The soil in the mountains was very hard, and the old man was very tired after digging a few hoes, so he sat down first and drank two sips of water.

Ah Tie has great strength, even if this mountain is as hard as iron loess, he easily excavated it, but that piece of land is like being struck by lightning, making it miserable.

Looking at the messy, uneven vegetable patch, he was really embarrassed.

"Ah Tie, digging the ground is not like this......" The old man picked up the hoe and taught patiently, his strength was even, and he could always loosen a lot of soil when he went down with a hoe.

"This digging is also such a knowledge?" Ah Tie learned seriously, the old man was tired, he took the hoe, buried himself in the work, farming is much easier than learning martial arts, Ah Tie has mastered the technique by looking at a piece, even if he will waste a lot of strength, but the speed in his hands is fast, the strength is large, there is no need to rest at all, in one breath, a huge piece of land, he loosened the soil.

The old man sprinkled the seeds evenly and said to Ah Tie: "This is my day's work, but I didn't expect that with your strength, it would be done in more than an hour." ”

Ah Tie could see that the old man was very happy. He looked at the broken hoe and said, "Old man, do you want to change this hoe?"

"You're tired from doing so much work today, go back and rest first, and I'll go to the forest in front of me to cut a green wood." ”

"I'm not tired, let's go together. Ah Tie has inexhaustible strength, and besides, the old man is also very worried when he goes to the steep woods alone.

The two came to the forest, looking for a while, the old man fell in love with a piece of wood, and was about to cut it with a firewood knife, but a knife went down, but it could not be cut, Ah Tie took the knife, and said: "Old man, let me do this kind of physical work, let me do it as a young man." ”

The green wood is hard, but it is cut down smoothly by a firewood knife.

The old man had to admire Ah Tie's knife technique, the precision of this knife must be something that only a martial arts master can do!

He suddenly remembered Ah Tie's right hand, the calluses on the white palm, I was afraid that it was left by holding the sword all year round?

He was even more convinced that Ah Tie was not from the island, because when he was young, he had seen the swordsmen on the island, and although the swords of those people were just as accurate, they did not have the momentum of Ah Tie holding a knife, it was a kind of sword in hand, invincible in the world, and the momentum of shocking the world.

Ah Tie's life experience is not simple! This is the old man's speculation.

The green steel wood fell, but it was a rabbit that had sparked the grass on the side.

Ah Tie didn't care, but the old man followed, how can he be the speed of a cunning rabbit in his old age? After only a few steps, he was lost, his feet slipped, and he fell, but fortunately, there were many leaves on the ground, and he was fine.

Ah Tie was puzzled, helped up the old man who fell, and asked, "Old man, slow down, what is a rabbit doing chasing it?"

"Ah Tie, you don't know, our family makes a living from fishing, in addition to growing some corn and a few kinds of vegetables a year, that is, fish and shrimp are the mainstay, and we can't afford to eat the meat of these game, I also want to try my luck, follow the hare, want to find his nest, let us open meat. ”

Ah Tie couldn't help but sigh when he heard this, the living conditions of the old man were indeed very limited, and Long Yuxin's body was weak, so it seemed that he was going to help improve it.

"Old man, you wait for me. After Ah Tie finished speaking, he moved his hand, he cut some branches, cut them into a few arrows, and walked into the depths of the forest.

"Ah Tie, you...... Be careful. The old man wanted to persuade him not to go, but he didn't know how to speak, after all, Ah Tie's strength was indeed beyond his imagination.

It's only half an hour

, Ah Tie turned back, carrying a few pheasants in his hands, which made the old man frightened.

"Ah Tie, this one flies in the sky, there are no bows and arrows, how did you do it?"

Ah Tie smiled and didn't answer, he threw an arrow made of a branch in his hand, and directly inserted it into a big tree not far away, and entered the tree for three points, which was amazing and accurate strength!

"You are really a miracle protector! I have wronged you in our family. This is the old man's serious sigh.

Ah Tie carried a few pheasants and said with a smile: "Old man, I said that I would stay, and I will definitely stay, because there is the life I want here, as for the past, since I can't remember it, I should completely forget it." ”

The old man smiled, the furrow on his face was deep, and Ah Tie looked at his gray hair, he knew that he was very old.

"Ah Tie, let's go back. Although the old man knew that Ah Tie would not belong here sooner or later, he was still happy, at least, this young man was very kind.

The sun was rising, the midday heat had come, Ah Tie looked at those bare seeds, he was very worried about whether they would die of sunburn at this temperature?

The old man obviously saw Ah Tie's confusion and explained: "The rainy season on the island is coming, and there will be intermittent next month of rain in the future, and this time is the time when the seeds take root and sprout. ”

Ah Tie sighed in his heart, it seems that if you want to live, you must not only learn the skills of planting crops, but also learn to look at the season and climate, after all, a mistake, a change in the weather, will make you hungry.

