Volume 1 Juvenile Walk Chapter 9 The fog shroud is clear
It has been four days since he left White Horse Town, and Su Changqing has been walking along the original path. I walked for two days in a row, and when I came across a fork in the road, I thought about it for a while and still had no idea, so I walked casually, and then walked for two days, and the road was always so desolate, not only did I not see a single figure, but I walked more and more mountains.
"I've been walking for so long and haven't found a way out, so let's change it. Su Changqing looked at the surrounding mountains and muttered a few words, and then returned the same way. The young and immature face now looks extremely tired. In the past few days, he has insisted on walking on the road, and only when it is really dark that he is almost out of sight, he stops and quickly looks for a safer place to rest and eat.
As soon as the morning dawns, I will leave early.
After two days of walking on a different path, Su Changqing's shoes are now stepping on his feet, like a puddle of mud, after walking for so many days, his shoes have long been worn out, and his feet hurt really badly, so he found a big stone and sat down, and untied the package on his back with difficulty, the food in it has bottomed out, and there is not much water left.
"What can I do, the things have been eaten, the medicine is almost gone, why hasn't the city that the beggar grandfather said has arrived yet. Su Changqing muttered and took off his shoes at the same time, took out a small bottle from the package, opened the cloth stopper on it, and smeared a little potion on the blister on his feet, which is a kind of potion for some people who do farm work when he is usually in the pharmacy, which can quickly reduce swelling. Su Changqing relied on this potion to persist for so many days. Otherwise, with his small body, he wouldn't be able to last so many days.
Su Changqing put the worn shoes back on his feet, took out a small gourd, took a sip of water, wiped his mouth and cleaned up his things, and continued on the road.
Although there are some animals and beasts on the road, Su Changqing has no hunting experience, large beasts can't be beaten, and small prey can't catch up, so he can only rely on some pharmacology he learned to find some wild fruits that are not poisonous to eat, but it is still not a long-term solution.
After another day of walking, Su Changqing's steps became more and more chaotic, and his eyes became more and more distracted.
In the hot summer, not a drop of rain fell, the soil on the ground seemed to have been burned by fire, and I wore tattered shoes, the soles of which had long been smoothed, and there was only a layer of cloth under my feet. Walking on the ground, his feet are hot.
The only thing that made Su Changqing feel relieved in the past few days was that he saw the traces of rows of carriages running over on the road. He had been following the marks for a long time, expecting to see some people, but so far he had not seen any of them.
Su Changqing looked up at the sky, standing alone on the road, stretched out his dry tongue and licked his water-deficient cracked lips, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, his tired legs seemed to be poured with lead, step by step heavier, his eyelids seemed to be tied with iron, and he couldn't open them.
After insisting on walking a few more steps, it was dark in front of him, and finally the whole person lay straight on the ground, unconscious.
Su Changqing didn't know how long he had been asleep, but he slowly opened his eyes and found himself lying on the ground, with his back against the wall of the medicine shop, slowly scattered medicinal herbs around him, and silver needles on the acupuncture points on his arms.
Everything looked like I had just passed out in pain when I had just detoxified myself, and then I had a dream for several days.
Now that I've finally woken up, what happened in the past few days has gone away like a dream.
Rubbing his shoulders, Su Changqing slowly took the silver needle off his arm, moved his body, and found that there was no big problem, so he slowly stood up against the wall.
Restlessly, he walked to the medicine cabinet, picked up the box with the needle, and found that there was nothing under the box, and the letter that the master had left for him was gone.
Walked to the door of the pharmacy again, as at that time, Su Changqing slowly pushed the door open, the dazzling sunlight left and poured in, and when it was dusk, the sunset in the distance hung dizzily in the sky, and the pedestrians on the street also walked slowly and leisurely, White Horse Town was the same as before, safe and steady, plain, and not wavering.
Su Changqing stood at the door blankly, looking at everything in front of him.
"Oh Changqing, what are you doing standing here, what about your grandfather, let your grandfather come out and show the old body, the old body has been coughing again these days. ”
In the distance, Mrs. Wang was holding a cane, and several servants around her supported her, trembling and walking from not far away.
Su Changqing looked at Mrs. Wang and was silent for a long time, stunned, as if nothing had happened here.
Seeing that Su Changqing didn't speak, Old Madam Wang walked over and looked at him with a puzzled expression, "Changqing, why don't you speak, what about your grandfather?"
"Ahh.......h
"Changqing, where are you standing and what are you doing, don't help the old lady in quickly. Su Changqing had just come back to his senses and was about to talk to Mrs. Wang, when suddenly an old voice came from behind him.
Su Changqing was stunned for a moment, tears couldn't help but stay in his eyes, and turned around excitedly looking for the voice, and saw his grandfather standing in the sunset, still carrying the medicine box on his back, and the shadow of the old elder who was illuminated by the sunset, looked at himself with a kind face.
