Daoist, I am married

He Shouwu was born an orphan, his mother gave birth to a child out of wedlock, and he threw himself into the river the day he was born.

A mother-in-law who scavenged waste in the village adopted him.

The mother-in-law is very nice, but she was called a fool for adopting him.This is what he heard when he first remembered. He angrily pressed the older child who was several heads taller than him to the ground like a little tiger, and beat him up.

Someone mentioned it later, saying that he was like a little madman at that time, and everyone knew that he would go crazy at any time, and no one dared to provoke him again.

He Shouwu felt that what they said was wrong, he usually didn't go crazy unless someone pushed him into a hurry.In his memory, he only went crazy twice, one for his mother-in-law, and the other for his best friend, Tong Hua.

He Shouwu can't remember many things from his childhood, except for the days spent with his mother-in-law, it was with that childhood friend.

For He Shouwu at that time, playmates were a luxury.Before meeting Tong Hua, he has been playing alone.When the other children saw him, they would yell first, and then they all ran away with a huff.

He is Tong Hua who met by a small river at dusk.By the dim river, a small figure was squatting on the beach, with his butt pouted, he was messing with something, alone.Perhaps it was this familiar lonely figure that made He Shouwu, who never liked to be in contact with people, not leave, but walked over, wanting to know what he was playing.

As he approached, the man didn't notice him, still busy with something in his hand.He Shouwu saw that this man was painting.

It's boring, he also painted when he was bored, but it was not fun at all, and he would get blisters from being ground by hard stones.

Look, such tender hands will definitely break in a while.

He shook his head feeling bored, and was about to leave, but was caught by a colorful thing on the river beach not far away.

He wanted to get closer and take a closer look, but the narrator let out a crisp exclamation: "Hey, don't, don't step on it."

He Shouwu looked down at him, thinking what the heck if I stepped on him, and fought if he refused.As a result, I forgot words when I saw his big watery eyes,

This kid looks really good-looking.

He Shouwu thought so.

At first glance, they are not children from poor places like them.

"I'll give you this to play, don't step on my painting, okay?" The man who was still squatting raised a stone in his hand and begged He Shouwu.

Originally, He Shouwu didn't even think about stepping on it. Seeing that he looked anxious, he couldn't bear it, so he complied and took the broken stone with his hand.

However, he froze when he was drawing on the ground with a broken stone.

The stone painted a bright red color on the soft river beach. This red color was so pure that he had never seen it before. It was even redder than the blessings posted during the Chinese New Year.

"Look, let's play together, shall we?" The person opposite raised his face, showing a sweet and soft smile, and He Shouwu wanted to reach out and pinch his face while smiling.

He Shouwu still didn't say anything, he didn't talk to anyone much.The person over there threw it to himself and said, "I'll draw this side, and you can draw that side, okay?"

Only then did He Shouwu see clearly the paintings not far away, in addition to the bright red, there were also colors such as white, green and yellow that he had never seen before.He was even more sure in his heart that this child must not be from their place, and the family must be very rich.It seems that the stone in his hand may be bought for painting at a high price. He heard other children say that rich people can buy whatever they want.

The child didn't wait for He Shouwu's answer after speaking, then lowered his head and continued to draw some strange lines on his own.

He Shouwu didn't take the stone in his hand anymore. It must be very expensive, and he couldn't afford it after using it.

In the days that followed, He Shouwu came to the river many times, but he never saw the child again, so he must have returned to a rich place.

He looked at the unattractive stone in his hand and thought.

When he left that day, he didn't return the stone to him. He wanted to see if he would ask him for it, but he smiled and waved to him before leaving. Before leaving, he stepped on all the things he had drawn.

He Shouwu felt that he was really a strange person, or that he was careless. This kind of child would be bullied if he stayed in this kind of place.

I met him again when He Shouwu came out after helping out at the neighbor's house. The neighbor's house gave birth to a son, and there was a big feast. He went to help serve the dishes and mixed the meal along the way. eat.

My mother-in-law went out to pick up waste a few days ago and caught a cold. She has been lying in bed for the past few days and hasn't eaten much.

While thinking about how to help his mother-in-law get some medicine, he lowered his head and walked on the road.Walking and bumping into a person, he heard a crisp "Oops", and then saw the child whom he hadn't seen for a long time.

He covered his head and looked at He Shouwu aggrievedly, then patted his butt and got up, pointed to the white grid drawn behind him and said, "Do you want to play with me?"

He Shouwu's first reaction was to refuse, he still had the rice in his hand.However, he bumped into someone and lied to him that he didn't return a stone. Feeling a little guilty, he agreed with comfort.

He has seen others play this kind of grid-jumping game before, it is not difficult, and he has won him several times casually.

The child frowned, but soon smiled and asked him: "Can you play with me tomorrow?"

This smile was so pretty, it was good to see He Shouwu nodded as if he had been bewitched.

He went home and reheated the meal for his mother-in-law, who was very angry when she heard him say that he took the medicine, and she would not take it even if she threw it out.

