Chapter 2: Little Wolves
Out of the bookstore, Xiaohe walked towards the west of the town, where there was the largest pharmacy in Qingshan Town. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info is really lucky, although Qingshan Town is not big, but the style of writing is extremely prosperous, over the years, there are a lot of people to enter the scholars, and it is not far from the largest academy in Lin'an Mansion, the academy is said to be very powerful, there are former emperors in charge. Therefore, the profits of the bookstore are getting bigger and bigger, and Xiaohe has spent more than enough and has begun to save money.
It is rare that a pharmacy has received a wild ginseng today, which is in good condition, and it looks like it is thirty or fifty years old. In the past two years, the shopkeeper has also become familiar with Xiaohe, who often comes to buy medicine, and specially kept it for her.
Xiaohe really liked it at a glance, but there was no way, after all, it was a small place, and there were really not many good things, unlike before, when you could get what you wanted. I don't want to, it's all over, people have to look forward, and they can't go back if they want to!
Xiao He took out the silver ticket that he had just gotten and hadn't yet covered it hot, counted more than half of it, thought about it, and handed the rest to the shopkeeper, "All the shopkeepers, take some Po Chai pills for the rest!"
"Okay," a hint of sympathy flashed in the shopkeeper's eyes, and he carefully put the wild ginseng into the wooden box, and took down two bottles of pills from the shelf behind him, "Is your mother well?"
"It's okay, it's the same old way, you have to take care of it. Thank you for your concern!" Xiao He put the wild ginseng and pills into his baggage, thanked the shopkeeper, and left the pharmacy.
The time was not early, the sun had already passed the end, Xiaohe saw a noodle snack seller on the corner of the street, asked for a bowl of Yangchun noodles, and asked the boss to add a full spoonful of meat foam, and ate with relish. Alas, there are vegetables for meat on the mountain, but it's a pity that I don't know how to make noodles, and I didn't like to eat things before, but now I actually think it's delicious, people, it's really a step back and a step back.
Da Da Da ...... The little crane was thinking about it, and a few horses ran on the opposite street, led by a yellow-brown horse, which was extremely fast, and saw a black back passing by. Xiaohe unconsciously loosened his chopsticks and muttered to himself: Good demeanor...... It's so evil......
At the end of the Shen period, the sun had sunk in the west, and on the official road from Qingshan Town to Lin'an Mansion, a group of knights galloped by, startling the wild birds on the side of the road to rise in a panic and fly towards the sunset. If Xiaohe is there, she will find the two most conspicuous of them, she has seen them all, a stiff young man in black and a handsome young man in white are surrounded by them. Even in a hurry, these two people are still so eye-catching, as if with them, everyone else has become an ornament.
At this time, the little crane had already walked through the green mountains full of spring flowers and entered the rare Duxian Mountain, her steps became more and more brisk, and the setting sun passed through the tall shrubs, leaving mottled shadows on the ground full of weeds and fallen leaves. A rugged and steep trail, perhaps not walked by people, is a passage left by large animals. The little crane is like walking on the ground, her thin body is like a willow branch in the spring breeze, swaying from side to side, just avoiding those horizontal oblique branches, and moving forward quickly.
Whew...... A wolf howled, from far to near, the half-human-tall weeds quickly parted, and a white shadow came to the crane in a blink of an eye. The crane stopped, stretched out his arms, and the shadow rushed into his arms.
Whew...... This howl slightly brought out a bit of coquettishness, and it turned out to be a little white wolf with a snow-white body. "Xiaobai, come to pick me up, so good!" Xiaohe hugged the little wolf and smiled, "Oh, Xiaobai is heavy again, I can't hold it!"
The little white wolf erected its little pointed ears, and there was no ferocity of a beast in its black eyes, only a thick intimacy, and he put his head into the arms of the little crane, and let out a soft whine.
The sun disappeared completely, with the little white wolf running in front and the little crane following closely behind. Finally, we came to three cabins in the valley.
"It's back. "A very low voice, very good, but very dull, as if with a sadness that cannot be dissipated.
"Yes, mother, you're okay today," Xiaohe walked quickly into the wooden house, looking up at the woman in the house, "Have you eaten?"
It's strange that my mother is often lying down, but today she sits at the table and sits upright. The slender eyebrows, the hazy eyes, and the white face that seemed to be bloodless looked unusually beautiful under the oil lamp, and there was a thrilling taste.
Xiao He's heart twitched suddenly, and an ominous premonition instantly filled his heart.
"Mother, look, there are wild ginseng!" panicked unwrapping the burden, and with a bang, the box fell to the ground, revealing the wild ginseng that had cost the bookstore nearly a month's profit.
"Oh, I ......" Xiaohe hurriedly picked up the ginseng and met the woman's calm gaze.
Whining...... It was as if the little wolf whimpered. Xiaohe suddenly quieted down, put his burden on the table, and sat down as well.
"Mother, what's the matter, tell it. The little crane's voice was soft, but full of determination.
There was a hint of appreciation in the woman's eyes, and the corners of her mouth curled up invisibly. This child will never be rigid when he should be flexible, and he will never be confused when he should be serious. Alas, what a good girl, it's a pity that she was wasted in this deep mountain and old forest. If the eldest brother knows, I'm afraid that he will say that he has destroyed the heavens again. When Xiaohe saw a memory in the woman's eyes, it must have been a beautiful thing, and the joy that was rare once in a few years overflowed.
There was a night breeze, the oil lamp flickered, and the woman came back to her senses.
"Little Crane, I'm not your mother, you know!" the woman looked at Little Crane.
Xiaohe nodded, she knew that this body had grown up with the mother of the little white wolf, the she-wolf, and it was only picked up by the woman when she was about four or five years old, and it has been eight years since today.
"My surname is Xie," the woman paused slightly, "Ming Caiwei, you don't know, I never mentioned it," the woman paused again, "because Xie Caiwei in the past has long since died......
"Mother," the woman's tone was a little excited, and the crane stood up worriedly.
"It's all right," the woman waved her hand, returning to her usual indifference, "I'm going to die, my poison can't be suppressed." ”
"Huh?!" Xiaohe was really excited now, and he trembled with his hands on the table, "You were poisoned, when did it happen?"
The woman said in a tone of rare intimacy, "Silly child, this poison has been lurking in me for nearly nine years, and if it weren't for this poison, how could I be here!"
It turned out that Xie Caiwei was poisoned in the capital, and at that time, her eldest brother tried his best to invite a reclusive old lady doctor, so he forced the poison in one place with a golden needle puncture, and then suppressed it with his own internal force. However, without the assistance of fresh herbs called Jiuxiao Flower, the old lady's medicine can save nine hundred and eighty-one days of life at most. Therefore, in order to survive, she was sent to this Duxian Mountain, and this delivery is nearly nine years.
"Xiaohe, why do you think I'm lingering on the sickbed, a person who has been practicing martial arts since childhood......" Xie Caiwei shook her head, "Now this poison can't be suppressed anymore, I think,"
"Mother," Xiao He interrupted Xie Caiwei's words, her heart throbbed, eight years of companionship, although Xie Caiwei was cold, but she never hid her selfishness when she should be taught, Xiao He has regarded her as the real sustenance in this world, "You will be fine, let's go to the old lady, by the way, we will go to the capital tomorrow." ”
"It's useless, Xiaohe, the poison has attacked my heart, I can't stay up tonight, you listen to me, I still have a wish waiting for you to complete it for me!"
The lights were on all night, two people and a wolf in the first half of the night, a living person and a dead person in the second half of the night, and a little wolf curled up.