Chapter 8: Childhood
The father returned from afar, and on the way, Li Wen was so excited that he was like a bird chirping non-stop. After hearing that his father had bought a lot of Niu Wang beef jerky, Li Wen couldn't help but look up to the sky and howl.
Li Wen, who was in a very good mood, saw a small bird in the treetops on the side of the road, so he stretched forward with his left hand and clenched his fist in the shape of a fist. The index and thumb of the right hand are folded, and then quickly pulled back to make a bow and arrow movement. His virtual bow and arrow pointed at the bird, and after narrowing his eyes and making an aiming motion, he released his second finger and let out a "whoosh" sound from his mouth. After a slight pause, he turned his head with his hand in front of him and said excitedly, "Daddy, Daddy!" Look, I hit that birdie! I used General Li Guang's powerful Spirit Treasure Bow, do you know what arrows I used? ”
"Let me tell you, I used a cloud-piercing arrow that can break stones and gold, and you see that I have nailed the bird to the tree. Hee-hee??????"
"Good son, you are so powerful!" Li Xing laughed and cooperated.
It just so happened that at this time a large bird flew in the sky. Li Wen quickly made the above-mentioned bow bending and shooting birds, and let out a "whoosh" sound from his mouth. He no longer cared about the fact that the arrow had a flight time as he had just done, and immediately shouted excitedly as soon as he finished sending a "whoosh": "Daddy! I've shot down all the birds, and I've finally practiced the peerless archery technique 'String Arrow'! ”
"What is the 'string of arrows'?"
"You're stupid, don't you see the arrow coming in from the bird's butt and out of its beak? This is the magic technique 'String Arrow'! ”
Hearing his son's explanation, Li Xing chuckled. Enduring the tight pain in his abdominal muscles, Li Xing patted Li Wen's little head and scolded with a smile: "You kid, make my arrows stink!" ”
On this day, there were many happy events for Li Wen, and he was in a very good mood, and everything he saw was so good.
The branches and leaves swayed gently in the breeze, Li Wen thought that the tree was greeting him, and hurriedly waved his little hand lightly and said, "Hello!" ”。 The sound of the flowing water in the small ditch was so pleasant that he hummed a minor tune to the sound of the tinkling of the tinkling.
Back at the edge of the village, Li Wen saw that there was a little dog gnawing on something, and he couldn't help but wave his hand to it lightly and said, "Hey, little dog, hello, that bone is really delicious!" ”
The puppy froze and was stunned for a few moments, and it wondered: You won't eat this kind of leftover bones, can you know if I eat well or badly? What a dog and a mouse, nosy!
Li Xing looked at his son who was in a happy mood, and he was very relieved, he thought about his son getting older; Thinking about his son's quirky questions; Thinking about the book on the horse's back strengthened a certain thought in my heart.
The happier the time, the easier it is.
In the blink of an eye, it was already night for a long time, and at this moment Li Xing's family was enjoying the cool under the tree in the back garden. The adults sat on the chairs and shook their fans and chattered about their daily routines, while Li Wen played with the newly raised puppy at home.
"Xing'er, if you come back smoothly, my mother will be at ease! Do you really want to take Wen'er to visit Chen's house tomorrow? Mother Li asked about Li Xinglai.
