When I entered the gate of Luo's house, I heard a commotion on the other side of the lotus pond, and several children shouted: "You deserve it!" Deserve! ”

Everyone looked down, and I followed to look down, and my heart jumped suddenly, only to see a circle of children watching, it was a very thin child, he squatted by the river, trying his best, trying to get a piece of clothing that had somehow entered the water.

It was just an ordinary black cotton jacket, soaked in water, and dangerously floating on the water.

The child's face was pale, except for a pair of dark and sparkling eyes.

It's Cheng Ke.

Several children were eager to try, wanting to take advantage of this opportunity to push Cheng Ke down.

But Cheng Ke turned his head, although he was still young, but the sharp gaze involuntarily forced the children back a few steps, they seemed to be a little afraid of Cheng Ke's momentum, but they were unwilling to be afraid: "He...... He looked like that again......"

"...... like a wolf"

At this time, Cheng Ke turned around, only to see that the little padded jacket was suddenly like he could swim, returned to the shore, and arrived in Cheng Ke's hands.

Everyone saw it, and in the dark pool water, there was a miserable white hand, pushing the little padded jacket to the shore.

Ghost.

"You see it." An adult of the Luo family said: "He, no one has ever taught him the art of raising ghosts, but he is ......"

The one from the Yang family, the master of Calamus nodded slightly, and just continued to look at Cheng Ke.

Cheng Ke picked up the padded jacket at hand, indifferently walked through the children, and was about to go back along the fence.

"Cheng Ke, did you use ghost raising techniques?" A chubby child who looked like a fat tiger in Doraemon stopped in front of Cheng Ke: "We are less than ten years old, and we are not allowed to use ghost raising techniques!" You're ......."

In Cheng Ke's memory, this kid has appeared many times, and each time he didn't bring out any real good memories, I really want to smoke it.

Get out of the way. When Cheng Ke was a child, he was the one who was not close to him, and he didn't raise his eyelids, just letting the cotton jacket dripping with water in his hand.

Now in early spring, it is still very cold, and what Cheng Ke is wearing now is just a very thin white linen shirt.

"That's not going to work." The fat boy couldn't help but take a step back, but looking at the expectant appearance of the children around him, he still straightened his chest, stalked his neck and said, "Why get out of the way, what do you think you are!" We are all Luo family, what about you? Eat us and our white-eyed wolves! Do you think you are also worthy of the surname Luo? ”

Cheng Ke didn't answer, just raised his chin and said indifferently: "The surname is Luo, is it very proud?" ”

"Without the Luo family, you would have starved to death...... the children seemed to be completely unable to accept this sentence, and hurriedly coaxed and said: "Brother Cheng Hua, don't beat him, he doesn't know how thick the sky is!" ”

Cheng Hua...... It turns out that the little fat man is Cheng Hua who died in the belly of a five-legged toad?

What did he say at the beginning that made Cheng Ke think about his previous feelings, and he made trouble for a long time, this kind of affection.

When Cheng Hua heard it, it was difficult to ride a tiger, but for the sake of face, he had to rub his hands and pounce on Cheng Ke, but Cheng Ke didn't pay attention to him at all, just turned sideways and walked his own, but Cheng Hua didn't know why, screamed, and tilted his body, as if he had been kicked heavily by an invisible foot, and bent down and rolled down the grassy slope.

Calamus's master narrowed his eyes.

And what Iris's mind at this time is, this kid is really fun.

"Cheng Ke, you stop for me!" An elder of the Luo family really couldn't stand it, so he rushed down the stone bridge connecting the lotus pond and the gate in anger: "What are you doing!" It's just daring! ”

Cheng Ke's thin body stood still, but he stubbornly refused to look back.

"Second father, Cheng Ke bullies!" When the children saw it, they probably knew that this person who was called "Second Daddy" should have always been a very eccentric person, so they hurriedly came over to complain: "He still raises ghosts!" It's in the water! ”

"How many times did I tell you that you can't bully your brothers?" The one known as the second father said angrily: "I have thought about it behind closed doors in the ancestral hall, I won't let you go, and I won't be allowed to come out!" ”

Cheng Ke didn't say anything, but what can a child who is less than seven or eight years old.

