Little Fat Pang Yu's family lives in the sixth recess at the back of the alley, probably because they wanted the courtyard gate to face the sun when it was built, causing the entire building to be diagonally across the roadside. This irregular layout of the land makes it difficult for the surrounding houses to be adjacent to each other, and there is an old forest behind their courtyard across the wasteland, and although the chirping of birds and finches is pleasant, it is always noisy and annoying.

A large area of wasteland between the old forest and the yard has naturally become an excellent residence for the wild growth of green plants. Because the house of the little fat family is low, it can't shade the sun, and the wasteland is not hindered by tall trees, and all kinds of weeds and bushes are overgrown.

On the corner of the wasteland, near the old woods, there was a dilapidated hut with orange bricks. The lintel is broken, and the half-covered rotten door is also blocked by weeds, and it has been abandoned for I don't know how many years. In the summer of previous years, Tingting and Xiaopang also caught all kinds of insects here, and the most was the golden turtle. Tingting can't forget the dense group found in the wound of a small mulberry tree one day. In normal times, just finding a golden turtle with a green luster would make her excited, but after seeing that group of fat insects, with their butts facing up, constantly writhing and gnawing on the young stems of the small tree, Tingting was a little sick to her stomach and never went there again.

Liang Leon's residence is here for the time being.

Although Tingting didn't want to let him settle like this, it was really helpless. The people of Huajie Lane have lived and worked in peace and contentment for so many years, and they can no longer find a sparsely populated residence. Nowadays, the grass and plants are dead in autumn and winter, and mosquitoes are scarce, so there is no need to worry about the dilapidated house in the rainy season. Even if the roof tiles are already half hollow, it is enough for Liang Leon to still be able to cover a corner of the wall in a light rain.

Having said that, it has been uninhabited for a long time, and there are obvious cracks between the walls and tiles, which must be bone-chilling on a winter night. Just holding a small quilt that Tingting secretly dragged out of the cabinet at home, he probably couldn't last a few nights.

"I'll stay here for another three days, and after three days, when I'm fully recovered, I'll leave." Liang Leon said to Tingting. For a long time, a little girl hid from her family and worried about herself, and her self-esteem was categorically unwilling.

Tingting would not keep it, she knew that this was the best way for the two of them, but at the same time, she was a little worried about Liang Leon's life in the future, so she asked, "What are you going to do after you leave here?" You don't have any money on you, and you can't make money if you can't show your face......"

"Don't worry, I've endured it for three years. I also have a new purpose for this trip, and if it is successful, I will probably be able to find a safe haven. ”

Tingting was a little unconvinced, she thought that if Liang Leon had already had this method, he would not have fallen to this point, his eyes were pale, and he was immediately a little displeased, "You don't want me to rest assured and deliberately make this up, right?" ”

Liang Leon was stunned for a moment, and then laughed, "Hahaha, where is it." You're so smart and clever, I don't want to experience the embarrassment of being seen through at a glance. Let me tell you this, I left this time to find an old man. This old man is the first generation of crown magicians, retired ten years ago, virtuous and still have power, if I can find him, I have some hope. Saying this, he noticed Tingting's still skeptical eyes, and hurriedly added, "I didn't have this idea before, because I haven't realized this yet, and I haven't made up my mind." I went here to ask the old man for help in changing my eyes. It is said that his medical skills and healing skills are unparalleled in the world. ”

As soon as these words came out, Liang Leon crossed his eyebrows and bit his lower lip, as if he regretted saying what he didn't want to say.

"What? Change your eyes? Tingting was surprised, "Do you have to find him to change your eyes?" In that case, why do people still want your eyes? Even if you take it, it doesn't make much sense, because without a very high level of medical skills, surgery is very risky. ”

Liang Leon let out a long sigh, closed his eyes and pressed his eyeballs, "Actually, there are not so many places where our descendants of Anding Hall are extraordinary. The sensitive five senses, the powerful self-healing power, and the unique pupil power all originate from the power of the lotus pupil. If our eyes are removed, we are almost like normal people. ”

"I see, that is, when someone transplants your lotus pupil, it is very easy. But when you change to ordinary eyes, there is no strong self-healing to make the nerves perfectly connected. ”

"That's right."

