Xiao Ning, a child born under the mountain, all said that he relied on the mountain to eat the mountain, but the Xiao family could not rely on anything, the ancestors began to decline for three generations, the original solid family to the grandfather's generation only left three broken grass houses, the wild beasts in the mountains were rampant but unable to hunt, the weeds in the field were higher than adults, and finally reclaimed a few acres of land to plant corn and sweet potatoes, but before the harvest season was destroyed by a group of wild beasts, looking at the devastated farmland, the father wanted to cry without tears had to go out to make a living, but he didn't want his father to go away without news.

When Xiao Ning reached school age, the only school in the mountains was in a village more than ten kilometers away from his home. This made my mother miserable, and before dawn, she carried the only corn and sorghum on her back and led Xiao Ning to school.

The school was in tatters, two teachers had to teach five grade students, because they often couldn't afford to pay their salaries, and the teachers were used to collecting some food to cover the school fees.

Xiao Ning is very hardworking, from the first day his mother took him through the road to school, Xiao Ning went to school by himself, reciting what he learned while walking, but for some reason, no matter how hard he tried, he always forgot it after a while.

In a year, the two teachers were sick many times by Xiao Ning, and they had no choice but to persuade Xiao Ning to return home, on the grounds that Xiao Ning's intellectual development was too slow, and he would go to school in two years.

It was a hot noon, my mother went to the town thirty miles away to buy salt, Xiao Ning sat by the well at home and had nothing to do, this is a very quaint well, and it is also the only relic that can detect the prosperity of the Xiao family's ancestors.

The white marble masonry at the mouth of the well, there are dragon and phoenix reliefs, the pavilion on the well has been in disrepair for a long time and has been dilapidated, but there is still a majestic momentum to show, the ancient trees by the well are luxuriant like a canopy, five or six children hug the thick trunks, all this is incompatible with the three small thatched huts.

Xiao Ning came to the well to draw water, and found that the well water was faintly purple and fragrant, which was a great temptation for Xiao Ning, who had not eaten lunch yet, so Xiao Ning grabbed the well rope and slowly rowed down.

Seven or eight-year-old children have forgotten the weakness of their bodies, although the wheels have been locked, people have been rowed along the well rope to the end, fortunately the well water has reached the chest, falling into the bottom of the well, the cold feeling penetrates the whole body, Xiao Ning only found that he was reckless.

Xiao Ning looked up, the relief on the wall of the well attracted his eyeballs, what was the specific content Xiao Ning couldn't understand, just gave him a bright feeling, there was a passage on the wall of the well, and curiosity drove Xiao Ning to the passage.

The passage was not dark, the faint fluorescence was looming, Xiao Ning didn't know how long he walked, the more he walked, the stronger the fragrance became, and in a blink of an eye, he saw a bright light, and came to another world in a trance.

The green grass is quiet, the pavilions and pavilions are presented in front of you, and there is a bay of waterholes rippling next to it. The aroma emanates from a field by the waterhole, where the safflower golden fruit is extremely luxuriant.

Xiao Ning walked to a fruit tree like a treasure, picked a few fruits left and right, and ate them.

As everyone knows, it is already evening outside, and my mother didn't see Xiao Ning when she came home, and she didn't care about Xiao Ning running to school again, and Xiao Ning didn't go home when her eyelids got dark.

Oh no, Xiao Ning must have entered the mountain, and when she thought of this, her mother was so frightened that she almost went limp.

No one dared to go to the mountains in recent years, and no one could come back after the hunters who lived nearby in the early years entered the mountains, and there were often roars of wild beasts, and the timid people were so frightened that they moved away.

Thinking of this, Xiao Mu ran towards the road into the mountain, and after a mile of land, Xiao Mu stopped, she didn't know where to go, this was the deepest position in the mountain forest she had walked.

Xiao's mother sat on a stone, forgetting her fear, but tears welled up, five years ago, her husband went out to make a living and there has been no news, leaving their orphans and widows to live a difficult life, and her son is lost today I am afraid that there will be more than one luck, how can she live?

At this time, Xiao Ning ate a few fruits, and pulled out something a little like a radish to eat, feeling that he couldn't hold on, and it was the first time he had eaten so much when he was so big, so he walked around the pavilions.

Xiao Ning walked through several empty halls, and came to an open space to see a large tripod, with burned incense candles inserted in the tripod, and terrifying beasts carved on the tripod, showing a simple atmosphere.

Walking forward, I pushed the door in front and entered, and a statue in the hall was particularly eye-catching. "Dad", Xiao Ning exclaimed. If you look closely, the statue has long hair and a long beard, which is very similar to but different from his father.

The statue is full of tablets, count more than two hundred, Xiao Ning doesn't know how many words, but he still knows the word Xiao on each tablet.

Xiao Ning didn't know that these were the spiritual positions of the sect masters of the Xiao family in the past dynasties, and it was very rare for dozens of generations of Xiao family disciples to be enshrined here, but I didn't know when the incense was broken.

There is an offering table in front of the tablet, there is a wooden box on the table in addition to the incense burner, Xiao Ning reached out to take the wooden box, felt his hands pass through a layer of water curtain, Xiao Ning took out the wooden box, the red sandalwood incense floated out, opened the wooden box, and a translucent skull inside was imprinted into the eyelids.

Xiao Ning was so frightened that he quickly let go, the wooden box did not take off, but he felt a stinging pain from his fingertips, and blood dripped on this bone, Xiao Ning was so frightened that he sat on the ground, with a heavy feeling in his head, and fell asleep.

When Xiao Ning woke up, he found that the wooden box had fallen to the ground, and the bones inside were gone, Xiao Ning picked up the wooden box again and found that the carved lines of the wooden box were delicate and simple, and the fragrance from it made him refreshed, so he walked back with the wooden box.

On the way back, he picked a large pile of fruit, and he wanted to take it back to his mother to eat, but he couldn't get that much for a long time, so he had to take off his clothes and carry them in the direction of the well.

When he arrived at the well, Xiao Ning didn't notice that his strength had increased, and climbed the well rope out of the well and walked home.