Chapter 64: A Warm Invitation
On Saturday morning, Long Fei had the idea of going to climb Nanshan.
The weather was still sunny just now, but it suddenly rained heavily.
After the rain, Long Fei walked forward with the mountain breeze of Xixi, and unconsciously, he came to the mountain col where he and Situ Li stayed here last time.
Long Fei stopped to watch, and there were many large and small stones, especially a small stream flowing by the roadside, and the dark green basil on both sides was tall and dense, with small yellow-white flowers.
Suddenly, Long Fei saw a wounded hunter sitting on the side of the road, unable to move.
Long Fei stepped forward quickly and saw the injured middle-aged hunter clutching his right foot in pain.
"Uncle, what's wrong with you?" Long Fei asked with concern.
The man raised his head and said in a trembling voice, "I got up this morning to hunt, and I found a fox, and I followed it. β
"Uncle, what do you call you? Where is home? Long Fei asked with concern.
"I ...... It's called Xian Dayong, home...... At the foot of the mountain......" he replied with difficulty, his voice like a gossamer blown by the mountain wind, his face pale, his forehead covered with cold sweat, and his eyes showed a look of pain and despair.
Long Fei looked at Xian Dayong, who was about the same age as his father, not tall or short, with dark skin and a very strong body, but his right foot was very red and swollen.
He immediately bent down to observe.
Long Fei judged that his sprained foot was red and swollen like a big egg, and the wound was purple-black around it.
"Uncle, do you feel pain right now?" After Long Fei looked at it carefully, he asked with concern.
Xian Dayong was so painful that the muscles on his face were twitching, and he gritted his teeth and replied, "It hurts, it hurts." β
"Look at your injury, you won't be able to walk for a while." Long Fei judged and said.
"I ...... I felt a lot of pain in my right foot and quickly collapsed. I...... Subconscious...... Pull off the belt of his trousers and tie it above the wound......" Xian Dayong said bitterly.
Long Fei knew that this matter could not be delayed, so he had to quickly find some mountain herbs for the fall and apply them to the wound to prevent the wound from spreading redness and swelling.
After Long Fei's treatment, Xian Dayong's face gradually flushed with red tides.
After Long Fei treated Xian Dayong's wound, he untied the trouser belt that Xian Dayong used to bind the upper part of the wound and returned it to Xian Dayong.
Xian Dayong said gratefully: "Thank you for the great benefactor, if you didn't lend a helping hand today, I'm afraid I won't be able to leave." β
Long Fei said lightly: "Saving lives and helping the injured is a matter of course, and you don't have to worry about it." β
Xian Dayong said sincerely: "No matter what, I want to repay you." β
"Helping others is like helping yourself, don't talk about anything in return." Long Fei picked up the bow and arrow scattered aside, put it next to Xian Dayong, and asked, "Which village are you from?" Why did you get hurt when you got here? β
Xian Dayong stretched out his hand and pointed to the bottom of the mountain: "My house is at the foot of the mountain, and the men in our village have the habit of going up the mountain to hunt. β
"Uncle Yong, our Fengshan Village is the same as your village, men have the habit of going up the mountain to hunt, and some women and children also go." Long Fei also casually talked about the situation in their village.
Xian Dayong followed Long Fei's topic and asked, "Oh, benefactor, it turns out that you are from Fengshan Village, no wonder you look at Miansheng, may I ask, what should I call you?" β
Long Fei said bluntly: "My name is Long Fei, and I am now studying in Longmen No. 1 Middle School. Today, Saturday, I don't have to go to class, I go out to visit the mountains and rivers and get familiar with the situation in the neighborhood. It's also fate to meet you in the mountains today. β
Xian Dayong's eyes were full of gratitude: "If I hadn't met you today, I would have died in this barren mountain and wilderness." β
Long Fei said lightly: "This is what I should do, as the saying goes, save a person's life, and win a seventh-level floating slaughter." β
"Benefactor, you are young, you speak Buddhist language, what are the benefits." Xian Dayong looked at Long Fei and said admiringly.
