Say goodbye to the old year in the sound of firecrackers, and celebrate the new year in the auspicious year.

Just when Su Chunfeng was reunited with his family, chatting happily, and watching the Spring Festival Gala to celebrate the New Year, in Dongwangzhuang Village, more than ten miles away, in the east house where Wang Qimin's family burned honeycomb coal, an old man and a young man were also wrapping dumplings, watching the Spring Festival Gala being played on the old black and white TV screen.

One old, the other young, dressed plainly and a little dirty, sat at a low table.

On the small table are short rolling pins, panels, basins...... In the open dustpan next to it, wrapped dumplings are neatly arranged, slowly but constantly increasing.

On the cabinet with the kang head against the wall, there are two sets of newly bought clothes for the New Year.

On the outside, it is the kind of clothes that can be bought for 100 yuan from top to bottom, including shoes - such cheap new clothes, or Diao Ping every weekend and after the winter vacation this winter, he followed the adults of Dongwangzhuang Village to dig lotus roots and earn more than 700 yuan, and then ran to the town to buy them himself - his own clothes and shoes cost a total of ninety-eight, and he bought a coat, a pair of pants and a pair of cotton shoes for the master, which cost three hundred and six.

After wrapping the dumplings, Wang Qimin sat on the kang, lit a cigarette, and looked at Diao Ping with a kind expression: "Pingwa, it's the New Year again......"

"Well, I'll be fifteen years old after the New Year." Diao Ping packed up the table and dumplings, went to the stove to bring down the kettle, took the tongs for honeycomb coal, and said: "Master, I thought about dropping out of school after the New Year, anyway, my academic performance is not very good, and I really can't keep up, it is better to go out and work with those adults in the village to earn money, which can not only support us, but also not delay my practice." ”

Wang Qimin, who had a good complexion, smiled and said gently: "Save money, my little salary is enough for us to spend, you practice steadily, you still have to study, no matter how bad you are, you have to graduate from junior high school." ”

Diao Ping has not been to school for a few days since he was a child, and in the days when Gong Hu's family lived in Xishan County, he was arranged by Gong Hu to reluctantly enter the fifth grade of primary school. Later, after returning to Dongwangzhuang Village with Wang Qimin, Wang Qimin borrowed primary school books and tutored him at home to make up for half a year's cultural courses.

It's a pity that Diao Ping's studies can't keep up no matter what.

The grades were poor.

In fact, Wang Qimin knows in his heart that Diao Ping, this kid is extremely smart, if he really studies the premise of not delaying his practice, even if he can't get excellent results, he won't fall behind the bottom dozen of the whole grade in every exam. And the reason why Diao Ping is not good at studying, in addition to the reason why he has no intention of learning cultural knowledge and is focused on practicing magic, is mainly that this child deliberately wants to use his poor academic performance to persuade Wang Qimin to let him drop out of school, so as to get rid of the school that is a pure waste of time in Diao Ping's opinion.

Breaking through three levels and entering the fourth realm in one year, Diao Ping's talent in magic cultivation is definitely a rare occurrence in a century. However, since the beginning of the spring into the pure body, this is the New Year, a few days ago Diao Ping reluctantly entered the middle stage of the pure body with the assistance of the master, which made Diao Ping's heart more and more anxious - the master said that he could not enter the realm of refining qi, and he was not allowed to enter the rivers and lakes. And the further the cultivation of the spell goes, the more difficult the ascension of the realm will be, as if crossing the chasm, if the current cultivation progress is so slow, then when can you enter the Qi Refining Realm, when can you enter the rivers and lakes to avenge your parents?

So he didn't want to go to school anymore.

"Master......" Diao Ping hesitated for a moment, and said a little helplessly: "I listen to you." ”

"I know you're in a hurry." Wang Qimin kindly beckoned Diao Ping to come to him, then stroked the short stubble on his head, and said: "Your magic cultivation has improved so fast that the realm has improved, and it is extremely rare for you to advance by leaps and bounds in the Qimen rivers and lakes of the past dynasties. Of course, you don't have to worry, Master is not as talented as you, and you will definitely be able to enter the Qi Refining Realm before you are twenty years old. ”

Diao Ping lowered his head and said, "The last time I heard Uncle Gong say that Su Chunfeng killed a veritable Qi Refining Realm master in the capital, it means that he has entered the Qi Refining Realm. ”

"Yes, he's only twenty years old after the New Year." Wang Qimin smiled: "But you are better than him." ”

"Really?"

