Chapter 52: Xiao Jian
(I really don't want to bother you, but I can't help it if I don't ask, so I hope you understand.) What do you know, thank you)
Just as Chen Hao was communicating with the little boy, a voice suddenly came.
"Boy, let me see what I see?" the old man looked at the little boy with a smile, "Little one, what's your name?"
"Xiao Jian"
"I'm not asking you, I'm asking this little cutie of the green sè. The old man was still smiling.
"Oh, it's my puppy, it's called Green. ”
"Oh, yes, yes, it's a puppy. The old man still had a flattering smile on his face: "How did you find this puppy?"
"Picked up on the road" Xiao Jian was confused, why did the old man stare at my dog.
"Little friend, it's useless for you to keep this puppy. Give him to me. The old man looked at Xiao Jian's big eyes kindly, "Hmm, in exchange, do you think this is good, if you want to learn cards, I will teach you, and ensure that you become a senior card maker, what do you think?"
"Phew┅┅" Lu'er heard these words, cleared her throat, and spit a heavy mouthful of green sè at the feet of the bad old man.
"Ha, the little guy is pretty cute. The old man showed his usual good temper, and he smiled and stretched out his black hand to Lu'er.
"Wow-woo-" Lu'er was not polite, maybe she couldn't get used to seeing people not washing her hands for so long, so she opened her big mouth and bit it hard.
"Hey, don't bite," said the old man, still smiling, and withdrew his hand.
"What did you just say your name was, young man?" the old man saw that there was no way out from Lu'er, so he changed his target.
Although "Xiao Jian" saw that someone was beating his idea, and although some people didn't attach importance to him, he was still neither humble nor arrogant. Perhaps it is this kind of unpretentious and unpretentious style that will win the favor of the ice dragon. It turned out that the old man wanted to fight Lu'er because he saw that it was actually a young dragon.
At the age of 9, when most of the children were not independent, Xiao Jian had already started hunting alone for 1 year. It is hard to imagine how a little boy in the terrifying forest could face prey that is at least half his size, or more accurately, many animals are using the sword as their prey.
In the beginning, many kind-hearted villagers sent him some food, but when the cold winter came, there were very few animals exposed to the outside, and most of the animals went into hibernation and could not hunt on a large scale. Each family lived on the few prey they had hunted before, and they could give Xiao Jian even less food. Always looking for someone to eat, this is undoubtedly not something Xiao Jian can make.
9-year-old Xiao Jian's most frequent and most hopeful thing to do is to sleep. Only in dreams can he forget about hunger for a while, only in dreams can he eat fragrant food, and only in dreams can he see his parents who are no longer there.
Hunger and cold have become the most profound part of Xiao Jian's memory. It is not easy for Xiao Jian to survive until now. Most of the people in the village know that this child will not survive this cold winter, there is nothing to do, this continent is so cruel, there is only so much food......
Until one evening, the villagers began to find out that Xiao Jian had begun to bring meat back, and at the same time, there was an extra green puppy by his side.
Everyone was stunned. In this season, it is very difficult to catch prey, let alone animals that are not normally possible to hunt. How did an orphan hunt these prey?
After Xiao Jian cooked the prey, he would put the best meat in a wooden basin, and give it to the villagers who had helped him before, knock on the door and bow: "Thank you, uncle, aunt, grandpa." "Put down the meat and leave.
In this way, every few days, Xiao Jian returned to the village with his prey, and the villagers who had helped Xiao Jian also became often eaten meat.
The cold winter passed, and Xiao Jian, who was supposed to starve to death, became much stronger than ordinary children due to his abundant food. Everyone believed that it was the green dog beside Xiao Jian who helped him bring his prey.
Listening to Xiao Jian's story, the old man thought to himself, this young dragon is already so powerful, can it intimidate other animals?"
"Actually, no, I don't often have to hunt for food, so I have to pick up animals in the woods that have frozen. Once, when I picked up a dead rabbit and was about to cook it, I cut it open and found that it was not frozen to death because of the weather, but because it had eaten the frozen hard grass and had pierced its stomach. When I was inspired, I found some fresh grass roots, branches, or something, sharpened the two ends, bent them together, and froze them into balls, and wrapped them in animal fur or oiled on the pucks. Throw such ice hockey balls in the places where animals grow and haunt, there are very few things to eat in winter, so some animals will swallow the meat ice balls, which are very hot in the animal's stomach, the ice melts quickly, the wooden stick straightens at once, and most animals will be pierced out of the stomach perforated. So, every time, I just went to pick up the dead animals. Xiao Jian said proudly.
"Oh, what's the matter with that puppy?" the old man asked with great concern, after all, the ice dragon was a very powerful magical beast.
"It's just that I once saw it rolling around when I was hunting, and my stomach growled, and I thought it was cute, so I took it with me. Xiao Jian looked at Lu'er and said happily. Because he was always alone, having Lu'er as his companion made him feel that he was not so lonely.
"Hey, old man, who are you, why do you keep staring at people's dogs. Chen Hao couldn't stand it anymore, obviously this old man had bad intentions.
"I, old man, I'm Zhou Botong, the president of the Adventurers' Union! As for why I'm interested in this dog, it's because it's a dragon and not a dog!" Zhou Botong blew his beard and glared, with a ruined expression.
"Dragon?" Chen Hao and Xiao Jian looked at Zhou Botong vigilantly, as if this person was going to rob him in the next moment.
"Don't worry, the president of my dignified adventurer's union will not steal a child's things even if he wants it again. "Zhou Botong seems to be very lost, how can people's luck be so good? Why didn't I pick up a dragon.
Although Zhou Botong said so, the two of them were still not at ease, especially Xiao Jian, Lu'er was his partner who had always accompanied him, which was very important. But at this time, he also knew that Lu'er was not a dog, but a dragon that was high, majestic, noble, rare in the world, and powerful, which made Xiao Jian extremely happy.
Seeing the expressions of the two, naturally Uncle Zhou informed them of what they thought, and they didn't say much about letting down their guard or anything, and it would naturally get better slowly. "Boy, since I know my identity, then I want to take you as an apprentice, I don't know if you are willing? Although for the sake of the ice dragon's face, but the premise is that you must be talented, if you don't have talent, I didn't say anything about accepting apprentices. ”
After listening to the old man's words, Xiao Jian immediately bowed, "Master!" Why did he refuse to become a card maker? This means that he may be away from cold and poverty in the future, and he can also gain status.
"Okay, boy, come with me. Zhou Botong said to Xiao Jian, "As for you, what should you do?" Since Zhou Botong hadn't returned to the union yet, he didn't know that Chen Hao in front of him was already a diamond-level adventurer of the union.