The next afternoon, the blue sky was like satin, and the white clouds were like snow. The god Apollo, sprinkled his warm sunlight on the Dew Mountain.

Ding Yiguang said to Wang Zhifen: "Mother, you are resting here, I will go up the mountain to collect medicine now." ”

Wang Zhifen scratched the itch and asked, "Guang'er, where are you going to collect medicine?" ”

"Mother, there must be mountain herbs in Tianlu Mountain that can cure skin diseases." Ding Yi said a lot, went to the corner of the house and picked up a bamboo basket, picked up a small hoe and sickle, and was about to go out.

Ding Jinfa chased forward: "Brother Hui, I'll go with you." ”

"No need," Ding Yiguang waved his hand, "It's more convenient to go up the mountain to collect medicine, climb the rock and go down the gully." Besides, you don't know which herbs I'm going to pick, so I'll go with you another day. ”

"This ......," Ding Jinfa scratched his head and said, "I'll listen to you today, don't forget to take me next time!" ”

Ding Yiguang went out with a bamboo basket on his back, heading towards the mountain, along the road beautiful trees like forests, mountain flowers like the sea, and flowing water.

Ding Yiguang walked, walked, and in a hazelnut grove not far from Dingjia Village, he heard bursts of wailing.

"Hey, what's that call?" Ding Yiguang followed the direction of the cry and came to the depths of the hazel forest.

Sunlight shines through the dense canopy, casting swaying spots of light onto the ground. Under a large hazel tree with pimpled bark, two monkeys with brown fur put their long hands into the small wooden box and shouted "whoa, whoa."

When the two monkeys saw Ding Yiguang holding a small hoe in his hand and a bamboo basket on his back, they thought he was a hunter who had come to catch them, and they screamed in fear, trying to struggle to escape but could not pull their hands out of the wooden box. On the light red face, the pair of round eyes were full of tears, looking at Ding Yiguang, with horror inside and pleading inside.

"What's going on?" Ding Yiguang came to the big hazel tree not far from the monkey, stopped and observed carefully for a while, and then realized: "These two monkeys were caught by the trap laid by the hunters. ”

It turned out that there were many monkeys in the dense forest of Tianlu Mountain, and the hunters in the mountain knew that the monkeys loved to steal fruits, so they dug a small hole in the small wooden box, and the size of the hole was just enough for the monkey's hand to reach into. Inside the wooden crate are the monkeys' favorite fruits. The greedy monkey smells Traine, and when he comes to the wooden box, when he finds fruit in the small hole, he will reach into the hole and steal it. It's easy for their empty hands to go straight into the hole, but the hand holding the fruit has taken the shape of a fist, and it's hard to retract it again. Monkeys are smart for a lifetime, but they are also ignorant in the face of greed. They don't want to let go of the fruit in their hands, so the harder they pull out, the tighter the hole gets into their hands and they can't break free. Mountain hunters often set up such traps to catch monkeys.

After Ding Yiguang carefully inspected and gained insight into this method of "catching monkeys", his compassion suddenly rose, and when he saw the frightened state of the two monkeys who were trapped in the trap and could not extricate themselves, he stepped forward gently, showed a smiling face, made gestures, and calmly said to the monkeys: "Don't panic, I will not harm you." ”

Although the two monkeys couldn't understand what people were saying, they were very intelligent creatures, and from Ding Yiguang's friendly expression, they knew that this person was not malicious, and their hands were stuck in the wooden box and couldn't pull them out, so they couldn't pull out their legs and escape, so they had to let it go.

Ding Yiguang pinched his chin and looked intently at the small wooden box and the trapped monkey, how could he rescue them? Oh Qing, having an idea in his heart, took the small hoe and slammed it down towards the top of the small wooden box, and with a "pop", the small wooden box was smashed open. Seeing that the monkey's hand was still greedily clutching a banana, he smiled and said, "You glutton, no wonder you are doing it to yourself." Then he pulled the monkey's hand holding the banana away, and then slowly dragged its hand out of the hole.

Ding Yiguang smashed two small wooden boxes and rescued the two monkeys.