Long Fei waved his hand again and again, humbly: "I just listened to an old scholar talk about some Confucianism and Buddhism, and knew some terms and stories. β
Xian Dayong said, "My eldest sister often lectures to me, but I still don't understand what is the use of studying Buddhism? β
When Long Fei heard this, he asked with interest, "Uncle Yong, is your eldest sister studying Buddhism?" β
"Yes. Three years ago, on my sister's birthday, my brother-in-law went up the mountain early in the morning to celebrate her birthday, and wanted to hunt some prey and come back to add vegetables, but the prey could not be eaten, but was eaten by a tiger...... "Xian Dayong recalled sadly, "Later, my sister went to Zhuye Nunnery, not far from the village, to become a nun. β
Long Fei said casually: "Jinghui, this law name is good!" In Buddhism, purity is the purity of the six roots, away from afflictions; Wisdom, the Buddhist language refers to enlightenment, breaking confusion and proving the truth. β
"Oh, listening to the benefactor say this, this Dharma name is really good! When you have the chance, take your benefactor to meet my sister, okay? Xian Dayong looked at Long Fei and said.
Long Fei nodded and said, "Okay." β
Xian Dayong pinched his chin, thought for a while, and said, "Great benefactor, why don't you go down the mountain later, just go to our house and have a lunch." β
Long Fei waved his hand and excused himself: "Uncle Yong, you don't have to be polite." β
Xian Dayong's brows jumped and looked at Long Fei: "Why?" β
Long Fei said frankly: "Uncle Yong, I don't want to cause trouble to your family. β
Hearing Long Fei's answer, Xian Dayong's eyebrows raised upward, his face sank down, and he said unhappily: "Yo, in this way, you are taking my Xian Dayong astray." You have been a lifesaver to me today, and this grace is greater than the sky. If I don't repay you, I'll be struck by heaven's wrath! β
"This ......," Long Fei groaned.
"I saw that you are so skilled in handling your wounds just now, I hope you can collect some more mountain herbs to heal me, so that I can heal quickly." Xian Dayong saw Long Fei's expression and knew that he was tempted, so he came up with this reason.
Xian Dayong's move is really spiritual, Long Fei actually nodded and said, "Since you are so graciously invited, then, I have no choice but to be respectful and obey my fate." β
"That's right! Let's go, let's go down the mountain. After Xian Dayong finished speaking, he pressed his hands on the ground and stood up.
Xian Dayong took a few steps, but he felt pain in his heart, his feet were weak, he couldn't walk anymore, and his body shook a few times.
Long Fei hurriedly went up and held Xian Dayong up, otherwise he would fall to the ground.
"Uncle Yong, it seems that you can't walk yet." Long Fei said with concern.
Xian Dayong beat his right foot stupidly: "Alas, this leg is really not angry." β
"What to do?" Looking at Xian Dayong's still red and swollen right foot, knowing that if he moved strongly, blood would definitely gush out of the wound, and Long Fei couldn't help but feel worried.
Long Fei muttered in his heart: So far, there is only one way, and that is to memorize it.
Long Fei said to Xian Dayong: "Uncle Yong, I'll carry you down the mountain." β
Xian Dayong hesitated after hearing this: "This ...... This ...... "felt that it was really unacceptable to do this, and waved his hands again and again," he couldn't help it. β
"What's the matter," Long Fei deliberately sank his face, "I'm also from the mountains, and I've suffered a lot of hardships, so this difficulty is nothing." Uncle Yong, don't push anymore. Besides, I'll have dinner at your house later. β
Long Fei also thought of something, and said to Xian Dayong: "Wait until I go pick some fallen mountain grass and bring it back to boil water for you to drink, so that the redness and swelling left on your wound will be dissipated as soon as possible." β
"Great benefactor, you are really thoughtful in dealing with people." Xian Dayong was full of gratitude.
Long Fei went to pick some fallen mountain grass, collected the scattered bows and arrows and other objects for Xian Dayong, and then squatted down, bent down, and let Xian Dayong lie behind his back.
Xian Dayong faced Long Fei, who was bent over, and was still hesitating.
