Reborn in 1977

Chapter 615: The Unruly Disciple

Inside the small courtyard's living room, the three masters sat in a row on the divan.

On the chairs to the sides, Chen Fan sat alone on one side, with the three girls sitting opposite him.

Looking at the three girls opposite him, then looking at the three masters sitting in a row, Chen Fan inexplicably felt like he was facing a joint trial. What was going on?

"Uh."

Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit heavy, Chen Fan took the initiative to speak, "Well, what I wanted to say was..."

Then he heard Zhang Xuansong say, "Well, there's something we need to inform you about."

Under Chen Fan's puzzled gaze, he pointed to himself, then to Lin Yuanxiang and Li Shangde, and said seriously, "Every time you call us Master Zhang, Master Lin, and Master Li, it sounds like you're addressing fellow workers. Your two masters and I discussed it and decided to sort ourselves by age.

Master Li is the oldest, so from now on, you'll call him First Master. Master Lin is the next oldest, so you'll call him Second Master. I'm a little younger, so I'll be your Third Master. And there's old Xiao, he was your guide. You need to thank him for laying a solid foundation for your martial arts. Just consider him your Fourth Master. That's what you'll call us from now on."

Chen Fan nodded very seriously, "Understood, Third Master."

Then he stood up and greeted them again, "First Master, Second Master, Third Master."

Li Shangde and the other two nodded with satisfaction, "Good, good."

After Chen Fan sat down, Lin Yuanxiang turned to look at Jiang Lili, who was sitting at the end, "You're called Lili?"

Jiang Lili felt a little flustered and couldn't help but glance at Chen Fan. Seeing encouragement in his eyes, she felt a little more at ease.

Then she stood up and nodded gently, "Second Master, my name is Lili, the 'li' in 'beautiful'."

Lin Yuanxiang laughed and waved his hand, "Sit, sit, sit. You're not an outsider, no need to be so polite."

After a pause, he smiled again, "That's a good name. You live up to it, truly pure and refined, extraordinary at first sight. Little Fan is lucky to be with you."

Hearing this, Jiang Lili finally felt relieved, and then overjoyed.

Little Fan has no parents. His uncle and masters are his family. She had already gained her uncle's approval, and now she had her masters' approval. She had passed the parents' test.

But despite her joy, she hadn't responded to Second Master yet.

She immediately took a deep breath and said with a blushing face, "Thank you, Second Master. I'm the lucky one to have met Little Fan."

As she spoke, she couldn't help but glance at Chen Fan, and their eyes met. She was so embarrassed that she quickly lowered her head.

Lin Yuanxiang raised his head and laughed heartily, "A fine couple, all good, all good."

At this time, Li Shangde withdrew his gaze from carefully examining her, first glared at Chen Fan subtly, and then asked Jiang Lili, "Have you set a wedding date?"

Jiang Lili's pretty face turned even redder. She lowered her head and didn't dare to look at anyone, and said softly, "Little Fan and my parents discussed it before. We'll, we'll get our marriage certificate after I graduate from college."

Jiang Tiantian, who had been maintaining a smile all along, looked at her sister dotingly. Only at this time did she follow up on her sister's words, "It was decided during the Spring Festival this year. My parents have agreed."

Zhou Yali, as the older cousin, was pushed to sit at the head of the table. At this time, her eyes were also full of smiles, "If you ask me, what are you waiting for graduation for? Anyway, I heard that many students in your university are already married, and some even have children. Why don't you just get married too."

Zhang Xuansong, who hadn't spoken for a long time, also nodded repeatedly, "That makes sense, I agree."

Chen Fan was glared at several times by the three masters, and he understood that they had probably seen something. At this time, he could only say with a wry smile, "National regulations state that men must be 20 and women must be 18 to register for marriage. Lili is old enough, but I'm still two years away."

At this time, he also regretted it a bit. Why did he report his age as 60? He should have reported 59... Okay, that wouldn't work either, it had to be 58. But with his face back then, no one would have believed him even if he reported 58.

Too young!

Hearing this, Jiang Lili lightly puffed out her cheeks, then lowered her head and smiled.

The three masters looked at each other.

Zhang Xuansong, "Oh well, I forgot about that."

Lin Yuanxiang sighed, "The things he's done make it hard to remember that he's only 18."

Li Shangde picked up the teacup on the table, "We can only wait."

These three were all old comrades. No matter what they thought in their hearts, they could only support abiding by the law, so they didn't mention holding a wedding banquet directly and getting the certificate when he was old enough.

After the joint trial was over, Zhang Xuansong waved his hand, "Girls, go rest. Chen Fan, go, you're in charge of dinner."

Chen Fan immediately stood up, rolled up his bare arms, and walked out, "I'm happy to do it!"

After he walked into the kitchen, Zhang Xuansong also followed in, leaning on his crutches.

