Chapter 3: Abba, the Boatman
The Tianxuan Continent is divided into five domains, east, west, north and south, and the middle region. When it comes to the Five Domains, there is actually a legend www.biquge.info the Five Domains.
Legend has it that when the heavens and the earth were opened, there was only the sea between the heavens and the earth, and then there was a person named Ah Xing, holding a five-star staff, reciting a law decision, and the staff "swished" into a continent, and the five stars on the staff fell on the five positions of the continent, which were called the five domains.
Most people don't believe in this legend. But there are always some people who believe it, some of them are neurotic, some are disabled, some are children of a few years old.
And somewhere in a small city in the Eastern Regions, there is a person who believes in this legend. His real name is Niu Dadou, and he is a boatman's child, when Niu Dadou was young, he couldn't walk at the age of three, and he couldn't speak at the age of four.
Compared to other people, children can walk at the age of one and talk at the age of two. Niu Dadou's performance was sad to the boatman, when Niu Dadou was five years old, he asked in the east and asked in the west, and heard that telling stories to children can make children smarter.
So the boatman also inquired about the story everywhere, and every time he had to go home and tell his son after inquiring about the story, the son was also angry, and every time he listened to the story, he would stare at the story with wide eyes, and listen to the story carefully, so cute.
When the boatman saw this, he also felt that it was a real truth that storytelling could be clever, so he worked harder to find stories.
One day the boatman told his son a story, and when he said, "The five stars on the staff flew up into the sky with a whoosh, and kept spinning and turning in the sky, until at last they turned into five great stones, and fell down, and became the land where we live." And those five big stones divide the continent into five regions: east, west, north, south, and middle. β
The five-year-old son spoke for the first time, and his chubby little hands kept clapping, muttering indistinctly: "Wow, wow, wow!"
The boatman was a little angry, "What's good!" After speaking, he felt that it was a little wrong to be angry with the child, but he felt that his son was too stupid, and immediately educated: "Dadou, we can't believe this story, if this is known to the fisherman uncles, I will laugh at my family Dadou is too stupid, and even believe this kind of legend." β
"No, no! The child pouted, supported his chin with both hands, and squeezed the flesh of his chin out of shape.
When the boatman saw it, he knocked off his son's little hand: "Little girl, we can't squeeze our meat, what if we are stupid?"
The boatman touched his son's head, and was very happy that his son could speak, so he said, "Son, whatever you want, Daddy will give you everything." β
His son pouted, and the milk complained, "My name is not good." β
The boatman was stunned for a moment, picked up his son, and said: "Son, Dad is uneducated, and your mother is in your mother's house, if you think Dad doesn't sound good, then I will find someone to get it for you tomorrow." β
"No, no, no, I'm going to get it myself. β
"Good. Little Ancestor, what is your name? The boatman was so pleased with his son's late wisdom that he had a smile on his face.
"I'm going to call it Duvan. β
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From then on, the boatman's son was called Du Fan. As for the surname Niu, the boatman didn't care.
Every day, Du Fan sat on the bow of the boat, looking at the sky in the distance, quietly in a daze.
The sky is always so calm that you can't be surprised at all. On the other hand, there are slight ripples on the surface of the water, rippling on all sides.
The boatman looked at his son in a daze, a little worried, afraid that the child would be stupid. Every day I was trying to make him laugh.
"I don't know what happened to Leng Yue'er, whether she came to this world like me. β
The boatman's son is naturally Major General Du, Du Fan. And Leng Yue'er, who went into the black hole with him, didn't know where he went. At the beginning, he felt a special suction force in the black hole and fainted. When he woke up, he was a newborn baby.
However, when he was born, he became very poor due to his physical condition. That's why he was mistaken by the boatman for his intellect.
In the face of this strange world, Du Fan has gradually become familiar with it in the past few years.
He knew that this so-called Tianxuan Continent was boundless, and no one had ever been able to walk through this continent.
And on this continent, there is the existence of spiritual energy and demonic energy.
Those who cultivate aura are called warriors, while those who cultivate magic are called mages.
Warriors and mages are the best professions on the continent, and every ordinary person can be proud to be a warrior or mage. And Du Fan is also quite yearning for mages and warriors.
But he was born in a boatman's family, just the most ordinary family on the mainland. He simply didn't have the strength to support his studies as a warrior or a mage.
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Spring, summer, autumn and winter, the cycle of several seasons, witnessing the changes of time and Du Fan's growth.
Eight years have passed in the blink of an eye. A five-year-old child is now a thirteen-year-old.
Teenagers do all kinds of exercises every day, year after year, day after day. Under his polishing, he has a body that looks powerful and beautiful.
And his height, at the age of 13, has reached 170cm.
The boatman is getting older and older, and his health has been getting worse and worse for eight years.
Four years ago, the boatman went to the city to ask his son about the method of cultivating martial artists or mages, and was beaten by a guy named Snake Master, and after being sent home by a well-wisher, he lay down for more than a month.
Three years ago, the boatman was met by last year's snake master because he went to the city to buy medicine, and he beat him up again.
Because of his physical injuries and lack of recuperation, he fell ill, and since then, the boatman's health has deteriorated more and more.
In the past eight years, Du Fan's mother has never come to see him. The boatman was often alone, and sometimes he would sing boat songs, and on this river, his lonely voice would resound in and out of the river.
And Du Fan, in the past eight years, has become more and more similar to the appearance of Major General Du. He has short black hair, bright eyes, and a handsome face, but he is a little cold.
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When I walked into the boat, I saw the boatman lying on the bed, his face paler than before.
