Chapter 8: The Sackcloth Patriarch, Luring Sun into the Phase
My parents are "Oh" a sound, also do not have the goodwill to ask further, but it is my age, do not know what words should say, what words should not say, see this is a gambling ghost, why he said that the gods will manage Chen, the gods will manage Chen? So I just said, "Why?"
Dad and mom glared at me, but the man turned his head to look at me and laughed: "Little thing is still strange clever! You know why I'm asking. Guess who the 'Magic Calculator Chen' is?"
"It's Hanson Chen!" I heard Mrs. Zhang and the others say the name of the God Calculator Chen, and immediately shouted out.
With this shout, quite a few people in the streets and alleys rushed to look at me.
When someone saw the gambler who led the way for us, they shouted at him, "Erdezi, how much money did you lose at cards last night? Are you going to blindfold people again?"
"Fuck you!" The man called "Er De Zi" immediately scolded back, "I won money last night! I won money last night, so fuck you!"
"My grandmother is also your grandmother, you unfilial grandson ......" The man laughed and scolded for a while and left.
The "two dezi" turned back to us and said: "God Chen is my father, my own father, my name is Chen Hongde, is his second son. So, if I'm here, he'll definitely take care of your family. I've taken your money, so I'll take your hand and keep it short."
Dad heard, hurriedly and mom whispered a few words, mom from the pocket feel out a crumpled five dollars, also to Chen Hongde handed over, Chen Hongde also did not excuse, and accepted.
Dad, mom see this, look more solid.
I was a little unhappy, said: "I heard people say that the God of the Chen does not accept money from the poor!"
Chen Hongde laughed loudly and said, "If my father accepts your money, can you afford to pay? It's a blessing to suffer a loss and not want to pay for anything, but just want to get benefits, where in the world is such a good thing? You don't know what you're talking about. I'm doing this for your own good! Well, here we are, this is the home of the Divine Calculator Chen."
Breaking the bank to cancel the disaster? Taking a loss is a blessing? For my own good?
I was pondering the meaning of Chen Hongde's words, when I suddenly heard him say that God Calculator Chen's home had arrived, and I hurriedly opened my eyes to see.
In front of me is a more than ten feet high gatehouse, green stone granite walls, glazed tiles paved roof ridge, vermilion door, neatly nailed up and down five rows of copper nails, two iron lion's head set in the center of the wooden door, the mouth bites two door ring, are dark and shiny, do not need to touch, just look at it, I think it will be very heavy.
Yard from the outside look know is very big, surrounded by high walls made of green brick, sitting north to south is a row of tall and elegant tiled houses, the east and west sides also have a row of cottages, the yard of large trees in the sky, luxuriant branches and leaves are extended to the wall outside.
This is the home of the Divine Calculator Chen ah, I bit my finger, really is our broken courtyard can not be compared, looks different.
Chen Hongde was about to push the door in, but the door opened by itself. A madam walked out, looked like she was in her forties or fifties, very good looking, her eyes were a bit sharp, only glancing at Chen Hongde, Chen Hongde shrank his neck and shouted, "Mother."
Chen Hongde's mother actually looked so young! I couldn't help but smack my lips.
The old madam didn't pay any attention to Chen Hongde and glanced at me again, her brows immediately furrowed as she said, "This child has hit evil quite badly - did you bring him here?"
The last sentence was asked to Chen Hongde.
Chen Hongde immediately shook his head and said, "They came on their own, they met me on the way, and I was the one who brought them."
"Did you take anyone's money?"
"No."
Chen Hongde spoke blindly to his own mother without blinking, and his face did not turn red.
I wanted to poke him, but thinking of the things he said before, what with breaking the bank and taking a loss, I held back.
The old lady also seemed to know that her son was telling lies and glared at him, ''Just do it! Your father has something going on right now, so you first take them to the west and wait."
Chen Hongde said, "What is my father doing?"
The old madam said, "Trying to lure Yuanfang into the phase, hasn't your big brother been blocking it, your father is probably going to get angry today."
After saying that, the old madam nodded slightly towards us as a greeting and then walked straight away.
Chen Hongde smiled at us and said, "Chen Yuanfang is my great nephew, that is, my elder brother's son, my elder brother is called Chen Hongdao, his kung fu is awesome and scary, he is just unwilling to learn our Chen family's mahjong face art, but the most powerful thing in our family's face art must be passed on to the longest house's eldest male, you guys say that this is a strange rule, right? It can't be helped, so I'm not too good at it. My father wants Yuanfang to learn physiognomy, but my elder brother is blocking it, so my father is furious. Let's go, you guys follow me to the West Courtyard first."
