Night of Rebirth

The day before Liu Yandong’s birthday, Liu Jianye brought the teacher’s apprentice ceremony (a picture of green bamboo) painted for the master, the teacher’s apprentice ceremony for the second master (according to a word that the second master was going to write) and the meeting ceremony for the senior brothers When I arrived at the home of the two masters (after the death of my wife, the two masters lived together and had a care.) two-story villa, this was the first time Liu Jianye came here.

Aunt Wu, the nanny of the two masters, came to open the door for Liu Jianye. She followed Aunt Wu into the house and found that the five disciples of the master and the six disciples of the second master had arrived.

An incense table was set up in the yard, and after burning incense to worship the ancestors, everyone moved indoors, and after a while, Liu Jianye kowtowed, and the apprenticeship ceremony was officially completed.

Asking Liu Jianye to get up, Yan Guocheng said to his disciples and nephews in their 40s and [-]s, "After you have completed your apprenticeship, you will be the disciples of me and Yandong in the future, and also your junior brother. Your junior brother is still young. , There is no elder in the family, as senior brothers, you are considered half parents, pay attention on weekdays, if there is anything you need to help, you will do your best to take care of your senior brothers."

After listening to the master's words, Liu Yaoye's eyes and face turned red.The former is because of moving, the latter is shy.

The 11 people turned their heads to look at Liu Jianye, that's not what the master said when they were apprentices! ! ?

"What are you looking at? Did you hear what Guocheng said?" Seeing Liu Yaoye's face turning towards the monkey's ass, Liu Yandong became angry, because he dared to bully his junior brother in front of him. (Disciples: Wrong! We are just curious.)

"Understood, Master." Several people responded in unison.

Liu Yandong was satisfied with the answers of several people, and Yan Guochenghua and Yan Guochenghua left a few people to play chess on the grape trellis in the courtyard, so that their brothers and sisters could get acquainted with each other and cultivate their relationship.

Eleven big men looked at their little juniors, not hiding their curiosity.Master has not accepted disciples for 20 years, and now not only accepts them, but also maintains them like this, which is very curious.Especially among the eleven of them, the eldest is more than 30 years older than this junior brother, the grandson is four years old, and the youngest is more than ten years older than this junior brother.

The (big) senior brother took out a brocade box from his pocket, and handed it to Liu Jianye, "It's not a good thing, the junior brother took it to play with."

Liu Jianye took the brocade box and opened it, inside lay a jade gourd, the color was slightly transparent, emerald green, yellowish and bright, just like the new leaves of the yellow sun tree in early spring, very beautiful.Such a beautiful jade gourd is so precious no matter how you look at it.Sending the brocade box in his hand to the elder senior brother, he was thinking about how to refuse.

The ([-]) second senior brother standing next to the (big) senior brother pushed Liu Jianye's hand back, "Don't be polite to senior brother Yi, his family has money, so he doesn't care about such little things."

"Senior brother Zhao Nan is right, junior brother, the senior brothers are not people who are short of money, if you give it to you, you will take it." After the (big) third senior brother finished speaking, he also stuffed a gift for him.

……

After one lap, Liu Yaoye received eleven gifts.Three of the gifts were jade ornaments, and the remaining eight gifts were all related to traditional Chinese painting and brush calligraphy, and they didn't look cheap.

The local tyrant and I are brothers! !

Liu Jianye was a little ashamed, for such a valuable thing, the senior brothers seemed to be afraid that they would not be able to give it away, so they hurriedly stuffed it into their hands, not afraid that he would lose it and fall.

Liu Jianye thanked them one by one, and gave the peace talismans he bought from the temple to all the brothers in return.

They didn't expect that Liu Jianye would prepare to return the gift. After all, they had investigated him, his parents divorced and lived their own lives, and now he is living alone.Seeing Liu Jianye handing out the peace talisman one by one, they felt like children queuing up to receive candy, shaking their heads together, it must be an illusion.

