The fool has become a spirit, and she can speak

"Youning will definitely follow the master and learn the skills wholeheartedly."

"You are my only disciple. I will definitely pass on all my unique skills to you. Disciple, don't sit idle. Have the fish in the field grown up? Catch two to show my filial piety to the master. Grill them and serve them as a snack to the master."

Cheng Youning scratched his head and said, "Master, the fish grow slowly and are not very big. If I catch them, I will have to complain to my parents. But the river crabs are about the same size. Can I catch a few river crabs for you to grill?"

When the follower heard about river crabs, his eyes lit up, "Great, it's easy to catch crabs if you have crabs. Today, Master will teach you a trick to catch crabs with your bare hands."

When Qiao Rong heard this, he quickly interrupted, "Master, can the young master's little hands catch a crab? The crab's big claws can pinch you and it hurts. One pinch will make a purple bean."

The follower laughed and said, "I will use catching crabs to train Cheng Youning's hand speed."

Cheng Youning, who was not afraid at first, was finally pinched by a crab and cried. It was the first time for Cheng Youning to catch crabs and he realized how powerful crabs are after being pinched. Although the crab is not big, once you are pinched by the crab's big claws, you can't get rid of it.

The attendant looked at Cheng Youning's pinched little hand and said, "It's okay, don't cry. The fact that you were pinched by a crab proves that your hands are not fast enough. To put it bluntly, you need to practice more. If you practice more, you won't be able to get your hands pinched anymore."

"Master, my hands are getting mushy if I don't practice quickly enough." Cheng Youning felt a little sorry for his little hands.

The attendant taught Cheng Youning: "We martial artists cannot retreat just because of a minor injury. We must face the challenge head-on."

"My father and mother told me to run away when I see danger."

"Hmph, don't believe your parents. They can't outrun you. A capable person doesn't need to run. Even if he runs, he has to be like the wind, coming and going without a trace, just like Master. So don't believe what others say in the future. Listen to Master. What Master teaches you are his signature skills."

Cheng Youning nodded, but asked his follower for a condition: "Master, let me rest my hands for a few days before practicing. My hands have been through a lot recently. I was punished with a ruler a few days ago, and today they were repeatedly pinched by the crab's claws. It's really pitiful."

"Okay, Master won't let you catch crabs tomorrow. I'll let you do something else tomorrow."

"What are you doing?"

The next day, Cheng Youning received a pile of padlocks. No one knew where the follower got these locks from. Each lock looked different, but the follower didn't give Cheng Youning any keys and asked him to open them.

"Master, won't you give your disciple the key?"

"Hmph, here's the key. I'll use it to open it."

"But what will the disciple use to open it?"

"Find something to open yourself."

This really stumped Cheng Youning. If it was an ordinary lock, Cheng Youning could open it with a piece of wire. But this was a lock with a safety, not an ordinary one. Cheng Youning sat in the house for the whole morning, sweating profusely, and using a lot of tools, but he couldn't open any lock.

It was almost time for lunch, and the attendant sent a message saying that crabs would be steamed at noon, and if Cheng Youning could not open any of the locks, he would not be allowed to have lunch. If he could not open any of the locks in the evening, Cheng Youning's dinner would also be cancelled.

When Cheng Youning heard that it was steamed crabs, thinking of the crab paste, Cheng Youning's mouth moved with greed. He grabbed the handkerchief beside him and wiped the sweat off his head, "Qiao Rong, I can't just sit there and wait for death."

"What do you want, young master?"

"You sneak with me to the street."

Qiao Rong asked: "Young Master, are you hungry?"

Cheng Youning said: "I didn't go out to eat, I went to find a locksmith to open the lock."

"Young Master, is this okay? This is considered cheating. If this matter is reported to the Young Master and the Madam, you will be beaten. The family rules clearly state that if you cheat at your age, you will be beaten. You don't want these little hands anymore."

Many people have recently studied the Wan family's family rules.

Cheng Youning had been punished to copy the family rules fifty times twice in the past, so he probably memorized all the contents of the family rules.

Because Qiao Rong was spanked on his hands and buttocks, he secretly memorized the family rules whenever he had nothing to do, so that he could know what he and Cheng Youning could do and what they could not do. Since studying the family rules, Qiao Rong knows the right and wrong of things better and is more sensible than before.

Cheng Youning wiped the sweat off his forehead anxiously and said, "Why don't you ask a locksmith to come to your house?"

"Master, isn't that the same thing? Isn't that also cheating?"

"You invite someone here secretly, and I will learn from the locksmith to open a lock first to save my lunch and dinner."

Qiao Rong thought about it and thought this was a solution, so he sneaked out to the street alone, hired an old man to open the lock, and secretly led the person into Cheng Youning's room through the side door.

The old man was dizzy and deaf. Cheng Youning whispered to Qiao Rong, "Can this man open the lock?"

"What? I've been picking locks all my life. There's no lock I can't open."

Cheng Youning said: "Then look at these locks and see which one you can open?"

The old man took one look and said, "Give me some time and I can open any of these locks."

This old man was deaf and thought that everyone's ears were not working well, so his voice became higher and higher.

Cheng Youning glanced outside worriedly, "Grandpa, please keep your voice down. Don't let my parents hear you."

"What? What did you say?"

Cheng Youning had no choice but to bring a padlock to the old man and say, "Grandpa, open this." If he wanted to avoid being discovered, he had to quickly open the lock and then quickly send the old man away.

"This is simple."

The old man took out a bunch of keys and tried five keys in succession before he opened the lock with a "click".

Cheng Youning snatched the key and locked the door again.

"You kid, I already opened it, why are you locking it again? I had to make a key for you and you messed it up. Which key did I use to open the lock just now?"

"I don't have the key."

"What?"

Cheng Youning leaned over to his ear and said loudly, "I don't have a key, so don't use it. Let me see if you have any other way to open the padlock for me."

The old man found a piece of wire and made a small bend. He then inserted the wire into the keyhole and poked and groaned for a while. He also said to Cheng Youning and Qiao Rong, "Be quiet, both of you. Don't talk."

"We didn't talk."

"Your mouth is moving, but you still haven't said anything."

Cheng Youning and Qiao Rong also knew that it was difficult to communicate clearly with the deaf old man, so they had to keep their mouths shut tightly and not move at all, to prevent the old man from blaming them if he couldn't open the lock.