When it comes to training ink monkeys, there are books as early as the Tang Dynasty, and the readers at that time liked to bring a pair of ink monkeys with them. When reading and writing, the ink monkey can help grind and wash the pen, and after the person finishes writing, he can also lick the remaining ink in the inkstone.

In his spare time, the ink monkey can also help catch insects and repel mosquitoes. Especially on the pillow of the journey, it is inevitable that there will be some bedbugs, but as long as you put a pair of ink monkeys on the mattress pillow, within half an hour, the pair of ink monkeys can catch the bedbugs on the mattress pillow!

Scholars have been cold for ten years, and most of them are unusually bitter. To have such a pair of ink monkeys by your side is already a godsend. It is no wonder that after the ink monkey raised by the scholar grows old, the scholar weeps bitterly and composes poems and songs to commemorate this wordless companion

And the ink monkey was not originally black, but had golden hair. After three or five years of training, I have tumbled countless times in the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and the color on the ink monkey will never be black and pure!

In the candlelight, Mr. Shui looked at Xiang Youbao holding a brush and knocking on the pen holder for a long time, but the ink monkey drilled in the pen holder did not react at all, and his heart couldn't help but be happy!

Although the ink monkey is abnormally awake, if you want to have enough tacit understanding between the ink monkey and the owner, it takes a lot of hard work!

As soon as he arrived at the ink monkey in his hand, he refused to get into the pen holder to perch, but liked to bump around looking for a suitable shelter. Once the Ink Monkey has found the ideal nest location, it will be a real trouble to let the Ink Monkey get into the pen holder to roost.

At this point, you have to find a live grasshopper and pound the juice, then close the freshly steamed chestnut puree and a little honey, and gently knead it into a bait lump the size of a mung bean, and swing it around the pen holder that is ready for the ink monkey to inhabit.

The ink monkey is petite, but when it eats, it looks like it is not full. As soon as he saw this bait gnocchi with a full range of meat and vegetables and a sweet taste, the ink monkey had to eat the bait gnocchi clean before he gave up.

Wait for the ink monkey to eat and drink, the owner can turn the pen holder sideways at this time, holding a clean rabbit pen in his hand and gently pushing the ink monkey into the pen holder, but it must not be forced, so as not to startle the courage of the ink monkey, then the ink monkey will be shocked when he sees people, and he can't train it at all!

When the ink monkey wakes up, prepare cool boiled water with a clean white porcelain basin next to the erected pen holder, and then add a little half a drop of ink, so that the dry mouth of the ink monkey can drink water to quench his thirst, and by the way, he can slowly accept the taste of ink.

Almost a month or two of time, when the ink monkey has been able to take the initiative to drill out of the pen holder to forage for food and drink, but also most of them are adapted to the taste of the master's house, at this time to take a large wolf pen, so that the two ink monkeys attached to the pen stick to the pen pen post ten thousand words, but also let the ink monkey get used to the master's hand gestures when writing.

Not to mention the water mill for more than half a year, it is easy to wait for the ink monkey to dare to play with the owner's house, so that he can start to tap the pen holder with his fingernails or pen barrel every time before feeding, so that the ink monkey can smell the sound and move.

With such a situation, a pair of ink monkeys can be regarded as a rough training. It will take several years to grind and lay paper, serve tea and fruits, and find words and books in the future, so that this pair of ink monkeys can be regarded as a small success!

According to this method, it seems that there is a leopard who has knocked on the pen holder for a long time, but the pair of ink monkeys have not moved at all, which shows that the ink monkeys have not been domesticated to their homes.

In this way, tonight's gambling battle has a seven-point chance of winning!

Raising her hand slightly, Shui Momei did not wait for a leopard to summon the two ink monkeys from the pen holder, and she had already lowered her head and blew on the two ink monkeys she had domesticated on the table, and then took her nails and gently tapped on a stack of rice paper on the desk: "Lay paper!" ”

To the surprise of Shui Momei, the two ink monkeys who usually woke up abnormally and moved when they heard the sound were lazy and abnormal at the moment. A few small claws clutched the pen holder, and they didn't want to move at all?

