Chapter Twenty-Four: Two or Three Things to Laugh About
Cui Ying slowly opened her eyes, feeling tired, and instead of having just woken up, she seemed to have not slept all day, rubbing her sore eyes with her hands, and then she realized that her whole body was sore and weak.
"The first time you concentrate on your consciousness to capture the aura, it will make you mentally exhausted, and the aura will experience a little rejection for the first time, and it will be good to get used to it slowly in the future, but you also have to master a good degree yourself, and if you don't do too much, you will backfire."
Mu Hongfeng has been standing by the side, watching her feel uncomfortable after waking up, and explained a thing or two.
"Oh, that's right."
Cui Ying squinted at Xiao Jing's side, still sitting cross-legged and didn't open her eyes, "Master, Xiao Jing is still meditating, what about me?" Do you want to continue? ”
Mu Hongfeng sighed, what he said just now was in vain, so he simply changed the sentence with her, "Can you eat three days' worth of food in one meal?" ”
The girl blinked a few times, because she was tired, it was a little laborious to blink, and she looked even more stupid, and said, "It's not impossible." ”
Mu Hongfeng was choked by what she said, and then said, "If it's five days' worth of food? ”
The girl shook her head directly this time, "No, I'll be strangled to death." ”
"You are full and come out to have fun, Xiaojingren Sven, you are not eating as fast as you, you are still eating at this time, and you will open your eyes when you are full."
"Oh, that's it, eating is a big deal, and I can't bother with this. Master, I'm so tired, I'm going to sleep!"
"Okay, with the foundation for tonight, I'll teach something else tomorrow, sleep."
Cui Ying yawned a lot, leaned back and fell asleep on the bed.
Mu Hongfeng didn't leave, and stood with his hands behind his back to look at the young man, thinking in his heart how long it would take to come out.
After a long time, there was no movement.
"It's still not enough."
In one word, to two people, two meanings.
At this moment, only Mu Hongfeng fully understood.
Chen Jing and Cui Ying, who were woken up in the morning, rarely wanted to sleep back, which shows that they spent a lot of effort last night.
Chen Jing looked out the window, Grandpa Dong had already made breakfast, he had slept long enough, and he got up with a strong spirit, which drove away the sleepiness.
Drinking porridge with pickles, Cui Ying's mouth couldn't be stopped, and when asked when Chen Jing opened his eyes last night, the young man was clear about her thoughts, and said perfunctorily: "It's after you fall asleep, and it will only take a quarter of an hour." ”
The girl got up, "Xiaojing, a quarter of an hour, although it's not long, but it's also a full quarter of an hour, keep working hard!" ”
Mu Hongfeng knocked the bowl with chopsticks, "Eat, after eating, go to the stump and box!" ”
said it to the two of them, but stared at Cui Ying.
Cui Ying saw that the master didn't seem to be very happy, according to the lessons of the past, there might not be a good thing, so she drank the remaining porridge in the bowl in one gulp, hurriedly filled it again, and ate and drank enough without worrying about everything.
Dong Chuanhai, who was also at the dinner table, saw that his old friend was worried, and what happened last night had already been said, far from what the two little guys thought was just a quarter of an hour, more than an hour.
In order not to hit Xiaojing, Mu Hongfeng, as the master, had to coax the two, this can only be temporary, the cultivation road pays attention to one step slowly, step by step, and can still rely on diligence to make up for clumsiness in the early stage, this can only be to catch up, and it is even more difficult to surpass in the back.
There is no good way to let Xiao Jing know before, who can stand it when she is young and vigorous, plus Cui Ya's cheap duck mouth, one by one poisons others, just imagining that scene, people just want to beat her.
Listening to Mu Hongfeng say some things can be regarded as relieving some of the knots and worries, and now Lingjing, who has "settled down" in their bodies, will give them different levels of help in the future, before the Three Realms, Xiaojing will most likely be suppressed first and then raised, Cui Ying is likely to only look up and not suppress, at most gentle, of course, it is also related to her character, as for the Three Realms, it depends on whether they have understanding and adventure.
