Chapter 20
There is no such thing as a feast that lasts forever
"this--"
Shen Liangjun immediately became unhappy and turned around to express his dissatisfaction.
"Old man, do you listen to what you said? I hope that the girl will stay as your apprentice, and my master and I will work as coolies for her as a disciple? What do you think?"
"Idiot! Shut up now!"
Liu Tielan heard what the old man meant first and quickly stepped forward to stop him and bow to Li Jinshui.
"Okay! Thank you, Boss Li, for taking me in. Boss Li is such a kind person."
After he finished speaking, he turned around and called his two apprentices: "Why are you still standing there? Hurry up and move your things in."
Li Jinshui lived alone in the house, but there was a house facing north and south. The main room in the middle was naturally lived by Li Jinshui. There were two side rooms next to it, and the one on the east was a servant's room for the person who originally took care of Li Jinshui. The aunt's house was now occupied by Liu Xixian.
The remaining wing on the west side is a utility room, but there is a wooden bed in it. After cleaning it out, Liu Tielan and Shen Liangjun can live in it.
In addition, a stove house was built on the east side across the neighbor's courtyard wall, which is connected to the east wing. The walls of the four rooms are all empty in the middle, called the flue.
When a fire is lit on the stove, the smoke travels through the flue and finally exits from the chimney on the main roof. Wherever the hot smoke goes, it will be warm.
Moreover, there is a lot of smoke in the flue. When making a fire in summer, the chimney of the kitchen is opened and the entrance to the flue leading to the east wing is blocked. The hot smoke does not flow away from the place where people live, and the room becomes cooler.
However, because the west wing room is a utility room, only the wall adjacent to the main room is warm. It is a very cold day in Vladivostok, with three cold walls supported by one warm wall, so it is still very uncomfortable at night.
At this time, Master Liu Tielan and his apprentice had almost packed their things, and they all leaned against the east wall to warm themselves up.
Shen Liangjun rubbed his hands and smiled bitterly: "It's better to warm the wall. When I think of having to huddle with Master on that bed to keep warm these days, I really want to practice sleeping standing up, so that I can sleep against the warm wall in the future. Already."
"That's a good relationship." Liu Tielan hugged her arms and leaned against the warm wall, closed her eyes, and hummed softly: "I don't have to sleep with you, so it's more comfortable."
Liu Xi was a little embarrassed. He stood aside and rubbed his cold red hands and said, "How about I stay in this room? Master, you and your senior brother can live in the east wing room. There is a kang in that room and the space is large. You can sleep at night." It’s also warm to wear.”
Shen Liangjun's eyes immediately turned golden and hale, and he looked at Liu Tielan. Seeing that Liu Tielan still didn't open his eyes and looked unmoved, he quickly lowered his head and said with a disappointed look on his face: "How can this happen? After all, you are a little girl, and you are still a human being. Where is the child? How can Master and I have the nerve to ask you to come over?"
Liu Xi shook his head and said: "It doesn't matter. To be honest, I happen to sleep standing up. I wrap the quilt around me at night and sleep against the warm wall. I'm sure it won't freeze."
She said this to coax them. Who in this world has the ability to sleep standing up?
She is not a bird. She can stand on one leg and not fall down with her eyes closed.
She was just embarrassed, Liu Tielan had helped her so much along the way, and she didn't want him to suffer anymore for her own sake.
So she deliberately stood on the wall and showed the two of them how to stand alone on one leg. She closed her eyes and said with a smile: "I happen to be practicing martial arts. If I learn the painted face show, there will be more moves like this in the future. If I practice during the day and even when I sleep, how can I not catch up with others?"
Shen Liangjun looked at Liu Xidu and said this, and quickly looked at Liu Tielan. He really couldn't bear the cold, and he was so old, and he was really awkward sleeping in the same bed with Liu Tielan naked.
Without even thinking about it, he would definitely be sleeping on the floor and Liu Tielan would be sleeping on the bed.
