"Where is this?" Gao Le looked around.

The old man smiled "haha" and said, "Didn't I tell you, this is my home!" ”

"Why is your family in the woods?" Gao Le was curious.

"I'm glad to be, look, how quiet." The old man said happily.

Gao Le shrunk his neck.

He took Gao Le to a room and stood still, raised his hand and pushed the door open, and suddenly a musty smell hit his face.

The old man took the lead and went in, took out the fire fold and lit the oil lamp on the table, and the room suddenly lit up.

This is a bedroom, quite large, there are beds and quilts, tables and stools, as well as a case, pen, ink, paper, inkstone, basin, hand towel and other living utensils, but there is no shortage.

The old man said: "Boy, you are my little guest, and you will be my apprentice in the future, I will not treat you badly, the best room here is for you to live in, how about it, it's not bad, right?" "A look of ostentation.

Gao Le covered his mouth and nose, raised his hand to wipe the thick dust on the table, and said, "Uncle, where do you live?" ”

The old man thumbs up behind him, "Next door." ”

"I'll take a look." Gao Le raised his leg and walked out.

"Hey, boy, what are you doing in my house?" The old man chased after him.

Gao Le pushed open the door of the next room and walked straight inside. The old man followed, and lit the oil lamp in the house.

Sure enough, this room was the old man's dwelling, although it was not as big as the room of Fang Cai, and it was more simple, but it was very neat, the windows were bright and clean, the table was spotless, and even the quilts on the bed were neatly folded.

Gao Le put down the little hand covering his mouth and nose, sniffed his nose, he smiled, and said, "Uncle, you said that I am your guest and apprentice, you will not treat me badly, the best room for me to live in, right?" ”

The old man nodded with his beard: "Of course, the old man doesn't lie." ”

Gao Le said: "Thank you, uncle. ”

With that, he sat down on the old man's bed without permission, kicked off his dirty shoes, and lay down.

"Huh?" The old man was stunned, "Boy, do you want to rob my house?" ”

Gao Le said: "Didn't you say that the best house for me to live in?" I saw that this house was fine. ”

“……”

At this moment, Gao Le saw half of the old man's pupils again, he suddenly closed his eyes and pretended to be asleep, the old man suddenly flashed in front of him, reached out and grabbed his belt, lifted him up, and walked all the way to the musty room next door, and threw him on the bed.

With a "creaking" sound of the bedboard, white dust rose into the air, drowning him in an instant.

Gao Le choked and coughed suddenly.

The old man crossed his hands on his hips, looked at him with a smile, and said, "Boy, in my place, your set is not good." There was a well outside the door, and a basin and a rag in the house, and he drew water to wipe it clean. ”

Gao Le knew that he was no match for the old man now, so he had to obediently get out of bed, walk outside, turn around and enter the old man's room again.

The old man followed behind and shouted, "Hey, you still dare to go in, believe it or not, old man, I threw you into the forest to feed the wolves?" ”

"I'll take the shoes." Gao Le pouted with a small mouth full of grievances, it turned out that he was still barefoot.

Bring your shoes out and get dressed, and go back to your room. He had no intention of cleaning the house, but tore off the sheets and dusted the room until the old man was choked out of the room, then he re-laid it, blew out the lights, and lay down on the bed.

The old man asked, "Hey, boy, aren't you cleaning the house?" “

Gao Le said: "I'm tired, I want to sleep, and I'll clean up when I wake up." Uncle, go to sleep too. ”

"Hey, you kid, you just said that you seem to like how much you like to be clean, grab the house with me, don't you dislike the musty smell of a room now? If you still drive me away, it's just that, you can sleep well, and we'll talk about it tomorrow. The old man shook his head, turned and went back to the house.

Gao Le was half sleepy, he was now thinking about how to find his brother, and he wanted to follow the old man to learn "Shen Xinggong", but the old man brought him deep into the mountains, which made him very uneasy, so he had a new plan.

He pricked up his ears to hear the old man coming in and out, not knowing what he was busy with, and after a while, at last, he heard the door of the next room close, and there was no more sound, and he gently turned over and got out of bed.

In the dark bedroom, his big eyes flashed with a cunning light, a small hand touched a pile of copper coins bulging in the clothes on his chest, a happy smile swayed at the corner of his mouth, tiptoed to open the door, poked out half of his head, saw that the light in the next room had been extinguished, it seemed that the old man had slept, he walked out lightly, stood on tiptoe and secretly walked to the courtyard door, carefully pulled the door latch, and did not forget to look back at the old man's room, seeing that everything was normal, he gently pulled the door, but at this time he found that This door simply can't be opened.

He scratched his head, and the latch was open, but why wouldn't the door open? He put his eyes close to the crack in the door and looked carefully, he didn't know if he didn't know, and he was really startled when he saw that the door was actually locked.

It's strange, both of them are in the house, who locked the door from the outside?

But this did not bother him, and after a pair of big eyes scanned the surroundings, he found a good target—a stout old tree by the courtyard wall, with its dense branches and leaves sticking out of the wall.

Gao Le looked at the old tree, rubbed his hands, used his hands and feet together, and quickly climbed up, giving full play to his ability to dig birds' nests in the trees in the field.

