For three days in a row, there was a leopard who never went out of the gate of the main entrance of the fire. Every day, they either go into the Sanjin yard to serve the two monkey cubs, or they hold the nine monkeys, and change their methods to make the nine monkeys fall asleep every day when they are tired, and they don't even want to eat.

It's strange to say, no matter how the leopard tosses the nine monkeys, but the mouth is always laughing and teasing with the nine monkeys. And the nine monkeys are also a strange character, even if they call Xiang Youbao to clean up their eyes black, as long as Xiang Youbao bares his teeth, the nine monkeys can immediately laugh aloud.

It's only been three days, and in the main gate of the fire, from Na Jiuye, who became the shopkeeper, to Hu Qianli, who never smiled, all recognized the big guy's accusations against Xiang Youbao and the Nine Monkeys in private - Xiang Youbao is smeared with oil on his mouth, and the Nine Monkeys are pancreas and see water, both of which are so slippery that they can't catch them, and both of them are not in shape, and they are a pair of Lai Pi Seedlings!

Counting the days with his fingers, seeing that it was time to make an appointment with Mr. Shui to bet on the ink monkey, Na Jiuye finally couldn't hold his breath, and followed Xiang Youbao to drill into the courtyard three times, and then shook his head and sighed all the way to the Taishi chair in the lobby of the courtyard, and didn't say a word for a long time!

Although the medicine used to train the cartilaginous monkeys in the main gate of the fire is really effective, it has only been washed for the past few days, and the goat milk that was fed to the two fox cubs is mixed with some potion, which is more than enough to make the two cuncoon cubs who are almost unable to raise them have some vitality.

Just like this, the monkey cub is taken out to gamble with others, even if it is sold with the ink-filled monkeys on the street of Lao Guanyuan, I am afraid that people can see that something is wrong at a glance!

After a long time, Na Jiuye raised his legs and walked out of the main gate of the fire and went straight to the old courtyard of Jingshui Hutong. In less than two pots of tea, Na Jiuye, who had a black face, returned to the main gate of the fire with his hands behind his back, and without saying a word, he dragged Xiang Youbao, who was busy in the courtyard of Sanjin, to his house.

With trembling fingers, Na Jiuye reached out and took out an oilcloth bag from his arms and put it on the table, and then carefully untied a few butterfly buckles on the oilcloth bag, and then reached out tremblingly and took out a yellowed piece of cloth wrapped in the oilcloth bag!

Only glanced at the yellowed piece of cloth, Xiang Youbao suddenly straightened his face, and whispered to Na Jiuye: "Senior Uncle, this is the fragment of the alien beast diagram in your hand?!" ”

glanced at the leopard, and Na Jiuye stomped his feet fiercely: "Don't you come here to take a look!?" After tonight, this fragment of the beast diagram will have to belong to Mr. Shui! ”

Approaching Na Jiuye's side, Xiang Youbao carefully looked at the patterns and words on the already yellowed cloth, but asked in a low voice to Na Jiuye: "Uncle Shi, what you taught me that night, is this what is written on it?"

Sighing heavily, Na Jiu Ye nodded first, but immediately shook his head: "What I taught you is the thing that I memorized from my master back then, whether it is the words written on it, I don't know!" Just look at the picture above, it should be the same? But this picture also draws a snake and a chicken, and this word is written, there should be a way to serve the snake and the chicken, right? ”

Stretching out his hand and scratching his head, Xiang Youbao also shook his head and responded: "I looked at the fragment of the picture of the strange beast in my master's hand, and there was also a picture of a scorpion drawn. But in the things my master taught me, there are really few words about how to serve the fighting scorpion! Uncle Na, in our main gate of the fire, there is really no one who can recognize the words on it? ”

Shaking his head vigorously, Na Jiu Ye sighed helplessly: "The masters in the main gate of the fire, there are not many people who can read and hyphenation, let alone someone who can know this kind of words!" From generation to generation, all the things on this beast map are passed down by word of mouth! It's hard to find someone who knows this kind of word! ”

While looking at the fragment of the alien beast diagram in Na Jiuye's hand, there was a leopard and said next to Na Jiuye's ear as if talking to himself: "You said that no one can recognize the words on it, so you say, why is Mr. Shui so anxious to hold all the fragments of this alien beast diagram into his hands?" ”

Looking at the fragments of the Alien Beast Diagram that he had collected for many years in his hand quite distressedly, Na Jiuye replied casually: "Zuo just wants to collect all the Alien Beast Diagrams, and then take them out to show off!" ”

Quickly took over Na Jiuye's words, and Xiang Youbao said in a muffled voice: "Then when he takes it out to show off, people will ask him - what is written on this?" Can Mr. Water answer? Isn't that a shame? ”

"Mr. Shui, who is a university teacher in Tsinghua Park, estimates that there are no words in the world that he doesn't know, how can he not answer? Well? ”

With round eyes, Na Jiuye turned his head and stared at Xiang Youbao standing beside him: "You unlucky boy, what idea do you have in your flowery intestines?!" ”

