Chapter 2: The Living Fountain

With a low sigh, Pan'er felt uncomfortable, her eyes turned red unconsciously, and big tears fell down her cheeks.

She didn't notice that the red eyebrows that had been rubbed were gradually moistened, a drop of spring water flowed down from the warmth of tears, the spring water was very cool, and a cool breath seemed to get into Pan'er's skull, so that she couldn't help but feel excited, and the whole person was awake.

Looking up at the bronze mirror, Pan'er grabbed the bronze mirror in her hand and found that there was indeed a spring there, flowing to the scar on the left side of her face, seeping in, but the scar was slightly hot, which made Pan'er's eyes widen in surprise.

The flesh on her face had long since died, and she hadn't felt it for more than ten years, but now she could detect that it was hot, and this spring water really had a miraculous effect. Reaching out to cover her chest, her heart fluttering in her chest, she calmed down, stopped crying, and there was no spring in her eyebrows to continue to gush out.

Could it be that she had to cry for the spring to appear?

Pan'er was puzzled, but the movement of her hand was very fast, she twisted it on the inside of her arm, she cried more fiercely with tears, wiped her tears with the back of her hand, Pan'er stared at the bronze mirror, and found that there was spring water condensation at the center of her eyebrows, and took a small bowl of water from the table, Pan'er drank the water dry, covered her eyelids with a cotton cloth, and cried with a voice, and the spring water in the center of her eyebrows fell into the bowl drop by drop, and soon took more than a dozen drops.

Pan'er was dizzy from crying, her eyes were hot and painful, and she couldn't cry.

I scooped a scoop of water into the bowl and drank it first, and found that the well water in the backyard became very sweet, and my body was not uncomfortable at all, but it was like soaking in hot water, and my stomach was warm.

Walking to the bed with a bowl, Pan'er woke Lin up and let her drink the bowl of water mixed with spring water.

Lin happened to be a little thirsty, and after drinking the water, his throat was not so blocked, and his spirit was much better.

Reaching out and touching Pan'er's smooth right cheek, Lin's eyes were slightly red, and he said with a smile: "The medicine Pan'er bought is really useful, my mother drank it in her stomach, and I feel much more comfortable......" Lin didn't say a lie to comfort Pan'er, she really felt that she had strength in her body, and her head was not as hot as before.

If she drinks a few more medicines, she will probably be able to get better, and she doesn't have to leave Pan'er alone.

Pan'er quietly leaned into Lin's ear, lowered her voice and said, "Mother, Pan'er is not stupid, I'm already fine......"

Hearing this, Lin was taken aback, raised his head to look, and found that Pan'er's cloudy eyes had become clear, and they looked different from before.

"Mother, I want to go up the mountain to pick herbs and treat you, I fell and got up from the ground, my head is clear......" Pan'er didn't say that she had a lifetime of memories in her mind, this kind of thing is said, whether the Lin family believes it or not, it will not feel good in her heart.

Lin stretched out his hand to wipe his tears, hugged Pan'er, and couldn't stop trembling: "Pan'er... Pan'er, you're finally well, and my mother is relieved......"

Pan'er wiped the tears on Lin's face with her fingertips, Lin was a big beauty when she was young, even if she was old, her skin and flesh were slightly loose, but she was still beautiful, but she had recently been sick and lost her vitality, and the whole person was out of shape, and she was as old as a teenager.

"Mother, can we move away from the Qi family, I don't want to live here, they don't buy you medicine, they want to watch you die of illness, so ruthless, even if I stay here, what's the use? They don't think of me as their daughter-in-law......"

Listening to Pan'er's words, Lin hesitated.

She was already in poor health, if she wasn't afraid that Pan'er would live alone in the world and be helpless, she wouldn't have set up a family affair for this child early.

Seven years ago, the mother and daughter moved to Shiqiao Village, Qi Chuan is very talented in reading, and he will be a good person in the future, but the Qi family is poor, even if Qi Chuan is talented, but there is no silver to go to Beijing to catch the exam, Lin took fifty taels of silver to the Qi family, let Qi Chuan marry Pan'er, and then Qi Chuan went to Beijing, and there was no news back from this departure.

Originally, the Lin family thought that Pan'er would have something to rely on from now on, but they didn't expect that the Qi family was so black-hearted and took the silver, but they regarded their mother and daughter as a burden, Qi Chuan's fate was not good, and the news was never sent back, but Qi's mother blamed Pan'er Kefu and disliked her for being ugly and stupid.

When they didn't get the fifty taels of silver, what did the Qi family say?

said that Pan'er was simple-minded, and she got along with Qi Chuan, and the mother and daughter stayed in the Qi family, and they would never be wronged, and in a flash, the last bit of private money of the Lin family was spent, and the faces of the Qi family were exposed.

Fortunately, Mrs. Qi is still a conscientious person and is not thin on their mother and daughter, but Mrs. Qi is old, how many years can she live? I can't protect Pan'er, do you want her to stay in the Qi family, and she can't be wronged alone?

It's just that after leaving the Qi family, their mother and daughter have no money to make a living, and now they can still eat leftovers here, but once they walk out of this door, they may not even be able to eat leftovers.

She is clean when she dies, but Pan'er is still young, so she can't suffer with herself.

