After putting away the jade bottle, Haolin planned to pick a Monroe flower nearby, as long as he moved it slightly, he could catch it, and Haolin, who was about to act, suddenly found that the Monroe flowers around him were darkening at a speed visible to the naked eye, falling off the stone cracks, and falling down the cliff.

The sun has already emerged, illuminating the entire forest sea in the distance, and the breeze is light, like a green ocean, rippling with microwaves.

Hao Lin shook his head with a little regret, he didn't care about admiring this rare beauty, and was about to climb up, when he accidentally caught a glimpse of the lower right, not far from him, a green mist was churning and curling with the wind. "What kind of fog is this, it's still green, I didn't notice it at night. Haolin thought to himself, looked up and looked up, although he couldn't see where the top of the cliff was, but Haolin felt that he shouldn't have come down far, so he started to climb up with his hands and feet, it was easier to go up than down, plus the excitement of picking Monroe flowers, Haolin felt full of strength, as if he saw Aunt Zhang's illness cured, Qian'er showed a smile again, his heart was very happy, and he unconsciously sped up. Haolin, who was immersed in joy, didn't feel the wind around him gradually getting stronger.

A green mist like a python stretching its body, slammed upward, pounced on Haolin, and instantly wrapped Haolin, who was trying to climb up, felt that there was a faint fishy smell in the air, and when he didn't react, his head was numb, and he felt that his body suddenly lost his strength, and his feet slipped, and he suddenly fell down against the cliff.

Haolin subconsciously pulled the vines on the cliff, his mind was blank, "It's over" Haolin was flustered, completely out of mind, and let his body roll down against the cliff.

Listening to the whirring wind in my ears and smelling the increasingly strong fishy smell in the air, my hands hurt a lot, and my body hurt a lot, all of which were scratched by the craggy rocks.

"Am I going to die?".

"Poof" was accompanied by the sound of falling water, and as soon as he felt the huge impact from his back and buttocks, a stream of cold water surrounded him and flooded the top of his head. Subconsciously closed his eyes, and his two hands began to pull desperately, gulping down the cold water.

You can still vaguely hear the sound of stones falling into the water, it should be some gravel, and I found that my hands and feet can still move, Haolin struggled to surface, and took a sharp breath, "cough, cough, vomit" Haolin coughed violently, squinted his eyes and found that this was a small river that was not wide, not far away from the riverbank, a strong desire to survive rose from his heart, Haolin began to wave his arms stiffly, kicked his legs, and leaned towards the river. Because Xiaohe Village relies on water, Haolin often plays by the river with his friends in summer, and simple dog planing is not difficult for him.

The river here is not in a hurry, it should be the upper reaches of the river, but this seemingly calm river is like a devouring abyss, waiting to swallow his life.

When Haolin felt that he was running out of strength, his hand suddenly hit the dirt, just now he was just paddling desperately, now he took a closer look, and found that he was already by the river, grabbing the grass by the river, stepping on the soft river mud under his feet, Haolin gritted his teeth, and further slid back half a step to climb to the shore.

Lying on the shore with his eyes closed, coughing and gasping for breath, after a while, Haolin eased up, he suddenly found that there was no fishy smell in the air here, so he looked around, Haolin found that above the river, there was a thick green mist that was slowly drifting, like clouds, it turned out that these poisonous fogs were just floating in the air.

The joy of escaping death did not last long, Haolin found himself shivering with cold, his hands and feet were gradually stiffening, he felt very tired and sleepy, and suddenly remembered something, he touched it in his arms, "Fortunately, it is still there." Secretly glad that the jade bottle was placed in the small pocket of the underwear in his arms and did not fall out.

Struggling to get up, but his hands and feet couldn't exert any strength, the soaked clothes made him feel colder and colder, his head became heavier and heavier, and a tired tiredness suddenly hit, and Haolin fell asleep.

I don't know how long, Haolin slowly woke up, his eyelids were very heavy, he couldn't open them, his body was not cold, he was still covered with a quilt, there seemed to be a slight sobbing sound in his ears, he wanted to speak, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he just made a low "hiss" sound, and his throat felt a pain.

"Brother Haolin, are you awake?" Qian'er's happy voice came from her ears: "Don't move, I'll call grandpa." Qian'er was about to get up and call Haolin's grandfather, when she turned around and found that Wang Tianyuan had already pushed the door in.

"Haolin, you're finally awake! Qian'er, go get some water. Haolin's grandfather suppressed the excitement in his heart, held back the tears in his eyes, and grabbed Haolin's wrist from the quilt to take the pulse.

"Grandpa, why can't I open my eyes?" Haolin struggled in a hoarse voice.

"It's okay, kid, Qian'er brought you water, just drink the water. Wang Tianyuan stroked Haolin's head and said, "Your body is fine, grandpa will be fine for a few days." Putting Haolin's hand back into the quilt and tightening the quilt, Wang Tianyuan looked at Haolin and said, "You can worry about grandpa to death these days." ”

"Grandpa, I found Monroe Flower, Grandpa, Monroe Flower is in the jade vase, take it to save Aunt Zhang!" Haolin remembered something, and suddenly said excitedly.

