Chapter 12: Trouble Comes to the Door
The days of idleness always pass quickly, and in the blink of an eye it is the end of summer.
One day in late July, the shopkeeper Liu came to the door and informed Yang Ge, saying that the inn had been repaired, and his "unfilial son" was about to return to Luting County.
Yang Ge was full of promises.
Within two days, the gate of the small courtyard was vigorously slammed.
"Woo Woo ......"
Yang Ge walked out of the house quickly, glanced at Xiao Huang in the courtyard who was shouting outside the gate with his figure-eight feet, waved his hand at it, and walked quickly to the courtyard gate: "It's coming, it's coming." ”
"Squeak."
He opened the courtyard door, and was greeted by a punching bag.
Yang Ge subconsciously took a step back to stabilize the lower plate, and turned around to meet him with a whip leg.
"Bang."
The fists and feet collided, and a low muffled sound sounded in the air, and Yang Ge and the comer retreated at the same time.
"Internal strength? You really know martial arts! ”
The visitor whispered, "Tell me to catch your chicken feet" in an excited tone.
Yang Ge fixed his eyes and saw a high-spirited man with a weathered face standing outside the door.
At first glance, the most impressive thing about this man is his two muscles and muscles, and his thin short fights are held high and bulging, giving people a sense of excessive fitness.
But his huge fists, which looked fleshy and didn't see a single joint, showed that the person who came was not a simple iron man.
Yang Ge stared at the familiar face of the visitor, then looked at the pair of cowhide bracers on his wrists, and hesitated: "Young owner? ”
He suddenly understood why the old shopkeeper saw the martial arts cheats like a cat being stepped on by its tail, and never mentioned that he wanted to look at it or copy a copy or anything.
It stands to reason that even if ordinary people know that this thing is not something they can contaminate, they can't help but be curious and want to secretly collect it.
After all, this is always an opportunity to get ahead, even if you can't practice yourself, you can still leave it to future generations.
This time the case was finally solved, and it turned out that the old shopkeeper had already suffered from it......
"Huh, is it so obvious?"
When Dahan heard Yang Ge reveal his identity, he rubbed his big fleshy face in surprise, and then stepped across the courtyard gate with a familiar foot.
But in the next second, he stepped back again, and looked up at the courtyard gate in disbelief: "Is this really my broken yard?" ”
Yang Ge finally showed a smile on his face, turned sideways to reveal the fresh and tidy courtyard, and made a "please" gesture inside: "Young owner, please come in." ”
"No wonder the old man likes you so much, it's all good things to mention you when I think of you, you are indeed a housekeeper!"
The big man stepped into the courtyard again in admiration, looked around at this elegant courtyard that seemed to be the courtyard of a large family, and tried to recall it for a long time, but he couldn't associate the small and dilapidated courtyard from the previous one with this clean and fresh regular courtyard.
"Do you eat grapes? Ganha build a grape trellis in the yard? ”
"When the vines are grown, they provide shade and in the summer they can rest under the trellises...... By the way, you can also eat some grapes. ”
"And what is this pool for? Do you want to take a bath here in the summer? Then this pool is a little smaller! ”
"No, it's kept for fish farming, plant some aquatic plants and lotus roots in the coming year, and put a few fish and shrimp in it, and the yard will be alive."
"What did you do with this ground? I remember that smoothed slate is not cheap......"
"Oh, I bought ordinary stones, poured water after paving, and polished them little by little with a grinding disc."
Yang Ge came out with a pot of hot tea, beckoned to the big man, "Don't stand still, young master, let's sit down and talk slowly." ”
"Tut-tut, what a decent person!"
The big man walked over with a face full of amazement, and sat heavily on the small bamboo chair, smashing the small chair to make an overwhelming squeak.
He was surprised that it was not the current appearance of this small courtyard, he had also seen a more magnificent and gorgeous courtyard than this.
He was surprised that Yang Ge was able to transform the small dilapidated courtyard that was so dilapidated that it could collapse at any time into the appearance of this big family.
Yang Ge poured him a cup of hot tea and sat down with him: "When did the young owner arrive?" ”
"Just yesterday."
Dahan took a sip of the teacup and drank it dry, and said a comfortable "ah": "You are also a young owner, just my family's small business, I can't afford to hire a master like you, my name is Liu Fufu...... Don't laugh, this is the name the old man gave me, what can I do? Outside, my name is Liu Mang, and everyone who gives face calls me 'Brother Mang'! ”
"Good name, very imposing...... Are you trying to fire me, though? ”
Yang Ge joked with a smile: "Without wages, I don't have the money to pay you for the house!" ”
"!"
Liu Mang slapped his thigh angrily: "I'm going to release you on the first day I come back, and the old man can't chase me with a broom...... I mean, in the future, let's not talk about the host and guest, you call me Brother Mang, I call you Brother Mang, everyone is a good brother, talk about righteousness, eat wine and meat together, water and fire together! ”
Yang Ge wanted to laugh a little.
But after all, he was professionally trained, so he still held back, waved his hand and said, "Then the little brother will be tired of Brother Mang's advice in the future." ”
Liu Mang waved his hand magnificently: "It's good to say, I came back this time to revive the prestige of my Iron Fist Gate in Luting County, and your martial arts skills couldn't be better......"
"Wait, wait!"
Yang Ge hurriedly waved his hand to stop: "What did you just say about reviving your prestige?" Didn't we run an inn? ”
Liu Mang listened to the words and looked at Yang Ge with a fool-like look: "How much money can you make by opening an inn?" If you want fame and fortune, of course, you have to open a martial arts hall, you heard my brother say, opening a martial arts hall is simple, and apprentices have to pay for apprenticeship when they come to learn art, right? Three festivals and two longevity have to be filial piety tea money, right? There are many disciples who have been taught, and the big families around want to ask someone to take care of the home, do they have to have a good relationship with us? After going out to walk the rivers and lakes, the owner of a certain martial arts hall with a newspaper number, is it better to have face......
