【sequence】

This is the sorrow of our country, and our country is called: silver plated.

Our country was famous for exporting French blue in the early years. French blue is a bright blue pigment ground from sapphire. Because it is made of gems, it shines like magic blue.

The emperor of our country does not like dazzling gold, so he used French blue to exchange for silver with other countries.

Our emperor's favorite thing is to make everything in his palace with silver into silver.

This is why our country is called silver plated, because in the eyes of other countries, our national palaces are bright silver from any angle.

Our country begins with the silvery palace, known as silver plated.

It is also because of the silvery palace, and because of silver plating, it is facing an end.

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【01】

My name is Lixia, the power of strength, summer in summer.

We were instilled with ideas since we were young, and our name was all about this person.

When I was born, my father had one minute to consider my name, and then picked one or two and added the last name on my father's forehead, and then the tattoo master poked it on my forehead.

Our names will appear on the forehead from the moment we are born, and we will never be able to fake it. The tattoo master is very powerful and is generally called the governor. They are of high rank, and may have the surname Wang, powerful, noble, or the like.

There will be anti-counterfeiting methods for noble surnames. For example, if our emperor has a surname, the word "huang" in his name is derived from the blue, so those with the surname Wang and those with the surname Bai will never change their surnames to become emperors. The colors are different.

When you are infancy, the name is only the size of a soybean on your forehead. As you grow up, people with good eyes can see your name fifty meters away when you are adults, and we are not allowed to grow long hair, because the name represents our status.

"Lixia, it's time to cut my hair. I covered my name and I was caught and beheaded." My father often said this, and then used the lighter in his hand to burn my forehead. Then he secretly hid the lighter, after all, it was something he could not have.

Lower surnames cannot have higher surnames, and in the eyes of higher surnames, it is an insult to them. And surnames are also related to work, which is a rule formed since ancient times.

Talents with the surname Wen can publish and recite poems in our country.

People with the surname Wu can serve as generals in our country and lead troops to fight.

You ask why, because this is how we have been doing all our lives.

My surname is Li, and my name is Lixia. My name means that I can only work hard to be a coolie in my life.

As for my name, Lixia, it is because I was born in Xiatian. My father does not have the culture of a literati, so I am already satisfied that I can call Lixia.

My father called Liqi, and he beat two materials to the foreman in the factory to form one of his job.

My mother married my father, and changed the word "如如" to "如如". It was the supreme glory. The tattoo master crossed out the previous surname and then changed it to a new name on the left side of the surname.

This kind of thing can only happen in three things. The first is a woman's marriage or remarriage. This is the supreme honor of a woman, and the opportunity to upgrade from a poor surname to a better surname. But not everyone has such a good opportunity, because a good surname never looks like a bad surname.

The second type is the forehead of the death row prisoner who made a big mistake. They will deprive their original surname and then be stabbed with shit or corpse. Such people may only be able to dump excrement for others in their next life, or carry corpses for the rest of their lives.

The third type is that this person has made contributions to the country or been appreciated by the emperor. Only then can he be qualified to be crossed off the surname on his forehead and get the new surname given by the emperor. There was once a guard with the surname Bao, who blocked the assassin's attack for the emperor. Then before being buried, the name on his forehead was changed from Bao to the tattoo master to the king. That is the supreme honor for us men.

I once imagined in my dream that the word "Streng" on my forehead changes when I woke up, maybe because I have read too many yy novels and nursery rhymes. But every time I wake up, my forehead is destined to be "Streng" on my forehead.

People like us who are powerful can only be a trucker who helps people pull carts on the street, a worker who works on the factory assembly line, and a soldier under the general, and can never become a person sitting in the car, a boss of the company, or even a general.

I once thought that this was unreasonable. What if the tattoo master was the emperor on my forehead? But that kind of thing only exists in fantasy,

Even if we stand for one more second in this position, the words above our heads will tell us how sad it is.

There are many people with the surname Li, at least most of our villages have the surname Li.

"Lixia, hurry up. Your village chief is going to pray today and let everyone gather at the podium at the entrance of the village." Hai Dafu called my name excitedly.

【02】

"Your surname is Hai, do you still need to pray?" I asked in confusion.

