My parents said "oh", and I was embarrassed to ask again, but I was young, and I didn't know what to say and what not to say. So I came straight to the point: "Why? ”

Mom and Dad glared at me, but the man turned his head to look at me and said with a smile, "The little thing is weird!" Do you know why, do you guess who the 'God Counts Chen'? ”

"It's Chen Hansheng!" I heard Sister-in-law Zhang say the name of Shenshu Chen, and I immediately shouted out.

At this shout, many people in the streets and alleys looked at me.

Someone saw the gambler who showed us the way, so they shouted at him: "Erdezi, how much money did you lose playing cards last night?" Is this going to be blinded? ”

"Fuck off!" The man, who was called "Erdezi", immediately scolded back: "Lao Tzu won last night!" Blindfold your grandmother's big head! ”

"My grandma is also your grandma, you unfilial grandson......" The man laughed and scolded for a while before leaving.

"Erdezi" turned back to us and said: "God counts Chen as my father, my father, my name is Chen Hongde, and I am his second son." So, with me here, he must take care of your family's affairs, I took your money, and I am short of people. ”

When Dad heard it, he quickly whispered a few words to his mother, and his mother took out a crumpled piece of five yuan from his pocket and handed it to Chen Hongde, who didn't shirk and accepted it.

Seeing this, my father and mother looked more down-to-earth.

But I was a little upset and said, "I've heard people say that God doesn't take money from the poor!" ”

Chen Hongde laughed "haha" and said, "If my father collects your money, will you give it?" Destroying wealth and eliminating disasters, suffering losses is a blessing, not thinking about anything, just thinking about benefits, how can there be such a good thing in the world? Little thing, you still don't understand anything, Lao Tzu, this is for your good! Well, here we are, this is the home of Shenshu Chen. ”

Destroying wealth and eliminating disasters? Is it a blessing to suffer? Good for me?

I was pondering the meaning of Chen Hongde's words, and suddenly I heard him say that Chen's house had arrived, and I hurried to take a look.

In front of me is a gatehouse more than one zhang high, the wall made of bluestone grains, the ridge paved with glazed tiles, the vermilion gate, neatly nailed up and down five rows of copper nails, two iron lion heads inlaid in the center of the wooden door, two door knockers in the mouth, are dark and shiny, no need to touch, just look at it and feel that it will be very heavy.

The courtyard is very big from the outside, surrounded by high walls made of blue bricks, sitting in the north and facing south is a high-style tile house, there is a slip of bungalow on the east and west sides, the big trees in the yard are towering, and the lush branches and leaves extend to the outside of the wall.

This is Shenshu Chen's home, I bit my finger, and sure enough, there is no way to compare with our broken yard, it looks different.

Chen Hongde was about to push the door in, but the door opened by itself. A wife walked out, looking like she was in her forties, and she looked like she was fifty years old, she was very good-looking, her eyes were a little sharp, and she only glanced at Chen Hongde, Chen Hongde shrunk her neck and shouted, "Mother." ”

Chen Hongde's mother actually looks so young! I couldn't help but smack my tongue.

The old lady ignored Chen Hongde, glanced at me again, her brows immediately furrowed, and said, "This kid is very serious - you brought it?" ”

The last sentence was for Chen Hongde.

Chen Hongde immediately shook his head and said, "They came by themselves, and when they met me on the way, I was the one who led the way." ”

"Have you taken other people's money?"

"Nope."

Chen Hongde talked nonsense to his mother, without blinking his eyes and blushing on his face.

I really wanted to expose him, but when I thought of what he said before, what is the destruction of wealth and disaster, and suffering is a blessing, I held back.

The old lady also seemed to know that her son was lying, and glared at him and said, "Do it!" Your father has something to do now, so you can take them to the west and wait. ”

Chen Hongde said: "What is my father doing? ”

The old lady said: "If you want to lead Yuan Fang into the phase, hasn't your eldest brother been blocking it, your father is probably going to get angry today." ”

After saying that, the old lady nodded at us, said hello, and then went straight away.

Chen Hongde smiled at us and said: "Chen Yuanfang is my eldest nephew, that is, the son of my eldest brother, my eldest brother's name is Chen Hongdao, his kung fu is terrifying, he is not willing to learn our Chen family's Mai physiognomy, but the most powerful thing in our family's physiognomy must be taught to the chief man of the long house, you say this rule is strange, right?" I can't help it, so I'm not too high. My father wanted Yuan Fang to learn physiognomy, but my eldest brother blocked him, and my father was about to die of anger. Let's go, you come with me to the West Courtyard first. ”

chattering, Chen Hongde led us to the west, it turned out that there was a small courtyard on the west side of the house, which was also calculated by the Chen family.

