Outside a house in Mud Bottle Lane, there was a naughty child with a slug hanging from his nose. He was kicking the door fiercely, cursing and spitting, "Chen Pingan! If you don't get out, I will find someone to chop you to death and destroy your house."
All the rags are smashed! I know you are at home, what are you busy with? Are you talking to Song Jixin's little wife, or what are you doing with Zhigui? It's broad daylight, and you don't know how to take care of Song Jixin's feelings? Good, good, good
, you won’t come out, right? I’m leaving, am I really leaving? Once I leave, you will never dream of seeing me again in this life. I originally thought of leaving all my treasures to you, Chen Pingan! Come out quickly!
"
For some reason, at the end of the scolding, the child actually started to cry a little and fiercely whipped the two slugs back to their nest.
Gu Can suddenly felt a pain in his head, and quickly turned around to look. After seeing that familiar face, the child yelled: "Chen Pingan! Your uncle's..."
The boy in straw sandals looked unhappy, so Gu Can quickly added, "Are you feeling well?"
It flows smoothly, turns as you wish, and is not stiff at all.
Accustomed to this brat's lack of heart, Chen Ping'an, who was carrying a new clay pot, said angrily: "Okay, you don't know yet?"
Gu Can realized that he had something else to do, so he quickly pulled Chen Pingan to the door of the courtyard, and then thrust two beautifully embroidered bags into Chen Pingan's hands. The child lowered his voice and asked, "Do you remember what I asked you for last year?"
That little loach?"
Chen Pingan was confused. He was holding a heavy bag. The things were familiar. The young man in brocade clothes who forcibly bought the golden carp made a special trip to give him a bag of copper coins afterwards. Chen Pingan looked around and saw that the two ends of the Mud Bottle Alley were lined up.
There was no passerby, so he quickly opened the door and took Gu Can into the yard. After putting the pot aside, he asked directly: "There is a stranger buying that loach from you, right?! Gu Can, I advise you not to
Don't sell it! Don't sell it even to death, don't you want your mother to live a good life in the future? You must keep that loach, do you know that?!"
Gu Can burst into tears immediately, grabbed Chen Ping'an's sleeves with both hands, and choked out: "I wanted to return the loach to you, but my mother wouldn't let me, and slapped me in the face. My mother has never slapped me since she was a child.
I and the storyteller didn't know if it was a fairy or a ghost. It was very scary. First they took me into a white bowl, and then the loach suddenly became very big, even bigger than my big water tank.
Much, much thicker..."
Chen Ping'an covered the child's mouth and said with a serious look on his face: "The loach is given to you, it's yours! Gu Can, do you still want your mother to live a good life in the future? If you can eat meat every day, let's
Your mother uses rouge and gouache and buys satin clothes that feel smooth to the touch?"
Gu Can sniffed and nodded vigorously.
Chen Pingan let go of his hand, squatted down, and asked: "What happened to the two bags of money? Did you sneak it out?"
Gu Can rolled his eyes and was about to lie. Chen Pingan was very familiar with him. The little bastard raised his butt and knew what shit he was going to do. He gave Gu Can another chestnut and said sternly: "Take it back."
!”
Gu Canjuan also lost his temper, "No!"
Chen Pingan's face turned livid with anger, and he raised his hand to get a real chestnut. However, seeing the child's stubborn expression, Chen Pingan felt a little softer. He softened his tone, thought for a while, and asked: "
Tell me what's going on."
Gu Can told the story exactly. He did not deny that this child was usually very hateful, but he was indeed very smart and precocious. From the old locust tree to the iron lock well to the mud bottle alley yard, the storyteller was...
The adventure of accepting him as his disciple was clearly explained to Chen Pingan. At this moment, Chen Pingan had a rough idea. Gu Can was probably one of the people in the town who got the Ancestral Locust Leaf. Whether there was green smoke coming from the ancestral grave,
As Mr. Qi said, no matter what luck he had, Gu Can would have been taken away from the town by the storyteller. But when he thought of the Jiejiang True Lord Liu Zhimao, Chen Pingan's heart tightened. According to Mr. Qi, this person's character was
He was really despicable and wanted to get rid of him quickly, so he even used the magical power of the immortal family to frame himself and Cai Jinjian. Is it really a good thing that Gu Can recognized this person as his master? But to say the least, this person is willing to accept Gu Can as his disciple.
Rather than cheating or buying and selling by force, does it mean that Gu Can will not be in danger of his life for the time being?
The ghostly child's eyes turned rapidly. While Chen Pingan was thinking about the problem, he suddenly grabbed the two money bags in Chen Pingan's hands, threw them into the house, and then turned around and ran away.
As a result, Chen Pingan grabbed him by the collar and pulled him back to where he was.
Gu Can held his head in his hands, looking pitiful.
Although Chen Pingan forcibly dragged the child back, he was hesitant about how to deal with it. The matter involved was so big that Chen Pingan was afraid of making the wrong choice and causing Gu Can and his mother to be implicated.
If it was just his own business, this helpless boy in straw sandals would probably be much more straightforward.
