"If the night is like ink, the sky is extinct; the moon is slanting in the west building, and the bell cries three watches;

The wax is still exhausted, and the cage shines on the northern city; Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

The northern part of the Apocalypse Kingdom, as the author of this poem wrote, is a very affectionate and lively place.

Although it is as cold as the rest of the same latitude, it is also difficult to understand the hospitality of the people here. The simple northerners not only love to play with pen and ink, but are also as keen as people in other places to dance with guns and sticks.

From the trembling old man to the child who is dissatisfied with the weak crown, he can always talk about some strange strongmen, gossip deeds, national events, and even ancient legends during the after-dinner chat.

This is true of the city in the north, the same is true of Chuchuan City, and the same is true of Yaozhu City.

Xiafang Village is the northernmost small mountain village under Yaozhu City, the name of the village rises from the mountain, the back is Xiafang Mountain, facing Shangfang Village, the east is a forest, and the west is a mountain village called Tuoshui. Like other mountain villages, it is a small but lively place.

The people in the village usually live from the mountains, although there are no mountain delicacies in the big city, but there are also mountain and wild games, and people live happily.

Behind the village, Xiafang Mountain is one of the hills in the northern Changchuan mountain system that separates the Apocalypse Kingdom from the Mongolian Barbarian Kingdom, covering an area of only a few tens of miles, but this hill can also afford the daily mining of several nearby mountain villages. From economic resources, housing and living, to eating and dressing, people can't live without it.

But two years ago, hundreds of bandits seized key areas at the entrance and exit of the mountains.

On this day, several wheat piles stacked at the entrance of Xiafang Village were illuminated by the sunset next night, and their shadows looked extraordinarily long. Grain piles like this can be found everywhere in the village, and the only difference is that there are a few eleven or twelve-year-old children playing happily under these grain piles at the entrance of the village.

And next to these children, there was a child of the same age with an ear of wheat in his mouth, leaning on the pile of wheat and falling asleep, sometimes with a few thrusts in his mouth, as if he were eating a big meal.

"Hey, hey, Lin Sheng, get up quickly, we're going to go home, are you going to sleep here until tomorrow?"

A chubby child walked to Lin Sheng who was sleeping on the rice and said: "Go home and hurry up, it's all because we are playful, your mother and my mother saw Lynch and them go home, and we didn't go back, and we will be scolded again in a while." "This fat man seems to have a headache when he thinks of his mother.

"Ah, Brother Lin Yong, what time is it now, Elder Lin, haven't they come back yet?" the child named Lin Sheng rubbed his sleepy eyes and said to Lin Yong, who was fat and taller than him.

Lin Sheng and Lin Yong are both young children in Xiafang Village, Lin Yong is one year older than Lin Sheng, but his figure is several laps larger, although he is white and fat, fleshy, but it does not prevent him from being sharp and smart at all.

Lin Sheng is even more tiger-headed, innocent and childish, with a pair of generous dark eyes, always full of curiosity about everything. The two of them were lively and mischievous, and they often brought other children into trouble.

"I didn't see it, we've been here for an afternoon, and we haven't seen Elder Lin and Uncle Dali. Let's not wait any longer, we'll be beaten when we get dark and then we go back. Lin Yong said as he pulled Lin Sheng, who was sleeping on the grain pile, up.

"Hehe, Brother Lin Yong, I want to ask you something" Lin Sheng said as he stood up.

"What's the matter, don't you want to ask me if I'm hungry?" Lin Yong said angrily.

"Hahaha, Brother Lin Yong, you still know me, I'm so hungry Now, let's go back quickly and go to my house and ask my mother to get us something delicious." As soon as he talked about eating, Lin Sheng immediately stood up vigorously.

"I've been defeated by you starving ghost, and you've just woken up and shouted that you're hungry! Lin Yong shook his head and said sarcastically.

"Hey, hey, hey. Lin Sheng scratched his scalp and laughed at the same time.

The two were about to pat their butts and leave, when they suddenly heard someone calling behind them.

"Hey, little ones, don't go home to nurse and sleep, it'll get dark in a while, let the mountain wolf come down and catch you, haha. Suddenly, someone in the distance joked.

"Ah~, it's Uncle Dali, look, it's Elder Lin and they're back. A child next to the pile pointed to the path at the entrance of the village.

"Really, haha, let's go over and see if they come into town to bring us something to eat. Saying that, Lin Sheng was the first to run over.

In the distance, three people were slowly walking towards the village, and in the middle was an old man who seemed to be in his old age, walking with a cane in his hand, and he couldn't help the wind, as if a gust of wind could blow him down.

He was the Elder Lin mentioned by Lin Sheng and Lin Yong earlier.

