"Mom. Do you think you can pass the exam this time?" Zi Yuan looked at his mother who was busy at the side with a happy and confident face.
"Sir, please take it."
"good."
After handing the buns to the guest, Li Xiran smiled slightly and then looked at Zi Yuanlai beside him: "Mom, I didn't guess correctly, but I hope you can pass the exam."
Seeing that his mother didn't believe him, Chen Ziyuan pouted and helped his mother work.
While working, Chen Ziyuan's mind had already flown thousands of miles away.
Until more and more people were watching on the street and the noise became louder, Li Xiran hurriedly stopped Chen Ziyuan with a smile on his face.
"Zi Yuan! Zi Yuan! Stop being busy. Look over there. Is the ranking open?" Li Xiran said with a smile on his face.
After hearing this, Chen Ziyuan put down what he was doing and looked over there with a pair of big bright eyes.
"Mom, let's go take a look." After saying that, Ziyuan quickly ran towards a crowded place.
Most of the people watching were middle-aged and elderly people, maybe some were the parents of the candidates, and some were just passers-by joining in the fun.
Everyone gathered in front of the red cardboard, talking and smiling.
Those with thick waists and thighs surrounded the place tightly, and they couldn't squeeze in even if they squeezed hard.
He was very excited about his results, walked some distance back, shouted, and rushed towards the crowd.
I saw that when he rushed forward, Ziyuan supported a big fat man with both hands and flew up. He turned over again and used all the remaining strength to flip to the front.
There are many names written on this red paper, and they are filled to the brim. But Ziyuan's eyesight was still very good, and he immediately found his name, but that name was a false name - Zhang Ziyuan.
After seeing her, Ziyuan was very happy. Just when he was about to turn around and call her mother, he turned around and accidentally bumped into the big fat man walking towards him.
"You brat! If you dare to bump into me, I think you don't want to live anymore?" After saying that, the big fat man held his hands tightly together, as if he wanted to beat Zi Yuan.
"Uncle, I'm sorry. I didn't mean it, I just wanted to see if it had my name on it." Chen Ziyuan explained hurriedly.
Uncle Xu often said: If someone doesn't take the initiative to hit you, you must never hit him.
"Intentional or not. In short, if you hit me, you can either pay me ten taels of silver or have a good fight." The fat man said harshly.
When the surrounding crowd saw such a big fat man and such a small child preparing to fight, some well-wishers tried to persuade them.
"He is still a child. Let him go." A thin man with a beard said.
"That's right. He's so young. You don't need to fight to know that he won't win. Let him go." Another man advised.
I don't know where this fat man came from with such a bad temper, and he just couldn't listen to a word of advice.
"Boy, what are your plans?" the fat man said.
Just when Chen Ziyuan was still hesitating whether to hit or not, Fatty's fist had already been stretched out.
Fortunately, Ziyuan, who had learned some kung fu, dodged the punch.
"Can you dodge?" After saying that, the fat man punched him violently.
Ziyuan still hid.
Passers-by were amazed when they saw Zi Yuan's movements and began to guess Zi Yuan's identity.
Seeing how well the boy in front of him could hide, the fat man changed his tactics.
Seeing this, the fat man gathered his strength and kicked Zi Yuan, who was much shorter than him.
Of course, Zi Yuan dodged, but the fat man's foot hit the solid wood, and he quickly retracted his foot in pain.
Just when the fat man wanted to grab Zi Yuan with his own hands and give him a severe beating, Zi Yuan flashed up and appeared behind the fat man. With a small kick, the fat man's two front teeth hit the board.
"good!"
Ziyuan's actions made passersby shout.
Zi Yuan saw the fat man not turning around for a long time, thinking that he had given up, and wanted to leave.
Suddenly, Ziyuan felt a pulling force on his heels.
Ziyuan turned around quickly and saw the man kneeling on the ground, grabbing his legs with both hands.
"What? Haven't you fought enough?" Zi Yuan said.
A child's voice made the people around him more certain that he was a child.
"Please accept me! I want to learn from you!" the fat man begged.
The fat face made it difficult for Ziyuan to accept it. Thinking about Uncle Xu's words, Ziyuan became even more negative.
"I won't accept it. Get up and go back." Zi Yuan said.
"If you don't accept it! I will kneel here and hold your legs to prevent you from leaving."
Seeing the fat man's strong tone, Zi Yuan looked at his feet and avoided them as if by magic.
The fat man pulled his leg again, but was mercilessly bypassed by Zi Yuan.
The passers-by around looked at the fat man's appearance and began to persuade him.
"Just accept it."
"Yes. If he wants to learn so much, let him learn from you. He will be successful in the future."
Thinking about the master's words, Ziyuan refused.
Taking advantage of the crowds coming and going, Zi Yuan walked around and disappeared in front of the fat man.
"You're back?" Li Xiran greeted happily.
"Yes. Mom, I won the prize." Zi Yuan said happily.
"Did you win?" Li Xiran asked again.
Ziyuan nodded.
"I knew you were so smart, I couldn't beat you." After saying that, Li Xiran looked at the few guests around and said, "Let's go home."
