By the age of ten, children born on the mainland develop one of the six attributes: metal, wood, water, fire, earth, and the rare wind. Its properties can be observed by the color of the hair roots, gold is gold, wood is green, water is blue, fire is red, earth is yellow, and wind is silver. Or observe what attributes they are good at.

Old man Jiang had already set the word when he first saw the baby: Scarlet. The blood-soaked hair was like a natural hair, like a red glow in the dark night, which made the old man unforgettable. The child's name is Scarlet, which means prosperous, and it means that he is not alone.

The attribute that should have appeared at the age of ten, why did the two-year-old scarlet already have red roots, Old Man Jiang thought that this was the potential of the Great Tribulation Immortal that was stimulated early. After that, whenever the stove was started, Old Man Jiang would let the scarlet learn to make a fire and add fire, and contact the fire source as much as possible.

"Grandpa, when are you going to take me to Yuji City, I'm 5 years old, and I won't trouble grandpa carrying me. "Scarlet has never been to a big town, and the small village has been around several times on Old Man Jiang's back, but most of the time he stays near the streamside hut. Listening to the children in other villages happily telling interesting stories about the big towns, my heart was very itchy.

"My son really wanted to go to the city, and my grandfather promised to take me there when I was 5 years old. ”

The old man thought that although he did not have to worry about food and clothing, the child would eventually grow up and come out of this small cabin. Now that the child has reached the age of sensibility, it is natural to take him to a big town to see the world. "Okay, take you out to play, it's a reward for being so well-behaved. ”

"Then, we'll go tomorrow!"

"Hahaha, I said tomorrow, tomorrow!"

Scarlet was so happy that she went around the room, tinkering here and there, and after stuffing her little backpack to the brim, she fell asleep happily.

After two days, after three carriages, he finally arrived in Yuji City in the evening, looking at the shabby clothes, the old man Jiang planned to buy some new clothes for the children first and then find a place to settle the dinner.

Turning left into an alley on the commercial street, there is an inconspicuous clothing store, although the style is a little old, but the price is cheap, Old Man Jiang doesn't have much money on hand, so he plans to buy a good one for the scarlet in this store.

"Who do you always want to buy clothes for?" asked the boss.

"Well, buy this kid a new dress, you see what kind of clothes are suitable. Old man Jiang patted the scarlet head gently.

"Yo, this kid is so handsome, it's a waste of wearing this dirty clothes, why don't you look at this black coat and cotton clothes, with jute pants that tie your legs, it's convenient and good-looking, what do you say?"

"Hmm...... Do you have a red silk skirt?" said Old Man Jiang, touching his chin.

"Skirt? Can ......"

"You're a girl. Scarlet looked at the boss with a puzzled look on his face and responded. "But I don't want to wear a skirt, it's inconvenient and not warm to run, it's better to have pants. ”

Since she was able to walk on the ground, Old Man Jiang took her to fish, hunt and pick fruits, and did not call her virtuous and quiet because she was a girl, but to feed her like a little boy. When the scarlet girl grew up, he tried to dress her in a skirt, but the child tripped over when he ran, so he changed back to his pants. The same is true for her hair, and the old man thinks it is troublesome to wash, so he keeps cutting her uneven short hair. Scarlet doesn't care about that, she's only interested in which fish are delicious in the water and how to hunt fawns.

In the end, the old man Jiang still bought the set of clothes recommended by the boss at the beginning, and the scarlet man who had already started to rumble in his stomach kept urging the old man to eat.

On the way to find a restaurant, Scarlet looked curiously at some passers-by who were carrying big bags and weapons, and looked a little dangerous, they were in groups, some were talking and laughing, and some were lonely and gray-faced. The aura on their bodies is different from ordinary people, which makes Scarlet very novel.

"I've never seen those people, what are they doing, grandpa?" asked Scarlet, nibbling on a pig's knuckle.

This braised pork knuckle is obviously not as attractive as the identity of those people, and finally came to the city to eat, originally the little child wanted to order a dish that he had never eaten, but who knew that it was too late, and the dishes of big meat and meat were sold out, leaving only this elbow and some dishes that the scarlet children often eat. Although I have eaten it, the color of the sauce, the thick aroma of fennel, and the chewy and not greasy thick skin are incomparable to the dry roasting of wild boars hunted by home.

The grandfather and grandson devoured it for a long time before they began a conversation. "That's a hunter. ”

"Hunter?...... Someone who specializes in hunting animals?" asked Scarlet, tilting her head.

"No, they are risk-taking people. Old man Jiang poured a sip of tea. "They'll go to places that few people go to, deal with dangerous things, and get paid. Hunter is just a name that has been passed down from the past. ”

"Then why do I think they have a different vibe than others?"

"It's because their attribute strength is higher than that of ordinary people, and they have a greater impact on their surroundings, although they can register at the age of 16, but only when the attribute strength in their body reaches a certain standard can they become a hunter. ”

"It's very powerful, right? You can go to a lot of places and see things that ordinary people have never seen?"

"That's right, but every adventure is always accompanied by the danger of life, and one carelessness will be lost. The old man Jiang didn't notice the loneliness that flashed on his face, the old man knew that the curious scarlet had a careful mind, but he still wanted this child to live a peaceful life as an ordinary person.

"Well, although Xiao'er likes adventure, she prefers grandpa, and it's enough for Xiao'er to accompany grandpa!"

