Small Lingzhi

Dog days are hot, and the beasts in the forest are tired of fighting for the chassis during the day. They perch near the water source, or lick and comb their hair under the shade of trees.

Lingzhi picked up the clay pot and went to the back of the mountain to fetch water. Two sturdy leopards were standing side by side downstream drinking water.

Hearing the movement, they all turned to stare at him.

The young man who often wandered in the mountains to pick grass and eat made the leopards put down their vigilance, and continued to drink water with their heads down as if nothing had happened.

This area is the territory of giant tigers, and few wild animals set foot in it.

One of the two leopards looks thin and weak, and it is easy to be bullied when encountering such a small beast. The older one has no choice but to take the younger one into the giant tiger's territory to drink water temporarily.

There were constant disputes among the beasts, and Lingzhi had seen them several times.

He filled the pot with water, and the two leopards raised their noses towards him, and approached him to rub against each other.

Lingzhi took out two herbs from his pocket, and after drinking the water, the leopard took one at each end and rubbed his arm again before leaving.

Lingzhi bent down and uncovered the clothes on her arms and knees, revealing her fair and delicate skin.

He splashed the cool water of the mountain spring to wash his body, like his Ganoderma lucidum, it felt uncomfortable even at the slightest bit of heat. He bathed himself in the spring water to relieve the hot tide in his body, and then he lifted the pottery pot filled with water and headed back to the cave.

Xiao Yan was half-drowsy and half-asleep, a cold and soft hand stuck to the back of his neck and helped him sit up.

The cool and slightly sweet water entered the throat, followed by a bitter and fishy taste, rushing straight to the sky.

Xiao Yan swallowed the concoction, and when she regained consciousness, she gradually opened her eyes.

Xiao Yan's skin was cold, Lingzhi touched his forehead quietly, poked slightly with soft fingertips,

Xiao Yan: ...

Lingzhi hugged him a little tighter, Xiao Yan turned her face and rubbed the tender flesh of Lingzhi's neck that was exposed when she was trying to cool off and dress loosely.

Lingzhi shrinks her neck, her neck itches.

He whispered sadly: "Jun Qian, your face is still very pale."

The season is hot, and Xiao Junqian's body is going back and forth, which is not optimistic.

There was a smile on the corners of Xiao Yan's lips, and he said in a low voice: "It's nothing, it's God's blessing to me that I can live one more day in this life, if one day I leave, you don't have to be sad."

Lingzhi repeatedly interrupted: "I won't die."

If Xiao Junqian died, his ganoderma would grow in vain.

He whispered: "You were able to move around yesterday, so nothing will happen."

Xiao Yan smiled wryly, her handsome and fragile face made Ling Zhiqian unhappy.

Xiao Yan held Lingzhi's hand without too much force. As long as Lingzhi was struggling, he could pull it away at any time, but Lingzhi didn't do that.

He stared and pursed his lips.

Xiao Yan said: "I still want to rest for a while."

Lingzhi nodded: "Go to sleep, I, I am here to accompany you."

Until Xiao Yan fell into a deep sleep again, Lingzhi stretched out her hand to trace his eyebrows and eyes, and when she took it back, she was still unsatisfied.

The next day, the weather was cloudy and cool.

Lingzhi packed up several bundles of medicinal herbs, carried the bamboo basket on her back and stood by the haystack, telling Xiao Junqian that she was going down the mountain.

He said softly, "I'm going down the mountain."

Lingzhi took the medicinal herbs stored in the cave, went down Wuqing Mountain, went to the village near the foot of the mountain and rented a bullock cart with the medicinal herbs.

He doesn't know how to drive a bullock cart, he is at a loss for the cow that is at the same level as him, and he is timid because he is about the same height as the cow.

The farmer saw him standing and staring at the cow, and laughed, and said, "Xu Chong, the man of Li Fulang's family, will go to the county town at noon, Xiao Lingzhi, just wait a little longer, just let him take a short ride."

Lingzhi had no choice but to do so. Although he didn't ride the ox, he still gave the herb to the farmer, followed the other's instructions, and found it outside Li Fulang's house.

A handsome man opened the door, and Lingzhi explained to the other party why he came. He wanted Xu Chongshun, a man from Li Fulang's family, to go to the county seat by himself.

He said: "I'm looking for Xu Chong, a man from Li Fulang's family, can you help me find him?"

The man laughed: "I am Li Fulang."