Tingting nodded, but was a little sad, "Is this really good?" There must be brothers and sisters in your hometown, and they may have the same fate in the future, so they can't all abandon your identity as descendants of the Andingdo. ”

As soon as these words came out, Liang Leon's heart aroused layers of grievances and grievances. Because of this unique power, the elders of the family are afraid of the thoughts and scrutiny of foreign magicians. As a result, their families were closed, and their offspring were not allowed to go out to receive education, and they were only willing to live a self-sufficient life as a male farmer and a female weaver. And he is the first descendant of Andingtang to successfully break out of this bondage. He has not experienced normal education, and he can only have some shallow knowledge, of course, he cannot survive in this society. Soon, under the pressure of life, he used the perspective power of his eyes to intermittently obtain some sources of money. And the repeated actions that violated common sense finally attracted the attention of the big man and led to death. But Liang Leon did not feel ashamed of the money obtained with the help of his eyes, he felt that if he was an ordinary person, who had experienced junior high school education and went to college, he would definitely be able to live a stable and happy life, and the source of all evil was the power in his body that made his family proud.

"Abandon it, throw it away. An unknown family with ominous powers, there is nothing to be nostalgic for. Liang Leon rolled his eyes, and his attitude of indifference jumped at once.

Tingting's eyes began to be serious when he looked at him, raised his face slightly, and initially had a tone of admonition, "It's also the place to repay you for raising you, but I didn't expect you to think like this." I don't know what you've been through before, but that's a shame. ”

"I can't protect myself, why are I thinking about this? I lost my eyes, and the traders naturally lost interest in me. Without the intervention of people with backgrounds, everything is easy to say, you know? ”

"But...... Can you think of something else? I feel like it's a kind of self-deception. Those bad guys who designed to harm you will definitely not care if you still have this kind of power, and when the time comes, they will still catch you, and after being disappointed, they will choose to seal you up and discard you like garbage. But if you always have this power in your heart, maybe you can make a difference by chance in the future, and you can change the current situation of your family, right? ”

Hearing Tingting's bitter persuasion, Liang Leon's eyes were shocked for a long time, his lips were a little chapped, and he licked and licked unconsciously, "You...... Is it really a schoolboy who has never seen the world? ”

"What? Think I have a point? Then listen to me first, don't think about changing your eyes. ”

"You're right, but with all due respect, I'll still look for the legendary Crown of Wood. As long as I can increase the possibility of survival, I will not hesitate to do it. ”

"Why!" Tingting was a little excited at this time, "I've talked about it." ”

"Not because of you?" Liang Leon suddenly shouted out without a head, "I promise you to live well, I don't care what happens to it in the future, what about others?" What if you could cut off your limbs for a life, kill someone and set fire for a life? I do! ”

Since Liang Leon decided to find that worldly master, he had already thought about it carefully, although he said that he had leaked his mouth and let Tingting know that he was going to change his eyes, but how could the truth be just like this? According to the plan, he will keep the replaced lotus pupils, and then find some ways to give them to the big people who covet it in the form of chips, in order to survive. His original belief in survival was to protect his eyes from leaking out of this secret of the family, but now he has left it behind because he has fulfilled his promise to Tingting. He knew that this little girl was delicate, and if she told the truth, she would definitely be sad. It's like hearing that another person has abandoned a lifelong belief because of a promise made by himself. Therefore, he can only pretend to use his own willfulness to cover up his true intentions.

"Can I retract what I said before?" Tingting lowered his head and restrained his hands, and there was self-blame in his eyes.

"If you dare to withdraw, I will die in front of you immediately." Liang Leon was ruthless and said coldly.

At this time, Tingting seemed to be bidding farewell to the dying at a fork in the road, two divergent roads, one was a rift abyss, and one was full of crocodiles, and the ending may be miserable death, at most it is to drag the stump and break the arm back. But she could only watch, and could do nothing.

She was annoyed, tears flashed in her eyes, she turned around angrily, and left a sentence, "We're at the end of our fate, don't let me see you again." ”

This is true, and Liang Leon never appeared in Tingting's sight again.

She has to go to school after the weekend, of course, she can't feed Liang Leon around the clock, and a meal at noon is a must, so she can only increase the amount of food at dinner. When she went to secretly deliver food, she also covered her face with her hands all the time, as if she was angry, she just didn't want to see Liang Leon's underbeaten face.

Father Tang Quan wondered why the food at home was much more abundant for a few days, but he didn't care much, his daughter was in charge of food and clothing, and he couldn't know the height of the rice bag that had dropped sharply.

On the last day of separation, Liang Leon said the last sentence, "If I am tired and tired in the future, can I come back to you?" ”

Tingting didn't pay attention, only pushed the multigrain rice ball wrapped in vegetable leaves into his arms.

