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The first senior brother laughed and said, ”Where did this kid get your ideas from? What else would your senior brother know?” I noticed that my senior brother seemed to be interested. ”Tell me about it, senior brother.”
The First Senior Brother also became interested and said, ”Who doesn't have their own wishes? I like to read books and also like to be with children. If Master doesn't teach me, I might open up a kindergarten.” A kindergarten? ”What's the point of that?” I'm a bit curious about your thoughts.
The Senior Martial Brother said with a look of yearning, ”You don't understand, children's hearts are the purest. Don't you feel that their smiling faces are adorable?” I said, ”Just drop it, children are the most annoying. I feel my head hurt just by looking at them. You still want to open a zoo? No, kindergarten? Heavens, I admire you.”
The Senior Martial Brother said, ”Yes, perhaps everyone will not be understood by others. Master once said that everyone in this world is a person who walks his own path. I originally didn't understand it, but now I understand it a little. Right, Haozi, what do you like to do?” I said, ”Me? I like a lot of things. Play, eat, make a fuss …” At this point, I suddenly fell into silence, because I remembered what my Master had told me. Eighteen is a hurdle, thirty is a hurdle, haha, I'm not sure if I can live past that age.
”What's wrong, Haozi?” No.1 Senior Martial Brother noticed that I suddenly became silent and asked in a strange tone, ”It's nothing much, Senior Martial Brother. When did you buy all these books?”
We chatted for a long time, and I could tell that senior brother Juyi was very happy, and that he himself also said that there were not many people who were close to him in normal times. As an old man, he had a generation gap with senior brother Juehai, so senior brother Jueyou did not talk much before you could speak, much less talk about him after you were able to talk. The other senior brothers rarely came back, and the elder uncle often said that he had a shallow relationship with them and did not always call them back.
In the past few days, aside from eating and sleeping at the house of Great Master, Great Master has also been wandering around with his fellow Senior Brothers and Sisters. Great Master did not allow us to go out, and as for Pei Hong Du, Great Master did not seem to want us to participate in it.
That day, the three of us came to a famous street full of snacks. The first senior brother had already told us that the snacks here were very famous, so he dragged both of us here today.
”Senior Brother, I've never seen many things here before.” Her senior sister said in surprise that she was rarely like this. Only a magazine designed for wedding gowns could be so attractive to her. I said, ”Senior sister, wipe your saliva.” Senior sister complied and wiped her mouth with her hand. I chuckled on the side. Senior sister then reacted and hit me, ”Where did I salivate? Really.”
Not only was there food on the street, there were also decorations, especially for girls' jewelry. This made Senior Martial Sister extremely happy, constantly complaining about why Senior Martial Brother Ju didn't bring her here earlier.
This was the case for girls. On the surface, it seemed like they were mature, but in reality, they were all children. Senior brother Ju said to his senior sister, ”Xi Zhen, if you want to buy any senior brother, we can just treat it as a gift.” The Senior Sister happily said, ”Really?” The senior apprentice brother nodded. ”But I like them all. What should we do?” The first senior brother said, ”Then we'll buy them all.” The Senior Sister said, ”That would be a lot of money, right?” The first senior brother said, ”It's fine. At worst, I won't eat next month.”
After we entered, we found a table near the window on the second floor. It was all an imitation of the ancient style here, and the buildings also had the appearance of ancient buildings, almost no metal, they were all wood, and there were no windows on the sides, so we could directly look down. Many of the buildings on this street were like this, and the waiters who went in and out of the restaurant were also dressed in ancient clothing, giving off a feeling of having time intersecting with each other.
”Dear guests, what would you like to order?” According to common sense, no one wanted two catties of cooked beef, and each of us had a pot of the best red wine. As I was waiting for my senior brother to say this, he said, ”Three cups of apricot tea and a plate of hot pork belly.” The waiter didn't seem surprised at all as he said ”Alright” and left.
I said to my senior brother, ”Senior brother, is there enough to eat? And you're still drinking tea? Why do you drink tea to make it more practical?” The Senior Martial Sister also complained that she was hungry. The Senior Martial Brother smiled and said, ”I'm hungry too, this is how I arranged it. This street is full of delicious dishes, let's eat here, then go to the next store and eat less. This way, the two of you can eat more.”
After a while, three bowls of almond tea and a stack of spicy pork bellies arrived. The aroma of the tea assailed my nostrils, and even I, a person who didn't like drinking tea, couldn't help but lower my head and sniff the tea. The senior brother said, ”I really like these two here, especially this spicy pig's belly.”
The tea was still hot. Senior Sister and I each took a few strands of the pig belly. It was both fragrant and spicy. The taste was marvelous. It was so spicy that I couldn't help but stick out my tongue and continue eating.
When we were waiting for the dishes to arrive, the sound of drums and gongs came from the street downstairs. I looked over and saw a group of people dressed in fancy attire, surrounded by a fat man, placed on a sedan chair. The fat man's face was filled with joy, his bald head was shining, as if he was oiled.
The Senior Martial Brother looked and said, ”This is a custom here, does the fat guy see it? It's a mage specializing in blessing, I don't know who is sick, this person is very strange, if he's sick he doesn't go to the hospital, everyone loves to look for this guy. I think this guy is a swindler, I don't know why his reputation is so great.”