Chapter 17
Having personally experienced two death-related incidents, and having just finished reading "The Legend of Jianghu", Li Zhuiyuan was originally looking forward to continuing his study on death-related matters.
It's like after reading the concepts, it's time to give yourself some formulas, and then see if you can find an opportunity to apply the formulas to solve the problem.
But when I read these two books, it felt like I had just learned a little bit of one course, and then opened two new courses for myself.
He turned to look at the box, and was hesitating whether to put the two sets of books back and touch them again, but what his grandfather said to him that night came to mind:
"Xiao Yuanhou, don't aim too high, you must start from a solid foundation."
Li Zhuiyuan shook his head, forget it, now that he has figured it out, let's take a look.
After reading this, maybe next time I can tell my fortune by fortune telling?
But this kind of self-comfort really doesn’t stand up to scrutiny.
Are you looking at the faces of those dead people who have been soaked in pig skin jelly?
Or should I tell little Huang Ying and the cat-faced old lady that if their fortunes are not good, they will die violently?
With a complicated and helpless mood, Li Zhuiyuan left the basement and went up to the second floor with two sets of books. Liu Yumei's voice came from below:
"Xiaoyuan, come down and help grandma make tea."
Li Zhuiyuan looked down and saw a light bulb hanging at the door of the east room. Liu Yumei was sitting there under the light bulb, with a tea set beside her and a Go board.
"Okay, Grandma Liu."
Li Zhuiyuan responded, put the book on the desk in his bedroom, wiped the dust on his body with a towel, and ran downstairs.
Even if Liu Yumei didn't come to him, he would find some alone time to talk to Liu Yumei about how Uncle Qin taught him how to practice.
Especially after getting these two sets of books, the idea of practicing martial arts became more urgent. Since the textbooks were off topic, he could only choose to catch up with the progress through extracurricular tutoring.
"Grandma, drink tea."
"Yeah."
After making tea, Li Zhuiyuan sat down opposite Liu Yumei. He did not rush to talk about his affairs, but waited for Liu Yumei to speak first so that he could make the conditions.
After all, who would go out of their way to make tea before going to bed at night?
However, just when Liu Yumei was about to speak, the door to the east room was opened from the inside, and Qin Li stood at the door. She was wearing white silk pajamas that shone under the light.
"Ali, you go back to the house and rest first. Grandma and Xiaoyuan have something to say."
Qin Li didn't move.
Liu Yumei could only wink at Li Zhuiyuan.
Li Zhuiyuan looked at Qin Li: "Ali, go to bed first. I will get up early to read a book tomorrow."
Qin Li turned around and closed the door.
Liu Yumei sighed. The two of them were still children now, so it didn't matter. But if when they were adults, her daughter was still so close to the boy in front of her. If she listened to what the boy said, she would have a headache.
However, I currently have a nose pain problem that needs to be solved in time.
"Xiaoyuan, come to the house tomorrow to pay homage to my family tablet."
"Huh?"
"It's just a friendship."
"Okay, Grandma Liu."
This is like visiting a friend's house and meeting an elderly friend. If the elderly person has changed the memorial tablet in his home, he still needs to pay his respects.
"By the way, let's talk to Ali and clean up those dirty towels and stinky duck eggs."
"Towel?"
Li Zhuiyuan suddenly remembered that no wonder he had to find a new towel to wash and dry every night these days. He also wondered where the dirty towels went. It turned out that Ali had taken them away.
But what are stinky duck eggs?
Liu Yumei was a little embarrassed to say it, but she still had to bite the bullet and explain: "Ali has a habit of taking back the things you gave to her home. Maybe I told her or she thought so, and felt that the mourning hall should be It is the place where the most precious things are placed, so Ali put those dirty towels there
That duck egg must have been peeled by you for her at breakfast that day, and it was smelly.
I don't dare to touch the things Ali put there, for fear of her losing her temper, so only you can help me clean them up.
In addition, please teach her not to put other things in the mourning hall in the future. ”
Liu Yumei was really depressed because she had to ask outsiders for help in educating her granddaughter who she raised personally.
But unfortunately, I had to open this mouth, otherwise I would have to endure the smell of stinky duck eggs when talking to the memorial tablets every day.
I was fine, I just heard him when he was talking, but the ancestors of the Qin and Liu families had to be nurtured all the time.
