The smell of food filling the room interrupted Jin Yongsheng's thinking, what is more important than eating. Jin Yongsheng got up with a bone.

In the cabin, a wooden square table with four corners was filled with Jin Yongsheng's favorite meal on weekdays. Wild boar meat in sauce, hare meat, pheasant stewed shiitake mushrooms, which was grandpa's favorite, and fatty braised river fish.

"Grandpa, are you up? Have you made so many delicious foods so early? Is it the first day of the Lunar New Year?" Jin Yongsheng rubbed his hands and walked to the dining table, with a greedy face.

"It's all sent by your fourth grandfather early in the morning. Jin Shouxin put down the dishes and chopsticks, sat down at the table, "Go wash and wash, and then come over to eat." ”

"Oh. Jin Yongsheng walked to the small kitchen outside and poured himself a basin of water, washed his face indiscriminately twice, and then couldn't wait to return to the table and said, "It's still the fourth grandfather who hurts me the most." By the way, grandpa, nothing happened in the village last night, right?"

"What's going on in the village?Yongsheng, are you mischievous again?" Jin Shouzhi glanced at his grandson, he was about to leave, and at this last moment, he still didn't want his grandson to know too much. He is too young, and the things he carries on his shoulders are heavy enough, but it is a pity that he can no longer continue to accompany and protect him...... The old man's heartache and reluctance for this only grandson are also known to him.

"There's no grandpa. What, how did I get back yesterday?" Jin Yongsheng picked up the dishes and chopsticks, attracted by delicious food, he didn't notice how complicated and reluctant the expression on his grandfather's face was at this time, and a mist was rising in his eyes full of infatuation.

"Your second grandfather brought it back, tell your grandfather, what were you doing in the mountains and forests last night?" Jin Shouxin secretly calmed down, sandwiched a piece of chicken and put it in Jin Yongsheng's bowl.

Jin Yongsheng looked up at Jin Shouxin as a thief, hey, grandpa's face seems to have aged a lot overnight.

"Grandpa, your face is not very good today, is your wine gone?" I'll go get it for you......" Every time Jin Shouxin's face was bad, or when Jin Yongsheng thought that he had made a mistake, he would go to the old man's house to get wine.

"What's the matter? My family is kind today? Don't make a noise, I'm drinking and smoking? Hehe, grandpa has wine today, it's still good wine, you see...... Your eldest grandfather, second grandfather, third grandfather, and fourth grandfather all brought good wine to grandpa. Jin Shouxin didn't wait for Jin Yongsheng to get up, and took out four wine jars under the dining table as he spoke.

Of course, these four jars of wine are the parting wine sent by Jin Shouxin's four elder brothers.

"Really, the sun is coming out of the east today, and I'll settle accounts with them when I'm done eating." Grandpa, you are only allowed to drink this jar first. Jin Yongsheng, who still didn't realize it in his heart, quickly confiscated the three jars of wine that Jin Shouxin put on the table and put them at his feet.

"Bastard boy. Jin Shouxin raised his hand to fight, but the palm that Jin Yongsheng had often raised since he was a child never fell, and this time it was naturally the same.

Seeing Jin Yongsheng munching on the wild boar in sauce, Jin Shouxin slowly opened the wine jar and poured himself a bowl of wine, took a sip and said slowly: "Yongsheng, your Aunt Manyu will come back in two days." ”

"Oh. ”

"Remember Grandpa's words, when you encounter strange people and unfamiliar environments, you should smile when you see people, and keep a few more eyes when you encounter things. ”

Every time the fat aunt came to the village, grandpa would tell almost the same thing, she was not the queen's mother, as for this? Jin Yongsheng thought to himself, perfunctory and "Oh. "Yes.

"Also, you have to remember that you are a descendant of the Jin family, and you are the hope of your dead father and mother, if you go out one day, you must be magnificent, graceful, and imageful, and change your problems with the wild children in the mountains. Don't always look like a hungry wolf god reincarnated when eating. You have to learn more from your Aunt Manyu's baby. ”

Learn from that extremely beautiful woman's face, what to learn? Holding a white paper fan in his hand, pretending to be a wealthy and noble family with a weak handsome boy?

