There is a small fishing village in a mountain col surrounded by mountains on three sides on the southeast coast of Yuancang Kingdom, adjacent to the sea and backed by mountains.

There are only about 30 households in this small village, and they rely on the mountains to eat the mountains and the sea. The nearest small county town also has to walk a hundred miles of mountain roads first, and it is a day's journey west along the Shunan Post Road.

In the middle of summer, on Lingxu Mountain, near the coast, the young Liu Wenchuan walked on the path on the mountainside, just walked out of the Taoist temple, carrying a large bamboo basket behind him, and a pair of bright eyes were looking for herbs in the mountains.

He is a family in this small village at the foot of the mountain, a person with a single family.

The name Liu Wenchuan was given by the old Taoist priest in the Taoist temple on the mountain. It sounds very elegant, but in the small village, he is an orphan who grew up eating hundreds of meals.

Although he is an orphan, Liu Wenchuan has a beautiful face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, although he is not brilliant, but at the age of fifteen or sixteen, he is also a good young man.

According to a neighbor, Old Man Yu, his father and mother were killed while fishing and never returned.

At that time, he seemed to be so old, the old man raised his hand and gestured for a long time, and he couldn't remember how old he was.

Later, whoever had a stutter would take it back and raise it for a few days, and he would be mixed up like a stray dog until he was ten years old. After that, he began to support himself, and he lived in the village until he was sixteen years old.

Behind him, there were four people living in the Lingxu Temple on the Lingxu Mountain.

An old Taoist priest who claims to be a true person, has a rosacea nose and small eyes, and loves to drink; A one-armed old man who sweeps the floor with a broom every day can sleep all morning with his back against the jujube tree in the yard.

A young Taoist priest who is idle all day long, he goes to peek at Wang Xiaoya, a young girl from the widow's house in the west of the village; A diligent and studious little Taoist priest who seems to be a rich man's brother, always glared at him with unkind eyes, and seemed to be very unkind to see him go to watch and eat and drink.

There is no way, the people in the village pick some herbs in the mountains, and they can barely survive by fishing in the sea to fill their stomachs, and no one is rich.

The young Liu Wenchuan also relied on helping to pick up fish on the beach, and picked some medicine on the mountain for a bite to eat. Most of the time, I have to go to the mountains to eat and drink with the four people of the old Taoist.

The old Taoist priest is kind and kind-eyed, and he is more like a teacher every day, Liu Wenchuan knows in his heart that this old Taoist priest is still kind to him.

Sixteen-year-old Liu Wenchuan has made great efforts in mountaineering and pulling boats over the years. How can the children of other families be so young and willing to do such heavy work, that is, he has no way.

In the words of Lao Yutou: "When people live, filling their stomachs is the first thing, and only when they suffer hardship can they become a master." ”

Today on the mountain, something happened that made Liu Wenchuan very happy. In the morning, he drank a bowl of gruel and was about to go to the beach to help Uncle Xu in the village pick up fish, but was stopped by the young Taoist elder brother Chengqi who came down from the mountain.

It was said that the old Taoist priest told him to go up the mountain, and he had something important to say to him.

Then this Chengqi, who had always asked him to call him Senior Brother, raised his eyebrows and asked with a smile: "Did you see my daughter-in-law today?" ”

Liu Wenchuan rolled his eyes, "Who is your daughter-in-law?" ”

Aunt Wang didn't tear your mouth when she heard it, chased you to the mountain and scolded you all afternoon, and you forgot it? But he shook his head and said, "I didn't see it." ”

Chengqi jumped to the west by himself, and muttered in his mouth, he couldn't see it for three days, and he panicked, daughter-in-law, I'm coming...

Liu Wenchuan came to the mountain, and it was already an hour later, so he specially went around in a big circle and picked some herbs in several familiar places. In this big mountain, he has long been familiar with the old man Yu, and he can walk out with his eyes closed.

When he arrived at the door, the eunuch who was sweeping the floor was leaning on the side of the jujube tree and was napping, and seemed to hear his footsteps. When he opened his eyes, he saw that his face was covered with sweat, and brought a bowl of water over.

Although the eunuch usually doesn't talk much and is often lazy, the yard will be cleaned every day.

I heard that he used to be a martial arts master, but after learning kung fu with the eunuch for five years, he and the little Taoist priest of the Taoist temple were still just walking on the horse, with their left fists and right fists over and over again.

Well, it seems that this eunuch is also a street performer.

After drinking a bowl of water, Liu Wenchuan thanked him, entered the house, and saw the old Taoist priest preaching to the little Taoist priest named Qi Yu. He didn't say anything, just stood in the doorway.

When the old Taoist priest saw him come in, he motioned for him to sit on the futon inside and listen together.

Over the years, Liu Wenchuan has really learned a lot of things by reading and writing here. The old Taoist priest would give him a few books to read if he had nothing to do, and let him ask if he didn't understand something.

