When Su Bei saw the old man, the old man was hoeing grass in the yard.

The old man is called the old man because he looks really old.

The head was covered with silver threads, and the wrinkles crawled deep on the face like a knife, and the back was not a camel, but it was a little rickety, and he wore a gray robe, which was as wrinkled as the whole person.

The old man didn't seem to notice the arrival of the two, and waved the hoe in his hand intently, looking as if an ordinary old farmer was working in the field, no, not like, this is!

For some reason, seeing this scene, Su Bei was inexplicably a little moved, stood at the gate of the courtyard and respectfully saluted, and called "teacher".

The old man did not respond, until the weeds in front of him were removed, then he put down the hoe, turned around and beckoned to the two of them.

When he arrived in front of the old man, Su Bei raised his eyes again: ordinary, no matter how you look at the old man, he looks ordinary.

Until Su Bei met those eyes.

Wise, calm, vicissitudes, loving, there is no way to accurately describe these eyes that seem to contain everything and seem to be empty.

What's even more bizarre is that the world in front of Subei suddenly disappeared, and a white light suddenly erupted in front of him, enveloping Subei in an instant.

Su Bei only felt a warm ocean, and when he "bowed his head", he found that he had no body at all.

It shouldn't be that the soul was caught out by the old man!

This surprise was really extraordinary, and then, the white light that filled the entire space shrank back at a faster speed, converging into one point, and disappeared without a trace in an instant.

The world is back in front of the eyes of northern Jiangsu.

Su Bei was shocked into a cold sweat and didn't dare to move.

"You kid," the young man touched Su Bei's arm and said, "The old man asked you!"

Su Bei looked stunned, under the strange scene just now, he didn't hear the old man speak at all, and was about to say something, but found that the old man was looking at him upright, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

The old man didn't care, stared at Subei, and said flatly: "Very good." ”

What does "very good" mean? This was discovered by the old man!!?

Su Bei was about to speak, but saw the old man wave his hand and said, "Go back." ”

Su Bei went to his residence alone, and along the way, the strange white light just now and the strange behavior of the old man made him have no intention of enjoying the scenery along the way------ although the scenery is indeed very unique.

Pavilions loom among the mountains and rivers, and the paths are lined with unknown flowers. Walking along the creek, various wooden bridges and stone bridges cross the stream, and the stream under the bridge is murmuring, and the noise is more quiet.

Su Bei returned to his residence full of worries, and his thoughts were flying.

Did the old man see anything, how should he deal with himself in the future, and what kind of future would this magical academy bring?

Su Bei had no answer, and he couldn't figure out a clue for a while, so he fell asleep on the table in his thoughts.

When I woke up, it was dusk, looking through the window, the sky and the earth were soft yellow, and a group of big birds slowly flew by in front of the sunset, and there were a few wisps in the distance...... Smoke?

Su Bei suddenly became interested, how could there be cooking smoke in this kind of place, and searched for memories that had long been fused by himself, but he didn't find the answer.

For some reason, Subei subconsciously decided that the smoke rising in the distance was the cooking smoke, perhaps because only the cooking smoke was more suitable for appearing in such a vast and charming twilight.

With nothing to do, Subei decided to find out. It looked a little far away, and it was twisting and turning all the way, and it was finally there after more than half an hour.

In front of me are three wooden houses, and the smoke is slowly rising from the cracks in the green tiles of the roof on the left, and then slowly rising into the air.

"Excuse me, is anyone there?"

A moment later, the door of the leftmost room creaked open, and a young man walked out of the house, glanced at Su Bei meaningfully, and said to himself: "No wonder!"

Then he strode in front of Su Bei and said, "Let's go! Go into the house and sit down!" After speaking, he pulled Su Bei and walked into the house.

Su Bei was pulled into the house almost without touching the ground, and the furnishings in the room were clear at a glance, and Su Bei was so shocked that he opened his mouth wide after just one look-------

The house was simple and cluttered, with a square fire pit in the middle of it, surrounded by a whole block of stone to prevent it from being burned to the floor, and in the middle of the fire pit was a bracket ---- a circle made of unknown material, and three feet were connected to it, and these three feet were divided into three equal parts perpendicularly.

A kettle is placed right on the circle.

The smoke came from the burning wood under the kettle, which had long since been blackened.

What shocked Su Bei was that when he looked up along the cigarette, pieces of meat were hanging on the beams of the house, black and shiny, and even a few pieces of meat were dripping oil.

This man...... This man is actually smoking!

Seeing Su Bei's expression, the young man asked proudly, "What's the matter, let's have a taste?"

didn't wait for Su Bei to answer, stood on tiptoe and cut a piece with a knife, and then left Su Bei and ran out of the back door, and it took a while for a while to come from outside the house a sentence "Sit casually!"

Su Bei found a small chair and sat by the fire pit, looking at the fire in a daze.

The young man entered the house again after a while: "Don't look at this thing, it doesn't look very good, but it's delicious, it's just too difficult to wash!"

