Chapter 5: Dagger

After three rounds of drinking, the two also drank more and more, and started talking about old things in their hometown. Locke saw that Uncle Joshak was thinking of his two sons, and in his words he taught Locke how to do things. Locke was also very touched by this friendship of Uncle Joshak. He frequently claimed himself as a junior and toasted Uncle Joshak. Locke also had an impression of Uncle Joshak’s two sons. When he joined the army, his eldest son inherited Uncle Joshak's blacksmith shop, and the younger son was a little boy in the blacksmith shop. But it was this little guy who created Locke’s first weapon, a short dagger.
This dagger has no wooden handle, only the end of the knife is wrapped with a rough linen cloth as the handle. The short dagger is small and thin, and has been hidden in his boots by him. This short dagger also has a story.
When he secretly came to join the army at the age of 14, he brought only this short dagger. At that time, a half-size child with a big slap dagger came to join the army, which became a laughing point and a talk after the dinner in the mine town training camp. He could not join the army without being recommended by his relatives, but Locke had mixed his face in mine town when he was a child. Joshak, then the captain of the second squad of the town military camp, recognized Little Locke. This former blacksmith had seen Little Locke, in fact In this small town, the attached villages have more than 1,000 people. Not many people, everyone looked down and saw it. Except half of the women, and the remaining half of the old and the weak, the young and middle-aged men who can join the army are only two or three hundred. Everyone who can join the army and who will go to the army will know.
And Locke's short dagger, or his son, Josh Sark, he recognized it at a glance. When Locke secretly came to join the army, his parents did not know, only his sister knew. On that hot night, Locke secretly climbed out of bed, took his linen clothes, and walked away from their cottage with straw shoes, maybe it was his The older sister knew her brother, and perhaps Locke, who was sloppy, awakened her sister. When Locke had just left, his sister Leah came out and caught up with Locke in the night.
She knew in her heart why her brother had to leave in secret, he was going to earn money to do something for this family, he was going to join the army! In order not to let the family starve to death in the drought, and not to be sold to the businessman, his brother decided to secretly go away when his parents opposed joining the army. Once he was admitted by the army, he could not leave without permission! This is impossible unless he is a deserter, and his family is still here. Therefore, even if they are known by their parents afterwards, they can only accept this reality, and their younger brothers can get a military pay when they go to the front line. Their father is too old and poor in health to respond to the baron’s call to join the army. In line, for this family, the younger brother decided to fight with his life.
Looking at this stubborn brother, Locke's sister Leah couldn't help crying. She burst into tears, and the tears soaked the thin girl's face. At the age of 14, Locke had a strong impulse and a fierce force. He was not afraid of anything, but could not see his sister crying. He loves his sister more than he loves himself. With Locke's helpless persuasion and persuasion, Leah gradually stopped crying, but the tears in the corners of her eyes made the malnourished, thin girl even more tender. She looked at her younger brother, turned every corner of her body, and took out more than 20 pieces of copper Deller. This was all of Leah's money. She said blankly to Locke and came back alive!
Locke took the 20-odd copper derlers given by his sister and walked through the night. He arrived at the mine town in the early morning. He used the only money to go to the blacksmith shop in the mine town, hoping to build a handy weapon. However, the owner of the blacksmith shop at that time, the eldest son of Uncle Joshak, told this money that he couldn’t even afford a sword handle. When Locke left the blacksmith shop disappointedly, the blacksmith shop rushed out a child his size. He either sympathized or wanted to earn a little extra money. He said to Locke "20 copper Dler, using a to make up the remaining copper mine Stone and iron ore made a dagger for you, didn't the deal?" Then he pointed to two or three humble stones at the door of the blacksmith shop.
Locke looked at the piles of yellow-brown and reddish stones smaller than his fists. After tangling, he could only helplessly agree. After all, he didn't understand the situation of the barracks. There must be a guy, otherwise why not join the army? When cannon fodder?
