When he woke up, it was already half an afternoon, Wu Hou opened his hazy sleepy eyes on the bed and stretched his waist.

He looked at his watch, it was already a little faster, even if he didn't go to school, he still remembered the class schedule in the school, and knew that Mai Wenxiang didn't have classes in the afternoon, and if he calculated it according to the time after school at noon, it would be almost home. So Wu Hou got up from the bed, walked out of the door, rubbed his sleepy eyes and shouted, "Xiangxiang." ”

No one in the room responded, Wu Hou hesitated for a moment, and shouted again, "Xiangxiang, are you back?"

Wu Hou wondered, ran to Mai Wenxiang's room to take a look, and found that it was empty, and the balcony was also empty, and he didn't even have any clothes.

"Why haven't you come back yet? Wu Hou couldn't help but muttered to himself, then went into the bathroom, washed up, and then went into the kitchen, ready to cook some food for himself.

Usually when Mai Wenxiang doesn't have classes in the afternoon, she will come back to eat at noon, and the two will make some delicious treats together to treat themselves, but Mai Wenxiang hasn't come back yet, and Wu Hou estimates that she won't come back, just looking at the dishes in the refrigerator, rice or something, and can't raise the interest of cooking at all.

In the end, Wu Hou took out instant noodles from the refrigerator, alone, it's better to be simple, cook instant noodles and eat them casually, Wu Hou thought in his heart.

Take the instant noodles to the living room, boil the pot water, sit on the sofa in a daze, after the water boils, skillfully put the instant noodles into the bowl, sprinkle the condiments, pour boiling water, the instant noodles bag is unpacked, spread on the bowl, stuffy for a few minutes, and then take the instant noodles bag, a bowl of instant noodles is so good.

Wu Hou looked at Bai Huahua's bowl of instant noodles, and suddenly felt so lonely again, he was a little sad, he shrugged, raised his eyebrows at the bowl of instant noodles, and said something in his mouth.

"Alright, let's eat, let's go. ”

Then Wu Hou picked up the chopsticks and took a big gulp. In the past few months, when Wu Hou was dining alone at home, when he felt lonely, he often talked to himself like this before meals.

A bowl of instant noodles was eaten quickly, I don't know why, Wu Hou's meal volume is getting smaller and smaller, if it weren't for the habit of three meals a day for many years, it is estimated that he will not be hungry if he doesn't eat all day. In fact, these are the wonders of his cultivation becoming more and more profound, martial arts, there are countless magical things, his master Duanmu Shenjiu is not exactly like this, he slept for thousands of years, and after waking up, he was still intact.

After the meal, Wu Hou walked to the window, where a recliner was placed, and Wu Hou lay down beautifully, basking in the sun and lighting a cigarette. Usually, at times like this, he will call home, call one to his mother Guo Sunhua, and one to his grandparents, and today is no exception.

picked up his mobile phone, looked through the phone book, and found Guo Xianda's number on the black and white screen, Wu Hou dialed it, and after a beep, Guo Xianda over there answered the phone.

"Hey, it's a good grandson, right?" Guo Xianda's familiar voice sounded.

Wu Hou here smiled, and said hehehe: "Grandpa, have you eaten?"

Guo Xianda's tone was cheerful, and he said happily: "Not yet, your grandmother and your mother are doing it, I'm watching TV." ”

"My mother, did my mother go to the mountains?" Wu Hou asked.

"No, I came to the city with your grandmother, your mother had to let me come, we couldn't help it, so we came over, and then went back to the mountains after the Spring Festival and the beginning of spring. ”

Wu Hou was overjoyed and said, "Really, grandpa, are you going to celebrate the New Year with your grandmother in the city?"

Guo Xianda haha, "Yes, hey, little rabbit cub, it's about to be a holiday, right? Come back quickly after the holiday, your grandmother thinks you can't think of it." ”

Wu Hou's heart twitched, his face was a little ugly, but he still insisted on saying naturally: "Come on, I'll go back when the holiday is over, you wait for me at home." ”

"Okay, when you come back, let's have a few drinks, tsk, it's beautiful to think about. ”

Suddenly thinking of something, Wu Hou asked, "By the way, grandfather, you went to the city, what should you do with the white tiger?"