Elder Lin is more than a hundred years old this year, when he was young, others called him Lin Sanlang, and after he became the only elder in the village a few decades ago, others called him Elder Lin, even if every old man of the Lin family in the village who became an elder was called Elder Lin, but Lin Sanlang was the Elder Lin who was most like 'Elder Lin'.

After a long time, except for a few old guys who were the same age as him, whose teeth had lost and who couldn't speak clearly, few people remembered what his real name was.

On both sides of him, one is Lin Li and the other is Lin Shi, both of whom are sturdy and handsome guys in the village.

The two brothers are in their twenties this year, and since the two of them became adults, they have often sent matchmakers from several neighboring villages to talk about matchmakers, which can be described as hot topics for discussion among girls in neighboring villages.

When Elder Lin sent the two of them to a nearby village to run errands, they were often surrounded by a group of girls on the way back, but fortunately the two of them had good physique and ran fast, otherwise the consequences would be extremely serious.

But the two of them stayed by their grandfather, Elder Lin, all the year round, and let him send them. As for the matter of starting a family, the two of them think it is too early. I heard that after a girl was rejected by Lin Li two years ago, she cried to the death and cried to find a short-term view, if she was not discovered by her family in time, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Because of this, Lin Li was so frightened that he ran outside and hid for several weeks without daring to come back.

This time, I went to the city with the parties in the neighboring villages, just to discuss the extermination of the bandits with the coalition army department in the northern part of Yaozhu City.

The village's driver, Master Daqiang, shouted that he would drive them in the village's only loading car, but Elder Lin insisted on walking, saying that he was old and wanted to go out for a walk. In the end, he and the two juniors could only walk on foot.

Elder Lin saw several children running towards him, so he stopped. Because he was afraid that a few children would run too fast and accidentally knock themselves down.

If that's what he does, it's really a shame to be thrown home, you know, he likes to brag about his brave deeds in front of the children.

"Lin Si's baby, what are you doing here around my old man's house? The three of us went to the city to discuss important matters, and if we can't bring you something to eat, you should go home and sleep quickly." Old man Lin leaned over, stroked his beard, and said stupidly.

"Ah, Elder Lin, you lied to us again! I said that I would bring us food, I have been waiting for you here since noon, and I am still hungry. Lin Sheng's eyes blinked, he pouted angrily, and said pitifully to Elder Lin.

"Hehe, next time, next time, I will definitely bring it to you" Elder Lin touched his nose and said confidently.

Suddenly, Elder Lin felt a loosening in his pocket, "Lin, Lin Yong, you little rabbit cub, dare to steal something from my pocket, what did you steal? Ah! Get back the stones I collected from the city! Dali, you hurry, you quickly get him back for me." Old man Lin nervously grabbed his pocket with one hand, and pointed to Lin Yong, who was running into the distance and kept turning back to make faces to everyone, shouted excitedly.

It turned out that Lin Yong took advantage of Elder Lin's inattention and secretly smoothed out the things in Elder Lin's pocket.

Lin Li was about to chase after him, but the second Lin Shi had already rolled up his sleeves, "Brother, you can leave it to me" As he spoke, he strode towards Lin Yong.

Sure enough, the little fat man Lin Yong and Lin Shi competed with their feet, which was completely uncompetitive, and in a few breaths, Lin Yong was pulled back.

"Hehehe, Elder Lin, Grandpa Lin, I'll just take a look, I see how scared you like this. Lin Yong said and took out a few strange-shaped stones in his hand.

Old man Lin was so angry that his old face turned red, "You little rabbit cub, look back and don't tell your mother, let your mother beat you!" said as he took the stone back, and then repeatedly checked the stone in his hand to see if there was a missing piece.

Old man Lin carefully confirmed that the stone in his hand was intact before he breathed a sigh of relief. Squinting his eyes and smiling, his face was full of wrinkles, as if he was several years older.

"Let's go back to the village, it's not too early, and we have to discuss with everyone about what we discussed at the Coalition Headquarters today. Elder Lin pushed everyone towards the village.

It turned out that Old Man Lin had a hobby decades ago, that is, collecting antiques. What stones, stone plates, beads, iron tools, all over the house. I was once criticized by the elders of the previous generation: If you don't do your job, you know how to collect broken copper and iron.

Old man Lin thought about the old things in the past, smacked his lips, shook his head, and watched his grandchildren go away to the village with their great-grandchildren, and couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

Looking at these playful and scolding, lively and lovely backs, Elder Lin seemed to see his childhood self from the children. When I was stunned, I remembered another thing, something that happened more than ten years ago.

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It was a stormy night more than ten years ago.

Elder Lin had just walked out of the house with sleepy eyes, and was about to call the lazy and stupid black cat 'Hua Fei' who was still alive to go back to the house to sleep, when suddenly a red meteor dragged its long tail and streaked across the night sky like ink, as bright as an aurora and as fast as lightning.