Volume 1 Juvenile Journey 0023 The Boy and the Dragon
When Lin Xiaoyuan shook his head and came back from the Lin family's pharmacy, he felt that his brain was not enough for a while.
The so-called last sentence of Shopkeeper Lin can never be believed. Although Shopkeeper Lin has a lot of golden sentences, he can't bear to repeat them all the time.
Lin Xiaoyuan understands the big truth, whether he can do it is another matter.
And some of the things that Shopkeeper Lin said during this period are too absolute, no one can say the future, maybe he is the accident that is one in a billion?
In Lin Beiguang's words, that is: senior, I don't want to work hard, lack a little brother, let me hug my thighs!
Shopkeeper Lin probably didn't expect that it was not only Lin Beiguang who had a fluke mentality, but even Lin Xiaoyuan, who had always been a good baby, had the yearning to take advantage of his strength, not to mention his unconscious son Lin Rongdong.
As for the honest Lin Tao, he may think silently in his heart, and then calmly say "A gentleman is good at fake things".
In fact, it's not that you can't take shortcuts.
Sometimes it's really cool to take shortcuts.
However, you can't always try to take shortcuts, and it's hard to argue which is more important, the process or the result, but the more you go through the process, the more likely it is that the results will correspond to or exceed expectations.
Where do children understand this?
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How can a teenager be a freshly dressed and angry horse all the time, swallowing a stone and swallowing it in his stomach is something that most people must experience.
Lin Beiguang likes to read novels about immortals and monsters, and this kind of novel is always personal heroism, and the content of the novel can basically be summed up in four words: boy and dragon.
No matter how old they are, men and women are teenagers, and powerful beings who protect or destroy are dragons.
Boy and Dragon, Dragon and Boy.
In a narrow sense, the boy is the protagonist, a fake body into which the reader's personal will is substituted, and the dragon is the real dragon.
In other people's stories, the dragon always bears an evil title, loves beautiful maidens and sparkling jewels.
The beginning of the narrative is always that the evil dragon took away the pure and beautiful maiden.
The process can be roughly summarized as the ordeal of a boy who has seen an uneven road chasing the evil dragon all the way.
When the boy fights the dragon in a decisive battle, and the righteous boy steps on the dragon's corpse and raises his sword, the story finally reaches its climax.
In the end, there is a high probability that the boy will save the princess.
As for whether they will really live happily together in the future, no one dares to guarantee that because of love, there will eventually be chicken feathers all over the ground.
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The most thought-provoking thing is that there seems to be more than one evil dragon.
Every year, a large number of school-age girls grow up.
The warriors are like molds on the production line, updated at any time.
As a result, there are naturally countless versions that have been sung.
For example, several teenagers became angry and refused to be rescued.
What's more, it is the boy who falls in love with the evil dragon and kills each other, and the princess's belonging is no longer important.
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It is worth noting that what if the evil dragon is not evil but good?
What if the boy is an old man?
What if the princess is an ugly monster and even has a fake identity, and she is actually a beggar?
Then the story has a new unfolding, and when others tell it in the future, they must add water words such as "it's a long story".
In short, the boy, the princess, the evil dragon, and the knight who has long been forgotten, casually arranged and combined, is a new story.
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Lin Beiguang once said in a chat with a few of them that the most beautiful story he had heard was that the princess had died, and the boy who slain the dragon was still burning.
You see, it's another story, with the addition of the elements of life and death, the tone immediately changes.
And what we want to discuss next may not be just a story, but the thinking and imagination derived from it.
Today, Shopkeeper Lin used a living example to tell them that most of the teenagers who were determined to slay dragons died on the road.
Those who survived by luck were also unable to meet the princess, and some may have even been domesticated by dragons in captivity.
These are all understood in a narrow sense.
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Loosening your mind a little further, the story of the boy and the dragon might look like this:
The boy learned the art of slaying dragons, but in the end, he searched the world and failed to find a dragon.
So he became a mediocre person in the eyes of the world, doing nothing and wasting his time.
The ending of this story is not satisfactory, and it is naturally difficult to be accepted by the audience and viewers, so it has caused discussion.
Someone reset the ending: before the boy learned the art of dragon slaying, there were no evil dragons in the world, and then there were.
As for whether this dragon became a teenager or was born out of thin air, no one can say for sure.
But one thing is certain, dragons exist because of the existence of teenagers.
Regardless of whether the ending is that the boy kills the dragon or is killed by the dragon, at least the dragon that the boy hopes for can prove that the dragon slaying is true, and the boy proves to the world that what he has learned is true, and he deserves to be needed by the world.
But the question is, he is the only boy who can slay dragons, and there may only be one dragon that comes out later, will he still slay dragons?
