Hearing Liu Lao's shouting, Zhao Xiaoning almost didn't squirt out a mouthful of old blood, at this time, he should say that he went out to greet guests. Although it is only a word difference, the meaning is completely different.

This will be reminiscent of the ancient pictures of those sons and brothers holding folding fans into the Qinglou and shouting...

"What are you yelling about?" an impatient voice rang out in the second-story house. It didn't take long for the door to open.

The door opened, and an old man in his sixties, with gray hair and a gray robe, appeared in Zhao Xiaoning's eyes.

He is about 1.7 meters tall, slightly hunchbacked, his skin is slightly dull yellow, and his eyes are not so bright, so he looks very ordinary. If he didn't know that he was Xie Zhenlong, it would be difficult for Zhao Xiaoning to regard him as a famous carving master in China.

"Lao Xie, introduce, Zhao Xiaoning, a little friend I just met. Xiao Ning, this is Xie Zhenlong. Liu Lao introduced.

"Thank you. Zhao Xiaoning said hello.

Xie Zhenlong glanced at him coldly and didn't say anything. I can see that he is a person who is not very easy to get along with.

After entering the house, Liu Lao said: "I won't talk nonsense, I came here this time to ask you to help." This little brother cut a piece of ice seed from the old pit and thought that you would process some jewelry. ”

Xie Zhenlong looked at Liu Lao's face, then at the slippers on his feet, and asked angrily: "Is your face as big as my shoes?

At this moment, Zhao Xiaoning was a little embarrassed.

"I'll do you first. Boss Liu was furious: "Lao Tzu has known you for so many years, when did you open your mouth and beg you?

Xie Zhenlong said: "Let's go, I have already sealed the knife." ”

"What? Lao Xie, what did you say? You sealed the knife? How is this possible, how can I not know such a big thing?" Liu Lao's face suddenly changed.

A carver seals the knife, this is the same as a literati sealing the pen, since the knife is sealed, then it will definitely not return to the old business in the future.

Xie Zhenlong is only in his sixties, although he is not young, but this age is his golden age. You must know that the older you get, the more your mood and experience will change, so it is very likely to create a masterpiece.

"I don't believe it, I don't believe it, you love carving so much, how can you seal the knife?" Liu Lao's face was pale, unable to accept the fact that his old friend sealed the knife.

"You once said that even at the last moment of your life, you have to hold a carving knife in your hand, and you have to let the last moment of your life stay on your favorite carving. How can you seal the knife now?" Speaking of this, Liu Lao's voice changed, and he said angrily: "Your Xie family faction has not yet found a successor, are you worthy of your Xie family's ancestors at this time?"

"This is my Xie family's business, and it's not your turn to be an outsider. Lao Tzu is in a bad mood today, let's go. Xie Zhenlong gave an eviction order.

Unexpectedly, Liu Lao did not get angry, and said calmly: "Lao Xie, what have you done in the past two years? You can't carve anymore, and your temper has become so bad? Our brothers have been friends for a lifetime, what do you have to say to me?" ”

Before Xie Zhenlong could speak, Zhao Xiaoning's voice came to mind: "It is only possible to make a recognized carving master in the industry give up his favorite carving, and there is only the possibility of being disabled." ”

Liu Lao was dumbfounded, this guy really dares to say anything. Don't think about it too much, Liu Lao looked around to see if there was anything that could hurt people, and if there was, throw it out, otherwise Zhao Xiaoning would have to be beaten badly. Saying that a carver is a cripple is no different from digging up people's ancestral graves.

It's just that a scene that Liu Lao never dreamed of happened, and he saw Xie Zhenlong looking at Zhao Xiaoning with a shocked face: "How do you know that I am disabled?"

"What?" Liu Lao exclaimed, his face full of incredulity: "Crippled? Lao Xie, you are able-bodied, it's okay." ”

Xie Zhenlong didn't answer Liu Lao's words, his eyes were fixed on Zhao Xiaoning.

Seeing this, Liu Lao also looked at Zhao Xiaoning, his eyes full of curiosity.

Zhao Xiaoning said: "This is the only way to make an engraver give up his beloved work." If you don't have problems with your old hands, I'm sure you won't seal the knife. Of course, this is just my guess, but your reaction just now was a bit abnormal. ”

"The average person would be angry when someone says they're crippled, and even if I guessed right, you should be shocked. Some people tend to clench their fists inadvertently when stimulated by the environment and words, but unlike you, your hands obviously want to clench their fingers, but they can't hold them together, so I conclude that something is wrong with your hands. ”

Liu Lao immediately looked at Xie Zhenlong's hands, and sure enough, as Zhao Xiaoning said, his hands were very clumsy, and it was difficult to even stretch them simply.

"Lao Xie, what the hell is going on?" asked Liu Lao anxiously.

His situation has been said, and Xie Zhenlong has nothing to hide, so he chuckled: "It's nothing, it's just that I suffer from muscle necrosis." ”

This is the first time Zhao Xiaoning has smiled after entering the door, and it should be a helpless smile. But in Zhao Xiaoning's opinion, this smile gives people an indescribable feeling, which makes people feel particularly stiff.

"Muscle necrosis?" Liu Lao gasped, if it was really muscle necrosis, then he would definitely not be able to hold the knife. However, muscle necrosis is not an incurable disease, but it is possible to be cured.

"Old Xie, muscle necrosis can indeed make you unable to hold a knife, are you sure it's just muscle necrosis?" Zhao Xiaoning asked seriously.

"Isn't it?" Xie Zhenlong asked rhetorically.

Zhao Xiaoning said: "Even if muscle necrosis affects only your arms, it will not affect anything else at all, especially your facial expression, your expression is very simple, even if you laugh just now, it is very stiff." ”

Liu Lao hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, Xiao Ning didn't say that I haven't remembered it, you don't seem to have laughed for more than a year." Keep a calm face all day long, as if someone else owes you money. ”

"What do you want to say?" Xie Zhenlong looked at Zhao Xiaoning.

Zhao Xiaoning said: "Traditional Chinese medicine pays attention to looking, hearing, asking, and cutting, if I am not mistaken, Xie Lao, what you suffer from is not as simple as muscle necrosis." Of course, as for what kind of illness you are suffering from, you still need to know after taking the pulse. ”

"Are you a Chinese medicine doctor?" Liu Lao was full of surprise.

Zhao Xiaoning said modestly: "I have read medical books for a few years, and I can barely be a doctor." ”

Xie Zhenlong snorted coldly and said angrily: "I don't deny your carefulness, but I don't believe that you will be a qualified Chinese medicine practitioner." You seem to be only sixteen or seventeen years old, right? Even if you have been exposed to Chinese medicine at your age, you are now only an apprentice in charge of decoction. A long illness becomes a good doctor, since you are an apprentice, don't get an axe in front of Lao Tzu, I know far more than you. ”

Zhao Xiaoning was very depressed, damn, is Lao Tzu despised?