The life in the mountain village is monotonous and peaceful, and every day I wander around such a small mountain village and its vicinity, and the life trajectory is very narrow and dense, especially for children like Li Bai who were accidentally 'adopted' by the Orion family.

Since Lin Dalang's family has no arable land, there is basically no farm work for him to do, and the manual work such as chopping wood and sprinkling and sweeping on weekdays is basically all done by the little girl Lin Qingmei, who is born with great strength.

Anyway, in the eyes of the other village girls and farmers in this village, he Li Bai is a person who is equal to an idler, and if he didn't know how to read and write, and with the name of a scholar, maybe he would have been pointed at by others and said bad things in the back.

However, it doesn't matter what others think of Li Bai, because at least he knows that he is not really eating and waiting for death, nor is he idle all day, he is doing those things that are very meaningful to him!

For example: practicing swords, practicing calligraphy, reading and so on...... Of course, there is also the need to teach and deal with a little henchman who often oppresses him by force at the slightest disagreement?

“……”

And today, after helping Uncle Lin spread out those bloody rabbit skins and wolf skins and hang them on the wall to dry, he soon came down to leisure, carrying his wooden sword, thinking about the harvest during this time, while strolling towards the 'secret' base at the back of the village that only belonged to him and his sister Qingmei.

In fact, the meadow that is quite hidden does not belong to them, and anyone can go there, but not all the children in the village have the time to run to the forest behind the village all day long like him and the Qingmei girl, and no one is like Li Bai, who has the courage to stay for a long time on the lawn that is not very fun under the deterrence of the 'tigress' who ranks first in terms of force value.

So over time, the vacant land at the back of the village became the exclusive territory of Li Bai and his brother and sister, at least, in the impression of the other children in the village?

"Huh?!"

"Yo!"

"Is it Li Bai?"

At this time, just as Li Bai was thinking about things with his head down, and was about to continue today's daily sword practice, suddenly, coldly, a bad old man who was sitting under the old banyan tree next to the village road suddenly spoke out and said hello to him, which scared him a little, and made him subconsciously use the wooden sword in his hand to make a standard defensive sword style.

“！！”

"It's the village, the village is grandpa......"

After seeing clearly who was startling himself when he was thinking, Li Bai hid the wooden sword in his hand behind him with some scorn.

What I didn't say, in the countryside of this era, there are only old men left who don't have to work except for children, especially the village chief and old man of Linjia Village in front of him, who don't need to work.

Of course, in this era, there is no village chief, and people call it 'Muramasa', but they all mean the same thing.

Although the village chief's official is already at the bottom in this Tang Empire era, he is also a national cadre, although he is not as good as those high-grade officials who have money, materials and job fields, etc., but they basically do not have to worry about food and clothing, and they don't have to work hard to continue to work in the field like other village elders. Exemption from military service', and this alone is already the envy of others' treatment.

"The ......"

"Grandpa Muramasa, may I ask, do you have anything to do?"

Although Li Bai never cared about the identity of the other party, nor did he care that he was actually controlled by the other party, but when a village elder asked him, he had to return the salute and ask in a proper manner.

"Nothing!"

"What, what are you...... Are you going to play with swords in the woods at the back of the village today? ”

First glanced at the wooden thing that Li Bai was carrying behind him, and then the old man Muramasin asked with a smile.

That's right, in this small mountain village with less than 100 households and a population of about 100 in their Changganli, including the old man of the village Zhenglin, no one believed that Li Bai was practicing that kind of serious swordsmanship or killing skills, and they all always thought that it was just a child's play.

"Ahh

"No, I...... I'm just going to hang out, right! I'm just just wandering around......"

Regarding his sword practice, Li Bai was a little ashamed.

Many people in this village know about his secret sword practice, and the carpenter Lin Sanshu, who helped him make a wooden sword, is obviously not a strict-mouthed person, and a certain little girl is not a single person, plus the villagers who passed by the forest and saw him practice sword with their own eyes are not one or two, so this matter has long been no secret in this small mountain village.