"Uncle Yong, I'll carry you home, and the people in your family are looking forward to your return." Long Fei urged.
"That'...... It's hard for you. Xian Dayong had no choice but to lie on Long Fei's back.
Long Fei bent over, waited for Xian Dayong to lie behind him, then straightened up and stood up, and walked down the mountain with difficulty.
After a while, they came to a winding mountain road that led to the foot of the mountain.
Xian Dayong is a native of Nanshan, and he is very familiar with the surrounding environment, and points the dragon to fly to the convenient mountain path to go up.
Long Fei carried Xian Dayong on his back, and near the foot of the mountain, a forked road was in front of him.
Xian Dayong heard Long Fei's panting, knew that he was very tired, and said, "Great benefactor, this place is called 'Foot of the Mountain', let's rest here." β
"Okay." After Long Fei put Xian Dayong down, he wiped his sweat with his sleeves, thinking: How can this trail be so far away from the ancient post road led by Xian Xiaoli last time? When should I go to the bottom of the mountain?
Xian Dayong seemed to guess what Long Feizhi was thinking, and said humorously: "Great benefactor, you see, the stone wall in front of you has a hidden hole on the side, and the stone wall is like a gate, separating the villages and towns outside the mountain from the mountain. Later, we will pass through the hole and enter the village! β
Long Fei pondered: "In other words, you will go home through this mountain gate?" β
Xian Dayong said with certainty: "Yes! β
Sure enough, Long Fei carried Xian Dayong on his back, bowed his head and bent over, turned sideways, and stepped over the tunnel-like cave.
Xian Dayong pointed to the village in front of him: "This is our Xian family village.
Long Fei saw some roofs faintly peeking out of the dense forest, and said, "Ah, where is your home?" β
Xian Dayong nodded: "It's a secluded village in the middle of the city, with only a few dozen families. β
After resting outside the cave for a while, Long Fei picked up Xian Dayong again and walked towards Xian Jia Village.
Xianjia Village is hidden in the depths of the dense forest, very hidden.
Along the rugged path, after a bend, you will enter the village of Xian Jia.
There is a small river that meanders beside the village.
At this time, the sun has already risen over the middle of the sky.
Long Fei followed Xian Dayong's guidance and entered the village, and his mood became a little nervous......
This is clearly the village where Xian Xiaoli brought him and Situ Li to last time. Long Fei was afraid that he would meet Xian Xiaoli in the village, and she would see him looking embarrassed now.
"Uncle Yong, I won't enter the village, you better go home these few steps." Long Fei had an idea and said to Xian Dayong on his back.
"How can this work? If you say you will eat at my house, how can you trap me in breaking my promise? β
Long Fei said again: "Uncle Yong, I'm ...... I'd better go back to school and eat......"
Xian Dayong was quite angry: "At this hour, my school's canteen may have already closed." Great benefactor, if you insist on going back, you will look down on me, a mountain villager. β
There was no way, Long Fei had no choice but to enter the village.
Stepping into the village, a fresh cool breeze came to my face, and I suddenly felt refreshed. Long Fei raised his eyes and looked around, only to see that in front of him was a wide hard-bottomed cement village road surface.
After a while, we arrived at the archway in front of the village. The memorial arch is written "Xian Jia Village".
Long Fei thought to himself: Last time, I went to Xian Xiaoli to eat after entering the village, but I didn't see anything special in my hurry; This time from the village to the village, the situation is really different! It can't be a mistake, right?
"Uncle Yong, your village is so beautiful!" Long Fei gasped and said.
Xian Dayong said disappreδΈι¨ly, "Urban villages, there are conditions to improve the environment, and the people are also in good spirits." He pointed to the newly built villa-style bungalow in front of him.
After the dragon flew into the courtyard, he put Xian Dayong off his back, and the whole person's skeleton seemed to be scattered, and he kept panting and muttering, "It's finally here...... It's here. β
Long Fei looked around at this villa-style western-style building, gasped and said, "Heh, it's so magnificent!" Uncle Yong, you live in a mansion! Long Fei said enviously.
