"Alas, there is no money again, this old village chief said that it is not very reliable to make money by herding sheep. ”

In a valley three miles southwest of Qingyang Village, a seven-year-old boy sighed with his hands behind his back and a dog's tail in his mouth.

Sitting up, he touched the five copper plates left in his pocket, rubbed his fleshy little face in distress, looked at the sun that was about to set, and the young man stood up and drove the scattered sheep in the valley towards Qingyang Village.

From a distance, I saw the smoke curling in Qingyang Village, and there were only a few branches left on the old willow tree outside the village, not that the tree was dying of old age, but was gnawed by the old horse tied to his subordinates, even the bark was not exempt from the ordeal, so that the old yellow dog not far away stared at the old horses who robbed themselves of the cool land.

"Hey, Zhang boy, why did you come back so early today. A middle-aged man shouted from afar, the man's flock was much larger than the young man's, and there were more than a hundred of them.

"Don't mention it, Uncle Liu, just a few sheep, how much can you eat, I think I'll be back soon. The young man raised his hand and said, and when the words fell, he didn't forget to cast envious eyes at that Uncle Liu, Uncle Liu can sell more than a dozen silver cars a year just for sheep, but it is not comparable to his own mere ten or so.

"You kid is lazy and greedy, last time I finally had a little lamb, you said that you raised it and sold it for a lot of money, you have to learn that Rausch roast suckling sheep, it's just unpalatable, and there are not a few taels of meat. Uncle Liu said with a tone of admonition, but there was also a strong love between the words, and he was also very sympathetic to this child who had eaten hundreds of meals.

The boy scratched his messy and weedy hair, and his big sparkling eyes were full of apologies. felt that he had betrayed Uncle Liu's trust.

Soon after entering the village, the two men drove their flocks apart, and the boy put the sheep into the sheepfold, and packed up the dried manure, and carried them into the small house beside them, which was not large, and in which was a bed, and by the bed there was a small stove for heating, and a table, and a small stove at the door.

took out the steamed steamed buns in the morning, soaked them in hot water and ate them hastily, and then sat on the edge of the bed staring at the small stove, and after a while, a trace of heat came out of the top of the young man's head. Then as if subconsciously sitting cross-legged on the bed, palms facing up.

The slightest ripple in the air surrounded the boy and gradually disappeared when he touched the boy's body.

This stove was picked up by the boy a month ago in the valley where the sheep were grazing, the valley is like spring all year round, the fragrance of flowers is bursting, the grass is fragrant, there are a lot of wild fruits in it, there is a small lake in the middle of the valley, and this small stove was soaked in muddy water at that time, the strange thing is that when it was picked up, it was not stained with the slightest mud and weeds, as if it was the same as new, but when it was brought back, because it was cold at night, it was used to burn sheep dung for warmth.

Occasionally, a young man was in a daze when he was roasting the fire, and kept staring at the stove, but something strange happened, there were pictures on the wall of the stove, and the boy stared at it all night as if he was in a daze, and he thought that he would be very sleepy the next day after not sleeping all night, but he didn't feel the slightest sleepiness, and even felt that his strength became a little bigger than before, so he would try to stare at the stove every night from then on.

"Zhang Heng, Zhang Heng" come out quickly.

The young man sitting cross-legged on the bed was Zhang Heng, hearing the shouting outside the door, Zhang Heng opened his eyes and got up to look out, muttering in his mouth, "Why is Uncle Liu here, he is still in such a hurry." Although it was strange, his feet were not slow at all, and after patting his fleshy little face with cold water, he wiped it dry and ran out.

"Uncle Liu, morning, is there something wrong?" Zhang Heng asked suspiciously.

"Boy Zhang, hurry up, your aunt is about to give birth, you go to the town to help me buy some supplements, and then invite Granny Wu from the town." Uncle Liu was sweaty on his forehead, and said in an anxious tone, and by the way, he stuffed two taels of silver to Zhang Heng.

"My aunt is going to give birth, okay, I'll go right away. Zhang Heng's eyes lit up, Aunt Liu is Uncle Liu's wife, although both of them are middle-aged, but this is their first child, the two used to be very good to Zhang Heng, and whatever delicious food in the family will be given to Zhang Heng, and the sheep released by Zhang Heng are also funded by Uncle Liu, saying that they will be given when he earns money. Therefore, when Zhang Heng heard Uncle Liu's words, he also ran out of the village very quickly.

Galloping all the way, Qingyang Village is five or six kilometers away from Qingyang Town, and fortunately, Zhang Heng has to watch the small stove every night, otherwise it is impossible to run for so long according to the previous physical conditions.

Panting and coming to Xu Ji Pharmacy, he looked at the sleepy-eyed guy lying on the counter and said loudly, "Shopkeeper, shopkeeper, bring me a plant of old ginseng." ”

The guy was sleepy when he opened the door early in the morning, and he was about to fall asleep on the counter, when he suddenly heard a milky voice and was frightened, and he was about to open his mouth to scold him, but when he saw the small figure, he immediately smiled on his face, "Zhang Xiaozi is here again, what a good thing to do to Lao Ginseng, are you still empty when you are so young?"

