Sparrow God Reborn

"I have met your master, Mao Hu."

Hao Meng was stunned. Soon, he came to his senses and asked, "When?"

Yan Ze looked at the pair of jade mahjong and said, "A year ago."

A year ago, when Hao Meng had just stepped into the professional circle and started to play, Mao Hu's condition deteriorated. Sold Mahjong.

But at that time, Mao Yihu had already been admitted to the hospital, and it was difficult for him to walk around, so how could he meet Yanze?

"On what occasion did you meet my master?" Hao Meng asked.

"To be exact," Yan Ze pondered for a moment, "it was your master who took the initiative to find me." Seeing Hao Meng's surprised expression, he continued, "It was because of this mahjong picture."

"Wait!" Hao Meng was a little confused, "You said he did it for this mahjong? How is this possible? My master didn't know that this set of mahjong was sold by me... my senior brother." After Mao Yihu became seriously ill, , just hand over the Yu mahjong to Hao Meng for safekeeping, anyway, this mahjong will be passed on to him in the future.Hao Meng turned around and sold the mahjong, but Mao Yihu didn't know about it.

"Your master told you that?" Yan Ze seemed a little surprised, then nodded, "It should be hidden from you."

"Hiding it?"

"Your master already knew about Ding Yuan's sale of this mahjong piece." Yan Ze said, "You should also know that when Ding Yuan first sold this mahjong piece, the price was raised very high, which was exaggerated. So It’s hard to sell. A friend of mine wanted to buy this mahjong piece as a gift for me, but felt that the price was outrageous, and negotiated with Ding Yuan for a while.”

Hao Meng heard what Yan Ze said, and remembered that the person who bought Jade Mahjong was indeed a middle-aged man, probably the "friend" Yan Ze mentioned.

At the beginning, he was eager to raise money. Competitions were not held every day. There was a period between the start of the competition and the completion of the competition to get the bonus, and Mao Hu couldn't wait that long.So he wanted it urgently, but he also knew that the true value of this piece of jade mahjong was not that precious.

Yanze's friend had already offered a relatively moderate price, but Hao Meng wanted to raise the price due to the current situation, so there was a stalemate for a while.

"Later, my friend finalized the price, bought this mahjong, and sent it to me." Yanze recalled: "However, within a few days after it was delivered, your master, Mao Yihu, came to me .”

Hao Meng's heart tightened, he realized that what Yan Ze said now was very important, and it might let him know something he never knew.

"Your master asked me if I could return the jade mahjong to him, and he would exchange it with me for something of the same value."

Hao Meng said, "What you said..."

"It's an emerald stone medal."

Hao Meng froze, and after a long while, he asked, "Does that stone stamp have the word 'Autumn' on it?"

Yan Ze looked at him, Hao Meng closed her eyes.

"You seem to know this stone seal." Yan Ze asked, pushing the brewed tea in front of Hao Meng.

Hao Meng stayed for a while, then said: "I know. The owner of that stone badge is called Meng Qiu." He said, "It's my teacher's wife's name."

"Master?"

"I once had a teacher's wife," Hao Meng said, "He died before passing the door."

From the first time Hao Meng saw Maohu, Maohu was already a bit crazy and half old man.He has lived with Mao Hu for so many years, and Mao Hu seems to have always been such an unreliable personality.Nosy, but also love to cause trouble, every now and then get into a lot of trouble, and then run as fast as they can.Most of the time in the past, their masters and apprentices have been in such a strange state of neglecting their heads and tails.

Hao Meng has always felt that after experiencing such things when she was a child, she didn't grow crooked in the end, and even had a good temper. It was all thanks to Mao Hu who was so foolish all day long. He had to rely on him to provoke the heavy responsibility of the teacher and was forced to grow up result.

Mao Hu has two important things, one is the jade mahjong handed down by his ancestors, which is rubbed and loved every day, and the other is an emerald stone badge, which he never leaves in his bosom.

Hao Meng always suspected that the emerald stone medal was a fake, because Mao Hu had never kissed or wiped it.But Hao Meng felt that it might be true, because once, Maohu was robbed while walking at night, his nose was bruised and his face was swollen, and his body was covered with injuries, but he was still holding the stone badge tightly in his hand.

