All Heavens Strategy Game

"Dinner's ready! Dinner's ready!"

From inside the small mud-brick house came a woman's shouts.

Liu was seen leaning on a cane with one hand and holding a bowl of porridge on the table with the other.

The second sister, Su Yuyu, brought a plate of wild ferns to the table, along with a mushroom soup.

The meal, though seemingly simple, was actually quite lavish compared to usual.

Before long, the hungry family sat down, eager to start their meal.

"Don't eat yet, the third brother hasn't come back yet!"

"Where are the three old folks? Where have they gone gallivanting off to this time?"

"Su Ming! Su Ming!"

Liu stood at the door and called out loudly to Su Ming.

The eldest brother, Su Yuanbao, and the second sister, Su Yuyu, also began looking for people.

Just as the family was about to go out to search, Su Ming returned home at the perfect moment: "Mom, I'm back!"

"It's good to be back. It's time to eat." Liu's eyes widened. "Huh? Why are you carrying a chicken and a duck? Aren't these wild chickens and ducks from the mountains? Did you steal them from someone's house?"

Liu's face was extremely pale.

Even if your family is poor, you can't just steal someone else's poultry!

That kid is a real scoundrel!

"Mother, what are you saying? How could I steal someone's things? This is meat that the villagers gave me as a gift..."

"The villagers are giving you money? For free? I don't think you've gone mad, how could you say such nonsense!" Liu said, "Put it back where it came from. I know you really want to eat meat, but we can't do things that gossip about you!"

"I really didn't steal it..."

Su Ming recounted in detail how the entire village had sponsored his martial arts training, and then handed a signed and sealed piece of paper to Liu Shi.

"These are the signatures of the villagers, with the fingerprints of the village chief and various clan elders. The rules and regulations are all clearly written in black and white!"

Although Liu was illiterate, she still understood what was going on after hearing Su Ming's explanation.

—The entire village is sponsoring Su Ming's martial arts training!

Overwhelmed with joy, she was stunned: "My son actually has this talent?!"

"What? The third brother wants to learn martial arts?"

"Does the whole village support Third Brother practicing martial arts?"

"Will we never lack food and drink again? Will we have meat at every meal?"

When the whole family heard the news, it was like a dream; they could hardly believe such a wonderful thing could happen.

This was something that this honest and law-abiding family could never have imagined.

"My son has made something of himself! Your father would be able to die with a smile on his face if he knew this!" Madam Liu wiped her wet eyes and wept with joy.

"Don't just stand there, cook the chicken and duck. The chicken can be used to make soup, and the duck can be braised. The uncle next door just gave me a jar of lard as a gift, which is perfect for cooking meat!" Su Ming said.

"Alright, alright, let's have some meat today!"

The eldest brother, Su Yuanbao, slaughtered chickens and ducks.

The second sister, Su Yuyu, was in charge of cooking.

The fourth sister and fifth brother were too young, so they cheered them on from the sidelines.

Before long, the chicken and duck were cooked, and the steaming hot meat dishes were served on the table, emitting a rich aroma.

The aroma was so enticing that it filled the entire room, almost lifting the roof off.

For people who haven't eaten meat in who knows how long, the mere smell of these meat dishes is enough to make them eat several bowls of rice.

"Let's eat, let's eat..." Liu Shi put a big chicken leg on Su Ming's plate with a smile on her face.

Su Yuanbao smiled憨厚ly, focusing only on eating rice and wild vegetables, showing no intention of picking up any other food.

Second Sister Su Yuyu kept swallowing, immediately looking away from the meat and vegetables, as if she had no desire to eat at all.

The two are now thirteen or fourteen years old, old enough to start a family and build a career in this era, and are already quite sensible.

They naturally understood that the chicken and duck were a gift from the villagers to Su Ming, so only Su Ming could eat these two dishes, even if they were Su Ming's family!

After all, the person everyone was sponsoring was their third brother, Su Ming, not their own family!

You need to understand this rule, otherwise you'll inevitably give outsiders something to criticize and cause dissatisfaction.

—What if the villagers cancel their support for my third brother? That would be terrible!

That's why, even though they were eagerly waiting, they didn't dare to pick up any food.

As for the fourth and fifth children, they didn't have this concept. Being too young, they didn't understand these principles at all and reached out with their chopsticks to pick up food.

"Smack..." Madam Liu shoved their chopsticks aside: "You can't eat this, it belongs to your third brother!"

"Why..." Su Linlin said in a low voice, looking aggrieved.

The fifth child immediately burst into tears, crying, "I want to eat! I want to eat!"

Looking at the children, Liu said firmly, "No!"

"These dishes are only for Sanlang to eat."

"The people the villagers raise are Sanlang, not our family. Only Sanlang deserves to eat meat."

"Otherwise, with so many people in our family, we could finish all that chicken and duck in one meal. That's such a huge consumption of meat! Who could afford to feed such a large family?"

"Martial arts training is physically demanding; you have to eat lots of meat!"