Rambling on, Chen Hongde led us to the west, it turned out that there was another small courtyard on the west side of the mansion, which also belonged to the Divine Calculator Chen family.
After we went in, Chen Hongde sneakily ran to a house against the east, stayed inside and did not come out.
I was curious, but also despite the parents stopped, also ran in, only to see Chen Hongde pouting ass, lying on the wall motionless.
It turns out that there are holes in the wall, you can see the situation in the main house.
I also went over to see, Chen Hongde saw, startled, glaring to stop me, I am not afraid, whispered: "You do not let me see, I will scream."
Chen Hongde helpless, poked my head with a finger, and gave up.
In this way, Chen Hongde lay on his back, I lay on my back, both concentrating on the courtyard of the main house.
In the courtyard, there is an old and a young two people, the old man should be the God calculated Chen Hansheng, looks like fifty or sixty years old, hale and hearty, big waist, unusually tall, taller than Chen Hongde, a dark blue mountain suit neat and tidy, hair and thick and dense, but also some curls.
That teenager should be Chen Hongde mouth of the great nephew Chen Yuanfang, looks as if it is not much older than me how many years old, tall and thin, clean-cut, just slightly darker skin color.
Chen Hansheng was fiddling with a bunch of strange things, Chen Yuanfang stood aside with curiosity to watch, Chen Hansheng seemed to be very happy and said, "Yuanfang ah, wait for one day, these things will be passed on to you."
Chen Yuanfang said, "Pass them on to me for what? What are these things?"
Chen Hansheng pointed to two disks and two books and said: "These things are left behind by our ancestors, this is the gossip disk, this is the compass, this book is my hand-copied "Mahjongg", this book is also my hand-copied, it is the ancestor's own written "Yi Shan Gong Records", how about it, want to want it?"
Chen Yuanfang said, "What's the use of me wanting these things?"
Chen Hansheng laughed, he said, "These are the treasures left behind by our ancestors, you should want them, you can learn them after you want them, after you learn them, you will be omnipotent and omniscient, you can phase out whatever you want to know."
I heard this, ate a shock, the heart can not help but be envious, learn those things can be omnipotent, omniscient, want to know what can be phased out, that should be more powerful ah, this is simply the gods ah.
Chen Yuanfang, however, did not seem to believe, he said: "You lie! I don't believe you can calculate everything! Can you figure out how many years you yourself will live?"
At that time, a middle-aged man in his early thirties just happened to come out of the house and walked into the courtyard, and when he heard Chen Yuanfang's words, he was shocked and his face changed drastically, and he walked quickly to Chen Yuanfang's front and snapped, "Shut up! No more such words!"
This shout was so loud and colorful that both Chen Hongde and I were startled, Chen Hongde muttered in a small voice, "My big brother is going to be angry ...... Yuanfang this little brat, really dare to say anything."
Chen Hongde's big brother, that would be Chen Hongdao, the father of Chen Yuanfang.
Chen Yuanfang was startled by Chen Hongdao's hideous expression, and immediately said condescendingly towards Chen Hansheng, "Grandpa, what does it matter to say such things?"
I also don't think there's anything important, since I can calculate everything, how good would it be to calculate my own lifespan and know how many years I can live?
A child's mind is just curious and playful, where would he understand so many taboos.
When Chen Hansheng heard Chen Yuanfang's words, he was slightly stunned, and suddenly laughed: "Nothing important. Oh, Yuanfang ah, if grandpa can figure out how many years he will live, you are willing to learn these things?"
Chen Hongdao hurriedly said, "Father, you ......"
Chen Hansheng shook his hand, interrupting him, and said to Chen Yuanfang, "Are you willing to make a bet with grandpa? If grandpa's math is right, you'll have to learn these things in the future."
Chen Yuanfang thought for a moment and said, "If your math is accurate, I'm willing to learn! However, how do I know if your math is accurate?"
Chen Hongdao was furious, "Bastard!" After cursing, he pressed Chen Yuanfang to the ground to make a move.
Unexpectedly, Chen Hansheng also got angry, he stood up and cursed, "Chen Hongdao, you bastard, if you dare to hit Yuanfang today, I'll abolish you! Get the hell out of here! You don't want to follow in my footsteps, but you don't want my grandson to learn? You unfilial son, thanks to me giving you a good name! It's all for nothing!"
Chen Hongde this side saw this situation, whispered muttered: "bad, this grandparents and grandchildren to fight ah, no, I have to go to manage."
Said Chen Hongde a smoke ran away.