How can any living person endure this weather with heavy snow and closed doors?
But Liu Tielan directly rejected Liu Xi's proposal.
"Don't worry about us, Xi girl, we won't be able to stay long."
"Master, what do you mean?"
Neither Liu Xi nor Shen Liangjun heard clearly, or maybe they couldn't believe it.
Liu Tielan then explained their doubts to the two of them.
"Do you think Boss Li really wants us to stay as hard laborers for him? He saw that we didn't believe him and were worried about leaving Xi Yatou here alone to learn opera, so he said this specifically and wanted to call her
Let's stay with her for a while, let's get to know each other better, and we'll relax Xi Yatou's heart.
After the Chinese New Year, when the aunt who took care of him comes back to work, it will be time for us to leave."
"Master——"
Liu Xi wanted to say something. Although she knew separation was inevitable, she didn't expect it would be so soon. She was reluctant to part with it.
After all, Liu Tielan was the only person in the world besides her family who had extended a helping hand to her, and he was probably the only person in the world who knew her life story.
But Liu Tielan didn't ask her to speak. He opened his eyes and grinned at her, comforting her and saying: "Hey girl, you are a lucky person. To be able to have a famous master like Boss Li guide you in your drama is what you have been practicing for several lifetimes."
You have to cherish your blessing, and don't delay your important events for people like us who meet by chance.
There is only so much that Master can do for you now. If you want more, it will be beyond my ability.
As the saying goes, there is no such thing as a feast that lasts forever. Whether you and us are destined to be together for a lifetime or for a lifetime is determined by God.
If I were a passer-by, I would leave as soon as we leave. Just keep looking forward and walking your own path is the right way.
If I am not a passer-by, then you don’t have to be sad. We will meet again if there is a chance in the future."
What Liu Tielan said was so sad that it made Liu Xi's heart ache, but before she could cry, Shen Liangjun cried first.
"Master, why are you talking about this? We have just become acquainted and are about to be separated again. How can you make this disciple endure it? Besides, there is still more than a month before the New Year. Who are you sorry for by saying this so early?
"
Liu Tielan hated to see him crying like this, so he couldn't help but give him a lesson.
But he knew that Shen Liangjun had good intentions, so he didn't really teach him a lesson, it was just a joke.
How much does Shen Liangjun know about him? He doesn’t take it seriously.
Liu Tielan gave a lecture, Shen Liangjun responded, and the master and apprentice laughed and teased each other, while Liu Xi looked on with amusement.
Not long after, the laughter of the master and the apprentice came from the west room again.
Li Jinshui listened for a while outside and thought that the relationship between these three people was not bad. It really had a bit of the flavor of their generation, but in today's pear garden industry, there are not many like this.
All day long I think about who is more popular than whom, and who can push whom down.
The master accepted the apprentice and did not teach him seriously, but used him as a slave to serve him. He was afraid that after teaching the apprentice, the master would starve to death, as if he could really put all his skills into a coffin and then be immortalized and his reputation would be passed down through the ages.
As everyone knows, if there is no descendant to pass it on, he will be just a flash in the pan, and will soon be forgotten and even his stage name will be taken away.
However, people have to obey their old age. People of Li Jinshui's generation can't stand these things, but they seem out of place in today's pear garden industry.
As time went by, no one wanted to see me, and soon I had to retire.
But as Shen Liangjun said, those opera singers started learning opera when they were young, and have been accustomed to getting up early and practicing for decades. Who doesn't have an addiction to opera in his heart, and doesn't have the idea of making his name famous throughout the ages?
Now that he thought about the fact that he would have a disciple next to him in the future, and he would hear the sound of people practicing kung fu every day, his old bones suddenly became energetic, as if he could stand up from the wheelchair all of a sudden.
But this new official has three things to do when he takes office, and he who is supposed to be a master is no exception. The rules that should be established must still be established...
Chapter completed!