Chapter 78: An Unexpected Encounter
Early the next morning, after Ding Yiguang got up and washed, he went to ask Ding Jin to start bed for breakfast and go up the mountain to collect medicine. When I came to the room, I saw that he was snoring and still asleep, so I couldn't bear to wake him up, so I went to the kitchen to have breakfast, and went out to collect medicine.
In the early morning of Tianlu Mountain, a round of red sun rises from the east, and ten thousand golden rays shoot through the blood-red colorful glow, scattering a piece of broken gold on the mountain, rippling with the breeze, like a golden whip, driving away the flying clouds and mist.
Mountain rhododendrons and wild lilies on the side of the road are competing for beauty, and birds are chasing and playing in the forest...... Tianlu Mountain is like a fairyland on earth.
Ding Yiguang climbed a small mountain, and suddenly, he heard a shout of "help" from a distance.
Ding Yiguang hurriedly ran away, and as soon as he passed through a mountain cliff pass, he couldn't help but exclaim: "Liang Wenying? She was then chased by a tiger and was getting closer.
Ding Yiguang subconsciously picked up a stone from the side of the road and removed an arm-thick branch from the big tree next to him, and bravely greeted it, "Sister Aying, don't panic, I'm here to save you!"
Liang Wenying heard Ding Yiguang's voice, and ran towards him quickly.
Ding Yiguang said to Liang Wenying from afar: "Sister Aying, don't be afraid, you quickly hide behind the big tree behind me, and wait for me to deal with this tiger." ”
"Hmm." Liang Wenying obediently ran behind the big tree and hid.
When the tiger saw that the woman was gone, and that there was a man standing in the middle of the road, he roared and pounced on Ding Yiguang with his teeth and claws.
Ding Yiguang nimbly dodged to the right and dodged. The tiger leaped high into the air and fell heavily to the ground.
Ding Yiguang took advantage of the tiger's fall to the ground, put down the stone in his right hand, quickly raised the branch with both hands, and slammed it into the tiger's buttocks.
The tiger was beaten a few times by Ding Yiguang, roaring like thunder in pain, one somersaulted, rolled on the ground a few times, twisted around, the two tiger eyes stared at him, shooting out a faint cold light.
Ding Yiguang thought to himself: Now that it has become difficult to ride a tiger, we must not retreat. Once you retreat, you risk being eaten by the tiger that pounces on you.
As a result, Ding Yiguang also widened his eyes and shot two swords of light at the tiger, and the man and the tiger became confrontational.
Seeing that the man did not retreat, the tiger couldn't help but lie down with its forelimbs, "whew", and then jumped into the air, opened its bloody mouth, bared its sharp teeth, and pounced towards Ding Yiguang again.
Ding Yiguang quickly picked up the stone and shouted: "Go! "The stone hit the tiger in the eye like a cannonball.
The tiger was hit in the eye by Ding Yiguang, and it was very painful, and it rolled on the ground several times until it rolled down the cliff......
Liang Wenying was shocked, walked out from behind the big tree, and stepped forward to thank Ding Yiguang: "Thank you Mr. Ding for coming to the rescue." ”
Ding Yiguang arched his hand and said: "You're welcome, everyone is a fellow countryman." ”
After some politeness, Ding Yiguang asked puzzledly: "Ah Yingmei, why are you here alone?" ”
When Liang Wenying asked, she told her about leaving Fengshan Village with her father a few years ago and taking refuge in a distant relative's house in Luodong Village, Tianlu Mountain.
"Oh, I heard my mother mention ......," Ding Yiguang said, scratching his head.
"Mr. Ding, didn't you go out to hide from debts? How could it be on Tianlu Mountain? Liang Wenying asked rhetorically.
Ding Yiguang looked at Liang Wenying and told him the whole process of coming back.
After hearing this, Liang Wenying looked at Ding Yiguang with concern and said, "Mr. Ding, I'll go with you to pick bitter ginseng." I know that sophora grows on that cliff. ”
"That's a good idea! It's just annoying you big beauty. Ding Yiguang said half-jokingly.
"Dead high-ranking Ding, what are you talking nonsense!" Liang Wenying was said by Ding Yiguang, her beautiful face turned crimson, as if she had rubbed rouge, and hurriedly turned around to lead the way in front.
Today's Tianlu Mountain, bathed in the bright sun, pairs of birds in the forest happily jumping, singing, particularly beautiful and charming.
