"Knock!"

Anyway, there is food to be paid, and if you don't knock it, you don't knock it.

As for whether the old man can come out, it has nothing to do with Xue Chen, the knocker who knocks on the door, after all, he is just an emotionless knocking machine.

Taking the apple, Xue Chen took a bite of it, and it was really much better than the sand fruits he had eaten before, the fruit was big and watery, the meat was firm and very sweet, and the key was that there was no sourness at all.

"Where did you get that?"

"The seeds given by the old Taoist priest before, I casually sprinkled them on the back mountain, this is probably one of them, I saw that it was red and quite peaceful, so I simply named it Apple."

It's another nonsense that is made up, and since getting along with Xue Chen, Su Qiange has become more and more qualified for the position of making up nonsense temporarily.

"Apples?" Xue Chen stared at the red-skinned little guy with a yellow core, nodded and praised, "Your ability to choose a name is not bad!" ”

"Awards, awards."

Su Qiange was shy while holding her fists, and at the same time apologized to the ancestors, she just borrowed her name casually and said that she really didn't mean to offend, and hoped that the ancestors could atone for their sins.

After apologizing to the old ancestor, Su Qiange turned to look at Xue Chen, with a majestic face, not at all, "Okay, you should help knock on the door after you have eaten all the apples, right?" ”

"Well, if you promise someone's things, you should do it." Xue Chen was not ambiguous at all, and knocked on the door while nibbling on the apple.

The old man Jiang in the courtyard originally thought that the knocking sound had stopped, and it should be Su Qiange leaving, but he didn't expect that it didn't take long for the knock to sound again! And it's very rhythmic, not flustered at all, and doesn't talk anymore, it keeps knocking, which makes the old man have a headache.

Walking forward quickly, the old man opened the door and wanted to reason with Su Qiange, but he saw Su Qiange and Xue Chen sitting and squatting and nibbling on the fruit, which was very comfortable.

Now the old man is even more angry.

"You two, what are you trying to do?"

Xue Chentou was stunned when he saw the old man, then looked at Su Qiange with a smile, and hid to the side, "What's the matter, I knocked it out, if you have anything to say, say it quickly." ”

After speaking, Xue Chen nibbled on the apple.

Seeing this, Su Qiange hurriedly stepped forward and bowed to the old man, the old man frowned, and he didn't understand what Xiao Nizi's movements in front of him meant.

"What are you doing?" The old man asked vigilantly.

"I don't do anything, I just want to explain to you, old man, about the restaurant this time."

Speaking of the restaurant, the old man was angry again, "What's there to say, you don't open a restaurant for the sake of the old guy's food?" ”

Su Qiange was a little embarrassed to say this, even if he wanted to do this kind of thing, it would be impossible! But he couldn't speak more like that, Su Qiange could only shake his head awkwardly, "That's not it." ”

"It's not okay, open a restaurant and use my food, you can only choose one of the two, you can't give up opening a restaurant, then give up my food, the old guy doesn't care about what you said before, after all, I'm not the kind of person who cares, you can go home now."

After speaking, the old man snapped and closed the door.

Su Qiange looked at the closed door, at a loss, although Xue Chen had said before that sincerity was useless, but she didn't believe it, otherwise how could there be an allusion to Liu Bei's "three visits to the thatched house"?

If you want to invite a real master out of the mountain, you always have to be sincere enough.

Su Qiange gave himself enough breath in his heart than his eyes, and only then did he open his eyes, squatted down and lifted the fruit basket next to him, and turned to look at Xue Chen.

Just as Xue Chen finished eating the apples in his hand, he saw Su Qiange turning around with the fruit basket, his eyes were full of excitement, "What's the matter, the old man didn't agree, right?" Can I take the fruit home and eat it? ”

"Impossible." Su Qiange said firmly, "Enough sincerity will definitely impress the old man, not today, I'll come back tomorrow." ”

As he spoke, Su Qiange got up and left with the fruit basket, and the angry Xue Chen looked at the basket of fruits and scratched his ears and cheeks.

"Huh? Is it the Adou brothers? ”

Xue Chen heard someone calling him, and when he looked back, he saw that it was the person who reported the news of the old man to himself and Su Qiange that day, Xue Chen turned his head to look at the figure of Su Qiange leaving, and then looked at the person, and finally gave up chasing Su Qiange, and turned his head towards the man.

"Oops! Big brother, why are you here? ”

Xue Chen walked over to the eldest brother with open arms, gave the eldest brother a solid hug, and made the eldest brother dazed and happy, he had never seen such an enthusiastic person.

Chong Xue Chen smiled, and the man said, "Ah, I'm not going to see the old man, and calculate yesterday's accounts for the old man." ”

Hearing this, Xue Chen was stunned, looked at the man in front of him in surprise, and was excited, "Big brother, will you still settle accounts?" Yes! This is also considered a great talent in Qingcheng County! Now that the people who usually settle accounts go to settle accounts for the old men in the town, why did you stay in this village? ”

The man was overwhelmed by Xue Chen's praise.

"It's not a big talent, and I can't get any fame anyway, so I just help the old man to take care of these dishes, and settle the accounts, it's good, after all, there are so many people who come to the old man's house to get the dishes, and the old man doesn't feel at ease when he hands it over to others."

