Chapter 6 - The Wizard of the Town

"Uncle Xiao, what are you trying to do by holding me here and not letting me go out?"

In a first-class guest room of the mayor's house, Lu Zhiyao said dissatisfied, at this moment, she was standing in front of the window and looking boredly at the small pond outside, and she couldn't see half a fish.

Zhang Lingxiu looked at this spoiled nephew, and felt helpless: "Alas, you, don't understand the little uncle at all, in order to help you get angry before, I was hit by that Yao Shuihe's sword, and now I still feel painful." ”

Lu Zhiyao tilted his head and glanced at Zhang Lingxiu's left hand, and he could vaguely see some bandages from the cuffs, and said indifferently: "It's just a little skin injury, with the ability of the little uncle, it is estimated that everything will be fine at this time, not to mention that the sages said that we should respect the old and love the young, and you are not old, but I am still young." ”

"You conscienceless little girl. Zhang Lingxiu smiled angrily, "That's the spirit sword that Yao Shuihe has been warm for I don't know how many years and how much fairy money I have eaten, even if you let your master come, I don't dare to say that I will stand and take a sword." ”

"Since the surname Yao is so powerful, doesn't it show off your wisdom and martial arts even more, Uncle Xiaoshi. Lu Zhiyao lay on the bed in a very unfairy posture, leaning on the futon and pillow, waving one hand, and said lazily: "So Uncle Xiao, don't call it, it will lower your image in my heart." ”

"Then how high am I in your heart now?" Zhang Lingxiu asked curiously.

Lu Zhiyao thought for a while and drew a height, "When I won the Yaoshui River, it was so high, but now, it's only so high." As he spoke, he pressed his hand down quite a bit.

Zhang Lingxiu laughed angrily again, this girl with no conscience, up and down in the mountain gate, there are only a handful of her who can suppress her, even his senior brother, Lu Zhiyao's master, has been plucked out a few baby beards.

Before the question returned, Lu Zhiyao asked again: "Uncle Xiao, why didn't you let me go out, now that the luck of Daoxiang blessed land is coming, if you don't go out and pick up some rags, it won't be picked up by others." ”

Zhang Lingxiu said bitterly, "We are also the gate sect that aspires to ascend to the sect, don't worry about the tatters, the strange ones, the tatters will be left to those small fish and shrimp in the town, the real good things will not appear before the ceremony begins." ”

Lu Zhiyao asked curiously: "I've been talking about rituals, what is that ritual?"

Zhang Lingxiu looked up at the ceiling: "Who knows." ”

After looking at the ceiling, he looked at Lu Zhiyao on the bed again, and said, "Who do you think is stronger, you or your senior sister Cheng?"

Lu Zhiyao sat up when he heard this, and said seriously: "I have called her Senior Sister, naturally Senior Sister Cheng is more powerful." ”

Zhang Lingxiu threw out another question: "Since your Senior Sister Cheng is so powerful than you, why did Shanmen let you follow me this time about the Daoxiang blessed land." ”

This question made Lu Zhiyao stunned when he heard it, and asked rhetorically: "Isn't it because I can avoid the sect's year-end exam, and then I bribed you, junior uncle, that I brought me here?"

Lu Zhiyao's face was incredulous, and he immediately reacted and jumped up from the bed: "If that's the case, Uncle Xiao, you won't be authentic, return the things to me!"

"Ahem~" Zhang Lingxiu pretended to be calm and coughed twice, ignoring her words, and answered to himself: "Because the senior brother calculated that in addition to the undetermined blessing in this Daoxiang blessed land, there is another person who needs to be won over by us, and the key to this success or not is to know you." ”

Lu Zhiyao shook his head decisively and said: "No, this deal is too much of a loss, I am also the future pillar of the sect, and I actually want to sell my hue? Also, it won't be the person who is in a wheelchair who wants to win over... Lee, what's that worry-free thing, right?"

"If Li Wuwu hadn't made that bad thing, he would have been a talent with qualifications that were only one line worse than you, and now he would be far behind, and there would be someone else. After Zhang Lingxiu finished speaking, he looked at this cranky girl a little speechlessly, and said helplessly: "Who said that you want to betray your hue, besides, wouldn't it be much better than you to let Senior Sister Cheng come to the real hue." ”

Lu Zhiyao looked shocked: "Okay! I didn't expect that you are old and disrespectful, and you have already discussed betraying Senior Sister Cheng's hue, this is terrible, I will tell Senior Sister Cheng to go when I return to the mountain gate!"

"......" Looking at this somewhat noisy nephew, Zhang Lingxiu only felt a headache, in the end, his cultivation was still more than a step worse than her Senior Sister Cheng, and he couldn't help but think in his heart, instead of leaving her here to bother herself, it would be better to let her go out and visit the town, maybe there would be some unexpected gains.

