Chapter 1: Leaving Home at a Young Age
Starlight filtered through the one-and-a-half-foot square window above the bamboo hut. This kind of small bamboo house is actually the kind of bamboo house that is very common in the southern countryside, cut bamboo into strips, weave around several large tree pillars, and then smear with sticky mud and mud houses. This kind of house is generally not high, or even low. There are eaves around the house, and it is generally about 2 feet outward, one can prevent the rain from blowing on the wall and pulp the mud on the wall, and the other can also pile up some firewood or something at home.
The second stunned man stared straight at the thatch on the roof with wide eyes. Lying next to him was the second brother Yan San, who slept very sweetly, and from time to time there were bursts of snoring sounds of varying severity.
About half a foot away from the bed is the bamboo mud wall, because it has been too long, there are several places on the wall that have fallen and cracked. Behind the house is a small bamboo forest, and this summer night is filled with the sound of insects chirping, and the occasional rustle of small animals running over the fallen leaves. Next door is the "pop" and "pop" of Yan's father smoking a dry tobacco pouch.
The second stunned man slowly closed his eyes, which were already a little astringent, and forced himself to fall into a deep sleep as soon as possible. He knew very well in his heart that if he didn't sleep honestly, he wouldn't be able to get up early tomorrow, and he wouldn't be able to go into the mountains to collect dry firewood with the other companions who had made an appointment.
The surname of the second stunned son is not returned, the surname Yan is the surname of the family, and it has always been the ancestor of Yan, but the name of the non-return is very particular. As for what is important, the two stunned do not know. The reason is very simple, Father Yan said that when it was time for him to know the Dao, he would let him know the Dao, and when the time came, he would tell him not to ask more. As for the second stunned son who asked his mother in private, he was also cold-eyed.
Yan Bugui was called "Erzhuzi" by the people in the village, but he was not really stunned and stupid, but he was the leading smart child in the village, but just like other children in the village, in addition to his family, he rarely heard someone officially call him "Yan Bugui", but the titles of "Erduzi" and "Erduzi" have been with him to this day.
And the reason why he was nicknamed "Ertunzi" was just because there was already a child named "Stunned" in the village who was a few years older than him, so he was second and stunned.
It's nothing, the other children in the village are also called "Dog Baby", "Erdan", "Little San" and the like, and these names are not necessarily better than the name "Erduzi".
The names of children in the countryside are real, for example, when they were sick, they were generally called dog-related cheap names, such as "dog baby". However, there are exceptions, that is, the second uncle's name "Changjiu" was helped by Mr. Private School.
As for those names called "long road" or "long road", there are generally eight or nine times out of ten that his mother was born on the way back to his mother's home.
Yan Bugui's appearance is very inconspicuous, his body is thin and thin, and his skin is yellow and black, which is the most ordinary peasant child. But deep down in his heart, he is much more precocious than his peers, because since he was a child, he has longed for the prosperity of the city outside the Huahua world, and dreams that one day, he can walk out of this palm-sized Yanjiaya village and go to see the outside world that Mr. Private School often says.
Yan Bugui had this idea at the beginning, but he never dared to talk about it with others. Otherwise, it will definitely make the people in the village feel stunned, a stinky yellow-haired little kid would have such a thought that even adults dare not think about.
You must know that other little children who are about the same age as Yan Bugui will only chase chickens and dogs all over the village, climb trees all over the mountains to find wild fruits to eat, not to mention the strange idea of leaving their hometown.
The Yan family originally had a family of five, Yan did not return to the boss, and below was the second sister Yan Zifei and the younger brother Yan San. However, the second sister was only a little more than 3 years old and died of leprosy the year before last, so there are only four members of the family of five now. However, this family of four will soon become a family of five again, because Yanmu is about to give birth again.
Yan Bugui is just ten years old this year, and three days after the Mid-Autumn Festival will be his birthday.
In the past few days, Mr. Private School has been on vacation, and Yan Bugui has been playing with his friends all over the mountains every day, and he has become a wild child. I didn't think about today's happy things before going to bed, and then I fell asleep in a daze.
Speaking of private school, this matter is also funded and sponsored by Yan Bu's second uncle, otherwise it would be good for Yan to be poor and able to eat three meals a day, and how could he go to a private school to study.
The next day, Yan Bugui and his friends met to go up the mountain, at noon, when Yan Bugui was facing the hot sun, carrying a half-person-high firewood pile, and carrying a few wild mushrooms and a few wild mountain fruits in his arms, when he rushed home from the mountain, there was a guest in his home who would change the fate of his life.
said that it was a guest, but it was actually not right, after all, according to the hometown, the uncle of the family is also the brother of his father, of course, his own family, this person is Yan Changjiu, the second uncle of Yan Bugui.
