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"Seventeen thousand and three, seventeen thousand and four......" She was silently counting the droplets, and she couldn't make a sound in her mouth. It had been hours since she had been nailed to the rock, and from the moment the sword pierced her heart, her breathing had stopped, and every organ in her body had come to rest for a moment.

Killing people to pay for their lives and paying off debts is a truth she has learned since she was a child. Not long ago, in a dark cave, she pierced Master's heart with this sword. Master's body lay silently at her feet, dead for a long time. She was inexplicably pierced through the heart by a living sword and nailed to the rock. There was no pain, not even any sensation. If this sword is spiritual, and God asked her to pay for her life, then is she dead or alive now? If you die, you should go to hell, be burned by the fire of karma, and if you live, you should hold your heart in pain and wait for the blood to burst out, at least you should not be stilled here, silently waiting for judgment. What kind of punishment is it to be nailed to the rock wall without dying?

Counting the droplets, her brain could still think. Faced with an embarrassing situation, she began to think slowly.

Ten days ago, life was as plain as ever. She is the girl of the Dou Inn, and she has been working in the inn for as long as she can remember. The owner of the inn, surnamed Dou, has two children and has adopted her and a boy. Although she has to call the boss and the hostess in front of the guests, the truth is that sooner or later she has to call them daddy. The boss has a son named Kun, who is the same age as her. Because she picked it up, even if it was the same birthday as Kun, it was on October 19. The boss named her Hong'er, and her surname was Dou Hong, and later she was called Red Bean, and when she was cooked, she was called Dou'er. Another boy adopted by the boss is named Ah Ming, who is older than Kun and is the eldest of the four children. The boss's daughter is one year younger than Kun and is called Xiang'er. Hongdou has understood since she was a child that she is the daughter-in-law left by the boss for Ah Kun, and Ah Ming is the son-in-law left for Xiang'er. Ah Ming is a distant relative of the boss and is sent to the inn to beg for food. Ah Ming was already more than ten years old when he was sent, unlike red beans that he had raised here since he was a child. Ah Ming never explained why he had traveled all the way to this inn where birds don't. He looks like an older brother, and he likes everyone as soon as he comes. The inn is remote, and no one will come except for the merchants who pass by and the messengers who come in and out. If he didn't have to starve to death, Hongdou couldn't think of how a child like Ah Ming would be willing to stay here.

Red Bean should be the most unpleasant in the inn, she is silent like a plant, whether it is to the guests or the boss's family, she is cold. After a long time, her presence will always be ignored in the inn. It's not that the people in the inn are indifferent, the boss and the proprietress regard the red beans as their own, Ah Kun has spoiled the red beans in the palm of his hand since he was a child, Ah Ming treats her as a sister like Xiang'er, Xiang'er usually treats the red bean as a sister, and the coquettish prank does not fall, only when the red bean and Ah Ming get close, they will have a little temper.

Red Bean's temper is the most similar to the inn, silent, low but not desperate, independent but not lonely. She is integrated into the inn family, but she always hides her presence intentionally or unintentionally. She is not forever silent, and in the fights with her siblings in her spare time, she always wins with a poisonous tongue. Red Bean has always been uninterested in the stubborn Kun, and he is unwilling to pay attention to the boss's matchmaking. However, in the inn that is not in front of the village and behind the store, except for Ah Ming is Ah Kun, think about the fact that when he talks to Ah Ming, Xiang'er will never interrupt out of place, and then think about Ah Kun, who will never grow up, the Tao boy who will always need to go to the round by himself when he quarrels with guests, it is better not to marry for the rest of his life.

Red Bean has never regarded himself as an outsider, nor has he seriously thought about who he was thrown here. The life of the inn is orderly, and the days are slowly moving in the east and west.

One evening, when Red Bean was washing vegetables by the iron stove in the kitchen, the flame in the stove suddenly burst on. A stone wrapped in flames burst out of the raging fire, probably because Ah Kun accidentally rolled in the stone when he was putting firewood. Originally, it was a very common thing, but Hongdou saw the fiery red stone flying towards the other side of him, and he didn't know what was crazy, so he suddenly shouted and jumped up to catch the stone, and then held it tightly in his hand. When Kun heard the cry of the red bean and rushed in, the red bean had already fainted on the ground, his right hand was almost burned, but he was holding the stone tightly, and Kun gritted his teeth and used a knife to separate the stone from the red bean's hand.

