The town of Qianling is located in an inconspicuous corner of the mountainous region of western China, where the rolling mountains seem to be endless. Sheri Village is one of the most remote administrative villages in Qianling Town, a farming village hidden deep in the mountains.

There are more than 100 households in the village, and the surnames Wang and Liu account for the majority in the village. Li Xuejin is an outsider, but his status in the village is transcendent, he is literate and hyphenated, and he also taught in the school in the town in his early years, and is a veritable cultural person in the village. Except for the branch secretary, no one knew why Li Xuejin ran from the town to this poor ravine to settle down.

The Li family has been passed down from generation to generation, and after his wife was pregnant, Li Xuejin was so excited that he took the name of the unborn child early. According to the family tree, the next generation should be the Tianzi generation, Li Xuejin, as a half-cultural person, searched the intestines and scraped the stomach, read all the books, and finally named Tianhua, taking the talent of Tianzhong.

Before Li's wife gave birth, it coincided with a major drought. There are good people in the village who reminded Li Xuejin that the child was born in this year of the catastrophe, which is really untimely and unlucky. Be sure to have a name that can be covered, and turn evil into good fortune. Li Xuejin is in trouble, although he has a little ink, but he has no research on the art of asking astrology, isn't it a big deal to abolish the name of the nine cows and two tigers?

The good deeds suggested going to the nearby Taoist temple to ask for a sign, and Li Xuejin thought so. So he chose a good day and an auspicious day to go up the mountain, donated incense to the old Taoist priest of Weiyun Temple, wrote down the name of the unborn child, and asked for a signature.

With a "snap", the bamboo stick fell to the ground, Li Xuejin leaned over and picked it up nervously, and held it to the old Taoist priest with both hands, "Daoist, may I ask what is the solution?"

The old Taoist priest who had been squinting his eyes took the bamboo stick, suddenly his eyes lit up, he was silent for a while, and laughed: "This is the sign!"

When Li Xuejin heard this, he slammed, and the stone in his heart fell to the ground, "Dao Chief, I would like to hear it in detail." ”

Lao Dao twisted his beard, "Li Jushi and read the sign: 'There has been no harvest in the past few years, and there will be autumn in this year. Although this son had some ups and downs in his early years, he had great luck as an adult, and if the opportunity came, he would become a great weapon. Although Li Xuejin listened to it in a fog, he still understood the general meaning, and he was overjoyed.

"It's just ......" The old Taoist priest hesitated for a moment, and as soon as the words changed, Li Xuejin's heart was lifted again, "Daoist, just what?"

"It's just that in the year of the great calamity, this young man must have suffered a lot of tribulations, and if he is born in the unitary time, it will not hurt. At any other time, I'm afraid the future is uncertain. The old Taoist priest twisted his beard, unhurried.

"Why does it have to be in unitary time? This ...... How can this woman give birth to a human being? Li Xuejin's face suddenly became half bitter, and he obviously drew a signature, and there was such a thing for no reason.

The old Taoist priest nodded: "If you are born at other times, there is a way for the poor Dao, and the word 'Tianchou' is named after the word 'Tianchou' in the signature." In this way, the fortune of this 'Tianhua' has changed, but it is still the fortune of good fortune when you become an adult. As for why it is in unitary time, this is a heavenly opportunity. What does Li Jushi think?"

Li Xuejin naturally has no objection, just change his name, "It's just that how to solve this young man's tribulation?"

"There is no solution. This son will have a catastrophe before he becomes an adult, and after escaping, he will be a wide avenue. The old Taoist's tone was categorical and unquestionable, and Li Xuejin was dumbfounded.

Not long after he returned, Li Xuejin's wife gave birth smoothly and gave birth to a son. What worried him was that the child could not be born at the time of unitary, and Li Xuejin changed the name of the doll to Li Tianchou according to the advice of the old Taoist priest.

Li Tianchou has been in strong health since he was a child, and he does not get sick as often as other dolls, which is very worry-free for Li Xuejin and his wife. And he is talented and intelligent, and he is very alert. When the doll was three years old, she added a younger sister, pink and cute, and the Li couple were so happy that they couldn't keep their mouths together.

Fifteen years have passed, and the two dolls have grown up healthily, especially Li Tianchou, who is already a high school student, the young man is alive and well, a talent, not as bumpy and difficult as said in the signature, Li Xuejin naturally forgot the words of the old Taoist.

On this day, when he came home from school in the town, Li Tianchou and his friends went to the mountain outside the village to hunt pigweed as usual. While sitting on the top of the slope to rest, Li Tianchou suddenly looked at the mountains in the distance and was dumbfounded.

The partners thought he was joking and didn't take it seriously, but after a while, Li Tianchou suddenly screamed, foaming at the mouth, covering his head with his hands, extremely painful. By the time his partner reacted, the man had already rolled down the hillside.

The partners were shocked, ran down the hill, and carried the unconscious Li Tianchou back home. The Li couple panicked and hurriedly invited a doctor from the town, and after tossing for a long time, they didn't see anything wrong. No matter what you call, Li Tianchou just closed his eyes tightly and didn't say a word, but he couldn't wake up.