"Hmm." Wang Qimin waved his hand, as if he didn't want to mention Su Chunfeng, and changed the topic and said: "Master asked you to go to school, in fact, I hope that you can spend the cleansing period in school safely, because even if you drop out of school now, you can cultivate to stabilize in the middle stage of cleansing, and when you enter the late stage of cleansing in the future, your body will inevitably be extremely weak, even if you want to go out to work hard to earn money, you can't do it." ”

Diao Ping said: "Then I will practice in retreat at home until I break through the pure body and enter the solid qi, isn't it?" ”

"It's terrible." Wang Qimin said softly: "I retire at home, you drop out of school, and you don't go out to work to earn money, we are old and young at home and wait for death, what do you say the people in the village will think of us?" ”

Diao Ping looked surprised.

"You're still young......"

"Oh."

Wang Qimin suddenly smiled and said, "Don't talk about this, Pingwa, are you homesick?" ”

"It's at home, don't think about it." Diao Ping scratched his head, revealing a simple and lovely expression of a young man, and then his expression darkened, and said: "In my memory, when I was a child, there was only my father and sister in that home, but they are gone, and I don't have any thoughts about that home, as for revenge, I don't want to think about it during the New Year." ”

"Good boy."

Wang Qimin took a deep breath of cigarette, looked at the old house with slightly cloudy eyes, and finally fell on the window, as if he could see the dark night outside, and could see the Qimen rivers and lakes a few years later -- Diao Ping, who walked out of this ordinary to shabby peasant courtyard, will surely set off stormy waves and bloody rain on the Qimen rivers and lakes covering the whole country.

The legendary trickery, the inheritor of trickery, will also shake the rivers and lakes!

Overwhelming!

History will be rewritten in the hands of Wang Qimin, the inheritor of trickery who is Master Diao Ping!

At this point, Wang Qimin's heart was a little excited, and there were faint tears flashing in his cloudy eyes-he thought of his master, the old man who showed helplessness before he died, and let out a long sigh for the last breath.

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On the first day of the Lunar New Year this year, the number of households where Su Chunfeng and Li Zhichao went out to pay New Year's greetings was much less than in previous years, almost seventy or eighty percent, right? It's no wonder that it's been several years since I graduated from junior high school, and many friendships that weren't strong back then will gradually fade, and they come from the forgetfulness of both parties.

So at ten o'clock in the morning, Su Chunfeng and Li Zhichao had already driven to Dongwangzhuang Village.

The two of them first went to Zhao Shangang's house to pay New Year's greetings to his mother, and then Li Zhichao stayed there to chat with Zhao Shangang, and Su Chunfeng walked alone to the alley where Wang Qimin's house was located.

The gate of the courtyard is dilapidated and has not been replaced, only the Spring Festival couplets posted are full of some novelty.

In the small courtyard, it was very clean, and there was not even a trace of snow.

Su Chunfeng walked into the courtyard: "Is Teacher Wang here?" ”

"It's here." Wang Qimin's response was heard in the room.

Su Chunfeng walked to the door of the hall, lifted the thick cotton curtain and walked in, in front of the hall table facing the door, there was a sack of cloth on the ground paved with red bricks, so that people who came to pay New Year's greetings would not stain their pants when they knelt. Wang Qimin walked out of the back room, with a kind and kind smile on his face: "Chunfeng, just come, don't kneel." ”

"Once a year, as it should be." Su Chunfeng respectfully knelt down on his knees, leaned over, and kowtowed!

Just like last year, it's a real kowtow!

"Hurry up, get up quickly...... Wang Qimin hurriedly stretched out his hand to help Su Chunfeng and led him to the inner room: "Go to the inner room to warm up." ”

In the house, only this one room has a stove, which is used for heating and cooking.

When Su Chunfeng walked in, Diao Ping, who was wearing a dark blue jacket, black pants, and black snow cotton shoes that he bought during the New Year, was standing at the small table under the windowsill, busy chopping vegetables and meat. The cauldron on the stove is constantly steaming from the cracks in the lid, and it must be a hearty amount of chicken, duck, fish, and other food.

"Pingwa is very sensible." Su Chunfeng sat on the edge of the kang and casually praised Diao Ping as if chatting with Wang Qimin.