Ding Yiguang stretched out his hand and pointed to the depths of the dense forest, and said to the two monkeys: "You guys, you are victimized by greed, you should pay attention in the future!" Let's go. ”

Strange to say, the two monkeys did not leave immediately, but stepped forward and pulled Ding Yiguang's trousers in a friendly manner, and this time the "whoop, whoop" cry was no longer frightened, but expressed their joy and gratitude.

Ding Yiguang squatted down, gently stroked their fur, and read the information that they wanted to make friends with him from the monkey's eyes, so he said kindly: "You two, I'll give you a name, your name is Ah Zuo, your name is Ah Right, okay?" ”

The two monkeys seemed to understand Ding Yiguang's words and nodded.

Ding Yiguang pointed in the direction of Dingjia Village and said, "Let's go, I live there, and you will come to play with me when you have time in the future." ”

"Whoa, whoa!" The two monkeys understood what Ding Yiguang meant, screamed happily, and had a few somersaults, then waved their hands at Ding Yiguang, turned around, jumped, and fled towards the depths of the dense forest.

Ding Yiguang smiled, took a small hoe, picked up the bamboo basket, and went up the mountain.

Ding Yiguang drilled into the bushes, went down the deep stream, went up the hillside, entered the grass, climbed high and low, sweated on his back, and his cheeks and hands were scarred by thorns.

From noon to dusk, Ding Yiguang's legs were almost broken.

The setting sun leaves a veined afterglow, dyeing the forest golden.

The crimson sunset spreads all over the sky. The homing finch swirls around the tree.

Ding Yiguang returned to Dingjia Village with a basket full of mountain herbs and stepped into the gate of the courtyard.

Village Chief Ding was repairing the rotten wooden box, turned his head when he heard the sound, and complained: "Ah Hui, you returned with a full load today, and I am miserable." ”

Ding Yiguang didn't know why: "What's so miserable?" ”

Angry, Village Chief Ding pointed to the rotten wooden box and said, "The wooden box I placed on the other side of the hazel forest to catch monkeys has been smashed. Hmph, if I knew who was doing the sabotage, I would break his foot bones. ”

Seeing that Village Chief Ding was angry, Ding Yiguang laughed and stretched out his right foot: "Village Chief Ding, you can break my foot bones first." ”

Village Chief Ding was stunned, pondering, and pointed at Ding Yiguang: "Ah, you are the one who smashed the wooden box?!" ”

"Hmm." Ding Yiguang nodded.

Village Chief Ding said angrily: "Ahem, my wooden box is used to catch monkeys, why did you smash it?" ”

Ding Yiguang said frankly: "When I went up the mountain, I saw two monkeys in the hazel forest reaching into the wooden box, but they would not withdraw their hands, and screamed miserably, which was so pitiful. I had to smash the crates and let them go. ”

"I see." Ding Yiguang in front of him is the benefactor of his own family, what are those two wooden boxes in comparison? How could Village Chief Ding blame him at this time.

At this time, two figures jumped in like a whirlwind outside.

It was the two monkeys who came in, they picked a few ripe wild fruits in the mountains, they were reluctant to eat, looked for the figure of their benefactor Ding Yiguang everywhere, came to Dingjia Village, wandered for a long time, and saw Ding Yiguang come back from collecting medicine and entered the yard. They waited outside the courtyard for a long time, but they didn't see Ding Yiguang come back, so they couldn't help but run in.

Ding Yiguang put down the bamboo back basket, squatted down and gently stroked them: "Ah Zuo, Ah Right, are you all okay?" ”

"Whoa, whoa!" The two monkeys screamed and nodded, and each reached out to hand a ripe purple-red wild fruit to Ding Yiguang.