The girl in black had gotten out of bed at some point and stood behind the threshold, "My mother once said that everyone has their own destiny. This child will be a disaster for thousands of years at first glance, and he will have no shortage of bad luck in the future.
people."
Gu Can's eyes lit up, and he quickly wiped away two pieces of mucus from his nose, grinning, revealing his missing teeth, and said with a flattering smile: "Sister, you are so handsome, you look exactly like my second sister! The place here is small, come and sit at my house.
sit?"
Chen Pingan said helplessly: "When did your mother remarry your father?"
After being exposed, the child immediately rolled his eyes, changed his expression and tone, and said: "Chen Ping'an, it's okay. When did you kidnap a woman and go home? Are you going to have a wedding? It's a pity that I can't make it in time.
Otherwise, I will squat in the corner and listen to you guys fighting on the bed..."
Chen Pingan slapped Gu Can on the head and apologized to the girl in black: "That's just him, don't be angry."
The girl glanced at the child and said, "Bear-like!"
Gu Can was about to show off his family skills when he noticed the palm on his head and quietly increased the force. He immediately felt sick and weakly said: "Sister, you are so handsome, everything you say is right."
The girl in black ignored the child, turned to look at Chen Ping'an, and said with deep meaning: "You'd better accept those two bags of copper coins to avoid turning against each other later. And once this child succeeds in cultivating Taoism in the future, you won't let him lose anything today.
Some guilt is very likely to cause his Taoist heart to become unstable, causing external demons to take advantage of the opportunity to enter."
Gu Can liked hearing this and gave the sister a thumbs up, "My hair is long and my knowledge is long. She is indeed more reliable than the little girl next door!"
The girl in black raised her eyebrows and accepted it happily.
In the distance of Mud Bottle Alley, a furious roar sounded, "Gu Can!"
The child's face turned slightly pale, "Let's go, let's go, Chen Pingan, I'm leaving!"
He said he was leaving, but in fact, the child didn't even realize that he grabbed Chen Pingan's fingers harder and harder.
Perhaps subconsciously, Gu Can had already regarded Chen Ping'an as his only relative besides his mother.
Chen Pingan took the child out of the yard, squatted down, and whispered: "Gu Can, remember to be careful about your master. Also, take good care of your mother, a manly man. Your mother can only rely on you in the future, don't always make her worry
."
Gu Can snorted.
Chen Ping'an added: "When you go outside, do more and talk less. Control your mouth. If you suffer some losses, you will suffer some losses. Don't always think about asking for gains with your mouth. People outside, unlike us, will be very vindictive.
of."
The child's eyes were red and he said devilishly: "People here are also very vindictive, but you are not."
Chen Ping'an couldn't laugh or cry and was speechless for a moment.
Chen Pingan suddenly woke up and asked in a deep voice: "Gu Can, did you get a locust leaf?"
If not, Chen Ping'an didn't think that Gu Can had the opportunity to be a fairy. Maybe the storyteller's arrival was a reminder.
As soon as the child heard this, he became angry, took out a large handful from his pocket, and habitually scolded his mother: "I don't know some bastard who has been stabbed a thousand times, secretly stuffed so many tattered leaves into my pocket, I was the same just now
When I sneaked out of the house, I hid the two bags of money and found out that it was either Zhao Xiaopang or Liu Mei's girl movie! If I saw it when I was washing clothes for my mother, I would have to scold me for being inconvenient! It's a shame for me
You have to leave now, or else I won’t secretly throw rocks into their latrines..."
The child was scolding him vigorously. Chen Pingan was stunned at first, and then relieved. Seeing that this guy was about to throw it to the ground, he quickly stopped the child's move and said with a solemn expression: "Gu Can, put them away! You must put them away! If you can,
, it’s best not to let your mother see these locust tree leaves, it’s probably for her own good.”
The child was confused, but still nodded: "Okay."
Chen Pingan took a long breath and said to himself: "Now I am really relieved."
Gu Can suddenly leaned forward, knocked Chen Pingan's head hard with his forehead, and whimpered: "I'm sorry!"
Chen Ping'an rubbed his little head, laughed and cursed: "What a fool!"
Gu Can suddenly whispered in his ear.
Chen Pingan was stunned on the spot.
The child turned and ran away, jogging while turning his head and waving, "I heard that the old man said that he would take my mother and me to a place called Shujian Lake Qingxia Island. If you can't afford a wife in the future, just go and find him."
I, I’m not bragging, I’ll give you seventeen or eight as a gift to a pretty bitch like Zhigui next door!”
Chen Ping'an stood there and nodded.
It's also a little sad.
After all, Gu Can is like his younger brother, so Chen Pingan is willing to let Gu Can do anything.
The straw-shoe boy looked at the child's retreating figure, stunned.
His life was always like this, it seemed like he couldn't keep the people he really cared about.
The boy in Mud Bottle Alley grinned.
God is very stingy.
The door to the courtyard next door opened gently, and the maid Zhigui walked out. She stood as graceful as a lotus in a pond.
Chen Pingan asked: "Did you hear all the bad things Gu Can said about you earlier?"
