The little boy had a nightmare, dreaming that there was a blood rain in the sky, a cold blood rain like splashing water, the whole sky was red, countless viscous crimson whirlpools hung in the sky and slowly turned, as if to suck people in, the blood fell on the ground and painted into large and small rivers, flowing to himself, turning into a blood snake, wrapped around himself, bound so that he couldn't move, getting tighter and tighter, and it was difficult to breathe, the little boy struggled nervously, his arms struggled outward, trying to break free from the shackles of the blood snake, Finally he did it, which blood snakes were broken away by him at once, and then he suddenly turned into the water from the plank lying flat, the cold river water soaked the little boy's whole body violently, the biting cold penetrated into the little boy's bones, he suddenly woke up, knew that it was not a dream, his two hands kept fluttering, his body floated upwards as much as possible, he learned to swim, his father had taught him, and soon, he floated up, and saw a wooden plank with rags hanging on it, just on the river not far away, he swam over and grabbed the plank, With a sigh of relief, he looked around and found that he was surrounded by high mountain cliffs sharpened by axes and machetes, and he was floating like a lone leaf on the river, passing through the mountains.

He remembered that he slept in his own bed last night, and his mother made the bed for himself, and after he drank a bowl of soup before going to bed, he lay down on the bed and fell asleep, and his mother seemed to come to see him in the middle, and he didn't say anything and tucked the quilt and left. When he was still sleeping with his mother, he woke up and found that his mother was not with him, so he went out to find his mother, and when he walked out of the door, he saw his father and mother carrying the two people together, which two people had not moved, and the little boy did not see the people on the ground move, the father took out a medicine bottle, poured the liquid in the bottle on the two people on the ground, and after a while, there were only two pools of blood left on the ground, and the mother brought water from the well in the front yard and washed the ground, And then it was as if nothing had happened, and the little boy was scared and cried, and then the father and mother realized that their three-year-old child was standing in the doorway watching him do all this.

The two adults looked at each other, and the father walked up to his son, picked him up and said, "Don't cry in the future, the one who can only cry will turn out to be the same as the two people on the ground.", although the little boy was still very young, but it was very strange that he understood his father's words and soon stopped crying, of course, the little boy stopped talking.

From then on, his father would take the time to teach the little boy, such as how to throw a dart into the bull's-eye, how to make a sharp weapon out of wood that could pierce a leather bag, how to climb on the ground and stay motionless for an afternoon and even the family cat would not notice him, but the little boy did not know what it was to learn this.

What my father said was: "If one day we are not by your side, you will go to Dr. Xiping, he is in Wuxi Mountain, Jiangnan, and tell him, Skynet is gray and dusty, and Dr. Xi will take care of you.", "Doctor Xi," the little boy does not have the image of this person in his mind at all, let alone where Jiangnan is, but the little boy knows that if he wants to go to Wuxi Mountain, he must go ashore first, so he rows to the shore with all his might, and there seems to be a relatively flat river beach in front of him, which is the goal of the little boy. He calculated his own speed and the speed of the river, and used all his strength evenly, because he knew very well that the distance was not close.

At noon, the little boy went ashore on the river beach, he took off his clothes, spread them on the stones to dry, found some grass roots in the woods by the river, and took them to the stone number by the river to bask in the sun and eat, the river was too fast to catch fish, otherwise he could even catch fish to eat, these skills he knew at the age of five.

After doing these little boys walked down the river, he soon found a path, and in the evening he arrived at a small town, it is more accurate to say that it is a small town than a market, there are not a few decent houses, there is only one main road in the town, and it is all muddy, mixed with some cow and horse dung, a few shops on both sides of the road, and there are no men in the shops, there are a few stalls between the houses, it must be the reason for the evening, and there is no one to operate in the stalls, and the little boy walks like this, He wanted to find someone to ask for directions and see how to get to Gangnam.

Occasionally, one or two people walked by on the road and looked at the little boy with curious eyes, the country is not a person from the town at a glance, he is dressed much brighter than the people in the town, and there are actually two jade pendants hanging on the belt, "The little boy from the city, how can you walk here alone", the people passing by thought so, looked back twice, and left in a hurry, everyone has a livelihood to be busy, the town is coming to an end, the little boy still hasn't found an object that can ask for directions, not that he hasn't seen people, It's that he doesn't see a person who can ask for directions, well, in fact, he doesn't dare to talk to anyone yet, because he hasn't spoken for a long time, and he doesn't talk much at home, and people outside don't talk to him at all, so the neighbors think he's dumb.

A middle-aged woman walked in from outside the town, dressed brightly, with a basket in her right hand, of course, compared with other people in the town, at least the woman also had a silver hairpin in her head, and a red belt around her waist, the aunt noticed the little boy at the beginning, and when she got closer, she stood on the side of the road and looked him up and down without any care, and there were words in her mouth: "Yo, whose son and brother are this, is this Zhang Jiaji going to relatives or visiting friends, We haven't heard of anyone with such a rich relative", the aunt's voice was very loud, he called out for a while, and after a while, many people in the surrounding houses pushed open the windows and looked out, some people retracted their heads at a glance, and some people kept looking at this side, most of the retracted men were men.

