Chapter 3 The Desert

The Han family found out that Han Ming had disappeared in the afternoon of the next day.

Although Han Ming is young, he is very sensible, and Han Blacksmith and his wife are also very relieved of him, when they didn't see this little son in the morning, they didn't realize that the little son was missing, and they thought that Han Ming went to the back mountain to collect firewood.

And by noon, Brother Han Ming had already returned, and Han's mother's lunch was ready, but Han Ming was not seen for a long time, originally Han Blacksmith was still preparing to clean him up when Han Ming came back, but he waited left and right to see Han Ming's figure, and it was not until the sun was about to set that Han Blacksmith really panicked.

He knew that although his son was young, he was extremely clever and not a child without measure. Knowing that the eldest brother will come back at noon today, even if there is a delay in collecting firewood, he will rush back as soon as possible, if he hadn't encountered something, he wouldn't have been without seeing anyone all day.

"Didn't you collect firewood and meet a beast that ran out of the mountains, there shouldn't be anything on the periphery of this mountain, and some are just rabbits and lynx" Although Han Blacksmith comforted himself, he was still a little uneasy, and after thinking about it, he lifted the long iron hammer he used to make iron, and gave a few instructions to Han's mother, and went to the back mountain to find someone with his eldest son Han Tie and his second son Han Mu.

Han Blacksmith has been fighting ironware for more than 20 years, although he is almost a person who is not confused, but there is no sign of aging in his whole body, his body is eight feet tall, his skin is healthy and dark, and his whole body is full of bulging muscles. He was a little confident, wielding this hammer, even a big insect could be killed at once.

Blacksmith Han and his two sons found it until it was dark, and they didn't find any trace of Han Ming, so they had no choice but to go home first.

On the way home, Blacksmith Han has been comforting himself in his heart that his youngest son has gone home on his own and is waiting for him at home. At the same time, he secretly planned in his heart that if Han Ming hadn't returned home, he would make a few torches and go back to the mountains to continue looking for his youngest son.

When Blacksmith Han arrived home, he happened to see his wife coming out of Han Ming's small room, holding a small wooden board in her hand, with what words written on it, Blacksmith Han stepped forward and asked, "Hasn't the third son come back yet?"

"I didn't come back, I got it on Ming'er's bed, and I don't know what was written, so let Tie'er take a look at what was written" Han Mu said a little anxiously.

Han Tie couldn't help but be a little surprised when he learned that his little brother had left some words, he didn't understand how his little brother could write! The reason why he knew how to write was because the shopkeeper of Ruyi Restaurant had no son, and he had always raised him as half a son, not only teaching him the operation of the restaurant, but also letting him read some books like a young master in the city.

When Han Tie finished reading the whole text, Han Blacksmith, Han Mu, Han Tie, and Han Mu were all stunned.

Although Han Ming didn't mention it too much, he just told him that he was just going to a place called Jiangguo to learn art, so don't worry.

Blacksmith Han found it difficult to accept, you must know that their family has basically never been far away, not even a big town, and now his youngest son, a teenager, is going to another country, which he has never heard of, how can this make him not sluggish!

Han Blacksmith stayed for a while, and after his expression changed several times in a row, he scolded one after another, mostly saying that Han Ming was a stupid boy, his brain was broken, and the children who were older farts had no ability to protect themselves, so he dared to run away from home alone. Although Blacksmith Han has never seen much of the world, he still knows the darkness of the outside world, and a child is unlucky outside.

Blacksmith Han scolded for a long time before he stopped, he sat on the doorrail on the side for a long time without saying a word, but finally sighed deeply.

And Han Ming's two elder brothers also had extremely complicated expressions, and they would not have thought that their cute younger brother would make the choice of running away from home at a young age.

And Han's mother is not like Han's father, she didn't open her mouth to scold anything, she was stunned for a while, and then she hid aside and secretly wiped her tears.

In the next few days, Blacksmith Han and his two sons searched for many days along the official road far away from the mountain village, but they didn't even see Han Ming's shadow!

In the end, Han Blacksmith's family gave up, they didn't even know the direction of Han Ming's departure, how could they catch up with that clever boy! They only hoped that Han Ming would have a safe journey, and they would come back by themselves if they couldn't go any further.

And after Han Ming ran away from home at night, rumors naturally broke out in this small village, most of which were stories made up by long-tongued women.

Some village women said that on the night when Han Ming disappeared, a black bat the size of a zhang Xu broke into the village, and after going around the village, he chose Han Heizi's house, and swallowed the ten-year-old child with a big mouth.

Others said that the ghost that Han Blacksmith met when he returned to his ancestral house did it, and the ghost didn't eat anyone, so he held a grudge, so he found Han Blacksmith's house on a full moon night and ate Han Ming.

Some people said that it was a wild cat, because someone got up that night to relieve himself, and happened to hear a terrible cat meow from the direction of Han's blacksmith's house, and the cry was terrible and terrifying.

