It was a sunny and mild afternoon, with a light breeze and neither dry nor hot.

After the spring rains, the rural air is sweet, and Qiu Hu, who is carrying a bamboo basket, has just returned from picking up wild mushrooms in the back mountain, and has returned home with a grass root in his mouth.

As usual, as soon as he entered the front yard, his mother greeted him and took the bamboo basket on Qiu Hu's back, but today there was no happy smile on his face as before.

"Mother, is something wrong?"

Qiu Hu was keenly aware of his mother's emotional abnormality.

"Oh, it's okay, go and rest, I'll take care of these fungi."

The mother paused, then smiled and walked towards the kitchen with the bamboo basket in her hand.

Seeing that his mother didn't want to say it, although Qiu Hu had doubts, he didn't ask about it.

He knows that there are things at home on weekdays, and his parents have never hidden them from him, since he doesn't want to say it now, there must be a reason why he doesn't want to say it.

Qiu Hu gathered his thoughts, stopped thinking about it, and walked towards his bedroom while patting the grass seeds on his body.

"Huzi!"

The mother at the kitchen door suddenly shouted.

Qiu Hu turned around and saw his mother looking at him worriedly, so he hurriedly walked to his mother.

"What's wrong, mother?"

The mother looked at Qiu Hu, who was nervous and her eyes were shining, her frowning brows suddenly stretched out for some reason, she reached out and touched Qiu Hu's face, and said with a soothing smile:

"It's okay, go change your clothes, and go to the back room to find your father, he and a guest are waiting for you."

"Guests? Looking for me? ”

"You go first, we'll find out later."

After speaking, the mother returned to the kitchen with the bamboo basket.

Qiu Hu felt a trace of uneasiness in his heart, but this uneasiness was very strange, it was uneasy about his mother's abnormal performance today, but he didn't worry too much about the people and things he was going to face next.

After Qiu Hu returned to the room to change his clothes, he did not go out directly, but squatted on the edge of the bed and took out an object wrapped in gray cloth from under the bed.

Qiu Hu opened the strip of cloth, and inside was a copper blade.

The tip of the copper blade had some grayish-brown markings, as if it had been eroded by something, and the blade was fine, emitting a faint halo in the air.

This copper blade was the handle that Zhang Yi inserted in the chest of the tiger demon, and was then thrown by the tiger demon and inserted on the rock wall of the cave.

Qiu Hu has been secretly exploring Yin Mountain all these years, and naturally found the cave, and brought the copper blade back and secretly hid it.

With Qiu Hu's acumen, it was easy to discover the extraordinaryness of the copper blade, and he also guessed that this might be the weapon left over from the war against the Tiger Demon back then. But he didn't know how to use it, so he kept it hidden under the bed.

Qiu Hu pinned the bronze blade behind him, covered it with his clothes, and walked out of the door after tidying up a little.

Qiu Hu didn't know the purpose of this sudden visitor, and he had no idea who he was.

In the past ten years of his life, few unclear people have come to the village, let alone come to visit his home, I remember that the last time outsiders went to the most was when my sister and child got married, and most of the exchanges in the village were only between the villagers.

But Qiu Hu knew that the peace and tranquility of the village only existed in the village, and often the unknown dangers from outside were the most terrifying.

Because of his own specialness, he thinks that there are many strange people or things in this world, but he has not met them for the time being.

Bringing a copper blade was the worst plan Qiu Hu had made in his heart, and the other party was better a farmer from the next village, or a merchant in the town, even if it was a traveling gentleman.

But if it is a bandit who is good at disguise, or other strangers with bad intentions, his father, who is usually very aggressive, may not be able to distinguish clearly, which is also what Qiu Hu cares about.

Qiu Hu soon came to the inner room, the door was open, Yan Jing and a man in a black suit sat opposite each other, Yan Jing was talking with a smile on his face, and the two seemed to have a good conversation.

Yan Jing saw Qiu Hu entering the door, and hurriedly waved his hand:

"Huzi quickly, come on, come on, this is your Uncle Luo Tie."