"Hmm! Mother, my son is not filial, so you are more worried! I haven't visited Chen's house for more than a month, and I have prepared a gift for his family when I come back this time. We'll go back after lunch, and in the afternoon I have to make a beautiful lantern for Wen'er so that I can participate in the enlightenment ceremony the day after tomorrow! ”
"Do you want to take Wen'er with you?" After Wang Yuying glanced at her son who was spinning in circles with the puppy under the tree, she sighed to her husband faintly: "Every time you take him back from the Chen family, there is a bag on his head, haven't you ever felt distressed?" Thinking about Wang Jiazhu, she is a beautiful girl in the city, and Chen Fenglan is favored by the masters, and Wen'er has been a little sick since she was a child, I think she regrets the children of our two families! ”
"Didn't you say that every time the two compete, Chen Fenglan always used something to 'Flying Star to Spread Hatred' to restrain Wen'er's acupoint, and then knocked on the door of his head with a swollen bag. I think the mother and daughter are connected, and under the influence of her mother, Chen Fenglan is not eye-catching to our Wen'er. Why don't you always use 'flying stars to spread hatred'! It must have been deliberate. She was dissatisfied, and she was sending hatred to us. Let's not drag others back and mislead their future. Since he can't afford to climb high, it's better to quit this family business while he is still less? ”
"No, never! Don't forget, how could my good grandson come to our house safely? divorced, if there is any impact on our Wen'er, what are the three longs and two shorts, then no one can bear this responsibility. Hearing this, Mother Li waved her hand again and again and said hurriedly.
Li Xing also said: "Wen'er's body is becoming more and more like an ordinary person, I think the Chen family sees this in their eyes." If we take the lead in proposing to withdraw from the marriage, it will have a bad impact on the woman's reputation! I must not do such a detrimental thing to my friends, but people have good intentions at the beginning, how can they cross the river and tear down the bridge. Chen Chao and I are brothers who are real friends of life and death, he is anxious and righteous, and has righteousness, I ...... I don't want to lose that kind of friend. ”
"Of course, if the Chen family proposes to withdraw from the marriage first, I will definitely agree. Since people think that we are dragging our feet, the beauty of adults should be, and the square and twisted melon is not sweet. Li Xing did not agree to withdraw from the marriage, but he had concerns.
Seeing that the faces of the two hostesses, one old and one young, eased down, Li Xing secretly breathed a sigh of relief and explained: "In fact, the competition between Wen'er and Fenglan is what I mean with my super brother. First, I want to stimulate the following, so that he can be ashamed and courageous, and his hands and feet can fully recover as soon as possible. Second, it was me and my brother who were very curious about Feng Lan's 'Wenyun Swordsmanship' that had to be taught to the masters. You also know that people who practice martial arts are the most afraid of other people's voyeuristic secret skills. So we made this decision, so that the two children could see their true faces, so as to comfort our martial arts lovers. At the same time, let the two children lay a foundation for their relationship since they were young, as a man, what does it matter if they eat some flesh and skin? You are just carers, you really don't have to worry too much! ”
Unaware that adults are concerned about their bodies and futures, Li Wenzheng is having fun with the family dog. I saw that he was holding half a branch in his hand, first holding it high on the top, and then slamming it forward. Ben was also excited at his feet, and the puppy wagged its tail desperately, staring at the owner's forward action, and then ran forward desperately. As it ran, its puppy searched up and down, left and right for the branch. As it wondered how the branches could have disappeared this time, its little master giggled behind him, which was inexplicable.
"Puppy you're so stupid! The branches are still with me! Li Wen spread out his palm to reveal the branch, it turned out that he was pretending to throw it out. The puppy was not annoyed, but happily wagged his little tail desperately, stretched out his little tongue and ran back to the feet of the little master.
A child and a dog seem to have endless fun things to play, and the simpler they are, the closer they are!
Late in the night, when Li Wen had finished taking a shower, he moved out of his own small bench, sat down next to his parents on his knees, and shouted that it was time to tell a story.
"Then my mother will tell you a ?????? tonight"
"I don't want to listen to the stories of my mother's snail girls, nor do I want to listen to my grandmother's stories of fox fairies and wild ghosts, which are all deceiving children. Today I'm going to listen to my father's stories of marching and fighting! Li Wen interrupted his mother's words and made a demand.
