Chapter 005: Birthday Journey

On a summer afternoon, the scorching sun is in the sky, and the hot sun is lazily sprinkled all over the continent. The scorching earth that will smoke at any moment seems to have an aura that wants to bake everything to ashes.

At the entrance of the village, next to an ancient willow tree, there is a smooth stone, which is half a man high and about a zhang square in length and width. From the smooth surface, it can be seen that it is caused by people touching and climbing for many years.

I don't know where the stone came from or when it appeared, but according to the villagers, it seems to have existed since it was inhabited. In the shade of the trees, the boulder seems to be a great place to rest.

Around the stone were six or seven boys, about fifteen years of age. Some of them stood against the trees and some sat on the ground, although their postures were different, but everyone's eyes looked at the young man who was talking eloquently on the boulder......

“... In other words, when Uncle Chai took the baby out of the old forest, it was already dusk...... But it is unknown why Uncle Chai chose to take in the baby in the end. But fortunately, he adopted the baby at that time, otherwise there would not be our current good brother Yuntian...... Hey, hey..."The slightly plump young man spoke vividly and emotionally. His words and deeds are like a little adult, as if he was in the old forest fifteen years ago.

Fifteen years have passed since several teenagers were talking about what happened to Lao Chai back then, and the story of the incident has long been known to the people in the village, at least some of it is true. But there are some parts that I am afraid that only Lao Chai himself knows in this world, and some of the words Lao Chai secretly swore at that time that even if he died on the day he died, he would rot in his stomach.

"Well, I said Da Zhuang, you should be a storyteller in the future, and it would be too condescending if you didn't do it, and you have been talking all morning......" one of the emaciated teenagers shouted jokingly at the boy on the boulder, who was obviously much stronger than his peers. As soon as the words came out, there were bursts of crisp laughter.

"Yes, I think what the stone monkey said is very right, you say, just about Yuntian, who doesn't know up and down the whole village, it's really a household name, just listening to you more than a hundred times, my ears are almost out of the cocoon. I said you don't really want to be a storyteller, now practice with us, ah, haha," a tall boy added with a smile. The atmosphere became very lively in your words and me, and everyone laughed and laughed.

"Gao Gongzi, if you shut up, I think it's very good, I don't get tired of hearing about my brother Yuntian" The only girl among the teenagers gave the tall teenager a roll of the eyes, as if she was a little dissatisfied. In his words, his eyes were full of admiration. If you look closely, you can see heart-shaped peach blossoms, emerging from those clear eyes.

When the girl talked about Brother Yuntian, her face flushed a little red, like a peach blossom that had just bloomed, and a pair of bright big eyes were just right inlaid on that perfect cheek, and there was a tendency to add icing on the cake.

"Hey...... Of course, who doesn't know that the idol of the big beauty in our village is your brother Yuntian, right, Yuntian" Gao Pole said with a wicked smile and a strange voice, and said to the gray-clothed young man who was leaning on the trunk of the tree and smiling silently.

The young man had a beautiful face and was dressed in gray clothes. Although he doesn't have the kind of face that can fascinate thousands of girls, he can be regarded as a little handsome man. Especially the young man's eyes, which are as white as snow, are not mixed with a trace of impurities, and the jet-black eyes reveal a deep and mysterious feeling. The tall bridge of the nose is like a perfect dividing line, splitting this handsome little face in two. The hot air caused drops of sweat to run down his forehead and drip onto a stone on his chest as if he had been summoned.

This person is the abandoned baby that Lao Chai picked up from the old forest, Yue Yuntian.

Yun Tian leaned against the trunk of the tree, his left hand around his right arm, and his right hand held a straw mustard in the corner of his mouth. Yun Tian let go of the grass mustard in his hand, stretched his waist, and walked lazily to the boulder, looking at Da Zhuang who was grinning and laughing on the stone, and said with a 'sincere' expression, "You know better than me, you just write a book for our family."

Before the words fell, bursts of laughter sounded around, and the big and strong 'vigorous' jumped down from the boulder, and the 'cotton clothes' brought by his body also trembled up and down irregularly a few times because of this jump. Da Zhuang grinned, put his arm around Yun Tian's shoulder, and said, "... Hehe, you're a kid, you're making fun of me... Okay, let's stop making trouble for now, let's get down to business" Under the backdrop of Da Zhuang's broad body, Yun Tian looked even thinner.

"What's the business?," Yun Tian glanced at the lump of meat next to him and snorted.

"Of course there's business, tomorrow... What day is it?" Da Zhuang let go of Yun Tian's shoulder, his expression suddenly became a little mysterious, and his eyes were full of anticipation.