The two probably broke up unhappily.

After Liang Leon left, Tingting went to school and took care of the housework as usual, and it was no different from before, if she really wanted to talk about changes, maybe she would pay more attention to some pedestrians on the street. Since she cared about the profession of magician, Tingting's heart gradually became curious, and she regretted that she didn't ask Liang Leon about it. So she asked her father, but Tang Quan didn't seem to know much about this profession, and only said that magicians were rare but dangerous. In fact, it is normal, from childhood to adulthood, Tang Quan almost never mentioned this word in front of her. Unable to suppress her curiosity, she ran to ask some neighbors, but their reaction was completely opposite to Tang Quan's. Almost everyone has a strong interest in the profession of magician, and some people can even name the crowned magicians of all dynasties from ancient times to the present day.

Magicians are divided into three categories, one is the armament magician in the army, who is much more generously treated than ordinary soldiers; the second is the government's official magicians, many of whom are teachers, doctors, or policemen, and so on; The last type is the professional magician who has obtained a magic license, which has no fixed establishment and relies solely on personal reputation to obtain employment, and many farms need their help for irrigation or mining.

The benefits of the magicians are very high, which is one of the reasons why the common people are interested. However, the profession of magician cannot be achieved by hard work alone, and only people with a magical physique have the potential to cultivate. It is said that only 5% of today's population has a magical constitution. It can only be said that the profession of a magician is God's reward.

Of course, Tingting is curious about whether she has this kind of magic physique, but everyone doesn't seem to be optimistic about her, because the magic physique is in the genes, and if her parents and grandparents are ordinary people, it is difficult to have a magic physique. Of course, it is not completely impossible, it is said that the ancestors of the third generation of Flame Crown magicians are ordinary people, and they are truly born out of nowhere.

Magical physical fitness testing equipment is expensive and restricted by the government, which can only be provided by institutions above secondary school, and the government requires students to participate in an evaluation at the age of 13, that is, when they enter junior high school, to determine their future direction. Tingting is 12 years old this year, and he will be able to enter junior high school in more than a semester, and it is not a long time ago to know his magic talent.

Originally, she thought that she was just an inconspicuous grass seed among all living beings, and her father was just an ordinary worker, how could a miracle behave her? But one night, before going to bed, an incident made her more suspicious and more confident.

That night, as usual, she took out the clothes she was going to wear the next day from her closet. Under the coat in the closet, there are a total of six drawers next to each other, three on the left and three on the right, the left is Tang Quan's father, and the right is for his own use. The top layer is usually some socks and thinner underwear, the middle layer is two sets of school uniforms and underwear, and the bottom drawer is the highest, where thick clothes such as sweaters and cotton clothes are placed. She saw that the bottom layer of her father's drawer was not completely closed, but half of the cuff was clamped, so she was about to open it and help fold it, but the drawer was cluttered, and she sighed helplessly and fiddled with it one by one. Just as she was packing up and about to close it, she fixed her eyes and saw a corner of a white plastic bag that was upturned at the bottom. She immediately became suspicious, her father usually told her repeatedly that she didn't need to help pack her clothes, could it be that she had hidden something?

When she went to the back room to make sure that her father had slept peacefully, she couldn't help but pull the white cloud up from the bottom. This is a good thing, and there is a compartment at the bottom of the drawer.

Who would make a cubicle for a normal person?

Tingting also thought so, and looked inside, there was actually a set of clothes similar to military uniforms, although they were neatly folded, but the front chest of the clothes was full of various medals. She suddenly panicked, she had lived with her father for so long, and she had never heard of him ever joining the army. Thinking that it might be used for other purposes or entrusted by her father's friend, she hurriedly took out the clothes to take a closer look, wondering if the clothes were pressed at the bottom of the box all the year round, very hard and thick, and folded squarely, holding it in her hand like a document bag, the gray-green fabric felt very delicate, but very strong.

After looking at it for a while, feeling that no other details could be found, Tingting hesitated to unfold his clothes. It turned out to be a style similar to a long trench coat, which did look a bit like a military uniform, but it lacked the tightness of some lines. After her eyes wandered for a while, she suddenly noticed that there was suddenly a brown paper bag at her feet, perhaps it had just slipped out when she unfolded her clothes, and the surface of the paper bag was unusually smooth.

She was getting more and more nervous, and the brown paper bag seemed to hide many hidden secrets.

