Greed is the original sin, and we don't know how to cherish what we have. Material life cannot be guaranteed, and all spiritual pursuits are just luxuries. The man who once stood at the top of the pyramid now lives the life of a savage cave. Two meals a day, no whole grains, no condiments, except for drinking soup and eating wild vegetables, any unexpected harvest of food is a gift from God. How did Wang Xu go through such a miserable life? Even if he was poor since childhood, he has suffered a lot. But compared to the life of the savages in the mountains, those bitter... It's not worth mentioning, it can be called being in the midst of blessings and not knowing blessings. Not bowing to fate, after a day of hunger strike, he decisively bowed his knees to life. What bullshit ideals? What autism is sad? It's all, it's important to fill your stomach first. There has been no normal metabolism for three days, and in modern times, others will think that he is constipated. But Wang Xu knew that in addition to the soup in his stomach, there were rotten leaves that were difficult to swallow. When I ate a few baked eggs, I was moved to tears. I feel that I can't do anything about the hard-won food.

"Aji! What about the wolf meat from the other day? Where did it go? ”

"The slave and maid exchanged a piece of linen cloth with the mountain people, and wanted to buy a piece of clothing for the young king."

After a few days of getting along, the two can already communicate normally. At this time, Wang Xu was already crazy about food, he didn't understand why Ah Ji knew how to hunt, why didn't he make some jerky and seal it? When the green and yellow are not harvested, it is used to satisfy hunger. After all, the output in the mountains is extremely unstable, and trying to catch prey every day is basically a dream.

"I didn't see the cloth you changed? Did you deliberately hide the meat from me? ”

The speaker has no intention, but the listener has a heart. Aji immediately bowed down and began to prostrate and beg the king for forgiveness. Where has a modern man ever felt the authority of a slave owner? The little girl's kowtow made him at a loss for a while, and he went to help the girl in a panic. Who knew that the other party was so stubborn, he just didn't get up. Wang Xu tugged for a long time, and when the girl got up to explain, her forehead was already red and swollen. It turned out that Aji didn't understand female redness, so he used a wolf skin and wolf meat to ask a familiar mountain man to make a robe for his master. In distress that day, Wang Xu only cared about rolling, not wanting all the clothes behind his buttocks to be worn out. Ah Ji thought about him with good intentions but was suspected, how could he not prove his innocence? After Wang Xu found out, he just wanted to slap himself twice, which is a serious child abuse incident in modern times. Ideological education was then carried out to persuade the girls not to kneel down without saying a word. Where do you know that Aji moved out of "Zhou Li" to preach to him and began to popularize the concept of respect and inferiority. No matter how he refutes it, the upright Ah Ji just didn't listen, and even took out Wang Xu's examination to continue preaching, quoting scriptures from time to time, what gong, what son's deeds are flying all over the sky. Wang Xu, who listened to it, suddenly felt that he had been studying for so many years, and then his ears were buzzing, and he just wanted to reply... What the heck.

Afterwards, he carefully summarized the precautions when talking to Aji, first: no jokes. Second: Be concise. Third: Be stern. Otherwise, the little girl kneels down and hurts herself every minute, and she can't prevent it. Take care of the neurotic and play according to the rules of the game set by the other party. He comforted himself so much, after all, there was no way to survive alone without the girl. Although I don't want to accept the idea of traveling through ancient times, my life is very new now. It's completely a live-action version of survival in the wild, which is very interesting. I really want to try a different life and am anxious about my wife's situation. Wang Xu's heart was full of contradictions, thinking out of his mind, and everything around him seemed to be cut off from him. Seeing that he was silent, Aji walked out of the cave alone.

In the open space outside the cave are several bamboo sieves stacked with dried herbs, seemingly drying. The girl wiped the dust from her forehead with her sleeve and looked up at the clouds in the sky. Stretched out his little hand and shook it a few times, as if weighing the weight of something. But the rough palms are empty. Then he walked to the fire pit in the cave with two bundles of dry branches in one hand and a bamboo sieve in the other. She spread the dried herbs on the charcoal fire, and immediately the smoke rose, and the hole was filled with a pungent smell.

"Ahem... Cough... Aji, what are you doing? ”

Tears and snot flowed wildly, Wang Xu recalled that he would always be woken up by smoke before, and now he knew that it was the little girl who did it. He was very curious why Ah Ji burned the dried medicinal herbs, wasn't the medicine used to eat?

"Shaojun, the slave is burning wormwood, this smoke is good for your injuries."

