245, Soul Collecting Rice (2/2)
"You little brat, you are so courageous!"
The fat old man grinned,
For the first time, he smiled in front of Su Wu.
While peeling off the meat from the two dog legs on the cutting board, he said: "The old man has been to Mantou Mountain several times in the past, and he either saw tombstones everywhere on the roadside, or corpses hanging on wooden poles.
Swaying in the wind on the mountain,
When you see the house like this,
This is also the first time the old man has heard of it.
But the method of paving rice finally works!
You go under that table,
Bring me that bookbox,
I'm going to write down what you said. "
"Yes, yes!" Su Wu responded quickly, hurriedly went under the table pointed by the fat old man, moved out the book box, and found the only book inside.
Pretending to be casual, he opened it and looked at it.
There are some strange symbols such as circles, triangles, and squares on them.
There wasn't a word he knew at all!
Is this the secret inheritance and recording method of the Kitchen God Sect?
Su Wu thought in his mind,
He handed the book and charcoal to the fat old man.
The fat old man took the things,
But he glared at Su Wu: "You little brat, you don't have any rules!
This is the secret cultivation strategy of the master of my ‘Yinxi’ lineage. Where can you read it at will?
Just what you did just now,
The old man should blind your eyes! "
The fat old man was talking,
At the same time, he picked up a sharp knife and made a stabbing motion to scare Su Wu.
However, Su Wu saw that he was joking with her, but he was not afraid at all. He still stretched his head to see the secret cultivation strategy of the so-called 'Yinxi' pulse master.
While looking at it, he said: "These are all written with circles and squares. I can't understand what is written at all.
Even if others look at it,
What's the use if you can't understand? "
"You can't read,
Of course I can’t understand.
If a literate scholar comes to see it, he will definitely understand this secret strategy of inheritance! "The fat old man said very firmly, casually putting down the sharp knife - but he didn't care that Su Wu was peeping from the side.
I didn’t even mean to poke the other person’s eyes out.
He turned the yellowed book to the last page,
Start sketching on it with charcoal pencil,
A circle, two triangles, a circle on top and a triangle on the bottom...
"Master, what is this written about?" Su Wu asked.
"Write it for you - Piggy,
I came across many empty houses in Mantou Mountain. "The fat old man answered casually.
Su Wu looked at the lines of words written casually by the fat old man.
A moment of silence,
He whispered: "Master, I know a few words, please don't lie to me..."
When I heard him say that he knew a few words,
The fat old man's writing movement suddenly stopped.
The stubby finger pointed at a circle on the top and a square shape on the bottom and said: "The word Zhenshi? What does this word mean?"
Su Wu looked at the fat old man speechlessly.
He can still guess and understand many traditional Chinese characters from the Ming and Qing dynasties.
Even though the current period of history is mixed with weirdness and may be hidden in the layers of history and unknown to most people,
But Chinese characters have been passed down for thousands of years.
Nor will it be distorted in this period of history alone.
What the fat old man wrote were not Chinese characters at all.
How can he guess?
"master,
The things you wrote are not the words that I know..." Su Wu said softly.
The fat old man scratched his head,
After looking at Su Wu's face,
He scratched his head again.
Suddenly put down the charcoal pencil,
He slapped Su Wu on the head: "You bastard, since you know how to read, why didn't you tell me earlier? Do you have to watch me make a fool of myself?!"
"You didn't even give me a chance to say it..."
"How dare you talk back! How dare you talk back!"
"..."
At this moment, Su Wu finally understood - the things that the fat old man had sketched on the pages of the book were neither a type of writing that was taught secretly by the Kitchen King God Cult, nor were they Chinese characters.
Those ghost-drawing symbols are all an 'original' recording method created by the fat old man himself.
Only he can understand what is written on the pages!
——If the painting is too complicated, sometimes he himself cannot understand it.
The fat old man himself didn’t know how to read at all!
"Since you know the words,
Then write down what you saw and heard last night. "The fat old man slapped Su Wu on the head several times.
The look in Su Wu's eyes became more and more satisfied.
I didn't expect that,
This wild boar who grew up eating hundreds of meals,
Not only is he brave and capable of getting things done,
I actually know some words!
The fat old man was filled with joy of finding a treasure.
He handed the pen and paper to Su Wu and went to cook a pot - this time he used not the grease poured from the pottery pot, but a spoonful of snow-white lard from a small jar.
The old man added some firewood to the stove hole.
He banged the firewood pot with a spatula, making a clanging sound.
While cooking,
While looking at Su Wu who was writing words on the paper, he said with a smile: "After a while, when we open a temple in this village, you can record all the things that the old man has recorded in words again!
These two younger brothers and sisters, teach them how to read when you have time! "
"Thank you brother!"
Without the fat old man saying anything, the boy who had been sitting obediently on the bench quickly stood up and bowed to Su Wu in a decent manner.
A kid like him who eats a lot of food,
The best at observing words and expressions,
It has been seen that the grandfather in charge of the stove is very fond of Su Wu.
From now on, he will have to earn a living under the hands of Grandpa Zhang Zao.
