Chapter 15: The Oath in the Moonlight

He walked on the way back with a blank expression. Ma Xiaoyong's thoughts flew. He didn't know if he could resist five years of uninterrupted medicinal bath baptism. He didn't know how sad it would be if he couldn't bear it, and his mother died quietly like this.

Before you know it... came to his own courtyard. He was still unconscious. Still marching with his head bowed.

Seeing Ma Xiaoyong coming from outside the hospital, Zhang Ju hurriedly ran over.

"Yong'er, where have you been? You're about to worry your mother to death, you know?"

Holding Ma Xiaoyun with his left hand, he hugged Ma Xiaoyong tightly with his right hand, and said with a slight reproach.

Ma Xiaoyong has been in a daze, and even he doesn't know how he got home. Suddenly, I was hugged like this, and I subconsciously wanted to break free. However, suddenly the voice of my mother came to my ears. The power that I wanted to break free was instantly unloaded. Anyway, I hugged my mother tightly.

Zhang Ju was stunned for a moment when she saw this, and then hugged them tightly in her arms.

After a long time, the two finally separated. Look at each other!

It was Ma Xiaoyong who opened his mouth first, "Mother, in fact, Yong'er has always known a very powerful alchemist, and I went out before to let him treat my younger brother." He agreed," Ma Xiaoyong said pretending to be happy.

"Really, great!" Zhang Ju looked extremely excited, and her whole body trembled uncontrollably. "Quick, take my mother over!" As he spoke, he took Ma Xiaoyong's hand and walked out.

However, finding that Ma Xiaoyong was still stunned, Zhang Ju looked a little confused and anxious.

"Yong'er, let's go, why aren't you in a hurry when your brother is like this?" Zhang Ju said with some anxiety and dissatisfaction.

"Mother, Yong'er hasn't finished talking yet. This old alchemist can treat his younger brother, but people say that refining medicine takes time. And that's not a short time. Ma Xiaoyong said helplessly. Ma Xiaoyong didn't care about his mother's dissatisfaction with his mother's words, because he understood his mother's feelings.

Belch...

After being stunned for a while, Zhang Ju nodded and said, "That's right, refining medicine also takes time." That.. How long did the old alchemist say?"

And "...

"How much does it cost?" asked a little nervously. That's what she cares about most... It's not that she is reluctant to spend money on her youngest son's treatment. Instead, she was afraid that she would not be able to pay the money, and others would not give treatment.

Alas... It is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, and it is difficult for a penny to defeat a hero!

Ponder for a while... Ma Xiaoyong said: "The old pharmacist said that it takes five years to refine medicine. It's a bit long, but as long as you can wake up my brother completely."

Zhang Ju nodded slightly, five years is not short, but it is not very long.

Ma Xiaoyong's eyes were a little evasive, and he continued, "The old pharmacist said, I don't need money, as long as the child serves him, until he dies of old age, you can return my free body to him."

After speaking, he knelt down..."Yong'er agreed without her mother's consent, and asked her mother to punish her. ”

Looking at the eldest son who was kneeling on the ground. Zhang Ju was stunned for a while. My mind went blank. It took a long time to come back to his senses, looked up at the sky, looked at the bright moon hanging high, slowly closed his eyes, and two lines of tears flowed out of his better face.

After a while, he lowered his head to look at his eldest son, who was still kneeling in place. He also knelt in front of his eldest son with his knees bent... Hold this sensible and distressing child tightly.

"Ahh Yes... Yes... What kind of sin did I, Zhang Ju, do in my last life, and why do you punish my husband and children so much. Everything comes at me." Zhang Ju cried hoarsely......

After a long time......

"Why do you punish my children like this? They are innocent... Innocent" as if he had no strength, Zhang Ju kept muttering.

In fact.. This kind of either-or thing is unacceptable to any parent. If the eldest son is resolutely not allowed to pass, the younger son will always be like a walking corpse. If, by default, let the eldest son pass, there is a kind of abandonment of the big one to protect the small. It's a dilemma.

And Ma Xiaoyong, who knows his mother, knows that his mother will be very painful and difficult to accept after saying something, so why did he make up such a lie?

Because... He's really... I don't even have the certainty that I can survive the five-year medicated bath. To put it bluntly, it's no different from sending them to death. However, he is willing to work hard for him! Just because..."He is my brother," and that is enough.

If you really can't get through it, you will die quietly like this. Just disappearing into this world silently, his mother will go crazy and will run to the ends of the earth to find him. This is not the result he wanted!

But making up this lie, although it is difficult for my mother to accept it now. However, she knew that he had only gone with the old apothecary, and that he was alive and well. Someday he will come back to her. Live with hope. In addition, with his younger brother by his side, his mother's thoughts about him will also be diluted a lot.

That's what he wants......

"Mother, you don't need to be so sad. It's not that Yong'er won't come back, Yong'er will come back to visit you and your brother as soon as he has time, and the old pharmacist is very good to Yong'er, maybe when I come back, I will also be an admirable alchemist. Ma Xiaoyong said comfortingly.

Hearing Ma Xiaoyong say this, Zhang Ju was no longer so sad and let go of the eldest son who was hugging tightly. Broke tears and smiled, "You kid knows how to make your mother happy, then you hook your fingers with your mother, remember to come back to see your mother and your brother when you are free." Mother is waiting for you to become an alchemist admired by everyone, and come back to take your mother and younger brother to live in a big house and live a good life."

"Hanging on the hook for a hundred years is not allowed to change"...

After saying the oath that has been passed down through the ages, the two looked at each other and smiled.

The moonlight is like water, and the stars are sprinkled down, as if witnessing this vow for the mother and son.