It was rainy in late autumn and the sky was bright.

A thin-faced teenager was woken up by a ticking sound. The boy reached out and rubbed his eyes, habitually looking at the palm-sized hole in the roof.

"It's full again. The boy muttered as he got up and picked up the empty barrel next to him to catch the rain.

The boy can't remember how many of these buckets have been replaced today, and it has been raining for more than ten days in a row. Whenever this happens, the boy can't help but scold God for not opening his eyes.

The boy's name is Hu Man'er, and he is an orphan. He is also the only one in the village who is still alive.

Hu Man'er stared blankly at the raindrops dripping from the roof, falling into the bucket and splashing down, a little helpless.

A black shadow jumped down from the beam of the house and climbed onto Hu Man'er's shoulder in three or two steps.

It's a monkey.

Hu Man'er reached out and touched the monkey's furry head and grinned.

"Are you hungry?" asked Hu Man'er, asking the monkey on his shoulder.

The monkey nodded, reaching out and pointing to his mouth.

"I'm hungry, I'm hungry, it's raining for more than ten days, and I can't even get out of the door to get food. ”

Immediately, Hu Man'er stretched out his hand and pointed to the beam.

"Otherwise, let's eat your little friend, half of each person. ”

When the monkey heard this, he squeaked twice, jumped off Hu Man'er's shoulder, climbed back to the beam again, teased the black spider in the cobweb, and casually threw a peanut from nowhere to Hu Man'er, which was smashed on the top of Hu Man'er's head.

"Hey, dead monkey, you dare to hide it. Although he said it, Hu Man'er still bent down to pick up the peanut on the ground and threw it into his mouth.

Hu Man'er let out a long sigh. Looking at his own room, it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a house with four walls......

The rain eventually stopped. On the official road leading to Falling Water City.

A young girl dressed in purple came belatedly, followed by a hobbling old man. The girl tugged at the sleeves of the old man's loose shirt and kept complaining.

"Grandpa, hurry up, you said that you are a lot old, and if you don't do it as a good mountain sect elder, you have to travel the rivers and lakes, but you swim by yourself, and you have to pull me." ”

The afterglow of the setting sun shone on the two of them, gradually elongating their bodies.

At first glance, the old man is already in the twilight, and he looks old. If you look closely, it is not difficult to see that this person has raised his eyebrows and his pace is steady, and he must have been a suave person when he was young.

The old man was holding a dragon head and old crutches, and he was carrying a wooden box about three feet long on his shoulder, which looked a little difficult.

"Dead girl, can't you take care of my old man's legs and feet? ”

The old man was a little staggered by the girl, but he hurriedly stabilized his footsteps, straightened his messy robe and continued to speak.

"Before you went down the mountain, you begged the old man to take you out, saying that you wanted to be a woman who fought the sword world, but now you rely on me?

The girl was furious, a little displeased.

"I didn't know that it would be so hard to go out, I knew that it would be better to study in Guanzhong. ”

"Hey, what you said, reading has a fart use, in today's world, demons are rampant, do you meet a monster to talk to him about the Tao Te Ching? The old man changed his disdainful tone and was a little flattering.

"Don't, it's too hard to practice swords...... Oops. ”

The girl only cared about talking, and did not see a wilderness boy facing her at all, and the two collided solidly.

The boy got up in a panic and ran away in a hurry, only to turn around and shout, "Sorry girl, I'm in a hurry." ”

"You ......" Before the purple-clothed girl got up and finished speaking, the wilderness boy was gone.

Today's Falling Water City is just in time for the annual lantern temple fair, and the streets at this time are full of people, and the sound of gongs and drums is endless.

In the distance, two people walked slowly, it was the old man and the young man outside the city. The girl should have not been to such a lively place for a long time, always looking here, touching there, happy as a sparrow in early autumn. I have long forgotten the displeasure of Fang Cai.

The old man followed the girl, smiling silently.

