Chapter 4: Dabi
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Red Sleeves bowed slightly to this maidservant, and said, "Sister Xiang, let's let Young Master Ke go in quickly, don't let the old lady really wait." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½ā
The maid named Sister Xiang and the other maid glanced at each other, opened the gate of the garden, and said respectfully to Cao Ke: "Young Master Ke, you should go in quickly, but the old lady has already started a temper, so it is better for you to be careful." ā
Cao Ke nodded, and without nonsense, he entered the garden in a flash.
Looking at Cao Ke's back, Sister Xiang asked Red Sleeves suspiciously: "Sleeve, what is the situation with the third young master? Why did you come to see the old lady in this strange costume?"
Red Sleeves shook his head helplessly: "It's a long story, I'll explain to you slowly...... I hope Young Master Ke doesn't have anything to do!"
Cao Ke, who entered the garden, was not worried about getting lost, because from the gate, the whole garden was just the path under his feet.
Being in this huge sea of flowers, Cao Ke, a vulgar gangster, couldn't help but feel comfortable, smelling the refreshing fragrance of flowers, listening to the gurgling sound of the pool, Cao Ke was relaxed and happy for a while, as if he was in the vast nature.
Walking slowly forward, after a short time, Cao Ke came to the door of a large house, which was located at the end of the path, hidden in the sea of flowers and trees, and from the outside, it looked a little dusty.
"This should be the old lady's residence. Cao Ke thought to himself, and he was going to raise his feet and enter the big house.
At this moment, I heard a sudden cry from inside the big house: "You little rabbit cub! You are half a quarter of an hour late! I really don't take the old man in my eyes, I am really angry with the old man!"
Before the words fell, a violent wind blew out from the house, directly rolling Cao Ke standing at the door in the air.
Where would Cao Ke have thought that such a strong wind would blow out of thin air, and he was unguarded and floated up in an instant. After a completely uncontrollable tumbling in the air several times, he fell to the ground very solidly.
Because of Cao Ke's landing method, the whole person was slapped on the ground head-on, so when he stood up with grinning teeth, his barely handsome face had been smashed into snot, tears, and blood flowing sideways. These things were mixed with each other, forming a mixture of white, yellow, and red liquid, which made Cao Ke look all over his face.
"I'm going!What's the situation?" Cao Ke stared at the door of the big house for some reason: "Where did the wind come from? Even people can blow it!"
Just as Cao Ke was cautiously looking at the door, a loud shout came from the big house again: "You little rabbit, why don't you let me come in?"
When Cao Ke heard this, he had the courage to slowly enter the big house.
When Cao Ke entered this big house, he was immediately attracted by the decoration inside, the whole room, which looked a bit like the ancient kind of Juyi Hall, was 300 square meters away, starting from the door, two rows of neat red lacquer pillars, as many as eight, were arranged on both sides of the room. On the wall facing the door, there is a huge ink painting, in the ink painting, a white and black striped colorful tiger, is opening its bloody mouth to make a roar to the sky, even Cao Ke, who has no research on ink painting, can see that this painting is absolutely from the hand of a famous artist, because the tiger in the painting is simply like a living, giving people a sense of danger that will jump out of the picture scroll at any time and attack human beings.
Under the ink painting, there is a huge Taishi chair, and on the Taishi chair, an old man with a white beard sits upright. The old man's expression was serious, with a square face, thick eyebrows, small eyes, a straight nose, a long beard flowing on his chest, and his black heroic coat, sitting there without being angry. There is no doubt that this person must be his grandfather, that is, the current principal of Cao Mansion, there is no doubt that Old Man Cao, Cao Ke has a secret belly in his heart.
On the left and right sides of the room, in front of the large pillars, there are rows of tables and chairs, which are opposite to each other. At the top of the two rows of tables and chairs, two similar-looking people sat across from each other.
The one on the left, Cao Ke knows, it is Cao Chuan, who kicked open his door just now, the so-called second brother in this world.
The man sitting on the right, about thirty or forty years old, wore a purple satin robe on this person, which looked a bit like an official uniform. Cao Ke only thought about it for a while, and guessed the identity of this person, he should be his eldest brother who was the city lord, Cao Hong.
At this time, the three people in the hall were looking intently at Cao Ke, who had just come in.
Cao Ke coughed, cleared his throat, took a step forward, learned the etiquette in those costume movies he had watched on TV before, arched his hands into fists, bowed to the ground towards the three of them, and said loudly: "Cao Ke see grandpa, see two brothers." ā
Looking at Cao Ke's current image, Cao Chuan snorted with disdain. Cao Hong frowned slightly. Old Man Cao, who was sitting on the Taishi's chair, suddenly shouted: "You bastard boy, you are idle all day long, you don't learn and don't know how to do it, look at what you have trampled yourself into? Besides, where did you get this outfit from? What are you doing? Pretending to be a beggar?"