Guo Xianda replied: "It's okay, the town has strengthened the protection measures for wild animals, and now there are 20 people in the team, who are divided into two batches every day by the two eggs, patrolling the mountains and forests, and the Pinghuang Mountain is safe." ”

"Oh, that's good. ”

"Well, don't worry, hang up first if you're fine, grandpa watches TV, remember to come back early when you're on holiday." ”

"Oh, okay, goodbye grandpa. ”

Wu Hou hung up the phone, finally took a puff of cigarette and threw it into the trash can, afraid that the trash can would be lit, so he spat at the trash can twice and soaked the cigarette handle. Looking up at the sunshine outside, the pedestrians on the road downstairs are walking on the street, the wind blows through the bare tree trunks swaying from side to side, the warm winter sun, dull and depressed, always missing the feeling of hometown.

Suddenly, I felt homesick again, and I wanted to go back immediately.

Wu Hou sat alone in front of the window and was sad for a while, sighing and depressed, and after about half an hour, he retracted his thoughts, stood up and walked out of the place where he lived, ready to go to Yizhenglian. Maybe now, the only place that can give him some sense of home is Yizhenglian.

After going downstairs, he skillfully took a taxi and told the driver the location, Wu Hou squinted in the car for a while, and when he came back to his senses, he had already arrived.

The car stopped at the gate of Yizhenglian, and after the driver woke up Wu Hou, he looked at Yizhenglian's signboard through the window and wondered, "What kind of place is this?"

Seeing the driver frowning at the signboard, Wu Hou replied, "The newly opened martial arts hall, do you want to go in and have a look?"

The driver shook his head and said, "No, no, no, there are too many places in this place now, young man, do you want to learn a few martial arts? What are you doing in this place, looking in tatters, or I'll send you to a place? It's not far from here, and the Baozhun is much stronger than this." ”

Wu Hou smiled, got out of the car after politely refused, and let the driver leave after paying the money. Before leaving, the driver also instructed him not to be deceived, there are many scammers in this business now. Wu Hou thanked the driver for his kindness, but did not explain much.

The door of Yizhenglian was closed and not open, this can be regarded as an opening, why is the door closed? Wu Hou was curious, so he leaned down in the crack of the door and looked in.

The six Mu brothers in the courtyard are in different postures, strange shapes, hanging upside down on the eaves with one hand and sitting cross-legged. Wu Hou thought to himself, maybe this is the master teaching them martial arts.

Thinking of this, Wu Hou pushed the door in, and the door opened with a "clang", which startled the six brothers, and Mu Haijiang and Mu Haichuan, who were hanging upside down on the eaves, fell to the ground together with Mu Haijiang and Mu Haichuan, who were on the ground with one hand.

Everyone looked at Wu Hou, Mu Haisen put away the horse, and said angrily: "You kid, don't knock on the door, scare the big brother!"

Wu Hou blinked, smiled and looked at the master sitting under the eaves, the little day looked very comfortable. The afternoon sun shone under the eaves, Duanmu Shenjiu was half lying on the rocking chair, squinting slightly, there were melon seeds and peanuts on the table next to him, and the ground was full of dander.

Everyone stopped, and Duanmu Shenjiu squinted his eyes and said, "Go on." ”

The six brothers of the Mu family, you look at me, I look at you, with a bitter face, I put on the posture just now, the upper eaves of the eaves, the upside-down handstand, and the Zama step of the Zama step.

Mu Haisen couldn't help but mutter, "From the morning to now, I haven't been allowed to eat, the ancestor's way of passing on martial arts is unscientific." ”

Duanmu Shenjiu glanced at Mu Haisen obliquely, causing him to immediately silence him and return to his previous appearance. Wu Hou came over, squatted down beside the master, looked at the six brothers in the courtyard and said, "Master, there was a fight by the river last night. ”

"Oh, I said how a few decent qi machines appeared in the city. Duanmu Shenjiu squinted, his expression unmoved.

Wu Hou was taken aback and asked, "Master, can you feel it?"