In addition, she was also afraid that something new would be placed in the mourning hall in the future. Recently, she had been eating porridge with fish jelly heads for breakfast. She was really afraid that if she was not careful, Ali would bring home a bowl and eat it for herself and Xiaoyuan. The frozen fish head is placed in the mourning hall.
"I understand, Grandma Liu, I will come to pay homage to the tablet tomorrow."
Li Zhuiyuan didn't ask why he didn't go to worship now? He knew that Grandma Liu didn't want Ali to think that she was snitching.
"Well, very good." Liu Yumei nodded happily, her eyes fell on the chessboard, "Look, do you like this chessboard?"
Li Zhuiyuan took a closer look at the chessboard. It was an old thing. If you smell it carefully, you can smell sandalwood.
Especially this chess piece, when you hold a few in your hand, it is round and cool. Although the temperament and luster are the same, you can still see a little difference after careful inspection, which means that this chess piece is not a mold on the assembly line, but is dripped out using the ancient method.
"Grandma Liu, this is good stuff."
Li Zhuiyuan has become somewhat immune to the good things Liu Yumei brings out from time to time.
Nowadays, although the era label of "thousand-yuan household" has gradually faded, it is really astonishing to be able to show off such wealth and heritage so lavishly.
"Seeing that you and Ali can play Go, I will dig this thing out for you to play with. You can take it back to your house later."
"Okay, then leave it at my place for now."
Liu Yumei nodded with satisfaction and was about to see off the guests when she heard Li Zhuiyuan say again:
"Grandma Liu, I have been weak and sick since I was a child, so I want to exercise with Uncle Qin."
Liu Yumei glanced at the boy in front of her. Although he was fair and tender and could not compare with his strength, he could not tell that he was weak or sickly.
However, she immediately understood what the boy meant. In the past, she would have used a few words to excuse him without hesitation, but now she had just asked for help...
That's all, it's just teaching some kung fu or something, it doesn't count as breaking the rules, and it's not teaching anything else.
"Okay, I'll go talk to your Uncle Qin."
"Thank you grandma."
"Come on, let's play the next game."
"Okay."
Being manipulated by a child, Liu Yumei still felt a little uncomfortable. She didn't plan to play chess at first, but she couldn't help but play a game.
Then, she regretted it. By the middle of the game, she felt that the situation was lost.
Li Zhuiyuan initially thought that he would be ravaged by Grandma Liu anyway after getting an advantage. He took it for granted that Qin Li's chess skills were taught by Grandma Liu, and he was definitely no match for the old man.
But as the rain continued, he suddenly discovered that Grandma Liu's chess skills were not as good as his own.
Relying on mental arithmetic, I could barely be considered an amateur master, while Grandma Liu was at best an intermediate amateur.
"Grandma, I'm sleepy, why don't I stop?"
"Well, then go to bed."
"Okay."
Li Zhuiyuan stood up, put away the chess pieces, and then carried the chessboard back upstairs.
Liu Yumei walked into the house and came to the bedroom. Qin Li closed her eyes and was sleeping listening to the boy's words.
A loving smile appeared on her face.
Anyway,
My own Ali feels more and more like a little girl.
"Our Ali's illness will definitely be cured, definitely."
……
When I came to the terrace on the second floor, I happened to see my grandfather standing on the edge and had just finished urinating. He was in the finishing stage of shaking her.
"What are you holding?"
"Grandma Liu borrowed my chessboard."
"You still have to be more attentive, read more books, and study hard."
"I know, Master."
"Well, something happened at Yinghou's family. He won't be able to come for a while. You should hold on tight."
"What's going on at home, Sister Yingzi?"
"It is said that her Grandpa Nan and Grandma Nan got sick together and are lying in the health center. Marquis Ying and her mother are taking care of them there."
Sister Yingzi’s Grandpa Nan, Grandma Nan, should be her grandparents.
Only then did Li Zhuiyuan understand why Sister Yingzi didn't come to him for tutoring these days. Logically speaking, no matter how poor her understanding was, she should have finished reading the last question long ago.
"Then do we need to visit?"
"It's just a visit. Her mother's family is in Jiuwei Port. She has to go around several times by car. Besides, if you really can't survive, it's your grandpa who wants to go. I'll go see something."
"Oh."
"Go back to the house and go to bed early."
"Master, do you have a magnifying glass here?"