"Isn't this possible for everyone to make progress? Have you ever heard that the emperor is constantly praying, hoping that his character "王" will become the character "王"? The last king was changed to the character "王" after his death. The emperor of this term is going to work hard. Maybe this is the character "王" that my character "王" can also become the character "王" because of listening to prayer." Hai Dafu explained.

Hai Dafu is one of my few friends, and one of the few friends who are taller than me but are willing to be friends with me. Hai Dafu's surname is Hai. The person with the most powerful surname became the lord of the Falan River in our country. Therefore, the emperor changed his name from Hai Dapang to Wang Haida. The last character Pang was crossed out and the character Wang was added, and he received supreme glory.

Both parents went out to sea to fish. I heard that my father died in a tsunami, but my mother later cried day and night and fell ill and died shortly afterwards.

Hai Dafu became an orphan, and then he spent his meals in every household every day so that he would not starve to death.

I won't even starve to death, I'll get two laps fatter than me.

The reason is very simple. Hai Dafu's name is much higher than mine, but because of his life experience, he has been with me all year round. My father is also happy that I have such a friend named Hai, so I let me contact him more when I have anything to do. He often invites him to eat at home. This is also the reason why Hai Dafu can eat twice as much as me. Everyone is thinking about the possible rewards in the future.

I hope that one day, he will get the help of his relatives surnamed Hai. He will not forget the help of my surname Li. One day he will go out to sea to fish and let me be a helper to get a piece of the pie. After all, if I work hard, the factory will not give us money, but will give us a bite of food.

"Go quickly, Lixia." Hai Dafu shouted again.

I touched the word "force" on my forehead and quickly followed.

Not far from the ancestral hall, you can see the silver-white palace, which is a symbol of imperial power.

The head of the ancestral hall had a rare meeting today and asked the whole village to listen to the lecture. His name was Lifan.

We all respectfully call it the chief of Lifan.

Hai Dafu and I came a little late, and we didn't even have a seat on the ground.

Helplessly, we could only listen a little further, but at this time, Hai Dafu patted his forehead and squeezed into it.

In the entire Lijia Village, almost no one dared to block Hai Dafu. Hai Dafu also pushed me to the front row with his forehead.

This is right below the podium. Lifan is the largest and most prestigious person in our grade. His surname is Li at this time, but even my father often says that his name may be changed to a surname like Shang after his death.

We naturally believe in the next life and destiny, because the Lifan leader will take the lead in praying for us all.

"Ahem, today I will tell you a story every day before praying. There was a person from the next country with the surname "Li". It is relatively easy for their country to change their fate, ahem... where did I just talk about it?" Lifan said, raising his palm and smiled: "Oh, there is a surname of Li in the next country with the surname Li and their country to change their fate. So I changed the character "Li" to the character "Yong". The character "Yong" means "Well," which means "The general." But as soon as I left the village, I saw that it was faked. Then I turned the word "Li" into "Yong".

It was cut off and its original name was crossed off. It was changed to a bad word, which was afraid that even people would not be able to be called a person in the next life. So everyone listened to me. Recently, a village stole the tattoo master's bayonet and advised this person to put the bayonet on this platform tomorrow morning and secretly me at night... I mean, the emperor will not offend him. I have finished the story, so let's start praying now." After saying this, Lifan's patriarch sat down and began to chant scriptures and pray.

"Why do I sound like I made up this story? I guess it will be for the bayonet stealers?" Hai Dafu said his thoughts.

As soon as these words came out, the Li tribe members behind Hai Dafu shouted: "What are you talking nonsense? Lifan tribe leader never lies."

Hai Dafu was criticized. At this time, he lowered his head and thought about it the more he became, the more he was, and shouted at Lifan Chief: "Then tell me, which country is next door?"

At this time, the head of Lifan stopped praying and said, "Isn't this a country called Grand Bus next door? The news was conveyed to me by the emperor through the bishop early this morning. How could it be fake? Okay, let's continue praying with me, boy named Hai, you go and play."

Hai Dafu pulled me up angrily at this time and left the prayer scene.

【03】

I also want to hear prayers because I don’t want to have the word “force” after death.

But Hai Dafu obviously didn't give me a chance, but pulled me all the way away.

"Your patriarch is lying to others." Hai Dafu said righteously.

"It's impossible, my father said everything. The Lifan patriarch never lies, so he won't lie." I naturally believe that my patriarch did not lie.

