- The endless pain brings a tumbling dizziness, and Cen Chi can't feel that his whole body is convulsing, and he is already paralyzed by pain.

He felt as if he had become a dragon on the cusp of the storm, the waves crashing against him from all sides, and he had no barrier to lean on. Rao is like this, he still has to keep his body steady and not be photographed on the waves. Because he has an intuition in his consciousness: once he falls, it will be endless silence!

However, the rough seas are only a prelude.

The waves that swept up from under your feet were followed by lightning falling overhead!

Every time he was struck by this lightning, he felt as if a tendon had been pulled out, a bone had been pulled out, and he wanted to tremble in pain, but he didn't seem to have the strength to tremble.

He didn't know how long he had lasted, and his consciousness finally blurred from his eyes to the depths of his mind. He wasn't sure if he had passed out, for the blurred vision before him had gradually changed, but still had a clear outline.

He saw a mountain with a few thatched huts on the mountainside, and a cliff behind the thatched huts.

A clear spring falls from the top of the cliff, and the spring water scrapes over the craggy rocks of the cliff wall, and it makes a loud noise. The water falling from a high altitude hits the deep pool below the cliff, and the water splashes and foams, and the water vapor does not disperse. The vegetation around the waterhole is perennially warm and humid, and the petals and leaves are clear and shiny.

He obviously felt that his position at the moment was still far away from the mountainside, but the grass huts, cliffs, flying springs, flowers and plants on the mountainside...... and gave him a sense of familiarity close at hand.

It's a very contradictory feeling.

But he didn't have time to dwell on the reason for this paradox, for he soon found three boys kneeling side by side on the front of the hut, which drew most of his attention.

Two of the three boys had grown into teenagers, and even when they knelt on the ground, their backs were straight, and there was not the slightest cowardice that children showed when they were punished for their mistakes.

Only a boy kneeling on the far left was about five or six years old, with his head bowed and sobbing. And he Huo Ran saw the familiar outline clearly from the face of the youngest child among the three!

This child is exactly what he was when he was five years old.

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"Senior brother. Senior Brother Cen has only just arrived, and he is so young, you should be more tolerant of him. In the thatched hut, a young man in a gray and white cotton shirt stood at the table with his back bowed. He said slowly while carefully comparing the few torn pieces of paper spread out on the table.

His words were clearly addressed to the young man sitting on the other side of the table.

The young man sitting at the table was carelessly pounding paste, and he was dressed in a pale cyan cotton suit, which not only made him straight, but also made his face look cold at a glance.

The young man in the green shirt slowed down his hand holding the wooden pestle and pounding the paste, his eyes pointed to the thick pile of shredded paper in the corner of the table, and said lightly: "If he tears up other notes, I can forgive him, but this one is the only one...... Hmph, if you can't spell it back. I won't forgive him! ”

The white-shirted young man straightened his back when he heard this, looked sideways and said, "Shouldn't you put it up yourself?" Pounding the paste in exchange for me? ”

"Change it." Without the slightest hesitation, the young man in the green shirt put down the urn containing the paste and stood up.

When the young man in green shirt walked to the table, reached out and picked up a piece of shredded paper on the table, ready to splic. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw that the young man in the white shirt who had moved out of the way did not make paste as agreed just now, but turned around and walked out of the door.

"Senior brother?" The young man in the green shirt was puzzled.

"Hmm." The white-shirted young man answered, but it was only an answer, his footsteps did not stop, and he quickly walked out of the door.

The young man in the green shirt paused slightly in his hand holding the shredded paper, and after a little thought, he did not chase it out. Quickly regroup your mind and focus on what you are doing. But just as he was on the second page, a familiar voice came from outside the room, and immediately drew his attention again.

"Little junior brother, come, drink some water."

“…… Thank you big brother. ”

"Hmm...... From now on, you will have to call me Senior Brother. The brother who beat you just now is your second senior brother, can you remember? ”

"Remember, remember ......"

