"You... really want... me to die... Hurry up and let me go... It's broken... It's about to break... cough..."
The two frog webs slapped the back of the hand vigorously a few times, and the Taoist finally reacted. Seeing the old toad with its tongue crookedly hanging at the corner of its mouth, he quickly put it back on the coffee table. When the toad Taoist touched the desktop, he immediately sat down with a plop, let out a breath, and his belly rose and fell rapidly. After being pinched for a long time, he finally felt relieved.
…This little Taoist priest.
Suddenly waking up, he shook his head and saw the Taoist squatting in front of the coffee table with a smile on his face. He picked up his flippers and turned to the side. "You didn't age at all. Did Liangsheng restore them to their original state for you?"
"That's right, don't you see how close Old Lu is to me?"
Sun Yingxian squatted there, staring at the Toad Taoist priest who was walking to the side without blinking, and stretched out a finger to him, "Old Toad, it's nice to see you again."
Over there, the toad glanced at him sideways, looked at the fingertips in front of it, snorted, and raised its webbed fingers to open them.
"Don't try to get close to me. I'm very busy."
He paused and added, "I haven't eaten frogs for a long time. Do you sell them here?"
"I've prepared it early."
The person who said this was Lu Liangsheng, who walked in wearing a T-shirt and holding a plastic bag, pointing to the street outside, "Things are convenient nowadays, but the frogs here are a little bigger than they were back then."
The bag was placed on the coffee table, and the bag was opened. The Toad Taoist turned around and took a look inside. There were several skinned frogs stacked together. The Toad Face fell into deep thought and nodded: "It is indeed a bit big."
"that… "
In the corner, Gao Tianqiu looked at the two people and one frog standing in front of the plastic bag, and remembered the director's instructions. He slowly raised his hand. When the two people and one frog looked at him, he forced a smile and said, "Actually... you three misunderstood... The frogs in that bag are bullfrogs, and eating frogs now... is illegal..."
"Is it illegal to eat frogs?" Toad Taoist was stunned for a moment, his eyes turned serious, "The human government is too involved."
Gao Tianqiu was afraid of causing misunderstanding, so he quickly waved his hands and began to explain. He first looked at the toad on the coffee table, then at Lu Liangsheng and Sun Yingxian over there.
"This Immortal Toad... is not what you think. In fact, frogs have been eaten to death, so we have to protect them. We have to leave something for future generations, right?"
“Almost finished?” The Toad Taoist opened and closed his mouth slightly, almost unable to close it in shock. “You can eat more than me… Never mind, bullfrogs are bullfrogs, bigger ones are good too. That guy… Cook it! Add more salt!”
Lu Jun dropped his broom, wiped his hands, ran over to pick up the bag of bullfrogs, and whispered, "Uncle, my name is Lu Jun, I'm your nephew. You can't have forgotten my name, right?"
Cousin
Lu Liangsheng was stunned, and probably guessed that it was the master who added memories to the little fat boy. He called himself cousin, so doesn’t that mean the master is my father
His eyes moved away from the coffee table and Toad Taoist glanced over, as if he knew what his disciple was thinking.
"Why? Is it not possible? I understand the principle that a teacher is a father for life, humph!"
Lu Liangsheng: "Master, this..."
The scholar understood the principle, but after calling him master for so many years, it was still quite awkward to suddenly mention this. The Taoist priest beside him had a sharp-nosed and monkey-cheeked face with a smile of watching a show. Before he could laugh twice, the toad looked over and said, "What's so funny? You and Liangsheng are like brothers, so it's reasonable for me to be your father. Come on, call me and let me hear you."
The Taoist's mouth twitched, "... So just because I laughed twice, I got a new father? I've lived for more than a thousand years..."
"More than a thousand years is impressive?" Toad Dao picked up the straw on the table, kicked his flippers, jumped up and knocked the Taoist on the head, "Even if you live for two thousand years, you are still of a low generation."
Sun Yingxian leaned over the coffee table with both hands and squeezed out a sound.
"Your mother's..."
Taoist Toad leaned on the straw and replied calmly: "That's right, it's reasonable to use it."
