Wu Ling glanced at the village below the mountain and said, "You should live in the village below, right?"

Yu Dongran nodded, but he was very cautious and did not point out to Wuling which household it was.

Wu Ling said: "My carriage is on the roadside of the mountainside, so I need to go up! Will you go with me and show us the way, or will you wait for me at the entrance of the village?"

Yu Dongran shook the coat on his back and said, "I'm waiting for you at the entrance of the village! Don't play any tricks, although I haven't killed anyone for many years, but the ability to kill people is still there." ”

Wu Ling smiled and said, "Seniors can rest assured. ”

After Dongran left, Wu Ling did not leave in a hurry, because the children around him were watching him.

A child didn't hold back, plucked up the courage to step forward, his eyes were hot, and said, "This big brother, can you touch me with your sword?"

Wu Ling's heart was touched, grinned, and said, "Yes!, but you have to be careful not to hurt yourself." ”

Wu Ling handed the sword to the child horizontally.

The child's eyes when he looked at the princely sword were similar to when he was a child, when he saw that other children had swords. It's just that at that time, in addition to envy, he also had a trace of resentment towards his father.

At that time, he was not even allowed to own a wooden sword, so he could only use the branches to enjoy himself, and he couldn't let his father and mother see the branches to practice swords.

The child wiped his hands on his clothes, and carefully held the sword with both hands.

It's not that I'm afraid that the sword will hurt someone, but I'm afraid that the sword will be broken.

When the other children saw this, they all gathered around and shouted, "Big brother, can you touch it for me?"

Wu Ling smiled: "If you want to touch the sword, line up and come one by one." ”

The children who were originally in a mess lined up in an orderly manner.

Not surprisingly, every child is like the first child, when he holds the sword, his eyes are hot and full of yearning.

The first child said with a hint of loss in envy, "If only I could have a sword!"

Wu Ling rubbed his little head and said, "You already have a wooden sword, it's good." When I was as young as you, I didn't even have a wooden sword, so I could only secretly watch others practice swords to satisfy their hunger. A few days ago, when I was going to go on a long trip, my family gave me a hand. ”

When the child heard this, he felt better and said, "In the future, I will want to have a real sword of my own like you, my big brother." ”

The other children followed suit: "Me too, and I want to be the most powerful swordsman in the world!"

Wu Ling smiled: "Then you have to study and read well." ”

A child did not understand this and asked, "Reading and literacy have nothing to do with swords, right?"

Wu Ling squatted down on the ridge and asked, "Do you have a real sword at home?"

When several people heard this question, they all shook their heads.

If there was a real sword at home, they would have secretly taken it out to enjoy it, so they had never touched a real sword until now.

Wu Ling asked again, "Do you think your father and mother are powerful?"

A child said proudly: "That's natural, my father also hunted a wild boar in the mountains half a month ago." My father also said that the big worm had to hide away when he saw him, and if there were no big worms near Dadong Village now, he would have beaten a big worm to make me a tiger head hat and a tiger skin coat. ”

The other children retorted, "That's your dad bragging." ”

Wu Ling said to the child who said about his father: "Then do you know that your father and mother are so powerful, why don't you have a sword at home?"

The child shook his head and said, "I don't know!"

Wu Ling asked: "In an ordinary blacksmith shop, you can buy a sword for three taels of silver, and the blacksmith will also give you a scabbard." If you want to buy it, everyone can afford it, but why don't you have it at home?"

A child said, "They adults don't want to buy it!"

Wu Ling shook his head and said, "Then do you know how much rice or steamed buns you can buy for three taels of silver?"

Wu Ling knew that these children had not read or read or learned arithmetic, and after asking, he replied: "Three taels of silver, if you buy steamed buns, you can buy thousands." If it's you, do you want steamed buns or swords?"

In Fufeng Town, a brush costs three taels of silver, most people will think it is normal, and they can buy it if they want to, but for remote village areas, three taels of silver requires several acres of grain in exchange for it, and no one dares to spend it at will.

The world is so infuriating sometimes.

Seeing the hesitant look on the child's face, Wu Ling continued: "It's not that your father and mother are reluctant to buy it, but they feel that it is not worth buying, because they want to save money to buy food to support you. Therefore, you should read more books and be literate, and only by reading more books and literacy can you go out of the village, see the outside world, and get in touch with more things. ”

"Think about it, if a peerless sword technique falls next to you, you don't know the words, can you know that it is a peerless sword technique?"

A child smiled: "It seems to be such a reason, a few days ago, I picked up a villain book, and the people in it hugged each other and fought, but it was amazing." I don't know if it's a peerless swordsmanship, but I can have diarrhea that day, and I was in too much of a hurry, and I didn't find a leaf, so I used it to wipe my buttocks. ”

Speaking of this, the child's expression was full of regret, "I knew that I would have taken it to the old master in the village to show it." If it's really a peerless swordsmanship, then wouldn't I miss the opportunity to become a peerless master?"

"Hugging each other and fighting?"

Wu Ling smiled when he heard it, which guy dropped the forbidden book of erotic love?

If you knew that your erotic forbidden book was used to wipe your buttocks, it was estimated that you would be so angry that you would jump to your feet but dare not be angry and dare not breathe, you can only blush.

A child whispered, "But my father and mother don't think they can read and write, so what should I do if I don't go to my master's place to read and write?"

Wu Ling, who was about to speak with his mouth open, stopped abruptly, he hadn't thought about this question yet.

For most families, it would be good to have a little food to save and not worry about natural and man-made disasters in the next year or two, but not so much spare money to hand over to the master, so that the children in the family can go to school and read. Even if there is some spare money at home, many parents do not have the awareness of letting their children read and write, in their world, filling their stomachs is all there is to life, and other things are thankless and thankless.

After all, not every place is like Fufeng Town, where everyone regards reading and writing as a matter of course for eating and drinking.

Wu Ling thought for a moment and said, "The reason why I let you read and write more is so that you can go out of the village and see the outside world. It would be best if you had the opportunity to read and write, and if you didn't have that opportunity, you could learn more and ask more questions on your own. If you can't do either, you can learn a trade, such as being a butcher, being a carpenter, and then going to the city to find a job and stay. ”

A child said: "Big brother, when you say that, do you want to say that let's make more money, and only when we have money can we buy swords?"

Wu Ling shook his head and said, "Yes, not all right!"

Several children looked at Wu Ling with puzzled expressions.

Wu Ling raised his head and said: "Money is something that everyone must learn to earn, after all, it is related to everyone's life, even life and death." I just said that to tell you that there is a big world outside the village. When you grow up, you should find an opportunity to go out of the village, go to a wider horizon, or a larger world, and find your own 'sword', that is, your life goal, instead of staying in one place all your life like a frog at the bottom of a well, feeling that an iron sword is the whole of life. ”

Ever since he knew that there was a wider world beyond the Inverted Hanging Mountain, Wu Ling felt that staying in only one place in his life was a thing full of regrets and even pathos.

If nothing else, these children in front of them have only lived in the vicinity of the village all their lives, and at most they will go to the city when they are free or have something to do.

Wu Ling sighed, there was only this thing he could do now.

Wu Ling stood up and said, "I'm leaving! You must remember that if you want to become a swordsman, hard work is indispensable! And if you want to become a great swordsman, in addition to hard work, you also need to have a chivalrous heart. ”

Wu Ling took a few steps, turned his head and straightened his hand, and then Hengjian made a handsome posture and said, "The great swordsmen of the future, you have to work hard!"