Buddhism

"I want to drink medicine for your grandma, so don't feed it yet." Chi Tong helped Grandma Li up and gave her the medicine to drink.

Grandma Li was in a daze, she just felt the coolness in her mouth flowing down her throat and into her stomach.Then her thoughts began to gradually become blurred, and she slowly closed her eyes.

Seeing this, Shitou thought that grandma was going to die, so scared: "Wow!" and burst into tears.

Kong Qing felt like covering his mouth, fearing that he would wake up Grandma Li who was about to go into a deep sleep.

"Hmm..." Shi Shi struggled and was about to throw himself on Grandma Li.

Kong Qing grabbed him and carried him outside: "Calm down, your grandma is not dead, she is just asleep. She needs to rest now, you will disturb her by doing this."

Shi Shi forgot to struggle and froze in place, looking at Kong Qing in disbelief.In the past few days, grandma has basically fallen asleep, and the time to wake up is getting less and less.Their family was poor and had no money to hire a doctor to treat their illness. Grandma's illness had been delayed for several months. Seeing that grandma was about to die, he said that grandma was saved.

Kong Qing squatted in front of the stone, touched the stone's head and said, "It's true, the brother in the red clothes inside is a genius doctor who can save your grandma!"

"Really?" Shi Shi looked at Kong Qing with eyes full of tears.

Kong Qing pursed his lips and smiled, his voice was extremely firm: "Yes!"

In Kong Qing's deep eyes, Shi Shi sees firmness and hope.He blinked reluctantly, tears flowed down the corners of his eyes, Shi Shi felt relieved, and smiled on his face covered with tears.

There is such a strong and beautiful smile on his immature face, he is like a snow lotus blooming in a snowstorm on an iceberg, seemingly so beautiful and fragile, but in reality he stands against the wind and grows continuously in the storm, so resolute and self-improving , is admirable.Kong Qing's heart moved slightly, he seemed to see his former self in the child in front of him.

Kong Qing patted Shi Shi on the shoulder: "It's okay!" Seeing Shi Shi wanting to go in to see Grandma Li, Kong Qing said empathetically, "Go in, keep the noise down, and don't disturb Grandma to rest."

Stone nodded, and went in lightly.

Shi Shi ran into Chi Tong who came out of it head-on, and he stopped subconsciously.I want to thank Chitong, and I want to know the actual situation of grandma.But Chitong didn't stop, just walked outside without squinting, staggering him and directly stepped out of the threshold.Shi Shi turned around and looked at Chitong's tall back, lowered his eyes and pursed his lips.Stone took a deep breath and pretended to be relaxed.He silently comforted himself in his heart, then turned and walked towards the bed.

There wasn't even a place to sit here, and Chi Tong had no expression on his face, so he had to sit on the bullock cart in silence.

Kong Qing looked at Chi Tong's cold profile, and was silent in his heart.The usual red pupils are indifferent at best, why does he feel that today's red pupils are extraordinarily indifferent?Those unreal pictures flashed in Kong Qing's mind again, his heart was ups and downs, and Kong Qing couldn't tell the real from the fake after wandering around for a long time.

Grandma Li is seriously ill, there is no medicine here, and there are no good cultivation conditions, so Kong Qing wants to take Grandma Li to Yunshan to recuperate.He walked over to Chi Tong, stood next to Chi Tong, and asked: "Let's take his grandma back, if you leave it alone, I'm afraid your elixir will be wasted."

The side face with red pupils, drooping eyelashes looked at Kong Qing's face rightly, and it took a long time before he uttered a low word: "Mmm!"

Seeing that he agreed, Kong Qing immediately grinned, his brows and eyes curved in a naive manner.

Chitong only took one look, then turned away his face, and closed his eyes against the wind, covering up the surging emotions in his eyes.

Kong Qing didn't feel anything unusual, just felt that Chitong was in a bad mood today.He happily turned around and stepped on the threshold, telling Shishi the good news.

Shitou was very defensive at first, and he was reluctant to leave home. After Kong Qing's earnest words, he finally let go when he was sure to cure his grandma's illness.

When Kong Qing carried his skinny grandma to the bullock cart.He went around in a circle, the house was poor and there was nothing to pack and take with him, so he took the old and tattered quilt on the bed in his arms and snatched him out.His eyes were timid, and he was still holding the unfinished lotus pod in his hand.

Seeing this, Kong Qing smiled slightly, took the quilt in his arms and covered his grandma, and stretched out his hand to him: "Come on!"

Shi Shi looked at the white and slender palms in front of his eyes, looked down at his dirty, pitch-black hands, and subconsciously wiped his palms on his clothes, but his body was covered with dried silt, and the more he wiped, the dirtier and dirtier he was. dust.His face turned red instantly, and he froze in place at a loss.

Kong Qing saw his embarrassment, bent over and picked him up and put him on the ox cart, then got into the ox cart himself, looked at Shi Shi and smiled, "Sit tight, we're about to set off!"

Shi Shi sat stiffly, subconsciously grasping the railing of the bullock cart, not daring to raise his head to meet Kong Qing's gaze, but secretly staring at Kong Qing's figure.I saw that Kong Qing's blue-gray gown was stained with mud marks and black ash from his rubbing, some of which had hugged him before, and some had just been stained.

Shi Shi grabbed his dirty clothes and his cheeks were hot, feeling ashamed.He was full of guilt, felt that he was contaminated with holy things, and just wanted to find a place to hide, and only after hiding for thousands of years could he have the courage to see people again.

