In a certain time and space, on a vast continent, there is a country called the Demon Domain. The Demon Domain is divided into nine counties: Wind County, Rain County, Thunder County, Electric County, Fog County, Snow County, Frost County, Cloud County, and Sea County, with counties under the county and villages and towns under the county.

Haizhou County, Qingyang County, Yingzui Village, a clear stream flows past the village.

On this day, after breakfast, Mrs. Zhang took out a large wooden basin with half a basin of clothes piled up in it and sat by the stream in front of the door to wash it. At this time, the sun rises in the east, the red sun shines on the stream, shining on the whole thatched hut scattered village, only to see the flowers red willow green, the grass grows and the warbler flies, it is very beautiful. Mrs. Zhang was originally a cheerful person, but when she saw such a scene, she was even more smiling, humming a little song while doing laundry.

Suddenly, there were several laughs, and it turned out to be several young village women walking, each carrying a straw basket, talking and laughing along the way.

Seeing Mrs. Zhang, one of the plump young women in red clothes smiled and said loudly: "Mother Zhang, come with us to the Ciyun Temple to pay respects to the son Niangniang, and keep you giving birth to a big fat boy in less than a year." The other young women laughed together.

Mrs. Zhang smiled: "Dead girls, just make fun of me, I don't know how many times I worshipped when I was young, and a little cub was not born, seeing this old bone, there is no such blessing!"

The young woman in red smiled and said, "Don't worry, the old mother is happy and tough, even we are envious!"

Another young woman smiled and said, "Don't listen to her, the old mother said that she came to pay homage to her son, and she didn't take the opportunity to be lazy and play!"

While he was laughing, an old man came from the village behind him and called from afar: "Old woman, old woman, come back and help me clean up my fishing nets." ”

The young woman in red said, "Daddy Zhang, are you going to sea to fish again?"

Old man Zhang said: "If you don't fish for two days, you will be bored, and if you don't fish, we can still learn from the gods without eating or drinking!"

The young women laughed together and walked away.

Let's say that Old Man Zhang came to the sea in a small boat. At this time, the sky is clear, the sea and the sea are blue, and as far as the eye can see, the sea and the sky are almost connected, and the white clouds move slowly, not to mention how beautiful. There is only one small boat and one person in the endless sea, but fortunately this situation is not the first time to encounter, and it is not surprising, it is now the off-season for fishing, and many fishermen have rested, and he is more diligent, and he comes to the sea to cast a few nets when he has nothing to do. Old man Zhang was in a good mood, humming a little song, and skillfully spreading the net.

But after about half an hour, there was no movement under the water. Fishing requires patience, and Old Man Zhang is very experienced and waits carefully. Another half hour passed, and the nets still didn't move.

The sky is gradually getting hotter, the sun is scorching the water, and the rising water vapor has a faint hot smell. Old man Zhang felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly rowed the boat to the shore. When I approached the shore, I saw a lot of things crawling rapidly from the water to the beach. When you look closely, there are many small turtles, carved out of the mold like the size of a fingernail, and a piece of black pressing.

Suddenly, a huge seabird flew overhead, swooped down like an arrow, grabbed a few small turtles with sharp claws, and quickly rushed into the sky again. During the turtle breeding season, there are many small turtles crawling around on the beach, but now that the turtle breeding season has passed, how can there be so many small turtles?

Old man Zhang pondered, and suddenly two huge seabirds galloped over, grabbing a few small turtles that were desperately crawling. As if they had not noticed the danger around them, the other little turtles still climbed to the shore on their own. No, they must have found out, Old Man Zhang knew that these little things were very smart, and there must be greater dangers in the water than on the shore, but what dangers were hidden in the water?

After about half an hour, the baby turtles all burrowed into the sand on the shore, and there were no more large groups of turtles. Old man Zhang moored the boat and went ashore and sat down to rest. Suddenly, dark clouds rolled in, and they pressed down with a dark red momentum. There were rough waves on the water.

"Oh my God, is this going to hail?" said the old man to himself.

Suddenly, a water column four or five zhang high rose on the sea surface, the rolled up water splash spread out, the water column in the middle did not fall, there seemed to be a person on the water column but could not see clearly, suddenly the water splash rushed to the shore, there was really the momentum of overwhelming the mountains and the sea, and then, the thunderous voice sounded: "The essence of the hair is called Lin, the essence of the feather is called the phoenix, the essence of the medium is called the turtle, the essence of the scales is called the dragon, and the essence of the dragon is called - people!"

Old man Zhang only felt a roar in his ears, and he fell to the shore in front of him.

When I woke up, I looked around, and I vaguely remembered that I had fallen on the beach. My head was buzzing, and when I looked at the sun, it was already afternoon. It is estimated that this fainting has been going on for more than an hour. The boat was still moored on the shore, the water was calm, the waves were not wavering, the sun was shining, and I remembered the scene before I fainted, as if it were just a dream.

