Chapter 1: The Name of the Boy

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Spring in March is a good time of year. Today's weather is no exception, and it can be described as exceptional. In the clear blue sky, with only a few white clouds, the sun hangs high in the sky and releases its own light, and from time to time some flocks of birds fly through the sky.

Spring is the most beautiful time of the year, the weather is neither cold nor hot, and rain is rare, but even if it rains, it is a drizzle, and it is still slightly cool when it falls on people.

In the spring of recovery, everything is vibrant. The peach blossoms in the distance bloomed, forming a sea of pink flowers, which was bright and beautiful, and very attractive. The grass sprouts, and the tree grows new leaves. All kinds of flowers compete to bloom, and suddenly they are purple and red, and for a time the sea of flowers appears on the earth, which is extremely beautiful.

On the hill in the distance, there is only an old tree entrenched here. A few new leaves flutter in the wind. Under the old tree, a young man sat against the old tree, and the young man held a bright red fruit in both hands, the fruit was very round and red, and it looked delicious.

The young man wiped the fruit on his clothes, and when he saw that there was no dregs, he took a bite of it, and suddenly a fragrance spread out, and some juice flowed from the corner of the young man's mouth, and the young man wiped his mouth and took another bite.

While the young man was eating the fruit, his eyes were firmly fixed on the peach grove not far away, the young man was holding the fruit in one hand and breaking it with the other, and said vaguely: "It's March, and in another one or two... In four months, the peaches are ripe. ”

The young man muttered, his little face was full of longing, as if the peaches were about to ripen in the next second, the young man's little eyes looked around, and when he saw that there was no one around, he took another big bite, and after biting, he quickly hid the fruit in his clothes.

At this moment, a white shadow suddenly flashed, and the young man's eyes flickered, and he was lifted up by a big hand grabbing his clothes.

The man was an old man, and the old man looked at the young man with a serious expression. "You're stealing again, how many times have I warned you. The old man feigned anger.

The young man who was hanging in the air had a serious face and said seriously: "I didn't steal it, it was the fruit that made me eat it." ”

The old man's expression became more serious when he heard this, and he looked at the young man with straight eyes, "Could it be that the fruit has become a fine fruit?" The old man said coldly.

"I said I didn't eat it secretly, I saw that the other fruits were still green, only this one was red, and I thought he was too lonely, so I found a warm place to give him happiness. The boy said with an innocent face.

"A warm place?" the old man was stunned for a moment, puzzled.

The boy patted his little belly and pointed to his belly, "This is it." The old man couldn't help but laugh when he saw this scene.

When the young man saw that the old man was not serious, he coquettishly said, "Master, the disciple is very well-behaved, how can he steal food? Then, you see, I have no fruit in my hands. The boy shook himself in order to convince the old man that he had not stolen food. However, it was only a slight swaying.

When the old man saw this, he shook hard, and the young man swayed left and right in the air, and then the old man strengthened his strength, and the young man's body was like a flat boat in the sea, swaying around. A red shadow fell out of the boy's arms, and the old man reached out and grabbed the fruit.

The young man looked at the fruit in the old man's hand, a shy smile leaked from his face, and he whispered, "I just want to taste the difference between that fruit and ordinary fruit." ”

"Then do you taste anything different?" the old man put the young man down, and the young man sat down on the ground and whispered, "I ate too fast and didn't taste anything, but, Master, if you give me another fruit, I will definitely be able to taste what it tastes like." ”

The old man's face was slightly gloomy, "You don't say anything about stealing one, you even shamelessly want another, and you are not allowed to eat tonight." ”

When the young man heard this, he immediately felt bad, ran over and hugged the old man's legs, his face was innocent, and he looked harmless to humans and animals, and said pitifully: "Master, I am growing my body, I can't stop eating!"

The old man looked at the young man, patted the young man's head, and said with a kind face: "Don't do it again next time." ”

The young man nodded solemnly, promising that he would not steal food in the future. However, in an instant, he looked pitifully at the fruit in the old man's hand that had been bitten into shape. The old man looked at the fruit in his hand, then at the young man's expectant eyes, and finally sighed, and threw the fruit to the young man.

"Train well, I'll pick you up later. The old man did not wait for the young man to agree, and turned away.

The young man caught the fruit and looked delighted, held it in both hands, and ate the whole fruit in a few bites.

After eating, he dug a small hole in the open space not far away, put the pit in, buried it with soil, ran to fill a bottle of water, poured it on it, and saw that there was no problem, clapped his hands, straightened his clothes, and walked to the woods in the distance.

