Chapter 3: The Strange Old Man
This time, Cheng Ling knew that she was completely yin by Cheng Xueyao, she had already recognized herself, but she was forced to make a heavenly oath to help her get justice.
But this heavenly oath is really awesome, and even the idea can be seen through, and as soon as he wants to slip away, he threatens with thunder and lightning. To be honest, Cheng Ling is really not afraid, but if he is going to be struck again, who knows if he will be soul pierced again?
It's good now, it's a little boy of seven or eight years old, and it's a big deal to live more than thirty years. But if he let his soul penetrate into a woman, or a eunuch in the palace, Cheng Ling's hairs stand on end when he thinks about it.
Thinking about it, he could only sigh secretly: That's it, just treat yourself as if you are in the Wuxiang Sword Sect: eat and wait for death! Anyway, as a miscellaneous disciple, you also have food and shelter, as long as you avoid Chen Lei and them a little.
After making up his mind, he no longer struggled and went all the way in the direction of returning to the Wuxiang Sword Sect.
When I returned to the miscellaneous disciple area, I was planning to rush back to the dormitory to sleep for a few days. But on the way back, a group of disciples gathered around the roadside, and they kept exclaiming.
Cheng Ling became curious, so he stepped forward to take a look. I saw a young man in a robe in the center, fiddling with a few wooden strips, changing the position of a single wooden strip from time to time, and the pattern composed of the wooden strips kept changing.
Sometimes it's diamond-shaped, sometimes it's square, sometimes it's tapered. Cheng Ling couldn't help laughing when she saw the "poof", isn't this a match game played by kindergarten children.
Just like the number 14 + 1 = 11, only one match is allowed to be moved for the equation to hold. With such a small pediatric game, these disciples even made a fuss.
However, his smile annoyed the young man in the Confucian shirt. He said: "He Fang rat generation, he actually laughed at my master's research and reported his name!"
"It's him! The abandoned son of the Chen family still has the face to laugh at others. ”
"Senior brother, I know his name is Chen Ling, and he is a useless waste. ”
"That's it, I cleaned him up two days ago, and I thought he was dead, but I didn't expect him to be alive, this kind of garbage is in the sect, it's a shame!"
There is no need to ask, it must be Chen Lei who said such heart-wrenching words.
Cheng Ling smiled coldly, and didn't want to provoke, so he turned around and left!
didn't take two steps, but saw Chen Lei stop in front of him with a few more people, glanced at him with disdain and said: "My Chen family has descendants like you, it is a big stain, I think you should leave the sect as soon as possible, so as not to suffer again!"
"What is the Chen family, I don't want to climb high, from today on, I will follow my mother's surname, change my surname to Cheng, and I will not be called Chen Ling, but will be renamed Cheng Ling. Now, you're satisfied!"
"Hahahaha~~"
The children laughed for a while, they didn't expect this person to be so seedless, and even changed his name when he threatened.
Chen Lei became more and more angry, and said: "You actually underestimate our surname Chen, do you want to betray the family?"
"It's my brother, you say I'm a stain, I changed my surname and you said betrayal, so do I change or not?"
"You ......" played tricks, where Chen Lei was the opponent, he was immediately choked, and pointed at Cheng Ling for a long time and couldn't say a word.
"Since it's okay, then I'll go. Cheng Ling smiled coldly, then bypassed them and walked in the direction of the dormitory.
When Chen Lei reacted, he couldn't see his figure for a long time. He took a hateful sip and left with a few of his attendants. After this trouble, everyone lost interest and dispersed one by one.
After lying lazily in the dormitory for a day, he got up like a conscience to help Su Rui do chores. After coming back yesterday, Su Rui was greatly surprised, thinking that he had finally figured it out and was ready to continue in the Wuxiang Sword Sect. Keep trying.
Seeing him looking lazy again, he thought that the injuries on his body were not good, and took the initiative to help him complete his daily chores. You must know that miscellaneous disciples will have a fixed job every day, and if they complete it, they will not be rewarded, and if they can't complete it, they will be punished.
The scale of punishment ranged from starvation to beating and even expulsion from the sect, Cheng Ling left for a day, and was lazy for another day, if there was no help from Su Rui, at least he would be beaten.
When he came to the miscellaneous office, he saw Su Rui struggling to carry a bucket, Cheng Ling hurriedly stepped forward to help, and he was secretly ashamed to plant ...... for a few seconds.
"How's your mother, aren't you leaving anymore?" asked Su Rui.
Cheng Ling said gloomily: "My mother is dead!"
"Ahh
"She was seriously injured a year ago, and she has never recovered, and she has no savings, no pills to heal her wounds, and she can't support it over time. ”
Su Rui patted Cheng Ling's shoulder and said, "Hey, that's no way, don't be too sad, your aunt will bless you!"
Cheng Ling squeezed out two tears and said, "Yes, I also know that I didn't want to get up yesterday because I was so sad!"
"It's okay, if you're still sad, just rest for a few more days!"
"That's it, it's better to have something to do than to be cranky!"