Not far ahead, there was a bustling voice, and many people were discussing something in a circle. The girl was a little curious when she saw this, and squeezed into the crowd to see the excitement.

But I saw a thin young man standing on the high platform in front of him, only about eleven or twelve years old.

The young man is also well-behaved, but he is wearing sackcloth, a felt hat, and straw sandals, but he is holding a folding fan and acting like a literati, which looks a little nondescript. However, there is a small ape squatting next to him, with brown hair on his body, and a pair of discerning eyes that turn around, which is quite cute.

The girl recognized the boy at first glance as the one who knocked him down, but at this time she was in a good mood and didn't bother with him. Just watched with interest what the boy was going to do next.

Look at the young man in sackcloth at this time, his face was full of smiles, and he bent down on the ground and picked up a gong and struck it. "Bang" twice followed by a loud shout.

"Those who come from the south and go to the north all look here, the little one has followed his father to practice martial arts since he was a child, and his skills are extraordinary, needless to say, even our monkeys have those brushes, and the officials don't have to go away, and look at the small ones to give this monkey head a chest crush boulder. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the young man gave the little ape next to him a look. The little ape seemed to understand, so he shook his head helplessly and reluctantly climbed up to the high platform and lay down.

The young man looked around and saw that everyone was looking at him, and secretly rejoiced. He took off his felt hat in style, rolled up his sleeves, and spat twice in his palm. He bent down and picked up a square stone slab, placed it on the little ape, and reached for the wooden hammer that had already stood aside. smiled at everyone in the audience.

"Ladies and gentlemen, look at it, the small one is going to be smashed, if this stone is broken, please have to hold a money field if you have money, and if you don't have money, you can give the two copper plates a little meaning. If you really can't do it, don't be idle, applause is always out of the way. Everyone in the audience burst into laughter.

Everything was ready, the young man slowly raised the wooden hammer, and was about to smash it down, only to see the little ape's body shake in fright, squeak twice, and the body suddenly flipped, and the stone slab on his body fell in response. It happened to land on the boy's instep.

"Hey, hey. ”

After a cry of pain, the young man hurriedly threw away the wooden hammer in his hand and sat on the ground, covering his smashed feet with both hands and rubbing them uncontrollably. It took a while to react and scolded loudly: "Dead monkey, you can't find death, you're afraid of a bird, it's not good to practice at home." I'm going to kill your dad and me. Good work ruins you. Look at Lao Tzu when he comes home and doesn't pick your skin and eat meat. Hey...... It hurts Lao Tzu to death. ”

When the little ape heard this, he didn't see the slightest cowardice, and ran to the young man's side in three or two steps, raised his foot, and stomped the young man's injured foot. Everyone was stunned when they saw this scene, but then they burst into laughter, and even burst into tears in their eyes.

The girl naturally felt the novelty, and said to her grandfather, who had just squeezed into the crowd.

"Grandpa, the monkey next to this boy is so funny. ”

The old man was also a little curious when he heard this, and raised his eyes, but he didn't look at the young man, he glanced at the monkey beside the young man and said in surprise: "Yo, this young man still has some luck." Girl, this monkey is extraordinary."

"Isn't this just an ordinary monkey? Could it be that Sun Wukong can't be reincarnated?" the purple-clothed girl smiled. When it was Chu Chu moving.

"What do you know, this ape's name is Akame, and at the beginning it is no different from the ordinary monkey tribe, when it grows up, it can open six eyes, and all six eyes are red, so it is called Akame. It is also good at attacking, and its strength should not be underestimated. ”

"And this matter, grandpa, don't lie to me. The girl's eyes were horrified when she heard this, but she was still a little skeptical.

"Dead girl, how could grandpa ever lie to you? You carefully see if there are four white velvets on the face of this ape, and when this ape reaches adulthood, the white velvet will open its eyes and become a great success. The old man said with a look of disdain.

