I pulled Lao Zhang back and said, "I really don't blame you. I paid this money clearly. ”

Uncle Ma also said: "The old man can be counted here, fate, the old man is destined for this kid!" That's it, don't say any magic weapon to protect yourself with this money, it's directly considered apprenticeship money! From now on, he will be my apprentice......"

"What!" Lao Zhang stopped doing it even more, stood in the middle with round eyes, and hesitantly pointed at Ryoma with his finger, and then pointed at me. I was about to say something, but Lao Zhang made a gesture to pounce on Uncle Ma to play with his life, and he scolded: "What a dragon! If you don't make a draft, you can lie to my brother! Do you still have a non-physical performance? Collect a stack of tickets from others, and don't give anything at all? Just take him as an apprentice, and the money will be in vain, right? In the long run, after apprenticeship, I will enter your deep pit, my brother has to honor you for three festivals and two birthdays, you old liar is really smart! ”

Uncle Ma was pounced on by him, and he couldn't stand it. Opened him violently and said, "You are an old liar, don't you really take your mother's uncle seriously!" Ungrateful stinky boy, forget who saved your little life from the ghost gate yesterday! ”

Seeing that the two of them were making trouble like this, I was also worried on the side.

Lao Zhang was speechless for a long time, then turned back to me and said, "Boss Xu, do you really believe him?" ”

I nodded, "Believe." ”

Lao Zhang asked: "Brother, I'm so sad that you're like this, don't blame me for being fooled......"

I spread my hands and said, "I was completely voluntary, so who could blame me?" ”

Lao Zhang scolded, only then did he feel that he was not pleasing to both sides, so he held back his anger and slammed the door angrily.

I should have been able to get it for many years before I could fully understand Lao Zhang's hard work.

Of course, many years later, I will not regret making such a decision today.

Uncle Ma was also choked by Lao Zhang's anger.

Seeing that he was gone, he had no intention of staying. Uncle Ma and I were the only ones left in the room, so I hurriedly handed over the two thousand that had been prepared and said, "Uncle Ma, you take it first." ”

Uncle Ma didn't count either, he quickly put down the bag, and then instantly picked up the shelf, stroked a few sparse beards under his chin, and said, "Do you still call me Uncle Ma?" ”

"Master!" How smart I am, I immediately changed my mind.

Don't Ryoma waved his hand, walked to the front façade, took a set of incense candles, lit them in an incense burner, and prayed: "The heavens are covered with a furnace of incense, and the earth is full of golden lotus."

Smelt the three flowers into water and fire, and boil the five gases to turn yin and yang.

Lingdan Ding in the longevity road, cloud kettle in the Puji Hall.

In ancient times, the immortals knew this method, and the patriarch had a saying that it was hidden.

Today, Han Yunzi, the twenty-third generation disciple of Toadmen, said goodbye to Longma, and told the immortal masters of the past dynasties in the door to choose today's auspicious day to expand the door, spend scattered leaves, and officially include many disciples in the opening of the mountain into the door wall. ”

After that, he handed over a piece of paper: "Come, write your name and birthday, and present it to the ancestors of the past dynasties!" He whispered, "Write down your birthday, and when you will be born." ”

After I finished writing and handed it over, Uncle Ma took it and pinched his fingers, slightly surprised, but he didn't say much, according to his sexagenary method, he converted it and wrote it on another piece of yellow paper, and burned it into the incense burner. Then pray to the incense burner: "The birthday is clear, and you are free." The sect is blessed, disciples, worship the ancestors in the door first! ”

"Many disciples are apprenticed today, please bless the ancestors in the door!" Although it was the first time I had heard of Toadmen, since I had already made up my mind to apprentice, I remembered the plot on TV and bowed down. Kowtowed nine heads, and said Don't Ryoma: "Go to the apprentice tea!" ”

After that, he sat on the chaise longue loudly, and I picked up his thermos cup, knelt down in front of him, and said that Master had kowtowed nine.

My master drank the apprentice tea, nodded with satisfaction, and said, "Get up!" Good apprentice, everything is simple here today, he has a fate, I will take you to meet your ancestor. ”

Then he took something out of his bosom and handed it to me.

I respectfully took it, and it was a pitch-black three-legged toad. It feels oily when I hold it, and it seems that it has been played by people for many years. I can't tell whether the material is stone or clay, in short, it feels heavy.

Master said, "With this magic weapon to protect your body, you can protect yourself from evil on weekdays." ”

Then, he briefly introduced to me the rules of the teacher, what are the four no's and the four wants, what are the three can'ts and three can'ts, what are the five disadvantages and three deficiencies, and so on.

I didn't hear him talk about it except for the fourth, and I couldn't remember it the first time I heard it. The only thing that can be remembered is that our sect does not seem to have any special dietary taboos, it is just that we need to abstain from five meat and three hates.

The meat here does not refer to the meat dishes such as pigs, cattle and sheep, but the vegetarian dishes such as chopped green onions, leeks, and garlic that can leave a taste in the mouth. Anyway, I don't eat the flavorful vegetarian food, but I can completely quit this. The three disgusts are all meat, which are geese, dogs, and turtles. Because the goose represents faith and humanity, the dog represents the loyalty of protection, and the turtle represents the monarch and longevity, I think these are not difficult to quit, after all, they are all dishes that are rarely on the table, not to mention that the first one is rarely available. It is much easier to quit these things than to fast and eat a vegetarian diet.

It's so easy to apprentice, the master's expression is finally a little easier, he made me a cup of tea for the first time, and said: "Now it's not as good as the old man, in the old man, the apprentice is the apprentice, the apprentice is the son, you have to serve the master and the master." ”

I thought to myself, where did I come from? By the way, could it be that he has real feelings for Sister Sun next door? But the annoying thing is, is he trying to trick me into being his servant?

He changed his mind and said: "Now the way of the world is different, after all, even I myself have not poured and urine basin for my master before and after saddle and horse. Maybe he remembered the scene of his apprenticeship at the beginning, and couldn't help laughing twice.

I saw that Master's mood had improved, and my heart was also happy.

Although he does not seem to be very reliable, it gives me the feeling that at least based on my own life experience and judgment, I think that he is really capable and that he really is not lying to me. Otherwise, I wouldn't have made today's decision so easily.

After a long time, the master looked at me and said, "I didn't expect that the old man had accepted a good apprentice today, okay, this is our fate." He changed his words and said, "Actually, the so-called cause and effect, there is only one situation that can be saved free of charge. It is the second of the four essentials - [husband and wife, father and son, master and apprentice, desperately to protect]. Now that you and I are masters and apprentices, even if the sky is falling, there is also a master to bear for you. ”

"Okay," I said, very heartwarmingly. "Thank you, Master!"

"Well, from today onwards, you will come to the store to look for me every day when you intersect." When he saw that I was puzzled, he said, "I forgot that you still don't understand this, I mean, from now on, you will come to me every afternoon at 5 o'clock in the afternoon to find a teacher!" ”

I was about to nod my head when Master suddenly pointed into my arms and frowned.