Zhuangzi always looks particularly peaceful in the early morning, and there are a few farewell people standing at the door of Lu Boxe's house.
"Grandpa, let's go."
Lu Yang glanced at the farewell person, said this, then knelt down and kowtowed several times towards Lu Boshe.
He stood up, led the donkey and followed the Liu Cheng brothers forward.
"etc!"
After the three of them had walked dozens of steps forward, Lu Boxe, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke.
He quickened his pace and headed towards Liu Cheng and the others who had stopped, and came to Lu Yang.
Under Lu Yang's dazed gaze, he stretched out his hand to tie up Lu Yang's hair, then stretched out his hand to pull off the red scarf wrapped around his head, and wrapped it around Lu Yang's hair.
"You are seventeen years old and have not yet reached the age to be crowned. At home, you are still a boy with tied hair. When you go outside, others don't care how old you are or whether you have grown up.
Now that I am a father, I will crown you with a crown, so that my son will remember that when you leave home today, you will no longer be a young man!
Be cautious in everything you do, and don't be as willful as you are at home. People outside are not your father and brother, and they will not spoil you.
After you go out, your brother Cheng will take the lead in everything. You, brother Cheng, are a person with a strong heart..."
While Lu Boxe was wrapping Lu Yang's head, he kept talking like this, changing his usual serious and taciturn demeanor.
For some reason, Lu Yang, who thought he was strong enough, couldn't help but burst into tears after listening to his father's nagging.
In the late autumn morning when you could see the white breath in your mouth, three young men walked along the grass stems covered with cold dew.
Lu Yang and Lu Tuizhi, who had just been crowned, had not spoken much and were still immersed in the previous emotions and had not recovered.
"Tuizhi" is the word Lu Boshe chose for him.
In Lu Boshe's words, he doesn't ask Lu Yang to make a name for himself here, but wants stability. The word "retreat" means that he wants Lu Yang not to stand out and not to show too much edge...
"Second brother, you and I are no longer young. Come here and I will tie your hair."
The three of them walked together. When they took a break at noon, Liu Cheng, who had not spoken much along the way, put down the water hyacinth in the water and said to Liu Shui.
At this time, the man was fourteen and had his hair tied up. Liu Shui was thirteen this year and was still a young boy, not yet old enough to have his hair tied up.
For people of this era, hair binding and crowning are two important stages in life, and they are taken very seriously.
It is necessary to hold some ceremonies and invite some people to observe the ceremony.
But born in troubled times, or in a poor family in troubled times, how can there be so much time for people like weeds like them to fully grow?
What free time and conditions are there for them to pay so much attention?
The original owner of Liu Cheng's body was only thirteen when his parents passed away one after another.
In order to make a living, didn't he just find a rope to tie up his hair, carry the butcher knife left by his father, and go out to find work, so as to continue to perpetuate this dilapidated home?
People are like weeds in troubled times, without too much attention and pretentiousness...
Liu Shui obediently came to Liu Cheng's side, stood obediently, and let Liu Cheng tie up his hair using unfamiliar techniques.
Hair binding and crowning are all done by the elders in the family. Liu Cheng is Liu Shui's only brother, so it is natural for him to do this.
After being crowned with Liu Shui, Liu Cheng touched his head, searched for a while, tore off a piece of cloth from his clothes, and wrapped his hair by himself, thus completing his coming-of-age ceremony.
It was just as easy as when my predecessor tied up my own hair three years ago.
Lu Yang and Lu Tuizhi on the side were the only spectators. Looking at this scene, their mouths opened slightly, wanting to say something, but in the end no words came out.
The three of them ate some dry food and drank some cold drinks here. After resting for a while, they left here and continued on their way.
After setting off again, Lu Yang looked much more cheerful than before. This was probably related to the fact that he saw the extremely simple hair binding and crowning ceremony of the Liu brothers.
"Brother Cheng, have you thought about your words?"
While walking on the road, Lu Yang asked Liu Cheng.
After being crowned, one has reached adulthood. After adulthood, one needs to be given a title, which is usually given by the elders and teachers.
For example, Lu Yang's retirement was given by his father Lu Boshe.
Liu Cheng is an exception here. He added the crown to himself, so naturally he also needs to pick up the word himself.
Liu Cheng smiled. He really didn't have much experience in picking words. The words in his mind all had names and surnames.
For example, Liu Bei's character is Xuande, Cao Cao's character is Mengde, Ma Chao's character is Mengqi, and the wild boar's character is Peggy...
These words, added after oneself, always make people feel weird...
"I haven't thought about it yet. Let's talk about it later. There's no rush in this matter."
Liu Cheng, who was riding on the donkey, thought for a while and shook his head, getting rid of all these unreliable thoughts in his mind, and said to Lu Yang with a smile.
A group of three people rode donkeys and kept moving forward, looking extremely thin.
Among the three, only Liu Cheng, for some unknown reason, has considerable combat power, while the other two can only be classified as novices.
When Guan Yun rode alone for thousands of miles, he was the only one with the most combat power among the entire team. The rest were just servants and useless, so he was praised throughout the ages.
Liu Cheng looked at Liu Shui and Lu Yang beside him, and couldn't help but sniff. Calculating it this way, he could be regarded as riding a thousand miles alone.
It's just that when General Guan was riding alone, he was riding a red rabbit horse and carrying a Qinglong sword, while he was riding a long-haired donkey that looked like he was wearing a white mask, with a butcher's pig strapped to his waist.
Just a knife...
The difference is not that big, everything is there.
Liu Cheng thought happily in pain.
Everyone walked forward and came across a dilapidated village at dusk.
After asking around, no one dared to take them to stay overnight. Finally, the village chief came out and asked Liu Cheng and others, but he also did not dare to lead these three people to stay overnight in his home.
However, considering that these three people were all young men, relatively young, and they said they were going to join the army, they were given more or less preferential treatment.
He pointed out a dilapidated thatched hut for them to live in.
Liu Cheng was already very satisfied with this.
After all, the current situation is chaotic and the world is not peaceful. Even if I encounter someone of unknown origin who comes to stay, I would not dare to take him in.
It would be great if the village chief could allow himself and others to spend the night in this empty short hut instead of sleeping in the wild.
As a human being, you must learn to be grateful and content.
The three donkeys were also led into the house by Liu Cheng and others. They fed the donkeys first, and then they started to cook their own meals...
