Chapter 10: A Coincidentally Encountering an Old Man
The next morning, I happily went to the Guangdong restaurant downstairs to have morning tea. A pot of Tieguanyin, a basket of shrimp dumplings, and a portion of radish cake. It is simple and simple to me. I believe that few people of my age who like to drink tea, and I am no exception, but I only like the taste of tea, which is Tieguanyin. After brewing Tieguanyin, there is a special aroma, which is refreshing but strong, and the aroma lasts for a long time. No wonder it has the reputation of seven bubbles with lingering fragrance.
I was drinking tea when suddenly a person came in at the entrance of the restaurant. This man was about fifty or sixty years old, but he was in good spirits. Although his hair was a little gray, his waist was straight and his walking was full of wind. Behind him, there were two people in his thirties. These two people were very alert. After entering the door, they first carefully scanned the entire restaurant.
The three of them sat down at a position at the door, ordered a pot of tea and some food, and started chatting intentionally or unintentionally. I felt that what they were talking about should be special, because the three of them often whispered to each other. The older one seemed to notice that I was looking at them, and suddenly raised his head and looked at me. The eyes of our two suddenly met. I felt a little uncomfortable, and I felt like I was being caught by my elders when I did something bad.
But the older man did not show any unhappy expressions, but smiled at me. I hurriedly turned my gaze to one side, feeling a little uneasy. It was also because of this that it aroused my curiosity about them, and I still glanced at them from time to time.
After a while, my shoulder was suddenly patted. I turned around and saw that it was my second uncle. He smiled at me, "I am exhausted every day, why do you think you are so comfortable!"
The second uncle sat down opposite me carelessly, picked up a shrimp dumpling on the table, threw it into his mouth, and I quickly poured him a cup of tea: "Uncle II, have you had breakfast? See what else to eat?"
Uncle Er waved his hand, "No, it's time to have lunch."
I was pouring tea for my second uncle, and I walked through my second uncle, and accidentally looked at the table just now. Now I found that all three people at the table turned to look at us in one go. I was shocked, and my hands shook, and a stream of tea fell outside.
The second uncle was shocked, "Oh! It's spilled!"
Only then did I recover and hurriedly took out a few napkins and wiped the table for my second uncle. When I looked over again, the few people had already turned their heads back.
Uncle Er frowned and looked at me, "What are you looking at, kid? "Are you wrong? " As he said that, he turned his head and looked at me with my eyes. Uncle Er looked at me, and he turned his neck like a spring. He quickly turned back, and he muttered, "Damn! Why did you meet them here?"
It sounded like Uncle II knew them, so I quickly asked him: "Who are Uncle II and the others?"
The second uncle glared at me, "Don't ask around at the kid's house! Let's go quickly!"
I was confused and puzzled in my heart, but seeing my second uncle's nervous state, I felt that I would hear him for the time being.
As soon as we stood up, as soon as we looked up, I saw one of the thirties in the table coming over.
My heart sank, thinking that it was terrible, I couldn't leave anymore! I asked my second uncle in a low voice: "What should we do?"
Uncle II pressed his palm at me and signaled me to calm down.
The man walked up to us and bowed to his second uncle, "Second Master, we Master An invite you two to come over and sit down."
The second uncle smiled slightly, "You are polite, Master An, we have something important today, I will treat you to you next time another day!" As he said that, he pulled me away.
The man stepped in front of us in one step, "Please give me a look and give me a face!"
The second uncle's eyes turned cold, "Dare you dare to stop me!"
The man quickly lowered his head, "Second Master, don't let it be difficult to do it."
The second uncle turned his head and looked at the elderly on the table. He saw the latter, smiling and nodding at the second uncle, and reached out to make a call.
The second uncle pondered for a moment, turned around and walked towards the table, and I had to follow the second uncle.
Master An sat upright on the chair. When he saw us approaching and spoke, he seemed full of energy. "Please sit down, please, two." Then he smiled, "I didn't expect that I would meet Master Er here, I'm very lucky!"
Uncle Er pulled me to sit down openly and smiled, "Master An, don't be polite. Speaking of which, you are my elder, just call me Qiu Yi." Uncle Er's full name is Zhuo Qiu Yi.
Master An nodded, looked up and said to the other two people: "Qi Feng, Ma Zhong, pour tea for the guests quickly!" The other two people hurriedly poured a cup of tea for me and my second uncle.
Mr. An said to his second uncle: "Qiu Ye, what did you think about it last time? If you come here, I will not find anyone else. We will make this pot and we will split it halfway by then. What about it? This is a big pot. If this job is done, you will not be able to enjoy it in the future!"
The second uncle nodded, "Master An, you are polite me, I understand. But our industry is second, credit first, I have already responded to other people's warehouses in Shanxi. I am really unable to do anything!" After that, the second uncle smiled, "Besides, if you don't have me this pot, according to your status as the head of Yuanhengtang, you will be a big rake. Moreover, with your power, it is not difficult to bear it yourself. Don't make things difficult for me!" As he said that, the second uncle bowed to Master An.
