Prodigy in the village

  The sun slowly rises from the eastern mountain stream, and the village surrounded by clouds and mist like a fairyland is quiet in the morning.

  Suddenly, a loud shout broke the silence of the whole village, and the clouds also scattered as if they had been startled. A middle-aged woman holding a bamboo broom repeatedly hit towards Tian San's buttocks, but all were dodged by Tian San with agility. After running around the fish pond of over 400 square meters for two or three laps, the middle-aged woman finally stopped, panting, but still cursing non-stop.

  "Tian San, hurry up and return my hen to me! I'm still counting on it to lay eggs and make money!"

  "Return it to you? This old hen was originally from our family, but was deceived by your family's big rooster and laid eggs for you. I'm just retrieving the original owner!"

  Tian San said, looking at Auntie San's broom again raised in mid-air, quickly pulled his legs and ran away. The middle-aged woman with no strength could only watch Tian San's back and scolded: "Tian San, you dog! Don't expect to freeload meals at my house from now on!"

  Under the shade of a tree, Tian San put back the hen that had been chased away into the chicken coop, then counted the chicks he had bought again. Not one was missing, so he let out a sigh of relief and came to the water tank, where he bent down and drank a bellyful of water with a gurgling sound.

  Tian San, who had drunk his fill, looked up at the sun that had already risen high in the sky. The May weather was starting to make people feel hot and restless. As he was also tired from running, Tian San sat down against a cool rock, put a stalk of dogtail grass in his mouth, closed his eyes, and began to fantasize about his get-rich dreams.

  Tian San, originally named Tian Xiaobo, was nicknamed Tian San because he was the third child in his family. He had two older sisters, and his eldest sister gave up her university dreams for him. His second sister was sent to live with their grandmother due to being born during a time of strict population control policies. Tian San was born on a day considered unlucky, known as "White Tiger Clash Day", which made him naturally mischievous and troublesome. He didn't care about his eldest sister's sacrifices for him and spent his days idling around, causing trouble, and making the entire village avoid him.

  However, Tian San had another nickname in the village, which was "Divine Child!"

  At the age of four, he began his education, at five, he entered kindergarten, and on his sixth birthday, he started first grade. The idle him, however, was able to take home the award for being first in class every year-end exam. No one thought that it was all thanks to his extraordinary eyes, which brought him endless answers during exams.

  So, he who never had to repeat a grade, smoothly entered junior high school, was admitted to the best high school in the county, but still did not strive for progress, every day thinking only about business and making money. Now, it's the last month before the university entrance exam, unable to bear the pressure of the final sprint, Tian San left a note on his class teacher's desk and went back home.

  Looking at Tian San sleeping soundly under the tree shade, the mischievous little girl from next door pulled out a dogtail grass to tickle Tian San's nostrils. Unaware of what Tian San was dreaming about, he raised his hand and pushed Yang Lin'er aside.

  "Oh no!"

  Tian San, who was startled awake, saw Yang Lin lying on the ground with her elbow skin broken and bleeding. He quickly pulled Yang Lin into the house to get some alcohol to disinfect her wound.

  "Bear with it a bit, it's going to hurt a bit. If it hurts too much, bite my arm," Tian San said, and he really rolled up the sleeve of his plaid shirt, took a swig of white wine, and sprayed it onto Yang Lin'er's wound!

  Yang Lin'er, as a girl, couldn't bear such heart-wrenching pain, and tears immediately welled up from the corners of her eyes. However, she didn't put Tian San's arm into her mouth, but only tightly grasped his arm, leaving behind a small palm print.

  "Sorry, I was just having a dream and happened to be dreaming of fighting, who knew I'd hurt you..." Tian San said as he bandaged Yang Lin's wound.

  "Having another fight in your dream? Brother, when will you stop having dreams about fighting? You're always telling me that you want to be a businessman. I think of businessmen as being elegant and refined, not someone who likes to fight like you!"

  "I've been thinking about it too, since I was a kid, my dream is to become rich and build a villa for my parents to live in, instead of this old house that leaks oil in summer and blows wind in winter! Then I'll spend money to pave the village road with concrete, buy a few buses, so everyone can go to town to study, and no longer have to herd sheep every day", Tian San said, gently tying a bow on Yang Lin's wound.

  "Oh no! You're saying that, my sheep is still there, if I don't go take a look, most likely your corn seedlings will be gone!" Yang Lin'er said, completely forgetting her pain as she rushed out the door. Tian San heard this news and his face twitched with fright!

  Something bad still happened, Tian San was still punished by Tian Lao Han to kneel in front of the ancestors. Tian Lao Han looked at Tian San's lazy appearance all day and had not complained for the first time why he had to have a boy, and every time he heard Tian Lao Han's complaint, Tian San's mother also said discontentedly: "Isn't it because you always think about passing on the family line? Now how can you blame the child?"

  Tian Lao Han knew he had nothing to say, and could only sit aside in anger, smoking. This feeling of hating iron for not becoming steel, Tian San actually slowly understood, but he found that he really didn't like the classroom. Sitting on the seat in the classroom, looking at the blackboard in front of him, his brain became muddled, and then he fell asleep drowsily.

  However, this time Tian San still chose to return to school. Before leaving, he looked at his father who was busy with farm work in the field and saw that his waist had already become bent. Tears flowed down his face unknowingly.

  Without saying goodbye, Tian San returned to school. This year he "miraculously" got into a top university in the country... The villagers suddenly looked at Tian San with new eyes because he was the first person from this village to get into a prestigious university. As they say, when one man gets Tao, his chickens and dogs rise to heaven. Tian San's family suddenly gained face in the village, people listened to what they had to say, and they even became village cadres.

  The day he reported to university, Old Tian secretly stuffed a stone into San's backpack. Watching his son slowly disappear in the distance, Old Tian, who was almost sixty, lit a cigarette and sat down again. This time, it wasn't that he was disappointed in his son, but rather that he couldn't bear to part with his mischievous son San, whom he had never been apart from for eighteen years.

  The day Tian San left, the sun shone brightly over the entire village, and the misty clouds of the mountain stream surrounded every household. This village, which looked like a fairyland, was still as quiet as ever, as if nothing had changed at all.

  Suddenly! A voice broke the silence!

  It was the middle-aged woman who used to chase Tian San around the village with a broom, but this time she was holding a bag of preserved eggs instead.

  "Tian San, this is a homemade preserved egg from our family. If you're hungry on the road, it's good to fill your belly. Auntie San didn't go to school, but she knows what it means to defend one's home and country. After you finish university, you must come back to this village, this village needs people like you!" This is the most genuine voice of this village, only...

  He just looked at San Shu's half-life white hair, and he thought to himself that he wasn't a true scholar. He suddenly didn't know how to face all the people in the village who were waiting for his return. He took the preserved egg from San Shu's hand, turned around, lowered his head, and left the land that had nurtured him for eighteen years with a thoughtful expression...

  Behind him, the village was quiet again. San Shu was still shouting "be careful on the road" and other words. Tian San didn't know why, but when he heard these words, he opened his eyes to find himself already standing in front of the gate of Fudan University.

  "Wild Swans" is a novel written by author "Tian San", latest.

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