Shen Sanjian looked at the tree in front of him and said to himself: "Heaven's will! Shen Sanjian divided the iron wood in front of him into a sword.

Shen Sanjian will not finish the fence is finished, and the place where they live at this time is like a birdcage. Shen Sanjian secretly hid the wooden sword, and then called Li Zimu over, and said, "Apprentice, I have a gift for the master, you close your eyes first, and you will open it when the master asks you to open it." ”

Shen Sanjian is like this, such a big person, and he hasn't done it yet. Li Zimu closed his eyes expectantly, waiting for his own gift.

Shen Sanjian slowly brought the wooden sword in front of Shen Sanjian and said, "Apprentice, take a look!"

Li Zimu opened his eyes, saw the wooden sword in front of him, his eyes lit up, and said, "Master, is this for me?"

"Isn't it yours or for someone else? Is there anyone else in this place besides the two of us?"

Li Zimu took the wooden sword, and he couldn't pick it up when he first got it, but Li Zimu still held up the first sword in his life with both hands, looking at the exquisite patterns carved on the sword grid to achieve the purpose of balancing the weight, and the sword body also happened to match Li Zimu's height now, although it was a wooden sword, it still had a sharp tip and blade, as well as a slightly raised sword spine, and a suitable hilt, and he was very happy.

Not to mention, Shen Sanjian's skills are really good, and he usually hangs his son, but he is still very concerned about Li Zimu's affairs.

Seeing Li Zimu happy like this, Shen Sanjian coughed, wanting to attract Li Zimu's attention, but it was useless, Li Zimu still looked at his sword stupidly, and waved it twice from time to time. Shen Sanjian shouted loudly: "Fool, don't you want to learn swordsmanship if you have a sword?"

At this time, Li Zimu had happily forgotten to speak, he held the sword, showed two big white teeth, smiled stupidly, and kept nodding.

Shen Sanjian shook his head and said, "I'm a stupid apprentice, and I don't have much to do in this life. ”

"Apprentice, you first look at how the sword is danced by the teacher, pay attention to look carefully, I will only teach it once. Before Li Zimu could react, Shen Sanjian began to teach.

What Shen Sanjian demonstrated to Li Zimu was the first sword competition with Yiyao, and the moves used by Yiyao were of course the simplest moves.

Shen Sanjian demonstrated it, then threw the Danyang sword back into the scabbard in the distance, and then really lazy, touched the wine jug on his waist, took a sip of wine and said, "Disciple, do you see clearly?"

"I see it clearly, Master!" Li Zimu replied.

Shen Sanjian yawned and said, "That apprentice, you practice first, I'll go and lie down on the stone and watch you practice." Without waiting for Li Zimu to answer, Shen Sanjian lay on the stone he had specially moved.

This stone weighed three or four hundred catties, and Shen Sanjian specially carried it from the bottom of the mountain at this time, and it was not very comfortable on it without any treatment. I don't know if Shen Sanjian is too lazy, or if he likes stones with edges and corners, anyway, Shen Sanjian hasn't undergone any treatment, it's just a bare stone, and the whole stone looks very ugly.

Shen Sanjian held his head with one hand, and held a wine gourd in the other, and kept pouring wine into his mouth, his eyes still staring at Li Zimu in the distance from time to time.

Li Zimu didn't know if he inherited the powerful swordsmanship talent from his father, or the super memory inherited from her mother, as long as Shen Sanjian taught him, Li Zimu would remember it. Some people are born destined to take what kind of road they want to take, and they are destined to become what kind of person they want to become.

Shen Sanjian looked at Li Zimu's figure, looked at his thin figure, and struggled to hold a sword made of iron and wood, but he could barely get the moves right, so he silently muttered in his heart: "Brother Yi, have you seen it? Your son is very similar to you!"

Time passed day by day, and before I knew it, four years had passed, and Li Zimu would be eleven years old tomorrow. Under the teaching of Shen Sanjian, Li Zimu made rapid progress.

If you don't know how to make money, oil and salt are expensive, Shen Sanjian used to be alone, he ate wherever he went, and the wine never stopped, but now he can't. He was originally a poor Taoist priest, he didn't have much money, and he had to spend money to buy vegetables and rice, and more importantly, he had to buy his wine.

In order to make a living, Shen Sanjian has been doing chores in a remote tavern for several years, the tavern is far away, he arranges the homework that Li Zimu wants to learn every day, and then he goes out with the sword. Over the years, he has worked as a dishwasher, a hall runner, a servant, in short, everything. Of course, he often does stealing wine and eating. There is also that when there is really no way, I will eat some leftovers and wine left over from other guests, and when I see a good meal, I will pack it for Li Zimu to take back, but even so, Shen Sanjian is still very happy, because at least there is still wine to drink.

Li Zimu said to Shen Sanjian: "Master, it's time to change my sword, it's too short, it's not suitable, and besides, I will be eleven years old tomorrow, and I also want to taste what the wine you often drink tastes like." ”

Hearing this, Shen Sanjian began to worry, he thought to himself: "Yiyao is so good at drinking, what if I grab wine and drink?"

