Li Xunhuan and A Fei

Winter has come, spring is of course not far away, in a blink of an eye winter turns to spring, everything recovers, the land is green and lush, it is much easier for Ah Fei to hunt, the food at home has improved a lot, and he has more money.

Ever since Li Xunhuan pawned his cloak, A Fei had a wish, hoping to hunt more prey and sell it for money to redeem Li Xunhuan's cloak.He saved half of the winter and most of the spring, and finally saved enough one tael of silver just before the end of spring.This is undoubtedly a huge sum of money for A Fei, and he was so excited that he couldn't sleep for half the night when he saved enough money - he was still a child after all.Only three days later at the market, Ah Fei was going to redeem the cloak, in order to surprise Li Xunhuan, he didn't tell Li Xunhuan about this in advance.

After a year, A Fei grew taller again. The 12-year-old A Fei was only a head behind Li Xunhuan, and his martial arts also improved.Li Xunhuan personally made a sword for A Fei using the materials A Fei bought from the market. The material is relatively brittle, without a blade, just a piece of iron, but this is the first real iron sword that A Fei has in his life. I like it very much, and I don’t need a scabbard, just stick it obliquely in my waist, and take it with me wherever I go.

Li Xun Huan recalled the first time the two met, A Fei's sword was inserted obliquely like this, it seems that A Fei is still A Fei, some habits will not be changed.

The two of them lived in the same room, Li Xunhuan lived at the top of the kang, A Fei lived at the end of the kang, at night Li Xunhuan coughed and couldn't sleep, A Fei would chat with him.

Li Xunhuan told him anecdotes about the world, about famous generals and heroes, about loyal ministers and martyrs, about astronomy and geography, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, five elements and eight trigrams, the characteristics of various martial arts schools and schools, tips on how to perform martial arts... everything that can be said.

From Li Xunhuan's mouth, Ah Fei knew that the world was like this, which was totally different from what his mother said.The world in Mother Kiss is cold and cruel, you have to be wary of people, maybe someone will harm you, and if you want to become famous, Mother said that if you don’t become famous, you will die.The world that Li Xunhuan said is warm, everyone is friendly and helpful, those evil people who resort to conspiracy and tricks must end up with no good results, and good will be rewarded with good, and evil will be rewarded with evil.Li Xunhuan told him that we are not gods and should not judge whether others are good or bad, the only thing we can do is judge ourselves.If you have great power, you should not bully the weak, but use your power more carefully.

Ah Fei asked that if I see a bad guy, I can't kill him?

Li Xunhuan said that first of all, you can't be sure that he must be a bad person. Who gave you the power to decide life and death?Secondly, even if he is a bad person, he will change for the better. We should give him a chance. Finally, you remember a sentence, a good swimmer will drown in water, a good rider will fall into a horse, and a murderer will be killed. If you kill too much, No matter whether you kill a good person or a bad person, it is inevitable that you will end up with a good death in the end.

A Fei said that he is so forbearing, he can't do whatever he wants, and the world is not interesting.

Li Xunhuan said that the world is not interesting, I have been in the world for many years, and I am not as comfortable as I have been with you for more than half a year.

Ah Fei opened his big black and pure eyes with yearning and anticipation for the future. At that time, he was youthful and frivolous. He said to Li Xunhuan seriously, but I must enter the rivers and lakes. I would rather die than become famous. do you understand?

Of course Li Xun Huan understood, he had already guessed whose son A Fei was, he understood what a powerful hero A Fei would become after entering the rivers and lakes, and he also knew that the moment A Fei stepped into the rivers and lakes was the moment when they parted.Li Xunhuan's heart is too old, he will never enter the arena again, and bring misfortune to Lin Shiyin and Long Xiaoyun again.

Although it would take a long time, Li Xun Huan felt a little bit reluctant to let go, like watching an eagle soaring after growing up.

He seemed to see the grown-up A Fei roaming the rivers and lakes, invincible and admired by the world.He knew that one day Ah Fei would stand at a height that no one could reach, looking down at the ants-like beings below.And Li Xun Huan may be among all living beings, looking up at A Fei with a smile in his eyes, or he may have already been terminally ill, lingering on the bed, or died forever, with piles of weeds on his grave.No matter what, Li Xunhuan will bless Ah Fei.

