Chapter 1: Gu Yu

The fifth day of the third month. It's Qingming.

Early in the morning, in a secluded part of the town called Hulu Lane, a thin teenager was preparing a tribute to his ancestors.

The young man's surname is Mu, and his name is Fan. My father and mother died young. is dependent on his grandfather, who is blind, and it is not so much that his grandfather raised him. It's better to say that he is taking care of his grandfather, who is elderly and can't take care of himself.

Facing the drizzling rain, Mu Fan took the things he packed up early. Go up the mountain to worship your father.

The boy set up the bananas, oranges and other fruits that he had saved and eaten on weekdays. silently knelt in front of his father's grave and cried for a long time. But he didn't say a word.

The jade in the town is famous far and wide, and countless big people are vying for it, proud to own a piece of jade in the town!

In his early years, Mu Fan also followed his master to learn jade craftsmanship for several years. However, the way of making jade, not only needs to be calm, but also needs to be ingenious. Talent and experience are indispensable. The old master was originally kind, thinking that Mu Fan and his grandfather would rely on each other for their lives, as a neighbor for many years, they should help one or two, so he did not criticize Mu Fan for his mediocre appearance.

Although the boy was a little dull, it may be because he started his family early. But he is always meticulous in the process of learning. is not like the lazy apprentice surnamed Liu, who indulges wantonly with a little talent.

However, the old man surnamed Wu is very old. On a bitterly cold winter day, with a little bit of alcohol, I fell asleep and never woke up.

There is a saying that the spring event has just come to the day, and Yang Hua flies to send mackerel. Spring is approaching, and it's a great time to eat fish.

Mu Fan rolled up his trouser legs and fluttered in the dragon beard river below the mountain. In a short time, more than a dozen fat fish came ashore.

Back at home, Mu Fan skillfully handled the fish that had just arrived. Thinking about having a big meal with grandpa at night. Start the stove and burn the underwater fish, and the action is done in one go. After a while, the room was filled with the aroma of fish soup.

In the twilight, there was a knock on the door outside.

Mu Fan opened the door and fixed his eyes on Lu Rongyu, an apprentice in the blacksmith shop.

"Brother Fan, my master said that there have been some strange people in the town recently, and I will inform you to pay attention, don't accidentally offend those big people." Lu Rongyu said as he squeezed into the room along the crack in the door.

Lu Rongyu was originally a street child who begged for a living in the more affluent streets and alleys of the town. Originally, with Lu Rongyu's cleverness, he was just begging for some food, and he could barely make a living in the town. However, the rich streets and alleys are not peaceful. Those well-dressed boys have nowhere to vent all day long, except for staying on the belly of the little ladies to spend idle time, and the rest of the time is to tease the beggars on the street.

In the early years, Lu Rongyu was surrounded by the little son of the Hu family in Jiadi Lane and his servants in the corner of the alley. The young Lu Rongyu held his head in his hands, curled up in a corner, and received dozens of old punches from them without saying a word, and he was beaten and vomited blood. The few families living on the corner of the alley are mostly low-level farmers begging for a bowl of rice. Where dare you wade into this troubled water. Later, only one child, who was also emaciated, ran out of the alley and shouted 'Dead man, dead man, dead man'.....

When the little boy of the Hu family heard the shouting, he suddenly woke up and looked at the blood stains all over the ground. I was panicked in my heart, I was just a teenager in the end, and I really played hard, but I had never seen this kind of scene. After looking at each other, he ran away from the other side of the alley. When the servants saw that their masters had run away, they dared to stay longer. Lu Rongyu, who was dying, buried his head in looking at the worn-out pocket watch still in his hand, and passed out.

Mu Fan, who was also thin, supported Lu Rongyu and walked towards Hulu Alley leisurely.

At first, although the blacksmith Master Tang felt that Lu Rongyu was pitiful, he did not agree to accept him as an apprentice. Only some coarse grains were given. Then he said, "I don't have idlers here, and if you want to stay, you have to show me your value." If you can lift the hammer in the shop, stay with it. ”

Xiao Rongyu, who was still injured, used all his strength to lift the sledgehammer, and after holding a stick of incense without saying a word, he passed out.

Not long after that time, there was a thin beggar missing from Jiadi Alley. There's an apprentice in one of the humble blacksmith shops in Gourd Lane. Mu Fan also has a little heel.

"Xiaoyu is here." Inside the house, the grandfather heard Lu Rongyu's voice. Immediately rejoiced.

"Yes, Grandpa Mu. I'll bring a letter to Brother Fan. Lu Rongyu said truthfully.

Bidding farewell to Lu Rongyu, Mu Fan lay on the bed, playing with a jade ring he got at the stall in his early years. It is said that it is a wrench, but in fact there is only one and a half rings, which obviously shatters the remaining defective products.

Mu Fan rubbed his fingers, trying to sketch the outline of his father and mother in his mind.

Without paying attention, the wrench cut his finger. Blood was dripping slowly down his fingertips.

The tingling pain from his fingertips interrupted Mu Fan's contemplation.

After treating the wound, he put the ring away. The ring, which was originally full of cracks, suddenly had a few more cracks after being stained with blood. It's getting more and more tattered.

There are dozens of streets and alleys in the town, large and small. The most important thing is the livelihood of the peddlers and pawns.

Mu Fan will also go to help the big families on the adjacent street run errands in his spare time, and sometimes he can get a few rewards.

In the early morning, the morning sun rises from the east with a faint halo, adding a glimmer of light to the twilight that envelops the land.

Mu Fan got up early, and went out after playing a set of boxing techniques taught by his grandfather when he was a child to strengthen his body.

"Yesterday, I promised to help the Mu family, a big family in the town, to ask Master Gu in the west of the town to give me a painting. I don't know if I can get a few bounties. Mu Fan thought secretly. But he didn't notice that a young Taoist priest on the side of the road was looking at him with a playful smile.

"Young people, poor fortune-telling has always paid attention to karma and never forced it. But today I'm going to have to stop you here. The young Taoist priest said solemnly.

"Poor Daoguan, there is a bloody aura lingering in your eyebrows and eyes, and there must have been a bloody disaster recently. If you let it go, I'm afraid there will be a big disaster. The young Taoist priest pretended to be amazed and alarmist.

A bald and hairless parrot on its shoulder also spoke

"Bloodlight Plague...... Bloodlight Plague ......."

Mu Fan smiled when he heard this, but didn't speak, just shook his head, and was about to leave.

"Young people must not be alarmist. If you don't want to avoid this calamity, you can't find a way to avoid it. I am afraid that it will cause disaster to my family. ”

"Woe to my family..... Disaster to the family......"

Mu Fan became a little angry when he heard that the more he said, the more outrageous it became.

"Dao Chief, I am also a poor family, if the Dao Chief, I really can't open the pot. You can find some large families to try. Why waste your tongue on me? ”

"That's it, it's a bit out of place to remind Poor Dao repeatedly. And remember, the stall of the poor road is always here, and if you encounter some difficulties that cannot be solved in the future, you can come here to find me. The young Taoist said helplessly.

"Thank you, long aisle." Hearing this, he felt that this Taoist priest was deceiving people, but after all, there was still a true feeling, so Mu Fan solemnly thanked him and left. I didn't take it to heart at all.

The young Taoist straightened up the righteous path crown and lowered his head to fiddle with the lottery holder on the table. Secretly thought to himself: "I hope that one has not woken up yet, otherwise he will survive this last life, and I am afraid that he will be able to break through the cage of the Lock Spirit Ring." At that time, with his divine power and monstrous anger, who in the whole world could withstand it. That's it, let's do our best to obey the destiny of heaven! ”