Su Ming knew this principle, but his whole family was starving while he was eating and drinking excessively, which was truly...

He glanced at his older brother, but his brother, Su Yuanbao, immediately dodged away and chuckled foolishly, saying, "Little brother, you eat it yourself, I'm not eating it."

Second sister Su Yuyu also took her bowl and walked away, afraid that her third brother would put food in her bowl. She was afraid that once the meat and vegetables were in her bowl, she would be reluctant to take them out again!

Liu took away the fourth and fifth children, completely ignoring the fifth child's loud crying.

Suddenly, only Su Ming was sitting at the table; everyone else was eating on the low stools next to him.

"mother……"

Su Ming said, "I don't like chicken butts or duck butts, nor do I like necks, duck frames, or chicken frames. These parts are all bones with no meat, but you can eat them..."

"Chicken or duck soup can be used to soak rice, so eating some soup shouldn't be a problem, right? It's not like you're eating meat!"

Su Ming put down his chopsticks, looking as if he wouldn't eat if everyone else wasn't.

He knew, of course, that the whole village was supporting him, not his family, but today was the first time... the first time he was breaking the rules, and it was only chicken butts and necks. If that wasn't enough, he wouldn't eat them.

Helpless, Liu wanted to reprimand the children, but out of the corner of her eye she saw the pleading looks in the eyes of the other children…

She turned her head to look, and the eldest and second eldest immediately looked away, pretending not to care, and ate the wild vegetables with relish, as if they had no desire to eat meat at all.

The fourth and fifth children kept grumbling about wanting meat. The fourth one was alright, at most showing a wronged expression, but the fifth one was crying terribly…

No matter how much more she wanted to say, seeing this scene made her swallow it all.

"It's all my fault, I'm useless, I'm so useless..." Liu felt that she had let her children down.

I'm so useless!

If we were capable, why would we need our children to suffer?

Liu felt a pang of sadness: "Alright, alright, eat up! We agreed you'd only be allowed a little soup and some bones with no meat. I'll put some on your plates, but nobody's allowed to eat more!"

"You can have a little the first time, but only the first time. No more exceptions!"

After saying that, Liu began to pick out the bones with less meat, and then picked out the chicken heads, duck heads, necks and other parts to distribute to the children.

Su Ming knew his mother's temperament: she was sensible.

When it comes to rules, Lady Liu is adamant.

Rules are rules, and she cannot break them!

The fact that things have come to this point is already a result of concessions made by the Liu family.

"Alright, it's all divided up, everyone eat."

"This time we'll make an exception. From now on, we'll eat at two separate tables, one for Su Ming and one for us."

"To avoid giving the villagers any reason to criticize us, and also so that Su Ming can better nourish his body for martial arts practice, everything the villagers provide for him from now on can only be eaten by Su Ming alone!"

Liu said firmly.

She could overlook it the first time, but from now on they had to sit at separate tables and only Su Ming could eat there!

This is the bottom line!

No one said a word; everyone was just focused on eating.

Fragrant!

So delicious!

Even if it's just meat soup, even if it's just meat and bones, it's considered a delicacy for a family during a famine!

Su Yuanbao ate with great relish, chewing all the bones to pieces and swallowing them.

Su Yuyu sipped her soup with relish, her expression one of complete satisfaction.

Although Su Linlin was still nagging, she didn't dare to say anything more under her mother's tyranny.

Only the fifth child, the three-and-a-half-year-old, was still crying his eyes out, shouting that he wanted to eat more meat.

At such a young age, he didn't understand why only one person in the family could eat meat to their heart's content, while he couldn't.

Su Ming watched all this with a heavy heart.

In their past lives, they lived a life of luxury and ease, with plenty of food and drink. Many people have no idea how happy they were.

Here, for the poor at the bottom of society, having enough to eat is the greatest blessing in the world!

If there's an extra piece of meat or bone, that's an even better thing that you could dream about!

Now, even though there is chicken and duck available, the whole family is reluctant to eat them, and dares not eat too much!

"Sigh... I'll have to change all of this sooner or later..."

Inside the house, even though the fifth son's voice was hoarse from crying, Liu refused to give him another piece of meat.

Gradually, only the quiet sounds of eating and the fifth brother's sobbing filled the room...

……

After eating and drinking to one's heart's content.

Liu and Su Ming were alone together.

"Son, tell me... do you really have the aptitude? No one's teaching you martial arts, how are you going to learn? What if you can't master it?"

"I have the qualifications, you have to believe in me," Su Ming said. "I can't do it without believing in myself. Even if everyone else in the world can't, I have to!"

"I'm just a country woman who doesn't know anything, but I also know that you're only an eight-year-old child. You're so young, and you've never even left the village. Where do you get your confidence from?" Liu's face showed a look of doubt, unable to understand why her third son would have such confidence.

Practicing martial arts is not something you can just talk about.

First, you should at least ask a teacher to teach you.