Facing the mountain breeze, Liang Wenying took Ding Yiguang to turn left and right in the mountain, climbed the two of them covered in sweat, and finally came to the edge of the cliff, looking down, under the cliff is an abyss, and the clouds are surrounded by fog; Looking to the opposite side, the purple stone walls are as steep as knives, and there are occasional small trees and unknown grasses around the protruding rocks.
Liang Wenying searched for a while, and finally found it, and shouted loudly: "Yo, there are a few Sophora sophora plants on the cliff over there." ”
Ding Yiguang asked urgently: "Where is the sophora on the other side?" ”
Liang Wenying stretched out his hand and pointed to the opposite cliff: "Yo, it's there." ”
Ding Yiguang followed Liang Wenying's hope, and the stone wall opposite was extremely steep, and there was a goshawk circling. He opened his eyes wide and searched left and right, but he couldn't find it, and muttered, "Where is the bitter ginseng on the cliff over there?" ”
Liang Wenying saw that Ding Yiguang had not found Sophora ginseng, so he put his hand on his cheek and pointed forward: "There is an old pine tree above the eagle's nest over there, and about two feet away from it, there are several small trees that grow densely with clusters of yellow-white flowers. ”
After Liang Wenying's detailed prompting, Ding Yiguang put a small shade under the corner of his forehead, blinked vigorously, looked at it fixedly, and then made a discovery, nodded and said: "Ah, I see, the small tree with a bunch of yellow and white flowers is next to the protruding rock opposite." ”
Liang Wenying nodded: "Yes." ”
Ah Zuo and Ah You were playing in the mountains, and when they heard the sound, they came here and walked around Ding Yiguang and Liang Wenying.
After Ding Yiguang introduced the relationship with these two monkeys to Liang Wenying, Liang Wenying teased Ah Zuo and Ah You, and said with a smile, "What a fun story." His mind returned to the matter of picking bitter ginseng, and after his eyes scanned the cliff over there, his face was solemn, "What can you do to pick the bitter ginseng from the cliff over there?" It must be known that this cliff once fell to the death of several people who collected medicine. ”
Ding Yiguang: "Don't scare me. ”
Liang Wenying: "I'm telling the truth. Last year, I fell to death a medicine picker from other places. He's about the same age as me, and I'm still a great climber. ”
Ding Yiguang stroked the monkey Ah Zuo's brain melon and said to Liang Wenying: "The monkey is the most agile animal in the mountain, and he is a master at climbing trees, do you think Ah Zuo and Ah You can help?" ”
Liang Wenying waved his hand: "They are also powerless." ”
Ding Yiguang was skeptical: "No." ”
Liang Wenying swallowed and said, "At the bottom of that cliff, someone also found a monkey who fell to death. ”
Ding Yiguang was stunned: "Ah, even monkeys who are good at climbing rocks and crossing streams will fall to death, the cliffs are indeed steep!" ”
Liang Wenying: "Brother Hui, let's go find it somewhere else." ”
"Nope." After looking around at the surrounding terrain and scenery, Ding Yiguang said confidently, "There is nothing to fear in front of me, and it is inseparable from the bitter ginseng to cure my mother's illness." ”
Liang Wenying: "Aren't you afraid of death?" ”
From Ding Yiguang's loud answer, it can be seen that he has a firm determination: "Filial piety comes first in the world, and the grace of parenting is greater than the sky." Now that my mother is sick, no matter how much risk I take, I have to go over there to collect this mountain herb! ”
"This ......," Liang Wenying was moved, "It's good to be determined, but you have to face up to the problems you face!" Look at the rocks on the cliff over there, if you climb it with your hands, maybe it will fall down and hurt your brain. ”
Ding Yiguang laughed: "There is nothing difficult in the world, but I am afraid of people with hearts." There is a way, be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years. As long as you judge the situation, consider carefully, and do not act recklessly, you can avoid risks. ”
Liang Wenying pointed to the cliff over there and said, "Look, there is no path to go down on that cliff, and there is no path next to it to reach it." The risk is obvious! ”
Ding Yiguang: "Since there is no path on the side and no trail next to it, then, I can fly over!" ”
Liang Wenying: "Fly over? Can you grow wings right away? ”
"Why do you have to have wings! That's it. Ding Yiguang pointed to the old kudzu vine hanging from the big tree not far away.
It is a 500-year-old kudzu vine, very rough and covered with large and small pimples.