He Shouwu could only plan to go up the mountain to find some herbs he knew to boil for his mother-in-law.

He played with the child as agreed the next day, and the child said he was called Tong Hua, a very strange name, because he likes to draw?

Tong Hua also followed him when he said that he was going to go up the mountain to collect medicine.The two children who were just as big as their back baskets went up the mountain hand in hand to collect herbs.

He Shouwu was very happy that her mother-in-law's illness finally got better, and Tong Hua was happier than him, so she took him out to play.

Tong Hua is very clingy, and He Shouwu, who has been with him for a while, came to this discovery.I especially like to hold hands, and you must be led when you walk.

Tong Hua also really likes to play, and he can play happily by himself, but as long as He Shouwu has time, he must stick to him and play together.

It was the first time he felt needed by someone, He Shouwu was very happy and cherished this friend, because he didn't know when he might return to that rich place again.

In the winter, the mother-in-law's condition relapsed again, and it became more serious. Money, he needs money, a lot of money.

He frowned and looked at the few copper coins in his hand, which he had saved while running errands for others.

Finally, he set his sights on the newly opened casino in the town. He knew that many people were willing to go there. He heard people in the village talk about it, saying that some people can earn dozens of taels a night, and there are hundreds of taels. It is a good way to make money. .

He was dragged out by Tong Hua to play again, he told him very euphemistically that he was short of money, and hoped to borrow it from him, he asked the adults at the entrance of the village, and said that there must be capital to enter there.He really had no other choice. The mother-in-law knew that he wanted to buy medicine for her and would definitely not give him money.

And even if Painter Tong had money, the adults probably wouldn't give too much to such a young child, so he didn't give much hope. If there are still such stones, it would be great if you could lend him some of them and let him sell them.

But after Tong Hua figured out that He Shou was meaningless, he generously agreed: "Do you want silver, I have it." As he spoke, he took out a few ingots of broken silver.

With the capital, He Shouwu took some medicine for his mother-in-law first, and scolded her for a while, but behind her back, he asked the village adults to take him to the casino to learn more.

Tong Hua also followed, he was very interested.

Two big kids hang out in the casino for days.He Shouwu found that his hearing was exceptionally sharp. After understanding the gameplay, he could hear what was shaking out of it as soon as he heard it.

So with full confidence, He Shouwu sat on the gambling table, and he really sat on it, because he was too short to see the table on tiptoe.

Many adults took it as a joke, and some even said that it was embarrassing to win money from children, and they had to pay him in advance.

As a result, Tong Hua reached out and patted the table, and took out a bag of silver: "I have money." He said so.

The adults laughed and didn't care about these two children, they still played with themselves.But soon they couldn't laugh anymore, because the kid actually won more than a dozen games in a row.

Seeing that the adults on the table looked uncomfortable, He Shouwu had understood the principle of accepting as soon as it was good after so many days, and thanked everyone for taking care of some out of the pile of broken silver, then laboriously wrapped up the rest, and prepared to run away.

It went smoothly at first, but not long after they walked out of the casino, they were targeted by a few people with unfriendly faces.

He Shouwu looked helplessly at his little arms and legs, so he could only drag Tong Hua and run hard.

But after all, they had short legs, and they were quickly caught up. Not only did they lose their money, they were also kicked a few times.Then he was unconscious.

When he woke up again, he was lying on the street corner with a bag of silver in his arms, and Tong Hua was gone.

He was flustered, he ran to the place where they often made an appointment to meet, there was no one, and he ran to the small river again, but there was still no one.

For several days, he didn't see Tong Hua's person.He comforted himself that he was going back to a rich place, but the situation that day made him feel uneasy.

He invited a doctor to treat his mother-in-law, and he began to squat outside the casino.

Finally let him squat down until one of those people was left alone, he upheld his usual style, unexpectedly threw him on the ground and beat him up, but a child is weak after all, so beating that person a few times is completely irrelevant.

He failed to find out the whereabouts of Tong Hua, and was given a meal.

That winter, my mother-in-law still couldn't make it through.

This winter, he lost two of his most important people.

He became a real orphan.

When squatting in the casino again, some people said that there were evil spirits here, and people from Qingluo Ancient Temple sealed the casino.

After the seal was over, I saw He Shouwu squatting in the corner. That year, he was six years old and became a disciple of Qingluo.

He has always kept that magical stone, practiced and ate, and never left his body.

Once he took it out to see things and think about people, and was seen by the little son of the Song family who was with him, and asked curiously, why he kept holding a stone when he was fine.

He said it was no ordinary stone.

At this time, he has become Qingluo's most potential inner disciple, a good apprentice in the eyes of the elders, and he can already master the general low-level magic tricks like blindfolding.

He knew that this stone was very ordinary, but the spell on it was extraordinary, it was performed by Tong Hua himself.

He thought that he might be a son or apprentice of some sect, and one day, they would meet again.