After exchanging greetings, the 12 people sat together to chat and cultivate their relationship according to Master's wishes.Chatting and chatting, the eleven senior brothers found that Liu Jianye had a wide range of knowledge, he could say a few words about everything, and he had his own opinions, not worse than the children in the family at all. satisfy.

In the evening, under the decision of the two masters, Liu Jian stayed overnight in the small villa.

Just after nine o'clock in the evening, Liu Jianye was fiddling with the meeting gift he received today in his room. The two masters were older and had already fallen asleep. Eleven brothers gathered in Brother Li Yi's room.

"Eldest brother, why do you think the master suddenly accepts disciples?" the (big) fifth child asked, it was strange to suddenly have a junior who was a little younger than his son after a lot of grades.

Others also looked at Li Yi.

Li Yi said helplessly: "The few of us apprentices are all to learn master's martial arts, but the painting skills and calligraphy that master and Mr. Liu are proud of, none of us are willing to learn. I think both master and Mr. Liu accepted it. The younger brother is a teacher, probably to pass on painting skills and calligraphy to the younger brother."

When the other ten people heard the words, they couldn't help being silent for a while.As the children of a rich family, they practiced martial arts at that time to protect themselves. Why did they practice painting and calligraphy?Is it to draw a picture to cultivate one's morality, or to practice good calligraphy and sign a contract?Who can understand?

Thinking of the tragic experience that when they were apprenticed to the teacher, the master did not give up and asked them to practice calligraphy (painting) for several hours a day in addition to practicing martial arts, and they all shook their heads.

"It should be. I think the junior brother can sit still." ([-]) The third senior brother nodded in agreement, with a bit of schadenfreude in his voice. He was tortured a lot when he was young.

"Junior brother's age is not suitable for practicing martial arts. I think the master doesn't intend to let the younger brother practice martial arts. From now on, let's watch the younger brother and don't let him suffer." ([-]) The senior brother said.

"Well!"

……

Liu Yaoye didn't know that the eleven senior brothers were talking about him, and that eleven jade talismans were exchanged for eleven emerald pendants.

A night without dreams.

Liu Jianye was brought by the master and introduced to the guests who came to celebrate the birthday.This is nothing, but every time the master introduces him, he points to a word and a painting that hang prominently on the wall, and tells others that this is the work of his little apprentice, which attracts others to praise the two works. After one round, Liu Jianye blushed like a ripe tomato.

"Senior Brother Yi, should we save Junior Brother? His face is getting familiar." ([-]) Fifth Senior Brother looked at the bewildered Liu Jianye and asked Li Yi who was standing beside him.

"If you can beat Hualong, you can go."

"Forget it, a dead fellow Daoist will not die a poor Taoist." The fifth senior brother rubbed his nose, starting to practice martial arts with his master, Hua Long was a child of someone else's family.Every time I get together with warriors from other schools, I will definitely be lectured by my master.It was okay when I was a child, but now that my son is an adult, it would be embarrassing to be taught a lesson in public.

"It's rare for Mr. Liu to have a disciple who has achieved calligraphy in front of Mr. Hua. Didn't you come forward to ask for some training?"

Hua Lao and Liu Lao are the same, not only have good martial arts, but also have good calligraphy. Neither of them agree with the other, and they are tied in several competitions. This caused Liu Lao to be suppressed by Hua Lao for decades, but Hua Lao's disciples had no achievements in calligraphy like their senior brothers.This time, Mr. Liu managed to accept a disciple who was outstanding in calligraphy, and it was a vent of his anger to be able to push back in calligraphy.

After the whole birthday banquet, Liu Jianye was always in the state of trying to find a crack to get in.

How embarrassing, isn't it?

After the second master's birthday, the brothers left their cell phone numbers and asked Liu Jianye to call him if he had something to do, and then they left Shuicheng County one after another.After all, they have a big family and a big business, so they can't stay here for long.