Chapter 1: The Beginning of the Beginning
"Feng'er, study hard, don't be like your father who knows how to dance with knives and sticks, so you will be looked down upon by the villagers"
A coarsely clothed young woman touched her child's little head and said with a serious expression. Although Liu knew that his children wanted to practice martial arts, there were now a few people who could support their families by practicing martial arts, and the real dignitaries were all scholarly families and Confucian scholars who had gained fame.
Although her family is poor, she still hopes that her children can enter the official career, not seeking an official position, but seeking a lifetime of worry-free food and clothing.
"Mother, I just practiced a few self-defense skills taught me by my father, it will not affect my learning, I have written down the poems and etiquette taught by my master, you can rest assured" The little boy looked at his mother seriously, although he knew that his mother did not like to learn martial arts with his father, but he only said it casually, and did not mean to blame, and the little boy often completed the tasks assigned by his master before practicing the one-and-a-half-style martial arts that his father gave him.
"By the way, Mom, Dad should come back in the next two days, it's been three days, and I used to go out hunting for no more than two days, I'm a little worried about my father," said the little boy and hugged his mother.
In fact, Liu had long been worried about why his husband had not returned this time, but he didn't think much about it for fear of affecting the child. But not saying it doesn't mean that the son, who is already very sensible, will not think about whether his father is in danger and has not returned yet.
The little boy's name is Cheng Feng, the only son of Liu and Cheng Xingshan, and the family lives very happily in this village. Cheng Feng is eight years old this year, but his body is thin and weak, and he can't compare with the children of his age at all. Therefore, this is one of the reasons why his mother did not follow his father to learn martial arts.
Even in this case, they live very freely, completely free from the constraints of the world, and live a free life in this small village. The children in the village basically read and practiced calligraphy next to a teacher surnamed Zhang with a very good heart in the village, so everyone called him Master Zhang.
Zhang Fuzi is a kind person, never remembers the loss, and does not take anything in return to help every child from a poor family in the village who is interested in gaining fame in the future.
Some people say that he appeared suddenly, some people say that he was chased by the enemy and came here for refuge, and he was seriously injured when he came, and some people say that Master Zhang came down from heaven. There are different opinions, but after all, no one knows which one is true, and no one has delved into this issue after more than ten years. After all, Zhang Fuzi has helped many children in the village to read and practice calligraphy, and there is hope for them to get out of this small village in the future.
"Feng'er, hurry up and cook, I've been hungry these days" Just as Liu was comforting his son, a middle-aged man with a somewhat tired voice came from not far away.
I saw a middle-aged man in a coarse cloth robe not far away, with a tall figure, and from his bright eyes, I could vaguely see the handsome face of his youth.
"I'm back, why is it so long this time, if we come back a few days later, we'll have to worry about death" Listening to his husband and voice, Liu was slightly stunned, but he still cared and said.
"Oh. This time, we mainly found a tiger mink in the mountain, and we only delayed it for a day in order to catch it," said Cheng Xingshan, who took off a thick cloth bag on his back and spread it out in front of their mother and son.
Cheng Feng has heard since he was a child that there are many birds and beasts on the mountain, and there are also rare birds and beasts, and birds and beasts are everywhere, but without exception, almost all the people in the village have no chance to meet one. And this tiger marten is one of the beasts. Although it is relatively backward, it is inherently different from other beasts, and its speed and power far exceed that of any beast of its kind, which is why it is classified as a rui beast rather than a beast. Of course, this alone will not be coveted, and the most important point is that if ordinary people eat meat like them, they will strengthen their muscles and blood, and their physical strength will be greatly increased. There will be no sequelae, and it will completely nourish the body. Not only that, but it can also improve the development of the acquired physical potential, which is why Cheng Xingshan will delay for a day to get this tiger striped marten.
"Feng'er, with the flesh and blood of this tiger mink to feed on, your lack of blood in the prenatal weather may be improved." Saying that, Cheng Xingshan looked at his child and stretched his brows, revealing a smile that Cheng Feng had never seen since he was sensible.
It seemed that at this moment he seemed to know how deep his father's love for him was and how much he cared about him. The love between father and son is thicker than water, but the feeling is not so deep, but no matter what happens, my father thinks about himself. Mother's love is like water, and father's love is like a mountain. These two love in different directions, but they have the same goal, and there is no parent in the world who does not care about their children.
Although Cheng Feng is only eight years old, he has a delicate mind, far beyond ordinary children of the same age. Feeling the strong love in his father's eyes, he couldn't help but be in a trance.
"It turns out that my father has always been thinking of ways for my congenital deficiencies, I must get ahead in the future, and I will never let my father down" Cheng Feng secretly made up his mind in his heart.
After Cheng Feng saw the tiger mink taken off his father's sturdy body, he realized that his father didn't want to hunt the tiger mink as easily as he imagined.
I saw that my father's back was ragged, with a few deep scratches, although the wound had been treated by my father briefly, Cheng Feng could see that my father was not as relaxed as it was indicated, and there was an imperceptible look of pain between his eyebrows. In order not to worry us, my father actually kept silent.
"Why are you so careless, don't do this next time, you're our mother's dependence, if you... What should we do?" Liu said to Cheng Xingshan with worry and reproach. But he unambiguously helped his husband deal with the strong hand, in fact, this kind of injury is not once or twice, but this time it is more serious, if you are careful, you will find that there seems to be a layer of mist flashing in Liu's eyes.
Cheng Xingshan told their mother the details of this hunt, so that they should not worry, in his opinion, this small injury was nothing at all, and it was insignificant compared to his son's future.
Because of the flesh and blood of this tiger mink to tonify Cheng Feng, he will definitely not fall into any stubborn diseases due to congenital deficiencies in the future.
When the sun sets, the smoke of cooking rises in the sky of Cheng Feng's family. The smell of meat wafted away, causing the children of the neighbors next door to make a fuss.
"Mother, it's so fragrant, I want to eat meat," said the sixteen-year-old to his mother, dripping as he swallowed.
"It must be that the eldest brother of the Cheng family has hunted back a lot of good things, alas, if only half of the family had the ability," the woman looked at the curling smoke outside the door, and her heart was full of emotion. In the end, he didn't turn his head and forgot to say complicatedly to a strong man beside him. The strong man seemed to have expected to be affected, but he just smirked on the sidelines, not paying attention to his wife's words.