Section 043, bitter taming
"You know what? If she hadn't betrayed me and got involved with the dog, would I have killed her? You think your dad feels good, don't you? Who can watch their wives live with other men and still endure it? You don't know what your mother is like. β
Zhi'er's father looked painful, he killed his wife back then, and he also missed it because the anger in his heart could not be calmed down, and he also regretted it, but everyone was dead, and he had no choice, and now his son uncovered the scar, and his heart, which had been frozen for many years, was wounded and bloody again.
"You're wrong, my mother has never done anything sorry for you, every time my mother goes out to do something, she takes me with her, that time, the dog gave the mother money, said to let the mother accompany him for a night, the mother directly threw the money in his face, and scolded him, the mother said, she will never do anything sorry for the father, but I didn't expect that the father you didn't believe the mother, and even said that the mother and the dog did that kind of thing? Hahaha...... You're a fool......"
Zhi'er's words shocked Zhi'er's father, he didn't expect the real situation to be like this, he was also angered by the dog Dashao for a while, so he came back to his daughter-in-law to ask for an explanation, at that time his daughter-in-law just kept crying, he didn't have time to explain, so he lost control and killed her.
Now that so many years have passed, he has also taken that incident as true, but he never thought that it was all deliberately provoked by the dog, Zhi'er's father lost his mind, and what he thought was right was wrong for so many years.
The people watching around also understood a general idea in their hearts at this time, and seeing that everyone was pointing at Zhi'er and his son, Liu Shoucai hurriedly walked over and asked everyone to spread out.
"Okay, okay, don't look at the excitement, today's exam is here for the time being, and at the same time tomorrow, let's come again! Badou, take Zhi'er and his father back first. β
Liu Shoucai motioned to Badou to take Zhi'er and his father, after all, this is not a good thing, those onlookers gradually dispersed at this time, when Zhi'er and his father were sent home by Badou and Liu Shoucai, Zhi'er packed up his clothes, and it seemed that he wanted to run away from home.
"Zhi'er, although your father did wrong, but he was also angry at the time, so he didn't hear your mother's explanation, a misstep into a thousand years of hatred, I believe that your father if it weren't for you, I'm afraid he wouldn't have lived alone for so long, looking at your father's disfigured appearance just now, it means that he has guilt for your mother, if you leave at this time, do you think your father can still live?"
"Don't say it, he should have died a long time ago, just now in the formation, I killed him with my own hands, but now I don't want to kill him, I feel that killing him with my own hands will stain my hands, whether he can live or not, that's his own business, it has nothing to do with me."
Zhi'er's demeanor was very cold, and he didn't have the usual respect for Liu Shoucai, Liu Shoucai saw that Zhi'er's mind was already in chaos, and he knew that he couldn't calm down what he said now, so it seemed that it was really good to let him calm down.
"Then you go out first and calm down, and when you calm down, think about how to solve the next thing, and then come back and solve it! Running away is not the solution, I'm sure you won't keep running away, just like your father, who ran away for so many years, but in the end? I still can't get past this level in my heart. β
"You talk a lot, it's annoying."
"I know I'm annoying, but I also want to enlighten you, if you have a wife and children in the future, I don't know what you will do when you are faced with your father's choice? Or, how will you explain to your wife and your children when they ask about your father and mother in the future? Think for yourself! β
Liu Shoucai didn't continue to stop Zhi'er, Zhi'er took the burden and left, without looking back, it seems that he really has made up his mind, Liu Shoucai sighed, but he didn't feel sad, he just felt a little sorry.
"How did that kid say just go? has no conscience at all, although it is said that his father was wrong first, but his father has also endured so many years of pain and nightmares, and he can be regarded as getting the punishment he deserves, but what is the matter with him? Now who is putting on this face? What a nasty person. β
Xiaobai muttered dissatisfied, and Badou also shook his head helplessly, for Zhi'er, the three of them didn't have any good feelings, but they didn't feel too bad, but after this incident of Zhi'er's father, their feelings for Zhi'er became worse and worse.
"Okay, let's stop thinking about it, let's think about how to wake up Daddy Zhi'er from his nightmare, he's been asleep for so long, I guess he's still in a nightmare at this time."
"Forget it, let's let him rest more! We'll go back now and come back tomorrow to see him. β
Liu Shoucai felt very depressed to stay here, so he took Badou and Xiaobai back first, and early the next morning, Liu Shoucai took Badou and them to see Zhi'er's father, but he didn't expect that there was no one in the house, and Zhi'er's father's clothes were gone.
