The dinner at Xu Yunfei's house was as usual. It was porridge with rice and salted vegetables.
After dinner, Xiao Ji was lying on the brick bed reading a picture book that had been flipped to shreds. Xu Yunfei was sitting at the round table doing his homework.
Xu Yunfei's academic performance had always been in the top few in the class. Although his time for studying was very limited, he had his own learning method.
Actually, it wasn't much. There were only two conditions. Listening attentively in class, second, go home and finish your homework.
These two conditions sounded easy to say, but not many children in the countryside could really do it.
On the other hand, as long as one could do these two things, their academic performance would not be too bad, and they would not have to spend extra time studying.
For Xu Yunfei, life and studies were equally important.
Using one's own shoulders to shoulder the heavy burden of life, to be able to shelter his young sister from the wind and rain, this was the strength of a man!
Using one's own wisdom to exchange for excellent academic results and prove that one was not inferior to others was a man's self-esteem!
Xu Yunfei shouldered the burden of the family with the shoulders of a teenager, and he could also compete in his studies. Even the teachers looked at him in a new light.
When he was free, he liked to read outside of class, especially poetry. When inspiration came, he would write a few sentences. No matter how he wrote, at least he could express his feelings.
At around eight o'clock in the evening, Xiao Ji hugged a small radio and listened to fairy tales. As he listened, he fell asleep.
Ever since the television at home broke down, Xiao Ji had fallen asleep in this way every day.
Under the eaves of Xu Yunfei's house, there was an iron wire, which was covered with fire rope. This kind of fire rope could be used to smoke mosquitoes. It was made of a kind of herbaceous plant called fragrant wormwood. After drying, it was lit with fire. There was no open fire, and it burned slowly, emitting a smell similar to sandalwood. It was similar to the mosquito-repellent incense sold in the shop. There was this kind of fragrant wormwood everywhere in the fields. Xu Yunfei would bring back a basket every time he worked in the fields and weave it into a rope to dry it.
He picked up a dry matchstick and brought it into the house. After lighting it with a match, he placed it on the iron shelf of the washbasin. The house immediately filled with a strong sandalwood smell.
There was a hole in Xiao Ji's pants at the knee. Xu Yunfei found a piece of red cloth and cut it into the shape of an apple. Then, he threaded the needle and thread, sewing it up one by one.
After mending Xiao Ji's clothes, he was about to find a book to read when he suddenly remembered the sword that he dug out from the field mouse two days ago. He got up and went into the room. He found the sword covered in dark red rust from the bag in the corner.
This sword was rather heavy in his hand. It had a strange shape, and the blade was long. The tip was not a regular triangle, but a right triangle. From its shape, it was more like a knife than a sword.
Xu Yunfei could not help but be surprised when he took a closer look under the light. It turned out that the knife seemed to be rusted. After a closer look, he found that it was not rust at all, but because it had been buried in the soil for many years, the color was soaked by the soil, so that it covered its original appearance.
Xu Yunfei gently stroked the blade with his finger. The blade was smooth without any rust. The sharp edge of the blade emitted a cold aura.
"No wonder he was able to cut the shovel handle in half when he was fighting with Wan Jinliang.”
Xu Yunfei muttered to himself.
He glanced at a whetstone on the stove and thought,""The ugly color on the surface should be able to be polished off. Let's use a whetstone to polish it and see what happens.”
He walked to the stove and sprinkled some water on the whetstone. He placed the whetstone on the edge of the Kang, held the hilt of the knife in one hand, and pressed the blade of the knife in the other. He rubbed it back and forth on the stone a few times.
Then, he raised it in front of his eyes.
The places that had been polished by the whetstone revealed a yellow gold color. Although the color was not clear under the lamp, the dark red color on the surface made the polished gold color even more obvious.
Xu Yunfei couldn't help but feel excited.""Is it copper or gold? If it was gold, he would be rich. Even if it was copper, it should be worth a lot of money.”
Seeing that Xiao Ji was sleeping soundly, he was afraid of waking her up. He took the whetstone and knife into the room, closed the door, and continued to sharpen the knife with the whetstone.
After carefully polishing it for a long time, as the dark red layer was gradually polished away, the entire long saber finally revealed its true appearance.
Under the light, it was golden and dazzling.
There was a line of ancient traditional Chinese characters carved on the side of the blade. It took Xu Yunfei a long time to recognize it.
with the guidance of God's
be true to one's heart
sacrifice oneself for righteousness
initiate of the draconic mysteries
"These words are very imposing. Who carved these words on the saber?”
Xu Yunfei frowned slightly.
He looked at the long saber over and over again, feeling confused. He felt that these words seemed to contain a deep meaning.
Xu Yunfei held the long knife and loved it dearly. He slashed and stabbed in the room with great interest. He put the long knife on his belt and held the handle with his hand, feeling very mighty.
This knife was really heavy, much heavier than ordinary steel of the same size. He waved it for a while and actually felt a little sore in his arm.
"Such a good saber, but it's a pity that it's missing a scabbard.”Xu Yunfei sighed in his heart.
Seeing that it was getting late and it was time to rest, he wanted to put away his saber.
Looking around, there was no place to store valuables in the empty house.
After thinking about it, he decided to hide the knife on top of the big wardrobe in the outer room. There was a sleeping mat on top of it.
This place was obvious at a glance. Even if a thief came to the house, he would not focus on this place. Sometimes, the more obvious the place was, the safer it was.
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