Old man Jiang didn't expect Scarlet to say this, so he was pleased, "Hahaha, okay, I'll accompany my grandfather to fish and hunt deer!"

At this time, Old Man Jiang never thought that he would not be able to accompany the scarlet to adulthood, to get married and have children. But people are not as good as heaven, even the old man Jiang, who is still strong and strong in his later years, can't resist fate.

Time flies, and the ten-year-old scarlet has grown crimson fluff on his head, but he can't notice it if he doesn't look closely. As before, today I also went out hunting with Old Man Jiang, but today I walked a few hours longer than usual, and Old Man Jiang thought that today's headhunter with a larger and good-looking spotted deer would make a leather lining for Xiao'er.

"Grandpa!, look behind the tree in front of you!" The scarlet seems to have spotted its prey.

"You aim here, grandpa go to the side, if my arrow misses, you can make up for it." ”

"Okay," Scarlet slowly pulled her bow, waiting for Old Man Jiang's first arrow, and suddenly a sound of Suo Suo made Scarlet have a bad premonition, and she looked at Old Man Jiang's position.

"Grandpa, be careful!" A maned wolf pounced on the old man with a mouth full of fangs, and the scarlet man subconsciously aimed his full bow at the wolf's head.

"Ahh The old man screamed, and before the wolf was struck by an arrow, the old man's calf had been bitten by the wolf's teeth, and then the maned wolf was killed by the arrow.

Scarlet ran quickly to the old man's side, the old man lifted the warehouse pipe, the deep tooth holes on his bloody legs were bleeding out, and the cloth on the hem of his clothes was wrapped around the wound, and he helped the old man up, "Grandpa go back quickly, you have to find a doctor for treatment quickly." ”

The scarlet man walked for two hours with the limping old man Jiang and found a hut, and the owner of the hut promised to let them into the house to heal their wounds, but they needed to find a professional doctor to treat their wounds. The scarlet man entrusted the old man to the owner of the house, and ran to the neighboring village in a hurry.

When night was about to fall, Scarlet brought back the panting old doctor.

The doctor carefully examined the old man's symptoms, the old man's face was pale, his lips were slightly purple, his breath was chaotic, the skin and flesh of the wound were connected to the cloth strips, and although the amount of bleeding was not large, the whole calf was blue and purple.

"Alas, it's too late. The doctor shook his head.

"What do you mean? Why is it too late?" Scarlet looked at the old doctor, her voice trembled slightly, and the hand holding the old man trembled.

"The bite wasn't fatal, it was the poison on his wound. ”

"Poison?"

"It should be that you rubbed the Mengyi snake grass on the way out of the deep forest, the fierce Mengyi snake sometimes eats some snake grass to clean up the debris that can not be digested in the stomach, if the wound touches the snake grass contaminated with snake venom, the venom will blend with the blood, if you do not deal with the detoxification in time, at most half a day of poison and death. ”

"How come, that's it?, just because I happened to touch the snake grass with venom, my grandfather is going to die?"

"I can only say that the destiny of heaven is like this, and if it is two or three hours earlier, maybe there will be salvation. Alas, child, take advantage of his consciousness, and say goodbye. The doctor got up and gave up his place to Scarlet.

The scarlet man was still in a state of confusion, and suddenly Old Man Jiang's painful moans stopped.

"Grandpa, grandpa, grandpa, don't sleep. The scarlet boy held the old man's hand tightly, and his eyes were moist and red.

Old man Jiang opened his eyes slightly, and squeezed out a few words with difficulty, "...... ...... children"

"My son is here, my son is always here. The scarlet gently brushed away the white hair from the old man's forehead.

"Listen...... Make move...... I was on the day of the natural disaster. Pick up yours. The old man said weakly what he could not bear to say. "When you're older...... Go to the ...... Take a look at Yuzhou...... Maybe...... And find your family. ”

In fact, Scarlet already knew that she might not be Old Man Jiang's own granddaughter, and when asked about his parents, Old Man Jiang only said that he had gone far, far away. When asked about the animal skins and flannel cloth that he left behind when he was a child, Old Man Jiang only said that he had exchanged them from merchants, but he had never seen the same in various shops in the Yuan Kingdom.

The scarlet boy is not as good at fishing as the old man and the children of the neighboring village, and he can swim freely in the water. Swimming is to learn for a long time to barely swim to the other side of the river, not stupid, if than running, than archery, no one of the same age can beat her.

So now that he heard the old man say it himself, he was not surprised.

"Grandpa...... I hope you can be safe, but if you make up your mind...... Get out and about. Put the grandfather in a long wooden box under the bed...... Take the trident,...... Find the Rain Collector Weapon Shop...... The old man Jiang Lian sold his ...... Let's exchange it for a few years' worth of food."

After a slight pause, the old man continued, "So early...... I'll leave you behind...... I'm sorry, kid......"

"There's no such thing as being sorry! Grandpa raised me, I can't thank me, I haven't even repaid the favor, how can I listen to grandpa say I'm sorry. ”

The scarlet girl has already burst into tears, if she hadn't pestered her grandfather to hunt deer, if she had been a well-behaved and quiet girl, would this not have happened, she regretted it like a knife at this time.

"Huh...... It's only been ten years, it's not enough to live!" After saying that, Old Man Jiang's hand softened, and the tears in the corners of his eyes were still flowing, but his heart was no longer beating.