The Romance of the Famous Marshals of the Early Tang Dynasty Li Jichuan

Chapter 17: Five Buckets of China Walk (Part II)

After a while, the old woman came into the house with two plates, put them on the table, and said to the fat boy, "My grandson is awake, remember to eat, and eat more to grow taller."

The fat boy said, "Grandma, my grandson has written it down, you can go eat first."

The old woman went out of the house and closed the door casually.

The fat boy listened quietly, and heard the footsteps gradually moving away, and listened to the old woman enter the main room, and heard the old woman and the white-haired old man talking while eating.

The fat boy sat up gently, put on his clothes, walked to the table, picked up the basin containing the buns, smelled the steamed buns with beef filling, it was really fragrant, swallowed his saliva, gently put down the bun basin, picked up a white cloth and covered the basin, sat on the chair, picked up a piece of dried tofu and put it in his mouth, took a few peanuts and put them in his mouth, and chewed them together.

"Huh", there was a smell of beef, he chewed gently, listening to the main room, the white-haired old man and the old woman were eating while talking, the fat boy ate for a while, put the remaining half of the plate of dried tofu, piece by piece on top of the peanuts, turned over the plate containing dried tofu and buckled it on the plate containing peanuts.

The fat boy held the basin with the beef stuffed buns in his left hand, opened the door with his right hand, walked out of the room gently, and then closed the door.

The moonlight after the rain was clear and clear, illuminating the earth.

The fat boy walked quickly to the courtyard gate, pulled the latch with his right hand, opened the courtyard door, and gently walked out of the courtyard and closed the courtyard door.

The fat boy walked briskly to the west of the village, walked to the west of the village, stopped at the door of a small courtyard, knocked on the door knocker gently, and shouted in a low voice: "Liu Shenxian, open the door quickly."

After the fifth shout, the door of the main room in the courtyard opened, and a tall, thin middle-aged man with a white face came out and asked, "Xu Mouse, is that you?"

The fat young man said in a young voice: "It's me, Fairy Liu, open the door quickly."

After a while, the courtyard door opened, and the middle-aged man looked at Xu Mouse, and while reaching out to pick up the basin in the fat boy's hand, he asked, "Xu Mouse, did your grandfather ask you to thank me?"

The fat boy withdrew his left hand backwards and stretched out his right hand to block the middle-aged man's outstretched hand.

The fat boy smiled: "Fairy Liu, it's not my grandfather who asked me to thank you, it's that I have something important to say to you."

The middle-aged man smiled: "Xu Mouse, come into the house."

The fat boy entered the courtyard gate, and the middle-aged man closed the courtyard door and entered the main room with the fat boy.

The fat boy entered the main room, walked to the table, wanted to put the basin on the table, and looked down to see that the table was full of white paper, and on each white paper, all kinds of small tadpoles were drawn.

The fat boy smiled: "Liu Shenxian, when I was seven years old, my grandfather asked me to go to a private school to study, I was afraid of learning to write, I thought that writing was a difficult thing, and I didn't think that writing was to draw tadpoles."

The middle-aged man said: "Xu rat, this is a tadpole seal, an ancient kind of writing, you don't need to write this kind of character when you go to a private school to study."

The middle-aged man walked to the table, carefully picked up a piece of white paper on the corner of the table, blew the ink that had not dried with his mouth, turned around and put it on the cabinet next to him, took the basin in the fat boy's hand, and put it on the corner of the table.

The middle-aged man smiled and said, "Xu Rat, what are you looking for me?"

The fat boy pointed to the bun basin and said with a smile: "Fairy Liu, I will give you six beef buns, please help me calculate the future."

Liu Banxian said: "Tong Suo is not bullied, and the future is five taels of snowflake silver."

Xu Rat asked, "Is it not bullying?" My grandfather is such a budget-conscious person, he often says that tofu is not sold if it is rancid, and it can't hurt the old customers to have diarrhea. ”

Liu Banxian said: "Xu Mouse, Tong is a child, Su is an old man, Tong Su is not bullied, that is to say, you and your grandfather have a future with me, and they are all five taels of silver."

Xu Rat said: "Immortal Liu, you know, my grandfather never gave me silver, can you tell me about the good fairy."

Xu Mouse pulled Liu Banxian's sleeve and shook it gently.

The middle-aged man smiled and shook his head.

Xu Rat smiled: "Liu Shenxian, I don't have any silver, I'll give your house a piece of land to pay for the silver."

Banxian said: "My family only has ten acres of land, five taels of silver, and it will take several years to plan."

Xu Mouse smiled: "Immortal Liu, I'll make tofu for your family for silver."

Banxian said: "Your grandfather gave the nickname 'Big Tofu Liu', no one in the whole Lihu County doesn't know, who doesn't know, who my family makes tofu to sell to."

Xu Rat smiled and said: "Fairy Liu, last year's Chinese New Year, my grandmother made me a new set of satin clothes, I only wore it three times, and I will give you silver."

Half Immortal said: "You are so fat, I can't wear it."

The half-immortal smiled: "Seeing that you are so sincere today, I have a simple algorithm to calculate the future, do you want to give it a try?"

Xu Mouse asked, "Immortal Liu, simple algorithm, how much silver do you want?"

Banxian smiled and said: "Xu Rat, you call me Liu Shenxian on weekdays, for the sake of your sweet mouth, use twenty beef buns to offset the hexagram capital."

The fat boy smiled and said: "Immortal Liu, every time I go to the market, my grandmother buys beef buns, I get six buns every time, and I only have eighteen buns after three sets, fairy, is it okay for me to have eighteen beef buns?"

The middle-aged man smiled and said, "Okay, according to you, you will have eighteen beef buns to pay for the hexagram."

