The two of them walked along the path looming in the mountains, and sure enough, they soon saw a small village. There are only a dozen households in the village, and occasional smoke wafts overhead. The village was very quiet, and there was no one to be seen, perhaps the men of the village had gone to the mountains to hunt, and the women were at home to take care of the housework.

Nian Nian's heart was in a trance, surrounded by mountains, only a small village is located here peacefully, it seems that he has unconsciously walked to Siweiju, Ah Qin will run out of it, see her happy and honest to her: "Nian girl, my immortal master invites you in." ”

In a fugue, the two had already entered the village, and before passing a thatched hut, they heard the cry of a child coming from the house.

After the sound of pots and pans colliding, a woman came out of the back room, leaned over and picked up the child, humming a nursery rhyme softly, trying to calm the child, but there was indescribable anxiety and worry in her tone.

"Good boy, don't cry, Daddy will be back soon, and when he has hunted and changed his fur, he will be able to go to town and sell money to buy you medicinal herbs for healing." Alas, my wretched child. The woman burst into tears as she spoke, and finally began to whimper uncontrollably.

Nian Nian and Zhu Mei were a little unbearable in their hearts, Nian Nian looked at Zhu Mei, saw her nodding, smiled happily, ran forward and knocked on the door.

After a while, the woman in the house came to open the door with the child in her arms, and her originally cautious eyes couldn't help but show shock after seeing the two of them.

Judging by the voice, the woman is young. But it may be because of housework and taking care of children, wrinkles have appeared at the corners of the eyes. Judging from the women's clothing, their lives are quite hard, and the clothes worn by the women are covered with patches of different colors all over the body, and they are so gray that they can't see the original color of the material. At this time, Nian Nian was wearing a long lake blue dress, with long hair tied up, ethereal and lovely, and a pearl white dress reaching the ground, and black hair hanging down to her ears, cold and elegant. The two stood side by side like fairies, and it was no wonder that the woman was surprised.

The woman came to her senses from the surprise, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, and came out with the child in her arms and said softly: "Two ・・・・・ two girls, you don't look like locals, what's the matter with you?"

Nian Nian stepped forward and said to the woman sincerely, "This sister, we are passing by here and we hear the child's cry outside the window, can you let us see the child?"

The woman froze for a moment, but soon picked up the child. For some reason, the woman believed very much in the two girls in front of her, probably because of their unearthly temperament, which made her feel that such a person should not be a bad person.

Nian Nian opened the swaddling clothes and looked at the baby inside, only to see that his face was flushed, and there were slight beads of sweat on his forehead.

Zhu Mei also looked at it and said to the woman, "I heard the eldest sister say in the house before, what herb does this child need?"

The woman sighed when she heard this, and her eyes turned red again, "Alas, that herb is called Tiger Whisker Grass, and because it was born next to the tiger's den, it is called that." The woman looked up, "Originally, there was tiger beard grass in this mountain forest, but who dared to go to the tiger's den to find this herb? The woman wiped her face casually with the sleeve of her coat that had been rubbed with ashes, and then said, "But, because of this, the tiger beard grass is very expensive, and in order to cure the child, we have sold everything that should be sold in the house, and the child's father goes into the mountains every day to hunt, and buys some animal skins for some silver, but ・・・・・ alas!"

Nian Nian was very sad when she heard this, her eyes suddenly lit up, and she asked the woman: "Eldest sister, what kind of tiger beard grass did you just say, it grows next to the tiger's den, since there are tigers in this mountain, do you know the general direction?"

When the woman heard this, she was taken aback, and hurriedly raised her head: "What are the two girls asking for?"

Nian Nian smiled happily: "Naturally, I went to pick the tiger beard grass." ”

The woman hurriedly waved her hand, and said with a panicked face: "Don't, you two girls' families, and you are so weak, how can you go to the tiger's den! There are tigers there, and a group of men may not be able to come back alive, how can you two go, no, no, no." ”

The two of them were very touched when they saw that although the woman was anxious for her child's life, she was kind-hearted and unwilling to let others take risks for her. After grinding the woman for a while, and finally she played tricks, and the woman had no choice but to tell them the general direction.

They comforted the woman, saying that they would return with the tiger whiskers at ten o'clock in the evening, and told her not to be in a hurry, so she went into the mountains.

The mountain road is rugged, and the lush branches extend to the path, but the clothes on Nian Nian and Zhu Mei's body seem soft, but they are very strong, so even if they go to a place where there is no mountain road, they are still intact.

"Sister, the place that the eldest sister said must be near here, do you think I can still see the little tiger?"

"Yes, you keep quiet, if the tiger finds us first, it will be very bad for us. Zhu Mei said with a helpless smile.

Nian Nian turned around with a smile with his little hands behind his back: "I just want the tiger to know that I'm coming." She leaned closer to Zhu Mei and lowered her voice and said, "I can feel the breath of some large animal activity nearby, it should be a tiger, and this tiger must be not young, it has a faint aura on its body." We only know that the tiger beard grass grows next to the tiger's den, but we don't know what it looks like, so we can only wait for it to appear and ask it in person.

As she spoke, she leaned under a tree, took out the bamboo flute from her bosom, gently touched the notch on it, and then put it to her lips and blew it. ”

The melodious flute sounded, and it seemed that the sound of the wind also followed the rhythm of the flute, and the surroundings that should have been full of murderous aura quickly quieted down, and after a while, the bushes in front of them trembled, and a pair of majestic eyes poked out from behind, and then the vigorous body and colorful patterns appeared in front of the two.

Put down the bamboo flute every year and stand up straight with a smile. In front of him was an adult white tiger, the word king on his forehead was clear, but the eyes that should have been bloodthirsty were calm at the moment. The white tiger raised his sturdy limbs and walked in front of Nian Nian with elegant and calm steps.

Nian Nian stretched out his hand forward, and the white tiger was like a house cat at the moment, meekly lowering his head to the height of Nian Nian's palm, so that Nian Nian could touch it.

The two of them had a tacit understanding like partners for many years, and they smiled and said: "This mountain forest is so vibrant, I know that you have the credit of the king of beasts, you have done a good job, take us to get the tiger beard grass." ”

As if he understood, the white tiger turned around and walked in front, Nian Nian and Zhu Mei glanced at each other, and hurriedly followed.