He first glanced back at the living room. At this time, the three girls were talking with Old Lin and Old Li, not paying attention here, so he said in a low voice, "Since you haven't reached the age yet, you have to take it easy. If that girl loses her virginity to you and gets pregnant, I don't know how you'll explain it to her parents."

Chen Fan's mouth twitched slightly, and he could only say, "Can you leave me some face? There's a generation gap here."

He didn't doubt that the three masters could see it. Even he himself could tell whether a woman was unmarried or a young woman.

Or rather, most qualified Chinese medicine practitioners could tell.

When a young girl's original yin hasn't dissipated, when her blood energy floats on the surface, a small part of her skin, such as her cheeks, shows cloud-like red patches. After losing her virginity, this shape will no longer exist.

In addition, there are traces in other aspects as well.

Although it may not be 100% accurate, when three girls are sitting together, comparing each other, you can almost tell at a glance.

According to the old rules, Chen Fan had committed a great taboo, and his master had to take him to the woman's house to apologize and then marry her properly with a grand wedding procession.

That's why the three masters directly asked about the wedding date. If he hadn't reached the age yet, they probably would have escorted Chen Fan to Yunhu to propose marriage.

Now, of course, they could only give up.

Looking at Chen Fan's thick-skinned face, the old-fashioned Zhang Xuansong could only sigh, "Unruly disciple!"

Chen Fan pouted. How was he an unruly disciple?

With this matter settled, Zhang Xuansong and the other two completely regarded Jiang Lili as their disciple's wife.

Before the meal was served, Li Shangde took out a pair of large jade bracelets and directly stuffed them into Jiang Lili's hands, "This old man has no sons or daughters, only this one disciple, Little Fan. This thing can only be given to you, so keep it well."

Jiang Lili looked at the pair of dark green jadeite bracelets, a little at a loss, and looked at her sister in a panic.

Jiang Tiantian glared at her and said with a smile, "First Master has already said that this is for Little Fan's wife. If you don't accept it, don't you want to marry Little Fan?"

Jiang Lili shyly pursed her lips, then stood up and took it in her hands with both hands, and bowed, "Thank you, First Master."

Li Shangde laughed and waved his hand, then leaned on the armrest of the divan, squinting at Lin Yuanxiang.

Lin Yuanxiang was also unambiguous, took out a mahogany box, put it on the table, and opened it. Inside were a pair of jadeite pendants.

Then he smiled at Jiang Lili, "This is a pair of phoenix jade pendants, the phoenix is male and the huang is female. Master wishes you a harmonious marriage and a chorus of phoenixes."

Accepting one was accepting, accepting two was also accepting.

This time, Jiang Lili was no longer polite, but respectfully took it with both hands and bowed again, "Thank you, Second Master."

At this time, Zhang Xuansong also walked out of the room with his crutches, holding a box in his hand. When he walked up, he handed it to Jiang Lili smoothly and smiled, "First Master and Second Master have both given gifts, this is Third Master's, take it."

Jiang Lili quickly handed the box in her hand to her sister, then took it with both hands, and bowed again, "Thank you, Third Master."

Zhou Yali hopped over, her eyes full of curiosity, "Quick, open it and see, what is it?"

Jiang Lili hesitated a little, and looked up at Zhang Xuansong.

Zhang Xuansong immediately laughed and pointed to the box and said, "Since accepting Xiaofan as a disciple, the three of us have prepared a gift for his new wife, open it and see if you like it."

Jiang Lili then opened the box, inside was a red jade hairpin.

This jade hairpin was exquisitely crafted, the head of the hairpin was carved into the shape of a phoenix, with a string of jade beads in its mouth, delicate and lively, it was obviously made by a master.

Zhang Xuansong smiled and said, "Emerald, emerald, refers to red emerald and green jade, the two of them prepared green jade, and mine is red emerald, carved by a master who specializes in making national gifts, it will look very good when you wear it on your wedding day."

Jiang Lili closed the lid, her face full of undisguised smiles, "Thank you, Third Master."

Whether it looks good or not is secondary, the focus is on getting married.

Zhou Yali's face next to her was full of envy, "Wow, the three masters are so good to you."

Jiang Tiantian then挽着挽着 her sister's arm, "You must be filial to the three masters in the future."

Jiang Lili smiled so hard that she couldn't close her mouth, looked at the three masters, and nodded vigorously, "I definitely will."

Zhang Xuansong and the others also had smiles on their faces.

However, hearing Jiang Lili's words, Zhang Xuansong waved his hand, "Hey, we old guys don't need you to be filial, we'll be relieved if you can live your own lives well."

Indeed, they don't need it, even if they can't move one day, the military hospital will take them away for treatment, and they will never be left unattended.

Looking at Chen Fan who was busy in the kitchen, Lin Yuanxiang's eyes were full of uncontrollable pride.

It is good to have such a disciple who can inherit his skills, of course, it is enough to make them proud. But the most rare thing is that he has an excellent character, never provokes trouble, and doesn't even care about other people's business, so he won't cause trouble.

