4. Chapter IV
One misstep becomes a thousand years of hatred, and the ancients did not deceive me.
Tang Lin nestled in Xiao Zibai's arms silently, and sighed in his heart. I don't think I should be soft-hearted.,So soft-hearted.,It's probably going to go straight to the road of becoming the protagonist's pet.。
It's nothing to be the pet of the protagonist.,It's just that the identity of this demon who destroys the world is a bit fatal.,And it's the life of the child in front of you.。 Or should I find a chance to escape from this kid?
Tang Lin was a little irritable when he thought of this, and unconsciously moved his fat body. As soon as he moved like this, Xiao Zibai immediately reacted, hugged him tighter, smiled softly with a pair of eyes, and looked like he finally had a little bit of vitality, Tang Lin raised his eyes and caught a glimpse of Xiao Zibai's expression, and his heart, which was not much harder, softened into a puddle of mud in an instant.
…… No matter, anyway, there are still hundreds of years before the identity is discovered, and it is a big deal that he will be sent to death directly at that time, and he will always be able to save Xiao Zibai's life.
After making up his mind, Tang Lin narrowed his eyes and rubbed into Xiao Zibai's arms again.
Well, it's not comfortable at all.
Probably because Xiao Zibai is small and thin, this arm is not soft enough, and the posture of holding him is not quite right, not to mention that this child's innate ice spirit body is still in play, giving birth to bursts of cold air to show a sense of existence, Tang Lin only felt as if he was wrapped in three layers of snow and then thrown into the ice pool, the surroundings were cold and hard, and the cracks in the bones were full of cold.
I don't know if it's too cold, after being hugged by Xiao Zibai for a long time, Tang Lin actually felt a little warm, but seeing that he almost had frost feathers, he immediately threw this idea out of the clouds.
Tang Lin clicked his beak with a little dissatisfaction.
Xiao Zibai obviously didn't realize how difficult his arms were, he was carefully holding Mao Tuanzi, cherishing it as if he was holding some rare treasure.
Even though it was just a bird, a tiny chick, with a fluffy, black-and-white coat that made it look like a bean paste glutinous rice dumpling, it was so warm, so soft, and -- really held in its arms.
Xiao Zibai couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth again.
How could such a small bird appear next to him, it must have accidentally fallen out of the nest. Xiao Zibai thought, picked up Tang Lin and searched around, wanting to send him back to the nest, but only found two half-empty eggshells, not to mention the bird's nest, and there was not even a trace of half a living creature in the cave.
“…… Don't your parents want you anymore? Xiao Zibai's arm holding Mao Tuanzi was tightened, he thought of his father, and his originally bright eyes immediately dimmed a little.
He stretched out his hand and rubbed the round belly of the hairy ball, and said to the little bird with a serious face: "Dango, don't be afraid, your father and mother don't want you anymore, I will be your father and mother, and I will definitely be good to you." As he spoke, he lowered his head and carefully wrapped Tang Lin, who was named "Tuanzi", in his thin placket.
"Don't let anyone find out that you're with me, or they'll hurt you." Xiao Zibai said, his thin eyebrows frowned, wrapped Tang Lin tighter, and took a picture of the ice again, making sure that there was no trace from the outside, so he patted the dust on his body, turned around and walked outside the cave.
Tang Lin rubbed Xiao Zibai with his furry brain, Xiao Zibai paused, his eyebrows and eyes were slightly curved.
He stretched out his hand to support the Mao Tuanzi in his arms, so that he could stay more comfortable, thinking about it and afraid that the Mao Tuanzi would be stuffy, he reached out and carefully tore out a small slit in the placket, and whispered to Tang Lin: "If it's stuffy, breathe, just wait for a while, if you meet someone, don't make a sound." ”
Tang Lin made a low "chirp", and remembered that this child couldn't speak, so he had to peck him lightly, indicating that he knew.
Xiao Zibai turned around and confirmed again, convinced that he would never be able to see Mao Tuanzi from all angles, and finally put his heart back in his stomach, and walked towards Xiaojia Village with kicks and kicks.