"Magnifying glass?" Li Sanjiang thought for a while, "Look in the groove of the stove to see if there is one. I used to want to use it to start a fire, but later I found it was not as good as a match. What do you want that thing for?"
"Read a book."
The characters on those two sets of books are really too small.
"Is it so hard for you to read a book? Do you need a magnifying glass? How about I take you to the optical shop in town and get you a pair of glasses?
Forget it, I'm afraid the optical shops in town are not good enough. I'd better take you by car to the People's Hospital in the city for prescription. ”
"No sir, I'll just take a look at the picture. I'm not short-sighted."
Li Zhuiyuan went into the bedroom and put down the chessboard, then ran to the kitchen downstairs. Sure enough, he found a dusty magnifying glass in the groove of the stove. After cleaning it, he returned to the bedroom and turned on the lamp.
The first thing I took out was "Essential Interpretation of Yin-Yang Physiology", a total of eight volumes.
Turning the pages, there is no preface or preface, not even annotations for the first article, just the content.
Li Zhuiyuan held a magnifying glass and looked at it carefully.
After reading three densely packed front and back pages in a row, Li Zhuiyuan realized something was wrong.
These three pages actually have a lot of words, and they are all about the same thing—eyebrows.
From the direction and angle of the eyebrows, thickness, length and color... nearly a thousand options were discussed in total.
Starting on page four, it starts talking about bags under the eyes.
Li Zhuiyuan did not continue reading, but turned back two pages and confirmed that it took two pages to talk about bags under the eyes.
Next, let’s talk about eyelids again.
Faintly, Li Zhuiyuan had a guess in his mind... Although the first chapter was not marked, the earlier chapters were probably all about "eyes", right?
But after dawdling for so long, it is still only part of the "eye".
Li Zhuiyuan turned the book to the last page and found that it was about the canthus lines... or eyes.
Then, he took out the second book, read the front and then turned the pages to the back. Well, the first three pages were all about earlobes.
Turn to the last page again, talking about deafness.
Pick up the third volume and use the same method to quickly confirm that, yes, it is talking about the philtrum, which is the area between the lips and the nose.
Therefore, the first four books are respectively about: eyes, ears, mouth and nose.
It stands to reason that the facial features refer to the eyebrows, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth. Here, the eyebrows and eyes are combined into one volume, and the eyebrows are not divided into one volume.
It's still weird.
Skipping the basic concepts, Li Zhuiyuan took out the fifth volume and read the first page carefully... He didn't understand.
But I probably got the feeling that this seems to be a permutation and combination. Each combination corresponds to a short paragraph of text description, and it is extremely simple.
The general meaning is that due to limited space, a lot of it has been omitted, and readers should understand it themselves.
Li Zhuiyuan rubbed his eyes, so, is this fortune telling?
You're not the kind of fortune teller who walks up to you and says, "Your fortune is dark, and there may be disaster in the near future."
According to the logical narrative of this book, it should be: Do you know how many permutation and combination options there are in Yintang Performance?
Li Zhuiyuan couldn't understand why it was a photo-reading book involving feudal superstitions, yet it contained a strong sense of scientific rigor.
How energetic is the author of this book, and how many people's faces have he carefully observed?
No, it is impossible for one person to do it, not even for a sect.
If this book was not written blindly with eyes closed, then the author should have collected and researched numerous relevant writings and notes from previous generations before he could summarize it.
Li Zhuiyuan opened the sixth book and read the first page carefully.
Sweat broke out on his forehead and his earlobes turned red. This was usually a sign of his rapid thinking when solving difficult problems.
After reading the first page, he still didn't understand the content, but he understood the rules.
If the fifth book is a permutation and combination of the first four books on eyes, ears, mouth and nose, then the sixth book is a permutation and combination based on the former.
If in the fifth book, you can still rely on rote memorization to pass, then in the sixth book, it has already involved mathematical calculations, and the amount of calculations is too great.
Li Zhuiyuan took a deep breath and opened the seventh book.
This time, he read the first page very quickly because he was just confirming his guess.
Sure enough, the seventh book is a further increase on the sixth book. The difficulty of understanding and calculation is no longer simply doubled.
"Huh..."
Li Zhuiyuan wanted to wash his face now, but he hesitated and opened the eighth book.
After reading the first page of the eighth book, Li Zhuiyuan closed the book.
Leaning back in the chair.