Moreover, they also saw that although Jiang Lili has a little bit of Kung Fu foundation, it is at most the level of strengthening her body, and it is far from enough to get started, which shows that Chen Fan did not pass on her true Kung Fu without permission.

Such a disciple is most suitable to inherit the mantle and pass on their lineage of Kung Fu.

In case someone takes the initiative to provoke them, they are not afraid of trouble, and there will naturally be someone to deal with those who do evil.

They chatted and laughed happily in the living room, while Chen Fan was busy alone in the kitchen.

After all, he is a chef, and soon, a table of dishes was brought to the table.

Wiping his hands, Chen Fan pulled out a chair and sat down, smiling at the three masters, "There are still fewer ingredients here, I'll go to the market to buy vegetables tomorrow, and make it more sumptuous."

Zhang Xuansong sat on the chair, glanced at the three girls busy serving rice and taking bowls and chopsticks, turned his head and said to him, "It's very good to have meat and fish, how can it be more sumptuous?"

Chen Fan picked up the wine bottle and poured wine for them, and smiled, "Tomorrow we will take a plane to the Northeast for hunting, and when we bring back the prey, don't you want those delicacies?"

Lin Yuanxiang was surprised when he heard this, "Leave tomorrow?"

Li Shangde frowned slightly, "Don't stay for two more days?"

Chen Fan nodded and pointed to Zhou Yali, "This time, the main purpose is to bring her here to play. I said I was going hunting last time, but my uncle was in a bad mood, so I didn't go."

Zhou Yali quickly said, "Actually, it's not bad to stay here for two more days. You also said last time that you would take me to visit the hutongs in Beijing, why don't we go tomorrow?"

Zhang Xuansong waved his hand and smiled, "Since you are accompanying your cousin, then accompany her well. We old guys have nothing to do, you can come and see us when you have time, and you don't have to come here specially if you don't have time."

Chen Fan looked at them, then at Zhou Yali, "Visit the hutongs tomorrow?"

Zhou Yali nodded repeatedly, "Yes, I've been thinking about it since you said it last time, let's go tomorrow."

She turned to look at Jiang Tiantian and Jiang Lili again, and said excitedly, "You haven't been to Beijing yet, and you probably haven't lived in a house here, have you?"

Seeing the two girls nod, Zhou Yali said with a smile, "Let me tell you, Xiaofan's house here is very beautiful, although it is not very big, but the layout and decoration inside are very tasteful, I like it very much, you will know when you go later."

Chen Fan held the rice bowl and looked at Zhang Xuansong, "Third Master, you said last time that you hired someone to clean it, can we go and live there today?"

"Of course."

Zhang Xuansong took a sip of wine and said to him, "I hired two people, both of whom are girls, who are educated youths who returned from the Northeast. They stayed there for 3 years and finally got a return-to-city quota.

However, there are a lot of educated youths returning to the city in the past two years, and the higher authorities are also discussing this issue, and it is estimated that they will all come back in the future. With so many people suddenly, the street office cannot arrange jobs for the time being, and their families are relatively poor, so I took the liberty of finding them to help with cleaning.

The two girls go at least 3 days a week, and they are paid by the day, one yuan each time. However, the wind is strong and the sun is strong during this period, and the glass roof window of your house needs to be cleaned and ventilated frequently, so they go every day from this month, and I will give them a monthly salary of 20 yuan."

Chen Fan nodded lightly after listening, and after he finished speaking, he couldn't help but smack his lips and said, "Is 20 yuan a little less? My house is quite big."

Zhang Xuansong shook his head gently and said, "20 yuan is not a small amount, many temporary workers can only earn 15 or 6 yuan a month, and they are still doing heavy work that is tiring to death.

Although your house is big, and there is such a big garden outside, there is not much work to do, and the two of them share it, so it's not tiring."

Chen Fan nodded and smiled, "Since that's the case, then do as you say."

Zhang Xuansong smiled, then suddenly patted his head, put down his wine glass and looked at Chen Fan, and said solemnly, "There is one more thing, I want to discuss it with you, to see if it works."

Chen Fan smiled and said, "What are you discussing with me? Just say what you have to say, or you can just make the decision yourself, how can I disagree?"

Zhang Xuansong smiled and waved his hand, and then explained, "It's like this, the two girls' families are relatively poor, and seven or eight people are squeezed into a small room, and it's difficult to even turn around. I was thinking, don't you have many rooms there, especially there is a small building in the backyard, why not let them borrow it to live there, and move out after they are assigned a job later?"

After a pause, he added, "This matter was not proposed by them, the two children are both good children, they don't talk much and they work very neatly, otherwise I wouldn't have found them.

This is my own idea, what do you think?"

Chen Fan said without hesitation, "Okay, what's wrong with that."

That is, there is no housekeeping service now, otherwise he would have hired someone to stay there permanently, and now that the Third Master has proposed it, he can't wait.