Liang Wenying looked at the vigorous old kudzu vine, comparing the distance between this side and the cliff there, she was also from the mountains, understood what Ding Yiguang was referring to, and said, "You want to rely on this old kudzu vine to fly over." ”
Ding Yiguang nodded: "Exactly." ”
The muscles on Liang Wenying's face trembled, and he was quite worried: "It's too dangerous to fly over like this." ”
"Life is full of adventures." Ding Yiguang's expression was calm, and his voice was full of certainty, "When I used to go up the mountain to collect medicine, I also climbed vines and flew over some cliffs, but I came and went freely. I have seen this cliff in front of me, and I believe that I can fly over it. You don't have to worry about me. ”
Liang Wenying saw that Ding Yiguang was so calm, and his tense heartstrings relaxed slightly, and advised: "You have to be extra careful. ”
"Got it." Ding Yiguang said, pulled the bamboo basket for collecting medicine on his back tight, walked to the old kudzu vine, held the old kudzu vine, pulled it back vigorously, confirmed that it was stable, took a few steps back, and then accelerated forward, when he ran to the edge of the cliff, he squatted down, bent his feet slightly, kicked suddenly, and shouted: "Go!" ”
Ding Yiguang held the body of the old kudzu vine in the air and drew a beautiful arc, flying towards the opposite cliff, and when he was about to reach the cliff, his right foot stretched forward, hooked the old pine that grew out of the gap in the cliff, and his body was fixed on that side.
Liang Wenying was stunned by this thrilling shot, her heart was beating violently, like a deer crashing, and she couldn't help but shout: "Yo! After calming down, he put his hands together into a trumpet shape and shouted to Ding Yiguang on the other side of the cliff: "You must pay attention to safety!" ”
"Got it, don't worry!" Ding Yiguang responded, hooked the old pine tree with his foot, leaned forward, put it under the rock pine, and then tied the old kudzu vine to the rock pine, and then reached over and grabbed the protruding rock, pumped his body up, climbed up more than a zhang, and stretched out his hand to pick the sophora ginseng.
His body was still several feet away from the Sophora, Ding Yiguang leaned out, compared it several times, and finally grabbed the Sophora ginseng, pulled it back, and finally pulled it back. Ding Yiguang then used a sickle inserted in his belt to cut off a large piece of the sophora plant, and then threw the sophora ginseng to the bamboo basket he was carrying with his backhand.
Liang Wenying, who was watching here, saw that Ding Yiguang had finally picked bitter ginseng after several hardships, and breathed a long sigh of relief.
The two monkeys, Ah Zuo and Ah You, watched Ding Yiguang successfully pick Sophora ginseng, and jumped and jumped beside Liang Wenying with excitement.
In the process of going down, his body accidentally touched a loose rock, which weighed several pounds and smashed on Ding Yiguang's knee, and the sharp edges and corners scratched his knee, and immediately bled like a torrent. A burst of pain pierced his heart, but Dante Yiguang endured it.
The loose rock fell down for a long time before the sound of it hitting the deep pool below.
Seeing this, Liang Wenying exclaimed: "It's so dangerous! ”
Indeed, if you fall from here, you will definitely be dead and broken.
Ding Yiguang's face did not change, his hands alternately grasped the raised stones, returned to Yan Song, untied the old kudzu vine, and shouted: "Go!" Kicked his feet on the cliff, and his whole body flew towards Liang Wenying's side, and his feet landed firmly on this side, and then he let go of the old kudzu vine.
Liang Wenying saw that Ding Yiguang picked the bitter ginseng safe and sound, so she was shocked, patted her chest violently, let the tense heartstrings relax, and then wiped the cold sweat from the corners of her forehead with her sleeve, and said, "You finally returned safely!" To be honest, my heart was already in my throat just now. ”
Flying over the cliff just now, it was indeed inevitable to be nervous, and now that he had picked the bitter ginseng and returned here safely, Ding Yiguang also breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the sweat beads on his face, took off the back basket, picked up the freshly picked bitter ginseng, swayed, and said, "Sister Aying, I didn't tell you just now, don't worry about me." You see, didn't you pick Sophora ginseng? ”
"Mr. Ding, you are really good!" Liang Wenying stretched out his thumb and praised.
Suddenly, Liang Wenying saw two monkeys constantly pulling Ding Yiguang's trousers, screaming "whoa, whoa", and then looked closely, it turned out that there were blood stains on the trousers, and he asked Ding Yiguang with concern, "Brother Hui, what's wrong with you?" ”
Ding Yiguang replied: "I was scratched on the knee by a falling stone over there just now. This little injury is nothing. ”。
Liang Wenying hurriedly went to the mountain next to him to pick up mountain herbs to stop bleeding and handed them to Ding Yiguang.
Ding Yiguang put the mountain herb in his mouth, chewed it and applied it to the wound, then tore off the strip of cloth on his clothes and bandaged the wound.