Anyway, Orion Lin Dalang's family adopted a little boy who liked to play wooden swords and read and write, and that matter had already spread throughout the village! Of course, at the same time, there is also the fact that he Li Bai can't beat a little girl with his bare hands when he practices swords?

Therefore, Li Bai has always been a little ashamed to talk about his sword practice, because every time, these ignorant village horsemen will laugh at him!

But no matter what, no matter what others say, Li Bai, who has basically touched some doorways now and is ready to persevere in practice, so that he can have a means of self-protection before he can become independent, will definitely not stop because of others' pointing or ridiculing.

Because he still clearly remembers the matter of the golden dragon phantom, this world, this Tang Empire is completely different from the world he has seen and understood, here, there are really that kind of gods and demons, and for that kind of strange and unscientific things, he is still very jealous and has always been vigilant.

"Wandering around?"

"Oh! You're going to the back forest to teach Qingmei's girl to read and practice calligraphy, right? Old man, I just saw her run over there. ”

Speaking of which, I am afraid that this is the main reason why the old man of Muramasa Lin has an attitude of neither supporting, nor opposing, nor interfering with Lin Dalang's adoption of Li Bai, a boy of unknown origin.

Because he could see that Li Bai was not an ordinary person, at least he was very different from the other children he had seen!

Such a small baby can have a lot of words, and may have read a lot of books, and even a little girl who is taught by a random month can write better and more words than him, an old man who has been a village leader for many years, which makes him admire this very much! Therefore, he, Old Man Lin, has always adopted that attitude of non-interference, and even he pretended to be deaf and dumb when he was supposed to report to the county, so he regarded Li Bai's existence as some kind of established fact.

In his opinion, their mountain village is too remote, regardless of whether there are one or two more or one or two dead, as long as his village is not reported, the county must not be too lazy to take care of it, not to mention that the extra person is a child who has fallen into the water.

“……”

"Yes, yes, Grandpa Muramasa, Sister Mei'er still has some homework to do today, I'm going to give her a little tutoring, otherwise she will be lazy again......"

There are no secrets in this small mountain village, so Li Bai, who saw that he couldn't deny it and didn't intend to deny it, nodded honestly and admitted the matter.

"Hmm......"

"That's it, Li Bai, ......"

Finally, after nodding, Muramasa, who originally looked like a bad old man with dizzy old eyes, suddenly stood up from the stump under the tree, walked quickly to Li Bai's side in three or two, and carefully pulled Li Bai's clothes, bent down, and came to him in a low voice and expectantly and asked:

"Look at it, there are so many little children in the village, there are those who are older than you or younger than you, and even the old man and I have two and a half children and a good granddaughter at home, don't you want to teach a few more students?"

Looking at Old Man Lin's shimmering spirit, it was obvious that this matter had been brewing and plotting for a long time, but now he finally caught the opportunity and said it.

"As long as you nod, old man, I will immediately ask Lin San and them to go to your place to build a big shed for you, as well as that kind of sand pool for writing, if you need anything in the future, just open your mouth, and whatever you need will only be wrapped in the old man and me, what do you think?"

For the fact that the daughter of Lin Dalang's family can read and read, Old Man Lin himself has actually envied it for a long time, after all, his own ability is limited, although he can also teach his grandchildren to recognize a few words on weekdays, but compared to the results of the little girl of Lin Dalang's family for a month, there is a world of difference, the kind of thing that watches other people's children become more and more motivated, how can it not make him, who is a village leader, feel worried?

"Huh?"

"Yes...... Grandpa Muramasa, where did I teach so much, why don't we talk about it next time? ”

However, Li Bai looked a little unhappy about this kind of thing, so he didn't think much about it, and just waved his hand with a wry smile and declined.

"You!"

"Li Bai, if there are any conditions or difficulties, you can mention it, although we are not very rich in Changgan, but it is very simple to meet the requirements of your little baby, you might as well ......"

