Chapter Seventy-Nine: Formal Apprenticeship
A group of us sat in the room staring at each other, stunned that no one could tell why, even the three brothers of the Xu family said that they just wanted to build three houses.
I asked them why they had to get a yang house out, obviously because they were making a yin house.
Boss Xu explained to me that his parents liked to live in a big house when they were alive, and they liked to bask in the sun before they were alive, so they got three houses.
I asked Xu Laosan again what happened to the corpse in his house.
He said that he was only responsible for paying for the construction of the house, and he did not know anything else.
When I think about it, it's right, the three brothers of the Xu family spend most of their time doing business outside, and building a house is not an overnight thing, so it is reasonable that they know very little.
Their words made the whole thing even more mysterious, and even made me feel powerless.
In the end, all of us combined, since we couldn't understand this, we could only tear down one of the houses, so as to break the three houses in a hopeful state.
After discussing with the three brothers of the Xu family, they finally decided to demolish Xu Laosan's house, and then Xu Laosan and Xu Laoer took out a sum of money, which was regarded as compensation for Xu Laosan.
In this regard, Xu Laosan had no objection, saying that he built the house purely for the sake of face.
I understand what he means, and this is also a reasonable thing, like our three brothers in the countryside who build houses, they usually build them together. To put it bluntly, two of the three brothers have built new houses, and the remaining one has to build one no matter what, in fact, just for the sake of the three-fingered face.
After agreeing on all this, Qin Laosan was responsible for calling a forklift, and I was responsible for checking the changes in the other two houses.
After we discussed all this, the master walked out with a sandalwood cane, and said as he walked: "We ghost craftsmen work, pay attention to the minimum cost, deal with the whole thing, if we demolish Xu Laosan's house like this, outsiders will think that our ghost craftsmen have no ability." ”
Hearing this, I hurriedly walked over, supported the master, and helped his old man to the table, and asked the old man, "But, if the house is not demolished, the whole situation will be a stalemate, and no one can tell what all this is going on." ”
The old man glared at me, "That's because you don't have the ability, no wonder others." ”
"Do you always have a way?" I hurriedly asked.
He glanced up at me, didn't speak, glanced at the others on the side, and finally stopped at Zhang Zhishan, nodded at Zhang Zhishan, and said, "Xiaoshan, thank you for your hard work." ”
Hearing this, I immediately understood, the master really knew Zhang Zhishan, and was about to speak, when I heard Zhang Zhishan say on the side, "Master Liu, I have already done what you greeted, and the favor owed to you by the master back then can be regarded as paying it off, right?" ”
The master smiled, "Young man, the matter of the year was paid off with just a few words, you take the old man's favor too lightly!" ”
That Zhang Zhishan smiled awkwardly and said, "Master Liu, I didn't mean that, the main thing is that I have something to do here, I have to go back to Guangdong, you..." ”
Before he could finish speaking, the master stopped and said, "The old man gave you an idea, the old man's apprentice is often bullied, and the old man wants him to learn some kung fu from you." Of course, if you don't want to, the old man won't force you. ”
Speaking of this, the master paused, and said lightly: "It's just that the old man doesn't have a sense of proportion when he speaks, in case one day he tells outsiders that your master is a villain who has no promise, and I hope that the little brother Haihan will have a few points." ”
After speaking, the master sighed and said to himself: "People, when you are old, you can't control your mouth, and it's very sad to think about it." ”
As soon as these words came out, Zhang Zhishan's face changed, and he stared at the master strangely for a long time, and then slowly spoke: "Master Liu, if you say this, you will lose your identity." ”
"Identity?" The master shook his head, "The old man has already entered the Hades Hall with one foot, what is the use of this identity?" ”
"Isn't it difficult for you to be a strong man, you also know that my kung fu cannot be passed on, and your apprentice is not material for martial arts." Zhang Zhishan said.
"Really?" The master glanced at him deeply, "Liu Bang was just a ruffian hooligan back then, who would have thought that he would be the emperor in the future?" Zhu Yuanzhang was just a monk who asked for food, who would have thought that he could be the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty? And the old man's apprentice, how can you conclude that he is not the material for martial arts? ”
After saying this, the master glanced at me, I was in a daze, mainly because the master was very fierce to me on weekdays, and now he was afraid that I would be bullied, so he deliberately asked someone to teach me to practice martial arts.
Seeing that I was stunned, the master glared at me viciously, and said sharply: "Why are you stunned, kneel down and worship the master." ”
"Ahh I exclaimed, this is too fast.
"No, no, never." Zhang Zhishan hurriedly said, "Master Liu, this is absolutely impossible, we..." ”
Before he finished speaking, the master raised the crutches in his hand and threw himself down according to the popliteal socket of my feet, and as soon as my legs were weak, I immediately knelt down, and I heard the master say: "Xiaoshan, the old man's apprentice has already knelt down for you, if you still don't want to teach him, this is a slap in the face of the old man." And the old man doesn't have any hobbies in his life, so he likes to talk to outsiders about the things of his youth, especially the past of some martial arts practitioners. ”
I kind of understood, the master and his old man were forcing Zhang Zhishan to accept me as an apprentice, and Zhang Zhishan's master estimated that there was something in the master's hands.
This made me very embarrassed, and I felt that the master was too much!
However, thinking of being able to learn Zhang Zhishan's kung fu, I didn't say anything, maybe just like what my senior brother said at the beginning, if you want to survive in this society, you must first learn to be treacherous, if you are not treacherous, you can only be bullied.
And Zhang Zhishan listened to the master's words, his face was embarrassed, and he squeaked for a long time, but he didn't hold back a sentence.
"It's not called the third master yet!" Seeing that I was stunned, the master raised the cane in his hand again and hit me in the back.
I hurriedly kowtowed to Zhang Zhishan, "The third master is above, please accept the apprentice's worship." ”
As soon as the words fell, the master handed me a cup of tea like a trick, meaning that I would give Zhang Zhishan a cup of tea.
Where did I dare to hesitate, I hurriedly took the teacup and handed it to Zhang Zhishan.
That Zhang Zhishan didn't seem to want to pick up, but he heard the master muttering to the three brothers of the Xu family on the side, "Xiao Xu, the old man told you that when the old man was in Guangdong, he met a person, that person..." ”
"Master Liu, I can't accept him, the family teacher back then, I hope you will keep some virtue." That Zhang Zhishan was probably in a hurry, and hurriedly spoke, with two words of virtue, he was very heavy, and he dared to be angry but did not dare to speak.