No matter how beautiful the bacon and dried meat taste, they can't stand eating for a few months, and the first batch of men who hunted in the spring finally came back and brought back a rich harvest, and the Qinjia village was jubilant, and finally there was fresh meat.

On the square in front of the ancestral hall, a dozen desks were spread out, and in the sound of clanging knives and chopping boards, the women's conversations were much louder, and more than a dozen people with snots didn't know what was going on, but they felt the joy of the adults, and they also frolicked.

The faces of the men in the patriarch's courtyard behind the ancestral hall were not so good-looking, and more than a dozen hunters who had just returned were complaining around the old patriarch.

"Third uncle, where has the elder gone, and there hasn't been any news for so long?"

"Yes, Third Grandfather, the iron long knife is becoming less and less used, and it is not much stronger than an ordinary sword. ”

Glaring at the group of clansmen, the old patriarch Qin Fen snorted: "What's wrong with ordinary swords, didn't we all use ordinary swords a few years ago? ”

Hearing the patriarch's words, the mature middle-aged people were nothing, but a few juniors were not happy: "Third grandfather, don't take you to look down on people so much, a few of us are the most powerful young hunters within a radius of a hundred and ten miles." ”

One spoke, and several responded.

Glancing at a few young juniors, the old patriarch said with some disdain: "You feel that you are very powerful? I don't know who dares to stand up and say that he can compare to the finches in the mountains to hunt." ”

Hearing the old patriarch mention the finch baby, a few young people even lost their temper, at the age of twelve they went into the mountains alone to hunt tigers and leopards, and at the age of fourteen they were already on par with adult uncles, even if they did not fit with the iron long knife, only with ordinary swords, when it came to hunting in the mountains, Qin Que was no worse than anyone else, and it was the first person of the younger generation of the Qin family village.

The old patriarch didn't seem to be enough, looked at the looks of a few juniors, and knocked a few words: "Always remember that the hunter's greatest reliance is never the sharp sword, but here." As he spoke, the old patriarch pointed to his head.

As soon as the things handed down by the ancestors of the Qin family village were exported, several juniors had nothing to say.

After a lesson, the old patriarch instructed the people: "The return date of the elder is undecided, maybe it will take several years to come back, don't worry about it in your hearts, take your long knives back to your respective homes, remember to pack up the horizontal knives you used before when you go back, and bring two knives when you enter the mountains in the future, and don't lose the iron long knives until the critical moment." ”

Everyone also knows that the old patriarch's arrangement is the best choice at the moment, but it is easy to go from thrift to luxury, if there has been no iron long knife, it will be enough, after using such a sharp weapon for many years, and then return to use an ordinary horizontal knife, and some time is not suitable for it, especially a few juniors who have used iron long knives from the beginning, several people have a look of sorrow and responded: "Eh, it can only be like this." ”

Without saying anything more about the iron long knife, the old patriarch swept around, and suddenly found that there was a troublesome guy missing, and asked aloud: "Isn't the mountain baby with you? Why didn't you see that kid?"

"The mountain baby wanted to eat vegetable balls, so she went to dig camellia on the hillside behind the stockade. ”

Hearing this, the old patriarch shook his head, and was about to say when again, when suddenly a loud voice came from outside: "Third grandfather, third grandfather." ”

Before there was a response, a figure had already jumped into the courtyard, it was none other than the mountain baby I had just mentioned.

Looking at the happy look on the face of the mountain baby, even someone asked out loud: "Mountain baby, didn't you go to the hillside to dig wild vegetables? Why are you so happy, could it be that you have dug up a treasure?"

was originally a teasing remark, but the mountain baby nodded again and again: "That's right, I really dug up the treasure." ”

The mountains and rivers near his own village, any clan is familiar with it, what treasure can the mountain baby dig up, everyone laughed, and a few young people cooperated with the mountain baby to make a look of surprise: "Oh, what baby, let us see and learn?"

Shan Wazi could also guess the thoughts of the clansmen, and snorted with a snort: "Hmph, I know that you don't believe it, let you see and understand, open." ”

With a shout, Shan Wazi waved the long knife in his hand and slashed down at the stones beside him, and with a click, the half-foot-thick stone was split down.

"Huh?" everyone looked suspicious, even the old patriarch.

After an exclamation, the people who had just surrounded the old patriarch immediately surrounded the mountain baby.

"Mountain baby, bring it to me. ”

The iron long knife came from the hands of the elders, but it seems that it was not so sharp at the beginning, and now after more than two years of wear and tear, it is even more impossible to do it, no wonder everyone is so surprised.

Shan Wazi handed over the iron long knife in his hand, raised his head very proudly, and watched the clan uncle holding the iron long knife slash down at the stone again.

Not surprisingly, the stone was cut off again.