There was a faint and restless sinister smile on his cheeks. The lively atmosphere had gradually quieted down, and everyone was looking at the clouds with a look that was close to eagerness. In particular, the corners of Floating Shadow's mouth have almost reached the limit of human beings, and his eyes are like chicks waiting to be fed, full of anticipation.

"Tomorrow?Tomorrow is my birthday, what's the matter?What's the matter?, besides, tomorrow may not be really my birthday, you don't know" Yun Tian frowned slightly, and said with some puzzlement.

It turned out that because I didn't know Yuntian's detailed life experience, to be honest, except that I knew that this was a boy who had just been born, I didn't know anything about the rest. Therefore, Lao Chai discussed it with the people in the village and decided to regard the day he found Yuntian as his birthday, and it has been until today.

But in previous years, Lao Chai bought a new dress for Yuntian on his birthday, and then cooked a bowl of longevity noodles, although it was not as good as those rich people's delicacies and luxury gifts, but Yuntian was already very satisfied, although the father and son lived a little poor, but the relationship between the two was no worse than that of the father and son, and even closer than the father and son.

"Hey, hey... We want to... I'll give you a special gift tomorrow," Da Zhuang said with a wicked smile like a 'hooligan' who wanted to do bad things.

"What gift?... I really have a bit of an expression of yours..."Yun Tian crossed his hands on his chest as he spoke, pretending to be aggrieved.

"Fuck off... Lao Tzu is not good at this" Da Zhuang looked at Yuntian with a black line, and said speechlessly. Everyone laughed, and even Yuntian was amused by his 'acting skills'.

"Okay, okay, don't make trouble, you say, what surprise do you want to give me?" Yun Tian was the first to restrain his smile.

"We want to take you to... Your 'birthplace' for a trip......" Da Zhuang mentioned this, and the evil smile on his face once again felt crawling on his face.

"Where was my birthplace, I don't even know where my birthplace is......" Yun Tian suddenly stopped in the middle of speaking. Looking at the expressions of the rest of the people who were a little 'ill-intentioned', Yun Tian seemed to understand what the 'surprise' they were talking about.

"You guys don't want to go..."Yun Tian's expression became a little serious. Yun Tian didn't say those three words, but everyone already knew it.

"Uh-huh.." Several people nodded vigorously in unison.

"You're crazy?... It's not a joke to go to a place like Lao Linzi, you don't want to die, I think it's better to forget it" Yun Tian said with a serious expression.

"Don't... It's okay, don't you see that Uncle Chai came out safe and sound last time? If you want me to say, Lao Linzi is not as evil as the old generation has rumored" When the stone monkey heard that Yuntian disagreed, he hurriedly stepped forward to persuade him.

"That's right, it's not that evil, it's all passed down from generation to generation, and it's getting more and more crazy, maybe it's the elders who deliberately made it up in order to prevent us from running blindly, and it's not necessarily" Gao Pole said along with the words of the stone monkey, but no matter how you listen to it, there is a feeling of harmony.

"Besides, Yuntian, it doesn't matter if we go or not, aren't you curious, it's the only place that has a little to do with your life experience" Da Zhuang took over the words, and said with a little 'seriousness' on the side, and even used the radical method. Several people carried out a 'wheel war's round of persuasion against Yuntian.

In fact, Yun Tian understood in his heart why several of them had always wanted to go into the old forest to see, the legend of the forest passed on by the elders by word of mouth, coupled with Yun Tian's 'falling from the sky', made them very curious about the old forest, and they had a deeper idea of going into the old forest to find out. In addition, although this forest is mysterious, nothing has really happened, which also makes everyone start to doubt some claims about the old forest.

Yun Tian would not have been swayed by their words, but when Yun Tian heard Da Zhuang's words, he couldn't help but feel a ripple in his heart. In fact, deep in Yuntian's heart, he has always been curious about his life experience. This person is incomprehensible.

As soon as everyone saw Yun Tian's slightly changing expression, they knew that there was a play, so they struck while the iron was hot and said, "In fact, there may not be danger, maybe you can find a paradise."

Yun Tianzhen was a little embarrassed by their 'enthusiasm'. "Okay, okay, but it's okay, just go in and have a look, you can't go deeper into the forest," Yun Tian instructed.

Yuntian finally compromised, but it was not because of these few rhetorical words, but because of the deepest drive in his heart......

Everyone saw that Yuntian nodded, so they quickly nodded and agreed with the greatest sincerity they could.

At this time, the sun has turned west, and the sun is no longer as poisonous as it was just now. Except for Yun Tian, the rest of them all walked towards the village with a smile as if they had picked up a treasure, but although Yun Tian was smiling, as long as he was not a fool, he could see that he had something on his mind......

In fact, what Da Zhuang said on the stone before and what happened in the village is not the whole story, in fact, there is still a part that only Lao Chai himself knows...

It turned out that the spirit had said something else before it vanished......