Out of the lion

Old man Lin called Lin Xiaoxi to the kitchen. The kitchen used to be deserted, and the food was pitifully monotonous.The old man and Lin Jiu didn't want Xiao Xi and Nan Xun to cook, so they were never allowed to enter the kitchen.I always feel that after a girl gets married, doing housework for others is hard enough, and she should have a good rest at her mother's house before getting married.The old man and Lin Jiu's cooking skills are really not very good, a kitchen is always messed up.Since Aunt Yun moved into the house, the kitchen has changed. Even the corners are clean, and all kinds of fresh ingredients are ready to cook at any time.Aunt Yun likes to do this and never gets tired of it, so old man Lin just let her do it.

Lin Xiaoxi saw a few pieces of cold cakes in the gauze-covered bowl, wiped the handle, and secretly took a piece into his mouth.Seeing her playful appearance, the old man couldn't help shaking his head.

"I've reached the age to get married, and I'm still like a little kid." The old man complained.

Lin Xiaoxi said vaguely while eating: "I don't want to get married, I only have one dream in my heart, let Chasing Dragon and Lion Dance break out of the martial arts world!"

The old man took out a few pieces of drawing paper and handed them to Lin Xiaoxi.

These were drawn by Lin Xiaoxi before, and asked Lin Jiu to bring them to Master.

The old man said: "Judging from the costumes on the painting, this lion dance team should be the Huajin lion dance team, right?"

Lin Xiaoxi nodded.

The old man asked, "How did you meet the Huajin lion dance team? Did something happen during the time I was sick and hospitalized?"

How dare Lin Xiaoxi tell the old man that she took her elder brother and younger sister to participate in the lion dance competition without authorization, and she lost.

Seeing that Lin Xiaoxi didn't answer, the old man suddenly thought of something, his expression changed, and he asked, "Your elder brother said you fell from the golden pagoda, where did you fall?"

Lin Xiaoxi didn't dare to tell the truth, and lied when she was nervous: "When I was practicing the golden pagoda at home."

The old man said: "The golden pagoda is not a difficult project for you at all, how could it hurt so badly?"

Seeing Lin Xiaoxi faltering, unable to explain why, he had a bad premonition in his heart, and immediately asked with a straight face: "Lin Xiaoxi, to be honest, what are you doing?"

Lin Xiaoxi had no choice but to say: "The city held a traditional skills competition, and there was also a lion dance competition..."

Before she could finish speaking, the old man put on a dark face, looking like he was going to eat someone, and asked every word: "Are you participating in the competition?"

Originally, Lin Xiaoxi wanted to tell the truth, but seeing how scary Master was, how dare he say it, so he could only change his words: "No, no, how dare we, we just went to have a look. No, I happened to see Huajin lion dance When the team performed, I drew their movements."

In order to divert the old man's attention, Lin Xiaoxi hurriedly urged: "Master, do you think their lion dance movements are very similar to 'Flying Swallows Offer Buddha'?"

The old man said: "It is indeed 'flying swallows offering Buddha'. I only saw this trick when I went to Huaxi Town, your hometown. It was already 50 years ago. I heard about this trick later. has been lost."

"So... Xiaoxi, are you planning to keep investigating?"

Nan Xun and Lin Jiu, who were eavesdropping, didn't understand why the master said the word "investigate". Is there any secret hidden behind this trick used by the Huajin Lion Dance Team?

Lin Xiaoxi said: "The death of my parents is an eternal pain in my heart. As long as I still have breath, I will not give up investigating the real culprit."

Nan Xun and Lin Jiu were startled.

The old man said: "Xiaoxi, actually..."

"Master, don't try to persuade me. Some things can be forgiven, but some things can never be forgiven and must be settled." Lin Xiaoxi's eyes were firmer than ever before.

The old man sighed and said, "It's all my fault for my incompetence, otherwise I wouldn't have had no clues for so many years."

Lin Xiaoxi comforted: "Now the Huajin Lion Dance Team has shown its flaws, as long as you follow their clues, you can find something. A week later, Mrs. Li from Nandao Qianxi Group will celebrate her birthday. Let's chase the dragon and lion dance team." Wu was invited to go to the lion dance, and then I will find a way to meet with the Huajin lion dance team for a while, and maybe I can gain something."

