Chapter 20: The Old Man

If I hadn't saved up hundreds of thousands of dollars...... And it is when all my savings have been entrusted to Zhao Lao, a weights and measures shop...... I'm likely to have a conversation with that little guy for a while.

In the dream, I talked to the little thin man for a while, but to no avail. It's nonsense, the sales figure in my dream is part of my thoughts, what can I and myself figure out......

I laughed out loud "hey, hey, hey", giggling in my dreams, and I don't know why my laugh was so low - when I left the house with my debit card, I only took the debit card.

It was definitely not a fun experience to be woken up laughing at myself, and I choked on my own saliva and sat up coughing in the blink of an eye.

The train still made a "tinkling" sound, moving slowly in the dark.

I got up and looked at Liu Songming and saw that he hadn't woken up yet. This willow pine sleeping position is also strange, it is curled up like a baby. I walked over and covered the sheet for him, closing the window that had opened a crack at some point.

I walked out of the room and stood in the hallway and lit a cigarette. When I took a puff of cigarette into my stomach, my spirit instantly lifted. Looking around, there was no one who hadn't had the long night like me.

"I've probably crossed the Yellow River." I muttered, "This speed must not have left Henan yet." ”

I miss my big brother so much, if I hadn't bothered to buy another one after I smashed the fox, I wouldn't have ended up with no one to contact now. I wondered how I could get off the train and find a phone to contact my family. I didn't feel anything when I came, but now I knew that I had left Hebei and couldn't stop thinking about the small city I lived in.

Alone in a foreign land as a stranger, every festival is full of relatives. The remote knowledge brothers ascended to the heights, and there was one less person in the dogwood.

I was smoking a cigarette and thinking nonsense, when the conductor's shout came from the junction of the carriages: "Xuchang is coming, ready to get off." Stop for ten minutes. ”

Isn't ...... "Sanfazi" from Xuchang when he arrived in Xuchang? The history of barnyard officials is not enough to be trusted, but at this time I think about it and am happy enough for a while.

"Alas! You, boy. Smoke in the aisle. The conductor shouted.

I looked left and right as if I was alone in the hallway, and I pointed to myself.

"Yes, that's you."

I pinched my cigarette and raised my hand, and staggered out into the hallway.

At this time, the train also arrived at the station. Taking advantage of these 10 minutes, I got out of the car and walked around a few laps to stretch my muscles. It wasn't until the conductor called me again that I got on the train again.

The conductor was a good talker, and I saw that he was very enthusiastic and friendly, so I chatted with him for a while. As soon as I inquired, I learned that he was from Guangxi, and he had been running on the line from Mongolia to Guangzhou for several years, and had never returned home.

"Big brother, are you Guangxi people the same as you...... So good to chat with? Is it good at chatting and communicating? ”

"It also depends on where you have been, Yulin, Yulin people are good. Not to mention our place, most places in Guangxi are not as rich as those in other places, so they are much more united. As soon as the war in Vietnam is fought, how can our country dare to vigorously build this place...... It's also because of poverty, and all kinds of things are not small...... People are poor, no matter how good they are, they still have to be bullied by others...... I heard you're going to Guilin? When you're out and about, talk less and play your own, don't do much. Guilin people are very smart, and the country has developed tourism, so it is not less. ”

I nodded, this conductor's eldest brother is also honest, how can there not be a few bad guys? You can't just treat a few rat droppings as a soup that is all bad. I put a cigarette on the conductor's brother: "You're right. I'll just ask you, are there many undeveloped deep mountains and old forests in Guangxi and Vietnam? ”

The conductor took a puff of his cigarette, took another look at it in his hand, and then looked at me with a smile. He said, "If you smoke this cigarette, your young man's family must be quite wealthy." How? Planning to drill into the woods? Don't say it, in recent years, many foreign and domestic expeditions have always drilled into the deep mountains and old forests. This group of people in China is poor, and a few people dare to go in with a few bags and some dry food, but foreigners go in full armor. Let's just talk about the anthelmintic medicine they use, a small bottle of potion sprayed on the body, the flying insects dare not get close, it is more useful than our village's own herbs. The conductor's eldest brother paced a few steps, looked at the situation in the carriage and then walked back to me and said, "I see that you are also fine-skinned and tender-skinned, so you should find a few developed cities like Guilin to play." ”

I hurriedly waved my hand: "What's the fun of the tourist areas that have been developed by the country, in the past, I also stuffed a small red flag, and I got tired of taking a few photos after a while." ”

"No, no, no. Li River, Yulong River, West Street, Two Rivers and Four Lakes, Yinziyan, Yangdi, Moon Mountain...... These places are more than enough for you to play for a while. ”

"Oh......" I saw that there was no more value in talking to him, and I prepared to go back to the house and sleep. I pulled out my cigarette and tried to refill it for the conductor......

