Northern River Sword

Su Yi wore a felt hat on his head, with a broken bowl in front of him, and sat on the base of the wall basking in the sun with his hands in his hands.The autumn wind is blowing, and the weather is already a little cold.He was wearing a ragged jacket, his eyes were closed, and his buttocks moved around following the sun.

Qiao'er came all the way, tiptoed to approach him, and suddenly reached out to his ear.Su Yi was startled, and the hat on his head fell off, and he yelled: "Killer, if you pull it off, it will fall off!"

Qiao'er patted him on the head, and said: "I hid here early in the morning to enjoy my leisure. You haven't slept enough at night? Master has asked people to look for you everywhere."

Su Yi said: "What did he ask me for? It's nothing good anyway, so I shouldn't."

Qiao'er said: "Just be lazy. You say you want to be a hero all day long, but you don't know how to work hard when you get a baby, and you still sleep here every day."

Su Yi was not happy anymore, and said seriously: "How do you know that I don't need to work hard? I recited the formula at night, and I'm thinking about it right now. I've disturbed you since you came here." Taiji produces Liangyi, Liangyi produces gossip, Gossip produces four images.'A good sword manual must talk about "Book of Changes" and "Tao Te Ching". What is "Tao Te Ching"? It also said, "One life is two, two is three, and three is all things...", what do you say How did three give birth to all things?"

He didn't understand, and Qiaoer didn't understand even more.She didn't speak, but she felt that Su Yi still didn't have enough knowledge. If he read more books, he would be able to understand these things.

Su Yi was discouraged and said: "I can't even understand the whole word, the whole text is just too much, and the words in it are mysterious. It takes at least a year to understand, and it takes three to five years to practice Qi and build a foundation. To truly become the best in the world, I don't know how long I'll have to wait!"

Qiaoer also became dejected, thought for a while, and said: "Otherwise, you can show it to the master, and let him give you advice. Otherwise, with our little knowledge and understanding, I'm afraid it really won't work."

Su Yi naturally trusted his master. The master raised him up and showed great kindness to him. Even if he dedicated this sword technique to his master, he would not feel sorry for him.He pondered for a while, and said: "This is a way, but I'm afraid that the master will scold us if he finds out about us sneaking into Xie's house, or beat us up if it's not good. I think it's better to wait until the old man is in a good mood. , let's ask him for a free gold medal first, and then give him the sword manual."

Qiao'er smiled and said: "That's a good idea. I think Master is in a good mood today. He has been asking people to look for you just now, with a smile on his face. There should be something good waiting for you. Go quickly."

Su Yi thought it would be good to go to see the master, so he stood up, stomped his feet, picked up the felt hat and put it on his head, and then left.

Su Ti was practicing boxing in the yard, when Su Yi came in, looked at it for a while, then suddenly yelled "Hello", and applauded with all sincerity.Su Ti turned around, and Su Yi leaned forward like a puppy, flattered him with a flick of his head and said, "Master is always strong, this set of Liuhe fist is so powerful, it really opened my eyes! It's astonishing!"

He usually likes to please his master and act obediently, he likes to be lazy, play slippery and practice less martial arts.Su Yi didn't think it was surprising, so he raised his leg and kicked his butt lightly, saying: "Stop flattering brat, what bad things are you doing?"

Su Yi smiled and said: "No, no, this apprentice is very well-behaved, and he will never dare to do bad things to make the master angry. The apprentice thinks, today I am honest, and the master likes it. If I accidentally do something wrong in the future, the master will Can you stop being mad at me?"

Su Ti's face darkened, and she said: "Our beggar gang disciples are all upright men. Although you are lazy and slippery, you have never made a big mistake, and the master will tolerate you. But if you make a big mistake, as a teacher, you can't let it go , must be severely punished.”

Seeing the master's stern look, Su Yi's heart pounded, thinking whether it was a big mistake for him and Qiao'er to secretly investigate Xie's family, follow League Leader He, and hide the sword manual.He hesitated for a while, with a look of panic on his face.Su Ti thought that she had scolded him too much, sighed, and said, "Come with me, I have something to tell you as a teacher."

