Late at night, Ah Xing lay on the bed, opened his eyes, through the moonlight shining in from the window, he could vaguely see the blackened roof overhead, the years have changed, the original yellow and dry thatch has become black due to the erosion of rain, and when it rains, there will be water droplets from the roof from time to time.

There was a faint musty smell in his nose, it was late at night, but Ah Xing couldn't sleep.

There was a burst of snoring in his ears, and he didn't need to look at Ah Xing to know that the mattress under the second brother must have become wet.

Retracting his gaze from the roof, Ah Xing turned his gaze to the mud wall not far away, although it was late at night, he could still see the twisted and winding half-foot-long slit on the wall, and heard his father say that this dilapidated thatched house had accompanied his family for three generations, inherited from his grandfather.

Ah Xing was the third in the family, and he was not born when his grandfather died, so he could only vaguely learn from the elders that he was a good-natured old man, and he had never blushed with anyone once in his life.

Listening to Lao Li Tou at the head of the village, when his grandfather died, the village was very lively, and almost all adults and children came to help, and it was with the help of many neighbors in the village that Ah Xing's grandfather was successfully buried.

Rubbing his sour and swollen eyes, listening to the sound of his father's smoking and his mother's small talking from the yellow mud wall, Ah Xing gradually closed his eyes in the second brother's snoring.

Tomorrow I want to go into the mountains to chop wood, my sister likes to eat goat's milk fruit the most, the goat's milk fruit should be ripe at this season, and I can help her bring a little firewood tomorrow.

Thinking like this in his heart, Ah Xing gradually fell asleep.

Ah Xing's full name is Zhou Xingyu, this name was taken with the help of Lao Li Tou at the head of the village, Zhou's father is an honest farmer, but he can't think of such a nice name.

As the only two cultural people in the village, Lao Li Tou used to be a scholar for a while in the town when he was young, and he had read some articles.

As for another cultural person in the village, it is Ah Xing's grandfather, but unfortunately his father did not inherit his grandfather's cultural genes.

For the name Zhou Xingyu, Ah Xing likes it quite a lot, so he pestered Lao Li a lot when he was a child, just to learn how to write his name from him.

Ah Xing once heard Lao Li Tou say that every star in the sky represents a god, and if the stars dim and disappear from the night sky one day, it means that the god has fallen.

It is rumored that in the ancient sky, there were tens of thousands of big stars in the sky, and now there is no one in ten. In this side of the sky, only eight big stars can be seen, and as he spoke, he pointed to the brightest stars in the sky to show Ah Xing.

Ah Xing didn't know what a god was, but he especially liked clear nights, because at that time, even if it was late at night, there was still starlight shining to guide him in the direction of progress, and with light, he felt a sense of security in his heart.

In the night when the stars are full of stars, Ah Xing also thought that if the stars represent the gods, then they must be very kind, and they have been guarding the night sky of this world for a long time.

Wouldn't it be nice to be able to see these stars up close......

When he was a child, Zhou Xingyu always had a dream in his heart, he wanted to go to the outside world to see, to see what kind of prosperous situation the outside world was, and to see the gods and stars in Lao Litou's mouth.

Of course, he has never told anyone about this dream, otherwise he will definitely be laughed at by the villagers in the village, after all, a child who has not grown all his hair should not stay at home and play honestly, or run around the mountains?

Although the mountain village is small, it is the only home of our ancestors, born and raised in Si, and finally buried in this land, which is just a palm-sized village to outsiders, but to most people in the village it is their whole world.

However, all this is far from enough for Zhou Xingyu.

Before dawn the next day, Zhou Xingyu went out with a rope and a firewood knife, and when he came back, it was already in the sky, and the hemp rope on his shoulder had been strangled into the flesh, and he didn't need to look at Zhou Xingyu to know that his shoulder must have turned red and oozing blood, but Zhou Xingyu didn't care about all this, which half-old child in the village didn't come over like this?

"Sister, see what I brought you?" Putting the firewood away, Zhou Xingyu walked to the little girl who was concentrating on turning the grains on the side and said.

Zhou Xingyu's family has a total of six people, Zhou's father and Zhou's mother, eldest brother, second brother and a little sister. He is the third in the family, just ten years old this year, there are many children, the output in the field is so little, the Zhou family basically can't eat a few full meals all year round, for Zhou's father and Zhou's mother, feeding the four children has done their best, the whole family has been hovering on the food and clothing line, but at least they can live, this is the best year.

"It's goat's milk fruit, third brother, you're so good!" Looking at the things in Zhou Xingyu's hand, the little sister instantly put down the farm tools in her hand, and her little face was full of surprise.

"Woooooooooo Looking at the little sister whose mouth was stuffed with things, Zhou Xingyu had a smile on her face.

"You eat slowly, the weather is good this year, and that fruit tree has grown a lot of fruit, brother will pick some more for you tomorrow." Although he is only ten years old, for the people in the village, this grade is already a little adult in the family, Zhou Xingyu is already earlier than the average child in the village, and his mind is more mature than ordinary children, and he knows how to reduce the burden on the family at a very young age.

"Uh-huh, thank you, third brother, you can eat one too."

"You can eat, my brother has already eaten."

Looking at the painful expression on the little sister's face, Zhou Xingyu still didn't bear the fruit in her hand after all.

went to the shed next to him to take a sip of water, and Zhou Xingyu asked, "Little sister, where are Daddy and Grandma?" ”

"Uncle Song is here today, and Daddy and Grandma are talking to him?"