Peeling a peanut and putting it in his mouth, Duanmu Shenjiu pursed his lips and chuckled, "Well, I feel it." Wu Hou grimaced, whispered a powerful word, and then said: "The one who fought was a Taoist priest and a monk, and he was a master of the eight powers. ”

Duanmu Shenjiu opened his eyes and said, "It's this kid." ”

"But he was rescued by his uncle, and it seems that he went to Tibet. Wu Hou thought of the Azure Daoist who claimed to be Azure with four eyebrows, and said with fascination: "His uncle is really powerful, he can cut off the river with his fingers, and he can fly like his master." ”

Duanmu Shenjiu said with a smile: "There are many martial artists who have taken off for three hundred miles, there is no fuss." ”

"Oh. Wu Hou let out a sullen sigh and muttered, "I will do the same in the future." ”

The master opened his eyes on the side and looked at the apprentice squatting on the side, his eyes were gentle and appreciative.

The six brothers in the courtyard never got their wish to rest for a while, Wu Hou muttered a big time next to Duanmu Shenjiu, Duanmu Shenjiu was probably tired of listening to his gossip, so he closed his eyes again and continued to close his eyes and recuperate.

Wu Houzuo looked at it again and again, it was really boring, so he asked, "What about Dodo?"

"I went to post an advertisement, I went out after breakfast, and I haven't come back until now, just right, you go to help the teacher find her back, and the little girl's house can't be eaten. Duanmu Shenjiu squinted his eyes and ordered.

Wu Hou picked up the big knife, stood up and agreed, and went out to find Mu Duoduo.

In the middle of the afternoon, the sun was particularly lazy, shining on the plain streets, paved with a layer of golden yellow, in a prosperous area more than ten kilometers away from Yizhenglian, the young Mu was sweating profusely, and she was still holding a thick pile of small advertisements in her arms, which read the propaganda of the Yizheng Lian Martial Arts Hall.

Mu Duoduo had just had breakfast in the morning, and he held the advertisement printed by his father, and according to the instructions of the little grandfather and Mu Haisen, he ran out happily, all the way, all the way to post the advertisement. The little girl worked very hard, and posted it all morning, and she advertised the route she had walked, the walls and telephone poles on both sides.

Walking and walking, I came to the bustling area in front of me, where the flow of people is dense, and there are many facades, men and women, of different shapes. The little girl is very smart, he knows that advertisements should be posted in places with many people, so that more people can see the advertisement, in order to give full play to the value of advertising. So when she saw this prosperous area, she showed a happy smile on her sweaty face.

This prosperous area is inhabited, most of them are some outsiders, here is far away from the city, is a living area that only belongs to migrant workers, mixed with fish and dragons, everywhere are market apprentices, but the little girl can ignore these, she just post her advertisement, this is the task given to her by her father and little grandfather, she values it very much.

Holding a small advertisement in her arms, Mu Duoduo walked into this street, and the street with a lot of people made her a little timid, but in the end she still mustered up the courage and pasted one on the telephone pole next to her, and the first one was pasted with the second one, as Mu Duoduo went more and more inside, she had already posted advertisements on the walls of the roadside, on the glass windows of the store, on the bus stop signs, and on the chairs on the side of the road.

Mu Duoduo, who was sticking to and sticking his head down, unconsciously walked into a small alley, and there was an open gate facing the exit of the alley, and there were many noisy voices of men in the courtyard inside the door. The little girl raised her head and looked into the courtyard from the door, and saw many boys who were about the same age as Wu Hou's brother, and many young men who were slightly older than Wu Hou, who were shouting and punching in the courtyard inside the door.

The little girl didn't have so many eyes, and when she saw that there were many big brothers here, she rushed to the door, looked inside for a while, and then picked up the small advertisement and flexibly pasted a few on the door. Afterwards, she was worried that the big brothers in the yard would not be able to see it, so she deliberately stood at the door, coughed a few times, and knocked on the position on the door that had just been advertised by herself, attracting the attention of the crowd in the courtyard.

This trick really worked, and a few big brothers who were punching at the sandbag at the door turned their heads and looked at the little girl.

One of the young men walked over, stared at Mu Duoduo for a few moments, and then moved his eyes to the door, and after seeing the small advertisement, his brows gradually furrowed. Then he turned his head and shouted in, "Haha, brothers, come and see, someone has posted an advertisement to us." ”

Many people in the courtyard heard the cry of the young man at the door, and walked over one after another, and they all looked at the small advertisement that Mu Duoduo had just posted, and then laughed loudly in the puzzled eyes of the little girl.

Among them, there was a man with a very fierce face, laughing out of breath, a big hand reached out to Mu Duoduo, pressed her shoulder and asked, "Little girl, who asked you to post an advertisement?"