He found that he was wrong. He had previously wondered why a book about feudal superstition could smell of scientific rigor.
After turning to the eighth book,
He saw metaphysics.
The classification of eyes, ears, mouth and nose in the first four books is very similar to raw data, or raw numbers, while the fifth to seventh books are the use of raw numbers.
Using the metaphor of perceptual points, it can be compared to painting. You start from the most basic points, lines and planes, to draw a complete thing, to the layout structure, to the combination of light and shadow to three-dimensional perception...
When you can perfectly copy the paintings of masters and create excellent works, you will have almost reached the seventh level.
This eighth book... requires you to realize your own style, create a genre, and become a master.
Therefore, even if this book is true, most people can only read it and cannot learn it at all. Let alone the eighth book, you have to memorize more than a thousand eyebrows first.
Li Zhuiyuan glanced at the "Fate Deduction Theory" next to him. Forget it, it's broken.
I sat up straight again and opened the first volume. Hey, there is a preface.
Sure enough, these two sets of books are by the same author, because the first sentence in the first line is: "After reading the previous work "The Essence of Yin and Yang Physiology"."
Is this a necessary prerequisite?
Continuing to look down, Li Zhuiyuan discovered that it was not the case, but that fate inference requires several conditions, one is physiognomy, one is astrology, and the other is luck.
"Could it be that there are two sets by the same author in the box that I didn't find?"
Soon, Li Zhuiyuan discovered that he was wrong, because in the preface, the author expressed regret that he only mastered physiognomy, but was no longer able to study astrology and luck.
In other words, astrology and luck are inherently inclusive of each other and are not classified separately. There are also theories about astrology and luck in physiognomy and fortune-telling.
According to the author's opinion, he feels that the real method of horoscope deduction should integrate these four major academic disciplines in order to truly strive for excellence.
"In other words, after learning these four, the accuracy has only improved, but it is still not 100%."
The previous work on physiognomy is one of the auxiliary tools to assist in horoscope deduction to improve the accuracy.
At the end of the preface, Li Zhuiyuan officially turned to the first page.
The first thing that appears is the corner of a graphic. To be precise, this page is just the corner of the graphic, and the text is written in the graphic.
Li Zhuiyuan quickly turned the pages and memorized the graphics on each page in his mind. After flipping through the entire book, he began to make a puzzle in his brain. He finally put it together, but it was still incomplete, but he could see what it was. .
It's gossip.
Therefore, these eight books, all compiled, will be a complete gossip.
And this set of books is actually... a complete new algorithm.
At this moment, Li Zhuiyuan had the illusion that he was not living in the grandfather's house in the countryside, but that he was back in class in Beijing.
The sad smiles that the old professors and their group of children and students showed after torturing each other.
"It really feels like studying in class."
Li Zhuiyuan checked the time and found that it was already one o'clock in the morning. He got up and left the house, went to the sink to scoop out water and washed his face.
After his whole person became refreshed, he also rekindled his fighting spirit:
"Study, study hard!"
……
In the morning, when the sky was just dawning, Li Zhuiyuan opened his eyes, turned his head and saw the light shining into his bedroom before the sun.
Qin Li sat on the chair, facing her side.
This is because he is afraid that it will be facing him like last time and scare him when he wakes up.
She was wearing a coat skirt today, that is, she wore a lined top on the upper body and a skirt on the lower body.
The top is a dark green background with white lines, and the skirt is a light green background with landscape flowers embroidered on it.
This made Li Zhuiyuan, who read the book with a magnifying glass for half a night last night, feel particularly comfortable in his eyes.
After washing up, before breakfast started, Li Zhuiyuan took out the chessboard given by Grandma Liu last night and wanted to play chess with Qin Li.
But Qin Li looked at the normal-sized expensive chessboard, but he still didn't pick up the chess pieces.
"Don't you like it?"
Qin Li said nothing.
Li Zhuiyuan had no choice but to put away the chessboard and take out the simple plastic chessboard paper that Uncle Qin bought for himself in the town.
After laying the pieces, Qin Li immediately picked up the chess pieces and placed them.
After losing three games in a row, Li Zhuiyuan missed the confrontation with Grandma Liu last night.
However, he can also feel the progress of his chess skills. After all, he has been suppressed by girls, and it is easy to discover and improve his shortcomings.
