Section 042, Receiving Disciples [2]
Liu Shoucai was moved by the old man's affection and reason, just to let the uncle dispel the idea of letting him take his son as an apprentice, but he didn't know that the uncle was already iron-hearted.
"No, if the master doesn't agree, I'll kneel for the rest of my life, beg the master, just accept my son! My son is very obedient, as long as the master accepts my son, I am willing to do anything, old man. β
The old man just wanted Liu Shoucai to accept his son as an apprentice, seeing that the old man kept kowtowing to himself, Liu Shoucai had no choice in his heart, did he really want to accept an apprentice who was many years older than his age in this era?
After all, Liu Shoucai is a person after a thousand years, and if you find anyone here, they are all thousands of years older than Liu Shoucai, but seeing that the old man in front of him is so stubborn, Liu Shoucai had to agree to see if his son is suitable to be his apprentice, and as for the future, it can only depend on the will of God.
"Forget it, uncle, since you are so stubborn, then when your son's fever subsides, you can bring him to show me, I also want to test his heart when I accept apprentices, and if my heart is not good, he will resolutely not be able to enter the lineage of our spirit masters, and my exercises are not suitable for those who have improper mental skills to cultivate."
"Master rest assured, my son promises to satisfy you, then master, you are busy first, old man, I will leave first, when my son is well, I will definitely bring him to apprentice."
Seeing that Liu Shoucai agreed, and his own plea, the old man did not continue to entangle, and ran back with a smile, and finally coaxed the old man away, Liu Shoucai was also relieved, but when he thought of the old man's son, Liu Shoucai began to suffer from gains and losses again.
"Why are you still in a daze? Aren't all the people gone? What did you just say? Look, I'm sorry for you. β
After Badou and Xiaobai saw the old man, they went back to their rooms, so they didn't know what the old man talked about with Liu Shoucai, and now seeing Liu Shoucai's lost soul, Badou was also curious.
"The uncle knelt in front of me just now, and he had to let me accept his son as an apprentice, I refused, and he said that he couldn't afford to kneel, and kept kowtowing, I was really depressed, and finally I said to see his son's heart first, if he could do it, he would accept his son as an apprentice, so the old man went back happily, but I really didn't want to accept this apprentice."
"Actually, I don't think it's difficult for you to accept an apprentice, even if we leave in the future, then we don't have to worry about our faΓ§ade being broken, anyway, there are people who can inherit your unification."
"But don't you think it's weird? If we go back to the 21st century and think of our thousand-year-old apprentices, what would it look like? β
Liu Shoucai's words made Badou and Xiaobai tremble, they felt goosebumps all over their bodies, Liu Shoucai was right, there was a thousand-year-old apprentice, no matter how you think about it, you feel very incredible.
"So what do you do now? You've promised the old man, you can't be dishonest again, right? β
"Alas! Take a step at a time, I have now said that I will first look at the heart of the old man's son, if the heart is not good, I don't have to take him as an apprentice. β
"But when we went to see the old man's son today, wasn't that kid clear-eyed? It's not like a great evil person at all, I think you're an apprentice. β
Badou buckled his nose, and then looked at Liu Shoucai with a disdainful face, Xiaobai also smiled wickedly, seeing the two of them treat him like this, Liu Shoucai became more and more depressed.
"You two bastards know how to read jokes, anyway, if I accept apprentices, you two can't hide from it, and the matter of educating apprentices must be indispensable to the two of you."
Liu Shoucai went back to the room after speaking, and didn't care that Badou and Xiaobai were staring at each other in place, for Liu Shoucai's anger, Badou and Xiaobai were speechless, they knew that they would lie down like this, so they shouldn't have come out to talk too much just now, but it's too late to regret it now.
"What should I do?"
"What else can I do? Cold salad, alas! It's strange that this stinky mouth can't be remembered. β
Badou slapped his mouth as he spoke, Xiaobai rolled his eyes, and then ran to the old man's house with a smoke, and the old man was happily telling his awakened son about Liu Shoucai's apprenticeship.
"Son! Wait for you to worship the master as an apprentice in the future, but you must learn hard, Dad can't be by your side for the rest of your life, so your next road, or rely on yourself, Dad has no ability in his life, and there is nothing to teach you, now the master is willing to teach you, you must learn a skill, so you don't have to worry about anything in the future. β
"Dad, why do you have to ask your son to go to apprenticeship? Master Liu's famous son also knows, but his son is so stupid and has no qualifications, will Master Liu accept his son? My son didn't have much confidence to learn well. β
"Zhi'er, you must have self-confidence, you can't underestimate yourself, look at you, from childhood to adulthood, no matter what you learn, you are the fastest one in the middle school of your peers, Dad believes that you can learn well from Master Liu."
"Dad, let's not talk about whether we can learn well in the future, now Master Liu has not agreed to accept his son as an apprentice, so these things don't count if you talk about them now."
