On the seventh day of the fourth month, it was raining, and most of the people in the village were closed, but I don't know who shouted loudly.

"The mother of that poor child in Mud Alley has died!"

In the blink of an eye, the village began to become agitated, and they rushed to the mud mouth alley with oil-paper umbrellas.

"Lin Shuang!" an old man pushed open the door and rushed in, and immediately after, the villagers also rushed in.

But when everyone entered the courtyard, they could only see the closed gate, the old man hurriedly stepped forward, checked carefully, and found that the gate was locked from the inside, and Lin Shuang was still in the house.

"Lin Shuang, don't do anything stupid, you still have the villagers, Lin Shuang!" the big man was anxious and knocked on the door hard.

The big man shouted for a long time to no avail, so he rolled up his sleeves and slammed the door.

"Lin Shuang!"

The light shone into the dark hall, and I saw the young man kneeling in front of the woman covered with a white cloth, and the young man looked at the woman in front of him with a dull gaze, and his tears had long since dried up, leaving only a haggard face, and the young man's black hair had also become white.

Seeing everyone walk in, Lin Shuang slowly turned his head and looked at everyone blankly.

"It's all my ...... to blame"

The old man was heartbroken, walked over and hugged the young man in his arms, and comforted: "I don't blame you, I don't blame you......"

The boy began to cry loudly, and the cry pierced the hearts of everyone present. A seven-year-old boy, but his head is white.

......

After a long time, Lin Shuang gradually quieted down, leaned on the old man's arms and fell asleep, the old man gently carried Lin Shuang to the bed in the room, and then returned to the hall.

"Alright, guys, the little one is asleep, let's be quiet. The old man said softly.

"Poor baby, I lost my father and mother at a young age. Some of the women began to sob.

"Yes, what will this child do in the future?" Li Tang's father also spoke.

The old man sighed heavily and said, "That child's father also helped us a lot, and we should help that child now." ”

As soon as the old man's words fell, several sobbing women stopped, and the audience was as silent as death, and everyone looked at me and I looked at you, but they didn't speak.

"What do you mean by that!?"

The silence of the crowd made the old man furious, "Are you all a group of white-eyed wolves!"

"How much did Lin Shuang's father help you when he was still alive, don't you have any points in your hearts?!"

"I'm really blind to you!"

"Ahem, that cow master, how do you say it......"

At this time, Li Tang's father, Li Dabao, took the lead in speaking. "It's not that we don't want to help Lin Shuang, but in our poor and remote place, we sometimes can't eat enough, how can we help a person, everyone says yes?"

"yes, yes. ”

The crowd hurriedly chimed in.

"We are old and young, you see this thing......"

Niu Ye sat on the chair in the lobby with a calm face and slammed the table.

"That's it!"

Immediately, Niu Ye hurriedly looked at the inner room, and after finding that there was nothing abnormal, he sighed heavily and looked at everyone.

Then, his tone seemed to have changed as if he had changed, and he slowly spoke: "If you don't help, I'll help." From today on, Lin Shuang will be my godgrandson, and his business will be my business from now on!"

As soon as Niu Ye's words fell, the audience was silent again, but this time the silence was different from the last time, and everyone's expressions looked relaxed.

"Ahem. ”

Liu Qing, a blacksmith at the head of the village, coughed lightly.

"Since you have said so, Master Niu, then we can't be white-eyed wolves. ”

"In this way, Lin Shuang's mother's funeral will be handled by our big guys together, so we should return the favor. The big guy says this is okay?"

"I think it's good, this way. ”

"Well, so that we don't owe anything to the Lin Shuangjia. ”

"Yes, yes, it's still thoughtful Liu Qing. ”

.......

After a discussion with everyone, a decision was quickly made.

"This method is good, let's do it, what do you think, Niu Ye?" Li Dabao affirmed, and everyone's eyes turned to Niu Ye again.

Niu Ye glanced at everyone fiercely and shut up.

Everyone looks at me, I look at you, and I don't know what I'm thinking in my heart.......

"Master Niu, if you don't speak, we will take you by default..."

Immediately, Li Dabao gestured to everyone with his eyes, and everyone understood in seconds, and took out a few copper coins and put them on the table, one or two, some three or four, and so on.

Then, everyone glanced at each other, and then walked out bustlingly, and Li Dabao finally said a word to Niu Ye when he left.

"Sometimes, good people don't necessarily get good rewards. ”

But Niu Ye still ignored Li Dabao and still kept a calm face. Li Dabao smiled and left with Li Tang.

When he was about to leave, Li Tang looked back at Lin Shuang's house, and the child's eyes were full of complicated looks...

For a long time, Niu Ye looked at the copper coins on the table and sighed, remembering the words left by Li Dabao when he left.

"What retribution is not retribution, then this retribution should not fall on a child!"

Then, Niu Ye slowly got up and walked towards the inner room.

"Old man Hu?"

In the inner room, I saw Old Man Hu standing in front of Lin Shuang, who was sleeping.

"When did you come?" asked Master Niu.

Old man Hu smiled and said, "If I want to come, can you still stop me?"

Niu Ye waved his hand: "Come on, isn't it just that you can absorb a little bit of the aura of the world, what are you showing off with me?"

The old man laughed a lot, and with a wave of his hand, two stools appeared in front of the two.

"Sit. Old man Hu made a gesture of please.

"Wait. Niu Ye pointed in the direction of the outhouse, "Let's go out and talk." ”

......

"Say, what did you come to Lin Shuang for?" Niu Ye sat down.

