Raising the Demon

Chapter 7
Along the way, Zijian dragged Zi Baifeng and the two of them walked quickly, and when they approached the small mountain village, they slowed down a little.

Zi Baifeng wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked up.

This is a peaceful small mountain village, somewhat similar to the village that Zi Baifeng saw in his ink landscape paintings, only more dilapidated.

Although it is already the turn of spring and summer, whether it is a mountain peak, a stream, or a village, there is still a feeling of bleakness.

Poor mountains and bad waters.

This is an idea that popped into Zi Baifeng's mind at this time.

He thought of the gray dead air covered on the jade piece, and his heart suddenly felt a little heavy.

But the next moment, he was sunny again, and he came, with the tiles and the power to change everything, and that was enough.

Nothing can stop it.

The "returning home" of Zi's father and son was not welcomed.

Xiayan Village is located in the Yang of Niaoshu Mountain, and it lives by the mountain. Most of the people in the village have the surname Yan.

Yan is a common surname in the vicinity. There are villages such as Yan Village, Shangyan Village, Xiayan Village, Dayan Village, and Xiaoyan Village. They echo each other. These villages used to be a branch of Yan Village. Come, but now that the jade mines are exhausted, they have nowhere to go.

Zi Baifeng and his son moved here from other places, so they live in the northernmost part of the village, which is the closest to the mountain and also the most dangerous place.If there is a flash flood, their home will be the first to be destroyed, and if a wild animal goes down the mountain, their home will be the first to be unlucky.

And near his house, there is another house, and that house belongs to Xiao Shitou's house.

Xiaoshitou's father used to be the best hunter in the village. Before Xiaoshitou was born, he went hunting in the mountains and was seriously injured. Uncle Zhuzi carried him back and died not long after.

Xiao Shitou's mother's maiden name is Wu, and people call her Yan Wu's family.After Xiao Shitou's father passed away, his brothers kicked out Yan Wu, who was still pregnant, and lived in an old house that was half destroyed.It just so happened that Zi's father and son moved from other places to see her pity and help her repair the house, so they didn't freeze to death in the cold winter.

Yan Wu is also a stubborn woman. After she gave birth to Xiaoshi, she supported a family by herself, and raised Xiaoshi to big.The two families facing each other, one is a widower and the other is a widow. Many people gossip about them, so whether it is Zijian or the Yanwu family, they are careful not to go overboard. But the relationship between the two families is They depend on each other and get better and better.

Before Zi Baifeng took the hospital examination, Zijian took Xiao Shitou to the city together, but this trip lasted more than ten days, and the information was not clear in the past, and it was only on the third day that someone came to the news that Zi Baifeng had fallen ill , and until now, I really saw a few people, holding Zi Baifeng and Xiao Shitou in their arms, chattering for a while.

Zi Baifeng managed to break free, reasoning that he had to find the clan elder to take up the post, and left in a hurry.And Xiao Shitou also wanted to escape, Zi Baifeng pretended not to see his pitiful eyes asking for help, turned around and ran away.

Go home, wash up, and put on clean clothes.There were only two big men's houses without even a bronze mirror, so they took a basin of water, took a picture of it, and nodded in satisfaction.They clapped their hands again, and a seal appeared in their hands, which was the seal of the village official. He took the seal and the appointment document of the governor, and went to find the clan elder to take office.

After leaving the door, Zi Baifeng held his head high, walked forward with square steps, swaying, he was not going to take office, but to show his prestige.I was the first in the college examination and was admitted as a scholar, so I should enjoy the envy and hatred of everyone.

But I don’t know why, there are very few people in the village. Along the way, I saw someone standing there from a distance. After walking past, the people disappeared. One by one hurriedly closed the door and closed the house, and hurriedly hid Zi Baifeng.

Come out to say hello, and call him Xiucai Lang, so that the uncle can die if he has a good time!Zi Baifeng cursed in his heart, these folks really don't know how to respect and love each other, they need to be educated!
After walking for a while, Zi Baifeng felt something was wrong. These people avoided him as if they were avoiding the plague god, and it was the same whether they were old people or children. Obviously, someone had already greeted him and established a policy. This is going forward and back together.

Those who can have this kind of authority can be counted with just one finger.

There are dozens of families in Xiayan Village, all of whom are related to each other.The clan elder is the person with the highest seniority in the village, with high morals and high prestige. If there are any difficulties that are difficult to adjust on weekdays, or there are weddings and funerals in the family, the clan elders will mediate and preside over them.

Eight out of ten villages in the world operate like this.

At this time, the clan elder was standing in front of his house holding a whip.

Around a dozen people stood darkly, all of them were schoolchildren and their fathers in the village.

The clan elder's little grandson was lying at the entrance of the alley, poking his head out to look, then suddenly shrank his head, turned around and whispered, "Here we come! We come!"

