Others are fleeing famine, but I am a salted fish

After washing, everyone put on their half-dry clothes and went ashore to dry them at the bonfire that was specially built for the women.

In the light of the fire, Lin Xiaoyue saw that Xiaosi and Xiaowu's raised arms, necks and cheeks were covered with layers of bumps that looked like rashes. The itchiness and pain were unbearable. She quickly called Chunxing to come over to check on the two little kids.

Fortunately, Chun Xing said after checking it out that it was not a big problem. It was just that he had some small bags bitten by mosquito larvae and lice caused by not keeping clean while fleeing the famine and sleeping in the wild.

In fact, there are not just two small ones, but they appear on everyone's body, especially on the arms and thighs. Once they appear, a large red patch will appear, which is itchy and numb.

It's a nightmare for people with trypophobia.

Chun Xing took some herbs and crushed them to apply to everyone. Everyone felt a cool sensation on their skin, and the itchiness soon disappeared. Everyone smiled and thanked Chun Xing again and again, making her cheeks red.

After a while, everyone washed and dressed and went back to the men. Chun Xing also took a handful of herbs and sat between Doctor Qiao and Doctor Li, and guided Xiao Si and Xiao Wu to make ointment to treat lice.

It’s not difficult to make these, and there is water and medicinal herbs here. Take the two little ones to make some and keep them for later use.

At the same time, you can also bring two little kids into the house, which is not a very troublesome thing, and you can have a companion when doing it together, so it is not boring.

A group of people were sitting nearby, sighing that there is always a way out. They didn't expect to have such a fortuitous encounter. It was like a ray of hope after a dark cloud.

For these impoverished people, today's gains were really too much. Everyone sighed sincerely, and at the same time, they were also hesitating about staying for a few days to rest before setting off again.

Yes, this time, everyone did not think about staying in this paradise for a long time to avoid the disturbances of the outside world, but they were discussing very clearly how many days they should stay here.

Take advantage of the rich local products and abundant water resources to take a good rest, wash away your fatigue, and adjust your state before setting off again.

Both men and women were busy weaving straw hats, straw sandals, bamboo baskets and bamboo baskets, which were daily necessities, using the aquatic plants collected from the waterfalls and the mountains during the day and the bamboo strips cut from bamboo.

Now we use local materials and do everything we can as soon as possible, so as to avoid having to wait until we can come across such a good place with rich resources again in the future.

They chatted and laughed while working, and they were still too excited to sleep until late at night.

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The night is cool and everything is silent. The silvery moonlight penetrates the gaps between the dense leaves, casting mottled light and shadows.

Surrounded by a dense forest shrouded in white fog all year round, everyone gathered around a campfire, imagining what kind of materials they could harvest in this area tomorrow. They also competed with each other on the progress of their own weavings. The atmosphere was more relaxed than ever before.

Suddenly, Luo Qianqian, who had nothing to do, pointed to the other side of the pond with trembling hands and screamed shrilly, "Ghost...Ghost...There is a ghost."

Everyone was frightened to death by the scream, and looked cautiously in the direction of Luo Qianqian's finger. They saw a huge ancient tree standing by the pond in the darkness. Its top emitted a strange light blue light, like an evil demon wreaking havoc on the world.

For a moment, everyone cried out in surprise, and was filled with fear, as if an inexplicable chill was drilling into their bones, making them tremble, and endless panic quietly spread.

"There is a ghost, there is a ghost, I, I don't want to be here, I don't want to be here, I want to leave, leave..." Luo Qianqian was so scared that her face turned pale, a foul smell spread from her lower body, and she rolled and crawled towards the opposite side of the woods.

"Oh, I don't want to be here either. It's too scary."

"Mom, there are ghosts, there are ghosts."

Many people were so scared that they almost wet their pants and were trembling all over. Several people followed the panicked Luo Qianqian and ran around in the forest.

The originally peaceful and harmonious atmosphere was broken by this sudden scene, causing everyone to fall into deep panic.

Grave panic and terror spread among the people. Those who still had the strength to run away, while those who could not run collapsed to the ground, shaking like a sieve, with tears and snot streaming down their faces. They wished they could just faint.

Miao's hands were shaking as she pulled Lin Xiaoyue, who was still standing there, staring blankly at the tree that was emitting strange light. She wanted to cry but had no tears, "... Ya,... San Ya, go, carry your dad on your back... Go, go quickly..."

Xiaoqiao, who was standing nearby, was so frightened that his legs went limp. He hung on Niu Tietou and cried miserably, "Niu...Brother Niu, let's go...let's go..."

Chun Xing hugged Xiao Si and Xiao Wu tightly, with such force that she almost suffocated the two little kids.

Fortunately, Erya noticed that the two little guys' faces turned purple and they kept slapping Chun Xing's arms, so she rushed over and pulled her hands away, allowing Xiao Si and Xiao Wu to catch their breath.

Doctor Li frowned slightly and shouted with all his might, "Stop arguing, it's not a ghost, it's a sacred tree."

Doctor Li's words woke everyone up from their panic. All of a sudden, there was silence all around, and everyone seemed to have pressed the pause button, and they were all stunned.

Doctor Qiao clapped his hands, his eyes sparkling. "Yes, it is recorded in ancient books that there is a mysterious place outside the East China Sea, called Guixu. It is said that this place is the place where all things return and the place where souls rest. There is a sacred tree at the entrance of Guixu, which illuminates the passage to the resting place for lost souls under the cover of night."

“The sacred tree is spiritual. It not only guides lost souls to their final resting place, but its bark can also cure some terminal illnesses.

According to the records of the first medical saint, when he was young, he traveled to a place and saw a woman and child there suffering from unbearable abdominal pain, which later spread to the whole body. She also had weak pulses and vomited black blood. Many doctors were helpless.

Later, she met a wandering monk, who took a piece of the sacred tree and ground it into powder, then boiled it in water and asked the woman to drink it. After a while, the woman stopped vomiting blood and the pain in her body disappeared. The wandering monk left a piece of the tree for everyone to plant, and then disappeared in front of everyone.

The woman and the people present, a total of more than a hundred people, witnessed this miracle with their own eyes, and they all worshipped it as a god and knelt down in worship. "

As Dr. Li spoke, he approached the "sacred tree" cautiously. In the strange blue light that flickered, the trunk was covered with lifelike dragon scale patterns, rising and falling slowly like breathing. At the top of the tree canopy, fluorescent flowers bloomed, emitting an alluring light.

A light breeze blew by, blowing up a fluorescent flower, which floated down slowly from a high altitude.

Doctor Li stretched out his hand and caught it steadily. Looking at the charming light blooming in his palm like stars, sparkling and translucent, everyone's eyes were filled with surprise and awe.