Chapter 002: Family Affection
Uncle, why are you stupid?"
Ying'er's call woke Lin Gan, and he smiled: "Just get it, see if you are in a hurry." ”
Got the ball up, watched Ying'er and her friends cheer and walked not far away to play. Lin Qian sat back on the wooden bench, squinted, thinking about what had just happened, but as soon as he was interrupted, some of the thoughts that suddenly popped up just now were like ropes broken in two, and they couldn't be connected again.
He sighed, stopped thinking about it, closed his eyes, and rested.
On this day, Lin Gen was still sitting quietly basking in the sun, the only difference was that there was no Ying'er and her friends playing behind him.
In the distance, several fluttering butterflies are fluttering along an unknown small flower. His mother and her pregnant sister Lin Qingrong came back far away with the dried mink. These mink skins were a lowly commodity in the wilderness of the mountains, where wild beasts haunted all year round, and were the fruit of his father's hunting from the mountains last winter. The economic value is not high, but for a small family like Lin Gan, he naturally refuses to abandon it. When the two ladies saw Lin Yan sitting on the bench, they looked at each other with a worried face.
"Mother, sister. Lin Gen opened his mouth and shouted, facing the two people who were closest and most concerned about the world, Lin Gen was very warm.
"Lin Gan, if you want to open up, those gossips are all three aunts and six women chewing their mouths, don't go to your heart. Sister Lin Qingrong comforted lightly
"Isn't it just that you can't pass the seal of the martial artist? There will be another chance at the Dragon Festival in three months. As long as you cherish it, you have a lot of experience in the test, and you will definitely be able to pass the test. Lin Gen's mother was also full of distress, Lin Gen was her only son, although she picked up a life, but such a muddy and depressed appearance made her mother, who was nearly fifty years old, feel like cutting meat.
"My brother is by no means a thing in the pool! no one else believes it, but my sister does!" his sister said categorically.
Lin Yan didn't know whether he didn't want to bring up this topic, or if he was in a state of resistance, so he just nodded.
"Well, it's still a long time. The first five seals failed, and the last chance remained. At present, your will is not high, and your body has suffered heavy damage, so give up for the time being, and postpone the opportunity until the first day of next year's new year, and fight to the death. Lin Qingrong sighed slightly in her heart, afraid of touching Lin Gan's self-esteem, and her tone was a little empty-hearted.
Warrior is the name of a powerful force in this continent. Throughout the continent, human beings occupy prosperous cities, counties, plains, and rivers, while some desolate mountains, lakes and seas are occupied by wild beasts and insects. Ferocious beasts and insects are the innate enemies of human beings, and in the struggle for survival of human beings from generation to generation, martial arts cultivation has gradually become one of the foundations of this world.
The so-called warrior confirmation is a rule that has been popular in some places since ancient times. Qiligou is located on the edge of Manghu Mountain, and a large number of wild beasts and monsters have appeared all year round, and the village rules that have been handed down for hundreds of years are written: It is the responsibility of every tribe to defend the safety of the village.
Becoming a warrior and learning martial arts is to defend your homeland, and to be able to go into the mountains to hunt wild beasts in exchange for living expenses. If you're not a warrior, there's no way the village hunting squad will let you join in. And if you go into the mountain alone, the joke is that if you casually encounter a ribbed tiger with a spotted forehead, you are afraid that it will become the food in the tiger's belly.
All Qiligou men have to participate in the assessment every 12 years old, and each person has six opportunities in his life. After passing the seal of the warrior, you will officially become a warrior, and after a special medicinal bath, your physique will be greatly enhanced, and you will be able to learn martial arts. Because of this, only warriors can participate in the village's hunting team and enter the Humang Mountain to hunt. That is, to be qualified to take on the responsibility of providing for the family.
In this mountain and wilderness where comparisons are made everywhere, whose young people have superb martial arts skills, not only exhaling and raising their eyebrows, but the neighbors dare not offend. will be favored by the girl's family, a powerful and promising martial artist, before he is an adult, there are often a lot of people eyeing him, ready to pay a rich dowry upside down, and grab a husband at any time.
It can be said that becoming a martial artist is not only a proof of ability, but also a capital of glory.
On the contrary, if they fail to participate in the six attempts, not only will their families never be able to hold their heads up in the village, but they will also be ruthlessly expelled from the village and will not be allowed to stay.
Because every village does not like waste firewood, does not like to lose face, and does not like to support waste.
It is not difficult for a martial artist to be confirmed, and ordinary people can usually pass the test if they participate in it two or three times, while those with better qualifications can successfully pass it once. If you can't do it six times, then it means that you are really a waste of wood, and you are a waste of wood, and it is not a disgrace to let you be here?
The Warrior Seal was originally held once a year, but this year it was a once-in-a-decade dragon festival, so it was added again.
Of course, the Dragon Festival is a grand ancient festival that has been handed down for nearly a thousand years, and in addition to increasing the seal of the warriors to add to the atmosphere, there must be other wonderful programs. It's just that Lin Yan doesn't even have the qualifications of a martial artist, so he is destined to be excluded from the outside and has nothing to do with him.
"I'm fine, I just want to get some sunshine. The warrior confirmed that he was in a hurry, so whether to participate or not would be left to watch for a while. Lin said.
The mother and daughter were naturally overjoyed when they saw him for more than two months, and finally faced the topic of "Warrior Seal" head-on. This shows that Lin Geng's psychological shadow is slowly fading. They seem to see the previous Lin Gan who has hit the wall again and again, and has faced difficulties again and again.
"What do you want to eat? His mother asked happily: "Just make your favorite sauce and dip fragrant meat, okay......" "Mother, my brother is in good health, so he can't eat these." Just make mushroom and egg drop soup, my brother used to like me to make it. "Yes, yes, and lamb skewer meatballs......"
Seeing the happy appearance of his mother and sister, Lin Yan hesitated for a moment, but still showed a smile: "Thank you, Mother and eldest sister." ”
The two happily went back to the house to get busy, Lin Yan sighed slightly, this martial artist confirmed that he was slight in his heart and didn't care, but in this mountain and countryside, in the eyes of his parents and sister, it was the foundation of his life. It seems that in order to live up to their expectations, I should work hard for them. Lin Gan, Lin Gan, it's time to start a new life.
His gaze was dull again, and others looked at him as if he was stupid, and even some naughty children laughed at him as a fool when they passed by. But he doesn't care about the eyes of outsiders, because he is calming down his confused psychology, and slowly accepting the world, accepting this body and bloodline.
Soon, two bright red nosebleeds came down his nose.
At dinner in the evening, his mother would put vegetables in his bowl from time to time, as if he had just returned from afar.