The girl no longer gave herself up on purpose. By the third round, although she was still defeated, the atmosphere between the two of them was a formal chess game.
But Li Zhuiyuan also knew that his limit would soon be reached. Unless he threw away the two sets of books in his bedroom and replaced them with chess records to study, he would never be able to beat the girl in chess.
But, what's the point of doing this? Being competitive on unnecessary things will only look childish.
"Ali, you played really well."
The girl seemed to be smiling. Although her expression was not obvious, the slightly trembling corners of her lips seemed to indicate the action she wanted to make.
Aunt Liu called for breakfast. After breakfast, Li Zhuiyuan noticed that the girl once again held the scoop of salted duck eggs that he had opened for her in her hand and hid them in her sleeves.
Li Zhuiyuan grabbed her hand and took out the salted duck eggs:
"Ali, eat what you want and don't hide it. If you want to collect something, I can give you some gifts in the future."
The girl's eyes lit up.
After breakfast, Li Zhuiyuan followed the agreement and came to the east room. Liu Yumei was not in the room, and she did not follow her old habit of drinking tea outside. She deliberately stayed away.
This was the first time that Li Zhuiyuan entered the east room. Looking at the memorial tablets with the surnames of the Qin and Liu families on the mourning hall, he felt an inexplicable feeling of déjà vu.
It seems that I have been to similar places and had the same feeling, but I can't remember where exactly and who took me there.
Li Zhuiyuan leaned over and paid homage to the memorial tablet. After bowing, he started to put away the dirty towels and the rotten duck egg on the memorial tablet.
Qin Li reached out and grabbed Li Zhuiyuan's arm. Her eyelashes did not flutter and her body did not tremble, but she also expressed her unwillingness.
In other words, it was Li Zhuiyuan who started cleaning up. If it had been anyone else, even Liu Yumei herself, the girl would have become violent.
"Ali, be obedient. If you want to collect things, don't put them here. We can find a better place to put them. This is used to place memorial tablets for our ancestors. Do you understand?"
Ali lowered her head, she was very disappointed.
Li Zhuiyuan was thinking about what he should give her.
It's definitely not possible to give food away, she will definitely store it secretly and continue to mold it.
"Ali, how about I give you that chess set? It's not a new one, it's the one we used when we played chess this morning. It's packed in a small wooden box.
I'll leave it there for safekeeping. You can bring it to me in the morning and we can play chess with it together. ”
Qin Li raised her head. Although she still had no obvious expression, she could feel that her whole person became brighter.
Outside the door, Liu Yumei, who had deliberately avoided before and now sneaked closer to eavesdrop on the corner, couldn't help but roll her eyes.
She could already imagine the careful care her granddaughter took when she held that set of worthless toys.
Walking out of the house, I saw Liu Yumei.
"Grandma Liu."
"Hey."
Li Zhuiyuan did not leave in a hurry, but continued: "Grandma Liu, the weather is very good today. You should go out for a walk more often to breathe fresh air. It is good for your health."
"I told Ali that he will teach you after he finishes his work in the evening. Don't be afraid of the hard work."
"How could that happen? Thank you, Grandma Liu."
When Li Zhuiyuan was holding Qin Li's hand going up the stairs, he happened to see Li Sanjiang coming down. When he was not working, he usually got up late.
"How have you been studying lately?"
Li Sanjiang forgot that he had asked him last night. He just enjoyed the feeling of being an elder who cared about his children's studies.
After all, if he really looked into it carefully, he would probably find out what books Li Zhuiyuan had been reading recently.
Well, it was also because Qin Li had been reading with Li Zhuiyuan. He was a little scared of the little girl and was still reluctant to get close.
"It's a bit difficult, but I will try my best."
"Well, just work hard."
Returning to the northeast corner of the terrace on the second floor, Li Zhuiyuan took out the book, set up the magnifying glass, and took out a blank exercise book next to it.
In "Essential Interpretation of Yin and Yang Physiology", there are many words and descriptions about "size" and "cutting". In addition, there are also many more abstract ancient texts that should be commonly used in old medical books.
Li Zhuiyuan could read and understand these words, but he had no specific cognitive concepts, so he could only write them down with a pen.
Fortunately, the former can ask Liu Yumei, and he can tell that although Qin Li's clothes are custom-made, they must have been tailored by Liu Yumei. For the latter, you can ask Aunt Liu, who obviously knows medical skills.
