Chapter 3 Iron Eggs Out of the Village
Early in the morning of the second day, the father and son of the Li family had already prepared their bags and were ready to go, Li Tiedan's mother took Li Tiedan's hand and patiently instructed, Tie Dan was no longer yesterday's excitement, and looked at his mother and grandmother with tears in his eyes, "Mother, grandma, you are waiting for me to become a fairy after a lot of hardships, and I will come back to pick you up and become a god." ”
"Don't talk nonsense, as long as you're healthy and happy, come back if you can't hold on in the academy, don't hold on. Tie Dan also said with tears in her eyes.
Mrs. Li checked her luggage several times, and after finding that there was no omission, she said to Li Tiedan, "At any time, ensure your own safety first, our Li family does not seek to be rich and rich, as long as people are stable."
"Don't worry, grandma, I'll run as soon as I encounter danger, and I'm not stupid. Li Tiedan nodded firmly.
Li Erzhu picked up his bags and looked at the rising sun, "Okay, we should go, otherwise we will miss the hour." Then he pulled Li Tiedan, who was reluctant to turn back, and left. go
The road in the town takes two hours, and for people who don't know the village, if they don't have to go to the town, no one will go back, and this road is only taken by people who don't know the village. So along the way, the two fathers and sons of the Li family did not meet anyone with them.
Although Li Tiedan is still young, the children in the mountains are all solid, and he was enlightened at the age of one, so after walking for a while, he suppressed the reluctance to his relatives in his heart. I touched the beads that I had worn on my hand since I was a child. turned his eyes firmly and accompanied his father to the unknown road and walked over.
In Li Tiedan's heart, there has always been an obsession, that is, to become an immortal, this obsession has been there since he began to remember, in Li Tiedan's view, this mind is not so much an obsession of his own, but rather a fate in the underworld, he has always felt that he Li Tiedan's life should be so on the path of immortality, as for what is the purpose of becoming an immortal? He doesn't know, he also pondered carefully in his spare time, there should be something that makes him so obsessed with becoming an immortal, but he can't think of anything.
That's it, Li Tiedan thought to himself, since he can't think of it, then don't think about it, and he will naturally know when he becomes an immortal. Anyway, what should the gods do? Anyway, we can't steal chickens and dogs anymore.
Li Erzhu glanced at his son in surprise, although he had long thought that his son was extraordinary, but this time this firmness was rare even for adults, and in a trance, he felt as if he had discovered that his son was not as stubborn as he imagined. Touching his son's head, Li Erzhu lifted his bag up and continued to walk forward silently.
"Dad, I remember that you haven't washed your hands since the big break this morning, pay attention to hygiene, okay?" Li Tiedan patted his hair unhappily.
"Shut up!" This rabbit cub really had an illusion just now! Li Erzhu gritted his teeth and quickened his pace.
"Okay, okay, the son doesn't think the father is dirty, I don't mean to dislike you, but when I leave, you have to pay attention to hygiene, it's easy to get sick if you eat with dirty hands." Hey, Dad, slow down, wait for me, I won't say anything!" In Li Tiedan's broken words, the two of them ran to the town and left. The melancholy mood in Li Erzhu's heart was also dissipated by Li Tiedan.
I don't know that in the village, the village chief drank wine comfortably, and couldn't help but feel proud when he looked at the quiet village that had been restored. It's really worth it to exchange the tiger skin for an iron egg the year before last! It's thanks to the inspiration of the village head, otherwise if this kid is tossed again, this village that has existed for hundreds of years is estimated to be finished in his own hands.
The village chief has the same opinion as most of the villagers in the village, only those children seem very lost, no one tells them the fairy stories in those books anymore, although there are many people who don't know how to read and write in the village, but Li Tiedan is the only one who can tell them all kinds of stories. There is no one to play with them, and the most important thing is that if there is any trouble in the future, there will be no Li Tiedan from the front.
"Tiedan, you must not be admitted to the academy, the best way to go is to break your foot. For the matter of the iron egg leaving the village, the children in the village sent the most "sincere blessings" for this.
At this time, Tiedan's father and son stood in front of the town in a righteous manner, especially Li Tiedan's smug expression. Thousands of ancient romantic figures, that is me, Li Tiedan, is also! The county knows that I am such a number one genius, alas! Why did the village chief only tell me yesterday that I am so outstanding. If I had known, I wouldn't have stolen my third aunt's chickens and affected my reputation. But this kind of trivial matter, the county probably won't know about it.