"Is this really my father's?"

After calming down for a moment, Tingting suddenly realized that he seemed to know very little about his father. Father's preference? Past? She didn't know anything. It's not that he doesn't take his father to heart, it's just that every time he mentions something about him, his father diverts the topic or keeps silent. Sometimes, Tingting even wondered if she was born by her father, also because she had never seen her mother, and only heard her father sigh with tears in his eyes. My father once said that my mother was a very great person who sacrificed for the motherland and all mankind, and asked her not to blame her mother. Looking at the sad appearance of the father, he must have loved his wife very much, but the irony is ...... There was not a single relic belonging to my mother in the house, not even a photo to recall.

Recall that all of this seems to lack strong evidence. Has she been living a lie all along?

"Could it be that it is a proof of kinship? Or adoption formalities? ”

Thinking of this, Tingting trembled all over, stared at the brown paper bag for a long time, and then calmed down a little. On weekdays, her father loves her very much, even if they are not related by blood, she admits that the grace of nurturing is more worthy of respect than the grace of childbirth. However, she prefers to believe that the kraft treasures are relics of her mother. Carefully pulling out a wad of paper from it, Tingting did not dare to look at it closely, only prayed for the loving correspondence of his parents when they were young.

When she looked closer nervously and curiously, she was stunned. The paper was impressively printed: Application for discharge of personnel from the Ninth Regiment Headquarters. The signature at the bottom is none other than Tang Quan.

"Is my father really a soldier? Once? ”

Tingting's heart was pounding, she glanced at it, and glanced at it, even if she didn't believe it anymore, the rigorous words were in front of her, and a few red seals were arrogantly authentic.

"Tang Quan, 27 years old, male, position, captain of the 937 squadron......"

Tingting has little interest in military affairs, and she doesn't know how big this 937 squadron leader is and how many people he can lead. But when she saw that her father's resume was full of meritorious deeds, she was very proud in her heart, it turned out that her father was a soldier who shed his blood for the country.

"When my father was 27?"

She counted on her fingers, and it was already ten years ago. Judging by the information in the documents, it seems that a large-scale war broke out ten years ago, and she knew almost nothing. Since she became sensible, although her living environment has often wandered, it is mostly safe, and there is no so-called war, so she can't imagine the cruelty of the war years. She suspected that her father wanted to hide his past identity from her and deliberately avoided the word war, which caused her to be completely unaware of this major event that must have been written into the history books.

So, her eyes kept scanning, and she carefully read her father's resume.

……

"In 2098, he alone led the 937 Squadron to annihilate 15 seathead crows in Jinsha, stopped 11 people, and awarded the 98 Blue Medal."

"In 2101, he rushed to the aid of the Sixth Regiment with the 93rd Brigade, purged the former Chong, made a significant contribution, and was awarded the Blue Medal of Freedom."

"In 2102, with the entire Ninth Regiment guarding Jinhua, the victory of the Anti-Japanese War made a significant contribution and was awarded the Liberation Red Medal."

The last year, 2102, was the year when my father submitted his application for discharge. That year, the war of resistance seemed to have been won

Tingting counted them, and there were thirteen meritorious deeds in total. But she found that twelve of them were blue, and only the last one was red. She didn't know what the difference was, but she was more curious about what the "fifteen humphead blacks" described above were. "Is it the army? Is it a place name? It doesn't seem to be. Father, what are they fighting against? ”

She went on to look through a few other things, but nothing came of it, most of them were cumbersome formalities. After restoring everything to its original state and making sure that no clues were revealed, although she breathed a sigh of relief, she was stunned for a long time, she could not have imagined that her mediocre father was once an officer full of honors. She was happy and proud, but at the same time she was very disappointed, and she blamed her father, and she didn't understand why she wanted to hide such a proud and glamorous deed from herself, and what was the point.

Back in the back room, turn off the light, and you can see the moonlight outside the window on the futon. The concise sentences in the resume have gone through the life and death scene that his father has crossed with difficulty, and it is hard to imagine how much blood and rain have fallen on him. Now the hard-won stable life is exchanged for life, maybe the mother who didn't mention the father didn't mention was sacrificed on the battlefield, so it was not easy for the father.

Thinking of this, Tingting's eyes were moist, and he stood on tiptoe, went to his father's big bedside, and kissed him lightly on the cheek.

"It stinks...... she covered her mouth, and there was a smell of engine oil and kerosene between her snorts, probably because her father didn't wash his face after work......