Chapter 7: Goodbye to the Old Man

Today is Zhao Zheng's happiest day. The reason for the www.biquge.info of the pen and the fun and the pavilion is that one of them is naturally valued by a famous talent, and as expected, he will be able to apprentice tomorrow. However, in the depths of Zhao Zheng's heart, the mutton he ate tonight brought him more joy.

When Zhao Zheng had dinner, sleepiness hit his heart. After all, after walking for a few hours today, his mental state has also fluctuated dramatically, and his body is now only seven years old. Zhao Zheng said to Zhao Ji, who was still cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks, and walked to his room with a yawn.

Looking at the thin figure that gradually disappeared into the night, Zhao Ji showed a relieved smile. "Smack!" A tear fell on the chopsticks, but Zhao Ji did not react, still in the dark, stunned. After a long time, a breeze blew, and Zhao Ji felt the tears on his cheeks that were almost dry. Gently wiping away the tears with her sleeve, Zhao Ji put away the dishes and chopsticks again. "Today is a day to be happy about!" Zhao Ji's heart kept recalling such words. Maybe she was tired, or maybe there were too many things happening today, Zhao Ji didn't continue to sew and mend clothes under the oil lamp as usual, but also went back to her room early.

A good night's dream, Zhao Zheng slept exceptionally soundly tonight. Maybe there is still the taste of mutton between his lips and teeth, Zhao Zheng actually dreamed of eating roast whole sheep with his classmates in his previous life. The corners of the mouth unconsciously stuck to some crystal liquid, smashed it, smashed it, turned over, and the scene in the dream was also changed, this time it was the turn of the mutton skewers.

"Zheng'er, Zheng'er, wake up!" A pair of gentle hands gently pushed Zhao Zheng. Zhao Zheng reluctantly opened his hazy eyes, he was still eating stewed mutton just now!

"Mother, why are you here so early?" Zhao Zheng rubbed his eyes and said in a daze.

"Early?" Zhao Ji said with a slight smile, "Now most of the time has passed!" ”

"What? More than half of the time has passed? Zhao Zheng's spirit was shocked, it wasn't almost half past seven in the future!

Zhao Zheng turned over suddenly, picked up the clothes he put on the side of the bed casually, put them on hastily, and complained: "Mother, why didn't you call me earlier!" I'm going to my husband's house today, it's rude to miss the hour! ”

Facing Zhao Zheng's complaint, Zhao Ji patted his head amusefully, and scolded with a smile: "You have slept by yourself, why are you still relying on your mother!" ”

"Uh, it's not like you're used to waking me up on weekdays!" Zhao Zheng was stunned for a moment, and immediately found a reason to start defending himself.

"Stinky boy, it's getting more and more unruly!" Zhao Ji is about to fight again. Zhao Zheng hurriedly ran out of the door, shouting: "I'm going to lose time!" The boy goes first! ”

"You haven't eaten breakfast yet!" Zhao Ji shouted.

"Not hungry!" Zhao Zhengdu is about to cross the gate, where can he still have breakfast.

"This kid." Zhao Ji shook her head helplessly, not worried that Zhao Zheng would be hungry. In her mind, as a capable man, the old man must have the habit of eating lunch, and Zhao Zheng can also have a meal.

Because he was worried that being late would leave a bad impression on his future master, Zhao Zheng couldn't help it all the way. I have to say that as an ancient, physical fitness is indeed much better. Not to mention that Zhao Zheng is just a seven-year-old child now, even in the next generation, ordinary adults may not be able to run for so long.

Although Zhao Zheng basically ran on the way to the old man in Zhongyin, his seven-year-old calf was not much faster. ran and rested, but it still took almost an hour to reach the door of the old man's house.

After tidying up his clothes and adjusting his breathing, Zhao Zheng stepped forward and gently slammed the door.

"Squeak!" The dark and simple face of the old man appeared in front of Zhao Zheng.

"Apprentice Zhao Zheng has seen the teacher!" Zhao Zheng bowed respectfully.

The old man didn't speak, nor did he make any movements, and when Zhao Zheng finished his apprenticeship ceremony, he said in surprise: "Boy, what do you say!" When did the old man agree to accept you as a disciple? ”

Zhao Zheng was stunned, what's the situation?

"The old man only remembers that he said yesterday that he would let you come today. It's good for you to come up and apprentice and take advantage of me! The old man looked angry, as if he had suffered a big loss.

Zhao Zheng was already about to crash, "You don't say it when you meow when I salute, and only say it now, and I'll take advantage of you!" Zhao Zheng seemed to be hammered heavily in front of his chest, and almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood.

"What is a routine? That's it! Zhao Zheng shouted in his heart, and for a while he actually felt that he had returned to the 21st century. The ancients said that they were sincere, and the ancients gave a salute?

Zhao Zheng asked himself if he had lived two lives, and he was almost thirty years old. With a few years of hard life with Zhao Ji, he has also matured a lot. Especially a few days ago, after experiencing that cold-blooded murder, my mind has grown a lot.

However, at this moment, Zhao Zheng still couldn't bear the evil anger in his heart. A mouthful of salty saliva squirted: "You fart!" It's clear that you're standing up to me cheap! ”

The old man in the middle was stunned, looking at Zhao Zheng's red face, he thought that Zhao Zheng would endure such grievances!

