Qingkong Mountain, located on the edge of the Changlin Mountains, is named because of its green stone color and many holes in it. At the foot of the hill sits a small village, called Xiaogang Village.

At this time, the sky was hazy, the early sun had not appeared, and everything was silent, and it was a good time to sleep, but suddenly there was a low sound of reading from the south of the village.

I saw a young man standing on the small slope at the head of the village, with his left hand on his back and a scroll in his right hand.

"A man is born in the sky, raised in the earth, and spiritual. ”

"The will, the will, the heart to the ear. ”

......

The young man was sixteen or seventeen years old, with a delicate appearance, and although he was dressed in white with many patches, he was also clean and tidy. The mountain breeze blew, the black hair was curled, the campfire swayed, like an elf dancing, at this moment, he was the center of the world.

He is Lin An.

Lin An has lived in Xiaogang Village since he was a child, and was raised by his grandfather, who also gave him this name. It is said that his parents also gave him a name, but a natural disaster took them away.

Since then, grandpa has taken An as the word and called him Lin An.

When my grandfather was young, he worked in a large family and saved some money, and later returned to the village to buy land, but he also became a big family in the village.

It's a little weird about the disaster, but neither the grandfather nor the villagers are secretive and don't want to talk about it.

Lin An was extremely smart and had a lot of ideas since he was a child, and he was very concerned about the disaster that took away his parents, but after several years, he didn't know much, which made him very helpless.

In addition, Lin An is most concerned about the prosperous world outside the village described by his grandfather, so he is dedicated to reading and wants to get out of the village, and his grandfather is also happy that he is keen on this, so he strongly supports it.

Lin An is a very diligent person, studying hard, and he has insisted on reading in the morning like today's for several years, and it has become a habit.

Unconsciously, time passed little by little, the bonfire went out, the sun rose, and the warm sunlight passed through the mountains and forests in the distance, falling on Lin An, and the dew around him was shining and shining, making him look like a nobleman, and he had a unique bearing.

Light shrouded the earth again, everything regained its vitality, and the barking of a dog in the distance woke up Lin An, who was immersed in the book, he looked up at the rising sun, took a deep breath, and headed home.

When I entered the house, I saw that my grandfather was fiddling with the dishes and chopsticks in the room, his body trembled and trembled, Lin An sighed, I don't know when, the spine that was once tall and straight, and the backbone that sheltered him from the wind and rain was already a little bent, and his grandfather was also old......

When he was young, Lin An followed his grandfather, for Lin An, grandpa was everything to him, many times he asked to share the housework by himself, but his grandfather refused because of his reading. Lin An knew his grandfather's expectations of himself, coupled with his longing for the outside world, so he had been studying hard for more than ten years.

Grandpa served the meal, and when he saw Lin An coming back, he said with a kind face, "Xiao An is back, the rice is just cooked, come and eat." Lin An agreed, and immediately picked up the bowl regardless of the image, and got up quickly, and he was indeed hungry until now.

"Xiao An, it's time for the school to elect a nomination quota in the near future, right?" Grandpa suddenly asked.

If you want to go on to higher education in the academy and want to get the opportunity to become a scholar, you must have a letter of recommendation from the teacher in the academy.

And Lin An's school, because the level is too low, there are only three places recommended every year, so the competition in the school is very fierce.

"Grandpa, don't worry, my grades in the academy are among the best, and you don't know it. Lin An pretended to be relaxed.

In fact, Lin An's heart was already in turmoil at the moment, and he said this just for Old Man An's heart. And the old man obviously knew what was going on, so he sighed and stopped talking.

Whether you can be elected in the school is not only the results, the so-called places where there are people there are rivers and lakes, although Xiaogang Village is small, some dirt is not less at all.

After all, the last thing in this world is garbage.

Last year, Lin An's grades were already in the top three, and he should have been one of the recommended positions, but he was sold by the school teacher to the neighboring village members, Lin An was quite angry at the time, but no matter which of these two people was not something he could deal with, he had to give up in the end.

Lin An saw that his grandfather's face was not good, and he knew that he was worried about him, so he couldn't help but feel warm, and his mood was much better.

"Grandpa don't worry, there will be no more outsiders this year, even if there is, I have suffered a disaster last year, the so-called feng shui takes turns, presumably it will not find me again, not to mention the promise of the school. ”

When Grandpa heard this, although he was still a little worried, he also felt that Lin An was reasonable, and sighed,

"If it was in the early years, when the Lin family was prosperous, it was just a member of the family...... Alas, let's not talk about it, let's eat. ”

After breakfast, it was not early, Lin An picked up the bookcase and rushed to the school.

When the school was first built, considering the need for a quiet environment, the school was built outside the village, but it was not very far from the village, so after a while, Lin An arrived.

Limited by various resource conditions, this so-called school is only a large thatched house, and the only place that is different from ordinary thatched houses is the big red plaque.

This plaque is ordinary, and even looks a little old, and the paint on it has fallen off a lot, like a weathered old man, only the words on it are still as deep as the sea, and every time I see it, it will make Lin An shake inexplicably.

The plaque reads "Teach the Law of Nature", and it is said that it was left by the first scholar in the village. When the village chief took it out, he wanted to inspire the children in the village, hoping that the children would be like that ancestor.

After staring quietly for a while, Lin An stepped into the entrance hall.

I saw that in the school, the students either sat alone and recited, or gathered in three or five, chatting, Lin An's arrival did not attract much attention, and said hello to a few familiar people, Lin An went straight to the seat and studied silently.

Since the teacher did not arrive, several people who were talking to were a little unscrupulous, not only did not lower the voice of the conversation, but there was a sense of becoming more and more 'high-profile'.

Lin An frowned slightly, and was about to remind him, but when he heard them talk about the recommendation of the school, his heart moved, and he couldn't help but listen.

"Did you hear that there will be one less place for this year's nomination. ”

"What's going on? ”

"It is said that it is a certain noble son from the city......"

"Alas, I don't know who will be unlucky this year. This person deliberately pronounced the word very strongly, and everyone immediately looked at Lin An in unison, with strange eyes, but immediately turned their heads again.

"Hey, last year's member, this year's noble son?" Lin An sneered, his face did not move, but his heart was even more troubled.

However, I was a little relieved to think that last year's school had promised that as long as I was still in the top three this year, I would have one of my own places.