He studied and scrutinized each book word by word, and he never had too much truth, and he would keep in mind what he didn't understand, and he really humbly asked for advice.

Because the neighbor Old Man Yu told him when he was very young that the children of poor families should be in charge of the family early, and they should learn more while they are young.

After the old Taoist finished speaking, the young Taoist priest named Qi Yu stood up and walked outside. When he passed by Liu Wenchuan's side, he squinted his eyes and glanced at him coldly, but did not speak.

Liu Wenchuan had long been surprised by this, and he was not angry, and he would not lose a piece of meat if he was looked at more, and nodded to the other party, and the little Taoist priest had already left.

"Wenchuan, do you know what day it is?"

Liu Wenchuan raised his head and looked at the old Taoist priest with a goatee and a rosacea nose, thought about it and shook his head. Lao Dao smiled and said: "Today is your sixteenth birthday, don't you remember?" ”

Sixteenth birthday?

Liu Wenchuan was stunned for a moment, and his eyes were mostly confused and sad. After a little calculation in his heart, isn't it already his sixteenth birthday, but since he can remember, he has never seen his father and mother, and no one has really helped him remember.

As if sensing his sadness, the old Taoist priest smiled kindly and reached out to stroke his head.

sighed: "I was by my side when you were born. You little guy has a tiger's brain, and when you came to this world, you stared around with wide eyes... In the blink of an eye, sixteen years. It's fast! That's fast! ”

Liu Wenchuan didn't know what to say, so he sat on the futon and listened to the old Taoist priest's emotion.

He really wanted to ask if I was more like my dad or more like my mom.

"Wenchuan, do you know why I gave you this name?"

The boy blinked, then shook his head again. Today's old Taoist priest seems to talk a lot, but the young man is not surprised, because the four people in this Taoist temple are very strange.

The old Taoist priest explained: "The longitude and latitude of heaven and earth are written, the moral erudition is written, the diligent study is inquisitive, the benevolence and love of the people are written, the people are favored and the gifts are spoken, and the title of Ximin is spoken." Your essay can be inclusive of all rivers without being complicated. Another example is the Sichuan character, which is for three parallel truths. Running through the flowing water, it is for the river. In the words of our Taoists, Wenchuan is your Tao. ”

Wenchuan is my way!

Liu Wenchuan silently repeated it in his heart, keeping this sentence firmly in his heart, and nodded heavily at the old Taoist.

Although he didn't know the origin of the name very well, he had heard so much from the old Taoist priest, and it was obvious that he really put his heart into naming himself in the first place.

Today's old Taoist is so amiable no matter how you look at it.

The old Taoist priest didn't care whether Liu Wenchuan really understood or was ignorant. Still smiling and nodding, he walked back to the front and sat on the futon.

"Since I have listened to the Tao in the meditation for so many years. Today is also your sixteenth birthday, so let's make good things happen in pairs, and worship my disciple to be a registered disciple, how about it? ”

Apprentice? Liu Wenchuan finally knew what the important thing that Senior Brother Chengqi said was.

Over the years, he has often been in and out of Taoist temples, in fact, he is very envious of the little Taoist priest who looks at him unpleasantly, because he has the discipline of the master and the care of the senior brother. To be able to become a disciple of the old Taoist, of course he is a hundred willing in his heart!

Without waiting for the old Taoist priest to finish speaking, he directly turned his head at the old Taoist is three rings, raised his head and shouted excitedly: "Master! ”

And then it was Dangdang Dang... Six ringheads.

The old Taoist priest sat on the futon, smiling and accepting it calmly.

The heavens will descend on the people, and they must first suffer their minds, strain their muscles and bones, starve their bodies and skins, empty their bodies, and act chaotically.

All the way to the entrance of the village, Liu Wenchuan was still immersed in the joy of becoming a registered disciple of the old Taoist priest and couldn't extricate himself. He is finally no longer alone, he has a master, a eunuch who taught him martial arts, and two senior brothers.

Does that mean that you have a family now? Liu Wenchuan's face was smiling happily, and his steps seemed to be much lighter than before.

"Little junior brother, hurry, help me block it, your Aunt Wang is 'letting the dog' again!"

A black shadow flew away beside him, waking Liu Wenchuan up from joy. Looking back, it was Senior Brother Chengqi who was running towards the woods in embarrassment.

"Senior brother, slow down!" Liu Wenchuan called out that the senior brother was not so shy and not so nervous.

As for the sentence 'let go of the dog' in Chengqi's mouth, he expressed his helplessness, and when he turned his head, it was a benevolent brother who chased after him frantically.

"The calf's nose is a thousand cuts. If I don't hit your bull's nose crooked today, I won't call the first stick in Shu! ”

This sturdy man rushed over with a meteor in stride, and a hideous scar on his left eye made him unable to open his left eye, and I don't know if he was really blind, or if he also stitched his eye when the wound was stitched. It's scary to watch!

