Ti Wang bought some things in the city, bought some pork and vegetables, and returned to the bamboo house. When he entered the house, he saw Li Yu sleeping soundly on the bed. He smiled and laughed at himself: "Young people are good, they can fall asleep when they fall down." Ti Wang couldn't bear to disturb him, so he walked into the kitchen alone and bought the food. Put the vegetables and meat on the table, start to choose vegetables, wash the vegetables, then put the washed vegetables into the bamboo basket, take them to the chopping board to cut vegetables, and prepare for dinner. Ti Wang has been living here alone for two years, and it is easy to do these things with ease.
Li Yu had been sleeping for more than an hour at this time, and slowly woke up. Li Yu was lying on the bed, tilting his head, following the door opening, and saw the looming woods, lying lazily on the bed, quietly in a daze. Hearing some "ping ping ping pong" sounds, I put on my shoes and got up. Following the source of the sound, I saw the master who was cooking in the kitchen. Li Yu looked at his master from outside the kitchen. At this time, he had changed into plain clothes and was about six feet tall. Perhaps because of his age, he was a little hunched over. Because there was no turban, you could see the bald back of his head. He quickly cut the vegetables and meat on the chopping board with both hands and put them into the bowl. On the stove on the other side of the kitchen, something was steaming. When he smelled the aroma of rice, Li Yu knew it was steaming rice. Ti Wang had already sensed that Li Yu was outside the door, and had done everything he was doing. Without looking back, he asked: "Disciple, do you like rice? If you don't like it, I will buy you some steamed buns later." .”
"It's okay. I can do anything. In fact, I'm not too picky about what I eat." Li Yu replied.
"that's fine."
When Li Yu saw his master preparing food alone, he said with some embarrassment: "Master, let me help you."
Ti Wang asked: "Can you cook?"
Li Yu smiled awkwardly, "Hehe, no. But, I can learn."
Ti Wang said calmly: "Then I'll teach you in two days. You go back to the house to rest first."
Li Yu stopped talking and returned to the room. He was bored and just watched casually in the room. The furnishings of the room are very simple, with a bed, a table, two stools, and a three-layer bookshelf. There are some Buddhist scriptures listed on the bookshelf. They look a bit old and must have been read frequently. Li Yu naturally had no interest in Buddhist scriptures, so he just wanted to see if there were any travel notes or martial arts secrets. He flipped through them casually and saw a bulging book in the innermost part. Li Yu planned to put this book together. Take out this book. At this moment, Tiwang walked into the room with vegetables and rice, and said with a smile: "Come on, come on, come and eat." Li Yu turned around hurriedly, like a child who made a mistake, and said: " I just want to take a look."
Ti Wang said with kind eyes: "What I have here are some Buddhist scriptures. If you like it, you can also choose a few to read to nourish your mind. Let's eat first." Ti Wang placed the food on the dining table, and Li Yu left When he got to the table, he saw that there were three dishes on the table, one meat and two vegetarian. Ti Wang then brought the rice basin and bowls and chopsticks, filled some rice and placed it in front of Li Yu, saying, "It's not enough. You can serve it yourself." ." Li Yu looked at the food in front of him without moving his chopsticks. Seeing this, Ti Wang asked, "Disciple, why don't you eat?"
Li Yu pondered for a moment and then expressed the question in his heart: "Master, I have a question, why do you want to accept me as your disciple?"
Ti Wang knew that his apprentice was still a little wary of him, so he no longer concealed it and said bluntly: "I accepted you as my apprentice for three reasons. First, I saw you at the county government office that day. You have good qualifications. With a stable body and solid internal strength, I have the desire to become my disciple."
Li Yu was praised, with uncontrollable joy on his face, and said, "Really? Master, you are quite discerning!"
Ti Wang smiled and continued: "Secondly, with my current body, I can't travel far. There are some things I hope you can help me do."
After hearing this, Li Yu's face slowly darkened, his joy turned into worry, and he said, "What's the matter?"
Ti Wang said: "I will tell you about this in the future, but you can rest assured that it is not a matter of breaking the law or killing innocent people. This is also the third reason why I like you. You have a kind and sincere heart." This is the most valuable thing and the biggest reason why I fell in love with you, so I rescued you."
"I see." After Li Yu said this, he suddenly became enlightened, picked up the food and started eating. While eating, he discovered that his master had not taken a single bite of the plate of fried pork slices. He asked curiously: "Master, why don't you eat meat?"
Ti Wang said: "My teacher is a monk and does not eat meat or fish."
"What about me?" Li Yu asked.
"You are not a monk. You are at best a lay disciple."
"Oh." Li Yu responded, took two bites, and then asked: "Master, did you specially prepare meat dishes for me?"
Ti Wang said: "That's natural. You are only sixteen years old this year. At your age, you are at the age where you can eat. If you just follow the teacher and eat vegetarian food every day, you will not grow strong."
Li Yu was inexplicably moved by Ti Wang's words. At the same time, his nose felt sore and he made a stuffy and choking sound. Ti Wang joked: "A real man, don't cry casually."