"That's right, if the eldest mother is gone, then Chen Lei and they will bully you even more, so what should I do?"
"It's nothing, I saw them yesterday and told him, and in the future, I will follow my mother's surname and change my name to Cheng Ling, and I have nothing to do with the Chen family!"
"This ...... It doesn't seem to be good!" Su Rui said hesitantly.
"Since they don't treat me as a member of the family, I don't need to follow their surname! That's it, don't mention this matter again!" Cheng Ling gritted her teeth and said hatefully.
"Okay then! We will start accepting apprentices tomorrow, we still need to finish the work as soon as possible, rest as soon as possible, and strive to become official disciples!" Su Rui said excitedly.
The two of them chatted while working, but they didn't feel hard. Just as he was in full swing, an old man with gray hair and a little sloppy came over and asked, "Who of you is Chen Ling?"
Cheng Ling was stunned for a moment, who is this old man? I don't know him! However, an old man took the initiative to ask, and he wanted to be polite as a junior, so he bowed his hand slightly and said: "Grandpa, I am Chen Ling, but now I have changed my name, and I will be called Cheng Ling in the future." ”
The old man didn't care about this, and when he saw that he agreed, he said, "I have a little game here, and I want to play with you, so come on!"
After speaking, regardless of Cheng Ling's answer, he took out a large handful of thin wooden sticks and laid out a rectangular pattern on the ground. When he was done, he said, "I think you can move two sticks to make this pattern three of the same size, can you do it?"
Cheng Ling was speechless, how old are you, old man? Playing games with a little kid with me, is it Little Red Riding Hood and Grandma Wolf? When I saw him swing out those wooden sticks, I realized that it was the young man who asked the elders to find a place yesterday.
However, this kind of difficult match game is really not in sight, since he is so old and still looking for abuse, then satisfy him! He moved two sticks, and the rectangle became a pattern of three squares.
The old man's eyes lit up, and he said, "I'll put another pattern, and you move three to make it go in a different direction." With that, he took on the shape of another fish.
When Cheng Ling saw it, he also moved three of them, making the direction of the fish change from left to right.
The old man continued to make a square and said, "Move two and become two squares." ”
Cheng Ling continued to finish easily.
One old and one young, put several rounds on the ground, and Cheng Ling can easily change. Later, he also became interested and said, "Grandpa, how about I take the test for you too?"
The old man's eyes were getting brighter and brighter, and when he saw that he took the initiative to ask the question, he nodded and agreed.
Cheng Ling said: "I want you to use nine small wooden sticks to arrange four shapes of the same size. ”
The old man began to think and tried a variety of swings, but after trying for a long time, he still couldn't complete it. Cheng Ling also lost the patience to wait, so he took the initiative to put it out.
When the old man saw it, he was overjoyed and said, "Ah, why can't I think of it?" Xiaoyou, what kind of posture are there, can you demonstrate a few kinds of them for the old man?"
Cheng Ling looked at his praying eyes, and smiled secretly in his heart, this old man probably has no childhood. That's it, since he's so pitiful, let's be satisfied once!
In front of the old man, he posed with a small wooden stick in many poses. Of course, these are geometric figures, Arabic numerals, which should be unacceptable to people in this world.
The more the old man looked at him, the more obsessed he became, and the excitement in his eyes became stronger. Later, he muttered in his mouth: "This change can be presented as a kun hexagram, this is a kan hexagram, what is this? It can be imaged horizontally and vertically, is it the Nine Palaces?"
"No, this should be the sixth house in the south and the seventh house in the north, how can it change so much?"
He frowned tightly, thinking hard, just staring at the few small wooden sticks on the ground, and he didn't even know how Cheng Ling and Su Rui left!
"Cheng Ling, those patterns you put on are so magical, how can they change so much?" the two returned to the dormitory, and Su Rui asked excitedly. Today he can be regarded as having seen that those little sticks actually have so many novel ways to play.
Cheng Ling smiled indifferently and said, "It's nothing, I'm just bored to play!"
But I can't imagine that in this world, there are people who are so addicted to this kind of small game. He lay on the bed, thinking in his heart: I don't know how to do a few maze games to see if I can make a fortune?
If it does, how do you sell it? Sales channels? And pricing? In this world, it seems that he has never been exposed to the monetary system, and it seems that he must understand these things first! He thought about it, and fell asleep in a daze.
The next day, while still asleep, Cheng Ling was woken up by a jolt. He opened his eyes with difficulty, and saw Su Rui grabbing his arm and shaking it vigorously.
"Su Rui, disturbing people's dreams is a very hateful thing, don't you know!" Cheng Ling said viciously.
"Don't sleep, we'll start collecting apprentices right away, we have to go to the mountain gate first, and if we miss the hour, we won't have a chance!" Su Rui said anxiously.
Cheng Ling sighed secretly, this Su Rui is really persistent, but obviously on his body, Zhou Gong's power is even stronger, so he turned over and said in a daze: "You go by yourself, I have a splitting headache, so I won't go!" After speaking, he continued to sleep!