Su Bei asked, "Do you still need to eat? Are you new here?"

The young man said while cutting meat, "You're the new here, aren't you?"

"Kid, I don't think you're that old, are you?"

The young man put down the knife and said, "Look at it again." ”

Before the words fell, a kind and kind old man appeared in front of Su Bei's eyes.

Forehead...... Northern Jiangsu is simply embarrassed! Empiricism kills people! This is an academy, how can you judge the age of others by their appearance! Or has the mentality not completely changed!

The old man stroked his beard and smiled, and said, "Little friend, today, I will teach you a lesson." ”

Su Bei Zhengse said: "Please give advice to the seniors! Dare to ask the boy what to call the seniors?"

The old man turned back to his youthful appearance, waved his hand and said, "Where is there so much exquisiteness, just call me Lao Xing." ”

Su Bei was not hypocritical, and said, "Okay, Lao Xing, what do you want to teach me?"

"On how elegantly unfathomable!"

"Forehead ......"

"Boy, what do you think, just the nature of our work, when we go out, it's hard to be convincing if we don't make it a little more unfathomable!

Just ask you, who do you prefer to believe when I am like this, or like that just now?" Without waiting for Su Bei to answer, he continued:

"This is just the first step, image management, body posture, facial expressions, and so on. ”

Su Bei was aroused and asked, "What about the second step?"

"The second step, this speech is also exquisite, can hide and never say thoroughly, can be complicated and never simplified, can not say it, never open your mouth!"

"I can understand the first two sentences, but what kind of method is not opening if you don't speak?"

The young man did not answer, put his hands behind his back, looked up at the sky at forty-five degrees, and showed a deep smile.

Su Bei was at a loss at first, and then suddenly realized, it turned out that he didn't open his mouth, Lao Xing was personally demonstrated!

"So, is there a third step?"

"Of course, this third step varies from person to person, and it depends on who is chosen. ”

"Oh?

"This really has to be talked about in detail, and I can't finish it for a while, so let's cook the bacon first and talk while eating!"

"Lao Xing, if you are the second step, you will never tell it if you can hide it!"

"Hahahaha, yes, yes, the kid learns very fast!" Lao Xing laughed heartily, but his hand didn't stop, he lifted the kettle off the stand, put it at the foot of the shelf, and put a big pot on the shelf, and said:

"Don't be idle, boy, add some firewood to make the fire hot!"

At this time, it was completely dark outside the house, Su Bei's face was red by the firelight, Lao Xing kept stir-frying, and from time to time added a little seasoning that Su Bei had never seen, and the aroma gradually filled the whole room.

Although Su Bei's body no longer needs to eat, he can't help but swallow his saliva when he smells the meat.

Lao Xing seemed to be in a good mood, and with a smile, he asked Su Bei to go to the old wooden cupboard to get two pairs of chopsticks, and out of nowhere he conjured a pot of wine, and poured a bowl by himself.

When the meat was fried, it was not served, but the burning firewood was removed, leaving red charcoal. The two sat opposite each other at the ends of the fire pit, eating a mouthful of wine and meat.

Originally, as a student in his previous life, Subei really hadn't drunk alcohol, but the atmosphere was in full swing, but there was no psychological barrier at all, and he drank a bowl in one gulp.

The two continued the previous topic and chatted while eating, so happy.

I don't know if it's because of the alcohol, the fright that Subei received from the old man in the morning and the confusion about the future gradually dissipated.

As the saying goes, there is wine today and drunk today, and this is the truth.

Lao Xing Xu was drunk, and he took a chopstick in one hand to beat the bowl, and sang while knocking:

He has lived in seclusion for 30,000 years, and has built a room in the south of the mountain.

Play with the bright moon in the quiet night, and drink the green spring in the idle morning.

On the ridge of the woodcutter's song, the cuckoo plays in front of the rock.

I don't know how old I am, and I forget the two eras!

The song is free and easy, and it is heard outside the house, drifting farther into the distance.

"Okay!" Su Bei applauded sincerely, "Lao Xing, you are such a wonderful person!"

"Isn't it wonderful?"

"Wonderful!"

"Then you can show us the best one?"

"Uh...... I don't know how to compose poetry!"

"Persistence! Can't do it and can't carry it?"

"Okay, come on!" Su Bei was arrogant:

Life must be happy, don't make the gold bottle empty to the moon.

I am born to be useful, and my daughter will come back when I am gone.

Cooking sheep and slaughtering cattle for pleasure will require 300 cups of drink.

The bells and drums are not expensive enough, but I hope that I will not wake up after being drunk for a long time.

The ancient sages were all lonely, but only the drinker left his name!

Lao Xing stroked his palms and laughed: "Good boy, where did you copy it!" After saying that, he kicked Su Bei's buttocks, Su Bei only felt that the world was spinning, and Lao Xing's voice was faintly heard in his ears:

"The grasshopper still regrets the tree, and the finch will not swim in the blue sky!"