The old man saw that his son still looked like he was not open, although he was very anxious, but there was no way, now he was still sick, and the old man did not dare to force him too quickly, lest his son be in a hurry, and he, the father, could only be uncomfortable on the side.
"Forget it, you recuperate first, and when you get better, Dad will take you to meet Master Liu first, if Master Liu really takes you as an apprentice, you must study hard at that time, don't waste a piece of Dad's hard work."
"Dad, don't worry, if Master Liu can really take a fancy to your son and me, my son will definitely study hard, and if he doesn't get ahead, his son will be ashamed of your father."
Looking at the affectionate conversation between the two fathers and sons in the house, Xiaobai ran back and told Liu Shoucai what the old man and his son had said, and Liu Shoucai began to feel bored again.
"Xiaobai, I have one thing for you to do."
"What's the matter?"
"You just go to a crowded place to publicize, saying that my Master Liu is going to start accepting apprentices, between the ages of eight and eighteen, don't be too young, don't want to be too big, remember, go get busy!"
"You can't be driven crazy by the old man, right? You are embarrassed to be like that with an apprentice, and now you plan to accept a lot of apprentices, Liu Shoucai, don't scare me with your uncle! β
Xiaobai was taken aback by Liu Shoucai's words, and thought that Liu Shoucai couldn't think about it, so he had a problem with his brain.
"Xiaobai, your uncle will give me another word, be careful that I strip you of the hair, do you think Lao Tzu is willing! But if you don't do this, how can you accept the old man's son? If there is only one apprentice, then there is no contrast, which is not very good for the old man's son in the future, if you want to grow up, then there must be a contrast, understand? Idiot. β
After Liu Shoucai scolded Xiaobai, Xiaobai figured it out, and finally it ran out ecstatically, and Badou also heard what Liu Shoucai said to Xiaobai outside the door, it seems that he is really going to start busy in the future.
Liu Shoucai explained Xiaobai's affairs, Xiaobai did a good job, and soon the people in the whole town knew about Liu Shoucai's apprenticeship, and many families began to prepare for their children, after all, Liu Shoucai already had his own reputation in this generation.
If their children can also learn art with Liu Shoucai, then they adults can rest assured, no matter whether they can learn in the future or not, they can be very proud of having a little ability.
Xiaobai told Liu Shoucai the results of his publicity, and after Liu Shoucai listened to what Xiaobai said to him when he came back, he also began to be busy with his apprenticeship tomorrow.
"Xiaobai, starting tomorrow, everyone will work hard first, after all, the three of us here know how to do magic, so there is no way for others to come and teach those children, starting tomorrow, the three of us will teach one day, so that everyone has time to rest, one day we will teach two hours in the morning, three hours at noon, five hours a day, and the rest of the time is when we open for business."
"That's fine, we can do both, and it won't be too hard, but what have you decided to teach them?"
"I plan to teach them the basic skills first, practice their control ability first, and then talk about the rest, there will definitely be a lot of people coming tomorrow, but we are not a shelter, not everyone can come in, tomorrow we must be strict, those with bad qualifications, bad hearts, and can't stick to it, we don't want it, since we want to accept apprentices, then we must accept the best apprentices."
"You're right, then we'll do what you say."
After unifying their opinions with Badou and Xiaobai, Liu Shoucai smiled and went to prepare for tomorrow's exam questions, since they are coming, they must pass the test, and only the most outstanding children can be selected as disciples.
Throughout the night, Liu Shoucai was in a state of excitement, while Badou and Xiaobai slept very peacefully, as if the matter of choosing apprentices had nothing to do with them, maybe the mentality of the two of them was better!
Early the next morning, Liu Shoucai's door was surrounded by people, and the old man also brought his son, seeing so many competitors at the door of Liu Shoucai's house, the old man felt bitter in his heart, it seems that if he wants his son to stand out, he really has to work hard.
"Zhi'er, you must work hard later, don't worry about anything, dad is waiting for your good news."
"Dad, don't worry, since your son has promised you to get ahead, your son will definitely not disgrace you, and your son will definitely be chosen, definitely."
Zhi'er strengthened his belief, he and his father waited for Liu Shoucai and their appearance in the crowd, and after about half an hour, Liu Shoucai's door finally opened, but everyone seemed to be very orderly, and no one rushed up, which made Liu Shoucai very satisfied.
"Yes, you are all very good, when you see me open the door, you didn't even flock up, this is a good order, I hope you can maintain it in the future, everyone listen, line up in three long lines, three or three, wait for the last one to come out, the next one will go in, there is a trial formation I prepared for everyone in the courtyard, only those who have successfully passed the formation trial, I will accept him as an apprentice, do you understand?"
"Understood."
Everyone answered very neatly, Liu Shoucai didn't say anything, watching them quickly line up in three teams, Liu Shoucai nodded with satisfaction to Badou and Xiaobai, Badou and Xiaobai were also in charge of a team of people.
