Da Li country, the fifteenth year of God's gift, the beginning of spring

Heaven and earth are like ink, a slight leak, the thin morning light of winter instantly poured out, illusion into a naughty elf with huge wings, it fled to the vast mountains that stretched for eight hundred miles, covered with snow, where it passed, the cold was soaked, startled the pine waves, and the bamboo leaves were scattered.

With each flap of its wings, the sky will become more and more bright, the morning light climbs to the top of the mountain, and swoops all the way along the winding tea ridges in the mountains, the mulberry gardens, vegetable beds, and villages in the low-lying places are lit up by it one by one, and then go down the stream, turn into a swimming fish, and suddenly jump into the dragon pond without a figure, leaving only the sparkling waves on the water surface.

At this time, the sun is rising, the red glow is all over the sky, the birds in the mountains are chirping happily, and the roosters in the village are competing to crow.

The faint light of a bowl of thin porridge reflected in the window lattice, fifteen-year-old Gu Qingzhu got up, she has always woken up early, even if it is the slack season of the year, five years ago, her mother died and her father disappeared, she was already the backbone of her younger siblings, and she was in charge of the family's livelihood every day, and she could not slack off.

Gu Qingzhu helped her sister Qingying, who was sleeping in the bed, tucked the corners of the quilt and put on a patched skirt, she was tall, with willow eyebrows and starry eyes on her duck egg face, and she had a heroic spirit that ordinary girls rarely have.

At this moment, she took advantage of the daylight to comb her smooth black hair, a black and bright red red rattan bracelet on her left wrist slid down, and the green silk like a waterfall was pulled into a bun at will, Gu Qingzhu reached out and touched a peach hairpin in the bamboo tube on the small table.

There are many hairpins in the yellowed bamboo tube, the most bamboo, as well as all kinds of wood and vines, most of which can be seen everywhere in the countryside, but if you look closely, each piece is unique.

Outside the door, Rhubarb heard the slight movement in the room and opened the door with some excitement. Rhubarb is the dog of Gu Da Niang's family next door, last year, Gu Da Niang was seriously ill and died, her two sons Liang Mandou and Liang Mancang were not at home for military service, Rhubarb had nowhere to go, Gu Qingzhu took it in, it is a very human hunting dog, and they are very close to their sister and brother.

Gu Qingzhu opened the door and came out, smiling and rubbing the rhubarb's hairy head, it looked up and was intimate with her, and the hot breath exhaled from its nose turned into a cloud of white mist.

Because of the three heavy snowfalls in the wax moon, it has not yet melted away, and now it is still cold, Gu Qingzhu, who was standing at the door, was excited by the cold air conditioning in the early morning, and couldn't help but shiver, hurriedly turned around and closed the door of the house, wrapped his jacket and skirt tightly and trotted to the kitchen to boil water to wash, and then lit a firewood to boil bud porridge.

The water in the pot was boiling, the heat was thick, Gu Qingzhu opened the lid of the pot and stirred, but heard Gu Daya's anxious call from outside the hospital: "Qingzhu, Qingzhu, are you there?" ”

"Early in the morning, what's going on?" Hearing the anxiety in his voice, Gu Qingzhu dropped the iron spoon, dusted off the grass and wood chips on his apron, and hurriedly walked out.

"The head sheep of my house...... Lambed! The round-faced Gu Daya was a little fat, she came all the way, cold wind was poured into her throat, and when she spoke, it hurt as if a knife was cutting, and she couldn't help but swallow her saliva.

"You go back and prepare the thatch, hot water, and brazier first, and I'll come right away after I've cooked breakfast!" Gu Qingzhu answered, and wanted to turn back to the kitchen.

The porridge is boiling in the pot, the fire in the stove cannot be extinguished, and the sheep must wait for two or three quarters of an hour to give birth.

It stands to reason that such a dirty thing as delivering animals should not be done by a girl like Gu Qingzhu who is not married, but who made her father a traveling doctor in Cuiping Town, everyone in the village thinks that she has family medical skills, and she must be better than others.

Gu Qingzhu's father, Gu Shitong, has good medical skills, and he is also kind, whether the people in the mountains are adults or children are sick, or the livestock are sick, they will look for him, no matter morning or night, he never refuses, although he has not earned any property, but he has also gained a good reputation.

Five years ago, Gu Qingzhu's mother Wang died of dystocia, and in the beginning of winter this year, Gu Shitong went out to practice medicine, and suddenly did not return overnight, and the whole village went out to look for a few days, only to find a shoe he left in the Wild Wolf Valley, because Gu Qingzhu's sister and brother were young at that time, no one dared to say this cruel bad news, so the village chief Gu Shifu was in charge, and only said that no one was found, and the household registration had been hanging and not sold, so he should leave a thought for the three children.

Gu Qingzhu learned to read and write with her mother when she was six years old, because her sister Qingying was a premature baby and was frail and sickly, she relied on reading the medical books and notes left by her father, and went up the mountain to dig medicinal herbs.

She has always been a bold and careful, and willing to work hard, over time, she has no teacher, she can cure the small problem of cold and cough on weekdays, and often helps the sheep raised by the village to give birth, and there has never been anything wrong, so when the big guy encounters something, he is willing to ask her for help like he did when he found his father.

Seeing that she was going back as if she was fine, Gu Daya hurriedly chased: "Those are all ready, you can hurry up, it's all been born overnight!" "The winter morning was cold, and the dirty snow that had not yet melted in the shade was frozen like an ice lump, Gu Daya shrunk her neck, clasped her hands to her chest, and kept sniffing.

"What! Why did you call me now! Gu Qingzhu was anxious when he heard this, and he tossed for five or six hours before he gave birth, which would exhaust the ewe's strength, and the lamb in her belly would also be suffocated!