Luo Yin walked slowly on the mountain path, the sound of birds and insects chirping in the forest beside the road was endless, and from time to time a fresh breeze blew, blowing the leaves into a rustling sound.

At this time, it is late autumn, and the autumn tiger is still raging the world, bringing endless heat to travelers. Fortunately, he was walking in the mountains at this time, with dense forests and green trees, and a cool breeze blowing from time to time slightly blew away some of the heat on his body.

He put down the book basket on his back, took out the water bag that was placed in it, and shook it to find that there was not a drop of water in it. It's hot now, and the road is difficult to walk without water, so you have to find some water to quench your thirst.

He looked at the two- or three-foot-wide path under his feet, and thought to himself, this path looks like it has been stepped on by people for many years, and there may be people in the mountains, as long as you follow the road, it should not be long before you can meet the village.

Sure enough, less than an hour later, Luo Yin saw the houses hidden in the forest. Holding back the thirst in his mouth, he walked briskly, and when he passed through the forest, he realized that there was only one family in the forest.

I saw that the door on the wall of this house was hidden, and there was a knocking sound from inside, Luo Yin stretched out his hand and knocked heavily on the hidden door a few times, and shouted loudly: "Is anyone there?"

After a few screams, the people inside finally heard and responded, "Who?" As he spoke, footsteps rang out from far and near in the house.

After a while, the gate of the fence opened, and a man who looked like he was in his thirties appeared in front of Luo Yin. I saw that he was naked, wearing only a pair of knee-high shorts, and there were beads of sweat on his naked upper body and face.

Luo Yin saw that the master came out, and hurriedly saluted, and said: "This eldest brother, the younger brother is in a hurry in this mountain, just because the weather is hot and thirsty, so he has come to bother to ask for a bowl of water to drink." ”

Hearing this, the man looked at Luo Yin, and said with a smile: "Come in, come in, there is this water." Sit down for a moment, and I'll scoop up water for you. With that, he led Luo Yin in, and the two walked through the small courtyard, and when they arrived at the house, they turned around and walked into the side room.

Luo Yin saw a basket of dried herbs in the small courtyard, a breeze blew, and he smelled a strong smell of herbs in his nose, guessing that the family must be the medicine pickers in the mountains, making a living by collecting medicines.

When I entered the house, I turned my head and looked around, and saw that the furnishings in the room were quite simple, with a low table made of bamboo and a few bamboo mats being all the furniture. He found a bamboo mat and sat down, quietly waiting for his master to come out of the back room.

After a while, the man walked out with a short bowl of water, put it in front of Luo Yin, and said, "Guest, please, I'll scoop it after drinking." ”

Luo Yin was indeed very thirsty, so he took the bowl and drank it all without pause. After drinking a bowl, the man took the bowl and scooped another bowl. He drank three bowls of water in a row, and finally recovered from his thirst, only to feel a sense of comfort in his body.

Seeing that Luo Yin was so thirsty, the man said with a smile: "My small courtyard is dozens of miles away from the mountains, and the guests must have been hungry all the way. So saying, he turned and went out of the house, and went to get something to eat.

Luo Yin was indeed a little hungry, the weather was hot, and it was difficult to store food for a long time, so he didn't have much dry food on his body, and now there was not much left.

After a while, the man brought two pancakes for Luo Yin, and they were still steaming, "There are only some coarse tea and light rice at home, and the guests should not dislike it." As soon as I saw that there was still some embers under the stove, I warmed it up and let the guests eat it while it was hot. ”

Luo Yin thanked him sincerely, and then began to devour. The man saw that Luo Yin was in a hurry, so he scooped a bowl of water for him.

After eating and drinking, Luo Yin asked, "Xiaosheng Luo Yin, I don't know what to call the eldest brother?"

The man put away the dishes and chopsticks and put them in the middle of the table, and said: "The surname is Zhao, Zhao Ping'an, he was weak when he was a child, and he is the only seedling in the family for two generations, so his mother gave him such a name." ”

"Looking at Brother Zhao's conversation, it seems that he is also a reader?"

Zhao Ping'an smiled and said: "When I was young, I studied in a private school outside the mountain for a few years, but my talent was not good, and I saw that I couldn't even pass the exam as a child when I was getting older. Because he spent all the money in his family to study, and his parents, wife and children needed to be supported, he gave up his books and came to this mountain to inherit his father's business and become this medicine picker. ”

Luo Yin stood up, saluted Zhao Ping'an, and said, "Brother Zhao can give up his studies for his relatives at home, which makes Luo Yin admired. Although it is important to study and become an official in the imperial examination, the relatives in the family are the most precious. Otherwise, even if you pass the Jinshi exam, what's the use of no one in your family being there. ”

Luo Yin's words were exactly what Zhao Ping'an was thinking, and he suddenly became a confidant, and said: "What Brother Luo said is exactly what I want, there are still some self-brewed turbid wine at home, why don't you and I have a drink together?"

"I don't dare to ask for it. ”

Zhao Ping'an went back to the house and took a jar of wine, poured a bowl for Luo Yin and himself, and the two drank and chatted, but they were also quite in love.