Squeezed his eyebrows and grimaced at Na Jiuye, Xiang Youbao gently pouted towards the fragment of the alien beast diagram that Na Jiuye grabbed in his hand: "Just this fragment of the alien beast diagram in Uncle Shi's hand, even if you collect eight pieces, it will be 800 catties of longevity peach - waste dim sum in your hand, and the left is just to leave a thought of the ancestors!" None of us know the words on it, do we? But if Mr. Shui knows the words on it, and can write all the words on the beast map as we know, then this beast map is a real treasure and a living book! ”

Nodding his head slightly, Na Jiuye casually responded as if he agreed with Xiang Youbao's words: "It's really such a truth, but how do you know that Mr. Shui will definitely know the words on it?" Besides, if Mr. Shui can recognize the words on it, why should he tell us?! ”

As if he was dizzy from all kinds of thoughts, Na Jiu Ye stretched out his hand to cover his forehead, and sat down on the chair next to him: "You unlucky child, you also told me, my brain can't turn around your twists and turns!" I don't care if I take the beast diagram away! I don't care about anything! If this fragment of the beast picture is really called to Mr. Shui to take me and go to kneel in front of the ancestral master's tablet, you, the unlucky child, will have to accompany me to kneel on the incense! ”

Looking at Na Jiu Ye covering his forehead and closing his eyes with a painful expression, Xiang Youbao couldn't help but smile at Na Jiu Ye with a smile: "I said uncle, don't you expect your nephew and me to be better?" Then if I get back the fragment of the beast diagram in Mr. Shui's hand, what will you reward me? ”

As if the true fire in his heart was aroused by the casual and shapeless appearance of the leopard, Na Jiuye, who had nowhere to go with an evil fire in his belly, suddenly opened his eyes, jumped up from the chair and shouted: "If you can get that fragment of the beast picture back, I will fucking recruit you as a son-in-law!" ”

It is estimated that he has been teasing the nine monkeys these days, and Xiang Youbao has not thought about it, and he has a sentence of Peking Opera reading: "Then I have thanked my father-in-law here first."

As soon as the words fell, the door of the room that was originally hidden opened in response, and Nalan who was standing at the door with a tea tray seemed to have heard Na Jiuye's last words, and his face suddenly turned red.

And behind Nalan, Hu Qianli, who was holding the account book in his hand, and the daughter-in-law of the Xie Men Shen family, who was about to go to Na Jiuye's house to ask some trivial matters, also heard Na Jiuye's roar. After being stunned for a moment, Hu Qianli turned around silently and walked away, while the daughter-in-law of the Xie Men Shen family reached out to cover her lips and let out a string of chuckles!

After twisting his body a few times, Nalan, who was flushed with a red face, was in a dilemma, and suddenly turned around and stuffed the tea tray in his hand into the hands of the daughter-in-law of the Xie Men Shen family, and ran away with his big braids

Very embarrassed, he reached out and scratched his scalp, Xiang Youbao re-wrapped the fragment of the alien beast diagram taken out by Na Jiu Ye with an oilcloth and stuffed it into his arms, and muttered to Na Jiu Ye: "Then I'm going to clean up the household scene that I will use tomorrow at night."

Escaping as if out of the house of the Ninth Master, the soles of the leopard's feet slipped out of the entrance of the main gate of the fire with oil, and went straight to a shop selling the four treasures of the study not far away.

Speaking of the shops that sell the four treasures of the study room in Sijiu City, there are no less than 20 time-honored brands that can stand out, and each of them also has its own town store's signature goods! Not to mention that in a time-honored brand like Rong Bao Zhai, the rat whisker pen, pine smoke ink, forty-year-old paper, Duanzhou, and Huzhou inkstones are all ready, and any one can be regarded as a treasure if you take it out!

But then again, the things that come out of a time-honored store like this can be regarded as a penny for every penny. Carrying twenty pieces of ocean in his pocket into Rong Bao Zhai, maybe he could only look at those eye-catching things and swallow his saliva, but he really couldn't afford it

In desperation, those who usually need to use the four treasures of the Shangfang can only go to those small shops in the streets and alleys, and pick up cheaper things to make do.

As soon as I saw Xiang Youbao walk into the door, the shopkeeper in the Four Treasures Shop of the Study Room immediately greeted him, and hugged his fist in his chest: "This master, what do you want to see?" The small shop doesn't dare to compare prices with those time-honored brands, but the things are quite complete! ”

casually swept the four treasures of the study that were barely passable, and Xiang Youbao raised his hand and pointed to the things in the store and drew a circle: "Pen, ink, paper, inkstone, pen wash paperweight, all of them are selected and given two copies, according to the price of two oceans!" ”

Agreed neatly, and the shopkeeper who sold the four treasures of the study immediately followed the instructions of the leopard, prepared two of the four treasures of the study, and then took a basket that looked like an examination basket and packed it separately, and then hugged his fist towards the leopard: "Everything is ready for you, you are lucky and bright, step by step!" ”

After thanking the shopkeeper full of auspicious words with a smile, Xiang Youbao put down two pieces of ocean, carried two basket-like baskets out of the door, turned around and went into a shop selling southern goods next to him and asked for two catties of rock candy, and threw them into the basket