"It seems that Zhi'er's father is also gone, alas! He didn't leave us a message, if Zhi'er came back in the future, maybe he would misunderstand his father again. β
"Alright, let's go! It has nothing to do with us anymore. β
After Liu Shoucai took one last look at Zhi'er's house, he closed the door and left with Xiaobai, as soon as he got home, he saw a long queue outside the door, I didn't expect everyone to come so early today.
"Everyone, why are you here so early? It only started at noon, and it's still early in the morning, so let's go back and rest first! β
"If we came early, we would have been at the front, and yesterday we came late, and we were all at the back."
The person in line immediately explained, Liu Shoucai suddenly felt that this method was a little sorry for the latecomers, Liu Shoucai suddenly thought of a way, that is, the modern kind of lottery, what number is shaken, what number is it, no matter how late or early, it is fair.
"Don't worry, let's not worry, today our form has changed, using the lottery method, everyone draws their own numbers, and the number drawn is the number, no matter how early or late, it is fair."
Liu Shoucai's words made everyone's hearts brighten, so that they didn't have to work hard to get up early in the morning to line up, and they didn't have to be afraid to cut the queue.
At noon, Liu Shoucai and their lottery props were also ready, a full three hundred numbers, and then they were placed on the table in front of Liu Shoucai Badou and Xiaobai, and those people soon came to draw numbers.
The people who drew the front number were naturally overjoyed, and the people who drew the back number did not stay here, they also directly found a comfortable place to sit down and rest, waiting for their drawn number to be called.
Seeing that everyone was holding a number plate in their hands, Liu Shoucai also began to let the children of those people go to the trial, as for those who did not get the number plate, they could only wait for the next round, but no one said anything, but everyone gathered together to talk about the results of the trial.
As time passed, there were about fifty people left waiting outside, and the rest of the people did not leave immediately after the trial, but waited for the results of other children.
Liu Shoucai tried a total of more than 500 children, and only selected five, which Liu Shoucai never expected, he originally thought that the children in ancient times were honest and had high IQs, but he didn't expect that even the children of the 21st century were inferior, which made Liu Shoucai feel very frustrated.
"What's wrong with you? Look at your unhappy face? β
Badou and Xiaobai saw that Liu Shoucai's face was not very good-looking, so they came over and asked.
"I just feel very ironic, among the 5, 0, 0 people, only five were selected, this probability is too low, even lower than the probability in the 21st century, it seems that the children here are precocious, and there are so many harmful thoughts in the heart at a young age, alas!"
"Those who are close to Zhu are red and those who are close to ink are black, if you want to open a little, it is good to have five, and it is not a good thing to have more apprentices, and we don't have so much energy to teach them! You tell me? β
"You're right, okay, I'll want to open it, let's go ahead! I hope that among the remaining children, one or two more can be picked out, and five is too little, and I am a little embarrassed. β
Seeing that Liu Shoucai had already thought about it, Badou and Xiaobai returned to their respective posts, and after about an hour, the trial was over, and a total of six children were selected, of which three were ten years old, two were fifteen years old, and one was an eight-year-old child.
Seeing the six smiling and looking at him, Liu Shoucai felt depressed for a while, he was not a good teacher to teach children, because he had never taught such a big child.
"Badou, the two fifteen-year-old children will be handed over to you, Xiaobai, the eight-year-old will be handed over to you, and I will be responsible for the remaining three ten-year-old children."
"Why? I don't want to teach the little kid, if the kid can't stand the grievances and hardships, what if he starts crying? I'm not going to coax anyone. β
Xiaobai heard Liu Shoucai's distribution, and immediately objected, it didn't want to coax the little kid, it also wanted to teach a fifteen-year-old child to learn, after all, the older ones learn quickly, and they won't be coquettish or anything.
"But I won't coax a child! Or forget about that kid and let him grow up at home for a few more years? β
"Do you think it's possible? If it weren't for the fact that you said that the age group was so small, would this kind of thing happen? β
Xiaobai looked at Liu Shoucai with disdain, Liu Shoucai also had a big head, it seemed that he could only talk to the child's family, of course, Liu Shoucai was not such an unreasonable person.
"Children, let's go, go home with your uncle first, and the five of you go into the house with Teacher Badou and Teacher Xiaobai first, and those two teachers will tell you about what happened after entering the school."
After Liu Shoucai finished speaking, he walked to the child's parents with the eight-year-old child, "I'm really sorry, I didn't think about it before, the things I taught are unbearable for children, and the body can't bear that strength, so you can raise this child at home for two years, and then bring him over when he is ten years old." β
"This ...... O Master! Don't you know, the peasant's child is in charge of the house early, although this child is young, but he is very sensible, and he is not afraid of hardship, master, you must accept him! β
As soon as the parents of the children heard that Liu Shoucai asked them to take the children home, they immediately became nervous, originally because their children were the best, but they didn't expect Liu Shoucai to say such things.