At that moment, a wail rang out from the sleeper compartment. Soon, a figure ran out of a room, and he spotted me and the conductor and ran straight for me. As he ran, he shouted, "Catch the thief, catch the thief, my treasure is lost." ”

I squinted, and then I realized that this person I had just met in the dining car yesterday was really the old man who was going to sell pen holders.

The old man ran up like crazy, grabbed the conductor's hand and shouted, "Comrade, comrade." I lost something...... The southerner who came with me stole my baby, you can help me...... Help me......"

I simply put the cigarette back in the case. After saying hello to the conductor, I yawned and went back to sleep.

The old man glanced at me, grabbed me, and shouted to the conductor, "I saw him, and he was in the carriage in front yesterday." They're in the same boat, and he's seen my baby......"

"My mother......" My drowsiness disappeared in an instant, and I raised my hand to shake off the old man's arm, and I hated it, "Why do you bite people?" If it weren't for the fact that you're old, believe it or not, I'd beat you up as a. ”

The conductor hurriedly grabbed the old man: "Uncle, tell me something." And then there are police officers in our cars. Now tell me what you're missing? When did you find out when you lost it? ”

The old man sat down on the ground and cried loudly, no matter what the conductor asked, he would not answer.

In just a few minutes, many people came out of the room of the sleeper compartment intermittently. They were all woken up by this old man.

I saw that the old man was sitting on the ground and couldn't get up, so I pulled the conductor aside and said simply: "This old man has a southerner who came with him, probably from Guangzhou." The Guangzhou man asked the old man to go to Guangzhou to auction a thing of his, a pen holder from the Qianlong period. That's about what I know. "Ahhh............h Inside the pen holder is a small golden Buddha that I dug out from the ground of the lotus pedestal when we demolished the Guanyin Temple in our village...... Even if it's not a cultural relic, I can sell that piece of gold for money! Why is my life so miserable, my things were cheated by that damn Nanban......"

I see! I could tell the real from the fake at a glance because of the embossed dragons carved on the pen holder. These dragons each have five claws, so it's strange that this kind of thing can flow to the people.

After talking to the conductor's brother, I pushed away the crowd that had been fenced back into the house. For no other reason, although I like to join in the fun, I am not a person who likes to involve myself in right and wrong. I think the same is true for most Chinese.

When I came back, I saw that Liu Songming was still asleep, and I was too embarrassed to call him. This old man made such a fuss, but it reminded me that the most important thing on the road is to take care of your own things.

After that, the disturbance was not mentioned, and when the old man passed by Luohe, he got out of the car accompanied by the police. This added some talk to the people who were woken up, but it didn't take long for the sleepiness of the second half of the night to make me fall asleep.

The next morning, Liu Songming woke me up early.

I rubbed my eyes with an impatient expression: "Brother Liu, I just fell asleep not long ago. ”

"Young master, if there are too many people, I will have to call your name." Liu Songming pulled me up and said, "Get up, let's go wash our faces together." The sun in the morning is a rare opportunity to practice. ”

"Huh? Practice? "I was immediately interested.

"Yes, I'll teach you a little luck, which is similar to singing with a hanging voice, and it is another way to mobilize bodily functions." Liu Songming said while pulling me up, "It's just to let you save your effort and turn brute force into skill." ”

I washed with Yanagi Songming. When I saw him take out a bag of salt and pour some of it into his mouth, and then brush his teeth with his fingers, I wondered, "Brush your teeth?" ”

Liu Songming rinsed his mouth unhurriedly, nodded and said, "I came in a hurry and didn't prepare anything." When we got to the place, we were tidying up. Have you ever heard of 'Morning Chew Tooth Wood'? It's better, at least we don't have to grind the salt cubes...... This method is the method of brushing teeth in the Song Dynasty. ”

"'Morning Chew Tooth Wood'? It is said that in the late Tang Dynasty, people put willow branches in water, and when they needed to brush their teeth, they would bite open the willow branches and brush their teeth with the fibers that resemble rows of small teeth. After I answered Liu Songming's words, I brushed my teeth according to the gourd. The taste that lingers in my mouth after rinsing my mouth is not very good, but I feel refreshed. After washing my face again, I already feel the strength to face the new day.

