After Meng Zhi said goodbye and left, Uncle Zhuang took Meng Zhong, Meng Hu, and Meng Sui to a room on the west side of the courtyard, and told them that they would live here in the future.

After Uncle Zhuang left, Meng Zhong, Meng Hu, and Meng Sui looked around the house.

This room was where Montessori's grandson Munda lived before, but there was not even a bed in the house, only a low table and a roll of straw mats.

Seeing this, Meng Hu couldn't help but mutter: "If you can live in this broken place for two years, then Mengda can be regarded as calm, if it were me, I am afraid that I will not be able to survive for three days." ”

Hearing this, Meng Sui said lightly: "In this case, you can go back to the township today, anyway, the township is not far from here." It just so happened that Ah Zhong and I slept more comfortably at night. ”

In all fairness, he stayed here to help Meng Zhong become a disciple of Zhuangzi, and if he could also be accepted as a disciple of Zhuangzi, it would be regarded as an unexpected surprise, but Meng Hu was purely here to join in the fun, so Meng Sui didn't expect this guy to help at all.

"No, if we leave, what will you two do? We're going to give you both some advice. Meng Hu said with a smile.

Meng Sui rolled his eyes when he heard this, not bothering to pay attention to this guy who felt good about himself.

On the side, Meng Zhong said with a smile: "Okay, let's prepare the bed first, I see that there are a lot of reptiles in this house, if you don't want to be stung by these insects in the middle of the night, we'd better find something and build the bed higher, instead of directly spreading the straw mat on the ground." ”

Meng Sui nodded and agreed: "When I came, I saw a few piles of firewood and some straw in a corner of the courtyard, which should be used to make a bed. ”

So, Meng Zhong and the three of them found Uncle Zhuang again, explained the reason, and hoped to use the firewood and straw in the courtyard.

Uncle Zhuang nodded and agreed, but he also had a request, that is, how much firewood and straw the three of Meng Zhong embezzled today, how much should be made up in a few days, after all, those firewood were chopped in advance by the children of other families living in the courtyard, and Uncle Zhuang could not increase the hardships of those children for the sake of Meng Zhong and the others.

Of course, Meng Zhong and the others will not have any opinions on this, after all, they did not come to Zhuangziju this time to enjoy happiness, and they have already been psychologically prepared.

As for the two additional straw mats he requested, Zhuang Bo said that he would ask someone to send them later, after all, although straw mats were cheap, there were not many preparations in the courtyard, and he had to see which room had a surplus.

A moment later, when Meng Zhong and the others were moving some firewood and straw into the house and were busy laying the mats, Lejin, a child of the Le family who they had just met, walked in from outside the house with two rolls of straw mats, and said, "This is what Uncle Zhuang asked me to hand over to you." ”

Meng Zhong thanked him and continued to be busy making the bed, but Na Le Jin didn't leave, and after looking at Meng Zhong for a while, he suddenly said, "Your name is Meng Zhong, right?" …… To be honest, I'm curious what the hell the hell do you three think. ”

"Huh?"

Meng Zhong stopped what he was doing and turned his head to look at Le Jin, only to see the latter standing with his arms crossed and leaning against the door, with a somewhat inexplicable smile on his face, and teased: "Meng Da fled from here, and the people in this courtyard know what is going on. Didn't he tell you why you fled here? Or even if you learn the reason from Munda and the three of you think, "I should come here and taste this, too"? ”

"Hey, you ...... guy"

Seeing that the other party's tone was a little contemptuous and a little ridiculous, Meng Hu was immediately unhappy, and was about to come over with a sinking face, but was stopped by Meng Zhong reaching out his hand.

"Ah Hu, don't make trouble."

After stopping Meng Hu, Meng Zhong looked at Le Jin, smiled and said indifferently: "I'm sorry, the three of us are not familiar with Meng Da, and I don't know what you said. ”

"I see." Le Jin nodded suddenly, and immediately saw that Meng Hu was still looking at him with an unkind face, so he spread his hands and said with a smile: "Maybe you have misunderstood, I don't mean to find trouble or provoke, I just think that this place is not a ...... for me or for you."

Speaking of this, he suddenly thought of something, and immediately changed his words after glancing at Meng Zhong: "Oh, no, you are an exception. …… Do you know, just now your Montessori elder boasted that you would definitely become a disciple of Zhuangzi, and this matter has spread throughout the courtyard, and many people are waiting to see your jokes. ”

"Is that you, too?" Meng Zhong asked with a smile.

Le Jin was stunned, then shrugged his shoulders and said sincerely: "Maybe." …… It's nice to have a lot of fun for me, and if you stay here for a while, you'll know how boring it is. ”

With that, he walked over to the bed that Meng Sui had already made, stretched out his hand and patted the bed, and said to the three of them, "How is it, do you want to hear it?" ”

Seeing that the other party really didn't look like he was here to find fault, Meng Sui and Meng Zhong glanced at each other, and immediately said to Le Jin: "Please take a seat." ”

After getting Mengsui's permission, Le Jin sat down on the former's bed, restrained his smile and said, "Let's talk about the chores you are responsible for every day." You can rest assured that although my generation was sent by the clan to serve Zhuangzi, the things that need to be taken care of on weekdays are not heavy, nothing more than picking up firewood, sweeping the yard or cleaning the bamboo cards used by Zhuangzi. It's not just that it's not heavy, it's just nothing. Thankfully, you and I didn't come to be servants. ...... "the nephews of the various clans send their clans to serve Zhuangzi", you and I both know that this is just a pretense, and the real purpose is to find a way to become a disciple of Zhuangzi, however, this is quite difficult. Since the death of Huizi, Master Zhuang has never spoken again, and his eyes can see everything, but he cannot see only us and other laypeople. If it weren't for your Montessori elder to speak, Master Zhuang would not even have ignored him, maybe in Zhuangzi's heart, there would only be him and Uncle Zhuang in this courtyard, and the existence of the rest of the people would be like stones and wild flowers on the side of the road...... No, stones, wildflowers, maybe Master Zhuang will still pay attention to one or two, but I'm a layman, heh......"