"Hmm...... Master's punishment must not be neglected, and you still need to kneel for half an hour. Senior brother will leave first, and I will call you when the time comes. ”

In a thatched hut. The young man in the green shirt, who was standing behind the square window with his head tilted slightly, pursed the corners of his mouth. Through a window, his vision was unobstructed, and he could see clearly the two people on the ground in front of the thatched hut. He was still dissatisfied with the kneeling child, and he was a little annoyed by the white-shirted boy's act of delivering water.

In addition to the punishment of kneeling, the child should also be thirsty for a long time, which is considered a strict punishment, thinking that it is a profound lesson, otherwise I don't know how many disasters this naughty boy will cause in the future.

Just when the young man in green shirt on the side of the window was dissatisfied, he said a few words, and was about to turn around and continue to go back to the table to spell his notebook that was torn up by the child who knelt outside the house, when he paused for a moment outside the house and started talking again, and the young man in green shirt couldn't help but pause and turn around.

"Senior brother......" The kneeling child returned the water bowl and called out a little jerky, not very accustomed to using this title. But after a sound, the child hesitated, and did not continue.

A child of his age would have said whatever came to mind, and there shouldn't be any scheming. At this moment, he unconsciously revealed a trace of overage profundity.

"Hmm." The young man in a gray and white cotton shirt had clear eyes, but he didn't seem to realize the child's premature growth, so he just responded gently, turned around and didn't speak, just waited patiently for something.

"Second Senior Brother, doesn't you hate me very much?" The kneeling child hesitated for a long time, and finally spoke. A very direct question, this style is somewhat in line with his actual age.

The young man in green shirt who was looking through the window in the thatched hut suddenly heard this, and his eyes gradually condensed.

On the floor outside the thatched hut, the white-shirted young man who was standing only one step away from the child squatted down again, his gaze was close to the level of the child, and then he asked softly but with a very serious expression: "Then do you also hate your second senior brother?" ”

"I hate it, he hit me, and he hit me very hard!" Without thinking, the child not only said his hateful feelings, but also listed a proof reason.

In the face of the child's expression of annoyance, the white-shirted young man who squatted in front of him, his gaze level was still calm, but then he asked, "Then when you first met, did you hate him too?" ”

The child was silent. After a few more moments, he muttered, "If he doesn't hit me......"

The white-shirted young man didn't wait any longer this time, and immediately said, "That's because you tore up his notes." Think back to yourself, the years in the mountains. Second Senior Brother, has he ever shown a fierce look at you every day, and he is harsh? On the contrary, how many buckets of water and how many bundles of firewood did the second senior brother do for you in pity of your young and weak strength every day that the master ordered you to give you morning and evening classes? ”

The child was silent again, and this time he was silent for a long time without speaking again.

The white-shirted young man sighed softly, his expression softened, and he said slowly: "The note has been torn up, and it will be useless to reprimand you for this matter." Senior brother just has one thing that he doesn't know. You're not a kid with a stubborn temper, but why would you want to tear up the second brother's notes? ”

"I ......," said the child, who said only one word, lowered his head and bit his lower lip, and did not continue.

"I believe that this is not without reason." The white-shirted young man's expression was still calm. "You should remember that the second senior brother is not lightly angry, he actually takes a lot of care of you, but you really did something wrong this time. If you have something to say to him, Senior Brother can help you convey it. ”

The child, who had been bowing his head and not saying a word, suddenly raised his head and said with a worried look in his eyes: "Will the second senior brother reconcile with me?" ”

The white-shirted boy seemed to catch the answer he had been waiting for for a long time from the child's words, and a bright color appeared in his eyes. Instead of answering the child's question, he smiled and asked, "It depends on whether you sincerely want to be reconciled with him." ”

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I don't know how long the years are in the mountains, but Cen Chi, who was only five years old that year, can deeply feel that his life lacks his father's tall but angry figure, and his mother's lamenting and weeping side face, and then fills in three strangers. His life doesn't seem to be much worse, but more enjoyable and fun than ever.

