Chapter 5 Preliminary Test
Time is like a shooting arrow. Inadvertently, it runs without a trace with a brush.
Two years have passed in a blink of an eye. The two-year-old bear who was running around on the ground two years ago is now five years old.
In the past two years, the growth rate of Qu Dan's body has not slowed down at all. Not only has his height increased by two feet, but his strength has also risen geometrically. Now he can punch with all his strength, which is five or six hundred catties, which is equivalent to one-third or one-fourth of that of adults.
At night, the family had an unusually "rich" dinner and sat around to discuss recent events.
"Hey, a boy is sixteen years old and an adult. Mother-in-law, our family has also collected more than 100 bear skins. Are you going to change a woman for a baby? Bu Hu sat on the ground and picked his teeth with a huge animal bone the thickness of a thumb. "Just go to the Chijia Village next door to change it. The women in their village have thick waists and big buttocks, and they are all good hands to have children... If it's farther away, go to the village of the black bear tribe on the other side of the mountain. You are from there. By the way, you can also ask your father about their The situation..."
Eminem cleaned up the broken bones in the house and muttered, "What do you say to me about these things? I'm a woman who doesn't understand..."
Bu Hu nodded and said, "But this matter has to be put away first. Tomorrow is the day of the warrior test. The five-year-old children in the village are going to test, and the second son will also go to have a look tomorrow. If they pass, they will have to go to the tribe in two days. Hey, my son, this strong strength, as long as the soldiers of the tribe take a look, they will definitely rush to get it.
With that, he grabbed his big hand and grabbed the song list, which was rolling his eyes and burping, into his hand.
Dad pinched him a few times and nodded with satisfaction.
The height of about 1.3 meters is about to catch up with my seven or eight years old. He is full of anamorphic muscles, revealing beautiful lines. Of course, Dad doesn't know anything about one meter and three meters, and he doesn't know anything about beautiful lines. He just thinks that the second son grows very fast and looks like a man.
As soon as Qu Shan struggled, the big hands were like iron hooping around his body and did not break free. He summoned up his strength and kicked his father's stomach.
"Ah!" With a cry of pain, Qu Dan took the opportunity to slip down and hid far away in the corner of the room.
This foot is conservatively estimated to have hundreds of pounds of strength. If you kick on the belly that has just been full, even an iron person will not be able to stand it.
"Son of a bitch, what are you doing so hard? You kicked your father to death." Dad covered his stomach and shouted, and then laughed, "Haha, my son, this strength is not comparable to that of an ordinary son. If he can't be a soldier, those people are all blind."
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In the middle of Bujia Village, there is a square high platform.
Early the next morning, seventeen or eighteen cubs lined up in line, standing in front of the high platform, waiting for the upcoming warrior test.
This is an annual event in the village. The adults threw away their jobs and gathered around them from afar, talking loudly in a loud voice.
"There are another 18 kids this year. I don't know if I can pass one or two?" A man asked.
"I'm not sure, hey, how many years have there been real soldiers in the village?" Another man replied.
"Eleven years, or twelve years..." The previous man rolled his eyes and muttered.
"I hope there will be one this time."
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On the stage, the old man who was baptized by Qu Dan sat sickly in a chair and did not move. He was thinner than five years ago. His eyes were deep, and his turbid eyes stared at the cubs below. His eyes were empty and unfocused, as if he had passed through them and looked at the nothingness in the distance.
This is the "first test" of the warrior. Before sending it to the tribe, the children in the village must first conduct a preliminary screening. Only when they pass the first test can they be further sent to the tribe.
There are 17 cubs in the same year as Qudan, plus Qudan, a total of 18.
Today, here will be the place where their fate will be decided.
If it passes, it goes without saying that in the future, the sea will be vast and the sky will be high and the birds will fly, and the fate will be different from now on. If it is unfortunately brushed down and waiting for them, it will be hunting day after day. Ten or twenty years later, go outside to marry a woman, give birth to a litter, cultivate them until the age of five, and then carry out. The next test...
Two completely different lives. Although the kids have never been out of the village, they also occasionally hear Dad Ame talk about the outside world, and their hearts yearn for it.
"Let's go." The old man said to Bu Hu, who was standing beside him. His voice was hoarse and low, like a broken gong.
Bu Hu nodded, raised his voice and shouted, "Bu Python, come forward!"
The kid at the front of the team stepped on the high platform and stood in front of the old man in two steps, standing upright with his chest.
The old man glanced at him with turbid eyes, saw his feet from his head, and a flash of light flashed in his eyes, and then stretched out his hand to grope back and forth on him.
For a long time, the old man shook his head.
It doesn't work!
The straight chest seemed to have been hit hard and collapsed in an instant. The four heads of the python hung down and walked down the high platform speechlessly.
"Next!" Bu Hu did not squint and turned a blind eye to his failure. In his heart, as long as his own son can be selected, he doesn't care much about whether others can pass.
Perhaps it was Bu Python's failure that created a shadow. The second son obviously had stage fright. He looked at the crowd in the distance, hesitated for a moment, and then stepped on the high platform.
The old man also looked at him with his eyes, but this time he did not grope, but shook his head directly.
Still fail!
Next, the third one failed.
The fourth...
Fifth, sixty-seven...
The song list in the back began to get nervous. Originally, he was full of confidence and felt that the warrior test was just like that. What can a five-year-old child test? Compared with size and strength, he passed with great strength and went home with less strength.
However, seven or eight children came down in a row, and not even one of them was successful.
One of the children was only half an inch shorter than Qu Shan, and his strength was surprisingly large, but the old man only glanced at him gently and shook his head to deny him, not even a half a test.
I can't understand the song list. What is the old man testing?
A few more people passed by, and the number of people in the team decreased rapidly. Yes, no one succeeded.
It's the turn of the boy in front of Qudan. He is the one from the Niu Wu family next door, who is a whole head shorter than Qu Shan. Two years ago, Bu Hu even laughed at him for only playing with bone scum under the eaves.
The old man looked at him with his godless eyes and looked up and down. This time, I watched it for a long time. After a cup of tea, an inexplicable smile suddenly appeared on his indifferent dead face.
The old man grinned with an ugly smile. He tried to be kind, but the two rows of leaky teeth set off his face extremely gloomy.
"Kid, come here." The old man laughed.
The son of the Niu Wu family stood at a loss, with uneasiness in his eyes. He glanced left and right, and after a long time, he dazed forward.
"Don't be afraid, kid, you are very hopeful." The old man said with a smile, and two thin claws groped on him.
After touching it, the smile on the old man's face was even better.
"Look at me with your eyes and concentrate." The old man said.
The son of the Niu Wu family raised his head obediently.
"It's good. The bones are growing well, and the spirit is also outstanding. It's a good seedling." The old man nodded and said to Bu Hu beside him, "This kid is good. In a few days, you can take him to the tribe."
Passed?! ......
Qu Shan was stunned, and his mouth was so wide that he could stuff an egg.