"Why don't you go back to the house on the shore to rest, it's much better than rocking in the boat. If you weren't messing around like that, you wouldn't be so bad. β
The boatman shook his head, looked at Du Fan, and said with a gentle face: "I can't rest assured of you." With me, if something happens, the rest of the people around here will help. β
"With me, nothing will happen, you can rest assured.
I'll send you back to shore first, it's not good on the boat. β
After Du Fan finished speaking, he was about to go out to control the boat.
"Waitβ" The boatman hurriedly got up, his pale face like a white cloth, and he propped himself up with his emaciated hands. It looks like a small boat in the sea, ready to capsize at any moment.
"Whereas, Abba has something to say. β
"I remember that afternoon, I was sitting in a boat and a big black bird flew towards me. I was running away in a hurry when the big bird stopped in front of me with you in its mouth.
At that time, I realized how weak we humans are in the hands of these legendary demon beasts.
Just when I thought I was going to be attacked by the big bird, the black bird, just like that, stopped in front of me, let you go, and left. β
"Really?" Du Fan looked at the boatman, whose emaciated body was a little sickly, and he said seriously: "Abba is naturally serious. Over the years, as Abba became seriously ill, I wanted to talk about it. Your so-called mother was also made up by me.
At the beginning, once, I saw a woman from the Luo family, and I didn't know who it was? I fell in love with her, and I never forgot it, so I lied that she was your mother back to your parents' home. β
Du Fan sighed: "Why do you say this." Either way, I've always been your son. Dad, Dad, do you hear me, no matter what, I've always been your son. β
The simple man cried for the first time, he was in tears, and his eyes were so reluctant.
"Fan, you're so smart. Since childhood, you have been so calm.
I remember the last time, a monster appeared in the river and he attacked us.
That time, I was so frightened that my face turned pale, that demon beast, three middle-aged men would not be opponents.
That time, you held the short spear in one hand, and your face changed and stared at the demon beast. Abba was so frightened that he almost fell to the ground.
The demon beast rushed towards us, soared into the air, and was about to bite us.
At that time, I looked at the silver teeth, and my face turned pale with fright, and I couldn't move.
You were only nine years old at the time, and you took your short black spear and stabbed it in the eye of the monster.
The monster was stabbed and fell into the river, which was stained with blood. β
The boatman looked at Du Fan with a thoughtful look in his eyes, revealing a look of memory.
"I know you've always wanted to be a warrior or a mage, and that day, I went to the city by myself to find out the news. I was asking around the city, and a man named Snake Master stopped me, and called a few people to raise their fists and beckon to me.
After that, I was seriously injured and was sent back by a passerby.
After that, you've been taking care of Abba, and you were going to go to the Mage Guild apprentice selection that you were going to attend, but you didn't go, so you've been taking care of Abba. β
The boatman wiped his tears and said, "My father was killed by monsters when I was a teenager. Since then, I have been living alone on the river.
Until the time you appeared in front of me, I thought every day, if you were my own son. How nice that would be.
I'm sorry, Afan. It's useless Dad. β
Du Fan hugged the boatman, who was tormented by illness and was only skinny. Today's boatman is only thirty-seven years old, but he is as old as an old man of seventy or eighty years old.
"Abba, don't say it. Ah Fan never blamed his father. In Afan's heart, Abba is Afan's favorite person. No one can take Abba's place from my heart.
I remember when I first opened my eyes, the first thing I saw was the way you stared at me with big eyes......
Abba, there would be no Avan without you. β
The person in his arms closed his eyes, there was a faint smile on his face, and there were still faint tears next to his eyes.
Du Fan looked at the person in his arms like this, and muttered to himself: "I'm sorry, Abba, in the past few years, just because of me, you have been holding your breath."
I wish I could save you from suffering and suffering.
Sometimes I wonder if I really love you, and I let Abba live and suffer so much.
But now, I know, Abba is happy to be alive, Abba is just physically in pain, but Abba is happy. Because, Abba, you've always loved me. β
"Abba, you always thought you were sorry for me, it's Abba, you love Fan too much.
It's wrong, it's always been Afan. β
He died, the boatman died, and the moment he closed his eyes, he was out of this world forever.
Du Fan stood up and carried him outside. The world is still so peaceful, as if the death of the boatman is only a trivial matter.
Du Fan held the pole and drove the boat to stop on the shore. There is a house built by Abba on the shore.
The house is small, with a bed, a table, a stove. A few chairs.
Du Fan put the boatman on the bed. Feeling the gradually cold body, he took off his coat and covered his body.
He lit the stove and found the bottle of wine hidden by the boatman under the bed. It was placed on the table.
The temperature of the flame fills the house with warmth, but the atmosphere is chilling and biting.
Du Fan looked at the boatman like this and said, "Abba, you have been reluctant to drink this bottle of wine." You say you've been living your whole life for such a bottle of wine.
When I was a child, I didn't let you drink, and I always loved to take away your wine.
You see, how much you love me, I won't let you drink, you just put him under the bed and never touched again.
Later, you get hurt.
Once I was sleeping, and knowing that you were up, you took out the wine, touched it, looked at me, and put him down again.
You can't bear me in your heart, I always know that for my sake, you are willing to even touch your favorite wine.
I remember when I was eight years old, you were happy every day, and every day you saw other acquaintances on the river, you would show off to them and say, "This is my son."
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In this way, Du Fan opened the wine and poured him around the boatman.
He gave the boatman a deep look and left.
That night, the house by the river burned all night.
Since then, the people on this river have never seen the boatman and Du Fan again.