Because there was one more person at home, and there might be one more person in the next ten months, Zhang Tie's parents didn't go out at night these days. Instead, they just stayed at home. The food at home was obviously more sumptuous than before. Given the taste, Zhang Tie could tell that some of the dishes were made by his future sister-in-law. She was really good at cooking.
When Zhang Tie returned home, he found that only his mom and future sister-in-law were there, but his dad was not. After finishing his meal, he saw his dad coming back with a ham on his back while sweating profusely. Zhang Tie then understood what his dad was doing.
After dealing with the ham that weighed more than 20 kg, Zhang Tie hung it up in the kitchen. After sniffing the aroma of the ham that he had not smelled for a long time, Zhang Tie jokingly said to his dad, "Dad, you and mom are too partial. I've been craving for it for a long time, but you didn't buy it. Now that my sister-in-law has arrived, you've bought it. Are sons really not as good as grandsons?"
"B * stard!" Zhang Tie's dad smiled as he knocked on Zhang Tie's head. "If you have guts, don't eat it after your mom has finished cooking!"
"Heh … heh …" Zhang Tie smiled as he muttered inside, "Your son, I, have done something really daring at school today." However, if he told them what had happened at school, they would only worry about him. Therefore, Zhang Tie would never tell them. "Dad, how much did you spend on this ham?"
"58 silver coins and 60 copper coins. It's almost 60 silver coins!" Zhang Tie's dad said painfully. "It wasn't so expensive before!"
Zhang Tie was also startled. This amount of money was almost equivalent to his dad's monthly salary. It seemed that his dad and mom had really spent a lot on that grandson. Seeing his dad's distressed look, Zhang Tie moved closer to him and whispered, "You'd better buy some fruits so that they'll be nutritious and healthy for the Zhang baby in the future!"
"Yes, your mom is also like that …" Realizing that he had fallen into Zhang Tie's trap, Zhang Tie's dad became furious out of shame and punched Zhang Tie's head several more times, causing Zhang Tie to run around in the house.
… …
After his future sister-in-law came home, Zhang Tie found that his plan to earn merit value points at home was ruined. Everywhere in the house had been cleaned and tidy. He couldn't even find a reason to sweep the floor. Zhang Tie could only force a bitter smile. It seemed that he had to find another way to earn merit value points in an unobtrusive way.
After supper, Zhang Tie's mom and sister-in-law sat together to do needlework. Women born in a tailor's family would never be bad at needlework. Seeing the skillful hands of his future daughter-in-law, Zhang Tie's mom smiled so much that her eyes narrowed. Zhang Tie helped them for a while. He used a pair of scissors to cut off some cloth to make insoles and casually chatted with his mom and sister-in-law.
'My days at home are getting shorter and shorter.' Zhang Tie thought as he used a pair of scissors to cut the cloth. Not to mention the few days that he could stay at home to accompany his parents, after graduation, according to the Act on the Right of the Eldest Son's Inheritance and the Act on the Right of Residence in the City of Blackhot City and the entire Andaman Alliance, everything in the family, including the right of residence in the city that his parents had spent their entire lives in, would be inherited by his eldest brother. As the second son of the family, Zhang Tie could only leave the city and the family to fight for his own future outside.
When a baby wolf grew up, it would leave its parents' den and face the loneliness of growing up alone. When a fledgling eagle's wings were fully developed, it would leave its nest on the cliff and spread its wings to fight against the wind and rain. Even an ant would have to leave its nest and go to the wider world to reproduce its family. In this age, in order to survive, humans had to learn from the laws and rules of nature and from the animals and races that had stronger survival abilities. The Act of the Right of Primogenitor and the Act of the Right of Residence in the City of Blackhot City were such examples. If humans wanted to survive in this age, more and more people had to bravely walk out of the high city walls with ambitions and sharp swords to expand human living territories, fight against foreign races, kill those dangerous living beings, and build new cities and human settlements to accommodate more people. This was the survival rule of humans in this age. It had nothing to do with morality; it was the need of everyone's survival. Cities were very safe, but a city could only accommodate a limited number of people. It was impossible for everyone to live in the city. Take Zhang Tie's family as an example, when his younger son finished his compulsory education and started to serve the army, the Act of the Right of Primogenitor and the Act of the Right of Residence in the City of Blackhot City would take effect automatically. Especially now that he had one more sister-in-law and his elder brother was about to get married. As a young man who was about to enter the society, it was more and more inconvenient for him to stay at home and spend less and less time at home.
