Pirate Forest

He had lived in a blacksmith's shop since he was a child. It was actually an ordinary house, not too shabby but definitely not as good as the houses of his peers. In front of the house, the blacksmith's shop was in full swing all day long, as if it was a hell on earth that he hated the most.

The homes of the friends he played with when he was a child were not as miserable as his. Today he excitedly ran to his friends and told him some exciting news.

"My father has agreed for me to become a swordsman!" His little face turned red, and the corners of his mouth raised a smile involuntarily, looking extremely excited.

"Really?" A kid with glasses and a mushroom head is his only friend. He looks in a bad mood today.

"What's wrong with you? Xiaozhi." Shijin asked with concern.

"My dad encountered a typhoon when he went to sea yesterday..." Xiaozhi's voice was very low. When he said "typhoon", he couldn't help crying anymore. After all, he was just a child.

Shijin looked at his good friend crying and didn't know what to say. Any kind words of comfort seemed to have turned into thorns in the hearts of the two of them at this moment.

He forgot the purpose of coming today. After saying goodbye to Xiaozhi, he went home lonely with his head down, without saying a word until the end.

After all, the reason why the two people became good friends is because their fathers did jobs that others were unwilling to do.

Whether it is a blacksmith who is roasted in the furnace all day long, or a fisherman who is watching the harvest but accidentally fails to harvest anything, or even his life may be swept into the whirlpool by the wind and waves, these are jobs that children hate.

Now Xiaozhi's father has encountered a typhoon. Even though he doesn't know whether he is still alive, one thing is certain. The only pillar of their family has fallen. net

People in this world live too scatteredly. Some people can live on big islands and have kingdoms to rely on. Don't think that those kings will only exploit the people.

Sometimes people born on a small island with no more than a few dozen or even a few families would rather be squeezed and enslaved, as long as they can have enough to eat.

I heard from the village chief’s children that the kings of some countries ask every adult to pay a small portion of their income from work as taxes every month. People who don’t want to work after reaching the age of fifty can also receive a large amount from the country every month. money.

When Shijin heard the news at the time, he simply did not believe that such a good thing could happen in the world. As long as people lived over fifty, they could earn enough money to live without working.

How is that possible

The longer people live on their small island, the harder it becomes. Some people have difficulty surviving from childhood to adulthood. The criterion for adulthood is not whether they are eighteen years old or younger but whether they can work.

The greatest hardship for poor families is longevity.

It would be great if Xiaozhi and he could be born in a wealthy kingdom

He was thinking wildly along the way, without any joy or excitement when he came. Xiaozhi's words were like a splash of cold water that brought him back to reality.

After returning home, his father called him to teach him step by step how to forge. Every day was very hot and hard. He understood why his father shaved his head, why his palms were so hard, why he didn't like to talk, and why. ……

A year passed in a flash, and the two of them had not seen each other since that day when they parted ways with Xiaozhi. I heard that the uncles repairing farm tools mentioned that Xiaozhi's father was still alive when chatting.

But I can never get out of bed...

This is something more terrifying than death. People can't help but feel a little lonely and think of themselves.

After another year, he had adapted to this kind of intense work every day. He was sweating every day and his strength was getting stronger and stronger. However, he never mentioned the topic of practicing swordsmanship and becoming a swordsman.

My father is still as strong as ever, and the relationship between the two of them is getting better and better, and they have become in harmony.

As for Xiaozhi, he heard people say that he couldn't bear the burden of life, and when he was driven almost crazy, he stabbed his bedridden father to death with a harpoon, and ran away in a panic on their small fishing boat.

He didn't know what to say, maybe he should have said something that day.

The wheel of life has not been suspended because of these common things. People are still struggling to get three meals a day. They only use it as a topic of conversation when they stand under the big tree in the village and chat after eating in the evening.

Shijin's peers also began to learn their life knowledge from their parents.

For example, the village chief's children always call the underage children together every day and tell them what they have to do today. Most of them are watering, fertilizing, and weeding their fields.

Every child made the best use of everything. At the end of the night, each of them was given a small red flower and told that this was a point redemption that could be exchanged for things from rich families.

The children of the rich family will first tell them that this is indeed the case, and then when everyone is happy, they will tell them that they only need to water, fertilize, and weed their land... and then they can redeem it.

If you don't do this, he will think that you are not sincere and will not give you what you want.

Fortunately, the land of the rich family was not as big as that of the village chief's family. They finished their work quickly and went home with the things they exchanged.

On the road, you may meet the children of the bullies in the village. They are very vicious and have weapons in their hands. They block the only way out. If you don't give them some things, you can't go home.

When they finally got home, they found that only a small part of their belongings was left with the village chief's child, Chengruo, so the child learned the knowledge of future life from an early age.

The children of the village chief will still be village chiefs when they grow up, the children of rich people will still be rich when they grow up, the children of bullies will still be bullies when they grow up, and the children of farmers will still be farmers.

In this feudal world, a person's career is decided upon when he is born.

Sometimes Shijin would dream about that wonderful kingdom in his dreams, sometimes he would dream that he became a swordsman, and sometimes he would have no dreams and wake up with a hammer in his hand.

As spring passed and autumn came, another year passed, and his blacksmithing skills became better and better. People praised him and said, "I'm so envious of your dad for having such a good son like you to inherit his skills." Usually at this time, they would continue to say, " The boy in our family can’t do anything and daydreams every day.”

Every time this happened, he would look up and smile stiffly.

He dreamed about it when he was a child and stopped dreaming about it when he grew up, while others stopped dreaming about it when they were young and then dreamed about it when they grew up.

Later, a group of pirates came to their village to burn, kill and loot. At that moment, the village chief lost his former calmness, the rich man no longer had his former smile, and the bully no longer had his former fierce look.

The pirates seemed to be looking for someone. They came to Shijin's house and told his father to follow them and make weapons for them. His father was very stubborn and motionless, as smelly and hard as before.

A pirate came over with a knife and wanted to tie up my father, but as soon as he got close, he was killed by his father with a hammer!

"Hammers can kill people too!"

Shijin, who was hiding behind him, was frightened. In his impression, his father was stubborn but had a kind personality. He had never had a dispute with anyone, let alone killed anyone.

Seven or eight people came in a row, but my father just stood still and killed each one as they came. His domineering strength, which he had been forging all year round, was fully displayed until even the pirate leader came.

As soon as they gathered together, my father was still unable to defeat the four hands with his two fists. Before he died, he said loudly, "In this world, not only swords and guns can kill people, but hammers can also do it!"

"People choose life, not life chooses people!"

"If you still want to practice swordsmanship, don't forget to practice swordsmanship for three years!"

He stupidly listened to his father's words before he died. The pirates did not kill him. A guy with glasses and a mushroom head pointed at his captain, "This kid knows how to blacksmith."

He didn't struggle when he was tied to the boat. He kept thinking about a few words from his father in his mind, and then thought about what Xiaozhi said, "This boy knows how to forge iron."

Obviously when they last met, he told Xiaozhi, "My father agreed that I would become a swordsman."

But why does he still know that he can blacksmith when we meet again?

Sure enough, as his father said, he chose life, not life chose himself.