After finishing speaking in one breath, Lin Xiaoxi realized that something was wrong with the atmosphere.Looking up at Master, I saw that Master had a very strange expression on his face.

"Master..." Lin Xiaoxi suddenly realized that he had said the wrong thing, and was about to run away, only to realize that the door had been locked behind him just now to talk about the Huajin Lion Dance Team!

He hurriedly went to open the door, but he couldn't open it no matter what.Master's death greeting came from behind: "Lin Xiaoxi! Did you secretly go to the lion dance?"

Lin Xiaoxi was so frightened that he was about to cry, so he could only say, "Master is lying on the hospital bed and urgently needs a handling fee. We can't help it. The champion of the lion dance competition has a prize of 20 yuan, so we have to give it a go."

Hearing what they said, the old man finally felt relieved and his mood stabilized.

He eased his tone and said a lesson: "Although you have come back with a champion, filial piety is commendable, but it is very unacceptable to rashly leave the teacher without the teacher's consent. Besides, it is your first time to perform on stage. Even the teacher is not present, is it plausible?"

"Champion? What champion?" Lin Xiaoxi was stunned. After reacting for a while, he realized that his master had misunderstood. He mistakenly thought that the three of them participated in the lion dance competition, won the championship successfully, and paid the surgery fee.

"Yes, yes, master, our filial piety is commendable, and everything we do is justified."

She opened the door as she said it, damn it, the door just won't open.

Old man Lin felt strange, he had stopped criticizing Lin Xiaoxi, why did she become more nervous instead?
Not right!

"Lin Xiaoxi!" Old man Lin realized something, and asked, "During the lion dance competition, what on earth did you guys..."

Before the words were spoken, Lin Xiaoxi opened the door and fled, leaving behind the stunned old man.

The old man found a wooden stick that was about the length of an arm, and chased him into the yard, but he couldn't find Lin Xiaoxi after searching around.

Lin Xiaoxi is very skilled, not to mention flying over eaves and walls without difficulty, he can also climb walls and jump doors without any suspense, just like a monkey, there is no shadow at all.

Lin Xiaoxi fled, but Nan Xun and Lin Jiu were still there, the old man turned around and went to find them.

Nan Xun was terrified and hid in the house, not daring to come out.Lin Jiu was also afraid of the old man, not only afraid of being beaten, but also afraid of "sending" the old man away when he became angry.However, if something happened, someone had to carry it. He timidly walked out of the house.

The old man banged the stick in his hand loudly, "Tell me clearly what's going on in the lion dance competition."

Lin Jiu is stupid, he doesn't know how to lie, and he doesn't know how to be devious, so he told the truth.

The more the old man listened, the tighter his hand holding the stick became...

"So... you lost?" The old man's teeth were chattering.

Lin Jiu lowered his head.

The old man was so angry that he almost lost his breath, and Lin Xiaoxi, who was hiding in the dark, was afraid that something might happen to Master, so he quickly jumped off the beam, held up the chair and handed water, and apologized tearfully: "Master, we will never dare to Come on, don't be angry, beat and punish as you like."

The old man drank the herbal tea and felt better, but when he took a closer look, "Did Aunt Yun drink it?"

"It doesn't matter, you are husband and wife anyway." Xiaoxi thought that Master felt a little embarrassed to use something that someone else used, so she comforted him.

The old man became even more angry, "Don't talk nonsense!"

Lin Xiaoxi didn't dare to say anything more, walked up to the master obediently, and knelt down with a plop.Nan Xun and Lin Jiu also knelt in front of the master together.

Chasing the Dragon and the Lion Dance, with great fame, has been out of business for decades, and finally got out of the mountain, but it has suffered a complete defeat, which has become a joke.

Old man Lin never expected that the dragon and lion dance he carefully protected would have such an unbearable day.

However, looking at the three children in front of him, he could neither beat nor scold them.

After a long time, the old man said weakly with red eyes: "If you want to blame, you can only blame me, a master, for my incompetence."

If it wasn't for lack of money, if it wasn't for him being sick, the three children wouldn't do this kind of thing.

As the sun set, the sky dimmed, blurring the outlines of the four masters and apprentices, like a sand painting.