"Dad, mother, I'm back," Yi Qiu shouted inward after pushing open a door made of bamboo at the foot of the mountain.

Father Yi, who was sitting in front of the door and was weaving something out of bamboo strips, looked up at Yi Qiu, nodded slightly, and continued to bow his head to weave the things in his hand.

"Qiu'er is back, come, drink some water and take a rest" In the hoarse voice, a coarse cloth dress similar to Yi Qiu's clothes was covered with various patches, but it was neat and unusual

"Auntie, I'm here to see you, hehe, I also brought you a pheasant and hare" Xiao Qinglan obediently rushed forward to greet Yi Mu and stuck out her tongue at Yi Qiu.

"It's Qinglan, you kid can play if you want to play, and the people who come here every day are not living people and take something? It can't be stolen from home again, right? Hurry up and take it back." Yi Mu took the medicine frame in Yi Qiu's hand and said to Xiao Qinglan at the same time.

Qinglan jumped to the fence where Yi Qiu's chickens and ducks were raised, put the pheasants and hares in, closed the door, and smiled at her mother-in-law, "This is not mine, my brother took us to the mountains to catch it today."

Mother Yi touched Qinglan's head dotingly and scolded Yi Qiu: "You can climb the mountain to collect medicine by yourself, and bring Qinglan and them to the mountain, if there is any mistake, how can you let me explain to your third uncle and third aunt?"

Yi Qiu hurriedly said: "Mother, don't worry, I have been collecting medicine in the mountains for three or four years, and it is the same as being in my own home in the mountains, and Qinglan They are good at learning martial arts from Peng Lao, otherwise it is impossible to catch these things."

Hearing Yi Qiu say this, the face of the stepmother, who was already pale and bloodless, seemed to turn pale again, grabbed Yi Qiu's black little hand and said guiltily: "Child, I'm sorry for you, my mother's body is already like this, and your father is ......" said here and seemed to be choked up.

And Father Yi's weather-beaten hands trembled slightly a few times at this time.

Holding his mother's calloused hands, Yi Qiu hurriedly defended: "Mother, it's not like this, don't think about it, the child is very happy to be able to help you and Daddy." ”

"Mother's Qiu, not only can you not go to Peng Lao to learn something like the children in the village, but you also go into the mountain every day, you look at your thin little body, every time you enter the mountain, your mother is frightened, it's your mother who is sorry for you! Mother. "Ahem," he coughed involuntarily.

Yi Qiu hurriedly helped his mother and patted his mother's back to share his mother's heart, and hurriedly asked, "Mother, is Daddy better?" At the same time, he helped his mother to the bluestone in the courtyard with a slightly smoother surface, and Xiao Qinglan on the side also hurriedly supported Yi's mother's other arm.

Yi's mother crossbowed her mouth at Yi's father, which means that you can see it for yourself. "It's not the same as before, there is still no feeling below the waist, and his hands can make a little force, and in this life he can stand up and walk a few steps is the greatest wish of his mother. It's just that, alas, even Dr. Guo in the town can't see it well. ”

"Mother, don't worry, Daddy will definitely stand up"

Yi's mother shook her head: "I'm afraid it's difficult, but it's good to fall down from that high mountain and survive, and it's also thanks to Qinglan's father and your fourth uncle who found your father from there, otherwise it's really hard to say, our family owes enough favors to the neighbors and your uncle over the years, Qiu'er, a person as big as your father can fall from the mountain, you have to be careful what you are doing up and down the mountain!"

"Mother, don't worry, Daddy accidentally stepped on a wild boar and fell down, and I don't hunt like Daddy, climb so high and run so fast, don't worry" Yi Qiu said gently.

"Hey, you kid," Yi's mother sighed, stood up, walked to Yi Qiu's medicine frame, took out the medicinal materials collected inside, and dried the same kind of medicinal materials with those picked a few days ago to dry them, and cleaned up the dirt and dust on the medicinal materials.

After Yi Qiu drank the water brought out by Yi's mother, he went in and poured a glass, and handed it to Yi's father, who was weaving a frame or something, "Dad, drink water." Ah, this box is almost ready, and Ming'er can go to the town market to exchange for rice and grain. ”

Father Yi looked at Yi Qiu, took a few sips of water, and then put it on the stone beside him: "Qiu'er, thank you for your hard work" and then started to weave in his hand.

Looking at her mother, who was nagging Qinglan about something, Yi Qiu said: "Daddy, I'll kill this pheasant, let's eat chicken tonight, Sister Qinglan, you also stay." ”

"Okay, I'm here to help my brother, and I'm going to listen to my brother's story at night...... I'm going to go to Peng Lao's place tomorrow, and Peng Lao said that he will go to Qingcheng outside at the beginning of next month, and I'm afraid it will take several months to go back and forth, so I'm going to supervise us so strictly these days......"

After dinner, Yi Qiu and Qinglan cleaned up the tables, chairs, and rice bowls, and Yi's mother helped Yi's father to go to bed to rest.

A lamp like a bean illuminates this small room, which is only five or six paces in circumference, with earth as a wall and a ceiling covered with withered vines. When it was raining heavily, it was raining heavily outside, and it was raining inside the house.