Yes, he mentioned it, and he got used to the days in the ancestral hall.

"Look, it's this kid." The "second father" turned around and drove Cheng Hua and the other children away as if they were chasing ducks, showing a very sincere appearance, and said to Calamus's master: "Isn't it ......?"

"It's different from other kids." Calamus's master replied, "With a bit of a ghostly aura." ”

"How's that!" When several Luo family members heard this, they immediately looked very welcome: "We think it is too, so this time, please bother more!" ”

Then, there was a reception, and Calamus took advantage of the chaos to ask secretly: "Master, this Luo family is a famous ghost keeper himself, why did he call the people from Tanshen Town from afar?" ”

"Ghost keepers don't exorcise ghosts from their own people, this is the rule." The master took a sip of tea and said indifferently, "It's like a doctor who doesn't treat himself." And they took into account their face in Xichuan, of course they didn't want this matter to be known by other families in Xichuan, so they invited us all the way away. ”

"I see." Calamus has been very clever since she was a child, and at this time, she also looked at the ancestral hall through the pane.

The smell of rice hits people, I don't know if I can smell it in the ancestral hall.

Calamus suddenly felt that the child who was about her age might not have anything to eat.

Thinking so, he secretly left two bean paste bags in his sleeve.

Her master glanced at it, but he didn't see it.

"That kid looks different from other kids." During the banquet, the master opened his mouth: "No, there is no mother." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes at the banquet were a little evasive, as if they didn't want to say it themselves, and after a stalemate, it was the "second father" who punished Cheng Ke who opened his mouth: "Is this...... It's okay, that kid, whose origin is not very auspicious, is indeed a ...... Coffin. ”

I also know that the coffin was born after the death of a pregnant woman, and in general, it is a life-seeking ghost who is considered to be in harmony with the mother, no wonder...... Cheng Ke has never had a mother, and he is so avoided, this kind of fate is destined to be lonely and unlucky.

"One of our brothers brought it back from outside," said the "second father," said the "second father," "saying that it was his own child, but after all, no one knew, and it was a coffin, which ...... We also reluctantly stayed because of his bloodline. His father is often not at home, and the children are left unsupervised, but the main thing is that you can see that if we hurt someone, then we will be on fire selling oil, and we will damage our façade......"

Yes, asking someone to exorcise ghosts is not for Cheng Ke at all, but for himself.

"That's right." Master Calamus nodded very seriously: "I know how to do it, please rest assured." ”

"It is worthy of the Yang family in Tanshen Town!" Several people from the Luo family couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly thanked them, and all raised their wine glasses to be courteous.

Calamus naturally doesn't drink, just holds her cheeks, thinking, there is no mother...... Isn't that no one buys candy, is being bullied, and there is no one to cry about? In this case, isn't it lonely?

There is no one to accompany him, no wonder there are many ghosts to accompany him.

At night, Calamus followed the master to the outside of the ancestral hall.

The master brought a small bottle and carefully sprinkled a light layer of incense ash at the door of the ancestral hall. Then he used the red line to enclose a "fence" around him, and handed the end of the red line into the hands of the calamus, and said: "Calamus, you go in, if you see any unusual movement for a while, take the red line and run out." ”

Calamus should be familiar with such a thing, so she agreed and went in.

Cheng Ke knelt alone in the ancestral hall, even if no one looked at him, his thin body was always upright, and that posture was indescribably distressing.

"Give." Calamus held the red thread in one hand, and took out the bean paste bag with the other: "It's cold, don't dislike it." ”

Cheng Ke was stunned for a moment and looked up at the calamus.

Calamus smiled: "Today, you didn't eat. ”

Cheng Ke is a stubborn look, but after all, he is a child, and when he smelled the sweet smell of bean paste buns, his stomach actually gurgled.

Calamus smiled, and Cheng Ke, who had been paying special attention to his demeanor, blushed.

"No one else." Calamus stuffed the bean paste bag into Cheng Ke's hand, held his cheeks, sat on the futon beside Cheng Ke, and asked with a smile: "However, no one else, why are you still this hard state?" ”

This question was also asked by that big brother Cheng Shou.