Wang Tianyuan looked at his grandson and didn't speak, Haolin lost his parents since he was a child, although he took good care of Haolin, but after all, he was a man, Aunt Zhang was a good person, he treated Haolin very well, and Haolin also liked Aunt Zhang.

"Grandpa, what's wrong, why don't you speak?" Haolin stretched out his hand and touched it to the side.

Wang Tianyuan grabbed Haolin's hand and stuffed it back into the quilt: "Haolin, Aunt Zhang has been gone for four days." ”

Tears slipped from the corners of his eyes, Haolin's mind was blank, and his heart was empty, he still remembered that when he was a child, Aunt Zhang hugged him and teased him, he still remembered going to Aunt Zhang's house often, Aunt Zhang secretly stuffed him with some small candies that Qian'er couldn't eat, he still remembered that when he was sick, Aunt Zhang guarded him until dawn, he still remembered the first time he went to the river to play, and almost drowned, it was Aunt Zhang who choked on several mouthfuls of water before dragging him ashore, bit by bit, the memory is still fresh, but Aunt Zhang is gone.

Qian'er came over with water, Wang Tianyuan took the bowl and helped Haolin up: "Come, let's drink some water first." He didn't know how to comfort Haolin, he was born, old, sick and died, and he had seen too much as Langzhong.

Haolin mechanically drank the water one by one, and tears fell into the bowl. Wang Tianyuan helped Haolin lie down, shook his head, turned around and went out.

Qian'er sat on the edge of the bed, looking at Haolin, with tears in her eyes, but did not make a sound, Haolin closed her eyes, let the tears slide down her face, fell on her ears, and dripped on the bed.

After a long time, Haolin said: "Qian'er, I'm sorry, I couldn't bring Monroe back in time, otherwise Aunt Zhang wouldn't..."

"Brother Haolin..."Qian'er burst into tears.

After crying for a while, Qian'er wiped her tears and said: " Brother Haolin, my mother died at noon that day, I don't know what to do, so I came to you, Grandpa Wang said that you have not come back from the mountain, several villagers have gone into the mountain to find, and then Grandpa Wang went to my house to help my mother take care of the funeral, just met the villagers who came back from the mountain, they said to follow the trail to find the back mountain, found that you may have fallen off the cliff, Grandpa Wang followed the villagers around the river, to the mountain to find, found you by the river upstream, at that time you were already unconscious, Grandpa Wang said that you just fell down and fainted, you came back and slept for four days。 Qian'er is so afraid that you will leave me too. Woo woo woo ..."After saying that, Qian'er cried low again.

"It's okay, Qian'er, haven't I woken up yet, I won't leave you. Haolin comforted Qian'er.

"Brother Haolin, Grandpa Wang asked me to move in with you, and built me a bed on the other side of the room, you won't drive me away, right?" Qian'er asked carefully, her sad and fragile heart could only get a trace of comfort from Haolin, so she cared about Haolin's thoughts very much.

"That's great, we'll be together every day from now on, how could I drive you away!" Haolin said with a smile.

"Hmm" Qian'er lowered her head and replied contentedly, with a hint of joy in her heart.

Under the care of grandpa and Qian'er, Haolin's body gradually recovered, and the friends in the village also came to play with Haolin on the bed every day, so that Haolin gradually got rid of the pain of losing Aunt Zhang.

In the evening, Wang Tianyuan saw Haolin come back from playing with Qian'er from outside sweating, and said with a smile: "Haolin, you and Qian'er will go to the town with your grandfather early tomorrow morning, and the Spring Festival will be soon, and you will go to the town to buy something." The Monroe flowers you picked last time won't be needed, so we'll sell them and buy you and Qian'er a new set of clothes. ”

There are still ten days left before the annual Spring Festival, and the villagers have to worship the mountain god, thank the mountain god for the year's provisions, and pray for abundant food in the coming year. Only at this time will the villagers go to the town together, and from here to the town they have to climb over two mountains, and they will leave before dawn and arrive in the town at noon.

Hearing that they were going to the town, Haolin and Qian'er were excited, they had grown so big, it was the first time they went to the town.

Before dawn the next day, Haolin got up, Qian'er also got up, and deliberately changed into beautiful clothes that she didn't usually wear, or Aunt Zhang bought them for her during the Chinese New Year last year, and the joy of the upcoming festival and the excitement of going to the town diluted the sadness in Qian'er's heart, and occasionally showed a smile on her face.

Wang Tianyuan took Haolin and Qian'er to meet the villagers. There were already many people in the village, and it was not yet dawn, and with the help of dim torches, Haolin saw that many friends had arrived, walking around in the crowd, and his face was full of excitement.

A group of old and young people in Xiaohe Village set off on the chirping, two young people holding torches to open the way in front, children and old people in the middle, the village chief and a few young people in the back, Haolin was sandwiched in the middle, following the adults in front with great expectation, feeling full of strength under his feet.

The winter sun lazily shone on the earth overhead, and a group of people came outside Moqiu Town, it was Haolin them, the children were already exhausted, and the enthusiasm for the market had long been worn out by the long mountain road.