"Dad, Mom, I'm back," Yi Qiu shouted inward after pushing open a door made of bamboo at the foot of the mountain.

Sitting in front of the door, Yi's father was knitting something with bamboo strips. He looked up and looked at Yi Qiu. He nodded slightly and continued to knit something in his hands.

"Qiu'er is back, come on, drink some water and take a rest." The hoarse voice said in a hoarse voice. The coarse cloth clothes, which were similar to Yi Qiu's, were covered with various patches, but they were extremely neat.

"Auntie, I'm here to see you, hehe, I even brought you a pheasant and hare." Xiao Qinglan obediently rushed forward to greet Yi's mother and stuck out her tongue at Yi Qiu.

"It's Qinglan. If you want to come here and play, you child can play. The person who comes here every day is not a stranger, so why should you take something? It couldn't be stolen from home again, right? Take it back quickly." Yi's mother took Yi's hand.

Qiu held the medicine frame in his hand and said to Xiao Qinglan at the same time.

Qinglan jumped up and down to the fence where Yi Qiu's family raised chickens and ducks. She put the pheasants and rabbits in and closed the door. She smiled at her stepmother and said, "This is not mine. My brother took us to the mountain to catch it today."

"

Yi's mother fondly touched Qinglan's head and scolded Yi Qiu: "It's okay for you to climb the mountain to collect medicine by yourself. You also brought Qinglan and the others to the mountain. If something goes wrong, how can I tell you?

The third uncle and the third aunt explain?"

Yi Qiu hurriedly said: "Mom, don't worry. I have been collecting herbs in the mountains for three or four years. It's just like at home. Qinglan and the others are learning martial arts from Peng Lao, otherwise they wouldn't be able to catch them."

of these things”

Hearing what Yi Qiu said, the originally pale and bloodless face of the adoptive mother seemed to turn pale again. She grabbed Yi Qiu's small black hand and said guiltily: "My child, I'm sorry for you. My mother's body is already like this."

, and your father..." He seemed to be choked with sobs when he said this.

At this time, Yi's father's weather-beaten hands trembled slightly.

Holding her mother's calloused hands, Yi Qiu hurriedly defended: "Mom, that's not the case. Don't think too much. I'm very happy to be able to help you and my father."

"My dear Qiu, not only can you not go to Mr. Peng to learn something like the children in the village, but you still go to the mountains every day. Look at your thin little body. Every time you go into the mountains, my mother is frightened. It's my mother.

I'm sorry for you! My mother, Qiu'er, although you may appear to be weak and well-behaved on the surface, you are actually a very strong person on the inside. Otherwise, even Dr. Guo in the town intends to accept you as his apprentice, but you are worried about me and you.

Dad also refused, mother. Mother." He coughed, and he couldn't help but cough.

Yi Qiu hurriedly supported his mother and patted her mother's back to appease her mother's heart. She hurriedly asked: "Mom, is Dad feeling better?" At the same time, he helped his mother to the bluestone with a slightly smoother surface in the courtyard, and

Xiao Qinglan on the side also hurriedly supported Yi's mother's other arm.

Yi's mother raised her eyebrows at Yi's father, meaning you can see for yourself. "It's not the same as before. There is still no feeling below the waist. I can only use my hands to exert some force. If he can stand up and walk a few steps in this life, he will be a mother."

It’s my biggest wish. But, alas! Even Dr. Guo in the town doesn’t think well of it.”

"Mom, don't worry, daddy will definitely stand up."

Yi's mother shook her head: "I'm afraid it's difficult, but it's good to be able to survive after falling from that high mountain. It's also thanks to Qinglan's father and your fourth uncle who passed by and found your father, otherwise it would be really hard to tell.

, Our family has owed enough favors to the village neighbors and your uncle over the years. Qiu'er, a man as big as your father can fall from the mountain. You must be careful when going up and down the mountain.

!”

"Mom, don't worry. Daddy accidentally stepped on the wild boar and fell down. I'm not like dad who climbs so high and runs so fast, so don't worry," Yi Qiu said warmly.

"Hey, you kid." Yi's mother sighed and stood up, walked to Yi Qiu's medicine box and took out the medicinal materials collected inside. She put the same type of medicinal materials together with those collected the other day to dry and cleaned the medicinal materials.

dirt, dust, etc.

After Yi Qiu drank the water brought out by Yi Qiu's mother, she went in and poured a glass and handed it to Yi's father who was knitting a frame. "Dad, drink water. Ah, this frame is almost finished. You can go to the market in town tomorrow."

It’s time to trade for rice.”

Yi's father looked at Yi Qiu, took a few sips of water, and put it on the stone beside him: "Qiu'er, thank you for your hard work." Then he started knitting in his hands.

Looking at his mother who was chatting with Qinglan, Yi Qiu said: "Mom and dad, I'm going to kill this pheasant. We will eat chicken tonight. Sister Qinglan, you can also stay."

"Okay, I'm here to help my brother. I also want to listen to my brother telling stories at night... I have to go to Mr. Peng's place tomorrow. Mr. Peng said that he will go to Qingcheng outside at the beginning of next month. I'm afraid it will take several days to go back and forth.

It’s been a month, so we are being supervised very strictly these days..."

After dinner, Yi Qiu and Qinglan cleaned the tables, chairs and rice bowls, and Yi's mother helped Yi's father go to bed to rest.

