Another World Baixin

On the hill behind Dongxi Village, behind several camphor trees, there is a young boy hiding behind each, with piercing eyes staring at a swan perched on a tree in front of him.

"Which one of you will go first?" Bai Xin, who has grown into a big man at the age of 14, quietly asked several classmates.

Guo Chenyu, the younger brother of the Guo brothers, was the first to say: "Look at me!" Without waiting for the others to object, he pulled up the bowstring, aimed at the swan, and let go of the string. The inserted pheasant feathers flashed different colors in the sunlight.

The teenagers all stared at the front, and when the swan had no time to dodge and was shot, several of them hissed disdainfully at the same time.Guo Chenyu jumped up excitedly, his cousin Guo Chenling rushed over and pinned him down: "Guo Chenyu! You're robbing me again!"

Guo Chenyu quit, and immediately resisted, "Whoever shoots first will be the one! Why should I give it to you!" The two brothers fought together, but Bai Xin ran over to pick up the prey and put it into himself. The two brothers reconciled instantly and turned to take back the prey from Bai Xin.

Bai Xin jumped up and down laughingly, dodging the attacks of the two of them with light movements, and laughed in his mouth: "This is called 'mantis catching cicadas and orioles behind'~haha!"

"Aww! You are too bullying!" Guo Chenyu's eyes were burning with anger, and he suddenly accelerated the speed of snatching, vowing to snatch back the prey.However, he couldn't catch Bai Xin no matter what. Bai Xin's relaxed look was just teasing him.Seeing this, Guo Chenling stopped playing with him, turned around and walked towards the onlookers He Maoxun and Gu Wenrui.

After teasing Guo Chenyu for a while, Bai Xin stopped and was caught by him.Guo Chenyu was so tired that he was out of breath, but he still didn't give up. He stared at Bai Xin reluctantly, "Now let's see if you can still run! Give me back the bird, I managed to shoot one~"

"Well," Bai Xin said with a smirk, "I'll count it as your present today~"

"..." Guo Chenyu pointed at Bai Xin with trembling fingers, unable to refute, and collapsed on the ground from exhaustion.

He Maoxun and Gu Wenrui sniggered at the side without any friendship between classmates, but Guo Chenling kindly came to help him: "Ah Yu, if you are tired, go home and rest, I will help you eat the good things at the banquet later, cousin Bar!"

The dark-faced Guo Chenyu didn't bother to pay attention to him.

After laughing, Bai Xin looked at the sun and said to his friends: "It's getting late, let's go down."

The others had no objection, packed up their things one after another, and followed Bai Xin back to his parents' home.

Today is the 16th birthday of Changliushui. Bai Xin invited his friends who have been classmates for several years to come.

The older Quan Yingjie and Hou Wei had already been admitted as scholars and went to other places to study, and their relationship with Bai Xin and the others became weaker - even if they wanted to invite them, it would be inconvenient to come here.The Guo brothers came to Dongxi village chief's house in a carriage by themselves early on. Ever since they knew that Bai Xin would occasionally go hunting in the mountains, they were very jealous, and asked Bai Xin to take them to play together several times.Came here earlier today to shoot and hunt.

After He Maoxun and Gu Wenrui arrived, Bai Xin brought the four of them out together.Weapons such as bows and arrows were made by Lin Da and Bai Xin.Bai Xin is quite talented in archery, maybe it has something to do with his extraordinary physique.

The Chang's family is very busy today with people coming and going.Hu Tufu's family, Zhou Lang and Zhou Yuan's group in the town, classmates, and several familiar families in the village were invited to come, such as Bai Baoli and Shitou.

Back then, because of Bai Xin's relationship, Shitou was able to find a matchmaker in time to go to the Bai family to propose a marriage for Bai Baoli.Afterwards, the two really got married, and the Shi family specially gave Bai Xin a matchmaker gift.Shitou loves Bai Baoli very much and takes good care of her family. Jiang's family is grateful to Bai Xin and gave him a big gift.

These made Mrs. Fu next door very unhappy, and he cursed behind his back countless times.Her family's Ah Hua officially married into the Hu family this year, but compared to the Shi family, the Hu family's attitude is extremely bad, as if her daughter is not wanted, and the Hu family is only willing to marry because of their pity.

