At the foot of the mountain, a young man in a straw hat walked the muddy path with difficulty, and the mountain road became more and more difficult after the heavy rain had been falling endlessly the other day. I heard the old people in the village say that it was because God was in a bad mood that caused the heavy rain to continue. Now that the heavy rain had finally turned into a light rain, the boy hurried out of the house with the basket on his back, for he did not know when the mood had suddenly turned bad again.

"Old people often say that God, although you sometimes lose your temper in a bad mood, you love your people very much, just as parents love their children. Now that your mood seems to be improving, I beg you to bless me if I can find enough herbs in the mountains this time, and it is better to find an elixir, even if it is only the size of a thumb. My father's health is deteriorating now, and if he doesn't find enough herbs or elixirs, the doctor says that the situation will be even worse in the future," the boy said softly with his hands folded and his eyes closed. He had heard the grandmother next door say that when he prayed, he would be more pious and pray more easily when he prayed with his hands folded and his eyes closed.

With that, the boy shook the mud off the patched uppers and continued his difficult walk towards the mountains. The mountain that the boy climbed was tens of thousands of meters high, and the top of the mountain went straight into the clouds, but fortunately, the entrance to the mountain was not very steep, and he could slowly climb up. I heard that no one in the many villages at the foot of the mountain has yet been able to climb to the top of this mountain, and the old people in the village often say that there are gods living on the top of the mountain, and the gods do not allow them ordinary people to climb to the top of the mountain, so they can only walk halfway up the mountain or in the dense forest.

The boy walked along the mountain road towards the distant mountain, and occasionally met some villagers who had returned from working in the fields along the way, and greeted him one after another: "Xiaoqing, are you going to the mountain again to find medicinal herbs for your father?"

"Uncle Li, I see that the rain is getting lighter, so hurry into the mountains before it gets dark, and if you're lucky, you might be able to get a spirit grass." Grandpa Huang, the doctor in the village, said that some spiritual grass and other sacred objects are willing to haunt and grow when God changes his mood, so I will try my luck and look for it. The boy smiled at the man who was talking to him, his eyes full of hope.

The black-faced man surnamed Li looked at the boy's eyes full of beautiful longing, and his heart was bitter. He knew that once the little guy had made a decision, it would be even more difficult for others to change it. Although the boy is not big, he is well-known in the village for being able to endure hardships and have a stubborn temper, as long as it is something he believes in, even if he does not eat or drink for a few days, he has to do it, and if he can't finish it, he will do his best to do it. Because of his father's serious illness, his mother's health was not good, and he took on a burden that should not have belonged to him at a young age.

When his father was seriously ill, the most prestigious doctors in the city made it clear that his father might not survive the end of the year. But in order for his father to get better, he followed the hunting team in the village into the mountains again and again to find medicinal materials for his father, even if the soles of his feet were ground with blood blisters and limped, he had to follow, and he couldn't get rid of him. Maybe God saw this after dinner, and was moved by what he happened and what he did, which actually made his father survive until now. It's just that a few years have passed, and although my life has been saved, my condition is getting worse and worse, and now I can't even get out of bed. The old doctor in the village also said that his life was saved in the past few years because his father was much stronger than the average person, and the boy collected medicine for him day after day. But now that the condition has worsened, the body has long been riddled with holes, and those herbs have no effect, unless there is an immortal medicine such as spirit grass. But how could such a thing be so easy to find, and the boy had not found even one in the years he had been in the mountains.

The young man thought about it again and again, as if he had made up his mind, and said, "In this way, there are many poisonous insects and beasts in the mountains in the evening, and it is very dangerous for you to go alone, and Li Bo will go with you, so it will be safer." ”

As soon as the man's words fell, there was immediately a peasant woman with a thick waist and thighs behind him, and she was unwilling to scream: "Li Heizi, if you dare to go, I will break your dog's leg, rather than let you die on the mountain, it is better to break your leg and live." ”

The young man looked at his mother-in-law and sighed, and said: "You don't know the situation of the old Chu family, Chu Qing's baby is so pitiful, I will accompany him into the mountain, and strive to come back before dark, so as not to hinder anything, the mother-in-law will be this time, not an example." ”

"No, you it, don't you know that the people in the villages around the mountain who didn't come down before dark haven't come back, they must all be dead. Are you going to want us two of you, you can't live this day" The peasant woman knows that her man has always been soft-hearted, and if she doesn't come to something serious, maybe he will really go. I saw that she threw away her farm tools, sat on the ground and rolled around, crying and crying.