"Hurry up, come here, get down!" The clan elder waved his hand, and the dark group of people got down on the ground. The elders and the younger ones were orderly, fast and accurate, which showed that they had trained several times.However, some of these people held back their smiles, while others had bitter faces.

Although the clan elder is old, he is not deaf and blind. He pricked up his ears to listen to the movement, and when he heard Zi Baifeng's footsteps walking around the corner, he swung his whip and slapped it on his grandson's head. above ass.

The whip missed his ass, but the little grandson lying on the ground let out a miserable howl and shouted, "Grandpa, spare me!"

Well, the acting is good.The clan elder nodded, and saw Zi Baifeng had turned the corner from the corner of his eyes, and immediately shouted: "You still have the face to call me grandpa!"

With one hand on his hips and a horsewhip in the other, he pointed at the dozen or so people who were lying on their stomachs. He looked like a great man giving advice. Although his head was full of white hair, his waist was straight, his voice was like a bell, and he was full of energy.

"You unworthy descendants!" The old man pointed at his descendants, "I begged my grandpa to tell my grandma, so I invited a classmate from the school to be your teacher to teach you how to read and write. You said, the same It’s reading and writing. There are so many of you, but none of you are admitted to the academy! On the contrary, a boy with a foreign surname was admitted to the academy! Huh?”

Originally it was just acting, but the more he talked about it, the more he got angry. He swung the horsewhip and hit the little grandson's buttocks again. As if being stabbed, he yelled, "Grandpa, you really hit me!"

"You were the one who beat you!" The old man waved his horsewhip, blowing his beard and staring, "I think you dare to run? Get down on the ground! Get down on the ground! Little Liuer, you said that I eat delicious food all day long!" Looking at you, I don’t expect you to be admitted to any high-ranking official, at least you can come back to me as a scholar! You said that you eat more than cows and sleep worse than pigs. Never used your studies as an excuse to hide in the Sleeping in the room? Watch me fight!"

"Crack!" Another whip.

"Aw!" Another howl.

"Howl again! Howl again and I'll kill you! Shut up, do you hear me!" Just now, he just planned to perform a performance of the horsewhip family training for Zi Baifeng to show his prestige, but this time it was The more he talked, the angrier he became, wishing he could really beat his most precious grandson to death.

But I don't know, who was the most spoiled at the beginning, he was afraid of melting in his mouth, and afraid of falling when holding it in his hand, even if his father scolded him.

After beating his sixth grandson, it was really painful and painful. He squinted and saw Zi Baifeng standing not far away, so he turned around and walked over with a whip, with a smirk. He laughed and said: "Ah, it turns out that he is a talented man. He has never greeted him far away, and he is rude..." The old man also went to a private school seriously when he was young, but he has a bad temper, which is even worse than his own grandson. One, but at least learned some etiquette.

"Old man!" Zi Baifeng bowed uprightly, insisting on the gift of the younger generation, "Old man, you should call me Baifeng, it really breaks me."

The old man squinted his eyes. Since Zi's father and son came to this village, the old man has been the clan elder in the village. When Zi's father and son wanted to settle here, it was the old man who came forward to help them get a loan, and then they really settled down.It's just that since Zi Baifeng started studying, he has gradually become disgusting.

This old man's white hair is combed meticulously. Although his face is much shriveled due to his age, his chest is still broad, as if he had the same majestic appearance as when he went up to the mountain to dig jade and go down to the water to fish for treasure. elegant demeanor.

Who didn't know the demeanor of Yan Laowu in the entire Mengcheng area back then?It is not a safe job to go up the mountain to dig jade and go into the water to hunt for treasure.At the beginning, Yan Laowu had three great prides, one was tearing up tigers alive, the other was capturing anacondas alive, and the third was having five sons. When people from all over the world mentioned Yan Laowu, who would not give him a thumbs up? Last one, good man!
It's just that jade is rare now, and it's hard to make a living when searching for jade. The hero is old and his physical strength is not as good as before.What's even more pity is that each of the five sons is not as good as one. The only pride of the old man now is that he has controlled this mountain village for decades, and everyone is harmonious and friendly to each other.

As long as he doesn't die, no one can challenge his authority!
Although he was old, he was still a lion. At this moment, a young lion cub broke into his territory and tried to seize his dominance.What's even more exasperating is that this cub was attracted by himself, so how could he not be angry?

In the past few years, his body has deteriorated day by day. I don't know why, but a few days ago, he suddenly became more energetic, as if his youthful strength had returned, and his fighting spirit was even stronger. Even now there is a tiger In front of him, he also had the strength to tear the tiger apart again.

"Don't dare!" The old man squinted his eyes. Although he was old, his eyes were still as sharp as ever, and Zi Baifeng's heart skipped a beat when he saw it.Zi Baifeng could see a faint light shining on the old man's body. It was the spiritual light emanating from the depths of the blood, and it was the aura spontaneously produced by the human body.The aura on the old man's body is stronger than that of ordinary middle-aged people, and he really lives up to his reputation.

(End of this chapter)