The moment that was said, Salted Fish's fins froze in midair! He thought, "Someone is coming at this time? This is f * * king preventing a fish from having a good meal! "
Although One Finger Monastery had more than one animal, Monkey was able to mimic humans and eat with chopsticks. Everyone found it to be intelligent. Squirrel wasn't even as tall as chopsticks, so he naturally didn't use them. He sat there eating with rice balls in his arms. Everyone found him adorable. Lone Wolf stuck his head into the rice bowl to eat, which suited his style very well.
However, who had ever seen a fish stroll ashore? Who had ever seen a fish that could use chopsticks? Who had ever seen a fish that had been salted to the point of being able to do the above two things? This was simply unsolvable!
Therefore, at that instant, Salted Fish clearly sensed several pairs of eyes looking at him. Their gazes seemed to say: "You're dead if you're discovered!"
Salted Fish rolled his eyes, wishing to curse inwardly. However, considering the situation, he could only hold it in and immediately cast his peerless divine power — Great Art of Slamming to Death!
He rolled his eyes, threw his chopsticks, and lay there motionless.
Squirrel prodded him out of curiosity and mumbled. "It's all hard …"
Lone Wolf mumbled. "This is the animal I've seen that's best at slamming to death."
Monkey shot a glance at Salted Fish and said indifferently, "This is his performance."
Everyone: "…"
As they spoke, a person walked to the door. Everyone saw that the person was none other than Lame Ma!
"Amitabha. Patron, is something the matter?" Fangzheng was puzzled as well. In the beginning, Lame Ma came up the mountain almost every day. Later on, Lame Ma learned a lot of things, and his skills couldn't keep up with what he learned. He had no choice but to use some time to fully grasp his skills and familiarize himself with them before coming again. However, this interval grew longer and longer. Recently, Lame Ma only came once a week. Counting the time, it had only been three days since Lame Ma's last visit. Why was he here again?
Fangzheng focused his eyes and took a careful look. He realized that Lame Ma had a vexed look on his face. His wrinkled face looked like a bitter gourd!
Upon hearing Fangzheng's question, Lame Ma looked bitterly at Fangzheng and said, "Abbot Fangzheng, I've encountered some trouble. After some thought, it seems like only you can help me."
Fangzheng got Jingxin to give Lame Ma a chair before asking, "Trouble? Why don't you tell me about it? "
Upon hearing that, Salted Fish nearly jumped up. As a fish, he would open his eyes even in death. Therefore, he could clearly see that although Fang Yuan was speaking, Lone Wolf, Monkey, and the rest were still eating! He looked at the speed at which the food was being consumed, and his heart was bleeding! He couldn't wait for these people to scram!
He was hoping that Fangzheng would bring Lame Ma out to talk. That way, he could continue eating. But now it seemed that he was going to starve to death … Smelling the aroma of the delicacies beside him, he felt even hungrier. For the first time, he realized that being a soulless salted fish wasn't so bad after all.
"Sigh, this is a long story …" Lame Ma sat down, sighed, and slowly said.
Half a month ago, Lame Ma had just returned from his studies on the mountain. This time, he had resolved many of the questions he had about carving, so he was in an especially good mood. After selling two bottles of Erguotou and chopping up a huge piece of streaky pork, he planned on returning home to celebrate.
As it was winter, the weather was cold and the school hadn't been built yet. Therefore, Lame Ma didn't have many students at his place.
Even the old carver, Jiang Zhou, had left with his disciples.
Lame Ma was alone. He didn't have any children, nor did he have a wife. When he returned alone, his home appeared a little cold and cheerless.
However, when he arrived at his doorstep, he was surprised to see two children in the yard. They were a boy and a girl. They were running around the yard with two bamboo poles, chasing the old hen.
Lame Ma frowned, thinking, "Whose children are these? Why are they messing around at my place? "
Therefore, Lame Ma walked over angrily and berated them. "Stop!"
The two children looked up and saw a fierce-looking man walking over angrily. They were so frightened that they burst into tears and ran into the house. After a while, he heard a woman's voice coming from the house. "Second Brother Ma, how old are you? Why are you arguing with children?"
As she spoke, a woman opened the door and came out! The woman had a slightly long face and short hair. She was wearing a down jacket and looked quite spirited. However, her pair of long eyes were like a line. When she looked at people, it was as if she was looking at people through the crack of a door. This woman didn't look like someone to be trifled with!
"Second Brother?" Lame Ma was stunned. He couldn't remember how many years it had been since someone called him Second Brother! Lame Ma was the second child in his family. He had three brothers. His parents died early, and the family split up early. His eldest brother took care of the family and was sick all over. He passed away early. After his third brother went out to work, he lost contact with them. He remembered that when he was poor and couldn't find a wife, all his cousins cut off contact with him. When he couldn't eat, the neighbors in the village helped him. At that time, Lame Ma felt that although the world was big, all his relatives were dead.
Now that someone suddenly came out and called him Second Brother, it suddenly awakened his long-buried memories. However, these memories weren't good.
Lame Ma carefully looked at the woman's face and vaguely saw that she seemed to be the youngest daughter of his second uncle. It wasn't bad for her to call him Second Brother Ma.
"You are?" Lame Ma asked.
"I'm Ma Jiangping! Don't you remember me? When your family came to visit us, we jumped rope together. "Ma Jiangping was very familiar with him and immediately came over with a smile.
Lame Ma thought to himself, It really is her!
However, after not contacting each other for so many years, Lame Ma's memory of Ma Jiangping was almost gone. Suddenly seeing such a relative, not only did he not feel happy, but he also felt more vigilant and unfamiliar. However, they were relatives after all. He couldn't chase them away. Therefore, Lame Ma nodded and squeezed out a smile. "So it's Jiang Ping. What wind blew you here?"
"We haven't seen each other for so many years. Didn't I miss you? Second Brother Ma, it's quite cold outside. Let's go inside and talk. "With that said, Ma Jiangping pulled Lame Ma into the house.
Lame Ma frowned and thought to himself, She really doesn't treat herself as an outsider! This expression, this tone, it's as if this isn't my home but your home!
Although Lame Ma was unhappy, he still went in.
As soon as he entered the house, Lame Ma realized that Ma Jiangping wasn't alone. There were two young men and a woman sitting on the kang. They seemed to be the parents of the two children. There was a man sitting at the end of the kang. Based on his age, he should be Ma Jiangping's husband. The entire family of three generations was complete.
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