After we entered, Chen Hongde sneaked into a room to the east and stayed in it and didn't come out.

I was curious, and I ran in regardless of my parents' obstruction, only to see Chen Hongde pouting his buttocks, lying motionless on the wall.

There was a hole in the wall where you could see what was going on inside the main house.

I also leaned over to look, Chen Hongde saw it, was startled, stared at me to stop me, I was not afraid, and said in a low voice: "If you don't let me see, I'll call." ”

Chen Hongde was helpless, poked my head with his finger, and gave up.

In this way, Chen Hongde lay on the top, and I lay on the bottom, both looking intently into the courtyard of the main house.

There are two people in the courtyard, an old man and a young man, the old man should be Chen Hansheng, who looks like he is fifty or sixty years old, in good spirits, with big shoulders and a round waist, extremely tall, taller than Chen Hongde, dressed neatly in a dark blue tunic with thick and dense hair, and a little curly.

That young man should be Chen Hongde's eldest nephew Chen Yuanfang, who doesn't seem to be much older than me, tall and thin, with a delicate appearance, but his complexion is slightly dark.

Chen Hansheng was fiddling with a bunch of strange things, Chen Yuan stood aside with curiosity, Chen Hansheng seemed very happy, and said, "Yuan Fang, one day, these things will be passed on to you." ”

Chen Yuanfang said: "What are you passing it on to me?" What are these things? ”

Chen Hansheng pointed to two plates and two books and said: "These things are left by our ancestors, this is the gossip plate, this is the compass, this book is my hand-copied "Mai Xiangfa", this book is also hand-copied by me, it is the "Yishan Gonglu" written by the ancestors themselves, how about it, do you want it?" ”

Chen Yuanfang said: "What's the use of asking for these things?" ”

Chen Hansheng smiled, he said: "These are the treasures left by our ancestors, you should want them, you can learn them after you want them, and after you learn them, you will be omnipotent, omniscient, and you can come out with anything you want to know." ”

When I heard this, I was taken aback, and I couldn't help but feel envious in my heart, after learning those things, I can do anything, know everything, and I want to know anything, how powerful it should be, this is simply a fairy.

Chen Yuanfang didn't seem to believe it, he said: "You liar! I don't believe you can figure anything out! Can you figure out how old you live on your own? ”

At that time, a middle-aged man in his early thirties happened to come out of the house and walked into the courtyard, he was taken aback when he heard Chen Yuanfang's words, his face changed drastically, he walked quickly to Chen Yuanfang, and shouted: "Shut up! Don't say that again! ”

This shout was so loud that Chen Hongde and I were taken aback, and Chen Hongde muttered in a low voice: "My eldest brother is going to be angry...... Yuan Fang, this little rabbit cub, really dares to say anything. ”

Chen Hongde's eldest brother, that is Chen Hongdao, that is, Chen Yuanfang's father.

Chen Yuanfang was taken aback by Chen Hongdao's hideous expression, and immediately said aggrievedly to Chen Hansheng: "Grandpa, does it matter if you say this kind of thing?" ”

I also don't think it matters, since everything can be calculated, then calculate your life expectancy and know how old you can live.

The child's heart is just curious and playful, where can he understand so many taboos.

Chen Hansheng listened to Chen Yuanfang's words, was slightly stunned, and suddenly smiled: "It doesn't matter." Hehe, Yuan Fang, if grandpa can calculate how old he lives, are you willing to learn these things? ”

Chen Hongdao hurriedly said: "Dad, you ......"

Chen Hansheng shook his hand, interrupted him, and said to Chen Yuanfang, "Would you like to make a bet with your grandfather?" If Grandpa calculates correctly, you will have to learn these things in the future. ”

Chen Yuanfang thought for a while and said, "If you calculate accurately, I am willing to learn!" But how do I know if you're right? ”

Chen Hongdao said angrily: "Bastard! After scolding, he pressed Chen Yuanfang to the ground to make a move.

Unexpectedly, Chen Hansheng was also angry, he stood up and scolded: "Chen Hongdao, you rabbit cub, if you dare to beat Yuan Fang today, I will abolish you!" Get out of the way! You don't inherit the mantle of Lao Tzu, don't you want my grandson to learn? You are not a filial son, I have given you a good name! Blind! ”

Chen Hongde saw this situation here, and muttered in a low voice: "Oh no, this grandfather and grandson are going to fight, no, I have to take care of it." ”

As he spoke, Chen Hongde ran away.