I have the impression that wormwood is inserted on the door during the Dragon Boat Festival to ward off evil spirits, but I have heard of moxibustion and tried it in a health-care club, but I haven't seen a technician to let the guests smell it? What is this treatment? After doubting, I felt that this little girl was really powerful. Not only is he as powerful as an ox, he can shoot arrows and also know how to heal.

"Want to help?"

"No, just the slave and maid will do it. Shaojun have a good rest. ”

The little girl is storing the things outside into the cave. Wang Xu followed her, asking questions like a curious baby.

"You don't have to bring in this dry firewood. Put it outside the cave and won't lose it? Besides, this cave doesn't even have a door, isn't it the same everywhere? ”

"It's going to rain tomorrow."

Wang Xu pointed to the colorful sunset on the horizon and said:

"Oh? How can it be? Haven't you heard that the morning glow doesn't go out, and the sunset travels thousands of miles? Tomorrow should be a sunny day. ”

"The slave is just making some preparations. It's always good to have some dry firewood on hand when it's cool in the mountains. If the young gentleman is... It's okay, you can study the book, it's all left by your father. ”

Although a profiteer like him never knew what a cheeky person was? But so nakedly disgusted by a child who is at least twenty years younger than himself. It's really heart-wrenching... The uncle left with interest, took out two rolls of bamboo slips from the wooden box next to the stone bed, and moved to the fire pit to sit down. At this time, the white smoke rising after the wormwood burned was no longer as strong as before, and I was familiar with the smell of wormwood, and I felt good, so I smoked it. The days without cigarettes... The pain is unbearable.

"Click", a bundle of dry branches fell, perhaps not tied firmly, and the branches were scattered all over the ground. Ah Ji didn't hurry to clean up, but looked at Wang Xu with a thoughtful look on his face, with a hint of surprise in his eyes. At this time, Wang Xu was addicted to the contents of the book and was not disturbed. What he was reading was a magical medical book, which recorded how to use wormwood to treat injuries and diseases, apply wounds, soak in medicated baths, take it internally, and smoke therapy. These were unheard of things, and one of them was even more appalling, drawing strange shapes on the patient's skin with the juice of herbs, and the healer dancing and chanting incantations to the described pace to speed up the healing of the wound. The reason? Why? Wang Xu doesn't understand, what is the connection between healing and dance mantras? In fact, the reason is very simple, there is no so-called Langzhong or healer in this era, and witches and doctors are inseparable. Why are superstitions convincing? That's because the propagandists portray the disease as the devil, and the common people's perception of the disease is completely biased. That's why witch doctors have supreme power and are revered. Wang Xu is a versatile person who likes to learn about the unknown and has a wide range of knowledge. But once you understand it, you lose your enthusiasm. This kind of problem is related to the family environment in which you grew up, and you can always find some fun when you are alone, and the more lonely you are, the less you like the feeling of loneliness. These books are enough to kill the boring time, but fortunately, the text is limited, and it is not difficult to understand the meaning of the grammar and basic word formation. It's interesting to think of ancient books as fantasy novels.

Ah Ji stroked her long unkempt hair, and the young master's serious reading behavior seemed to make the girl feel more strange than the nonsense he had been talking about since he got better. After she finished packing up her things, she took out a roll of bamboo slips and sat opposite the young master, and began to read books around the fire pit, secretly looking at Wang Xu from time to time, and carefully put a few dry branches into the fire pit. Before you know it, the entrance to the cave is already pitch black, and the night in the mountains is very cold, and the temperature plummets without sunlight. The season is late summer and early autumn, and it's hard to imagine what heavy snow will look like in winter. After a long time, Wang Xu's mouth was a little dry, and he smashed his mouth a few times. The little girl on the opposite side handed him a bowl of water. How has this treatment ever been given? After drinking water, my stomach was churning, and I ate a few roast bird eggs in the afternoon, and I was afraid that I was going to have diarrhea. This is really embarrassing, he is not afraid of the dark, but after experiencing the hungry wolf, he no longer dares to go out alone. Who knows what other fierce birds and beasts are hidden in this mountain? endured it for a long time, and asked the girl for help. The little girl took him to the bamboo forest a hundred meters away, squatted on the ground and dug a soil pit with her hands, signaling that the young master could start. Wang Xu looked confused, and then his whole face turned red.

