Lang Yue entered his arms, and a thin young man in coarse cloth clothes carried a handful of stones in his arms, sitting on the stone bridge at the end of the town and dangling his legs.

Smash the stones one by one into the moon shadow in the water.

After a short time, another young man in white was lifted up by the river, but he was obviously a little shorter than the boy on the stone bridge, and then sat down next to the boy.

The boy was accustomed to it, and after throwing the last stone, he lay on his back on the bridge.

The young man in white propped his head on his hand and looked at the river.

"Le'an, is it true that everyone will become a river god, a mountain god or something like you when they die?" the young man asked.

Seeing that the young man finally spoke, Le An straightened up, stretched his waist, and said: "No, there are so many mountains and rivers in the world, and they can't be separated, most people are directly reincarnated after death, and only a small number of people can get some kind of opportunity and achieve the god position." ”

The young man looked at Lang Yue with a gloomy gaze, "So, my father and mother must have been reincarnated, and I don't know where they went, if I can still find them." ”

The young man suddenly fell silent, and couldn't help but think of the scene when he saw the corpse of his parents, and the slight red line around his neck, and couldn't help but bury his head in the middle of his knees, and only raised it again for a long time, and said in a low voice: "Even if I find it, I won't know it, and it's younger than me." ”

Le An couldn't help laughing when he heard it, but he felt that it was not appropriate, so he quickly covered his mouth.

"I didn't mean it, I didn't mean anything else, Xu Changsheng, you understand. Le An hurriedly said.

Xu Changsheng naturally couldn't really blame him for this, so he just lowered his head sadly and looked at the moon shadow swaying with the water.

Le An stretched out his hand and patted the shabby coarse cloth that Xu Changsheng was wearing, and a few more handprints immediately appeared on the cloth.

Xu Changsheng slapped his hand away in disgust, "Why can't you do it with your hand?"

Le An pouted, "What else can I do, it's not enough." ”

Xu Changsheng kicked Le An off the stone bridge, "If you don't have enough Taoism, you're still chatting here, so don't you go to cultivation quickly." ”

Then he laughed and ran back to town.

The boy is Xu Changsheng, who has lived in a remote town in the Darui Dynasty since he was a child, Nanfeng Town, which is named after the Nanfeng River that runs through the town from west to east.

And Le An was a new friend he met on the day he learned of his parents' death, and it was also on that stone bridge at that time, he threw stones one by one, and Le An appeared on the river.

Since then, whenever he has troubles, he will come to Le'an.

Just like tonight.

Back in Weichen Lane, when passing by Aunt He's house, Xu Changsheng deliberately slowed down, for fear of waking up Aunt He, who was sleeping lightly.

Back at home, there was silence all around, even a few wild dogs wandering nearby were gone, and the moonlight was shining on the ground through the thin window paper, and it was deserted.

Xu Changsheng didn't light the candle flame anymore, so he lay on the bed with his clothes, looking at the black wooden board above his head.

Although he is smiling most of the time, he is actually cold and warm and self-aware, after all, who would like a person with a gloomy face all day long? He still understands the truth of reaching out and not hitting a smiling person, so even if he has no parents early, his popularity in the town is also quite good, and everyone knows that the Xu family has a Xu Changsheng.

It is said that the children of the poor are in charge of the house early, but it is not easy to know that it is not easy until they are in charge of the house. When other children are busy going to school every day and come home to finish their schoolwork. He has to think about firewood, rice, oil, and salt, and he has to think about the next meal after eating.

Before I knew it, I was asleep.

......

On April 8, 2024, Xu Changsheng got up early in the morning, and as soon as he opened the door, he saw that Aunt He was already cleaning up at the door of his house.

Aunt He heard the sound and knew that it was Xu Changsheng who got up, and said without looking back: "Xiao Changsheng is up, the breakfast at the eldest mother's house is almost ready, you can come over to eat later, and you came back last night because you came back at night, don't think that I can't hear that it is you if you go lightly." ”

After speaking, he turned around and glared at Xu Changsheng.

Xu Changsheng scratched his hair embarrassedly, "Aunt He, I've already had breakfast." ”

Aunt He said: "Eat, eat, what are you eating, the fire didn't live early in the morning, and I just got up and deceived the aunt, right, don't say it, come over early, you have to send tofu after eating." ”

After speaking, he didn't give Xu Changsheng a chance to answer, picked up the broom and entered the house. Xu Changsheng had no choice but to respond.

When he turned to go back, Xu Changsheng's nose was a little sour, since his parents died, Aunt He treated him like her own child, and she would call him if she had anything delicious, even if she didn't, she would call him to eat with him every once in a while.

She also takes care of him everywhere on weekdays, and there are many times because Xu Changsheng quarrels with Gao's mother next door, and a few times if Xu Changsheng hadn't pulled her, she would have fought with Gao's mother.

She didn't know much about what Xu Changsheng was doing to others, but she really didn't say anything to herself, and Xu Changsheng had already silently regarded her as his second mother in his heart.

Speaking of Mrs. He is also a hard-working person, Mrs. He's original surname was Liu, her mother died in childbirth when she gave birth to her, and her father also fell to death when she was fourteen years old.