Qiu Hu's heart was full of doubts, but he didn't ask directly, but saluted the strange man in front of him:

"Qiu Hu has seen Uncle Luo Tie."

A pair of wide, thick, calloused hands helped Qiu Hu up.

"Hey, okay."

Qiu Hu got up and saw the face of the man in front of him clearly, with thick eyebrows and a wide nose, his eyes were inverted, a circle of stubble was left at the corner of his mouth, and the whole face was very tough.

At this time, the man was staring at Qiu Hu up and down, especially the scar on the right side of his face and a pair of eyes.

Qiu Hu has the most intuitive feeling about this: this man is stronger than his father, and he is much stronger, maybe he and his father are not opponents combined.

But fortunately, Qiu Hu didn't feel any hostility, and the other party's eyes looked at him in addition to surprise, as if it was more of an emotion.

"Hahaha, stinky boy, where did you learn this, I haven't seen it, and there are still decent ones."

Yan Jing slapped Qiu Hu on the back, interrupting Qiu Hu's thoughts.

Yan Jing turned his head to Luo Tie and raised his chin again, looking proud.

"Brother Luo Tie, how about it, my cub is strong."

"Hahaha, it seems that you don't practice him much on weekdays."

"I don't, this kid is all doing it himself, and it's very worry-free."

Yan Jing turned his gaze to Qiu Hu, and his smile stopped, revealing a rare serious face.

"Huzi, Uncle Luo Tie is here to pick you up and go to Dr. Zhang to learn skills, Dr. Zhang knows, the one who saved you in the first place. I've promised you for you, man, you have to go for a walk. ”

Qiu Hu was a little stunned, didn't react for a while, and looked at his father with doubts and blankness in his eyes.

Without waiting for Yan Jing to speak, Luo Tie smiled first.

"Hahaha."

"Brother Yan, you are too straightforward, how can you be so straightforward, you see that the children are stupid."

Yan Jing smiled and waved his hand when he heard this.

"Don't worry about it, don't worry about it, Huzi is smarter than me."

Luo Tie sighed lightly and looked at Qiu Hu.

"Huzi, Zhang Yi is my senior brother, and I am like a brother to him. He was supposed to have come in person, but due to ill health, he sent me to pick you up. ”

After Luo Tie finished speaking, he looked at Qiu Hu, and saw that Qiu Hu didn't mean to ask, so he continued to speak.

"When my senior brother and I left, we planned to take you away, but at that time, my senior brother was seriously injured and there was chaos in the door, so it was not the right time."

"Now that the door is stable, you are also a young man, the timing is right, this trip is to pick you up to go to the senior brother to learn art, for the future of the road to the world to seek a skill."

"I know this is too abrupt for you, so Senior Brother's original wish is also to follow your own choice."

"If you are willing to stay in the village and live as ordinary life as you have now, I will leave at once and let you live here in peace. If you are willing to leave with me, my brother will take you as a disciple and teach you personally, and you will be free again after you leave the school. ”

"I want to remind you that if you follow me, you will reacquaint yourself with the world now, and you will also learn skills that ordinary people cannot touch, but they also come with dangers, and even threaten your life at some moments."

"Although your father has agreed for you, according to Senior Brother's wishes, the final decision is up to you."

"So, Huzi. What are your options? ”

After listening to Luo Tie's story, Qiu Hu was very calm on the surface, but in fact, his heart was already turbulent.

He turned his head to look at Yan Jing, with the meaning of verification in his eyes.

At this time, Yan Jing's face was serious, and he nodded slightly at Qiu Hu.

After getting his father's affirmation, Qiu Hu really believed and accepted Luo Tie's identity and words at this time. Immediately, he began to look down and think.

Yan Jing and Luo Tie both thought that Qiu Hu should not be able to make a decision for a while, so the two glanced at each other, intending to leave Qiu Hu some time to think, and then Luo Tie was about to speak.

But for a moment, before Luo Tie could signal, under the gaze of the two, Qiu Hu raised his head and smiled, with a look in his eyes.

"I can."