138 The Center of the World
Lingangzi Mountain is a mountain that is not very famous, if it weren't for the dense forests here, I don't know which year and which generation was given such a name, maybe it would be the same as the surrounding barren mountains, and it would never have a name.
It has no particularly precious specialties, neither spirit beasts, nor mineral veins, nor medicinal materials, not even beasts with fur horns that are worth a little, even if it is a mushroom, there are only the most worthless white mushrooms, and there are no valuable mushrooms such as pine mushrooms, bamboo mushrooms, and blood wheel mushrooms.
Relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, the mountains have nothing to eat, and the natural people are poor.
The villages in this vicinity are all very poor, and the largest town in this vicinity, Lingang Town, is also very small, the road is even narrower, and even the main street is not paved with bluestone slabs.
For this, the people of Lingang Town are often laughed at by people in several nearby villages and towns, and their only pride is that "we are the center of the world".
There is no evidence for this, and I don't know what years it was left, and there are few people who really believe it, but most of the people of Lingang will put it on their lips.
Although every time I say it in front of outsiders, I will be laughed.
Originally, the world is so big, who knows where the center is?
What's more, even if there is a center, then the center should be in the capital of a certain country or something, and it must be the capital of a big country, how can it be in this small country that is useless and does not even have the characteristics to brag about?
Sanniuzi is the only teahouse in the town to do chores, this year is only twelve years old, his home is in the Lingangzi Mountain, although the family is poor, but he also likes the mountain forest where he grew up.
He believed that this mountain, this wood, was different.
I have always heard those passing guests say that some places are very dangerous, especially in the deep mountains and forests, there are all kinds of demon beasts, and in some places, overnight, the whole village may be destroyed by a demon beast, everyone is eaten, miserable, when you are lucky, there will be a fairy-like immortal master to save people, but most of the time it is a tragedy.
Sometimes, there are even monsters invading the more populated towns!
But in this land where he grew up, in this mountain forest, no one has ever seen any demon beasts, not even a more powerful beast, and at least half of the old people in their village can live to be a hundred years old!
The children run freely in the woods, and the adults never worry.
Although poor, life is stable and happy.
If it weren't for the fact that there were many brothers in the family, his father and mother couldn't get the dowry money for his daughter-in-law in the future, he wouldn't be happy to come to this town!
After another four years of earnings, he will go back to his hometown!
Every time the townspeople and outsiders blushed and had thick necks for this "world-centered theory", they had to stand up and say, "Really, and it's right next to our village!" โ
As a result, the audience naturally burst into laughter, and even the locals who adhered to the "world-centric theory" were so angry that they felt that he had completely come to dismantle the stage.
The shopkeeper laughed and gave him a few hairy chestnuts, and in the end it turned into a joke with a fairly mild atmosphere.
Sanniuzi's work during the day is quite leisurely, busy at night, staying in the store at night, and occasionally in his spare time, he also has chatting playmates, one of whom is the landlord of the house rented in this teahouse, Liu Chongsheng, the son of the widow Liu Niangzi.
Liu Chongsheng is also twelve years old this year, the only son of Liu Niangzi's family, he is a posthumous son, and when he was still in his mother's womb, his father went out to catch the exam and died on the road.
But Liu Niangzi still spared no expense to send her son to a private school, and in the future, she asked him to fulfill his father's unfulfilled wish and go to the provincial capital to take the exam.
Liu Chongsheng originally disdained to deal with inferior people like Sanniuzi, but he couldn't bear the child's temperament, he wanted to be fresh, Sanniuzi could speak well, although the words were rough, but they were vivid and interesting, he always walked from home to the front and listened to him have fun.
Gradually, the two became acquainted.
The biggest disagreement between Sanniuzi and Chonggeer is also on this "world-centered theory".
Chong Ge'er is a man who has read books, and he feels ashamed and ridiculous that the people in his town insist that their town is the center of the world.
How big the world is, do you hillbillies know?
How can you have the face to say such a thing?
It's not a glory for your town, it's a shame!
The frog at the bottom of the well, Yelang is arrogant, do you understand it or not!
But his little friend Sanniuzi, who he liked recently, had no doubt about this ridiculous argument, and insisted that the center of the world was in the big forest next to their village.
It's unbearable!
