"The sky and the earth are long, passers-by are in a hurry, the tide rises and falls..."
Walking to Madman Wu's house, looking at the crumbling walls made of mud, Tianyi sang loudly.
"How many people can see through love, resentment, life and death?"
With a bang, the broken window fell and was kicked open.
"The world of mortals is rolling, the love is so deep, there is a time to gather and part ways..."
Tianyi walked into Madman Wu's yard while humming a song, leaned under the poplar tree, and crossed his arms.
"Leave half awake, half drunk, at least you will follow me in my dreams..."
Madman Wu stuck his head out of the window, and his snow-white shawl hair spread in the wind.
"Your posture is too ecstatic..."
Tianyi looked at Madman Wu who was half lying on the fire bed, shirtless, with his hair disheveled, and leaning on the window frame with one hand, and said with a smile.
"You guys came a little late today? Did you bring something delicious?"
Madman Wu fiddled with his flowing long hair, looked at Tianyi's bright eyes, and asked with a smile.
"There is nothing to eat today, so I used the money I bought for you to save my brother."
Tian leaned under the poplar tree, rubbed his feet on the ground, and said with a slight guilt.
"You kid, you are on the right path, you are the one who sacrifices your life and wealth for your friends. I am indeed right about you."
"Excellent... It's all a coincidence."
Tianyi looked indifferent.
"It is this kind of seemingly accidental coincidence that can reveal a person's choices about small things, and it can also reveal a person's character."
"Well………………"
"Don't worry, I won't be angry with you for ordering food..."
As he spoke, Madman Wu picked up the cotton-padded jacket on the kang, put it on his body with a graceful spin, supported it with one hand, and jumped out of the window into the yard.
"Today, I just touched the water with a dragonfly and jumped 10 feet away. I can't believe myself. It's a miracle if the big yellow catches it."
Tianyi happily reported to Madman Wu.
"Haha...have you seen your progress? The more stupid the behavior, the more effective it is. Things that others disdain to do, you do over time, and when you compare with your peers, you will find that you It has surpassed many people, this is what the stupid bird said."
Madman Wu tied his long hair on top of his head, fixed it with a tree branch, and said with a smile.
"Well, I understand... This is the craftsmanship in business."
Tianyi looked at Madman Wu with a plain face, the only old man who could communicate with him spiritually.
"I don't know much about business, but as a person, I believe there is no one who can teach me better than you."
Madman Wu said, hugging his arms and leaning under the poplar tree.
He hit the tree with his back and tried harder every time.
"Hmm...when are you going to teach me some real moves?"
Tianyi asked with a playful smile as he looked at Madman Wu with a calm face.
"Aren't I just teaching you?"
As he spoke, Madman Wu changed his position and used his back to knock against the thick poplar trees in his arms, making them rustle.
"Every old man and old lady in the park plays like this. Are you putting me in the senior group? Do you want me to start the retirement mode when I am 8 years old?"
Tianyi looked at Madman Wu speechlessly.
"You kid... don't look down on old men and ladies, okay? If you want to hit someone, you must first learn to be beaten. Hitting a big tree is just like being beaten. When you don't feel pain when you hit someone, you can still knock a hole out of the tree and then break it. If you do it, you will be successful. In this way, the fists that others hit you will be like scratching an itch, and you will not be timid when you meet the enemy. This is called having steel and iron bones, not being afraid of swords and having no eyes, do you understand?"
Madman Wu said mysteriously.
"Well………….."
Seeing the martial arts madman who could hit a big tree and tell a lot of truths, Tianyi was convinced without even practicing.
Because he felt that Madman Wu's enlightenment had reached a certain level, and at least it was logically correct.
"Why are you still standing there stupidly? Why don't you practice quickly?"
Crazy Wu frowned and urged.
"Well……………"
There was no other way. Taking advantage of Dahuang's experience, Tianyi had no choice but to believe in Madman Wu and followed suit and bumped into the big tree.
Although the trees are sprouting new buds, it still gets dark very early.
Tianyi's back was numb from being hit by the big tree. She looked at the sky and said apologetically to Madman Wu.
"I have to go home. I will send you beef patties tomorrow. We won't eat meat buns."
Tianyi blinked his big eyes and bowed deeply to Madman Wu.
"Go ahead, remember, a man who wants to take advantage of a woman can't do anything big or bad. You must have education, but you must know how to be a good person and leave a few things aside so that we can meet each other easily in the future. After all, you don't know what Erpi's mother thinks. .”