"Hey! Where are you going? ”

Ah Ji left him in the bamboo forest and left, Wang Xu nervously glanced around. Where is the mood to solve it? I'm scared to death. The thick bamboo leaves have accumulated for more than ten years, and the ankles are submerged in them as if they were stepping into the snow. If there is a poisonous snake or spider or something, it will definitely be scared of feces and urine, and it will be scary to think about. Suddenly, I saw a fire in the distance. The little girl held the burning dry wood in one hand and the bucket in the other, and ran quickly towards the bamboo forest. My heart was warm, and Ah Ji didn't leave him. But wonder how this kid carries a bucket of water? It's hard to wash his hands. The girl approached and handed over a piece of bamboo, then turned her back and held a simple torch and stood aside. This made Wang Xu very embarrassed, and carefully looked at the bamboo piece given by Ah Ji by the firelight. The bamboo pieces were extremely smooth, and the ends were curved, looking like shoehorns. But it's smaller, with a tassel hanging at one end, and the knot made of hemp rope is very beautiful, more like a bamboo handicraft. Holding it in my hand and playing with it, I vaguely remember that the tongue depressor used by the doctor when looking at the patient's tonsils is not like this? Thinking of this, he sniffed.

"Aji... That one... Is there any toilet paper? ”

As soon as the words came out, I only felt that my brain was pumping, and there should be no such thing at the moment. So I touched around, thinking that I would find some leaves. Can be in the bamboo forest, the dry bamboo leaves are slender and can be broken at the touch of a button. How good is that? After struggling inwardly, he spoke shyly.

"That's... Is there anything to wipe off? ”

The little girl did not respond, but changed her hand to hold the torch. Wang Xu's old face was red and sweating profusely, thinking that the signal transmitted by the other party was telling him that it was very hard to lift and that it would be troublesome and faster. If the question is more straightforward, where will there be a face when we meet in the future? In distress, the little girl took a step back. Wang Xu was startled and opened his eyes wide. I don't understand what Aji is doing? Then the girl gently touched the bucket with her heel. He was not calm immediately, could it be that he was asked to clasp it with his hand? Thinking of this, my face turned green, and I was about to vomit with nausea. However, Aji's next move was even more bizarre, the girl put her right hand behind her back, stretched out two fingers, and slowly moved down against her lower back. Seeing that Wang Xu was confused, suddenly, his fingers stopped on his buttocks and hooked him. Suddenly, how wonderful Wang Xu's face is at this moment, if you perform the magic of changing your face, you don't need to use props at all. In a panic, the piece of bamboo fell off his hand, and his heart was messy like 10,000 grass and mud horses galloping, and he even smelled it.

It turned out that the thing that Aji gave him was called a toilet chip, which was the toilet paper used by ancient people. Everyone has it, it's a very private thing. It is generally made of jade, bamboo, or pottery, and washed with water after use. He wanted to cry very much, the protagonists in the TV series or novels he watched traveled back to ancient times, hugging left and right, drunk and obsessed, but he was so miserable. Imagine that modern people with overwhelming IQ go to ask ancient people how to go to the toilet? If you are known, you won't laugh off your big teeth? Wang Xu could only pretend that nothing had happened. Fortunately, the little girl didn't laugh at these troubles, which made him feel better. The night is boring, and Wang Xu chooses to collect more information about this strange world. The little girl patiently answered every question.

Aji said that they were in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and there were hundreds of powerful clans in this country. Calling back and forth all day long, making the lives of the people outside miserable. And the reason for the war was actually to fill their stomachs, when the farming was busy, the people went to work in the fields, and when they were idle, the clan suzerains will gather everyone to rob elsewhere. Wang Xu listened to it interestingly, and felt that the Great Zhou Dynasty that the girl told was slightly different from the Zhou Dynasty known in history. Later, he inquired carefully about his life experience, and learned that his father died early, and his mother took him to live in seclusion in Yunmeng Mountain. Ah Ji used to be a slave girl, and was in charge of the tiring work of rice in the fief of a large clan, but she fell ill because she was too young to bear the burden. The head of the family cruelly abandoned her in the barren mountains, but fortunately, Wang Xu's mother passed by and rescued the young Aji, so she was able to survive. After that, he followed the Queen Mother and vowed to follow him for the rest of his life. Wang Xu's mother is a strange woman, who knows astronomy and geography, knows medical skills and loves martial arts. Aji learned a lot from his side. Whenever asked about her father, the girl's answer was extraordinarily rare. From time to time, he asked Wang Xu why after he was injured, his behavior became strange and such an important thing could be forgotten. Wang Xu is all kinds of nonsense, what amnesia, headache, and claims that he has walked in the underworld. When the girl heard the ghost, she was convinced and stopped asking.