“！！”

"Grandpa Muramasa, let's talk about it next time, okay next time? I haven't figured it out yet. ”

"Okay......"

"Then next time, when you think about it, you must remember to come to me, the old man!"

"Hey!"

After saying that, after seeing that the other party really seemed to just mention it casually, and was not too persistent or serious, Li Bai fled directly as if he had been amnestied, and did not dare to stay any longer.

"Ahem......"

Seeing that Li Bai rejected his proposal, the old man of the village was not too angry, but after watching Li Bai's figure turn over the wall and disappear into the forest behind the village, he sighed and shook his head, turned around with his hands behind his back and began to wander around the village.

Actually, he had thought about that matter for a long time, but he had been worried that Li Bai's family or someone else would come to the door, so he didn't take action.

But now, it has been almost three months since the other party came to their village......

In the past three months, neither the government nor anyone else has come to look for him, thinking that no one will come to pick up the other party, and thinking that the other party may really become a person from their village from now on, so he hesitated to put forward the request just now, but who thought, the other party would be so resistant?

But he is not in a hurry, he will say this thing twice if he doesn't move, and if he doesn't say it twice, he will say it three times, for the sake of those little babies in the village, he doesn't plan to ask for it, as long as he talks about it a few more times and mentions some more benefits, the other party will always have a day when he agrees!

"That kid ......"

The left and right are just a little boy, as long as he moves with affection and knows reason, is it possible that the other party can still fly out of his palm?

It's a pity......

What the old man of the village is not known is that for Li Bai, he has had enough of Lin Qingmei, where does he have time to teach others?

During this period of time, for Qingmei's sister, he has to teach during the day, at night, and continues to teach while sleeping...... That's why that little girl will have such great achievements and progress in a short period of time.

Moreover, Li Bai himself has really been annoyed with teaching others, where is he still in the mood to teach more 'other people's children'?

Besides, he, Li Bai, is also just a little kid now, and it's really a little embarrassing for him to be a teacher, how can he do that kind of thankless thing when he doesn't have to worry about eating and drinking? And if it weren't for the fact that Lin Qingmei was the only daughter of his life-saving benefactor Uncle Lin, and his godsister Li Bai, if he had changed someone, would he see if he was a bird or not? !

"Phew!!"

"Sister Aomei! Quick, don't practice calligraphy first, pick up your wooden stick, let's have another competition today, your brother Li Bai and I made a new breakthrough in swordsmanship yesterday, and today I must correct the name of my 'ancestor' "Qinglian Swordsmanship"!! ”

After getting rid of a bad old man in the village with bad intentions and running to the lawn in the forest behind the village that is suitable for sword practice and reading, after a month, Li Bai, who felt that his "skill has greatly increased", gritted his teeth, and once again arrogantly raised the wooden sword in his hand and launched an honorary challenge to his sister Lin Qingmei.

Today, Li Bai is determined to compete with a guy with natural divine power again!

Because, he wants to justify his swordsmanship, and let the people in the village know that he Li Bai has finally beaten his Qingmei sister after nearly two months of hard practice, and what he practiced is not a good-looking and useless 'Niangniang swordsmanship', he is really practicing swords, not a child's trick.

"Huh?"

Sure enough, a little girl who was practicing writing in the sand pit on the edge of the lawn was a little stunned on the spot after hearing Li Bai's words.

"You ......"

Immediately afterwards, the little girl first blinked her big beautiful eyes, and tilted her head to think about it, before finally hesitantly asking:

"Brother Li Bai...... You...... Are you serious? ”

Obviously, Lin Qingmei didn't know what kind of crazy thing her brother Li Bai was smoking, so she actually sent it to the door to beat her...... You know, recently, since the other party taught her to read and write very obediently, she has understood a lot of things, but she hasn't beaten the other party for a long time.

She is determined to be a good girl who is knowledgeable and reasonable, but she can't just beat her brother Li Bai casually.

"Humph!"