After the meal, he stood on the pile and punched a board, taking advantage of the gap in boxing, Cui Ying asked Chen Jing if he would go to play in Zhao'an City, the young man rejected her, and after handing out a few more punches, he said that he would go to see it in the afternoon.
The main reason is that Chen Jing can't rest assured that Xiaowen is not at ease, the last time he fought, he deliberately made his eyes look good, and when he did it, he kicked Xiaowen against his will, wanting to act and eliminate the suspicion that Xiaowen and himself knew each other, but he still felt a little reluctant in his heart.
The two elders next to him turned a deaf ear to their "whispered whispers".
The two of them have always been unhappy in their hearts, how can anyone who wants their disciples to be happy and dislike when they are masters and masters in the world? This is not just on yourself, which makes people have an indescribable sense of grievance.
Cui Ying said hello with a lame reason and was about to leave, but Mu Hongfeng told her with a calm face that if she dared to borrow money or buy things on credit in the city, she would personally break her dog's legs.
threw a piece of broken silver to her, Cui Ying looked at the broken silver that was smaller than her fingernails, and pulled up a bitter face, which made her interest in playing fall to the bottom in an instant.
When she was embarrassed, Cui Ying turned her head and went back to the house, but she still had to ask Xiaojing for help.
Chen Jing opened his pillow and picked the smallest one out of four or five pieces of broken silver for her.
Cui Ying looked at what she had in her hand in a daze, and then pointed to the remaining ones, and before she could reach out to take them, Chen Jing put the pillow back on.
"I borrowed it last time, I borrowed it last time, and I borrowed it before, when are you going to pay me back?" I'll waive the interest, and you'll pay it off as soon as possible. ”
Cui Ying squatted next to him with an ass, hugged him directly and shouted wronged, "Xiaojing, don't you want to think about it, I just came back, where did I get the money to pay you back?" Master gives me a pitiful little bit every time, let alone paying back, I don't have enough to spend myself, give me a few days, wait for me to ......"
Chen Jing clamped her dishonest hand and almost touched it under the pillow, so Cui Ying had to laugh at him twice to apologize.
Cui Ying watched him and directly put the remaining broken silver into his arms for personal storage, which was completely hopeless.
Chen Jing didn't plan to be accommodating this time, and patted the hand on his shoulder, "Hurry up and repay the money, otherwise there will be no chance to borrow money next time." ”
"Next time, next time I must pay it back, this time you can give me a little more, just give the smallest one." Cui Ying said pitifully.
"This time." Chen Jing broke her hand holding the silver and said, "Just pay off the debt." ”
Cui Ying hurriedly snatched back the silver, "That's it this time." It's not enough for a brother at all, but don't worry, if there is something interesting in the city, and I have enough money, I'll help you bring a copy back, how about it, I'll be enough brother. ”
The boy waved at her like a mosquito and a fly.
Cui Ying was not annoyed, and opened the door of the house with two laughs and left.
The girl has no heart and no lungs, but it really doesn't mean that she doesn't have a conscience, this little money has long exceeded the pocket money too much in the eyes of the thrifty farmers.
Anyway, I didn't dare to drink flower wine, so I bought some snacks when I scratched my mouth, but the problem of broken mouth made Cui Ying hope to ask for more, of course, the master didn't dare to go, so he had to ask Xiaojing to be generous.
Without taking a few steps, Chen Jing pushed open the window and threw a piece of dough to her, "Your business should have spread, there are a lot of people who know you, I want to know you more, I don't want to cause trouble, just put it on, no matter how bad it is, don't let the master know that you did it." ”
Shao Cui Ying put on that face from the good as Liu, which was different from the beard last time, this face was white and beardless, but it was still stiff when he spoke.
"It's still my own brother who is considerate." After saying that, I want to make out with the window boy.
Chen Jing saw that she was wearing a crooked face and spoke disgustingly, and immediately fell down the window before she could come over.
With a sigh, the girl brushed her hair hard, and had to go to the city to regain some confidence.
Zhao'an City plays wild and big, but when it comes to legitimate business during the day, you still have to look at Nancheng, the small business here, such as storytelling, shadow puppet tables, cart snacks and the like, these can't survive in Beicheng, there are gangs to collect money when you enter Beicheng, and a gang pops up in an alley to collect money, who can stand it.
