A Tough Man Wept

After watching Gu Yuxiao leave, Lin Xiao did not immediately go up the mountain, but instead took out Qin Jianghe's letter again.

In fact, the letter contained more than just the contents mentioned earlier; it also introduced the background of this person named Gu Yuxiao.

This Miss Gu was the daughter of Gu, the Escort Chief Gu) of the Luo Escort Agency escort agency) where Qin Jianghe first stayed when he arrived in the neighboring Anfeng County.

This escort leader, Gu, was one of the three leading escorts in Luo's Escort Agency. He took good care of Qin Jianghe when he first arrived. He also helped Qin Jianghe every time he went escorting with him. Therefore, the two of them had been getting along for a while and were quite familiar with each other.

Gu, the Escort Chief Gu, had a wife who passed away from illness a few years ago. For many years, the couple had only one daughter, Gu Yuxiao. Since his wife's death, although matchmakers had been knocking on their door, he had no intention of remarrying. So, Gu Yuxiao eye.

However, fate is unpredictable. During one of his escort missions, Gu, the Escort Chief Gu Escort Chief Gu was an orphan when he was young, and all his skills were honed through years of Escort Chief Gu work and struggle on the streets. His wife's family situation was also quite complicated. In short, his wife's family would never take Gu Yuxiao, so Gu Yuxiao went from being the apple of her husband's eye to a helpless orphan.

After Escort Chief Gu's body was brought back by his surviving companions, Gu Yuxiao came to take her father home to handle the funeral arrangements.

Along with Escort Chief Gu's body, Escort Chief Gu last words were also brought back.

The companion who brought back the body told Qin Jianghe that Escort Chief Gu had asked him to help take care of his only daughter before he died.

However, in reality, while they claimed to be helping to take care of the victims, everyone in the escort agency knew what was really going on.

However, Escort Chief Gu was worried that his daughter would have no place to live in her later years, and seeing that Qin Jianghe was a decent young man, he wanted to entrust his daughter to him.

After all, everyone had witnessed the capabilities of this young man in his early teens during his time at the Qin Jianghe escort agency.

But Qin Jianghe didn't know that.

He didn't think about it that way.

After all, he was someone who had just had a failed blind date a few months ago.

So when he heard Escort Chief Gu ask him to help take care of his only daughter, he felt the burden on his shoulders grow even heavier.

In the future, I will not only have to find ways to earn money for the sect, but also find ways to earn money to support such a grown daughter.

When a girl gets married, she has to prepare a dowry and buy cosmetics, unlike men who can be fed with just a few steamed buns.

well.

Lin Xiao couldn't help but chuckle as he read Jianghe's rambling letter.

The woman wanted to give him her daughter as a wife, but he wanted to raise her as his own daughter.

After reading the letter, Lin Xiao put it away, closed the door, and went up the mountain.

When he arrived at the meditation room, he learned that Tietou had been assigned to perform corvée labor by his family.

So he immediately called Fuzi, Tuzi, and Tietou Tou, who lived in the village, out of the cultivation room. Then he took out the silver that Jianghe had just brought back, told them where the silver came from, and then divided it among them. Tietou and Fuzi each received five taels, Tuzi one hundred coins.

This was an emergency relief, not a salary payment, so Lin Xiao didn't intend to split it equally; it was all based on need.

As for Jianghe's family, he planned to deliver it to Jianghe's parents himself at noon.

Unexpectedly, Tietou looked at the silver he handed over, paused for a moment, and then chuckled at him, saying:

"Brother Xiao, I don't need this money. My father isn't home, and even if I take it out, my family will definitely take it back and make me do corvée labor. I shouldn't waste the sect's money here."

Lin Xiao immediately retorted:

"Don't give it to them. We can go to the village chief and pay the money privately. Besides, you might as well stay on the mountain these days. Your house is just sitting empty anyway. It would be best to bring your mother up with you, so she won't be all alone at home."

Hearing his words, Tietou Tou pouted, but couldn't hold back his tears, and rushed forward to hug him tightly, sobbing uncontrollably.

"Waaah-- Brother Xiao! It's not that I'm afraid to do the corvée labor--but they're treating me and my mother like this, it hurts so much, waaaah--"

The usually honest and kind-hearted Tietou hugged Lin Xiao and cried outside the training room, his tall and sturdy frame making Lin Xiao's figure appear extremely thin.

Lin Xiao was momentarily taken aback when he was suddenly hugged tightly.

It wasn't because he was hugged, but because it was the first time in so many years that he had seen Tietou cry.

Jiang Youfu and Liu Yunan, who were standing to the side, were also a little stunned. They quickly tried to comfort Tietou.

With the combined efforts of the three, they finally managed to calm the tough guy Tietou from his tears.

Lin Xiao patted his shoulder and told him to hurry up and go to the village chief's house to hand over the silver. He also handed him the five taels of silver that he had prepared to give to Qin Jianghe's family, telling him to take it with him. He also reminded him to avoid some people and give it to his parents alone.

Tietou took the money and agreed to everything, then quickly ran down the mountain.

Fuzi and Tuzi went into the cultivation room to continue their cultivation, but Lin Xiao did not go to cultivate. Instead, he turned around and walked to the Artifact Refining Hall, which was located opposite the cultivation room.

He had felt uneasy ever since he learned yesterday that the government was assigning extra labor to repair the dikes.

He always felt that whenever they said they were going to repair a dam, there was a very high chance it would burst.

If the Ancient Moon River were a large river, and if it were to breach its banks, even their remote Xiushui Village could be flooded.

So he decided to see if he could make some useful magical Law Artifact or the like.

Although he has Item Synthesizer, he really wants to try crafting items himself.

After all, Item Synthesizer are too mysterious; it's more practical to master the crafting techniques yourself.

Besides, if he really can't forge any suitable magical Law Artifact and there's an urgent need for them, using the Item Synthesizer will be the same, since the Item Synthesizer takes very little time anyway.

He's relatively free now, with nothing chasing after him, so he finds it quite nice to dedicate some time to practicing weapon crafting.

Upon entering the weapon-refining room, he first took out the "Complete Compendium of Basic Artifact Refining Techniques" and sat down on a cushion to begin carefully reading it.

After reviewing the basic techniques, Lin Xiao had a general understanding of weapon crafting.

Basic weapon crafting is relatively simple; it only requires refining the materials, shaping them, and then carving Spirit Inscription onto them.

You can make things into whatever shape you want, as long as you are highly skilled.

As for these basic Spirit Inscription, they are all in the book.

Lin Xiao also found the Spirit Inscription he wanted to create for the spirit boat.

He had already made up his mind: he wanted to build a spirit boat that could travel on water and fly in the air. Even if the dam didn't breach this time and the spirit boat wasn't of any use, it wouldn't matter.