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Introduction
A strong wind blows from the tip of the green grass

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“Overall, Shen Shiliu is a sickly deaf blind.”

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Villages in Yanhui countryside have a “Hill of Generals”; the name sounded very strong and spectacular, but it was actually just a small pile of dirt, and someone who had a slightly longer neck could see right at the top.

Jenderal Hill is not always there. It is said that fourteen years ago, three Great Liang Dynasty Blackmetal Battalions went on their great expedition to the north, wiping out eighteen tribes of Barbarian Man. They passed Yanhui triumphantly on their way back to the capital, and threw away the wreckage of their iron armor here, where the armor piled up into small mounds, and after years of being swept away by sand, wind, and rain, it became what it is now. referred to as the Bukit Generals.

Jenderal Hill is entirely empty land 一 nothing that is planted can grow there, and also there is no lawn that marries this place with their presence; there isn’t even anything that can be used for cover if a couple wants to secretly have fun there. The hill was just lying in the middle of the place, and no one knew exactly what to do with it. The older generation said that the reason behind the hill’s barrenness was that the Blackmetal Battalion was too covered up by the smell of death and violence. Time elapsed; finally the useless street bastards who have too much free time on their hands use this place as a basis for juggling a series of rural ghost stories, and over time fewer people visit the area.

But tonight, two children about ten years old slipped to the bottom of the slope.

Of these two small children, one is tall and thin, the other is short and fat. When put together, they have a striking resemblance to a pair of walking bowls and chopsticks.

A thin child wears women’s clothing, and only with a closer inspection, one can tell that he is actually a boy. Actually, his real name was Cao Niangzi⭐, because a fortune teller said he had a girl’s life line, but was born into the wrong body, and the gods up there might send him away and look for another body to be reborn. His family worried that he would not be able to live long, so they raised him as a girl.

➖⭐T/N :
Niang Zi [娘子] = Woman.
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The fat boy has the name Ge Pangxiao⭐, and he is the son of a local butcher. He naturally lives up to his name; his entire body seemed to be covered in the sheen of oily riches.

➖⭐T/N :
Pang Xiao [胖 小] = Fat & small.
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The two of them stuck their heads in, but because of the fear left over from the ghost stories, no one dared approach.

Ge Pangxiao held the “Thousand-Mile Eye” wrapped in leather in his fat hand, stretched his neck as far as possible towards General Hill and murmured, “Say, the sun will come down, and he still hasn’t returned, brother really … um, what’s the name 一 hang yourself to avoid wheat! “

Cao Niangzi, “It’s called hanging your hair and putting nails under your butt to avoid falling asleep while studying. Now stop spewing nonsense and give me those eyes.”

This fake little girl sometimes takes roles that are a little too serious, but unfortunately the direction she is headed is a bit worrying 一 she doesn’t act like a respectable woman, but more like a rude tomboy, especially with her hands like chicken claws , which continue waving trying to pinch everyone.

As soon as he reached out his hand, the thick fat stuck to Ge Pangxiao’s body began to itch with pain reflexively. He quickly turned over the Eyes while saying a quick reminder to “be careful with that; if you damage it, my father will turn me into a minced meat pie! ”

This so-called “Thousand-Mile Eye” is a small copper tube with Five Bats carved around its circle. A transparent glass layer is trapped inside, and when placed in someone’s eyes, one can clearly see the sex of a rabbit about ten miles away.

What is owned by Ge Pangxiao is very complicated, because it was handed down from his grandfather, who was once a scout.

Cao Niangzi gripped the object eagerly in his hand for a while, then lifted it toward the stars. “That’s very clear.”

Ge Pangxiao followed his gaze. “Oh, I know, that name is Hesperus, also known as ‘Chang Geng’. Same name as brother’s name! Teacher Shen taught us before, I still remember. “

➖⭐T/N :
Chang Geng [长庚] 一 In the past, ancient people thought that there was a “morning star” called Phosphorus (启明星), and a “night star” called Hesperus (长庚 星). Both are actually two ‘appearances’ of the same star or planet 一 Venus. The name Chang Geng comes from the Chinese name Venus night.

‘Chang’ is not his last name. ‘Chang Geng’ is his first name, which is owned by most people in China. This is an informal nickname of the type used only by people who have close relationships, such as family and friends.
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Can Niangzi’s mouth twitched. “Who is your brother? Does he even talk to you? Look at you, chasing him all the time insisting that he will be your ‘big brother’, do you know what’s shameful … Hey, wait a minute, is that him ? “

Ge Pangxiao looked in the direction he was pointing, and that 一 was right.

A young boy slowly descends from the Hill General with a sword in his hand. Immediately, Ge Pangxiao forgot all his fears about any ghost involved in the stories he had once heard, and shot out like a bullet, “Brother, brother!”

He might go a little too fast, and somehow manage to tackle himself at the foot of the hill. He fell, grabbed, and rolled to a stop right next to the boy’s feet.

Ge Pangxiao looked up with his face covered in dust. Before he bothered getting up, he first grinned broadly, and through his open teeth he said, “Hehe, brother, I’ve been waiting for you here all day.”

