Chapter 1 A small village by the mountain
Yue country, Qingyue Mountain, Qingshi Village.
It was the middle of summer, the sky was blue, and several white clouds were floating slowly.
Twitter...... Chirp......
A flock of small birds chirped and flew over the hillside at the entrance of the village.
A peasant boy sat here alone, holding a book that could be flipped over, and the cover of which read "Qi Min's Technique", ignoring the beautiful scenery in front of him, and staring blankly at the path at the entrance of the village.
He was about thirteen or fourteen years old, dark and thin, with thin arms and legs, and an ordinary appearance, if the only bright spot was his big head that did not match his body, and a tuft of yellow hair. At this moment, the faint sunlight passed through the clouds, casting a twinkle of light on his childish countenance, as if he was waiting for someone, and seemed to be thinking about something.
Suddenly, he put down the book, rolled over from the ground and got up, opened his stance and practiced martial arts with one punch and one kick.
Look at his lips clenched, his face is serious, and he attaches great importance to this set of punches, but his body is really thin, and he punches out crookedly, snorting and panting, which is a little bit of the spirit of a martial artist, and after only a dozen times of practice, he sweated profusely and collapsed to the ground with exhaustion.
"Alas...... This is just the most ordinary Black Tiger Boxing, and the teenagers in the village can do it, and I can't even practice this. Could it be that I am just a waste in this life, allowing Han Baobao and Shi Jian to laugh at me?" he sighed, looking at the blue sky, and his heart was infinitely sentimental.
This thin young man's name is Zhang Shishi, his father is a stonemason in the village, and the Han blacksmith and stone hunter in the same village are called the three treasures of bluestone, and the craftsmanship is one of the best in ten miles and eight townships.
After more than ten years of competition, there was no winner or loser, and it was a coincidence that the three families gave birth to a son on the same day, the same month, and the same year.
I don't know if God is blind or what, Zhang Stonemason's son was born with no pulse, his physique was weak, and he almost died.
Finally raised up, compared with the other two, it is simply the difference between bean sprouts and little tigers, the son of Han blacksmith and stone hunter was born strong and strong, and he has long inherited his own Lao Tzu's craftsmanship.
But Zhang Shi farming can not move the hoe, the stone carving can not swing the hammer, not less by the village people laughed, his father in a fit of anger, simply let his son give up agriculture and literature, said that everything is inferior, only the high level of reading, will be able to beat the other two.
This caused ridicule from the villagers, who said that Zhang Laosan's family was the body of a black chicken, but he had the heart of a phoenix, and he was too self-conscious, waiting to see his family's jokes!
Zhang Shi couldn't get angry, so he secretly practiced martial arts, but the qi and blood of the veinless body were blocked, and even the most ordinary Black Tiger Fist could not be practiced well, which really made him desperate. At this time, lying on the hillside, thinking of my father's ardent expectations, thinking of my future, and the gossip of the villagers, I was stunned for a while.
Tweet ...... Whisper......
A small bird landed beside him, tilted its little head and looked at him curiously, fluttering its wings.
He woke up suddenly, shook his head with a wry smile, and thought: "Forget it, my body is born like this, the second uncle asked me to read "Qi Min Yaoshu" well, saying that if I read it well, I will have a great future, so I should study hard wholeheartedly, so that I can fight for my parents!"
Thinking of this, he hurriedly collected his thoughts, picked up the book and read aloud seriously: "Gu, Jiye, Mingsu." The grain is the general name of the five grains, and it does not refer to millet. However, today's people specialize in the valley of millet and look at the ears of the common name......"
This is a book about farming, which is very difficult to understand, but the second uncle insists that he read it.
Speaking of the second uncle, he is the most promising person in the Zhang family, he refused to farm in his early years, went to the city to develop, and is now a manager of a commercial bank, literate and hyphenation is also quite knowledgeable, the name of the stone "Zhang Di" is he took, take righteousness and down-to-earth. Therefore, the stone likes this second uncle very much, likes the books he sent, and reads each one well, and refuses to let go; and also likes him to set up a dragon gate array, telling the strange things of going south and north, and often listening to the stone as if he was fascinated, and he is not sleepy until dawn.
