Chapter 135 Big Brother's Advice
Yun Chenglu didn't come back until late at night, which made the whole family very anxious.
On the contrary, the eldest brother Yun Chengfu looked calm and just said not to worry.
But how could that be possible? The whole family was still waiting at the front door.
After a long time, I saw a staggering figure appear on the narrow path.
"He's back! Chenglu is back!" Wang Cailian's eyes lit up and she was the first to rush out.
But her surprise quickly turned to astonishment.
"Chenglu, we don't lack firewood at home, do we? You...why are you carrying so much firewood back?"
At this time, Yun Chenglu came closer, and Baoya could see clearly that her second brother was carrying a large bundle of firewood on his back, and dragging a large bundle in each hand.
"Huh!" After finally reaching the door of his house, Yun Chenglu pulled away and threw the firewood on the ground, "I'm so tired!"
Baoya's eyes widened: "Second brother, the test that Master gave you is asking you to chop wood?"
"Yes, I thought about it for a long time and read many books before I figured it out." Yun Chenglu said.
"So it's a test," Wang Cailian patted her chest. "This expert has a really strange temper. He doesn't test reading and writing, he tests woodchopping."
Zhao Zhilan also smiled and said, "A master must be different from us ordinary people."
The family piled the firewood that Yun Chenglu brought back in the yard and went inside. Wang Cailian was busy heating up food for him.
Baoya, Yunhua and Yunyue surrounded Yun Chenglu and asked him curiously what the test questions meant.
Yun Chenglu looked very proud and raised his head as he spoke slowly, "One hundred dan of elm firewood. One hundred dan refers to the quantity, and elm firewood refers to the type. Together, it means we need to cut one hundred dan of elm firewood. Simple, right?"
"Simple!" Yunhua and Yunyue were both shocked and looked at Yun Chenglu with admiration. Their second brother was really amazing. He figured it out so quickly.
But Baoya frowned. How could they cut so much elm wood for a hundred loads of firewood?
"Second brother, how many loads have you cut now?"
"Well, there aren't many elm trees on Tiger Tooth Mountain. I only cut down forty loads. I have to get up early tomorrow and go to the farther hills to have a look."
Is it so troublesome? Baoya felt that it was not right.
Although the master has a strange personality and likes to play tricks on people, he would not give such a challenging test to my second brother.
Moreover, according to the intervals between their visits to Huya Mountain during this period, if they had not happened to encounter the matter of the shop, they would have gone there basically every day in the past few days.
If there is only one day, it would be impossible to finish the 100 loads of elm firewood.
She frowned in thought, and when she looked up she met her eldest brother's gaze.
Yun Chengfu smiled mysteriously and nodded at her.
It happened that Wang Cailian had heated up the meal and asked Yun Chenglu to come over and eat.
The clever little girl took advantage of the time when her second brother was wolfing down the biscuits to secretly go to her eldest brother to "conspire".
Yun Chengfu naturally knew about Baoya and Yun Chenglu's apprenticeship. At first, he thought it was just a martial arts master living in the mountains who was just teaching them some martial arts.
But now, judging from the test questions, this expert seems to be quite interesting.
But judging by his brother's foolish behavior, if he didn't take action, Yun Chenglu would definitely fail this time.
So, he secretly called Baoya aside, and the two of them whispered to each other mysteriously.
Baoya nodded her little head, her eyes sparkling: "Yeah, I see! Big brother, you are so smart!"
Early the next morning, He Chunxiu and Yun Sanlang prepared several large buckets of soy milk and tofu pudding, as well as some other ingredients that needed to be supplemented, and loaded them onto the ox cart.
They haven't been open for a day, so they have to go early today. That woman Xu Huiqin will be brought over later to apologize to them.
Yun Chengfu was waiting by the ox cart with three little girls, Baoya, Yunhua and Yunyue, because he was going back to the academy.
Baoya went to listen to Xu Huiqin's apology, while Yunhua and Yunyue were just there to join in the fun.
Yun Chenglu also got up early in the morning, yawning and carrying an axe, looking at the people who were getting ready to set off with envy on his face.
"Baoya, you must listen carefully to how that bad woman apologized to us. Come back this afternoon and tell it to your second brother in detail."
He also wanted to go, because that was the owner of one of the two most prestigious restaurants in Ping'an Town!
I was actually escorted by the police and had to apologize to their family in front of so many people in Ping'an Town. It feels so good just thinking about it!
But his face soon fell again. The test questions were more important right now. Nan Xuan had finally agreed. If he didn't cherish this opportunity, he might never be able to become his disciple again.
Seeing his tangled face, Baoya patted Yun Chenglu on the shoulder with a giggle and said, "Since Second Brother wants to see it so much, then come with us to the town!"
"How can that be possible?" Yun Chenglu frowned. "I still have so much firewood to chop!"
"Then second brother, just take a look at this book. After you read it, you can go with us!" Baoya blinked.
Yun Chenglu looked at the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" that Baoya handed over, with a face full of questions.
He looked at the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" very uncertainly, then looked up at Baoya, then looked down at the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", then looked up at Baoya again, and repeated this several times to confirm.
Baoya, this clever little girl, is really not trying to make him happy?
Yun Chengfu smiled slightly and said, "Since Baoya asked you to look, just take a look."
The eldest brother said so too. Yun Chenglu took a deep breath and reached out to open the page of the book.
However, as soon as he opened it, his eyes suddenly widened: "Ah! So... so that's how it is! How stupid, I really am so stupid!"
But after he sighed, he suddenly threw the book away in panic, shouting, "I... I didn't see anything! I didn't cheat!"
"Pfft," Yun Chengfu couldn't help laughing, "No one said you cheated."
“But, but…”
Yun Chenglu pointed with trembling fingers at the piece of paper that fell out of the "Classic of Mountains and Seas".
The correct answer was written there, he just saw it!
"Second brother, it was you who opened the book and it ran to you by itself."
Bao Ya pursed her lips and gave Yun Chenglu a cute smile: "No one of us told you the answer. Master only said that Brother Xiao Jing was not allowed to give you any hints, nor was you allowed to ask for help from others, but you just discovered it yourself."
Yun Chenglu: ...
It seems that it is indeed the case!
Yun Chenglu, who had figured it out, suddenly became happy: "That's right, Baoya, you're absolutely right! Then I can go to town with you guys, too. That's great!"
Baoya raised her cute face and gave her big brother a knowing smile: "Big brother is really smart, to come up with such a method!"
In this way, even if the master is suspicious and asks about the truth, he will have nothing to say.
Although she felt that her eldest brother's behavior was a bit cunning, she also hoped that her second brother could pass the test this time. There was no other way, she had to side with her second brother this time!
Seeing Yun Chenglu happily getting on the ox cart, Bao Ya squatted down, picked up the note, and tore it into pieces bit by bit, letting the fragments float in the wind.
The note read: Bai Dan Yu Chai.
So, in fact, "Bai" and "Bai" are homophones. The correct way to take shortcuts is to just cut a piece of cypress to make a shoulder pole and carry two bundles of elm firewood on it!
The wheels of the ox cart rumbled as it slowly moved towards the outside of Feishui Village.
At this time, on Nanjiao Street in Ping'an Town, Xu Huiqin, dressed in plain clothes, was escorted by two police officers and stood at the door of Yunji Breakfast Shop with an unhappy expression.
Fang Huan put his hands in his sleeves and paced back and forth: "Did we come too early? Why can't we even see the shadow of an oxcart?"
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