Chapter 11: The Story of Pinocchio
Qiu Shuzhi was very jealous, jealous that Zheng Sheng had been taught so carefully by Qiu Chudao. He is unwilling, he is also very smart, he is still the nephew of Qiu Chudao's own clan, and he is a relative! He took care of Zheng Sheng like this, which made Qiu Shuzhi extremely jealous.
Qiu Shuzhi thought that he and his master had to leave as soon as possible, otherwise he would be finished.
Qiu Shu thought hatefully, Qiu Chudao refused to come out, and even the younger generation refused to carry it. Poor and greedy for money, teaching this son of a martial artist with such a heart, isn't it for the sake of the Zheng family's extra face?
Qiu Shuzhi's eyes were rolling, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
Zheng Sheng finished practicing calligraphy, ate lunch, and prepared to take a lunch break, and Qiu Fuzi also had to take a nap.
At this time, Zheng Cheng sneaked in, came to Zheng Sheng's side, and said softly: "Shizi, that Qiu Shuzhi has a problem. ”
"Huh? What's wrong? ”
"The kid said to go to the toilet and ended up walking around outside the front yard. And then he walked around his house again, not knowing what he was doing? ”
Zheng Sheng frowned: "The child has just arrived in a new place, and it is normal to look around. ”
He also asked Sister Dongye, after noon, is everyone resting? He said that Qiu Fuzi was used to drinking tea after a lunch break to refresh himself, so he asked if he was resting. ”
Zheng Sheng smiled: "Look, doesn't this make sense?" How can a thief expose himself in advance before doing things, isn't this a startling snake? ”
Zheng Quanyi thought about it and felt that it was too, he said it so clearly, isn't there no problem with it?
"But?"
"What's wrong?" Zheng Sheng continued to ask.
"When you were in the study this morning, you were talking to your master, and I saw him staring at you all the time, very annoying and angry."
"Huh? Is there such a thing? Zheng Sheng thought to himself, this little scholar is really interesting, maybe he is jealous that Master Qiu is too good to him? So, you've been staring at him? ”
"Yes, in the study, he is strange, and at noon he is even stranger. That's why I'm here to tell you. ”
"What can he do as a child? You're too careful. Zheng Sheng smiled faintly.
Zheng Quan left unwillingly. Zheng Sheng shook his head, thinking that this thing was quite funny.
Zheng Sheng was woken up. He heard the voices of Zheng Quan, Dongye, Qing'er, and Qiu Shuzhi outside. What's going on?
Zheng Sheng walked out. I saw that everyone was in front of Master Qiu's room, Zheng Quan, Qing'er, and Donggu were standing together, looking at Qiu Shuzhi, and Dongye was supporting Old Master Qiu.
"Shizi." Qing'er ran over, she looked dazed and frightened, tears flowed drippingly, ran to Zheng Sheng, and was about to kneel down when she saw it, Zheng Sheng hurriedly grabbed her arm: "What's wrong with you?" Crying and kneeling. ”
"Shizi, I didn't touch Master Qiu's things. No. Qing'er cried.
"Not her or who? Obviously she cleaned it up. It was also the last house she entered. Qiu Shuzhi shouted.
"It's you, it's you." Zheng Cheng was not to be outdone.
"What did I take? Why should I take my master's things? ”
"Okay, don't talk about it!" Zheng Sheng stopped the two who were arguing again, and walked to Qiu Fuzi's side, "Master, what's going on?" Did you lose something? ”
Qiu Fuzi's face was pale: "It's not an important thing, it's just a private seal, because it was a favorite thing of the teacher back then, and the master gave it to me before he died, so he often used it to remember the teacher." ”
"What kind of seal is it?" Zheng Sheng asked, he really didn't have any concept of the seal. All Zheng Sheng knew was the famous jade seal.
"It's a private seal similar to Sima Xiangru in the Western Han Dynasty, the size is no more than a square inch, maybe I accidentally lost it, right? That's the end of it. Qiu Fuzi was indeed greatly stimulated, and Zheng Sheng felt that he seemed to know something.
"Master, you can't forget it." Qiu Shuzhi refused to give up, "They stole your seal, they can't just leave it at that." ”
"Who stole it, who knows best. Qiu Shuzhi, you didn't steal it, what did you do sneakily out of the house? And what are you doing in the house? Don't think I didn't see it. Zheng Cheng took out the results of his investigation.
