On June 14, 1840, Dagon Olison returned home with a bag of potato flour.

Dagon Olison is a strong ancient man, also known as the "commonly known" dwarf. He is young and strong, and is about 1.6 meters tall like other strong ancient man. His wide shoulders, thick limbs and neck, and hard big head combined, make him look particularly rough and powerful, containing explosive power.

The iron bucket containing 120 kilograms of potato flour was almost half as big as his body, but with the help of a strong body, Dagon seemed at ease whether it was carried on his shoulder or taken down on the ground. These potato flours were made of grinding mushroom potatoes, which was a grain crop that grew underground and had the characteristics of mushrooms and sweet potatoes. They could fill their stomachs and survive and survive. They were very important to the ancients who were unable to see the sun. The 120 kilograms of potato flour were the rationed rations that Dagon received from the city lord, and was the share in the next three months.

"Mom, I've brought the food back. Put it in the kitchen or put it in the cellar?"

"Put it in the kitchen. You are about to attend the coming-of-age ceremony. I will make some pancakes for you and bring them to eat on the way."

"Then do more," Dagon rubbed his hands, followed his mother's voice to the cellar, and just took the basket of marinated meat held by her hands. A very salty and dusty smell penetrated into his nose. It was a breath of rock salt, long years and a small amount of protein, but it still caused Dagon to secrete a lot of saliva. He covered the changes in his mouth, scratched his beard with thick fingers, and then said: "Mom, do more, not because he is hungry, but because he has to go with Doma during the coming-of-age ceremony. The extra out is for him."

The mother patted Dagon's cheek with her broad palms, and her smile spread out in the wrinkled gullies: "Okay, I'll do more. You have to take good care of your good friends."

Dagon nodded and started working under the command of his mother, mainly sorting the potato flour into a sealed iron box, so that he could know what to do when eating. His mother was called Corona Gangzhu, a simple and ancient woman, who is 375 years old this year, and her age has made her body go downhill. She can no longer - in her words - "kill the earth monster with one hand", but she is still healthy and powerful at present. Her eyebrows and eyes are full of love for Dagon, and her beard records the ups and downs of the family.

Yes, the female Jiangu people also have beards, but they did not grow themselves. The outside world does not understand the lives of Jiangu people at all, so there is a lie that female dwarfs also have beards. They are born without beards and will never grow in their lives. They just follow the custom of tens of thousands of years, shaving their fiancé's beards with their own hands when they get married, and under the blessing of the guardian of Jiangu people, God Aoli, they make it into a set of fake beards and stick them to their faces with their own hands. This marks the beginning of marriage, and it will last until death. At the same time, the groom will also use the newly grown beards to record this stage of life and strive to create new glory.

The beard on Dagon's mother's face is her husband's. She carefully sorted out the braids in the form of "knot ropes" to show the main achievements of both husband and wife and their commitment to each other's love. The blessings of God Aoli made the beard on his wife's face not turn yellow, and after years, they will only be as strong as before. The women of the Jiangu tribe believe that they can understand their husbands based on the state of their beards. Even if they are far away, the souls of both sides can maintain communication.

Beards occupy a very important position in the cultural customs of the Jiangu people, including the most important coming-of-age ceremony. The male Jiangu people wanted to get the "同我", a special identity nameplate. Dagon is about to celebrate his 60th birthday, and the coming-of-age ceremony will only take a few days later. After completing the ceremony, you can find a real job to support your family after getting the Xugu people. Dagon has made plans for this: he wants to become a hunter, capture prey in underground caves for his parents (and other Jiangu people), bring meat, and let them truly eat full.

"You're messy again, don't pay attention, come and ask me to clean up."

My mother's words were commands. Dagon - although strong like a wild boar, and even a proud hunter of the Jiangu tribe - was far from reaching the training little dog when he performed his mother's orders. He bent his knees slightly, stretched his neck obediently, and placed his black beard in his mother's hands.

"I will be adult soon. My beard must be tidy up. I can't braids yet, but at least it must be clean and neat. Don't forget those girls are still watching." Corona rubbed her adopted son's beard, and the entangled and knotted places were easily untied. "In three days, you will have an adult ceremony. It will be very easy to take care of her beard after receiving the beard ring, and I don't have to worry about it anymore."

"I would rather let you worry."

"Huh? Why?" The mother paused for two seconds, and after thinking carefully, she realized it. "Oh, you want to say you don't want to go on a blind date, right? I have seen all the girls from the Huogu family. They are very strong and capable. You won't bite you if you go there, don't be nervous. Our Jiangu tribe has too few girls, so you have to fight. Although you are also from the lord's family, your status is higher than that of ordinary people..."

