Chapter 2 I am a cowherd baby

Spring is in full bloom, and flowers are waiting to bloom.

At this time, Qingming has just passed.

Blue sky, white clouds, blue mountains, green trees.

The breeze with the smell of grass flows slightly.

Mountains stretch endlessly, one after the other.

On a flat boulder in the middle of the mountain, there is a 7 or 8-year-old cowherd baby. The patched clothes wrapped around the thin figure, and the clothes were shabby, but clean and tidy; It is difficult to find a trace of fat on the shriveled face. Although he is thin like this, he is okay, he runs around the mountains every day, and his physique is not bad.

In the grass next to the boulder, an old ox silently gnawed on the grass, raising its head from time to time to call twice, indicating its existence.

This cow is the largest property of their family, and although the cowherd baby is small, she has been herding cattle for two years. Morning morning with a cow to go out, at noon on the mountain to nibble on a sweet potato, in the afternoon when the sun is about to set, to lead the cow home. Such a life is the story of all the cowherding babies in this place, and the small difference may be whether to eat sweet potatoes or something else at noon. It's better when you have wild fruits, and it's a good meal.

The cowherd baby did not complain, as if life should be like this.

In the mountains, what else can you do if you don't herd cattle at such an age?

As a man in the mountains, in order to survive, he had to start contributing to his family early.

Besides, the children of other families are like this, and some of them have to carry a basket of pigweed during the cattle herding period, and carry it home at night.

They don't feed pigs, so they don't need pigweed.

The cowherd baby was lying bored on the stone, surrounded by green mountains, and the spring breeze was slow. Picturesque view, fresh air. There was no attraction to him at all. From childhood to adulthood, everything I have seen is like this.

Sometimes when I think back to the stories my mother told him, my heart is filled with joy.

The surrounding friends don't have such benefits, their parents are honest farmers, they haven't read books, and they haven't gone out of the mountains to see the world, so there is no story to tell. At most, we will talk about how to plant the land, when to sow seeds, and when to burn the mountains to make the land fertilized.

Of course, there is an ugly girl named Xiaoli with the exception. Her mother can also tell stories.

It's really strange, people who don't have fathers, mothers are amazing.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but laugh, how could he conclude such a conclusion.

Suddenly, a dark cloud floated in the sky, and the dark cloud was getting thicker and closer.

The cowherd opened his mouth wide, and the blue sky suddenly appeared with such a vision, which stunned him.

What's the situation? The question of herding cattle has just risen.

The clouds have changed again. I saw the dark clouds getting closer and closer, forming a huge ball, in the middle of the ball. Like the stars at night, shining all over the sky; It was like a dark cloud before a rainstorm, and thunder roared.

Visions from the sky, ghosts and spirits!

The cowherd appeared in his mind, the mythical story that his mother had told him before. Every time a hero is born, heaven and earth will manifest their intentions.

The cowherd baby couldn't help but be happy, could it be that the hero appeared and was met by him?

The irregular dark clouds, which rotated more and more rapidly, slowly turned into a circle, the electric light flickered more and more dazzling, and the thunder became more and more deafening.

The fluttering sphere, when it floated above the head of the cowherd, suddenly seemed to have found a target.

Shrinking, rapid, slamming into the top of his head.

"Ah......" The cowherd screamed in fright, trying to turn over and avoid it. He knew that his body was like being caught by a giant magnet, and he couldn't move.

A circular mist enveloped the cowherd baby, blending into his body little by little.

The picture of his short period of 7 or 8 years began to emerge in the cowherd's mind.

Mother's smile at birth......

Born, seeing yourself for the first time?

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"At present, you are the only male member of our Li family, and one day, I will let you appear on the family tree of our Li family...... I want you to be an honest child, just call him Li Xin......" A tall man said kindly to him.

When he was more than 1 year old, his father's figure appeared in front of him for the first time.

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In the darkness of the night, a group of masked men armed with knives poured into the courtyard of his house......

A fast horse galloped and led their mother and son out of the encirclement......

It's 3 years old, what's going on?

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The old scalper appeared, and the career of herding cattle began......

It's easy to say, I've been doing this for the past 2 years.

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Slowly, another picture appeared.

The red car was suddenly hit by a commercial vehicle behind it, like a red cannonball off the runway......

Song Ruyu, whose face was covered with blood, had a frightened expression on her face, and her sexy lips were shouting something?

The picture is so close, and yet it seems so far away.

It's like a silent movie, only the picture has no sound.

The picture slowly turns red, more and more red.

Finally, more and more blurred......

Silence!

The golden sunlight dimmed.

Night is coming.

Xin'er...... Xin'er ......" A beautiful figure shuttled on the sheep intestine path, holding a torch, a woman about twenty-five or six years old, shouting as she walked.

Her name is Su Qi, and she is the mother of the cowherd baby Xin'er.

Coarse cloth clothes, roland skirts. The long hair was coiled on the head, tied by a piece of cotton cloth, and a copper hairpin was inserted in the hair exposed on the top, and this copper hairpin should be the most valuable object all over the body.

Simple clothes, no pink makeup, can't stop her peerless appearance.

Her voice was gentle and anxious.

The silence of the mountains was broken by her soft, anxious cries.

The voice of the village woman in the mountains should be loud, high, and penetrating.

Su Qi's voice is full of gentleness, grace, and infinite charm.

As the minutes passed, the night became thicker and thicker, and the gentle voice became more and more hoarse, but she did not stop, her faith was persistent, even if she shouted in her throat, she would continue to shout until she found Xin'er.

All she could do was startled by the sound of birds and small animals running around.

There was no answer I wanted.

"Xin'er, where are you? If something happens to you, how can you live? Woo woo......" Su Qi began to whimper, tears wetting her eyes. She wiped her eyes with her sleeve and wiped her face dirty, and she usually pays the most attention to hygiene, but now she doesn't care.

Her only thought was to find her son quickly.

This is her only son, her only hope, and her only dependence on her future.

If you lose your son, the hardships you have endured all these years are meaningless.

If one day she wants to exchange her life for her son's life, she will never hesitate.

"Woo......" A cow's voice came from the front.

"Ahh Su Qi exclaimed, his voice was full of joy, a familiar voice, that's right, it's his own cow, it seems that his son is nearby.

But why didn't the son speak up? Did you encounter a wild object and was injured and unconscious?

Without time to think, Su Qi ran in the direction of Niu Sheng, and shouted in his mouth: "Xin'er, are you over there?" ”

In a moment, Su Qi saw his old scalper, and by the faint light of the fire, he saw a child lying on the boulder. Walking into the boulder with trepidation, the firelight clearly imprinted the child's face. That's right, it was his own son, patting his chest, and couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief.

"Xin'er, what's wrong with you?" The woman gently shook the child's thin shoulders.

The child fell asleep and did not respond. Feeling the uniform breath of the cow herding baby, Su Qi was a little relieved.

Su Qi helped Li Xin sit up, checked his body, and found no traces of injury.

Fortunately, there were no external injuries.

Is it too tired? It's impossible, although my son is young, he has been herding cattle for 2 years, and he will go home before dark no matter how tired he is.

At first, I thought he was small, so I put an old cow around the house. Slowly, I got farther and farther away from home.

Did the dark clouds in the sky just frighten him?

It's impossible, my son's list has been relatively large since he was a child.

Su Qi thought chaotically in his heart, and his heart was full of doubts.

No matter, let's go home first.

Su Qi gently put Li Xin on the back of the old scalper, took the old scalper with one hand, supported Li Xin with the other, and walked towards his house with one foot deep and one foot shallow.