Chapter 30
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“Is that so？”
Uncle Nine put down the bowl of soup in his hand and looked at Liu Songshan with a half-smile.
“I will send a message to him right away！”
Liu Songshan immediately stood up and took out a talisman from his bosom.
“Little friend Taiping, you don’t mind adding a pair of chopsticks, do you？”
Uncle Nine looked at Xu Taiping with a smile while holding the soup bowl.
“Do you pay？”
After hesitating for a moment, Xu Taiping still asked.
“Must pay！”
Uncle Nine answered firmly.
“Then there’s no problem.”
Xu Taiping nodded.
He didn’t bother to care what these big shots were playing. Anyway, he was just the one who cooked, collected money, and watched the show today.
“By the way, it seems there are no chopsticks in my house.”
Xu Taiping suddenly remembered something.
“It’s okay, let him bring his own！”
Uncle Nine waved his hand.
“But… but Uncle Nine, my… my message talisman has… has burned out…”
Liu Songshan immediately explained to Uncle Nine upon hearing this.
“Just light another one if it’s burned out. You’re so wordy and can’t accomplish great things.”
Uncle Nine glared at Liu Songshan with a look of disgust.
“Yes… yes！”
Seeing Ninth Uncle’s face change, Liu Songshan immediately took out a message talisman from his bosom without saying a word and at the same time felt a pain in his heart and thought:
This little martial uncle is really a ancestor. One message talisman is more than enough to buy a thousand pairs of chopsticks!
Regarding the actions of these people, Xu Taiping didn’t have any comments, but just sighed in his heart：
It’s so good to have money.
……
A moment later.
There was one more person at the dining table in the main room of the small courtyard of Green Bamboo Residence.
That was a tall and strong man with a square face. Because of his huge build, sitting on the small stool in Xu Taiping’s house, he looked like he was sitting on the ground.
How about we move to the yard to eat? It doesn’t have to be so crowded.
Looking at Xu Youzhi who was sweating profusely and squatting there, Xu Taiping really couldn’t stand it anymore, so he suggested to the others.
No！
To Xu Taiping’s surprise, the first one to raise his hand and object was not the strange Ninth Uncle, but the sweaty Hall Master of Strong Wind Hall, Xu Youzhi.
Little brother, don’t be so troublesome. I’m fine sitting here. I like sitting here！
Xu Youzhi shook the pair of chopsticks he brought from home and explained to Xu Taiping with a smile.
All right…
Xu Taiping frowned and thought in his heart：
Most likely these people have problems with their brains. In the future, it’s better to let Uncle Bai stay away from them.
“Hey, little fellow, aren’t you meddling in other people’s business？ A thousand gold can’t buy what I like. Since he likes it, of course we can’t take away what others like.”
Uncle Nine smiled and winked at Xu Taiping, then reached out and took the last piece of lamb rib in the bowl.
“By the way, Youzhi, which two brothers of your Strong Wind Hall are in charge of this area of Green Bamboo Residence？”
While gnawing on the rib, Uncle Nine casually asked Xu Youzhi.
“Report…”
“Huh？”
Xu Youzhi instinctively wanted to stand up, but was glared back to sit down by a random look from Uncle Nine. Then he wiped the sweat from his forehead and said：
“Uncle Nine, the two disciples of the Strong Wind Hall in charge of this area of Green Bamboo Residence are named Zuo Ju and Zhou Gu. Both of them have the cultivation base of the Great Perfection of the Open Door Realm. Since they took over this area, there have been very few cases of monsters and spirits hurting people.”
These two were both his subordinates. If one prospers, all prospers; if one suffers, all suffers. Naturally, he would not be stingy with praise.
“Although it’s just a coincidence that we passed by, but we Western people can gather here thanks to Little Friend Taiping. Regarding the matter of cultivation, we can’t help much because of the sect’s regulations. However, when your Strong Wind Hall patrols in the vicinity in the future, you must take more care of this Green Bamboo Residence.”
Lao Jiu casually instructed Xu Youzhi.
Upon hearing this, Xu Youzhi and Liu Songshan looked at each other and both let out a sigh of relief. They thought in their hearts：
“So the reason why Little Martial Uncle asked us to come here is to ask us to take care of this Green Bamboo Residence！”
“Uncle Nine, don’t worry. From now on, we will definitely ask Zuo Ju and Zhou Gu to conduct strict inspections of the Green Bamboo Residence.”
Xu Youzhi patted his chest and assured Uncle Nine.
“Uncle Nine, for such a small matter, you just need to ask Bai Hong to say hello to me. There’s no need for you to hold a banquet in person.”
Liu Songshan also had a relieved expression on his face at this time.
However, Xu Taiping, who had been watching the show all along, after listening to the conversations of several people, was completely confused. He thought in his heart：
“This Uncle Nine has no relatives or acquaintances with me. Why did he suddenly ask Pavilion Master Liu and Hall Master Xu to take care of me? Just because of this meal?”
Just because of this meal, it definitely doesn’t make sense. While thinking like this, Xu Taiping looked at that Uncle Nine.
At this time, that Uncle Nine was gnawing on a lamb leg. When he saw Xu Taiping looking at him, he immediately grinned and winked at Xu Taiping.
Xu Taiping frowned and thought in his heart：
“This old man looks like a crafty person at first glance. He definitely doesn’t have such good intentions.”
Immediately, he looked at Bai Hong beside him again.
After Bai Hong noticed Xu Taiping’s gaze, he immediately smiled at him.
“Sure enough, Uncle Bai deliberately led this Uncle Nine to the Green Bamboo Residence so that he could take this opportunity to take care of me.”
Xu Taiping suddenly realized in his heart.
With this thought in mind, he immediately nodded slightly at Bai Hong and cast a grateful look at him.
After seeing this scene, Ninth Uncle on the opposite side immediately furrowed his brows and thought in his heart：
You brat, clearly it’s me who’s helping, yet why are you thanking someone else？ No, I have to make him see more clearly and not let this kid only have a good impression of Bai Hong！
Immediately afterwards, he put down the lamb leg in his hand, looked at Liu Songshan and Xu Youzhi who were trembling beside him and said, “Taking advantage of the fact that you two are both here today, call that Zuo Ju and Zhou Gu over to have a meal together. Remember to ask them to bring their own chopsticks.”
Upon hearing this, Xu Songshan and Zhou Gu looked at each other in dismay.
Ninth… Ninth Uncle… I… I don’t have any more messaging talismans on me.
Liu Songshan had a Dilemma look on his face.
Ninth Uncle, I came in a hurry and also… also didn’t bring any.
Xu Youzhi chimed in.
This kind of messaging talisman that can transmit sound over thousands of miles is very expensive to make. Liu Songshan can afford to bring two, which is already considered generous.
Little guy, do you have any here？
Ninth Uncle turned to look at Xu Taiping.
Strangely enough, Xu Taiping really had one on him, precisely the one that Zuo Ju had left for him last time.
However, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Xu Taiping still decided not to hand over this messaging talisman, and moreover, he didn’t want to get involved in the disputes among these people.
I don’t have any…
”I can buy it with twice the money.”
Just as Xu Taiping was about to refuse, he was suddenly interrupted by Ninth Uncle.
”I have it！”
Xu Taiping didn’t hesitate to take out that communication talisman from his bosom.
”That’s more like it！”
Ninth Uncle smiled and took the communication talisman from Xu Taiping’s hand.
”This… Isn’t this the communication talisman of our Strong Wind Hall？”
Xu Youzhi recognized the talisman in Ninth Uncle’s hand at once.