These days, Zhang Tie always avoided this question on purpose. He just tried his best to stay with his dad and mom. He often told some jokes and did some funny things to make his dad and mom laugh out loud so as to dilute the sadness of separation in the future. It seemed that his dad and mom were also avoiding this question on purpose. They didn't want to mention it on purpose. At school, as the last two months of the survival training of this semester approached, Zhang Tie knew that the families of his classmates who were in the same situation as him were packing and preparing for their sons' departure from home.
Zhang Tie felt that the time he spent with his family was becoming shorter and shorter. He didn't know when he had finished cutting the basket of rags. It was already late, and his mom's eyes were already a bit sleepy. After casually chatting with his parents for a while, Zhang Tie found an excuse to yawn and clean himself before returning to his room in the attic.
Returning to his room, Zhang Tie first took out the triangular wooden plate that he had picked up. After knocking on it several times, he finally confirmed that this wooden plate was indeed made of red Thunder Pine. There were no miracles or hidden doors on it. Except for the natural lightning-like grains on it, there was nothing special about it at all. If this wooden plate was placed in a pile of children's toys, no one would doubt that it was a child's toy.
Thinking of that guy called Huck's raised foot and that snake-like man's hands all over his body, Zhang Tie felt goosebumps all over his body.
"F * ck, those two perverts! Didn't they have a good childhood? They're already so old, yet they're still carrying such a thing on them!" Zhang Tie cursed. He then directly put the wooden plate into a cloth bag and threw it into the box of sundries in the room.
After throwing the wooden plate into the box, Zhang Tie took a deep breath and closed his eyes. He found the miraculous arched door between his eyebrows and locked onto it. After that, he inwardly said, "Enter!"
— — Handsome and Magnificent Castle Lord, welcome to the Castle of Black Iron!
"This feels so f * cking good!" Zhang Tie took a deep breath of the air in the Castle of Black Iron. He didn't know whether it was his illusion or his mind playing tricks on him. Although there were only a few germinating plants in the Castle of Black Iron and the Aura Value was not high, Zhang Tie felt that each time he came here, the vitality here would become more and more vigorous. Even the air here seemed to be fresher than that in Blackhot City.
As usual, Zhang Tie first checked the basic attributes of the Castle of Black Iron.
— — Castle of Black Iron
— — Length: 1 Krosa
— — Width: 1 Krosa
— — Aura Value: 23.5
— — Merit Value: 56
— — Basic Energy Storage: 0.5
— — Special Output: None
The basic attributes were still the same. The Aura Value brought by the growth of plants was still increasing, and it seemed to be increasing every day. However, the merit value was zero today. Zhang Tie didn't gain anything at home or at school.
After closing the basic attributes window, Zhang Tie came to his private plot and carefully checked it. The potatoes were growing very well, and the tender sprouts of the corn had already grown out of the soil. The sprouts of the sprouted potatoes had already started to branch, and the longest one was almost 10 cm long. As for the potatoes in the "No. 1 pit", which he had invested three merit value points to mutate and evolve, there was nothing special so far. Zhang Tie guessed that the result of mutation and evolution might be related to the growth cycle of the species. It had only been a week, so it was normal for there to be no result.
After checking the situation of his private plot, Zhang Tie came to the small tree. Watching the Leakless Fruit, which had changed from light cyan to dark red in color, from the size of a grape to the size of an egg, and its shape was also similar to an egg, Zhang Tie forcefully swallowed his saliva several times. After checking the time, he found that there were still four hours left before the Leakless Fruit became ripe. Zhang Tie couldn't help but scratch his ears and cheeks. Squatting beside the small tree for a while, Zhang Tie stared at the Leakless Fruit until his legs became numb. Zhang Tie then stood up and walked around the small tree. During this time, he couldn't help but check the time for the Leakless Fruit several times.
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