It's just a small business, what can you do with a little extra money, accumulate over time, accumulate a lot of things to do, and you can peel off the skin layer by layer before you make money, so it is almost difficult to see these small transactions in Beicheng.
Moreover, those big bosses in Beicheng don't look down on them, and they don't have the sentiment to watch.
It is natural to look down on it because they are all small businesses, and the Beicheng territory does business, which was originally not an inch of land, but it was forced out of an inch of land and gold by the gang fighting, so that there is no place for small business in Beicheng.
Those who dance knives and guns don't have the leisure to play those gadgets, they are really free, they have money, and drinking flowers and wine is the "right way" for gang members.
Therefore, there are no entertainers in the north city, only the approachable old man in the south can support them, and it is great that the tax collector collects a little money, and most of the streets in the south city can be strolled and sold.
Since he entered the North City, Cui Ying walked directly to the South Gate, and heard Xiaojing say that now the north and south cities have been completely blocked, and it seems that there is no sign of opening for at least a while, otherwise he can still take a shortcut from the North City.
As for the east gate, sure enough, it is still closed, there are still people standing guard as usual, and when they see someone from a distance, they glance at it, and find that they are not coming to the east gate and continue to nap, and the two watchdog dogs are stronger than them, and the dog can bark twice.
Sugar fried chestnuts, bud rice flowers, one hand holding the two rolled up lotus leaves, the hawker can not afford the oil paper, the lotus pond in the shallow water outside the city is directly picked, the other hand holds a bamboo cup fragrant drink, eat and drink, walk more and more arrogant.
Walking to the car that played the shadow puppet show with Wang Ba steps, he met a passing child staring at the food at hand, and his eyes were above the top of the "hum", and he straightened his waist by the way, extremely shameless, and was angry and cried on the spot.
Ignoring the scolding of the adults behind her, she found a "feng shui treasure" to watch the shadow puppetry, in fact, with Cui Ying's size, she can see it anywhere, but she likes to squeeze, she is tall and tall She is like a giant in the group of children, and the children's elders see that she is strong, and they dare not cause trouble.
Look at the face of this posterity, the eldest is not small, there are no children around him, this is what he likes to see these things, and the children's elders comfort themselves, just think this person is a stupid fool.
Cui Ying doesn't know what others think, and even if she does, it doesn't matter. Eat a bite of chestnuts or bud rice flowers, drink a sip of fragrant drink, two years of retreat seems to be sorrowful, just wait for the fart and shit to come out.
Seeing the last highlights, the general cut off the bandit's head with a knife, and the audience applauded, Cui Ying also gave applause without hesitation, and some of the uneaten buds were scattered, which scared her and quickly stopped.
After the shadow puppet performance is a routine invitation, take out the copper plate and turn it around, and the children who watch the shadow puppet offer the copper plate that the elders have already given, one or two less, three or four more, whether they give it or not, they will say the etiquette and say "thank you".
Turned to Cui Ying, saw that there was only one person in "him", thinking that the child had already run away, which is also often there, it was not a problem, and before he walked away, he saw this big tall man raising his hand and reaching out to the plate, and his hand was loosened, "Ha lala", let alone six or seven copper plates.
Unexpectedly, it was still a "big family", and the shadow puppet master hurriedly thanked: "Thank you uncle!" ”
Cui Ying laughed twice after hearing it, and if she gave a few more copper plates, she could still be called uncle, and this money should be rewarded.
The children next to her looked at her adoringly, simply thinking that she was a rich person when she grew up, and the children's elders obviously didn't have this mind, especially when they heard the laughter of the male duck's voice, just give two or three copper plates to the meaning, throw out so much at once, look at the clothes don't look like a rich family, I don't know which family raised such an idiot and wasted money, if I go back, I can't be broken by my family.
The shadow puppet master was also frightened when he heard her laughter, but looking at the copper plate on the plate, giving money was like a father's mother, and then looking back, his voice and appearance became pleasing to the eye.
Wander to the storyteller.