The dragon slaying technique has become the dragon wounding technique, and the interests of the individual and the world cannot stand up to consideration in many cases.
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Think a little further ahead.
The boy is the dreamer, and the dragon is the yearning of the dreamer, including children, teenagers, young people, and twilight.
Dream chasers are naturally pursuing the wealth and wealth of powerful high-ranking officials, and from it comes the spring breeze proudly horseshoe light disease, the beauty in the eyes of the country, the wine pool and the meat forest are luxurious and relaxed, and it is not limited to the time and waves to wash the feet, and it is the king of the world who goes out of the west to pass the sun......
Of course, there are also people who pursue a spoonful of food and bean soup, who have all the beauty in the world, who drinks porridge in the morning and watches the sea at night, and who is a confidant who is both a lover and a ......
At this time, the young man was eager to find the dragon.
Young people are eager to start a family, make a career and become famous, young people expect to be different and outstanding, young people expect games to be free from cause and effect, and young people always want to meet their loved ones after the storm......
By this time, the tone of the story changed from high to pathetic.
Dream chasers chase their dreams, and all kinds of attempts on the road, no matter what means they take, they can't change one fact-
Teenagers often have, dragons often have, teenagers catch up with dragons at a certain stage of life are not common, and teenagers can catch up with dragons at all stages of life every time is even rarer in the world.
So, success can happen many times, but no one can succeed forever.
The boy slayed the dragon, slaughtered again and again, and promised that the next time he would die under the dragon's minions.
Or perhaps, the boy died last time.
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Finally, imagine why the dragon can't be a teenager?
Looking back, it is the moral abandonment of the light and the dark-
The saying that the boy who slayed the dragon finally became an evil dragon has been around for a long time, looking at each other with the abyss and sharing the charm of the green mountains.
The boy and the dragon are good and evil, the one who knows his way back and the prodigal son has no regrets, and it is the contest between the innocent heart and the one who would rather hit the south wall and not forget his peace of mind and go with the flow......
Looking up, it is the elders who want to be Jackie Chan -
Although Lin Xiaoyuan's grandmother often told Lin Xiaoyuan, you are who you want to be.
But just talking and not making false tricks, the most important thing is to put it into action, and actions are worth a thousand words.
Otherwise, before the boy could get on the road, he was pierced in the thigh by the sword in his hand, and fell back into the mud, making it difficult to get up again.
Lin Beiguang's mother once accused Lin Beiguang of reading novels every day and not studying, and always counted: "Xiao Beiguang, you have to fight for it, otherwise Lin Xiaoguang will eat mutton soup with his bald head in the future, and you can only smell it on the side." ”
At that time, Lin Beiguang hurriedly waved his hand and said that it was impossible, as long as Lin Honeysuckle had a bowl of mutton soup, the four of them would definitely drink it in turn.
"What if it's a little daughter-in-law?" Lin Beiguang's mother hit the nail on the head.
"Hey, hey, mother, don't say it, I'm really greedy by you, help me get a bowl of mutton soup, I'll eat a bowl of noodles after reading this chapter and go to study!"
Lin Beiguang is not stupid, he is clever, he doesn't want to just drink a few sips of soup, if he wants to do it, he will make a big vote, and when the time comes, the mutton soup or something will be enough for four people.
As for the little daughter-in-law, the twisted melon is not sweet!
Looking inside, it's the youthful spirit of daring to hit the water in the middle and I will walk my way-
For Lin Beiguang, the boy and the dragon are the heroes in the books who are not tired of deceit, no matter what cause and effect he has, it is enough to ensure that he is worthy of his heart and can survive to the end.
Lin Honeysuckle and Lin Tao are much simpler.
Lin Tao is down-to-earth, honestly drawing a soaring dragon in his heart.
Lin Rongdong thinks that no matter when and where, even if it is a dragon, he must be the most shining and dazzling one.
As for the definition and explanation of the boy and the dragon, Lin Xiaoyuan hasn't figured it out yet, because he is still on the way to find the dragon.
Looking back, it's a light that has read all the sails-
Shopkeeper Lin has always had a name, Lin Dalong.
At the pawnshop, the old man with white hair and hair who didn't know how long he had lived told him that let him seize the opportunity, whether it was a dragon or a worm depended on his personal efforts.
Later, Lin Dalong seized the opportunity, but in the end he came back disappointed.
Did the boy slay a dragon?
No one knows, the villagers only remember that Lin Dalong finally returned covered in blood and seriously injured.
Later, there was only one Lin shopkeeper left in Linjiazhuang, and Lin Dalong had not been mentioned by others for a long time.
As for why so few people called it that later, it was probably because Lin Dalong didn't feel that he was a dragon because he had more strength than mortals.