She didn't even have the money for the burial, so she could only sell her body to bury her father. At that time, the young He Dahai saw that she was pitiful, so he lent her some money. Later, she had no money to pay back, and it happened that He Dahai was not married, so she married him and became Aunt He.

At first, it was quite happy, but the good times didn't last long, and once when He Dahai went to the ground, a hole suddenly appeared under his feet, and he fell down and never came up again. The hole is very deep, Xu Changsheng also went to see it, moved a big stone and threw it down, and he couldn't hear the sound for a long time, so naturally no one dared to go down.

Aunt He is also tough, she has not remarried for more than 20 years, and she also calls herself He to the outside world, the only sad thing is that she did not leave a seed for the old He family.

Under Aunt He's eager gaze, Xu Changsheng quickly finished breakfast, said hello to them, and hurriedly ran out.

......

Xu Changsheng knocked on the door of the tofu shop "bang, bang, bang", knocked for a long time, and finally a big man full of alcohol opened the door with a confused face.

"Knock, knock, knock a fart, it's early in the morning, I don't know if I'm going to sleep well in the morning?"

The drunk leaned against the door, his eyes wide.

Xu Changsheng was already stunned, and stretched out his hand and said, "Where is today's tofu?"

The drunk man picked his nose, "I think about my tofu every day, but fortunately, you know each other, and I don't dare to think about my daughter's tofu!"

Jiang is still old and spicy, Xu Changsheng was a little helpless, so he had to spread his hands, "Next time, you can buy the wine yourself." ”

Li Tui immediately came to his senses and grabbed Xu Changsheng's hand that had just picked his nose.

"Don't, don't, little brother Xu, I'll go get it. ”

Xu Changsheng withdrew his hand without moving, waved his hand behind him, and said with a smile: "Good morning, Sister Li." ”

Behind Li Tui walked out a young woman dressed in simple gray cloth, with a delicate face, no powder, and turbulent waves in front of her. With a few packets of tofu in his hand, he walked up and down.

The woman also smiled at Xu Changsheng and said, "Xiao Changsheng came really early, these tofu are all old." ”

After speaking, he turned his head but changed his face instantly: "I think about drinking every day, don't even think about getting wine money from me for ten days." ”

Li Tui hurriedly begged for mercy: "Good daughter, three days will not be, no, five days will do, ten days will not drink, how can you let your father live." ”

Xu Changsheng stretched out his hand to take a few bags of tofu, laughing and listening to other people's parents, but when he turned around, his expression was gloomy, this is someone else's home. I'm still alone. But after thinking about it again, the figure of Aunt He couldn't help but appear in his mind, and Xu Changsheng smiled slightly.

The young man was carrying the tofu and shouting as he ran, "Sister Li, goodbye." ”

Walking like flying in the streets and alleys, the tofu in his hand does not move at all.

But before Xu Changsheng could run far, he was stopped at a corner, and a little beggar greeted Xu Changsheng with a long snot.

The little slug is called Liang Mi, and generally stays in the Chenghuang Temple with the Tang and Song dynasties, the Tang and Song dynasties are from other places, and they have no home after coming to the town, so they are in the Chenghuang Temple as a temple blessing, barely eating with a mouthful of food.

As for Liang Mi, he is a bit similar to Xu Changsheng, his parents died when he was young, and then he wandered around the town every day, and after his home was washed away by the flood, he didn't have to go back. Only occasionally I would go to Xu Changsheng's house for one night, and when Tang and Song came, they followed Tang and Song every day, and they ate and lived in the City God Temple.

"Why did the little slugs come out so early. Xu Changsheng touched Liang Mi's head.

Liang Mi yawned, "That guy in Tang Song asked Uncle Ben to come out to help him buy wine, I didn't want to do it, but when I saw him begging me so hard, I reluctantly helped him." ”

Xu Changsheng held back a smile, "How much does it cost to run errands?"

Liang Mi shrunk his head, "It's enough to buy a steamed bun." ”

But he quickly straightened his neck again, "Tang Song, this bastard is really getting more and more picky, he could buy a big meat bun before, but now it's only enough to buy a steamed bun." ”

Xu Changsheng gave him a chestnut, and said angrily: "If it's cheap, it's still good." ”

Liang Mi laughed loudly, and even ran with a bend.

Suddenly, Liang Mi walked around again, "Xu Changsheng, I heard that the witch rat and his father gave him a small dagger, and now he is angry on Fulu Street, you should be careful when you send tofu in the past, in case it will be troublesome to do something to you." ”

Xu Changsheng said with a smile: "I don't have any deep hatred with him, it's not like this, besides, I'm running fast, he Wu Weihu's stupid big man wants to catch up with me, I'm afraid he will have a few more legs." ”

Liang Mi tilted his head and thought about it, as if this was the reason, and then turned around and ran away. By the way, he brought the tofu from the wine store, at least Xu Changsheng didn't have to make another trip.

But it didn't take long for Liang Mi to pat his head again, he thought about telling Xu Changsheng about it before he went out, but he didn't expect to forget it, he really could forget everything in his pig brain.

But turn around.

Xu Changsheng has long since disappeared.