Listening to his aunt's introduction, Qin Xiao not only said to himself: "It turns out that my maternal great-grandfather is a descendant of Qiu Laokui!" No wonder he's so strong. ”

Aunt Qin Ping was puzzled, Qin Xiao knew that her aunt didn't know about her grandfather, so she then said: "Oh, our great-grandfather, that is, grandfather Qin Zhihong, and grandmother, had a good relationship with a big man named Qiu Laokui in Xiyu Village, but I didn't expect our great-grandfather to be his son. No wonder my head is so tall, I heard my grandfather say, my grandfather is not very tall, it seems that our Qin family has a lot of light! ”

When my aunt heard Qin Xiao say this, she understood, but when she saw Qin Xiao's gags, she didn't have the courage to teach him to listen carefully.

Qin Wei followed Qiu Hengshui and walked south all the way, down the valley, to the riverbed. This river is not the main stream of the Daixi River, but only a season river that passes south of Xiyu Village, and it only gets water every autumn, and sometimes it even dries up all year round.

After this riverbed, there is the ridge over there. As I have said before, this Xiyu village is horseshoe-shaped, the middle is the valley, when Qiu Laokui fell in this grass, it was to build fortifications around the entire valley, but later returned to the national government, because the south is shady, the sun is not seen all year round, that is, it is abandoned, and they all moved to the north to live, and after a few generations, there is basically no one to go. Later, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, due to the international situation at that time, the villagers of Xiyu used these original caves here to build many air-raid shelters for sheltering and storing ammunition supplies during the war.

Later, this air-raid shelter was also abandoned and became a warehouse for the production team, but because it was not used much back and forth, it was not used much, and the place in the mountain was an excellent feng shui treasure, so it became a cemetery in the village.

Qin Wei followed his grandfather here, and when he saw graves everywhere, he couldn't help but shudder a little. At that time, it was necessary to dig a deep grave to bury the deceased, and there were many caves here, which saved a lot of funeral work.

Qiu Hengshui led Qin Wei to a hidden place in the shade of the mountain, pushed aside the grass, and found the entrance to the cave, so he led Qin Wei in.

Qin Wei's heart couldn't help but flutter, Qiu Hengshui seemed to see his nephew's timidity, so he said: "Don't be afraid, this is the place we used to hide the wounded and ammunition when I was the Eighth Road, and now the villagers know about it, and no one dares to come to occupy the tomb."

Qin Wei was relieved at this time, so he followed in.

After entering the cave, Qiu Hengshui lit the half-cut candle placed at the entrance of the cave, so he carefully led the way in front. At first, Qin Wei thought it was the entrance of a tomb, but when he came in, he saw that it was really a refuge, and there were all kinds of beds and stoves.

The hole is not very big, only a few meters deep, Qiu Hengshui reached the end of the hole, turned his head and said to Qin Wei, this hole has been abandoned, but he quietly pulled the one-meter-square soil on the ground, Qin Wei didn't know what the reason was, but Qiu Hengshui said:

"What are you just looking at? Come and help! ”

So the two of them picked up a layer of soil on the ground together, and sure enough, they found a flat stone slab, but because it was not used all year round, it was almost buried in the soil.

The two continued to dig along the edge of the slate, and finally found the lower edge of the slate, and the two worked together to lift the slate, Qin Wei couldn't help but be surprised, it turned out to be another hole.

Qiu Hengshui hurriedly asked Qin Wei to dodge, after all, no one had been in it for many years, and he didn't know what there was, even if it was a poisonous gas, it would be difficult for people to resist. Sure enough, because Qin Wei didn't have common sense, he didn't hold his breath when the cave was opened, and he took a rough breath and inhaled a lot of ** unpleasant foul-smelling gases emitted from it, and he was suddenly dizzy.

Qiu Hengshui smiled and said: "This hasn't been opened for many years, there must be a lot of turbidity in it, let's go to the cave mouth first to breathe, and then come in later."

So the two of them went out of the outer cave, and as soon as Qin Wei breathed in the fresh cold air, he was much more awake and less dizzy. Qiu Hengshui took out the cigarette roll and gave it to Qin Wei, Qin Wei was about to say "no", but the old man had already seen it, but he just "tsk", and then sent the cigarette forward with two fingers, Qin Wei knew that he couldn't do it, so he had to continue.

Qiu Hengshui personally lit it to his nephew and said, "You kid is okay, every time I come here, no one in the village is willing to follow me, so this place is extremely secret." ”

Qin Wei didn't think about it anymore, but said: "Master, I went to my aunt's and second aunt's house and found that their lives were almost unbearable. ”

Qiu Hengshui also sighed and said, "Yes, but what can be done?" If there is not enough food to eat, it has to be handed over to the top. ”

Qin Wei continued: "You are fortunate to have a monthly pension, but the eldest aunt and the second aunt's family are not good, I want to say, our Hedong Village is still passable, or I will bring the two sensible cousins of the eldest aunt and the second aunt's family over this time, so as to reduce the burden on their family, what do you think?" ”

Qiu Hengshui nodded approvingly and said, "But you have to cure your father's illness first......"

Qin Wei deliberately patted his ass and said: "Grandpa, don't tease your nephew to me, you have gone out in person like this, can my father's illness be good, you go back and ask my father, does he dare to say okay?" ”

In fact, Qin Wei didn't know what his grandfather was doing, but since his grandfather brought him to Nanshan for his father's illness, he was so complimentary, and he just wanted to take out the old man's words and let him give him a bottom and know if his father's illness could be cured.

