Chapter 222: Dusty Memory

Early the next morning.

The sun is just right, and the breeze is not dry.

Iron Hammer's home is located at the foot of Ai'er Mountain, less than a hundred meters away from Yu'er's house, and the Ai'er River trickles at the door. On the east side of the courtyard there was a blacksmith's platform, and at this time the bellows were whirring, and the fire in the furnace was blazing.

'Dangchang!

The hammer was sweating profusely, constantly beating the iron billet under the pliers, a pair of calloused hands, burns and scalds from sparks everywhere, scratches from the hammer, full of the vicissitudes of history and the persistence of perseverance!

If you build this weapon and sell it for a good price, you can go and buy medicine for Yu'er's father at that time, Iron Hammer thought to himself.

Thinking of the scene yesterday when Yu'er went to the village chief's house to ask for medicine in pity, Iron Hammer couldn't help but feel distressed, and became even harder, he must have made more money.

'Snap ......'

A small stone was in the middle of the head, and the hammer covered his forehead and was about to scold, but he found that on the camphor tree in the yard, the little stone man sat on it and crossed Erlang's legs, which was very comfortable.

"Do you still have the heart to strike iron? After a while, my daughter-in-law ran away with someone!"

Hammer stopped the hammer in his hand:

"What did you say?"

The little stone man said in fragments:

"Don't you know? This morning, the gong is beating and the drum is beating, so Lopez girl went to Yu'er's house to deliver something, oh, by the way, I forgot that you patronized the iron this morning, it is impossible to know!"

Hammer remembered what happened yesterday at the village chief's house:

"Send it, send it, I really know about it, yesterday the village chief was going to thank Yu'er, so I sent some things over today, it's nothing!"

The little stone man jumped from the tree:

"Yes, it's nothing to send things, it's just that Lopez's girl is followed by Aunt Gongqiu, you know what Aunt Gongqiu does, she was originally a Vitshi from the city center, and she married into the village at a young age, and when your Uncle Gongqiu died a few years ago, she became a widow, and since then, she has been specializing in the village's bridge-making business on weekdays!"

Hammer put down the hammer in his hand, and the hot iron billet roasted his face red and black:

"What do you mean, the village chief gave Yu'er a dowry for Jing Zezi?"

Little Stone Man:

"And what do you say?"

Iron Hammer hurriedly picked up the clothes on the clothes pole, the clothes were washed by Yu'er yesterday, and there was still a fragrance, so he didn't have time to think about it, so he ran to Yu'er's house.

"Whew...... Whew......"

When he arrived at the door of Yu'er's house, the hammer stopped, and he was about to push the door but hesitated, so he climbed the wall.

Looking at the whole yard full of gifts, boxes of cloth and satin, spices, beef, sheep and pork, and some precious medicinal materials, yesterday the two guards were on guard, through the oiled paper window, you can see the people in the room crowded, the laughter is endless, the hammer was stunned, and he didn't come to his senses for a long time!

The hammer came down from the wall, bowed his head, and walked towards his home.

The little stone man followed:

"It's all at the door, why don't you go in and have a look?"

The hammer was silent, returned home, and closed the door with a bang, which was half a day!

If he had the money to give a dowry, maybe Yu'er would have married him a year ago, and at this moment he still has younger brothers and sisters to take care of, how can he resist Yu'er's happiness!

***

In the evening.

Facing the afterglow of the sunset, Yu'er pursed her mouth and walked out of the village chief's house with a smile, tossing and turning, humming an ancient folk song in her mouth, not to mention how happy!

Yu'er hadn't gone far before a hammer came out of the way.

'Ahh

Yu'er was so frightened that she almost jumped up, and the smile on her face stopped abruptly.

"Ah, Iron ...... Brother Hammer, why are you, it's a scare!"

The hammer came over:

"You just went to their house?"

Yu'er nodded:

"Ang! Sister Lopez said she wanted to invite me to dinner, and they followed!"

Hammer:

"I heard that Aunt Gongqiu came to your house today?"

Yu'er nodded:

"Yes, it's here!"

Hammer:

"You also accepted the dowry!"

Yu'er's eyes dodged:

"I ...... I want to cure my father!"

The hammer seemed to have a mouthful of phlegm choked in his throat, controlling his emotions:

"That'...... Then you agreed, right?"

Yu'er was silent.

After a long time, Yu'er took the hammer's hand, kissed her soft lips on the hammer's chapped mouth, and left like a wind!

The hammer was alone in place, its clenched fists, its nails embedded in the flesh, its blood dripping, its shadows lengthening as the sun set, and finally turning into the darkness of the night.

***

At night, Iron Hammer lay in the bed, tossing and turning and couldn't sleep, watching his younger brothers and sisters snoring, and got up by the moonlight.

My parents' house was still empty for so many years, and the hammer slipped in with a candle, and the ground was inlaid with bluestone, flat and even, and I picked up the hammer on the side and smashed it down.

'Bang ......'

'Bang ......'

Voices echoed throughout the village.

A bat landed on a tree branch at night, its scarlet eyes staring at the undulating figure in the window!

After a while, the voice died down, and Hammer knelt on the ground and looked at a box in front of him, remembering what had happened many years ago.

It was more than ten years ago, my parents were still alive, my younger siblings had not yet been born, there was a big earthquake in the mountains the night before, and the next morning, my parents brought back a person in the El River, it was a beautiful woman, white hair, dressed in a black veil, lying on the bed as beautiful as an elf. The woman lay at home for several days, but after all, she could not be saved, and turned into a light that dissipated in the house, leaving only a weapon and a package. That was the first time he had seen the weapon 'Bone Blade'.

The parents buried the package and the weapon, and repeatedly told the hammer not to go outside!

The hammer opened the chest, and at the top was a thick book, turning open the ancient cover, a forging technique left behind by the ancestral dwarves.

Hammer slowly opened the book and looked at it quietly, recording everything the dwarves had lived here. The dwarves were good at mining, digging underground in all directions, like a labyrinth, until one day they dug up an ominous object, and since then the dwarves have moved to the very low glaciers, leaving behind only the 'blood of sin'.

What is the 'blood of sin'? Could it have something to do with that strange disease?

At the back of the book, there are several maps, which are the road maps for the dwarves to transport ore at that time, and the hammer has been tossing and turning all night for this map, as we all know, there are a lot of treasures buried in the ground of Elmenyi, if he can find one or two, he will not worry about money at that time!

Thinking of this, Hammer took the map into his arms and picked up the weapon in the box, which was left by the woman, and it was dark and not a trace of other colors.