The sun has not yet risen, watching the unwilling light gradually stain the sky red, Wang Tianyuan stood in the small courtyard with his hands in his hands, but his thin body was like a towering lonely mountain, and like a sharp and restrained sword, staring at the inky black mountains and forests in the west, his eyes seemed to be able to penetrate the darkness, and he sighed silently in his heart: "Haolin, I hope that in the future, you don't blame me." ”

Lonely mountain, in the dim forest, there was the occasional sound of chopping and breaking branches.

"Brother Haolin, when you're tired, just rest for a while, don't be so anxious. The crisp children's voice broke the darkness of Linchen, revealing distress and anxiety.

"Qian'er, grandpa said that Aunt Zhang's illness can't be delayed any longer, there are still two days, if you can't find Monroe flowers, Aunt Zhang is afraid..."

Qian'er's already red eyes turned even redder, and tears rolled down the corners of her eyes, rolling down with sweat.

"Alas" sighed softly in his heart, Haolin turned around, wiped Qian'er's face with his sleeve and said, "Qian'er, I will definitely be able to find Monroe and cure Aunt Zhang." ”

"But Monroe flowers only appear half an hour before the sun rises every day, and it only takes a quarter of an hour to bloom, and the sun rises and withers, the mountain is so big, how can it be so easy to find!" Qian'er looked at the ground blankly, and her helpless eyes made Haolin feel distressed for a while.

"I'm going to find Monroe, trust me!" Haolin said firmly.

Qian'er's mother, Aunt Zhang, accidentally slipped on a small mountain road five days ago and fell into a big pit, at that time there was nothing unusual except for some skin injuries, but suddenly vomited blood at night, Haolin's grandfather Wang Tianyuan, is the only Langzhong in the village, diagnosed that Aunt Zhang should have fallen and injured internal organs, causing internal bleeding, and only Monroe flowers can be treated with medicine.

Haolin took Qian'er to look around in the mountains every morning before dawn, hoping to find Monroe and save Aunt Zhang's life.

"Brother Haolin, let's go home. Looking at the small half of the sun exposed in the sky, Qian'er sobbed and whispered, I didn't find it today, there is only tomorrow's last morning, and the slim hope makes this 9-year-old girl overwhelmed, she still doesn't know how to face the imminent death of her mother.

"Let's go. Haolin stepped on a dead branch fiercely, and said irritably: "This damn sun, can't it come out later!" The two slowly descended the mountain, saying nothing all the way.

"Brother Haolin, you go back and rest for a while, you got up so early, you're very tired. Qian'er looked at the fact that she was almost at her house and said to Haolin.

Haolin hesitated for a while, and answered, in fact, he went to see Aunt Zhang, but he didn't know what to say, so he went straight home.

"Haolin, are you back, have you found Monroe Flower?" Wang Tianyuan was hunched on his back, busy in a pile of herbs.

"Grandpa, your medical skills are so powerful, can you think of any other way?" Hao Lin said as he scooped up a large scoop of cold water from the water tank and poured it down.

"Alas, manpower is sometimes poor, and grandpa really has no choice. Haolin's grandfather sighed.

In fact, Haolin also knew in his heart that his grandfather had done his best, after all, he was just a Langzhong in a small mountain village. It's just that Aunt Zhang is very good to him, he has no parents since he was a child, and he has experienced the feeling of maternal love in Aunt Zhang, and he can't bear to watch Aunt Zhang leave like this.

"I'll try it again tomorrow. Haolin didn't know if he could find Monroe, so he went into the house and lay on the bed, staring at the roof, not knowing what he was thinking.

The next day, the small mountain village was still sleeping, Haolin had already taken advantage of the moonlight, set off to the mountain, this time he didn't call Qian'er, he wanted Qian'er to accompany Aunt Zhang at home.

Looking at the dark mountain, like a giant beast lying on the ground, Haolin thought, "I have been all over the mountain in the past few days, and I haven't found Monroe, it seems that I can only go to the back mountain to see, although the back mountain is very dangerous, but I must find it, and I must save Aunt Zhang." After Haolin decided, he resolutely set off towards the back mountain.

This big mountain is called Xiaohe Mountain, and the small mountain village where Haolin is located is called Xiaohe Village, because there is a small river that winds out of the mountain, and Xiaohe Village is a village built on both sides of this small river.

I heard the old hunters in the village say that there are many poisonous obstacles in the back mountain, and there are many fierce beasts, more than ten years ago, there were a few young people in the village who went to the back mountain to hunt, and never came back, so they dare not go to the back mountain now, after all, a huge front mountain is enough for their living needs.

Xiaohe Mountain was still sleeping, the sound of the breeze sweeping the leaves, occasionally mixed with a few unknown animal calls, the dense mountain forest blocked most of the moonlight, Haolin could only grope his way to the back mountain.

Along the way, Haolin constantly searched for a place where Monroe flowers might grow.

"Herbaceous flowering plants, dark in nature, toothy leaves, mostly three-leaved. The flower buds are slightly fluorescent, like balls, and the flowers have three petals that glow with dazzling white light. Monroe flowers grow in the shade of rocks, often found on cliffs, making them difficult to collect. Hao Lin thought to himself about the herbs that his grandfather had taught him.

"In the shade, on the cliffs, in the cracks of the stones," muttered as Haolin searched with his eyes wide open.

Hey, suddenly Haolin found that not far away seemed to have walked to the edge of the woods, and through the woods he could see the sparse starry sky. Curiosity drove Haolin to the front.