The sound of firecrackers from the elder's family faintly spread to Bai Qifeng's house. Mrs. Fu spat out a mouthful of phlegm in the direction of the elder's family, and turned her head to see her son's precious newly married gentleman looking there enviously, angry He came out with a groan, and cursed: "Stand here with a stupid goose and watch what you want! The child doesn't care, how did you become an Eminem! Get out!"

It happened that Jiang came back with her son Bai Baoshu, and when she heard Fu's voice from the other side of the fence, she raised her voice and shouted, "Hey, you child~ the show is about to start, but you soiled your clothes, and you have to run back to change~ Hurry up, I heard that brother Axin’s family has prepared all kinds of seafood!" Just after showing off here, Mrs. Fu next door kicked over the wooden basin for washing vegetables.

For four years, the Chang's family's meat velvet shop has been in good business, after all, only this one can make meat velvet.Some other family tried to make it, but the taste was not as good as Chang's family. After selling it for a few days, they couldn't afford the expensive ingredients and gave up; as for the really rich businessmen who had tasted the minced meat, they still looked down on this small business.Over the past few years, the Chang's family has accumulated some money, but they didn't buy a house in the town or mountain city, they only rested the house in the village.

When Bai Xin arrived home with his companions, several tables and chairs had already been set up in the yard, and the male guests sat in one after another, chatting happily.Lin Da was hosting the banquet, and when he saw Bai Xin, he came over to help them unload the things.

"Where's Ah Shui?"

Lin Da's answer to Bai Xin was: "The old master of the Qin family has arrived, and he is giving a hairpin gift to him inside."

Girls are 15 years old and Jiji, but Liangzi is different. He will not be considered an adult until he is 16 years old.Bai Xin was a little unhappy, "Supposedly, Ah Shui and I got married a long time ago, so there should be no need to be on guard, right? I'm not allowed to go in to watch the ceremony!"

Guo Chenyu, who was behind him, patted him on the shoulder, as if to comfort him: "These women are good sons, it's just that Ma loves trouble, let's leave them alone, come and talk together—"

At this point, the other three were dragged away.Lin Da persuaded Bai Xin: "I saw it once at the master's house. It's nothing special. It's just a bun and a hairpin. You go and change your clothes first!"

Bai Xin was just curious, so he just complained a few words and it was over.The five of them crawled and rolled on the mountain, and their clothes were more or less stained with mud. Bai Xin listened to Lin Da's words and went in to change.And Chang Liushui received the gift in Qin's room. The door was surrounded by many young guests, and the elders were all inside. Bai Xin couldn't see what he found there at all from the outside, and he would even be surrounded by these young guests. Mr. Xijun made fun of him, so he had to give up.

Speaking of which, Lin Xun hasn't shown up in the past few years, and has been contacting by letter.It is said that his superior sent him to station in the field.Bai Xin tortured Old Tong for a long time before Old Tong told him that foreigners have no identity and would occasionally invade, so Lin Xun had to stay there, and even if he had a little vacation, he would still go back to the Lin family in the capital.

Old Tong advised Bai Xin not to worry too much: "The old masters of the Lin family are all in the capital."

"Don't worry, I understand all this. Uncle Lin has his parents and family, so he should go home to visit them. If I cared about this, I would have let him go back then." Bai Xin had no idea that his father didn't love him.Lin Xun has been very kind to him. There is a box in the room between him and Ah Shui, which is full of Lin Xun's letters; according to Lin Xun's instructions: Lin Da has been taking care of them for four years, and has never returned to Lin's house. Tong helps with school and business in the town.All kinds of signs show how much Lin Xun cares about him, and Bai Xin will only be more grateful to him in his heart.

It is relatively simple for rural people to hold coming-of-age ceremonies for their children. They usually distribute bowl cakes in the whole village—three for each household, and tell others that their children have reached adulthood.Then, the elders and respected people are invited to tie the hair, or make a bun or wear a crown for the child, and finally the banquet is held.

Bowl cake is rice mixed with glutinous rice, ground into powder, added with appropriate amount of water, turned into rice milk, poured into a bowl and placed in a steamer, steamed and shaped like a bowl abroad, so it is called bowl cake. It is soft, glutinous, sweet and fragrant, suitable for all ages.There are bowl cake sellers in the town, but few people in Dongxi Village can afford it. The elder's family is so rich that they distribute six bowl cakes to each household in Dongxi Village.Of course, if they knew that after the bowl cakes came out of the pan, Lin Da ate twenty of them in one go—his stomach was obviously stretched out, and his hatred of the rich would be even more intense.