However, Liu Wenchuan was never afraid, because this iron rod brother who insisted that he was not allowed to call his uncle when he was a child, but he was the best person in the village, and he usually helped him the most.

Of course, he doesn't care what others think of this idle iron rod, he only knows that he must be good to himself.

"Xiao Chuanzi, you get out of the way for me. If you dare to stop me, I'll even beat you up!" Whoever has suffered a thousand knives dares to peek at my daughter-in-law taking a bath, I have to gouge out his eyeballs to feed the fish! ”

Of course, Liu Wenchuan, who couldn't cry or laugh, really dared to stand in the way like this, Brother Tie was like a cow, could he stop it? smiled helplessly at the iron rod and let go of his body, this eternal scene has been staged countless times on the street of the small village.

In the past, Liu Wenchuan stood in his yard and watched this scene, and every time Chengqi ran by this side, he would shout at him that unchanging sentence. I guess someone will come again in a while.

"Iron Bachelor, if you dare to talk nonsense again, I will chop your iron rod from my mother! With your appearance, you don't pee to take care of yourself, and you still want to be a lady, so sharpen your iron rod first. Stinky and shameless things, you are all a raccoon dog! ”

This beautiful woman with her hands pinching her waist and wearing a floral skirt is the widow of the king in the west of the village, who looks like she is in her thirties, her pink face is a little ruddy eroded by the sea, and her mature femininity is fully displayed.

There is a Wang Xiaoya who is two years older than Liu Wenchuan in the widow's house, and the girl who came out is eighteen years old. ”

In order to avoid being affected by the pond fish, Liu Wenchuan hurriedly retreated to his yard.

The iron rod was not chasing the young Taoist priest Chengqi, and he was scolded by the widow Wang and squatted on the ground without saying a word, maybe he really didn't know how to refute it. But looking at his face, there was no grievance, and he smirked, as if it was a very happy thing for him to be scolded like this.

The courtyard on the left side of Liu Wenchuan's house is Old Man Yu, and the courtyard on the right is a man in his forties, also a single person, with a lame left leg, who is smoking a cigarette pouch in the yard at this time.

The widow of the king, who was trembling with her round chest pinching her waist, seemed to be angry at the stuffy gourd of the iron rod. glanced at the man in the courtyard next to him, and scolded:

"Cripple Zhao, don't think I don't know, you also saw that the old lady hasn't been a year or two. Don't throw fish in our yard in the future, if you have a fart, you can just let it go, and if you have a lame leg, it will make you cowardly. A man without eggs! ”

Zhao Cripple suddenly suffered an unwarranted disaster, and coughed with smoke for a while. The already black and red face is even more red and black.

Standing up, the urn said angrily: "I'm tired of eating fish, then I'll send you some sea vegetables tomorrow." ”

"Get out!" Widow Wang was angry in her heart, glared at Zhao Cripple fiercely, turned around and left.

Liu Wenchuan and Old Man Yu are very happy about this, and in the small village, all kinds of parents are staged every day, crying, making trouble and laughing.

This feels extremely warm for Liu Wenchuan, because everyone is not overwhelmed by life.

Even though they are poor, they are all happy.

Here, the widow left angrily, and Senior Brother Chengqi smiled and popped his head out of the roof, mocking the blind iron rod and the lame old Zhao.

"Hey, I said Lao Tie, Lao Zhao. Which of you is the only one to do? After so many years, a woman can't handle it, who of you two can become my father-in-law in the future? I can make it clear in advance, if you can't beat me, don't expect me to give him a pension in the future. ”

Zhao lame smacked the cigarette pouch, glanced at Chengqi with a sneer, didn't bother to take care of it at all, got up and walked towards his house leisurely.

Iron Bar tilted his head and glanced at it with one of his eyes, and raised a middle finger.

"There's someone out there, let's go do your work first."

"Huh? Why am I again? Makoto immediately reluctant.

The iron rod sneered, and the middle finger turned into a little thumb, "Because you're the best!" ”

Yes, this sentence was speechless.

Makoto jumped off the house with his head on his head. With a whim, he looked at Liu Wenchuan beside him, and said with a smile: "Why don't I take my little junior brother to go through the experience?" ”

Tie Rod's face suddenly turned cold, and Chengqi hurriedly explained: "It's a matter of time and evening, I, I'm just warming him up in advance." ”

These words obviously didn't work very well, and Iron Rod's cold face showed a touch of fierceness. Chengqi seemed to be firm in his thoughts, and some of the outsiders straightened their chests, "Big deal, you, you press me in the back." ”

Liu Wenchuan listened to the clouds, and he didn't know what Senior Brother Chengqi's task was, and which one of Uncle Iron Rod's cold faces was singing?