Zhao Zheng's unexpected reaction, instead of making the old man angry, said with a smile: "Really? So that's it! Well, I forgive you, I was wrong. ”

Zhao Zheng was stunned again, the situation of the horse, is it good for the bull's head to be the horse's mouth? What do you mean by "I forgive you"? And added the phrase "I was wrong"?

Zhao Zheng didn't bother to complain, his eyes widened, and he looked at the old man in the middle of the hide angrily.

"Come on, come on, little friend, come in." The old man in the middle of the hidden smiled and let go of half of his body, and motioned for Zhao Zheng to come in and speak.

But Zhao Zheng was still staring at the old man in the middle of the hidden angrily at this time, and he didn't have the slightest intention of wanting to go in.

"Tsk, why should Xiaoyou be like this, you have to be more open-minded!" The old man looked at Zhao Zheng's appearance, stretched out his hand, and dragged Zhao Zheng into the courtyard.

"I ......" Zhao Zheng just wanted to say a few more words, but was dragged by the old man in the middle again, and walked directly to the house, still muttering: "How can you let the guests stand at the door?" Rude faux pas! ”

"Bang!" As soon as the old man pulled the reluctant Zhao Zheng into the house, the courtyard door was closed again. It is estimated that if Zhao Zheng sees it, he will lose goosebumps, and he will tremble and say: "There are ghosts!" ”

When the two entered the house, they sat opposite each other on the ground. The old man's room didn't look big, but when he walked in, Zhao Zheng found that it felt surprisingly big. Every item is neatly arranged, which does not look cluttered and saves space to the greatest extent. Judging from the books placed on both sides of the room, this should be the place where the old man in the middle of the house usually reads, that is, the study.

Looking at the books on the bookshelves on both sides, Zhao Zheng's eyes lit up. This is the most valuable thing in this era, in other words, there are pieces of gold on it. This is not the slightest artificiality, and in this era, examples of thousands of women begging for books are not uncommon. If it is a private work by a famous teacher, someone will buy it even if it is ten thousand dollars. Don't be surprised, in this Warring States where there is not much literacy, those works can undoubtedly be regarded as high-tech knowledge for later generations. Even the "Analects", "Sun Tzu" and other books on the rotten streets of later generations were also firmly in the hands of private individuals.

The old man in the middle of the hidden looked at Zhao Zheng looking around, and he didn't bother, especially when he saw Zhao Zheng's eyes shining at the book, he nodded secretly in his heart, "This young man is really worth cultivating, but I still have to test it." ”。

"Boy, you're early in the morning, oh no, it's not too early." The old man coughed twice with a playful face, "You came in the morning to apprentice?" ”

Zhao Zheng was a little embarrassed, he overslept himself, which was indeed rude. With a slightly correct expression, he said respectfully, "Yes, sir." ”

"Well, the old man doesn't care where you were born or what country you are from, as long as you can answer a few old man's questions, the old man is willing to take you as an apprentice."

"Only, please ask Mr. for the question." Zhao Zheng was overjoyed in his heart, this old guy was finally serious.

After hearing this, the old man thought for a while, smiled and said, "Do you see that dog?" It's called Rhubarb, can you call him over? ”

Zhao Zheng looked at the big yellow dog lazily basking in the sun at the door, and didn't understand what the old man in the middle of the house meant, but still shouted: "Rhubarb, rhubarb, come here!" ”

Hearing the familiar tone, the big yellow dog at the door raised his head slightly, but only glanced at Zhao Zheng, and then squinted and fell asleep. Zhao Zheng looked at the old man in the middle of the hidden in confusion, he didn't believe that the so-called test questions really let the big yellow dog in, that was not easy?

The old man smiled slightly, and shouted at the door: "Rhubarb, come here!" With a single sound, the big yellow dog, which was still lazy at the door, rushed into the house. With his mouth open, his tail wagging non-stop.

The old man looked at Zhao Zheng again and asked, "Why didn't you call it a few times but it didn't come, and I came over as soon as I called it?" ”

Zhao Zheng glanced at the dog that was quite sturdy, a little speechless, nonsense, is it an ornament that is about to flow out? Although he was complaining in his heart, Zhao Zheng still said very respectfully: "Because Mr. has fed it, and I have not." ”

The old man nodded and asked again, "If I give you food, do you think it will come?" ”

Zhao Zheng glanced at the big yellow dog again and said, "It depends on whether it is hungry or not, but it seems that it will come." ”

The old man smiled with satisfaction and continued to ask, "If I ask you to pull a cow over, can you do it?" ”

Zhao Zheng already understood the way the old man Zhongyin came up with the question at this time, his brain teaser was in a hurry, he didn't play a lot when he was a child. After thinking about it for a while, he replied very confidently: "I can do it if the big cow has a bullring, but not the calf." ”

The old man was slightly surprised by the speed of Zhao Zheng's answer, but he still didn't give up, and continued to ask: "If you are in the forest, there are wolves in front and tigers in the back, do you fight wolves or tigers." ”

"I can't beat a wolf, I can't beat a tiger, but I can climb a tree. Wait for the tiger to kill the wolf, eat and go down again. This time, Zhao Zheng didn't even want to think about it, and blurted out his own answer.