Hearing this, Tianyi was shocked and wondered how he knew this. Could it be that this madman Wu had reached the point where he could know the world without leaving home?
After saying that, Madman Wu turned around and entered the house, leaving Tianyi with a shocked look on his face.
At 6 o'clock in the evening, Old Li Tou arrived as scheduled. It was the dream of the old men in this area of Taoyuan Road to have a meal from the Goddess Xiangqin.
Old Li Tou went to the public bath in advance and spent 5 yuan to take a bath. He also shaved and tidied up the few hairs on his head.
Putting on clothes that were only worn during the Chinese New Year, I went to Mrs. Liu in the market to buy an extremely bright red rose, and walked into Xiangqin's home with a spring breeze on her face.
"Hey...Brother Li is here? Sit down quickly, sit down quickly, there is another dish, the meal will be served soon!"
Xiangqin wore a floral cotton-padded jacket, two big braids, and water-pink lipstick. She looked several years younger.
"Xiangqin...you look so good today, you have a bit of Liu Xiaoqing's style back then. Now...this is for you. May you stay young and beautiful forever."
Lao Li squinted his wrinkled, lustful little eyes and handed the flower to Xiangqin respectfully.
"Liu Xiaoqing is a movie star. I can't compare to him. Come just as you see fit. What else are you going to buy? It's a waste of money..."
Xiangqin took the flower charmingly, put it in front of her nose, smelled it, and happily put it into the mineral water bottle next to her.
"If you can make a beautiful woman smile, it's money well spent, haha..."
Although Old Li Tou sat down, his eyes never left Xiangqin.
"Uncle Li, do you want white or beer?"
Seeing Lao Litou's eyes almost falling out of his head, Xiao Mao quickly changed the subject.
"White, white, beer is almost like drinking cold water to me."
After hearing Xi Mao's words, Lao Li turned around, picked up the wine glass on the table, and placed it in front of Xi Mao.
The sensible Ximao filled Lao Li's head with two taels of pottou.
He also winked at Tianyi, Mouse, and Erpi.
Several people understood and picked up the Arctic Ocean in front of them, and together they paid respect to the old man Li Toudao.
"Today is a good day, respect to Uncle Li..."
As he said that, they all took a big sip of Arctic Ocean together.
"These kids are quite interesting. They haven't even eaten this bite of food, so they started to make me drink. Okay... Let's have a drink, Uncle Li."
As he said this, Lao Li Tou picked up the wine glass and drank it. When he put down the glass, he grinned and took a deep breath.
"Is there a wine shop...?"
Xi Mao looked at Old Li Tou who looked satisfied and asked with a smile.
"It's quite...52 degrees, right?"
"Yes, knowing that you big brothers like to drink high alcohol, I bought 52-degree Erguotou."
Mouse said with a compliment.
"Your name is Uncle Li, why do you call me eldest brother?"
Xiangqin, who was standing by the stove, smiled and joked.
"You look younger when you call me brother!"
Erpi was sewing on the side.
"These children, everyone is a kid. Here are the dishes... Chicken stewed with vermicelli, sweet and sour carp, braised pork and potatoes. Knowing that you are drinking, I also patted a cucumber and fried a plate of peanuts for you. , do you think it’s okay?”
Xiangqin put a pot of braised pork on the table, sat down, and told Old Li the name of the dish.
"Okay, okay...this is so rich, I deserve it!"
As he spoke, Lao Litou impatiently picked up his chopsticks, picked up a large chicken drumstick and stuffed it into his mouth.
"How is the taste?"
Looking at the drooling old Li Tou, Xiangqin asked with a smile.
"Okay, okay...this person is beautiful, and the food is even more delicious!"
Old Li swallowed the chicken leg like a gulp, and quickly put a whole big fish head into the bowl.
Looking at Old Li Tou, who had a lustful look on his face and his eyes were shining after eating, Tianyi felt happy, thinking that the matter would probably be done today.
"Children, hurry up and eat. What are you looking at?"
Seeing Aunt Xiangqin speak, Mouse quickly picked up the chopsticks, opened his cheeks, picked up a large piece of braised pork and stuffed it into his mouth.
After a few rounds of pushing cups and changing cups, Xiangqin saw that Lao Li Tou's eyes were starting to blur, his face was turning red, and he was starting to talk nonsense. Thinking that Lao Li Tou had arrived, he used it on Xi Mao. A look.
Ximao raised his glass again with understanding and said with a smile.
"Uncle Li... you just said that this meal is a bit deserved for you, but now I have an unkind invitation, and I hope you agree."