Cheng Ke finally took a bite of the bean paste bun and said in a low voice: "Because, my father told me that I want to fight." ”

It's just, a fight.

My heart was sour, and I suddenly wanted to protect this child, although I couldn't protect it at all in this long gone.

"Where's your daddy?" Calamus asked, "Not at home?" ”

Cheng Ke nodded: "I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

"You're lonely, aren't you?"

"No, it won't."

"Really?" Calamus tilted her head and said, "That's right." I saw the ghost in the lotus pond who helped you pick up the padded jacket. ”

Cheng Ke's brows, which were a little heroic at the beginning, furrowed, and the bean paste bun was also put down from his mouth, with an alert look: "Who are you?" ”

Sure enough, on the stone bridge, Cheng Ke had already seen the calamus and them.

"I'm here to help through the motions." Calamus smiled and said, "Your name is Cheng Ke?" My name is Calamus. ”

Cheng Ke seemed to understand what was happening, the corners of his lips hooked, and he continued to eat the bean paste buns, and said, "What do you want?" ”

"You're ghostly, which isn't good." Calamus told what she had learned quite seriously: "Before the age of ten, the yang fire is vain, and you must not raise ghosts, otherwise, it is likely to be restrained by ghosts, or even backfired, it will be unimaginable, even if you can control the ghost, it is likely to damage the yang longevity ......."

"I didn't raise them." Cheng Ke interrupted Calamus's words: "They are my friends. ”

"Friends?" Calamus's big black eyes widened, like a chess piece carved from obsidian: "Ghost keeper, be friends with ghosts?" ”

"I'm not a ghost keeper yet." Cheng Ke finished eating the bean paste bun and said, "I don't want to be a ghost cultivator, in the future, when I grow up, I must leave here and never come back." ”

"Where are you going?" Calamus asked, "Like, this is your home." ”

"It's not my home." Cheng Ke said seriously: "I'll go find my mother." I haven't seen her yet, she's alone...... I, I want to protect her. It's hard to be alone. ”

It's hard to imagine, this is a child's words.

Calamus wanted to say what she said during the banquet, but after thinking about it, she still didn't say it, just nodded approvingly: "That's it, it's okay." ”

People always have a dream to do. Only then will we have the strength to continue to move forward. Especially when the road is particularly difficult, you have to find a hope, otherwise, who can hold on?

"Hum ......" In the quiet ancestral hall, there was a strange sound, like a nest of bees.

"Here they are." Cheng Ke's eyes lit up suddenly, and he suddenly took Calamus's hand: "Let's go and see it too?" ”

"Huh?" Before the iris could react, Cheng Ke had already taken Cheng Ke's hand and walked all the way to the front, and Cheng Ke opened a window.

Outside, there's a lot of weird stuff.

It's a ghost.

Some of the ghosts have mutilated bodies, some have several holes in their bodies, and some of them don't even have their heads.

I recognized it, but there was a ghost with white hands, but ...... There is only one.

They were like a bunch of broken dolls in a garbage dump, piled up here and there.

"This is ......" Calamus turned her head sideways: "Is it a waste ghost discarded by the ghost keeper?" ”

Cheng Ke nodded and said, "They are my friends." ”

Calamus then understood why a ghost wanted to help him: "You shouldn't have learned the art of raising ghosts, so you are born with yin and yang eyes?" ”

"In the past, when several brothers were still young, they often said that I was a liar." Cheng Ke said indifferently: "I just knew, it turned out that only I could see it." ”

The ghost, who had only one hand, spread out his palm, and there was a blistered and slightly swollen steamed bun in his palm.

Cheng Ke took it and ate it.

The steamed bun didn't taste good, but Cheng Ke was very happy to eat it.

Some people seem to be born to become ghost masters, the master said that he is like this, Calamus Jue, this Cheng Ke, maybe it is also like this.

Those ghosts got together because of Cheng Ke, and they seemed to cherish this opportunity. What is not welcomed elsewhere is a school of its own.

But at this time, the red line on the calamus's hand was very obviously moved.