Old man Zhang patted his head vigorously, and was about to go home, when suddenly a childish cry sounded, and he looked towards the place where the sound was made, and saw a baby more than ten feet away on the shore, kicking his little hands and legs around. Old man Zhang hurriedly approached and saw that the baby was naked, a boy, about three or four months old, his little face was red from the sun, his fleshy little body was covered with sand, and there was a pale cyan birthmark on his forehead, like a small flame that was burning.

Seeing Old Man Zhang coming, the baby immediately stopped crying, and looked at Old Man Zhang with a pair of watery eyes.

Old man Zhang hurriedly picked up the child, gently brushed off the sand on the little body, and wondered whose child was thrown on the beach. I suddenly remembered that someone seemed to be shouting in the water before I fainted, probably because the fisherman was washed into the sea, and the child was probably the same person, but I don't know if the person is still alive. So he searched the shore for a while, but there was no sign of anyone, and he recalled that he did not seem to find any other fishing boats at sea before he fainted, and he was very surprised, but when he saw the child, he was very happy, so he took off his coat and carefully wrapped the child, and went home with the child in his arms.

When she returned home, Mrs. Zhang saw the child, liked it and kissed it again, and said repeatedly: "The mother who sent the child pity us, this child is white and fat, it is really cute!"

The old man told the old lady what had happened at sea, and said, "Don't just be happy, I'm afraid that this child was lost by someone's family, and I don't know how anxious his father and mother will be!"

The old lady pondered for a while, and then asked the old man, "Did you hear what the man in the water said?"

The old man thought for a while, shook his head, and said, "It seems to be a scale...... Feather...... Something, I can't remember exactly, my head was groggy at that time. ”

The old lady said: "I think it is better for us to raise this child first, and slowly inquire about his parents, if no one comes to recognize him, it is our child." ”

While raising their children, the couple inquired in Shili Eight Villages about whose family had lost their children. In my heart, I was very afraid that someone would suddenly come to claim it. After a few months, I didn't inquire about it, so I slowly let go of my hanging heart, and from then on, I felt at ease to raise the child as my own child.

The old couple didn't have much education, so they racked their brains to name the child "Haibao", which means "the treasure obtained from the seaside". Although the old couple regards the child as a treasure, but ordinary people, coarse tea and light food, are not as pampered as rich people, but this child is unusually strong. Eight years have passed in the blink of an eye. Strange to say, this child was born with great strength, although he was only eight years old, his strength was already the same as that of an adult, cooking and washing, chopping wood and carrying water, everything can be done.

There is a man named Yang Lao Liu in the same village, who is a neighbor of Old Man Zhang, and the two families are very good. Yang Laoliu's wife Liu is a kind-hearted woman, seeing that the old man Zhang and his wife are old, they often come to help, needlework and thread women's red, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar and other trivial things in life, just take them, and take care of Xiao Haibao is like their own children.

Yang Lao Liu's family has no sons, only one daughter, two years younger than Haibao, named Xiaoqing, who looks like a pink carving, often plays with Haibao, and the two children are like brothers and sisters. There is no school in the village of Yingzui, and children have to walk five or six miles to a nearby village to study. The small families in the village do not attach much importance to learning, so many children do not go to school, and the families who go to school do not discipline them much, and they don't know where to play halfway. Liu's father was a teacher, she read and read with her father since she was a child, and she was also knowledgeable, and often taught her two children to read and write, so that they would not blindly play and waste their time.

On this day, after doing her homework, Haibao took Xiaoqing's sister and several children from the same village to play together by the stream at the entrance of the village. Haibao dug a small pit by the creek with a branch, put some water in it, and then went to the creek to catch fish, and when he caught it, he put it in the small puddle for Xiaoqing to play with. There was a boy named Xiaoliang who couldn't catch a fish, so he went to a small puddle and fished one, swaying in front of Xiaoqing with a smile.

Xiaoqing shouted: "Quickly put it in, so that the little fish will die!"

The little man said, "Look at me and put it in for you," but stretched out his other hand to catch fish in the small puddle.

Xiao Qing was so anxious that she shouted: "Brother Haibao, Xiao Liang robbed our little fish!"

Haibao had already heard the noise here, and waded over in the water, Xiao Liang hurriedly grabbed the little fish and ran away, Haibao caught up with three steps and two steps, and grabbed Xiao Liang's shoulder. Xiao Liang clenched his fists and refused to let go, shouting in his mouth: "Who said it was yours, if I caught it, it was mine!"

Xiaoqing shouted, "You caught it from our little puddle!"

Xiao Liang said: "Wherever I caught it, it's mine!"

Haibao pushed Xiao Liang to the ground and said loudly, "Give the fish back to my sister!"

At this time, the surrounding children also came to see the excitement and clapped their hands and screamed together. Xiao Liang was pushed to the ground, lost face, held on, refused to let go, was pressed painfully, shouted incoherently, and called out the gossip he heard out of nowhere: "Dead Sea Treasure, Stinky Sea Treasure, picked up wild child, what's the big deal!"

Hai Bao said angrily, "Who is the wild child who picked it up?"

Xiao Liang said: "You! It's you! You picked it up from outside! If you don't believe it, ask your mother!"

