I stood not far away, unconsciously fascinated, after the blacksmith beat for a while, and then put the iron in the furnace behind him to heat, when he turned around, he found me, looked at me in a daze for a while and shouted: "Big brother, why are you here?" ”

I walked up to me with a smile and said, "How do you know me?" ”

"You're kidding, although we people don't have a chance to get close to you, it's impossible to say who doesn't know you." The blacksmith said.

"Am I so famous?" I said with a smile.

"That's not it, although you can't make calls on your mobile phone now, it's still okay to take pictures, and each of us has a photo of my big brother on our phone." The blacksmith said as he rummaged through his phone.

"Don't look for it, you can keep fighting, it'll be cold for a while." I said.

"It's okay, it's better than anything to be able to chat with my eldest brother." The blacksmith said.

I didn't expect me to have such a high status in the hearts of the people, and the blacksmith's words moved me a little, so I quickly stepped forward and took out a cigarette and handed it to the blacksmith, pulling the blacksmith to sit down.

"When did you join?" I asked with a smile.

"My eldest brother brought us out of the refugee camp, and I originally wanted to join the combat department, but my left leg was injured when I was young and I couldn't run fast, so I was assigned to the R&D department." The blacksmith touched his injured leg and said with a gloomy expression.

"I remember you, when I took you into the playground to kill zombies, although your legs and feet were not flexible, but you were the first to go up, and then I was busy transferring, so I didn't go to see you in person, don't you go to your heart?" I said.

"Big brother, look at what you said, if it weren't for you, we wouldn't have starved to death, but if we can pick up this life, we can still be fed and clothed, and I can still go back to my old job, that's enough, but I can't accompany you to the battle to kill the enemy, I've always regretted it." The blacksmith said in frustration.

"It's okay, it's good in the R&D department, we rely on you to provide us with weapons to go to the front line." I patted the blacksmith on the shoulder.

"It's all mechanized now, and we can't keep up with the times." The blacksmith said.

I heard something in the blacksmith's words, and asked, "What?" Unhappy working in the R&D department? ”

"It's not that I'm unhappy, it's just that they are all trying to catch up with the schedule, and I insist on using traditional craftsmanship, so my speed is slow, but the weapons I make are absolutely of the first quality." The blacksmith said.

"So you're hiding here alone?" I asked.

"My stove is dusty, which affects everyone's work, so I will do it myself here, but it is true that the speed of this traditional craft is too slow, I have been striking iron day and night, and I can't catch up with their day's workload, I have made a knife, they can make a hundred, and I am wondering if it is time to give up this traditional craft." The blacksmith said with his head bowed.

"What is this, let me tell you, when I was a child, I liked to sneak to the blacksmith shop to watch the blacksmith make iron, I just watched your concentration, I didn't bother you, you don't know, I stood and watched for a long time." I said with a smile.

"Big brother, you are comforting me." The blacksmith said.

"It's really not, I'm telling the truth, it's the end of the world now, these traditional crafts can't be lost, one day the war will end, everyone will have to live after the war, it's hard to say that these are survival crafts, and it's nice to say that these are intangible cultural heritage, things that we should inherit, and it's the treasure left to me by our ancestors, how can I lose it?" I said.

My words finally lit up the blacksmith's eyes, and the blacksmith looked up at me and said, "Big brother, you are really our reborn parent. ”

"Don't say that, I'm just bold, dare to kill zombies, when I forced you to kill zombies, didn't there be many people who hated me." I said with a smile.

"No, no, absolutely not, even if there was at the time, everyone understood later, absolutely no one dared to say bad things about the eldest brother behind his back, if there is such a person, I will be the first to be anxious with him." The blacksmith said earnestly.

"Okay, okay, it's all my own family, don't be so nervous when you talk to me, and don't keep you and yours and make me uncomfortable." I said.

"Okay, I didn't expect to be able to sit and chat with my eldest brother today, they must be envious of me when I say it." The blacksmith said with a smile.

"So what do you plan to do in the future? I've been hiding from striking iron by myself, huh? I asked.

"No matter how hard it is, I will persevere." The blacksmith is colorful.

"I'll see what you're hitting." I said and stood up.

"Big brother, if you like it, you can pick whatever you like." The blacksmith excitedly followed me to my feet and said.

"Where? Take me to see it. I said with a smile.

"Big brother, I'm sorry, I'm so excited, I'll show you the way, in my little car." The blacksmith said as he walked towards the parking lot.

"In order to respond to the call of the eldest brother, all of our things are put in the car, so that it can be transferred at any time, the construction site is busy these days, I am busy building shovels and pickaxes, and I have not made any weapons for the time being, but the quality of these tools I have built is good, and I will not break it if they use three machines, if you like any weapons, you just tell me, and I will design them for you." The blacksmith said as he walked.