As he spoke, Xi Mao picked up the Erguotou that was almost bottomed out with his right hand and filled Lao Li Touzhen's wine glass.
"Okay... Just tell me, as long as Uncle Li can do it, Uncle Li will do it for you."
Lao Li put some of the fallen hair back on his head and raised the wine glass unsteadily.
"I want to rent the house at your scrap collection station."
Xiaomao narrowed his eyes and said tentatively.
When he heard about renting a house, Old Li Tou was half awake. He shook his head, looked at Ximao seriously, then looked at Xiangqin, and asked questioningly.
"Did I hear you right? You have a child, why are you renting my house? It's not like you don't have a home or a place to live? Besides, there are tenants in my house now, so I can't kick them out, right?"
Lao Litou put down his wine glass and said seriously.
"Lao Wangtou's annual rent expires in three days. He didn't ask you to renew the contract, right?"
Xi Mao also put down his wine glass and looked at Lao Li Tou seriously.
"Nope……………"
"Since he didn't mention it, isn't it normal for us to rent? Isn't it possible for you to drive him away? Besides, I know that Lao Wangtou pays monthly, and the card is not paid until the day of the contract period. If we rent, You can pay the annual rent quarterly, half a month in advance each time, what do you think?"
Xiaomao looked at Lao Litou, whose face was red and his expression was constantly changing, and said with a smile.
"This...the condition is indeed very attractive, but you have a child, why would you rent my house?"
Lao Li tilted his head, looking at the adult-like hair standing in front of the table, and asked curiously.
"I won't bother you to worry about what it's for. Just tell me whether to rent it or not. If you rent it, I will pay you three months' rent now and we will sign a contract immediately."
As he spoke, Xiao Mao took out a thick wad of banknotes from his trouser pocket and slapped it on the table.
The moment the money was placed on the table, everyone present except Tianyi was dumbfounded.
Xiangqin's eyes widened, thinking that she didn't even have that much money in her bankbook. Was Ximao going to rob a bank?
But then she thought again, although Tianyi is only 8 years old this year, she is much more serious than her mother. She can take her son to catch fish and make money. Please set up this game by yourself today, and it should not be a trap, so she suppressed it. He suppressed his curiosity and thought about not ruining his son's good deeds.
The mouse sitting next to Ximao looked at the thick pile of money and couldn't help but reach out to touch it, but Ximao slapped him back.
"Okay, boy, my subsistence allowance and savings don't add up to 5,000 yuan. You have less than 10,000 yuan, okay... better than your Uncle Li. It's really a tiger mother who has no son!"
Lao Li turned his head to look at Xiangqin and extended his thumbs up in admiration.
Xiangqin looked embarrassed and didn't know how to answer, but deep down in her heart she felt for the first time that the fine hair had grown hard on her face.
"Did you agree?"
Xiaomao raised the wine glass again, narrowed his eyes, looked at Lao Litou, and said with a smile.
"If you have money, you won't accept the bastard. Uncle Li promises you."
As he said this, Lao Li stood up, raised his wine glass, clinked the glass with Ximao vigorously, and drank two liang of pottou with one tilt of his neck.
While Lao Li was raising his neck to drink, Xiaomao also pretended to drink from his neck, but the wine fell from his neck to the ground.
Watching Xiaomao filling Lao Li's head, Tianyi, who had been sitting at the table without moving his chopsticks, finally picked up the chopsticks, picked up the chicken heads in the basin, and put them into his bowl with a smile.
Because chicken brain kernels are her favorite, but they are also something that others don’t even bother to eat.
She knew that even if she was the last to take the chopsticks, the chicken head still belonged to her.
"It's okay to rent you, but you're underage? How can you sign a rental contract with me? Our business is business, and relationships are relationships. You can't let me, an old man in his 60s or 70s, chase after a baby every day. Account?"
Although the money was in front of him, Lao Li Tou still had doubts.
"It seems you still don't believe me?"
Xiaomao tapped the money on the table with his finger again.
"You come to me when I sign...to pay the rent. I can't run away from you, right?"
Xiangqin saw Lao Li Tou start doing Tai Chi and anxiously helped his son smooth things over.
"That's okay... With you Xiangqin here, I won't be afraid that the monk will break into the temple and rent it to you. You can also have the opportunity to beg for wine once every three months. How can I miss it? Sign it, sign it now!"
As he said this, Lao Li took out the rental contract from his coat, slapped it on the table, straightened his unsteady body, and said seriously.