Su Yi followed the master into the house, and Su Ti took out a set of new clothes and a set of the Four Treasures of the Study to Su Yi.Su Yi was stunned, and Su Ti said: "You are always lazy when you practice, probably because your nature is not suitable for dancing spears and sticks, and Master can't always beat you. A few days ago, he told you to go to school, and you have been too busy to make a fuss. Yesterday I told Li Xiucai, and the tuition fee has been paid. The master told you to go to school in the next two days, and you will learn something in the future, so it means that the master has not delayed your future."

Holding the clothes in his hands, Su Yi felt sour in his heart, feeling that Master was treating him wholeheartedly.He is so incompetent, and the master still tries to find a way out for him, and the same is true for his own son.

He knelt down and kowtowed three times, and said, "Thank you, master. In the past, the disciples didn't make progress, which made the master worry. I will definitely study hard in the future!"

Su Ti helped him up and said with a smile: "It's good if you know how to make progress. You go to school tomorrow. I have taught you the "San Zi Jing" and "Hundred Family Surnames". When you go, learn from "The Analects of Confucius" with Mr. .”

Su Yi said: "Does Mr. Li teach Tao Te Ching and Book of Changes?"

Su Ti didn't expect him to know the "Tao Te Ching", she was a little puzzled, and said: "Li Xiucai taught everything in the imperial examination, he is very knowledgeable, you just follow the master to learn."

Su Yi thought that if he could understand the sword manual after reading the book, that would be a good thing.He was beaming with joy, and Su Ti said: "Hurry up and take a shower. Scholars must be gentle, go and scrub the mud off your body, wash your hair clean, don't make your classmates laugh."

Su Yi was walking out with the Four Treasures of the Study in his hands, while Qiao'er was poking around outside, listening to what he said.She smiled and said, "Yo, are you going to study?"

Su Yi has no objection to reading, but is very repulsive to taking a bath.Qiaoer is very new to paper and pen, she took out the pen and took the brush tip to gently scratch Su Yi's face.Su Yi laughed so itchy, he freed up a hand to caress Qiao'er's creaking nest.The two walked all the way laughing and joking, and returned to the room. Su Yi sat in front of the pile of firewood boiling water, holding his cheeks in a daze.

Qiao'er shook off his new clothes, looked at the front and back, and said with a smile: "It's still a long gown. If you wear a long gown, you don't have to do farm work. It's better to be a scholar."

The water gurgled and boiled, and Su Yi poured the water into the basin with a sad face.All his life, he was most afraid of taking a bath. He had always been like a cat, and when he saw a bucket, he felt like he was facing a big enemy.Presumably he enjoyed being a beggar with gusto, largely because he didn't have to take a bath.

Qiao'er said: "You want to take a bath? Don't you never take a bath every year?"

Su Yi said: "Master told me to take a bath, you have to rely on me so you don't get wet. Taking a bath hurts your vitality, and besides, I belong to the beggar gang, so if you wash it white and clean, it's called forgetting your origin!"

Qiao'er chuckled, pushed him, and said: "What forgot, I think you are afraid of water at all! The brothers of our beggar gang are not as careless as you. Hurry up and wash, I will go out and wait for you."

Su Yi sighed and got into the bathtub, and came out after washing for a while.Qiao'er was sitting in front of the threshold basking in the sun, and after a while a fair and good-looking little scholar came out of the door, with a clean head and face.Su Yi himself was not used to it yet, and he acted shyly.

Qiao'er was stunned, and smiled for a while: "Isn't this pretty? You look like a rich man's son. It turns out that your skin is so white, and it was darkened before. It's a pity that you have such a good skin!"

Su Yi felt ashamed that he was exposed with thin skin and white flesh, like a big girl, and regretted that he was covered by ashes in the past so that he didn't get tanned. Now even if he stripped naked and lay in the yard to dry in the sun, it would be too late.

The two were talking when Su Ti came.He stood at the door and saw that the little apprentice was clean and white. He liked it very much, and said with a smile: "Isn't this very good? It should be washed long ago. From now on, I will wash it every [-]th day of the lunar new year."

Su Yi was like a bolt from the blue sky, he didn't dare to disobey his master, and he didn't want to touch the water, he didn't know what to do.

