When the last rays of golden light disappear on the top of the West Ridge, night falls.

The iron pillar took out the fire sickle, and then lit the dry wood that had been erected, and the golden flames made the hillside flutter.

Zhang Mo was curious: "Uncle Tie, why don't we build a grass hut next to a waterhole at the foot of the mountain?"

Tie Zhu smiled, "Young Master, you are still young, there are some things you still don't understand, you didn't know before, now I need to explain it to you." ”

Tie Zhu stretched out his hand and pointed to the waterhole at the foot of the mountain, "Young Master, do you see that in addition to the waterhole at our feet, there are other waterholes nearby?"

Zhang Mo looked around, then shook his head and said he didn't see it.

"Young Master, you haven't seen any other waterholes, which indicates that there may be only one water source in Xiling, since we need to drink water, those beasts in the mountains will naturally go to the water source to drink water. ”

"Normally, wild beasts rarely come out during the day, but at night, they must be thirsty and hungry, so they naturally want to drink water and eat, do you think if we build a grass hut near a waterhole, and in the evening we will not be a dinner for those beasts?"

"Uncle Tie, will you protect me?" Zhang Mo didn't know the ferocity of the beast at all, and pinned his safety on the middle-aged man beside him.

Tie Zhu nodded, "Young Master, you are still young now, I naturally have the obligation to protect you." It's just that Uncle Tie will also be old, who will protect the young master in the future?"

Zhang Mo got up, patted his chest and said, "Uncle Tie, I will protect you when you get old!"

Tie Zhu smiled, his heart warmed, and then he asked rhetorically: "Young master, protection can't just stay at the lips. If you want to protect Uncle Tie, you have to practice every day to become a powerful warrior, so that you can not be afraid of any enemy. ”

When Zhang Mo heard the word "warrior", his heart was suddenly a little depressed, thinking about how he could become a powerful warrior if he was just a waste son of a first-grade spiritual vein, he suddenly deflated and said: "Uncle Tie, I am a waste of spiritual vein, how can I become a powerful warrior?"

Tie Zhu didn't rush to answer Zhang Mo, looked down at the ants passing by at his feet, and prompted, "Childe, do you think this ant is weak?"

Zhang Mo didn't understand what Uncle Tie meant, and suddenly saw Tie Zhu step on the ant, stepping the ant deep into the dirt. Then Tie Zhu raised his legs, took out the ants that had stepped into the dirt, and placed them in the palm of his hand.

"Childe, look at this ant, I stepped it into the dirt so deeply with one foot just now, but he still has a breath that has not been trampled to death, do you know why?"

However, Zhang Mo was too young, and his previous life was under the protection of his parents, and he didn't understand how cruel the survival of the world was. Zhang Mo was still silent, he pondered hard, but he couldn't understand what the other party meant.

The iron pillar does not force the little guy, Zhang Mo at this time is like a blank piece of paper, and his pure heart does not need any washing.

"Young boy, if you don't understand, you don't need to think about it anymore, you will naturally understand when you grow up!"

"Now you just need to see clearly, this little ant is not dead, and in a while he will be alive. You are like this ant now, although you are still weak and may lose your life at any time, but remember that as long as you are unyielding, you will eventually stand up and eventually become a strong warrior. ”

"In this world, no one is born strong, and there is no born weak, as long as you are willing to work hard, everything is possible. After speaking, Tie Zhu took off the prosthetic leg on the broken arm, and continued: "Before, I thought that it was better to die without an arm, but the young master sees that I am still alive and well." Therefore, as long as we are alive, there is hope, and we cannot be overwhelmed by any difficulties. Whether it is a first-grade spiritual vein or a fifth-grade spiritual vein, in this world, some people don't even have a spiritual vein, but they still live at the top of this world. Next, it depends on how the young master chooses, if it is from literature, Uncle Tie will accompany you to learn, if it is from martial arts, Uncle Tie is willing to teach you all what he has learned. ”

Zhang Mo thought for a while and replied: "Uncle Tie, if I am not as good as my eldest brother, I will not be able to protect you when you are old in the future, let alone my father and my mother." So I'd better learn martial arts from you!"

Tie Zhu put the prosthetic back in place again and said, "Young Master, this is your choice!"

"From now on, you're going to start your horse! and we'll have dinner in an hour. ”

After speaking, Tie Zhu demonstrated on the side, Zhang Mo learned in a good way, Tie Zhu nodded, and praised: "Just this posture, don't move!"

Zhang Mo was able to hold on at first, and he felt fresh, but after less than a cup of tea, his legs began to go numb.

"Uncle Tie, how long is an hour?" Zhang Mo asked loudly as he endured the numbness in his legs.

Tie Zhu didn't carefully calculate how long an hour was, and estimated it: "Young master, it's not time yet, try to persevere, and when I finish dinner, an hour will be almost over." ”

Zhang Mo was speechless, so he had to continue to insist, and the driving force that supported him to continue at this time was that Uncle Tie hurriedly cooked dinner.

Tiezhu poured rice into the iron pot and washed the rice for cooking. Time passed imperceptibly, and the aroma of rice quickly spread.

"Uncle Tie, I can't hold on!" Zhang Mo said, his butt hit the ground, and then he breathed heavily on all fours.