"Aji! Isn't that right? My father's surname is Zhou, my mother's surname is Zhao, why do I have the surname Wang? ”

"Slave... Ignorance. ”

"I don't know? Haven't you been with my mother for five years? Didn't she tell you? ”

"Madame... I didn't tell you. The slave really doesn't know. ”

He felt that the little girl must know, but she just kept it a secret. But what does it matter? Anyway, the nominal parents, except for occupying the body of other people's sons, have almost nothing to do with them.

It was late at night, and Wang Xu lay on the stone bed unable to sleep, looking sideways at the girl curled up by the fire. The little girl is very sensible, and thinking about the act of maintaining him when going to the toilet, Wang Xu is grateful. has been taken care of by Aji, as the owner of the other party, shouldn't she do something for her? Whether he accepts or doesn't accept such a ridiculous thing as crossing over, it's not a bad thing to live in isolation right now, at least to make him and the girl more comfortable. He thought that building a few huts, planting land, raising flowers, and fishing in his spare time were not considered a good life.

"Asleep?"

"Nope."

As soon as the words came out, Aji got up and walked towards him. It seems that he feels that the master has some orders.

"Lie down and don't move. I just wanted to have a chat with you... Can't sleep. Aji, do you believe that there will be reincarnation in the world? ”

"The slave believes, but I don't know... Does Shaojun believe it? ”

"Uh... I didn't believe it before, but now I believe it..."

"Aji..."

"Huh?"

"Tell me a story, tell me something funny. Will you? ”

"Slave Society."

The girl told a story about lighting a lamp. It is said that a scholar doctor received the task of the king in the court meeting, and the boss urged him to be in a hurry, and he had to hand in his homework early tomorrow morning. He had only been busy working for an hour when he got home, and it was dark, what could he do? So I asked my wife, can I stay up late with the lights on? The wife could not make up her mind, so she called all the elders of the clan to ask for their opinions. After speaking, Wang Xu didn't know where the laughter was? Strict wife? Or are the elders in the family idle?

"Isn't it funny? Why? ”

"Hehe... You think, the lamp is lit with soybean oil. It's not easy to have a full stomach these days, will anyone be stupid enough to use food to light a lamp? ”

It turns out that this is the laughing point. Wang Xu was so frightened that he couldn't speak. thought that it was definitely the girl who was lying, and then thought about it, the little girl had lived in the mountains with her mother since she was a child, and naturally she had never seen much of the world. The outside world must not be like this. Because this is the Zhou Dynasty, and it is not a primitive society. Even if there is material scarcity, the rich will not be unable to light the lamp. In the survival shows I've watched before, can't resin be used as fuel? A soaked strip of cloth is wrapped around a wooden stick and ignited to light a torch. The mountains are full of trees, so it's not difficult to collect some resin.

"I don't believe it. From now on I will light oil lamps in the cave and sleep at night as above the stars... How wonderful. ”

Instead of retorting, Ardie looked into the night sky outside the cave. There are no stars in the sky, but fantasizing about the picture depicted by the young master, it seems that he sees the twinkling stars in the night sky... It's beautiful. Shallow snoring, quiet night, after five years of getting along with the young master, the other party suddenly became strange, which made the girl a little scared. I have the impression that the boy has always bullied and teased her, and has never treated her as an equal like now. Since the death of the young master's mother, the boy punched and kicked her whenever it didn't go her way, and she could only accept it helplessly. She swore that she would take care of the young master, never give up, and fulfill the old lady's last wish. Practicing martial arts is not easy for girls, and they have been insisting on it, because they don't want to be bullied by the young master in the future. Their lives can be a little better. It was this persistence that saved the master's life. The first time I killed someone, I killed five at a time, and I didn't have time to be afraid and only cared about saving my master. If he died, he would have apologized for his sins. The girl thought so, and tears welled up in her eyes. It seems more terrifying to live alone in the world than to be bullied by the master. Whenever she is wronged, think about how good Mrs. is to her, and all the pain can be endured. She wiped her tears, crept up, walked to the edge of the stone bed and looked at Wang Xu's indecent sleeping posture, and stared blankly for a long time. Then he put a blanket on the owner, stood there and carefully observed for a long time, and made sure that he would not move before leaving. The girl was curled up by the fire and fell asleep, her ankles were naked and a little purple from the cold, and a pair of shoes made of linen, worn out, revealing her big toes.