In the courtyard under the mountain, the thatched house, and the hall in the house, there is a table with four chairs, two vegetables on the table, and three bowls of noodles.

At this time, a peasant woman's voice came from the kitchen: "An'er and Ping'er have come to eat." Out of the other room came two teenagers, the older fifteen or sixteen years old, and the younger twelve or thirteen years old. The two of them had just been reading and practicing calligraphy in the house. The elderly, the elder brother is called Xu An, and the younger one, the younger brother is called Xu Ping.

Wash your hands, sit down at your desk, and get ready to go. Xu An seemed to suddenly remember something, "Brother, you have made a lot of progress in your handwriting today, so you can bring it over to show your mother." ”

Xu Ping said happily in his heart: "Okay." So he went to the house to get the words. At this time, the mother was still in the kitchen. Xu An quickly sandwiched the egg in his bowl into Xu Ping's bowl and hid it at the bottom of the bowl.

When his mother came out of the kitchen and sat down, Xu Ping had already taken the words and showed them to his mother. When Mother Xu saw Xu Ping growing, she touched his head with pity, her eyes were full of love.

"What holiday is today?" asked Xu Ping, curious and happy, eating eggs.

"It's not a holiday, what's wrong?" said the mother.

"I just ate two eggs, and I remember that it seems that only festivals come in. Xu Ping said with a grin.

The mother glanced at Xu An and said lovingly: "It was your brother who gave him to you." ”

Xu An said embarrassedly: "My younger brother is growing his body, and he should be the elder brother." ”

Xu Ping said: "Next time I'll let my brother." ”

Mother Xu was so happy to see her two sons so humble and polite.

"Bang" heard the sound of the bowl falling to the ground and breaking, "Mother, what's wrong with you?" Xu An rushed out of the room and ran to the kitchen, and Xu Ping followed. I saw that Xu Mu had fainted on the ground.

"Hurry up and go to Doctor Sun's house. After Xu An finished speaking, he immediately picked up Xu's mother and went straight to Doctor Sun's house.

Doctor Sun's house was not far from the Xu family, and soon a dilapidated house appeared in front of him. "Divine Doctor Sun, Divine Doctor Sun, hurry up and save my mother?" Xu An shouted.

At this time, Doctor Sun was not at home, and he did not return from going out, only his eldest son Sun Xing was there. Sun Xing basically inherited his father's medical skills.

"Aunt Xu is overworked all year round, coupled with the wind and cold, her body has been in an abnormal state, and this sudden fainting is a warning. Sun Xing said.

Xu Ping hurriedly said: "What should I do then?"

Sun Xingdao: "I'll prescribe a tonic first, but to nourish and cure it, you need the Nanshan Cinnamomum flower." ”

Xu An said: "What is that?"

Sun Xing said and took out a flower from the medicine cabinet on the wall, and then said: "It was born in the dangerous place of Nanshan, which is infested with snakes, insects and tigers, so it is not easy to obtain this flower. My father, who once ventured into Nanshan, only got a few plants, and now there is only this one left, so he treated Aunt Xu. ”

Xu An and Xu Ping said: "Thank you." When we go to Nanshan to retrieve the oak flowers, we will return them to you. ”

Sun Xing was not surprised, but just instructed: "Take care." He gave them a packet of herbs, saying that they could repel insects.

After returning from Dr. Sun's house, both brothers were a little uneasy.

Xu An said: "Brother, mother, you take care of it, I'll go get the oak flowers." ”

Xu Ping said: "Okay. ”

On the second day, Xu An got up, only to see a letter left on the table, and it turned out that Xu Ping had already set off. Xu An sighed.

Cinnamomum is really a good thing, after Mother Xu took it last night, she got up this morning, and her face was ruddy, like a girl.

"Mother, you can rest more, I will prepare some food. Xu An said.

Mother Xu looked at her filial son and said with relief: "Okay." ”

After Xu An accompanied his mother to eat, he told his mother that he was going to go up the mountain with his younger brother to collect medicine, and prepared lunch, and his mother could eat it directly without preparing it. Then, after serving his mother and falling asleep, he carried a cloth bag and a firewood knife and set off for Nanshan.

Nanshan is located thirty miles south of Xujia Village. Looking from afar, the cliffs are steep, the forests are full of bamboo, and the pines and cypresses rise to the sky. Because this mountain is steep, there are often insects, ants, beasts and tigers in and out, so it is rarely visited.

When Xu An arrived at Nanshan, it was already noon. Although it is noon, the mountains still reveal shade and coolness. Xu An saw that there were traces of felling on the way up the mountain, and he thought that it should be Xu Ping's doing.

The deeper you go into the mountain, the more difficult the road becomes, and I heard Sun Xing say that the tree grows on the cliff, so I walked in that direction. Or wear, or climb, but also all the way smoothly. After some tossing, entering the mountain, I saw a tree on the cliff in the distance, and the flowering period was in full bloom, and I was very surprised.