Ding Yiguang took the wild fruit, handed it to his nose, smelled it, a burst of natural aroma rushed in, took a bite of the wild fruit, a stream of sweet juice flowed down from the mouth, the teeth and cheeks were fragrant, sweet and refreshing, and praised: "Yo, so fragrant, so sweet!" ”

Village Chief Ding pointed to the two monkeys and asked Ding Yiguang, "Are they the monkeys you rescued by smashing my wooden box?" ”

"Yes." Ding Yiguang nodded, "Kindness can resolve everything." You see, although they don't understand human language, they know how to repay the favor! ”

Wang Zhifen: "The spirituality of monkeys is very high. ”

Village Chief Ding: "Yo, you still named them?" ”

Ding Yiguang introduced seriously: "Yes! This big one is called Ah Zuo, and this smaller one is called Ah Right. ”

Ding Jinfa covered his stomach with a smile: "There are left and right, this name is easy to remember." Good, good! ”

"As long as you are friendly to them, this spiritual animal will be friendly to you too." Ding Yiguang handed another wild fruit to Village Chief Ding and said jokingly, "Come, Village Chief Ding, eat this sweet wild fruit to dissipate your anger." They're making amends for your rotten wooden crates. ”

Village Chief Ding took the wild fruit, took a bite, and quipped: "This wild fruit is really sweet, but this is the price of my two wooden boxes." ”

Ding Jinfa smiled: "Daddy, Brother Ah Hui smashed two wooden boxes in my house, but let us have two more friends in the mountains." Worth! Worth! Brother Ah Hui came up to the mountain this time to heal me and save these monkeys, as if he was a Bodhisattva of salvation. ”

"How can I be qualified to be a savior bodhisattva," Ding Yiguang waved his hand, "As long as we have a good heart, we can communicate with the living beings in the world." ”

Ding Jinfa saw the scene in front of him and was convinced: "Brother Ah Hui is reasonable. ”

Wang Zhifen took the words: "Guang'er has always been so kind-hearted. ”

Seeing these two monkeys so funny and obedient, Village Chief Ding blushed, touched his head and laughed.

The sunset on the western mountain gradually turned dark red, and the sunset sank down the mountain, and the twilight was dark all around.

Ding Yiguang waved his hand towards the two monkeys: "It's getting dark, go back." ”

Seeing that everyone had no ill will towards them, the two monkeys happily turned three somersaults in a row in front of them before leaving.

Only then did Ding Yiguang pour the Chinese herbs in the basket on the ground of the courtyard, and introduced the names and medicinal effects of those mountain herbs to everyone one by one. There are Cnidium monnieri, Atractylodes, calamus, double flower, cork, Angelica dahurica, etc., as well as cicadas that can evacuate wind and heat, dispel wind and relieve itching.

Ding Jinfa was a little skeptical and asked, "Brother Hui, can these mountain herbs cure your mother's skin disease?" ”

"There should be no problem!" Ding Yiguang's tone was very affirmative, "My mother's skin disease is caused by heat poison and blood stasis, which should be dealt with with mountain herbs that cool blood and dispel blood stasis, dispel wind and relieve itching." Although there are many medicines collected today, it is a pity that one of the main mountain herbs has not been collected. ”

Ding Jinfa asked, "Brother Hui, what major mountain herbs are missing?" ”

Ding Yiguang: "Sophora ginseng." Sophora sophora can be used to clear away heat and dampness, detoxify fever and diarrhea, and treat itchy skin. To cure my mother's illness, this main medicine is indispensable. ”

Ding Jinfa: "The bitter ginseng you said, will we have it in Tianlu Mountain?" ”

Ding Yiguang: "When I went up the mountain, I had already carefully inspected that there were many mountain herbs on the way, but there was no bitter ginseng. I haven't been anywhere I have been today and I don't see sophora ginseng. ”

Ding Jinfa: "Where did the bitter participants grow?" ”

"It is commonly found in the protrusions of the stone crevices of the cliffs, where it is subjected to a lot of wind, frost, sunshine and rain, so the best medicinal effect is when picked there." Ding Yiguang is descripting.

"Cliffs?" Ding Jinfa said casually, "I know that there is a steep cliff in the mountain, and there are many flowers and plants growing on it, I don't know if there is any bitter ginseng you want to pick." ”

Ding Yiguang: "It's getting late now, you can take me to the cliff tomorrow." That's going to be hard for you. ”。

Ding Jinfa pretended to be unhappy: "Brother Ah Hui, you healed me, and I haven't had a chance to repay me yet." This time, you were kind to me? ”

Ding Yiguang stepped forward and patted Ding Jinfa on the shoulder: "Okay, Ah Fa, let's go together tomorrow." ”