Secondly, one must at least be able to read.

Thirdly, there must be at least a powerful martial arts manual passed down in the family.

In addition to these, there are some other miscellaneous conditions.

However, none of these conditions are met by our own family.

Does the third brother practice martial arts by simply dreaming about it?

Thinking about all this, Liu felt extremely anxious.

When she first heard that the whole village supported her son's martial arts training, she was overjoyed.

Now, the joy has faded, leaving only anxiety in my heart.

She was afraid that her son would disappoint everyone!

They were even more afraid that the villagers would take their anger out on their son!

Su Ming raised his youthful face and said, "Don't worry about it. Believe me, your son is destined to reach the top. No one in this world can be my teacher. If there is, it's myself."

In his past life, he ruined his life by practicing martial arts and fighting fiercely, pursuing the pinnacle of martial arts.

The disability in his legs was a nightmare that haunted him for the rest of his life.

Countless quiet nights, he wanted to cry but couldn't; all he felt was a cold despair.

He tried to stand up, but he couldn't feel his legs. No matter how hard he tried, he was just a useless person sitting in a wheelchair.

He regretted it.

I regret practicing martial arts!

I regret practicing martial arts in this modern, technologically advanced world!

You can practice martial arts your whole life and still be no match for someone else's single bullet!

No matter how skilled one is in martial arts, they wouldn't dare to attack others, otherwise they would have to pay hundreds of thousands or even millions in compensation, rendering their martial arts skills useless...

In today's technologically advanced world, it's no exaggeration to call it the "graveyard of martial arts"!

But now, in this feudal ancient world, in this world of cold weapons, he sees hope for martial arts!

He has a young and healthy body; he can run and jump...

At the same time, there is no modern and sound legal supervision system here, and no cameras everywhere, so individual force can exert its maximum "power".

To a large extent, as long as you dare to fight and have enough strength, you can come and go freely, command the wind and rain, and become a prominent figure in your region...

There are bandits in the mountains and fields.

There are generals in the army.

They can come to your home as bodyguards.

They can deliver goods and act as bodyguards.

force,

It can determine a person's future!

As long as you have enough power, you are the top-tier "weapon," and you can thrive no matter what you do, and you will be an honored guest wherever you go.

Haha, there are no damn bullets in this world, and certainly no damn firearms...

This world is perfect for martial arts!

Moreover, this realm also allows the cultivation of internal energy, which is impossible to cultivate in the Earth world...

Internal energy, oh internal energy…

In his previous life, he was unable to reach the pinnacle of martial arts.

But in this world, he has the opportunity to climb to the pinnacle of martial arts!

He must do what he couldn't do in his past life!

Now that he's stood up, he should stand the highest!

Liu was startled by Su Ming's gaze.

She saw so much in Su Ming's eyes: sadness, joy, longing, ambition, anger, arrogance, confidence...

A variety of emotions were intertwined and revealed in the eyes of an eight-year-old child.

This look in his eyes didn't seem like a human's eyes; it was more like a ball of fire, a raging flame, as if it would burn the entire world to ashes!

Liu was so frightened that she covered her mouth. She wanted to ask more questions, but seeing Su Ming's eyes, she couldn't say anything.

—Your own son knows everything!

She had a feeling that her third son was not a child; his small body contained not a child, but a giant.

"You...you understand, that's good, I believe you..." Madam Liu lowered her head and said softly.

Even she didn't know why she was somewhat afraid of this son.

"There won't be any surprises, leave everything to me!" Su Ming said.

Su Ming's confidence successfully calmed Liu's anxious mind. She breathed a sigh of relief and smiled, "Good, good, my son is going to be a big shot. I'll leave everything to you."

at this time,

There was a knock on the door.

"Bang!"

"Bang bang bang!"

It was less like knocking and more like banging on the door!

The dilapidated wooden door looked as if it would break apart at any moment, and the courtyard wall looked as if it would be pushed down!

Liu was startled and completely flustered: "What's wrong? What's wrong? This commotion...is someone coming to cause trouble?"

She didn't think she had offended anyone and couldn't understand who would come to bang on the door!

Su Ming smiled and said, "They came to see me, half an hour later than I expected."

"Ah? Looking for you?" Liu was shocked and immediately grabbed a hoe from the side and stood in front of Su Ming to protect him.

Hearing the commotion, Su Yuanbao grabbed a carrying pole from the backyard and ran over: "Who dares to cause trouble for my brother!"

Su Yuyu's frail body trembled, but she still stubbornly picked up a kitchen knife: "Don't you dare bully my brother!"

Faced with the group's presence, Su Ming said, "Don't be like that. It's nothing serious, just a minor problem. I can handle it by myself."

"You can handle this all by yourself?" The whole family was taken aback.

"Yes, this matter has come to me. Only I can step in and resolve it. Just watch."

The whole family looked puzzled. Su Ming waved his hand, signaling them to put down their weapons, stand up, and smiled:

"Mother, open the door!"