Although I had some doubts and didn't know what the use of reading this difficult farming book was, Shi was very convinced of every word the second uncle said, so I have been reading this book over and over again for nearly a month. In his small heart, he studied well, and in the future, he walked out of the small village, went to see the outside world, and became a person with the same ability as his second uncle, which is his greatest ideal.
At this time, he shook his head and read the book, gradually intoxicated, and his little face also glowed.
The birds did not fly away, as if they were also attracted by his reading sound, and they all landed beside him, and the stones came here every day to read, and sometimes they fed these birds some corn, and naturally the little birds were not afraid of him.
The more he read, the more energetic he became, until the sun gradually turned west, and then he felt ** in his belly. When I looked up, I was surprised to find that it was almost dark, so I got up and moved my numb hands and feet, and looked at the entrance of the village again, but it was still empty, and the birds around me didn't know where to fly.
He sighed lightly, "Second Uncle shouldn't be here today, right?"
As soon as I entered the house, I heard a rough voice shouting, "Stone, are you back?"
The one who spoke was a burly middle-aged peasant man, holding a hammer and chisel in his hand, squatting in the courtyard to carve a stone statue.
"Dad, I've memorized all the books. The stone replied obediently, first went to the water tank and scooped a scoop of cold water to drink, moistened his thirsty throat, and then scooped a scoop of cold water for his father, "Dad, you drink saliva." His eyes stared curiously at the stone statue, looking at the smooth and neat stone marks, and he was quite envious of his father's craftsmanship, and hurriedly asked, "What is my father carving this time?"
Zhang Mason took the scoop of cold water and drank it, wiped his mouth happily, and said with a smile: "This stone statue father plans to carve a pair of exquisite lions......
"Stone lion!" Stone clapped his hands and shouted, his two little eyes stared at the stone statue excitedly, and he took his father's big hand and said, "Dad, you teach me! I also want to carve a stone lion!"
Looking at his son's excited appearance, Zhang Stonemason touched his withered yellow hair, and sighed secretly, his son has been studious since he was a child, and he likes stone carving even more in his heart.
But he couldn't bear to hit his son, so he had to smile and say: "Okay, well, you don't have to rush to learn if you want to! After this pair is carved, I will give it to your second uncle as a thank you, and it is not in vain that he will always send you books and guide you to read and write." When your second uncle comes, let him test how well you read? If you do well, your father will teach you to carve a stone lion!"
As soon as he heard his father mention the second uncle, Shishi's eyes suddenly lit up, and he nodded his head heavily: "Dad, will the second uncle come today?"
"Hey...... The stinky boy knows that he is worried about your second uncle. Father Shi patted him on the head, his face was happy, "It's the end of the month again! Your second uncle should be here, and I don't know what to delay." You waited at the entrance of the village for a day, didn't you see the second uncle?"
Stone shook his head in disappointment.
"Oh, my son just came back, you let him take a breath and eat the meal!" Shi's mother wore an apron, walked out of the house, and beckoned to the two of them.
"Let's go, let's eat!" Father Stone put his arms around his son and led him to the house.
The farmer's meal is simple and simple, two bowls of vegetarian vegetables and a small bowl of stewed chicken, and an extra pair of chopsticks next to it, which is prepared for the second uncle. Shi's mother grabbed a piece of chicken and put it in the stone bowl, telling him to eat more meat because he was weak and small.
Father Shi told him to hurry up and read good books, take care of his body, so that he could go to the city to do things with his second uncle, and overpower the son of Han Blacksmith and Stone Orion as soon as possible, so as to fight for his father.
Shi obediently ate the chicken, and was speechless for a while, this to his parents, it really gave him a headache, such a magic sound was devastating, and almost every meal had to be served a dozen times. I had to deal with it with it, and shouted in my heart that the second uncle would come and save his life!
Perhaps it was the chanting that played a role, and suddenly I heard a horse chirping outside the door, accompanied by the clatter of hooves, and it seemed that a carriage and horse were parked at the door.
