Chapter 45: Master Xu is stunned
Although they couldn't figure out why the other party was so secretive, it was difficult for outsiders to explore the secrets of others. Cheng Yaojin was not an unreasonable person. After thinking for a moment, he nodded and agreed. So the two made a jar of liquor that night. Du Shaoqing taught Cheng Yaojin how to make liquor step by step. After all, the two had agreed to cooperate to open a winery, and Cheng Yaojin was almost excited for a night and couldn't sleep. He dreamed that he was soaked in a liquor jar.
Early the next morning, Cheng Yaojin left Luoxia Town with a jar of wine.
Seeing the fierce general walking westward, Du Shaoqing thought in his heart that the first step in the plan of thousands of miles was taken. Unexpectedly, the first partner was actually this old devil. It can be said that he had great luck. This is one of the few good thighs in the Tang Dynasty.
But he didn't know that he had really good thighs five years ago. His cheap father-in-law was His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Isn't this the thickest thigh in the Tang Dynasty?
It’s just that he has a cheap father-in-law and has a bad temper, so he, Du Shaoqing, wants to be a rich man and make a fortune in silence. I’m afraid it’s not that easy.
Because the third uncle had an accident, it took several days to delay, Du Shaoqing ignored one thing, that is, he had an agreement with Master Xu, a private school teacher in the town. The ancients valued trust and righteousness over life and death, and the orthodox Confucian scholars like Master Xu were even more so, so he took the initiative to come to the door to fulfill the appointment that day.
Yunlai Inn has basically no business these days, because everyone in the town knows that something happened to the Du family and has been busy taking care of the patients, so many people don’t want to disturb them.
After breakfast, Master Xu stepped into the front hall of Yunlai Inn with a steady step. The entire front hall was empty and seemed to be busy behind.
At this time, a small figure trotted out from the back of the inn. It was Du Shaoqing's daughter Du Xuanxuan. She met Master Xu and was immediately bounced back to squat on the ground. After Du Shaoqing's nutritional conditioning, the little girl became much more solid. She quickly got up and patted the dust on her body, looking at the strange old man strangely.
"Grandpa, who are you? What are you doing in my house? Have you eaten? Did Xuanxuan just hit you?"
Master Xu looked at the little girl and thought to himself that the child was kind-hearted, so he replied kindly: "It's okay, child, is your father at home?"
"Dad is at home, but he said he doesn't have time to play with me now. He is applying medicine to his third grandfather with his second uncle, and then he has to wrap his third grandfather into a big rice dumpling. He doesn't take me with such fun, hum!
Grandpa, daddy is not fun, don’t look for him, just play with Xuanxuan.”
The little girl remembered what happened just now and had a little temper, which made Master Xu feel a little childlike. Knowing that Du Shaoqing was busy saving people, he nodded and said, "Okay, I won't look for your father today, I'll look for you."
It’s OK to play with you, but I have to ask you a question first.”
"Oh, I understand. You want to play a game of asking questions to each other. Ask me one, I ask you one. Whoever can't answer will be a pig. Hehe, okay, you ask the old man first." The little girl jumped happily in the spot with a sudden enlightenment.
Master Xu didn't care and asked, "Can you recite "Thousand Character Text"?"
I thought the other party might not know what a thousand-character text is, but who knew that Du Xuanxuan nodded repeatedly, "Well, I can!"
This answer shocked the other party. He directly asked Master Xu, who was stroking his beard to pull off a few broken beards, and asked in disbelief: "Really? How is this possible? You can carry me and listen."
In Master Xu's expectant eyes, Du Xuanxuan was unmoved and shook her head and corrected: "Wrong, wrong, old man, you ask me one, it's my turn to ask you a question. You should ask me again after I finish asking."
Puff, Master Xu almost slipped down. At this critical moment, what game do you care about? How can I feel like this?
But the child is innocent and cute, not to be deceived, and firmly believes in the rules of the game. In desperation, Master Xu had to patiently say vaguely: "Okay, okay, it's your turn to ask, ask quickly."
Du Xuanxuan shook her little head and thought for a while, then as if she had thought of a clever plan, she showed a cunning expression and asked Master Xu, "How many stars are there in the sky?"
Master Xu thought to himself, this child is quite clever and even a little cunning. Such a game can't deceive me, so he stroked his beard and said loudly: "The stars in the sky are beyond count, so the answer is that there are stars in the sky.
Okay, it’s time for me to ask you, you write the thousand-character text..."
"No, right!" Before the other party finished speaking, the little girl waved her hand and interrupted, "Grandpa, you answered wrongly. It's daytime now, there is only the sun in the sky, and there is not a single star."
I... Master Xu felt a little confused, but when I think about it carefully, it is true. You can't cheat on your children!
It was really embarrassing to defeat the child. I couldn't help but touch my beard like a concealer, "Okay, okay, if you are wrong, you are wrong. Let's stop talking about the stars. It's my place, you can..."
"I'm wrong again. If you answered wrongly, you have to be a pig. You can't ask questions anymore. You still have to ask you. When will you answer correctly, it will be your turn to ask questions again."
Ka, Master Xu's beard was hugged a few more times again, is it still over?
"Let's stop playing games, I just want you..."
But the little girl quit. You just want to play, and you just want to play, and you just want to play, but you just want to play. This is not possible. It’s just the beginning. I finally found a playmate. You don’t let you cheat when playing games.
Seeing the little girl's mouth pouting like a duck and looking like she ignored you, Master Xu was very anxious and thought to herself that I just wanted to know if you really know how to recite the thousand-character text, why is it so difficult to coax?
"Okay, okay, it's me that I'm wrong. Let's continue playing the game. I didn't answer the answer just now. I don't know how to play this game very well. Why don't we compare memorizing the book? You just said that you can memorize the thousand-character text, and I can do it, how can we compare who can memorize it faster?
I will definitely not lose this time." Master Xu patiently advised that there is always a way for adults to deal with children, and provocation is definitely a skilled trick that has been tried and done.
Sure enough, Du Xuanxuan was fooled and nodded in dissatisfaction and agreed. In Master Xu's surprised eyes, she took a breath, opened her mouth and recited it at the fastest speed: the world, the mysterious yellow universe, the vast world...
Master Xu no longer cared about stroking his beard anymore, and his eyes looked at the little girl. This child was only four years old. If Du Shaoqing did not deliberately conceal her, she would have been subjected to a thousand-character text after only half a month of studying? Then what are the children in my private school who can't memorize for a year?
"Hey, grandpa, I've finished memorizing it. Why can't you recite a word? Did you get stuck at the beginning? Dad said it doesn't matter if it's stuck, but you can remember it later.
But you have already lost, hehe, Xuanxuan still won, so you have to be a pig again." Du Xuanxuan urged him to pull the corner of Master Xu's clothes.
Master Xu, who came to his senses, looked at Du Xuanxuan seriously and asked, "Child, are you willing to worship me as your teacher?"
Let an old master who insists on having different genders completely put aside his gender and take the initiative to accept disciples, which shows how much Master Xu values the child in front of him.
However, the little girl looked at the old man in front of her with a strange look, and circled around him, biting her finger and asked in confusion: "Grandpa, do you know the pan?"
Chapter completed!