The New Year's Eve dinner six years ago was probably the most impressive night for Lu Ting.
Too many things really happened that day... Even with Lu Ting's extraordinary memory, he could only go back according to the model of memories, but he couldn't remember many details.
It was a busy year that year, so Li Zhanchun did not hold a banquet at the mansion, but asked everyone to stay in Shanhe Mansion to celebrate the New Year. Therefore, only himself and his wife Liu were present in the Li family - because Wu, the concubine, had When she was pregnant, she stayed at home to raise the fetus.
"Hey, look, master has brought a child here." Cao Ju had sharp eyes, and he was sitting at the door. From a distance, he saw a short and thin boy following Li Mastiff Chun.
After hearing what Cao Ju said, several young people came to the door to take a look. Only the elderly Nan Yingzhi did not move and was chatting with his wife.
"Could this kid be our new junior brother?" Ye Zhan folded his arms and stopped to look forward, his eyes always looking at the boy from afar.
"Senior Brother Hui, you are my junior brother." The person who spoke was Yu Wenyue, the tenth eldest. He started at the same year as Lu Ting, but he was much younger. He was watched by the "Three Giants of the Mesozoic Era" in Shanhe Prefecture. My child, Yu Wenyue is very polite. He maintains the habit of using honorifics and honorifics to everyone, "This little junior brother is very smart."
"Oh? What kind of clever method is this?" Hearing Yu Wenyue praise this child, Cao Ju also became interested. He wanted to hear how smart this child could be - of course, Cao Ju didn't bother to use his current To compare with a child, but at least you can measure it against yourself when you were the same age, right?
You see, this is Cao Ju. He just likes to compete with others. Lu Ting will never do this. Ye Zhan may have the same idea in his heart, but he will never show it so obviously - also I can't blame Li Zhanchun for later commenting on him that "Cao Ju can't make the decision." The position of Yamabe Tianzihao was also taken by Lu Ting, who was three years younger than him and started late.
"Uh...you look a bit like Fourth Senior Brother?" The young man standing on the far side, arm-in-arm with Yu Wenyue, is Yang Buchue, who is ranked eleventh. His personality can be said to be the liveliest among Li Zhanchun's disciples. , Yu Wenyue was full of awe for his seniors, so he was always polite, but this boy was the one who dared to make fun of his seniors: "He is articulate, eloquent, and... unobstructed?"
"Ha, I think you are the one who speaks freely." Although Cao Ju was very strong, he was not in a position to fight with the younger generation, so he could only laugh and curse.
Just as a few people came to the door and made a fuss, Li Zhanchun had already led the young man to front of everyone: "These are your senior brothers that I have often said. I think you still remember them."
"Yes, remember." The child nodded with a pair of dead fish eyes.
"You junior brothers are brothers, please introduce yourselves to the junior brothers in order!" Li Zhanchun motioned to everyone.
But Cao Ju liked to be in the limelight and quickly raised his hand: "Wait a minute, since this young junior brother has heard Master talk about all the senior brothers, why not let him guess who we are and take our seats?"
Li Zhanchun thought for a moment, and the old man also laughed: "That's interesting, Ananda, what do you mean?"
He Nan shrugged, then walked from Li Zhanchun's side to the front, facing the people standing in a circle, observing carefully with his eyes straight, and first aimed at Ye Zhan: "You should be Senior Brother Ye San."
"How did you tell?" Ye Zhan smiled and nodded slightly.
"Arrogance." Ye Zhan was very tall, and He Nan had to raise his head to look at him. He said what he said as if he was talking to himself: "How arrogant... There is no one else like Senior Brother Ye in the entire Shanhe Prefecture." Such a proud person."
Ye Zheng sipped the meaning of these two words. Although he couldn't understand whether the boy was a compliment or a disgrace, he unexpectedly found that these two words really fit him well.
"Unlike those who are pretentious and self-proclaimed, Ye Zheng prefers to go to Hushan." Xiao Henan imitated Li Mastiff Chun's tone and expression and said, "This is what the master said."
"What about me?" Yang Buchue took the initiative to step forward. He heard his master commenting on the third senior brother He Nan in private, so he also wanted to use He Nan's words to hear what his master thought of him.
