Chapter 1041: Being in the Heart Demon Bureau from the Beginning
Mo Yue's original name was Ye Hehua.
Neither the father nor the mother had ever been to school. The name was given to Uncle Mo Yue when he was working in the town, after he asked a passing person who had been to school for two days for the purpose and treated the person to a meal.
It sounds very fancy, but the result is just the meaning of an ordinary lotus.
But both Mo Yue's parents and her uncle liked this name very much.
Lotus, Lotus, is easy to grow and can live for a long time.
In this world, living long is a good thing.
And the lotus flowers are in bloom, they are beautiful.
Ever since her mother passed away, He Hua started to eat at many different houses, but she would always find ways to catch fish or look for wild vegetables on her own.
But what can a twelve-year-old girl do?
No one in the village told Hehua that her mother went from house to house kowtowed and begged them to give her something to eat that night.
But Lotus still learned about this from a child.
Lotus didn't say a word, but just lowered her head and went looking for wild vegetables with the basket.
They would also make a note of whose meals they ate, and if they found mushrooms or something like that, they would send them over.
My parents said, "When others help you, it is a favor, not a responsibility. You should remember this kindness."
But from that time on, people in the village no longer heard Lotus humming songs. They could still see her laughing, but it was no longer the smile that came from the heart as before.
People in the village have a hard time, but looking at the lotus flowers makes them feel heartbroken.
But in that era, many things could not go as you wished just because you wanted to live a good life.
The war eventually spread to the village.
That day, He Hua went up the mountain with a basket of vegetables. She had almost dug all the dirt on the mountain, so she had to go to another mountain. However, that mountain was far away, so she had to set off early.
Before dawn, when other children aged twelve or thirteen were sleeping soundly, He Hua had already gotten up, cleaned up the house, and set out to dig wild vegetables and look for mushrooms.
When she came back, it was almost dark. But Hehua was not afraid of the dark. She had walked this road so many times that she had memorized it by heart.
Just when she was approaching the village, she saw that the village was on fire, but just when she was about to run over.
Aunt Lin ran towards her desperately.
But when she saw the lotus, Aunt Lin was stunned and immediately asked, "What are you doing here!"
But after saying that, he looked at Lotus and laughed, and immediately hugged Lotus: "No wonder I couldn't find it. Well, it's good that it's not in the village. It's good that it's not there."
As she spoke, Aunt Lin started to cry, "It's good that you are alive."
Lotus picked up the basket and said, "I'm going to pick wild vegetables, auntie, in the village."
Before Lotus could finish her words, she heard hurried footsteps not far away.
Aunt Lin's face was full of panic. She wiped away her tears, looked back, and was about to pull Hehua away.
But looking at Lotus, Aunt Lin, who was sweating profusely, hesitated for a moment, glanced again at the direction of the approaching footsteps, and immediately pointed at the distance and looked at Lotus: "Hehua, listen to Aunt, run! Don't stop! Keep running! You will be safe when you run to the town! Got it?"
After saying that, Aunt Lin looked back in panic, but finally picked up a stone on the ground and threw it over there, then ran in another direction.
When she saw Lotus was still standing there stupidly, Aunt Lin scolded, "Run! What are you standing there for! Don't look back! Run!"
As she spoke, Aunt Lin shouted again.
I heard the footsteps that were originally very close suddenly became hurried and moved towards the direction where Aunt Lin was running.
Hehua didn't know what to do. She didn't even know what had happened. She looked at the village on fire and then looked in the direction where Aunt Lin, who was shouting, was running.
Lotus turned and ran in the direction Aunt Lin pointed.
While running, Lotus' eyes were filled with tears. Although she didn't see it with her own eyes, she already knew what had happened.
Keep running.
Don't stop.
Lotus remembered what Aunt Lin said, and when she really couldn't run anymore, she huddled in the grass and took a rest without moving.
But looking towards the village from afar, sporadic fireworks can still be seen.
Lotus had tears in her eyes, but she tried not to cry out loud because it was too quiet and she didn't know what would come out, so she couldn't cry out loud.
I was very scared, so I kept holding the red rope left by my mother.
It was not until the next day that Lotus woke up from the grass. She looked back in the direction of the village and wanted to go back to take a look. But when she thought of Aunt Lin, she sobbed and turned around to continue running towards the town.
This part of town is relatively safe, as there are government officials here.
After entering the town, He Hua came to the deserted city wall and sat down against the wall, looking at the unfamiliar scene in front of her and watching people coming and going.
Hehua has never been to the town. Her mother has weak legs and feet, and is not in good health. She has neither the money nor the time to come.
Sitting in the corner, Hehua clenched the red rope tightly, her big eyes full of fear of the strange world.
But soon, Lotus stood up, clutching the red rope tightly. She was very scared, but still took a step forward.
From this day on, there was an orphan in the town.
In this small town called Xinghua Town, a child was squatting not far from a stall selling steamed buns. She would squat here every day for a short time. She didn't go forward to ask for buns like other children did, but just squatted and watched. As time went by, the stall owner remembered that dirty little face.
Finally, one day, the stall owner saw the child, so he took two hot big buns from the steamer and walked up to the girl: "Here, it's free, but eat it here, don't let others grab it."
There were too many orphans in the town, and the stall owner was afraid that the child would be bullied.
But the girl quickly got up, shook her head, turned around and ran away.
From that day on, the stall owner hadn't seen the child for almost a month.
