Raising the Demon

Chapter 52
In fact, a stranger suddenly joined his life, and Zi Baifeng felt a little uncomfortable, and the other person was still a boring gourd who didn't have much to say, but he knew that this would be his brother in the future, so he tried his best to talk to him, And with the pistachio Xiaoshitou, several people quickly became familiar with it.

Erhei was very diligent. After dinner, he was busy cleaning up and washing. After washing, he went to brush the donkey and sweep the yard, taking care of all the housework.

Just after dinner, another person came to ask Zijian to repair the mill. Erhei was cleaning there. He listened for a while, put down his work, and said, "Uncle Zi, sit down first, I'll go and have a look." .”

Zijian thought for a while, then nodded in agreement.

Half an hour later, Erhei came back wet, smiling, obviously repaired.

Zi Baifeng suddenly feels relieved, this apprentice is not in vain!
Early the next morning, Yan Lao Wu came to Zi's house and brought a group of people with him. Under Zi Baifeng's blank eyes, he began to make a fuss.

"What is this for?" Zi Baifeng looked at that posture, a little strange.

"Open the incense hall, apprentice." Yan Lao Wu waved his big hand, "Don't get in the way here, go and go."

Zi Baifeng, who caused trouble, was driven aside.

Zi Baifeng looked at it for a while, felt bored, and planned to go to the private school for a while, but was stopped by Yan Laowu, and said: "Don't go, I still have your business later."

"It's none of my business for my father to accept apprentices." Zi Baifeng stared wide-eyed.

"It's none of your business for your father to accept apprentices, but as the parent officer of Xiayan Village, it's your business." Yan Lao Wu also stared.

"Oh, so I'm still a parent official, I don't have any status at all, I just come and go when I'm called." Zibai was sour, Yan Laowu ignored him, just dragged him and wouldn't let him go.

Zi Baifeng watched with peace of mind.

After more than half an hour, the incense hall was set up, with incense tables and various offerings, and then Zijian took out the tablet of their carpenter's ancestor from the room with great importance, and placed it in the center, and Mr. Yan Wu looked at the sky and said loudly, "The auspicious time has come!"

Do you want to worship heaven and earth?Zibai felt a chill.I want to worship you, a dead old man, go up and worship...

Fortunately, there was not such a weird development. First, Zijian worshiped the patriarch and explained the situation to the patriarch, and Zijian accepted his apprentice today.

Afterwards, Zijian sat down on the chair in front of the patriarch's memorial tablet, and Erhei stepped forward and knelt down, offering the ceremony of apprenticeship with both hands. This red envelope was given to him by Zijian last night, and he handed it back today.

After the teacher apprenticeship ceremony was delivered, Zijian began to recite the many dogmas of craftsmen, such as careful work, honesty, respect for teachers, etc. After chanting for a long time, Erhei repeated it again on his knees, and then Erhei took out another bench and placed it under Zijian's feet.

This bench was made overnight after Erhei came back last night. Although Zijian said that he could do whatever he wanted, but when Zibaifeng got up in the morning, he saw that Erhei was still polishing it.

The bench is not painted, but it is polished smooth, and the workmanship is very good, much better than that little Edison bench.

Zijian put his feet on the bench. There is another saying for this, similar to knees, which means that Zijian promised to treat Erhei like his own child.

Then Erhei knelt down and kowtowed three times and kowtowed nine times. It wasn't until Zijian said something that he raised his head and shouted, "Master!"

This master's voice was full of energy, shaking the rocks and rocks, Zijian was also very happy, he agreed loudly, and burst out laughing.

Yan Lao Wu also laughed loudly, holding a red envelope in his hand, stepped forward, and said, "Congratulations, congratulations!"

As he said that, he handed the red envelope to Erhei again, which was regarded as a welcome to Erhei on behalf of Xiayan Village, and it was also a congratulatory gift.

Then Yan Lao Wu turned around to look at Zi Baifeng: "Where's the red envelope?"

Red envelope?Your sister's Yan Lao Wu, you are an old, disrespectful, rotten old man!Why didn't you say you wanted a red envelope earlier!

Zi Baifeng quickly touched his body.

"No, no..." Erhei waved his hands in panic.

"No need!" Luckily, Zi Baifeng still had some money, and he couldn't find the red envelope anyway, so he stuffed it directly into Erhei's hands.

Erhei didn't dare to accept it, and he didn't dare to push it away, so he could only look at the master, and Zijian smiled and said, "If you give it to you, just accept it."

Only then did Erhei say something nonchalantly, and accepted it.

Other people watching the ceremony also gave congratulatory gifts. This is more or less, but Zijian is very popular in the village, and everyone wants to sell Zi Baifeng to save face. This gift is not light, and it will not take long Erhei's hand was full.

"Master..." Erhei didn't expect to be so popular.

"Take it." Zijian waved his hand grandly, but when it was time to count the gifts later, Zijian was a little bit impatient. Although accepting an apprentice is no less important than getting married, everyone is so kind.

After Zijian accepted his disciples, he set up a few more banquet tables at noon, and everyone laughed and laughed until the afternoon before they dispersed.

This scene was much bigger than what Erhei had imagined, and he was a little panicked.

After everyone left, Erhei looked at Zijian, muttering about what to say.

