20 Mortals (I)
◎I am a woodcutter◎
On a winding mountain road, an old man and a young boy were walking slowly, each carrying a lot of goods on their shoulders.
After walking for a while, the young girl was already very tired. She stopped and said to the old man who was still walking in front of her: "Dad, how much longer do we have to walk? Why haven't we reached home yet?"
"It's almost there, it's almost there." The old man kept talking, but his feet didn't stop, and he continued to walk forward, "I told your brother to come, but you didn't listen and followed me."
"Dad, I'm wrong." The girl shouted from behind, "Stop and take a rest."
"Why are you resting? We're almost there." The old man just kept walking forward without looking back.
Pursing her lips, seeing that her plea was of no use, the girl had no choice but to pull herself up with difficulty and follow her father who was far ahead.
Seeing the old man stop in the distance, the girl was delighted, thinking that someone had stopped to wait for her, and she quickly quickened her pace and rushed forward.
"Dad, I knew you still felt pain..." Mine.
Before he finished saying the last few words, the girl was deeply attracted by what she saw.
It turned out that there were two persons standing in front of the old man, both of them were graceful and dignified.
Especially the man standing in the front, although he was wearing coarse linen clothes, he still had a graceful and immortal appearance.
"Dad... Daddy... who... who is this?" The girl stared at the person in front of her, with two red clouds on both sides of her cheeks, and she spoke stutteringly.
Hearing what his daughter said, the old man just smiled helplessly at the person in front of him, and then said: "This is my little girl, she is fifteen years old this year, and she has been spoiled since she was a child."
The man in front smiled and shook his head, indicating that everything was fine.
The person behind him seemed cold. He just gave him a look and then silently lowered his head, playing with the axe in his hand.
The old man turned to his daughter and said, "This is your elder brother from the Su family, Su Baiyu." At this point, the old man smiled and said, "Didn't you see him often when you were a child? You always wanted to play with him."
When the little girl heard this, she was stunned. Her brain began to work rapidly, trying to recall whether this brother existed in her childhood memories.
At this time, the old man spoke to Su Baiyu again: "Yu boy, please take some time to come back to the village. Everyone in the village misses you very much."
This Jade Boy, ever since he went up the mountain to chop firewood six years ago and accidentally fell into the mountain stream, after waking up from his illness, he wanted to live on the mountain instead of in the village.
Many people in the village also had complaints about this, because Su Baiyu's parents both died when he was in his teens, so he grew up eating at many people's homes.
This meal is not for free. The villagers are hoping that Su Baiyu will become a strong worker and repay his family after he grows up.
Who would have thought? Now, Su Baiyu wants to live in the mountains.
How can this be possible?
The number of people who ate at various houses varied. Most families only hosted one or two meals, and the rest of us ate at Uncle Du's house.
So some people in the village instigated Uncle Du to persuade Su Baiyu not to act foolishly and to just stay in the village honestly.
Uncle Du was unwilling to give any advice and just said that everything should be done according to the child's wishes.
Bai Yu was very determined, and the matter was settled. But gradually, rumors began to spread in the village, saying that Su Baigu was bewitched by a mountain monster and that was why he lived in the mountains.
At first, Fourth Uncle Du didn't know about it. By the time he found out, the news had already spread throughout the streets and alleys of the village.
Fourth Uncle Du went from house to house with a stick to reason with the people. Even though each household said they had never said anything like this, they would definitely help Fourth Uncle Du catch this vicious man.
But often the rumor will spread even faster the next day.
Gradually, a new version emerged, saying that Uncle Du also knew about the existence of monsters and was threatened by them, so he let Su Baiyu live in the mountains.
Uncle Du gradually became powerless in the face of the increasingly intense rumors and could only endure them silently.
Over the years, Uncle Du did not keep any of the game that Baiyu sent him every month, but gave it all to the villagers, hoping that the villagers would be more lenient with the food out of consideration for Baiyu's kindness.
"Uncle Du, I'm doing well in Quanyue Mountain. Have you eaten the game that I asked my disciples to send some time ago? I'll ask my disciples to send some game to the village some other day so that you can have a good feast." said the man in front.
"Ah..." He sighed, knowing that Su Baiyu was trying to change the subject and didn't want to talk about the village, Fourth Uncle Du stopped talking about it and said, "Yu kid, what are you doing? If you need my help, feel free to ask."
Su Baigu pointed at the firewood carried by the person behind him, then pointed at the backpack behind him, and said to Fourth Uncle Du: "I chopped some firewood and made some wooden products. I am going to sell them at the market with my disciple."
After hearing what Su Baiyu said, Fourth Uncle Du became interested and asked, "What kind of wooden products? Let me see them."
Su Baiyu took off the backpack behind him. In the basket, dozens of exquisite small ornaments caught Uncle Du's eyes.
"How is this made? Why is it so beautiful?" Uncle Du looked at the wooden products in the basket in surprise.
Reaching into his arms, Uncle Du felt the money in his wallet. He had originally thought of spending some money to buy something as a way of supporting Jade Baby, but he hadn't expected that this thing would be so exquisite. He was afraid that the money he had might not be enough!
As if knowing what Fourth Uncle Du was up to, Bai Yu said, "It's just made of some rotten wood, not worth much money, if Fourth Uncle likes it, just take a few."