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The mouth of Yangqiao Lane, this alley is the narrowest one in the town, it was paved with floor tiles in the early days, but no one has maintained it for so many years, and now it is impossible to see the appearance of the blue brick path back then, it is full of potholes left by broken bricks, and if you are not careful, you may be knocked down.

The young Taoist who told Su Linfei's fortune before, and then chased Lin Lu and ran away, went around the town twice, pressed the thumb of one hand on the other four fingers, and finally came here, chose to reopen the package at the entrance of the alley, put the two banners with couplets written on both sides, and sat inside, and the fortune-telling booth was reopened.

The sun is already hanging high, compared to the cold in the morning, the town is much more popular, many pedestrians come and go, the most eye-catching is the group of strangers who are looking around, some just looking, some are knocking on the door to ask from door to door, no matter too much, but whenever the door is opened, the first hand is a silver coin, those residents will smile, it can be said that they know everything, and they can say everything.

The young Taoist sat in a very lazy posture, his eyes were staring at the young women who came and went on the avenue, his eyes walked up and down, and he was amazed, if there were other swingers in the town who dared to behave like this, he would have been sprayed with dog blood, and even went home and shouted to the man to go to the door to block the door and scold the street, and he turned a blind eye to this person.

After a while, from the inside of Yangqiao Alley, a girl in Tsing Yi walked towards the entrance of the alley carrying a wooden barrel, to fetch water from the well outside.

The young Taoist's eyes lit up, and he asked with a smile: "This girl, why don't you let your young master do such a rough job as fetching water?"

The girl in Tsing Yi glanced at him, and said angrily: "You said that you are a young master, this kind of work can only be done by me." ”

The young Taoist smiled: "There is a difference between men and women, since ancient times, there have always been people who think that men are born to help weak women, not only to help, but also to think that they are superior, you can naturally let your young master help you do it." ”

The girl in Tsing Yi looked at the young Taoist, raised her chin and said: "That's a coincidence, my young master doesn't pay attention to these, the difference between men and women does not exist in our family, as for who will fetch water has its own set of rules in our family, since you lose, you must be willing to gamble and lose." ”

The young Taoist laughed: "A good one is willing to gamble and lose, does the girl want to count a hexagram?"

Only then did the girl in Tsing Yi notice the two couplets, and sneered: "Is it that you, the Taoist priest, calculated the life of my young master?"

The young Taoist smiled and asked, "Is it the poor Dao that is not accurate?"

The girl in Tsing Yi crossed her waist with one hand and glared: "When you enter the coffin, my young master will be fine!"

The young Taoist was not annoyed, and still smiled: "Then your young master really has a good maid, and he is envious of the poor Dao." ”

The girl in Tsing Yi was naturally a childish kite, she rolled her eyes, and thought to herself, what is she doing with a half-hung fortune teller?

The young Taoist asked again if he wanted to tell the hexagram, and now that he was in a good mood, he didn't charge money for this hexagram, but when he saw that the young kite didn't pay attention to him, he didn't mention it anymore, and watched the girl in Tsing Yi go away with a bucket with a smile.

After a while, when the young kite staggered back with the wooden bucket full of water, the Taoist's eyes were still on her, and the meaning contained in the eyes was indescribable, but it was hairy in people's hearts.

It wasn't until the young kite walked into the alley that the Taoist withdrew his gaze and looked out into the street to find a new beauty, but he moved his lips slightly, as if to say something.

The young kite in the alley stiffened, and then went home a little faster.

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In the evening, Su Linfei's house, Lin Lu and Wang Wenmiao came over together, the two of them carried large bags and small bags in their hands, all of them were vegetables and meat, Su Linfei looked at the amount, if the two of them saved some food, it is estimated that they could eat for ten days and half a month, this time Lin Lu was really generous, Su Linfei gave a thumbs up and praised, no worse than the old men in Langguan Lane.

The young kite looked at these ingredients and had a big head, which was too much, although he promised the young master that it would be difficult for him to cook a meal, but it was impossible to put up a mountain and sea banquet, so he took the simplest method, cooking hot pot to eat, saving time and trouble, not to mention, the most important thing is that Su Linfei and her inadvertently said that they wanted to eat hot pot a few days ago.

The young kite walked directly into the kitchen, and the other two followed in with large bags and small bags, and the two volunteered to help.

Su Linfei was left alone in the courtyard, at this time he was sewing a cyan shirt with a needle and thread, and he could see that the foundation of manual work was good, this handicraft was taught by his sister, and it was also a stable income over the years, and the embroidered handkerchief made by his sister at that time was very sought after by those big ladies in Langguan Lane, and he supported himself and Su Linfei, and it was also extremely sought after that it would arouse the jealousy of those women.