There is the largest pharmacy in the county, it would be great if you can get the introduction of the medicine that Doctor Whitebeard said and let Xiao Junqian take it.

He took down the bamboo basket behind him, and said sincerely, "I can give you some herbs."

Li Fulang is one of the few literate literati in the village, and he is somewhat exquisite and noble.

Li Fulang tactfully evaded first, the young man with white teeth and red lips eagerly looked at him, swallowed the superficial refusal, and promised to let his man take him safely to the county seat, and then come back later.

Li Fulang said: "You come in first."

Lingzhi sat beside the stone well in Li Fulang's house and drank a bowl of tea to dispel the heat. Before noon, when the man from Li Fulang's family came back from the mountain, Xu Chong carried several bundles of firewood. When he saw Lingzhi, he was stunned.

Li Fulang walked up to the strong young man, wiped his sweat for him, looked around, and said: "Lingzhi once delivered medicinal materials to the village, he is going to the county town, you can give him a ride by the way."

Xu Chong was taciturn, nodded, put a few bundles of firewood on his back into the stove, and went to the main room for dinner.

Xu Chong finished his meal in two or three mouthfuls, while Lingzhi sat by the well with a bamboo basket in his arms and filled his stomach with a few fruits.

Seeing that Xu Chong was about to go out, he hurriedly followed behind. Li Fulang led a carriage out: "Hurry up and get in the carriage."

Lingzhi consciously climbed onto the carriage, Xu Chong said a few words to Li Fulang, took away Li Fulang's water bag of tea and two packs of potato cakes, and then drove the carriage forward.

There were many gravels on the road, and Lingzhi wobbled behind the carriage.

The chirping of birds swayed in the distance between the valleys.

He hugged the bamboo basket tightly and looked around at the stretching mountains and mountains. He was a little uneasy, but he still sat quietly.

No matter how fast it is to go to the county seat, it will take an hour. As soon as Lingzhi arrived in the county seat, she was awakened by the hustle and bustle all around.

When the carriage enters the gate of the city, there is a street market, where vendors set up stalls, pedestrians carry burdens, and women parade through the streets. There is an endless stream of people coming and going, which is completely different from the village.

Lingzhi looked at the crowd in a daze, he quickly jumped out of the car, walked up to Xu Chong, raised his head and asked softly, "Brother, how do I get to the pharmacy?"

Xu Chong said: "There is a fork in the road ahead. Turn right and go straight along the alley. On the left, you will see the Guiyuan Hall plaque of the medicine shop. There are two majestic stone lions at the door."

Originally Xu Chong wanted to send Lingzhi outside the pharmacy, but his husband at home would not allow him to have any contact with Lingzhi, so he finally said: "We will meet here at the city gate and return to the village in half an hour."

Lingzhi nodded, hesitated for a moment, and left.

People on the street looked at Lingzhi with strange expressions, Lingzhi turned into the alley that Xu Chong said, and there were few pedestrians.

He kept his head buried in horror and kept walking, feeling uncomfortable all over.

Not long after, I saw the two stone lions that Xu Chong was talking about. The lions were majestic, and there were two strings of yellow oil paper lanterns floating beside the door.

It should be the Guiyuantang that Xu Chong was talking about.

A hobbled old man came out of the gate, Lingzhi stood behind the stone lion and waited, no one came in before entering the pharmacy.

The drug boy who was sweeping the floor while watching the fire boiled the medicine saw him, opened his mouth, quickly shook his head and ran to him, asking, "Sir, are you here to ask for medicine or a doctor?"

Even though Lingzhi's clothes are rough and worn, and he wears straw sandals, Yaotong still chooses to call his son when he sees that face.

What kind of appearance does this person's father and mother have to look like to give birth to such a good-looking person?Even the most famous Junsheng in the city is not as good-looking as him.

Lingzhi hugged the bamboo basket tightly: "I want to buy medicine."

Yaotong nodded: "Young Master, please come with me, the shopkeeper is inside."

At the beginning of Lingzhi, he met the shopkeeper of the pharmacy and told him that he wanted to buy a medicinal herb called Chi Lingzi.

The shopkeeper stopped fiddling with the abacus: "Chi Lingzi?"

He looked Lingzhi's clothes up and down, and said without hesitation: "No."

Chilingzi is rare in Yandi, and it is even more expensive in Baiyue, Lingzhi can't seem to afford it.

Ling Zhi lost: "Shopkeeper, is there really no Chi Lingzi?"