Cao Ke looked down at the faded vest he was wearing, the huge shorts that didn't fit well, and the pair of unconventional flip-flops, and his heart was secretly tightened: "I came in a hurry, I forgot that I was still wearing the clothes of the original world, and I should call Red Sleeves to change my clothes......"
Although he was anxious in his heart, Cao Ke still looked quite calm on the surface, and after just thinking about it for a while, he raised his head, looked at Old Man Cao's murderous gaze, and said slowly: "This is a set of clothes invented by my grandson myself, which is intended to be used for summer coolness, what does grandpa think, how is this design of my grandson?"
"Still designed?" Old Man Cao pursed his lips angrily: "Wait a minute, go back immediately and change my clothes for me immediately, do you hear?"
"Yes!" replied Cao Ke respectfully.
"Why are you kid half a quarter of an hour late?" After a pause, Old Man Cao continued to ask Cao Ke: "Didn't your maid remind you? Or in your heart, there is no such thing as me as a grandfather?"
"Where did Grandpa come from?" Cao Ke said with a smile: "My grandson is just occasionally unwell, so I came late." ā
"If you don't feel well, go to the doctor!" Cao Hong took over the conversation: "Grandpa, since the third child is unwell, I think, let's spare him first this time, don't take it as an example, don't take it as an example." ā
The eldest grandson of Cao Hong interceded, and the old man Cao was obviously not too much to pursue, besides, Cao Ke was also his own grandson, Cao Ke said that he was a little unwell, and the old man Cao was still a little worried in his heart.
"When I get back to you, you can ask Red Sleeves to call a doctor for you, don't take a minor illness seriously, it's really serious and it's troublesome. Master Cao's tone was obviously softened a lot, and finally instructed Cao Ke, even if it was to expose Cao Ke's lateness.
Cao Ke sat under Cao Hong's hand, Cao Hong looked at Cao Ke's face full of yellow, white and red, shook his head helplessly, and didn't know where to take out a towel, handed it to Cao Ke, and motioned him to wipe the things on his face.
Taking the towel, Cao Ke glanced at Cao Hong gratefully, nodded slightly, then picked up the towel in his hand, wiped it on his face a few times, and then, very casually, put the towel on the back of the chair behind him, and leaned on the whole body, half lying on the chair.
"It's a shame to sit without a sitting face!" Cao Chuan snorted coldly when he saw this.
Looking at Old Man Cao's gloomy face as if it was about to drip water, Cao Hong was busy: "Third child, as a child of everyone, you should always pay attention to your appearance and demeanor. ā
"Good, good, good, demeanor!" How could Cao Ke, who was used to being lazy, pay attention to these for a while, and only after listening to Cao Hong's reminder did he become conscious and slowly sat up straight.
Seeing that the three grandsons were finally sitting in front of him steadily, Old Man Cao opened his mouth and got down to business: "Today is the fifteenth day of this month, the regular gathering time of our Cao family, this gathering, I will not check your specific cultivation for the time being, because this time I have more important things to announce to you." ā
The three of Cao Hong, including Cao Ke, all focused their attention on Old Man Cao. Old Man Cao glanced at his three grandsons, and then said: "The twentieth of this month coincides with our triennial big competition in Wanghai City, this big competition, Chuan'er and Ke'er belong to the category of appropriate age, I decided to send the two of you to represent our Cao family and participate in this big competition." ā
Cao Ke was at a loss for what Old Man Cao said, but Cao Chuan was extremely excited, stood up, and arched his hand to Old Man Cao and said: "Grandpa, rest assured, Chuan'er will live up to your expectations and bring Dabi's flower head back to Cao's house!"
Cao Chuan's oath made Old Man Cao very happy, and he laughed for a while: "Chuan'er has the best confidence, but you can't have the slightest slack, when you use all the time to improve your cultivation, you must be foolproof." ā
"Yes!" Cao Chuan replied loudly.
Turning his head, Old Man Cao looked at Cao Ke who was dazed: "As for Ke'er, don't mess around all day long, don't learn no skills, just take the opportunity of Dabi to practice well, at least have the ability to protect yourself." ā
In Cao Ke's heart, he didn't know what was going on with the so-called Dabi in Old Man Cao's mouth, but he couldn't show that he didn't know anything about it, so when Old Man Cao finished speaking, Cao Ke had no choice but to give it up, thinking, after he went back, he would ask Red Sleeves to understand.
Cao Hong thought for a while, and said to Old Man Cao: "This big competition is the first big competition since Sun Er took office as the city lord of Wanghai City, Sun Er is inexperienced, what else does Grandpa have to remind and tell his grandson? Sun Er must do his best." ā
Old Man Cao waved his hand: "I don't have anything to tell you, what you have to do, naturally your subordinates will remind you to help you." After a pause, Old Man Cao continued: "As for reminding, I really have to remind you, I heard that the Liu family has a genius of cultivation this time, if you have information about this genius, inform me first, so that we can know ourselves and the enemy, so that our Cao family can always be invincible!"
"Yes! Grandson wrote it down!" Cao Hong bowed slightly.