Chapter 1: The Sycamore Deep Forest Reminisces the Past

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A golden light sprinkled from the sky into the silent jungle, a low house, a forest, a section of rivers and lakes.

In October, the southern country has now begun to enter late autumn, a breeze blows, a coolness, a sigh, a fallen leaf, a depression, a dilapidated thatched house. The sun reflected in the pond seemed to be bigger than it seemed to be in the sky, and occasionally a few frogs could be seen jumping out of the pond, perhaps to find something to eat. Around the pond there are rows of thick plane trees, the leaves are red as if they have just been burned, and the ground is also sprinkled with layers of plane leaves, as if it is the bride's skirt, dragged on the ground for a long time, the autumn wind blows, swaying with the wind, and the leaves on the branches are like the bride's red scarf, shy and charming, Chu Chu is moving. If it weren't for a few barking dogs, you might have thought there were a dozen brides standing here.

Not far from the pond, a path paved with bluestone slabs came into view, and the grass on both sides of the road began to glow a little yellow, perhaps because it looked much more depressed in late autumn. At the other end of the stone road are several low thatched houses, in the yard a man and a woman, a young and a small two children playing, the big boy is estimated to be about eleven or twelve years old, the little girl is estimated to be about seven or eight years old, the two of you chase me to catch up with the unhappy, after a while the little girl fell, and the cry echoed in the silent sky.

Seeing this, the big boy hurriedly shouted: "Grandpa, grandpa, my sister is crying, my sister is falling, come and take a look!" ”

I could only hear the wooden door of the grass hut creak open, and out of it came an old man with gray hair, a radiant body but a straight body, with a strong demeanor and a light walk, as if his outfit seemed to be a little out of line with his movements.

The old man hurriedly walked to the little girl's side, helped the little girl up, and said, "My good granddaughter, grandpa, look, where did you fall?" Does it hurt? The little girl hugged the old man and said, "Grandpa, I fell and my knee hurts." The old man smiled and led the little girl to sit on a dilapidated bamboo bed, and the bamboo bed immediately made a "squeak" sound, as if to tell the grandfather and grandson that I hurt more than you.

The old man stroked his beard and said, "Grandpa will tell you a story, and your knees won't hurt if you listen to the story." The little girl looked at the old man's face and asked, "Grandpa, what story do you want to tell me?" At this time, the big boy who was playing heard it and hurriedly ran over and said, "Grandpa wants to tell a story, and I want to listen to it, and I want to listen to it." The old man smiled and said, "Okay, you can also sit down, and grandpa will tell you the stories of those heroes and heroes who happened in the rivers and lakes." ”

A ray of slanting sun shines through the plane tree in this depressed yard, but the faces of the grandfather and grandson are full of happy smiles, next to a huge black dog, legs and feet with thick bowl mouth, high ears, black hair, blood-red eyes, energetic, at first glance is not an ordinary dog breed that ordinary people can see. It is slightly fat, which shows that the owner takes care of it meticulously, squatting on the ground like a giant lion, with murderous eyes exposed. It seems that the black dog is also obsessed with this story, and listens carefully to the story told by the old man.

As he spoke, the little girl fell asleep and slowly leaned into the old man's arms, and the old man himself fell asleep, and the snoring disturbed the contemplative big boy. The older boy seems to be caught up in the story told by his grandfather, and when he looks back to find that his grandfather and his sister have already fallen asleep, he looks up at the sky through the plane tree, as if he is thinking about the story told by his grandfather, maybe he is missing his companion, maybe he is thinking about some interesting things, and maybe he is imagining his future.

The black dog beside him seemed to be particularly energetic at the moment, staring at the gate of the courtyard with his eyes, guarding the three of his grandfather and grandson.

There were swords, guns, and sticks in one corner of the courtyard, but there was not a single fallen leaf on the ground on that side, and two pits, one deep and one shallow, were like eyes on the ground. It seems that the old man is a martial arts practitioner, and the big and small pits may be where the two children practice on weekdays.

Suddenly a pigeon landed on the old man's body, and the big boy looked at the old man in surprise, and saw that his grandfather did not react, so he had an idea to catch the white pigeon. The big boy turned around gently, held his breath, and gently stretched out his two hands to the white dove that stopped on the old man's body, he smiled, and the big boy was just about to start, but the old man grabbed the big boy's hand and said with a smile: "Fei'er, your reaction is much slower!" The big boy said with a very painful expression on his face, "Grandpa, let go, let go, it hurts, it hurts." The old man smiled and let go of the big boy's wrist, grabbed the pigeon and took a letter from the pigeon, only to see that it read:

