Chapter 1: Chen Xu

"Xiao Xu, Xiao Xu, where are you?" In the evening breeze, in a secluded mountain village, there were suddenly several old and trembling shouts.

"Grandpa, I'm here, here" The person called Xiao Xu is called Chen Xu, a boy of seventeen or eighteen years old.

He has black and white eyes, the corners of his eyes are slightly raised, his eyebrows fly obliquely into his sideburns, and his mouth is moderately thick. With a straight nose and an occasional smile, like a spring flower, revealing a row of teeth like braided shells, people only think that this child is very beautiful.

"Another person climbed the tree to watch the sunset" The old man looked at Chen Xu who was rushing from a distance, and sighed lightly: "Hey! I've suffered you all these years,"

"Grandpa, I'm fine, let's go, let's go home, I'll make you dinner" Saying that, Chen Xu also helped his grandfather and rushed home.

Although he said that he was fine, his thoughts returned to his childhood.

"Chen Xu is here, Chen Xu is here, go quickly, go quickly"

"Ah, hurry up, my mother said, you can't play with Chen Xu"

"That's right, he's a nemesis, his mother died at the age of three, his father at the age of five, his parents were killed by him, whoever is close to him is unlucky"

"Oh oh oh, scattered, scattered"

When the five or six young children saw Chen Xu, they suddenly shouted and dispersed.

The young Chen Xu's little face was originally full of smiles, but because of the words of his friends, he suddenly collapsed, and every time he went to play with his friends of the same age with a smile, everyone would always shout and leave.

Over time, Chen Xu, who was originally lively and cheerful, also became quiet, with no partners or friends, and always liked to climb on the tree when he was lonely and overlook the distance.

When he came to the door of his house, Chen Xu also retracted his thoughts, and once again brought a faint smile on his face.

Pushing the door in, I was greeted by a strong smell of herbs. In the middle of the house is an old-fashioned Chinese medicine cabinet and a simple consultation table for patients.

"Grandpa, you sit down first, I'll cook" After settling down with grandpa, Chen Xu also ran to the kitchen to cook briskly.

After a while, a simple and sumptuous dinner was already served on the table, and under the lamp, the grandfather and grandson sat opposite each other, enjoying the quiet and warm atmosphere.

After dinner, Chen Xu went to clean up the dishes, and Old Man Chen pointed to the medicine basket full of various herbs on the side of the consultation table, and said: "Xiao Xu, I haven't made medicine today, don't clean it up yet, put all these herbs in the pool, and then hurry up to make medicine."

"Ah, grandpa, still soak, this is soaked once a day, I started to soak this medicinal soup when I was a child, it's been more than ten years, can you stop soaking these anymore" Chen Xu listened to the old man's words, and begged for mercy with some bitterness.

"Yes, you are eighteen years old, today is the last time you will make this medicinal soup, hurry up" Old Man Chen said with some emotion.

"Really?"

"Of course it's true, let's go"

Chen Xu lifted the medicine basket with some excitement and walked into the kitchen, in the center of the huge kitchen, there was a pool, which was filled with water that had begun to steam, and there was a fire underneath that kept heating the water in the pool.

Chen Xu first tested the water temperature, and after feeling that it was suitable, he began to skillfully put the herbs into the pool in batches.

After putting all the herbs in, after about five minutes, a fragrant smell of herbs filled the entire kitchen, and then I only heard the old man Chen behind him speak at this time: "Xiao Xu, hurry up and take off your clothes and go in!"

"Hmm!" Chen Xu quickly stripped off his clothes and jumped into the pool.

And Old Man Chen stepped forward in a few steps, constantly adding firewood, only to see that the fire was raging.

The potion in the pool is initially warm to high temperature, and high temperature to boiling. Bubbles bubble up from time to time, but Chen Xu is immersed in water, if it is for outsiders to see, he will not be scared to death. It boiled for half an hour before the old man weakened the fire.

Then Old Man Chen's hands kept patting Chen Xu's whole body very regularly, only to see that Chen Xu's whole body muscles were tense and red like cherries, and streams of white gas were slowly spitting out from those acupoints and pores, especially the "Baihui" acupoint on the top of his head.

When Old Man Chen saw this, he nodded with satisfaction and stopped, and the old man's originally ruddy face turned pale, and countless beads of sweat appeared on his forehead. Soon, the white gas was exhausted, and I saw that the potion, which was still green, began to slowly become clearer.

When the potion became completely clear, Chen Xu's skin also turned from red to light red, and gradually turned to normal color again.

Chen Xu in the pool spit out a breath of turbidity, opened his eyes, saw his pale grandfather, hurriedly helped him, and said with concern: "Grandpa, are you okay?"

"It's okay!" Old Man Chen waved his hand and motioned for Chen Xu to get dressed before he spoke: "Xiao Xu, I used my seventy-two innate massage techniques to pat all the acupoints of your body, and used this one hundred and eight kinds of herbs to blend the potion to wash your whole body, and it has been eighteen years since I counted the days, but fortunately you didn't let me down and survived." ”

"Huh, grandpa, what's the use of this medicinal bath, you said that I am not sick or sick, why do you keep letting me make medicinal soup" Chen Xu asked with some curiosity.