The stone was born during a famine, and its mother died when it was born.My father was naughty when he was young, and he broke his leg without medical treatment and medicine, so he became a lame man.The poor family brought him and his grandma to survive the famine with great difficulty, but they were crushed to death by wild boars three years ago when they were digging wild vegetables in the mountains.Since then he has become a child without a father or a mother.

When his father was around, all the children in the village laughed at his father as a lame man.When his father died, he bullied him even more. He had no father, no mother, and no one to protect him. Therefore, he has been bullied since he was a child, and because of this, he is sensitive, inferior and very timid.

At this time, he suddenly got the care of Kong Qing, he was like a person dying of thirst in the desert, suddenly saw a green forest and clear water in the distance, he was so eager to get it, but he was very cautious and dared not go forward.I'm afraid this is a mirage, and it will all disappear as soon as I get close.

The bullock cart moved slowly and did not arrive at Lin Zhongyuan until evening, and Kong Qing arranged them in Mu Youfang's original room.

Along the long journey, Shitou ate the dry food and lotus seeds brought by Kongqing.The stomach is full and the spirit is relaxed.On the way, he fell asleep drowsily, and he still slept soundly until now, showing no sign of waking up.

Kong Qing didn't wake him up, but carefully helped him take off his dirty clothes, wiped his hands and feet, found out his childhood clothes and changed them for him, and carefully twisted the quilt for him and Grandma Li, Only then went out lightly.

After washing, he stood in front of the window wearing a single shirt, looking at the starry sky and the bright moonlight outside the window.The broken shadow of red in my head and the vague warmth in my ears can't be lingered no matter what.Thoughts were in a trance, he was inexplicably feeling a sense of loss. He looked at Leng Yue for a long time but couldn't figure it out. He sighed helplessly and let out a faint breath. He had to close the window, turn off the light and go to bed.

Chitong was lying on the tree in the yard, feeling the night breeze, seeing that the lights in the empty room had gone out, he looked away.Slowly closing his eyes, he suppressed the surging tide in his heart.The indifferent expression was a little more cruel.

After that, Shi Shi took care of his grandmother in Lin Zhongyuan. With Chitong's secret recipe and good medicine, Grandma Li recovered after two months of recuperation.When Kongqing and Chitong came back from school, Grandma Li had already prepared a meal and was waiting for them. Shitou sat on the stone table and wrote carefully stroke by stroke.The thin body is straight and tireless.

Seeing them coming back, Shitou put down his pen and took the initiative to lead the ox cart. While leading the ox cart to the cowshed, he smiled at the two of them and said, "Grandma has already cooked dinner and is waiting inside."

Kong Qing nodded with a smile, washed his hands with Chi Tong, and the three of them walked towards the hall.

Grandma Li had already set up her job, looking at Kong Qing and Chi Tong amiably.Kong Qing smiled back, Chi Tong slightly nodded.The four of them sat around the table and ate with chopsticks.

After the meal, Kong Qing asked, "Will Shitou go to Yun Academy?"

Shitou looked at Grandma, and Grandma Li nodded slightly at him, meaning to let him decide for himself.Shi Shi's eyes were bright, and he smiled all over his eyes. He nodded impatiently: "Yes!"

"Then come with us the day after tomorrow!" Kong Qing patted Shi Shi's head in relief and said with a smile.

Grandma Li moistened the corners of her eyes, it was like a dream.Not only did he not die, but he could also see his grandson go to school, which was a great gift.She lived for nothing for two months, and now she is fine, so it is no longer good to stay here any longer. Grandma Li suppressed her emotions and said: "You all went to school, and I, an old bone, stay here It’s not very useful, why don’t I go back to Li’s Village.”

The house in Lijia Village is leaking from wind and rain, and it can be said that it is a barren house.What does she eat when she returns home as an old man, and what does she rely on to survive?Seeing the unpacked food on the table from the corner of his eye, he said with a smile, "Grandma cooks well. If you don't mind, you can help us cook in the school."

Grandma Li hesitated when she heard that.The family was impoverished, and there was no way out for them to go back.Now that her grandson is here, she naturally wants to stay.But Kongqing took them in, and she couldn't make trouble for others, so she hesitated: "Although I was in charge of weddings and weddings when I was young, but now that I'm old, I can't do it as well as before. I'm afraid I can't do it." This is a big responsibility.”

"Grandma is humble. There are only dozens of children in the school, and the appetite is not bad. You are now in good health, no problem." Kong Qing said.

Grandma Li had kind eyebrows and kind eyes, her smile grew thicker and the corners of her eyes were wrinkled: "Then I'll try it for two days first, if it doesn't work, you can change to someone else?"

Kong Qing nodded with a smile, and encouraged Grandma Li: "You can do it."

Grandma Li looked at Chi Tong again, Chi Tong slightly bent her mouth and nodded.

Grandma Li must have smiled even more when she got Chitong, and now she can be considered to be of some value.In fact, she is not very old, in her early fifties, but because she has not had enough to eat all year round, and her body is exhausted due to protracted illness.Now that he has been fed with good medicine and food for two months, his whole body is refreshed and he is much tougher. It is not a problem to cook for dozens of children.

The happiest thing is Shitou. Not only can he go to school now, but his grandma can also stay, which makes him ecstatic.