Chapter 001: Dawn of the Tide
There is a country in the northwest region of the Canglan Continent called Yunmeng Country, and in the east of Yunmeng Country, there is an ancient city. Hundreds of years ago, a person who stood at the apex of the Canglan Continent was born here, and this person was named Tai Gu Ling.
For this reason, the city is also known as Taikoo Shing. Taikoo Shing is located in a basin surrounded by mountains, which contains a variety of minerals and medicinal materials. As a result, many merchants were attracted to buy minerals and medicinal herbs from here and sell them to other cities.
Outside Taikoo City, in a cave in the Taikoo Mountains, an eight- or nine-year-old girl with bright teeth and bright eyes, although childish, but a complete beauty, was squatting next to a simple small stove made of many palm-sized stones, holding a small wooden stick in her immature little hand, gently playing with the firewood burning in the stove.
Hurried footsteps came from the far side of the cave, and the footsteps were getting closer and closer, and the girl raised her head, blinking her two big watery eyes, and the corners of her mouth raised a shallow arc.
A thin little boy in his teens, holding a wooden stick more than a meter long in his right hand and two fish in his left hand, appeared at the mouth of the cave with a bright face, and the corners of his clothes kept "ticking... Tick-tock...".
"Brother Dawn, you're back...", the girl happily ran to Dawn and took the fish and stick in her hand.
"Satsuki, look at your face..."Dawn grinned, reaching out to gently wipe the stains on the girl's little face, and then gently pressed Satsuki's head and shook it from side to side.
The little girl pouted, glanced at the dawn, turned around and jumped to the side, put the two fish in a wooden basin, scooped out some clean water from the wooden barrel on the side, picked up a knife, and skillfully cleaned the scales and the internal organs in the fish belly...
After a while, the little girl skillfully cleaned the two fish inside and out, and then threaded the two fish on two wooden sticks...
Dawn is an orphan, and since he can remember, he has been adopted by a kind old man who digs medicine for a living, and the girl is another child adopted by the old man named Poyue, and the old man often takes his two children out to collect medicinal herbs together, and then uses the money from the sale of medicinal herbs to maintain the livelihood of the three of them. Although not rich, he can barely sustain three people...
However, the good times did not last long, and when Dawn was nine years old, the old man and the Shi clan, one of the four major families in Taikoo City, were seriously injured due to a dispute over the price of medicinal materials, and died of his injuries at the very end. Then the people of the Stone Clan invaded the old man's house and drove Dawn and Moonbreak out.
The homeless Dawn had to live on the streets with the Broken Moon. Later, when Dawn was collecting medicinal herbs in the mountains, he stumbled upon a cave, and the two settled in the cave.
Breaking Dawn took off her wet clothes and sat down by the small stove, where Broken Moon was happily flipping the fish strung on the sticks.
"When the medicinal herbs picked this time are sold, I'll buy you a new dress." Dawn looked at Broken Moon, who was seriously grilling fish, and smiled.
A trace of expectation flashed in Po Yue's eyes on the side, and then disappeared, looking up at Po Xiao and saying with a bright smile: "No need, what a waste, it's better to save the money, and then you can go to the ancient academy to practice, and when you learn the skill, you can take revenge on Grandpa Yao." ”
Dawn looked at Breaking Moon's big watery eyes, and felt distressed. He knew that Breaking Moon had always longed to wear beautiful new clothes, but the sensible she wanted to help herself save...
"Ancient courtyard, that's not something I can hope for, if you want to enter the ancient courtyard, I'm afraid that my little sister won't be able to buy new clothes for ten years." Dawn said with a serious face.
"Ah...... Ten years..."Po Yue looked incredulous, pouted and frowned, and then looked at Po Xiao and said with a resolute face: "Ten years is ten years." ”
"Okay, let's play with you, even if we don't enter the ancient courtyard, we can still practice. Whoever says that you have to have a guru to teach you to practice, I don't believe in this evil. Dawn said with a smile, reaching out and shaking Breaking Moon's little head.
