Chapter 8 A sharp tool for good deeds
“A Yi——! A Yi——!”
The shouts made Ling Yi wake up from his meditation, raised his head and looked at the sound.
At this time, a round head emerged from above the courtyard wall of Ling Yi's house, looking into the courtyard with a tiger-like head.
Zhang Lei, Ling Yi’s cousin... or cousin?
The son of his uncle Zhang Dahe and his aunt/aunt Ling He, he is also another beloved child of the Ling and Zhang families.
Three-and-a-half-year-old Zhang Lei, as a male of the Zhang family's bloodline, is very likely to awaken the Zhang family's ancestral "hoe" martial spirit during the martial soul awakening ceremony two and a half years later.
Both are weapon spirits, the "Hoe" spirit is much more practical than the "Blue Silver Grass", at least it can barely be considered a weapon.
Even if it is not used for fighting, just for farming, it is extremely convenient. It can be called a famous high-grade martial spirit from all over the country!
The most important thing is that compared to useless martial spirits such as "Blue Silver Grass", "Morning Glory" and "Creeper", the "Hoe" martial spirit is more likely to awaken innate soul power. So a little bit.
Although, in the past tens or hundreds of years, there has been no example of the owner of the "Hoe" martial spirit awakening his innate soul power, and it is not known how high the possibility of this 'a little bit' is, but the nearby The villagers still believe so firmly.
"Brother Lei, you climbed so high again, be careful when uncle comes back and sees you, he will make your butt bloom again——"
Ling Yi shouted at the top of his voice and let go Ah Huang and Miaomiao, who were lying in their arms, stood up and walked towards the door of their courtyard.
As a melodious "creak" sound sounded, Ling Yi held the wooden door with one hand, shook his head at Zhang Lei who slid to the ground along the bamboo pole and ran over quickly, and said: "Come in quickly, Auntie will It’s time to bring me food. If I see you climbing up and down, I will definitely tell my uncle when I go back——”
“Hey——”
Zhang Lei bared his teeth and ran in the door with a smile, and said at the same time: "As long as you don't tell them, it will be fine -"
As he said that, Zhang Lei came to the yard of Ling Yi's house, a pair of black and white His big eyes glanced left and right, and when he saw something placed on the kitchen window sill not far away, his eyes widened a bit, and he walked over there with a bit of excitement on his face.
Ling Yi followed Zhang Lei, with Ah Huang and Miaomiao spinning back and forth under his feet. While playing with the two little ones, he shook his head slightly and said, "If you really want it, just tell your uncle." ..."
As he spoke, Zhang Lei had already walked to the kitchen window sill in three steps and two steps at a time. He put his toes up and reached out to the window sill that was higher than his own head. He fumbled to get the target object in his hand. .
Ling Yi: "Anyway, this thing is not difficult to make."
After the sound fell, Ling Yi turned his attention to the object in Zhang Lei's hand - the slingshot.
This is a bow made of the 'Y'-shaped branches of the "Iron Birch" as the main body, the tendons and strings tanned by the stems and leaves of the "Mimosa", and a small piece of Iron Birch bark as the bark. Kabuto's original slingshot.
Hearing what Ling Yi said, Zhang Lei rolled his eyes and said, "It's not difficult. I heard from my father that it took almost four or five days to make this slingshot for you. His "Hoe" The hoe blade in front of Wuhun is almost dull, so I polished the branches cut from the "iron birch tree" in the north of the village to the look you want..."
said After all, Zhang Lei couldn't put it down and played with the iron birch slingshot over and over again.
"Hey - ah -! ”
With a crisp shout, Zhang Lei held the slingshot handle in his left hand, pinched the leather pocket with his right hand, and pulled with all his strength.
However, after all, he is only a three-and-a-half-year-old little guy. Although children in Douluo Continent develop quickly, they are not strong enough after all. After only opening a little distance, they have to blush and relax. Open your hand.
"Okay~" Ling Yi stepped forward and took the iron birch slingshot from Zhang Lei, walked sideways to the main house, and said: "It's better to come in and get the one I made at the beginning——"
"This is the same as the one my uncle later made again at your home. They are all played by adults."
"Oh——" Zhang Lei nodded and followed.
...
After lunch, under the careful instructions of his aunt Ling He, Ling Yi followed Zhang Lei and walked towards the south of the village with two small ones, one yellow and one gray, on the back of his butt.
Passing by the entrances of several small courtyards that were almost the same as Ling Yi’s house, the two children led the two children to the outside of the village.
In the distance, a slightly quiet river is gurgling there.
“Woof! Woof woof——!”