"Seriously, of course! Sister Qingmei, you're ready to come to your senses!! ”

In this regard, Li Bai is very sure! ，

After two months of practice, he can already play the first form of "Qinglian Sword Technique" with his eyes closed and can integrate it very, very skillfully, and his self-confidence at this time has been extremely inflated! Not to mention such a little girl in front of him, Li Bai thinks that even if a female goblin pops out, he may be able to cut the other party under the sword?

Of course, the premise is that the female goblin must not be too strong, probably like a little white snake that was caught by Fahai and almost pulled out the snake gall to soak in wine.

“……”

"Brother Li Bai, are you really sure?"

"I'm pretty sure!"

"But ......"

"If you lose, don't cry your nose?"

"Hah! I, Li, stand up to the sky, known as poetry and sword, and never cry my nose!! ”

"Don't you go to your dad to complain?"

"Humph! Is Li Bai that kind of villain? ”

"But ......"

"Don't be! Plum girl, just let the horse come over, my sword is already hungry and thirsty! ”

"Alright then......"

Although I don't know what my brother Li Bai was stimulated or crazy today, the obedient and well-behaved Lin Qingmei thought about it, and she was also very curious about Brother Li Bai's beautiful swordsmanship, so she finally stood up from the sand pit honestly, and then skillfully pulled up the cuffs, revealing a small piece of white arm, and by the way, picked up the wooden stick with a wooden board nailed to the end, and stood in front of her Li Bai brother with the thing called the wooden wedge that she used to level the sand pit and practice calligraphy in the past.

"Humph!"

"Sister Qingmei, just let the horse come! Your brother, I'll give you three tricks today! ”

After pinching a sword trick in his hand and playing a handsome sword flower neatly, Li Bai directly stood with his sword in the wind, letting the mountain wind blow his clothes and belts to hunt, he stood so proudly, and faced the little girl Lin Qingmei who was carrying the wooden wedge in his hand opposite with his side face.

“……”

"Then Brother Li Bai, be careful, Qingmei will not show mercy~♡!"

Although I don't know what kind of madness Brother Li Bai had, and I don't know where the other party's self-confidence came from, but in the end, Lin Qingmei didn't say anything, but stared at the other party for a while with big eyes that seemed to be talking, and after making sure that the other party was really not joking, she frowned and rushed forward directly!

Boom!!

Soon, the wooden stick and the wooden sword collided directly with each other, and a crisp sound followed.

However, less than a minute later......

'Ahh!!hh ’

A terrible cry suddenly came from the forest behind the village of Changganli.

'Tap! Tap! ’

'Sister Qingmei, I admit defeat, I admit defeat!! ’

'Let me go!!' ’

'Wow! It hurts, it hurts! ’

If you don't let go, I, I, I'll tell Uncle Lin, say, say that you bullied me again today! ’

‘！！ ’

'Uh-ah-ah-ah......'

'You! ’

'No! Brother was wrong, really wrong! Qingmei girl, let go quickly, it's going to break, it's really going to break......

'Spare my brother this time, right?' ’

'I promise! ’

'I don't dare anymore, I really don't dare anymore, I promise I won't sue, really, really ......'

'Heroine spares her life......'

It was so loud that many frightened birds fluttered their wings and flew away, and of course an old man from the village who was pacing and 'patrolling' the village idly heard it.

"Alas......"

However, he was not too surprised, just glanced sideways at the back of the village, then shook his head and sighed, did not say anything, and continued to visit him.

After all, it wasn't the first time, who in the village didn't know that Li Bai's poor little baby was often bullied by Lin Dalang's tiger girl?

In fact......

All the little babies in the village, both male and female, were bullied by the little girl of Lin Dalang's family, who was born with great strength and was as powerful as an adult man at a young age! And if it weren't for the fact that the other party was an eight-year-old girl, replaced by a boy, he, who was a village leader, might have recommended the other party to the county a long time ago.

It's a pity that the other party is just a girl, because she is destined to marry and have children, and her natural strength is of little use, at most she is just a temporary 'village tyrant'?

It's a pity......

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