And on the desk on Xiang Youbao's side, it was easy to summon the two ink monkeys out of the pen holder, Xiang Youbao hurriedly hung the brush in his hand on the pen holder, and knocked his fingers on the rice paper in the same way, and shouted loudly: "Lay the paper!" ”

As if a little hesitant, the two ink monkeys who had just been summoned out of the pen holder by Xiangyoubao stood on the desk and were stunned for a while, and then slowly crawled to the stack of rice paper, stretched out their paws and gently took a piece of rice paper and spread it in front of Xiangyoubao, and then picked up a piece of green tile stone paperweight with some weight, and pressed it to the top position of the rice paper.

As if relieved, Xiang Youbao breathed a heavy sigh of relief, but knocked his finger on the inkstone again: "Grinding ink!" ”

Still looking like six gods without an owner, the two ink monkeys hesitated for a long time, and then slowly climbed to the side of the pen wash with clear water, spit out the water into the inkstone, and then grabbed a piece of the most common pot ash ink and grinded it hard.

Staring at the two ink monkeys supported by the leopard in surprise, Shui Momei looked down at the two ink monkeys on the desk in front of her, and couldn't help but knock on the stack of rice paper on the table again with her nails in a little anxiety: "Lay paper!! ”

Under the swaying shadow of the candle, accompanied by the heavy tapping of the ink plum on the stack of rice paper, a stream of dust that was almost impossible to see clearly suddenly bounced up to half an inch high.

With the barely visible dust bouncing up, the two ink monkeys, who had been hanging on the pen holder and refused to move, finally climbed down from the pen holder and stumbled all the way towards the stack of rice paper.

Before the expression on Shui Momei's face relaxed slightly, the two ink monkeys who climbed next to the rice paper each grabbed a corner of the rice paper and unceremoniously sent it to their mouths. In a moment, the square rice paper was eaten out of several holes.

Dumbfounded, she knocked her nails on the table again and again, and Shui Momei saw that the two ink monkeys had already destroyed several pieces of rice paper, and couldn't help but reach out and grab the two ink monkeys in a hurry: "Oh, evil animals! ”

Maybe it's because I'm a little heavier in a hurry, and I just grabbed two ink monkeys in my hands, and one of them has unceremoniously bitten the tiger's mouth of Shui Momei!

Suddenly, Shui Momei, who screamed in shock, let go of her hands, and immediately dropped the two ink monkeys on the desk. As soon as the two ink monkeys who were disturbed by Shui Momei broke free, they suddenly bumped around on the desk. But after a moment's effort, the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone neatly placed on the desk had already caused the two ink monkeys to crash into a mess, and the porcelain plate containing the fruit was also knocked to the ground and shattered.

With a pair of arms, Shui Momei who didn't catch or catch the two ink monkeys hadn't come back to his senses, and one of the ink monkeys had already hit his head on the bowl of tea that was placed in Shui Momei's hand!

With the crisp cracking sound of the tea bowl falling to the ground, Shui Momei, who had been splashed with half of the tea, retreated in a panic, and couldn't help muttering to herself in horror: "Why is this here?!" ”

Carefully pushing the two ink monkeys on his table back into the pen holder with the pen holder, Xiang Youbao stuffed the pen holder back into his long shirt, and turned his head to Shui Momei with a surprised look on his face and said in a harmonious voice: "Mr. Shui, let's stop here for this gambling today, right?" ”

As if she hadn't heard the words of Xiang Youbao at all, Shui Momei stared straight at the two ink monkeys who were still scurrying around on the desk, and muttered to herself: "Why is this so, Shui is not so good at you, why is this so?" It's a big mistake for me."