I heard that the second uncle was in a restaurant in a nearby town, and he was a powerful person in the hearts of Yan Bugui's parents. Over the years, the Yan family may have produced a relative with a bit of status like the second uncle.
Yan Bugui only saw this second uncle a few times when he was very young. His cousin of an uncle's family surnamed Yan worked as an apprentice to an old blacksmith in the city, and it was this second uncle who introduced him. The second uncle doesn't go home much, and he usually returns to his hometown once during the New Year's holidays.
The second uncle also takes care of Yan Bugui's family, and every once in a while he will let people bring something back. Yan Bugui, this cousin, every time he goes home, he will bring them some food and things that his second uncle has brought with him. Therefore, Yan Bugui's impression of this second uncle is also very good, even if his parents don't say it, they are very grateful in their hearts.
Whenever the parents mentioned their cousin, their spirits were bright, and their hope was that when Yan didn't return to the old age, they would learn from that cousin to find a decent job in the city.
Although Yan Bugui is young, he is also envious, although there is no specific outline of the best job in his mind, he still has his own yearning, that is, one day he will be able to show which craftsman in the small town will be able to take an apprentice, and from then on become a decent person who eats by craft.
So when Yan Bugui saw the second uncle who was tall, wearing a brand-new red satin dress, with a Chinese character face, and a clean and bearded face, he was very excited.
After Yan Bugui put the firewood at the back of the house, patted the dust on his body, went to the front room and shyly greeted the second uncle, and said obediently: "Second uncle is good", and stood aside honestly, listening to his parents chatting with the second uncle.
The second uncle looked at Yan Bugui with a smile, looked at him for a while, praised him for a few words like "obedient" and "sensible", and then turned his head and talked to his parents about the purpose of this time.
Although Yan Bugui is still young and can't fully understand the words of the second uncle, he also understands the general meaning.
It turned out that the restaurant where the second uncle worked belonged to a Jianghu sect called "White Crane Cliff". Not long ago, the second uncle officially became the outer disciple of this sect, and he had the right to recommend children between the ages of 8 and 11 to participate in the test of Baiheya's recruitment of inner disciples.
The five-year "White Crane Cliff" test to recruit inner disciples will start recently. This second uncle, who is a little shrewd and has young children, naturally thought of Yan Bugui, who was of the right age.
Father Yan, who has always been honest, heard words such as "rivers and lakes" and "sects" that he had never heard of, and he was still a little hesitant and couldn't make up his mind. He picked up the dry tobacco stick, smoked a few puffs of dry tobacco with "bar" and "bar", and sat there without saying a word.
In the mouth of the second uncle, "White Crane Cliff" is naturally one of the best sects in this radius of 100 miles.
As long as you become an inner disciple of "White Crane Cliff", not only can you practice martial arts for free in the future, eat and drink without worry, but also have a tael of silver pocket money every month. Moreover, those who participate in the test, even if they cannot be selected to become inner disciples, have the opportunity to become outer disciples like the second uncle, specializing in taking care of the business outside the door for "White Crane Cliff".
When he heard that it was possible to get one tael of silver a month, and that he had the opportunity to become a decent person like his second uncle, Father Yan finally made up his mind and agreed. As for the so-called inner disciples, Father Yan didn't know anything, but if he thought about it, it would definitely not be much worse than taking silver. Therefore, the affairs of this inner disciple can only be looked up to, and if it can be obtained, it is a blessing from the Yan family's accumulation of virtue.
The second uncle was very happy when he saw that Yan's father had agreed. He left two taels of silver, touched Yan Bugui's head, and took Yan Bugui out of the door and went back to the city.
Although Yan Bugui didn't fully understand what the second uncle said, he still understood that he could enter the city and make a lot of money. At this moment, Yan Bugui was finally able to leave this village and go to the outside world realm as he wished.
But after all, if he wants to leave his biological parents, Yan is still very reluctant. Not to mention turning back three times in one step, but looking at the figure of his parents gradually moving away, Yan Bugui was very reluctant, bit his lip tightly, forcibly held back the tears in his eye frame, and quickly caught up with the second uncle......
Although Yan Bugui has been much more mature than other children since he was a child, he is still a ten-year-old child after all, and going out for the first time makes him feel a little sad and hesitant. He secretly made up his mind at a young age that when he made a lot of money in the future, he would rush home and never be separated from his parents again.
Yan Bugui never thought that the amount of money and wealth after this trip had actually lost its meaning to him, and since then he has embarked on a different path from mortals and walked out of his own way of cultivating immortals.