Chapter 226: The Legend of the Old
Lao Mu, who had eaten lunch, went to Congdongzhen Village with six catties of dim sum bought from the market, when he asked about Chang Laotou's house, he saw Chang Laotou squatting at the gate of his house smoking dry tobacco, Lao Mu saw this, and stepped forward to greet: "Brother, what happened in the morning, fortunately you found it in time, otherwise I can't buy my New Year's goods today!"
Old man Chang looked up and saw Lao Mu, he was stunned for a moment, and then accompanied by a smile: "...... are you?"
"I'm here to express my gratitude, aren't you welcome this big year?" said Lao Mu as he handed over a cigarette.
Old man Chang politely pushed Lao Mu's hand handing over the cigarette and said: "I can't get used to smoking that foreign cigarette, but I still have a good time smoking this dry tobacco!" You don't have to be so polite, I'm just doing a lot of work, practicing my hands and feet, like them, these carving insect skills are too pediatric!"
Lao Mu was a little stunned: "Are you familiar with them?"
"How can I be familiar with them?" the old man pulled his face.
"Presumptuous, too presumptuous!" Lao Mu hurriedly apologized.
"It's okay, you don't understand what I'm saying!" Old Man Chang smiled slyly and turned his head: "Look what's wrong with me, just talk, let's go into the house and drink water!"
The room was very simple, with a board facing the door, and a few small four-legged benches around it. There is no one at home, so it may be that I went to visit my relatives.
"Don't mind what I said, in fact, the trick they played was really something I saw back then, but when I saw them today, they didn't play very skillfully, and they actually played tricks in front of my eyes, I really couldn't stand it!" Just as Lao Mu was guessing about the old things of Old Man Chang's family, he heard Old Man Chang say a little angrily.
"Dare to ask what you did back then?" Lao Mu came back to his senses, and he should have been a heroic figure when Old Man Chang mentioned it, so he asked tentatively.
"Before liberation, I apprenticed to learn art, and at that time, I followed my master to go south and north, relying on making friends and mingling in the rivers and lakes!"
"What did you learn back then?"
"Flower drums, have you heard of them?" asked Old Man Chang rhetorically.
"I've heard, I've heard, of course I've heard of it, who hasn't heard the flower drum in our ten miles and eight townships, and I can still sing a few words!" "Lao Mu knows that the flower drum is a folk local opera, which is a kind of drama accompanied by a drum and an orchestral instrument, and the old man said that the flower drum was originally a kind of livelihood for the family, almost every village has a drama class, every year when the farm is slack, they compete to go out to perform and make some money, although they can't make much, but they also add some income to the family, but how can this business be related to the thief?
"When I learned the flower drum, there was a chivalrous character in the troupe, this person was not a local, he was bold, and his skills were also very good, every place he went, he always went to the market to go around, and when he came back, he bought some delicious food and drink for the people in the troupe, everyone liked him very much, and later, I learned that he was a thief who walked the rivers and lakes, and he couldn't keep him in the troupe, so he asked me to pull me with him, I was also confused for a while, so I followed him to go around the rivers and lakes, and later learned that the people he stole were all those who seemed rich, and the poor never touched, and the stolen money was also stolen to help those who could not eatOld man Chang took a puff of dry smoke, and the smoke seemed to fill the whole room.
"Have you done this before?" Lao Mu was surprised that the old man in front of him still had a legendary story.
"No, although the master taught, we also learned, but we didn't dare to use it, we were timid there, and then the master saw that I was not suitable for it, so he asked me to be responsible for distributing the money that the master got to the poor, and we did it easily, but we know a lot about these tricks, just like what you met today, that person wants to take your money, so he first uses other methods to divert your attention, and then someone waits for an opportunity to start, which shifts Dafa. Old man Chang said that he laughed first.
"It seems that you are really their grandfather!" Lao Mu said that he knew that this analogy was not appropriate, and then continued: "Where can you compare with those people? Look at what I am talking about!"
"It's okay, it's okay, it was really back then, in order to support the poor people, the master was never soft on the big families, the master was their grandfather, but he was not as blind as them!"
"I didn't expect you to have such an experience, how is the master now?" Lao Mu suddenly became interested in Old Man Chang's master, this is simply a real legend, such a strange person, there will naturally be more stories.
Old Man Chang's face was not heavy, he bowed his head and said nothing, Lao Mu noticed that tears flowed from Old Man Chang's eyes, Lao Mu didn't know what to say, he knew that he had poked Old Man Chang's sore spot, and he was stunned.
Old man Chang slowed down for a few minutes, and actually told a super touching story......