Chapter 59 Pitching the Pot

The afternoon sun was warm and warm on the (身shēn), and I was sitting on the big stone by the lake looking at the lake in a daze, and after calculating it, I had lived in the temple for fourteen (日rì), and I was already bored to the point that the grass was about to grow. Trapped in the temple, I can't do anything, and I can't lift my spirits when I first recover from a serious illness (身shēn) and can't lift my spirits. I picked up a few pebbles at my feet, and threw them into the middle of the lake for a while, and the pebbles tossed on the surface of the lake a few times, causing a shallow ripple and sinking.

If you stay like this, you have to get moldy.

Dugu Hao walked up to me unconsciously and sat down next to me: "Are you interested in playing chess with me?" ”

"Not interested." I don't even want to reject him, it's not that he doesn't know how bad my chess skills are, and if I lose, I can't listen to his cold words.

He smirked: "How about throwing pots?" I don't have an advantage in this one. ”

Pitching the pot is a small game that the children of the family occasionally play in their free time, one person throws the arrow in his hand into the pot one zhang away, and the one who hits the most wins, and can get a reward. Because the shape of the pot is slender and the spout is narrow, it is not easy to shoot (shè), so I grew up playing in the backyard and played with ease. As for Dugu Hao's level, it will never be above me.

"The temple is not better than at home, there is no wine and music, everything is simple, I asked Ah Xun to prepare the utensils, you think about what you want to win."

I'm a (sex xìng) greedy to play and idle, such entertainment as pitching pots, it looks simple, it's not easy to win over others, there is nothing to do, being mentioned by Dugu Hao like this, my heart is itchy, and Suo (sex xìng) agrees.

I nodded, Dugu Hao floated away, a cup of tea, three pots were placed in the courtyard, he handed eight arrows to me, smiling like a fox, how many things did this person bring to Qinglu Temple? It's obviously a carriage with similar regulations, how can his car be stuffed with so many messy things?

I checked the arrows he gave me, and I didn't move my hands or feet, and I looked at the three pots inside and out, which were normal.

I looked at Dugu Hao's (chest xiōng) with a look of success, he didn't admit defeat in front of me, this time he didn't seem to mind losing to me: "To be fair, Ah Xun placed three pots, no matter which one you put in, as long as you hit more than me, you won." ”

It's so out of his style. So I was even more suspicious. What kind of medicine is this man selling in his gourd? Pleasing me? Funny me? Playing with me?

"Dugu Hao, you look into my eyes and speak." I held out two fingers in front of his eyes and gestured: "If I win, you will accept whatever you ask?" ”

"As long as I have, as long as you say. Willing to gamble and lose. ”

"You're not worried about my lion's mouth? I want the gold and silver sea of the Dugu family, are you willing to give it up? "This person can't be a fool who has not been cleared of poison, right? I can't do piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, I am a master of eating, drinking and having fun, and he will lose miserably.

"I haven't competed yet, so I'm not necessarily going to lose." He tested the arrow with his hand to show the beginning.

Dugu Hao proposed a competition, when he started, he raised his eyebrows and smiled, looked at me sideways, the table (love qíng) was extremely underbeaten, and he shot an arrow easily, and he was already firmly in the pot. Looking at his movements in one go, I knew that he was quite experienced in playing pitchers, and coaxed me to say that he did not have an advantage, and it turned out to be another (set tào) road.

Originally, the rule of pitching pots was that the two of them threw * (shooting shè)* in turn, and his first hit was just in the middle of the boom, so he simply broke my thoughts, and used up all the arrows in one go, and the next few arrows, without exception, hit three pots in turn. He hit them all, and the winners and losers were already clear, and there were eight arrows in all, all standing upright in the pot, and unless I could do the trick, I would lose. No wonder he boasted about Haikou and asked me to put forward conditions, but he had thought about giving me a dismount, so that I had nothing to do.

In addition to being proud, he did not forget to raise his eyebrows at me, and put on a provocative posture, as if to say that winning or losing is all about ability. I gave him a smile back, and he was slightly stunned.

He underestimated me.

All his arrows have gone into the pot, and if you want to win against him, you have to-

I took a deep breath and stood still, closed my left eye, pinched the arrow in my right hand and compared it with the spout of the pot in front of me, visually measured the distance, and threw the first arrow calmly. This pot is not heavier than the pot of ordinary banquet entertainment, and there is no fixed object at the bottom of the pot, and if the strength is not well mastered, the pot (body shēn) will shake ((swing dàng) dàng), resulting in the arrow not being able to enter the pot smoothly.

One arrow into the pot, only in the blink of an eye. Second Arrow, Third Arrow...... Until the sixth arrow, without exception, it entered the same pot, and it was difficult to hold one more arrow in the gap between the spouts.

With two arrows left in my hand, I shook it at Dugu Hao and said confidently: "You keep your eyes open and look at it." ”

The arrow left my hand, and I used a skillful force, and the tip of the arrow hit the other pot (身shēn), and the force was so strong that the whole pot fell out heavily, and "justly" spit out the three arrows in Dugu Hao* (shooting shè)*. The arrows were out of the pot, and he couldn't count them, and in an instant there were fewer arrows left in the pot. Winning and losing have been reversed.

He understood what I was going to do, and shook his head helplessly: "I underestimated you and made you think of such a bad move." ”

I have always had kindness and revenge: "On (yin yīn) loss, we are each other, if it weren't for your self-proclaimed rampant, you would have cut off my back road from the beginning, and I wouldn't have thought of such a way to draw wages from the bottom of the kettle." ”

Naturally, I knocked down the pot on the far right with the last arrow and won Dugu Hao with an absolute advantage.