I followed Liu Songming back to the corridor, and Liu Songming played a set of punches and kicks on the spot. This kung fu goes hand in hand, but it is not tai chi.

After the fight, he said: "Your muscles and bones have been solidified at this age, but fortunately, your physical strength is good." This is a set of internal boxing, called Xingyi Five Elements Boxing. Xingyi Five Elements Boxing is the sum of the five basic boxing methods. With metal, wood, water, fire, and earth in order to correspond to the five fist methods of splitting, collapsing, drilling, cannon, and horizontal. The movements are simple, the rules are rigorous, and the left and right styles are repeatedly dwarfed. The luck method I am talking about has to be realized by you after experiencing the strength. ”

For the next day or so, in addition to eating and sleeping, I was forced to memorize this set of boxing techniques by Liu Songming in various ways, and promised to practice for one hour in the morning, noon and evening in the following days.

At first, I was just curious, but when I actually started studying, Yanagi Matsuna became a strict teacher, hitting my body hard at every turn. When I tried to communicate with him and give up, he scolded me harshly, telling me to do what I said and do what I did, and even choked me for being a coward.

For more than a day, I faced a devil.

It wasn't until the train arrived in Guilin that I was forced to make an agreement with Liu Songming to practice three times a day, and I was helped by Liu Songming and limped out of the train station.

I only keep a handsome face, the destruction of the soul is nothing, the black blue, swollen and painful ** is the key to me feeling that I am going to be abolished.

"It's a pity, my poor young master......"

This lament came from the little fat uncle in front of me, who even rubbed his snot and tears on my new clothes after taking a bath.

Thanks to my grandmother's elixir, I didn't feel any pain after soaking the strange potion that Liu Song called my special in the bucket.

Liu Songming and I were taken to his palatial two-story villa by this little fat uncle in front of us at the Guilin Railway Station, and this was the scene after thatβ€”of course, after he learned about my relationship with Qin Wuye from Liu Songming.

"Uncle, please don't wipe my nose on me, okay?" I spread my hands and asked Liu Songming for help, "Brother Liu, can you drag him away from me...... Note that it is dragged away ......"

Originally, Liu Songming didn't introduce me to this obscene uncle before he was still cool, but after the introduction, it was difficult to change his face quickly and be able to communicate with outsiders. It was a lightning bolt that brought me to the throne and fell on top of me......

"Young master, I originally thought that you were deceived by Liu Sigong from the north and came to us to sell it...... It's a pity that the young man ......"

"Ahem, ahem." Liu Songming coughed and glared at the uncle fiercely.

"Sell? What to sell? Let me sell or sell me? Yes? I was surprised.

The uncle waved his hand, and a smile appeared on his meaty face. With this smile, his already small eyes completely became a slit. This is called squinting in the north.

Uncle's house is completely decorated with an antique-style ancient courtyard, just like the two Taishi chairs that Liu Songming and I sat on, it is no exaggeration to say that they are twice as expensive as the two in my original store.

Liu Songming stood up, pointed at the uncle and said: "His name is Wu Dongqiang, when he was transferred to the south, he gave himself a nickname Xiao Organ in order to get close to Lu Fengqin, but in fact, he has always been called a sky rat by familiar people." Don't look at him with an old-fashioned face, he is actually a few years younger than me, only thirty-six? ”

Wu Dongqiang smiled and said, "Thirty-six, thirty-six." ”

"Huh?" I wonder what a person can go through to be so desolate and vicissitudes, "I think your conditions here are pretty good?" ”

Wu Dongqiang pulled his cheeks and said, "Huh? It's all made up with the skin cut on the buttocks. Wu Dongqiang smiled and said, "When I first robbed the tomb of King Han, I was the pioneer who opened the way. It's a pity that he was poured a head of Western Regions fire dragon oil on the top of the dragon fire glass. It's nothing, but my life has been saved. It's a pity, I'm embarrassed to my master, Fifth Master Qin. ”