"Great!" Haolin endured the excitement in his heart, looked at the cliff not far away, and walked cautiously, although he lived under the mountain, but Haolin saw the cliff for the first time, he heard the people in the village say that the cliff is very scary, and if he accidentally falls from it, he will become a pile of mud.

When he was about to approach the cliff, Haolin lay on the ground, the unknown thing like the cliff, for a ten-year-old child, is still full of fear, if it wasn't for looking for Monroe flowers, Haolin would never have approached here. Slowly climbing to the edge of the cliff and slowly poking his head out, Haolin saw patches of mist floating under the cliff, constantly changing shapes under the blowing of the mountain wind. Gently pushed some large and small stones next to him off the cliff, only to hear the sound of the stones hitting the cliff "poof, poof", for a long time, only heard one or two slight "coo", the stones seemed to have fallen into the water, there should be a river under the cliff, "maybe it is the small river in the village." Haolin thought to himself.

Haolin, who was lying on the ground, retreated, turned over and lay on the ground, looking at the night sky covered by leaves on his head, he was hesitating in his heart, he began to be afraid, he was afraid that he would fall, and the fear in his heart made him get up and turn away.

Unwilling to walk back slowly, Haolin thought of Aunt Zhang, who had been very good to him since he was a child, helped him sew and mend clothes, and left him a copy of the delicious food, and would come to see him every day when he was sick. Haolin slowly stopped, "As long as I am careful and slow, I will be fine." Haolin slowly made up his mind, turned around and walked towards the cliff again.

There was still a meter from the edge of the cliff, Haolin stopped, he just stood like this, watching, not knowing what he was thinking.

Looking at the moon in the sky, Haolin estimated that there was still an hour before the sky was about to dawn, frowned, took off his coat, the thick winter clothes made him feel a burden, and after taking off his coat, he lay on the ground and moved to the edge of the cliff.

After climbing along the edge of the cliff for a while, he found a place to go down, so he slowly turned around, put his hands on the ground, and slowly probed down his feet, looking for a focus point that could be supported, and explored for a long time, found a place with a protrusion the size of a half-foot, stepped on it, grabbed the unknown vine on the cliff with his hands, and slowly sank his body.

Slowly, Haolin used his hands and feet together, he had already gone down four or five meters, stopped, looked around by the moonlight, and did not find that there was a stone crack suitable for the growth of Monroe peanut, and continued to go down, time passed very slowly, only twenty minutes later, Haolin felt as if a day had passed.

Haolin continued to descend, the moon had already hidden, and the eastern sky had been slightly white, but Haolin couldn't see it, he only felt that it suddenly became very dark, this was the darkest time before dawn. Haolin stepped on a slightly larger protrusion, and the stones under his feet were a little protruding from the cliff, which made Haolin's chest stick to the cliff, and his body leaned forward slightly, so that he could rest a little.

With his face on the cliff, Haolin didn't know what to do, because it was too dark here to see anything. Suddenly, Haolin noticed a few bright lights not far to the right, he blinked vigorously, and found that the bright lights were like fireflies, dotted on the dark cliffs, and they were getting brighter and brighter.

"Monroe flowers!" a thought flashed in Haolin's mind, and his heart began to get excited, and he counted them, and there were eight bright spots, which means that there were eight Monroe flowers here.

The sky has begun to brighten, although the cliff in the shade is still dark, but it is much better than just now, Haolin's eyesight is already good, he found that there is a rock to the right of Monroe flowers, the rock is inclined to protrude from the cliff, at the junction of the rock and the cliff, eight Monroe flowers are scattered in the stone crevices. The closest Monroe flower to him was only about two meters away.

With his eyes in the corner of his eye, he saw that the forest on the far right had been dyed a little green, and Haolin knew that the sky was about to dawn, and the east should have turned white, so he had to hurry up.

The cliff between the place where Haolin stayed and the Monroe flower has all kinds of small stone protrusions and potholes that are sunken into, carefully looking for various places where he can exert his strength, Haolin slowly moved to the right, it has been down for almost an hour, Haolin feels a little tired, the sweat on his body has soaked the clothes inside, if Haolin can see the top of his head, he will find that there is a trace of heat on his head coming out.

Haolin was a little grateful to his grandfather at this time, he remembered that he started since he was a child, about 3 years old, at that time, the friends in the village were playing outside, but Haolin was forced by his grandfather to do various sports at home, saying that it was to start with the doll to strengthen the body, and it has never been interrupted for seven years.

Looking at the Monroe flower close at hand, the buds are slowly opening from the middle, with a faint white light, ready to show the world its lonely beauty, Haolin couldn't help but praise himself fiercely in his heart: "It's so lucky! Aunt Zhang is saved!"

Hao Lin looked around, the cliff where Monroe grew peanut, from top to bottom, was slowly inclined outward, which allowed him to stick to the cliff wall, free one hand, and slowly took out a jade bottle from his arms. The jade bottle was given to him by his grandfather, and his grandfather said that many herbs need to be preserved in a jade bottle to retain their medicinal effects.

Watching the Monroe flower bloom completely, with three petals evenly distributed all around, blooming with a bright white light on the pitch-black cliff, the Monroe flower is not big, slightly smaller than an adult's thumb. Haolin pulled out the cap of the jade bottle with his teeth, put the jade bottle on the Monroe flower, gently pinched off the flower handle with his thumb and forefinger, closed the cap, and carefully put it in his arms.