Chapter 4 Farewell
In the ordinary days of Li Longcun, everything went as usual.

It's another year in a blink of an eye, and Xiaoyou is almost 8 years old. Now he can skillfully help his father pull the net in the sea. He can be regarded as a skilled little fisherman, but his dark and thin figure looks a little pitiful .They were bullied twice by the priests of the Holy See. Although there are some sympathizers in the village, most of them are contemptuous. They feel that Lin San and his son are toads who want to eat swan meat, and their current appearance is their proper destination.

This year, Lin San's health became worse and worse.Lin San contracted a cold once in early spring, and Lin San began to be bedridden. In early summer, it had been three full months.Their family was already struggling, and for three months they could only rely on Xiaoyou to go to the beach to pick up crabs and go down the river to touch screws to make a living.At such a young age, I don't know how many wounds I have scratched on my hands and feet. In this way, with a hungry meal and a full meal, coupled with the help from the kind-hearted people in the village, I can barely make ends meet.But no matter how bad the father gets, the family will soon be unable to support it.

One day at the end of June, Lin San called Xiao You to the bed.He took Xiao You's little hand, stroked it tenderly, and looked at his son with affectionate eyes.Seeing his father like this, Xiaoyou suddenly felt a little embarrassed. He seemed to have heard Xiaodong say that Xiaodong's grandmother treated Xiaodong like this before she left.My father has been bedridden for a long time, and the situation is probably not good.

Lin San took out a map for his son. This is a full map of the mainland, showing the world where Xiaoyou is.Lin San pointed to a place in the middle of the map and began his explanation.He told Xiaoyou that although he was an orphan, he still remembered his hometown. His hometown was in Tong County, Yanzhou Prefecture of the Ouyue Empire, a place rich in tung oil.

He still remembered that the place where he was born was called Huangjinqiao Township. Although it was called Huangjinqiao, it had nothing to do with Huangjin. Instead, it was a very bitter place, with nine floods in ten years and drought in another year.People in the village starve to death every year. His parents, that is, Xiaoyou's grandparents, died of starvation during the famine. He was only 8 years old at that time, which is Xiaoyou's current age.

After his parents left, Lin San stayed with his uncle for a while, but his uncle's family was in trouble, so he was kicked out by his aunt not long after, begging all the way, being looked down upon all the way, eating hundreds of meals, living without a meal.Once, there was a conflict between the Holy See and a sect of the empire. The two sides fought fiercely.Many times, he also thought that he was finished, but he survived after all.

All the way to the east, all the way to the south, and back again, and then to the southeast, going around in circles for more than ten years, he came to Li Long Village in Qili Town, Yandang County.At that time, the village was also hit by a disaster, and he was young and strong, so the village chief allowed him to stay. Since then, he has been fishing for a living, and it has been more than 30 years.

Lin San looked at the thin and small child in front of him, and thought of his own poor life experience back then.He knew that he was dying, so he told the past intermittently, some of which he had said before, some of which he hadn't, he didn't want to miss any part, and explained to Xiaoyou one by one.His tears began to roll in his eyes. He wanted to take care of him, but he couldn't do what he wanted. Now he is almost exhausted.

As an orphan, Lin San has no property, and his hometown in Yanzhou has long since disappeared. He has been away from home for decades, and he can't remember much.But he still wanted to use his limited knowledge to plan a way out for Lin You.With the lessons of the first year and the shadow of the previous year, he no longer counts on the Holy See.

However, the Holy See is not the only one who can awaken the soul. The dignitaries and sects of the empire also have the ability to awaken. In fact, those who have reached the level of the world fighter have the ability to help them awaken the soul.

In addition to Long Qiuzong who has a good relationship with the Holy See, he doesn't know where to find fighters, and he dare not ask for power. He doesn't know who is rich, but he knows that there is a sect that will do it.He remembered that near their hometown, there was a powerful sect called Wuyunmen, which was the number one sect in the empire.The little friend back then was innocently implicated because of the conflict between Wuyunmen and the head of the Ouyue Empire of the Holy See.He felt that as long as he could go to Wuyunmen and ask the master in the sect for help, Xiaoyou would have the hope of awakening his soul, and if he could worship Wuyunmen, Xiaoyou's future would be guaranteed.

But Xiaoyou is about to turn 8 years old, and after 8 years old, he will not be able to awaken the fighter's spirit, which makes Lin San very anxious.He really wanted to take Xiaoyou to Wuyunmen, but his weak body could no longer allow him to come forward, so he wanted to tell him this information.

"Son, thank you for coming to me. You make me, an old man, very fulfilled and happy," Lin San said with tears, "but I am a useless person, I can't give you a good life, and I can't awaken your spirit ".

"No, father, without you, there would be no me. You gave me a second life, otherwise I would have drowned in the sea long ago." Lin You cried.

After speaking, the father and son cried together.Originally, in Lin San's heart, he still wanted to go to his hometown again in his lifetime.One is to take another look at his hometown, and the other is to help Lin You find a place to rely on. This idea has become stronger since Lin You was kicked out by the Holy See last year.But it's a pity that due to luck, Lin San felt that his time was running out, and he could no longer go to Yanzhou.

He asked Xiao You to dig out a palm-sized cloth bag from a mezzanine in the inner wall of the house. He slowly opened the cloth bag, and inside was half a dull jade pendant with a strange pattern on it.He asked Xiaoyou to keep the jade pendant, and told him that tomorrow he would go to Jiazhou Mansion by boat at Qili Ferry, and asked him to find a man named Chen Zhang to bring him the jade pendant, and invite him to visit Li Long Village.

"He is my younger brother, and his hometown was hit by a disaster. He and his mother first begged in Yanzhou Fucheng. Later, I was kicked out by my uncle's family, and they were also driven out by the government. The three of us were together with several other beggars. Begging, they couldn’t escape and turned back together, supporting each other along the way. Later, his mother passed away, and before she died, she gave him this jade pendant as a memory. After we came to Jiazhou Mansion, we happened to meet a wealthy family who bought Jia Ding, he was selected to have a stable residence, while I continued to flee famine and came to Yandang County. On the occasion of parting, he divided this pendant, kept half for himself, and gave the other half to me. .'"

Lin San said slowly, "After I settled down in Yandang, I went to see him, and every few years I would find time to go to Jiazhou to find him. He is my very few friends in this world. His employer is a wealthy businessman. , There are many industries in the Ouyue Empire. He also relied on his intelligence to be a shopkeeper in the early years. When I met him a few years ago, he was already the big shopkeeper of the capital Hangjing. Come back, I guess the time to come back in the middle of the year is about the same. I took you to Jiazhou to meet him a few years ago, and he loved you very much. If you have any difficulties, please ask him to help. Bring this Yupei, prove your identity, maybe he can take you to Yanzhou to find Wuyunmen."

Xiao You listened silently, her eyes dimmed with tears, and she nodded while sobbing.Lin San rewrapped the jade pendant and put it in Xiao You's inner pocket.When Xiaoyou's crying gradually stopped, Lin San pointed to the map and told Xiaoyou a lot, a lot of things. Before Xiaoyou was still young, there was no need to know, but now, if he doesn't talk about it, maybe he won't have a chance...

(End of this chapter)

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