"Send it to the county hospital, I'm afraid it's hard to say if it's late. The doctor shook his head.

Li Xuejin had no owner, so he hurriedly ran to the branch secretary to borrow a tractor, but he didn't think that the only tractor in the village went to the town to drag things, and he didn't come back yet. "This is the life of my baby!" Li Xuejin wanted to cry without tears, and under the persuasion of the branch secretary, he was busy setting up a donkey cart.

I was busy until the night, and then I arrived in the town, and then changed cars, and finally rushed to the county hospital, and before Li Xuejin could pay the money and register, Li Tianchou woke up.

"Son, what's wrong with you? I'm scared to death. Li Xuejin was stunned, and almost burst into tears with excitement, while Li Tianchou looked confused, not knowing how he appeared in the county hospital.

No matter how enlightened and inspired Li Xuejin was, the doll couldn't remember why she rolled down the hill or why she was unconscious. Li Tianchou tried to move his muscles and bones, and there was nothing wrong with him, but since he had come to the hospital, Li Xuejin said that he had examined Li Tianchou, and there was really no problem with his body. Isn't this a blind toss?!

But the doll is fine, and Li Xuejin is relieved. On the way back, Li Xuejin suddenly remembered something, and slapped himself hard, startling Li Tianchou and the handlebar style. "Hey, a fly. Li Xuejin explained with a red face.

After returning home, Li Xuejin went to Weiyun Temple, but he didn't see the old Taoist priest again, saying that he had gone out to travel. Li Xuejin regretted this, gritted his teeth, stomped his feet again, and donated a big incense to go down the mountain.

Since then, Li Xuejin has paid special attention to the safety of the two dolls, and from time to time he has gone to Weiyun Guan to look for the old way, but he has never seen it. Maybe I'm driving the crane, Li Xuejin has no regrets.

Nothing happened to the two dolls. A few years have passed, Li Tianchou graduated from high school and became a soldier, although he was not able to stay in the army to eat the imperial food in the end, but he was safe.

But what is annoying is that the doll turned around blindly for three days after returning to the village, saying that it was breeding to get rich and leading everyone to live a good life. But none of them lasted long, and the family was about to be defeated.

Li Xuejin was annoyed, the doll has already become an adult, where is the luck that this bull-nosed old Taoist said?

The days in the small mountain village are quiet and peaceful, and when the farming is over, there is nothing to do, and the young people in the village are the happiest and most bored at this time. Everyone has nothing to do, either getting together to brag and fart, or gambling and playing poker, and gambling money is eggs, which is already a big bet for a barren mountain village.

A small number of young people with diligent legs and feet will go to work in the town, and if they can't do technical work, they can only sell coolies, and they are so tired that they can't make a few bucks. Due to the harsh natural conditions in the western mountains, crops can only be planted once a year, so the days of eating and mixing with darkness will continue until the beginning of spring of the following year.

Inside the mountain, the sun at the turn of summer and autumn is pure and warm, and it is only noon when the earth is warm and drowsy. Li Tianchou casually put on a white hurdle, resting his head and arms on a big rock at the entrance of the village to bask in the sun. A shabby straw hat obscured his face, his bare skin was slightly dark, and the tendons on his arms were well-defined and full of tension. Years of military life have created a strong physique that is different from ordinary people, but now it is useless.

Since the pig shed was demolished, Li Tianchou has also become a jobless vagrant. He didn't like to brag and gamble like the other young people in the village, and he didn't have the heart to go to the town to sell coolies, so basking in the sun became the only thing he used to do after farming.

The idle days made Li Tianchou afraid, and he knew that if he continued like this, he would be ruined. In such a remote and isolated mountain village, all ideals and ambitions are fools' dreams and are out of reach. Fortunately, he still keeps in touch with his former comrades-in-arms, so he can learn more or less about the changes in the outside world, and he can always remind himself of the dreams he once had.

Just a few days ago, a letter from Wu Jianguo, a comrade-in-arms in a coastal city, made Li Tianchou's mind come alive, he squinted, enjoyed the sunshine, and fell into deep memories.

Leaving the army was an accident, but it was also very helpless. During the actual combat training, Li Tianchou accidentally beat his comrade-in-arms to serious injuries and caused the opponent to be disabled for life. After a lengthy review, he was returned to his original company by the army's special training brigade, and the door of hope for selection into the country's elite special forces was closed. His dream of becoming a professional soldier was shattered, and it didn't take long for him to apply for demobilization and return home.

The moment he left the army, Li Tianchou had already served for five years. He was nostalgic for the barracks, but the incident left him with an indelible psychological shadow. For a long time, he was taboo to talk about the reasons for demobilization and reemployment, even if he was asked by his pro-Laozi, he didn't say a word.

Hey, the initiator of everything is that damn nightmare, Li Tianchou sighed. The nightmare was absurd and inexplicable, and several incomplete pictures flashed in his mind: the desolate and vast Gobi, the tragic battles, the opponents who appeared like ghosts in big robes, the endless runs, and the unreachable country...... The colors in the picture are gloomy and grotesque, except for the splashes of blood. His heart suddenly twitched, and he sat up, the sun was dazzling, and he was already sweating profusely.