In midsummer, there is a gentle breeze and the sun is as hot as fire.
The gurgling streams in the mountains and forests reflect the sparkling waves, bringing a sense of coolness to people.
There are several lotuses floating on the huge lake, and from time to time, schools of fish come up from the water to chase them, causing ripples again.
The streams flowing down from the mountains gather here to form a lake. The lake is surrounded by mountains and woods. The breeze in the woods is gentle and the birds are chirping. It is really an excellent place for self-cultivation.
Among the scattered trees, a black figure slowly appeared.
This is a young man with dark skin and plain appearance.
I saw him dragging a goat that was as tall as him in one hand and holding a bloody hunting knife in the other hand as he staggered out of the woods.
His name is Qin Shaoyou, and he is 5 out of 10 this year.
Because of his "outstanding" complexion, he was nicknamed Qin Heizi.
He walked to the lake and placed the goat at his feet.
"Big man, today should be the last time I bring you food!"
"I'm leaving, get out of here!"
"Go somewhere far away!"
The boy shouted loudly to the calm lake, but no one answered him.
He seemed to be used to this. After putting down the goat, he hummed a little tune and left.
Near noon, he returned to the mountain village.
The mountain village is not big, with only seven or eight households.
Qin Shaoyou knows everyone here, and he is also the only "hunter" in the village.
"Hey, Heizi, why are you back early today?"
At the end of the village is a blacksmith's shop. It's called a blacksmith's shop, but it's actually just a broken shed with no walls around it.
Standing in the shed was a middle-aged man, shirtless, banging his hands in front of a stove, revealing extremely exaggerated muscle lines.
His name is Jiang Shuisheng, the blacksmith in the village.
When he saw Qin Shaoyou coming back, he smiled and said hello.
"Hehe, God has been angry these days. I was waiting by the lake, but not long after I waited, this beast ran over on his own."
Qin Shaoyou grinned and gestured to the pheasant in his hand, with a proud look on his face.
Jiang Shuisheng stopped what he was doing when he heard this, with a faint look of worry on his face.
"You kid, I told you that the lake is not safe, yet you still run there every two days!"
"It's okay, Uncle Jiang, haven't I come back completely?"
Qin Shaoyou laughed and glanced behind Jiang Shuisheng a few times with his bright eyes. The latter shook his head helplessly when he saw him like this.
"Okay, okay, it's just that I took half of your deer seeds last time, and you still rely on me!"
"Hehe~"
He smiled awkwardly.
Jiang Shuisheng also laughed when he saw this, then turned and walked to the shelf behind him, and took out a strange-shaped iron box from underneath.
"As expected of Uncle Jiang! You made it so quickly!"
Jiang Shuisheng handed this thing to Qin Shaoyou. Even though he was already middle-aged, he couldn't help but puff up his chest after receiving praise from his younger generation.
Qin Shaoyou took the box in his hand with a look of surprise and played with it. It was indeed made exactly as he asked.
"Thank you, Uncle Jiang!"
"I happened to shoot an extra pheasant today, so let's take this pheasant as a thank you gift!"
As he spoke, he magically pulled out a plump pheasant from behind and placed it on the ground in front of the stove.
Jiang Shuisheng was stunned for a moment, then immediately shook his head and said:
"Heizi, what are you talking about?"
"Take this chicken back quickly!"
"I haven't finished the venison you gave me last time!"
Qin Shaoyou had a sharp ear and could tell that he was not completely unmoved.
"It's okay, Uncle Jiang. There are a lot of these things in the woods. It's much easier for me to catch one than for you to make this box!"
"If I can't protect everything, I will still bother you. Uncle Jiang, you'd better keep this pheasant!"
"Eat more meat so you have the strength to work!"
Jiang Shuisheng smiled happily and was in a good mood.
"Hahaha, you kid, you are really good at talking!"
"Okay, Uncle Jiang, you're welcome!"
"But you do have a lot of weird ideas in your mind. It took me a lot of effort to come up with these things!"
"If there are any new gadgets like this in the future, remember to come find Uncle Jiang!"
Qin Shaoyou nodded slightly, and at the same time, he put the box into his arms.
"Okay, Uncle Jiang, I'll go back first."
"Okay, see you later!"
Qin Shaoyou left the blacksmith shop and walked along the village path towards his home.
Fifteen years ago, his father Qin Dashan picked him up from nowhere. Qin Dashan had never married and had no children, so he loved his "son" very much and regarded him as his own.
Not only did he teach all his hunting skills to Qin Shaoyou, he also went to Daqing City dozens of miles away, prepared half a wild deer, and asked an old scholar there to give him this rather poetic name.
Travel less, travel less, spend less time, and travel as much as you want.
It is a pity that Qin Dashan died young, before he was half a hundred years old, and left his young son Jiahexian to go away.
Qin Shaoyou's home is located at the west end of the village, and he has to go through the entire village when he goes back. He gave the pheasant to Jiang Shuisheng before, but now he had a mountain rabbit in his hand.