At this time, Uncle Qin had brought back the raw materials for making incense, and Aunt Liu was already preparing to make incense using the ancient method.
Li Zhuiyuan couldn't help but sigh in his heart, what kind of existence is Ali's family...
Shaking his head and putting aside distracting thoughts, Li Zhuiyuan officially began to endorse.
There are two classmates in the class who really have a photographic memory.
Li Zhuiyuan knew that he could not compare with them in this aspect, and the gap was very big, because he needed to pass two or even three eyes.
Halfway through, I kept bending over to hold a magnifying glass for a long time, and my neck felt a little sore.
Li Zhuiyuan continued to read and recite with a magnifying glass in his left hand, and used his right hand to massage his neck.
After a while, another warm and soft hand also pressed on the other side of his neck.
Li Zhuiyuan smiled at the corner of his mouth, it was such a cute obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Throughout the morning, except for taking Qin Li to the toilet once and drinking water, Li Zhuiyuan was endorsing him.
He felt that his mind was filled with all kinds of "eyes".
After I finish memorizing all the "ears, mouth, and nose" at the back, I should have countless faces of all kinds in my mind.
Even if the largest barber shop in Beijing offers customers the choice of hairstyle models, in my case, they are all too barren and shabby.
After lunch, Li Weihan and Cui Guiying came.
Li Zhuiyuan was immersed in the endorsement and did not notice the situation on the dam. Qin Li next to him would not remind him.
When he noticed that Qin Li's body began to shake, Li Zhuiyuan raised his head in surprise and saw Cui Guiying approaching with a deliberate step.
He quickly grabbed Qin Li's hand, fearing that the girl would be violent towards his grandmother.
Cui Guiying saw her grandson reading seriously. She didn't want to disturb her, but now she just smiled and said, "Xiao Yuanhou, are you reading?"
"Well, grandma, where's grandpa?"
"Your father is talking to your great-grandfather."
"What's the matter?"
"It's nothing, it has nothing to do with you."
"Is it something related to the third aunt's family?"
"Uh... yes. I said they wanted to ask your grandfather to take a look."
"Oh."
Generally, when encountering a disease that is difficult to treat in a regular hospital, many family members will find ways to go out of their way to try it. Moreover, it is not very common for an old couple to get sick together. It is indeed strange.
"This little girl is so pretty."
Cui Guiying was about to reach out and touch Qin Li's head, but Li Zhuiyuan quickly stood in front of Qin Li.
"Um..."
Cui Guiying was stunned for a moment and could only touch her grandson's head.
"Milk, she is pregnant."
"Oh, really, I play well with you."
After talking to Cui Guiying for a while, Li Weihan also came up to see his grandson.
However, Li Weihan only asked a few words about whether he had eaten well or slept well, and then stopped talking and just looked around.
When it was almost time, he was ready to leave.
Before leaving, Li Weihan said: "Oh, by the way, Xiao Yuanhou, your grandfather is going on a long trip the day after tomorrow and won't be back at night. It just so happens that the villagers are going to pick a river that day. I will take you with me."
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Upon hearing this, Cui Guiying complained: "What are you doing? Taking Ya'er to pick a river. What do you think?"
Li Weihan didn't take it seriously and said: "It's just a matter of two days. It's not a big deal to sleep outside. This is not the past. The river hauling project period is shorter and it is not so hard. Our four sons, including Don’t Lei Hou and Pan Hou also want to go with me?”
Cui Guiying: "Even if Uncle Sanjiang is away from Jiuwei Port, can't Xiao Yuanhou sleep at our house?"
"Uncle said, it is not convenient to go home and sleep. After all, Xiao Yuanhou has become a monk and has not yet returned to secular life."
In fact, Li Weihan's original intention was to have his grandson. In addition, this time it was the whole family's strong labor force that went out to fetch the river, so he wanted to take Li Zhuiyuan to have fun together.
"Xiao Yuanhou, are you willing to go with grandpa?"
"Okay, Master."
"Look, you've all agreed."
Li Weihan left with Cui Guiying. He came today mainly to send a message to his relatives in Jiuxigang to invite Uncle Sanjiang.
It is said that a patient in the same ward came to visit with a relative. The relative was from Shigang Town and told a fascinating story about the person who found the body of the Li family in Siyuan Village, Shinan Town.
