The old man didn't blame me, he first glanced at me, then beckoned to me, and motioned for me to help him up.

Where did I dare to hesitate, and hurriedly helped him to get up, so I asked him where the old man was going, and he said lightly, "Help the old man go to the bedroom." ”

The bedroom that the master said was quite simple, with only a bed, a stove and a dilapidated desk. But then again, even though he was my master, I had never seen any tools of a ghost craftsman in his house.

Many times, I wonder if he is a ghost craftsman.

Soon, helping the master and his old man into the bedroom, he said that his body is inconvenient, and he will go to lie on the bed, I didn't dare to say anything, and hurriedly helped him to bed, and took off his shoes for his old man, covered the quilt, and inevitably felt a little disappointed, so I was ready to wait for his old man to fall asleep, and I would leave.

That's it, the old man was lying on the bed, I was standing by the bed, the old man's eyes were staring at me all the time, and I didn't dare to ask him what to see, so I let the old man stare at me.

After about five or six minutes, the corners of the old man's eyes became a little moist, he sighed deeply, and muttered: "One finger, it's a pity that you left, I don't feel worth it for my brother!" ”

At first, I thought I had misheard, but when I heard the second half of the sentence, I vaguely understood, the finger he said should be the one who gave my father the idea, so I asked the master, "Do you know the fingersmith?" ”

He glanced at me, but did not speak, and his eyes scanned me blankly for a long time, and then he slowly looked away, and two lines of clear tears seeped out, and the tears slid down the old face of the master and rolled down to the edge of the bed.

I hurriedly leaned over and raised my hand to wipe his tears for the old man.

Who knows, he didn't give me this opportunity, grabbed my right hand, and then his old man began to tremble slightly, grabbed my arm tightly, his expression became extremely excited, and his mouth kept repeating two words, "One finger, one finger." ”

Frankly speaking, I really don't understand what the old man has in his intentions, and I don't understand what he wants to do, but I don't dare to ask, so I can only let the old man keep holding my right hand.

The old man held my right hand and watched it for half an hour, and then he slowly said, "Do you know why the old man doesn't want to see you?" ”

I shook my head and said I don't know.

He sighed deeply, raised his hand to wipe the tears from the corners of his eyes, and said lightly: "When the old man learned the arts, the master accepted a total of three disciples, the old man's age How old are the senior brothers, they became the senior brothers, how old is the little old man, and they became the second junior brothers, and the third junior brother is much younger than me and the first finger, and he is also the latest to worship the master, but his talent is the highest among the three of us, and he has a tendency to surpass the master." ”

When I heard this, my heart shook wildly, and I stared at the master incredulously, the fingersmith is his old man's junior brother?

If this is the case, it is reasonable for the master to hate me, and he hurriedly said: "Master, you don't want to see me because the fingersmith hanged himself?" ”

He looked at me deeply, neither nodded nor shook his head, but said something else, he said: "The third junior brother of the old man is a rare carpenter genius, he learned the carpenter's work from the master back then, but because of his bad heart, he was kicked out by the master before he could leave the master. Now that I think about it, he should also have made a lot of achievements in the carpenter's field. ”

It's good that the master didn't say this, as soon as I said this, I was a little anxious, I originally came to ask the master to go to Li Chengze's house to help take a look, where do I know, but the master talked to me about his third junior brother, isn't this a delay, you must know that Li Chengze is still waiting at the entrance of the village.

As if he didn't see my anxious face, the master began to tell about his third junior brother, saying how his third junior brother excelled in the carpenter's part, and how his third junior brother was proficient in learning the content of the first half of the "Missing Course", even if he met the third junior brother, he could not compare to his third junior brother in terms of craftsmanship.

In the end, his old man glanced at me meaningfully, and said lightly: "The third junior brother's one-handed carving, looking at the whole of China, should be difficult to meet opponents, his control of the carving knife has reached the point of perfection, and he can even integrate the spell of "Missing a Door" into the carving, which is difficult to detect. ”

After that, the master stopped talking and stopped at me, meaning to let me go.

I somewhat understood what the master meant, he seemed to be hinting at me, but I wasn't sure, so I asked the old man, "Master, I also met a carving master in Li Chengze's house, I heard that the old man is also old, could it be..." ”

"Get out!" I don't know why, but the master suddenly murdered me.

As soon as I heard this, I quickly knelt down, not daring to get up at all, and I heard the master say nonchalantly, "You go, don't come to the old man if you have nothing to do, looking at you will make the old man recall a lot of things he doesn't want to remember." ”

I sighed, didn't dare to speak again, and walked towards the door.

When I reached the door, I stopped, turned my head to look at the master, and said, "Master, I know that your old man has a good relationship with the fingersmith, but I really can't stop the old man from hanging himself, and I don't have the ability to stop it, because there was no me at that time." However, my life was given by his old man, and I will uphold his old man's will and go down the road of the ghost craftsman, even if there is a south wall in front of me, I will break through it and rush over. ”

After saying this, I stepped over the threshold and walked outside, and I could vaguely hear the sound of the old man crying bitterly.

Listening to the master's cry, my heart is very bitter, which can make an old man who is nearly ninety years old cry bitterly, and the feelings in it are not enough for outsiders. However, the master's words woke me up, and that was Li Chengze's family.

If I guessed correctly, his old man first compared the noodles, let me look at the wood carving with my heart, and then there was the last sentence of the old man, his third junior brother has been able to integrate the spell of "Missing a Door" into the carving.

To be honest, I really can't understand why his old man didn't tell me directly, he had to beat around the bush. After thinking about it carefully, I was relieved that his old man might blame me for the death of the fingersmith.

I don't blame him for being an old man, on the contrary, I am very grateful to him for allowing me to continue my education, for letting me learn the craft of a ghost craftsman, and for reminding me that I am burdened with the hope of a fingersmith.

It is not unreasonable to be a teacher for one day and a father for life.

As a famous person said, people live and don't know how to be grateful, how is it different from animals?

After coming out of the master's house, I staggered to the entrance of the village, and Li Chengze asked me in surprise why I didn't invite the master, and I said that the master was old and inconvenient.

Li Chengze didn't seem to believe it, and ran towards the master's house alone, and in less than three minutes, Li Chengze came back, with five more bright red fingerprints on his face, I asked him what was wrong, and he stopped for a while and said nothing.

Seeing this, I didn't break it, so I told him that I could go to his house.

On the way, I was worried about my life, if it was really as the master said, the carved master was his third junior brother, what ability I had to break his spell, but since the master let me go, naturally he had a reason, I don't believe that the master and his old man will watch me in danger.

Back at Li Chengze's house, the time was close to eleven o'clock, just entered the door, I heard a sparse sound of mahjong, I looked stunned, and walked in.