We turned a few corners, parked the car near a stone mill at the head of the village, and Uncle Liu and the second master and I walked along the alley for another ten minutes and came to a small courtyard outside the wall.

The walls of this small courtyard are crawling with creepers, and there is no trace of the color of the walls. The second-story cottage against the wall was also green, and only the small window on the second floor could faintly see two pieces of glass.

The courtyard was open, and the two of them looked at each other, obviously a little worried, but Uncle Liu still gritted his teeth and walked into the small courtyard slowly.

The courtyard is full of bonsai, and there are two pomegranate trees planted on the south wall, and many bird cages are hung on the branches; In the middle of the courtyard there was a large stone basin with a lot of goldfish, and a white and fat old man was sitting with his back to us, using a small net to catch leaves on the water.

Uncle Liu coughed slightly, then walked a few steps forward with Second Master Liu, and said respectfully, "Master, we came to see you." They spoke softly, lest they might alarm the old man.

The old man turned his head slowly, his face was fleshy, his lips were thick, and his eyes were fat with a slit left.

He pulled his face and looked them up and down, frowned, and roared angrily, "Stand up!" ”

This voice frightened the Liu family brothers trembling, their legs tightened, and their hands were close to the seams of their trousers on both sides, for fear that the old man would break out again.

I was not frightened lightly, I looked stupidly from the side, and I slowly straightened up.

"Do you two know how to write the word 'fart'?" Their master began to speak, and I really didn't know whether to continue standing there or turn around and go out in front of me, an outsider.

They looked at each other, then lowered their eyebrows and secretly looked at the old man, "Master, we don't know. ”

"You two said to come and see me, this is a fart, do you understand?" The old man pointed to their noses with a small net in his hand.

No wonder they didn't want to come to their master, because they were afraid of being scolded and embarrassed in front of me. Think about it, the Liu brothers are majestic on weekdays, and they can't laugh when others see them like this!

The two of them looked at each other again, and then said tremblingly, "Master, we don't understand. ”

The old man suddenly widened the slit, "What! Don't understand?! ”

The two brothers looked at each other again, and then said in unison, "Master, we understand!" ”

"You know the!" The old man seemed to be really angry.

"You two usually don't come to see me when you're fine, but when something happens, you come to me eight times a day, can you still let me live a peaceful life?"

After speaking, he was about to turn around, but suddenly turned back, raised his hand and pointed at their noses with a small net and scolded: "And the three bald men in your family, sooner or later he will have to die by himself!" After the old man said this, he turned around and continued to fish for leaves, but his whole body was trembling.

At this time, Second Master Liu strengthened his courage, "Well, Master, we are here for the third child this time." ”

"What's the matter, are the three bald men dead or stupid?"

"No, Master, the third child was robbed a few days ago."

"It's not a matter if you're not dead or stupid, I thought you two came to report my funeral!" When the old man had finished speaking, no one dared to say anything, and we stood behind him.

After a while, he turned his head, looked at us very much, and said, "What are you doing here?" I'm waiting for lunch! ”

Uncle Liu opened his mouth: "Division"

"Get out of here! I'll come back when I make you angry and go to the grave! ”

It seems that the brothers of the Liu family know that this old man is powerful, and he hurriedly pulled me to leave, I saw that the situation was not right, and walked up to the old man, and Liu Erye waved his hand to me vigorously, meaning don't mess with him.

I hugged my fist at the fat old man, "Master, my name is Ding"

Before I finished speaking, he broke out with raised eyebrows, "Where did you come from, you turtle grandson, I didn't scold you just now when I saved your face, and you still kicked your nose in the face!" Get out of here with them! ”

After saying that, he stood up, threw the small net in his hand into the stone basin, and walked into the house with his hands behind his back.

But at this time, Uncle Liu and Second Master Liu were quick-eyed, one of them grabbed one of my arms, pulled back hard, and Second Master Liu begged me in a low voice: "Brother, please, don't mess with him, my master's nickname is 'Wu Lao Evil', and anyone who provokes him will not end well." ”

"That's right, let's go! Let's think of other ways to go back, I really can't come back another day, I can't hit him today! Uncle Liu said as he dragged me back hard.

My body was pulled by the two of them and couldn't move a little, and as soon as I had an idea, I opened my mouth and shouted, "Master, I'm here for Chun Nier's business!" ”

As soon as he had said this, he paused abruptly, but then walked back into the house.

Hey, there's a door!

"Master, I have a bronze plaque here, which is exactly the same as the ruler in your study!"

As soon as I said this, Uncle Liu was almost paralyzed with fright behind me, "It's over, it's over."

When the old man heard this, he really stopped, he turned to look at me, and then walked quickly to me, but stared at Uncle Liu and Second Master Liu behind me with those small eyes, "How did he know that there was a bronze ruler in my study?" Say, you two who told him! ”

The old man's question, no one dared to answer Uncle Liu and Second Master Liu, they just shook their heads silently, and I could feel that their breathing was a little short now.

The fat old man suddenly laughed at me, and stretched out an arm to wrap his arm around my shoulder, "Little brother, you really have a bronze medal, and it's the same as mine?" ”

I heard him call me that, and my head shook, "No, no, Master, you can't call me that, you're an elder." ”

"Hahaha, what's this, all brothers in the four seas! Come on, come on, come in and talk! With that, he took me and walked into the house, glaring back at them as he went, "I'll clean you up later!" ”

The eldest and second masters were a little uncomfortable when they saw that the old man suddenly became so friendly to me, and the two of them were stunned and followed us to the house.

"Who told you two to follow, get out of the way and wait in the yard!" After the old man finished scolding, he then said to me with a smile, "It's okay, little brother, don't worry about them, let's go into the house and talk slowly, hahaha!" ”

This master is really as the Liu family brothers said, eccentric and evil.

When I entered the house, the Master invited me to sit down on the sofa and gave me a cup of tea, and he sat down across from me.

I politely asked him, "What do you call Father?" ”

"My surname is Wu, a single name is a Hou character, the Wuhou of Wuhou Zhuge Liang." As he spoke, he also gestured with a feather fan in his hand, "But some people call me Wu Laoxie, all the same, just one name." ”

"Hello Master Wu, my name is Ding Jia, I came here to trouble you to do me a favor, my friends were robbed at sea, I want to rescue them." I said to Wuhou very sincerely.

He laughed again, saying that I don't have to be so restrained, I don't need to be a martial master, if I want, he thinks he will be more comfortable listening to me if I call him Lao Wu.

Wu Hou suddenly put away the smile on his face and said to me seriously: "Tell me what's going on, of course, and the bronze medal in your hand." ”