As the night deepened, insects chirped, and birds and beasts rested.

Everything was naturally dreamlike.

Anyuan Town, Luoyang City, Xichuan, is close to the deep mountains, with many ravines and steep mountains.

There were one squat after another, row upon row and in good order, and it was late, most of the houses were dark, except for one room which was conspicuous by candlelight.

"Liyan, why did you have a dispute with the Zhang family boy in the school today?" The speaker looks like he is in his thirties, with beautiful eyebrows, but he has a kind of majesty. He sat at the table, the candlelight flickering on and off, just like his face, and he didn't know what was going on.

Standing in front of him was a half-aged child of about eight or nine years old, with bright eyes, a tall figure, a clean face, and a look of gentleness and unassuming. It is the age when children cry and cry naughtily, but there is not the slightest squeamishness on his face.

It is obvious that Zhang Cang deceived people too much, and he had to humiliate Zhou Ze, saying that Zhou Ze did not learn and had no skills, and only did insulting things all day long. Such remarks should be beaten, and if I am scolded for this matter today, it will be my own free will. The seven or eight-year-old child, with a firm voice, said word by word.

"Bastard!" the young man slammed the table, got up from his chair with a thud, and picked up the solid stick in the corner.

"How did I teach you since I was a child? Be generous to people and tolerate everything! That Zhou Ze only knew how to dance with guns and swords all day long, and if he didn't read the four books or the scriptures, he just didn't learn and didn't know how to do it! How could he mess with such a person all day long?" The young man was very emotional, and he was already tall and stood in front of the child, and he looked even more majestic.

"Yes...... Besides, weren't you also a person who practiced qi and martial arts back then? Otherwise, the sword at your bedside ...... "A child is a child after all, no matter how sensible and mature he is, he is very afraid of his father."

"That's enough! You just need to read the scriptures by heart, and then gain fame in the future, and as for the rest! Don't think about it again!, I am still in this world, and you will not want to have anything to do with the disgrace of these playthings!" the young man was furious, and roared loudly at the child.

The child's tears instantly welled up in his eyes, and after a long time, he choked up and spoke

"Got it, father. ”

The young man froze, watched the child stop his tears, and turned to the grass.

The child hid in the grass and sobbed quietly, and the young man put the stick back in the corner and sat back.

After a while, he shook his head with a wry smile, blew out the candle, and turned to collapse. Listening to the child's choked voice gradually weakened, the child is a child after all, and no matter how much he is wronged, he will always fall asleep after being tired.

But there are always people who can't sleep.

Nothing was said all night.

The sky was bright, and the rooster crowed. The child also opened his eyes, got up on the couch, and looked at the breakfast prepared by his father on the table, simple but warm.

The boy washed up silently, ate breakfast, picked up the book in the study, looked at his father who was sitting quietly, and whispered, "Father, remember to eat breakfast." And he went out.

The young man did not speak, and when the boy came out of the room, he let out a long sigh and began to eat the half of the breakfast that was left on the table.

When the boy walked out of the door, he did not go straight to the school, but walked around to a dilapidated thatched hut.

The outside of the grass house was dilapidated but not messy, and it could be seen that the owner of the room also paid great attention to cleaning on weekdays, and the boy pushed open the heavy wooden door, making a "creaking" sound.

The wooden door is seriously worn, and the sound is naturally not small, but compared with the "bang" sound in the small courtyard, it is still a small thing.

In the small courtyard, he was also a child about the same age as a boy, and his body was so thin that it was unbearable, but at this time he was holding a rough spear made by himself in his hand, saying that it was a spear, but in fact it was just a wooden stick, and there was no gun tassel, and the head of the gun was only roughly polished. Even so, the boy danced the spear with his heart, and from time to time there was a muffled sound of the spear's tip. It can be seen that the boy's dancing "spear" is laborious and undisciplined, but the light reflected in his eyes is unusually sharp.

"Don't practice Zhou Ze, I'm here!Come and eat something, or I'll be late for the school in a while!" the boy said with a smile as he took out the unfinished egg and two warm membranes from his arms.

The boy named Zhou Ze, when he saw the boy, a smile appeared on his cold face, put down the "spear" in his hand, pulled the boy into the house and sat down, looked at the breakfast he took out, and smiled sheepishly

"Li Liyan, you came to bring me breakfast a few days ago, are you hungry for the wild fruits I picked in the mountains yesterday?"

If Zhou Ze and Li Liyan's classmates in the school saw Zhou Ze's appearance, they would be so shocked that they couldn't speak. Is this still Zhou Ze, who is usually silent and paralyzed?

Zhou Ze came to Los Angeles alone when her mother was pregnant with him. He didn't know who his father was, and of course his father never appeared in his life.

This is shameful in Da Zhou, and everyone thinks that this is because her mother does not abide by women's morals, saying that the child in her womb is a wild seed. At that time, Zhou Ze's mother was seven or eight months pregnant, and there was no place to stay in Los Angeles, so Zhou Ze's mother took him to Anyuan.

It's hard to imagine how a woman who is seven or eight months pregnant can get here.

This also led to the fact that when she came to Anyuan after going through danger, Zhou Ze's mother was already very weak, and her health was getting worse.

