The night is heavy, and the moon dissolves.

Oh...... The big rooster at the head of the village crowed.

The diligent people of Qingniu Village have started their busy day early.

Even in this era of peace and tranquility, life for farmers is still difficult.

Farmers don't raise idlers, even dolls have to do what they can.

There was a sound of dressing in the black-clangling wooden house.

In the side house of a farmhouse courtyard, a five-year-old dumb also got out of the quilt and put his clothes on himself in black.

Dumb's family name is Xue, and his single name is a 'Peng' character.

Anyone can take a name, but a good name like Xue Peng is not something that anyone can take.

The people of the village believe that fortune and fate are real, and believe that a good name can change a person's fate.

So for the sake of a good name, Dumb's father Xue Bingfu went up the mountain to beat two pheasants and three mountain rabbits, carried a jar of good wine, took Dumb's birthday, walked more than ten miles of mountain roads, and begged for it from a big man in the town.

It is said that the big man refused to give a name at first, so Xue's father knelt in front of the door for two days.

Xu is the big man was bored of looking at it, and in order to drive Xue's father away, he gave 'Peng', which means that one day, he can soar into the sky like a Dapeng bird.

Back at home, the stuffy gourd-like father Xue raised his eyebrows in front of Xue's mother, "I was going to kneel for half a month, but I didn't expect to kneel for only two days and ask for a great name!"

Father Xue's words seemed to have picked up a big bargain, and Mother Xue only felt angry and funny when she heard it, but she was more distressed.

In everyone's mouth, the reason why they don't call Dumb's big name Xue Peng, or Peng'er, Xiaopeng, but Dumb, is called Dumb for a reason.

It is not easy to feed the baby in the village, and the older generation in the village said that the baby should have a bad name and a cheap name, and it can only be supported if it can withstand beatings.

Nicknames such as stone, dog leftover, dog baby, dog egg, and small grass are all necessary in every village, and Qingniu Village is full of these names.

Originally, the elders of the family gave Dumb a name as a dog cub, but Wang Laoqi robbed him, and the elders couldn't think of any good names for a while.

At that time, Dumb was looking at the sky in a daze, and some people said that if you look at his stupid appearance, you should call him a nerd.

But somehow, the nerd became a dumb over time.

Although Dumb looks dumbfounded, he is actually very smart, and he is one of the smartest babies in Qingniu Village.

Dressed in a slippery manner, Dumb said in a milky voice, "Mother, I'll go burn the fire." ”

Lighting a fire is one of the two favorite things that cause Dumb every day, because other people's houses burn firewood, while theirs burns a stone.

Dumb thought it was very interesting when he met him for the first time, so he pestered Xue's mother every day to light the fire, and finally when he was just five years old, Xue's mother agreed to his request.

Since then, Dumb has fallen in love with fire and watching her mother and aunts cook.

"You little rabbit, how old are you, you know all day long that you can be fooling around in the kitchen and what you can do when you grow up. ”

Xue Mu still wanted to scold a few words, but Dumb had already slipped off the ground, squeaked, the wooden door opened, and Dumb ran out.

Just after the cold food, there is still a trace of chill in the spring breeze.

Dumb poured a soak of urine next to the wall, trotted all the way, and poured a lot of cold wind into his open crotch pants, which was cool.

Dumb shuddered and looked down at the open crotch.

Brushing the cool lower body, Dumb thought to himself, he didn't want to wear open crotch pants anymore, how should he tell his mother?

When the thought came to mind, Dumb had already run to the kitchen.

The Xue family's stove is different from others, which are made of mud bricks, while his is a smooth white stone one meter square, with more than a dozen circles of swirl-like red lines engraved on it, and the center of the vortex is a fist-sized circular groove.

Dumb wiped down the bluestone stove, especially the lines, and then carefully took out a box from the cabinet next to the stove, and took out two items from it.

A small bottle, a gray-white stone the size of a thumb's belly.

Dumb will pour drops of cyan liquid from the bottle, and he will count them carefully, one, two...... Five drops.

When five drops are counted, Dumb puts away the bottle, closes the cap, and carefully places the white stone into the groove.

The next moment, I saw that the red lines on the stove began to glow, and then a red flame ignited, and the kitchen suddenly became warm and bright.

Dumb smiled, this thing is so interesting, it's much more fun than catching fish with the two dogs.

"Dumb, I'm here to light the fire so early today!"

Dumb turned around and saw a woman walk in, smiling blankly, "Fourth aunt is early, fourth aunt looks so good today!"

"The little mouth is still so sweet. The woman pinched the dumb little face.

The Xue family lives in a compound.

The old man and the third child who are not married live in the square, the dumb family of four lives in the left side, the eldest family of three lives in the right side, and the old pimple family of four lives in the front room, a total of 14 people.

The family is not separated, so they eat and drink together, and every morning the three daughters-in-law are busy with the whole family's food, and the men are busy with the fields.

"Xue Bingfu, you don't know how to manage it. ”

Left side room Xue Mu said angrily, Xue Father just smiled.