The rabbit seemed to know its fate, kicking its limbs wildly in the air, but it couldn't break free from Qin Shaoyou's hand.
There are three children in the village who are about the same age as him, two boys and one girl. The three of them often get tangled together to "make trouble" and have wild tempers.
In layman's terms, it's a "naughty kid".
"Hey, Heizi, what are you holding in your hand?"
Xu Feng rushed out from the roadside with a big belly, followed by two other people: Hua Gou and Yue Yue.
Xu Yuanguang is the only doctor in these ten miles and eight villages, and Xu Feng is Xu Yuanguang's only child. No one in these ten miles and eight villages dares to say anything wrong about him, so this boy has become the "King of Children" who does all kinds of evil.
However, facing Qin Shaoyou, who had been "seeing blood" all year round, he still felt a little wary in his heart.
"roll!"
Qin Shaoyou glanced at his stomach with some disgust. He could imagine that if he stabbed the hunting knife in his hand, it might be oil instead of blood.
Xu Feng was frustrated and angry, but he didn't dare to take action, so he had to ask for some benefits from his mouth.
"Heizi, you've been walking into the woods all day, do you really think you can meet an immortal?"
"If you ask me, you'd better give up on this as soon as possible!"
"In a few days, my family will move to Daqingcheng. If you recognize me as my eldest brother now, and I will give you a full bowl of food by then, it will be better than what you are doing now!"
Hua Gou became a little anxious when he heard this, "Brother Xu, didn't you say you wanted to take me there?"
On the side, Yueyue pursed her lips and smiled, looking at the fat man with a strange color in her eyes.
Qin Shaoyou wanted to roll his eyes after hearing this.
"I am not interested!"
"Step aside!"
Although this mountain village is not big, it has many legends.
One of them is a mysterious Yunwu Mountain among the mountains to the south.
This mountain is shrouded in clouds and fog all year round, and few people can see its true face.
And on that mountain, it is said that there is an elixir of immortality that can bring people back to life, and there are immortals who can fly around in the sky.
Qin Shaoyou yearned for it very much. Ever since his father ascended, he began to prepare for this long trip.
If nothing else happens, he will leave here in the next few days.
And the Daqing City that Xu Feng was talking about was just a slightly larger mountain village.
His goal is the stars and the sea, how can he stick to one place and be willing to be a frog in a well?
Qin Shaoyou didn't want to get into more trouble with them, so he passed the two of them and prepared to go home and cook.
"Wait... wait a minute!"
"What a cute bunny!"
Yueyue noticed the rabbit in Qin Shaoyou's hand. As soon as she saw this cute creature, she was immediately captured in her mind.
She blinked and looked at Qin Shaoyou and asked:
"Heizi, can I touch this rabbit?"
Qin Shaoyou didn't like Yueyue at all.
She is the granddaughter of the village chief. Although she is a girl, she is also a bully and afraid of the strong.
Also, the village chief was extremely defensive and "settled" a lot of things for these three naughty kids.
"Want to touch?"
"sure!"
Yueyue's face lit up, "Really?"
Qin Shao smiled playfully, then picked up the rabbit and wiped the rabbit's neck at an extremely fast speed!
Rabbit blood spattered and shot Yueyue and Xu Feng in the face!
Just kidding, this rabbit is Qin Shaoyou’s lunch, how can you touch it?
What should I do if I feel feelings?
"ah!"
Yueyue screamed in fright, and her face turned pale in an instant.
She quickly hid behind Xu Feng and hugged his shoulders tightly with her arms.
Xu Feng was naturally frightened. He pointed at Qin Shaoyou with a trembling finger and kept repeating "You...you...you...", but you never came out.
When Huagou saw this, he immediately showed a fierce look on his face, stopped in front of the two of them, pointed at Qin Shaoyou and shouted angrily: "Qin Shaoyou, you are going too far!"
"I don't have time to talk to you, get out of my way!"
Qin Shaoyou warned again.
"You stinky hunter, don't think we are afraid of you just because you have a knife!"
"You scared Yueyue, why don't you apologize quickly! When the village chief finds out, he won't let you go!"
The flower dog continued to bark.
"What, you want to try the knife in my hand too?"
Qin Shaoyou sneered, and the hunting knife in his hand made a low sound.
Huagou shrank in fright, but his attitude remained arrogant: "Huh, I don't believe it. You...can you really kill me?"
"I can not?!"
I saw a streak of blood whizzing past, Hua Gou felt a chill on his belly, and then his pants fell to his heels!
A blood mark extended from his belly button to the bottom of his neck!
As long as Qin Shaoyou stretched forward just a little bit, this knife could disembowel the flowery dog!
"you!"
"Wow!~~"
The flower dog was so frightened that he collapsed and sat on the ground, howling loudly.
Qin Shaoyou glanced at him with disdain, thinking that this coward could only bark a few times.
Seeing this scene, Xu Feng was so frightened that his legs became weak. If Yueyue hadn't supported him, he would have knelt down on the spot.