She blinked her long autumn eyes and said, "Just pretend you didn't hear it. Anyway, I can't win against the two of them in a quarrel."
Chen Ping'an was a little embarrassed, so he had to put in a good word for that bastard Gu Can and smooth things over by saying, "Actually, he's not bad-hearted, but his words are a bit unpleasant."
Zhigui twitched the corner of his mouth expressionlessly, "I don't know whether Gu Can is good or bad. Her widowed mother is not a fuel-efficient lamp. I'm sure of it."
Chen Ping'an didn't know how to answer, so he had to learn from her and pretend not to hear anything.
She suddenly asked an incomprehensible question, "Chen Pingan, do you really not regret it?"
Chen Ping'an was stunned, "What?"
When Zhigui saw that he was not pretending to be an idiot, she sighed, turned back to the yard, and closed the wooden door.
Chen Ping'an, who has excellent eyesight, has been standing in the alley, and finally saw the door of Gu Can's house open in the distance, and three people walked out. Among them, the mother and son each carried large and small bags, and slowly walked towards the other end of Mubo Alley.
Chen Pingan even clearly saw that the storyteller turned his head and glanced at himself with a playful smile.
After the three figures disappeared at the end of the alley, Chen Pingan returned to his yard and saw that the girl in black was sitting on the threshold by herself.
Is her body made of iron?
Chen Ping'an first placed the jade hairpin presented by Mr. Qi and the two bags of copper coins brought by Gu Can on the table, and then began to boil water, prepare medicine, and decoct medicine. He was familiar with the industry. He did not look like a kiln worker, but rather like a kiln worker.
He is a clerk who has been in the drug store for many years.
The girl in black was a little confused, but did not ask. Bored, she got up and came to the table. After thinking about it, she took out the money bag that Chen Ping'an had hidden in a bottle.
After she sat down, there were three bags of money and a hosta on the table, and of course a spiritual sword that "huddled" in the corner.
Chen Pingan did not stop her from withdrawing the money, but turned around and warned: "The hosta was given to me by Mr. Qi. Miss Ning, please be careful."
Probably because he was afraid that the girl would not be attracted to her, Chen Ping'an reminded him with a shy face: "You really have to be careful."
The girl rolled her eyes.
Three bags of gold and fine copper coins, Spring Festival money, support money, and victory money. It was a coincidence that they just came together.
The girl held her chin with one hand, stretched out her fingers with the other hand, fiddled with three copper coins, and asked casually: "How is your matter? Can you tell me?"
Chen Ping'an squatted on the wall beside the window, carefully staring at the fire, and looking at the three prescriptions from time to time. After hearing the question, "Is it appropriate to say it?"
The girl frowned and said: "You have gotten into such a miserable situation, and you are still worried about who will kill me after I hear the secret? Chen Ping'an, I'm not telling you, but for a rotten good person like you, I advise you to stay away from me for the rest of your life.
Don't leave the town, or you won't know how you will die."
The girl was very sad for her misfortune and was angry with her.
A young man with such an old-fashioned character, even a powerful swordsman with an Arhat's golden body and Tianjun's Taoist skills, would definitely die within a year if thrown into her hometown, with no trace of his body left.
The straw-shoe boy said cheerfully: "Then let me tell you about it?"
The girl held down three copper coins with three fingers and wiped them on the table, "I love to talk but I don't want to talk."
Chen Ping'an told the girl what happened before Mr. Qi appeared, and selectively talked about what happened after that.
After the girl heard this, Yun Danfeng said lightly: "Zhenjiang True Lord Liu Zhimao is obviously the culprit, but Cai Jinjian and Fu Nanhua are not good birds either. If Mr. Qi hadn't come out to make trouble, you would have fled to the ends of the earth in the future.
, you can't escape the encirclement and suppression by the three forces. To put it bluntly, it is really easy to kill you. If you were not in a small town, let alone Liu Zhimao, that woman from Yunxia Mountain could kill you with one finger.
He was crushed until his soul was shattered."
Chen Pingan nodded and said: "I know."
The girl shouted angrily: "You know nothing!"
Chen Pingan did not refute and continued to cook the medicine.
She asked: "The reason why you suffered this disaster was all because of that loach. Why didn't you tell the child the truth?"
Chen Pingan did not remain silent this time, nor did he turn his head. He sat on the small bench, looked down at the blue-red flames, and said softly: "This is wrong."
The girl hesitated to speak, and finally looked at the thin back and sighed: "Then do you know that if your fists are not strong, no one will care about whether you are right or wrong."
The young man shook his head and said: "No matter whether others listen or not, the truth is the truth."
He seemed a little unsure, so he turned around and asked with a smile, "right?"
The girl glared at you, "You're such a big-headed devil!"
The young man turned his head angrily and continued to boil the medicine.
The girl in black, a foreign girl named Ning Yao, picked up the jade hairpin, looked at it carefully, and found a line of small words engraved on it.
She glanced at the young man named Chen Pingan.
There are eight characters on the hairpin, which even a girl with only a rough grasp of writing finds extremely touching.
When you think about a gentleman, you warm him like jade.