Ah Si invited Lan Hua to dinner at the restaurant next door, which was regarded as a welcome to Lan Hua.
During the meal, Ah Si asked Lan Hua how she had been these past years.
Speaking of the past, Lanhua shed tears.
Lan Hua, like Ah Si, is an orphan. They used to live a life of begging and wandering in the ruined temple of Shuangniu Village, so they still had a companion.
One day five years ago, Ah Si and the others had been hungry for three days without anything to eat. They saw Lan Hua fainting many times. Without anything to eat, Lan Hua's life was gone.
In order to get food for Lan Hua, Ah Si secretly entered the village and stole the egg-laying hens from Mrs. Wang's family in order to improve Lan Hua's food.
Unexpectedly, Xu Sanqiang, the village tyrant, caught up with him. Xu Sanqiang threatened Ah Si and told Lan Hua to obey him, otherwise he would tell Ah Si about stealing the chicken and send them to the official.
At that time, Ah was forty-one years old and Lanhua was ten years old.
How could they, who were so old, endure such a threat?
Although they were very scared, they would not agree to Xu Sanqiang's conditions.
Xu Sanqiang had the handle and didn't listen to their pleas for mercy. If Lanhua didn't agree, he would insist on suing the officials and let the officials handle the matter of stealing the chickens.
Helpless, Lanhua reluctantly agreed to Xu Sanqiang's conditions. When Xu Sanqiang happily let down his guard, Ah Si stabbed Xu Sanqiang to death with a wooden stick.
After stabbing someone to death, Ah Si took Lanhua and prepared to fly away and leave Shuangniu Village.
Unexpectedly, the village chief found out about the matter and called the government officials to take them to see the officials.
When did two ten-year-old children see an official? The official did not listen to their explanation and decided to deal with them by killing people for their lives.
By chance, Li Yufeng, who was traveling in the world, passed by Shuangniu Village, rescued Ah Si and the others, and accepted Ah Si as his disciple.
Lan Hua was a girl, and it was inconvenient for Li Yufeng to take her around the world, so he gave Lan Hua to a childless farmer in the countryside to adopt her and regarded her as his adopted daughter.
Time has passed, and in the blink of an eye, in five or six years, they have all grown up.
"Brother, it's so nice to meet you." Lan Hua burst into tears, sincerely happy for their reunion.
Ah Si sighed: "Yes, it's good to be alive."
Lanhua asked: "Where did you go after you and Master Li left? Is Master Li okay?"
Speaking of the master, Ah Si felt a sharp pain in his heart. It had been more than three years since there had been any news about the master, and he didn't know whether he was dead or alive.
Ah Si said with tears in his eyes: "We were traveling around the world while looking for masters to compete with each other, and later we settled down in this Qianshan City."
Lanhua asked: "Where is Master Li? How is he now? He is so kind. If I have the opportunity, I will go visit him and thank him for his life-saving grace."
"Master has been missing for more than three years." Ah Si lowered his head and his eyes couldn't help but roll down.
Lanhua felt very uncomfortable when she heard the news. They all say that good people are rewarded, so why is this good man so miserable?
She comforted him: "Don't worry, it's just missing. There will be a chance to meet. Master Li is so good at martial arts. Maybe he went to do something and didn't come back for a while and didn't have the chance to deliver the news to you. Don't be sad."
Ah Si wiped away his tears and said with a forced smile: "Let's not mention these sad things. It is fate that we brothers and sisters met today. Come, brother, I toast you a drink, to our helpless past, and to our beautiful future."
"Yes, here's to our helpless past and to our bright future. Cheers."
The two drank several drinks in a row and talked about many past events.
After dinner was almost done, Ah Si suggested going to the weapon shop to see if there were any suitable weapons. Not to mention how happy Lan Hua was when she met Ah Si, she was naturally happy to go with Ah Si.
Firstly, she could spend more time with Ah Si, and secondly, she also wanted to spend more time with Ah Si.
The two of them walked out of the hotel and headed towards the weapons shop.
The weapons shop is located in the east of the city, not far from the Wangyou Tavern. It only takes 20 minutes to walk from them.
When we arrived at the weapons shop, the door was open, but no one was seen in the shop. Ah Si was drumming in his heart, thinking that the weapons shop was doing very well and was bustling with people coming and going. Now that it looked so withered, it couldn't be that it was selling fake goods.
"Why is there no one in this place?" Lanhua also found it unusual.
Ah Si took Lanhua's hand and said, "I don't know. Since we are here, let's go in and take a look. Follow me and don't run around."
When Lanhua saw that there was no one around, she felt scared, so she naturally followed Ah Si's advice and followed Ah Si closely.
When I walked into the store, I didn't see the waiter.
"Is there anyone there?" Ah Si called several times, but no one responded.
"It's broad daylight and the door is open for business. Why is there no waiter? How can we do this business?" Ah Si cursed in his heart. If he did this business, sooner or later he would have to close down.
The shop is not big, about 40 square meters, with many kinds of weapons on both sides, including knives, forks, swords, and hooks. It looks like a weapons museum.
"Let's go. There's no one around. Even if we like it, we can't buy it." Lan Hua pulled Ah Si and told him to leave. She didn't like to stay in such a place where there was no one and it was rusty.
Ah Si knew that Lanhua didn't like fighting and was disgusted with weapons, but he had to find a good weapon and couldn't use the Wangyou Sword every time, as that would lead to death.
He turned around and saw Lan Hua looking aggrieved. Ah Si couldn't bear it and said, "Okay, let's go to other places and see. There's no one here either."
As soon as the two turned around and left, they suddenly heard someone talking.
"who?"
Ah Si was on full alert, his hand already touching the hilt of the Wangyou Sword, and he would take action immediately if something unexpected happened.
As Ah Si finished speaking, he saw a figure standing up slowly from the front desk of the weapons store. He was a middle-aged man, dressed as a clerk, with a sleepy look on his face. It seemed that Ah Si and the others were talking too loudly and had knocked him out. Wake up.
He wiped his eyes, and when he saw Ah Si and the others, he felt as if he was seeing a treasure. He scurried up to Ah Si and said with a smile: "How did you two guests buy weapons? We have more weapons than the whole city." The best, I dare say, you won’t find better weapons except in our store.”
Lanhua felt very disgusted. Firstly, this person didn't rinse his mouth and his mouth smelled bad. Secondly, this person looked lewd and not a good person. Thirdly, this person spoke without any boundaries. She was the best in the city. Do not believe.
Isn't this typical bragging?
Ah Si also felt that this person was talking about being slanderous, but when he got to someone else's territory, he had to be polite, so he asked: "Do you sell all these weapons?"
The man patted his thigh and said, "It must be for sale. If you don't buy it, what am I doing here?"
Ah Si thought it was right and asked, "Do you have a good sword? Show it to me."
The man paused and said, "Yes, yes, I will get it for you right now."