The timid little girl was already scared when she saw so many men coming over just now, and at this time, she was held down by the shoulder of this fierce-looking man, and she was so frightened that she didn't dare to take a mouthful, and replied honestly: "I'll post it myself..."

"Why are you sticking to my door?" the man yelled.

Mu Duo was scared and wanted to turn around and leave, but the fierce man actually grabbed her shoulder, carried her down the steps of the door, and then pointed to the signboard on the door and said, "Silly girl, you can't be so blatant in robbing business, can't you see what is written here?"

Mu Duoduo, who hasn't read for a few years, doesn't know much, but she still knows the words written on the plaque at the door, which are the three words "Tiehan Compound".

The little girl read it truthfully, "Tiehan Compound..."

The fierce man threw Mu Duoduo to the ground, making her sit on the ground with her buttocks, and then said viciously: "Then you dare to post an advertisement, it's really a tiger plucking the feathers on his head, stealing business and grabbing the family!"

Mu Duoduo finally understood that this Tiehan compound was the same as the Yizheng Lian opened at home, which was a folk martial arts hall that opened the door to accept apprentices and teach martial arts, and the little girl realized that she had gone to the wrong place.

Dozens of men stood there inside the door and laughed evilly, and the fierce man at the door glared at Mu Duoduo angrily, Mu Duoduo was scared in his heart, and he was scared and cried.

"Oh, it didn't bother you yet, you're still crying?" The man looked at Mu Duoduo who was crying impatiently, and a finger hit the bridge of the little girl's nose.

The strength of this finger is not big for a big man, but for such a brittle little girl, it is very big, and Mu Duoduo's two nostrils are bleeding immediately.

Mu Duoduo wiped her nose, her hands were stained with her own nosebleeds, she was very scared, she looked at her red hands in horror, and cried heartbreakingly.

This fierce face, the fierce man is not a good person, seeing that the little girl's nose is bleeding, he is indifferent, but he is more and more impatient because of Mu Duo's crying.

"Can you fucking change places and cry!" The man slapped Mu Duoduo on the back of the head, although his strength didn't use much, he still slapped Mu Duoduo to the ground.

"What are you crying about, it's like reporting a funeral, stand up!" the man roared with wide eyes.

Mu Duoduo was so frightened by this sound that he really didn't dare to cry, and he was afraid that this fierce man would beat him again, so he stood up honestly, but he still sobbed quietly.

"Go, tear off the little advertisement on the door and tear it clean!" the man instructed Mu Duo viciously.

The little girl walked to the door very obediently, and under the gaze of a dozen young men on the side, she tore off all the small advertisements on the door with her trembling little hands, and then she walked down the steps again, grinning and crying, "Uncle, it's torn clean, can I go?"

Hey, the mouth is quite sweet, this uncle screamed, it's quite good, the fierce man thought so in his heart, a smile pulled out of the corner of his mouth, and said softly: "Well, tear them clean? Awesome, then you eat them all, and your uncle will let you go, okay?"

"No... I don't eat... This can't be eaten..."Mu Duo cried and shook his head, and a few tears fell to the ground with the shaking of his head.

The fierce man looked at Mu Duo viciously, sneered and said, "Don't eat? You have to eat if you don't eat?" I not only want you to eat, but after eating, I will go to your house to smash the field, dare to come to me to steal business, the courage is really not small, and I don't ask what place I am here..."

Outside the alley, Wu Hou carried the knife of no return on his shoulders, put his two hands on both ends of the knife at will, and held a lollipop in his mouth, and walked into this prosperous area. He also had a lollipop in his hand, which was reserved for Mu Duoduo, who passed by a supermarket just now, and when he bought cigarettes, the boss had no money to give change, so he took two lollipops casually.

Wu Hou followed the telephone pole and the small advertisement on the wall, and found it all the way, but fortunately, the small advertisement was pasted by Mu Duoduo, and it was also obvious, otherwise it would be really difficult to find.

Walking along the street, looking at the small advertisements on the side of the road, walking and walking, Wu Hou walked not far from the alley, and saw the last advertisement posted on the corner on the side of the alley, and the front was gone. Wu Hou stopped and watched back and forth for a while, he had a little headache, why was it gone?

At this moment, a girl's cry was heard in the alley, and the voice was terrible, mixed with the vicious laughter of a man.