Hearing the words "deceiving the child", his mother and grandmother couldn't help but look at each other in a slightly embarrassed way, and then looked at Li Xing together, with the meaning in their eyes: "It's up to you to put this stinky boy to sleep tonight!" ”
Li Xing thought to himself: How much you ask, this kid is really getting bigger and bigger! Fortunately, when I went out this time, I found some books about strange people and strange things by the way, which was enough to deal with him for a while.
Li Xing said: "Good! I'll tell you stories tonight, but not those bloody stories, lest your mother and grandmother complain that I made you sleep badly. I'll tell you a magical legend today! ”
Li Xingwei told the story: "In ancient times, there was an emperor in China, once he inspected the world, until he inspected the easternmost sea, at night he stood on a huge rock as big as a hill by the sea, facing the Big Dipper, pointed to the vast sea and said to the prime minister: 'I heard that at the end of the sky, there is a group of magical mermaids, you will send people out to sea tomorrow, sail straight to the end of the sky, find the mermaids, and get the elixir of immortality for me from their hands. ’”
"Early the next morning, the warship 'Sea Dragon' sailed towards the vast sea under the command of a martial arts general. After nine hundred and eighty-one days of sailing, they reached a strange sea, where from time to time large icebergs floated over, and the weather suddenly became cold and foggy, but the legendary mermaid was still nowhere to be found. When the general was secretly worried in his heart, the sea suddenly became vicious, and a kraken like an octopus suddenly appeared on the surface of the water. Its body is as big as a mountain, its eyes are as big as a bucket, its mouth is as wide as a hole, and what is even more strange is that its eight hands that look like human hands all hold magic weapons. I saw it shake the magic weapon called the 'Banner of Clouds', and suddenly the evil clouds covered the sun, and the surrounding area fell into a darkness that could not be seen. Before the enemy could react, the Kraken took up the 'Poseidon Rune' in his other hand, and as it uttered the words, a huge wave rushed towards the Sea Dragon like a thousand horses. The soldiers on the battleship had already fallen eastward, and it was a blessing not to attack the Kraken and not to roll into the sea. At this moment, the general hurriedly 'returned to the ground' with his legs as if he were rooted on the deck, and then reached into his bag and took out a peerless jewel 'Suihou Pearl', and the surrounding space instantly returned to a bright place, and at the same time, the sea surface also returned to calm. ”
"Do you know what 'Sui Hou Zhu' is?"
With Li Xing's question, Li Wen, who was immersed in the scene of the ladyboy war, was pulled back, but he didn't know how to answer for a while, he only stared at a pair of puzzled eyes, and his little head shook quickly a few times to show that he didn't know. Li Xing waved the sunflower fan in his hand, pointed to the beautiful starry sky in a chic manner, and turned to tell the story of "Sui Hou Zhu":
"'Suihou Zhu' is the largest and most precious night pearl in ancient China, it is the treasure of Suiguo during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and there are also called 'Suizhu', and 'He's Bi' are called the two great treasures of the Spring and Autumn Period. Legend has it that the monarch of Suiguo, Suihou, saw a seriously injured snake on the side of the road during a certain trip, and Suihou felt pity for him, so he asked his companion to apply medicine to the snake to heal. One night a year later, the serpent came to the bed with a pearl of the night, and said to him in a dream: 'I am the son of the dragon king, and I am grateful for the grace of Hou Jun to save his life, and now I have this pearl to repay the kindness. When he woke up, he saw a night pearl beside his pillow, illuminating the dark room as if it were day. It can not only make the night like day, but also have the magical function of fixing the wind, calming the sand and controlling the water. ”