Some people even said that Han Ming left by himself, because he went up the mountain to collect firewood and met the fox spirit. This vixen took advantage of the night to seduce Han Ming, a little boy, and prepared to keep him in captivity, absorbing his yang energy every day. But most of the people believe this statement, after all, Han Ming is a child who has not grown all his hair, no matter how beautiful the fox spirit looks like a flower, how can he seduce a boy who doesn't understand the affairs of men and women.

But some people had a different opinion, he said: "Han Ming, that kid is clever in the village, how far he has left the other children in the village! ”

And the person who said this was Zhang Liuzi of the funeral shop, but anyone could see that he was jealous that the Han family had three smart sons, because Zhang Liuzi's son was born with a stupid problem, although he was seventeen or eighteen years old, he couldn't even compare to the seven or eight-year-old children in the village.

At first, every household in the village was willing to use the youngest son of the Han family as a conversation after dinner, but after a long time, no one would mention this matter, after all, everyone has their own life.

Time is so merciless, it only takes years for a person to be forgotten!

I don't know if it's four or five years or seven or eight years, Han Tie Han Mu married a wife and had children, the Han family gradually grew stronger, and Han Ming, who left home at a young age, was gradually forgotten, only Han Blacksmith sometimes sighed suddenly for no reason, and Han's mother would secretly wipe two tears when no one was around.

Five or six years after Han Ming left home, a handsome young man of fifteen or sixteen years old came to the small village, this young man was dressed in white, and his body was spotless, like a fairy child falling from the sky!

This handsome and unusually handsome young man entered the small mountain village without much fanfare, he only walked around in front of the Han family's blacksmith shop and left.

Strange to say, since that young man came, the Han family has been lucky again and again, and it didn't take long to become rich, and the following decades were exceptionally prosperous.

The Han family's sudden wealth makes many people confused, even the Han family's own family members are a little confused, their luck is too good, they always lack something, of course, these are all later words.

Compared with other children of the same age, although Han Ming is a little precocious, he is far from being able to navigate the rivers and lakes alone, and the practice of leaving home at the age of ten is really unrealistic, not to mention that he only knows that Jiang Country is in the East, but the world is so big, how can he find a country with one East!

Dozens of days after leaving home, Han Ming stood alone in the desert as far as the eye could see, his eyes were full of confusion, and he was about to lose his direction.

It's not that Han Ming doesn't want to continue walking along the official road, it's just that the official road has changed from east-west to north-south, and if he continues to walk, he will inevitably take a long detour. And at that time, Han Ming was targeted by a dying old wolf, and after several unsuccessful escapes, he was forced into the desert by the old wolf.

When Han Ming mustered up the courage and fought hard to solve the old and sick lone wolf, he realized that he had forgotten the way he came, and in desperation, he could only bow his head and walk in the direction of the sunrise.

Han Ming reached out and touched the package behind him, and finally reluctantly withdrew his empty hand, although he had been saving dry food, but at this time the dry food was still eaten, and the wolf meat he collected was eaten before the dry food.

Han Ming looked at the desert around him, and a panic surged in his heart, now that the food was exhausted and there were no people around, he was very likely to die in this desert.

The thought of turning his head back popped out of Han Ming's mind, but this thought had just come out, and he dispelled it, if he knew the way back, he would not have gone back soon! Not to mention that he had already gone deep into this desert, and at this time, he was afraid that he would starve to death before he left the desert.

Han Ming thought about it and made up his mind to go on, he really didn't believe that there was no end to this desert, he had walked in one direction for so many days, and if he continued to walk, there would always be a day to go out.

Han Ming had never stopped the cultivation technique passed on to him by the golden lock, and his diligent cultivation had made the cool gas in his body thicker a lot, if it used to be as thick as a hair, now it was three or four hairs.

Han Ming didn't feel that this trick was of any use, except that his mind was a little clearer, but the amount of food was larger. He was a little speechless about this nameless decision, what he lacked most now was food, he tried his best to eat less all day long, but this set of nameless tricks that he relied on the most made his food much larger!

Fortunately, he kept looking for other food along the way, otherwise he would have starved to death there.

But the reality was beyond Han Ming's expectations, and after another ten days of walking, this desert seemed to have no end, and in the past few days, he collected everything that seemed to be edible during the day, and used all means to collect dew at night, which can be said to have endured all the hardships, but he finally barely managed to maintain his life.

More than ten days later, Han Ming climbed over a small mound of earth, and he was pleasantly surprised to see that the scenery in the distance was no longer a desolate Gobi, but a mountain range that stretched to the sky. He also vaguely saw a road on the edge of the desert, and there was a team of men and horses on the road. This was the first time Han Ming had seen a living person in nearly a month, which made him laugh out loud, and tears flowed from his laughter.

These days, Han Ming once felt that he would die in this desert, but now it suddenly came to an end, which suddenly made him feel like he was escaping death.

Han Ming thought about it and immediately walked towards that road, but as he walked, he suddenly felt that his hands and feet were a little weak, and his body seemed to be pressed against a mountain, and every step he took felt extremely difficult.

Han Ming shook his head vigorously, trying to sober himself up, but after this shake of his head, Han Ming suddenly felt a dizziness in his head, as if a stream of blood rushed straight to his head, and he didn't have time to hum a sentence before his eyes turned black and fell straight to the ground.