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Xiaojia Village is a small village under the rule of Tongfeng County, Dongyun National Day, Ancheng, a little farther away from the county seat, and there is no prosperous place or beautiful scenery around, although it is peaceful, it is inevitably a little closed. On weekdays, except for the hawkers who walk the streets and alleys, there are few people in the village, even if it is a market once every ten days, there are also people who are familiar with it, and the life is as calm as water.
But it was this small village that was as calm as water, and six years ago something strange happened.
If you want to talk about this strange incident, you can't help but mention Xiao Dashan. This Xiao Dashan is a first-class sturdy man in Xiaojia Village, and he asked for a mother-in-law who is a famous beautiful lady at the top of Wangjiazhuang, Xiao Dashan's family is also quite solid, and he has five tiled houses, Xiao Dashan himself has the strength to do it, and his mother-in-law is also capable.
Hertz! That's a monster!
Xiao Dashan's mother-in-law became pregnant in less than half a year, which was originally a happy event, but who would have thought that this pregnancy would be three years. Which family's doll didn't fall to the ground in less than a year, and this one who has been pregnant for three years, where can it be a normal child, there was a lot of discussion among the neighbors at that time.
After hearing these discussions, Xiao Dashan's face was quite unpleasant, and he closed the door and discussed with his mother-in-law that he wanted to beat the child. begged to the village Wu Zhu, but Wu Zhu said that although the child can be beaten, the mother will suffer, if it is not good, even her life will be sent, it is better to give birth to safety. The mother-in-law heard that the birth was in the way of her own life, and she cried hard when she grabbed Xiao Dashan, crying like pear blossoms and rain, which scared Xiao Dashan into a hurry and coaxed, and made countless promises, which calmed down.
The mother-in-law wiped her tears, made up her mind with Xiao Dashan, and decided to wait for the child to be born and quietly cover it to death, saying that she was pregnant for three years and gave birth to a stillborn child, and she would not be very curious if she wanted to come to the neighborhood.
This idea was well played, who would have thought that this kid was really a monster? Xiao Dashan's mother-in-law gave birth to him when Japan was a great heat, and when it was the hottest time of the year, the birds in the four places were so hot that they didn't say a word, and the seedlings in the ground were wilting. But as soon as the monster cried when he landed, the inky black clouds instantly covered the day, and the bowl-sized snowflakes rolled down from the clouds, and the five tiled houses that Xiao Dashan and his father had built in their hearts before he died were all frozen into ice.
Xiao Dashan was so frightened that he went crazy, and without thinking about it, he reached out to strangle the monster, don't look at the monster who just came out of his mother's womb, but he has a lot of mana, and he was pinched so much that the crying was almost gone, and suddenly a demon wind blew in the room, and Xiao Dashan immediately froze into an iceman!
Poor Xiao Dashan's mother-in-law screamed for half a time, and she was so frightened that she fainted. When she woke up again, Xiao Dashan was also thawed, and the inky black clouds and the big snow had dispersed.
The monster was not dead, he was kicking his legs on the ground like an ordinary doll, crying so much that he was choking, Xiao Dashan and his wife didn't dare to kill him anymore, so they had to leave him in the house and go to find Wu Zhu to solve his doubts.
Wu Zhu even took three trigrams in front of Xiao Dashan and his wife, but he couldn't solve anything, he stroked his beard and pondered for a long time, and finally said that the magic power of this monster was too deep, so that Xiao Dashan and the two could not move, and they would stay alive for the time being.
Xiao Dashan and his wife got the decree and went home tremblingly, looking at the monster in their hearts with fear and resistance, but finally they didn't dare to kill him again, so they had to pinch their noses and raise them.
Although it was raised, it was not very fine. Xiao Dashan's mother-in-law was killed and didn't want to feed the monster, Xiao Dashan had to boil rice porridge to feed, at first he was afraid that the monster would be angry and freeze them, but later he found out that this monster is not so terrible, whether he is hungry, just beat him, as long as it doesn't really hurt the monster's life, there will be no hindrance. Once when Xiao Dashan was feeding the porridge, he accidentally fed the hot porridge that had just come out of the pot to the monster to eat, and the monster was so hot that he had a few big bubbles on his mouth, and he couldn't even cry, but he only froze most of the room, and Xiao Dashan himself didn't hurt half of it.