But Sanniuzi swore an oath and debated with him: "Since you said that no one knows how big the world is, then how do you know that we are not the center here?" Let me tell you, there is definitely something in the forest, otherwise why aren't there any monsters? And ......," he whispered mysteriously, "you can't get into the depths of the woods!" โ
Liu Chongsheng was taken aback, not knowing whether it was the content of his partner's words or his mysterious attitude: "What? What...... What does it mean? โ
"Yes, there is no danger in the woods, but if anyone still wants to go deeper, they can't go in, and they get lost while walking, and then they go around again." Sanniuzi continued to be mysterious, "The old man in the village said that it was a ghost hitting the wall, and our village has been like this since ancient times, but some people say, what kind of ghost is not harmful, just do this thing?" It should be some fairy treasure in it! โ
Although Liu Chongsheng read poetry and books at an early age, he couldn't stand his young age, and his curiosity was still very heavy, and he was tickled in his heart, and finally in a private school, when Mr. fell ill and did not attend classes for half a month, his mother agreed that he and Sanniuzi would go back to the village to live for a few days.
Liu Niangzi herself was poor when she was a child, and now it is not easy for a widow to support the family business, and she feels that it is not a bad thing to let her son go to see the life of a poor family.
As for Sanniuzi's side, tell the shopkeeper that he will make up half a month's salary, which is not much money.
So, Chong Ge'er and Sanniuzi started their expedition back to their hometown.
The journey was very happy, Liu Niangzi only called an old family member to send them in a car, and the rest of the people didn't bring it, even Brother Chong'er wore clean cloth clothes, and there were no accessories. Brother Chong had to ask whatever he saw, "What kind of tree is this?" "What kind of flower is that?" "What's in the field?" "Is that bug a grasshopper?" "No, what's that? Is it a grasshopper? โ
"Look! See! There's a big spider there, and a lot of little worms in their webs! โ
"There are still small fish in the ditch!"
"What a big leper โกโก! Jump so high! โ
These words were sometimes ridiculous, drawing laughter from the three cows and the old coachman, and sometimes they received a serious answer, and before they knew it, before the sun was in the middle, they were at the bottom of the mountain.
If you can't get on this road, you have to climb by yourself, the old coachman goes back by himself, Chong Ge'er and Sanniuzi climb the mountain by their legs, for Sanniuzi this is a trivial matter, it doesn't take an hour and a half to get home, but with Chong Ge'er, it's different, he didn't climb for long, he couldn't climb anymore, sweat soaked his clothes, panting like a cow with a calf planting the field.
Chongge'er gritted his teeth and refused to show weakness, Sanniuzi stretched out his hand to him and wanted to pull him, but Chongge'er refused.
The two half-year-old children were pushing each other, and a voice next to them suddenly laughed and said, "Two children are so fun, yes, I'll help you." โ
Chong Ge'er felt that his legs were suddenly light, as if he was being supported by some invisible force, and suddenly he no longer felt that his legs were as heavy as lead, and he was walking like flying!
He was surprised and delighted, and when he looked back, a young man about twenty years old, dressed as a scholar, and looking very cheerful, was smiling at him!
Although Sanniuzi was not as tired as Brother Chong'er, he also felt that his legs and feet were suddenly light, and the two children glanced at each other, and looked deeply at the young man together, and their hearts were even more excited: Could it be that this is the legendary immortal master.
The young man was very cheerful, and asked them to understand that they were going to the village above, so he walked with them, and there was no immortal master at all.
With the help of immortal arts, it only took them less than half an hour to reach the village.
Sanniuzi laughed loudly and greeted everyone in the village, talked and laughed with his surprised old lady, arched together with his brothers and sisters, and took out the gifts he brought back from the town, a piece of green cloth, and several snacks.
Chong Ge'er also brought gifts, two or three pieces of cloth, two catties of salt and two catties of sugar, several catties of bacon, and several kinds of snacks better than those brought by Sanniuzi - of course, these were all carried by Sanniuzi.
There were distinguished guests at home, but the three cows were so busy that they were killing chickens, sending the eldest son to fish for fish, the second son to buy tofu, and asking the younger daughter to go to the neighbor's house to borrow a chair.
Chong Ge'er watched with interest, and the young man he met halfway was more interested than him.
Sanniuzi was afraid that they would be bored, so he took them to the village for a walk, and saw that the wheat was being milled by a waterwheel next to the village, and Chong Ge'er and the young man stood and watched, very interested.
When Sanniuzi was explaining to them how the waterwheel worked, there were suddenly two more people next to him.
A pair of men and women who looked very young and could be said to be radiant, not only Sanniuzi was stunned, but even Brother Chong'er opened his mouth.
Their countenances were as beautiful as the fairies in the story, and their clothes were as they had never been seen before, and they all looked to be under twenty years of age, and the men were very cold, but the women were quite gentle.
The female fairy even frowned, and said to Sanniuzi: "What you just said is not right, if you do this, this waterwheel will be used for less than three years." 166 Reading Network