Brother Yidao is fine, and he has been separated from Jianmen for more than ten years, and his younger brother Shuyue is very worried. Thinking back then, a knife brother and one person resisted thousands of troops, a treasure knife was enough to sweep away thousands of difficulties, and a righteous spirit was enough to convince the people of the world, and that scene of the little brother was engraved in his heart for the rest of his life. Thanks to Brother Yidao for his teachings and support to his younger brother, just imagine, if there was no sword gate competition back then, there would be no year-old friendship between me and Brother Yidao, and there would be no outstanding people at this moment who wore military uniforms to fight on the battlefield to protect the territory. Thanks to Brother Yidao for not disliking the little brother as a young arrogant thing, and not disliking the little brother is a foreign country, the elder brother disregarded the opposition of the world and befriended the younger brother, so that the younger brother is grateful, you are the elder brother is my father. For decades, the younger brother has been inquiring about the whereabouts of the elder brother, the emperor lived up to me, and finally learned the residence of the elder brother, the younger brother was very excited, only because the army was busy with official affairs and did not immediately come to visit the elder brother, and hoped that the elder brother should not blame me, recently heard that a knife brother said goodbye to the Sui camp and returned to the mountains and forests, the younger brother sighed but admired and revered, and the elder brother was very happy to adopt the descendants of Brother Mo Lan, and now I hereby write a letter to express the feelings of the younger brother missing, and the younger brother rushed to the Wutong Forest at the end of the month to renew the friendship with the elder brother. Brother Uncle Moon Word.

The old man gently closed the letter, looked up at the sky behind the sycamore leaves, and said: "Time flies without staying, things and people have not changed, time flies!" At this time, the little girl who was leaning on her arms woke up, rubbed her eyes and asked the old man, "Grandpa, what are you talking about?" ”

The old man patted the little girl on the shoulder and said, "Ke'er! Grandpa didn't say anything, he just thought that my Ke'er was eight years old before he knew it, and grandpa was old! He laughed out loud. There seemed to be something different in the laughter.

"Grandpa is not old, grandpa is not old." The little girl shouted, as if to resist the fact that the old man had just said in this way.

"Okay, grandpa is not old, not old, grandpa still wants to watch Ke'er get married, and he has to hold the baby you born!" The old man laughed.

The big boy stood up and said, "Grandpa is not afraid, Ke'er and I will protect you in the future, if there are bad people to bully, Ke'er and I must beat the bad guys away." The old man laughed, got down from the bamboo bed and said, "Okay! Grandpa is content with Fei'er and Ke'er, and it is not in vain that I walk in the world, grandpa is not afraid of bad people. But before you fight the bad guys, do you have to practice martial arts well? Otherwise, how can you protect your grandfather? ”

After hearing his grandfather's words, the eldest boy said, "Ke'er come down, let's go to practice now, and when the time comes, we won't be afraid of bad people if we practice martial arts well." The little girl quickly jumped down from the bamboo bed and followed the big boy to the place where there were no fallen leaves.

The big boy put his hands together as if he was an Arhat in the world, and every move and style is steady and powerful. The little girl's moves are flexible, like a delphinium light and cheerful. The old man stroked his beard and walked to the two of them and said: "You two are still young now, especially Ke'er, if you meet a bad guy, you don't know how to deal with it, but the moves of martial arts are not how complicated the changes are, but in the fact that two simple moves can control the enemy in the dead hole, which can achieve the best attack with the most provincial strength, but the martial arts are broad and profound, and the skill and defense are indispensable, defense is attack, and attack is also a defense." When you're practicing, Energizer is playing more flexibly and maximizing your moves, you know? ”

"Understood." The big boy and the little girl replied at the same time.

The setting sun dyed the sycamore red, but the sycamore also dyed the old man's cheeks red. He has a high nose, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and his two big eyes are as sharp and bright as eagle eyes, and he is always vigilant about the movements around the plane forest. Although the face is wrinkled, it is full of red, and although the beard is gray, it is full of energy. Wearing a black shirt and straw sandals, with a black cloth belt around his waist, although he was dressed as a farmer, he still couldn't hide his temperament, which made people shudder.

The sun gradually set, and the three of them had a simple dinner and rested in the garden. The little girl pointed to the stars in the sky and asked, "Grandpa, we can see the stars in the sky every day, why haven't we seen my father and mother all the time?" As soon as the words fell, the black dog suddenly barked, and the old man hurriedly jumped onto the wooden house and looked around. The sycamore forest was blown by the breeze and only the sound of leaves "swishing", and the old man hurriedly stopped the black dog and said, "Leopard, don't bark." The black dog was also very well-behaved when he heard his master's words, and immediately stopped barking. The old man flew through the roof into the sycamore forest, and the big boy immediately entered the wooden house with the little girl and the black dog.

The leaves rustled, and in the dim darkness of the night, the little girl leaned anxiously against the window, and the black dog grinned at the door, as if he was ready to bite. The little girl said timidly, "Brother, grandpa will be fine, right?" The big boy came over and said, "Don't worry, grandpa will be fine, didn't you see it just now?" Grandpa is like a swallow flying into the sycamore forest, I have never seen grandpa perform light body techniques, I believe that grandpa's martial arts must be particularly powerful. The little girl asked incredulously, "Really?" The older boy nodded.

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