my weird life.

Chapter 246 Soul Harvesting Rice (22)

"Little puppies are courageous!"

The fat old man grinned,
For the first time, he smiled in front of Su Wu.

While peeling off the meat of the two dog legs on the chopping board, he said: "The old man went to Mantou Mountain several times back then, and he either saw tombstones everywhere on the side of the road, or there were corpses hanging on wooden poles.

swaying in the wind on the mountain,
The way you see the house like this,

This is the first time the old man has heard of it.

But the method of paving rice is always useful!
You go under that table,

Bring me that bookcase,

I want to write down these things you said. "

"Yes, yes!" Su Wu responded quickly, and hurried to the table pointed by the fat old man, took out the bookcase, found the only book inside,
Pretending to be casual, he opened it and looked at it.
There are some odd-shaped symbols such as circles, triangles, and squares on them.
Not a single word he knew!

Is this the secret way of recording the inheritance of the Kitchen God Sect?
Su Wu thought in his heart,

Passed the books and charcoal to the fat old man.

The fat old man took the things,
But he glared at Su Wu: "You brat has no rules!

This is the secret practice strategy of my 'Yinxi' line of stove masters, where can you look at it at will?

With what you just did,
The old man should have blinded you! "

The fat old man was talking,
At the same time, he picked up a sharp knife and made a stabbing gesture to scare Su Wu.

However, Su Wu saw that he was joking with him, but he was not afraid at all, he still stretched his head to see the secret cultivation strategy of the so-called 'Yin Xi' Vessel Master Stove Master,

While looking at it, he said: "It's all written with circles and squares, I don't understand what's written at all,
Even if someone looks through it,
What's the use if you don't understand? "

"You can't read,
Naturally I don't understand.

If you are a scholar who can read and write, you will definitely be able to understand the secret strategy of inheritance! "The fat old man said very confidently, casually put down the sharp knife—but he didn't care about Su Wu peeping from the side,
Not to mention poking the other person's eyes blind,
He turned the yellowing book to the last page,
Start drawing with a charcoal pencil on it,
A circle, two triangles, a circle on the top and a triangle on the bottom...

"Master, what is this written about?" Su Wu asked.

"Write you—Piggy,

I encountered a lot of empty houses in Mantou Mountain. "The fat old man answered casually.

Su Wu looked at the lines of 'text' written by the fat old man,
silence for a moment,

He whispered: "Master, I can read a few words, don't lie to me..."

As soon as he said that he knew a few words,

The fat old man's writing movement stopped immediately,

The stubby finger pointed to a circle above and a square below and said, "The character of real knowledge? What does this character read?"

Su Wu looked at the fat old man speechlessly,
He can still guess and understand a lot of traditional characters in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Even though the current period of history is mixed with weirdness, it may be hidden in the historical interlayer, unknown to most people,
But Chinese characters have been passed down for thousands of years,
Nor will it be distorted so much just in this period of history.

Those written by the fat old man are not Chinese characters at all,
How does this make him guess?
"master,
The things you wrote are not words that the kid understands..." Su Wu said softly.

The fat old man scratched his head,
Looking at Su Wu's face,

He scratched his head again.

Suddenly put down the charcoal pencil,
Slapped Su Wu on the head: "Bastard, since you can read, why didn't you say it earlier? Do you want to see the old man make a fool of me?!"

"You didn't even give me a chance to tell..."

"How dare you talk back! How dare you talk back!"

"..."

At this moment, Su Wu finally understood—the things that the fat old man sketched on the pages of the book were neither a kind of secret script handed down by the Stove King God Sect, nor Chinese characters.

Those ghost symbols are all "original" recording methods created by the fat old man himself.
Only he can read what is written on the page!
——If the drawing is too complicated, sometimes he can't understand it himself.

The fat old man himself can't read at all!
"The words you know,

Then write down what you saw and heard last night. "The fat old man slapped Su Wu on the head a few times,

Looking at Su Wu's eyes, he became more and more satisfied,

I didn't expect it,
This wild boar who grew up eating hundreds of meals,

Not only is he courageous, he can do things,
He even knows some words!

The fat old man was filled with the joy of picking up the treasure.

He handed the pen and paper to Su Wu, and went to cook the pot himself—this time, he didn't use the grease poured from the clay pot, but a spoonful of snow-white lard dug out from a small jar.

The old man added some firewood to the stove,

Clink the firewood pot with a spatula,

While cooking,
While looking at Su Wu who was writing on the paper, he said with a smile: "After a while, we will open a temple for this village, and you can write down all the things that the old man has recorded before!
These two younger brothers and sisters, teach them how to read and write when you have time! "

"Thank you brother!"

There was no need for the fat old man to say hello, the boy who had been sitting obediently on the bench quickly got up, bowed to Su Wu in a dignified way.

A child who eats hundreds of meals like him,
Knowing how to read words and colors best,

It has already been seen that the grandfather in charge of the stove is very fond of Su Wu.

In the future, he will also make a living under the hands of Grandpa Stove Master,

Naturally, he knew that he should please Su Wu.