The aunt was amused: "Yo, I'm still shy, how can I look like a little girl, I haven't seen anyone alive, what's your name?", the aunt walked in front of the little boy across the vegetable basket, and looked sideways at the child's face, which is a very delicate face, but the wheel is very clear, the eyes are big and bright, the eyelashes are very long, longer than many girls, the nose is very straight, the lips are very thin, there seems to be only one line when you purse it, and some mud and sand are still stuck on the little boy's face, An old voice came from a distance: "Aunt Zhang, don't tease other children, other parents don't know how anxious they are?", Aunt Zhang was unhappy when she heard it: "What's the matter with you, old bull head, let go of your horse, I do something, you have to insert a bar if you say something, do you have a fancy to the old lady, the old lady still doesn't want to see you, hit a single, what's the matter, I want to find a companion when I'm old, how about Aunt Zhao in Li Village, I'm going to talk to you about it.", she spoke like a cannon, with a thick dialect accent, spitting in her mouth, the people around her looked at it and shook their heads, it seems that the people in the town have suffered his losses on weekdays, the old bull head obviously went down, shook his head and said: "I'm too lazy to spit on you Xingzi", pulled his horse and continued to walk.

The little boy is not very adaptable, he is not walking, he is not walking, just wanted to move, Aunt Zhang grabbed him: "You haven't said what your name is, what are we doing in Zhangjiaji, say it, say that my aunt will give you candy to eat.", the little boy said hesitantly: "I, I and my name are Wu Xiao, I got lost and came here".

Aunt Zhang heard what he said and hurriedly asked: "Where are you going? Why are you lost", Wu Xiao raised his head and his eyes were full of hope: "I'm going to Jiangnan, do you know how to go?", Aunt Zhang listened: "Jiangnan, where is it, I don't know, how far away is it from Zhangjiaji", Wu Xiao immediately looked disappointed when he heard it, he turned around and walked out of town, no longer paying attention to this woman. This is not a topic that can be talked about for several days among the women of the same town, and they lost interest, on the contrary, scolding the old bull head made him feel that he was majestic again today, and whether he dared to count her down in the future, Aunt Zhang thought like this, and the old bull head who had just led the horse over walked away with a look of anger, and looked graceful from the back

"Little boy, are you going to Jiangnan?", an old voice came into Wu Xiao's ears, and he looked up, and an old man with a horse walked behind him at some point. yes, but I don't know how to go." Wu Xiao didn't have much spirit to respond, "Jiangnan, which is a good place, I went there twenty years ago" The old bull head was obviously very emotional, Wu Xiao heard the spirit: "Can you tell me how to go?", the old cow head laughed when he heard it: "Do you want to walk, where you may have to walk for many months", Wu Xiao said: "It's so far, how can you hurry up", the old bull head patted the horse he led and said: "Riding a horse will be faster than half a month, and you can hire a carriage, you can get there in a month, I was driving a carriage twenty years ago", Said that this is the old bull head a little fascinated, twenty years ago he was still the proprietor's coachman, he has the ability to drive the car, the horse is not bad, for the proprietor to drive the car for more than ten years, ran a lot of places, has seen a lot of the world, but the old man let him raise horses, the horse can not be raised, the proprietor simply let him go back to his hometown, now he can only rely on the horse he raised from time to time to pull some work to make a living, fortunately this horse he looks good, although he is not fast, the legs are a little short, but the endurance is good, the strength is great, and it is quite worry-free.

Wu Xiao looked at which black horse, not too tall, much shorter than which one his father taught him equestrian, thinking of his father Wu Xiao was worried for a while, I don't know what happened to my father and mother, why didn't I come to pick him up, he was mentally hopeful, but there was always a shadow in his heart, which night he got up when he was three years old.

An old man and a young man walked on the muddy road, Wu Xiao's two jade pendants hanging on his waist collided together from time to time and made a clanging sound. My father said that this jade pendant can be exchanged for the food that ordinary people eat for a year", the old bull head has also seen the world, he still knows these things, he picked up the jade pendant and looked at it and said: "Seriously, you little cub don't blind me", Wu Xiao hurriedly said: "What are you doing, my father really said this", the old bull head is making a small calculation, if this is the case, he has made a lot of money, this jade pendant can buy several horses, he looked at the little boy, "not like a liar" The old bull head said to himself. Okay, let's change, but in the future, your adults are not allowed to come and go back", Wu Xiao was very happy: "I will never break my promise, but can you write it down for me how to go to Jiangnan".The old bull head heard it and said: "You are embarrassed for me, I can't read, I can only write two words in my own name, and I can only write two words in my own name, and I sign a contract to draw a circle".Wu Xiao didn't think of this and thought about it: "It doesn't matter, you say, I remember", a pillar transaction was completed, and finally the old bull leader only took a piece of jade pendant and returned the other piece to Wu Xiao, Because he always felt that it was awkward to take advantage of someone else's big advantage, especially when the other party was still a child.