"Mom, don't talk about this, I don't like to listen to it." Dagon shook his head, but his beard was pulled, and he didn't dare to move very hard. "Even if I never slept under the eaves of the Neil's house one night. I'm not a member of the Neil's house at all. I'm the son of you and your father. As for identity, my surname is Olison, like all the Jian Gu people of unknown origin, they are descendants of the great god Oli. With the great god on it, I don't care so much about whether he is the son of the Neil's house. Now I just think that if I can take good care of you, I'll just find an opportunity to change the surname to steel cast."

Corona slapped Dagon on the cheek and said a little angrily: "What are you saying! If it weren't for Lord Neil's family, you died when you were in cradle. You can't forget this! My Tormond was the lord's former guard captain, and I couldn't give him a child, so Lord Neil entrusted you to us. We are just executing the lord's orders. You are the children of the lord's family in the past, present, and future, and they are..."

Dagon opened his arms to hug his mother, and she stopped talking. The Jiangu people were strong but shy and did not have the etiquette habit of hugging. When they were hugged, they would feel embarrassed and temporarily forget what they were going to do. Of course, this is the kind of mother and son. If they were not familiar with each other and trusted each other, they would get a chain of heart-wrenching hammers - the kind that could break their ribs.

"I have never been your mission, I will always be your child." Dagon said, hugging his arms and letting go. At this time, he felt a little stretched in his chin, and looked down and saw that it was his beard wrapped around.

"It's been wrapped up again. Your beard is always so restless. Be careful in the future." The mother's hands have magic power, which can soothe son's restlessness and untie the knotted beard.

"Look, Beard knows that I'm entangled with you, not the Neils."

"It's the lord's family! Don't call your surname directly, that's a sign of uneducation. Tormond and I couldn't feed you, but we never lacked education." The dwarf's fingers were thicker, but they were magically agile when tidying up their beards. Corona quickly combed the beards of both of them neatly, and then patted his son's scattered beards with his palms, saying: "Be good in front of the sisters of the Huogu family, don't be like an unemployed kid! You are obviously very mature, but you always look like a human rogue. That's not good. In Jian Ancient City, there are not many girls of your age; outside Jian Ancient City, there are no ones who know the roots and bottoms. And you... I know you don't want to mention it, but you have to know that it takes quite a long time for a Jian Ancient City to truly know and accept you."

Dagon shook his head and stretched his hand under his beard. Starting from his jaw, it stretched along his neck to his chest, mainly covering the two pectoral muscles and the skin in front of his heart with black scales. These fine scales are slightly larger than fish scales. They are as hard as steel, but can also be as soft as gold.

At first, the skin on these parts was just rough and looked like an old scar. The first scale grew around ten years old and gradually increased. His "nominal" adoptive parents, the Lord Neil family, also had some priests and therapists for this matter, but no one could solve it.

"This is not a disease, but a bloodline," said a respected priest after careful examination. "The blood of the devil or the demon pollutes this Jiangu child. It is either his body or his mind. Sooner or later, there will be problems between the two. I would rather be just a body, so that he can at least have a pure soul."

"Everyone in Jian Gucheng knows that you are a good child. This is the result of decades of accumulation of observation. If you go to other cities, they will definitely misunderstand you and even discriminate against you because of the demon scales under your beard. Monsters are everyone's enemies. Before defeating monsters, prejudice is difficult to eliminate. But I want you to remember, firmly and forever: You are a dignified Jian Gucheng, and you must always be proud of yourself."

"Okay, mom, I can definitely do it." Dagon smoothed his beard, covered his scales, and then said, "I will join the hunting team after the adult ceremony and will soon become an excellent hunter. Everyone will not care about my bloodline, so don't worry!"

The mother smiled and encouraged him and looked at the child with relief. Based on her own experience, she knew that the scales and external prejudice would make the child's future bumpy, but she believed more that she had been with Dagon day and night: this was a good child, and the blood of the monster had not affected him at all.

"Okay, it's better to do more than say. I'm cooking, go and get some water, the tank is almost empty. The Temple of Oli has water today, and you can take a seat early. The water in the front is still clean, and the quality behind will be worse." Corona said: "Tormond rode the Kukuliz out. If you want to get ahead, you have to run! Go quickly, my rolling stone!"

"Is it already here?"

Dagong quickly walked out of his home and looked towards the center of the cave in Jian Gucheng. Jian Gu people followed the customs to build caves in the mountains, digging down and spreading to the surroundings, forming a multi-layered underground city from top to bottom. There will be hollows like a patio between these levels, often leaving huge stone pillars pointing down as a bell tower.

"Oh! It's already this time, it's too late if you don't leave!"
Chapter completed!