Thinking of this, Li Xunhuan suddenly realized that he and A Fei didn't get along for a long time.

Even if he is reborn, he still cannot control the outcome of the matter, the only thing he can do is to control the process of the matter.He believed that A Fei would still remember him after he entered the world and became famous. If A Fei smiled when he thought of him, that would be enough.

There is nothing more to ask for in this life.

What Li Xun Huan was thinking and worrying in his heart, A Fei didn't know at all.At that time, A Fei was only 12 years old, between children and adults, with his unique innocence and simplicity, full of beautiful expectations and imaginations for the future world.He wholeheartedly thought that when he grows up and has the ability, he can build a big house and ask a servant to take care of Li Xun Huan, so that Li Xun Huan doesn't have to be so wronged.

Eating well, dressing well, being served by someone, and living alone in a big house, this is already the best life A Fei can imagine for Li Xunhuan.

He didn't know the best life he imagined, Li Xunhuan had lived it for decades and never liked it.

Three days later, Ah Fei told Li Xunhuan to go hunting, but actually went to a small town to redeem his cloak.

Carrying a total of one tael of scattered silver in his pocket, for the first time, Ah Fei felt a little bit of a childlike flying, jumping around and running fast like a child of this age.

At the end of spring and the beginning of summer, everything grows, the sun is shining brightly, the blue sky is full of white clouds, the weather is so good that you can’t blame yourself if you don’t go out to play, A Fei is about to redeem Li Xunhuan’s cape, everything is a scenery, he feels that even the looks of passers-by Much more friendly and beautiful than usual.

Not long after, A Fei came to the pawn shop in the small town. The pawn shop was located in the center of the main street, and it was easy to find. A Fei was full of interest and strode forward.

As soon as he entered the door, he was stopped by a boy: "Hey, hey, little beggar, get out!"

Ah Fei was wearing a small blue cloth gown, and drove dozens of miles of mountain roads. The clothes were soaked in sweat, and the clothes were covered with dust. There were patches on the chest and back, and the patch on the left shoulder was sewn by Li Xunhuan. Li Xunhuan's embroidery was very poor. , sewn in seven twists and eight crooked, looks very shabby.

Ah Fei was at the age when his height increased rapidly, and his height increased so quickly that he looked thinner, unlike other children from rich and noble families who were chubby with pink cheeks.His hair was tied by Li Xun Huan, Li Xun Huan could not tie his hair, so he just tied a blue headband across his forehead, tied a button at the back of his head, and fixed his messy hair.At his waist was an unsheathed iron piece that could not even be called a sword.

It's normal for this outfit to be called a beggar by the servant who watches over the dishes.

Ah Fei was originally in high spirits, but when he entered the door and was treated like this, his interest became a bit weaker.

During his time with Li Xun Huan, he had learned how to deal with people more or less, and he was not as extreme and cold as before. He patiently said to the boy: "I'm not a beggar, I'm here to redeem things."

"Hehe, redemption, what kind of valuables can you get for something like this? Go and call your adults." The servant curled his lips disdainfully, leaned against the counter, and rolled his eyes at A Fei.

Ah Fei walked up to him, and said neither humble nor overbearing: "Tell your shopkeepers to come out, I want to redeem a dark cloud pattern cloak from Suzhou Embroidery Workshop that I bought a few months ago."

The shopkeeper lifted the curtain from behind, got out, saw A Fei, his face was ugly: "You want to redeem the cloak?"

Ah Fei took out the pawn ticket from his pocket, and waved it to the shopkeeper: "This is the pawn ticket."

The shopkeeper's expression became even more ugly. He managed to make a profitable deal, and bought a high-quality cloak at a very low price. He thought that the cloak would belong to the pawnshop only when the time limit expired and it became a dead pawn.A dead child appeared out of nowhere and insisted on redeeming it.

The shopkeeper is old and cunning, how could he let a child redeem the cloak from his iron rooster, calmly, pretending to take the pawn in A Fei's hand and take a look, "Yes, it is indeed the pawn issued by our pawn shop .”

Ah Fei was overjoyed: "I brought money."

The shopkeeper asked, "How much did you bring?"

"A tael of silver."