Most of the people who watch shadow puppets are children with their elders, and it is the other way around, either by themselves, or by arresting the children who listen to books patiently, and there are very few half-grown children like Cui Ying.
But also, children of this age, those who have a family early have money at home, and those who have not a family are saving money, and there are few people who take spare money to listen to books regardless of it.
Xiao Mazha has a small bench to prepare, and there is a small bowl of tea to drink, in addition to the first round of the host's house to help you pour it, you can also add it yourself if there is no one in the back, just this one is enough for Cui Ying to be a regular customer.
It's just that the main family doesn't look good at herself, and she doesn't let her understand why, and she is as free and easy as she left behind.
Whoever occupies the teapot will also treat her as a villain, and for the sake of the money she may pay, she can only pinch her nose and admit it.
After saying "If you want to know what will happen next, please listen to the next decomposition", yes, it's time to give money according to the rules.
It's still a copper plate, and the one who gives the reward money, after the plate jingles, the host will also shout "thank you", "come back next time" and the like.
The reward for storytellers is generally more than that for shadow puppets, Cui Ying doesn't know why, just because you can drink tea? Got a place to sit? But the big guys all think so and do the same, so they have to follow the crowd.
The copper plate stretched out in front of Cui Ying, thinking about charging it again, and took out half a handful of copper coins from his arms, before reaching out to the plate, remembering that he still owed Xiaojing money and didn't pay it back, so he couldn't play for a few days, so it was better to save a little, let go of some fingers and drop the two copper plates.
The storyteller looked at her dumbfounded, why didn't he understand that this big dog only gave two copper plates, so what did you do by grabbing a handful of copper coins, showing off?
Cui Ying's cheek still couldn't cultivate at home, so she embarrassedly gave two copper coins again, put the rest into her arms, and said in her mouth: "It's gone, it's really gone." ”
The other party was so angry that his face trembled slightly, and he almost blurted out, "Are my eyeballs used to vent anger?"
It's almost noon, and I buy another copy of chestnut bud rice, which is counted as the interest on borrowing Xiaojing's money, otherwise I won't be able to borrow money next time.
Halfway back, I remembered something, went to the east city wall, found the location of the brothel, jumped on the wall, slipped into the brothel on tiptoe, found the path in my memory and touched Wan'er's room, put the bud in my arms at the head of her bed, combed her messy hair, fiddled with the woman's belongings on the dresser for a while, and left silently.
Only then did he walk out of the room, and looked at the other side with some feeling, the helper surnamed Du smiled sadly, "You are not a master but also a good hand, how to do things sneakily is very inconsistent with your skills." "Her face is so bad, Du Chengwu doesn't need to look closely, just guess, he knows it's her.
Cui Ying didn't bother to talk to him, "I'm happy to do this, you care about me!?" ”
Du Chengwu waved his hand and said: "I don't dare to care about you, I just tell you, in the future, you can just come in through the main gate, I told the brothers, I will not stop you." ”
Seeing that he was still an acquaintance, Cui Ying didn't plan to fight, walked to the fence on the second floor by himself, jumped a few steps over the city wall and went back.
Du Chengwu looked at the departing girl and was amazed, "What a little ancestor!" ”
When I returned home, I saw a strange woman talking to Master with her back to her.
Looking back on the past, few people can sit at home and chat, often say a few words at the door and leave, what is so special about this person?
Cui Ying looked at herself, there was nothing wrong, the skin had been torn off earlier, and the chestnuts were not exposed, very good, just like that, walked into the yard and said hello to the master.
Mu Hongfeng had already seen her come back, and he didn't poke her coyness, "Come here, I've seen your Aunt Wang." ”
In front of the master, he must be a good apprentice and a good disciple, and he gave a junior salute, and the middle-aged woman exclaimed: "How high! ”
was pulled by Aunt Wang to sit down and looked at her carefully.
Cui Ying didn't dare to stare at her blatantly, so she had to turn her eyes from time to time to look at it, the woman was wearing a rare floral dress in a farmer's house, but it was not like the luxurious fabric in the city, with two red flowers pinned to her head, and some gouache on her face, but that technique, I really didn't dare to compliment, and I didn't know why the master could be calm.