Zhang Heng was still young, looking at the slightly teasing smile on the guy's face, he didn't understand that sentence, scratched his head and said, "No, it's my Aunt Liu who is going to give birth, and Uncle Liu asked me to buy some tonics." ”

Hearing Zhang Heng's words, the guy also restrained his smile slightly, Qingyang Town and Qingyang Village are close to each other, basically everyone here knows each other, Zhang Heng picked it up in the river by the old village chief of Qingyang Village, this little thing is well known, plus Zhang Heng is small, smart, and often has a smile on his face, and the neighbors like him very much.

The guy turned around and quickly wrapped a good old ginseng plant to Zhang Heng, and said with a positive face, "I can't leave here, you can also help me congratulate Lao Liu, I put a few more ginseng whiskers in it." ”

Hearing the guy's words, Zhang Heng showed a sweet smile on his face, and bent down and said, "Thank you, shopkeeper, then I'll leave first, and I'll go to invite Granny Wu." After speaking, he didn't wait for the other party to reply, turned around and ran out the door and ran towards an alley in the town.

Bang bang bang.

"Who is in the morning, don't you know how to respect the old and love the young? A neutral but slightly tired voice came from the small courtyard and said.

When Zhang Heng heard the words of reproach, he didn't have time to apologize, so he hurriedly said, "Granny Wu, I'm Zhang Heng, Aunt Liu in the village gave birth soon, I came to ask you to deliver Aunt Liu." ”

Granny Wu is a well-known midwife near Qingyang Town, even in the town next door, whoever wants to give birth to a child will pull a carriage to pick up Granny Wu to help them deliver the baby.

Hearing the sound at the door, Granny Wu hurriedly got up and opened the door, looking at Zhang Heng at the door, a smile appeared on her wrinkled face, but although Zhang Heng knew that Granny Wu was very good, her neck shrank slightly when she saw the smile, and she didn't dare to raise her head to speak.

"Your Aunt Liu is going to give birth?" Although Granny Wu smiled badly, her tone was very soothing, and she touched Zhang Heng's head and asked again.

"Yes, Granny Wu, Aunt Liu is about to give birth, and I want you to come with me. Zhang Heng said cautiously, secretly raised his head, and looked at Granny Wu who was looking at him.

Seeing Zhang Heng's cautious appearance, Granny Wu was also unaware, reflexively closed the door, turned around and took Zhang Heng's hand and said, "Let's go, that is, you kid, the others came to me to deliver the baby, that is not the ox cart and carriage to pick up, if the others let me walk over, I won't go." ”

Hearing Granny Wu's words, Zhang Heng also showed a smile on his face, his little face was round, and he squinted his eyes with a smile, "Thank you, Granny Wu"

Not long after, it was almost noon, Zhang Heng and Granny Wu came to Qingyang Village, and from a long distance they saw a figure at the entrance of the village who was so anxious that they walked back and forth, and when they got closer, they saw that it was Uncle Liu, who was already in a hurry, and when they saw the two returning, their eyes lit up, and they hurriedly stepped forward.

"Thank you Granny Wu, the matter is really too urgent, I didn't prepare the carriage in advance, I will apologize to you in person later, and trouble you to deliver my daughter-in-law. Seeing Uncle Liu's anxious face and hurried tone, Zhang Heng quietly pulled Granny Wu's hand.

Originally, because there was no carriage, Granny Wu saw Zhang Heng and Uncle Liu still have a flat face, but before he could say anything, she noticed that someone was holding her hand, and she knew that it was Zhang Heng without thinking about it. I had no choice but to calm my face, cough and say, "Let's go, take a look at your wife first, if it weren't for Zhang Xiaozi coming to invite me, I wouldn't be here today." ”

Hearing Granny Wu's words, Uncle Liu's face improved, turned around and beckoned to lead the way, and the group of three walked towards the house not far away.

"Okay, you go and help me get hot water, Zhang Xiaozi, you stay here, and when Granny Wu is done, you will accompany my wife and talk to me. When she arrived at the door of the house, Granny Wu also immediately changed, and her gloomy tone was also a little energetic, and she began to command.

Zhang Heng has no opinion, although he is very hungry because he has been running all morning, but now that the matter is urgent, he has to be patient. Uncle Liu quickly went to the kitchen to bring out the hot water that had been boiled and sent it into the bedroom, and then came out and closed the door.

Zhang Heng didn't have much experience, but when he heard the painful screams coming from inside, his little face was tense, and he was surrounded by his eyes, and Uncle Liu, who was clenching his hands, was almost dizzy.

"Uncle Liu, sit down and take a rest, Granny Wu is an old midwife, it's okay. Zhang Heng stepped forward and held Uncle Liu's hand and whispered.

Uncle Liu, who was in a hurry, heard Zhang Heng's words, coupled with holding his little hand, he also slowly relaxed his mood, one big and one small, just stood at the door and waited, but the painful screams made the fists of the two quietly clench.

"Wow"

Suddenly, there was a baby's cry in the house, and Uncle Liu's nervous face instantly relaxed, and he walked to the door and looked inside.

But Zhang Heng was attracted by this cry, only to see that when the baby cried, the fluctuations above the house suddenly spread, surging into the house, Uncle Liu did not notice this scene because he was in a hurry, Zhang Heng opened his eyes wide, this fluctuation is very familiar to him, he can feel it around him every night, but there is no such big movement, the sky mountain, the ripples are shining, the field of vision is full of this comfortable charm, Zhang Heng involuntarily sounded the pattern on the small stove, stood at the door quietly, slowly closed his eyes。