Chapter 34: The Two Boys on the Other Side
Since then, Shen Yun has run several times for Lao Liu Tou alone, but he has never made a mistake. The latter was relieved and gradually handed over the daily purchase to Shen Yun.
As a result, Shen Yun obtained the right to go out at will. It's just that every time I go out, I have to talk to Lao Liu.
"You're still at ease. Fu Lei was envious. There were only more than three months left before the first exam, and the owner of the hall became more and more strict, ordering him not to go out without any need and practice martial arts.
Shen Yun persuaded very seriously: "Brother Fu, when you pass the first test and become a martial artist, you will be able to receive a piece of Lu rice in the Immortal Mansion." At that time, our gym will be a lot more relaxed. In the future, the greater your fame, the more Lumi will be. All the hard work was worth it. β
If you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are, you don't know how expensive they are Although he is not in charge, after taking on the outside procurement recently, he realized that the cost of the gym is expensive - learning martial arts is very expensive. Not to mention anything else, just talking about the cost of medicinal materials for the hall owner and Brother Fu to quench their bodies and take a bath, it is surprisingly high.
The gym has not recruited apprentices for more than ten years, and now it is only supported by the monthly rice of the gym owner.
He instinctively thinks that the gym must find more entry now. It's just that he pondered for a long time, and he couldn't think of a way to increase the input. For this reason, Lao Liu Tou laughed at him for worrying about it, saying that the owner of the hall would find a way. also told him that Fu Lei won the first test, which was to add an entry to the gym, and this entry would increase significantly as Fu Lei's fame rose.
"If our gym had two servings of junior martial arts Lu rice, we would be able to eat a lot of fish and meat every day. Lao Liu Tou is full of longing for the future.
"You, you're about to become the same as Grandpa Liu. Fu Lei angrily stretched out his hand and scratched his nose, revealing a hint of air, "Master said, the world outside is getting more and more chaotic, and I don't know what will happen in the future." The martial arts test must not be a green cloud road. Therefore, what Master means is that after passing the initial test, he will not let me go through the martial arts test again. Master wanted me to go out to study like Master Tai back then. β
"Huh?" Shen Yun couldn't react for a while. In his opinion, the gym is quite comfortable right now. In the past, in Niutouao Village, he was most envious of the patriarch's grandfather's family. But compared with the boxing gym, the patriarch's grandfather's house is actually just full of food, which is really not worth mentioning. Moreover, according to what Grandpa Liu said, if Brother Fu was admitted to the martial arts, the life in the gym would be better.
When he came back to his senses, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva vigorously, and stammered and asked, "Brother Fu, what's the mess outside?"
Fu Lei scratched his head: "I listened to what Master said. It seems that there are many places in rebellion. After becoming a warrior, I can go to the Immortal Runes and suppress these rebellions. This is a great opportunity to make a difference. However, Master did not allow me to go, and asked me to go out and have a better look before making a decision. Master said, seeing is believing, right and wrong, as a martial artist, I should have my own judgment. β
As soon as he mentioned the Immortal Fu Soldiers, Shen Yun was full of resentment. He agreed with the Pavilion Master and nodded vigorously: "What the Pavilion Master said is right. Brother Fu, you can't participate in the Immortal Fu Soldiers. The Immortal Rune Soldiers are broken, and there is not a single good thing. β
"Yo, you're still angry. Tell me, what's wrong with the Immortal Fu Soldier?" Fu Lei looked at his puffing little appearance and thought it was very funny.
Shen Yun almost blurted out "They kill people indiscriminately", but fortunately, he was still sensible, and he endured it alive. Taking a deep breath, clenching his fists, suppressing the anger that was rushing upwards, he changed his words: "Every time I go to the market, if I encounter the Immortal Runes patrolling. They're either stealing things or beating people. Bad things, bullies!"
Dong'an has a team of immortal rune soldiers guarding it. These immortal runes are all positions that have been bought at a great price. This person participated in the immortal rune soldiers in order to make money, bullying and oppressing untouchable traders, and acting as a prestige, which can be described as extremely vicious. Fu Lei has lived on this street for more than ten years, how can he not know it? In fact, he also hated these soldiers. However, he believes that it is not possible to blind the way. Otherwise, how could the prestige of the Immortal Fu Soldier be passed down from generation to generation and spread for more than two hundred years.
Yes, he said with certainty: "They're just a few grains of rat droppings." There must be a lot of good ones in the Immortal Rune Soldiers, and they can't be generalized. β
Hmph, I haven't seen a good one. Shen Yun only retorted in his heart and stopped talking. He was afraid that if he continued to talk about it, he would not be able to control it and tell the tragedy of the slaughter of Niutouao Village. At that time, will the owner of the pavilion also be afraid of getting into trouble, and send him to the deep mountains and old forests to fend for himself, just like his cousin? The eldest sister's advice lingered in his ears, and he did not dare to gamble.
Anyway, he took the immortal rune soldiers as his enemy in his heart.
In the future, I must personally slaughter those immortal rune soldiers who slaughtered the village, and sacrifice the blood to Niutouao Village! He pursed his lips and said to himself again in his heart.
Fu Lei was looking forward to the next year's study tour, and he didn't notice that his eyes were glowing with blood.