The three strangers are the master, the senior brother, and the second senior brother.

Specifically, it was not these three people who broke into his life, but his homeland that was robbed. Separated from his loved ones, the small world of these three people contained him when his unhappy but stable life was torn apart, and he was on the verge of death due to hunger and disease.

Although he didn't know why at first.

But the strict and at the same time erudite Master; Xiao Kuang, the elder brother who does not live with him but is gentle and friendly; There is also Lin Shan, the second senior brother who has many frictions in life, but has the most frequent and long-term opportunities to get along, and actually takes a lot of care of him...... The other kind of "family" formed by these three people allowed Cen Chi to quickly integrate into it, unrestrained and free.

The contradiction and dispute between the torn book, the senior brother didn't know what method he used, and he really persuaded the second senior brother to reconcile, and the stable and harmonious life in the mountains continued.

Until one day, because of one thing, Cen Chi suddenly remembered.

And the interval of one year did not make him forget the mistake he made last time, but the guilt in his heart increased dramatically.

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It was raining lightly that day, and the color of the rain clouds was a little darker, and the humidity on the mountains was heavier. The second senior brother ran back from somewhere, and his body was quite sloppy, as if he had rolled in the mud, which was very different from his usual neat and tidy appearance. At that time, Cen Chi had been on the mountain for nearly a year, and he was used to the usual appearance of the young Lin Shan, and at first glance he couldn't help but be stunned when he saw the wolf who came back like this.

And Lin Shan's next move when he returned to the thatched hut was to pull his junior brother Cen Chi out and run out.

"Senior brother, where are you taking me?" Cen Chi, who was still just a child, showed a look of surprise on his face, and halfway through being dragged out of the door, he threw the sutra that he was reading to the sixth page back into the house.

"You'll know when you get there." The young Lin Shan still made a fuss.

When the young Lin Shan stopped, Cen Chi, who was six years old, saw a pile of ashes.

"Today is your birthday, junior brother, it's been almost a year since you arrived in the Great Wilderness Mountain, and I took something good to celebrate with you." As he spoke, the young Lin Shan squatted down in front of the pile of ashes, and picked up the ashes with his bare hands, revealing a pottery altar inside. The young Lin Shan picked up the pottery altar and held it in front of the young junior brother, and said, "You can open the lid and take a look yourself." ”

Cen Chi pouted and said, "Don't look at it, it's a bug!" ”

"You're stupid, if it's a worm, put it in the jar and burn it in the fire, won't they all die?" The young man Lin Shan snorted, but his not very satisfied expression only stopped on his face for a moment and then dissipated, obviously not caring about the bad speculation of his junior brother's kindness to him, and then urged: "Reveal it quickly!" If it weren't for the fact that I wouldn't be able to spare my hands. I've already uncovered it for you. ”

Cen Chi reluctantly reached out to uncover it.

And when he saw the things in the pottery jar, a look of surprise immediately appeared in his eyes...... In that kind of surprise, there was no fear after being teased by the senior brother's prank, only a burst of surprise. Gradually, the surprise turned into an apology.

A few mountain eggs boiled in the clear water in the pottery jar made Cen Chi, who had eaten green vegetables and white rice for a long time, happy in his heart, but soon he remembered another unpleasant thing.

"Senior brother, I'm ......" Cen Chi held the lid of the pottery altar that was still warm with fire ashes, his hand hung in the air and did not move, and his speech became fragmented.

"Huh?" The young Lin Shan answered, but his attention was quickly drawn by a bolt of lightning that slashed across the sky.