"Yes, a few years ago, I followed the people in the village to dig lotus roots, and I earned some money to buy this dress." Wang Qimin, like most old people, likes to show off how filial his juniors are in front of outsiders, and while talking, he raised his hand comfortingly and groped for the dark coat he was wearing.

Su Chunfeng nodded, his eyes gently looked at Diao Ping, who had already turned to look at him, while taking out a Yuxi cigarette and handing it to Wang Qimin, the two of them lit it separately, and Su Chunfeng put the whole pack of cigarettes on the side of the kang.

Diao Ping's eyes were sharp, and he stared at Su Chunfeng without the slightest timidity, and suddenly said, "I will definitely be stronger than you in the future!" ”

Su Chunfeng almost couldn't hold back his laughter, how could this sentence sound so similar to an advertising line on TV? He nodded calmly and said in a harmonious voice, "Go for it." ”

"Pingwa, it's rude!" Wang Qimin reprimanded.

Diao Ping lowered his head.

Su Chunfeng waved his hand disapprovingly, and said with a smile: "Pingwa's talent and qualifications are excellent, but the progress of cultivation is too fast, it's time to suppress it, and if you want to hurry, you can't reach it." ”

"Hmm." Wang Qimin nodded and said, "Your progress is also very fast. ”

"At least the mood can keep up."

"I've heard about some things about you in the capital, and it's a little hard to believe." Wang Qimin's expression showed a look of doubt, and said, "Aren't you worried about being noticed something?" ”

Su Chunfeng thought for a moment, glanced at Diao Ping, and said, "You have sued him?" ”

Wang Qimin said seriously: "Yes. ”

"Pingwa." Su Chunfeng's gaze looked squarely at Diao Ping, and said, "I don't treat you as a child, so now I want to ask you, what do you think of the techniques and masters you practice?" ”

It seemed that Su Chunfeng's words not to treat him as a child made Diao Ping feel very comfortable in his heart, he raised his head, there was no too much hostility in his expression, but he still maintained a fierce color, and said: "Trickery is strong, my first goal in practicing magic is to take revenge, and the second is to respect the master's life, fulfill my moral responsibility, and correct the name of trickery on the Qimen rivers and lakes!" Let all those who are prejudiced, have evil thoughts, and have bad intentions for trickery know the power of trickery, and know that the inheritors of trickery are not so easy to bully! I'm going to carry my tricks forward! ”

Su Chunfeng nodded expressionlessly and said, "No matter what you do in the future, if it does not affect my interests, or if it does not threaten my friendship and family affection, I will not stop you." ”

"You'd better not stop me from doing things." Diao Ping sneered.

Su Chunfeng wanted to warn Diao Ping again that no matter what happened in the future, he must respect the teacher unconditionally under any circumstances, but thinking of what Wang Qimin said to him last time, he suddenly felt that this seemed unfair to Diao Ping. For example, if in the future, Wang Qimin wants to kill Diao Ping with his own hands in order to justify his trickery in the rivers and lakes...... Diao Ping, who has been used, can't he fight back to protect himself for the sake of respecting the teacher?

Thinking of this, Su Chunfeng chose to be silent.

Diao Ping said with mockery and disdain: "Su Chunfeng, you are a coward!" ”

Su Chunfeng tilted his head, not angry, but looked at Diao Ping with some surprise.

"Since you have practiced trickery, but you refuse to be the inheritor of trickery, this is ungrateful, rebellious, and against the master! If your master is still alive, then I will look down on him together, and if he is already dead, then I am really sorry for him and accepted you as an apprentice. Diao Ping seems to have been influenced by Wang Qimin's ideological education, and has extreme beliefs about this kind of thing, he sneered and said with great pride and some righteousness: "Passing on and carrying forward the trickery is the obligation and responsibility of the inheritor, and it is also the morality!" Su Chunfeng, you are afraid that as the inheritor of trickery, you will be rejected or even hunted down by the entire Qimen rivers and lakes, so you dare not take on the moral responsibility, and you will not hesitate to be ungrateful and disobey the master...... And I, one thing that is better than you right now, is that you don't dare to be a trickster inheritor, I dare! Don't worry, I will obey Master's instructions and keep this secret for you, but I will let you see with your own eyes how I have made my trickery famous and how I have made the inheritors of trickery stand on the rivers and lakes of Qimen with dignity! ”