"Laugh, you know giggles, I can tell you, Dumb is five years old this year. If it is another year, Dumb will be old, but he will miss the best time to cultivate the truth. When you eat later, you mention to your mother, our family's income is okay this year, and I think I can let Dumb start cultivating immortals. ”

"I'm also for the good of your old Xue family, Dumb is very smart, if he is willing to work hard, he will definitely be able to succeed, if Dumb really cultivates into an immortal, then your old Xue family will be able to follow the light. ”

Seeing that Father Xue was silent, Mother Xue was a little angry and snorted.

"Did you hear me talking to you?"

"Whoever cultivates immortals in the family, the mother has her own decision. Father Xue's voice also sounded slowly.

"You...... Why should I marry such a fool as you, I don't care, the third child is so old, he hasn't cultivated anything, he is still cultivating, my son is so smart, why can't my son cultivate, everything is inferior, only Xiuxian Gao, Xue Bingfu, let me tell you, no matter what, this year my son must cultivate immortals, and he must not nest in the ravine for a lifetime!" Xue Mu got dressed and walked towards the kitchen.

Father Xue sighed lowly, filled a bag of cigarettes and smoked it, as a father, why didn't he want to let Dumb cultivate immortals?

If Dumb becomes an immortal, he is a master, and the land at home no longer has to pay rent, and there is a silver subsidy from the imperial court every year, even if the county official sees it, he has to obediently call an immortal.

It can be said that as long as a family produces an immortal, the fate of the family will be completely changed, and they no longer have to work hard with their faces facing the loess and their backs to the sky.

But how can immortals be so easy to cultivate.

If you want to cultivate immortals, you have to go through layers of selection, first the county hospital test, the county township test, as well as the meeting test, the palace test, only after passing the final palace test, can you worship the immortal gate, in order to become an immortal.

His third brother said that in the county alone, thousands of people participate in the college examination every year, but in the end, only a few hundred people pass and become a 'wonderful talent'.

When I went to the township examination in the county, there were thousands of wonderful people who participated, and in the end, only a few hundred, or even fewer people, were able to pass the assessment and become a 'feather warrior'.

As for the examination and the palace examination, it is even more difficult to pass, which is tantamount to crossing a single-plank bridge with thousands of troops.

This can be known from his third brother, and he is just a wonderful talent after taking the test for half his life.

The family is already stretched thin to support one immortal cultivator, and if you support another one, the burden is too great.

Not to mention for his own son, which makes him how to speak.

"Eh!" Father Xue sighed again.

After extinguishing the cigarette pouch and pot, Father Xue walked out.

As soon as he went out, he saw his eldest brother pacing back and forth in front of his house, and when he saw Father Xue walking out, Boss Xue turned around and wanted to leave.

Father Xue wondered in his heart and shouted, "Big brother." ”

Hearing this, Elder Xue walked faster, Father Xue grabbed a few steps and grabbed Boss Xue, "Big brother, you are here to find me, why are you still hiding when you see me?"

Boss Xue's thick eyebrows were wrinkled together, his eyes didn't dare to look at his second brother, he lowered his head, and a man with five big and three thick eyebrows was stumbling at this time, "This, how does this make your eldest brother speak?"

"It's all a family, how do you talk about two families, big brother?"

"It's... Eh, then I'll just say, after this year, won't your nephew Xiao Tao be six years old, and he won't be young, so your sister-in-law wants Xiao Tao to also go to cultivate immortals. ”

"Your eldest brother is useless, you can't do anything except fiddle with a few acres of land, unlike the second brother, you can still go up to the mountains to hunt, go into the city to sell, at home, among the brothers, your weight at home is extremely heavy, so your sister-in-law asked me to beg you, and at breakfast, I will help me say a few words to my mother. ”

"Your sister-in-law said that if I can't beg you, she won't follow me, I know she's serious this time. ”

Speaking of this, Boss Xue's seven-foot-tall man lowered his head again, and his face was flushed with shame.

Looking at the eldest brother like this, Father Xue couldn't bear it, he remembered what happened when he was a child.

"When I was a child, once the two brothers went into the mountains to hunt, and they were hit by a wild boar, and it was the eldest brother who ran more than ten miles of mountain roads on his back and found Langzhong, so he rescued him. ”

"The moment he opened his eyes, he saw that his eldest brother's tears and snot were flowing down his brain......"

His life was saved by his eldest brother, how could he bear to refuse such a request from his eldest brother.

"Big brother, you can rest assured, I'll help you say a few words when the time comes. ”

Hearing Father Xue's words, Boss Xue slowly raised his head, his eyes were red, and his voice trembled, "Second brother, thank you." ”

"It's all brothers, and they say thank you. Father Xue said.

Boss Xue wiped the corners of his eyes, and his heart was moved.

The two brothers carried the hoe to the field, Boss Xue solved his heart, and did farm work to think of a cow, full of strength, but Father Xue looked depressed, and he didn't know how to face the child and his mother for a while.

In the blink of an eye, it was time for breakfast, and Boss Xue, Father Xue, and the old pimple who rushed there came back together.

The daughters-in-law prepared the meal, and the family sat down around two wooden tables put together.