Chapter 7: Longtan Tiger's Den
This family is too poor and too difficult.
In addition to the mother with eye disease and the eldest brother whose life and death are unknown, she also has a third sister who sold herself into a big family as a maid and a second brother who often can't afford to pay for her in the county.
The grandmother who lives in the county seat, the second uncle and the second aunt have long been cut off from their family because of the eldest brother's affairs.
and Lian Junjie who she didn't remember, her mother said that he was not ordinarily good to herself in the past, how good was that? What kind of man is he?
When Ye Hongsleeve opened his eyes again, the sky was already bright, and Ye's night blindness was cured, and he was sitting at the door of the house busy embroidering at the moment.
Half of the family's main income now depends on her to go up the mountain to collect medicinal herbs, and half of it depends on Ye's embroidery purse for the cloth village in the county.
After rinsing for a while, Ye Hongsleeve walked up to Ye with the freshly cooked mushroom soup and potatoes.
"Mother, in the future, you should embroider less, your eyes have to be well recuperated, it will be bad if it goes on like this."
Although night blindness is not a serious disease, it is definitely not possible to survive like this.
"Your second brother is about to be restrained, and our Ye family is all up to him now! He is going to be admitted to the meritorious service, and if he overturns the case for your eldest brother, our Ye family will be able to straighten their waists in Chimen Village in the future, and your father will be happy in the spirit of heaven. ”
Ye Shi took the bowl in her hand, her face was full of wrinkles and weather, and when she said this, her eyes were full of hope.
In such a difficult day, she also pointed to this hope.
"Don't worry! The gentlemen in the school all said that the second brother was the best among his students, and the second brother would definitely win glory for our family. Mother, I'm going up the mountain, don't go out if it's okay, wait for me to come back and have dinner together. ”
After drinking the mushroom soup in the bowl, Ye Hongsleeve carried the basket on his back and took the medicine hoe to the back mountain.
But this time, instead of following the old path, she chose a more difficult and dangerous path to the depths of the mountains and forests.
Walking along the old road, you can pick a lot of herbs, but they are all worthless common herbs, these herbs, even if they are dried in a basket every day, they can't be sold for a few dollars.
But few people dare to go to the deep mountains are different, there are many poisonous insects and beasts in the deep mountains, and after my father was bitten to death by a tiger, no one dared to go.
Where no one dares to go, there are naturally many precious medicinal materials that no one picks, and the family is so poor that they can't make a fortune by embroidering a few purses and selling a few catties of herbs.
She had to take a risk, and if she was lucky, she would pick a few rare and precious herbs, and all the troubles of the family would be solved.
The more Ye Hongsleeve thought about it, the more excited he became, and the more excited he was, the more motivated he became.
Before entering the deep mountains, she also made some preparations, and picked a lot of cool, detoxifying, bleeding and stasis herbs along the way in case of emergency.
Because the mountain is shaped like a cow's nose held by a rope, it is called Cownose Mountain by the villagers who live in the surrounding area.
If Ye Hongsleeve wants to enter the deep mountain, he must first pass through a dark black hole, which is like the nostrils of a bull's nose.
As soon as the branches and weeds that covered the entrance of the cave were removed, the cool air of the cave ** immediately poured in.
A cave with only a glimmer of light is like a beast that opens its mouth to chew all the intruders.
"Even the Longtan Tiger's Den has to break through!"
Ye Hongsleeve took a deep breath, clenched the medicine hoe in his hand, and walked in.
The cave is a gap between the two walls of two mountain peaks, the cave is very narrow, the widest place is only two meters, the narrow place is only half a meter, only one person can pass through, this is actually very similar to many famous tourist resorts.
After walking about a hundred meters away, my eyes suddenly opened up.