Chapter 2 Ancient Tombs
The thatched house had been built by her father for several years, but it suddenly collapsed one day after the wind and rain, leaving the mother and daughter with nowhere to go.
A few days ago, she went to a remote place to practice and found a very large stone cave. It is expected that it was a cemetery built by a wealthy family quite a long time ago, but there was nothing in the tomb except a stone bed. So she discussed with her mother that she would move to live in the ancient tomb, after all, it was a stone cave, and she was not afraid of the wind and rain, nor was she afraid of a sudden fire or other bullying of the poor family. The mother thought it was very good, and of course nodded in agreement, because it was at the end of the road, so it had to be so. But Xiao Wei was not very happy, the cemetery was once filled with dead people, and it was unlucky to live in it. Xiao Wei's unhappiness was reprimanded by her mother, saying that the woman had already gone in to see it, and there was nothing in it except the stone bed, even if it was a dead person, maybe it was a hundred or a thousand years ago, where was there any unlucky statement.
Since his mother and sister agreed to go in and live, Xiao Wei was also deadlocked, so he had to move all the things in the house with them. The mother planted many acres of grain outside, which could fully meet the self-sufficient life of the three of them. The woman planted a large area of medicinal herbs outside the cave, such as Hua Ling grass, purple grass, ice spirit grass, etc., because my sister has always been weak and sickly, in addition to using these herbs to cook her into a soup and take it, she can also take it to the outside market to exchange for some seashells back, and then use these seashells to exchange for some clothes, and the life is very comfortable.
One day, a white snake jumped in from the outside, and Xiao Wei didn't pay attention, actually stepped on its tail, the white snake violently bit Xiao Wei's foot, Xiao Wei only felt an unbearable pain, she lifted her foot to hold her calf, looked back, the snake stayed in place, stuck out its tongue, Xiao Wei was shocked, and shouted coldly: "There is a snake!" There are snakes! "Mother was cooking food, and when she heard her call, she hurried over and saw that it was really a big thick snake, and she was thinking that she was going to find a farmer and come and get it away or kill it...... It was too late, it was too fast, and the woman rushed over with the axle and cut the white snake into several pieces.
"Sister, you're still quick-eyed. Otherwise, I'm worried that it will continue to hurt me and my mother. Xiao Wei sat down and looked at her while taking off her shoes and socks, only to see that there were a few tooth marks on the bite on her feet, which were red and swollen around. The woman hurriedly pulled a few handfuls of herbs from outside, applied a few blades of grass to Xiao Wei, and then boiled an antidote for her.
"Even this snake bullied me, I liked to be sick, and even it made it worse for me." Xiao Wei muttered, very unhappy.
"Xiao Wei, don't be sad, you are angry, my sister will give you a head. Today I'm going to peel its skin, let's cook the snake meat and eat it, and then drink its soup, it will taste delicious! The woman said loudly.
"No, it's disgusting." Xiao Wei felt sick at the thought that it had bitten into himself just now.
"Xiao Wei is sick, you can't eat meat, you can eat alone!" Mother came over and said. The woman said she would do it, and it didn't take long to make a stew of delicious snake meat, and she also thought about the next time she caught a snake to make roast snake meat, I don't know how it tasted, and I salivated when I thought of it.
The mother said that when Xiao Wei's illness was cured and his body and bones were slightly better, he would take the two sisters to the field, which must be completed by the three of them. Taking advantage of this interval, the woman went to the market to sell medicinal herbs, and when she came back, she passed by a large courtyard, and there was a catchy sound of reading from it, and with curiosity, the woman looked through the crack in the courtyard door, and it turned out to be an old man who was teaching some children and young people to read and write. The old man held a bone in his hand and taught everyone to read word by word. The woman was also interested, and she stayed outside the courtyard gate until everyone had dispersed, so she went in and asked the old master if she could study here. The master replied that of course he could, but he needed to exchange some shellfish for it.
"Are you enough to see these seashells on me?" The woman handed over the shellfish she had just gotten from selling herbs to the master, who repeatedly said that it was enough, and said that she would be guaranteed to learn it. In this way, every day when the woman goes to the market and comes back from selling the herbs, she will happily go to the master to learn to read and write.