Counting the life in her memory, Pan'er has been a human being for two lives, although she has no experience, but she understands what Lin is afraid of in her heart, she took Lin's hand and put it on her face, Pan'er rubbed it gently: "Mother, even if you stay here, when Grandma Qi is old, I still have no way to live, when your body is well-raised, let's go back home, I have hands and feet, do more work, we will not starve to death." ”

In fact, the reason why Pan'er is so confident is because of the sudden extra spring in the center of her eyebrows, she can figure it out now, as long as she cries, the spring water will gush out of the center of her eyebrows, and a few drops into the water will be like a panacea, and even the wound can be healed when you drink it into the stomach.

Pan'er remembered that when Lin's health was good in the past, she would make pickles for her to eat, and the pickles tasted very good, when the dishes were eaten, she could eat, smelling the fragrance, Pan'er was drooling, but in recent years, Lin's body and bones have not been as good as a year, and she has stopped making pickles these years, and Pan'er was a fool before, even if she loves to eat, she will not take the initiative to ask for it.

Now that the fog in her mind has been dispelled, remembering the taste of pickles, Pan'er swallowed her saliva, bit her mouth, and said tentatively:

"Mother, let's try, it's better than staying in the Qi family."

Lin was also moved by Pan'er's words, she didn't want her daughter to be bullied by the Qi family, if her illness was really good, it would be okay to leave the Qi family, the mother and daughter had been dependent on each other for more than ten years, as long as they were not separated.

Leaving the Qi family is very simple, in the eyes of Qi's mother, Pan'er is a fool, she deliberately said in front of Qi's mother that Lin had tuberculosis, tuberculosis is a disease that is contagious, and a bad life is gone, where did Qi's mother dare to keep the mother and daughter, and she drove Pan'er and her mother out on the same day.

After Pan'er and Lin left Qi's house, they walked to the depths of Shiqiao Village, where the small courtyard they used to live in was at the foot of the mountain. Count, there have been no people living in it for five or six years, but fortunately, when it was built, the Lin family still had some money in their hands, and spent a lot of effort to hire people to build it up layer by layer with green bricks, which is very strong, as long as they clean it well, they will have a place to live in Shiqiao Village.

Lin took out the key hanging around his neck, opened the copper lock on the wooden door, and Pan'er pushed the door open, and the yard was overgrown with wild grass, green and good.

Walking into the yard, Pan'er entered the house, there was a lot of dust in the house, but fortunately, when they moved to Qi's house before, pots and pans and other things were left here, took a wooden bucket and fetched a bucket of water in the well in the backyard, sprinkled some on the ground in the house, and then swept it with a broom to clean up a layer of dust.

Wipe the tables, chairs and benches in the room, and there are two quilts in the cabinet, which are newly made in the first few years, and have not been used before. Pan'er walked to the yard with the quilt and put it on the bamboo pole to dry the quilt, Lin wanted to help, but Pan'er pressed it on the stool.

"Mother, your health is not well, after you recover, we will be busy with more things, now the most important thing for you is to take care of it, don't be tired." Pan'er kept a straight face, stared at Lin carefully, and kept instructing.

Don't look at Pan'er who has become skinny and skinny, but she has a lot of strength in her hands, she didn't do a lot of rough work in the Qi family before, and when Qi's mother called Pan'er, she was not polite at all, after all, Pan'er is a fool, don't use it in vain.

After a while, Pan'er cleaned up the house, although the weeds in the yard had not been cleared, and she didn't plan to do it, so when she had the money to buy a few little chickens, she would make the best use of these grasses for a while.

Holding the warm quilt that was exposed to the sun and going back to the house, Pan'er made the bed, Lin did not live together, although the house was small, but clean and tidy, Pan'er picked up some firewood on the side of the mountain and brought it back, and set up a fire to boil medicine for Lin's.

There was no food at home, and the money given by Grandma Qi before had been bought with medicine, and there was nothing left, except for the herbs, they really had no rice to cook.

The clay pot is slowly burned on the stove with a small fire, and the Lin family is close to the mountains, relying on the mountains to eat the mountains.

Now it is May, the wild vegetables on the mountain grow well, a few days ago when Pan'er went up the mountain to collect medicine, but also saw pieces of large leaf celery, that thing blanched with water, the taste is delicious.

Shiqiao Village is close to the mountain, usually these villagers are not less hunting in the mountains, although Pan'er is stupid, but when he is crazy, he has also run to the mountain several times, walking on the path, Pan'er carries a bamboo basket, squats down when he sees Da Yeqin, pinches off the rhizome with his nails, throws the main trunk of the branches and leaves into the bamboo basket, it doesn't take long for the bamboo basket to be full, and the juice of Da Yeqin is full of Pan'er's hands.

Pinched a lot of big leaf celery, Pan'er was tired and couldn't straighten her waist, she wanted to fight a hare, not to mention selling some silver for some rice noodles, but also to make up for her mother's body, but Pan'er walked in the mountains for almost an hour, and walked farther and farther, not even a rabbit hair was seen.

She was a little discouraged, and looked around, only to find that she had reached the bottom of the cliff where she had fallen, and walked to the stone where she had broken her head, and Pan'er's eyes were round.

There was a man next to the stone!