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"Senior Brother Yang, Master said you are stupid..." Xiao Henan looked at Yang Buchue sympathetically: "Senior Brother Yuwen and I know each other, but you are the only one who can play those little tricks with Senior Brother Yuwen..."
Although he received a "stupid" evaluation, Yang Buchue was still very happy and patted his head in a self-deprecating way. Since he is Li Zhanchun's disciple, how could he be stupid? It's just that his personality is too cheerful. Although he is full of fantastic ideas, he still lacks overall perspective and training compared to several senior brothers.
"Then...you are Senior Brother Lu Ting." He Nan walked up to Lu Ting, "You look the least impressive, but in fact you are the most selfish one..."
Having said this, He Nan suddenly raised his fingers towards Lu Ting, inviting him to listen: "Master said you are the smartest one, right?"
Lu Ting rubbed his face vigorously and straightened up: "Yes."
Xiao Henan also straightened his waist: "I will surpass you."
"Then I'll wait and see." Lu Ting is not Cao Ju, he is not that naive, and he doesn't care who can surpass him, but he just thinks this kid is quite interesting.
But what he didn't expect was that the more interesting thing was still behind. After He Nan finished talking to Lu Ting, he rubbed his eyes and stood on tiptoe among the crowd to look into the hall: "That guy inside Senior brother is either senior brother Nan Yingzhinan or senior brother Zhou Lizhou - he is too far away to see clearly, but he looks much older than all the senior brothers."
"Then the last one, do you still need to guess?" Xiao He stood in front of Cao Ju with a smile and dug a hole for him.
Cao Juming knew this was a trap, but he couldn't help but jump in: "So you, kid, used the elimination method to find me? That's nothing!"
"Senior Brother Cao, what you said is wrong - you were the first one I recognized, and the most handsome one is Senior Brother Cao." Of course Cao Ju liked to hear this, but He Nan insisted on adding carrots and sticks, and spoke clearly and neatly. There wasn’t even a drawn-out ending: “But to be honest, there are no other characteristics besides that.”
"It's not good for children to look too much like adults." Cao Ju knelt down and put his face in front of He Nan, laughing angrily at the same time.
"Yes, it's not good for adults to be too much like children." He Nan took a deep look at the fourth senior brother, revealing two rows of white teeth.
Seeing this boy's reaction, Cao Ju's mood suddenly became simpler. He took He Nan's hand and said, "Good boy, come to eat!"
Seeing these two living treasures "flooding" into the hall together, everyone followed suit, leaving only Lu Ting walking at the end with his master.
"Lu Ting, what do you think of this child?" Li Zhanchun asked Lu Ting for his opinion. It wasn't that he didn't trust others, but what came out of Lu Ting's mouth must be the most objective.
"Master, you have found a treasure this time..." Lu Ting replied respectfully.
Li Zhanchun laughed. He has become more reserved as he gets older, and his emotions rarely show so clearly: "When it comes to picking up treasures, then I really have picked up a lot of them, there are more than a dozen of them, right?"
Lu Ting shook his head, with some denial: "They say that three years old looks younger than seven years old, but this child is twelve years old? Thirteen years old?"
"Can a child who can make both Senior Brother Ye and Senior Brother Cao react like this be an ordinary person?"
This sentence can be said to directly point to the heart of the two people. If a relatively mediocre child is asked to be evaluated by Ye Zhan and Cao Ju, Ye Zheng will not even give him a polite smile, while Cao Ju will be angry and angry. He said that this child was smarter than him, but Ye Zheng was thoughtful and Cao Ju's temperament showed that they were... afraid of this child?
Of course, Ye and Cao, who are in their twenties, would not compare a teenager to themselves, but what if they are thirty or forty years old?
"The young man who can make Senior Brother Cao keep silent will definitely not be inferior to Senior Brother Cao." Lu Ting bowed his hand.
Li Zhanchun suddenly asked: "Then if you were asked to train this child, what would you do?"
Lu Ting smiled slightly: "I'm not familiar with him, so whatever I say now is false, but judging from his mind and temperament - it's me and I'll let him go."