Sitting next to her was Lai Xiaoyun, who was dressed in green gauze, who was about the same age as the woman at this time, about thirteen years old. She is very serious about reading, but she is a bit clumsy, and her memory is not very good, and she forgets when she knows it. Although the woman arrived later than her, her literacy was faster than her, which made Xiaoyuan admire her very much. What made Xiao Wan even more admirable was that she found that the strength of the woman was very great, and Xiao Wan wanted to be friends with her very much. Because she lives in an ancient tomb, she does not particularly like to deal with others, and she is worried about the fear or discrimination of others.
The old master found that the woman was very talented, and after the woman knew some words, he privately gave her a set of bone books for divination, and taught her some knowledge of divination, which made the woman very grateful to him.
"Hey, why do you keep rejecting me from thousands of miles away?" One day after school, Xiao Wan said indignantly.
"No, I'm busy studying." The woman replied in a panic.
"I feel like you're all in love with us, beware of being a nerd." Xiao Wan said with a smile.
"Not really!" The woman smiled strangely at her.
"Where do you live? When you have time, our student companions will come to your place to have fun! Because we've always felt like you're particularly mysterious. Xiao Wan said.
The woman looked embarrassed and said, "I'm homeless!" ”
"No, we're not welcome!" Xiao Wan said unhappily.
One day after school, she always felt that someone was following her like a shadow, and when she turned around and found nothing, she shook her head and continued to walk. When she reached the entrance of the tomb, she noticed that there seemed to be a movement of stepping on leaves behind her, and there seemed to be people still there. As soon as she turned around, Xiao Wan didn't have time to hide, and she stumbled and was about to hide behind a big tree.
"Xiao Yun, what are you doing with me?" The woman cried out.
"No, no, I'm just curious. I didn't expect you to live here......" Xiao Wan said hesitantly, and after speaking, he turned around and was about to run.
"Since you're here, come to my house and drink tea!" The woman invited loudly.
"No, thank you!" Xiao Yun's voice trembled, and she hurriedly excused herself, and ran away, and the woman looked at her back, shook her head, and thought that she was afraid, a timid person.
A month passed in the blink of an eye, and the sister's injuries were close to healing, and the two of them went to the fields with their mother. After returning from the field, after dinner, Xiao Wei found that a jade rabbit pendant around her neck was missing, she searched around, rummaged through the corners and corners of the ancient tomb, and still did not find it. Mother guessed that she must have fallen into the field, right? Xiao Wei thought about it carefully, when she was ploughing the field, she didn't find that a jade rabbit pendant fell into the field, but she did clearly remember that she had been wearing this jade rabbit pendant around her neck for nearly half a month, she and her sister had one each, and her sister's jade phoenix pendant. It was given to them by their mothers on their birthdays. It is possible to fall into Tanaka, but she is not sure.
"Otherwise, let's re-chop the field, maybe we can find the jade rabbit pendant." The woman said, this jade rabbit pendant does not sound as noble as the jade phoenix pendant, but in terms of material and weight and jade phoenix pendant, it is now lost, which has to be regrettable.
"Xiao Wei, ask your sister to accompany you to the field tomorrow to look for it, if you don't find it, forget it. After all, if the Jade Rabbit is such a big item, if it is dropped into the field, you or we will definitely find it. But we didn't see it at the time, which means that it didn't fall into the field at all, maybe it fell into the way to go. Mother said.
The next day, the woman accompanied Xiao Wei to search all the way to the field from yesterday's road tracks, and went to the field to look for it, but found nothing. But when she came back, the sharp-eyed woman found the jade rabbit that had been trampled into the mud in the middle of the road, and the woman picked it up and handed it to her sister, but its tail and both feet were trampled off.
"If a handicraft is trampled like this, it basically loses its value." Xiao Wei said, reaching out and throwing it into the ditch in the distance.
"Sister, you are always so perfect, people have feelings, it's better to go back and keep it as a souvenir." The woman said.
"That's it! Gambling injuries. Xiao Wei said, shedding tears.