Chapter Eighty-Nine: The Stone Shopkeeper
I ran all the way down the river, and at last half an hour had passed, and I came to a street downstream, which was across a waterfall, where the river suddenly dropped and formed a waterfall.
There are really three words 'Cixikou' on a stone tablet at the entrance of the street, and the street is very crowded with people.
But from this side of the river, there is only a single-plank bridge about ten zhang long, and the single-plank bridge is not small, and two or three people can walk side by side on it.
This one-plank bridge is strange, it looks like a large tree fell naturally on the river, and the bridge made of tree trunks has large and small branches on both sides, and some of the branches still have green leaves.
I was going to cross the river, but in the middle of the bridge, on a branch of a large tree jutting out of the water, sat an old beggar.
The old beggar was dressed in tatters, wearing a broken straw hat on his head to cover most of his face, only revealing a messy white beard on his chin.
"I'll go, this is a master, so I'm not afraid to play with broken shoes?"
I slowed down and walked gently onto the bridge, fearing that I would alarm the old beggar who was playing with broken shoes, and what if his broken shoes fell?
"It's really strange, isn't this the Xiuzhen sect, why are there beggars here?"
I tiptoed as slowly as I could, not wanting to disturb the old beggar who was playing with broken shoes.
But I don't want to get into trouble, but trouble has to come to me.
Just as I was about to walk slowly behind the old beggar, the old beggar's broken shoe between his big toe and his second toe fell off.
"Uh-huh!"
The old beggar's broken shoe fell off, and the broken shoe fell into the water, hung on a branch, and floated on the water, but no matter how big the water was, it couldn't wash away the broken shoe.
"Young man, go down and get your shoes!"
"Why, you played with broken shoes by yourself, and I didn't touch you next to you, you old beggar is touching porcelain!"
I was stunned, and I was so angry that I wanted to rush up and beat the old beggar, but I held back.
The old beggar looked at me angrily, as if it was all my fault.
I took off a pair of shoes from my feet and handed them to the old beggar, who was about to catch up with the man in black, and I could already see them, and I didn't have time to go down to the river to get the old beggar's broken shoes.
"Cut! Who wants your stinky shoes, the old man wants my own shoes, go down and get them." ”
"Ahh
This old beggar is so rude, I give him shoes barefoot and think my shoes stink, is it unbearable, I am stunned, I really want to beat this old beggar, I raised my fist to give the old man a blow.
The old man's face suddenly changed his expression, a pitiful look, and his two big eyes looked at me watery, as if he was about to cry.
"Alas, forget it!"
I still endured it, instead of arguing with him and wasting time, it was better to quickly take the shoes and leave, I comforted myself to be a man to be angry, why be angry with an old beggar, angry with myself, the world is not worth it.
"Okay, old man, let you see what the master is capable of. ”
I turned over with a harrier, and then there was another upside-down golden bell, my feet hung on a branch on the edge of the single-plank bridge, I crossed the water like a pendulum, stretched out my hand, the broken shoe hanging on the branch on the water, was already in my hands, I used my feet as a fulcrum, a 360-degree turn, from the other side of the single-plank bridge, I fell back to the bridge deck steadily.
"Hehe, how is the master?"
When the old beggar saw this, he was very surprised, opened his mouth wide, trembled, and fell down again with the broken shoe of the other foot.
The broken shoe on the other foot of the old beggar still fell to the water impartially, hanging on another branch, and the broken shoe was still floating on the water, and no matter how big the water was, it could not wash away the broken shoe.
"Uh-huh, this one has dropped, and the young man has to trouble you. ”
My eyes widened and I was stunned.
This old beggar is too rude, I gave him shoes barefoot and thought my shoes stink, and now I took his shoes once, and the other one fell off, who knows if he deliberately entertained the master here, it is really an uncle who can bear it and an aunt can't bear it, I really want to beat this old beggar, I raised my fist to give the old man a beating.
The old man's face suddenly changed again, a pitiful look, and his big eyes looked at me watery, as if he was about to cry.
"Oh, forget it!
I still endured it, instead of arguing with him and wasting time, the man in black was getting closer and closer to the side, it was better to quickly take the shoes and leave quickly, I comforted myself to be a man Why be angry with an old beggar, angry with myself, the world is not worth it.
But this time the shoe fell farther away, and it obviously didn't work with the trick I just had, but it didn't bother me.