"Wait, wait, wait......"
Yang Ge wanted to interject but couldn't interject, so he could only forcibly interrupt again: "You want to turn the inn into a martial arts hall, do you know the old shopkeeper?" ”
Liu Mang waved his hand nonchalantly: "He is an old man, how can he understand the affairs of our young people?" Brother, listen to me, the matter of opening a martial arts hall is really a head, just now your leg brother looks very powerful, in the future, my brother will teach boxing, you will teach legs, we will be called 'fists and feet' in the rivers and lakes, is it particularly majestic when you hear it......"
Yangge: ......
So, you didn't even mention it to your dad, did you?
If you really know your son, you are really an out-and-out and undeceived loser!
……
Liu Mang stayed with Yang Ge for most of the day, and tried his best to persuade Yang Ge to join him in the great cause of opening a martial arts hall.
Yang Ge naturally couldn't agree to him, but it was not easy to refuse openly, after all, he was the only son of Shopkeeper Liu.
In the end, I could only bite to death: 'I listen to the old shopkeeper, as long as the old shopkeeper nods, I will open a martial arts hall with you'.
Liu Mang confidently went home to find his father to break his head.
Yang Ge kept sending him to the street.
When he returned home dizzy, as soon as he stepped through the courtyard gate, he heard Rhubarb's crazy barking dog, barking and pounced on him.
Yang Ge soothed the dog's head with rhubarb and fried hair, frowned and glanced into the room, and sighed: "Lord Shen, this thing is for walking, not for turning. ”
In the next second, in the closed door, a clear voice with a slight smile came out: "This official hunts tigers and wolves all day long, and never misses, but I didn't expect to call a guard dog to peck at the eye!" ”
Yang Ge sighed again, let go of the rhubarb and walked listlessly into the house, wondering if the posture of getting up in the morning was not right, otherwise how could these troublesome people come to the door together?
Pushing open the door, Yang Ge saw Shen Fa sitting on a square table, leaning on a gilded tiger's head oxtail knife beside him, and on the table were a pot of wine, a bag of roast chicken, a bag of pig's head meat, and a bag of peanuts.
He was still wearing the same black dark striped power suit that Yang Ge had when he saw him last time, but there was an extra scar on his face and a little more evil on his body.
He looked at Yang Ge who pushed the door in, and said with a smile: "Why do you sigh when you see me when you come back?" ”
Yang Ge: "Maybe it's not good to see you, right?" ”
Shen Fa made a gesture of "please sit", and replied with a smile: "Nonsense, obviously I helped you settle the trouble last time." ”
When Yang Ge saw his gesture, he rolled his eyes angrily, and said in his heart, 'It seems that you are the master': "Compared to you, Ding Man is a fart!" ”
Shen Fa nodded as a matter of course: "This is true!" ”
Yang Ge's eyes were about to roll to the sky.
Shen Fa lifted the chopsticks and took a bite of pig's head meat: "Eat vegetables, stunned!" ”
Yang Ge shook his head like a rattle: "If you don't tell me clearly, I don't dare to eat!" ”
Shen Fan slapped his head crookedly, and scolded with a smile: "You can't be stupid? Too smart, it's tiring to live! ”
Yang Ge didn't get used to his familiarity, rolled his eyes and moved his ass to the other side.
Shen Faquan didn't see it, pinched the wine glass and took a sip, and said slowly: "There is a Tartar who escaped from Shangjing with a very important military intelligence, and our people intercepted him here, but his light skills are too good, our people can't catch up with him, your cultivation of "Eighteen Roads Troubled Wind Legs" is good, you should be able to entangle him and create an opportunity for our people to kill him!" ”
Yang Ge nodded, looking like he understood the king: "Vote for the name, I understand!" ”
Shen Fa looked directly at him and said seriously: "You can't live alone forever, since you have taken the first step, why not take a few steps and try?" ”
Yang Ge was silent for a long time, and finally reached out to lift the chopsticks, picked up a peanut and put it in his mouth, and said softly: "Take people with short hands and eat people with soft mouths......"
A smile appeared on Shen Fan's face: "I knew that I didn't look at the wrong person!" ”
Yang Ge put down his chopsticks and looked at him, and said very seriously: "Let's say first, I won't kill anyone!" ”
Shen Fa smiled: "Tartars can also be regarded as people? ”
"It's your business."
Yang Ge shook his head and said firmly: "My father and mother only taught me to be a good person, but never taught me to kill." ”
Shen Fa was silent for a few breaths, lifted the wine jug and poured a glass of wine for Yang Ge, and sighed lightly: "Your hometown must be very rich and peaceful, right?" ”
Yang Ge opened his mouth to answer, but when the words were about to speak, he felt that something seemed wrong.
He thought for a long time, then raised the wine glass with both hands and saluted Shen Fa: "I take back what I just said...... I don't kill people unless I have to! ”
Shen Fa said suspiciously: "Did I say something wrong?" Is there a war in your hometown? ”
Could it be ...... Did the artist make a mistake?
Yang Ge replied: "There are conflicts and disputes everywhere, and the reason why my hometown is peaceful is because there are many people who have used their youth and blood to keep conflicts and disputes out of our lives......
Hearing this, Shen Fa's heart was very touched, but he didn't show anything on his face.
He asked softly, "Do you want to be like them?" ”
Yang Ge shook his head: "I may not be like them, but I think I shouldn't run away." ”
Shen Fa smiled, lifted the wine glass and touched it with Yang Ge, simply raised his head and drank it down, and said softly: "I want to be like that!" ”
The words were soft, but they were loud.