Su Chunfeng was still not angry, nor did he interrupt Diao Ping's impassioned words, and after listening to him quietly, he looked at Wang Qimin with a smile and said, "The apprentice you chose is indeed good." ”

Wang Qimin bowed his head and looked kind, he did not stop it because of his criticism of Su Chunfeng, let alone scolded, nor did he respond to Su Chunfeng's praise of Diao Ping. Because he knows that the so-called good in Su Chunfeng's mouth not only refers to Diao Ping's talent and determination, but also the resolute attitude of his personal philosophy - once he reaches the end of that road in the future, Diao Ping is likely to really do a foundation stone without regrets.

"Pingwa, listen to your master's words, remember that if you want to practice quickly, you won't ......be able to reach it," Su Chunfeng said gently: "Since you want to make yourself shoulder the mission, you must know how to forbear." ”

Diao Ping snorted coldly.

Su Chunfeng got up to say goodbye, took out another pack of unopened Yuxi cigarettes from his pocket, and put it on the kang along with the previous pack: "I don't smoke much, I'll keep it for you to smoke." ”

"Let's stay and eat, it's noon." Wang Qimin said politely.

Su Chunfeng politely refused and walked out.

Diao Ping didn't move, and Wang Qimin didn't blame and ordered him to send off the guest, but sent Su Chunfeng out alone, and said after arriving outside the courtyard gate: "Two life and death battles in half a year, both of which crossed the level and killed the opponent, there will be many such things in the future, it will be difficult for you to hide the secret of your practice of trickery, and when you are outside in the future, you must be more patient and careful." ”

"I understand."

"Chunfeng, whether you want to or not, you are now a native ......of Qimen Jianghu," Wang Qimin said seriously: "I don't ask you to personally make a name for trickery, at least in the future Qimen Jianghu, you can stand in a fair perspective to make a statement, for trickery, for the inheritor of trickery, say a word." ”

Su Chunfeng frowned and said, "You trust and look up to me so much? ”

Wang Qimin stood on the steps at the door, turned his head to look at Diao Ping, who walked out of the house and was standing in the courtyard, before turning his head and saying to Su Chunfeng: "As long as the identity of your trickster inheritor is unknown, you will definitely be one of the masters in the Qimen rivers and lakes in the future, and your network resources are much wider than ours." ”

Su Chunfeng sighed and said softly: "Thank you for your trust in me, I will definitely do my best in the future, but the premise is that Pingwa does not do too much in the rivers and lakes...... Otherwise, no one can keep him. ”

"His mission is to make a name for his trickery, and he doesn't need to protect it."

"You don't care, he's going to kill indiscriminately?"

"How can the rivers and lakes be without life and death, and those who step into the rivers and lakes cannot talk about whether they are innocent or not. If they are innocent, how innocent are the inheritors of trickery for thousands of years? ”

Su Chunfeng shook his head helplessly.

Wang Qimin said: "Chunfeng, you don't have a choice. ”

"As I said, I practice trickery, but I'm not a trickster."

"But in the eyes of others, you are just deceiving yourself."

"Is your attitude a threat?" Su Chunfeng's eyes narrowed.

Wang Qimin said lightly: "Don't talk about age, don't talk about you and me, just with the respect of the elders, I say these words to you, what can you complain about?" Doing something for the inheritance and development of trickery is your responsibility and obligation, and not only do I not force you to do anything that endangers your personal safety for the sake of trickery, but I will do my best to help you cover up the secret of practicing trickery, if under such a premise, you still refuse to make some small contributions to trickery, it is equivalent to disobedience to the master, and I will definitely disclose your identity as the inheritor of trickery. ”

Su Chunfeng smiled bitterly and said, "Goodbye." ”

"Let's go." Wang Qimin turned around, entered the courtyard without looking back, and walked towards the hall.

Diao Ping stood in the courtyard, looked at Su Chunfeng standing in the alley through the open courtyard door, then tilted his head, and said, "Wait, I will challenge you!" ”

Su Chunfeng ignored him and turned to leave.

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PS: Recently, I have been taking the train to run back and forth between my hometown and home, and I don't have much to say, so please forgive me, there is no way to do it...... Take a bow!

But I still have to shamelessly ask for a monthly pass, alas~~