At this time, Luo Yin said: "Brother Zhao still has food at home, can you sell me some and keep it for food on the road." ”

"Brother Luo, don't mention buying and selling, it's not a precious thing, just give it to you. Don't shirk, or you'll look down on me as a medicine picker. With that, he went back to the house and took out the remaining pancakes, wrapped them and handed them to Luo Yin.

When Luo Yin heard this, he no longer mentioned the payment, took the small bag wrapped in pancakes with both hands, and thanked him again.

Seeing that he had rested enough, and the wine was slightly drunk, he got up and said goodbye: "The younger brother has rested enough, and there are still many ways to catch up after that, so I will say goodbye to Brother Zhao here." ”

Zhao Ping'an kept Luo Yin for one night many times before leaving, but when he saw that he had made up his mind, he didn't say anything more, sent him outside the hospital, and watched him gradually disappear into the forest.

Luo Yin left Zhao's house and went to the mountains, where the vegetation was dense and thorny, which added a lot of trouble to his mountaineering process. More than an hour passed by the time and stopped, and gradually it was evening.

Half of the sun had already set, and the rest of the sun was no longer scorching and warmer. He took a wooden stick and picked up the grass and thorns along the road, and climbed up the hill step by step.

After walking for a while, I came to a steep slope, and I didn't expect that the hill in front of me looked not high, and there was such a steep place. To save time, instead of a detour, he started climbing this steep climb.

The mountain was so steep that he had to use his hands and feet to climb it, and from time to time there were raised rocks in front of him, or he was accidentally cut through the skin of his trousers by thorns.

He didn't bother to wipe the sweat from his face, he just wanted to climb the steep slope so that he could find a place to rest.

As he climbed, his right hand seemed to have grasped something, soft and greasy, and a little cold. Before he could react to what was going on, he suddenly felt a pain in his hand, as if he had been bitten by something.

He hurriedly retracted his right hand, only to see two bright red tooth marks on the back of his hand.

At this time, where he had just grasped with his right hand, a cyan snake crawled out, only to see it hissing at Luo Yin with its triangular head held high, and bright red letters kept spitting out from its dark mouth.

Viper!

Luo Yin only felt dizzy in his head, and the sky whirled for a while, and he fell down the steep slope as soon as his feet were soft, and rolled all the way to the bottom of the slope.

His face was cut by stones and thorns, and his blood flowed, and he felt as if he had hit a lot of stones on his chest, arms, and legs, and his face was deformed from the pain.

Ignoring the place where he had been hit by the raised stones, he hurriedly got up, endured the severe pain on his body, and pulled out the short knife from the back basket with his left hand, and used this knife to make a cross-shaped cut in the place where his right hand was bitten.

As soon as the wound from the bite of the poisonous snake was cut open, a stream of black blood spurted out in an instant. He hurriedly put his mouth up, sucked hard, and then spat out the black blood in his mouth. After a few times, the blood sucked from the wound finally turned bright red.

He felt a little relieved as he watched the blood he spit out turn red, but at this time he also found that his mouth had become a little numb.

"Such a powerful snake venom, this is miserable. A chill ran in my heart just now. Then, with a knife, he cut a hole in his clothes, tore off a long strip of cloth with his left hand, and tied it to his right arm.

After doing these self-help measures, Luo Yin endured the pain on his body and began to walk down the mountain. Although most of the snake venom in the wound has been sucked out, there must still be some of it entering the body with the blood, and if it is not treated early, his life is in danger.

He didn't dare to walk too fast, because if he walked fast, the blood circulation would accelerate, and he would die faster, but he couldn't be too slow, otherwise he would die before he found the doctor.

After walking for a while, he loosened the strip of cloth tied around his arm for a while, so that the blood on his arm could circulate and replace, otherwise even if he survived, the arm would be completely necrotic.

On the way, he thought back to the towns he had encountered along the way, but soon found that although there would definitely be medical centers in those towns, they could not quench his thirst far from water, and he could not survive that time.

And the closest to him, the most likely to save him, is only Zhao Ping'an's family. He was a medicine collector in the mountains, and he must have encountered a lot of poisonous snakes, and he must have been familiar with herbal medicine, and perhaps there would be a cure for snake venom.

He is his last hope, otherwise his path to immortality will come to an end here.

Gradually, he felt that his body began to become weak, his head was dizzy, his head was swollen, he wanted to vomit, his vision slowly became blurred, and his heart was beating faster and faster.

He held on to his body, which seemed to be on the verge of collapse, and supported himself with his will to survive. On the way, he kept telling himself that as long as he arrived at Zhao Ping'an's house, he might be saved, he would be able to survive, and he couldn't give up hope.

The sky gradually darkened, and a light appeared in the distance, as if to guide him. His heart was beating wildly as if it would burst open at any moment, and his eyes could no longer see the road at all, so he could only vaguely follow the light.

Luo Yin, whose consciousness began to become blurred, finally stumbled to the door of Zhao Ping'an's house, and knocked on the door of the Zhao family with the last trace of the will to survive.

......Bang bang,