Walking to the study hall that the village chief said, there were already two seven or eight-year-old children waiting here, and there was a table next to it, and an old scholar with white hair was sitting at the table, and next to him stood a man in Tsing Yi, about twenty years old, looking at the scroll in his hand with an indifferent face. When Li Tiedan's father and son entered the study hall, he seemed to be aware of it, looked up, and said with a smile, "The person who is here is a student who is going to Baiyun Academy to take the entrance exam." ”
The man in Tsing Yi opened his mouth, and the two children who were originally nervous and the old gentleman in the study hall also looked over, and Li Erzhu said with a face full of shame, "Yes, yes, I'm sorry sir, our journey is too far and delayed." The old gentleman frowned, took out a booklet on the table, and said, "It's okay, let the students come and make a record." ”
Although Li Tiedan was naughty, he obediently stepped forward in the face of the serious teaching gentleman, waiting for questions.
"Name"
Li Tiedan sighed in his heart and replied, "Li Tiedan." As soon as the two children heard this name, they quickly covered their mouths and snickered, and Li Tiedan secretly turned his head and glared at the two children. Although Li Tiedan was younger than them in terms of age, after all, he had led the children in the village who were much older than him to play for several years, so this stare actually made the two children stop laughing and return to the nervousness they had just now. Of course, the bigger reason may be the fear of the two children for their husband. Of course, Li Tiedan didn't consider this, and after being full of his deterrent, he didn't notice that the old gentleman's brows were furrowed even more.
"What's your scientific name?"
"No, Li Tiedan is my name. After this glare, Tie Dan regained his strength that was not afraid of heaven and earth. He wasn't a scared kid in the first place.
"How can this name work? A scholar uses this name, it is insulting. The old gentleman put down the pen and said with some anger.
"The name is given by the parents, and there is no good or bad thing, let alone a change. As for Sven, who reads, he will not be humiliated because of his name, if I have talent to learn, then my name is Li Sanzhu is talented, if I am not educated, then everything is just a straw bag. Li Tiedan said with a straight face.
The man in Tsing Yi next to him glanced at Li Tiedan in surprise,
The old gentleman was also shocked by these words, and didn't say more, silently picked up the pen and wrote down the three words Li Tiedan.
Only Li Erzhu was full of smiles, in his opinion, the name Li Tiedan couldn't be better, how could he change it casually once the name was decided?
Only Tie Dan secretly hated in his heart, "If I could change it, I would have changed it a long time ago, and I still have to wait until now?" Li Tiedan secretly glanced at his father. I found that his father was watching him and secretly gave him a thumbs up. He felt fortunate that he didn't take the old man's stubble to change his name, otherwise he might have been beaten again. Li Tie Dan touched his ass with palpitations.
The man in Tsing Yi looked at the book with his eyes, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, I don't know if he was laughing at the content of the book or seeing Li Tiedan's small movements.
"Origin"
"Ignorant Village"
"Mr. Teaching"
"My Grandma"
"Where's the name?"
"Lee Cheng Clan"
The old gentleman glanced at it in surprise, although it was a very common thing to read and write in the Great Wei Kingdom, it was rare for an old woman in a remote mountain village to be able to teach a lesson. But he seemed to have been hit by Li Tiedan's words just now, and he didn't say anything.
The two of them asked and answered like this, and after filling in Li Tiedan's information and drying it. He closed the booklet, stood up and handed it to the man in Tsing Yi. "Mr. Envoy, all the three students from my Gushan Town have arrived, you can take them away. The man in Tsing Yi closed the book, took the booklet and gave a scholarly salute to the old gentleman. Then he smiled at Li Tiedan, "Is there anything else you can tell your father? Just now, these two people and their families were quite reluctant. ”
Li Tiedan turned around and took his father's bag when he heard this, the thing was very heavy, but he gritted his teeth and carried it on his back, hesitated for a moment and said to Li Erzhu, "Dad, the child is going to say goodbye, maybe I won't be able to fulfill my filial piety in front of you in the past few years, you must take care of your body with my mother and my grandmother." Wait for me to come back and serve you well."
Li Erzhu rubbed Li Tiedan's head, "What's the matter, we can't live without you?" It's you, you have to pay attention when you're outside, don't make trouble for others anymore, no one is used to you outside than in the village." ”
Tie Dan made a scholarly salute to his father like the man in Tsing Yi, and said with a smile, "When I enter the academy and become an immortal, I will come back to you." ”
Li Erzhu said to the man in Tsing Yi, "Sir, my child is too naughty, so I bother Mr. to take care of it." ”
The man in Tsing Yi was still so indifferent, nodded with a smile, and then turned his head and beckoned the three smartest children in Gushan Town to walk out.
Li Erzhu followed behind and walked out of the school door, looked at the four people who were gradually walking away, and hesitated for a long time and shouted, "Tiedan, if it really doesn't work, come back, your father and I can still afford to raise you." "Then turn around and leave.
Neither father nor son looked back, nor did anyone speak again, but the tears of the two had already fallen down their eyes. The son is because of the loneliness and strangeness of being away from home. But the father knows that if he really embarks on the ethereal road to find immortals, this farewell will be goodbye.