"Okay, we'll be a family from now on." Zi Jian patted him and said, "Study hard, and you'll have a handy skill in the future... Well, Bai Feng."

Both Bai Fengzheng and Xiao Shitou didn't have the consciousness to work, and they were squatting together to play with the puppy at this time, when they heard this, they raised their heads.

"Bai Feng, in the future, I will learn how to carpenter with me for half a day, and read and read with you for half a day." Zi Jian said, this is not a discussion, but a blunt statement.

"Okay." Zi Baifeng couldn't help but look at Erhei again. His father really cared about him. If it wasn't that Erhei deserved to be treated like this, it was because the friendship between his father and his father was really good. it is good.

"Master, I..." Erhei was even more embarrassed. He only came to be an apprentice carpenter. To be honest, the status of a carpenter is far from that of a scholar, and Zi Baifeng's reputation spread far and wide. No one in Mengcheng knows , talented and learned, such a person teaches himself... This, his blunt aptitude, his elm head...

In fact, Zijian didn't expect Erhei to become a scholar. He accepted apprentices for himself, but not grandchildren for himself. But Zijian himself can read and write. He knows that carpenters who can read and write, and carpenters who only rely on experience is different.

He really wanted to train Erhei.

"Do it well." Zijian patted Erhei on the shoulder.

"Yes, Master!" Erhei replied loudly, and hurriedly tidied up the yard.

With the addition of Erhei, Zijian has a lot of leisure time. He doesn't have to be busy all day long, and he can occasionally relax and watch Erhei work beside him.The matter of repairing the mill is basically out of the way.Erhei is diligent, honest and simple, and almost does all the work at home, and he is working as soon as he opens his eyes.Zijian regards him as his own child, and he gives Erhei some money every month, not much, not wages, but pocket money, so as not to make Erhei hard-pressed, sometimes he will be sent away after half a day's work Go out, let him go for a walk, Erhei got acquainted with the young people in the village after a while.

"Father, Erhei has more pocket money than me!" Zi Baifeng complained like this, and Zijian chased him away: "Go! Play with Xiaoshitou! No money if you don't work!"

A lot of things have happened these days, but in fact, since Zi Baifeng planned to build a mill, it has only been about [-] days and less than a month.

While Zi Baifeng was busy with the affairs in the village, he didn't forget about the things in Mengcheng. He was also secretly preparing some things, but he prepared them in the study of the private school and never brought them home.

One day, Zi Baifeng was calculating the accounts in the study, and the abacus in his hand was crackling, when he heard Erhei's voice from outside: "Baifeng, come quickly!"

Zi Baifeng was startled, could it be that something happened to his father?He ran out in a hurry, ran all the way home, and felt relieved when he saw his father, and asked, "What's going on?"

"Your Uncle Zhuzi is injured." Father's face was gloomy. When Zi Baifeng walked in, he saw Yan Lao Wu was there, applying medicine to Zhuzi. Zhuzi's upper body clothes were covered with blood, and his complexion was a little pale.

"Uncle Zhuzi, what's the matter? Who hurt you?" Zi Baifeng's eyes widened, burning with anger. He recognized at a glance that the wound on Zhuzi's shoulder was a knife wound, and no beast would bite. together.

After listening to Zhuzi's narration, Zi Baifeng snorted angrily, and said, "These bandits, who have eaten the heart of a bear and leopard, actually provoked me!"

"Don't be angry. I'm fine. I've been fine in two days. I haven't lost any money. It's the bandit leader who almost made me chop off his head." Zhu Zi chuckled, he really didn't suffer.

"Don't be brave." Yan Lao Wu stretched out his hand and pressed on his knife wound, and the pain caused Zhu Zi to grit his teeth and crack his mouth, unable to speak.

"If you meet again in the future, don't try to fight bravely. They are all desperadoes. It's impossible to fight them desperately. Moreover, they only have a little money. If you rob it, you will take it away. Anyway, let them return all the money." Jian reminded that he was past the age of fighting bravely, Zhuzi was an unmarried older youth, and he was too angry.

"Did you hear what your elder brother said?" Seeing that Zhuzi was silent, Lao Wu pressed on the wound again.

"Ouch!" Zhu Zi yelled again in pain, and hurriedly said, "Got it, got it!"

"These bandits are becoming more and more arrogant." Zi Jian frowned. In fact, bandits are nothing new. When Luo Qianshan escorted them back, he hacked a few of them. Unexpectedly, these guys came back again.

Moreover, they also focused on the villagers of Xiayan Village, which made this matter even more troublesome.

"In the future, when I go to Mengcheng, I will always bring bows and arrows and hunting knives." Yan Laowu frowned. Many villagers in Xiayan Village are hunters, but the knives are cumbersome, and they are unwilling to carry them. Fortunately, Zhu Zi always carries one A machete.The robbers are bullying and fearing the hard. Seeing that the villagers are all carrying weapons, they probably dare not come over.

"Hmph, these little thieves, if I had my bow and arrows with me, how could they get close, one arrow at a time, they would have been shot and killed long ago!" Zhuzi hummed, seeing Yan Lao Wu staring again, he shouted quickly : "Don't press it! I won't say it!"

(End of this chapter)