"Uncle Xiao, what skill did you just use? I want to learn it too. Can you teach me?"
The first one to speak was Dongzi.
He walked up to his father with a flattering smile on his face, picked up the wooden spoon in the ceramic bowl and filled his father with a full bowl of porridge.
"This is a skill my master taught me. I can't pass it on to you, otherwise that old monster named Hao will accuse me of stealing my apprentice from him!"
Dad shook his head and decisively refused.
Dongzi's smiling face fell instantly.
After Dad answered Dongzi's words, he looked at me cautiously and said, "Oh, girl, don't look at me like that. If I didn't escape just now, I would have been stabbed by that old woman again. You didn't try."
Yes, it hurts, she just pricked my face!"
That expression was the same as when Coffin Xiaoen was wronged.
Only then did I realize another problem.
The congestion on the back of Dad's head had been drained out by Grandma Epiphyllum Epiphyllum, but the crazy problem had not improved at all.
"Grandma Epiphyllum Epiphyllum is not pricking you with a needle, she is treating your illness."
I walked over, took my father's hand and asked, "Dad, do you still feel uncomfortable in any way?"
"Uncomfortable place?"
Dad scratched his head in confusion and said, "My head doesn't seem to hurt anymore, and it doesn't hurt anymore to think about problems!"
His eyes fell on Granny Epiphyllum again, and she leaned close to me and asked softly: "Is it really that old woman who cured my headache?"
I nodded: "It's what Granny Epiphyllum used those needles to cure you just now!"
"That's not a bad thing. I don't blame her for pricking me with those needles, so that I won't have a headache whenever I think about your mother. I can think about her all the time in the future!"
Dad nodded and said to Granny Epiphyllum: "Old lady, come over and eat sweet potato porridge together, it's delicious!"
It’s time to turn against the guests, this is.
"Can I try your pulse again?" Granny Epiphyllum went to the chair next to Dad and sat down, and said to Dad.
Grandma Epiphyllum Epiphyllum must have the same doubts as me. The congestion on the back of my father's head has been drained out. Logically speaking, the madness should also be cured.
"Eat, eat, you can't beat me now. After we finish eating, let's compete. If you can beat me, I'll let you feel your pulse."
When Dad heard that Granny Epiphyllum was about to take his pulse again, he waved his hands repeatedly and moved the chair under his buttocks.
"Okay, let's eat first!"
Granny Epiphyllum looked at her father and said with a smile: "I won't force you, but if we don't fight later, I will definitely not be able to beat you, old lady. If we want to compete, we will compete with others."
After saying that, Granny Epiphyllum smiled at me and Lu Xiaohong and said, "Don't be stunned, let's eat first, and we'll talk about the rest after eating."
Now that Grandma Epiphyllum Epiphyllum has said so, we can't say anything else. Looking at Dad's current state, he probably can't just let Grandma Epiphyllum Epiphyllum take his pulse.
Afraid of needles.
"Old woman, what do you want to compare with me?"
After dinner, my father stood in the small courtyard of Granny Epiphyllum with his hands on his hips and spoke as if he was gearing up.
"dad--"
I followed him out and pulled my father's arm, "Stop making trouble, let Granny Epiphyllum Epiphyllum show you first..."
"I'm not making a fuss. The old woman said she is willing to compete with me. You can be the referee for us." Dad pushed me aside.
"It's okay. If Master Xiao wants to compete with me, then let's compete."
Granny Epiphylla smiled and followed her out: "I think back then, we would often make signs when we were free."
"It's just that you have to be particular about what you are competing for. Spells are not my strong point, old lady, and I am definitely not your opponent in boxing and kicking, old lady. We have to compare with others." Granny Epiphyllum said as she looked at her father.
"How about we compete in divination?" Dad smiled slyly.
"Divination?"
Granny Night Flower smiled bitterly and shook her head, "It is said that Taigong Wang has six special skills. The first is the Five Elements Escape Technique, the second is the art of exorcising and catching demons, and the third is the art of divination. Since Xiao Tianshi knows the Five Elements Escape Art, he must be able to do divination.
I have also practiced to perfection, it seems that I will definitely lose in this competition!"
He paused and then said: "But old lady, since I agreed to the competition with Xiao Tianshi, I can't take back what I said. Let's compare it to divination, but I have to ask the question."
"No problem!"
Dad raised his hand boldly and said: "Old lady, tell me!"
Grandma Epiphyllum Epiphyllum nodded, thought for a moment, looked up at her father, and said, "The old woman is the best at medical skills. Master Xiao, please count how many Epiphyllum Epiphyllum needles I have hidden in my body!"
Then he said: "Old lady, I don't count anything else, just infer this competition, it's the old lady who wins!"
Dad was stunned for a moment, then laughed loudly: "Old woman, it's funny. You know that you will definitely lose, but you still have to calculate that you will win. Then you are bound to lose, right?"
As he spoke, my father casually picked up three small stones from the flower bed full of epiphyllums beside the courtyard wall, threw them on the ground, lowered his head and started to calculate.
Grandma Epiphyllum Epiphyllum stood still, looking at her father with a serious look on her face with a smile on her face.
But before a minute was up, my father raised his head, looked at Granny Epiphyllum with a proud face and said: "Old lady, you have no more silver needles, no less, exactly one hundred and nine. You are not allowed to cheat. Take it out for everyone to join."
counting!"
We all set our sights on Granny Epiphyllum.
Granny Epiphyllum Epiphyllum slowly took out a small red velvet bag from her sleeve, opened the mouth of the bag, and took out a large handful of golden epiphyllum needles and spread them in the palm of her hand.
Only then did we see the appearance of the epiphyllum needle clearly. The body of the needle was shining with golden light, but the needle was a cold silver. The epiphyllum engraved on the tail of the needle was exquisite and flexible, and it looked exactly like the unblooming epiphyllum in the flower bed.
"No need to count, all the epiphyllum needles on the old woman's body are here, indeed one hundred and nine."
Granny Epiphyllum Epiphyllum replied with a smile, took out three more epiphyllum needles from the handful, and said: "But, now I want to give these three epiphyllum needles to someone..."
"Give it to me!"
Before Granny Epiphyllum Epiphyllum could finish her words, Dad took the three epiphyllum needles from Granny Epiphyllum Epiphyllum's hand and said, "If you lose, this will be regarded as your lost prize.
It seems that we only said that if I lose, I will let you take my pulse, but we haven’t told you the winnings of your loss yet!”
Dad held three epiphyllum needles and looked at them carefully while talking. He couldn't put them down.
"Of course you can use it as a prize, but I didn't lose in this competition, old lady, it was you, Xiao Tianshi, who lost!"
Granny Epiphyllum Epiphyllum said with a smile: "The old lady only has one hundred and seven epiphyllum needles in her hand!"
We were all stunned, and then we all started laughing again.