It's just that compared with his sister, his handiwork is a lot worse, and the price is a lot lower, and there is no advantage compared with the women in the market, so in addition to this craft that is not profitable, he has also worked as a messenger over the years, and has been an apprentice to a blacksmith, which is varied, most of them are manual work, although it is harder, but at least they have been exchanged for a mouthful of food, and later there is an extra childish kite, and Su Linfei's burden of making money is heavier, but fortunately, at least he did not starve to death.

At this time, the kitchen was very noisy, mostly Wang Wenmiao and Lin Lu were talking, listening to you squeezing me, I will squeeze you back, and then the young kite blasted the two out of the kitchen together.

The two were driven into the yard, still arguing, Lin Lu was complaining that Wang Wenmiao was clumsy to make the young kite angry, Wang Wenmiao scolded Lin Lu for taking up too many positions, and even he was kicked out.

For this scene, Su Linfei just smiled and didn't speak, he was tired of watching it, there was no freshness, and every time he quarreled, the number of words did not change, often after Lin Lu finished speaking, Su Linfei knew what Wang Wenmiao should spray back.

The two quarreled for a while, their mouths were dry, and they didn't feel bored, so they temporarily took a truce and came to Su Linfei's side to help him do some manual work, but the two of them had different skills, and most of the gadgets made of bamboo could only make themselves happy for a while.

In less than half a pillar of incense, the voice of the childish kite came out of the kitchen, saying that it was time to have dinner, and I saw that these two buddies were faster than the other, and they ran to help.

The square table in the main house was full of washed shabu-shabu, not only that, but there was also a pile in the kitchen, the blessing of Tuo Lin Lu, a big guy, he could eat with an open stomach today, and he could do it enough! As for the copper shabu-shabu, which Lin Lu had brought before, he had never taken it back, just to have an occasional reason to stay at his house to eat.

This meal was also lively.

"It's delicious, it's better than my cook. Lin Lu took a bite of shabu-shabu and praised it vigorously.

Wang Wenmiao was not to be outdone, "Sister Childish's craftsmanship is really nothing to say, Lin Fei can eat the food cooked by Sister Childish Kite every day, I really envy me." ”

The two praised one after another, the young kite just ate silently, and then Su Linfei occasionally praised a good sentence, the young kite smiled, and the chopsticks sandwiched a lot of cooked meat and vegetables and handed them to Su Linfei's bowl, the two of them were dumbfounded, with a look of envy, Su Linfei laughed, and learned from the young kite to sandwich some dishes for the two, but it caused a look of disgust from the two.

This dinner was eaten in advance of the excitement of the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.

Wang Wenmiao always grabbed something to eat with Lin Lu, looking a little wrong, in fact, the two of them did aim at the same food every time, and in the end, the two of them looked eager to go to the yard to fight, but they didn't dare to be too presumptuous in front of the childish kite.

"That's right. Lin Lu said suddenly, and ran out of the door, and when he came back, he put his hands behind his back and smiled mysteriously.

"Cut, isn't it wine? It's mysterious like a child. Wang Wenmiao said with disdain, then took out an empty bowl and placed it in front of Lin Lu, pointing his finger at the bowl: "It's full! ”

"Just you?" Lin Lu sneered, and really filled Wang Wenmiao: "If you leave a drop, I will collect the money." ”

"Are you joking?" Wang Wenmiao looked disdainful, and took a sip of the wine bowl with both hands, but he was in a hurry to drink, and he choked, and he coughed continuously for a while, his face turned red, and he turned Lin Lu back and forth with laughter.

Su Linfei just looked at them, his hands kept moving, and he sandwiched a piece of shabu-shabu, put it in the sauce he made and rolled it, put it in his mouth, and then took a sip of wine, although Su Linfei felt that this thing was not good to drink, but eating hot pot like this in winter was a pleasure.

"Do you want to have some young kites, too?" Lin Lu asked with a wine jar, but he didn't get a response, and he looked a little absent-minded, so he shouted again.

"Oh, let's have a little bit of that. The young kite woke up from a dream and nodded.

Su Linfei looked a little strange, why was this girl in a daze today.

"Do you know how much shit luck Zhang San's kid has walked today?" After Lin Lu drank a bowl of wine, his face remained unchanged, and he mentioned some of the things that happened in the town today.

His family runs an inn, so he is the most well-informed, and he knows a lot of things that happen in the town, and it is because of this gossip that he has saved them from being bullied by Zhang Yuge and his gang many times.

Lin Lu took a sip of wine and said: "When that kid was fishing by the stream today, he actually caught a golden leather shrimp, which was bought by a foreigner who happened to pass by, and gave such a big bag of silver on the spot. ”

Lin Lu gestured with both hands to the size of the bag, and sighed again, "Zhang San, that guy is going to raise his eyebrows now, he will come tomorrow to show off our swagger, when I think of that guy's villainous face, I am annoyed." With that, he drank the rest of the wine in the bowl and added another bowl to himself.