Qiaoer laughed out loud, Su Yi was full of despair.He went into the house and cleaned up the bucket, and as he walked, he remembered the sword manual again. He wanted to hand the sword manual to the master, and couldn't help but said: "Master, the Shaoyang sword manual was written by people from the Qiying League in front of you." burnt?"

Su Ti said: "That's right. I just flipped through that secret book, but didn't read it carefully. I was afraid of falling into the magic way, so I threw it into the fire."

Su Yi felt strange, and said, "Look through? Is it a book?"

Su Ti said: "It's a book, why are you asking this all of a sudden?"

Su Yi was even more surprised, and thought: "What Qiaoer and I picked up is clearly a piece of silk, why did Master say that the sword skills are recorded in a book?"

He hesitated and said, "I heard that it was written on a piece of silk."

Su Yi said: "The rumors in the rivers and lakes are mostly untrustworthy. Stop thinking about it, and prepare for school tomorrow. There are still things to deal with as a teacher, so you can rest."

Su Yi couldn't figure out what was going on, and wanted to call to stop Master, but he had already left.

Su Yi said to Qiao'er: "Master will not lie to us. Since he said that it is a book, then he is not wrong. Then what about the silk in our hands?"

Qiaoer couldn't figure it out either, and said, "There are two secret books? Or is the one in our hands a fake?"

Su Yi shook his head and said: "The share in our hands should be real. Qiu Guangcheng became number one in the world only after he practiced this sword manual. Leader He and the Xie family fought to the death with the Qiu family for it. They all A shrewd man will never make a mistake."

Qiao'er said, "Then why did Master say it was a book?"

Su Yi also couldn't figure it out, scratched his hair, and said: "I can't figure it out either. It's really a strange thing."

Su Yi thought about it all night and couldn't figure it out. He just slept for a while in the middle of the night when he heard the crowing of the cock.He went to the school to report in a daze. Everyone knew that he was a beggar on the street. He thought it was an anecdote that beggars also came to read sage books to seek their future.

Some of the students were curious about him, and some of them unabashedly disliked him, pinching their noses and fanning him as soon as they approached him, as if they smelled a very pungent stench.

Su Yi has been a beggar for many years, and his greatest ability is thick-skinned and magnanimous. He ignored the outside world's curiosity and malice, and followed his husband's reading and writing in a serious manner.Mr. Li shook his head and said that there is no distinction between education and no one is allowed to crowd him out. He also praised Su Yi for his good memory and understanding, which really made Su Yi proud for a long time.

In the evening, when everyone went home, Su Yi was packing things slowly, and someone shouted outside: "New here, someone is looking for you!"

Su Yi was baffled, he went out, and saw a colorful girl standing at the door.

The little girl wore two big black braids, wearing red trousers and an emerald green jacket, and a pair of pink embroidered shoes on her feet.His face was as white as a noodle pocket, his cheeks were as red as a monkey's butt, and his mouth was covered with too much rouge. With a sweet smile, his mouth split into a bloody mouth.

The little female monster, exuding the fragrance of sweet-scented osmanthus oil and powder, stretched out her white and tender hands to him, revealing the silver bracelet on her wrist, and said softly, "Let's go?"

Su Yi took two steps back in fright, and said, "Who are you?"

Qiao'er wanted to get angry a little bit, but felt that since she was dressed as a lady, she couldn't easily pinch her waist and scold men, so she said softly, "I'm Qiao'er, you don't even know me?"

Su Yi clutched his chest and said, "You dress up like a paper wife tied up for a dead man, are you trying to scare me?"

Qiao'er originally thought that Su Yi was wearing a crew cut, and she couldn't make him look down on her, so she specially bought new clothes and rouge and gouache to dress him up.Unexpectedly, Su Yi didn't appreciate her at all, and didn't think she was beautiful at all.Qiao'er felt wronged and angry, and cursed loudly: "You have only studied for a day, and you look down on people! Bah, your conscience has been taken away by wolves!"

She said sobbing and crying, her face was red and white with tears, and she stomped her feet and ran away.

A crowd of onlookers booed loudly: "Oh! Oh! My daughter-in-law ran away! The beggars ran away in anger!"

Su Yi was as big as two, and said loudly: "Nonsense, nonsense! What kind of daughter-in-law, she is my sister! Get out of the way! Hurry up, don't make a fuss!"