Especially when the other party may teach him to read.

"You don't have to thank me." Su Wu smiled, and looked at the other little girl who just stood up and saluted.

The little boy quickly helped to explain: "She is dumb and can't speak!"

"That's it..."

Su Wu looked at the little girl with a hint of pity.

Soon,
The fat old man cooks the meals well,

He brought a bowl to several people and spread it out on the bench.

He picked up the rice bowl first,

Watching several children follow suit with their jobs,
There was a smile on Fatty's face: "Eat hard, I also stewed a pot of soup with bones, and when I was full, I drank the soup to eliminate food!"

"Yes!"

"it is good!"

Several children responded quickly,
Even the very inactive little girl had a smile in her eyes.

Had a great meal,

The sun rises in the sky,

The fat old man took his two children to sleep in the temple,
Su Wu was left alone.

He clicked on the cigarette holder, looked at the bright sun in the sky, and saw the handsome young man who looked down after taking a bath. He grinned and said: "Those who are learned and insightful say that the strange things in this world It is all because of the pervasive atmosphere of injustice in the world that they can breed,
Whether what they say is right or not,

Anyway, when the most upright sun in the world rises to the mid-heaven,
Most ghosts will not be active at this time.

Man sees the sun rise,
My heart will be much more at ease.

piggy,
My surname is Li,

How about you take my surname and name it 'Wu'?
The sun at noon is the strongest!

Beheadings in the execution ground are all chosen at this time! "

Li Wu?

Hearing that the fat old man named himself this name, Su Wu's heart moved slightly,

He faintly felt that there seemed to be something connected in the dark,

But hold it carefully,

But nothing can be sensed.

"how?

Are you dissatisfied with the name the old man chose? "The fat old man knocked on the cigarette pot and asked with staring eyes.

"Satisfied, satisfied!" Su Wu nodded again and again, "Very satisfied!"

"Hey, that's good." The fat old man turned his face and smiled again. He handed Su Wu a small wooden stick and said to him, "Please write your name, Li Wu, to me..."

Su Wu wrote the word "Li Wu" according to his words,
The fat old man said again: "Write the word 'Li Yueshan' again."

"Li Yueshan?" Su Wu looked up at the fat old man.

"right,

This is the old man's name. "The fat old man wiped the cigarette holder with his sleeve, and his expression was a little nervous. He watched Su Wu write his name stroke by stroke. He stared at his name and the name 'Li Wu' for a long time.
Hehe smiled and said: "These words are all pretty,

Straightforward, simple, and supportive! "

"I think so too." Su Wu smiled.

The fat old man 'Li Yueshan' read the words on the ground several times,

Suddenly, he wiped out the words with his feet: "Don't leave your name outside the house."

"I named you,

You are my apprentice--you have delivered the rice this time,
Very good, very good! "Li Yueshan appreciated a few words, and then asked Su Wu, "When you came back, did you check what happened to the rice?"

If you don't check it, it's a waste of time.

The old man can no longer accept you as a disciple,
What has been said before does not count! "

The last two sentences were actually Li Yueshan deliberately scaring Su Wu,
tease him,
Regardless of whether he made the trip in vain this time,
This apprentice, the fat old man has accepted them all.

"I checked it out.

That bowl of uncooked rice looked unchanged from last night.

Just weigh it,

I feel much lighter than last night. "Su Wu replied seriously.

He thought that the rice sent over was a kind of offering,
And the weight of the offerings,

It is related to whether you can hold the ghost for a longer time.

When the fat old man heard Su Wu say that the uncooked rice had not changed from last night, he grinned.

I also heard from Su Wu that the rice grains were much lighter than last night,

He raised his eyebrows: "It's about the same as I expected.

lighter,

That is heavy! "

Light is heavy?

What do you mean by this?

Su Wu frowned, unable to understand what Master meant by this.

Li Yueshan stood up,
Walking to a square table, he dragged out a tattered cloth bag from under the table,
He reached out and fished it into the cloth pocket,
Fished out a 'boa constrictor' with colorful scales from the cloth bag!

The boa constrictor was as thick as the mouth of a bowl,

About two feet long,

It's bulging all over!

Su Wu looked intently at the python,

Suddenly, I found out that the boa constrictor actually only had a layer of snake skin left, and the flesh and blood inside it had been emptied long ago, and it was stuffed full of rice grains instead!
Li Yueshan picked up a rough porcelain bowl from the table,

pinch the snake's head,

Open the mouth of the snake and pour a bowl of uncooked rice into the coarse porcelain bowl.

He held the bowl of uncooked rice,

Said to Su Wu: "I put six taels of soul harvesting rice into this kind of rough porcelain bowl last night.

Now there is also sixty-two-eight soul harvesting rice in this bowl. "

then,

The fat old man grabbed a handful of rice from it,
Handed the remaining soul-receiving rice to Su Wu: "Weigh it, how much is it worse than the bowl of rice you brought this morning? Is it lighter or heavier?"

(End of this chapter)