Raising his hand to signal the nine monkeys who were probing their brains at the door of the second courtyard, they sent a chair, and Xiang Youbao half-supported and half-dragged Shui Momei, who looked terrified, sat on the chair, but at the same time he arched his hand towards Shui Momei: "Dare to ask Mr. Shui, can you take the fragment of the strange beast map in your hand?" ”

Subconsciously reached out and covered the position of her chest, and Shui Momei's face had long lost her grace and grace in the past: "Naturally, I brought it!" It's just that today's matter is weird! But it's not accurate, it's not accurate! ”

Standing beside Shui Momei, Xiang Youbao had a kind smile on his face, and said to Shui Momei very indifferently: "Mr. Shui is a university teacher in Tsinghua Park, this old saying is true to his word, and he promises a thousand gold, I don't know what to explain?" ”

Turning his head to look at Xiang Youbao with an indifferent smile on his face, Shui Momei's eyes were full of pleading: "Is the gentleman just this strange beast?"

Raised his legs and walked to the desk, Xiang Youbao picked up the pen and pushed the two ink monkeys crawling around together, while blocking the sight of Shui Momei with his body, he quickly grabbed the pen holder in his robe, and reversed the two pairs of ink monkeys, and then carefully touched the pen holder of Shui Momei and returned to Shui Momei's side, and handed the pen holder to Shui Momei: "Mr. Shui, you take this first!" ”

Subconsciously hugged the pen holder handed over by Xiang Youbao in his arms, Shui Momei smiled sadly and smiled at the two ink monkeys in the pen holder: "You are really mistaking me!" ”

As if he hadn't seen Shui Momei's sad look at all, Xiang Youbao unceremoniously stretched out a slap to Shui Momei: "Mr. Shui, according to what we said, I am willing to lose the bet!" It's time for the fragment of the beast diagram you brought with you to show off on display, right? ”

With trembling lips, Shui Momei looked at Xiang Youbao almost pleadingly, but she couldn't say anything!

After struggling for a long time, Shui Momei sighed heavily, and then reached out and took out a flat wooden box from her arms, and handed the wooden box to Xiang Youbao's hand, but she suddenly stood up and walked towards the door!

Quickly opened the wooden box that still had the body temperature of Shui Mo Mei, Xiang Youbao looked at the yellowed cloth in the wooden box, and shouted at Shui Mo Mei in a loud voice: "Mr. Shui, stay!" Don't you want to see the fragment of the beast diagram in my hand? ”

As if she was being tethered by an invisible rope, Shui Momei suddenly paused and turned around with difficulty: "Shui can't ask for it!" ”

As the words of Shui Momei fell, the electric light that had just been extinguished suddenly turned on. As several windows around the lobby were quietly opened, the smoke that swirled in the lobby quickly dissipated.

There was no sign of how the leopard greeted the envoy, and several children in new clothes had already cleaned the two desks with their hands and feet, and then took a clean green cloth and spread it on one of the desks.

Carefully took out an oilcloth bag from his arms, and Xiang Youbao opened the oilcloth bag in front of Shui Momei, and then put the fragments of the two strange beast pictures together. Only then did he say to Shui Momei, who had involuntarily walked to the table: "Please also ask Mr. Shui to take a look, is this fragment of the Alien Beast Diagram in my hand genuine?" ”

Almost put the tip of her nose on the fragment of the strange beast picture that Xiang Youbao took out, Shui Momei blinked her eyes and looked at it for a long time, and then raised her head with a painful look: "It is indeed the real thing"

casually pointed to the fragment of the alien beast picture he carried, and Xiang Youbao asked Shui Momei as if he was very curious: "Then please ask Mr. Shui, what is this word?" ”

As if she hadn't heard Xiang Youbao's question, Shui Momei turned around and arched to the ground towards Na Jiuye, who had been watching from the sidelines: "Shui has a reluctant request, and I hope that the head of the house will be fulfilled!" ”

Jumping up from the chair in a panic and bowing back, Na Jiu Ye shouted at Shui Momei one after another: "Mr. Shui, don't do this to you, this is killing me!" What's the matter, you say?! ”

With a sad look on her face, Shui Momei smiled gloomily and said: "I originally expected to collect all the fragments of this strange beast map, or return this treasure to its original appearance, and then transcribe the Xiangguo script on this strange beast map, and pass it on to future generations!" Today, I bet with your disciples, and Shui is willing to gamble and lose, but I ask the head of the sect to allow Shui to copy the words on the diagram of this strange beast."