Although Anyuan is located within the scope of Luoyang City, but from Luoyang City to Anyuan, to climb dangerous mountains, cross rapids, which also leads to the small town of Anyang, perennial and closed to the outside world, only the New Year will select a few prime-aged men in the town to go to the city to buy New Year's goods. Everything must be self-sufficient, Anyuan people are becoming more and more united, and the folk customs are becoming more and more simple.

With everyone's help, Zhou Ze was born smoothly, but his mother did not save her life. Anyuan people uphold the kindness in their hearts, and everyone takes turns to take care of Zhou Ze, and Zhou Ze grew up eating hundreds of meals like this.

Although the people of Anyang are kind, how can an eight- or nine-and-a-half-year-old child understand Zhou Ze's suffering, coupled with Zhou Ze's silent and cold character, Zhou Ze's popularity is extremely poor.

Among them, the child named Zhang Cang is the leader, this child named Zhang Cang is a few years older than the friends who go to school together, and in the world of children, an older child is usually a small head. The body is strong, and he learned a few tricks of kung fu with his family. Every time Zhou Ze was made fun of, he had to fight with Zhang Cang and others.

The results can be imagined.

The first time Li Liyan met Zhou Ze was when Zhang Cang took a few friends to block Zhou Shen in the back mountain and use his fists and kicks.

He was the first person to stand up and speak for Zhou Ze, and he was also the first to be beaten with Zhou Ze.

This was the case yesterday, of course, every time there was a fight, Li Liyan's father would not help him out, but would be reprimanded. Even so, Li Liyan will stand up every time and be beaten with Zhou Ze......

"Are you done eating, let's go!" Watching Zhou Ze eat breakfast like a whirlwind, Li Liyan couldn't help laughing.

Zhou Ze chewed in his mouth, and said vaguely: "Liyan, I really don't understand what you have in your head, it's the first time I've seen you like you, who can obviously beat others, but you want to be beaten." Although Mr. also praises you every day for your amazing literary brilliance and high understanding. But if you practice martial arts, you will definitely have a great future! Others don't know, but I know, you can play with a sword......

Without waiting for Zhou Ze to finish speaking, Li Liyan hurriedly interrupted, "I don't know how to use a sword!" Seeing that Zhou Ze closed his mouth, but still had a teasing expression, Li Liyan muttered in a low voice, "If my father knows about this, he must kill me." ”

"Let's go, let's go, I don't know what drove you to read that boring poetry book. Zhou Ze didn't care what Li Liyan muttered, picked up a book at random, picked up another piece of cloth, wrapped his "spear" carefully, and walked towards the door.

Li Liyan laughed and followed.

The school is not far away, but it is not close, the two of them talked and laughed, and in less than half an hour, they came to the school.

The two walked into the school, and the teacher had not yet come, Zhang Cang and his party sat together, whispering, not knowing what they were talking about. Seeing Zhou Ze and the two coming in, Zhang Cang and the children behind him stopped communicating, Zhang Cang's eyes moved, and a group of people surrounded him.

"Yo, isn't this the motherless Zhou Ze, why did you come here so early today? Let me see what you have in this cloth bag? It can't be your broken wooden stick again, right?"

Li Liyan frowned, pressed Zhou Ze, who was clenching his fists and trembling all over, and then reached out to stop Zhang Cang.

"Zhang Cang, what do you mean?" Li Liyan obviously felt that things were a little strange, although Zhang Cang often looked for Zhou Ze's stubble on weekdays, but there were few times like today, for no reason, when he said such vicious words as soon as he came up.

"Li Liyan, you don't meddle in your business! What do you mean by asking me? Why don't you ask Zhou Ze, my father went to Luoyang a few days ago to buy supplies, and when he came back, his leg bones were broken when he went over the mountain, why did he have to share his share of silk and white noodles, and he was born in this town because of us! His mother was a mother-in-law that no one wanted! Why did he eat this mouthful of food and wear such clothes!" Zhang Cang squinted his eyes and stared at Zhou Ze condescendingly.

After all, he is a half-grown child, for the so-called justice in his heart, to hurt the innocent who are not wrong.

Zhou Ze's eyes were blood-red at this time. He naturally respects every family in Anyuan Town very much on weekdays, and every time he celebrates the holidays, he has to go to thank them one by one, and no one is left behind. He himself knew that he could survive because of these good-natured Anyuan people. But he didn't understand that although he was usually more withdrawn, he had never offended Zhang Cang and others, why did they always press forward step by step?

Zhang Cang stared at Zhou Ze, and said with a smile: "You always say that on weekdays, I rely on a lot of people, today I will give you a chance, today I will fight the two of you alone, a fight, if I lose, I will give you Zhou Ze a compensation! If you lose, get out of Anyuan by yourself!"

Li Liyan burst out, "Zhang Cang, you don't have to go too far! If you really let Zhou Ze out of Anyang, how will he live?"

didn't wait for him to finish speaking, but Zhou Ze held him down, and squeezed out a smile to Li Liyan with great effort

"Liyan, I'm very happy to have you as a friend. ”

After speaking, he turned his head and stared at Zhang Cang without the slightest fear, the strength in his weak body that he didn't know where it came from

"Okay! This bet, I'm Zhou Ze took it!"