In the middle of summer when Hao Meng was 13 years old, he got up at night to go to the bathroom, and saw Mao Hu sitting outside the shed, the strong smell of alcohol filled the air, a pile of paper money on the ground, the flames were flying high, and the night was gloomy.

Hao Meng was frightened half to death, and went to look closely, and found that Maohu was still the same Maohu, and hadn't turned into a zombie.

Hao Meng said: "That was the first time I saw Master drinking."

Maohu likes to read "playing cards without drinking, and drinking without playing cards". From the first time Hao Meng saw him, he had never seen Maohu drinking.Hao Meng always thought that Maohu was pouring a glass of wine, and only after seeing this scene did he realize that Maohu didn't know how to drink, but secretly hid himself to drink at night. If he hadn't woken up at night, he wouldn't have seen this scene.

He walked up to Mao Hu and sat down, the moon was cool and thin, he asked: "Master, who are you burning paper money for?"

Mao Yihu was stunned for a moment, and said, "Your mistress."

Hao Meng was shocked. He asked, "I actually have a teacher?"

Mao Hu slapped him on the head: "If your mistress is still alive, where did you come from?"

I didn't understand the meaning of this sentence. This sentence was a bit complicated for 13-year-old Hao Meng. He looked at Mao Yihu's face and asked in a low voice: "My teacher died?"

Maohu didn't answer, he picked up the ashes-stained wine bottle from the ground, took a big gulp, and let out a long sigh.

The paper money on the ground was burnt clean and gradually extinguished, leaving only a lonely spark. Mao Hu took out the emerald stone medal from his bosom and pointed it at the moon.Hao Meng saw clearly for the first time that the word "Autumn" was written on the bottom of the stone seal.

"Almost 40 years." Mao Yihu murmured.

During the years with Mao Hu, most of what Mao Hu said to Hao Meng was about sparrows, and a small part was nonsense. The stories he told about himself were all about winning the sparrow game with others many years ago. More wins less bragging.

Therefore, when Mao Hu told Hao Meng a tender story for the first time, after so many years, Hao Meng could still remember it very clearly, even the tone of Mao Hu when he recalled that night. He remembered the moonlight's mastery perfectly.

Crazy geniuses are not so crazy from the start.In the years when Hao Meng had never met Mao Hu, Mao Hu was also young, and when he was young, Mao Hu was no different from any young man in the world, proud, self-willed, and flawed.Flying freely, but also a little free and easy and cute.

The young Mao Hu met Meng Qiu.

Meng Qiu is the eldest lady of the shopkeeper of the Mipu family. She comes from a wealthy family, is pretty and smart, overbearing and strong, and occasionally likes to go to teahouses to "kill two rounds".The people in the town were either not as good as her at all, or the young lads thought the beauty was cute and deliberately gave in, which always made Meng Qiu win.

But one day Miss Meng met a man who didn't know how to pity and cherish jade, and it was also the first time in this world that he didn't give her face.

Maohu passed by here and saw someone playing mahjong, and a beautiful young girl sat in the middle, surrounded by people flattering her.When I was young, I didn't know how to be devious, and I couldn't stand what I said, so I told the truth and laughed at her for being too stupid.

Meng Qiu was furious, and Mao Hu refused to give in, and even angered her: "You are so powerful, do you dare to bet with me for a few games?"

As a result, Meng Qiu lost all the money he had on him, and unwillingly made an appointment with Mao Hu to come back the next day, and left in a huff.

The next day, Meng Qiu lost all his money as usual, and also lost an emerald stone medal.

On the third day, Meng Qiu still lost all her money. She had lost too much in the past few days, and she was not a gambler, but she was already hesitant for the sake of gaining credit.Mao Yihu smiled and said: "If Miss Meng is willing to call me three times and give me a kiss, I will refund all the money from the previous few days, and we will write it off."

In front of many people, Meng Qiu was so angry that he cried.

Mao Hu was at a loss when he saw people crying.It was comforting and begging for mercy, but Meng Qiu was slapped in the face, and Meng Qiu ran away.

Mao Hu is not really bad, he just likes to play pranks, and why he only likes to play tricks on Meng Qiu is probably selfish.Annoyed the girl, he would run to the rice shop every three days, give a gadget, tell a boring joke, hoping to make up for the mistake, of course, the effect is very small.