"These are what I got from an ancient medical book, do you know that your current body has been cultivated by your grandfather beyond ordinary people?"

"Eh?" Chen Xu didn't understand the meaning of his grandfather's words, and then said jokingly: "Grandpa, have I become a superman?"

"Hehe, now you don't understand, let's let you experience it slowly. Grandpa Chen smiled and left the kitchen.

Wipe his body clean, Chen Xu then put on his clothes, he has been soaking this potion for almost eighteen years, but there are not necessarily any benefits beyond ordinary people, except that his body has never been sick, and his strength is greater than that of ordinary people, he really didn't find anything special.

After Chen Xu, who was dressed, cleaned up the kitchen again, he felt full of energy and did not feel a trace of sleepiness, so he walked out of the door.

Looking up at the night sky in the distance, he was stunned, then rubbed his eyes, and opened his eyes again, Chen Xu only felt that everything he saw in his eyes seemed to have changed, and all kinds of colors in the room were vivid, and even the lights seemed to have a flowing texture.

Even the originally dark scene outside the house could be seen clearly in his eyes at a distance of ten meters, a phenomenon that had never appeared before. And in my ears, I seem to be able to hear the sound of crawling ants.

Shaking his head, Chen Xu saw that the scene in front of him had returned to normal again, and there was no sound of rustling in his ears. Could it be that it was all an illusion?

"Did you know that Grandpa has raised your body beyond the ordinary? The words that Grandpa had just said suddenly came to mind.

Could it be?

Chen Xu calmed down again, quietly listening to the sounds around him, but there was no other sound in his ears except the sound of the wind, let alone the sound of mosquitoes crawling.

Slowly opened his eyes and looked out of the house, the blurred scene under the starlight was still blurry, and there was no clearly visible scene just now. After trying several times in a row, Chen Xu wanted to re-experience the subtle feeling before, but he couldn't feel anything.

Shaking his head, maybe he really thought too much, Chen Xu didn't think much about it, and went back to his room and slept with clothes.

Next.

Early in the morning, the secluded mountain village also became busy, wisps of cooking smoke drifted in the endless sky, and Chen Xu was in his small courtyard, constantly sitting in various strange movements and postures.

I saw that he was like a bird spreading its wings for a while, and at another time crawling a few steps back and forth on all fours like a tiger walking, and at another time he was like a wild deer running fast. The whole set of movements is constantly changing back and forth. The demeanor also changes with each different movement, one moment like a tiger descending the mountain, extremely powerful, and the other like an ape agile and active.

No matter how his movements changed, Chen Xu's breathing was still natural and steady, without the slightest shortness

"Whew!" exhaled a deep breath of turbidity, and Chen Xu only felt very comfortable and refreshed

"Xiao Xu, you can play this set of five poultry plays. Chen Xu turned around, only to see that his grandfather didn't know when he was already standing behind him, and hurriedly walked over: "Grandpa, why don't you sleep for a while? It's still early."

"It's not early, you've already played the five birds two or three times," Old Man Chen glanced at the grandson in front of him, and smiled with satisfaction.

However, when he saw Chen Xu's appearance of wanting to speak and stopping, he asked curiously: "Xiao Xu, is there something wrong?"

"Well, grandpa, I want to leave the village and go to the big city" Chen Xu hesitated for a moment, and then said with a firm face.

After listening to this, Old Man Chen didn't speak, just looked into the distance with a melancholy expression, but this demeanor made Chen Xu on the side a little worried, and at the same time felt a little more self-blame in his heart.

He lost his parents since he was a child, and the old man brought him up, and now that the old man is old, he wants to leave, which is really unfilial, so he also said: "Grandpa, in fact, I'm just joking"

"Hehe" Old Man Chen retracted his gaze, and then looked at Chen Xu with a smile: "Xiao Xu, you are still playing tricks with grandpa, do I know, you took the college entrance examination without telling me some time ago, are you going to leave the mountain village at that time?"

"Grandpa, I..." Chen Xu blushed with some embarrassment.

"Xiao Xu, you are still young, it is normal to want to go out, grandpa agreed, but there should be some time before the college entrance examination notice is issued, during this time, you stay in the village and study medicine with me" Old man Chen said with a smile.

"Thank you, grandpa," Chen Xu said excitedly.

Since Chen Xu was sensible, he studied medicine with his grandfather, asked for a diagnosis and pulse, prescribed a prescription, selected decoctions, acupuncture and cupping, and relied on his brilliant talents, and he also learned very quickly, and now he has replaced Old Man Chen to treat people in the village.

After breakfast, Mr. Chen also went to the village for a stroll, while Chen Xu stayed at home and read Mr. Chen's medical book "Treatise on Typhoid Fever".

He had already finished reading the medical book "Treatise on Typhoid Fever", and at the same time he could memorize it backwards, but Chen Xu did not put this medical book back in its place, but continued to turn the first page and read it.

"Brother Xiao Xu, Brother Xiao Xu" Just when Chen Xu was still immersed in the content of the book, a rapid voice like the chirping of a kingfisher came from outside the house.