"Now we are still unstable, this place was also snatched from the slave traders, I was afraid that they would come back to retaliate, so I gave this order, and I hope you can understand, I am also for everyone's safety, so I built this escape route, and the materials are also in the car just in case, so that everyone will not escape and end up with nothing and start from scratch." I said as I walked.

"We all understand, we know that the eldest brother is for our good, the news that you led people to free those slaves has long been spread, and many people have named you a savior, and your portrait is now a hot item." The blacksmith said.

As we spoke, we had come to the blacksmith's car, a somewhat dilapidated pickup truck, except for the driver's seat, the other space was basically filled with things made by the blacksmith, weapons and tools.

"How do you drive this car? Didn't I let everyone ride the truck uniformly? I said.

"I have too many things and too many things, these things are all I slowly collected after you rescued us, and I was afraid that I would lose it when I got it on the truck, so I got this car." The blacksmith said.

"Thank you for your hard work." I said.

"It's not hard, it's not hard, it's just that these things are too dirty and messy, big brother, don't get started, I'll show you." As he spoke, the blacksmith was about to rummage through it.

"It's okay, let's do it together, what are you looking for, I'll help you find it." I stepped forward as I spoke.

"Big brother, don't be like this, I can't stand it, you let me find it myself, in fact, I was going to give these two things to my eldest brother early in the morning, but I never had a chance." The blacksmith said as he rummaged.

In order not to put too much psychological burden on the blacksmith, I stepped aside and said, "Oh? What is it? I'm interested. ”

"It's not a good thing, I know that the Tang knife that my eldest brother is carrying is an antique, a treasure knife, and I have also built one from memory, although it is better than many big brothers, but it can be used by my sister-in-law, my sister-in-law is also very famous now, and everyone calls her modern Mulan." The blacksmith said as he rummaged.

I was just about to speak, the blacksmith excitedly picked up a box and said, "I found it, I was worried about scratching, so I kept it in the box, I originally maintained it every day, and this time was too busy." ”

I took the box with respectful hands, and the blacksmith was moved to tears by my simple act, and I gently placed the box on the ground, and the moment I opened the box made my eyes light up.

The Tang knife in the box was basically the same as the one on my back, and I grabbed it and swung it a few times, and the grip was also excellent.

"Big brother, try the knife." The blacksmith somehow touched a finger-thick steel bar and held it in his hand.

"Then I can cut it? Don't blame me for the knife breaking. I looked at the blacksmith and said.

"Big brother, don't worry about chopping, it will definitely not break, this knife I started building when I was still in the playground, and I have been fighting for three months, and I have confidence in it." The blacksmith said earnestly.

"Then you can get the rebar ready, and I'll try it." I said.

"Okay, come on, big brother." The blacksmith said happily.

I adjusted my standing posture, held the knife and cut at the steel bar in the blacksmith's hand, and there was no frustration I expected, "poof", the steel bar in the blacksmith's hand broke in response, the cut on the steel bar was neat, and then looked at the knife in my hand, there was no damage at all.

"Good knife, no, treasure knife, where did you learn the craft?" I asked excitedly.

"My ancestors have been in Longquan for generations, and they have been forging knives for generations, and I started learning with my father when I was thirteen years old, and now I have been twenty years now." The blacksmith said with tears in his eyes.

"Great, such a good craft, you must not give up, what else is there to treasure? Take it out and I'll take a look. I said excitedly.

"Big brother, wait a minute." The blacksmith said and began rummaging through the pickup truck again.

I put the knife into the scabbard and put it back in the box, the skills of this knife are about to catch up with the antique Tang knife on my back, I always thought that these skills have been lost, I didn't expect this unsightly blacksmith to be able to build, this knife is indeed perfect for Xiaoyu.

"Big brother, here." The blacksmith said and handed over a square box.

I hurriedly put the knife box in my hand on the roof of the car, and took the box handed by the blacksmith with both hands, and the moment I opened the box I almost jumped up with joy, and there was a pair of gloves lying in the box, not ordinary gloves, but the kind of gloves on armor.

I didn't care about observing the blacksmith's expression, I quickly took out the gloves and put them on my hands, not to mention, and the joints of each finger can actually be very flexible, I looked at the palm part, it looks like it should be cowhide, and there are some non-slip patterns on it, the back of the hand is connected with golden rivets between the cold metal sheets, and the whole glove is wrapped directly to the forearm, a bit of Iron Man flavor, which is something I have always dreamed of.