"good."
After answering, Ziyuan walked to Xi Ran's side and pushed the wooden stall together.
I don't know whether it was her own strength or Zi Yuan's strength that had grown stronger, but Xi Ran felt like she didn't use much force to push the cart.
"Come back?" Chunxu asked standing outside the door.
Xi Ran smiled broadly, looked at Chunxu shyly, and replied, "I'm back."
Seeing that Uncle Xu didn't know anything yet, Zi Yuan laughed: "Uncle Xu, do you think we came back so early?"
"Why?" Chunxu looked confused.
"I passed the exam," Zi Yuan said with a smile.
"Did you really pass the exam?" Chunxu asked in disbelief.
"Really. Is this even false? Zi Yuan has never told a lie." Xi Ran smiled.
Although the county examination is not that difficult, it is still encouraging.
After hearing what Xi Ran said, Chunxu believed it. He excitedly held up Ziyuan, who was now nine years old, and said, "Awesome! Your hard work is not in vain!"
Just as he was holding Ziyuan, a fat man stood outside the door, but he didn't say a word.
"The buns are sold out today. Come back tomorrow." Xi Ran thought he was a guest.
After hearing his mother's voice, Ziyuan looked outside.
Unexpectedly, that person was the fat man who had just begged him to become his disciple.
"Why are you following me here? I said it. I won't accept it!" Zi Yuan shouted.
Listening to Zi Yuan's voice, Xi Ran looked at Zi Yuan and said in disbelief: "Do you know him?"
One second Ziyuan wanted to deny it, but the next second he directly admitted it.
"Yeah. Just when I was looking at the list." Zi Yuan said.
After hearing this, Chunxu walked over and asked stoutly: "What are you doing with our Ziyuan?!"
"You must be his father. I came to Ziyuan to learn martial arts from him. He was so powerful just now," said the fat man.
After hearing this, Chunxu immediately looked at Ziyuan: "What's going on? Didn't I say that you must not do anything if others don't mess with you. Where did you listen to what I said?"
"I know I was wrong. It was obviously him. There were too many people, so I accidentally bumped into him. Who knew, he actually wanted to hit me. If I didn't hit me, he would have to pay ten taels of silver, so..." Zi Yuan said .
After listening to Ziyuan's narration, Chunxu looked at the fat man and said, "My Ziyuan is young and ignorant. Just forgive him. Let's go."
"You must let me learn from him. I also want to be like him. I will not be bullied by others in the future." The fat man knelt down and said.
Seeing such a big man kneeling at the door of his house, other people were afraid that they would start talking about him, so Chunxu hurriedly stepped forward to support him.
"Get up quickly. Ziyuan is just a child, he doesn't know any skills. It's just for fun." Chunxu said.
At this time, the fat man continued to kneel down, kowtowed, and said: "Master, please accept me as my apprentice! From now on, my apprentice will go wherever you go!"
"Get up quickly." Li Xiran advised at the side.
The fat man shook his head: "I am already homeless. Please accept me as a disciple and learn from you. If you don't agree, I will stay here today."
Looking at a person with such a stubborn temper, Chunxu thought to himself: If he doesn't accept it, he may come to visit him every day in the future.
Seeing the fat man's outfit, Chunxu asked.
"Where do you live? What's your family background?" Chunxu asked.
"My family lives in Bozhou, South Vietnam. My parents passed away when I was young. I was raised by my grandpa. Later, my grandpa passed away and my family disappeared. I wandered all the way, trying to find a job, but others thought I was big and could not eat well. Many people have great strength, but they don't want to use me. Over the years, I have been wandering around, fighting with others, fighting whenever they want, but not willing to give me money. During this period, I was sometimes beaten by the officials."
As he spoke, Chunxu's heart was suddenly moved.
"Get up. I promise you can. However, you have to abide by a rule." Chunxu said.
"Tell me." Fatty asked with a smile on his face.
"From now on, we will take care of your food and teach you martial arts, but you can't use martial arts to harm people or coerce people into asking for money. Can you do it? And you can't leave after you learn it."
After hearing these requests, the fat man quickly agreed: "I promise, I promise. As long as you give me food and teach me martial arts, I will stay here forever and follow you forever. I will go wherever you go." I do whatever I do.”
Seeing that the fat man was so willing, Chunxu felt a little happy: "Okay. Get up."
The fat man stood up and dusted himself off.
"What's your name?" Chunxu asked.
"My name is Zheng Chui. My parents did not give me the name. I only know that I am a member of the Zheng family. People outside think that I am strong, so they call me Chui. It is customary to call me Zheng Chui."
Hearing what fat man Zheng Zhui said, Li Xiran started laughing unconsciously.
"Have you eaten yet?" Chunxu asked enthusiastically.
The fat man Zheng Zhui shook his head.
"Okay. Wait, I'll buy a bottle of wine and have a meal."
"Thank you." Zheng Zhui thanked him.
"You're welcome." After saying that, Chunxu went out.
Looking at Zheng Zhui's wandering life, isn't this what Sun Chunxu wants? Now that he has met such a person, Chunxu is extremely happy.
