After twists and turns, Lu Fan came to a store.
This is a dilapidated small shop with no name and a bleak source of customers. On weekdays, it makes a living by selling small wine and side dishes. The owner is a bad old man. Lu Fan always calls him Lao Wu. This old guy has always been Drunk look. Today was no exception, Lu Fan had already walked to his door, and he was still sleeping soundly with the wine jar in his arms.
The old table and chairs smelled of decay. Dust is everywhere, and a few mice can still be seen frolicking in the corner. But Lu Fan likes this place because it is quiet, there is no ridicule or sarcasm.
“Old Wu, give me some wine.”
Lu Fan knocked on the counter, and then Lao Wu opened his sleepy eyes.
Looking up at Lu Fan, Old Wu first stretched out his hand, and Lu Fan took out the copper plate and threw it on the counter.
Old Wu first put away the copper plate, and then actually handed the wine jar in his arms to Lu Fan, and said in a slightly muddy voice: “Half left, it’s cheaper for you. If you can’t finish drinking it, give it to Lu Fan. I’ll take it back.”
Old Wu smiled and took out a missing bowl and put it on the counter.
Lu Fan took the wine jar and bowl away, found a random table and sat down, filled a bowl of wine, raised his head and took a big mouthful.
The strong wine entered the abdomen from the throat, and soon Lu Fan felt his body warm up, as if a flame was burning in his body.
“Good wine.”
Lu Fan exclaimed. The second reason he likes this shop is because the wine here is strong and different from other places.
Old Wu said with a smile: “That’s right, don’t even look at whose wine. Lu Fan, have you been hit again?”
Lu Fan said with a wry smile: “I won’t be hit someday.”
Old Wu said: “Don’t say that. Don’t you think it’s a miracle that you have survived until now? I still remember when you first walked into my store, you were as thin as a little monkey. I’m dying, look at you now, everything is fine.”
Lu Fan laughed, but what Old Wu said was right. The doctor diagnosed him when he was a child, and he definitely won’t live to be twelve years old, but now he’s seventeen, and he’s doing fine. It’s really a miracle.
Lu Fan turned to Old Wu and said, “That might be your wine.”
A strange light flashed in Lao Wu’s eyes, and he also said with a smile: “Of course, my wine is of course the best.”
Lu Fan sighed: “My woman abandoned me because I was a waste.”
Old Wu narrowed his eyes and said, “Then she will regret it later.”
Lu Fan chuckled and said, “Old Wu, thank you for comforting me.”
Old Wu smiled and said, “Trust me, this is not comfort.”
Lu Fan poured himself another bowl of wine and said, “Unfortunately, I’m afraid I won’t be able to drink your wine again in the future.”
The smile on Lao Wu’s face subsided, and he walked over from behind the counter and said, “What’s the matter? Are you leaving?”
Lu Fan nodded and said: “Yes, I’m leaving. I haven’t passed the test of the Martial Arts Academy this year. I’m already seventeen years old, and at most I still have the chance to take the last test next year, but the family will never pass the test. I won’t be embarrassed to the end. They should release me after the annual festival this year, and I don’t know where I will be put, but I will definitely never come back.”
Old Wu staggered and sat down opposite Lu Fan and said, “So miserable?”
Lu Fan nodded and said, “Yes, it is so miserable. Old Wu, I will definitely buy a few more jars of wine from you when I leave, and prepare them for drinking on the way.”
Old Wu said: “No problem. I will definitely prepare a few more altars for you. But I think you don’t have to leave. Why don’t you try again next year, maybe you can pass the exam?”
Lu Fan laughed, but his smile was a little sad.
“Admitted? I don’t expect this anymore.”
Old Wu said: “Then you won’t practice martial arts in the future?”
At this moment, Lu Fan’s eyes suddenly sharpened, and he said, “I will definitely practice martial arts. Martial arts is everything to me. Even if I cannot condense strength in this life, I am proud of myself as a martial arts practitioner.
Old Wu’s expression changed slightly, as if he didn’t expect Lu Fan to say such arrogant words at this time.
Old Wu Qingyin groaned.
“Last night, the cold wind and the moon, and today’s sad rain and snow. When will the bitter sea and waves rest, and a drunk will relieve a thousand sorrows. Thinking of ten years of martial arts, tears flow into the cup. If there is a sky in the heart, who will go first, who knows, who will stay.”
Lu Fan listened to Lao Wu’s poems with sadness in his eyes, raised the wine jar and started drinking.
Old Wu chanted the last two sentences softly, stood up, and walked back to the counter.
Slowly remove a small jar of wine from under the counter by hand.
“Come on, Lu Fan, drink my jar. I’ve kept this jar of wine for 20 years. Let’s have a good rest today.”
Old Wu put the small jar of wine on the table.
Kaifeng, the fragrance fills the house. Lu Fan drunkenly watched Lao Wu pour him a bowl of wine and said with a smile, “Why is this wine green?”
Old Wu’s face was calm, and he was not drunk at all, and said softly: “You drink too much.”
Lu Fan smiled and said, “Yes, I drank too much. Let me taste the difference in your bowl of wine.”
He raised his head and poured a bowl of wine into his throat. Lu Fan only felt that it started from his throat, as if a fire went straight to his chest and abdomen. Lu Fan’s entire face turned red.
Old Wu poured another bowl for Lu Fan and said, “Go ahead and drink, this wine is strong enough.”
Lu Fan felt that he was almost at a loss for words. After a while, he choked out two words: “Enough.”
After speaking, Lu Fan drank another bowl, this time feeling even more violent.
Lu Fan seemed to be able to hear his bones cracking, his blood throbbing, and his eyes were beginning to blur.
Standing up, Lu Fan said: “Old Wu, it seems that I’m really drunk, no, I have to go back first.”
Lu Fan walked out staggeringly. Old Wu looked at Lu Fan’s back and said, “Remember to come and drink in a few days. I’ll keep this jar of wine for you.”
Lu Fan waved his hand and said, “Don’t worry, I will definitely come.”
Old Wu smiled softly: “Of course you will come.”
Old Wu waved his hand gently, only to see the wine jar float gently like a ghost manipulated, and then fall back into the counter.
Old Wu tapped the table with his fingers regularly, shaking his head and singing softly.
“Eight thousand miles of mountains and rivers, sword and wine, ninety thousand miles of sky, dream and awakening. Three cups can lead to avenues, and one fight can make heaven and earth unite. Yin and yang cups are in the fun, and life is in the wine. I don’t know who to go to in the Ming Dynasty, Who is laughing at me, who am I laughing at…”
On the way home, the north wind whistled, and the flying snow hit Lu Fan’s face like a knife, but he didn’t realize it.
He walked back to Lu’s house with a swaying body, and he could already see the gate from a distance.
But at this time, the center of gravity under his feet was unstable, and Lu Fan fell to the ground.
Lying on the ground, Lu Fan felt that he had no energy, only the heat circulating in his body.
Consciousness gradually blurred, Lu Fan lay on the ground and did not get up, the heavy snow slowly covered his body.
A ray of light lit up from his body and disappeared without a trace. His body made a low-pitched sound, the pores of his body opened, and a stream of air was swirling around him, visible to the naked eye.
If there are martial arts masters here, they will exclaim, because Lu Fan’s current situation is too similar to the reborn in martial arts legends.