Qiu Shuzhi clenched his fists and said in a firm tone, "I didn't, I'm sleeping." She stole it. He pointed at Qing'er, and Qing'er was so frightened that she hid behind Zheng Sheng's back, "It was the master's house she entered last, not who she was?" ”
Qiu Fuzi's face was even more embarrassed: "Shu Zhi, is it really her?" ”
Qiu Shuzhi gritted his teeth and said, "Of course." ”
Zheng Sheng stopped Qiu Chudao from saying anything more: "Master, the matter is in my house, can I handle it?" ”
Qiu Chudao nodded and agreed: "It's okay." ”
"I kind of know about it." Zheng Sheng walked among the crowd, "Master Qiu lost a private seal, Shu Zhi said that Qing'er stole it, and Zheng Cheng said that Shu Zhi stole it." Zheng Sheng was speechless, it was like a few elementary school students making a fuss, uh, they were indeed the age of primary school students.
"Maybe someone from outside stole it?" Fuyuba stepped forward, "While the master was asleep, he stole his seal." ”
"No, in addition to the seal, I have two coins in my baggage. The gold was not lost, and the seal was gone. ”
Zheng Sheng continued: "Then it seems that this thief is very smart, he knows that the seal is valuable, and he doesn't take money, but only steals the seal. ”
"This seal is not worth as much as two gold." Qiu Fuzi said in a deep voice.
"That's right." Zheng Sheng saw Qiu Shuzhi's face getting whiter and paler, and secretly sighed in his heart that this "little thief" skill was not enough.
"So, let me tell you a little story."
Everyone was stunned, how did they start telling the story?
"During the Warring States Period, there was an old grandfather in the Mo family who was very good at making machinery, and his family died and was very lonely. So one day, he made a puppeteer named Pino...... The puppeteer Pinault was cast by a fairy spell by a fairy and came back to life...... One day, Pinault was bullied by other friends and hung on a tree. The fairy came to Pino's rescue and asked him why he was hung on a tree, but Pino, not wanting to tell the fairy that he had been bullied, lied. As a result, as soon as the words fell, his nose grew longer and longer. What's going on? The fairy told him that the old man had a mechanism on him, and his nose grew longer when he lied. ”
"Today's incident is a trivial matter, whoever stole it will return it to the master, and I will not pursue it. But the man who lied had a longer nose. ”
"I'm not lying, and I'm not a puppet......" Qiu Shuzhi jumped out, a little frightened.
Zheng Sheng smiled: "It doesn't matter if it's a puppet or not, the important thing is that the fairy said that the lying child's nose will become longer!" ”
Zheng Sheng was secretly refreshed, when he was just in elementary school, he heard his aunt tell the story of Pinocchio, and he was scared for a long time and didn't dare to lie, but today he finally bullied back!
"Pinochu" cried in fright, and he covered his nose in horror: "No, I don't want my nose to get longer, Master, I was wrong." I shouldn't have lied. ”
"You took it?" Mr. Qiu's appearance was not surprising.
"Yes." Qiu Shuzhi obediently admitted his mistake, "When serving tea at noon, I hid the seal in the empty tea bowl, and then put it in my room. ”
"Why do you do that?"
"I want the master to leave with me." Qiu Shuzhi said in a low voice.
Qiu Fuzi was stunned, and then smiled miserably: "You go, go back to your house." ”
"Master."
"Qiu Chudao has no ability, so he can't teach you anything."
Qiu Shuzhi's face turned pale and bowed: "In that case, Master, I'm leaving." ”
"Let the prince see the joke." Watching Qiu Shuzhi go out, the old master trembled and returned to the room.
Before Zheng Sheng could sigh a word or two, Qing'er rushed to him: "Shizi, if you lie, will your nose really get longer?" ”
"Of course, as the fairy said, the nose of a lying child will grow. Don't you believe the fairy's words? ”
Qing'er nodded a little flustered: "I believe it." ”
Zheng Cheng grinned and cried: "Wow, I said what's going on? I always feel like my nose is getting bigger......"
Zheng Sheng laughed, not bad, not bad, and deceived two.
Fuyuba pursed his lips and smiled: "Shizi, this story? ”
"I heard from people."
"Hear from someone?"
"Yes, I'm definitely not lying. Look, my nose doesn't get bigger......"