Sure enough, Old Man Qiu laughed and said, "Okay, I'll take something out this time, you take it back, and by the way, take your two cousins away, and after I go back, my son-in-law will know what to do, and he has to save himself from this disease, I can't deserve that good medicine!" ”

Qin Wei only understood this time that it was the Seven Spirit Flower Scatter, although he had heard of it, but he had never seen how the real Seven Spirit Flower Scatter was prepared.

After a few cigarettes, Qiu Hengshui led Qin Wei into the cave, at this time, Qiu Hengshui hung the lit candle with a rope and sent it to the inner cave, the candle continued to burn, and the two of them already knew that there was nothing wrong with the inner cave. So Qiu Hengshui was in front and Qin Wei was behind, and he entered the inner cave.

The size of the inner cave is half smaller than the outer cave, and after Qiu Hengshui led Qin Wei in, he said, "No one knows about this cave now except me." I have a lot of medicinal materials here, which were used for my comrades-in-arms to heal their wounds, and your grandfather also came to prepare medicine for the Eighth Route Army. After the victory of the revolution, the team was transferred, and I followed it, and then I came back from my wounds to recuperate, but at that time it was already a large rear, and there was no need to hide here, so the cave was abandoned. ”

Qiu Hengshui pointed to several large boxes of things on the ground, and then said: "These Western medicines are estimated to have expired a long time ago, but the medicinal materials for the preparation of Qiling Flower Powder here, we are sealed and preserved, there should not be too much problem, you can take some back by category and treat your father." ”

Qin Wei immediately said, "Grandpa, this is not necessary. ”

Qiu Heng was surprised, and Qin Wei then explained: "I have already found the five-flavor medicinal herbs, just bring some saffron and strychnine. ”

So Qiu Hengshui bent down and used candles to illuminate each box and jar, and finally, relying on his memories, he found the porcelain jar of the two flavors of medicine, unsealed the tin foil, and took half a catty each, and asked Qin Wei to take it. Before leaving, the medicinal herbs were sealed again, and the two came out.

Qin Wei was overjoyed, he didn't expect his father to be saved, and Qiu Hengshui said: "Qin Wei, you can only tell your father when you go back, and don't tell anyone else, even your cousin and aunt, because there are also secrets of your Qin family here." ”

Qin Wei wondered and asked, "What secret?" ”

Qiu Hengshui paused and said, "Don't ask so much first, your father will sue you in the future, and I have no right to sue you." ”

Since Qin Wei heard his grandfather say this, he didn't ask any more, so he went back to talk to his master, and continued to bake the stove, drink and laugh.

However, although Qin Wei was grateful to his grandfather, he was always worried about his father's illness in his heart, and he had to go to Dongyu Village to pick up his cousin, so he didn't dare to drink more, so he left early and went back. Qiu Hengshui knew that Qin Wei still had a lot of things to do today, so he didn't stubbornly leave him, so he let him go.

Qin Wei first returned to the second aunt's house and told him his thoughts, but he was afraid that the second aunt's husband would not have a good face, so he said that it was his grandfather who said that several cousins had not gotten together for several years, and this time Qin Wei took his cousin Huisheng and then called Zhiqiang's cousin to the eldest aunt's house and went to the fourth aunt's house to play together.

The second aunt naturally knew what it meant, and Qin Wei saw that the second aunt and the second aunt still didn't promise, so he continued: "Grandpa said that today is all children going to relatives' houses, adults should not participate, from this year onwards, just let the juniors do these things." ”

Since the old man had spoken, the second aunt agreed, so he prepared a basket of white-flour steamed buns prepared by himself, in fact, this was what they had just obtained from Qin Wei, but they took half of it out, and then made a gift for Huisheng to take to see the fourth aunt Zhang Suzhen, but the second aunt always wanted to save face, so he boiled the only three eggs and let Huisheng take them, which was decent.

So Qin Wei and Wison went to the aunt's house in Dongyu Village, and brought Zhiqiang with them, the aunt is a party member and the director of the women's federation in the village. Auntie exchanged a steamed bun for an egg, although those people knew that eggs were also a good thing, but without eating, the half-grown boy took a bite at a time, how could the white flour steamed bun be long on the top? So everyone readily agreed to change the eggs, and in the end, the aunt made up more than 20 eggs and asked Zhiqiang to bring them, which was more than the second aunt's family.

When Qin Wei came back, he also knew that if he brought back two mouths in vain, his parents might not know how to punish him, but he also thought about it, so he said that his grandfather said it. Sure enough, after his parents heard it, Qin Yuhan said that it was nothing, it was a big deal to do more work usually, but Zhang Suzhen was a little unhappy.

But Qin Wei immediately said that his grandfather asked him to do this, and Zhang Suzhen had no choice but to say no more. However, when Qin Wei took out the saffron and strychnine, Zhang Suzhen and Qin Yuhan were both surprised. Zhang Suzhen was originally quite dissatisfied with Qin Wei's unauthorized assertion and bringing back two cousins to eat at home, she felt that in these years, who can save anyone, if her husband is good, usually the two of them work hard to sell some strength, but at this time, her husband's chilblain is difficult to heal, and if he can't keep it, he will have to amputate his leg, although there is still some food in store this year, but what about next year?

But when she saw saffron and strychnine, Zhang Suzhen was relieved, she knew that her husband was saved, because although she was the daughter-in-law of the Qin family, she would not know the specific configuration method of Qiling Huasan, but she had already lived in Hedong Village before, and knew the reputation and efficacy of Qiling Huasan, so she made a big table of meals that night, nominally to thank the eldest sister and the second sister's family, and also to Qin Wei's two cousins.