"Oh no, it's starting to thunder, and it's going to rain heavily." The young Lin Shan withdrew his gaze from the sky. Holding the boiled egg pottery jar, he couldn't spare his hand, so he had to look at his junior brother and urge: "Come with me, I know there is a wild boar's nest near here, go and hide first, and then you can slowly enjoy the delicious food I prepared for you." ”

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In the cave. The young man, whose clothes were covered in mud and had a few torn cuts, sat cross-legged on a pile of weeds, not minding himself in the slightest, but concentrating on peeling a hard-boiled mountain egg in his hand. Although his body was sloppy, his hands were clean to peel eggs, because they had just been carefully washed.

Cen Chi, who was sitting next to him, looked out of the cave from time to time, when the senior brother beside him handed over the peeled mountain eggs. He took it unresponsively, and did not immediately open his mouth to eat, but said with a frightened face: "Senior brother, this is the nest of wild boars, and there will be no wild boars coming back, right?" ”

"Ever since you entered the cave, you've been trembling. Are you afraid of this? The young Lin Shan had just finished peeling a mountain egg, and then he fished out an egg from the pottery jar with boiling water next to his knee and continued to peel it, and at the same time said casually: "Don't worry, this cave is absolutely safe." ”

"Senior brother, why are you so sure?" The young Cen Chigang imitated the master's tone and finished half a sentence seriously. The meaning of the second half of the sentence is strange, "You, know the language of wild boars?" ”

The young Lin Shan's face turned slightly when he heard this, and he pulled the corners of his mouth. But in the end, because he kept in mind the advice of the senior brother and wanted to be more patient and tolerant of the little junior brother, he endured the momentum of arguing with the little junior brother, and only took a deep breath and said slowly: "I don't know if the wild boar can speak, I only know that there are no wild boars in this cave." ”

"If there is no wild boar, how can it be called a wild boar hole?"

"Because there used to be, now it's definitely not."

"Then why was there before, but not now?"

"You can ask Senior Brother about this trouble."

"Why does Senior Brother know, but Senior Brother you don't?"

"I want to ask you first, why do you have so many why?"

"If you don't understand, ask why, Master said, if I don't understand something, I can ask my senior brother for advice at any time."

"This question is not within the scope of Master's teaching......

"That boiled mountain egg is not the knowledge that Master has taught."

"Didn't you go dig the pheasant's nest because you wanted to eat? You remember last year, I didn't promise you to climb a tree and dig out a bird's nest, and you tore up my notes when you turned around...... I just thought that on your birthday, I took out two nests of mountain eggs, which can be regarded as compensating for your regret......"

"Uh...... Senior brother, I actually still want the ...... in that bird's nest."

"That's just a little bigger, how can there be a mountain egg that is big!"

"But I've never tasted that kind of egg!"

"You ......"

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In the midst of some arguments, Cen Chi unconsciously learned a lot of things from his senior brother Lin Shan.

For example, when you climb a tree and find that there are eggs, a large percentage of the eggs have actually begun to transform into chicks and cannot be eaten. So a year ago, the senior brother did not agree to the request of the senior brother and went up to the tree to dig the bird's nest.

As well as about birthdays, the date was identified by the senior brother Lin Shan in the inscription on the silver hoop around his neck.

and the wild boar cave where he was at the moment, why there was only a hole and no wild boars returning from the rain, Cen Chi also roughly inquired clearly, but the result made him shocked again.

Looking at Cen Chi after eating the last mountain egg, the young Lin Shan added regretfully on the issue of "there is no wild boar in the wild boar nest": "If your birthday can be a few months earlier, you can eat the wild boar trotters barbecued by the senior brother with me, it is really delicious!" It's a pity that you may not be able to eat it in the future. ”

Hearing this, Cen Chi's eyes also showed a hint of yearning. I couldn't help but say, "Won't the wild boar come back?" Like a house where people live, they can be replaced, so why can't the cave be replaced by a herd of pigs? When he said this, his expression and tone changed significantly from what he had just said. It's no longer just fear.