The teenager, Chang Geng, quietly pulled back the foot that was about to step on the child.

Every time he saw Ge Pangxiao, he would always get the sincere impression that the butcher, Ge, who must have killed thousands of pigs, might have a very talented type of eye that could see everything. After all these years, it was an absolute miracle that he still had not cut off his son by mistake. But no matter what he thought in his head, Chang Geng, with an adult personality who preceded his age, would never say things like this out loud.

Chang Geng helped Ge Pangxiao stand with the attitude of a real older brother, then cleaned the dust from the boy. “Be careful, what are you running for? What is the problem?”

Ge Pangxiao, “Chang Gang’s sister! Your dad will be back soon, so don’t go to class, come with us to fight for snacks! We will really destroy the little monkeys! “

Chang Geng’s father is mayor Xu 一 not his biological father.

When he was around two or three years old, his widowed mother, Miss Xiu, brought him here to seek the help of relatives, only to find that the relatives had long since moved away. Xu, who accidentally lost his spouse and had no children, then decided to marry Miss Xiu.

Mayor Xu has gone with several men to collect annual tribute from the tribes of Barbarian Humans, and should be back in a day or two.

Rural villages are very poor, and children don’t have much to eat. So every time the army returned from their annual patrol, they always brought along some cheese and dried meat from the Barbarian People. They will throw it into the streets along the road, and the children will all fight it out in the fight. This tradition is known as “snack fight yan”.

Because it was a “fight,” that group of stupid kids would surely throw some serious punches, but as long as nothing was broken, the adults would let them have fun. So the children began to conspire, and the activity began to look like a serious affair.

For this kind of thing, anyone who can get Chang Geng on their side will be truly invincible.

Chang Geng has learned martial arts from a very young age 一 villages near the border generally have many military and military families, and in the meantime there are a lot of children who also learn some movements, but the majority find it too difficult, so most from them just learning some loose fundamentals and stopping there. Only Chang Geng, who from the beginning, will come to practice here alone on the Hill of Generals every day, with years of extraordinary perseverance and willpower.

Now, nominally he was fourteen years old, Chang Geng was able to carry a thirty kilogram sword with one hand. Even though he knew his own strength and had never participated in fights and struggles with smaller children, the naughty little boys were strangely still afraid of him.

Chang Geng didn’t take the child seriously, and laughed, “I’m not a child anymore, why do I have to pick up snacks?”

Ge Pangxiao did not give up. “I already told Teacher Shen, and he also agreed, so we can take a few days off.”

Chang Geng walked slowly with his hands behind his back and the heavy sword tapping on his feet, he did not listen to Ge Pangxiao’s childish words.

Whether he studied or not, whether he practiced sword fighting or not, it was his own business and had nothing to do with whether Teacher Shen let them.

Ge Pangxiao, “Also, Teacher Shen said that he would change medicine for Uncle Shiliu, so he might go far to get herbs and not go home. You also don’t have a place to go, so why not come with us? What’s so fun about going around with a big sword? “

Right now, Chang Geng is actually listening. He stopped “Didn’t Shiliu just come back from Changyang, how come he fell ill again?”

Ge Pangxiao, “Ah … I don’t know, I mean, he was never really not sick …”

“I’ll go see it,” Chang Geng shooed off the two little stalkers. “Come home. It’s getting late, and if you skip dinner, your father will beat you up again. “

Ge Pangxiao, “Ehh, brother, um … that is …”

Chang Geng is not interested in the endless expressions of “this” and “that”. Every year that counts for boys at this age, and not only their height but maturity are very different for different ages; Chang Geng is no longer suitable for hanging out with kids like Ge Pangxiao.

He is an expert at utilizing his superiority in height and long legs, and soon he has gone far.

The little fat guy came all the way here without success, because he was sadly unable to invite the older boy, and he let out a disappointed sigh. Turning around, he looked at Cao Niangzi. “Can’t you say something!”

Cao Niangzi’s face was sweet red, foggy eyes, and aggressiveness directed at Ge Pangxiao a few minutes ago was completely gone. Gripping his chest like a girl in puberty, he sighed, “Ahh, even the way my brother Chang Geng walks is more interesting than anyone else’s.”

Ge Pangxiao, “……”

He can’t bring this kid out anymore.

The “Teacher Shen” that Ge Pangxiao meant and “Uncle Shiliu” were brothers, and they really had a relationship and history with Chang Geng.

Two years ago, when Chang Geng was a child, he slipped out of the city gate alone to play. Unlucky enough, he was lost and almost killed by a pack of wolves, and was only lucky for him because it happened that the Shen Brothers were passing by.

Teacher Shen used a kind of medicinal powder to frighten the wolves, saving his tiny little life. After that, the two brothers settled in Yanhui, and the mayor of Xu rented a simple page for free to them as a thank you for saving his son.

The oldest brother is named Shen Yi, and is a failed scholar. But even though he was young, he had given up on all his goals and dreams, instead choosing instead to become a hermit in this garbage bin, and the villagers politely called him “Teacher Shen”.

