Lin Quwu entered the world of immortality and was so cold that he chopped firewood in the snow.
Someone passed by and asked him if he was cold.
He said it wasn't cold, folded the cloak handed to him, put it back on the stone, and left with the ax in his hand.
Later that person became his master.
Master said: "Practice with me."
Lin Quwu said: "No need."
The master sent a sword the next day.
That night, Lin Quwu neatly placed the three spiritual herbs he found, the two ores he collected, and the piece of armor he bought at his master's door.
The master asked him: "Why is this?"
Lin Quwu said: "Give it back to you."
The master wanted to touch his head, so he stretched out his hand and lowered it, then gathered the things and put them back into Lin Quwu's arms.
"No rush."
Lin Quwu didn't hold anything back and walked away holding the things.
When I passed Master's cave the next day, my steps were half a beat slower.
Later, more and more people wanted to get close to him.
The senior brother who refined the spiritual elixir for him, the junior brother who came back after being pushed away several times, and the elder who put down the soup bowl and left after saying "I cooked too much."
They all said, "You don't have to pay it back."
Lin Quwu was stunned again.
He stood for a long time holding the bowl of warm soup.
After a long time, the soup had cooled down, but he still stood there.
He didn't know why he didn't have to pay it back.
He only knows that when someone was kind to him in the past, his first reaction was to "run".
This time, he didn't run.
He just stood there for a long time.
*
Some people say that Lin Quwu is naturally affectionate and unable to keep warm.
Some say he is lonely and eccentric and not worthy.
Only Master said:
"He's not heartless."
"He has never learned."
"I have never learned how to accept kindness from others. I have never learned how to ask for it. I have never learned that in this world, if someone gives you something, you don't have to pay it back."
So he started teaching him.
Teach him to say cold when he feels cold.
Teach him to reach out when he wants something.
Teach him that when someone hugs him, he doesn't need to think about how to push him away first.
"You can learn slowly," Master said, "You can learn as long as you want."
"Master is always here."
Lin Quwu said nothing.
But for the first time, his hands didn't clenched the corners of his clothes.
Lin Quwu cautiously and tentatively stretched out his hand.
The master gently closed his hands in his palms.
So, so warm.
*
Most of the love in this world has a price, but there are people who pile all their wealth beside you, within easy reach, and don't want you to return it.
People who were supposed to never learn were wrapped up in overflowing love.
Overflowing, he also has room for love.
Intention: The power of love