"Ah, really. But this young man clearly has nothing special, how can he be created like this. The girl's eyes moved to the little ape's face, and as grandpa said, the four white velvets under her eyes were clearly visible.

"I don't know, you can ask for yourself. The old man twisted his face to the side and stopped looking at his clever granddaughter.

At this time, someone in the crowd who knew the young man coaxed: "Haha...... Hu Man'er, let's smash it. Let your monkey grandfather sell it, haha...... It's really a martial arts practice since childhood, and it's extraordinary, haha......"

The young man was speechless for a while, and his face was red. glanced viciously at the little ape eating dates next to him, and the little ape pretended not to see the date core in his hand as he played.

After a while, everyone saw that there was no more excitement to see, so they slowly dispersed. When the young man saw everyone leaving, he hurriedly raised his head and shouted, "Hey, I haven't given the money yet......" but the voice was more and more inaudible in the end.

It should be that the teenager himself feels that he has no face to ask for this lively money. I had to get up and limp to clean up my broken belongings. I didn't forget to kick the monkey next to me. It's just that it was deftly avoided by the monkeys.

The young man was about to open his mouth and curse, but he saw a piece of silver flying under his feet. He paused, then looked up, and happened to see the girl in purple looking at him as well.

When I saw the girl's eyebrows were picturesque, her skin was better than snow. A pair of eyes as bright as autumn water looked at him quietly.

The boy stood there for a moment. It wasn't until the little ape picked up the silver ingot on the ground and handed it to him that he slowly came back to his senses. He lowered his head and reached out to take the silver ingot from the monkey's hand, and when he looked up again, there was no sign of the girl. I had to pack up the silver ingots and pack up my belongings, but I couldn't help but feel a little lost in my heart.

When the boy cleaned up, he looked up at the sky, and the sky, which had been clear just now, was now obscured by large dark clouds, and it was not surprising that there would soon be heavy rain on this land. The boy was a little anxious and quickened the pace of his return journey.

Just walked a few steps, and suddenly found a middle-aged fortune teller standing on the corner of the street, holding a zhang of more than a cloth banner in his hand, with the book "Divination asks about the future, and the word measurement counts marriage." "Ten big words. He was smiling and looking in his own direction. The young man looked at him for a moment in amazement. If you find it boring, you have to leave.

"Young man, young man, you go slowly. Seeing that the young man was leaving, the Taoist hurriedly took a few steps forward to stop him. The young man turned his head to look at the fortune teller and frowned slightly, a little curious, stretched out his finger and pointed at himself and said, "Mr. called me?"

"Exactly, exactly. The old man looked at your face, and there was black gas gathering between his eyebrows for a long time, and the numerology was full of twists and turns. It should be bad luck. Would it be good to let the old man make a hexagram for you?" said the old man with a solemn face.

"Sir, do you think I look like that rich man? ”

The boy didn't care, he just thought he was a liar living on the streets.

There are many fortune tellers like this, and there are more than three or four on this street alone. Which one is not eight-sided and exquisite. Most of them talk about people and talk about ghosts.

"Hey, the old man is destined for you, and he won't accept your money. ”

Hu Man'er heard that he didn't accept money, as a master who had a cheap advantage and didn't take advantage of the bastard, Hu Man'er naturally couldn't let go of this opportunity, and didn't hesitate to stretch out his hand and hand it to Mr.

A trace of coolness swam into Hu Man'er's body along the palm of his hand, and Hu Man'er noticed it, but he didn't care.

After reading the palmistry, Lao Dao let out a long breath.

"The lonely star, the lonely star. ”

Lao Dao turned around and left, and said nothing more.

"Is this man sick, Lonely Star? ”

Hu Man'er looked at the fortune teller who was going away and muttered a few words. The wind was blowing under his feet, and after a while, the crowd of people who had dispersed to hide from the rain also disappeared at the end of the street.