The fat boy said: "Immortal Liu, I will give you six beef buns today, and if I send them twice, I will make up enough for eighteen beef buns."

The middle-aged man smiled and said, "Xu Rat, I will calculate your future in three times, today is the first time, hand me your left hand."

The fat boy stretched out his left hand to the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man stretched out his right hand and held the fat boy's left hand from below, carefully. "I looked at it. The middle-aged man smiled: "Xu Rat, your face is so black, I can't imagine that your palms are so white."

The fat boy asked, "Immortal Liu, is the future of the palm white?"

The middle-aged man said, "That's not necessarily, the middle-aged man looked at his thumb, frowned, and smiled."

The fat boy asked, "What are you talking about?"

The middle-aged man said, "I didn't speak."

The fat boy said, "I see your mouth moves."

The middle-aged man said, "I smiled a little and didn't speak."

The middle-aged man looked at his index finger and nodded, looked at his middle finger and nodded, looked at his ring finger and shook his head, and looked at his little finger and nodded.

The middle-aged man said: "Xu Mouse, I've finished reading it today, remember, third from left."

The fat boy asked, "The three boys of the old Zuo family?"

The middle-aged man said: "Xu Rat, it's not the three boys of the old Zuo family, it's the three on the left hand."

The fat boy smiled: "Fairy Liu, I remember, I want to go home, sleep and grow taller."

Five days later, in the evening, the fat boy came to Liu Shenxian with a basin containing six mutton-stuffed buns.

After the fat boy entered the main room, he said with a smile: "The beef in the market today is not fresh, and the mutton I bought from my grandmother is wrapped in buns, please be surprised by Fairy Liu."

The middle-aged man looked at the mutton-stuffed bun and said, "Xu Mouse, stretch out your right hand."

The fat boy smiled and stretched out his right hand to the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man looked carefully at his thumb and shook his head, looked at his index finger and shook his head, looked at his middle finger and nodded, looked at his ring finger and shook his head, and finally looked at his little finger and nodded. said, "Second from the right."

The middle-aged man continued: "Xu Mouse, the third on the left and the second on the right are five, and the five buckets will go."

The fat boy asked, "What does it mean for Huaxia to go?"

The middle-aged man said: "Xu Rat, Huaxia is the whole country, and it is to follow the nobles all over the country."

The fat boy asked, "Immortal Liu, who is the nobleman?" Is it my grandfather? ”

The middle-aged man said, "Your grandfather has only been to Lihu County as far as possible."

The fat boy asked, "Fairy Liu, is it my grandmother?"

The middle-aged man said, "Your grandmother has only been to the market to sell tofu at the farthest."

The middle-aged man continued, "Who is your nobleman?" Tell you next time. ”

The fat boy smiled: "I'm going home, I'm going to sleep and grow taller."

The middle-aged man said, "Xu Mouse, let's talk again."

The fat boy smiled: "Fairy Liu, yesterday my grandmother said that I have grown up in the past few days."

After speaking, the fat boy jumped up, and after landing on the ground, he turned around and jumped again.

He asked, "Immortal, do you see how long I look?"

The middle-aged man said, "Xu Mouse, I don't see it."

The fat boy sighed and said, "It's a pity that the immortals will only look at the future, and they won't be considered tall." After that, he walked out of the room and went home.

Five days later, in the evening, the fat boy came to Liu Shenxian with a basin containing six pork stuffed buns. After the fat boy entered the main room, he said with a smile: "The beef in the market today is not fresh, and the pork I bought from my grandmother is wrapped in buns, please be strange to Fairy Liu."

The middle-aged man said angrily: "Xu Rat, I said twenty beef buns, you bargain and ask for eighteen beef buns, I promise you, last time it was six mutton buns, and now there are only six pork buns." It's really better than once. ”

The fat boy said: "Fairy Liu, I still have half a plate of dried tofu and half a plate of peanuts in the house, I will go home and get it for you now, even if I make up for the hexagram."

The middle-aged man said: "Xu rat, plus half a plate of dried tofu, half a plate of peanuts is about the same."

The fat boy opened the door and hurried home.

After a bag of cigarettes, the fat boy came back sweating profusely and brought a plate filled with dried tofu and peanuts.

The fat boy smiled: "Fairy, my grandmother's peanuts and dried tofu are chewed together, and there is a smell of beef."

The middle-aged man smiled: "Your grandmother's lice are all double eyelids."

The fat boy handed the plate to the middle-aged man and said with a smile: "Immortal Liu, you taste it, don't coax you."

The middle-aged man picked up a piece of dried tofu in his left hand, picked up two peanuts in his right hand, put them in his mouth and chewed them together, chewing and chewing, the middle-aged man smiled and said, "Xu Mouse, it really smells of beef."

The middle-aged man continued, "Xu Mouse, stretch out your left hand."

The middle-aged man looked at the thumb of Xu Mouse's left hand and said with a smile: "Xu Mouse, your left thumb is different from the other nine fingers."

The fat boy looked at it carefully and said with a smile: "Hey, it's different."

The middle-aged man smiled and asked, "You don't look like an Orion bow?" The middle-aged man said as he pulled his bow and shot arrows.

The fat boy looked at the middle-aged man and hurriedly asked, "Immortal Liu, do you mean that I will follow Orion Huaxia?"

The middle-aged man replied: "Xu rat, most of the hunters hunt in fixed places, and they don't know how to go to China."

The fat boy then asked, "Immortal Liu, who am I following Huaxia?"

The middle-aged man replied: "Xu Rat, the one who pulls the bow and shoots arrows, and he wants Huaxia to go, that is, he is in the army, and he is a nobleman, I guess you are following the general Huaxia."