On the tenth day of August, white dew, cool autumn breeze, wild geese fly south, and the water becomes dew at night.

In the night of Bailu, in the alley of Qingyu Village, there was a thinly dressed and thin young man, squatting at the gate, shivering from the cold, his face and nose were red, his hands were folded in his sleeves, and he looked anxiously into the alley from time to time.

The young man's surname is Shentu and his name is Bai Xiao, his father died in the army, and his mother also died of illness when Bai Xiao was eight years old. But time is ruthless, seven years have passed, the child has just grown into a teenager, and his grandmother is lying on the bed because of a heavy rain on an autumn night.

Shentu Bai Xiao let out two cold breaths, stomped his feet, and finally heard footsteps outside the door. Shentu Bai Xiao anxiously ran to open the door, the middle-aged man was the pharmacist in the town, glanced at Shentu Bai Xiao, who barely squeezed out a pale smile, threw down a bag of medicine and said, "The herbs you sent yesterday are not enough, I will give you credit for this medicine first, if you can't make up for it tomorrow, then leave it to fate." With that, he turned his head back coldly.

Only the thin Bai Xiao bowed in the cold night and said loudly, "Thank you, Doctor Qian." It wasn't until Qian Yecao's figure disappeared into the alley, shivering from the cold, that Shentu Bai Xiao hurriedly entered the house, rushed into the hut, and boiled water to boil medicine. The choking young man burst into tears, and his pale face finally had a little more warmth and smile under the glow of the firelight.

The not burly figure stood at the corner of the alley for a long time, and several times a glimmer of light rose in his palm to return to the dilapidated hut, and he forcibly snuffed out the aura in his body and stopped. The doctor is benevolent, Granny Shen's help to him in his early years is not as simple as a life, otherwise why would he be a mountain immortal and hide in this town as a doctor. He has always remembered that life-saving kindness, why doesn't he want to save people, but remembering the old woman's heart-knocking words, he finally sighed and said, "Who doesn't resign themselves to fate." ”

Shentu Bai Xiao coaxed and deceived Granny Shen to take bitter herbs in the house, and it was already the middle of the night. Granny Shen touched Shentu Bai Xiao's head with a kind face and said, "My Xiaoxiao has grown up and understands the truth, and you will have to go by yourself in the future." ”

Shentu Bai Xiao smiled and comforted her grandmother, "Grandma, how long can this autumn frost and winter cold last, and it will be spring soon." When you are cured, let's go to the mountain to pray for blessings, I heard that the gods of Longhu Mountain can be cured. ”

Granny Shen's eyes were a little moist, and she said a few words of goodness, and then fell into a deep sleep. Seeing his grandmother sleeping peacefully, the boy breathed a sigh of relief. Blowing out the candles, quietly closing the door, sitting on the stone platform at night, looking up, the sky is full of stars, extremely bright.

The boy took off his thin clothes, and learned a set of boxing techniques that he stole from the old head in the martial arts training field a few days ago, the name is very strange "White Ape Asks the Sky Fist", the boxing moves are very simple, basically some of the basic boxing methods of the dart game have been stolen, and some of the old man's personal habits have been added, but the word "ask the sky" is quite particular, and the words of the old boxer said, "What's the matter, my grandson's fist can't ask the sky, and the name of the move can't ask the sky?" ”。 The fist is divided into left and right, and the leg is not determined. One step and one punch, three steps and one leg, from the left side of the hospital to the right side of the hospital, every time you go back and forth, you will stop for a while, until you are exhausted, and then slowly stop. While walking in the courtyard, stretch your muscles. Listening to a few small crackling sounds in the thin body in the cold night, the young man smiled. It seems that it will be easier to collect medicine on the mountain tomorrow.

Shentu Bai Xiao is also an outlier in the town, and it is even more bizarre, I don't know what year, he still came here with his mother in infancy, he was frail and sickly since he was a child, weaker than a girl, but he was also gifted and wise, sensible and literate earlier than the neighborhood children. When the neighborhood mentioned him, they all said that Wenqu Xing was descending to earth, and he was very aura. Even the teacher in the private school praised him as a scholar, but unfortunately in recent years, the fishing village has been sluggish, not to mention that the private school is difficult to maintain, every family is starving, who has the money for the children to study, the private school will naturally be closed.

After Shentu Bai Xiao left his mother, he left the private school again, and after taking care of the three points of the field every day, he helped some chores in the town. If you don't want to give copper plates, you don't want to wear clothes, you have to be innocent and have a bowl of rice and vegetables, enough for him and his grandmother to eat and drink. Don't forget to bow and thank you when you leave. Over time, everyone also thinks that he is a village keeper with a clear head, every time there is a festival and the New Year, even if Shentu Baixiao pushes not to, he will also send all the clothes that he can't wear at home in one go, and Granny Shen sewed new clothes, and many of them can still keep the soles of their shoes.

At the time of parting that year, Mr. Liu, who was wearing a green shirt, gave Shentu Bai Xiao a book, which was full of miscellaneous notes and anecdotes about landscapes, and said with a smile, "When you understand all the words on this book, I will come back with a smile, and I will send you another book when the time comes." ”

Shentu Bai Xiao solemnly agreed with Mr. Liu. When Mr. Liu left, the last sentence of the exhortation: "Don't forget, the sky will descend on the people." ”

But four years have passed, and Mr. Liu, who likes to wear green shirts, has never returned.

Shentu Bai Xiao smoothed the folds on the book in his hand, put on thin clothes, looked up at the bright moon and said, "You must first suffer your mind, strain your muscles and bones, starve your body and skin, empty your body, and act chaotically, so you can be tempted to endure and gain what you can't." ”