The blue sky is like a blazing sun.

On the meadow, the grass is green, the wind blows like waves, layer upon layer, and groups of cattle, sheep, horses, and deer can be seen everywhere, leisurely bowing their heads and eating fresh grass.

In the distance of the meadow is a black mountain with no grass, steep and towering, like an iron bucket, closely surrounding, forming a valley with a radius of 500 miles.

Streams meander from the mountains, and in the sunlight, they are like silver ribbons draped over the black mountains, black and white. The stream flows down the hill through the meadow, dividing the meadow into several pieces and finally pooling in a deep blue pool in the middle of the valley.

Viewed from above, the valleys are close to each other, like beehives, densely packed......

By the stream, a barefoot child of about 11 or 2 years old was panting in shabby clothes, holding his hands behind his head, lying flat on the grass, a broken straw hat on the side, and a grass in his mouth was resting with his eyes closed.

Beside the child is a flock of sheep, and the child is leisurely eating grass.

The child is called a shepherd, which is not his name, but because he is a shepherd, he is called a shepherd. In this valley, there are many shepherd boys like him, and those who herd horses are called stablemen, and those who herd cattle are called cowherds, and those who herd deer are called deerherds, and so on.

For as long as he can remember, the shepherd has lived in a valley where there are many children like him, who are raised by people who can fly up and down in the sky, and the children have become the honorific names of these flying people.

After a few years, when the shepherd had grown up, he was taken to this valley by the adults and let him herd the sheep. The adults had warned him that these sheep were his brothers and sisters, and that he should take care of them carefully, even if he was injured, and that he should not let them be harmed. The adult also said that as long as he takes care of his free-range sheep, when he is older, he can also become an adult who can fly to the sky. The shepherd was excited about this and waited......

The sky is unpredictable.

Just now the sun was shining, but in an instant, the clouds were overcast, and the clouds that were thick like lead covered the sun, and the drizzle fell from the sky, stretching like smoke and fog.

Suddenly, there was a roar in the quiet meadow, which resounded through the valley and echoed for a long time.

The shepherd stood up, took out a bamboo flute from his bosom and played with it in his hand, shuttling through the flock, so that the sheep were tightly encircled.

In this valley, in addition to their shepherd boys and cattle, sheep and red deer, there are also tigers and lions, which the shepherd boys collectively refer to as 'big cats'. Big cats come to hunt, and the shepherd boy's role is to prevent his herd from being attacked by big cats.

With a roar, a fierce big cat appeared at the edge of the herd and stared at the herd.

The shepherd's sheep turned a blind eye to this, and the shepherd stroked the flute with both hands, and the light sound of the flute turned into a beautiful note and floated away, and the clothes on his body were soaked by the rain and could not hide the joy on his little face.

With the melodious sound of the flute, the fierce big cats fled as if they had encountered something terrible, but they were unwilling to give up and wandered around the herd.

'Tuk Tuk Tuk ......' a tall steed galloped and was immediately a teenager.

The young man rode a horse and wandered by the flock, waved his hand to disperse the big cats that were wandering around, and said to the shepherd, "Little shepherd, the hour has come, drive the sheep into the pen......

When the shepherd heard this, the flute sounded incessantly, and his smile became even greater, and he nodded vigorously, and drove the sheep to the black mountain......

At the foot of the mountain is a series of enclosures, and the shepherds hurried the sheep to the pen, closed the door of the enclosure, and walked happily to the last room of the enclosure.

As soon as he reached the door, before he could set foot in the door, a black object flew in front of him, and smashed it on the head of the shepherd, "Go and wash the clothes." ”

"All right, big cowherd. The shepherd took off the clothes from his head and held them in his hands, picked up the straw hat that had been smashed off by the clothes on the ground, put it on his head, smiled innocently, and went to the corner of the house, and put the clothes in the basin.

The one who smashed him with dirty clothes was called the big cowherd, and he was also the oldest, the earliest, and the highest force value here.

Here, everything is decided by the strength of the individual, and the one with the biggest fist is the one who speaks. Just like their herds, only the strongest can eat the most tender grass, and only the strongest can get the right to mate!

Therefore, this shepherd boy is called the big cowherd, and he is the strongest of the herdsmen! Only he can be called 'big', and as for the rest, the one who herds the cattle is called the second herd, the third herd is called the second herd, the third herd, and the deer herder is called the second herd, and the shepherd is the smallest and weakest, so it can only be called the little shepherd.

"Wait...... There are also ...... "There were five or six shepherd boys in the house, and they threw their clothes into the tubs.

The shepherd held the tub and did not move, and asked the shepherd boy to throw the dirty clothes into the tub accurately, and if the dirty clothes fell to the ground, he would be taught a lesson by the shepherd boy.

"Wash it well, if you don't wash it, be careful that you won't have anything to eat, you know?" warns the bullherd.