"What a mansion! Thanks to the reform and opening up policy, most of the peasant households in Xijia Village have built buildings. Xian Dayong shouted inside as he spoke: "Wife, hurry up and make tea to greet the great benefactor!"
Long Fei was secretly glad that he didn't meet Xian Xiaoli when he entered the village, but he was surprised when a middle-aged woman came down from the upper floor.
"This ...... How are you? Long Fei and the woman asked questions almost at the same time.
When the woman saw Long Fei, she first asked for a look, looked around, and then looked at Xian Dayong and said, "Husband, it turns out that the great benefactor you said is Long Fei?" β
When Long Fei saw Xian Xiaoli's mother, he hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "Hello, Auntie! Is this your home? β
Seeing this, Xian Dayong was also a sign, looked at his daughter-in-law intently, and asked, "You know each other?" β
Long Fei explained: "Don't you know, Uncle Yong, I also had dinner at your house." β
"Long Fei is Ah Li's classmate, Ah Nu took them from the backyard into the old house in the side house that day, you know, we usually eat there. Ah Nu and her two classmates ate some cold meal juice, said that they were going back to school, and left in a hurry. β
"Oh, I see. Great benefactor, your fate with my family is not shallow! Xian Dayong said as he sat on a wooden pier under the magnolia tree in the middle of the courtyard
Xian Dayong saw that Long Fei was like a falling chicken, and said distressedly: "Great benefactor, I see that you are sweating profusely and tired, right?" β
Long Fei gasped and waved his hand: "It's nothing. β
Xian Dayong pointed to the woman who was making tea and said, "That's my daughter-in-law Yu Jinhua, you already know each other, so you don't need me to introduce you." β
"Dad, what's wrong with you?" At this time, an urgent man's voice came from outside the hospital.
Just now, Xian Muhui was working in the office, and suddenly received a call from the second dog in the village, and he said hurriedly on the phone: "Director, your father has an accident and was carried into the village by a strange man, go home and take a look at ......"
After listening to the call, Xian Muhui handed over his work to his colleagues in the office, and rushed back like a spark.
Xian Dayong pointed to the man who stepped in and introduced: "This is my son Xian Muhui, who is on an errand at the Chengnan Police Station. β
Seeing that his father's right leg was covered with raw herbs, Xian Muhui hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Abba, what's wrong with you?" β
Xian Dayong sighed "sigh" and replied, "I went hunting in the mountains just now and accidentally sprained my foot. β
Xian Muhui nervously: "How is it now?" β
Yu Jinhua added some tea to Long Fei, looked at Xian Dayong and said, "Now that you are back safely, it should be fine, right?" β
"It's okay now." Xian Dayong first introduced his son, and then pointed to Yu Jinhua and Xian Muhui and said, "Your mother and son have to thank my life-saving benefactor first." β
Yu Jinhua and Xian Muhui saluted Long Fei and expressed their gratitude.
After saluting, Xian Muhui further asked, "Abba, what's going on?" β
"This great benefactor's name is Long Fei," and then, Xian Dayong told him about spraining his right foot while hunting in the mountains today.
After hearing this, Xian Muhui said to Long Fei gratefully: "Ah Fei, I don't know how to thank you. β
Long Fei waved his hand and said calmly: "Don't say thank you, although I work hard, I enjoy it." β
"Ah Fei, you're so tired that your whole body is soaked, I'll go over there and cook a bowl of ginger soup for you to drink." Yu Jinhua said bitterly.
Not long after, Yu Jinhua held two bowls of steaming ginger tea on a plate and handed them to Long Fei and Xian Dayong: "You sing a bowl of ginger tea first, let's solve the difficulty, I'll go cook." β
Long Fei was not polite at this time, took the bowl of ginger tea, raised his head and drank it violently.
After drinking the ginger tea, Long Fei pointed to the pile of mountain herbs he brought with him, and said to Xian Muhui: "Brother Muhui, this is a mountain herb for healing bruises, you can take it to boil water for your father to drink now." β
"Okay." Xian Muhui answered and picked up the stack of snake tongue grass and went to the kitchen over there.