It is said in the world that a child with a mother is like a treasure, and a child without a mother is like a grass, but there is neither a father nor a mother like anything, the boy thought for a long time, and finally came to a conclusion, that is, a child without a father and a mother is like a stone. Because he saw from the master's collection that a long, long time ago, and I don't know how long, it was said that some people at that time jumped out of stones, so the young man always thought that he must have jumped out of the stones.

In fact, the boy's name is Xu Yang, a very ordinary name, and there is nothing outstanding at all.

When Xu Yang was still in infancy, he was picked up by an old grandmother surnamed Xu, the old man was nearly sixty years old but had no children and no daughters, and he was lonely and miserable.

The old man has lived a very ordinary life, so when he named the baby, he didn't have any opinions, so he just named Xu Yang, and Xu Yang followed the baby for a lifetime.

Although the old man is not highly educated, he still has some ink in his stomach. When Xu Yang was one and a half years old, he began to teach him to read and write. Xu Yang is also smart and highly perceptive, and it didn't take long for him to learn a lot of words.

Although the old and the young are not rich, but they are very warm, every New Year's holiday, it is Xu Yang's happiest day, on this day Xu Yang will not only have new clothes to wear, but also can eat a little meat.

Such days lasted until Xu Yang was four years old, until the age of four, this warm life was completely shattered, that year's continuous drought, so that the grain production at that time was reduced, the only river through the village was also out of water, the earth was sunburned one after another shocking cracks, the soil is dry and gently broken, can be uncovered in pieces.

Although this kind of life is hard, Xu Yang still lives his life happily, and every day he will go to a far place to fetch water to drink.

I lived like this for half a year.

Until one day, there was a sudden heavy rain that night, and the people at that time were cheering and it was raining. But this rain has been endless, it has been raining for a week, and it has not stopped, and it may even increase, and finally, the flood came.

The flood was rampant, and everywhere was flooded, Xu Yang and the others, one old and one young, were submerged by the flood before they could escape.

When Xu Yang opened his eyes again, he saw the current master.

The hard-working child has lost his grandmother since then, and only the master is still around.

For a while, the closest person in the world was only his master.

Xu Yang walked in the woods, dragging a big stone behind him, the size of the stone was almost the same as Xu Yang's height, but the young man dragged the big stone without any effort, and he walked easily.

"It seems that we will have to find a bigger stone tomorrow," Xu Yang muttered.

Xu Yang has been pulling big stones since a year ago, at first very small, every step has to rest for a few minutes, now pulling stones is the same as playing, not only walking easily, even if you pull the stones to run, there is no problem.

Time passed unconsciously, and the sun was setting in the west, and finally it was completely blocked by the distant peaks, and night fell.

The night sky is very beautiful, although it is not as full of stars as in summer, but the stars that are sparsely sent also have its beauty, Xu Yang sat on a stone of the same height as himself and looked at the sky, counting the stars in the sky one by one, he sat there to wait for his master to pick him up.

It's a pity that there are not many stars in the sky, and it didn't take long for him to count the stars, and after waiting for a while, the master still didn't come to pick him up, at this moment, his stomach rang out angrily, Xu Yang covered his stomach, looked into the distance with a depressed face, his eyes were full of anticipation, expecting his good master to come and pick him up and go back to eat.

Xu Yang lay on the stone in a large font, chattering in his mouth, and fell asleep unconsciously.

When I woke up, I found that I was lying in a big wooden barrel, there were all kinds of medicinal herbs soaked in the barrel, the water in the barrel was dyed red, the body was soaked in red water, the body couldn't help but relax for a while, the sour body after a day of exercise was soaked comfortably, the red water in the wooden barrel gradually turned into a red line along Xu Yang's pores into his body, and after a while, Xu Yang's body became red.

The body is getting redder and hotter, a hot breath comes out from the top of Xu Yang's head, Xu Yang's little face becomes more ruddy, and the red substance in the barrel all burrows into Xu Yang's body, his body is red and hot, Xu Yang gritted his teeth and forced himself not to make a sound.

For this kind of medicinal bath, Xu Yang has been starting since a year ago, and after such a long time of soaking, Xu Yang has long been used to it. However, today, Xu Yang almost couldn't bear it, and the amount of medicine increased significantly, but fortunately Xu Yang persevered.

The water in the barrel became clear, Xu Yang's body changed back to its normal color, Xu Yang got up and dressed neatly, and walked to the delicious meal on the table.

Xu Yang picked up the rice bowl and took a big bite of rice.

"Xiaoyang, although you have an ordinary name, but for the teacher's hope, you have an extraordinary life. ”

When Xu Yang heard this, there was a firm look in his eyes.

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