Twilight Boundary

Chapter 56 Two pillars and half a road

Mother-in-law really didn't teach her how to make Xiao Hongtang's life more comfortable.

In the early days, Xiao Hongtang always liked to sleep on the rafters or go out with her mother-in-law. But then her mother-in-law left in a sedan chair. Perhaps she was too hasty and just gave Xiao Hongtang's horoscope to Hu Ma. , didn’t teach anything else.

With this horoscope sticker, Hu Ma can always carry Xiao Hongtang and see her. If Xiao Hongtang is too playful and runs away, then he can burn a stick of incense and Xiao Hongtang will come back.

 But for the rest, Hu Ma didn’t know how to provide for Xiao Hongtang and how to make her live comfortably.

I asked Xiao Hongtang, but Xiao Hongtang just remembered something. She shed tears all over the floor and said, "Xiao Hongtang likes to eat meat."

 “Don’t you love eating meat…”

Hu Ma was helpless: “I like to eat it too!”

 Speaking of meat, I still have this jar of blood food left by my mother-in-law, but it is for medical treatment, but I am reluctant to give it to Xiao Hongtang.

And he also remembered that when he was with his mother-in-law before, her mother-in-law never gave these to Xiao Hongtang.

“When I cure the disease, I will give you all the Tai Sui meat to eat.”

Looking at Xiao Hongtang's greedy eyes, Hu Ma could only promise this. As a child, forget about it later and coax it first.

 Let’s start solving the problem from a small place. We first asked Xiao Hongtang about “old objects”: “What are old objects? Why do you like old objects?”

 “An old thing is an old thing. The old thing is very comfortable to live in, and you will be full after sleeping for a while.”

The answer Xiao Hongtang gave was very simple and subjective. Hu Ma didn't quite understand it, but she was sure she liked it.

“Okay, I’ll lend it to you to play with if you have a chance.”

 He answered Xiao Hongtang, asked her some other questions, and did not give up until he got a definite answer.

As for the problem of Xiao Hongtang not wanting to sleep on the rafters, it's actually not a big deal. Xiao Hongtang is playful and doesn't follow Hu Ma every day. She often goes out for a day or two.

 She will not come back until she has had enough fun, or when Hu Ma lights incense and calls her.

But what Hu Ma was most worried about earlier was whether she would be affected if she followed him to this red light yard. After all, Master Wu seemed to be quite capable. If he found out, he would be very interested in Xiao Hongtang. Unfavorable, what to do?

 After all, such a big shot must be very capable of exorcising evil spirits and warding off ghosts.

 “Xiao Hongtang is not afraid…”

Xiao Hongtang's answer surprised Hu Ma: "The second master is different from the bearded master. You can't get close to the second master. If you get close, it will burn you. You can't touch it. If you touch it, it will burn your hands."

“The old man with the beard doesn’t panic when he gets close, and he can’t see the little red apple.”

“But Xiao Hongtang can’t get too close to him. If she gets too close to him, she will be scared. If she touches the second master, her hands will be hot. If she touches him, she will be taken away by him..."

　　　…”

“So is there such a difference?”

Hu Ma gradually understood the difference.

Although the method that Erye learned is simple, it is not simple to have a big furnace for sixty years.

Generally speaking, shopkeeper Wu should have more advanced skills than the second master, but he has obviously lost his health a long time ago, otherwise he would not be able to show such familiarity when drinking with the fans around him. Therefore, although his skills are Deep, but not as intimidating as Er Ye.

 Perhaps this is also related to the special nature of Xiao Hongtang?

Hu Ma actually doesn’t quite understand how capable Xiao Hongtang is now, or what level she is at as an evil spirit.

 Speaking of fights, when she went into the woods to find her mother-in-law, she once had a back and forth fight with a lowly wandering infant spirit, causing her to scream and suffer, with a bruised nose and a swollen face.

 But in normal times, she is so playful, walking around here and there, except for the second master, she has never been really afraid of anyone.

"No matter what, if you see the old shopkeeper in the future, stay away and don't go into the inner house."

For safety reasons, I still warned Xiao Hongtang. Although she said that the old shopkeeper couldn't see her, for the sake of safety, it was better to hide as much as possible.

After finishing the instructions, I went back to sleep, and I became more determined to get a single room as soon as possible.

  How can we treat Xiao Hongtang like a single bed beam...

 …

 …

 I fell into a deep sleep at night. Perhaps during this period, I continued to take the blood food pills that my mother-in-law left for me, and my Taoism improved again.

 He came to the temple again and saw that the second stick of incense on his incense burner was about to reach perfection. He had not endured the suffering in vain, and was about to have more than two sticks of Taoism.

He felt quite relieved in his heart, but looking at the wisps of smoke coming out of the incense burner, he suddenly thought that now that he was in a new place, might he also meet a new reincarnation?

“Perhaps, I can try calling out myself?”

This idea came up in my mind, but I quickly gave it up. The most urgent thing is to solve my own problem.

 Other times, it’s just a waste of life.

