() Many people live in memories and are afraid to move forward. Life is to keep moving forward. The best thing time brings us is to delete all those who are not worth it and keep those who cherish you.

Memories are not important, what is important is what memories leave to you?

The towering China promotes our reputation in China...

The Republic of China has an area of ​​9.6 million square kilometers. In the whole world, it ranks third in terms of territory alone. If it is evaluated by military strength, it may have to rank fifth. This is the result of the leaders of the Republic of China since the reform and opening up.

However, in the past decade, the corruption and bureaucracy have once again prevailed on the land of China, allowing this ancient civilization that has experienced storms for five thousand years to be swaying and shaking in the world...

Shaanxi Province is located in the northwest of the Republic of China. It was called the Central Plains in ancient times. It has always been said that those who win the Central Plains will win the world, and Xi'an City is the capital of Shaanxi Province.

In fact, in the minds of Shaanxi people, their holy land is Xianyang City, which is across the Wei River from Xi'an City. Because more than two thousand years ago, the Qin Empire, the first ancient empire on the land of China, which truly unified the famous Chinese nation, was built there.

The domineering and talented His Majesty Qin Shihuang wrote an immortal legend for the Chinese nation. He also left countless legends on the land of Xianyang.

Thirteen kilometers away from Xianyang City is an ancient town called Yaodian Town, which is the former site of the Xianyang Palace of the Great Qin Empire.

During the Qin Dynasty, this place was once one of the most prosperous cities in the world. On this ancient and magical land, major historical events such as Shang Yang's reforms, Jing Ke assassination of Qin, burning books and burying scholars, and unifying the six kingdoms were performed.

About five miles from Yaodian Town is a small mountain village called Baijia Village. The small mountain village is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and there is a small basin covering an area of ​​about 200 acres in the middle. Baijia Village is located in this small basin, with a few dozen families. According to ancient sayings, it was a Jedi, and it was also a place that was easy to defend and difficult to attack.

People who have been to Baijia Village say that Baijia Village is a bit weird, because when you stand at the entrance of the village, you always look hazy and unreal when you look inside the village, as if the small mountain village is hidden in the fog for many years, and you can only see some clues when you walk closer.

The peddler who had a good thing climbed up the mountain behind Baijia Village and looked down, but was blocked by the fog halfway up the mountain. So until now, no one can tell what the layout and appearance of Baijia Village are!

In fact, Baijia Village is not closed, and it is not taboo for foreigners to come in and have fun. Generally speaking, it is still very hospitable.

But strangely, the houses in Baijia Village are all ancient buildings with piles of stone. They all look like the same architectural style, as if every household is the same.

If a foreigner goes in for a tour guide without a person from the village, he will lose his direction for a while and cannot turn it out. Even if you bring a compass, it will be useless. So until now, the whole picture of Baijia Village is not known to the outsiders.

It is said that this Baijia Village is actually a descendant of Bai Qi, Wu'an Jun of the Qin Empire more than two thousand years ago. No one can explain whether this is the case. In short, this mysterious small mountain village is full of strangeness. A thousand-year-old mountain village, a thousand-year-old mystery...

There are 7749 families in Baijia Village, and every household has only one profession, that is: locksmith! Children in Baijia Village have to learn the skills of unlocking and repairing locks when they reach the age of ten, in addition to studying, in addition to studying, they have to learn the skills of unlocking and repairing locks with their elders.

Until you are eighteen years old, you will be successful in your studies, and then let you fly solo and make a living across the country. Of course, there is only one job you are engaged in: a locksmith!

The summer of this year is particularly hot. People sit there and don’t move, and sweat will flow down. Only the cicadas on the tree seem to be screaming without knowing the heat and fatigue.

Under the shade of an old locust tree near the east end of Yaodian Town, a sign was erected, which read: Unlock, repair the lock. Under the sign was a young man in his twenties. In front of the young man was a wooden box of earth-gray sesame, and some essential tools for locksmiths were placed on the wooden box.

An old man stood beside the young man, looking at the young man's fair and slender fingers without saying a word, dazzled with a steel needle inserted into the keyhole and tinkered with a few times. With the sound of "bang", the lock opened.

Then the young man picked up the rough embryo of a key beside him, and there was no comparison. He then used a clever small file to file back and forth a few times. Then he put it on his mouth and blew it, polished it with a piece of sandpaper for a while, and handed it to the old man who was gathering to watch around him, and smiled:

"Brother Wang, it's ready. It costs three yuan in total, one yuan to unlock the lock, and two yuan to get the key. Originally, it would be possible to get the key without charge, but the key embryo still costs money, haha!"

The old man took the key, took it in front of him and looked at it, with a smile on his face, and said while paying for it:

"Xiaobai, your skills are getting better and better! It only took two minutes to unlock the lock and get the key. Oh! I'm afraid it's three points faster than your father."

Hearing the old man say this, the young man's face can't help but darken and bit his lip silently. When the old man saw it, he quickly covered his mouth with his hands and blamed himself:

"Bao, bah, I'm so bad when I get old. Look at my crow's mouth, I won't say it anymore. Your father must be lucky. It's okay, maybe he will come back in a few years?"

The young man silently took the five-yuan banknote handed over by the old man, returned two one-yuan coins and stopped saying a word. The old man looked at it, sighed, and turned around and walked towards the town.

The young man's surname is Bai, and his name is Bai Chi, who is from Baijia Village. He is nineteen years old this year and looks very ordinary. His short hair is bright and white, and his healthy skin is full of the honesty of rural people. The only thing that makes people shine is his eyes, which are bottomless. When you look closely, it looks as bright as the stars in the night, which makes people unable to help but want to look carefully for a while.

The old man who had gone away couldn't help but look back at the young man and murmured:

"It's also a hard-earned child. He has no parents at the age of thirteen. In order to support his young sister, he has to make a living. Alas! Old man, I can only help you so much. My lock is almost a box...!"

Bai Chi seemed to hear the old man's whisper from afar, and looked at the old man's back with gratitude. Then she sat there silently, like a statue, gradually integrating with the surrounding environment, and even the cicadas's cry seemed to have gradually weakened. If it weren't for the breeze blew up Bai Chi's clothes, those who didn't know would have thought it was a personal statue.

In an ancient town, an old locust tree that is too old to be older. There is a young locksmith sitting there quietly under the locust tree. There is not a single person on the stone road in the town. Everything seems so quiet, so quiet that it makes people feel a sudden chill, as if all the people in the town have disappeared at this moment...

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