The big bubble disappeared in less than half an hour, but the luck in Xiao Dashan's heart was born a little bit.
Beat him, poke him, throw him, pump him, Xiao Dashan had the courage to try all the methods he could think of, and finally found that the mana of this monster was weak! They can still freeze dead things, but they can't freeze the living, although as this monster grows bigger, they can't even afford to make fire around, and hot things will quickly become cold, but no matter how much they fight that monster, they won't be hurt themselves!
It's a real eye-opener!
In addition, no matter what injuries were on this monster's body, it didn't take long for it to heal on its own, and the people in the village became bolder. Beating and scolding this monster has evolved from the entertainment activities of Xiao Dashan's family to the entertainment activities of Xiaojia villagers, which adds a bit of fun to the dull rural life.
Xiao Dashan's mother-in-law puffed out her belly again not long after, and this time she was pregnant with a normal doll, and she fell to the ground in ten months, crying very loudly. Xiao Dashan tried to pinch him, almost strangling the doll to death, but there was no vision, and the two of them finally let go.
The monster was kept casually, and he didn't let him die, if it weren't for the fact that the village teacher saw that he was naked, it was really unsightly, and Xiao Dashan's mother-in-law didn't even want to give him those clothes.
Good clothes, the fabric is all spun by Xiao Dashan's mother-in-law, and the clothes are made with hard work, and it is really a waste to wear them for a monster.
Anyway, monsters don't have anyone's shame, Xiao Dashan's mother-in-law has her own abacus.
The monster has grown in Xiaojia Village for six years, Xiao Dashan didn't think of giving him a name, and the people next to him didn't think it was necessary, so everyone kept calling "monsters" and "monsters", which was simple and easy to remember, and they understood what it was when they heard it.
Only the monster himself knew that when he was three years old, an old man with a white beard passed by the village, saw him, called him over, and reached out and touched his bones.
"Son, what's your name?" When the kind old man asked him this, the monster was very surprised, he did not expect that someone would call him a child.
Aren't the children just the fat dolls in the village that are the same size as themselves? Those fat dolls are children, he knows, but he's not, he's a monster.
I don't know why, the monster suddenly didn't want to show his difference in front of the old man at that time, he knew that the monster was not a good word, so he thought about it and borrowed the name of his father and mother's child.
"My name is ...... My name is Xiao Da Niu. When the monster said this, his heart was so weak that his head hung almost down to his chest, for fear that the old man would find out that he was lying.
To his surprise, the old man didn't delve into it, but just stretched out his hand with a smile and rubbed the cold head of the monster.
"Child, you have a fairy fate. Xiao Daniu's name is too vulgar to be worthy of you. The old man looked at him, pinched his fingers, muttered for a long time, and finally sighed: "You and I don't have the fate of master and apprentice, you have great luck, you should have a better place to go." ”
"But when we meet, it's also a cause and effect, and I'll give you a name."
"Son, dry pneumatic also; White, oriental color too. Both are golden, and your eyebrows are sharp, and you have a relationship with the sword. At this moment, when the East knows, when you and I meet, you will call Xiao Zibai. ”
As he spoke, the old man slapped the top of the monster's head, and the three words "Xiao Zibai" were firmly imprinted in his mind, and he also had an inexplicable realization at that moment: From today on, those three symbols represent themselves.
I will be called Xiao Zibai from now on. The monster thought, he looked up and wanted to thank the old man, but saw that the village was empty, only the west wind blew the leaves, and there were still people.
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Xiao Zibai walked briskly across the village. Tang Lin curled up in his arms, quietly peeking at the surrounding scenery through the gap, and suddenly he was stunned for a moment, instinctively wanting to frown.
He clearly saw that a few children were running not far away, giggling and pointing at Xiao Zibai, shouting "monster".