During the Northern Song Dynasty, the Huojia knife shop in Mai County was famous and operated by the shopkeeper Huo Jinyang. For a period of time, a plague broke out in the local area, and Huo Jinyang and his son fled to Lucheng. In front of the door of a family, with a bad fate, Huo Jinyang suddenly felt a chill and fell in front of the door. When the family heard the commotion, they found a black child crying with a man on the ground. The plague in Maixian has been rumored for a long time, and the servants want to drive them away, but the master Li Gengpei appears. After checking the man's snort, he said, "There is still breathing, how can Li Gengpei ignore it when he comes to my door?" "Be decisive in bringing patients into the house.
Three days later, under Li Gengpei's careful care, Huo Jinyang not only did not infect the Li family with the plague, but **. Huo Jinyang struggled to get up, pulled his son to kneel in front of Li Gengpei and said, "Shaofu, remember the person in front of you, and you will repay your kindness when you grow up!" Huo Shaofu nodded in approval. Li Gengpei helped the father and son, and a little boy walked in, it was Li Miaoqing. Li Gengpei introduced: "This is a dog, six years old, called Li Miaoqing. Huo Jinyang pulled his son and said, "Shaofu, this is the son of our life-saving benefactor, and we must also keep it in mind." Huo Shaofu nodded again.
Li Gengpei's servant brought a waist knife, which made Huo Jinyang's eyes light up: "Is this my knife?" Li Gengpei replied: "Exactly." He carefully handed the knife to Huo Jinyang and put it in front of the bed: "During your bedridden recuperation, I have been keeping it for a long time." Huo Jinyang asked suspiciously, "Didn't you take it out and take a look?" Li Gengpei said: "How can that be? Without the permission of the owner, how can you spy on the knife without permission? There are violations. The more Huo Jinyang listened, the more excited he became: "How do you know the rules of watching the knife?" Could it be that you are...Li Gengpei was also more sure, and hurriedly said: "Are you really the heir of the Huo family's knife?" This is the Li family's knife shop! ”
It turned out that at that time, there were many knife shops in the world, and the Li family knife shop and the Huo family knife shop were the two most famous within a thousand miles. Huo Jinyang pulled out the knife from its sheath with a "clang", handed it to Li Gengpei, and said: "In the face of the benefactor, the Huo family knife has no secrets. Li Gengpei hurriedly asked his subordinates to bring a Li family knife and handed it to Huo Jinyang: "Please give me more advice, Brother Huo!" Both of them were master knife makers, and they quickly saw the subtlety of each other's knives, and they were full of praise.