved! No, the dishes will be halved, but the rice won't be reduced."

Before Du Ruo could laugh, a woman walked out of the kitchen. She was in her thirties, with light makeup and a floral dress. She pointed at the little girl and started scolding her. She seemed to be worried that the volume was too loud, so she deliberately lowered her voice. However, the seriousness in her words did not diminish at all, and the dog's barking stopped immediately.

The woman was Du Ruo's elder sister Du Na, who was five years older than Du Ruo. When Du Ruo was still in college, she got married through a blind date in the next village. However, they bought a house near the Huangshan scenic area and had a small storefront to do some business, so they did not usually live in the village.

"Hey, sis, it's okay, I woke up a long time ago. Yaya, do you still recognize your uncle?"

Du Ruo laughed. Seeing the scene just now, Du Ruo felt very healed. Even the discomfort in his body seemed to disappear. He walked to the little girl, squatted down and looked at her.

The little girl looked at her mother curiously, then looked at Du Ruo curiously without saying a word. Similarly, the golden retriever next to her also squatted on the ground, looking at Du Ruo curiously.

"Hello, uncle~"

Huang Yamei's voice was clear. After shouting, she ran to the woman, hid behind her and looked at Du Ruo.

"Brother, you are awake now. You can eat soon. Dad and your brother-in-law are in the living room. Go watch some TV first. I will take Yaya to wash her hands."

Du Na looked at Du Ruo, first sized her up and down, then spoke with a smile, and then prepared to pull Huang Yamei to the door to wash her hands.

"Yaya, uncle brought you a toy. I'll take it down for you after dinner."

Du Ruo watched his sister taking his nephew out, with a smile on his face, and shouted to Huang Yamei.

"Thank you, uncle~~"

Huang Yamei was not very happy at first because she was scolded by her mother, but when she heard that there were toys, she immediately blinked her eyes and gave Du Ruo a big smile.

"Dad, brother-in-law."

When I came to the living room, a variety show was playing on TV, but the volume was turned down very low. Du Ruo's father, Du Jianting, who had gained some weight, was sitting on the sofa, watching videos on his phone with a cigarette in his hand, while a young man opposite him was making tea.

These two people are Du Ruo's father and brother-in-law.

"Well, did you have a good rest? The air conditioner in the room should be OK. I'll clean it for you tomorrow."

Du Jianting had a serious expression on his face. He seldom communicated with Du Ruo normally, but today he showed some concern for her.

"Brother, have some tea."

Brother-in-law Huang Bohua smiled at Du Ruo, poured tea for her, and pushed the cigarette on the coffee table towards her.

"I slept well. I'll clean the air conditioner myself tomorrow."

Du Ruo looked at the white hair on his father's head and replied that he had never noticed before that his father's hair was half white. Maybe... that was because his father dyed his hair before the New Year.

The three grown men drank tea and smoked, and the atmosphere seemed to become silent all of a sudden. The only sound in the living room was the contrived and repetitive laughter from the variety show on TV.

"It's time to eat, Lao Huang, please bring out the rice cooker..."

Du Na came in with dishes and chopsticks, followed by Huang Yamei and Jinmao. She shouted something, breaking the silent atmosphere.

"Drink a little? Your mother made some golden cherry wine last year. I can't drink alcohol now, and that wine has been sitting there and no one drinks it."

Father Du Jianting put out the cigarette in his hand and asked Du Ruo a question.

"Okay, drink some then. Sister, you should drink some too."

In Du Ruo's family, only brother-in-law Huang Bohua is allergic to alcohol and never drinks. Everyone else loves to drink, especially sister Du Na, who has loved drinking since she was a child, but her alcohol tolerance is not very good.

Du Ruo still remembers that when he was a child, his father asked his sister Duna to get some wine. His sister then drank secretly while walking and finally fell drunk on the edge of the field. She was found by the neighbors and brought back.

...

Tonight's meal is particularly sumptuous, with stinky mandarin fish, stewed pigeon, dried bamboo shoots, and cured fish, all of which are the delicacies that Du Ruo has been longing for while away.

As soon as Du Ruo sat at the table and smelled the food, he couldn't hold back any longer, he lowered his head and ate the food in big mouthfuls, occasionally making sounds of praise. He ate a bowl of rice first to fill his stomach and then began to slow down his eating speed.

Occasionally I would drink with my sister, clink glasses from time to time, and answer my mother's questions from time to time.

"How long will you stay this time, brother?"

Brother-in-law Huang Bohua suddenly asked a question, and the originally happy atmosphere suddenly became quiet, and everyone looked at Du Ruo.

Only Huang Yamei took advantage of the fact that no one was watching her and secretly picked up some fish to eat.

"I'm not leaving this time. I'm just staying at home."

Du Ruo smiled, picked up a piece of meat from the fish back for his niece, took a careful look at it, and made sure there were no fish bones before putting it into Huang Yamei's bowl.

"Come, I'll serve you a bowl of soup. Yaya, eat less fish. Have you forgotten the fish bone stuck in your throat a few days ago?"

After hearing Du Ruo say that he would not leave, the atmosphere returned to its previous harmonious state. Du Na put the soup in front of Du Ruo, and then went to help Huang Yamei check whether there were any fish bones in the fish.

"I sold the house over there and paid off the loan to get 1.45 million. Mom, Dad, and brother-in-law, if you need anything, tell me."

Seeing that no one in his family asked him the reason, Du Ruo felt touched and took the initiative to mention the sale of the house.

"Your father and I don't need it. There's not much money to spend at home."

Before my dad could say anything, my mom spoke first. With the famous scenic spot of Huangshan behind them, they could receive a lot of care every year even though they were not in a bustling area.

Sister Du Na didn't say anything, but just picked up some vegetables and put them in Huang Yamei's bowl.

"Brother, what do you think? With 1.45 million, you can buy a house in the city and a shop to do some small business. If you buy a house in the town, it will be more than enough to buy a house of more than 100 square meters. If you want to do some business, you can ask your sister to give you some more."

Huang Bohua opened his mouth and looked at Du Ruo as he spoke, and it was obvious that he was sincere in what he said.

Huang Baihua is an only child. His family bought him a house and a shop in the town. He has always been grateful to the Du family for marrying Du Na to him without any dowry, so he treats Du Ruo as his own brother.

When he heard that Du Ruo was not planning to go out, the first thing he thought about was settling Du Ruo down and considering his future, and he even took the initiative to offer to support Du Ruo with some funds.