 The next day, when the teenagers woke up, they went to the front yard to say hello to the shopkeeper and listen to his instructions.

Now, the steward who sent them here yesterday has returned, and this place has become their little world. “You’re doing well, no one is lying in bed, let’s start learning to work!”

The old shopkeeper nodded to everyone with satisfaction, then just pulled up a lounge chair, made a pot of tea, and waited nearby.

 Last night, Xu Ji'er, a young man in brocade clothes who went to bury a yellow-skinned man, had come over early again. He didn't need to wait for shopkeeper Wu's instructions to direct the work of the guys.

This big house is divided into two courtyards: an inner courtyard and an inner courtyard. In the inner courtyard, shopkeeper Wu and his young man live, there is also an incense hall, and several houses with copper locks. In the outer courtyard, there are stables, warehouses, and The side room where they slept.

Xu Ji'er, the young master in Jinyi, seems to be very familiar with him. He directs Hu Ma and other eight new guys to clean the stable, sweep the yard, or fetch water and pick vegetables. After that, they have to unite, and every evening Afterwards, patrol around the area at night and sing lanterns.

This night patrol is their responsibility, to deter evil spirits around and give face to the Red Lantern Lady.

“I have become a member of our Red Lantern Club, and I have half a catty of blood food to support you every month...”

He sternly lectured all the waiters: "But the blood food is not for free. If you don't work diligently, it will be taken away!"

When the guys heard this, they were all submissive and didn't dare to have any opinions.

Even Hu Ma knows that this place is different from the second master’s place, so he follows the work honestly.

After staying like this for a few days, I gradually became familiar with it and settled down. Shopkeeper Wu, except for the first day when he moved a grand master's chair outside and watched, he didn't even show his face for the next few days.

On the fourth day, he left the inner courtyard again and said to the gang: "You should all know that when you join our Red Lantern Society, you have to learn your skills. After all, you will still need to **** the blood food back." you."

"I'm too lazy to deal with this troublesome matter, but I won't hide the skills I should teach you, leaving you to complain."

“Today, give it a try and let me see how you handle it.”

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The guys had been waiting for three or four days and finally looked forward to this day, and they were immediately excited.

　　One by one, he showed off the moves he had learned, his amazing physical strength, and the sealed fire.

It was only then that Hu Ma discovered that the young people came to different places and learned different things. The same thing was that they all lit the stove, but the different things were in the skills.

They in Dayangzhai have learned all the moves and are very proficient in them, but the young men from other places just lit the stove and asked about the moves, but they didn't know how to do it at all.

 The ones who are different from them are especially the young master in Jinyi and his two followers.

Their fighting styles are different, but they are obviously more versatile than the three-hand ax taught by Erye. They are heavy, cruel, and very majestic.

 “The foundation is pretty good.”

Shopkeeper Wu looked at them one by one and said with a smile: "Before you entered the Red Lantern Club, you didn't have a stable supply of blood and food. It's good to be able to practice like this."

"But, probably no one has told you before. Just lighting a fire is useless. It can only guard against evil spirits, but it can't do anything else. In the future, you will not only be able to guard against evil spirits. You have to follow the martial arts skills of fists and feet, so I will teach you how to use them first."

 Speaking, he took action himself, gave a demonstration, and then explained it to the guys one by one.

These guys, including Zhou Datong and others, have never learned this style of play, so they were very excited when they heard this.

Hu Ma also knew that this was an inevitable process, so he just followed it silently.

But I discovered the difference here. Lighting the stove is the same, but everyone learns different handles. However, the handles are different, but the principle is the same. They are all to draw out the fire, and the handle is used to pull the fire. It’s just a method like internal and external skills.

only…

After learning this gradually for about half a month, Hu Ma also gradually felt that something was wrong.

Master Wu was very dedicated in teaching them the moves, and he was no less generous than the second master when he taught himself.

 But the key is that this person only teaches moves!

Whether it’s punching, punching, or kicking in the crotch, there are uses for it, but they are all essentially the same as those moves that Er Ye taught him.

 As for the upper-level method of lighting the stove, he never mentioned it.

To put it bluntly, this is reasonable, but now that he regularly takes the blood food pills left by his mother-in-law, his own Taoist practice has reached two and a half pillars. At the beginning, his mother-in-law told him that when he reaches the three pillars of Taoist practice, he needs to practice the next step. method.

 According to the speed at which Shopkeeper Wu is teaching, he may have finished eating the blood food pills and is still learning the moves.

 Spending money is like running water. My mother-in-law left a lot of blood food pills for herself, but she can't withstand such consumption.

 Always think of a solution quickly...

He was looking forward to it, but he was not in a hurry to do anything. Even when he was treating Xu Ji, the young master in brocade clothes, he was polite and allowed himself to be arranged.

 I waited patiently until the 30th of this month. On the zero day, I finally heard the long-lost voice:

 “Brother Lao Baigan, do you miss me?”

　　　…”

Hearing this voice, Hu Ma felt lighthearted and replied with a smile: "I thought about it."

 (End of this chapter)