Chapter Thirty-Seven: There Are Vicious Dogs Inside
Of course, not everyone is as easy to recruit as Shi Jin, and after eating a few closed doors, it is difficult to even enter the door of such a family.
On the gate is written on red paper: Recently, people often come here to look for so-and-so, and so-and-so did live in this courtyard before, but now he does not live in this courtyard. I really don't know where so-and-so is, so please don't knock on this door again.
The inscription is "There is a vicious dog in the house", and the head of the dog is sealed.
Li Laosan, who was carrying the gift behind, was puzzled, pointed to the words and asked: "Sir, what does this mean, why did you draw a dog, is it someone's foreign door god, but this is not right, it is not yet Chinese New Year's Eve, it is not appropriate to post the door link at this time, right?" ”
It's no wonder that Li Laosan will understand it this way, the red background and black letters are posted on the door like this when the New Year is approaching, and the literacy rate of the common people is not high, so they will definitely guess here.
"Lao Li, when I go back and teach the dogs to read and write, you can also listen to them more, and you can settle accounts later." Cheng Nuozhi smiled dumbly when he heard this: "What is written on this is that the previous original owner has moved, let the guests who are looking for pay more attention and don't disturb the life of the current host's family." ”
Li Laosan sneered, lowered his head and kicked the pebble: "Hehe, just leave the literacy matter to the dog." But according to what it says on paper, will we be in the wrong place, or shall I help you inquire? ”
"No need, the list in my hand has been verified by the Ministry of Education, and it is basically the latest, so it shouldn't be wrong."
"But sir, I can't read this seal." Pointing to the dog's head, Li Laosan was puzzled: "I remember that the seals of people selling Wei Wipe are all personal names, why does it seem to be a dog here, right?" ”
Cheng Nuo couldn't help laughing: "Lao Li can, I know that the seal is not going to be literate yet, but you are quite right, this is really a dog, saying that he has a vicious dog at home, so let the visitors be careful." ”
Li Laosan was a little panicked, vacated his right hand carrying things, pulled Cheng Nuo to the back, and looked at the yard carefully: "I haven't heard of being bitten by a dog for luck, sir, this is not good, it is too unlucky to be bitten by this guy during the New Year, or I will find a stick to prepare." ”
"It's okay, it's a waste of time to toss again, let's be careful."
"No, you can't let you, sir, take the risk."
Li Laosan felt unsure, and handed the gift to Cheng Nuo, but the stick couldn't be found, and he hid behind him with half a brick.
"Sir, I'll give you a front, you can just take something and watch it behind, if there is a dog, I will greet it."
couldn't resist Li Laosan, and Cheng Nuo had no choice but to follow behind with a gift.
Clearing his throat, Li Laosan shouted inside at the door: "Is the master's house here, is there anyone at home?" ”
The gate slammed, and then there was a sound of footsteps in the yard, pulling his throat with impatience: "Who, there is no one at home!" ”
Li Laosan spat at the foam and muttered: "No one, that's what the little ghost promised?" ”
Seeing that there was no dog barking in the yard, he threw away the bricks and continued to pat the door: "The master opens the door, my husband has something to do with you." ”
Cheng Nuo felt a little impolite, walked over and patted Li Laosan on the shoulder, handed him the gift and motioned for him to call the door.
But his mouth opened, and before the words could be spoken, he heard a squeak, and a man opened the crack in the door and poked his head out, not polite at all: "No one, there is really no one you are looking for at home!" ”
Pointing to the notice posted on the door, he read it carefully.
"You two look carefully, I wrote it very clearly, the previous corner of the family has long since moved away, I don't know where to move, you can inquire yourself, now it's just a flat-headed common man living in!"
Cheng Nuo hurriedly stepped forward to apologize: "I knocked on the door early in the morning, I really can't help it, but we are not looking for that corner, and we don't know that corner, we are looking for you, Mr. Wu Yulin." ”
The soldiers and horses did not move, and the grain and grass went first. When Cheng Nuo was preparing the list, he asked for photos of various characters, so as soon as he saw this man with some small buckteeth, he knew that he was Wu Yulin himself.