With a burst of excited barking, the little yellow dog Ah Huang jumped out from Ling Yi's feet, running forward happily like a wild horse running wild.
"Meow——"
The little raccoon cat Meow stretched out its head and rubbed Ling Yi's ankle, as if urging something. Seeing this, Ling Yi glanced at his cousin Zhang Lei who was turning to look at him, raised his chin, and said: "Let's go, go find my uncle first -"
As he said that, he took up his short legs and followed the dirt road outside the village to the southeast.
After a while, the two people and the two little ones came to a pond outside the southeast corner of the village.
“Dad——!”
“Uncle——!”
“Woof——!”
Zhang Lei shouted first , and then took the lead, running towards a tall young man by the pond with his hands wide open.
Afterwards, Ling Yi and Ah Huang at his feet also opened their mouths and shouted, then ran forward.
Beside the pond, Zhang Dahe followed the sound and saw the figures of Zhang Lei and Ling Yi. A smile suddenly appeared on his face, and he quickly squatted down and opened his arms to greet them.
Holding Zhang Lei and Ling Yi's small bodies, one on the left and the other on the right, Zhang Dahe rubbed the heads of the two little guys with both hands, and asked with a smile: "What are you two doing in this hot day?" Are you here?"
Then his expression suddenly changed and he asked: "You don't want to play in the water, do you?"
At this point, Zhang Dahe's expression became serious. Fen: "Let me tell you, this is absolutely not possible!!"
"No, no, no -" Ling Yi waved his hands repeatedly in Zhang Dahe's arms and said, "Brother Lei and I came here to catch some toads -"
Hearing the sound, Zhang Lei nodded repeatedly. : "Yes, yes -"
As he said that, he took out a small light yellow slingshot from his side waist, raised it towards Zhang Dahe, and then said: "Dad, let's get ready. Use the slingshot to hit the toads, and then help us pick them up, okay?”
“When the time comes, we will catch a lot of them and send some to our grandparents and grandparents too...”
"Hahaha——" Zhang Dahe heard this and laughed loudly, saying: "Okay, okay... It's rare that you, a little skinny monkey, have a filial heart and can remember your grandparents and grandparents. Dad will definitely help you -"
"Hehe -" Zhang Lei shook the small slingshot with his left hand, scratched his head with his right hand, and said a little embarrassedly: "Ayi told me, you can't just care about yourself..."
As he said, Without waiting for Zhang Dahe to respond, he twisted his little buttocks, broke away from Zhang Dahe's arms, and ran towards the front along the edge of the pond.
“This kid——”
Zhang Dahe looked at the cheerful back of his cub, shook his head in amusement, then turned his attention to the well-behaved Ling Yi in his arms, and pushed forward with slight force with both arms. He held it up and said softly:
"Xiao Yi, you came just in time, help uncle take another look at the pond."
As he spoke, he held Ling Yi up with his left hand and asked Ling Yi to sit sideways on the crook of his left arm. Zhang Dahe stepped forward and pointed to the pond next to him with his right hand. As he walked, he said:
"Before, you It is said that a small canal will be dug from the upstream and downstream of the Changlin River, and a pond like this will be dug in the middle to connect the two ends..."
Listening to Zhang Dahe's narration, Ling Yi turned his eyes to the scene in front of him.
This is a pond about thirty meters long and nearly twenty meters wide, located two miles outside the southeast corner of Shanhai Village.
There is a ditch about 1.5 meters wide on the upper, west and lower east sides. The trickling water flows in and out of the Changlin River more than 200 meters away.
These ponds and ditches were dug out bit by bit by Ling Yi's uncle Zhang Dahe using his "hoe" martial spirit.
On a summer afternoon, around this newly formed pond that is only two months old, water plants are flourishing, and the sounds of frogs and insects echo everywhere.
Indistinctly, there are fish of different sizes under the water, either chasing shrimps and water bugs, or floating up to the surface to eat duckweed.
At the outlet of the water channel in the east of the pond, visible to the naked eye, a dark green rattan net is mostly submerged in the water, blocking most of the large fish and shrimp from flowing along the water flow. Return to the Changlin River.
"Uncle~" Ling Yi's eyes reflected the prosperous scene in front of him, his expression was indifferent, and he said in a childish tone: "The only grass in the water is not very pretty, can you plant some flowers?"< br>
Hearing this, Zhang Dahe cast his gaze towards the pond, with a thoughtful expression on his face, and murmured: "Flowers? Hmm... There seems to be some lotus flowers in the pond in Second Uncle's village. Let's go back and transplant some here..." < br>
(End of this chapter)