"Yes. The shepherd simply complied, and walked out of the door with the basin......

The clear stream in the mountains gurgled down, and the sheep herd came to the stream with a wooden basin, skillfully receiving water and washing clothes.

When the drizzle had stopped, the shepherd looked up at the blue sky, took off his clothes, bathed himself, and returned to the house refreshed, and hung his washed clothes under the eaves.

The shepherd boy was gobbling up, and the shepherd put the tub back in the corner of the house, and stood at the table, his eyes staring at the food on the table, and swallowing his saliva. But this was not his time to eat, and he had to wait until the shepherd boys had enough to eat, and there was something left, and then it was his turn.

"Let's eat, clean up when you're done. After waiting a little while, the big cowherd wiped his mouth, burped, slapped the back of the shepherd's head, laughed, and walked out of the house.

The shepherd touched the back of the beaten head, smiled, and nodded heavily, "Yes." ”

Although there were only leftovers leftovers, the shepherds still ate with relish.

After eating, cleaning up, it was already dark.

When the shepherd boys were ready to rest by lighting the oil lamps in the house, the big cowherd told the shepherds, "Light the lamps outside, and check the door." ”

"Yes. "The shepherd should go down and close the door of the house, take out the fold of the fire, light the two lanterns on the eaves, and close the door of the house.

Along the pen, sheepfolds, cattle pens, horse pens, deer pens...... After checking whether the doors of each enclosure were closed tightly, it was only after half an hour that I confirmed that all the doors were closed, and then I walked towards the last room.

This house and the house where the shepherd boys live are in two directions, at the end of the enclosure.

It is a beautiful house, and on the steps is a terrace with a futon in the corner of the terrace, where the shepherds rest.

Passing through the terrace, is a delicate wooden door, the shepherd gently pushed open the door, greeted by a light fragrance, here is the adult's flower room, the flower room is planted with budding flowers, are the shepherd can not be named, the fragrance is the flower emitted.

"One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, well, nine, exactly!" the shepherd nodded heavily, counting the number of flowers.

After taking a good inventory, I walked around the flowers and walked to the back of the house, which was a cave that had been hollowed out of the mountain.

Standing in front of the cave, the shepherd stopped, rested slightly, took a few deep breaths, and then stepped into the cave. The width and height of the cave are no more than a zhang, and the stone walls on both sides are carved out of grottoes, surrounded by iron fences.

The shepherd walked over, outside the first grotto.

The grotto contains stones that are unknown to the shepherd that can shine, and the shepherd calls this kind of stone a glowing stone, and the glowing stone illuminates the inside of the grotto as if it were day.

There was a person inside, a very beautiful woman in a long purple dress, standing behind the iron fence and looking at the shepherd with a smile on her lips.

"Shepherd, you're coming to see your sister again?" ......the woman's voice was graceful, and her smile was like a flower.

The shepherd bowed and replied, "Hello sister, does my sister have any requirements?"

The beautiful woman thought for a while, "Sister wants to go out for a walk, is it okay?"

When the shepherd heard this, he shook his head again and again, and said in a panic: "No, the cowherd will beat people, it hurts, and they will be beaten to death by the adult's leather whip, and then pulled to feed the ...... of the big cat."

As he spoke, the shepherd stepped back and slammed into the stone wall behind him, smiling and nervous, as if he had seen his beautiful sister being whipped to death and thrown to the big cats to eat. He really saw his beautiful sister dragged out of the grotto by adults and whipped with a leather whip, beaten to a bloody pulp, and finally thrown to the big cats by the adults, so that the big cats gnawed until only a white bone remained.

The beautiful woman smiled, "Teasing you, you can't let me out, busy with your go, there are a lot of your sisters waiting for you later." The shepherd was worried that the beautiful sister inside would be saying such things in the future, after all, he was not the only one who came here every day, and if it was spread out and known by the adults, this beautiful sister would definitely be beaten to death by the adults, and then pulled to feed the big cats.

"Sister have a good rest, don't say such things in the future, you will really be pulled by adults to feed the big cats......" The shepherd said a lot nervously, and when she saw her beautiful sister smiling, the shepherd turned to the next grotto.

Here, adults are the sky!

Whatever the adults say, it's what it is!

According to the will of the adults, all the living creatures in the valley are livestock, and they are kept in pens in the same way as the cattle and sheep that cannot speak, and even those who cannot speak are more precious than them, and they cannot afford to lose anything.

Once a deer herd was accidentally eaten by a big cat, but the deer was beaten to death by the adults, and was thrown on the grass and eaten by the big cat until only white bones remained, which is what the sheep herd was afraid of!

Presumably, these beautiful sisters are no exception.

Walking to the next grotto, steady, then bowed and said, "Hello sister, does my sister have any requirements?"