The one who presided over the Jiji ceremony for Chang Liushui was Xiao Yan, the younger brother of Qin Guangyao, Qin's cousin.With a focused expression, Qin Laojun carefully tied up Ah Shui's hair without any leaks, made a simple bun, and inserted the white jade Liuyun hairpin that Lin Xun sent with the letter (the hairpin that Bai Xin bought specially was not as good as Lin Xun's hairpin). He was a little sad because of this), Ah Shui saluted the Qin family and Qin Laojun respectively according to the etiquette, and it was over, without the cumbersome etiquette of the big family.

Qin Laojun touched the slender white face of Chang Liushui, and sighed in admiration: "I couldn't see it when I was young, but Ah Shui is so handsome when he grows up~!"

Being told this by the elders, Ah Shui was a little shy, dodging a little and saying nothing.Qin rescued him: "It's just that my grandma didn't expect it ~ I really thank you, old sister-in-law today!"

"Where is it? I love festive events when I'm old. I'd love to invite you to have fun!" Qin Laojun was 20 years older than Qin's, and his body was still strong.

The juniors around me all made fun of it and said all kinds of nice things.Mrs. Qin waited for these people to chat for a few words before inviting them to go out for a banquet.

At this time, it was late autumn, and the cold winter was coming, and the cold wind whimpered in the yard. Bai Xin tied up a mat in advance, wrapped it with a layer of coarse cloth (mostly stitched with rags), and hung it at the air inlet to block most of the cold. With the wind, the guests are not so cold when eating in the courtyard.

Bai Xin sat at the same table with his classmates, and Bai Baoshu, who was already eight years old, was with them. He was recommended by Bai Xin. Jiang's family saved money and sent the treasure book to Mr. Zhang's private school.There is also Qin Shuangping's younger brother, Qin Shuang'an, an 11-year-old boy who only attended a private school for two years before dropping out.His eldest brother, Qin Shuangping, married Mei Qing, and at first he had time to come back and help out, but after he had a baby, he didn't have time to take care of it. As a man and his father went out to work, he had to support the family.

In a blink of an eye, Bai Xin's former brothers and sisters, those who are married are married, and those who are waiting to be married are waiting to be married.Mei Qing's younger brother, Mei Fanglin, came of age last year, but he wanted to marry Bai Xiaotang's younger brother, Bai Ruyu, and he had this idea four years ago.However, Bai Ruyu, who is three years older than him, has been admitted to Yulin Academy and is studying there, so the possibility of falling in love with him is extremely slim.Bai Baoxi, Qin Shuanghua, and Qin Shuangshu also entered the waiting-to-marry mode, and the remaining Bai Baoqian did not have to think about life-long events in recent years.

Bai Xin is 14 years old, and Ah Shui is an adult. They should pay attention to the problem of accidentally wiping their guns and misfiring while sleeping.In this regard, Lin Da took out Lin Xun's letter to Bai Xin, and whispered to him not to let Ah Shui see it.Only after Bai Xin opened it and took a look did he know why.In the letter, Lin Xun explained to him in detail the special changes that a man will undergo when he grows up, especially since he still sleeps with Ah Shui, so he needs to understand these.

Bai Xin looked through several pages of letter paper in a little embarrassment, and stuffed it into the bottom of the box.On the night that Chang Liushui officially became an adult, Bai Xin thought about some inappropriate things for children from time to time.In other words, his primordial spirit has already come, can he do something?

"Ah Xin?" Chang Liushui looked strangely at Bai Xin hugging the quilt and wriggling, with a weird smile on his face, which made him a little scared.

"Eh?" Bai Xin came back to his senses, seeing Ah Shui looking at him curiously and vigilantly, he restrained his thoughts, put on an attitude, and waved to Ah Shui: "Come up to sleep! It's cold at night, don't be cold." gone."

Seeing that he had returned to normal, Ah Shui climbed up obediently and lay down beside Bai Xin.

Bai Xin rushed over in an instant - don't think too much, just cover Ah Shui with a quilt.

The two hugged each other, head to head, and gradually fell asleep.