So, he had a plan in his mind and said to himself: "As long as he doesn't like to drink, won't it be fine?" Thinking of this, he suddenly became open-minded and cheerful. ”

Shen Sanjian said to Li Zimu: "Apprentice, the master has come down the mountain, find a good piece of wood to make a sword for you." ”

Hearing this, Li Zimu was a little unhappy and said, "Master, I'm going to be eleven years old soon, why do I still use the wooden sword that children play with?"

When Shen Sanjian heard Li Zimu say this, he knew that the child had grown up and was eager to become an adult soon.

Shen Sanjian said to Li Zimu: "Apprentice, the master promises you, as long as you can go through a hundred rounds under my sword, the master will give you a sword with his own hands." ”

When Li Zimu heard this, he was very excited and said, "Master, then you have to talk and count!"

"Count, count!" After speaking, Shen Sanjian picked up a dead branch from his side and said, "Come on!"

"Master, then I'm here!"

Li Zimu stabbed Shen Sanjian with all his strength, only to hear the sound of "bang", Li Zimu's sword was picked up by Shen Sanjian and stabbed deeply on the stone next to him!

Shen Sanjian dropped the dead branches, walked to Li Zimu's side, touched Li Zimu's head and said: "Good apprentice, you still have to work hard! However, you can challenge the master at any time, the master's promise will always be true, but there is an additional condition, that is, every time you challenge me, you have to add one move on the basis of one hundred moves, even if this time it is given to you for nothing, if you take the initiative to challenge me next time, you will need one hundred and one moves to get the sword next time, and so on, understand?"

Li Zimu didn't speak, what he was thinking about now was that he worked so hard every day, why was the gap between him and Master so big?

Shen Sanjian saw that Li Zimu didn't speak, but he knew that his apprentice's self-confidence had been frustrated, but he also understood that if Li Zimu couldn't face up to his failure, then he wouldn't grow up after all. Shen Sanjian didn't care about Li Zimu and went directly to prepare what he needed to prepare.

Li Zimu looked at Shen Sanjian's departing back and shouted, "Master, I will work hard, and one day I will surpass you!"

Although Shen Sanjian was already far away, he still heard it, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he said to himself: "Did I shoot too heavily just now?" It was that Shen Sanjian was afraid that Li Zimu would be able to go through a hundred moves under him, because he really had no money.

Shen Sanjian came to the tavern to settle his salary, because he had been working for so long, and he was also very familiar with the boss. Before he could speak, the tavern owner said, "Old Shen, your salary has been exchanged for wine, which is definitely a good wine, and there are thirty yuan for you to buy rice and vegetables." ”

Shen Sanjian said embarrassedly: "Boss, can you pour out some wine, I still have to buy some other things, it will cost about ten yuan more." ”

The boss was very righteous, and directly took twelve cents from the counter and handed it to Shen Sanjian, saying, "How can there be any reason for the wine to come out? You have worked with me for so long, so it should be regarded as a bonus!"

Although Shen Sanjian was very short of money, he also knew that a gentleman loved money and took it in a good way, so he said: "Shopkeeper, how embarrassed am you for this? As the saying goes, no merit is not good, no virtue is not favored, how can I get so much money if I don't do so much work?"

The boss laughed twice and said, "Old Shen, seeing that your behavior and conversation are by no means ordinary people, how can you be willing to work part-time in my tavern? This money should be deducted from your next month's salary!"

"Then thank you shopkeeper!"

Shen Sanjian walked out of the tavern and went straight to the vegetable market, buying enough rice and some vegetables for this month at the lowest price.

Shen Sanjian came to a grocery store and asked the shopkeeper, "Boss, do you have white vinegar here?"

The shopkeeper took out some transparent liquid from a bucket and said, "Guest, seven cents." ”

Shen Sanjian asked, the white vinegar exuded a pungent smell, and said, "Boss, you're a bit expensive! Even the usual rice vinegar is not so expensive!"

Hearing this, the shopkeeper snatched the white vinegar and said, "If you think rice vinegar is cheap, you can buy rice vinegar, anyway, the white vinegar is my family!"

"Okay, okay, I can't buy it, but boss, you have to remember that if you make more ill-gotten gains, you will suffer!" After speaking, Shen Sanjian lined up the seven cents on the table, then lifted the white vinegar on the table and turned around and left.

As soon as Shen Sanjian turned around, the shopkeeper said: "This person is really inexplicable, he pays attention to doing business, he is willing to fight and suffer, and he thinks it is expensive, so he can not buy it!"

Shen Sanjian, who went out, was a little worried, because now he only had five cents left in his pocket, which was not enough to buy Coptis chinensis, but he still came to the pharmacy with a hard head.

In front of the counter of the pharmacy was a young junior, and when he saw Shen Sanjian coming, he asked, "What does this guest officer need?"

"How do you sell Coptis chinensis?"

"Seven cents a piece. ”

"Can you give me a five-penny? Now I only have five pennies left. ”

"The guest officer laughed, how can we sell this coptis after it is cut? Forget it, the pharmacy was originally also life-saving, so I'll sell you a small one for five cents!"

Hearing this, Shen Sanjian hurriedly said, "Thank you!"

After leaving the pharmacy, Shen Sanjian rushed back, and kept muttering: "I don't believe you can drink it!"