The woman who is called Aunt Wang, the more she looks at Cui Ying, the more she likes it, how can such a big man be called by half of the animal, plus the length is not bad, she said that the matchmaker can go to Zhao'an City this time, and in the future, let those matchmakers in the city who look at people with their noses look at themselves twice, saying that there are no good goods outside the city, isn't this there.
This Cui Ya is the child king outside the city, and it is destined to be difficult to achieve beautiful things, if she says that the matchmaker will introduce her, the reputation in the industry will not rise a lot, and then the first matchmaker outside the city will not be herself, this matter must be told to her!
The woman took Cui Ying's hand and praised her: "This child is sensible at a glance, Brother Mu will wait to enjoy happiness in the future." ”
Mu Hongfeng almost didn't laugh out loud when he heard it, and said in his heart: "This scourge is sensible? What do you understand, what do you understand? Suppress the smile at the corner of his mouth and nod as subtly as possible.
The woman asked Cui Ying again: "Cui Ya, tell your aunt, what kind of male baby do you like?" ”
Hearing her call herself Cui Ya, Cui Ying turned her face a little, and directly withdrew her hand, you are a newcomer, why do you call yourself by your nickname, and no matter what she said, she said bluntly and perfunctorily: "I don't like anything." ”
Hearing her say this, the woman is a little anxious, you are my sweetheart, I want fame, I want money, I can't just give up, "Cui Ya, look, it's not easy for your master to pull you, and now that you've grown up, shouldn't you think about it?" ”
The girl turned her head and looked blankly at the master.
Mu Hongfeng smiled playfully, and he didn't plan to say anything, it became a natural good thing, and it didn't work out.
The woman didn't make a sound when she saw the two of them fighting, so she simply clapped her hands and cooperated with one of the two transactions, "Cui Ya, don't you still have a junior brother?" ”
"What's wrong?" Cui Ying is still confused.
"You two are the same age, and you grew up together, and you are ......," he said, holding his thumbs against each other.
"Huh?" Cui Ying learned from her to gesture her fingers.
It turned out to be a stupid baby! The woman sighed in her heart, and said a few more words in order to make it happen, "Look, your master has pulled you up, but you don't have a master, now that you have grown up, it's your turn, are you ...... Isn't it ......"
The woman squeezed her eyes vigorously.
Cui Ying frowned, scrutinized the woman's words, and then suddenly stood up with a shocked face: "There is such a good thing? ”
Mu Hongfeng was shocked by her, "Does this girl think so?" I don't usually see it. ”
The woman was full of joy, "Of course that's true, or you should ask your junior brother." ”
The woman looked at the girl who had gone to interrogate her, and thought to herself that this matter was not far from ten. The man chases the woman across the mountain, the woman chases the man across the paper, asks those words, lives together all day long, looks down and doesn't look up, sooner or later there is love, this time the matchmaker must have become, and the matchmaker is caught.
Cui Ying directly knocked open the door of the house, Chen Jing was reading a biography of the rivers and lakes in the house, and when he heard the sound of the door, he knew that it was her, and he glanced at her out of the corner of his eye, and found that she was weird, and the corners of his mouth were about to grin to the root of his ears.
Chen Jing couldn't help but ask, "What makes you happy like this?" ”
The girl seemed to finally be unable to suppress it, and shouted at him: "Xiaojing, you want me to be your mother!?" ”
Chen Jing was shocked and inexplicable, and blurted out: "What did you say!?" ”
Mu Hongfeng, who was drinking tea in the courtyard, spewed out a sip of tea.
Aunt Wang pulled out her legs and ran outside, and Mu Hongfeng shouted after her: "Lady Wang stays!" ”
Wang Po ran out of dozens of steps, looked back and saw that he didn't chase him, and shouted from afar: "I won't do this matchmaker, there will be dirty things in your house in the future, don't say that my Wang Po has entered the door of your house."
The old lady has never seen such a stupid one in her life, and the little one has been kicked by a donkey.
I don't think you're a good thing, anyway, I'll never come to your house again, so you can toss it at home. ”
After speaking, he took a mouthful of saliva before leaving.