In this splendid mountain forest, this boy walked in front of the forest road, singing and dancing, stepping on the flowers to catch the butterflies, turning his head from time to time to talk to his father affectionately, his eyebrows and eyes were full of longing, so unhappy. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

I heard the boy ask, "Father, what kind of knowledge do you want to take me to the mountains?" ”

"Little trickster, I know that you are curious and want to come out to play, and what do you say to increase your knowledge, if you don't make trouble for me, I will laugh."

Xiao Yaoqin stuck out her tongue and ran into a path paved with maple leaves, which was the only way up the mountain because few people entered the mountain. The red maple trees of the elders on both sides of the path seem to be artificially planted here, and it is autumn at this time, and the golden yellow of the ground is like a welcoming avenue of Yao Mountain, winding and spreading in front of you.

At this time, Yao Li stopped, beckoned to the child in front of him and shouted: "Little naughty, the aura in Yao Mountain is strong, so all kinds of creatures here have been nourished by aura, which also makes Yao Mountain like spring all year round, like a fairyland." But because of this, there are many well-cultivated mountain spirits and ghosts, cow ghosts, snake gods, most of them like to abduct and eat living people, especially children, who are their favorites. So if you run around, I'll ignore you if you're swallowed by the snake spirit. ”

Hearing this, Xiao Yaoqin stopped, her face turned a little pale, and said timidly, "Dad, don't scare people, how can there be such a thing that eats people in such a beautiful mountain, besides, it is not delicious to eat human flesh raw, how can anyone eat it, you must be lying to children." ”

"You don't have to believe it, otherwise such a beautiful valley, how can it be that no one has been inhabited, no one dares to enter, people are afraid of these mountain spirits and ghosts and dare not come in, so the more beautiful things you have, the more cautious you must be, because they often hide all kinds of dangers, but you are confused by the scene in front of you, so you relax your vigilance against danger. Besides, you're not one of those mountain spirits and ghosts, how do you know that human flesh is not delicious, maybe they think it's a delicacy, just as delicious as you eat tempeh fish. ”

The boy stopped, thought about it, seemed to think that it made sense, began to be a little scared, hurriedly ran behind his father's buttocks, and said in a panic: Then Dad, let's not go in, I don't want you to be eaten, I don't want to be eaten, don't, don't. After speaking, he quietly lifted his trousers and turned around to leave. But in a blink of an eye, he remembered something and asked timidly: "Where does the cinnamon branch grow, if it is not far away, let's quickly pick it back, it will be difficult to run away when it is late." ”

Looking at his son's cute and panicked expression, Yao Li couldn't help but laugh slightly, and then said appreciatively: Yes, if you want to treat Grandpa Yao, you have to go into the mountains to get medicine, we can't be untrustworthy, and we can't let the patient's life and death go. ”

"But I'm also afraid that if you go into the mountains, you'll be eaten by monsters, it's terrible."

Yao Li touched the boy's head, and then said: "Don't be afraid, because Dad is a doctor who treats diseases and saves people, he is a good person, and he has righteousness in his body, and monsters will not eat Dad, and you will naturally not be eaten if you follow Daddy." ”

"So that's the case, it scared me to death, and then I want to be a doctor and be a good person, so that I can come here every day to play without fear of being eaten."

An innocent and innocent conversation ended, and the two walked into the mountain along the maple forest, slowly disappearing into the mountain fog.

On the road, Yaoli pointed to the yellow-green grass and said: "Xiao Yaoqin, you see this little thing, the upper surface of the leaves is yellow-green, the lower surface is gray-green, and the edge of the leaves also has serrated burrs, generally there are three stems, and each branch has three compound leaves, so it is called three branches of nine-leaf clover, and it is also called epimedium because it has the wonderful use of tonifying the kidneys and strengthening the muscles and bones, and it is said that goats will come to look for this herb to eat during the mating season, so the goat weed is named." ”

"It's so interesting, it turns out that herbs also have stories, Dad, tell more about them, I like to listen to stories."

Yao Li thought for a while and said, "In fact, every herb has spirituality, and they all have some stories behind them, just like this white-flowered snake tongue grass under your feet, there is also a moving story behind it.

Legend has it that once upon a time, a famous doctor was invited to treat a seriously ill patient. The patient had pain in his chest and back, was entangled by low-grade fever, vomited pus, and the doctors were ineffective. Famous doctors diagnosed and read prescriptions, but could not find a proper treatment for a while. When he was tired, the famous doctor was napping at his desk, and suddenly saw a woman in white floating up, and said: "This gentleman is a good man, who is kind and benevolent, and benefits living beings. ”

The famous doctor asked the woman in white for advice, and the woman in white said, "Please come with me." He went outdoors with the woman in white, but the woman in white floated away, and where the woman in white stood, there was a white-flowered snake, and where the snake's tongue stretched out, it turned into a clump of grass. Just as he was surprised, the famous doctor was awakened by the sound of footsteps, and it turned out that the patient's family had come to invite his husband to dinner. The famous doctor said, "Wait, please come with me." "When the famous doctor and the patient's family came outside, they saw many slender grasses with small white flowers that they had seen in their dreams growing on the edge of the ridge. So I picked some and ordered it to be decoctioned. After taking it, the patient felt that his chest was much wider. The next day, he took more than a catty, and the disease was cured.

Famous doctors searched all the herbs of the past dynasties at that time, and did not find out what kind of medicine this small grass belonged to. He felt and chanted a poem: "The white flower snake tongue grass is slender, lying on the side of the farmhouse, since ancient times, there are many good deeds, and the spirit insect feels the virtue of the medicine." "Therefore, there is one more white-flowered snake tongue grass in the world, and one less infatuated white-flowered snake, and the white-flowered snaketongue grass is transformed by the spiritual power of the white snake, and he sacrificed himself in order to repay his kindness and save people."

Xiao Yaoqin stared intently at the white-flowered snake tongue grass and sighed: "It's so touching, that white snake is really good." After speaking, he gently patted the dust on the leaves of the white-flowered snake tongue grass under his feet.

Yao Li sighed, and the lookout was deep thinking from afar, and then said: "That hundred flower tongue is indeed admirable, the herbs in the world have spirituality, and we actually sacrifice the lives of the herbs to save people, but the natural laws of heaven and earth are like this, just like my duty now is to cure diseases and save people, and the duty of the herbs is also to save other living beings and sacrifice themselves, so every herb is great, we should pick them with awe, respect and love every living being, and not destroy them needlessly." ”

Xiao Yaoqin nodded thoughtfully, her watery eyes kept staring at the white-flowered snake tongue grass on the ground, as if she was still thinking about the meaning of the story.

At this time, the sun was setting, less than two palms away from the horizon, and there was still an hour before the sun was about to go down, Yao Li saw that it was not too early, and he had to go up the mountain to pick laurel branches, so he took Xiao Yaoqin's hand and walked towards the valley, leaving the little snake tongue grass sprinkled on the ground, as if the old story was still being told.

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