Chapter 16: The Short Man
It was night, Liang Yuxi estimated that the hour was about the same, so he took out the wine and found two more bowls to put on the table.
He thought that this gluttonous man would not break his promise, you know, this tavern has no wine to sell, and no one is willing to put on livestock and go to the county seat to buy it. The door panel of the tavern in front of it was about to be smashed by those wooden guests. In a few days, I'm afraid I won't be able to stand up.
Around midnight, a very short black shadow flashed in, and Liang Yuxi thought it was a big yellow dog, so he called it without getting up.
Unbeknownst to him, the black shadow made a thick man's voice, "Boy, it's me, hurry up and take the lamp." ”
This scared Liang Yuxi a lot, and he seemed to be dazzled. Look at the black shadow more closely, it is no more than two feet tall, but it is thicker than the yellow dog, and it is really a person.
Liang Yuxi hurriedly got up and took the lamp, and it turned out that it was a short-lived dwarf who came in. He had a beard on his face, forty miles away. He has a big head like a bucket, but he has short hands and short feet, and he is dressed shortly. Under a pair of figure-eight eyebrows, the two eyes are round. His body was drenched, and he was carrying a hot corbel on his shoulder.
"Boy, what are you looking at, take it quickly."
Liang Yuxi hurriedly took the ox leg, but there was nowhere to put it, so he held it in his hand comically.
The short man walked up to his bunk and pressed the bed board with both hands, and with a hard push, a short leg stepped up. Liang Yuxi thought to himself, no wonder he was afraid of the big yellow dog, if this little short leg was picked up by the dog, he didn't know how clumsy it would be to run.
After the short man sat down cross-legged in the middle of the shop, he looked at Liang Yuxi, who was snickering, and shouted in a low voice: "Don't stand, quickly pour the wine for the master." ”
Liang Yuxi hurriedly brought the jar over and poured wine into his bowl. Holding the corbel himself, he sat down opposite him.
Liang Yuxi sniffed the meat, fragrant, "Did you really go to that livestock shed and kill an animal?" ”
"Well, if you don't have wine, you can't do it without meat."
Liang Yuxi thought that this strange man would really kill his head for a drink, and he didn't believe him. I thought I would eat and drink first.
The two of them raised a bowl to drink first, and Liang Yuxi tore off a piece of the ox leg and gave it to the short man. When this meat enters the mouth, it is more fragrant than it smells, and people can't help but chew it.
When pouring the second bowl, Liang Yuxi said: "This lord, it's rare for you and me to drink so happily on a rainy night, how about I salute you." ”
The short man chewed and said, "Well, there is fate." ”
After drinking, Liang Yuxi asked, "Where is this forest farm, why have I never seen it?" ”
"You haven't seen me, so of course you can't. I've seen you a lot. ”
Liang Yuxi thought to himself, what he said seemed to be a matter of course for him to peep at me often.
The short man said: "Boy, it's not interesting for us to drink like this, or you can play a trick to help this wine." ”
After thinking about it, Liang Yuxi asked, "Master, what do you think we can do?" ”
"What kind of drinking order, that's not interesting. I see that you are still sharp-tongued, you can tell me a joke. ”
"Okay," Liang Yuxi agreed, and knew that this short man was not such a good servant, so if he casually told a joke, he might be blinded. I searched my stomach and thought about the jokes I knew, picked a few out and started talking.
Liang Yuxi was talking in a colorful way, but not only did the short man not laugh, but the wine became slower and slower.
The short man finally put down the wine bowl and said, "Boy, you call this a joke?" The master's wine has been drunk and faded out. ”
Liang Yuxi disagreed with him, "I told you jokes and amused you, do you still blame me?" You stole this leg, but the wine is mine, so why do you want me to amuse you? ”
"I don't care, you have to make me laugh, or I'll pee on your bunk every day in the future."
Liang Yuxi said angrily: "Master, can you talk about it?" I've given you wine too, and you're still like that? ”
"That's okay, if you amuse me today, I'll give you back the meat later."
"That's not going to work. In this way, master, if I amuse you today, you will reply to me three truths, you see if it will work. ”
The short man thought about it: "Three truths? It's a bit much, I'll reply to you if I'm happy, and if I don't want to say it, you can't ask, right? In this way, I reply to you three yes or no. ”
"Okay," Liang Yuxi's head suddenly came, he thought about it and began to speak: "There is a group of monks and a host in the temple, and on this day, a monk who is walking will come to place an order." The presiding officer thought that the monk's accent was too heavy and he couldn't understand the words, but he reluctantly agreed. During the morning class, the host often listened to him recite scriptures with a foreign accent, and his heart was very awkward. After this day's class, the host added a sentence to the Bodhisattva, this is not a local accent, the Bodhisattva forgive me. And after presiding over the daily class, he has to recite this sentence, which means that he doesn't want to take him in anymore. Suddenly, one day in the morning class, the host endured a fart, and he was embarrassed to let it out, but he couldn't help it after class, so he let it out loudly. Everyone didn't dare to laugh, but the foreign monk said loudly, this is not a local accent, the Bodhisattva forgive me. ”
As soon as Liang Yuxi finished speaking, the short man squirted a sip of wine on him, leaned back and laughed, and slapped the bed board and shouted: "Hahaha, it's funny, it's really funny." ”
He pointed at Liang Yuxi and said, "I just like this joke of arranging monks, do you have any more, tell another one." ”
"Master, you laugh and laugh, and you are happy, I should ask you the truth about my three truths."
The short man nodded and said, "Well, you don't have any jokes, you ask." ”
Liang Yuxi thought about it: "This is the first one, are you the person behind the screen of your great-mother that day?" ”
The short man answered him honestly, "Yes." ”
"Second, are you the one who hurt the man in the sedan chair that day?"
The short man looked at Liang Yuxi with incredible eyes and said, "Yes." ”
"I won't ask the third truth today, I'll leave it for the next day."
Short: "Hehe, it's only your kid who blames himself, he won't answer me when he asks me again." You're a good joke, tell me two more. ”
Liang Yuxi said: "My great-mother is my life-saving benefactor, I want to listen to jokes, I am waiting at any time, but I don't know the name of my grandfather?" ”
"Our grandfather and I are also fated, and we can drink wine and talk well. I know that your boy's name is Liang Yuxi, and you can also write down your name. If you are on the rivers and lakes in the future, or in any army, you will hear someone say that the short man Wang Feiliu is the master. But don't tell anyone about this name, and you can't tell me what I'm doing. ”
Liang Yuxi nodded, although he didn't know who the short man king was in this Jianghu and the army, but he felt that he should still remember what Sixth Master Fei warned him.
"Boy, what were you doing last night when you went out in the middle of the night?"
Liang Yu was taken aback, he didn't expect that he went out in the rain last night to check the treasure box, and Fei Liuye noticed it.
"You followed me all the way?"
"Who's with you, this pouring rain. Do you still have good wine hidden outside? ”
"Sixth Master Fei is aware of it, I also hid a jar of good wine in that barn, and I will take it and drink it with you the next day."
"If you are sensible, I will come back tomorrow night, you are telling me the joke of the monk."