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After that, Little Stone would often come to play with Long.

This lonely child has a pact with a dragon.

Little Stone's visit was not in vain, he often brought something with him.

Sometimes it is a bowl of rice that Little Stone has offered to the Dragon God, and sometimes it is a piece of taro or yam stewed over charcoal fire.

The rice is new rice, this year is a good year, and the ears of rice hang heavy in the fields.

At night, little Stone Grandpa would take a torch to the fields to catch frogs, eels, and stone crabs. He would then kill and clean them, and add new rice to make porridge, which was extremely delicious.

People in the Song Dynasty liked to roast and cook frogs over charcoal fire and eat them with wine.

After the autumn harvest, the animals in the mountains became fat, so Little Stone Grandpa went back into the mountains.

Every time he went into the mountains, Little Stone would follow him.

He never worshipped the dragon god, but only looked for the dragon in the pond.

Little Stone didn't force it. After offering sacrifices to the Dragon God, he gave the offerings to Little Stone to eat.

The village is poor and food is hard to come by, so people are not willing to waste it easily.

Uncle Little Stone refused to let him go into the mountains with him, so he asked him to cut some grass for pigs nearby.

After cutting grass for the pigs, Little Stone dived into the crevice of the mountain to keep the dragon company.

He didn't eat the food that Little Stone brought. He just watched Little Stone carving wood while eating the taro offered to the Dragon God.

Three or two white butterflies were flying around above the little stone's head, but they didn't land on his loose hair.

The little stone lowered its head and carved seriously, and did not respond when the dragon spoke.

The dragon asked, "Why do you make the wood round?"

Little Stone said: "This is called wood carving, it is art."

Long was puzzled: "Is carving wood into the shape of a human art?"

Little Shitou actually didn't understand much. He just learned it from his father when he was alive, and the carving knife was also something his father left to him.

Little Stone: “Maybe.”

Long: "What's the use of art? Can it be eaten?"

Little Stone: “You can’t eat it.”

Long: "Then stop doing art and let's talk."

Little Stone: "I can't eat even if I'm talking to you."

Long was discouraged: "Yeah, why do people need to eat? It would be so convenient if we didn't need to eat and just needed to sleep like me."

Little Stone: "If you don't eat, you'll be hungry. If you're hungry for too long, you'll die."

Long added: "People who die won't come back, right?"

Little Stone said, "We can't see it anymore after we die."

The dragon said, "Then will you die?"

The little stone thought: "Yes, my body will become smelly, and bugs will crawl all over me. I will close my eyes and will not speak anymore."

Long was anxious: "Then don't die!"

Little Stone smiled and said, "Okay, if I don't die, neither will you. My father, mother, and my younger brother will all die."

Long said: "Then we can see each other every day!"

Little Stone nodded: "No, that won't work. Grandpa said that I will go to school next year, and he has prepared a tuition fee for me, so I can study hard and make a name for myself."

Long said, "Is it fun to go to school?"

Little Stone: "It's not fun. I heard the teacher is very fierce. He made people copy words as punishment. It's miserable."

Long said, "Then don't go to school, come and play with me."

Little Stone said, "No, I want to study and write, I want to pass the imperial examination and become a high-ranking official."

Long was confused as to why there were so many things that were not allowed.

Long said: "Will you forget about dragons when you become a high official?"

Little Stone thought for a while and said, "If I become an official, I will have food to eat and I can manage people. I will let everyone come to talk to you and play with you."

Long was depressed and unhappy: "But none of them is you, I just want to play with you."

Little Stone didn't know how to respond to what Long said.