"That's a piece of. Wang Wenmiao's cheeks were red, not at all like the arrogant words he said at the beginning, to let them see the amount of wine, he said: "Today, that old bachelor dug up a broken bowl from his own house, and actually bought it for a foreigner at the price of a bag of gold, which is a bag of gold. Wang Wenmiao also gestured to the size.

"Do you say that these outsiders are really stupid and have a lot of money, and they came to us specifically to do charity this time?" Lin Lu looked incomprehensible, hiccuped, and sighed a little: "That old bachelor can really buy a daughter-in-law this time." ”

Su Linfei listened silently, equally surprised in his heart.

Speaking of the old bachelor in the town, he also knew it, he was the oldest bachelor in the town, Su Linfei still remembered that one morning a year ago, the old bachelor actually knocked on his door, took a bag of copper coins, and asked Su Linfei if his female doll was sold, and the angry Su Linfei replied on the spot to sell your uncle, if it wasn't for the old bachelor running fast, he would have to be beaten by Su Linfei from the end of the alley to the mouth of the alley and driven out.

Wang Wenmiao put a lot of lettuce into the copper pot on the side, and continued: "Now every household has heard the news and has begun to look for those old objects in their homes, and they are as lively as setting up a stall at the door of their own house. ”

"They're all poor and crazy. Lin Lu looked disdainful, and changed his words: "I don't know if I have any old objects in my house, and I will take them out tomorrow." ”

Chatting and drinking, time flies, unconsciously, a table of shabu-shabu really solved for them, the small jar of wine was also drunk, Zhiyuan and Wang Wenmiao drank less, Su Linfei drank a little more, and most of the rest were solved by Lin Lu alone, Wang Wenmiao drank a bowl for a long time, and then was talking, the voice was getting smaller and smaller, and finally his head was lowered, and his forehead fell asleep on the table.

Lin Lu laughed when he saw it, pushed his shoulder with one hand, and said, "Why can't this work, what about the amount of good stuff? Get up and continue to drink, don't play dead for me." ”

When Lin Lu and Wang Wenmiao were finally sent out of the door, the sky had completely darkened, and at this time, the galaxy was bright, and there were spring candles lit by every household on the ground.

Su Linfei stood at the door of the house, looked at the two of them and said, "Why don't I send you back." ”

Lin Lu was carrying Wang Wenmiao behind him, and the little guy fell asleep on his shoulder, just drooling and shaking his head: "It's okay, what is this bit of wine, I'm different from this kid, he is bragging, what I said is the truth, you don't have to send it, I'll just walk back by myself, anyway, I'll go on the same road with this stupid boy." ”

Seeing Lin Lu carrying Wang Wenmiao towards the entrance of the alley, his footsteps were very steady, and he really couldn't see that he was drunk, but when Su Linfei was just relieved and was about to close the door, he heard Lin Lu's exclamation from the side of the alley: "Oh,!"

Su Linfei hurriedly leaned out to look, only to see Lin Lu staggering forward a few steps, probably tripping, and not falling, just scolding all the way until he disappeared from the alley.

Cleaning up dinner is extremely simple, which is also the benefit of eating hot pot, if you really make a dozen bowls of dishes, not only waste effort, but also wash more than a dozen plates.

After helping the young kite clean up everything, Su Linfei went to take a bath first, boiled hot water in the kitchen stove, scooped the water into a bucket, and went to the simple bathing cubicle.

After taking a bath, Su Linfei returned to the house, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw the young kite sitting at the square table, supporting her chin with one hand, looking at the flickering oil lamp, looking at her in a daze, she stepped forward and patted her head gently, "What do you think? ”

The young kite seemed to be taken aback, and was full of excitement, looking back at his young master, his eyes were a little resentful, and he shook his head again.

Su Linfei sat on her side, needlework and the like on the table, Su Linfei didn't touch it for the time being, and watched the oil lamp swaying like a childish kite, when he wanted to eat, the land and the things that happened in the town that Ah Shui said, he faintly felt that the current Daoxiang Town was about to change.

I don't know how long it took, but the childish kite suddenly said for no reason, "If I leave the town, what will the young master think?"

"Then I'll think that this guy is finally gone. Su Linfei replied immediately, turned his head to look at the young kite and asked, "What's the matter, are you going to go home?"

"No!" the childish kite puffed out her mouth, looking dissatisfied, "I mean, and I'm not a rubber, I also contribute to this family." ”

"So what I said was possible. Su Linfei shrugged his shoulders and looked at her with more seriousness in his eyes, "When something really happens, you have to tell me, how to say that I am also the young master you have been shouting, I don't care if I can do it or not, but it is natural to shelter from the wind and rain." ”

The young kite only nodded lightly when she heard this, and said with a rare observance: "Hmm." ”