11, [cut off water source]
Most people in the mountain village are not optimistic that Chen Aniu can continue to survive, and only one person is still looking for a way out. That is Chen Aniu's good friend since childhood, and the forest where he always "runs around the mountains".
"Run the mountain" is a rural slang, which means to go to the mountains to make a living.
When Lin Hai was farming, he would always go in with an axe, chop some firewood, and sell it in the town at the foot of the mountain, and buy oil, salt, needles and threads.
The mountain village is remote and closed, and foreign exchanges are mainly driven by the official road not far away. Pedestrians who occasionally come to stay or the two peddlers who walk around the village and town.
Because I have seen a little more people in the place I have walked, Lin Hai has always been a very "savvy" type of person in the eyes of the villagers.
He has always been unwilling to accept the condition of his friend Chen Aniu.
After knowing that the medicinal materials were difficult to catch, Lin Hai asked the doctor about the appearance and habits of various medicinal materials. After learning that there were in Yunzhong Mountain, even the fields were a bit deserted, so he went up the mountain to search all day long.
Everyone is still not optimistic about this behavior.
"The medicinal materials are not so easy to find, and can A Niu still last until he gets back the medicine? Alas..." Whenever this matter is mentioned, the villagers will always shake their heads and sigh.
Only the forests are endlessly searching through the mountains all day long.
That day, in the eyes of those who were working and chatting at the entrance of the village, the forest almost floated back.
"What's wrong, Haizi, have you made a fortune? Or have you picked up your wife?" The elder with an exaggerated personality next to him asked with a smile:
"There is medicine! Aniu is saved!"
Lin Hai's words caused everyone to be restless: "Have you found all of them?"
"I haven't had time to explain in detail, I'll send the medicine to Dr. Zhang first, and I'll talk to you later when I come back." After he said that, he led the yellow dog and walked down the mountain.
The place where Dr. Zhang practices medicine is quite far away. You need to walk to the official road and walk along the official road through the small town at the foot of the mountain to get to Dr. Zhang in Lijia Village.
The doctor finished preparing the medicinal materials and asked Lin Hai to boil a few pieces for Chen Aniu. After Aniu started taking the medicine, his condition improved greatly. It was only a matter of time before he could recover from it.
The excess medicinal materials were left to the doctor, which made Dr. Zhang, who had been short of medicine, very pleased.
The process of Lin Hai obtaining medicinal materials gradually began to spread.
This lucky boy got the medicine given to the immortal!
At the same time, the saying that there is a true immortal on Xianqi Cliff has gradually become a rumor and a story mentioned by the villagers.
As for the immortals themselves, the simple mountain people don’t care much about it. Everyone’s ideas are as simple as life in a mountain village: Just immortals are immortals, and having immortals is a good thing.
Lin Hai often came to Chen Aniu's house to take care of him. Seeing his friends' complexion getting better day by day, he was happy from the bottom of his heart, and at the same time he was even more grateful to the "Fang Xiancao".
As Chen Aniu's condition gradually improved, the villagers who were pleased with this often came to visit him.
On that day, while Lin Hai was taking care of A Niu's house, Lin Ergou, the little baby next door, got in:
"Brother A Niu, my mother asked me to give you two eggs."
Ergou's name is obviously from his own home. Although it is not as nice as Lin Hai's name, it is very practical because it can be easily heard from this - he also has an older brother Lin Gouzi.
A Niu felt embarrassed to refuse on the couch, and Lin Hai went up to take it directly: "Go back and thank my aunt for A Niu... Oh Ergouzi, why are you so anxious to leave? Are you in a hurry to go down the mountain to play?"
"No, Brother Haizi." Lin Ergou stopped, "I guess you don't know yet, something happened to Xiaoxi."
"Ah? What's wrong?"
“It’s broken.”
Hearing this, Lin Hai quickly put the eggs in place, said to A Niu, and then took Ergouzi to the stream outside the village.
The word "白" in Linxi Village comes from this stream.
The person named Lin Hai in the village was "a knowledgeable person" in the eyes of the villagers. He once suspected that the real name of this village was "Linxi Village", but when his ancestors registered in the county, they might have written wrong words, but this was no longer verified, which made the man regret it.
When I walked to the stream, I saw that the stream had dried up, revealing pebbles. Under the sunlight, the pebbles that had been soaked in water all year round gradually began to turn white.
"how so?"
Lin Hai asked Ergou next to him, and then learned that things happened very suddenly.
The people who were washing the river were first aware that something was wrong. The water level of the river decreased and then became fishy. They quickly took out their clothes.
In a state of surprise, the stream stopped flowing in front of everyone's eyes.
For Linxi Village, this is bad news.
This stream outside the mountain village is the source of water for everyone's daily life. They point to it when cooking, drinking, washing and feeding animals. But the most fatal thing is that the terraces at the foot of the mountain are also irrigated by this water.
People and animals have no water, so they can also walk a few miles to the mountains and rivers to carry it. The fields have no water, the seedlings have withered, and the harvest is not enough to be harvested.
Very worried about this phenomenon, the villagers spontaneously organized several people to go upstream along the valley.
Until the source above, I found that the spring water had dried up and reached its bottom, and there was no dripping water at the outlet, leaving a cave that looked unfathomable. Faced with this scene, the villagers were frowning.
The news brought back by several explorers made the village miserable.
When Lin Hai brought Ergou here, he happened to meet people from most of the village gathered here to discuss. Everyone had even begun to seriously consider whether to move or escape from the famine when facing such natural disasters.
In a heavy mood, he put down Ergou and returned to Shen Aniu's residence.
After talking about this matter to A Niu, A Niu became silent, and the two of them were speechless.
"I don't want to do it anymore, I'll go and boil the medicine first. Dr. Zhang said before, after drinking this last medicine, you can go to the ground after a day of rest. The water in the jar is still full, and there will always be a solution." Lin Hai sighed and said, no matter what, life still has to continue.
Shen Aniu behind suddenly stopped Lin Hai:
"Haizi, you got this medicine from the immortal. Do you think the immortal... will there be a way?"
Hearing his friend's words, Lin Hai continued to remain silent. He started to cook the stove, carefully took out the medicinal materials from the paper bag, put them into a jar, and added water to make them suffer.
The water in the jar was rolling, and the misty mist filled the yard with the fragrance of medicine.
The firelight shone on Lin Hai's face.
Gripping his teeth, he made up his mind.
For Shen Aniu's life and death, I could ask Fang Xianchang for the sake of Shen Aniu's life and death. Now it is the life and death of the whole village, so why not be able to do it!
He walked to the bed with the medicine, and Lin Hai said to Shen Aniu: "I'll go and ask for that immortal. If you can't seek immortality, everyone can only move away or escape from the famine."
Upon hearing this, Shen Aniu suddenly stood up from the collapse and looked at Lin Hai. After a few breaths, Aniu thought that he couldn't help with this, so he sighed and lay down again, saying to his friend:
"be safe……"
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When Lin Hai climbed up the Xianqi Cliff from the side, he felt nervous. He didn't know if he would anger Fang Xianchang when he came here rashly.
Seeing Fang Xian get up and smile at him, as if waiting for him to pass, Lin Hai felt relieved and then was overjoyed.
So he ran over quickly, and even the yellow dog that he came up with him was not aware of the monkey demon he had seen before, riding down the mountain.
After listening to Lin Hai’s story, Fang Chang helped him up and stood up and said, “Follow me.” Then he glanced at the dried pottery, and took the woodcutter behind him and walked down the mountain.
Chapter completed!