When the in-laws heard about it, they wondered if this was the village where their daughter was married. They immediately contacted her and asked someone to come out and have a look.
After dinner, Li Zhuiyuan went to wait on the dam, and Liu Yumei did not break his promise. Uncle Qin took Li Zhuiyuan to the back of the house and began to teach Li Zhuiyuan kung fu:
Crouching horse stance.
Following Uncle Qin's request, Li Zhuiyuan began to squat, and then Uncle Qin's hands made corrections at each point of exertion, while telling each detail in his mouth.
After an hour of adjustment, Uncle Qin finally said nothing.
Li Zhuiyuan, on the other hand, was so tired that he was sweating profusely and his feet were shaking.
But Uncle Qin just let him rest for a while and squatted for another hour.
When going up the stairs to return to the house, Li Zhuiyuan was holding on to the wall.
At night, Liu Yumei was sitting at the door of the house enjoying the cool air. Uncle Qin came to stand next to her.
"How's it going?"
"My brain is really good."
"Can't use my limbs?"
"No, no, what I mean is that he has a good mind and can learn everything quickly. He can understand it much faster than when I was practicing martial arts when I was a child. He can already feel the rhythm of roots under his feet.
It's just that practicing kung fu requires hardship after all. Let's see if he can persist. ”
"What, you want to take on a disciple?"
"No, I don't have this idea."
"Teach it well, remember, we only teach kung fu."
"Okay, I understand."
Liu Yumei returned to the house, sat in front of the memorial tablet, picked up a piece of pastry on the altar table, took a small bite, and chewed slowly.
Now there was no stench in the mourning hall, and she could feel much more relaxed and comfortable.
"The boy from the Li family whom Ali likes to play with has started learning kung fu with Ali. I want to see if he can persist. If he has a good mind and can endure hardship...
Darling, I'm really curious about how the hell he gave birth to a child like this. ”
Liu Yumei was getting ready to go to bed. She wanted to put down her hair first. When she reached for the bronze mirror on the dressing table, she came up empty. She took a closer look and saw where was the bronze mirror on the table?
But it is impossible for a burglar to break into this house, and no one will touch her things unless...
Liu Yumei walked to the bedroom and looked at her sleeping granddaughter, who was holding a small wooden box in her arms.
"Ali, girl, you won't use my bronze mirror as a return gift, will you?"
……
Li Zhuiyuan spent the next two days very regularly, reading and squatting.
The horse squat was very painful on the first day. When he woke up in the morning, his legs were still sore. On the second day, he felt much normal. By the third day, he couldn't even feel the pain and fatigue.
I just felt my horse squatting down, imagining that I was a tree growing on the ground. According to Uncle Qin's instructions, I followed the rhythm of my breathing and heart rate, and my body swayed slightly and dynamically. Even after reading a book all day, my brain felt groggy. , have become much clearer.
However, during these three nights, Uncle Qin did not teach him anything else except the squatting horse stance.
Li Zhuiyuan was not impatient, because he had made faster breakthroughs in reading.
It's just a matter of rote memorization and arithmetic, which is not too difficult for him. After three full days and reading at night under the desk lamp in the bedroom after squatting, he has reached the seventh volume of "The Essence of Yin and Yang Physiology".
In addition, he also read three books of "The Theory of Fate Deduction" and barely mastered the basic algorithm for deducing fate.
However, he also knew that this was due to his early horse racing advantage due to his strong learning ability.
From now on, if you want to continue to go further, you have to spend time and energy to overcome it bit by bit.
Especially the eighth book of "The Essence of Yin-Yang Physiology". He hasn't started reading it yet, but in his heart, he already knows how difficult it is, but this eighth book is the most important!
However, even if I don't have a great success, after learning these things, I always feel itchy in my heart and eager to try it out to see the practical effect.
On the terrace on the second floor, Li Sanjiang was lying on a wicker chair, smoking a cigarette and drinking tea, while leisurely listening to "Guillotine" being sung on the radio.
Li Zhuiyuan came over and asked: "Master, when is your birthday?"
"What's wrong?"
"I want to remember it in advance so that I can celebrate my grandfather's birthday."
"Hey, it's no coincidence. You passed it just before you returned to your hometown. The next time you pass it, you have to wait until next year."
"Then tell me first so I can write it down."
"Okay, okay."