"Alright, let's move on to the story of finding the elixir of immortality!" Li Xing saw that his son was fascinated by what he heard, and continued with a smile: "Speaking of which, the kraken saw that the surroundings were back to normal, so he hurriedly shook the magic weapon called 'Soul Snatcher Bell' without saying a word. Although they saw the long arm of the Kraken shaking the magic bell, everyone on the Sea Dragon did not hear the slightest bell, and what was even more strange was that every time the soul snatcher bell was shaken, everyone would have a wave of nausea from the deepest part of their bodies, and their heads were extremely painful. (From a modern point of view, this Soul Snatcher Bell is an extremely powerful infrasonic weapon, and the high-intensity infrasonic wave can kill people invisibly in an instant, making people unguardable.) )
"The general on the Sea Dragon saw that the situation was not good, so he hurriedly put the 'Sui Hou Zhu' in his mouth, and held the backpack with one hand. As an ancient aura filled the surroundings, an ancient bow spun and leapt into the air. This is the peerless divine bow of the ancient Hou Yi shooting the sun - 'Sunset Divine Bow'. The general's left hand reached into the air and bowed in his hand, and the bowstring shook and then hummed with a slight tremble, as if telling the excitement of its death. The general pulled the bowstring backwards with two fingers for a month and a half, and the miraculous thing was that with this pull, the bowstring automatically conjured up angry arrows that wanted to leave the string. This is the 'Soul Chasing Arrow' made of pure energy and terrifying to the enemy. After this arrow locks on the target, it will automatically chase after the angry shot, and the poor blue will fall to the Yellow Spring without dying, which is really a peerless life-killing artifact. In ancient times, Hou Yi used this divine bow to shoot down the nine suns in the sky. Seeing that the bow and arrow had been transformed, the general put his fingers down, and in an instant, the soul chasing arrow dragged a colorful light in the air, and flashed towards the kraken. The Kraken was shocked by the earth-shattering murderous aura on the arrow, and in a panic, it threw the magic weapon in its hand shaped like a hill in the direction of the arrow. The artifact, known as the 'Mountain of Infinity', melted into a huge, hard hill that was completely hidden from the Kraken. But at the moment when the soul chasing arrow was about to hit Wuji Mountain, it flashed strangely, and it still went straight to the kraken through Wuji Mountain. At this moment, although the Kraken still had a few powerful magic weapons in his hand, he didn't have time to react, and he had already been pierced by the Soul Chasing Arrow. Sunset Bow! Sunset Bow! The so-called Sunset God Bow has the power to shoot the sun down, and the flesh and blood of the kraken can't resist this angry shot. Suddenly, the sea was filled with a rain of blood and broken flesh, but the eight hands of the kraken fled away under the traction of the magic weapon, and an unwilling roar echoed in the air: 'Today, your country is bad for me, and he will destroy your country one day!' ’”
Li Wen was fascinated by this, and asked curiously, "Why can the soul-chasing arrow pass through that Wuji Mountain?" ”
"It's made of pure energy, and it has its own way of working. For example, if you use paper, even if you use cowhide to seal your ears tightly, so that no water leaks, but my voice can reach your ears. The world is amazing, and there are some things that we don't understand, that is, our understanding of the world is still shallow. Remember: 'Anything is possible'! ”
"Later, did the eight hands that the Kraken escaped really have revenge?" Li Wen nodded and asked again as if he understood.
Li Xing laughed after the conspiracy succeeded, and said, "Or maybe there is!" The day after tomorrow is your enlightenment ceremony, and you have to study calligraphy and literature in the Mongolian Academy. When you read the Book of Jin in the future, can you think about whether the Rebellion of the Eight Kings in the Western Jin Dynasty is similar to this? It is said in the book that during the years of the Eight Kings Rebellion, swords and soldiers were everywhere, it can be said that blood flowed like a river, corpses and bones became a mountain, and the sun and the moon changed color for it! ”
Li Wen's little head was resting on his father's lap, his dark eyes wide, and he quietly listened to the fascinating and magical story. Grandma fanned him lightly behind his back, and talked softly about trivial matters with his mother, who was caressing his head.
Such a little story has been a regular program before going to bed since Li Wen was sensible. It wasn't until Li Wen grew up to take charge of himself that every time he recalled the warm scene of his childhood, he felt comfortable, happy and warm.