"Grandpa!" Su Changqing shouted excitedly, and immediately ran over with a step, hugging Ning Zisheng. buried his head in Ning Zi's arms and whimpered.
"Grandpa has only been gone for a few days, and you stinky boy has become like this, and there is no interest. Ning Zisheng touched Su Changqing's head, gently pushed him away, squatted down and looked at him with a smile, and stretched out his hand to wipe the tears on his face.
Everything was exactly the same as before, Su Changqing stood at the door, his grandfather welcomed Mrs. Wang in, Mrs. Wang sat on the chair, Ning Zisheng took her pulse, pricked the needle, prescribed medicine, and turned her head in the middle to beckon Su Changqing to hurry up and grab the medicine.
The children who got off the school outside the door were running around the street, the vendors were selling things hard, and he also saw the second beggar who was neatly dressed, hooking shoulders with the other two people, walking on the street, probably the eldest and the second child he said at the beginning, the three of them passed by the pharmacy, saw the second child turn his head and glanced at himself, and then walked away with the two of them and disappeared into the sunset.
Su Changqing wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes. "If only it were true"
"It's good if it's true, why don't you go and grab the medicine, what are you doing standing here. Behind him, Ning Zisheng's voice came, Su Changqing looked at him, and the two looked at each other.
"What are you looking at me for?" Ning Zisheng looked puzzled, he really couldn't figure out what happened to Su Changqing for a few days.
Su Changqing looked at Ning Zisheng, and suddenly cried and shouted, "Grandpa, I'll find you!" Then he turned around, raised his neck and shouted to the street with all his strength, "Everyone! I will find the truth! Give everyone justice!" The young and immature voice spread throughout the town, but it seemed extremely firm.
Ning Zi was stunned when he heard this, touched his beard and smiled at Su Changqing, the pedestrians who came and went suddenly stopped, and slowly gathered in front of the pharmacy, there were more and more people, all smiling and looking at Su Changqing, under the sunset, Su Changqing stood alone in the middle.
Suddenly, Su Changqing's eyes were dark again.
I vaguely felt something wet coming in my lips.
Su Changqing slowly opened his eyes, and a little girl looked at herself with big watery eyes, and she was still holding a cup in her hand, as if she had just finished feeding herself water.
"Ahh The little girl saw Su Changqing open her eyes and looked at herself happily, her eyes were bent into a crescent, and she looked so tight.
"Ah, you're awake" The little girl saw Su Changqing wake up, lowered her head and looked at Su Changqing carefully, her eyes were bent into a crescent, two small dimples appeared on her face, and her smile was sweet, like a blooming red camellia, beautiful and tight.
"This... This is where it is. Su Changqing's face flushed, he had never been so close to a girl since he was a child. Suddenly a little embarrassed, and then calmed down, found that now he was lying in a carriage, the carriage was bumpy up and down, it seemed that the road outside was very rough, and after looking around cautiously, he found that only the little girl and himself.
"You are now in our family's carriage, my father was transferred to Chang'an, and now we are on our way to Chang'an, passing by a wasteland, and my father saw you fall on the side of the road, so he rescued you. ”
"By the way, my name is Qingying, and my father took a poem from me, the green smoke and green fog cover is light, and the flying flotsam is uncertain. What's your name?" The girl Qingying squatted in front of Su Changqing, holding her little face with both hands, looking at him.
"I... My name is Su Changqing" Su Changqing sat up awkwardly and leaned back.
"Oh, Xiaoyou woke up. Then the curtain on the carriage was opened, and an old man came in from outside.
"This is our housekeeper, Grandpa Li. Qingying hurriedly introduced.
"In Xia Su Changqing, thank you for saving your life. Su Changqing got up and thanked the two.
When the old man heard this, he hurriedly waved his hand, "It's not enough to worry about it, there are many people who have worked hard these days, my grandfather is an upright official, and when he sees his little brother in distress in the wilderness, how can he not save him from death, I don't know where the little brother came from and where he went?"
"I'm from a far away town of White Horse, and I'm going to go to a nearby city, but the water and food on the way are exhausted, and I can't support it, so I fainted" Su Changqing hurriedly replied, mentally happy, not only did he not die, but he could also follow the family to the city.
"Looking at the little brother's words and deeds, he doesn't look like an ordinary peasant child, so why isn't your adult here?" The old man poured a glass of water for Su Changqing, and then asked.
"What happened to them was so strange that if I told them, I might think I was lying to him. Su Changqing thought to himself and then said, "My grandfather was originally a doctor in the town, and I studied medicine with him, but unexpectedly, I suddenly encountered horse bandits in the town, and ransacked the town, and my grandfather covered me to escape, and I wanted to go to the city to join my grandfather's friends." ”
"Hey, it's also a hard-working child, then you go to Chang'an with us, when we send you there, you rest first, and when it's time to rest, I'll take you to see my master." The old housekeeper looked at Su Changqing with a sad face, sighed, and hurriedly comforted him.
"Thank you then.