But one day a month later, when the stall owner pushed his cart over early in the morning, he saw the girl holding a not very big fish in her hand.
When the girl saw the boss, she quickly stood up with the fish in her hand, wiping the spot on the ground where she had just squatted with her feet, and then looked at the stall owner: "Can I exchange the fish for half a steamed bun? You can just eat the rest."
The boss was stunned for a moment, looking at the girl who looked even dirtier than before, and looking at her timid eyes and the fish in her hand, then he took out a steamed bun and handed it to the girl.
But before he could say anything, the girl put the fish down, took the steamed bun and ran away.
A steamed bun costs one penny.
One penny can buy a lot of things.
Lotus was already satisfied that she could exchange the fish she had spent a month catching in the river for a steamed bun.
Moreover, this is only a penny, and it will take the boss a long time to earn that much.
These days, Hehua has always liked to go to the back of the restaurant because sometimes people would throw leftover food there.
Especially in the morning, there are few people waiting for leftovers here because all the leftovers in the middle of the night have been picked up.
But at this time, the lotus will come to try your luck, and sometimes you can really encounter it.
But today I had bad luck and got nothing.
But fortunately there was that steamed bun. I hadn’t eaten steamed buns for a long time. After He Hua took a bite, she felt that it tasted sweet.
Just looked up.
But I saw that there were already some people eating breakfast in the restaurant. They were a family of three. The child was very disgusted and didn't want to eat the steamed buns. He just ate other food on the table.
Lotus licked her lips, stared blankly for a while, then stood up and left.
I miss my parents, my uncle, and everyone in the village.
But after walking two steps, Lotus looked back at the child, then turned her head to look somewhere else.
She thought about going back, but what she heard from the people in the town was that Xinghua Village was gone, reduced to ashes, and all the people were piled together and burned.
When Lotus heard this, she said nothing and just listened quietly.
At that time, she wanted to die, close her eyes, know nothing, not have to care about anything, and still be able to see her parents and uncle.
But when she reached the river, He Hua thought of her parents, especially what her mother had done for her, and how Aunt Lin had deliberately led the bandits away so that she could escape.
Lotus gritted her teeth and thought about living.
One steamed bun is enough for Lotus to eat for three days.
Although I will feel hungry, it is better than having no food at all.
Next, He Hua continued to go to the river to catch fish. Occasionally, when she couldn't catch any, she would go to the restaurant to try her luck.
Sometimes I find wild vegetables and just eat them directly.
Sometimes He Hua would go to the steamed bun stall, but she would just take a look. When the stall owner saw He Hua, he wanted to give her steamed buns, but He Hua would run away first.
As time went by, Lotus became much thinner, almost skin and bones. Sometimes she would feel tired after walking a few more steps.
But on that day.
Lotus huddled in her 'home' outside the town.
In fact, I was just lying in a pile of rough grass, chewing the grass in my mouth, thinking about catching fish when I had some strength.
"I have been observing you for two months."
A woman's voice reached Lotus' ears.
When I looked up, I saw a very beautiful woman.
The woman held a steamed bun in her hand and said, "I know you don't like charity, so you use bartering to get food for yourself. Although I guess you may not want it because you think it's not easy for the owner of the steamed bun stall to make money. In this case, you become my apprentice and I will feed you. Are you willing?"
He Hua looked at this strange woman. She hadn't eaten for the whole day. She stared at the steamed bun and kept swallowing her saliva.
The woman smiled and said, "Eat it. Even if you don't want to, if you catch the fish and give it to me, it will be considered as an exchange for this steamed bun."
Lotus wanted to reach out and take it.
But he pursed his lips, shook his head, and moved back.
Seeing that Lotus resisted the temptation, the woman smiled with relief: "As expected, you have an extraordinary state of mind and excellent talent. If people from other sects see you, they will definitely rush to accept you as their apprentice. But I came to you because I have some affection for Xinghua Village. I had something important to do a few days ago, so I left for a while, but I didn't want to leave. Xinghua Village has suffered during these days."
As she spoke, the woman placed a short knife in front of He Hua and said, "I have killed the bandits. I saw you by chance when I came to the town to buy some things. I recognized you because I remembered your mother. However, my sect cannot easily accept disciples, so I wanted to observe you. Now that I have said this, if you want to become my disciple, you can take the short knife and eat the steamed buns. There is no need to perform formalities. If you don't want to, take the steamed buns and I will send you to a place not disturbed by war. Find a family to adopt you. It will be better than your current appearance."
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When she said this, Mo Yue, who was lying on the table, turned her head to look at Su Changan.
Seeing the sadness in Su Changan's eyes, he couldn't help but sneer: "Why do you need to pity me? How are you better than me?"
Upon hearing this, Su Changan did not respond, but just looked at Mo Yue.
Mo Yue smiled gently, stretched out her hand to cover Su Changan's mouth, and then said softly: "You are so smart, you should know that you are already in the third level of the Heart Demon Bureau, so just listen to me, don't say a word, understand?"
Su Changan looked at Mo Yue without saying anything, nor nodding or shaking his head.
Although it was just a guess, what Su Changan was thinking was that it started from the moment he set foot here.
I am already going through the third level of the inner demon situation.
Mo Yue smiled with satisfaction, and then said: "My master is good in everything except this school."
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PS: I saw some people say that this book is too slow, but this is the pace of this book from the beginning.
But since someone said so, I will write more and speed up the story of Mo Yue.
(End of this chapter)
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