Xian Dayong experienced this catastrophe today but returned home unharmed, and proposed: "I was able to escape death today because I met a great benefactor. As the saying goes, if you don't die in a great disaster, you will have a blessing. I plan to set up a few tables in the courtyard of this new house tonight, and invite the villagers and elders to come and celebrate lively, and have a few drinks with you, and have a drunken rest. β
Long Fei was about to stop it when Xian Xiaoli came back from her aunt.
As soon as she entered the courtyard gate, she saw Long Fei sitting on the wooden pier chatting with her father, so strange: "Senior brother, what kind of wind blew you here today?" β
Long Fei looked at Xian Xiaoli with humor: "Senior sister, this world is really small!" β
When Xian Dayong saw his beloved daughter, he hurriedly said: "Ah Nu, come and thank your father's great benefactor, if it weren't for your classmates to come to the rescue, your father would not have been able to come back......"
Xian Xiaoli listened to her father's narration, shook Long Fei's hands with emotion, and looked at him gratefully, everything was silent.
Xian Dayong took over the topic just now, "Girl, your father went through this catastrophe today because he met a great benefactor. I'm going to set up a few tables here tonight, and invite your aunt and the villagers to come and celebrate. β
When Xian Xiaoli heard this, she squeezed out a slight smile on her face, nodded, and said, "It's good...... But, aunt, I'm afraid she won't be able to come. β
Xian Dayong asked urgently: "Girl, what's wrong with your aunt?" It was a good ...... a few days earlier."
Xian Xiaoli asked, sighed faintly, and told the truth today-
It turned out that Xian Xiaoli's aunt went up the mountain to collect rain, dew and flowers more than half a month ago, and accidentally fell off the cliff, and saw several doctors in the bone-setting department who did not get better. Today, Xian Xiaoli didn't have to go back to school, so she went to visit.
Xian Xiaoli saw her aunt lying on the bed, with thin yellow muscles, protruding green muscles, and dull eyes......
When Xian Xiaoli said this, she was immediately very sad, and she choked up and said, "It's really impermanence in life......
When Long Fei heard this, he stood up abruptly and said, "Senior sister, let's go see your aunt now." β
"Let's eat before we go. Otherwise, we can't afford to go hungry. Xian Xiaoli said as she went over to help wash the vegetables.
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During the meal, Xian Muhui heard his sister introduce Long Fei as a very smart person, so he took the initiative to talk to him.
After being polite, Long Fei saw that Xian Muhui was frowning, as if he had something on his mind, so he asked, "Brother Hui, why are you worried?" β
When Xian Muhui asked, he said, "I first came to our firm, and a few days ago I looked through the old case and found that the verdict of a rape and murder case may be wrong, so I was worried. β
Yu Jinhua interrupted on the side and said: "Don't talk about work when eating, rabbits will affect your mood." β
Xian Muhui took advantage of the situation to clip a piece of chicken leg to Yu Jinhua and said, "Yes, Mother." β
After Long Fei finished eating, under the guidance of Xian Xiaoli, he came to her aunt's residence, Zhuye Nunnery.
Xian Xiaoli's aunt Xian Xiaohui, whose legal name is Jinghui Shitai, saw her niece bring a strange man in to visit the patient, and her body moved slightly, so that she wanted to get up and sit up, but she couldn't do it.
Seeing this, Long Fei hurriedly came over and persuaded him: "Master, you should lie down." β
Long Fei shouted, "Master, let Jinghui Shitai feel like a heart booster, suddenly felt the blood boiling all over her body, and her dead yellow face flushed with a blush."
As the saying goes: if it hurts, it doesn't work, and if it hurts, it doesn't hurt. All of a sudden, Master Jinghui's right leg, which had been paralyzed for a few days, began to react and felt less pain......