Jin Yongsheng secretly made a disgusting expression, but he continued to say "oh" on his lips.

"And eternal life. Grandpa has a few words to explain to you today. ”

And also!

Jin Yongsheng stopped his mouth and looked at his grandfather, with a look on his grandfather's face, what kind of mistake did you make today? Get up early and get drunk without drinking, and then said: "Grandpa, I know everything you want to explain to me." You better eat first, if you don't eat again, the dish will be cold, and it will ruin the craftsmanship of the fourth grandfather. ”

"Grandpa, I'll explain a few words to you at the end today, and I won't be in the future. Jin Shouxin said earnestly.

"Oh, then you can say it. Kim continued to munch on the delicious food on the table.

"Eternal life, your father and mother died early, but they love you as much as your grandfather, and they all want you to grow into a man who stands up to the sky. Grandpa told you that if you want to be a man who stands up to the sky, you have to be brave, and only brave people can firmly grasp their destiny in their own hands. And you have to become stronger, the outside world is the world of the strong after all, and many truths must be built on fists. ”

Grandpa mentioned his parents and the outside world, Jin Yongsheng swallowed the food in his mouth and wiped the corners of his mouth twice with the back of his hand. Nodding his head, he said, "I understand this." ”

"You can't be a person protected by your clan forever, one day you have to grow up to protect everyone, protect this village, and that world, but unfortunately I can't see it. ”

Are you the people of your clan who are protecting? Except for a few grandfathers, is there any one of them who doesn't want to die early? Last night, I fought hard in the mountains and forests, and I didn't see any of them show up to help...... That world, what kind of world? I can't even protect myself, how can I have the strength to protect others.

Grandpa, what's wrong with today? It's a strange thing to talk about.

Jin Yongsheng thought alone in his heart, and when he saw that Jin Shouxin was silent, he took a closer look and found that the old man had fallen asleep and closed his eyes.

"Grandpa, grandpa......"

Jin Yongsheng's voice calling for his grandfather became louder and louder, but Jin Shouxin's eyes never opened.

"Grandpa!"

Things always happen too fast.

It was so fast that Jin Yongsheng was unprepared.

The weather was cloudy and rainy.

In the family cemetery in Jinjiazhuang, dozens of new graves were erected in one day.

The air of sorrow surrounded the village, and whimpering cries came and went.

It was a funeral attended by the whole village.

Jin Yongsheng knelt in front of Jin Shouxin's grave, and only then did he know about the sudden disaster in the village.

So many lives suddenly left, turning into piles of loess.

Jin Yongsheng was grief-stricken with the loss of the only loved one in his life, and he finally understood why his grandfather would nag him those words in the morning, which was the last advice that his grandfather left to him when he knew he was going to die.

The dark clouds in the sky gathered more and more, and the raindrops falling on the ground became heavier and heavier, and as the village gate gradually left, only Jin Yongsheng and Jin Xuanling were left on the cemetery.

"You killed them, you killed my father, you killed Bingmei's family, you killed the fifth grandfather, you killed so many people, and your parents...... Why aren't you the one who died! You hurt people! You get out of here, get out of Jinjiazhuang, you're not welcome here......" Jin Xuanling walked to Jin Yongsheng's side and scolded angrily, which made the already heartbroken Jin Yongsheng's heart suddenly burn, and he suddenly got up like a fierce wolf and pounced on Jin Xuanling, and the two children twisted together in an instant.

"You nasty damn thing! I've put up with you for a long time, I'll let you squirt shit all over your mouth again! Let you curse again......"

"You dare to hit me, I'm going to kill you!"

"Brother will beat you, what's the matter? I won't tell you, those dull sticks in the past night were also beaten by my brother, because you just owe the beating!"

"You two, let go!"