So Locke had his first weapon, a short dagger with no scabbard or handle. Locke held the short dagger that was not much bigger than his palm, and joined the army by the age standard. The next day, Locke’s parents hurriedly brought his sister to the town, watching the training of Locke with the crowd in the barracks. The old Locke couple could only sigh with tears in their eyes and accepted this reality, which is also a poor civilian Sadness, under the natural disaster, the role of manpower is minimal, not to mention the generation of civilians in their home. They left Locke with three large chestnut cakes. Locke knew that this was made by his parents with all the food left by the family... …The next six months, they may only eat bark.
Locke’s sister gave the lock of long-haired linen to Locke and said to him,
Come back alive!
In the evening, Locke’s sister helped a lot of his parents who had gone through the day and walked back to Maple Leaf The road to the village. Locke held the fragrant linen tightly in his hand and put it away carefully. He was going to wrap it around the dagger and let it carry his sister's love for himself and fight with him.
Watching the back of his parents and sister leaving, Locke vowed to come back alive. Since then, Locke began his two-month military training life. He was desperately training with the captain on the training ground. His age is his disadvantage and his advantage. He responded faster than the average adult. Also at that time, he found that the neighbor Hans who had been playing with him also joined the army, but he joined the army to eat his stomach. After two months of training, Locke went to the battlefield.
This short dagger is a true portrayal of Locke when he first joined the army. It is young but sharp, young and full of potential. Locke's dagger witnessed Locke's passing time between life and death. After the army's inferior iron sword broke off in the first battle, he used this dagger to kill his first enemy. A 14- or 5-year-old servant of the Charlotte Kingdom, about the same age as himself, Locke vomited for a whole day after the war. However, after that war, Locke seized a spear and a pair of short boots that were also of poor quality.
In later battles, Locke’s weapon was broken and changed, and changed and broken until it became the equipment now, but his short dagger was not damaged, maybe he was well maintained, maybe it was Josiah Ke’s son’s skills are great, and his dagger grows with him. Now that the linen wrapped with the knife handle has faded, the former color becomes blood red, with his blood as well as the blood of the enemy. Locke often took out his short dagger and looked at it. From the roll of rough linen, Locke seemed to smell it again. Arrived at her sister's fragrance.
The ale reminded Uncle Joshak of his son, and Locke of the origin of his dagger, his sister, and his parents. The two cup after cup, and the second bottle also came to an end immediately. The ale in Green Palm Tavern tastes average, but it has some stamina. Two bottles of ale do not make the two drunk, but they also make them sentimental.
After drinking the last glass of ale, Uncle Josh suggested to leave. It was not too early. It was almost dinner. The Green Palm Pub did not provide meals. They had to return to the camp. Uncle Joshak had to return to the Chinese military camp. The tent and the baron had dinner together, and Locke would also have patrolling inspections at night. "Uncle, let's go." Locke got up and helped Uncle Joshak pick up his casual clothes.
After walking out of the private room, their emotions were still dull because of homesickness. Yoshak deserved to be an old fritter. He quickly adjusted his emotions. He also played a big joke with Locke and enlivened the atmosphere. It’s 18, won’t you still be a virgin, I think the bar lady is good,
he said, squeezing a smile on Locke.
"Uncle, don't be kidding anymore, people can still look at me? Isn't her husband capable, and she can also talk to the baron." Locke was also amused by this joke, and his sad emotions were all diluted Little, he doesn’t know much about the bar owner, but it’s not easy for someone who can understand the big picture early.
"Hey, a speculator, just a clown. Can the baron look at him right now?" Uncle Joshak obviously has a deeper understanding of the bar owner. This view should be more than his. Hey, a poor guy. Locke sighed at the bar owner he never met. It seems that the high-ranking people in the camp didn't look at this guy who had surrendered early. Immediately, Locke remembered the proprietress who still has charm, perhaps under the influence of alcohol, and there was a sudden burst of heat in his heart.
Locke is indeed not a virgin. He joined the army for the second year and was promoted to third-class soldier after escaping from a large-scale battle. At that time, in addition to sending money to his family every month, Locke also saved some spare money. It was during that time that he was encouraged by his comrades to go to the quartermaster camp to solve his first time. Perhaps because he was still a child in his heart, he was most interested in comparing to his older woman. Of course he would not admit that he had this plot. In fact, Locke subconsciously believed that the most beautiful woman he met was his sister, but every time he had this idea, he forced himself to calm down and give himself a slap.