"Brother Dawn, I'm sure you'll be able to do it." Breaking Moon handed over a grilled fish and said with a bright smile on her face.
"Hmm." Dawn took the grilled fish handed by Breaking Moon with a smile on her face, and gently pinched Breaking Moon's pink little face.
Breaking Moon brought the grilled fish to his nose, "Hmm...... It smells so good..."Then he took a deep breath of satisfaction, tore off a piece of fish, and then closed his eyes and put the fish in his mouth, looking like he was enjoying it.
Dawn looked at Broken Moon's satisfied look, smiled, and also took a big bite into the fish.
"Hey, what are you eating?" Suddenly the laughter from the mouth of the cave made Breaking Moon and Breaking Dawn stunned for a moment, and the two turned their heads and looked at a boy at the door...
The little boy's name is Po Xi, a name he took after he met Breaking Dawn, who is also an orphan. That winter, he was living on the streets, contracted a cold, had no money for treatment, and when his life was hanging by a thread, he was found by dawn and carried back to the cave. Then, under the careful care of Breaking Moon and the help of the medicinal materials collected by Breaking Dawn, he finally picked up a life, and the three of them depended on each other for their lives ever since.
The patriarch of the Liu family, one of the four major families in Taikoo City, has three daughters and no children. Later, his beloved wife died of illness, and because of his deep relationship with his wife, the patriarch of the Liu clan made a heavy oath not to marry for life. This also makes the patriarch of the Liu clan highly praised by everyone in Taikoo City for his love and righteousness. But not having a son has always been a regret in his heart.
Three years ago, Po Xi entered the Liu family to do chores by chance, because Po Xi was handsome, smart and clever, and was deeply loved by the patriarch, and was later accepted as a righteous son by Liu Ye, the patriarch of the Liu family, and named Liu Xi.
Although he became the young master of the Liu family, Poxi never forgot the days when he was with Dawn and Moonbreaker, and always took the time to come to the cave to visit the two of them. And bring some clothing and food.
"Ha Luha, why are you here, the fish that the girl grilled, you haven't eaten it for a long time, come and eat together." Dawn smiled as she wrapped a mouthful of fish meat in her mouth.
"Brother Poxi is now a young master, and he will definitely not eat the fish I baked." Breaking Moon also laughed mischievously.
Po Xi glanced at Po Yue, pouted and said with a wry smile: "This girl, she loves to ridicule me more and more." ”
Dawn came to Dawn's side, pulled Dawn's hand holding the grilled fish in front of him, took a big bite of the grilled fish, and then pretended to be profound: "I'm here to tell you a good news today...... cough cough" Before the words were finished, Po Xi's face was distorted, and he kept coughing.
"What's wrong?" Seeing this, Dawn and Moonbreaker's faces changed, and they asked nervously.
"I didn't ...... It's okay, the thorn is stuck. After swallowing a few mouthfuls of saliva, Po Xi smiled awkwardly.
Seeing this, Poyue held her stomach and laughed on the side...
Dawn sighed secretly and shook his head helplessly...
Seeing this, Po Xi looked embarrassed, and then cleaned up his mood and said: "My father-in-law said that he was willing to help you study in the ancient academy, but whether you can succeed in learning or not depends on yourself." ”
Hearing this, Dawn and Moonbreak were stunned for a moment, and then Dawn and Moon pounced violently at Breaknight, "Really?" "It's not a lie to us, is it..."
"Ha Luha, really... Really..."Po Xi, who was thrown to the ground, grinned...
Dawn is thoughtful on the sidelines......
Seeing that Dawn didn't say anything, Po Xi pulled Dawn aside, "I want you to live with me at Liu's house, I asked my stepfather, and he agreed." Breaking the night nervously looked at the dawn and said slowly.
"I'm afraid that your father-in-law agreed to help us enter the ancient courtyard on the condition that we also become members of the Liu family, right?" Dawn sighed and asked lightly.
Po Xi was stunned for a moment, and gritted his teeth, "Yes, of course, my father-in-law hopes that the object of the fund can serve the Liu family when he grows up, after all, there is no free lunch in the world..."