"Okay, let's not talk about that. Let's start literacy. From today onwards, I will teach you ten new words every day. He opened "The Ballad of Herbs". As early as a month ago, he increased his teaching progress from five to eight new words a day. "Literacy Song" was taught early. Half a month ago, he began to teach this "Ballad of Herbal Medicine". After learning the "Ballad of Herbal Medicine", you can not only learn nearly 400 new words, but also know 15 common herbs and their medicinal properties. Very practical. Back then, his master taught him the same. It's just that his learning progress is much faster than Shen Yun's. He originally thought that he would have a lot of time to teach Shen Yun, but he didn't want to, so the master let him go out to study in the first exam. Therefore, he decided to increase his progress again, at least before going out, let Shen Yun finish learning "Ballad of Herbal Medicine". In this case, he would pick a few simple medicinal herb books, and Shen Yun would probably be able to understand them by himself without being taught.
All right. Master doesn't accept Shen Yun as an apprentice, so he can only teach these practical points.
"Yes. Shen Yun lowered his eyes and hid the strangeness in his eyes.
After learning more than 100 words, Shen Yun suddenly had a feeling that he had seen the sun, and it seemed that it had become much easier to recognize new words. Ten new words, each of which he memorized by heart after writing it on the sand table more than ten times. What attracted him even more were the herbs mentioned in the book.
There are many medicine stalls selling herbs in the Dongzi collection. Every time he learned a new herb, he would go to the medicine stalls and see the real thingβthe Ballad of Herbs had illustrations of each herb. Most of Fu Lei's explanations are based on diagrams, and there is no physical comparison. It's not that he doesn't want to bring real things over, but first, these herbs are very ordinary, and they are sold everywhere in the markets outside; second, the boxing hall has its own rules for medicinal materials, and it may not be necessary to have these low-level herbs. And now he is detained, he can't go out at will, and he can't get all the physical objects. Therefore, he had no choice but to suggest that Shen Yun go to Dong'anji to see the real thing by himself.
Today, I learned a new herb called star grass. Shen Yun looked at the illustration and felt that he should have seen it. In Niutouao Village, every autumn, the slopes on all sides are covered with the same white flowers as shown in the picture. It's just that they call this grass white-flowered. However, the book does not say that Xingcao also has an alias called Baihuahua.
Fu Lei didn't bring the real thing. Shen Yun was going to go to the herb stall outside to see the real thing.
After practicing the words, he said to Lao Liu Tou, and then walked out of the corner door from the alley.
The old man of the blacksmith next door has a new big fat grandson. The blacksmith Guo family closed the shop yesterday and went to drink three wines, and they haven't come back today. Without the sound of their house's iron, the streets and alleys were deserted.
A northwesterly wind blew. Shen Yun shuddered, wrapped his newly made jacket tightly, and hurriedly ran to the street.
"Hey, little minion, stop!" Liu Zhai on the opposite side suddenly opened the side door. Two boys sprang out of it and stood in the way.
They were tall and short, and they all wore decent blue cloth robes, each with an embroidered purse hanging from their waists. The tall one was dark and thin, about eight or nine years old. The short one is whiter and fatter, about the same height as Shen Yun.
This was the first time Shen Yun had seen the people in Liu's house. Usually, when he passes by, the door of Liu's house is always locked, and no one enters or leaves. So much so that he suspected it was an empty yard. Old Liu Tou doesn't like to talk about the right thing. Fu Lei deliberately mentioned him and said, don't pay attention to the people over there.
Listening to Fu Lei, although Liu Zhai and the boxing gym are cousins, they have completely broken off contact since the death of their master. He probably knew the situation over there: before the separation, one of the fathers and sons over there was a junior martial artist and the other was a junior martial artist, so after the separation, they were also good people. They also used the signboard of the Liu Family Boxing Gym to open a martial arts gym for a period of time, trying to fight against Shizu. As a result, the ancestor ignored them at all, and in the name of filial piety, he just lived behind closed doors. The "Liujia Boxing Gym" on the opposite door was frequently kicked out, and the signboard was closed in less than a year. Later, I heard that the men had to go out to run businesses to make a living, leaving the women and children at home.
Shen Yun didn't quite understand. He listened to Fu Lei's meaning that the opposite door had bullied the previous hall owner, so he labeled the person on the other side as "not a good person". Usually when passing by Liu's house, he doesn't squint.
I didn't want to, but the people of Liu Zhai suddenly came out to stop people. And as soon as he said it, he scolded him as a "little minion"!
Shen Yun twisted his eyebrows: "You are the little minions!" He is a good citizen who has been naturalized in the Immortal Mansion, and no one can scold him as a minion.
The tall one glanced at him contemptuously, and snorted from his nose: "The old slave brought it out is not a little slave, is it still the master?"
Shen Yun became angry, raised his fist and said angrily: "Don't scold me Grandpa Liu!"
"I'll scold you, master, how can I get it?" The short one pulled his ears and made a pig-headed grimace at him, and scolded repeatedly, "Old minions, little minions, all of them are big stupid pigs!"
"You!" Shen Yun couldn't stand it, clenched his fists and rushed forward.
The tall one had been guarding against him, and seeing this, an arrow stepped forward, and his right fist struck him.
"Open the mountain cannon!"
Shen Yun was furious. In Niutouao Village, there is no kid who does not fight. However, everyone talks about the rules, and if you shoot without saying a word like this, you will be judged as a trick. It's definitely a shameless subdisliction!
Seeing that his fist was about to hit his nose, Shen Yun's reaction was not bad. After practicing hundreds of times, the boxing moves come out like instinct.
The dragon swings its tail!
He dodged his opponent's fist sideways, turned his left hand into a slap, and slashed at the tall man's left shoulder with all his might.
I don't want to, the opponent's fist is a false move.
The fist flickered, and it was gone. Immediately after, Shen Yun only felt a sudden pain in his right arm, and then, the entire arm was buckled.