Tie Zhu walked over and said excitedly: "Young Master, who said that you want to be martial just now?" You were afraid that others would ridicule you, so you hid in this deserted Xiling. Young master, blindly escaping is not a hero's doing, a strong warrior dares to face any hardships and pains. Look at yourself, Zama gave up in less than half an hour, and then Uncle Tie is old, and your father and mother are also old, who will protect you?"

Zhang was silent, but he was a strong child, and he endured the pain in his legs and once again stood up with a decent pace.

Tie Zhu smiled when he saw this, and he had a little praise for Zhang Mo in his heart.

Next, Tie Zhu was busy washing vegetables, and the dinner for the two was not much pork in addition to rice, and with a little wild vegetables, it was all the dinner for the two. The wild vegetables were picked by the two of them near the thatched hut in the afternoon, and the green ecology was pollution-free.

The bacon was very dry, and Tie Zhu planned to soak the meat before simmering it in an iron pot, and it took half an hour before the first dish was ready. Next, Tie Zhu planned to make a vegetarian stir-fried wild vegetable, which was ready in less than a quarter of an hour. Since he hadn't cooked for a long time, he tasted it, and the taste of both dishes was a little astringent, thinking that there was too much salt.

"Uncle Tie, isn't it an hour yet?" Zhang Mo asked again. By this time his legs were completely numb, and he had lost the sensation of pain, and if his stomach had not growled with hunger, he would have fallen on his stomach from exhaustion.

"Little master, the dish is ready, see that my old bones are tired and fall apart, I'll rest for a while, and when I get better, the time should be about the same." Tie Zhu deliberately delayed. It was a bit hot, but it wasn't enough for him to get tired from cooking two dishes.

Zhang Mo let out an "oh", and then continued to insist, and before he knew it, after a while, Tie Zhu saw that Zhang Mo's legs couldn't stand up at all, and immediately announced:

"It's time! The young master can come over for dinner. ”

Zhang Mo wanted to eat, but he was so tired that his legs didn't obey at all, so he said helplessly: "Uncle Tie, you eat first, I'll take it slowly!"

Tie Zhu looked at the little guy with some distress, but he couldn't be soft-hearted. When he came, Zhang Yuan told him that he must train Zhang Mo strictly, only in this way can Zhang Mo's fate not be controlled by others.

"Young master, then you take it slowly, I'm hungry, eat first. After speaking, Tie Zhu took a bowl to eat, pretending not to see Zhang Mo's expectant eyes.

If it was usual, Tie Zhu would definitely serve Zhang Mo a meal, and Zhang Mo would definitely accept it happily, but now Zhang Mo is called a waste, and his inner grievances are still not fully vented. Therefore, Zhang Mo did not ask Tie Zhu for help, and Tie Zhu naturally would not get used to the little guy.

Zhang Mo also wanted Tie Zhu to cook, but when he thought of the stimulating words that the other party said to him before, he couldn't let go of his face, so he held on silently.

After a quarter of an hour, Zhang Mo's legs finally became conscious, he slowly got up, and then came to the iron pot. At this time, Tie Zhu was already full, sitting on one side and smoking a cigarette gun.

Under the darkness of the night, the insects and beasts in the wild become active.

"Young master, the rest of the meal is yours, hurry up and eat, I'll teach you to hunt when you're full!" Tie Zhuxi said seriously.

Zhang Mo nodded, picked up the dishes and chopsticks and began to serve the rice, at this time he was too hungry to care about the uneven saltiness of the stewed meat and wild vegetables made by the iron pillar. Perhaps he really felt the pain of hunger, so Zhang Mo was not picky eater.

After gobbling up, the rest of the meal was swept away by Zhang Mo. He burped and suddenly felt much better.

"Young master, rest for a while, and then you will follow me, we will hunt some prey tonight, and tomorrow's breakfast will be there." Zhang Mo moved a bench to his side and gestured.

Zhang Mo answered, and then sat down beside him.

"Uncle Tie, why are we still hunting if we didn't bring food?" Zhang Mo asked with some puzzlement.

"Young master, we didn't come out to be distracted, if it's just to distract, you can go to the town to find your grandma and grandpa!"

"Your mother asked me to take you to Xiling, although this place is far away from Zhangjiabao, but as long as the young master you still live in this sky, you will always inevitably meet others in the future, you not only have to marry a wife and have children, everything has to be faced. ”

"There will be many difficulties to face in the future, such as tonight's hunting, young master, don't think that if we don't hunt, those wild beasts will not attack us, when the wild beasts in the mountains are hungry, we are their food. ”

"The young master doesn't want to be the food of the beasts, so he must become stronger and become a beast that all beasts are afraid of, so that we can live well here. Speaking of this, Tie Zhu pointed to the jungle in the distance and continued, "The place where we are has a relatively wide view, so the beasts will not come easily during the day. They will hide in the jungle over there, and now that night falls, and we can't see anything at night, the beasts will creep in and bite off our necks before we are noticing, and kill us. ”

When Zhang Mo heard that his life was not guaranteed, he immediately moved closer to the iron pillar. He was a little scared, "Uncle Tie, I don't want to die, what do you say we should do next?"