Chapter 3: The Magical Beads
The lock on the outside of the box was a little broken, and Li Yang smashed it open.
The box was opened, revealing its contents.
A white round bead, about five centimeters in diameter, looks a little crystal clear, but there is a trace of white mist inside, which looks very soft and comfortable.
Li Yang carefully picked up the bead, and thought with some curiosity in his heart, this could not be the legendary night pearl.
Kept so carefully, this bead is definitely not simple, even if it is not a night pearl or something, it should not be a simple thing.
But what makes Li Yang curious is, why did his grandparents hide this bead, it didn't make sense, or did they not even know the existence of this box?
Li Yang felt that it should be the last case, it didn't make sense that grandpa they knew about this and didn't tell them, this was not a bad thing, Li Yang felt that at least it looked good.
Putting the beads in his trouser pocket, after thinking about it, Li Yang put the box back into the wall, and then moved a large vat to block the hole.
When he came to the kitchen, he smashed the lock directly, Li Yang pushed open the door and walked in.
The kitchen was dirty, messy and crowded.
I walked to the back faucet, turned it on, and there was still water flowing out.
This is not tap water, it is a well dug in the back mountain, and it has accumulated some water for many years, and if the rain is not enough, you have to walk for half an hour to fetch water from a long distance.
Li Yang looked around, found the water scoop he used before, and took some water.
He was going to wash his hands and take a good look at the beads.
After washing his hands, Li Yang couldn't wait to take out the beads.
He also likes to read some novels after work, and he also fantasizes that maybe he will get some unexpected treasures.
Bang, I didn't expect the bead to be unsteady, and fell directly into the water scoop, splashing the water all over him, this weather, just cool.
Li Yang picked up the beads again, dried them with his clothes, and then poured the water in front of the dam.
Some herbs are planted there, mainly gastrodia, notoginseng, and ginseng, which is a family ginseng with much worse medicinal value than wild ginseng.
These herbs sprouted and grew on their own for decades, and every year my grandmother would dig them up, and then they would grow new ones the next year.
No one has dug it in the past few years, and it has grown a lot of land, all the way along the cement path that came up.
Sitting on the stone steps, Li Yang studied the beads for a long time, but he really couldn't see the reason, so he could only put them in his backpack in disappointment, maybe this is a good-looking bead.
Li Yang's backpack is a large hiking bag with many small compartments, and he will never lose it.
The sun in the afternoon was even hotter, and Li Yang could only choose to rest for a while.
He found the old cool board in the house, which was actually a single bed woven of bamboo, which was placed on a bench on both sides, and it was very comfortable to lie on, which was cool and elastic.
Below the dam, there is a large bamboo forest, and a clearing in the middle, which is a good place to rest, and it is very cool.
This sleep until four o'clock in the afternoon, looking at the familiar scenery around him, Li Yang seemed to return to the childhood in his memory, everything, there was no change in the slightest, what had changed, just people coming and going.
Not far in front of him was a tall pear tree, growing on the edge of the pond, which belonged to his grandfather's family, but had dried up after many years of not raising fish.
After putting away the cool board, Li Yang began to work with a machete, and he was going to clean the cemetery.
The graveyard of his grandfather and grandmother is on the far right of the village, which means that Li Yang has to cross the entire village.
The village is called Pear Tree Village because every family has a pear tree.
When Li Yang was young, there were still many people in the village, but now, although there are dozens of families in the whole village, they have basically left and moved to the following town, and there are not many who choose to stay, and they are all some who have little labor.
Along the way, seeing Li Yang, the people in the village were a little surprised and discussed, Li Yang just smiled and walked towards the cemetery.
It took an hour and a half for Li Yang to clean up the thorn vines on the cemetery, and then sweep out the worship platform in front of him, and he will come to worship in two days.
Pile up all the thorny vines and grasses, Li Yang piled up some weeds, and then lit a gas tank to burn all the weeds.
He was busy until six o'clock, and Li Yang returned to his grandmother's house.
At this time, it was getting late, and Li Yang didn't want to go back, but when he went back to look at his parents and grandparents, he was also a little panicked.
I called home and he stayed here.
There was a tent on the bike, not much to eat, but not much at noon, and two packs of instant noodles, a box of biscuits, a piece of Dove chocolate, and two bottles of mineral water to drink, which was enough.
After eating a box of biscuits and drinking a bottle of water, Li Yang couldn't eat it anymore.
When it got dark, Li Yang took out two high stools from the house, put the cool board on them, and slept like this.
Lying on the cool board, looking at the town with flashing lights below, feeling the gentle breeze on the mountain, life seems so comfortable at this moment.
A firefly flew over from a distance, arousing Li Yang's strong interest.
Fireflies, I haven't seen them in many years, but I didn't expect to encounter them today.
Perhaps a little tired, Li Yang quickly fell asleep.
In the middle of the night, Li Yang woke up, he was woken up by the cold, the mountain wind was getting stronger and stronger, a little cold, and his stomach seemed to be a little hungry.
Li Yang moved the cool board to the house, not too inside, close to the door, because there was no light in the house, and some could still be seen by the moonlight.
All around were empty, and the mountain wind blew the leaves rattling.
He ate a piece of chocolate, remembered the bead, took it out and looked at it, saw nothing strange, and fell asleep again.
In the early morning in the mountains, birds chirp and insects chirp, which really makes people feel like they can't leave.
After putting away the cool board, Li Yang opened the door, but was stunned by the scene in front of him.
I saw that on the opposite side of the gate, where herbs were originally planted, at this time, a large area of green and verdant, and the ginseng, which was originally very inconspicuous, suddenly grew a large area.
Li Yang wiped his eyes, he was sure that he was not wrong yesterday, why did it change so much today, it stands to reason that it shouldn't be.
At this time, this small piece of herbs has completely changed, and it looks full of vitality, which is more vibrant than yesterday, which is Li Yang's most intuitive feeling.
After thinking about it for a while, Li Yang finally remembered something, and he poured a scoop of water into it yesterday.
After thinking about it again, Li Yang felt that maybe he knew where the secret of the bead was.
He decided to do an experiment.
Li Yang took out his mobile phone and took an all-round photo of this herb field of only a few square meters.
Then he took a basin of water and carefully placed the beads inside.
He waited ten minutes before picking up the beads.
Coming to the herb field with water, Li Yang muttered, "Is it up to this time?"
Then sprinkle the water evenly.
This time, it didn't take until the next day, just after waking up in the afternoon, Li Yang discovered the changes in the herb field.
And the previous shooting on the mobile phone is going to be more lush and more vibrant.
Li Yang felt that he might have discovered the role of this bead.
(The beads have a big origin, and they will be revealed later)