As he said this, he took out a small wooden bird from the basket and stuffed it into Uncle Du's arms.
After several attempts to refuse, Fourth Uncle Du had no choice but to accept the offer. Although Muzhi accepted the offer, Fourth Uncle Du still insisted on handing the money over to Su Baiyu.
Seeing that Bai Yu refused to take it, he finally said angrily: "Yu kid, Fourth Uncle is not a person who takes advantage of others for free. If you still recognize me as your Fourth Uncle, then accept the money."
"Okay." Unable to persuade Uncle Du, Bai Yu had to accept the money.
"See you later, Yu kid." Uncle Du said goodbye to Bai Yu and walked away, taking his silly girl who was still standing there in a daze.
After walking for a while, Uncle Du was a little confused. Why did it feel like there were fewer goods? Why was it so light? It was broken. Could it be that something had fallen?
He quickly turned around and asked his daughter behind him, "Did anything fall from behind?"
"Dad, no, I've been watching."
"Then why is it so light?" Uncle Du said to his daughter in confusion.
"Maybe we are almost home and Dad has more strength. I can feel that the goods at the back are lighter. It won't be a problem to make another round trip." said the daughter.
After hearing this, Fourth Uncle Du felt that it made sense, and he quickened his pace, saying to his daughter, "Stop being greedy, and let's go."
We arrived at the village in half the time than usual. Uncle Du looked in the direction of his home and sighed, "It seems I care too much about my family."
A light breeze blew by, and two pieces of yellow paper were blown up from under the backpacks of the two men, eventually turning into powder and scattering in the wind.
On the other side, after saying goodbye to Uncle Du, Bai Yu led his disciples and continued walking towards the market.
He turned around and talked to his eldest disciple, and saw a flash of light at the disciple's fingertips.
"Are there fireflies during the day?" Bai Yu asked doubtfully.
The disciple in front of him moved his eyes slightly, but ultimately said nothing.
"Old One, later on, you take these wooden products and set up a stall to sell them, and I will deliver these firewoods to our old customers." Bai Yu ordered.
"Yes, Master." Yan Jiuyi said respectfully.
Bai Yu was very satisfied with Yan Jiuyi's attitude. He didn't pester him with questions. He is worthy of being my eldest disciple. He is steady and prudent, Bai Yu secretly praised him.
Thinking of this, Bai Yu couldn't help but recall his fate with this disciple.
At that time, I had just arrived in this world for less than half a year. This world was just an ordinary world, and I had never even seen anyone who knew martial arts.
The original body was an ordinary mortal, and his occupation was a woodcutter.
At this point, Bai Yu felt a little resentful. After arriving in this world, Bai Yu discovered that System 52 did not follow him. He sent it a message and found out that it had gone to the main system for an upgrade and would not be back for an unknown period of time.
Of course, in order for Baiyu to complete the task smoothly, System 52 also left an intelligent voice assistant to help Baiyu complete the task better.
After using the voice assistant Baiyu, I really wanted to give a bad review.
It's just too rigid. For example, Bai Yu wants the voice assistant to teach him how to chop wood.
The voice assistant will use a virtual arrow to point to the axe, and then use a virtual horizontal line on the tree to indicate where to chop. Then it's Baiyu's turn to start.
The place where the axe handle is held, the direction in which the axe is chopped, the cross-section of the tree, etc., a series of precautions must be exactly the same as those marked by the voice assistant, otherwise a shrill alarm will sound in the white jade.
If you don't agree, the voice assistant will think you haven't learned it. See, it's so rigid!
More importantly, there isn't even a cancel button.
Bai Yu gave up the struggle as she couldn't return the product.
He thought about it and decided to live in the mountains. First, it was to better maintain his image and go out to chop wood when he had nothing to do. Bai Yu also understood the principle of sustainable development. He cut down a tree and planted another one.
Thinking of this, Bai Yu became very curious about what kind of trees there were on the mountain. They could grow from saplings into big trees in just half a year.
The world is truly filled with wonders, Bai Yu sighed to himself.
The second one was also to stay away from the crowd. After experiencing the last world, Bai Yu understood what "three people make a tiger, and five people make a disaster." He was a dandy boy, but in the end he became a literary giant, and his personality was completely ruined.
So, stay away from the crowd!
In this way, Baiyu settled down in the mountains.
One summer, a heavy snowstorm suddenly came with thunder.
Bai Yu almost thought that the end of the world had come and that his mission in this world was about to end. However, the next day was calm and peaceful, making Bai Yu wonder if he was dreaming yesterday.
However, the snow outside and the people lying on the snow reminded Bai Yu that it was not a dream.
After rescuing the man, he could not remember anything except his name "Yan Jiuyi", so Bai Yu had no choice but to take him in.
Bai Yu has mastered some skills in chopping wood. Yes, under the rigid teaching of the voice assistant, Bai Yu knows where to chop the tree even with his eyes closed.
With more people in the family at once, the funds were a little tight. After thinking it over, Bai Yu decided to take Yan Jiuyi in as an apprentice.
Seeing that he has lost his memory, he can't leave for a while. It's the same if we go alone or together, so why not work together to earn money to support the family?
Just like that, Yan Jiuyi became Bai Yu's first disciple.
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