For so many years, a certain piece of his soul is still curled up in the dark corner of his original family, unable to get out.
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As for the unlikely dragon being a princess, a knight, or even a crowd, the main line of the story can fly out of the sky.
Then again, boy and dragon, is the gap between this so difficult to cross?
Zhao Dalong was only a little more than seven years young, and he reached the strength of the sect through hard cultivation, and there was no help from any power sect.
His ability to reach such heights on his own is inseparable from his efforts.
But in the end, did Lin Dalong become a dragon?
Apparently not, at least he didn't become the dragon he wanted to be in the first place.
Although Shopkeeper Lin now has a wife and children, and his life is very nourishing, when he occasionally thinks about the sky, he must still remember the extraordinary immortal atmosphere.
He must still be thinking about the curiosity of his youth, and a small half of his heart is lost on the back of the stars, and it can't be found.
Do you say he regrets it?
Why did you speak up in the first place, and finally get into trouble for no reason?
It's a pity that regret at this time doesn't help.
With the strength of the good wind, Lin Dalong did not encounter great luck that year, but encountered a water reversal.
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The shopkeeper Lin, who failed to turn into a dragon last time, naturally hoped that Lin Rongdong, Lin Xiaoyuan, Lin Beiguang and Lin Tao would become a dragon.
That's why Shopkeeper Lin will warn the four teenagers to be less lucky, think clearly about which dragon they want to become, and make it clear what price they have to pay on the way to pursue the dragon and how to minimize the cost to avoid risks.
Shopkeeper Lin understands that Lin Beiguang likes to be weird, has a radical personality but does not lose measure, and has a lot of ghost ideas. So he didn't want Lin Beiguang to take too many shortcuts, because the sense of proportion was easy to keep and difficult to keep.
Shopkeeper Lin knows very well that Lin Xiaoyuan has a hidden edge inside, and he is usually well-behaved, but his heart is cold and ruthless. That's why he let Lin Rendong get closer to Lin Xiaoyuan, because he can trust his son's conduct, and he is as righteous and unruly as his old son.
Shopkeeper Lin knows that his son Lin Rongdong is more self-disciplined and has a too flamboyant personality. It is not a good thing to be sharp after all, it is easy to break if it is too rigid. And Lin Xiaoyuan is meticulous and introverted, if he walks with Lin Honeysuckle, he is invincible like a heavy sword without a blade.
As for Lin Tao's temperament, he has no shortcomings, he seems to be ordinary but he is actually tough in his heart, but this is the kind of person who can go a long way.
Although the shopkeeper Lin is always happy on weekdays, no matter when he sees him, he is very lazy and easy-going, but if he doesn't have two brushes, how can he spend life and death in just seven or eight years, and his cultivation is also ahead of his peers?
Therefore, Shopkeeper Lin could clearly see Lin Xiaoyuan's thoughts, but he didn't pierce it, because he knew that the flawed jade was still a beautiful jade, and no matter how perfect the waste stone was, it could only be a waste stone.
When he saw Lin Xiaoyuan at the beginning, he knew that this child would be different in the future.
This is why Shopkeeper Lin helped Lin Xiaoyuan so much, because he saw his past self from Lin Xiaoyuan.
When his mother died young, his alcoholic father would dig up his mother's grave to blackmail him into stealing and pawning items to exchange money for wine.
Life is wrong, death is not affordable, this is a common disease of many poor families.
There is no medicine for medicine, only self-help.
Lin Dalong never considered himself a good person.
After he returned to his hometown, he obviously had enough strength for his father to eat and drink, but he didn't.
He just smoked and drank with his father, and watched him die drunk in his favorite vat.
But he would never consider himself a completely bad person.
The young man's spirit is not worth gold and silver, he can't win his reputation, and he can't beat him.
It took him seven years to wash away his poverty, but when he arrived at the Xianmen Dao Sect, he found that the sour smell was not all emanating from him.
Therefore, in this world, evil dragons are not evil, and there are many young people.
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Shopkeeper Lin said goodbye to Lin Xiaoyuan and a few others, and lay lazily on the rattan chair, his eyes narrowed slightly, enjoying his son's massage.
What if it's a dragon or a worm?
There are certainly regrets.
To say regret?
That's not all.
The middle-aged pharmacy shopkeeper who used to be named Lin Dalong touched the wound on his ear, looked up at the bald son who was rubbing his shoulders in a daze and his daughter-in-law who was busy distributing medicine, and then glanced at the two green vines above and a few piles of medicine residues in the distance, and laughed.
In the honest and kind, you can vaguely see the flying youthful heroism.
Who could be happier than him?
The slanting twilight fell on his general's belly.
Young man, the road ahead is stormy, remember to hold the boat steady!