Instead of answering immediately, the old man asked, "Where are you from?"

First Ming smiled bitterly: "I don't know where, I encountered something in the sea, and I have forgotten the past." ”

When the old man heard this, he groaned for a while and said, "Well... I see that you are dressed strangely, but what you said before is similar to the official dialect of the two poles, and I think your origin should not be far away. I heard that there are thousands of miles of desert south of Bailuo country, and there is a large yellow desert in the middle, because of the hot weather, they all have short hair and short beards, and they are dressed strangely, I guess you or the people of the place. ”

First Ming couldn't stop smiling bitterly in his heart, people in the desert should wear more clothes and wrap more, how cool as I am, but he still said happily: "If so, I will go to find relatives in the future." ”

The old man nodded, and then said, "Do you know that there is a wild land in the north of the Northland?"

First Ming shook his head and said, "I don't know." ”

The old man said: "In the north of the northern land, the mountains are getting thinner, there is a beast named Xiao, because it looks like a man and a beast, so people call it Xiao Man or a beast Xiao is different, it is two feet high, lifting a thousand catties, moving forward with a hand on the ground, carrying black hair, its appearance is like a person and not a person, the teeth are black, and it feeds on people. ”

Listening to the old man's description, the first thing that came to mind was the species of orangutans on the planet, but the orangutans are omnivorous, and the orangutans here eat people?

He looked at Heiwa suddenly, as if he had thought of something, and hurriedly asked, "Heiwa is Xiaoren?"

The old man shook his head, but did not answer, but said as if reminiscing: "I came here to practice medicine thirty years ago, that year of the great drought, the big city on the border of Mochen in Bailuo Country was not harvested, the fish and shrimp near the water were all caught for a while, and the food in this waterfront city was cut off for a while. ”

"After three months, I gave birth to a daughter, and six years later, I took pity on her thinness, felt the kindness of her father, accepted her as a disciple, and taught her to recognize the herbs. ”

After another ten years, the disciple came of age and went to the northern province with his father to kiss him, and was attacked by beasts. His mother was so grief-stricken that I could not take care of him that she committed suicide by jumping into a well the following year, and in March of the following year, my disciple reappeared in the village to return to his relatives in the north, already delirious and pregnant with a child. ”

"Goodbye disciple, of course I am glad and pity for the death of her parents, so I tried every possible way to meet her to find a support, but after all, she is stupid, no one wants to marry, if I marry the person with incomplete limbs, I can't bear it, so I have to do my best to take care of it. ”

"After two years old, seeing the disciple's belly getting bigger and bigger, but not giving birth, my heart was uneasy, but there were rumors in the village that it was the son of the beast. I have been practicing medicine here for a long time, and I asked myself if I could still speak in the village, but the villagers were afraid of me, so they suppressed the matter. ”

"It can be seen that it is pitiful, I used to hope that the apprentice would give birth as soon as possible, hoping that he would be a human race, but after two years, I began to hope that the apprentice would not give birth. However, the world was impermanent, and after two years and five months of pregnancy, my poor apprentice gave birth to a boy. ”

First Ming originally listened attentively, and when he heard the child being born, he subconsciously asked: "Is it Heiwa?"

The old man did not answer, but stroked the head of the drowsy black baby in his arms, and said with distress in his eyes: "This is a hard-working child! My disciple regained his sanity after giving birth to the child, but this black baby was born full of black and long fetal hair, and the villagers knew about it, and the crowd was excited, and asked to drown the child." I naturally protected him, but my disciple was arrested and tortured by the villagers, and when he came back, he was scarred and left with an old disease, and as soon as the child was weaned, it seemed to leave all his worries behind, and he went. Speaking of this, the old man seemed to remember the grief of that time, as if he was shedding tears, and was busy touching his face with his hands.

