Chapter 3: Returning Home (Part I)
The light of dawn was faintly visible, and the darkness had not yet faded over the land, and some people were already getting up early and getting busy.
Xu Qing had already gotten up and washed up, and was about to go out for a morning run. Decades of life here, the regular routine day after day has made Xu Qing familiar with everything here, and also allows him to insist on morning jogging every day, Xu Qing found that once people's habits are formed, then it is difficult to destroy, now he no matter how late he sleeps at night, he will definitely wake up in the early hours of the morning, just like the body urging him to go out for a morning run.
Xu Qing's mood is particularly comfortable today, because the college entrance examination ended yesterday, and everything is about to enter the next stage. Xiao Yue has lived with himself here over the years, and his character has almost been honed under his subtle influence, and he should be able to go back. I'll contact the village myself in a moment.
Xu Qing thought as he walked to the door and opened the door. The moment he opened the door, he was stunned. I saw Gu Yue standing outside the door, his clothes were dirty, his body was covered with mud, and there was a lot of mud on his hair, and his whole body was wet, dripping from top to bottom. It looks like a soup chicken, how depressed and down-and-out you are.
"Xiaoyue, what's wrong with you? What's going on, didn't you go to the college entrance examination!" Xu Qing said in shock.
"Uncle Xu. Gu Yue said hoarsely.
"Don't say it yet, you come in first. The clothes were changed and a shower. Xu Qing didn't let him continue at the door, and hurriedly pulled him closer to the house to take a shower and change clothes.
"Tell me, what's going on?" Half an hour later, Gu Yue had already taken a shower and changed his clothes. The two sat on the sofa, and Xu Qing asked his own question. But it's a problem, and it's more like a parent's tone of blame when they are naughty to their juniors.
"Uncle Xu, I've thought about it, send me back. I went to admit my mistake to my mom and dad. Listen to them in the future. Gu Yue obviously didn't intend to tell the specific story, but made a request to Xu Qing.
"If something happens, you can talk to me and I can help you solve it. Have you really thought about it when you go back? The kid who swore so much at the beginning has now been beaten back to his original form, can you really stand it in your heart when you go back?" Xu Qing said.
"I figured it out, I was wrong before. I'll go back and listen to your plans. Gu Yue said calmly with an expressionless face.
"As long as you know what you're doing in your heart, Uncle Xu will support you no matter where you go. But this time you have to think clearly, I'll go out for a morning run first, and you think about it here. If you still haven't changed your mind when I come back, then we'll go back. Xu Qing didn't hesitate after speaking, turned around and went out.
Gu Yue listened to Xu Qing's words, and there was no wave on his face, and he still sat there quietly in a daze. But his heart was like a river overturning at the moment, and his thoughts returned to that time a few years ago.
Although Gu Yue is now a street child in the eyes of outsiders, he was pitifully adopted by Teacher Xu of the school for him to go to school, and he seems very helpless. But all this is really just an illusion they give outsiders, and to some extent it is a disguise. In fact, he grew up with his parents since he was a child, Uncle Xu has taken him with him since he was a child, he is his nanny and his teacher, and his parents have been very strict with him since he was a child. Many times when he was depressed, Uncle Xu accompanied him, comforted him, and enlightened him.
There are a total of twelve people in their family, including Gu Yue himself, in addition to his parents, Gu Yue and Xu Qing, the other eight people are also teachers at home, Gu Yue knows very little about the family, only knows that each of them teaches himself a skill, and has lived with these nine teachers since he was a child. The teachers worked in the village when they were not teaching, and they were self-sufficient and had no contact with the outside world. At that time, Gu Yue didn't feel anything, but now that he thinks about it, his family seems to be deliberately hiding something, and has been living a reclusive life.
Before Gu Yue was twelve years old, he didn't even know the concept of time in this world, and there was no concept of time in the village, only the sunrise and sunset, as if everyone lived a regular life. In fact, it is said that it is a village, but everyone calls it that, and they don't have a name for that place, everyone just calls that place a village. But Gu Yue now understands that his home is on an island. The unknown island on the sea is remote and shrouded in fog all year round, so that outsiders can't find that place without guidance, even if Gu Yue is now, he has no way to go home, only Xu Qing knows the route back.
From Xiao Gu Yue learned a lot of skills from nine teachers, Uncle Xu was the teacher who taught him physical arts, and every day he just let him hit trees, stones, and all the hard things around him with all parts of his body. It wasn't until he was ten years old that he was taught some simple combat skills, and his body had been honed beyond ordinary people's hardness, although it was not steel and iron bones, but ordinary blows could no longer hurt him. This is also the reason why Gu Yue was not injured too much when he was besieged by so many people, and now there is no trace of any trace on his body, and he can't even feel any pain. This is all thanks to Uncle Xu's training of himself since he was a child.
In addition to Xu Qing, who taught physical fitness, the others also included Sister Zhang Huan, who taught him music, taught him the flute, Brother Chu Qiao, who taught literacy, taught him to recognize and write, Brother Li Yu, who taught water, taught him diving and some breath-holding skills, Brother Geng Chuan, who taught gardening, taught him the knowledge of various plants, and cultivation methods, and methods of cultivating grain; Brother Du Xiu, who taught hunting, taught him the skills of hunting and trapping in the mountains and forests; Sister Yuan Ke, who taught astronomy, taught him the knowledge of celestial phenomena and how to deduce the next weather and climate conditions from watching the subtle changes in the weather; Brother Shen Chong, who taught equipment, taught him the operation, repair and use of various machineryWhen I was a child, Gu Yue liked to drive various machines with Shen Chong in the village, and Sister Sun Qian, who taught him network information, taught him the knowledge of computers and networks, and maintained the network and wireless signals in the village.
Although it is said to be a secluded overseas island, Gu Yue's home is not like the TV drama isolated and living a farming life, on the contrary, the electronic information in the village is particularly developed, they have their own network to check the information of the outside world at any time, but the outside world does not know their existence, they have all kinds of farming machines, vehicles and some laboratories. Although the teachers who taught Gu Yue were usually very strict in class, they took care of him and loved him in life. Gu Yue knew that these older brothers and sisters were all students of his parents, because he heard them call their parents teachers. Only Uncle Xu and his parents are not a teacher-student relationship, Uncle Xu wants to be a big housekeeper, and everyone decides everything in life, but as long as there are some contradictory things, Uncle Xu comes out to mediate, and everyone listens to Uncle Xu.
Before the age of twelve, Gu Yue always thought that the whole world was such an island, and each family had its own island. At the age of twelve, Gu Yue's curiosity about the outside world reached its peak, and he always wanted to go out and see what other people's villages were like. Once, when there was no course, Gu Yue secretly ran to the beach and swam out. He wanted to see if there were other people's villages in the distance, to see what other people's lives were like.