"Second Uncle is here!" Shi exclaimed in surprise, hurriedly put down his rice bowl, and rushed over to open the door.
A middle-aged man in a royal blue robe with two beards strode in, it was the second uncle. I saw him holding a gift box in his hand, with a look of joy on his face, and shouted: "Third brother, brother and sister, I'm late! Great joy! Our family's stone deficiency problem has been saved!"
Shi's parents didn't know why, but they were infected by his joy, and they were also surprised and happy, and they hurriedly got up to greet them. The stone threw himself into the arms of the second uncle, snuggled up to him and sat down, looking really intimate.
The second uncle exchanged a few words with his parents, ate a few bites of food at will, and then ordered to fetch wine, and after toasting three glasses in a row, he said the great news he brought.
It is said that the immortal master of the nearby Qingyue Mountain wants to recruit disciples, which is divided into the inner hall and the outer hall, the inner hall disciples directly cultivate immortals, and the outer hall disciples work for the immortal master, with a total of one hundred places. Because he had no children under his knees, he simply used a lot of silver to get one for the stone, which can be regarded as a good future for his eldest nephew, so he delayed some time and rushed over.
His father and mother couldn't believe their ears, there were immortal masters on Qingyue Mountain, and they occasionally appeared in front of mortals, all of them had great magical powers, and it was not an exaggeration to say that they were flying away from the sky. I thought that it would be a great thing for my child to get an errand in the city, but the second brother actually ...... actually arranged for the stone to go up the mountain to learn from the immortal master, this is ...... Is this possible?
Shi Shi was so excited that his face turned red, realizing that this big opportunity was not trivial, it was thousands of times better than going to the city to do things, if he could really grasp it, maybe his fate would change drastically, and immediately two small eyes stared at the second uncle without blinking, hoping that he would say more news.
The second uncle laughed, and then excitedly introduced: "I heard that the Qingyue Immortal Master has developed a wonderful field, called the Spirit Field, and the millet planted is called the Spirit Valley.
Such a good opportunity is just right for the stone to go, as long as he can become a disciple of the Immortal Family and grow the Spirit Valley, then his physical weakness can be cured!"
Shi Dad and his mother were stupid when he heard it, Shi Niang rubbed her clothes with both hands, her mood was excited and worried, and she couldn't believe the news; Shi Dad held the wine bowl in his hand, and kept trembling, obviously excited.
The stone himself was also excited, looking at the Qingyue Mountain in the distance, and secretly thought: "This ...... If this is really great, if I can cure the problem of physical weakness, then the family will be able to raise their heads in the village! Han Baobao and Shi Jian ...... You can't laugh at me anymore!"
"His second uncle, this sounds good, but the stone body is weak, can he be chosen by the immortal master?"
The second uncle smiled and played the package ticket: "Third brother, you can rest assured! Although our stone is a little weak, he is smart and clever, under your tutelage, he can farm and carve, and I also taught him some reading and literacy, not to mention ......"
He reached out and took the "Qi Min Yao Shu" from the stone, put it on the table, tapped it with his finger, and blinked his eyes slyly: "We farmers don't pay much attention to farming, but the immortal master is too particular about farming, I heard that those spirit valleys are not easy to serve! If there is no book, those spirit valleys will be planted to death in two and a half days." Hehe, I heard the wind before, and I deliberately let the stone read some books on farming, this kid don't look at the gourd, you can understand it in your heart!
"Second Uncle......" Shi Shi's face turned red, and he scratched his head embarrassedly, only then did he understand the intention of the second uncle to let him read this difficult and obscure farming book, and he was grateful in his heart;
"Hahaha...... I'm not wrong!" The second uncle laughed heartily: "If you want to say that he can't choose, I won't believe it if you kill him!
Shi's father and mother were overjoyed, and took care of his son with good food and drink in the following days, and gave him all his love, while the second uncle lived here temporarily, and told Shi to take some countermeasures after going up the mountain, so as to have a greater chance of winning.
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