I was complacent: "If you dare to look down on me in the future, I won't leave my subordinates behind." ”

He pretended to lament: "Only villains and women are difficult to raise." ”

"I'm a woman, you're a villain, it's just half a catty and eight taels, why do you have to laugh at fifty steps and a hundred steps?"

Dugu Hao is a person who can afford to lose, and fulfilled his promise: "I lost." What do you want? ”

I rolled my eyes and said slyly: "Dugu Gongzi rarely opens the golden mouth, I have to think about it seriously, so as not to waste a great opportunity in vain." ”

"Then you think slowly, anyway, we have a lot of time to stay in the temple, and it's not too late for us to go down the mountain when you think about it."

Saying this, I really have something to ask him, this has been in my heart for a long time, I won't say it before I beat him to death, since our relationship has eased, forgive him and won't not say: "Dugu Hao, why did my father let you accompany me to Qinglu Temple?" "Or why did my father suddenly drive me to the mountains and forests? I've never left home alone when I've grown up, and I can't figure out why my dad would do that.

"Are you colluding with my dad to hide something from me and not let me know?" My head turned, and my face changed: "Could it be that something happened to the Qin family?" Could my dad be in danger? "With my father's habits, no matter how serious things happen, he will carry them alone, and he will never affect me, I know him too well.

The more I thought about it, the more wrong it became: "Dugu Hao, say it quickly!" ”

Seeing that my face was becoming more and more nervous, he was amused: "Qin Xi, do you have paranoia about being killed?" If the Qin family is in trouble, will my father let me stay out of the matter at a critical moment? I gave up a great opportunity to make meritorious contributions, and ran around with you on the mountain for ten days and half a month? I know that it is impossible to think with my toes. ”

This is also true, Dugu Hao worked so hard to become a leader among the children of the family, and he would never make wedding dresses for others in vain.

"Someone who is the same age as you and is familiar, except for Murong Ying and Qi Ao, only me is left. Murong Ying and you are both women, and there may be danger along the way. Qi Ao lived in a simple house, and he didn't have so much time to waste. In the end, I was an idler and asked your father to get this errand. ”

"What's wrong with coming to the temple for a retreat? After listening to more chanting, your heart will naturally be calmer, no matter how good Qin Shibo is, when he faces a noisy daughter like you, he also has a hand to discipline, what is so strange? It's just that you don't have the appearance of everyone's beautiful and quiet Sven. ”

Am I everyone's girlfriend and what does it have to do with him? I'm not quiet, what's in his way? Explain it as it is, and if you have to sarcastically mock me, it's really hateful.

"Are you serious?" I still doubt his statement, but I can't do anything about him, I have no evidence to prove that he is hiding something from me, my father is really, it's not good to find someone to accompany me out, I really don't understand how my father planned it.

I was a little disappointed and said: "Dad asked me to go up the mountain to meditate and recuperate, but half a month has passed, and I haven't even sent a letter from home, has he taken me to heart?" ”

"When you lived in Qinfu, you ran out of the house for three days, and I didn't see that you were in love with your family, but you really went out of the house this time, but you remembered the good things at home."

I gave him a blank look: "That's nature." I'm just a family member like my father, and I don't care about who he misses. No matter how strict my father is with me, he is also my father, and I don't blame him from the bottom of my heart. ”

Maybe my depressed (情qíng) Xu infected Dugu Hao, and he comforted me softly: "In short, you can rest assured, Qin Shibo has been in Qinzhou for 20 years, and he has experienced strong winds and rains, and he is stronger than you think." No matter how bad it is, there is still the support of my family and the Murong family. You have to have faith in your father. ”

I was amused by him: "Dugu Hao, did the sun come out of the west?" One day, even you learn to comfort people and say good things, which feels so abnormal. ”

"You're going to surprise me, and I'm certainly going to surprise you. Qin Xi, people are very complicated, not just one side. ”

After messing around for so long, the little monk who was in charge of taking care of us came over to spread the word, saying that the abbot had returned to the temple, and that he would personally go to the big (hall diàn) to teach tomorrow morning, and asked the two of us to go to the big (hall diàn) on time tomorrow morning to listen to the morning class.

After coming for so many days, I finally have to meet the abbot. I remember the last time I visited the abbot was three years ago. The impression of the abbot, the heart is wide and fat, is a very kind person, whether it is to the disciples or the believers are a faction of affinity, the speed of speech is not slow, words and deeds reveal full of wisdom and enlightenment, is a deep practice of the monk.

is such a high-ranking monk with Taoism, but he has only accepted one disciple into the room.

"Dugu Hao, have you ever heard that the abbot has a disciple?" It seems that there was a time when I followed my father to the Buddhist hall to chat with the abbot, and met the abbot and his disciples talking about Buddhism, but unfortunately there was no fate, I don't know what this disciple looks like, and what magical powers make the abbot accept him as a disciple.

"Oh—I haven't heard of it."

I laughed out loud regardless of my image: "Are you embarrassed to say that your Dugu family's eyes and ears are all over the world, and even the people in Qinzhou can't inquire clearly, are you embarrassed to make money by reselling news?" ”

He didn't get angry, he felt that what I said (quite tǐng) was fresh: "If there is a price, there is a market, and what do I do if I inquire about worthless people and things?" When my family is full of money, is it an idler? I have to earn more money back for the money I spend, you know? ”