In addition to being an ascetic, Master Shen also had the role of a doctor, calligraphy expert, village teacher, “Long-Sleeve Master⭐”, and many other occupations. She can do all kinds of things from caring for the injured, becoming a midwife to a horse in labor. During the day, he educates a group of children at home, then as night falls, he will expel the children. That was the time when he rolled up his sleeves and started fiddling with all kinds of things 一 steam machines, armor, practice dolls. With all the things to do, he is probably the busiest hermit ever.

➖⭐T/N :
[长臂 师] Master Long-Arm =:A term that Priest made to summon mechanics in the universe.
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Teacher Shen does almost everything, from earning money to caring for his family, and even he is also good at cooking. Thus, with nothing left to do, his brother could only be a professional spender 一 Master Shen’s brother named “Shen Shiliu”. Apparently he had always been a sick child, and because his family thought he wouldn’t live that long, they didn’t really care about giving him a name. He was born on the sixteenth day after the new year, so they easily named him “Shiliu⭐”.

➖⭐T/N :
Shiliu [十六] =:Sixteen.
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Shen Shiliu did nothing all day; he doesn’t study, doesn’t read, doesn’t work. If a bottle of oil falls over, he won’t even reach out to grab it, and he may never carry a bucket of water in his life. All he does is go around and drink; in fact, he was very useless, there was nothing good about him.

Besides his good looks.

And that looks very handsome. This was even confirmed by the oldest man in the city, who said that even after living for almost ninety years, he had never seen such a neat man.

But unfortunately no matter how attractive he was 一 Shen Shiliu once fell seriously ill when he was a child, and it burned him down. Now he can barely see two legs and doesn’t know whether someone standing ten steps away is male or female. He is also quite deaf; actually, if someone wants to say something to him the only method of communication is to shout. Every time someone passed by Shen’s yard, they could hear Master Shen’s voice, with a gentleman roaring at him like a mad dog through a thick wall.

Overall, Shen Shiliu was a sickly deaf-blind person.

With his condition and relationship, he should be able to live very comfortably. But in this sad little village, the only type of people besides the poor are the poorer people. Even if some beauty goddess descended on this place, no one could bring her in.

According to local tradition, when you feel you are indebted to someone and do not have a way to repay him, you will formally recognize that person’s offspring (if he has one) or that person as your family.

The Shen brothers saved Chang Geng from under the wolf’s mouth, and this was enough for Chang Geng to nominally recognize one of the two as his father.

Teacher Shen studied so hard that he damaged his brain, and he insisted that it was not true and would not accept Chang Geng as his son. But his dear brother doesn’t care; Shiliu went ahead and called Chang Geng “my son” right in that place too.

And this is like this jerk Shiliu catches big fish easily 一 even if this piece of rubbish continues to be rubbish and does nothing for the rest of his life, Chang Geng still has to take care of him until he dies.

Chang Geng passed his own yard, turned, and arrived at Shen’s place.

The Shen family had two single people in total, not even a hen was present there, so naturally there was no need to avoid anything if there were rumors. And every time Chang Geng came, he would just go straight in, he didn’t even bother to knock on the door.

Just as he stepped into the courtyard, a different medicinal aroma and Xun’s⭐ smooth tone hit him.

➖⭐T/N :
[埙] xūn 一 Hyun = Type of egg-shaped musical instrument that has holes.
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Teacher Shen was boiling medicine in the yard with his eyebrows pulled into the wrinkles 一 he was a young man who looked like a scholar and was wearing an old robe. After all, he was not old, but the wrinkles on his face constantly gave him cold weather.

Xun’s voice came from inside the house, the player’s elegant silhouette printed on the window from the dim light. The player was clearly lacking in skill, and no matter how hard someone tried, it was impossible to find out the tone. Sometimes one or two stubborn tones will refuse to be played, which causes the melody to float and vibrate up and down, and that gives rise to an unbearable feeling of fatigue.

To label something like this as “music” would be too pushy. Chang Geng listened for a while, and finally decided that if he had to say something positive about this, then he would say that the melody would make some good funeral accompaniment.

Shen Yi hears his footsteps and looks up to smile at him. Then, turning around, he exclaimed, “My dear sir, please save our lives, you will drive us crazy with an improper sound that time! Chang Geng is here! “

The person who played Xun didn’t react. With his hearing ability, it seems like he actually just didn’t catch a word.

Teacher Shen turned around with an expression similar to someone who ate poop.

With that voice, it seemed like the person who was playing had a lot of energy and wasn’t anywhere near falling ill, and Chang Geng’s heart that was squeezed loosened halfway. “I heard from Ge Pangxiao that you will change Shiliu’s medicines. What happened?”

Teacher Shen looked at the color of the boiling medicinal soup, looking annoyed. “Nothing, just a change of season. There is a different drug that is used for each season, because it is as painful and soft as that … Oh, you came on time. He got something from somehow I don’t even know where, and will give it to you tomorrow morning 一 but since you are here now, take a look. “

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