Old Man Hu smiled, then sat down not far from Niu Ye, touched his beard, and said, "I want Lin Shuang to practice the laws of all things in the world." ”

"What!" Niu Ye was shocked, and then roared in a low voice: "Have you forgotten how Lin Shuang's father died?!"

Old man Hu didn't speak, and took a sip of tea lightly.

"I don't agree with this, since I have become Lin Shuang's godfather, I will be responsible for Lin Shuang!"

Hearing this, Old Man Hu smiled and said, "I don't care who you are from Lin Shuang, since I chose him, no one can change my will." ”

"And I'm just here to inform you today, not to ask for your consent!"

"You!"

Niu Ye squeezed his fists fiercely.

"Believe it or not, I'll leave here with Lin Shuang now!"

Old man Hu smiled, "If you can do it, then please take care of yourself." ”

Niu Ye glanced at Old Man Hu angrily: "Old fellow, don't forget, if Lin Shuang and his grandfather are still alive, it will not be your turn to take charge of this world!"

Old man Hu smiled, took another sip of tea, and said, "What you said is right, I admit that if Old Man Lin is still here, it will indeed not be my turn." ”

"But, the reality is here, old guy, don't talk about a dead man!"

Suddenly a gust of wind blew up inside the hall, and a light gray rain suddenly fell outside. The corners of Niu Ye's eyes jumped, and he said categorically: "Then you can step over my corpse!"

The two looked at each other for a long time, and finally, Old Man Hu spoke first: "Okay, I'll give you time to think about it." ”

After speaking, Old Man Hu got up and walked out.

"By the way, I won't give it too long, three years is enough. After three years, whether you agree or not, I will come with Lin Shuang. ”

After speaking, Old Man Hu's figure slowly dissipated into the rain. Niu Ye sighed heavily, he didn't want Lin Shuang to follow the same path as his father......

Niu Ye looked out of the house with a dull gaze, the rain outside the house was still falling continuously, and the raindrops were ticking down on the steps, and the atmosphere was exceptionally quiet.

......

"Mother, don't go, don't go...... Mother!"

Lin Shuang suddenly sat up from the bed, the corners of his eyes were already moist, the young man ignored the tears in the corners of his eyes, quickly got up from the bed and ran quickly to the outhouse, he hoped that this was a dream, looking forward to his mother sitting on the chair in the outhouse and quietly looking out of the house, this is the habit of the young mother's mother for many years.

"Mother!"

It's a pity that the reality is not as general as Lin Shuang thought, there are only Niu Ye sitting in a daze on a chair and a pitch-black coffin in the outhouse, the coffin is ajar, as if waiting for Lin Shuang to see the last side.

When Niu Ye saw Lin Shuang's figure, he gradually eased up from his thoughts.

"Little Shuang. Niu Ye shouted softly.

Lin Shuang trembled and walked towards the coffin, tears flowing uncontrollably.

"Mother. Lin Shuang leaned on the side of the coffin, shouting with a trembling voice, but no one answered.

The boy tried to reach out and touch the woman's cheek, but he couldn't reach out. At this time, Niu Ye came over and picked up Lin Shuangyi, and the young man got his wish.

The young man gently stroked the woman's face, the corners of the woman's mouth were smiling, and although her face had traces of time, she could still see the delicacy of her facial features.

"When your mother was young, there were many people chasing after her, but who would have thought that in the end she would be cheaper than your father's poor boy. ”

"At that time, we were not optimistic about this family business, but your mother didn't know what the devil was, and she wanted to marry your father, and in the end, your father still married your mother, and after a few years, there was your ......"

Niu Ye didn't continue, even if Niu Ye didn't say it, Lin Shuang could know what happened later.

After a long time, Lin Shuang slowly shifted his gaze from the woman, looked at the Niu Ye beside him, and then the young man knelt down and kowtowed to the old man in front of him three times.

"Master Niu, thank you. ”

Niu Ye hurriedly helped Lin Shuang up, patted the dust on his trouser leg for him, sighed and said, "Thank you for what I did, I have an old relationship with your grandfather, and helping you is also helping myself." ”

Lin Shuang shook his head and said seriously: "It's one thing for you and my grandfather to have an old relationship, and it's another thing for me to thank you." ”

Niu Ye patted Lin Shuang's shoulder and laughed, "What kind of crooked truth is this?"

Lin Shuang scratched his head and looked at Niu Ye inexplicably.

Niu Ye's laughter gradually stopped, sighed, and just wanted to speak, but he couldn't bear to look at the child in front of him.

Lin Shuang seemed to guess what the old man in front of him wanted to say, and said, "It's okay, it's enough for the villagers to help me so much, I'm already very satisfied." ”

Niu Ye was stunned, and couldn't help but feel a little sad when he looked at the smiling young man in front of him.

"Did Old Man Hu tell you?"

Lin Shuang nodded and said, "When I was asleep, the voice of Grandpa Beard suddenly came to my mind, he told me. ”

"Then did you say anything else?" Niu Ye hurriedly asked.

Lin Shuang shook his head.

Niu Ye breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that this old guy still knows how to measure.

"I think Grandpa Beard is so powerful, he can send me a message in a dream. Lin Shuang said suddenly.

"Let's take one last look at your mother. Niu Ye said in a low voice, deliberately changing the topic just now.

At the mention of his mother, the young man's eyes dimmed, and he grabbed the coffin and looked at the woman in the coffin quietly.

"Grandpa Niu, do you say that people will have souls when they die?"

"Yes. Niu Ye said without hesitation.

"Then I can't cry, I can't let my mother see me crying. ”

Niu Ye touched Lin Shuang's head and said softly: "After a person dies, he will become a star in the sky, and every night, he will come out to watch his loved one grow up healthily." ”