It wasn't until the gangsters in the town molested Miss Meng on the way home from Meng Qiu that Mao Hu finally had a chance to show his talents, and at the cost of his misery, Meng Qiu finally stopped looking at him.

He's not bad looking, and he's pretty cute. It's a time-tested trick for a hero to save the beauty. Before he knows it, he can't tell when he fell in love.

"Then what?" Hao Meng stared at Mao Yihu, hoping that he would finish speaking quickly and not to be impatient, so she asked, "Is it because Mrs. Shi's family thinks you are too poor and looks down on you, so they beat you up?"

Mao Yihu said: "How is that possible? Your teacher's wife's parents have treated me very well, and treated me like a son-in-law!"

Hao Meng didn't believe it, so he took out the radio from Mao Hu's jacket pocket, and pressed the switch, and the storytelling in it was impassioned, saying, "It's a pity that one's life is lost in a short time, and one will be a man for two generations in the New Year".

Mao Hu turned off the radio with a snap, and said, "Don't wake up the dog."

"It's a pity that you lost your life suddenly, and you will be a human being for two generations in the new year." Next, you should say "good danger, good danger", which means that the rest of the life after the catastrophe will survive the catastrophe.

"Then?" Hao Meng asked: "Take you as a son-in-law? Is my wife married to you?"

"Then?" Mao Hu seemed a little dull, after thinking for a long time, he said slowly: "No."

Meng Qiu was sick from her mother's womb, and her health was not good since she was a child. The fortune teller said that she would not live to be eighteen, so the Meng family pampered her and took care of her in everything, because they knew that this daughter might pass away at any time.Even Meng Qiu fell in love with Mao Hu, a poor boy, and the Meng family didn't dislike him. Instead, they treated Mao Hu very well, because Meng Qiu liked him.

Meng Qiu lived, 19 years old, 20 years old. People thought she could live forever, but she collapsed at 21 years old.

Meng Qiu refused to marry Mao Hu, and would rather die than drag Mao Hu down. Mao Hu had no choice but to stay with Meng Qiu in Qingle Town for three years. Three years later, Meng Qiu died of illness, and Mao Hu left here to travel around. .

Although she has never been married, in Mao Hu's heart, Meng Qiu is his wife.That emerald stone badge, which he claimed to be a token of love given to him by Meng Qiu, has always been well kept on him.

Mao Hu likes to listen to the two sentences of storytelling, "It's a pity that you lost your life suddenly, and you will be a man in the new year." Even if you have heard it many times, every time you hear it, you will still be as serious as you are hearing it for the first time.Regrettably, in his life, there is no turning point of "good luck, good risk", nor is there any luck for the rest of his life after the catastrophe, but there are only decades-long longings.

Although it is said that the ups and downs are the way of the bird, and the ups and downs are the life, but occasionally when I think about it, I will feel that a certain night when I lost my lover is extraordinarily lonely and long, and people who are usually heartless can't help it Lonely, I want to hide in the dark and taste the wine secretly.

"So you drink because you miss your wife?" Hao Meng asked, "Use wine to drown your sorrows?"

"Nonsense." Mao Yi scolded him: "If I drink because I miss her, then I'll just spend my whole life in the wine jar. I don't miss her for a second."

Hao Meng touched the goose bumps on his arm and said, "It's so cold!" He suddenly thought of something and asked, "Master, which one is more important to you, the emerald stone medal or the jade mahjong? "

"Jade mahjong was left to me by the patriarch, and I will leave it to you in the future." Mao Hu patted the empty wine bottle, "The stone chapter, it was left to me by your wife, and I will take it to the coffin in the future See you in a few decades, if your mistress sees that I have lost all the love tokens, she will definitely get angry." He waved his hands with a very apprehensive look, "That would be terrible."

"Understood." Hao Meng said: "So it means that Teacher Mistress is more important than me, right?"

"Didn't I tell you not to ask nonsense if you have nothing to do?" Mao Hu replied decisively.

Maohu has only loved one woman in his life.This added a touch of fireworks to his seemingly crazy life.Although it is very short, no matter how many years have passed, it is as bright as before, not dim.The only thing left to him by the woman he loves the most is this emerald stone medallion.

In a way, it is also the most important token in Mao Hu's life, even deeper than Yu Mahjong.