When she woke up, Hongdou's right hand was tightly wrapped, but the pain in her heart still made her understand that she might not be able to keep her right hand this time. The proprietress sat on the edge of the bed, tears falling one by one, Ah Ming forced her composure and asked what happened to Hongdou. Hongdou broke out in a cold sweat in pain, his brain spun quickly, and he was silent for a while, but he still shook his head. "This kid can't be evil, right?" The proprietress had red eyes and a trembling voice.

For many days after that, the proprietress did not allow Hongdou to get out of bed to work. Xiang'er came to change the medicine twice a day, and Ah Ming and Ah Kun changed the method to open a small stove for red beans three times a day. The food cooked by Ah Ming is quite edible, and Ah Kun carries strange food every day, babbling about making up for this and that. But red beans often don't appreciate it, looking at the wrong face, they just don't take a bite in front of Kun.

There are often all kinds of strange people coming and going in the inn, but in fact, the boss is also deeply hidden. In such a desolate place, the government can't control it, and those who rob homes can only carry it themselves. The boss can protect this family of six from a little dust, and no one will believe it if he has no foundation. Before Ah Ming came, there was a storyteller who told Kun and Xiang'er a story for an afternoon, and Hongdou was not interested in this kind of boundless thing since he was a child, and he didn't listen to it. The storyteller can eat, and a few catties of beef and a few bites of wine are served. Ah Kun took advantage of the fact that the proprietress didn't pay attention, and even confiscated the food money and let the storyteller go. Later, the proprietress beat Ah Kun well, and Hongdou interceded, so that Ah Kun remembered the benefits for so many years.

Seven days ago, a Taoist priest came to the inn, and the owner respected this Taoist priest very much. When he was full of wine and food, the boss told the Taoist priest about the evil beans a few days ago. The Taoist priest looked the red beans up and down for a long time, and saw that the red beans were straight. Taking advantage of the fact that the Taoist priest and the boss went out to talk, Ah Kun leaned into Hongdou's ear and told the truth. This Taoist priest is called Kuzen Mountain Man, and now he has to practice Taoism for nearly a thousand years, and I heard that he made a lot of efforts when he destroyed the Witch Country. Hongdou looked at Ah Kun with disdain, there are no demons and no gods in this world, how can anyone live so long, and what witch kingdom there is, it is all made up of storytelling.

Hongdou doesn't believe Ah Kun, but he has to trust the boss. The boss, like his father, is the backer of the red beans. The same thing was said by the boss the next day, and Hongdou had to think about it. The people of Kuzen Mountain persuaded the boss to accept red beans as an apprentice.

"This girl has spirituality, and if she can enter my door, she will have a future. If you let it go, this spiritual turn to evil thing, don't blame me for not reminding me. This time, the boss couldn't resist the strong invitation of the Kuzenshan people, and invited the whole family out to discuss. In the end, red beans have been raised by the boss since childhood, how can a daughter be sent out. Seeing that the whole family was unwilling, Kuzen Mountain's face sank, and he took out a small bottle he had with him and dropped a drop on his almost useless red bean hand. Hongdou grinned "oops" and quickly retracted. Hongdou hurriedly ripped off the medicinal cloth wrapped in his hand, and saw that his entire right hand appeared intact in front of him, without any scars.

The red bean's mouth was wide open, and it was the first time that he had been so out of shape in front of outsiders. "It's not called Master yet." The Kuzen Mountain Man coughed and woke up the red beans. Hongdou knelt down in a daze and kowtowed.

Ah Ming didn't believe in the Kuzen Mountain people originally, but when he saw the hand of the red bean, he couldn't tell why for a while. Hearing that the people of Kuzen Mountain were going to take the red beans away, he immediately stood up and pulled up the red beans that were kneeling on the ground. "Dou'er, you can't go." Ah Ming was stupid, so he held back this sentence.

The boss saw that the people of Kuzen Mountain were hard-hearted, so he pulled the red bean from Ah Ming's hand, "Dou'er, you choose yourself." ”

Hongdou never mentioned it, but she knew that the indifference and peace of every day in the inn was an unwilling accumulation. I was thrown here when I was a child, and I didn't have a choice for the road of life, but I had the opportunity to go out this time, and it was a pity to miss it. "I'll go with him."

The proprietress , Xiang'er, and Kun were all stunned, and they couldn't believe Hongdou's words. Ah Ming's eyes widened in shock, and the words he kept were stuck in his throat, but he couldn't say a word.

"Okay." Kuzen stroked his beard and smiled meaningfully. "From today onwards, you are my disciple, and the name of Red Bean is too vulgar. My name is Ku, and your name is Xin. The word "hard work" is occupied by our master and apprentice, and this road is easy to go. ”

"Dou Xin." Red Bean recited it silently.