I was an orphan and grew up in an orphanage. The compulsory education was nine years. Although it was very difficult, I still finished high school.
After graduating from high school, I planned to drop out of school and move bricks on construction sites.
But unexpectedly, I met Brother Shen and he changed my life.
We first met at a night market, and I didn't know at the time that he was catching ghosts.
I'm setting up a stall there, selling some small toys to earn money for my food.
Brother Shen suddenly set fire to my stall. I looked at the little toys that had turned into ashes, calculated the losses I had incurred, and calculated how much food I would be able to eat in the next few days. I immediately felt disheartened.
I cried loudly and asked Brother Shen to compensate me.
Although he looked like someone who was not easy to mess with, for me who couldn't go to school and was almost out of food, I still had a lot of courage at that time.
When Brother Shen raised his fist, I thought he was going to hit me. Unexpectedly, he used his fist to knock away the basketball that was flying towards the back of my head.
I was stunned.
I remember that night when the lights were bright and people were coming and going. After Brother Shen took a deep look at me, he twitched the corner of his mouth arrogantly: "Boy, you haven't gone to college yet? I'll give it to you."
My mind was dizzy at that time.
How does he know that I haven't gone to college yet, and he still wants to support me in going to college?
I rubbed my eyes vigorously. Yes, it was indeed the first time I saw him. Could he be a human trafficker?
But for me, who had a dark past, there was always a light in my heart, telling me to go with him.
Even if he is a human trafficker, there is nothing wrong with selling me. At least I don't have to worry about whether I can eat.
So, I followed him to his house without saying a word.
But I soon learned that he was not a human trafficker.
Because his home is very big and luxurious. How could a person as bad as a human trafficker have such a beautiful home?
Directly north of his living room, there is a piece of red paper with many abnormal names written on it. The three characters at the top are Hai Dali.
I thought to myself, how could someone with the surname Hai, such a rare surname, have such a tacky name as Dali.
There are many porcelain statues in front of the red paper, including turtles, foxes, and various human figures. You can see from the incense burner placed in front of it that the incense is very strong.
I stood aside very cautiously.
After Brother Shen finished applying the incense and murmured a bit, he went to the kitchen to cook two packs of instant noodles.
He asked me to eat together.
Although I don’t understand why such a rich person eats instant noodles, for me, this is already rare.
I devoured it greedily, and by the time I realized what I was doing, I had already eaten Brother Shen’s portion.
Brother Shen squinted his eyes, held a cigarette between his arms, and sat opposite me with his arms folded, watching me eat.
I wiped my mouth in embarrassment. I wanted to say something to apologize, but Brother Shen waved his hand and took out 10,000 yuan from the cabinet under the TV without saying a word.
Ten thousand, such a thick red note, I watched helplessly as he threw the money in front of me: "Go, take it and sign up."
I can't tell what I felt at that time. I just remember holding the money, kneeling on the ground and banging my head three times: "From now on, you will be my father!"
Brother Shen squirted out a mouthful of water, glared at me angrily, and laughed angrily: "Do you think I can be your father at this age?"
"Sorry, sorry." I was so excited that I couldn't help but be curious, "How did you know that I didn't have money to go to school? It's like this is the first time I'm seeing you."
Brother Shen flicked the ashes of his cigarette, and the gray smoke made him squint his eyes. Brother Shen pointed at the statues of gods, big and small, behind him: "You and I are destined, and if we are destined, we have to help."
I'm even more confused.
What is fate?
Why should we help if we are destined?
How did he know that we were destined?
It seemed like a cloud of crows with question marks were flying over my head.
Brother Shen sighed: "You won't understand if I tell you now. My name is Shen Zhaoshan. What's your name?"
"My name is Zhou Cheng."
"Okay, the bedroom to the east of me will be your room from now on. You will live here during the holidays, but there is no free lunch in this world. You have to be responsible for cleaning and cooking."
I happily nodded hurriedly. Not to mention cleaning and cooking, he provided for me to go to school, and gave me food and a place to sleep. I was willing to work as a cow or a horse.
Therefore, Brother Shen has been supporting me for the four years of college.
At first, I was too embarrassed to ask him for the school fees, but every time I opened my mouth, Brother Shen immediately paid for it, without even bothering to say anything. Sometimes he was afraid that I didn’t have enough money, so he would give me a double fee. times the price.
The way he squandered money and treated money like dirt made me feel extremely tall and tall, and I became his fanboy.
When I was a junior in college, Brother Shen had a girlfriend and brought her to his home.
That girl was quite good-looking, but she just didn't like me. Once when Brother Shen came home, she accused me of stealing something.
I know that I am an orphan and my identity can easily cause others to misunderstand me.
But I have never faced such a thing before, and I don’t know how to explain it. I was so anxious that I almost cried.
However, Brother Shen resolutely believed in me and said that his girlfriend did not understand my relationship with him at all.
Let alone his girlfriend, even I don’t understand.
What is the relationship between us?
No matter what the relationship was, it wasn't that dirty, but his girlfriend was obviously thinking wrong, and Brother Shen didn't want to explain. He was really tired that day.
I have stayed at his house for three years, so I naturally know what kind of job he has. Dealing with those ghosts consumes a lot of energy.
His girlfriend refused to give up and even called several big brothers from society.
So that day, Brother Shen taught me a lesson for the first time: "Men have hands, and they are used to beat people."
I:"……"
I watched with my own eyes as Brother Shen beat them to a pulp and threw his girlfriend out.
I looked at my white and tender palms and decided to learn from my idol, so I suggested to Brother Shen to learn boxing. Brother Shen refused to fight again, and gave me money and signed me up for a class.
Brother Shen's image in my heart has become even taller.
I decided to only listen to Brother Shen’s words from now on.
As for the relationship between the two of us, and the fate mentioned by Brother Shen, I knew it on the day I graduated.
He is the teacher behind me, and I am destined to be the teacher behind Brother Shen.
That's why Brother Shen is willing to help me.
Brother Shen set up the hall for me and helped me move the poles. Everything was done smoothly, but he didn't let me call him master.
Brother Shen said that he was used to being free and did not like those hypocritical things.
He was indeed used to being free, because after that, he never even had a girlfriend.
Later, when I made money, I began to worry about Brother Shen's partner. Every time I mentioned it, he told me to shut up.
I thought it was because practitioners' minds were as still as water. It wasn't until that woman appeared that I realized that it wasn't that the mind was as still as water, but that the person was wrong.