Hao Meng never thought of Shi Zhang, even when he sold Jade Mahjong at the end when he was in urgent need of money, he didn't think about Shi Zhang.That was Maohu's thoughts, the best time of his life.

But Yan Ze said that at that time, Mao Hu actually offered to exchange the jade mahjong with the stone badge he regarded as his life.

"Why did my master do this?" Hao Meng asked shyly.

"It's very simple." Yan Ze rubbed his finger across the rim of the cup, and said, "Mao Hu believes that jade mahjong is something left to Ding Yuan, and stone badges are his own. Something is more important than himself."

"Actually," Yan Ze said, "I also asked him at that time."

"What did you ask him?" Hao Meng asked.

"I could tell that he valued that stone badge very much, so I asked him casually, and I asked him, since it is so important, why did he take it out for a change. Your master replied that apprentices are also very important."

Hao Meng's eyes were a little hot, he picked up the cup and took a big sip of tea as a cover-up, the tea was scorching hot and bitter enough to make the tongue numb.But there are things in the world that are more bitter than tea, how can I drink it without changing my face?

He remembered that midsummer night, when he asked Maohu what he said, "Master is more important than me, isn't she?" Maohu said nonsense.

Maohu has only loved one woman in his life, but he has only accepted one apprentice in his life.These two became the two most important people in his life.

Mao Hu has never defended his shortcomings, and has never done anything touching. It is nonsense to be kind and warm with his father and son. Mao Hu just didn't show it when he got a glimpse of his infatuated side, or in other words, his way of showing it was different from others.

"So," Hao Meng asked: "Ding Yuan entered the professional circle to play in the first place, did he know about it?"

Yan Ze said: "Of course."

He kept these things from Mao Hu, and thought he was perfect, but in fact, Mao Hu saw them all.He didn't know what kind of mood Maohu was watching him do all this, but Maohu didn't stop him.

This is Maohu's habit. Maohu likes to take care of injustice, but never interferes in other people's lives and changes other people's decisions.He has a kind of decisiveness to let nature take its course, so he knows that Ding Yuan is playing games for him, and he may not be able to stop him even if he knows it, so he sees through and doesn't say anything about it. He just does what he can, and can leave something for Ding Yuan.

Hao Meng calmed down and looked at Yan Ze: "Then why did you use Jade Mahjong in the end? Didn't you agree?"

"I don't have the habit of collecting antiques." Yan Ze smiled: "But I promised him that this deal with Ding Yuan can be regarded as a pawn. I will keep this mahjong piece and neither transfer nor sell it. If one day Ding Yuan If Yuan wants to redeem it, I won't stop it. It's just that I didn't expect," he paused, before continuing: "An accident will happen to Ding Yuan."

It turned out to be the case.

"My master... did you say anything?"

"Mao Hu is very happy that I can say that," Yan Ze said, "He said, if this is the case, this mahjong will definitely return to Ding Yuan's hands in the end. I was surprised that he could be so confident and asked him how he could affim."

Hao Meng stared at him.

"Mao nonsense, no one can do better than Ding Yuan on mahjong."

It seems that at this moment, all the injustices, depression, depression, anger and grievances encountered before have disappeared.When he was running for Mao Hu, Mao Hu was silently protecting him.This makes people grateful and ashamed, excited but frank.Mao Hu seldom praised him during his decades of companionship, at this moment, at least he understood that Mao Hu was also sincerely proud of him.

There are some things that have been unexplainable, and now, they suddenly have answers.

For the first time, he said "thank you" very sincerely to Yan Ze.

Yan Ze said: "You don't need to thank me, I didn't do anything. But," he asked thoughtfully, "Your master never mentioned you, and you are not angry if you are so partial?"

"Don't be angry! Our brothers and sisters have a very good relationship!" Hao Meng said.

Yan Ze nodded, noncommittal.

Neither of them spoke. Hao Meng stared at the tea and didn't know what to think. After a moment of silence, he suddenly raised his head and said, "Anyway, I'm the only one left in our division. The task falls on me alone." He said: "Since no one can do better than us, a smooth promotion in the regular season is only the beginning. Sunset Red must not be disbanded, we must go to the last step .”

"Us?" Yan Ze asked back.

"Aren't we in the same group?" Hao Meng said naturally: "You will also participate, as an off-site relative?"

Yan Ze denied: "I'll think about it."