Li Sanjiang told him his birth date, and Xi Yao'er asked in detail. He even asked about the time, but he didn't take it seriously and told him everything.
Next, Li Sanjiang discovered that his great-grandson was looking at him carefully for a while, and writing and drawing in his notebook for a while.
"Xiao Yuanhou, what are you writing?"
"Calculation."
"Math question?"
"Well, almost."
"Let me have a look." Li Sanjiang reached for the notebook and found that what was written in the notebook were not numbers, but dense or loose horizontal and vertical bars.
"What is this?"
"Calculation steps."
"Do all teachers teach this kind of thing now?"
"Well, it's faster to calculate this way."
"Oh, then you should calculate carefully and study hard."
"Yes." Li Zhuiyuan continued to calculate while observing the master's face.
"Hou Xiaoyuan, my lord, I will go to Jiuwei Port tomorrow. If I don't come back at night, the Marquis of Han said that I will take you to pick a river?"
"Well, I made an agreement with you."
"Okay, just go out and get some fresh air. Your father misses you too. Let me tell you, at that time, the thing your father cherished the most was your mother. Now, the thing he cherishes the most is you. Your father, but It’s so biased.”
Finally, Li Zhuiyuan made up his mind, his brows furrowed, and his whole person showed an aura of dejection.
"Hey, Xiao Yuanhou, what's wrong with you?"
"Master, I made a mistake."
"If you make a mistake in calculation, it's a mistake. As long as you know you're wrong, you can just do the calculation again. What a big deal."
Li Zhuiyuan nodded.
In his calculations based on Taiye’s face and fate, he concluded that Taiye’s fate is:
[Death early in life, plagued by many diseases, short lifespan, exhausted wealth, avoid water in destiny, and avoid sideways. 】
Look at the results of your calculations, and then look at the old man lying in front of you listening to the play.
If you only make one or two errors, or are confused about one or two, then that's it. After all, you haven't learned everything, so it's normal to make some mistakes.
But how did this go all wrong?
No, it’s not simply a miscalculation, it’s the complete opposite!
A deep sense of frustration rose in my heart. This was an experience I had rarely encountered in my past study life.
Before, I was a little complacent about learning quickly, but now, it's all gone.
"Master, I'm going back to the house to sleep."
"Okay, go ahead, go to bed early, your father will pick you up tomorrow morning."
"Master, you should go to bed early."
Looking at Li Zhuiyuan's lonely back, Li Sanjiang scratched his chin in surprise and thought:
Didn't this guy just get a question wrong? Isn't that what it is?
……
Go back to the bedroom and sit down at the desk.
Li Zhuiyuan looked at the two sets of books in front of him, and suddenly felt the urge to throw away the pen and push all the books to the ground.
He didn't want to study anymore and felt tired of studying.
He supported his face with his left hand, and picked up the bronze mirror on the desk with his right hand to play with it.
That night he discovered that the small Go box was missing, and a very simple bronze mirror appeared in its place.
He knew that Ali should have taken away his gift and gave him a gift.
The self in the bronze mirror looked depressed.
As he looked at it, he suddenly felt that this was the normal behavior he should have at his age.
This time, when he faced this inexplicable emotion, he didn't feel flustered or afraid, and he didn't have to go through hypnosis to persuade him about his identity.
I didn’t expect that miscalculating questions could have such an effect.
The frustration in Li Zhuiyuan's heart was slowly put away. He took the mirror with his left hand and continued to look at his face in the mirror. Then he picked up the pen with his right hand and began to calculate.
I'll do the math again for myself.
There is a saying that doctors do not heal themselves.
But what is countless times more taboo than this sentence is...the person does not decide his own fate.
However, Li Zhuiyuan learned fortune-telling by relying on two sets of books brought out from the basement. There was no teacher to teach him, and the author of the book obviously did not consider that there would be people who could read and learn this book, and who would be able to read it continuously. I don’t know such basic things. Just like the first page of an advanced mathematics textbook, you won't be given a multiplication table.
Count it, figure it out,
Li Zhuiyuan felt a little dizzy in his head.
I must be tired, um, I'll go to bed after doing the math.
Keep on counting,
I feel like I have a runny nose. Do I have a cold?
Reach out and touch, look down,
Fortunately, I didn't catch a cold.
Not snot,
It's blood.
"Crack!"
Li Zhuiyuan knocked his face directly on the desk and passed out.
(End of chapter)