After confirming that the iron long knife had indeed changed, the old patriarch asked in a deep voice, "How did you do it?"

Hearing the old patriarch's question, Shan Wazi replied excitedly: "Third grandfather, I met a master, he helped me get it?"

"Superior?"

While others were still stunned, the old patriarch was moved in his heart: "Mountain baby, that master is near our village?"

Shan Wazi didn't sell Guan Zi either, and immediately nodded and said, "Well, I have already led him outside the West Gate, but the master said that without the consent of the patriarch, it is not good for him to enter the village to disturb." ”

"Patriarch?"

Hearing Shanwazi's words, almost everyone couldn't hold back, and looked at the old patriarch one after another, and even the title changed.

The old patriarch was silent, and after thinking for a while, he sighed and said, "Let's go, go out to meet this master." ”

The people who were busy working in the square in front of the ancestral hall suddenly saw the old patriarch leading a group of young people out, and many people had excited expressions on their faces, and they didn't say anything to them, so they went straight to the west gate of the village, and they didn't know what was going on.

After a while, everyone in the square watched a stranger in a purple robe being welcomed into the village like a moon by the stars of his family, looking at the stranger's childish face, everyone couldn't guess his age at all, and a thought flashed in many people's hearts: "Immortal?"

Waving his hand, so that the women did not discuss, the old patriarch invited the guests to walk to his courtyard, and a group of young people naturally followed behind, and many people quietly asked the mountain baby about something.

After a while, everyone outside could only hear a burst of exclamations in the old patriarch's courtyard, followed by bursts of ecstatic shouts and shouts after a while.

You couldn't hold back the curiosity in her heart and tiptoed over, and saw from the open door of the old patriarch that more than a dozen clansmen were waving the long knives in their hands and slashing, each with a happy smile on their faces.

Aware of the clansmen watching outside the courtyard, the patriarch with the same smile on his face commanded: "Don't probe your brain, hurry up and prepare well, today our Qin family village is going to entertain distinguished guests." ”

Just as he was about to respond, another voice suddenly sounded: "Old patriarch, don't be so polite, people in cultivation don't pay attention to eating." ”

The voice was not loud, but it seemed to ring in everyone's ears, causing many people to exclaim again.

In the courtyard, the old patriarch looked at the Taoist who had just recovered several iron long knives in front of him, and insisted on saying that he claimed to be surnamed Long: "How good is this, although our Qin family village is a rough people in the mountains and wilderness, we also know that we can't treat distinguished guests slowly, and if it is passed on, it will be laughed at and not know how to count etiquette." ”

Brushing his beard, the dragon Dao man of the fairy wind shook his head: "Instead of preparing a sumptuous meal, the old patriarch should arrange a secluded place for me, if you want to send out the power of the remaining long knives, you have to wait for me to recover the true yuan." ”

"How can this work, it can't be done. ”

The old patriarch shook his head again and again, but he didn't want this Dragon Dao man to be more resolute than him, and even said that he was leaving.

The helpless old patriarch could only follow the master's wishes: "Since you insist on this, then listen to you, you are always staying in my courtyard, without my order, no one dares to come in and disturb your Qing Xiu." ”

"No, I'm not a dove occupying the magpie's nest. ”

"What you said, it is my Qin and our entire village to have a master like you visit, if you are polite, we really can't entertain you. ”

"Hehe, okay. ”

Hearing that the master finally agreed, the old patriarch didn't say a word, even if he bowed down to give a salute, he immediately led a group of juniors to withdraw from his courtyard.

As soon as he walked out of the courtyard for more than ten zhang, before he reached the ancestral hall square, the old patriarch's eyes changed, and while he was stepping, he whispered to the side: "A few of you come here." “

The few people in the mountain were happily fiddling with the iron long knife that had just recovered its power, and when they heard that the patriarch's tone was a little wrong, they said in confusion: "Third grandfather (third uncle)?"

The old patriarch walked forward quietly, and whispered to the juniors: "You guys are all like hunting in the mountains, keep an eye on that side. ”

Hearing this, everyone was surprised, and the two young descendants shouted even more: "Third grandfather?" Seeing the old patriarch's stern eyes, they reacted and hurriedly suppressed their voices, but there was some confusion and surprise in their eyes.

However, a few middle-aged clansmen understood a little: "Third uncle, do you doubt that person?"

"I can't talk about suspicion, I just think it's a little weird, no matter what, you just keep an eye on it, even if it's a defense heart. ”

The patriarch gave the order, and if there was any thought in his heart, the clansmen could only disperse.

More than a dozen people were originally a hunting team in the mountains, and they had a tacit understanding with each other, and now they were monitoring a yard in their own village, which was very easy, and after a few words, the charter was set. After a glance, several of them flashed away, and after a few breaths, each dodged into a courtyard.