"It's a pity that I can't go to sea this month. The old man was a little worried, after all, going out to sea to fish was the source of life.

Back at home, the old man took two of the pheasants to the town and sold them in exchange for two pots of wine and some melons and vegetables for storage.

It's naturally a great dinner......

On the second day, no sun rose, the sky was overcast and windy, and no one in the village went out to sea.

The old man went to the town again, and he had to change his daily necessities for a month, because the next month was the rainy season.

Ah Tie sat bored at the door, and he found that those who passed by were afraid of him, far away from him, even if the children would look at him more out of curiosity, but they were all pulled back by the adults.

"Brother Ah Tie, don't care about their eyes, they see you too powerful and are afraid of you. Long Yuxin walked over, although she couldn't see, her hearing was amazing, ten times more than ordinary people.

"Yuxin, you are at home, don't worry about me, I want to go out for a walk and come back later. Ah Tie didn't care about other people's eyes, he took the wood-breaking knife behind the door and went out quickly.

The girl wanted to say something, but Ah Tie had already walked away, and she was waiting for him at the door, this new man who had joined their family, she already had a kind of dependence.

At noon she cooked, but he did not return, and she continued to wait.

Until the old man came back decadently with two boxes of dried fish, and the girl was still waiting anxiously at the door, she obviously did not notice that the old man had returned.

"Alas!" the old man sighed, he had already guessed that Ah Tie was not at home. Once upon a time, this daughter would wait for her return at the door or by the sea.

Now...... I'm afraid it's a different person.

He didn't know whether to be happy or worried.

"Ah Tie, I really hope you can stay forever. These were the words of the old man's heart.

"Father, are you back?" the old man had already entered the house, and Long Yuxin heard his footsteps.

"Xin'er...

Looking at his daughter who was waiting anxiously at the door, the old man stopped talking.

Long Yuxin asked, "Father, you say, will Brother Ah Tie not come back?"

The old man looked at the dim weather, no accident, it will be windy and rainy tonight, this is only afraid that it will be a typhoon.

"He'll be back!"

After listening to the old man's comfort, the girl relieved herself and said, "Father, the weather has changed, and this year's strong wind is only very strong, how are you selling dried fish?"

The old man looked at the two boxes of dried fish that were almost full in front of him, and sighed: "I just changed some corn, but I'm afraid it's not enough for three people to eat for a month! It seems that I have to borrow some from a neighbor's house." ”

In fact, the old man didn't sell a single fish today, and he didn't exchange it for corn at all, looking at the bottoming rice tank, this month, they were only afraid that they would have to eat dried fish.

"At this time, I'm afraid it's hard to borrow rice, father, why don't you use the remaining two pheasants to exchange for some corn?"

"That's it. After the old man had eaten, he carried two pheasants and went to the town again, not far from the town, only three or five miles, and the old man returned two hours later, and then carried a bag of corn.

"The pheasant is fat enough and big, and I have changed sixty catties of food, and I should be able to survive this month if I save a little. "Although the old man is very tired, he is still very happy to be able to exchange for food.

He hadn't eaten this game before, so naturally he didn't know that it would be so popular.

But Long Yuxin was not happy, because Ah Tie had not come back yet!

"Xin'er, Ah Tie has something to do when he goes out, and he will be back soon, you don't have to worry. Actually, the old man was also very worried, after all, the wind was about to rise, and although it was afternoon, it was already as dark as night.

"Hmm!" Long Yuxin didn't say much, she sat alone on the stool at the door.

The wind has risen, but Ah Tie still hasn't returned.

"Could it be that you are really gone?" The old man was also worried in his heart, Ah Tie is gone, this daughter, I don't know how sad it will be!

In fact, Long Yuxin had already shed tears, she turned her head, she didn't want her father to worry.

"Xin'er, you can eat something. Of course, the old man knew that his daughter hadn't eaten since Ah Tie went out.

"I'm not hungry. ”

The old man didn't speak, he silently walked out of the room, he was going to the beach to have a look, maybe Ah Tie didn't leave?

"Father, you don't have to go out, it's getting dark, and the wind will start soon. "Long Yuxin is very accurate in judging time.

The old man didn't go to look for Ah Tie, he went out in the morning, and he hasn't come back yet, I'm afraid that he really left.

The old man said in his heart: Perhaps, your departure now is correct, the long pain is better than the short pain, while Xin'er is not completely dependent on you, she can forget it faster......

Long Yuxin also understood the ending, and said: "Father, Brother Ah Tie is a big man, we should let him go free." ”

It was dark, the wind had risen, and her tears were falling with the rain, although they knew that Ah Tie had left, but the father and daughter, despite the cold wind, still waited with the door open.

It was not until late at night that he would not return.

The old man drank silently, he knew that Ah Tie liked to drink very much, and he had several jars of wine on credit in the tavern in the town, but Ah Tieren was gone.

"He told me not to wait for him, he said he would come back later......"

Long Yuxin didn't eat for a day, and the old man was very worried.