After hearing this, Master An laughed and suddenly turned his eyes to me, "Who is this guy? Why do I look at you with similarities?"
The second uncle patted my shoulder, "This is my nephew, it's normal for me to imagine." Then he turned to me and said, "Come on, meet Mr. An!"
I quickly got up and shouted respectfully: "Master An!"
Master An signaled me to sit down quickly, "It turns out that he is a talented person, and his talent is extraordinary!" Then, he turned to his second uncle and deliberately lowered his voice, but I could hear it clearly. He only heard him say to his second uncle: "How is it? Have you entered the industry?"
The second uncle quickly shook his head and whispered to Master An: "Our old Zhuo family is the only one. I have to protect it. Even if I fight for my life, I will do whatever I can! Haha!"
The two looked at each other and smiled, but I saw Mars from the eyes of the two of them looking at each other.
The second uncle suddenly stood up and clasped his fists at Master An, "Master An, I won't disturb you today. We will not change the green mountains and the green water will flow forever!"
Master An also nodded, "No gift!"
I returned to the room with my second uncle and I asked the second uncle, "Why do they call you Second Master? Who is the old man?"
Uncle Er replied without looking back: "They know that I am the second brother in the family, so they call me Erye, and my name is not very suitable."
"Isn't the name suitable?" I said myself, "Zhuo Qiu Ye, Master Ye?" After reading it, I suddenly realized and couldn't help laughing, "It's really not suitable, you are so older!"
The second uncle didn't laugh, walked to the window, his face gloomy.
The smile on my face gradually closed. I felt that it was necessary for me to have a good chat with my second uncle. I poured a cup of tea and handed it to my second uncle, and then looked at him very seriously.
Uncle Er looked at my expression and couldn't help but sigh, "Zhuoran, I know what you want to ask? Actually, I really don't want you to know. I want you to live a peaceful life like this."
I smiled bitterly, "Uncle Second, I can still calm down now?"
The second uncle also shook his head, "Your grandfather wanted to hide it from us, your father, and your three aunts, but he could not hide it from me. I thought my generation would end, but you were born again! This is all fate!"
I was even more urgently told by my second uncle that I wanted to know the whole story, so I quickly urged me: "Uncle II, you have said it all now! You can't hide it anymore!"
The second uncle sighed and put it on the chair, "It starts with my youth. Do you still remember what I told you about my experience in the corpse coffin of Xuewuzhen?"
I nodded hurriedly, "Of course I remember that last time I saw a similar coffin in the ancient tomb of Qilian Mountain."
"Oh?" Uncle Er was shocked when he heard my words, "What did you encounter?" Hearing Uncle Er's question, my mind suddenly appeared again. The face of the mummy who was smiling at me outside the entrance of the Dark River Cave, and my back instantly had goose bumps.
I quickly shook my head, "Ah, nothing, luckily we retreated quickly."
The second uncle nodded, "After the villagers dug out the strange coffin, everyone was about to open the coffin. I wanted to stop it, but no one listened. At this time, a beggar appeared, and he explained the origin and tricks of the coffin in one word. I also learned from his mouth that the Xuewuzhen corpse coffin."
"Yes, I still remember." I said, "You also said that this beggar gave you a cloth bag and let you escape from death come back."
"That's right." Uncle Er took a sip of tea, "But in fact, I haven't finished telling you the matter, because when the beggar left, he looked at me and said something."
"What do you mean?" I asked quickly.
The second uncle turned his eyes to the distance, "He said to me, "Why are the ghosts and gods afraid of the seal of the Faqiu? What a pity. At that time, I felt strange and didn't know what this sentence meant. I looked at the so-called old beggar carefully and found that his voice was just a little older and a little hunched back, but his eyes were extremely bright, but his face was too dirty and he couldn't tell his age. But I think he shouldn't be too old, at least he couldn't call it old. This should be his intentional disguise, and later he left. Later, the villagers who participated in the opening of the coffin died in front of the coffin, and I fled out in a hurry. But this was the first time I encountered such a strange thing and was extremely scared. I didn't even know how I got home."
The second uncle was a little confused, as if he was recalling the past...
After my second uncle returned home, he fell ill all of a sudden. He had no other symptoms, but turned around and shivered and was so cold. It was summer at that time, and the temperature outside could be thirty or forty degrees, but my second uncle was lying on the bed, covering him with three layers of quilts and shivering.
Grandpa asked his second uncle if he had encountered something outside. On the first day of the day, the second uncle thought he was just suffering from a cold and was afraid of telling the bleeding of Wuzhen corpse coffin, so he would be scolded by his grandfather because he knew that his father was most taboo about this. So Uncle Er insisted and said that he was caught cold. Grandpa gave his second uncle Chinese medicine to dispel cold every day, but it did not improve. Grandma cried every day, and the second uncle did not put in water and rice every day. If this continues, he would not last long.
Until one day, my grandfather accidentally found out from the clothes he wore back from the second uncle. The small cloth bag that the beggar gave him was furious and threw it hard to the second uncle's eyes, cursing: "You rebellious son, if you don't tell the truth, I will beat you to death now!"
Chapter completed!