"Hahaha!" The shopkeeper laughed loudly, "You want to redeem it for just one tael of silver? Don't you know that the price will be multiplied many times when you redeem it? Look at this pawn ticket. It is clearly written that the redemption requires 20 taels of silver."

20 taels! ?

A Fei has never been a pawnshop before, so he really doesn't know the pawnshop rules.

He snatched the pawn ticket from the shopkeeper and carefully identified it.

Seeing this, the boy knew that Ah Fei was literate, so he might not be fooled. He glanced worriedly at the shopkeeper, and the shopkeeper gave him a reassuring look. He knew in his heart that the pawnbroker he had written would be impossible for ordinary people to recognize the ghostly symbols on it. .

It turns out that the pawnshop’s pawnbrokers are different from normal characters. They have a unique style. They are original characters, which are deliberately written in cursive script. There has always been a folk saying that “the pawnshop’s characters have heads but no ears”, and it is difficult for laymen to distinguish them.

Sure enough, after looking at it for a long time, Ah Fei could barely make out the name of the pawn shop, address, mortgage period, etc. printed on it, but he couldn't understand how much money was used to redeem it.

The shopkeeper said: "There is no 20 taels, and you still want to return the cloak? Idiots are dreaming." With a wave of his hand, "See off!"

The little boy smiled and said to Ah Fei, "I'm sorry for you, it's better to go where it's fun, don't come to us if you don't have money, we are not a kind hall."

Ah Fei walked out of the pawn shop with his head down and expressionless.

The sun is still shining on the street and the weather is still very good, but Ah Fei no longer thinks the sun is cute. There are all kinds of stalls on both sides of the street, selling everything, and the pedestrians are bustling with people. The laughter on the street is Theirs, not Ah Fei's.Ah Fei felt that he had turned back into the ice-like person before he met Li Xunhuan, unable to integrate into this world.

Next to the pawn shop there was a stall for writing family letters, Ah Fei walked to the stall for writing family letters, took out the pawn ticket and said to the stall owner: "I haven't practiced calligraphy for a few years, please take a look for me, uncle, what is written on it? "

The stall owner was kind-hearted, took it, saw that it was a pawn ticket, and smiled: "Another cheated?"

"What do you mean?"

"I set up a stall near this pawn shop. How many times have I met people like you? In the pawnshop industry, in order to prevent others from forging pawn tickets, they create characters that only their own internal staff can understand. Every pawnshop has one type of script, and there is no duplicate. When the bearer comes to redeem things, what they say is what they say, anyway, no one can understand what is written on it." The stall owner asked Ah Fei, "Baby, what did you pawn in your house? How much does the iron cock want you to redeem?"

"I pawned a cloak for one tael of silver, and he asked me to redeem it for 20 taels."

The stall was startled: "Isn't this bullying children? Little baby, you listen to me, hurry home and ask your adults to come, I know this shopkeeper, he is purely bullying."

Ah Fei said: "Thank you uncle, I have to redeem the cloak by myself."

A Fei put the pawn ticket back into his arms, held the sword hilt tightly with his right hand, and stood in front of the pawn shop again.

Mother, you are still right, human nature is evil.

Ah Fei remembered what his mother had said to him.

It turns out that I have been standing in the dark, never far away.

It was noon, and the sun was even stronger. Under the scorching sun, Ah Fei stood up straight, with a resolute expression, holding the hilt of his sword, and stood motionless at the door.

Seeing A Fei coming back, the shopkeeper and the boy murmured to each other for a while, the boy went out and chased A Fei away: "Why are you coming back? You got rich so soon? Hurry up!"

A Fei didn't speak.

"Hey, did you hear me talking to you? Are you deaf? What are you thinking?"

Ah Fei actually answered him: "I was wondering if he would be unhappy if I killed someone."

A cloud in the sky suddenly covered the sun, and the sky darkened for a moment. A gust of wind blew up, and the boy was blinded by flying dust.

Ah Fei, who was standing upright, looked calm, as calm as the surface of water without ripples, and no one could tell what he was thinking from his expression.

The wind stopped, the clouds opened, the sun came out again, and gave light to the world, nothing changed, nothing happened.

The boy rubbed his eyes and found that the weird child was no longer there.He didn't know where he went, but he had a hunch that this child would definitely come again.

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