"If you don't believe it, we will make a bet. If he didn't lie, we'll use a knife to change the scalp. Are you betting? Otherwise, you'll always be my younger brother." Hai Dafu shouted.

"I've been your little brother all the time." I said helplessly, thinking about Hai Dafu's swearing to change his scalp.

I only heard the saying of changing the scalp when I was a child by the old lady in the village.

When we talked about the silver-plated country, when we first had a name on our heads, there were ministers who had rebelled and cut off their scalp, exchanged and sewed them with the emperor's character "The Emperor" on the top of their heads. After half a year, the scars on their scalp were eliminated, and they became the emperor justified.

We have always listened to this as a ghost story, and we are afraid that there will be even worse people in Shit's tribe to replace the tattoos of Li's surname on our heads.

But later the old lady who was telling this story disappeared. At that time, Lifan's leader seemed to have come out to clarify that a person would die if he changed his scalp. Even if he didn't die, the skin color on his head would not become the same. He who was sunburned every day, even if he changed the scalp of a person named Wang, the color of this skin would betray himself, so we cannot change our scalp.

I came to my senses at this moment and watched Hai Dafu walk to the house of Lifan.

"What are you doing here? This is the patriarch's home." I shouted.

"I am familiar with the road. I don't know how many times they have eaten. There is an empty room in their house, so you and I hide in it. I have seen an outsider in their family before. After every meeting, you believe me. If we hide and listen, you will know that he must be lying." Hai Dafu pulled me into the Lifan leader's house.

It was a corner, and Hai Dafu took me to hide in.

Not to mention that the Lifan family’s head’s home is bigger, it is four or five times larger than our usual house.

My parents and I slept on the ground, and there was a bed and a small TV in this room.

I thought, the story that Lifan leader said when he heard the supervisor told was what he heard from a TV. Because we can see the emperor on the TV, and we can only watch a small TV together during the Chinese New Year every year. That is the festival, and the emperor may not appear in the small TV program. So I have never seen what the emperor looks like since I was a child, and I don’t know what the emperor looks like on my head, which is embroidered with blue and silver on my head.

I followed Hai Dafu in the small compartment. At this time, Hai Dafu's belly was particularly uncomfortable with me.

Hai Dafu and I heard the sound of footsteps at the same time, and I could see through the gap with my own light.

It was a man, and I could see the words on the man's head clearly. This was the first time I saw this name, and the other party was called: Chuanjun

I remember the word "Transferred" is usually a messenger in the palace.

Dad said that they were all ministers who entered and left the silver-white palace and had a high status.

He must have something to ask Chief Lifan for something. We will know when Chief Lifan comes back after praying.

The Lifan leader who came back saw Chuanjun. He quickly lowered his head and poured tea for him, but Chuanjun directly knocked over the tea: "I won't drink your surname Li's water. We found out that the governor's bayonet was lost in your village. Governor Wang is very angry now. If the bayonet cannot be retrieved tomorrow, your village will be beheaded."

"Can you not buy another bayonet? I heard that he is very rich?" The head of Lifan said at this time.

"What do you know? That's the imperial weapon. I've been praying for so many years in vain? I can't lose the imperial weapon. I can't lose my head. I can't find it. Do you know if I can't find it? "

"Don't worry, brother. I've told the story you asked me to tell. Today there is a little kid named Hai who makes trouble. But you're done, don't worry, the bayonet will find it. Also, you must say hello to the governor named Wang. I wonder if I can do this well after I die. Let me change my surname once when I'm alive?" Lifan said at this time, and kowtowed desperately.

"Depending on whether you are doing well this time, if you catch the man who steals the bayonet, I can talk to Governor Wang about this matter. But the bayonet is back, you should change your life after you die. Do you know that your missionary thief in your village? Will the stolen bayonet happen if you make a little better?" Chuanjun stood up and left.

At this moment, I was covering my mouth in disbelief. Who could know that Lifan’s leader was really lying?

At this time, the Lifan clan leader bowed his head and chased him out, while Hai Dafu pulled me out of the Lifan clan leader's room.

You can hear Lifan’s patriarch ask from afar whether you have money after this matter is done. Chuanjun answered that you still dare to withdraw money?

At that moment, my whole body was confused and the whole world changed.
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