"Don't worry, suffering losses and cultivating are two different things, so be it! I'll give the child a test first, you can watch from the side, children, tell Uncle SΓΉ, do you like to eat fasting and chanting Buddha, Tsing Yi ancient lanterns? β
"Don't, I don't want it, I want to eat big fish and meat every day, when I grow up, I have to marry a wife and have children, I don't want to be the kind of person you said, that kind of person is a monk at all!"
The child immediately refused, the child's parents listened to the conversation between Liu Shoucai and their son, their faces immediately looked bad, they didn't know what a spirit man was, and they thought it was very good, who knew that it was to practice like a monk, as soon as they heard this, they immediately began to hesitate.
"You have also heard that your own child is still mentally unstable, although he can pass the test temporarily, it is also because he has not experienced so many things, so he is not mentally mature, and he does not understand the meaning of the test at all, so he can pass the guΓ², a child with a little mind is very difficult to pass the guΓ² test, and I asked him just now, he can't do it at all, you look at me, I am in my thirties this year, but I have not yet married a wife and had children, this is also because once we have cultivated our magic, it is difficult to marry a wife and have children in a lifetime, unless God agrees. β
Liu Shoucai's words made the child's parents immediately uneasy, and they hurriedly pulled their children away, and they didn't even have time to say goodbye to Liu Shoucai, but Liu Shoucai didn't mind, and he was relieved to see that the child was taken away.
"It's all settled?"
"Well, it's solved, the child's parents don't want their child to suffer, so they take it away, and the child doesn't want to suffer with us, in fact, where is he going to be a trial, he doesn't know what the content of the trial is, so he will be confused."
"It seems that the trial formation we made in a short period of time is still a failure, but it has passed, and now the remaining five are also good, teach them well in the future, there will always be one or two who will get ahead."
"What I'm worried about now is not this, but whether they can persist in the future, after all, we are all in the line of the spirit people, we have to persevere, this is not an overnight thing, but a lifetime thing, you guys listen well, starting tomorrow, once the practice begins, you have to persevere every day, and this is a lifetime thing, not overnight, but I will give you a month, within this time, if you can't bear that hardship, you can bring it up with me, I'm going to let you go home, of course, once you do, you can't be my disciple anymore, do you understand? β
"Yes, we all get it."
The five children answered Liu Shoucai's words together, and seeing that they all had excited looks on their faces, Liu Shoucai couldn't bear to pour cold water on them, so he motioned for them to go back first and come back tomorrow morning.
After the five children got Liu Shoucai's order, they each ran home, and after seeing them run away, Liu Shoucai closed the door with Badou and Xiaobai and went back to the room to rest, and after resting for two hours, Liu Shoucai slipped out of the house and ran to the door of Zhi'er's house, but he didn't expect that Zhi'er's door had been opened.
"Strange, how could anyone be?"
Liu Shoucai walked in curiously, the house was cleaned very clean, and at a glance, he knew that it must be the owner of the house who came back, but it was not clear whether it was Zhi'er's father or Zhi'er who came back.
"Master Liu? What are you doing here? β
When Liu Shoucai just walked to the kitchen door, suddenly a voice came from behind, and as soon as Liu Shoucai turned his head, he saw Zhi'er standing behind him.
"Zhi'er, it's really you, I passed by your door just now and saw your door open, so I came in curiously."
"Oh! By the way, do you know where my dad went? I haven't seen anyone else since I came back. β
Zhi'er's face was hurt, it seemed that he had forgiven his father, but he didn't know how he figured it out, Liu Shoucai was very curious, but now he also knew that it was not the time to ask about this.
"Your father left after you left, and looking at his appearance, it seems that he doesn't plan to come back, I think he must have mistakenly thought that you would not forgive him, so he also left this sad place."
"How could he do that? In the past, it was because of a misunderstanding that he killed my mother by mistake, and now he has misunderstood me again...... Alas! I really don't know when he's going to get smarter. β
Zhi'er looked helpless, but there was no way, his father's temperament, after so many years, he also understood.
"Let's not talk about that, by the way, when did you come back?"
"I came back this morning, and I went to your house to see it before, and I saw that you were still recruiting apprentices, so I didn't bother you."
"What's the bother, do you want me to help you find your father?"
"Then thank you, in fact, I also figured it out, my father did something wrong back then, and he regretted it for the rest of his life, no wonder he is always very sad every time I see him, and I was too excited yesterday, so I said so many words that hurt my father."
"It's great that you can figure it out, don't worry! I'll help you find your father, and I'll try it tonight to find out where your father is. β
"Then thank you Master Liu, you can take this money first, it's not enough, I'll give it to you in a few days."