"you… "
"That's his mother!"
Ah, ah, ah~~~
The old donkey stretched out his donkey face, rushed out to the Taoist and yelled twice, but was pushed away by Old Sun, who held his mouth and nose. The old donkey rolled up his sleeves, his face flushed, and continued to yell and curse at the toad.
"If I don't scold you and make you submit today, I won't be named Sun!"
The Toad Taoist's eyes became fierce, he spread out his webbed feet, hooked his round webbed head, and shouted, "Come on!"
…
Lu Liangsheng looked at the man and the toad who started arguing after just a few words when they met, shrugged his shoulders using the moves he learned here, looked at the stunned Gao Tianqiu over there, smiled and extended his hand to invite the other party to sit on the sofa, and at the same time drove the crawling old donkey off.
"May I know your last name?"
“Call… Just call me Tianqiu.” Gao Tianqiu knew that the man in front of him was as old as his grandfather’s grandfather’s grandfather… or even dozens of generations ago, so he sat down with a rather restrained smile, and couldn’t help but move his butt toward the other armrest, creating some distance, and introduced himself.
"I'm the head of the Z6 research department. It's the mountain you went to before. There are many instruments inside. We saw that person..."
Lu Liangsheng smiled, glanced at the Taoist priest who was still spitting at his master, turned around and said, "Just call him Taoist Sun."
These words enabled Gao Tianqiu to continue speaking, and he smiled gratefully in response.
"… We saw the cave mural painted by Taoist Sun. In the early years, there were also paintings by Mr. Sun in the laboratory. After comparing them, we knew that Mr. Sun had returned. We informed Taoist Sun and that’s how the whole story came about."
The whole thing is not complicated, Gao Tianqiu just roughly sorted it out for Lu Liangsheng. Naturally, times have changed, and there are some things that should be said. As a responsible department and a civil servant, they should make them clear.
"The times are very different now than when you lived, and the order has also changed. The people are the masters, and you still have your master... In the future, try not to use magic indiscriminately, especially against mortals."
Hehehe…
Lu Liangsheng waited for him to finish with a smile, then spoke, chuckled and waved his hand to reassure him.
"Don't worry about that. Even in the past, I rarely used magic on ordinary people. The few times I did it was just to help them. Otherwise, how could I have merit and become an immortal?"
As he spoke, he looked over there and saw the man and the toad who were tired of arguing. They were crowded together and fighting for the TV program. He pursed his lips and a smile appeared on his face again.
"You said that times have changed. That's great. We can enjoy some peaceful days and experience a life that is different from my time. Tianqiu, what do you think?"
Bang!
Gao Tianqiu slapped his thigh and said, "Mr.'s words are so refreshing!"
The stone in his heart fell to the ground. He was really afraid of the two ancestors. In addition, the ancestors' master relied on his chivalrous spirit to roam around and even used magic without restraint. For example, the previous incident of the same-number real currency. If they hadn't stepped in, the ordinary public office would have caused a big mess.
"Well... this is Nanguan City anyway, why don't I give you three a house so you can settle down here?"
Lu Liangsheng had this idea originally. When he talked with Lao Sun before, it was probably heard by the people following behind. Since the other party gave him a way out and he was the junior of Lao Sun, he naturally would not make things difficult.
He nodded and cupped his hands casually.
"That's great. I was thinking that! It would be best if it was a quiet courtyard, away from the hustle and bustle."
In the city, do you want a quiet courtyard
This stumped Gao Tianqiu. He was from the north and not very familiar with the place. He thought he should look at the location first. However, he agreed anyway. As for whether the price was expensive or whether there was a suitable place, as long as it was quiet, it would be fine... It shouldn't be too difficult.
At noon, Lu Jun brought the stir-fried bullfrog and rice to the dining table. Over there, a man and a toad who were fighting for the TV program dropped the remote control and rushed to the dining table. Lu Liangsheng invited Gao Tianqiu to have dinner together, but the latter politely declined and left, taking his men to a street restaurant for a few bites, and then went to look for a house in the city.