What was in the room? A small wooden bed, a small table with a few branches at the head of the bed, a few dim books on the table, and a few bamboo baskets, bamboo baskets, and medicinal herbs.

"Brother, brother, what do you want to tell me today?" Xiao Qinglan crawled on the bed and stared at Yi Qiu with big dark eyes.

Yi Qiu smiled gently, "Don't you want to listen to our Dongzhu Empire's "The Legend of the Heroes of the Children of Changyu"? Where did you talk about it a few times ago? I'll tell you more, but I heard from the story, and I haven't heard many stories, so I can only tell some of the stories I've heard."

"Okay, okay, last time I talked about the little witch Zhao Ning in an inn in Changzhou City with a bad idea to catch our chivalrous young hero Yang Yufeng. Xiao Qinglan supported her jaw with her hand.

"Well, yes, the little witch Zhao Ning is ...... with the help of the big villain," Yi Qiubian recalled the story told by the book and told it to Qinglan.

Maybe it was because she was too tired to climb the mountain today, and before she could talk for long, Qinglan fell asleep.

Seeing this, Yi Qiu shook his head, removed Qinglan's shoes, straightened his body, and pulled a little quilt to cover him, then sat on the head of the bed again, put aside a copy of "Hundred Interpretations of All Words" on the top of the table, and took out a shabby line book in the middle with the name "History of Dongzhu Medicine", and turned it to the place where a branch was inserted in the last round. After looking at the little oil left in the lamp, he took out a bamboo skewer and gently dialed it, and the whole room seemed to be dark again......

The next morning, it was still dark. Yi Qiutou lifted up from the desk, felt the fire fold and lit the lamp, rubbed his reddish eyes and pushed Qinglan, it's time to get up, go back and bring something first and hurry to Peng Lao, go late and be careful to anger Peng Lao.

"Well, good brother, let Qinglan sleep for a while......" After spitting out a few words, it seemed that he was going to sleep again, but after a while, he still resolutely jumped up, walked out of the room with sleepy eyes, and said vaguely, "Brother, I'll go back first"

After Yi Qiu smiled, he began to quickly sort out the medicinal materials he had collected in the past few days, because he would have to accompany Yi's mother to the town to exchange for the medicine he needed. After finishing the arrangement, he gathered together the bamboo hats, bamboo baskets, and bamboo baskets that Daddy had compiled these days, because he would have to take them to the town for some oil, salt, lamps, oil, rice, grains and other things that he used every day......

Although life is bitter and cold, but the years in the mountains are also relatively quiet, so more than a month has passed unconsciously, seeing that the winter of Longzhi is coming, when the snow will close the mountain, it is impossible to pick something at that time, so after talking to their parents well, in the thousand instructions of Yi's mother, on the night of the full moon, the rooster has not yet begun to report the dawn, and the mountain is full of sweet and clear mountain springs everywhere and do not worry about the problem of water.

The first rays of morning light came on the edge of the day, Yi Qiu had climbed to the mountainside, along the way because of the dark sky did not deliberately look for medicinal materials, although now the dawn can be compared to the usual collection of medicinal materials but it is also more difficult, in late autumn and early winter, the mountains are covered with a thick layer of fallen leaves, even if there are any medicinal materials are also covered by dead leaves, at this time I have to open the dead leaves a little bit to find medicinal materials, it is no wonder that Yi Autumn began to go out before dawn, if it is still the same as usual, delay a little time on the road, and now the amount of medicinal materials collected for three days is only about the same as the amount collected in the previous day, Going out early is not to be able to spend more time in the mountains to find a few medicinal herbs.

Seeing that the sun was rising and there were only a few scattered medicinal herbs in the medicine frame, Yi Qiu's eyes couldn't help flashing a little anxious, even though it was already late autumn, there were sweat stains on his forehead.

A breeze blew, relieving a little of the heat of the body and the irritability of the heart. However, this gust of wind was followed by a non-stop gust of wind that continued to blow.

As soon as the sky darkened, Yi Qiu looked up and saw through the branches of the mountains that there was no clouds in the sky a moment ago, and the sky was crisp and crisp in autumn, and suddenly dark clouds gathered layer upon layer overhead.

"Boom, boom," the clouds converged with lightning and thunder.

Seeing that it seemed to be raining, Yi Qiu hurriedly put the bamboo hat on his head. Just as he was about to run down the mountain, he suddenly felt a huge force pressing him, and he stumbled and fell to the ground. Struggling to raise his head and look back, a few miles away behind him, all kinds of startled flying birds had just flown not too high, and they fell to the ground one after another, even if Yi Qiu was bold, he was stunned.

The clouds are getting thicker and thicker, the momentum is getting more and more terrifying, and at the same time, the pressure on his body is getting bigger and bigger, even if Yi Qiu wants to run at this time, he is powerless.

Several lightning bolts slashed from the clouds to a certain place in the mountain like a sharp sword that cut through the sky, and for a moment I only felt that the ground was shaking, and after a few more lightning bolts, the rumbling thunder came to my ears.