Before he finished speaking, Xiang Youbao, who was standing at the desk, had already picked up Shui Momei's words: "This can't be done!" The Alien Beast Diagram is the treasure in my Fire Main Gate, and even the disciples of the Fire Main Gate are easy to see! How can outsiders be allowed to go? ”

The gloomy look on her face became heavier, but Shui Momei didn't answer anymore, she just went down one by one towards Na Jiuye!

Pinching his voice, he said with a smile on the spot: "But if it is the master in charge of the main gate of the fire and the master who sits in the hall, and the disciples in the door who I invite to teach the disciples in the main gate to read and write, I can take a look at this strange beast from time to time!" ”

Like a drowning man grasping a life-saving straw, Shui Momei hurriedly waved at Na Jiuye: "Shui is not talented, but he is still coarse and ink!" If the head of the sect promises, Shui should do his best to give what he has learned in his life to the disciples of the Huo Zhengmen! ”

Squeezed his eyebrows and winked at Na Jiuye, who was already dumbfounded, and there was a leopard who couldn't break Na Jiuye's mouth to speak. And looking at Xiang Youbao's anxious appearance, Na Jiuye was stunned for a long time, and then he replied to Shui Momei: "I don't dare to do this!" Mr. Shui, you are a university teacher in Tsinghua Park, our small portal really can't afford to support you, the real Buddha, there is a leopard, you have an idea about this? ”

With a roll of his eyes, Xiang Youbao stretched out his hand and slapped his forehead, shouting as if he had suddenly realized: "Mr. Shui's knowledge is too deep, and these children in the door are afraid that they will not be able to learn for a while!" Besides, Mr. Shui still has to do learning, where is there so much effort to spend with the children? Why don't you find a student in the door for Mr. Shui first? On weekdays, I serve Mr. Shui to do learning, and when I come back, I will teach the children in the door? ”

Turning her head hurriedly, Shui Momei shouted at Xiang Youbao: "This is very good, very good!" ”

Turning around, Xiang Youbao opened his voice and shouted into the courtyard: "Senior sister, please come out for a while"

As soon as the words fell, Nalan Yingsheng, who was wearing a plain jacket and skirt, trotted out of the courtyard of Erjin. Maybe he had already hidden in the porch of the courtyard of the second entrance and heard the movement in the lobby, Nalan's face was flushed, and his hands were also pinching the corners of his clothes, so cramped that he had nowhere to put them.

As soon as he arched his hand towards Shui Momei, Xiang Youbao unceremoniously pointed his finger at Nalan and said with a smile: "Mr. Shui saw my junior sister last time, so why don't you let my junior sister serve Mr. Shui this time?" If Mr. Shui agrees to come down, then you don't have to say, you start here, and I will worship in the main gate of the fire! I have to say this in my head, from now on, my junior sister will be your apprentice Mr. Shui! It's not a student, it's an apprentice! In the future, I will inherit your mantle! ”

Gritting her teeth fiercely, Shui Momei closed her eyes suddenly, looked up to the sky and sighed: "Alas! Sage Cloud - There is no class in teaching! It's just a female disciple! Take pen and ink, Rong Shui copied the words on the picture of this strange beast! ”

As soon as he put the two pictures of strange beasts on the table into the small wooden box brought by Shui Momei, Xiang Youbao raised his hand and stuffed the wooden box into Nalan's hand: "What are you doing here?!" Every day, my sister will bring it when she goes to your house to serve you to do your studies, and she will bring it back when she goes home in the evening! I said, junior sister, why don't you hurry up and meet the master?! ”

Seeing Xiang Youbao squeezing his eyebrows at him, Nalan suddenly put the wooden box on the desk, took a bowl of tea handed over by the nine monkeys, knelt down in front of Shui Momei, and held the tea bowl high above his head: "Disciple Nalan, meet the master!" ”