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Chapter 248: Dragon (1)

Xiao Shitou's father died in the Dragon Temple.

Half of his body had been eaten by wild beasts in the mountains, and he was covered with flies and maggots.

Xiao Shitou followed his grandfather and his lame uncle to collect the bodies.

He started to remember things at the age of five or six, and in the poor village, he was already considered a mid-life labor force in the family.

Little Shitou was still a little confused about the concept of death. He only knew that his mother, who had just given birth to his younger brother, hugged him and cried all day long, that his grandfather, who had a wrinkled face, had more wrinkles on it, and that his uncle, who liked to walk with a hunched back, had his back bent even more.

This year it was time for him to go to primary school. He started at the age of five, neither too early nor too late, but something happened to his father.

It was early spring, when the weather was still cold. The family had just survived a long winter and there was little food left. It happened that Xiao Shitou's mother was about to give birth, and she needed nutrition at that time.

There was no money to be made at home, and he couldn't even borrow an egg from his neighbors, so Little Stone's father picked up a trap and went up the mountain.

He would not walk too far under normal circumstances, let alone in early spring. The wild beasts at this time are the most ferocious, and it would be very dangerous to encounter one.

As soon as Xiao Shitou's father entered the mountain, it rained heavily for three days.

The village had never seen such heavy rain, it was like there was a hole in the sky.

Xiao Shitou's grandfather wanted to go up the mountain to look for someone, but the most prestigious elder in the village came in the rain to persuade him to stop.

After three days of waiting for the rain to stop and the sky to clear, the village head called on experienced hunters in the village to go looking for the person, and they found him in the Dragon God Temple not far from the entrance to the mountain.

There was a river in front of the Dragon Temple, and the river water washed away the wooden bridge.

After the heavy rain, the river water rose by 15 feet, and it became muddy, yellow and fast, which was really terrifying.

The hunter who was looking for someone didn't dare to wade across the river easily, so he took a long detour before finding this place.

The Dragon Temple was supposed to be a place of refuge, but it became a place of death.

The villagers at that time were reverent to the gods. When the incident with Xiao Shitou's father happened, some people said that the Dragon God had become an evil god and whoever worshipped him would have to sacrifice his life to the Dragon God. Some people said that Xiao Shitou's father had done something sinister and the gods did not bless him. Some people also said that Xiao Shitou's second son was the reincarnation of the God of Misfortune and was unlucky for his father and mother...

There are many different opinions, and there are too many to list.

Xiao Shitou became a child without a father, and the school that was originally promised to him was never continued.

In order to make a living, Xiao Shitou's mother worked as a maid, and the tidy home was squeezed into a small space by pieces of cloth.

Little Shitou's mother worked hard day and night, and the sound of the loom never stopped.

Little Shitou followed his grandfather into the mountains to look for medicine and hunt.

Whenever he passes by the Dragon God Temple, he will still worship it.

The temple is neither high nor wide. It is built with stones and clay. It has no doors or windows and is closed on three sides.

The stone statues in the temple were as simple and shabby as the temple itself, with half of their ears and two arms missing, and a stone-carved dragon wrapped around their backs.

Grandpa Little Stone worshipped the Dragon God and asked Little Stone to follow suit.

Little Stone stared at the statue and refused to worship it: "Sir, there is a snake on its head, it is not a god."

Little Stone Grandpa pointed at the stone statue's hand, and his wrinkled face seemed to be covered with a layer of dust.

Little Stone: "You have grown this big only because of the blessing of the Dragon God. The Dragon God is very spiritual."

The little stone stood there, refusing to worship the Dragon God.

Little Stone Master sighed, took him out of the mountain temple and let him go down the mountain.

Little Stone was left on the newly built wooden bridge in front of the Dragon Temple, watching the old man's hunched figure disappear into the distance.

The forests in summer are full of vitality, the breeze follows the treetops, and birds sing among the branches.

Little Stone stood on the bridge. After his grandfather turned two corners and disappeared from view completely, he moved a stone by the river and returned to the Dragon Temple.