Jin Shouzhong appeared and stepped forward to stop the two, he frowned and looked at Jin Yongsheng and said, "Yongsheng, go home." Then he dragged Jin Xuanling, who was still looking at Jin Yongsheng viciously, to leave.

On the cemetery, after Jin Xuanling was dragged away by Jin Shouxin, a group of village teenagers suddenly ran up, and they threw stones and soil blocks in their hands towards Jin Yongsheng.

"Hit him, hit him......"

"Get out!"

"You're not welcome here......"

The stone and soil clods hit his body in a surprisingly painful way, but Jin Yongsheng lowered his head and didn't fight back, nor did he dodge.

Oh!

After a wolf howl, the white wolf king bared out his sharp wolf teeth and slowly walked out from behind the cemetery.

"It's the wolf!"

The teenagers were afraid to retreat, and then dispersed.

A deserted graveyard.

A cold rain.

Only one wolf was left with the young man, whose heart was full of grief and resentment, holding his trembling hands tightly.

Why?

Why is everyone blaming themselves?

Did the people kill themselves?

Did Grandpa kill himself?

And parents!

What have you done?

God, give me an answer!

The boy raised his face and let the rain hit his face.

He had never shed a tear in front of his people, and he thought it was cowardice, but at the moment he really wanted to cry for the grief of losing all his loved ones.

The rain kept falling.

Cleaning everything in the village and the forest.

The boy seemed to have been forgotten and abandoned by the world, and was left silent in the cemetery, where the pestle stood like the newly erected tombstone.

Next to a big tree in the corner behind the young man, a girl in red quietly looked at his back, her eyes were full of worry and heartache, and she muttered: "Eternal life......"

Although this girl is also surnamed Jin, she is not a relative of the clan, and her father died early, so it was her mother who single-handedly pulled the girl to grow up. The girl's mother is skillful, and she will have a good hand in embroidery and weaving, and she can barely survive in the village with the girl. Although the atmosphere of the village is simple, the Jin people have always been martial and man-oriented, and they still can't avoid some naughty children bullying the little girl under the widow's name. The girl has been timid and shy since she was a child, she rarely speaks, and she never speaks up when she is bullied by any abuse, and she has no playmates since she was a child, until the red-haired boy appeared that day......

It was noon on a hot day, and a red-haired boy of four or five years old had an argument with him because he was dissatisfied with several naughty children in the village who killed the little girl as a pet, and moved his hands and feet.

The girl remembered vividly, beside the firewood and haystack at the edge of the village, the red-haired boy peeked out nervously, and he held her little hand tightly, which was warm and powerful.

For the first time, a little girl of four or five years old looked seriously at a boy of her own age, this boy had red hair and kindness, and had a very handsome and fair face, especially those eyes, which were clear and transparent, like the brightest and most beautiful stars in the sky.

When the naughty children left, the red-haired boy pulled the little girl out and escorted her all the way home, and then did not forget to pat her little chest and say to her, "If anyone bullies you in the future, you will find me." ”

The little girl nodded vigorously, a smile as bright as a flower on her face.

Since then, the little girl has often secretly followed the little red-haired boy...... She has seen his lonely back, the back of him being chased by the little wolf, the back of him secretly hiding alone and crying bitterly, the back of him when he is walking on his horse and practicing his sword with nothing in his hand but whistling into the air, and the stubborn back when he is beaten by the silver dragon master...... She had been watching the boy secretly, and if there was anyone in the village who knew more about the boy's pain and efforts, she might be the only one.

A lonely, unacceptable, and disgusted teenager, growing up tenacious and stubborn. He is not afraid of tiredness, hardship, or ridicule, just to be able to satisfy the master and the people of the clan......

At this moment, the young man felt the sadness and despair in his heart, and the girl felt the same way, and she wanted to go forward to comfort him, but stopped by the tree. After the girl's jade-like fingers left a deep mark on the tree, she finally made a decision that would affect her life. She wants to learn martial arts, and no longer learns embroidery and weaving with her mother.