"Four litters of wild boars have been replaced! If you change a litter without a litter, even the pig will have a long memory...... The Great Wilderness Mountain is so big, and it's not just this cave. The young man Lin Shan stared at the junior brother beside him, and said with an extremely serious expression: "If there is a room, whoever lives in it will suddenly disappear, and who will dare to live there?" ”

Cen Chi looked at Senior Brother's serious and stern expression when he spoke, and somehow, a trace of fear suddenly sprouted in his heart, as if somewhere in this cave that was not so deep, there was an evil spirit figure coming out of the ground. And it is still growing infinitely, and it is beginning to show its teeth and claws.

Lin Shan, who was only a ten-year-old boy, couldn't understand the fear in the heart of the six-year-old junior brother, and after he argued with the junior brother, he turned his head to look outside the cave. Looking at the increasingly dense rain curtain outside the cave, he said a little melancholy: "It seems that I can't go back for a while." Fortunately, Master is not here these days, otherwise he may not be able to escape punishment today. ”

With that, he took out a tattered booklet from his bosom and looked through it very seriously.

Cen Chi could identify this tattered booklet at a glance, the booklet had been carefully maintained and was very smooth, and the reason why it was now in tatters was that it was in tatters. It's all because of his willfulness a year ago. It is very simple to tear up a book, but it is extremely difficult to put it back together, Cen Chi remembered that the two senior brothers fought for more than 20 nights in order to put together this booklet and not delay their homework during the day. But no matter how careful you fix it. Some losses are never recoupable.

The young Cen Chi's eyes showed timidity, and the guilt in his heart became more and more serious.

Lin Shan, a ten-year-old boy, didn't mind that the culprit of the booklet was sitting beside him, his face was calm, and all his spirit was condensed on the title page of the tattered booklet, and he studied it carefully.

It's been a year. Under the teaching of the old man in Beili, Cen Chi learned a wealth of knowledge. As his mind has been expanded and his horizons have naturally improved, he has also realized more deeply what a treacherous act he did when he tore up the book a year ago.

However, the senior brother did not agree to one of his pleas, and he destroyed the relics of his family's most cherished senior brother. He actually knew very well in his heart why he didn't tear up other books that day, but tore up that one, the whole process was obviously calculated by him, but it was not what the senior brother who persuaded peace said.

Because he observed that one was the most important thing for the senior brother, and that day he ruthlessly decided to do something to make the senior brother sad.

Thinking back on this now, he only felt extremely sorry, but he didn't dare to tell the truth. He had been avoiding thinking about it, but now that his senior brother was by his side, and the torn booklet was beside him, he could not avoid it, and he naturally remembered it, and the guilt in his heart was even worse.

In the face of the mistakes you have made, if you can't admit the responsibility directly, you can only make up for it from the side.

These are the two choices that many people in the world make in the face of their mistakes.

Although Cen Chi was six years old at the time and could not express some things in words, it did not prevent him from making the original choice of human nature.

- Just as although he can't express the guilt and guilt in his heart, it does not prevent this feeling from hitting his heart, making him a little sad and depressed.

The young Cen Chi pulled the weeds he sat down, trying to make up something to pass the time, but soon he found that he couldn't do this. Helplessly, his gaze finally slowly moved to the broken booklet in his brother's hand, and the dense fine words on the booklet seemed to record his sins.

Biting his lip and being silent for a long time, the young Cen Chi finally couldn't help but ask, "Senior brother, have you really forgiven me?" ”

"What?" The young Lin Shan only raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard this, as if he didn't understand his junior brother's words, and as if he had really forgotten something he hated about beating his junior brother violently.

Cen Chi gritted his teeth and said, "The matter of tearing up the book." ”

Lin Shan finally took his eyes off the tattered book he was holding in his hand, he raised his eyes to look at the young junior brother, and said lightly: "I also had something wrong that day, no matter how angry I was, I shouldn't have done anything to you." We learn from the same teacher, and if you call me a senior brother, I will treat and take care of you as a younger brother. What's more...... I can't get the notes back as they were, alas......"