Uncle Song is here? Zhou Xingyu's face instantly showed a happy expression, only to feel that all the tiredness on his body was gone, and he was instantly full of motivation.

Uncle Song's full name, Zhou Xingyu is not clear, and he has not heard Daddy and Grandma say it. But I heard Daddy say that Uncle Song met the Zhou family because of his grandfather, when his grandfather was still alive, Uncle Song basically had to come to the house once a month, of course, he didn't forget to bring some gifts and food, every time at this time, it was like the New Year for the Zhou brothers.

Zhou Xingyu once heard his eldest brother say that once when Uncle Song came to see his grandfather, he brought a box of something called peach cake, and the taste was amazing.

Zhou Xingyu didn't know what the peach crisp was, but vaguely remembered that the eldest brother's face was full of intoxication at that time, and he even swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva after reacting.

I think it should be really delicious, but unfortunately after the death of my grandfather, Uncle Song is very rare, almost once a year, and the last time I came, I still introduced my eldest brother to the city to learn the craft.

Since the eldest brother was introduced by Uncle Song to the city to learn the craft, he will send twenty or thirty copper coins home every month, which has greatly improved the life of the Zhou family, so whether it is Zhou's father and Zhou's mother, or Zhou Xingyu's juniors, they are full of good feelings for this Uncle Song, and when they heard that Uncle Song was coming, although they didn't understand why he came over before the end of this year, Zhou Xingyu's heart was still full of surprises.

At the beginning of this year, Uncle Song came to Zhou's house for a day, but he told the Zhou family about the infinite scenery of the world outside the village, and Zhou Xingyu still remembers it clearly.

"Hey, I don't know how long Uncle Song will stay this time? It's best to stay longer. Zhou Xingyu was looking forward to it.

For this reason, Zhou Xingyu washed his face and specially changed into the old clothes that he could no longer wear sent by his eldest brother at the beginning of the year.

When he saw Uncle Song again, Zhou Xingyu respectfully saluted the other party, and then stood obediently behind his parents.

He secretly looked at Uncle Song, who was chatting with his parents opposite, and saw that he had changed into a new black and yellow satin dress, slightly rich, and in better spirits than the last time they met.

Zhou Xingyu stood aside, didn't speak, just listened quietly, although he was still young, he still roughly understood the topic discussed by Uncle Song and his parents.

It turned out that Uncle Song used to help a miscellaneous disciple of a sect called Zhixuanmen, and over the years, he made a lot of contributions to the birth and death of the sect.

Uncle Song came here this time because the sect recruits disciples, and the outer disciples can recommend a child under the age of ten to participate in the selection according to the convention, Uncle Song is single and has no relatives, so he naturally thought of the Zhou family who was good with him, Zhou Xingyu is just ten years old this year, and he meets the selection conditions of the Xuanmen, so he wants Zhou Xingyu to participate in this selection.

Of course, although he has good intentions, whether or not to let Zhou Xingyu participate depends on the choice of Zhou's father and Zhou's mother.

As soon as Zhou's father and Zhou's mother heard that they were going to participate in the Jianghu sect, they couldn't help but hesitate, although they didn't have much knowledge, but they had heard Zhou Xingyu's grandfather talk about the dangers of the rivers and lakes, although their family's life was not rich, but they could barely make ends meet, and it was not to the point where they had to let their children go out to eat. It's just that thinking of the benefits of joining the gang that Uncle Song said, it is inevitably a little difficult to give up.

"Big brother and sister-in-law, let's do it, after all, this is related to the future of Xingyu, the child, since you can't make up your mind, we might as well listen to the child's thoughts." Xu saw the hesitation of Zhou's father and Zhou's mother, and Uncle Song spoke.

"Hey, let my brother laugh, I really can't make up my mind." Father Zhou smiled helplessly, turned to Zhou Xingyu and said, "Ah Xing, your Uncle Song wants you to participate in the selection of the Xuanmen, I don't know if you are willing." The rivers and lakes are sinister, although Daddy has not seen it, but he has also heard your grandfather and Uncle Song say it, if you don't want to, just say it. However, this opportunity is very rare, and your Uncle Song also wasted a lot of effort to get it. Are you willing to participate in the selection, your grandma and I still want to hear your opinion. ”

Hearing Daddy's words, Zhou Xingyu's heart shook for a while, he looked at his parents, and then at Uncle Song, on one side was the familiar and warm family and village, and the other was the unknown world outside, even if he was earlier than ordinary children, even if he wanted to see the outside world in his heart, he couldn't help but hesitate at this time.

Halfway through.

Bang bang bang!

Zhou Xingyu knelt down in front of Zhou's father and Zhou's mother, snorted his head three times, his eyes were slightly red, and then said firmly: "Daddy and Grandma, I want to see the outside world, I want to participate in the selection of the Xuanmen!" ”

Zhou's father closed his eyes in pain, and Zhou's mother whimpered quietly.

Finally, he opened his eyes and said to Uncle Song: "Since Ah Xing is willing to participate in the selection of the Xuanmen, we respect his opinion, and Ah Xing will ask you in the future, brother." ”

After saying that, Zhou's father and Zhou's mother bowed deeply to each other, Zhou Xingyu looked at his father fixedly, since he was sensible, he had never seen Zhou's father's body so humble. The figure who seemed to be unable to be crushed no matter how much pressure he put down his life's dignity for his children at this time, just to beg the other party to treat his children well.