Seeing this, the first Ming hurriedly said: "The elders mourn on their day." ”

After a long while, the old man put down his hand, and there were some bloodshots in the whites of his yellowed eyes, and continued: "This child is not like ordinary people, he has just been weaned, and he likes to eat meat. After my disciple died, the people in the village continued to climb the wall of my house to observe. When he was one year old, I went to the doctor, because my bags were incomplete, I came back to get medicine, but I found that the black baby was missing, if I hadn't been busy looking around, the child was almost drowned. ”

"After that, I went out with the black baby, so two years, I am old, day by day, gradually holding the black baby does not move, so I take it to practice, but I don't want the black baby to look ugly to the patient is afraid. Since then, I have gradually gone out to practice medicine, and when Heiwa is five years old, her height is already like that of a person eight or nine years old, she can't speak, and her body is more fluffy, and because she is trapped at home all day, her temperament is becoming more and more eccentric, and hurting things gradually happen. At this point, the villagers no longer allowed the black baby to exist in the village. ”

"I sent Heiwa to a cave in the forest, used the grass as a bed, taught her to eat vegetables and fish, and took care of her from time to time, so that she survived. Before, I could go once for ten days, but gradually in the past few years I have inconvenience in my legs and feet, and the mountain roads are difficult to walk, so it is difficult to go once every few months. Heiwa gradually grew up and became a lot more sensible, and came to the village to see me, but was driven away by the villagers. If it weren't for your arrival, it would be difficult for me to meet Heiwa again. ”

After listening to this, the first Ming thought for a while and said, "So, the black baby is really born of hybridization?"

"Nine times out of ten. You have also seen that the black baby's divine power is not like ordinary people. ”

First Ming nodded in agreement, thought about it again, and exclaimed: "In this way, isn't Heiwa only ten years old!"

The old man had recovered his mood, smiled, looked at Heiwa's body gradually floating with steady breathing, and struggled to lift the arm that was pressed on his leg, and said, "Forget it, I am exactly ten years old this year." ”

First Ming was shocked and said: "He has such divine power when he is only ten years old??? so when he becomes an adult, he will pay it back!"

The old man said: "When I was young, I saw the side of the beast, but I saw that the beast was holding a thousand catties of sharp weapons without effort, which shows that its divine power is extraordinary. ”

First Ming adjusted his mood and said, "So, then it's no wonder that the villagers are like this." Who knows when he will become like an orc, I think if the black baby enters the village and doesn't come out, they will all be unable to sleep at night. ”

The old man said, "You're not afraid?"

The first Ming said: "Where does the fear come from?" ”

The old man pointed at the black baby, looked at the first Ming, and said, "If he wants to eat you, it's easy!

The first Ming said: "That's why I'm not afraid." ”

The old man wondered, "Oh, why?"

The first Ming said: "Because it is easy for him to eat me, and I am alive now, that proves everything." He saved me when I was at my weakest, and even now, besides, at the beginning of man, nature is good, although I don't believe it, but I believe that man is supplemented by pure goodness to lead to goodness, which is Xiao man, and there are also half of people. Although Heiwa has a perverse temperament, he is not ignorant, just like teaching him to learn words, I can teach him to become a real person, even if he can't integrate into the village, he can live freely in the world, and one day, he can find a place suitable for him. ”

"Good, good!" When the old man heard this, he stroked his beard and laughed: "What a good person is not good, supplemented by pure goodness! You stranger is a stranger!"

After hearing this, he shook his head and said: "I'm not a stranger, I see that you are always a stranger, when I entered the city alone in the past, I often heard people talk about this thousand fishermen and doctors do not admire Rongli, the city lord promised to invite you into the city with ten thousand gold, but you waved and refused because of the nostalgia. If it were me, I would wave my hand, but it was just to raise the price, so I refused categorically like your old man. You are not a native of the country, but you are a skilled person, but you are huddled in a small fishing village, and I think you are worthy of this strange man. ”

The old man was still smiling, but when he heard the words of the first Ming, his face changed, and he said coldly: "My doctor should help the world, and he can save many people in the village, if he promises the city lord, won't it be just for the doctor of one family! Then I categorically refuse!"

As soon as the first Ming heard it, it was not good to continue to ask, but he just said: "The elder is righteous, Ming admires." After speaking, he clasped his hands into fists and bowed to the old man.

Seeing the first Ming bowing, although the old man didn't understand, he also knew that this was a tribute to himself, his expression was a little cloudy, and he was about to speak, but he found that he had woken up with a black baby, and he was looking at himself in a daze, his heart sank, and he said softly: "Baby, wake up." ”

The first Ming looked at it, and he was also surprised, although Heiwa couldn't speak, but she could hear the general meaning when she was obedient.