Master Jinghui nodded, looking very calm: "I am a person with a hard life, and I am destined to suffer and suffer. β
While speaking, Long Fei noticed that Master Jinghui was tickling his body with his hands from time to time, so he asked with concern, "Mrs. Jinghui, what's wrong with you?" β
"I didn't ...... It's nothing ......" Although Master Jinghui replied, the itching on her body could not be controlled for a while, and she involuntarily grabbed it.
Long Fei carefully inspected Master Jinghui's skin, and saw that there were many high and low red spots on it, so he pointed to her skin and asked, "Ah, how did it come to this?" β
Master Jinghui frowned: "I don't know what's going on. Since that day I went to the mountains to collect rain, dew and flowers, I accidentally fell into a bush under the cliff and broke my foot, and when I went to bed that night, I felt hot all over my body, and my skin became more and more itchy. β
When Long Fei was in the village, he once learned some knowledge of Chinese herbal medicine from the old man in the village, Zhong Ah Tianbo and Mrs. Long, and when he went to the mountains to play, he would also pick some herbs and come back, and he could cook by himself when he had a minor illness.
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After some questioning, Long Fei said: "Master, your tongue is now red, your moss is yellow, and your pulse is slippery, which is the disease of the fever in the epidemic virus. Now the heat poison is entangled in the five organs, and if you want to heal, you should clear the heat, cool the blood, and detoxify. β
Master Jinghui was a little convinced: "Ah, although I don't understand much about the pathology you talked about, but you have a way to say it, it seems that you know how to see a doctor." This disease may be caused by my inattention to what I have eaten recently. β
Long Fei analyzed: "Master, you don't know how to regulate eating and drinking on weekdays, and in a bush under the cliff that day, you may have inadvertently touched the trees in the bushes and caused skin allergies and redness, swelling and inflammation, so you should be treated in time if you are sick." β
A dark cloud appeared on Mrs. Jinghui's face: "My eldest brother has found three famous doctors for me, and even Liu Xingbo, a famous old Chinese medicine doctor in the provincial capital, who specializes in bone-setting and orthopedics, has prescribed me a few doses, but it still does not improve, but my illness is getting worse and worse." Alas, the doctor came and went, but it never got better, and now, I have to accept my fate. Never mind. β
Long Fei pondered for a while and said, "There is no difficulty in the world that cannot be overcome, Master, I will find a way to heal you." β
Long Fei learned in detail about her medication and medication from Master Jinghui, and muttered, "Chicken blood vine, wood hibiscus flower ......" Suddenly, he seemed to remember something, "Does the doctor have a few flavors of bone-setting herbs such as a thousand catties and a bone grass?" β
"Nope. Dr. Qin said that these herbs are hard to find, especially the Qianjin Pai and Bone Penetrating Grass, which grow on the cliffs and no one can pick them at all, and the herb store has been out of stock for more than ten years.
"Alas, if there is a lack of these medicines, it is a symptom but not a cure, especially a thousand catties, this kind of bruising herbs, with wind and dampness, stasis and detoxification, bruises, pain and swelling, the effect of revitalizing the meridians, has a miraculous effect on human limb hemiplegia, lumbar muscle strain, bruises, fractures, thinness and fatigue and other diseases."
"No wonder my aunt has taken the medicine for so long, but it doesn't improve." Xian Xiaoli looked at Long Fei suspiciously, "Junior brother, have you studied medicine?" β
"Hmm." Long Fei nodded.
Facing such a handsome little handsome guy in front of him, Mrs. Jinghui's heart was full of gratitude.
"Senior sister, you see, the Nanshan on the other side is a big medicine storehouse, the last time I was on the cliff on the mountain, I saw a thousand catties, and I will definitely be able to find these mountain herbs." Long Fei said in surprise.
Xian Xiaoli and Jinghui Shitai had a light of hope in their eyes, and said in unison, "Really? β
Long Fei said with certainty: "You can't be wrong! I'm going to pick those herbs early tomorrow morning. β
"You must be safe." Master Jinghui advised.
Long Fei said firmly: "Master, please rest assured, I will definitely pick the raw herbs back safely." βγ
Xian Xiaoli said on the side: "I'll go with you." β
"Good!" Long Fei looked at Xian Xiaoli and said happily.