Chapter 17: I Am an Ancestor!
Yao Ziqiang finished telling the story, stood up, patted the dirt on his body, touched Xiaohu's head, and said kindly
"Let's go, help the adults carry the table out, it's about to be the New Year. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info”
Then he walked up to Li Fan, sat down and asked in the same place
"Little brother, we are a remote village here, and the festival is simple, but this is also the festival that our Xia people have been looking forward to for a long time, and we have not had such a grand festival for a long time...."
Li Fan smiled and set his eyes on the children who were in groups of three or five putting the wooden tables together, as well as the girls who were holding wooden plates like butterflies wearing flowers. Said in a low voice
"Evening Festival..... Is it the Spring Festival......."
Yao Ziqiang didn't hear what Li Fan said clearly, and asked a little strangely, "What?"
Li Fan shook his head
"Nothing. Just remembered something. ”
The two were silent again, and after a while, Yao Ziqiang suddenly stood up, and there was a strange light in his somewhat cloudy eyes
"Little brother, can you come with me?"
Li Fan followed Yao Ziqiang to the wooden house in the center of the village, and as soon as he entered the door, his eyes were attracted by a yellowed painting hanging on the wall.
He looked at the colonel in the 07 military uniform in the painting, and was stunned.
Yao Ziqiang didn't bother him, but waited until Li Fan lowered his head and wiped his somewhat moist eyes before he said seriously
"I heard Xiaohu say before... You used physics when you were in the mines... I've been rummaging through some of the village's books these days, and I've found this one in them! ”
As he spoke, he trembled and took out a book from his arms that was already yellow, but it could be seen that it was well preserved, and handed it to Li Fan.
Li Fan's heart trembled again, because there were a few words printed on this book -- "Advanced Physics"
Yao Ziqiang looked at Li Fan, who was slowly flipping through the book, and finally asked in a deep voice
"Who the hell are you? There is a saying that has been passed down in our village for generations, and this is what the first village chief said before he died, and we don't know what it means. ”
Li Fan closed the book and let out a long breath
"What did he say?"
Yao Ziqiang said word by word: "You must learn mathematics, physics and chemistry well." ”
Li Fan smiled dumbly, and then became serious again, it seems that the officer who founded the village also knew that only by mastering knowledge can the human race have a chance to rise again.
"But I find that you seem to understand these things that we don't understand, so ..... Who the hell are you?" Yao Ziqiang stared at Li Fan deadly, not daring to miss a single detail.
Li Fan was silent for a while, his eyes as clear as water calmly met Yao Ziqiang's gaze, and said softly
"I... It's your ancestors!"
Yao Ziqiang's body shook for a while, and then roared loudly
"Impossible! The ancestor could not have lived to this day! The first ancestor only lived to be more than seventy years old, and he was the longest living person recorded in our village!"
Li Fan lowered his eyes, turned his hand, and a shiny knife appeared in the palm of his hand, and quickly slashed on his hand, this special steel obtained from the cold steel company when Li Fan joined his metallurgy, it can be called an incomparably sharp little dagger, as clean as cutting butter, leaving a long wound on Li Fan's left arm.
The blood soaked the entire sleeve in just a short period of time, dripping on the ground, Yao Ziqiang looked at this wound in horror and could even see the red muscle wrapped in the bone, hurriedly rummaged out the cloth belt, wanted to bandage him, and shouted in his mouth
"You don't want to die?"
Li Fan pushed Yao Ziqiang away with a pale face, although his body was special, he could still feel the pain during the time of recovery, but he had been able to endure this pain in his long career.
"No need to ......"
The blood was still flowing, Li Fan soon became a little dizzy due to blood loss, and there was an anxious Yao Ziqiang standing next to him, he wanted to come up and bandage the wound many times, but Li Fan refused, which made him blame himself in his heart.
His original intention was just to find out what the origin of this young man was, but he never thought of asking him to die, no matter what, Li Fan, who had killed more than two hundred Tianlong people, could be trusted.
Soon, the cloth tape he had been holding in his hand fell to the ground, and his eyes widened, because then Yao Ziqiang saw a scene that could be called a miracle!
The blood that had seeped into the ground turned into a tiny mist of blood that defied gravity and quickly returned to the wound, while the wound from the wrist to the elbow was slowly healing.
It was only for a short time that the wound disappeared without a trace as if it had never appeared, and it reverted to the white and delicate skin it had before.
Li Fan put away the knife and moved his arm. Said softly
"I've survived to this point... It's because I... Can't die."
Yao Ziqiang trembled and touched Li Fan's arm, which had returned to its original state, and finally knelt on the ground with a puff, letting out a heart-rending cry
"Ancestors....... Why are you here?"
Li Fan talked a lot with Yao Ziqiang in the house, and didn't know anything about the people outside this conversation, but when they came out again, some people who observed more carefully found that the village chief Yao Ziqiang was actually standing behind the young brother.
The expression was still very respectful and convincing, which surprised them greatly, and they wanted to ask what happened, but Yao Ziqiang did not give them this opportunity, but took Li Fan to the open space where the people in the village gathered.
Every year, the village chief begins to speak, and when he finishes speaking, the festival officially begins.
Yao Ziqiang stood at the front of a table, and Li Fan stood beside him, first glanced at the villagers below who were full of excitement and expectation, Yao Ziqiang took a deep breath and pressed the joy that was also surging in his heart, and said loudly
"Villagers, today is the Eve Festival of our Xia people, how many years have we not had such a common gathering to celebrate the festival together? Our Xia people have been displaced for more than 1,000 years, and our migration road is sprinkled with the blood and tears of the Xia people! But from today onwards, we will regain the pride of the Xia people!
Now, I announce that Li Fan will take my place and become our new village head!"
There was an uproar below, except for Lin Han and others, who had seen Li Fan's power, and the children who were extremely admired, everyone stood up, opened their mouths and looked at Yao Ziqiang in a daze.
"Why?"
"Village Chief, we only believe in you!"
"Yes, he can't do things firmly without hair, even if he saves Brother Liu and them, he is still a young man in his twenties after all!"
"It was the village chief who led us over for so many years, and we don't trust anyone else!"
Yao Ziqiang's face sank, and he slammed the bowl in his hand to the ground, looking at the suddenly quiet crowd below
said in a low voice, "This matter is settled, and I am still the deputy village chief." Let the new village chief Li Fan say a few words. ”
Li Fan stood beside Yao Ziqiang with a calm face, he stepped forward and glanced around at the doubts on the faces of most of the people below.
Raised his head, looked at the starry sky, and said softly
"I'll take you back to the top!"