"Then big brother, why haven't I seen you before?"

"Hey, everyone is about the same age, don't use the word 'you' to torture me, I'm just an account-settler, I don't see outsiders, what you see in your production is the younger brother, the younger brother has the strength to do it, the two of us have different division of labor, anyway, they are all working to help the old man make money."

"Oh~ In this way, then your family can be regarded as a talent."

"Brother Adou, don't laugh at me like this." The man waved his hand, "I didn't have enough because I played a few games of chess with the old man, so I found such a job for me and my second brother, if it was normal, the old man would definitely not want people like me and my second brother." ”

Hearing that the old man loved to play chess, Xue Chen's eyes lit up.

However, it is more important to comfort the somewhat fragile little brother in front of him first, Xue Chen reached out and patted the little brother's shoulder, "Look at you, how can you be so unconfident?" Since you have been given such a job, it proves that you are worthwhile, and now those who have the strength to do so earn a lot! ”

The man smiled shyly when he heard this.

Seeing this, Xue Chen climbed the pole and asked, "I've been here for so long, and I haven't heard that the old man loves to play chess, when did this happen?" ”

Speaking of playing chess, the man came to the spirit and seemed to like these things very much.

"Actually, the old man liked these things a long time ago, but you come at noon on weekdays, so I don't know, the old man only came to me to play chess later when the weather was cool and nothing happened." After a pause, the man said, "Of course, sometimes I go to the old man to reconcile, and the old man will also keep me down to play chess for a while." ”

Xue Chen nodded clearly when he heard this, and he had already begun to think.

"It seems that the old man is very addicted to chess!"

"Yes." The man nodded, "It's not small, I don't like to lose, sometimes I insist on gambling on some small games, saying that it is for my own morale." ”

Saying this, the man smiled, "Actually, I don't really understand this kind of thinking, but since the old man likes it, then it's okay, anyway, I don't care." ”

From the man's words, Xue Chen had almost thought of a good way, but there were still some details missing.

So Xue Chen asked the man, "How is the old man's chess skills?" ”

These words were enough for the man to think for a while, but he thought about it for a long time, and he couldn't think of an answer for a long time, Xue Chen was a little strange, could it be that the old man's chess skills were so good?

Unexpectedly, the man said, "Actually, the old man's chess skills are not easy to say, sometimes good and sometimes bad, I can only say this, it all depends on the old man's mood, after all, when people reach this age, their brains are not so clear." ”

Xue Chen nodded when he heard this, almost understanding what it meant.

Turning his head to look at the sun, Xue Chen said, "I don't see that it's too early, big brother, you should also go to the old man's house to settle accounts for the old man, I can't bother you more, and I should also go home for dinner." ”

The man smiled, "Okay, I'll see you next time." ”

When Xue Chen returned home, he saw Su Qiange hurriedly walking out of the house, bumping into him head-on, first relieved, and then seeing his anger rising.

"Where did you just go?"

"Me?" Xue Chen pointed at himself, strange, "Of course I followed you to Tieniu Village to find the old man!" What's wrong? Did you suffer from amnesia caused by something? Forget about it. ”

"I mean after I'm gone!"

knew that Xue Chen liked to play tricks, but Su Qiange didn't like Xue Chen to play tricks at this time, which made her very worried, after all, Xue Chen had a very serious incident after he went missing before, and for Su Qiange, it was already a psychological shadow level.

Xue Chen was stunned by Su Qiange's sudden anger, and he didn't understand why.

I could only say blankly, "After you leave?" I...... I chatted with the little brother who reported the news to us that day, after all, it's an acquaintance, and we'll talk a little when we meet, what's wrong? ”

Su Qiange, who was already upset enough, was even more upset when she saw Xue Chen looking so absent-minded.

"How can you be like that? Do you know how worried I am when you walk around? ”

At this time, Xue Chen suddenly had an idea, and suddenly grasped the key point of the whole sentence, and stepped forward to look at Su Qiange with a smile, "Are you worried about me?" Then you say yes, such a stubborn face, I don't know and think I owe you money! ”

It's that time, how can Su Qiange have the heart to say anything nice to Xue Chen.

However, seeing that Xue Chen arrived home safely, Su Qiange was still relieved, and after breathing a sigh of relief, Su Qiange punched Xue Chen in the stomach and warned word by word, "This is what I mean, next time I don't say a word and it will be gone, it's not so simple." ”

After speaking, Su Qiange pulled out his fist and left without looking back.

Xue Chen held his stomach and looked at Su Qiange's ruthless back, his eyes were full of disbelief, he didn't expect Su Qiange to be really ruthless!

"My wounds! What a wound in my chest! Xue Chen stood in place and howled in the courtyard.

Su Qiange's voice came from far away from the courtyard, "I'm hitting my stomach!" You don't lie to others! ”

"It's involved!"

"Then you still have the strength to shout? Why don't you come in quickly! Su Qiange said as he took an apple and sat back on the rocking chair in the yard, and bit down on the apple with a click, "I'll tell you, if it's too late, this apple will be gone." ”