At night, because Li Sikui was still young, he slept with Xu He.
After going to bed, the little guy was tired all afternoon, but he was not sleepy due to excitement.
Xu He saw that he was not sleeping, so he asked: "After listening to the article tonight, did you gain anything?"
Li Sikui on the side said: "Whatever you do, you must let nature take its course and don't act recklessly!"
Xu He was immediately shocked after hearing this. This guy really has something.
After listening to the article, ordinary children would probably say something like "Be open-minded and eager to learn, you can't pretend to understand".
But this little guy can actually experience so much.
"There is a monster in the teacher's house!" Xu He sighed in his heart.
After a busy day, Xu He was ready to go to bed after speaking.
Who knew that this little guy Li Sikui was still young and energetic? He lay down next to Xu He, supported his body with his arms and said to Xu He: "Senior brother,..."
This was the first time that Xu He saw an embarrassed look on this boy's face. Seeing that he was mumbling and hesitant to speak, Xu He suppressed his sleepiness and asked, "What's the matter?"
Li Sikui said: "Brother, before I go to bed at home, my mother will tell me a story!"
"Hiss..." Xu He was speechless. Why, do you need a good night kiss?
He asked the junior brother curiously: "Then you have come to Yangzhou these days and your mother has not come with you. What should you do when you sleep at night?"
Li Sikui said matter-of-factly: "Of course dad told me!"
Teacher, teacher, I didn’t expect you to look at you from the front and from behind. Hum, I’ve discovered it now!
Xu He asked: "Then what story do you want to hear? The story of Ali Baba and the Seven Dwarfs?"
Li Sikui shook his head repeatedly: "I don't want to hear about dwarfs, what fun is that? I want to hear stories about fishing!"
It's over, Xu He lamented in his heart, why can't he get through fishing?
He searched for it in his mind for a long time, and the first thing that came to his mind was the story of a kitten fishing.
But when I think about it, if such a precocious child is told about kitten fishing, he probably won’t like to hear it.
After thinking about it for a while, I really don’t have any good stories.
Suddenly, he thought of a very interesting story related to fish.
"Sikui, let me tell you a story. There is a ghost in the story. Do you want to listen?" Xu He said with a bad smile.
When Li Sikui heard this, he immediately covered his whole body with a quilt, leaving only his big eyes exposed. Then he hugged Xu He's arm and said, "Brother, tell me!"
Xu He: "..."
Xu He's story comes from "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio", just listen to him narrate it:
It is said that once upon a time, there was a man named Xu on the outskirts of Zichuan City, who always made a living by fishing. He likes to go to the river every evening, drinking and fishing at the same time, which is quite leisurely.
The man surnamed Xu has a habit of pouring a glass of wine and praying to the river every time before drinking, saying that he would also invite the drowning ghosts in the river to have a drink.
This practice of Xu's has become a habit over time. I don’t know why, while other people get very little from fishing, he always comes back with a full harvest.
One evening, Xu came to the river again. He had just finished praying and had a few drinks. He saw a young man walking towards him and standing not far away from him.
When Li Sikui heard this, he was so frightened that he pinched the soft flesh on the inside of Xu He's arm.
Xu He bared his teeth for a while in the darkness, but still maintained his senior brother's dignity and continued:
The man surnamed Xu was a little drunk. He just felt bored drinking alone, so he invited the young man to drink with him. The young man did not refuse, and the two began to drink as brothers.
The night was getting darker, but for some reason, Xu, who usually had a good harvest, came back empty-handed without catching even a single fish. He was very disappointed.
The young man stood up and bowed to him and said, "Thank you for your hospitality. Don't be discouraged. I will help you catch fish. You will be able to catch something soon."
Li Sikui heard this: "Senior brother, is this young man a ghost?"
Xu He rolled his eyes at him, little guy, am I the kind of person who spoils things? You underestimate me too much: "Do you want to listen or not? If you don't listen, I won't talk anymore!"
Li Sikui's curiosity was aroused, and when he heard this, he quickly begged: "I won't talk anymore!"
Xu He hummed twice before continuing: "After the boy finished speaking, he walked downstream. After a while, the boy came back and told Xu that a large school of fish would come soon.
It's strange to say that as soon as the young man finished speaking, Xu actually saw many fish swimming over. He saw only a large black area under the water. Xu was so happy that he immediately cast the net.
Each net could catch more than a dozen big fish about one foot long. Xu was very happy and thanked the young man repeatedly. "
Hearing this, Li Sikui couldn't help but said: "I already know, this boy must be a ghost!"
Damn, the kid is so smart that it’s really boring, and telling a story is not enough.
Xu He cursed secretly.
I have to continue telling the story. Hey, I’ve already told half of it. It would be a shame not to finish it.
"The young man was about to leave, so Xu wanted to give him a few fish to express his gratitude. But the young man didn't want it. He also said that he often drank your good wine. This time it was just a courtesy and there was no need to mention it. He also said that as long as he didn't dislike it, he would always drink your wine. We will see each other often.
The man surnamed Xu was wondering. It was just the first time for him and the boy to drink. How could he say "frequently"? But no matter what, it was a good thing that the young man could help him fish, so he wanted to ask him his last name so that he could make friends.
The young man replied that his surname was Wang, but he had no given name, so he asked Xu to call him Wang Liulang, and then left.
The next day, Xu sold the fish and earned much more money than before, so he bought some more wine to entertain his new friends. "
In the evening, when Xu came to the river again, Wang Liulang was already waiting there. So, the two of them sat on the floor and drank together. After drinking, Wang Liulang went to catch fish for Xu again, and the harvest was still great. In this way, the relationship between the two passed for half a year.
On this day, Xu took wine to the river as usual. Although Wang Liulang also came as promised, his face was full of sadness, saying that he would leave here soon and he was really reluctant to leave his friends.
Xu felt very strange and asked Wang Liulang why he suddenly wanted to travel far away.
Wang Liulang thought about it for a while and then said to him: "You and I feel like old friends at the first sight, and we have a deep friendship in the past six months. It can be said that we are as close as brothers. Since we are good friends, we should not hide it. Now tell the truth. Don't be afraid." oh".
When he got here, Xu He finally felt that the hand holding him began to tremble. He smiled proudly: "Young man, this little kid finally knows how to be afraid!"
Next, Xu He talked about the part where Wang Liulang would rather not be able to enter reincarnation, but he would rather be replaced by a woman with a child and become a water ghost, and finally become land, and meet the fisherman again.
Li Sikui sighed: "Brother, I didn't expect that there are such good ghosts in this world? Where did your story come from? Why have I never heard of it?"
Just kidding, this is a story from "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" written by Pu Songling in the Qing Dynasty in another time and space. How could a little guy in this time and space have heard of it?
Suddenly, Xu He's eyes lit up, hey, telling stories to children at night also revealed a business opportunity!
"Sikui, go to sleep! Senior brother has to get up and write something!"
Li Sikui was shocked in his heart: "No wonder my senior brother is Xiao Sanyuan and knows so much. He is studying so late when others are resting! Father really does it for my own good. I must follow him and learn this spirit!"
But what Li Sikui didn't know was that the next moment Xu He was sitting in front of the case, spreading paper and ink and writing three big characters "Kao Cheng Huang"!