A lamp like a bean can illuminate this small room, which is no more than five or six steps in diameter. The walls are made of earth and the roof is covered with dead branches and vines. When there is a strong storm, it is really raining heavily outside and it is raining inside the house.

What's in the room? A small wooden bed, a small table propped up by a few branches at the bedside, a few dim books on the table, and in addition, a few bamboo baskets and medicinal materials.

"Brother, brother, what are you going to tell me today?" Xiao Qinglan crawled on the bed and stared at Yi Qiu with her big black eyes.

Yi Qiu smiled gently, "Don't you want to listen to our Dongzhu Empire's "The Legend of the Heroes of Changyu"? Where did we talk about it a few times before? I will continue to tell you, but I heard about it from the book. There are many

I have never heard the story, so I can only tell some of the stories I have heard.”

"Okay, okay, last time we talked about the little witch Zhao Ning using bad ideas to catch our young hero Yang Yufeng in an inn in Changzhou City." Xiao Qinglan rested her jaw with her hand.

"Well, yes, the little witch Zhao Ning, with the help of the evil villain Ni Tianxing..." Yi Qiu recalled the story in the book and told it to Qinglan.

Perhaps it was because she was too tired from hiking today. Qinglan fell asleep before talking for a long time.

Seeing this, Yi Qiu shook his head and took off Qinglan's shoes. After straightening his body, he pulled a little quilt to cover him. Then he sat upright on the bedside and put aside the book "Zhu Zi Bai Jie" on the top of the table.

He took out a shabby line book in the middle with the name of "Dongzhu Medicine History" and flipped it to the place where a branch was inserted last time. He looked at the little lamp oil left in the lamp and took out a bamboo stick.

After flicking it, the whole room seemed to darken again.

Early the next morning, it was still dark. Yi Qiutou raised his head from the desk, took out the torch and lit the lamp. He rubbed his reddish eyes and pushed Qinglan. He got up quickly and went back to bring something.

Go to Mr. Peng's place quickly. If you go late, be careful not to anger Mr. Peng.

"Well, good brother, would you like Qinglan to sleep for a while longer..." After uttering a few words, she seemed to be about to fall asleep again, but after a while, she jumped up resolutely and walked out of the room sleepily and said vaguely.

"Brother, I'm going back first."

After Yi Qiu smiled, he quickly began to sort out the medicinal materials collected in the past few days, because he would soon accompany Yi's mother to the town to exchange for the medicines he needed. After sorting, he put the bamboo hats that his father had made these days.

, bamboo baskets, bamboo baskets, etc. are gathered together, because they will be taken to town soon to exchange for some daily oil, salt, lamp oil, rice, grain and other items...

Although life is bitter and cold, the years in the mountains are also relatively peaceful. More than a month has passed without realizing it. It seems that the severe winter is coming. By then, the mountains will be closed by heavy snow, and it will be impossible to pick anything by then.

, so after having a good talk with his parents, and with Yi’s mother’s repeated advice, on the night of the full moon before the roosters started to crow, they went up the mountain with the dry biscuits prepared in advance, and the mountain was so sweet because of its sweetness.

There are clear mountain springs everywhere, so you don’t have to worry about water problems.

When the first ray of morning light came from the sky, Yi Qiu had already climbed to the mountainside. Because of the dark sky, he did not deliberately look for medicinal materials along the way. Although it was dawn now, it was twice as difficult to collect medicinal materials as usual. At the end of autumn and the beginning of winter

At this time, everywhere in the mountains was covered with a thick layer of fallen leaves. Even if there were any medicinal materials, they were covered by the dead leaves. At this time, I had to remove the dead leaves bit by bit to find the medicinal materials. No wonder Yi Qiuwei did not.

Liang started to go out. If it was the same as usual, he would have delayed some time on the road. The amount of medicinal materials collected in three days was only about the same as the amount collected in one day in the past. Going out early was not to give him more time to search in the mountains.

Several medicinal plants.

Seeing that the sun was approaching and there were only a few medicinal herbs scattered in the medicine box, Yi Qiu couldn't help but have a flash of anxiety in his eyes. Even though it was late autumn, there were still sweat stains on his forehead.

A gust of breeze blew, which alleviated the heat of the body and the irritability of the mind. However, following this gust of wind, the strong wind continued to blow without stopping.

As soon as the sky darkened, Yi Qiu looked up and looked through the branches on the mountain to see that the sky that had been cloudless and clear a moment ago suddenly had dark clouds gathering above her head.

"Chi la la, boom, boom," the gathering of clouds was accompanied by lightning and thunder.

Seeing that it was about to rain, Yi Qiu hurriedly put the bamboo hat on his back on his head. Just as he was about to run down the mountain, he suddenly felt a huge pressure and stumbled to the ground. He struggled to raise his head.

Looking back, Yi Qiu was stunned by the sight of all kinds of frightened flying birds that were several miles away and fell to the ground before flying very high.

The clouds were getting thicker and thicker, and the sound was getting more and more scary. At the same time, the pressure on his body was getting bigger and bigger. At this time, even if Yi Qiu wanted to run, he was powerless.

Chi la la, several bolts of lightning struck from the clouds to a certain place in the mountain like sharp swords piercing the sky. For a moment, I just felt that the ground was shaking, and after a few more bolts of lightning, there was a rumbling sound.
Chapter completed!