I thought about it, first put a shoe that I had just fished out into my waist, and then raised my hands high, and used a high platform diving posture, with my head down, to perform a move like an eagle pounced on a chicken, and a fierce man pounced on the shoe.
Seeing that I was about to fall into the water, my legs suddenly hooked a branch, I paddled across the water with one hand, and I had already grasped the broken shoe, and then I grabbed the branch with my feet and stepped back, like a scorpion climbing upside down, down the trunk, and I returned to the single-plank bridge.
The old beggar's expression was shocked, and his legs trembled, but fortunately the shoes I had first taken were not given to him, but were inserted in my belt, otherwise he would have shaken them down again.
I took a pair of shoes and handed them to the old man, who was even more rude this time, and even asked me to put them on him.
I was stunned, my heart was so angry that I couldn't resist the urge to rush up and beat the old beggar, but at last I sighed and held back, the man in black was getting closer and closer, and I had to get out of here at once.
"Look at this old beggar who doesn't live long, I'll give you a dress!"
I knelt down again to put the old beggar's shoes on, and after a moment's thought, I tore two strips of rag from the old beggar's torn trouser legs.
"Hey, boy, what are you doing, you have to pay for tearing my pants!"
I gave the old beggar strips of rags and tied my shoes to my feet.
"Haha, this won't fall off again! Next time I see you, I'll pay you for your pants!
Before I could say anything, I was already running.
"Hey, boy, you're a good person, and you know how to accommodate the elderly, it's rare, here's a fun little thing, take it and play with it!"
"Whew!"
An object flew behind me, and I looked back at the moon and copied the flying thing in my hand, which turned out to be a scroll of wooden tablets.
"Thanks!"
I didn't have time to take a closer look, so I stuffed the wooden slip into my arms and hurried away.
I plunged headlong into the crowd on the street, rushing towards the crowd.
"Where's this old stone?"
Since I was asked to find the old stone, then the old stone must have been on this street all along, and I think it is likely that the old stone is probably in a shop on both sides of the street, but in which shop will the old stone be.
There are all kinds of shops on both sides of the street, all kinds of goods, and there are many stalls on the street, on which there are all kinds of medicine jars and bottles, jade antique remnants and so on.
I'm not in the mood to look at these things for a while, I'm looking for old stones.
Suddenly, I was greeted by a shop sign on the side of the street, which read the words "Stone Records".
This is supposed to be a shop that sells jade.
"The Story of Stones", isn't it related to old stones?
On the street, a jade shop hangs a banner with the words "Stone Record" written on it.
I walked in, and there was an old man behind the counter, fiddling with a jade pot with his head down.
"Welcome!"
When the old man noticed me entering the store, he immediately smiled and got up to say hello.
"Ahhhh
Suddenly, like a cat with its tail stepped on, I pointed at the old man and screamed.
"I'm me, what's wrong?"
"Didn't you just play with broken shoes on that single-plank bridge? Why did you come to this shop to be the shopkeeper in the blink of an eye?"
"You always run fast enough, faster than me? Hehe, amazing, look at your dress, brocade clothes, red skin and bright hair, you have taken a shower and changed your clothes in such a short time, and you have made a lot of fun, hehe, you are not simple?"
"Tell me, what do you want me to do? By the way, you're not going to be an old stone, are you?"
"Hey, I said you stinky boy, what kind of eyes, treat Master Shi and me as a person, my Master Shi is the richest person on this street, my Lord Shi's house is paved with gold and silver, and there are groups of wives, which eye can you see Master Shi as that old beggar." ”
"No, you look exactly the same, uh, I know, if you're not one you're twins. ”
"I'll go, Master Shi, I can be twins with an old beggar, joke. ”
"You're really not twins born to a mother?"
"Boy, shut up, if you want to buy jade, you are welcome, if you don't buy it, leave quickly. ”
"What's the use of these jades?"
"Hey, boy, the jade is for the girl, understand? The jade is eternal, and it will be passed on forever, this is the eternal testimony of love, understand?"
"Love? I don't understand!"
"Little brat, go, go, go. ”
I pretended to turn around and leave, and the stone shopkeeper was about to sit down.
"Old stone!"
I was about to walk out of the store when I suddenly turned around and yelled.
"Huh!"
The stone shopkeeper subconsciously agreed.
"Stinky boy, what are you doing? How do you know my nickname?
"Hehe, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, shopkeeper Shi, take a look at these teeth. ”
"What teeth? I'm not interested in teeth. ”
"You still have to take a look, someone entrusted me to you. ”