[Chapter 4: The Waste Old Man]
"Alas......"
Although he had asked Xiaohu, Li Chun still didn't have a bottom in his heart, he looked at the back of Xiaohu tiptoeing away, and always felt that it was not very reliable, but now he was helpless, so he had to sigh and go to the back kitchen of Qingling Pavilion.
He didn't have the heart to go to class, he was not in a good mood, so he might as well find something to eat.
When I stepped into the back kitchen, I smelled a strong smell of meat.
Li Chun snorted, indulged in it, and shook his head, "Dog meat! or yellow dog meat! Add star anise, fennel, cinnamon, and rock sugar to stew together, just one bite is enough, it's really dog meat rolling three times, the gods can't stand steadily!"
"Haha!"
Behind the stove, an unkempt but red-haired old man poked his head out, "Xiao Li, your mouth is really the most haode, the old man made this pot of dog meat stew in the morning, and you have to take half of it away when you come." ”
"Cut!"
Li Chun walked to the pot unceremoniously, took out a piece of meat and devoured it, and was not afraid of being hot, and after eating, he still sucked his fingers and nodded slightly.
"Yes, the level has improved a few points, if you continue like this, waste old man, your skills will surpass mine!"
"Hey, hey!"
The old man laughed dryly, and quickly took out two pieces of meat to eat, patting his belly, "The old man's cooking skills are already higher than yours, it's just that you have some new ideas." ”
He claimed that his surname was "waste", which was the "waste" of "waste", not the "fee" of "expense", and when Li Chun heard it, he also felt strange.
But maybe this is a common surname in Mitian shijie, and I'm used to it after a long time.
The two of them are a pair of eating friends.
Don't eat, don't know each other, it was Li Chun who was hungry in class in Qingling Pavilion and ran to the kitchen to steal food to eat before he met this old guy.
The waste old man is the chef in the Qingling Pavilion, and the meals he gets out at noon every day are angry and resentful, but the small stove he opened for himself tastes quite good, and after Li Chun showed him a few cooking skills, the two sympathized with each other, but from time to time they hid in the back kitchen and ate together.
It's been more than two years.
Li Chun ate two more pieces of meat, but saw that the old man didn't rush to eat with him today, but just looked at him with a smile, and couldn't help but be a little surprised.
"What's wrong with you, old man? Did you eat before I came?"
Li Chun thought that this was very possible, and immediately grabbed another piece of meat to eat to avoid a loss.
The old man glared at him, sighed suddenly, and shook his head with a gloomy look in his eyes.
"Brother, brother, I have to leave in a few days, this pot of dog meat, even if it is for you to say goodbye, in the future, Qingling Pavilion will have to take care of you more......"
"Let's go?"
Li Chun was stunned, "Waste old man, where are you going? Could it be that the day is not a holiday, and the deadline is approaching?"
He circled around the old man twice, and looked at his red face, which didn't look like he was terminally ill.
"Fart!"
The old man glared at him, "The old man is alive and well!
He squatted down, turned his back, gently stirred the flames in the stove, and sighed gloomily, "I've been in one place for a long time, I always have to go, in this Qingling Pavilion, I can't rest assured, except for Manniang, there is only you......"
"Don't worry, I'll take care of Manniang!"
Li Chun immediately straightened up, puffed out his chest, and promised loudly.
Syllable!
The old man didn't know when he picked up the spatula and hit Li Chun's head with a subtle move.
"Be serious for the old man!"
"It's pretty ruthless...... Waste old man, in addition to knowing a few hands, you don't seem to have bad martial arts, are you really the legendary hermit master?" Li Chun touched his head and muttered.
Hearing what he said, the old man couldn't help laughing.
When they first met, Li Chun always suspected that he, an old guy hiding in the back kitchen, was a master in the world, and he was also entangled to learn martial arts from him, but he impatiently blasted him out with a broom and a spatula several times before giving up.
"Little bunny, don't be wordy!"
The old man raised his hand, "Have you memorized the secret sermon I gave you?"
"I've been familiar with it for a long time!" Li Chun shook his head, "I still can't practice any secret sermon books...... What's the use......"
Although the old man did not admit that he was a master of the world, but under Li Chun's stubborn beating, he still took out a tattered Taoist book, which is said to have not been circulated in the world, so that Li Chun was familiar with it - at first Li Chun was quite interested, but after memorizing it, he found that it was still useless.
"Then I'll teach you that secret technique of fire, and you will practice it for me again?"
The old man gave him a blank look, and no matter what he said, he gave up a place.
Li Chun sighed, pinched a trick, stretched out his hand and pointed at the stove, only to hear a bang, and the originally faint flames suddenly jumped up, forming a raging fire.
"Old man, if you want to add more fire, you can say, don't be so nervous......"
What kind of bullshit fire secret technique, the name is quite majestic, but it is also at this level, slightly stronger than the fire spirit technique taught by the Qingling Pavilion - but it is just a little bit.
The fire spirit technique can make a small flame with a flick of the fingers, and the fire secret technique of the old man is just to turn this small flame into a small fire ball, and the trick is okay, but it is really useless to fight.
The old man looked carefully at the flames in the stove, and only let out a long sigh.
"According to your qualifications, learning the Tao is much better than learning the sword, why do you need to be vassal, what kind of sword do you have to learn?"
"You know what? I'm a man destined to become a Juggernaut!"
Li Chun gave a thumbs up and pointed to himself proudly, "Edgeworth rides the wind, the world is invincible, that's my wish, Haoshou has made himself so bad that he can't even find a girlfriend, what's the point?"
The waste old man shook his head with a smile, "Every time I ask you, you always say this sentence, and you are not serious at all." Now that I'm leaving, and you still don't want to learn the Tao, then forget it. ”
This was the first time he had mentioned that he was leaving several times today, and Li Chun finally felt that something was wrong.
It's not like a joke anymore.
"Old man, do you really want to go......? What the hell is weishenme?"
Although this old man is useless, at best, he can eat meat with him, but he is a little reluctant to think that he is leaving.
"Those who come come, those who go go, between the world and the world, suddenly like a traveler from afar. ”
"That's what the avenue is, and what does it matter what he's for?"
The old man smiled bitterly as if he was laughing at himself, and suddenly turned into a philosopher who spoke in a cloud.
"Once you get acquainted, I'll give you this thing, and when you're in trouble, you may be able to use ......"
He reached out and patted it, throwing a golden arc. Li Chun stretched out his hand and grabbed it quickly, but it was a golden bead, dripping and turning in the palm of his hand.
"Damn, old man, you still hid this piece of gold as private money!
Li Chun screamed in surprise.
Syllable!
He got another blow to the head.