Naturally, he knew how to please Su Wu.
Especially if the other party may teach you how to read.
"No need to thank you." Su Wu smiled and looked at the other little girl who just stood up and saluted.
The little boy quickly explained: "She is mute and can't speak!"
"That's right..."
Su Wu looked at the little girl with a hint of pity.
Not long after,
The fat old man prepared the meal.
He brought a bowl to several people and spread it out on the benches.
He picked up his job first,
Seeing several children picking up their jobs,
A smile appeared on the fat face: "Eat hard, I also stewed a pot of soup with the bones. When I was full, I drank the soup to eat away my food!"
"yes!"
"good!"
Several children responded quickly,
Even the little girl who was very lively had a smile in her eyes.
Had a nice meal,
The sun is rising in the sky,
The fat old man took his two children to sleep in the temple.
Su Wu was left alone.
He sucked on his cigarette holder, looked at the bright sun in the sky, and saw the handsome young man looking down after taking a shower. He grinned and said, "Those knowledgeable and knowledgeable people say that the weirdness in this world is... It's all because of the unhealthy atmosphere in heaven and earth that they are able to breed.
No matter what they say is right or not,
Anyway, when the most righteous sun in the world rises to the zenith,
Most spooks will not be active at this time.
People see the sun rising,
My heart will feel much more at ease.
Piggy,
My surname is Li.
How about you just take my last name and call it "Wu"?
The sun is the strongest at noon!
This is the time to be beheaded in the execution ground! "
Li Wu?
When Su Wu heard the fat old man give himself this name, Su Wu's heart moved slightly.
He vaguely felt that there seemed to be something connected in the dark.
But grasp it carefully,
But I can't sense anything.
"how?
Are you dissatisfied with the name the old man chose? "The fat old man knocked on the pipe pot and asked with eyes wide open.
"Satisfied, satisfied!" Su Wu nodded repeatedly, "Very satisfied!"
"Hey, that's good." The fat old man turned around and laughed again. He handed Su Wu a small wooden stick and said to him, "Write your name, Li Wu, to me..."
Su Wu followed the instructions and wrote the word "Li Wu".
Then I heard the fat old man say: "Write the three characters 'Li Yueshan' again."
"Li Yueshan?" Su Wu looked up at the fat old man.
"right,
This is the old man's name. "The fat old man wiped his cigarette holder with his sleeve, looking a little nervous. He watched Su Wu write his name one stroke at a time. He stared at his name and the name 'Li Wu' for a long time.
Hehe smiled and said: "These words are all beautiful,
It’s right, simple, and balanced! "
"I think so too." Su Wu smiled.
The fat old man ‘Li Yueshan’ read the words on the ground several times.
Suddenly, he wiped out the words with his foot: "Don't leave your name outside the door."
"I gave you a name,
You are my disciple - you delivered the rice this time,
Very good, very good! "Li Yueshan praised it for a few words, and then asked Su Wu, "When you came back, did you go check what became of the rice?
If you don't check it, your trip is in vain.
The old man can no longer accept you as his disciple.
What I said before doesn’t count! "
In the last two sentences, it was Li Yueshan who was deliberately trying to scare Su Wu.
tease him,
Regardless of whether his trip was in vain this time,
This apprentice, the fat old man, has been accepted.
"I've checked it out.
The bowl of uncooked rice looked the same as last night.
Just weigh it,
I feel much lighter than last night. "Su Wu replied seriously.
He believed that the rice sent over was a kind of offering.
And the weight of the offering,
It depends on whether it can contain the enemy for a longer period of time.
When the fat old man heard Su Wu say that the uncooked rice had not changed from last night, he grinned.
I also heard Su Wu say that the rice grains were much lighter than last night.
He raised his eyebrows: "It's pretty much what I expected.
lighter,
That’s heavy! "
Is it too heavy to be light?
What is the meaning of this statement?
Su Wu frowned, wondering what the master meant by this.
Li Yueshan stood up.
He walked to a square table and pulled out a tattered cloth bag from under the table.
He reached into his cloth pocket and fished it out.
He fished out a scaly 'python' from his cloth pocket!
That python is as thick as the mouth of a bowl.
Two feet long,
The whole body is bulging!
Su Wu looked intently at the python.
Suddenly I discovered that the python actually only had a layer of snake skin left. The flesh and blood inside it had long been hollowed out, and instead it was filled with rice grains!
Li Yueshan picked up a coarse porcelain bowl from the table.
Holding the snake's head,
Open the snake's mouth and pour a bowl of uncooked rice into the coarse porcelain bowl.
He was holding the bowl of uncooked rice,
He said to Su Wu: "Last night I put six or two eight pieces of soul-receiving rice in this coarse porcelain bowl."
Now there are also six or two eight pieces of soul-collecting rice in this bowl. "
then,
The fat old man grabbed a small handful of rice from it.
He handed the remaining soul-collecting rice to Su Wu: "Weigh it up. Compared with the bowl of rice you served this morning, how much is the difference? Is it lighter or heavier?"