Heiwa lifted her head from the old man's lap, touched her slightly flattened belly, pointed to her mouth, and said, "Hungry..."

The old man and the first Ming breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, and hurriedly said okay. So the three of them moved, the old man was physically inconvenient, and he wanted to be busy, but he asked the first Ming to press on the ground, and then the first Ming asked Heiwa to pick up the meat and follow him to the kitchen, and started cooking with the existing materials.

More than an hour passed, and a few small dishes were served, except for a few bowls of millet, only barbecued meat, wild vegetable soup, fish soup, and a plate of salt full of impurities.

Salt in this world is a precious item, if it weren't for the old people practicing medicine and some savings, like a fishing village, ordinary people generally can't afford to eat salt, even if they eat it, they also count and eat it one by one.

The salt was bitter and astringent, but Heiwa drank the soup with salt and ate it extremely happily. The first Ming lost his appetite after eating some barbecue, and the old man was old after all, so he stopped eating some rice with soup. In the end, everything on the table was packed into the stomach of the black baby.

Seeing Heiwa holding the bowl and licking, First Ming couldn't help but sigh, not only the language and clothing, but also the many tools here, such as tables, chairs, rice bowls, and chopsticks, were like ancient times, which made him wonder if he was in ancient times. But he had never heard of a dynasty that had a two-pole country and a Bailuo country, so he dispelled his thoughts.

After putting away the dishes and chopsticks, the first Ming shook off the trend of more and more people at the door, and was about to leave, but saw the old man walking out of his room. He greeted him and asked, "What is this?"

The old man raised his hand, and could see that this was a thick booklet made of animal skin, and there were some pictures and words on the first page, and the first Ming took a closer look, and saw that a plant was painted on the map, from the root system to the leaf veins, clear, and the text next to it read: 'Huang Yan, similar to the barley tree, the leaves are like hemp leaves, the safflower and yellow fruit, the fruit is like a child's tongue, washing it can cure scabies, and it can also cure edema', he hurriedly asked: "This is a drug guide?"

The old man smiled: "No, I traveled when I was young, and everything I saw and heard was in it. I asked you the truth in the morning, and this is the truth, and you know it one by one, so that you can know all things. ”

First Ming suddenly realized, and he was not polite, accepted the book, bowed again, and said, "Thank you, elder." ”

The old man waved his hand and said: "I can't give it, Heiwa is like my grandson, you take care of him, I also have a wish, my old bones, maybe when I will go, you take him well, don't ask for much good, but let him live." ”

First Ming nodded and said, "Heiwa is like my brother, so I will naturally take him well." ”

The old man smiled, beckoned to the black baby behind, and when the black baby came, he stroked the black baby's head, with a smile on his face, and said: "The black baby is big, grandpa is old, and he is anxious to listen to Ming's words, don't be disobedient." ”

Heiwa didn't know if she understood it, touched the back of her head and nodded, and walked behind the first Ming.

Seeing this, the old man smiled again, but this time there was a little more decline, "You want to send some good things next time, I'm afraid I won't be able to gnaw on this pork leg." Okay, let's go, let's go, if you don't leave, the villagers will come to catch up. ”

The first Ming looked up, the sun was slanted, nodded, and when he turned around, he seemed to remember something, and he was busy groping up and down, and finally took out a dried pork belly from his pants, and said: "Elder, I often hear people say that there is something in this pork belly that can nourish the stomach, and there is no time to deal with it in the mountains, so it can only be dried in the sun. ”

"Oh, hehehe, you have a heart, there is a boil in this belly, but it has its effect, I took it, by the way, look at my old eyes are dizzy, you take this" The old man smiled and put a black porcelain bottle from his waist and stuffed it in the first Ming's hand, and said: "If it is injured, apply some." After giving it, he said, "Okay, let's go." After speaking, he waved his hand and motioned for the two to leave.

The first Ming led the black baby, but turned around at the door, saw that the old man was still at the door, bowed with the old man according to the black baby, and then went out, but saw that the whole village was guarding the door, he sighed, and took the black baby to the forest. As soon as I left the village, when I saw the scorching sun in the sky, hail began to fall.