The old man's son stood in the column of people in charge of Liu Shoucai, looking at the people who walked in, and walked out in frustration within two minutes, Zhi'er also began to worry in his heart, he didn't know if he could pass the selection, but when he turned his head and saw his father's nervous look, Zhi'er began to cheer himself up again.
Half an hour later, it was Zhi'er's turn to go in for the trial, he calmed down, tried to calm himself, and then after taking a look at his father, he walked towards the courtyard, and when he reached the edge of the formation in the center of the courtyard, Zhi'er took a big breath, and after exhaling a breath of turbidity, he stepped into the formation.
As soon as he entered the formation, Zhi'er's figure disappeared in the courtyard, Zhi'er's eyes were dark, and suddenly a dazzling light came, Zhi'er hurriedly blocked his eyes with his hand, and after his eyes adapted to the light, he slowly opened his eyes.
"Mother? Mother, you're not ......."
Zhi'er suddenly saw her mother standing in front of her, and looked at him with a kind face, just like when she was a child, and her mother looked at her with a kind face.
But Zhi'er understands that her mother died when she was five years old, but how can she appear now? The man approached his mother in confusion and suddenly tripped and fell to the ground.
"Zhi'er be careful, silly boy, what are you doing in such a hurry, quickly show your mother if she has been injured by a fall."
Zhi'er's mother immediately hugged Zhi'er in her arms, Zhi'er was suddenly stunned, he hurriedly looked down at his body, he didn't expect that he was now what he was when he was five years old, did he live again? Zhi'er became more and more puzzled.
Just when Zhi'er was stunned, Zhi'er's father suddenly rushed in with an angry face, as soon as he came in, he pulled Zhi'er's mother's hair and pulled it out, Zhi'er saw that his father seemed crazy, and he was so frightened that he hurriedly cried.
"Master, what are you doing here? Hurry up and let go of me, Zhi'er is scared to cry by you. β
Zhi'er's mother didn't know what was wrong with her father-in-law, and thought she was joking with herself, so she hurriedly slapped his hand, and Zhi'er saw the murderous aura in her father's eyes, and knew that something must be wrong.
Zhi'er hurriedly ran out, but he didn't expect that as soon as he went out, he saw his father holding a knife in his hand and slashing directly at his mother, and Zhi'er's mother fell directly in a pool of blood before she screamed.
This is Zhi'er's memory when he was five years old, no wonder he was seriously ill when he was five years old, and then he didn't remember anything, it turned out that it was because he couldn't bear this memory, so he had selective forgetting, and now he was stimulated by Liu Shoucai's formation, and he remembered his memory when he was five years old.
"Why, why did you kill your mother, why did you ......"
Zhi'er squatted on the ground in pain and cried, suddenly all the scenes in front of him disappeared, and he became an adult, and his father also stood in front of him, Zhi'er saw his father smiling at him, and the pain in his heart expanded more and more.
"Sue me, why did you kill my mother? She worked hard for our family, don't you appreciate it, but you still treat her like that? also deceived me and said, my mother ran away with someone and later died of illness, how can there be a person like you in this world? I hate it so much, I hate it so much that I was so young at that time, if I had the ability to kill you, I would not have been soft, but now that I have grown up, I want to avenge my mother, I want to kill you......"
Zhi'er suddenly had a knife in his hand, he didn't hesitate at all, he directly stabbed his father with the knife, in the blink of an eye, the scene in front of Zhi'er's eyes changed again, he returned to the center of Liu Shoucai's courtyard, at this time he also came to his senses, it turned out that those scenes just now were the content of the trial.
From this point of view, he also failed, and he had no chance to be a master and apprentice with Liu Shoucai, but Zhi'er did not regret it, because he remembered the memory of being five years old, and he also knew what he had always wanted to know.
"How's that son? Is there a pass guΓ²? β
"You sue me, how did my mother die?"
Zhi'er's father saw Zhi'er looking at him with a cold face, Zhi'er's father's heart chuckled, could it be that he remembered the memory of that time? But it shouldn't be! After all, so many years have passed, and Zhi'er's father tried to calm himself down.
"Your mother ran away with someone and later fell ill and died, didn't your father sue you? Child, don't think about it too much, that woman is not worth your attention, tell your father, have you gotten guΓ²? If you don't have a guΓ², Dad will find another way, and you don't have to worry too much. β
"Hahaha...... You are really a hypocrite, my mother was obviously killed by you, and you even made up so many lies to deceive me, do you really think that I am still a five-year-old child? β
After Zhi'er finished speaking, he rushed into the crowd angrily, and he didn't know where he got a kitchen knife, and cut it directly at his father, and the people around him were so frightened that they hurriedly stopped him, after all, they were all from a village, and it was not good to hurt anyone, and it was at the door of Liu Shoucai's house.
"Zhi'er, are you crazy? I'm your father, I'm your father! β
"Daddy? Since you are my father, why did you kill my mother when I was five years old? What the hell is she sorry for you? For the sake of our family, she has suffered so many grievances and hardships outside, you don't appreciate it, and you even killed her? I feel ashamed to have a father like you. β