Because he grew up in the mountains and fields, his movements were also flexible, with the help of a firewood knife, and then with the help of Teng grass, he finally arrived at the place of the Cinnamon, and was about to reach out to pick it, but he knew that a spotted poisonous snake popped out behind the Cinnacle, if it was not an eye disease, the firewood knife waved, and the head of the snake was chopped, otherwise he would definitely be bitten by the snake. But I was also frightened, and I slipped down from the cliff, and the firewood knife fell, but fortunately, I grabbed the vine with my hand. Touching his heart, he was secretly frightened.

Successfully got the oak flower, and let out a long breath, between life and death. Pick up the firewood knife, and by the way, pick up the spotted snake together, maybe you can give Sun Xing medicine.

In a happy mood, he was about to go back with Xu Ping, with the sound of the wind, there was a tiger roar, after the roar, he heard the roar of a young man, Xu An's head tightened, and he didn't care about being stabbed on his body, and rushed to the direction where the sound came from.

The tiger's roar was getting closer, and Xu Ping could be heard saying, "Beast, come." The voice was not strong, but it also made Xu Anxin feel a little relieved. Running quickly, I couldn't care about the torn clothes on my body and the scratches on my face. The bag was still straddling the body.

Nearby, I saw Xu Ping sitting on a tree, smiling and mocking the tiger, and said, "Come on, come on." "The tiger under the tree, walking around the tree, hitting the tree and scratching, angry and roaring from time to time. Xu An couldn't help but smile when he saw this.

Xu An didn't dare to slack off, and also climbed a big pine tree nearby. shouted, "Brother, are you okay?"

Xu Ping heard his brother's voice and looked at him in surprise, "Brother, why are you here, didn't you ask you to take care of your mother at home?"

Xu An said: "My mother has gotten a lot better, but I'm worried about you." As he spoke, he wiped the wound on his face, and only then did he feel the pain.

"Oak flowers have been obtained. Xu An said happily shaking the cloth bag in his hand.

Xu Ping smiled: "Brother, fortunately, you have already picked it, so you don't need to look for it again." As soon as I entered the mountain, I was targeted by this beast. Good thing I'm witty. After speaking, he couldn't help but shake his legs, and the previous thrill had been forgotten.

Xu An said: "Yes." Think of a way, how to solve this brute, let's hurry down the mountain, this place is gloomy, it's better to go early. ”

Xu Ping said: "Alas, it's good not to be eaten by it, it's not easy to solve it." ”

Xu An climbed along the tree to the vicinity of Xu Ping, and he had no plan for a while. The tiger was also tired, and lay on the ground as if he was asleep.

Xu An shouted Xu Ping lightly, and then motioned for him to look at the firewood knife in his hand. As soon as they got off the tree, the tiger roared, and the frightened firewood knives of the two also fell under the tree. It turned out that the tiger was pretending to sleep.

The tiger pounced, Xu Ping hurriedly rolled over, hugged Xu An, and rolled away. The tiger slammed into the book, fell half-dizzy, and the wood knife on the ground was embedded in its belly.

At this moment, the two brothers had come to their senses and quickly climbed to the tree, so nervous that they could no longer breathe.

The wounded tiger, like crazy, roared violently and slammed into the tree. The knife fell to the ground, and blood gushed out. Maybe he knew that it would go on like this to no avail, so he left.

Suddenly, all that remained in the forest was the chirping of birds. The two brothers felt like they were separated from each other. After making sure that the tiger was really gone, the two slowly descended the tree, and their feet were no longer able to stand firmly, so they supported them and prepared to go down the mountain.

Unexpectedly, stepping on the air, Xu Ping shouted, and Xu An was also rolled down the mountain with Xu Ping.

Fortunately, the sky is endless, and the two were buffered by the vine, and they were not even killed by the fall. The two of them lay on the ground relaxed, enjoying the pleasure of immortality. The two of them laughed. Xu An touched the cloth bag, it was still there, and let out a long breath.

"Ahh

Xu An sat up nervously: "What's wrong?" No need to ask, he was also startled. It turned out that when Xu Ping had just stretched his arm, he inadvertently touched a hard thing - a human leg bone.

The two of them were nervous to look at something. It turns out that this person is not as lucky as they are.

"Brother, look at the words on the tree. Xu Ping said.

I saw that the bark of the tree trunk was scraped off, and it was written: "Xixi Xun Geng unfortunately died here, but unfortunately the bones cannot return to their hometown, sigh! sigh!" Judging from the state of the trunk, it should be some years old.

Xu An said: "I don't know what kind of person this Mr. Xun Geng is, he died here and can't return to his hometown." ”

Xu Ping said: "Maybe we can help him." ”

Xu An said: "Yes." But I don't know what kind of place Xixi is. ”

Xu Ping said: "Go back and ask, maybe my mother knows, or someone in the village knows." ”

The two of them collected the visible bones, as well as two pages of parchment. Hold on to your home. As the sun sets, the afterglow shines on his face, filled with the happiness of the catastrophe.