Chapter 5696: Common Prosperity, Part 6
During dinner that evening, Qiaomu asked her son with a smile, "Any interesting things happen at school today?"
Little Tuanzi shook his head listlessly. "Playing with a bunch of younger kids, besides reading those idiotic books, it's just playing in the dirt, picking little flowers and grass leaves to weave messy stuff. Mommy, it's such a waste of time."
Qiaomu stroked her son's little head. "You're still young, wasting a bit of time is fine."
Besides, this boy, every day after school, would hide in the star domain to draw talismans and refine pills. Sometimes, once he entered a cultivation state, he would completely forget the time.
Honestly, it was embarrassing; his mother was a bit of a "salted fish," but her son happened to be extremely ambitious. Qiaomu simply saw that he was working too hard for his young age and felt that more time for play would be beneficial for his physical and mental health.
"Mommy, on the way back, I met an old grandpa trying to sell me a Talisman Secret Manual."
Qiaomu: ...
"Godfather, that old grandpa said he's an elder of the Qi Family, a Talisman-crafting family in Cangzhou. Who is this person? Do you know him?"
Duan Yue paused, then quickly shook his head. "Don't know him."
"Your godfather is the Emperor of Cangzhou; how would he know every Tom, Dick, and Harry? If you ask him who the family head of the Qi Family in Cangzhou is, he might know. But as for some elder or not, how would he know?" The little poker-faced girl explained to her son.
Little Tuanzi nodded. "Oh, if you don't know him, then it's fine."
Mo Lian served his wife a bowl of soup, and for no apparent reason, his eyes twitched. "What do you mean? What did you do to him?"
"Didn't do anything," Little Tuanzi said innocently. "That big liar old grandpa! I suspect he's not even from the Qi Family of Cangzhou at all."
"Dead liar. The talismans he drew aren't even as good as what I drew when I was two." Little Tuanzi huffed.
Seeing his parents and uncles all looking at him, the little one indignantly pulled out a handful of tattered talismans from his pocket and threw them on the table. "Look, they're so ugly!"
Everyone: ...
Qiaomu picked one up and looked at it, nodding in full agreement with her son's opinion. "It is very ugly. When I first learned to draw talismans at seven, mine looked better than this."
The mother and son flipped through the talismans drawn by the old man, criticizing them in unison, "They're too ugly!"
Everyone: ...
You two, stop talking!
Don't compare your bizarre talisman-drawing skills to those of other talisman masters; you're not even on the same starting line.
"Big liar," the mother and son cursed in unison again, their expressions identical as they pouted their small mouths.
Peach Blossom God Venerable nearly spat out his wine, quickly turned his back, and coughed with laughter.
This won't do, this won't do. How can one chat with Little Tuanzi during a meal?
Damn it, once you start talking, you just want to laugh, and you can't even eat properly.
Mo Lian twitched his mouth, looking at his little rascal with a hint of exasperation. "What did you do to him?"
"Didn't do anything. This lying old grandpa treated me like a three- or five-year-old! He actually said he wanted to trade that tattered Talisman Secret Manual for my Cloudsoaring Sword!"
"Hmph, I took out a body-fixing talisman and slapped it on his head!" Little Tuanzi pouted, tilting his little head. "And he got stuck there."
Everyone: ...
"Where?"
"At the front gate of the school."
Silver Apricot Immortal chuckled, giggling, "You child, how can you bully people like that?"
"It's only his first day ascending to the Sacred Domain, and you fix him at the school gate. He'll never forget this for the rest of his life."
"Go release him," Mo Lian said helplessly, turning to order Aoye.