When Haibao heard this, he was stunned, and the strength in his hand relaxed, Xiao Liang took the opportunity to jump up, raised his hand and threw the little fish to the ground, saying, "For your stinky fish!" and then ran away.

Xiaoqing ran over, picked up the little fish, put it in the palm of her hand, saw that the little fish was motionless, and said, "Brother Haibao, the little fish is dead!" Seeing that Haibao didn't squeak, he raised his eyes and saw that Haibao was still stunned, and he was busy holding Haibao's hand and said, "Brother Haibao, what's wrong with you?" Haibao came back to his senses and said, "It's nothing, let's not play here anymore, let's go home." After speaking, he took Xiaoqing's hand and went home.

Let's say that Mrs. Zhang, seeing that her son came back early that day, he was preoccupied for a long time, he didn't play much, and he didn't talk much, so she was very puzzled, touched Haibao's forehead, and asked, "Bao'er, are you sick?"

Haibao said: "No. ”

After a while, Haibao asked, "Mom, did I pick it up?"

Mrs. Zhang was taken aback and said, "Who said you picked it up?"

Haibao said: "I heard from others, and today Xiaoliang scolded me for being a wild child I picked up. ”

Mrs. Zhang understood why this child was so worried for a long time, she was thinking about this matter, so she smiled and said: "No, you are your parents' baby, how can you be a wild child picked up!"

"No, Mom, you lied to me, I seem to remember some things from the past, when I was very young, I lived in a place that was not at all different from this village. ”

Mrs. Zhang smiled and said, "Impossible, when your father brought you back, you were only a few months old, how can you remember?"

Haibao said: "Then I really picked it up?"

Mrs. Zhang knew that she had missed her mouth, and she regretted it, and hurriedly said: "There is no such thing, you must take your dream seriously, don't think nonsense." ”

Haibao felt that his mother was just comforting him, and said, "Mom, I know you're afraid of me being sad, but my father and mother love me so much, even if I picked it up, I'm not sad, I just want to know where I came from." ”

Mrs. Zhang saw that the child was so sensible, and she wanted to tell the truth, but she couldn't bear it. Looking at the child's eager expression, he couldn't bear it even more, so he forced a smile and said, "Let's talk about it when your father comes back!"

When the old man returned home in the evening, the old lady told the old man about it. The old man thought for a while and said, "I'll have to let him know about this sooner or later, so it's better to tell him now." So he called Haibao over and told him how he picked up Haibao while fishing at sea that day, and how he searched for his biological parents when he returned home but didn't find them.

After finishing speaking, Old Man Zhang sighed and said: "It's a pity that your biological parents don't know where to go, and they didn't put anything on you as a souvenir. ”

Hypertherm listened and said, "I seem to remember some of the circumstances. ”

Old man Zhang said: "You were still a baby at that time, it is impossible to remember." ”

Haibao said: "Anyway, I have a picture in my head, just like you just told me. ”

Old man Zhang said: "It may be your own imagination, don't think nonsense, no matter where you come from, you are a good child of your parents." ”

Haibao nodded and said, "What Daddy said is that no matter where I come from, Daddy and Mom will always be my Daddy and Mom, and they are the best people in the world for me......!"

Since then, Hypertherm has become more sensible and tries her best to help her parents share the work.

In the blink of an eye, Hypertherm was almost ten years old. Haibao saw that his father went out to sea to fish every day, and wanted to go very much, although the old couple felt sorry for the child's young age, but they couldn't stand Haibao's bitter pleading, so they agreed. Haibao carefully watched his father's every move, studied hard, asked a few questions from time to time, and quickly learned all kinds of fishing skills. Although he is small, he has great strength and good water nature, and soon became a good helper for his father.

The weather was very good that day, and Xiao Haibao went out to sea with his father to fish again. It was the peak fishing season, and there were many fishing boats and fishermen on the sea. Seeing Old Man Zhang, familiar fishermen greeted him one after another. Finding a suitable location, the two of them began to cast their nets to fish. After about an hour, the hold was already half a pod of fish.

Suddenly, there was a shout not far away: "Uncle Zhang, Lao Qi, help me quickly, I caught a big guy this time!" Haibao hurriedly looked over when he heard this, and saw that Uncle Yang Liu, who was from the same village on the boat not far away, was pulling fishing nets vigorously on the boat.

Hearing the shout, Old Man Zhang and Yang Laoqi rowed across the fishing boat, jumped when the fishing boat was about to approach Yang Laoliu's fishing boat, jumped onto Yang Laoliu's boat, and the three of them pulled the fishing net together.

The nets came out of the water, and a huge fish could be seen struggling inside, the sun shining brightly on its fist-sized silver scales.

Haibao also jumped onto the boat and reached out to help pull, Yang Liushu said in a whisper: "Haibao, get away!" Just as the three of them were working together to pull the fish onto the boat, suddenly the big fish suddenly jumped up a few feet high, circled in the air and fell heavily into the water, splashing people can't open their eyes.

Old man Zhang, Yang Lao Liu, and Yang Lao Qi only felt a huge suction force coming from the fishing net, and the three of them fell into the water together with the fishing net.