He stepped on a branch, moved forward slowly, and with one more step he could stand at the head of the wall, and with one more jump, he could leave the courtyard and go out in search of his brother, he smiled.

He stood on the arm-thick branch with one foot, and swinged on the other foot, turned his head to look at the old man's dark room, and said in a low voice: "Uncle, I don't have time to learn any divine exercises from you, I'm leaving, you should leave that room to clean by yourself, and see you again!" ”

With that, he turned and stepped towards the high wall, and in one step, one step he was free.

"Boy, where are you going?"

Suddenly, the old man's voice came from his ears, very close, close as if it was right in front of him, Gao Le's heart instantly leaked, as if his breath was stagnant, and when he raised his eyes, he saw the old man sitting on the wall, looking at himself with a smile.

And if he stepped on this foot, he would be impartial, and he would just step on his leg, and under the fright, he panicked and wanted to take back the leg he had taken, but he stepped on the air, and with a piercing scream, he fell from the tree......

With a "plop", Gao Le fell heavily to the ground, but fortunately, the ground was full of tall weeds, like soft cushions, and he was not injured, but he was really frightened.

Got up from the ground, rubbed his sore buttocks, looked up at the old man sitting on the high wall, and scolded with grinning:

"What the hell are you? Out of nowhere? Want to scare people to death? ”

The old man looked down at him and smiled: "What the hell are you, you don't sleep in the middle of the night and climb the walls of other people's houses, what do you want to do?" ”

He jumped down and landed silently.

"Where are you going?" The old man asked slowly.

Gao Le's eyes rolled and said, "I just saw a figure just now, and I chased after it, maybe a thief." ”

"Thief?"

The old man couldn't help laughing: "As long as the little thing in my house is worthless when sold, who will steal it?" Thieves still climb trees? ”

Gao Le said angrily: "Look at how your tree grows, the branches stretch out so long, the wind blows, the leaves still move, as if you are hooking your fingers with the thief and saying, 'Come, come', can the thief not come?" If the thief doesn't come, then I won't have to climb up to chase the thief, and I won't be scared by you and fall down, right? ”

The old man glanced up at the branch of the old tree sticking out, thought about it, and said, "Well, that's right, you reminded me that this tree is indeed a bit of a hindrance. ”

As soon as the words fell, he jumped up and "flew" on the branches, gesturing with both hands, and didn't know how he did it, with the sound of "click" and "click", those horizontal and vertical branches fell down one by one, and then look at the old tree, the branches closest to the wall have to be a distance of a zhang away, even if the person is completely sideways, it can't reach.

"Hey...... This ......"

Gao Le was dumbfounded, and couldn't help but turn his head to the ground and "phew", raised his hand and slapped his mouth lightly, secretly scolding himself for being really broken, and even the only way out was blocked by himself.

The old man jumped down, clapped his hands, and said happily: "Okay, the thief can't get in now, right?!" ”

Gao Le smirked awkwardly: "Hehe, yes, yes, thief, can't get in." ”

"Let's go, clean the house." The old man reached out and grabbed him by the neck, and walked away.

Gao Le was carried by him, and he could only walk on tiptoe on two toes, which was very easy.

"Uncle, how did you 'fly' to the tree just now?"

“……”

"Uncle, you don't have any tools in your hand, how did you cut down the branches?"

“……”

"Uncle, didn't you sleep just now, why did you come out again?"

“……”

"Ah, old man, I see, you must be sleepwalking, aren't you?"

“……”

The old man carried him to the door of the room, then let go, went into the room, lit the candle, moved a stool and sat down in front of the door, looked at him with a smile on Erlang's legs, and said:

"Boy, let's get to work."

"Open, start work?"

Gao Le scratched his head, seeing him like this, he knew that he was out of trouble now, and he didn't want to think about anything, so he pouted and went to the well to fetch water with a reluctant face.

Gao Leben is a diligent child, and he often helps his brother fetch water, sprinkle and sweep, farm the land, and choose vegetables at home, which is very familiar to him.

I went back to the house and opened the doors and windows to ventilate, and took a basin and a rag to wipe the house, sweep the floor, clean the windows, and then carry the quilt outside the house, hang it on a crossbar for drying clothes, and take a stick to beat it.

Gao Le washed the rag, wrung it out, turned his head to look at the old man sitting in front of the door like the overseer, rolled his eyes, then put the rag in the water and gently pinched it, and carried it back to the door wet.

The old man smiled and asked, "How is it, it's clean now, you don't have to rob the house with me anymore, right?" ”

Gao Le said: "No need, no need, thank you, uncle." ”

He lifted the rag and shook it twice as if he were shaking his clothes, and in an instant the water splashed.

The old man jumped up with a "puff", jumped away, raised his hand to wipe the water droplets on his face, and scolded: "Stinky boy, dare to play tricks on the old man, see how I clean you up......"

As soon as his legs moved, Gao Le rushed into the house, and closed the door with a "bang", followed by another "bang", and the window was closed.

The old man was stunned for a long time, shook his head helplessly, and whispered: "This kid ......"

Suddenly, there seemed to be something hanging from his head, and he reached out and grabbed it, and put it under his nose to see that it was actually a wet grass.

"Hey, you stinky boy, there's a 'hidden weapon' hidden in the rag, it's really ......"