The man really can't help his daughter-in-law to come to this set, although she doesn't look very good, but usually this mother-in-law is very gentle and pleasant, not as pungent as some village women, he knows that she is doing this to prevent himself from entering the mountain, but he really can't bear to let the child enter the mountain alone.

"Okay, your pig-like crying can be heard not only in the east of the village, but also in the city, I'm not dead yet, besides, let's hurry up and try to get down before dark, be careful, and it will be fine." The man said helplessly to the mother-in-law who was messing around.

"Uncle Lee, thank you for your kindness, our family is very grateful for your help to my family during my father's serious illness. Now that I have grown up and can enter the mountain alone, I will go around the edge of the mountain without going deep, and go down the mountain and go home before dark, so you don't have to quarrel with my aunt about my affairs" The little boy named Chu Qing looked at the honest man in front of him and said, he knew that this man was very good with his father, and he sincerely hoped that he could help himself and his family.

"Alas, Xiaoqing, can't you wait until tomorrow morning to go up the mountain, even if you get up a little early, as long as the solar energy shows up a little. If you really want to go into the mountain at the turn of this weather, you may have another chance in a few days, and now it is the rainy season, and there are many opportunities, so it doesn't have to be today, right? You see it's going to be dark today, it's not the uncle who scares you, the old people in the village often tell you stories, and the mountain is really dangerous at night. The man wanted to persuade the boy to see if he would give up on going into the mountains, although he also knew that this stubborn child would not listen to him.

"Thank you, Uncle Li, I'm afraid that if I wait for a long time, my father's condition will not be able to be controlled, even if it is just at the foot of the mountain, I must go. Uncle Li, I'm in a hurry to go first, goodbye!" the boy waved his hand, turned and walked towards the mountain, his eyes full of determination, he believed that God would see his efforts.

When the boy Chu Qing slowly moved towards the mountain, the young black-faced man sighed and looked at the mother-in-law who was still sitting on the ground: "Get up, everyone is far away." Look at you, what if I go with him? I have all thought about it, and when the sun is about to go down, I will drag him back by force, regardless of whether he agrees or not. Anyway, if he looks for it, he should be dead. ”

"Hmph, surnamed Li, with you, our mother and mother have been down for eight lifetimes, usually you don't say anything to the neighbors, this fatal hook when you also take it to your body? Which one died on the mountain is not the same as you think, but how? The luckiest one escaped the catastrophe, but after being discovered the next day, which one didn't become a fool and was missing an arm and a broken leg? And the most evil thing is that I haven't known what made him a fool for so many years! This kid doesn't listen to persuasion, so it's up to him, as the old saying goes. Each one sweeps the snow in front of the door, and does not care about the frost on the tiles of others!'" The peasant woman got up from the ground and patted the dirt on her body.

"You mother-in-law, you don't know a single word, and you can quote common sayings? But if you want to learn something, learn some good things, learn these crooked theories, if everyone helps each other, how can you get over the hurdles. The man said as he walked home with his thick waist around his arms.

"What is crooked, this is what the ancients said! Alas? No, I suddenly found that you take special care of that kid's family, you tell the truth to the old lady, do you fall in love with Chu Qing's kid's mother? Although she is not in good health, she is sick, but she looks like a watery person, isn't it? Say it quickly!!" The peasant woman said sharply while tugging at the ears of Chinese characters.

"Don't talk nonsense, am I that kind of person, light, light, pain, pain, can't I be wrong, can't I help in the future?" The man couldn't bear the pain, and quickly begged for mercy.

"It's pretty much the same, there is an old lady here, borrow your guts, forgive you and don't dare, go home!"

"Stinky mother-in-law, if you don't beg me for mercy at night, I won't be surnamed Li" The man looked at his mother-in-law's twisted body and said viciously. Looking back at the boy who was struggling to move forward, the man couldn't help but sigh.