The shopkeeper didn't raise his head: "The store is small, if there is no one, there is nothing."

Lingzhi seemed to have no money, and the shopkeeper didn't even bother to waste his time talking.

Although Lingzhi is dumb, fortunately she is not a wooden head yet.

He seemed to have thought of something, picked up the bamboo basket and handed it to the shopkeeper: "I can use the herbs and the shopkeeper to exchange money for red spirit seeds."

The shopkeeper raised his eyes to look at him, and his eyes fell on the bamboo basket.

The shopkeeper straightened his body, put a few medicinal herbs in front of him, and looked at Lingzhi a few more times.

They are all valuable medicinal herbs, but they can be replaced by cheap medicines with similar medicinal properties. As long as people can't eat them to death, ordinary people will always buy cheap herbs.

Herbs with high medicinal properties like this are something that noble people only buy if they have money, but poor people will not buy them.

The shopkeeper has been running a pharmacy for 20 years, and has met more people who eat more rice than Lingzhi. At first glance, Lingzhi is not a sophisticated person, pure and easy to deceive.

So the shopkeeper bought these herbs from Lingzhi at a lower price than half.

Lingzhi didn't know that he was being taken advantage of by the shopkeeper of the pharmacy, so he left with the money bag in his hand, but he hesitated to speak when the drug boy sent him away.

Lingzhi waved at Yaotong and left Guiyuantang. The dazzling array of shops on the street attracted his attention.

Lingzhi always wanted to change Xiao Jun into a better robe. Now he was standing in the shop and asked the shopkeeper for two clothes that he thought were the best. When he wanted to ask for another suit, the shopkeeper waved his hand and said, : "There is not enough money."

Xindao, the shopkeeper of the clothes shop who extorted some money from Lingzhi, was actually stupid, and gave him an extra pair of shoes.

It was the first time she went to the city to spend money in a muddleheaded way. Lingzhi smiled and hugged her two new clothes and shoes, and returned to the village in a carriage with Xu Chong at the gate of the city half an hour later.

Xu Chong put Lingzhi down at the entrance of the village, Lingzhi thanked him, and when he turned his head, someone patted him on the shoulder.

It is Lan Wenxuan, an apprentice of the white beard doctor in the neighboring village.

The young man in blue said, "Lingzhi, why are you here?"

Before Lingzhi came back, Lan Wenxuan walked side by side with Lingzhi, and continued to speak: "I will send some medicine for Master to the butcher. He injured his hand a few days ago, and asked my Master to see the injury."

Lingzhi nodded, looking very obedient.

Lan Wenxuan took another look, and said with a absent-minded smile: "By the way, the villagers sent a lot of longevity fruits a few days ago. The fruits are crispy and good for the body. How about you take some back home and try it?"

The young man in blue untied a blue cloth pouch around his waist, peeled off a longevity fruit and handed it to Lingzhi on the spot.

Lingzhi hesitated, took it and bit it into his mouth, chewing a few more times.

The longevity fruit is crisp and delicious, Lingzhi accepts Lan Wenxuan's kindness, and promises to send him back the herbs next time.

When Lingzhi returned to the cave, Wuqing Mountain was already covered by night, he quickly lit the fire, turned his head to face the man who was sitting quietly on the straw mat, his heart missed a few beats.

"I came back late."

Lingzhi immediately packed up the food and stewed it. He unwrapped the bundle, picked up the new robe and looked at it again and again.

"Junqian, I bought you new clothes."

Lingzhi handed the new robe to Xiao Junqian, hugged her knees and stared at the burning fire.

The food was steaming, and he told the man about his joy and uneasiness when he entered the city for the first time today.

Lingzhi's eyes sparkled: "So there are so many people in the city."

Xiao Yan smiled lightly: "The market is lively, but there are government officials questioning you."

Lingzhi was puzzled, shook her head and said, "No."

Xiao Yan said, "Good boy."

Smiling, Lingzhi took out Lan Wenxuan from her bosom and delivered a bag of longevity fruit.

He held it in front of Xiao Junqian: "The longevity fruit presented by Lan Wenxuan, although the shell is hard, but the fruit is crispy and crispy. I tasted it and brought it back because it was delicious."

Xiao Yan's handsome face was facing Lingzhi, talking and laughing as usual: "Really."

The author says:

On the surface, talking and laughing as usual, in fact, the weather is uncertain~

thank you all!