Li Yu said with a tearful voice: "I miss my mother. When I was a child, it was hard to eat, so she told me that if I didn't eat well, I wouldn't be able to grow strong in the future."
Ti Wang said: "It doesn't matter, I haven't restricted your freedom. When things in Xinyang County calm down, you can go home and see your parents."
Li Yu shook his head and said, "My mother has passed away."
Although the news of the death of Ouyang Lan, the wife of the owner of Yinlong Villa, spread in the world, Tihuang was not from the Central Plains after all, so he had no knowledge of the matter and said apologetically: "I'm sorry to mention you. Such a sad thing."
Li Yu's eyes became fierce and he said: "So, I want to practice martial arts well, find the murderer of my mother in the future, and avenge her!" Then he ate heartily.
After hearing this, Ti Wang advised: "The hatred of mother-killing is irreconcilable. I can understand that you want to avenge your mother. However, I would like to remind you that you must not be blinded by hatred."
After hearing this, Li Yu only focused on eating and ignored the master's reminder. Ti Wang said: "It is inconvenient for me to say more about this matter. But the deceased is already dead, so you should cherish it more. The living people are just like you." Like my mother, I treat you sincerely."
Li Yu felt a little moved in his heart. He thought of Aunt Xin and Sister Mu Lan and said, "Master, hurry up and eat. The food is already cold."
Ti Wang saw that Li Yu didn't want to listen and didn't say anything anymore, so he thought about trying to persuade him later, so he picked up the bowl and chopsticks and started eating. The two of them were speechless. After finishing the meal in silence, they said, "Disciple, please put away the dishes and chopsticks on the table and take them to the kitchen to wash them."
Li Yu hesitated a little reluctantly at this time, but thinking that he was out of town now, there was no servant to serve him, and now he was someone else's disciple, so he had no choice but to obey and do as he was told. But Li Yu was originally a pampered and pampered young master, so how could he ever do such work? Just when Li Yu picked up the fallen dishes and was about to take them back to the kitchen to wash them, he stood up suddenly and heard two "snaps". Three plates and two bowls fell down and hit the ground. It fell to pieces. Li Yu looked at his master with a face of shame. Although he felt a little distressed, in order not to hurt Li Yu, he said: "It's okay. I will go to the city for my master tomorrow and buy some more." Li Yu carefully put the remaining ones back. Two plates and one bowl were taken to the kitchen to be washed. After a while, Li Yu came back and said that the washing was done. Ti Wang was a little worried, so he went over to check. He couldn't tell without looking at it. He was shocked when he saw that Ti Wang could still see the oil and water on the dishes Li Yu had washed in the reflection. Ti Wang held his head and suddenly felt that letting this new apprentice wash the dishes was a wrong decision.
Li Yu asked softly: "Master, what's wrong with you?"
Ti Wang asked: "Disciple, how do you wash the dishes?"
Li Yu gestured and said, "I'll just hold the ladle with one hand and the plate with the other. I'll pour it on the plate and that's it."
Ti Wang said quietly: "Don't you even rub it?"
Li Yu put on an innocent expression and said, "Do you still need to rub it?"
Ti Wang said excitedly: "Okay! The first lesson I will teach you today is to teach you how to wash dishes." Ti Wang never thought that when he accepted a new apprentice, his first lesson would be to teach him how to wash dishes. Bowls and plates. Ti Wang personally demonstrated how to wash the dishes. Li Yu watched carefully from the side, as if he had gained experience. Ti forgot to leave a plate and asked Li Yu to wash it. Li Yu followed suit and washed the plate and put it next to the stove. When Ti Wang saw it, he was a little relieved. At least the child was still willing to learn.
After washing the dishes, Tiwang looked at the eighteen water jars and said, "Disciple, follow me for a walk. I will tell you where to get water." The two of them walked on foot without using Qinggong. , walked about half the time of burning incense, and walked to a mountain spring behind the mountain. Tiwang pointed to the spring and said: "From tomorrow on, you will get up at 00:00, and then use the two buckets in the kitchen to come here. Fill the eighteen water jars.”
Originally, Li Yu was enjoying the pleasant scenery nearby while the sky was still dark. When he heard what Ti Wang said, he was stunned. He looked at Ti Wang in disbelief and said, "Eighteen-water tank! Full!"
Ti Wang said calmly: "Yes."
Li Yu said: "No, Master, take a look. That is an eighteen-water tank! One water tank contains at least five buckets of water! After all, I have to fight." Li Yu said with his fingers: "Eighteen buckets of water!" Ten barrels! To hit two barrels at a time, I have to go back and forth forty times. Using Qinggong, it takes almost a quarter of an hour at a time, and it takes me more than five hours!"
Ti Wang said in a calm tone: "I will be back at noon, almost five hours, and you have to fill up the water by then. Otherwise, I will empty the water tank and fill it up again."
Li Yu begged: "Master, this is very difficult!"
Ti Wang retorted: "What's the problem? I've always been like this. Sometimes I think about my own reasons. Did I get lazy when fetching water? Did my Qinggong speed increase?"
Li Yu was choked by his master's words and could only accept this fact. After the two stayed for a while, they walked back to the bamboo house.