After graduating from Boston University with a degree in electrical engineering, he stayed at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs after graduating with a master's degree last year.
"Are you sure you're right, you're coming for me?" Wu Yulin frowned, pointed his finger at himself, and his face was full of suspicion: "Are you sure you're not mistaken, you came to me?" I'm not a big person, and I've never been to the theater. ”
"That's you, Mr. Wu." Cheng Nuo smiled and nodded: "Let me introduce myself, I am Cheng Nuo from the mathematics department of Peking University, and I have something important to discuss with you." ”
Glancing at the tricycle behind him, Wu Yulin suddenly realized: "Oh~ You are a three-wheeled professor at Peking University, I know you, please come in, please come in." ”
Cheng Nuo laughed, I don't know how many people have called him Professor Sanlun recently, and at first he wanted to defend a few words, but later found out that it was in vain, so he went with them, and now he is used to this title.
At this time, Wu Yulin, who had just opened the door and was about to welcome them in, suddenly panicked and slapped his thigh: "Oops, my broth." ”
After saying that, he slipped into the courtyard and left Cheng Nuo and the others looking at each other at the door.
"Three...... Professor Cheng, you go into the room and sit down to rest, and eat the peanuts on the table as you like, and I'll clean up the dishes in the stove room and come over in a while. ”
Now that the gate was open, there was not a single dog barking in the yard, and it was determined that the dog's head seal was used to bluff people.
Cheng Nuo followed behind with confidence and looked around the yard.
There are three tiled houses in the north, and the other three sides are fenced, but they are very clean, a bunch of leeks, and a few cages of hens in the southeast corner, which are estimated to be eaten by laying eggs.
If you look closer, there are still two big white geese hidden, even if there is a wooden fence to block it, you have to stretch your neck to greet them cordially.
There is no rhubarb, but there is a big white goose, I don't know how many children's childhood nightmares this thing is.
When I came to the kitchen, I found that Wu Yulin was busy wiping the stove, and the meat foam on it was estimated that it didn't have time to add water after it was boiled, and it overflowed.
Seeing Cheng Nuo coming, Wu Yulin sped up the work in his hand: "I'm sorry to make you laugh, my wife went out to buy something, I wanted to cook while I was cooking, but I didn't want to do it like this." ”
"It's okay, you're busy, it's warm for me to bask in the sun in the yard."
Cheng Nuo wanted to tease the two big white geese in the yard, but seeing Wu Yulin's flustered appearance, there was a high probability that he rarely went to the kitchen, shook his head and rolled up his sleeves and went over to help.
Wu Yulin was embarrassed to refuse, but when he saw the knife work, he knew that he had met a master, so he sat next to the stove and was responsible for lighting the fire.
The two chatted like this, from their early experience in the United States, to their return to China, to Wu Yulin's love life.
It turned out that Wu Yulin's child was sick, and seeing his wife working all night, he felt very distressed, so he took the initiative to take care of all the housework.
Today, I wanted to take advantage of my wife's going out and make a pork rib soup as a surprise, but I didn't expect it to be a bit beyond my ability, and I almost got confused.
Looking at the busy Cheng Nuo, Wu Yulin said inexplicably: "Professor Cheng, you are not from Sichuan Province, right?" ”
"Do you look like a native of Sichuan Province?" Cheng Nuo joked.
Wu Yulin was also confused at this time: "Look at your cooking skills, suddenly there is such a sentence again, I really can't say it." ”
Cheng Nuole put the knife on the chopping board: "I'm not from Sichuan Province, but Sichuan Province is a good place, the country of abundance, maybe our Academy of Sciences of the Republic of China will be there." ”
Being in the rear, the little devils can't invade there, and it's easy to defend and difficult to attack. You can slowly build there, so as not to move in a hurry and be picked up by little devils.
didn't rush to answer the doubts about why he was considering there, but Cheng Nuo first asked about the dog's head seal.
Wu Yulin laughed when he heard it: "Professor Cheng, you don't know, there was only a notice and no payment, but later someone didn't look for someone to knock on the door and make trouble after seeing it, so he made this decision." ”
"If they really want to see, it's simple, anyway, it's not for foreigners, just pull a random one above the court is a vicious dog."