"It's similar to what my grandfather said."

Exchanging glances with Meng Zhong, Meng Sui thought to himself.

At this time, I heard Meng Zhong say with a smile: "I understand, if you want to become a disciple of Zhuangzi, you must first attract the attention of Zhuangzi." …… Do you have any experience in this regard? ”

Le Jin was stunned for a moment, and asked curiously, "Didn't that elder teach you a way?" After a pause, he shook his head again and said, "For your sake, I will make an exception to tell you one thing, so that you will take fewer detours." …… If the elders of your clan teach you to use the writings of Huizi to get the attention of Zhuangzi, then I tell you, this will not work. ”

"Who is Keiko?" Meng Hu scratched his head and asked curiously.

Meng Zhong glanced at Meng Hu and explained: "Huizi is Huishi, and he is also the great sage of my Song Kingdom, who served as the minister of Wei during his lifetime, and is one of the few close friends and confidants of Zhuangzi. Zhuangzi has been silent for nearly 20 years, and it is said that it was because of the death of Huizi. ”

"Uh-oh." Meng Hu nodded in realization.

At this time, Le Jin stroked his palms and smiled: "Haha, it seems that the elders of your clan really taught you to use Huizi's writings to attract Zhuangzi's attention." …… But alas, it doesn't work. ”

Le Jin guessed correctly, when Meng Zhong and Meng Sui were recommended to teach Meng Zhong and Meng Sui how to attract Zhuangzi's attention, he had mentioned this method, because as we all know, Huizi was Zhuangzi's closest friend and confidant.

But this method was vetoed by Le Jin, which made Meng Sui a little unconvinced, and subconsciously said: "Why do you say it won't work?" ”

"Because I've already tried...... of course."

Meng Zhong glanced at the angry Meng Sui, in his impression, Meng Sui was very calm and steady on weekdays, but today Le Jin bluntly said that his grandfather's method of teaching did not work, which caused Meng Sui's unhappiness.

Sure enough, Le Jin tilted his head and looked at Meng Sui and said, "Why do you say it won't work?" Because this trick has been used. Unbelief? You wait. ”

After that, he stood up and walked to the door, went back after a while, handed a bamboo slip in his hand to Meng Zhong, and said in a deep voice: "This book of bamboo slips is copied by my brother's "Music Order", Huizi's "Jianbai Treatise", my brother once tried to ask Zhuangzi for this piece of commentary, so as to attract attention, but the result is ...... Like I said, it doesn't work. ”

Taking the bamboo slip handed by Le Jin and spreading it out, Meng Zhong read the content on the bamboo slip, the corners of his mouth raised slightly after half a ring, and said with a smile: ""On Jianbai, this is a good start. ”

Le Jin was stunned when he heard this, looked at Meng Zhong with a strange expression, and asked, "Why don't you want to use this thing to try it too?" After that, he didn't wait for Meng Zhong to answer, then frowned and said: "I have already said, including my clan brother Le Xu, many people have tried this matter, but Zhuangzi is not moved at all, which of these words do you not understand?" ”

"Hey, Lejia boy, you speak politely." Meng Hu scolded unhappily on the side: "Since Ah Zhong has decided to do this, he must have his reasons, why do you need an outsider to point fingers?" ”

Waving his hand to appease the irritable Meng Hu, Meng Zhong calmly said to Le Jin: "What's the harm in trying? If this doesn't work out, can't you just watch a joke? ”

“……”

Looking at Meng Zhong with a calm face, Le Jin opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say.

Halfway through, he nodded and said, "Anyway, I've advised you, but if you don't listen, then ...... Do it yourself. ”

With that, he left with doubts on his face.

Before Le Jin left, Meng Hu looked confident in Meng Zhong with a straight face, but as soon as Le Jin left, Meng Hu's attitude immediately changed, and he said to Meng Zhong with some worry: "Ah Zhong, I don't think that kid is lying, maybe this thing really can't be done, or let's think of other ways to save people from reading jokes in vain." ”

Meng Zhong shook his head when he heard this, and said: "If you want to attract a person's attention, it can be roughly divided into two ways, one is to win favor, that is, to show favor, this is how Le Jin and others used, but it turns out that showing favor cannot get Zhuangzi's attention, in this case, I simply do the opposite......"

"How?" Meng Hu asked.

I saw Meng Zhong squeeze the bamboo slip in his hand, and two words burst out of his mouth: "Scare him!" ”

Hearing this, Meng Hu and Meng Sui gasped in shock, and the latter hurriedly persuaded: "Ah Zhong, this is not appropriate, right?" If you annoy Zhuangzi, won't this matter be ......"

"It doesn't matter, as long as it's on my side."

Glancing at the bamboo slip in his hand, Meng Zhong already had a general plan in his heart.