The wood mage and the native brother

Ji Deng is a half-year-old boy, who is not yet old enough to worry about family money, so he really has no choice.

Ji He, the second roommate, violated the wishes of Mr. Ji and Mrs. Fang, and forcibly married his elder brother Qi, who was born as a slave. Naturally, Mr. Ji and Mrs. Fang were not happy with Ji He and Mrs. Ji, so they didn't have much love for the Ji Deng brothers and sisters. He loves a lot, and on weekdays, Ji Deng has to work up and down the mountain, but the food is the least and worst, especially the transparent and invisible Ji Xiaomei, which can be seen from this.

But Ji Deng didn't just starve and work in a daze, he had to think of ideas to earn a few pennies to fill the stomachs of his brothers and sisters.What's more, the eldest brother is like a father, Ji Deng still needs to save up some family property, so that he can put money in the bottom of Ji's younger sister when she gets married in the future.Even after Ji Deng gets married, he still has a dowry in his hand, so he can be confident.

As for Ji's family, Ji Deng has no hope at all that they will follow the dowry when his brother and sister get married, and it would be good to prevent them from thinking of ways to subsidize Ji's family after they get married.

For this reason, Ji Deng took several risks. Fortunately, he has been up the mountain for so long and has not encountered any wild animals. At most, he heard the sound of frightened pheasants and hares jumping into the grass and running away.

As for Ji Deng, a farm boy who has only been to the county town the farthest, he can recognize Huicao entirely because of the Qi family.

The origins of Qi's slaves have always been looked down upon by Mr. Ji and Mrs. Fang. However, the former owner of the Qi family was a merchant specializing in all kinds of spices, so naturally, the Qi family understood a lot.

Ever since Ji Deng was sensible, he listened to Qi's teachings, and followed Jihe Qi's to the incense shop in the county to see the world. The spices with complex formulas are fine, and the vanilla Ji, which can be burned after rough processing, can be burned. The lamp is recognized.

Because of this, Ji Deng was able to hide some private money without picking vegetables or embroidering under the eyes of Mrs. Fang.

But at the beginning, Ji Deng didn't want to drill into the depths of the mountain by himself.The mountainside was safe, so people picked all the wild vegetables, so Mrs. Fang asked Ji Deng to walk into the mountain, and they had to pick enough for a meal.

Ji Deng still had a bit of resentment at the beginning, but now he is grateful to Mrs. Fang for her cruelty, otherwise Ji Deng would not know if he would have the courage to go deep into the mountains in his life, let alone pick the sage grass and sell it for money.

Every time Ji Deng used the excuse of going out to look for something more, he went out early and came down here just as Ji Jiang was going to the fields, Granny Fang naturally couldn't be suspicious.

Ji Deng poured the wild vegetables in the back basket into Ji Xiaomei's basket and put them on the ground. With the big back basket on his back, he threw himself in front of a clump of green grass, and carefully cut off the green stems with a small hoe avoiding the roots of the green grass.

In fact, the roots of huicao can also be sold for copper coins, but in order to pick them next year, Ji Deng is still merciful.

These cymbidiums have already reached their flowering season, and they will be old in a few days, so Ji Deng picked them all and put them into the basket.Ji Xiaomei obediently stood there guarding a basket of wild vegetables.

Ji Deng is used to this job, and after a while, the last piece of cymbidium was properly put into the back basket. Ji Deng took Ji Xiaomei to detour the way they came here, and walked down the mountain for half a quarter of an hour. A simple hut built of thatched wooden boards was revealed among the shadows of the forest.

In the past, hunters often had to stay in the mountains for a long time when hunting, so they liked to build a simple house in the mountains to stay overnight. Now that the hunters have changed their livelihoods, these houses have been abandoned, which is cheaper.

Ji Deng hurriedly rushed to the hut, these cymbidiums are all wet, they will wilt in a short time, and they have to be dried before they can be stored, and it takes a while to build firewood to heat the fire, and it takes a while for them to go home later if their hands and feet are not smooth In order to delay going to the field, Granny Fang scolded them by ear, it was a trivial matter, and she was afraid that they would not be allowed to come up the mountain again if they became suspicious.

After everything was tidied up, Shi Chen saw that it was getting late, so Ji Deng hurriedly dragged Ji Xiaomei down the mountain.

The two of them hadn't gone far, but Ji Xiaomei, who was obediently following behind Ji Deng, suddenly grabbed Ji Deng's pant leg and pointed at a bush, saying in surprise,

"Brother, there is someone!"

Ji Deng followed Ji Xiaomei's fingers and saw a man in black lying in the grass, not sure if he passed out.

Ji Deng was taken aback, pulled Ji Xiaomei and wanted to run away.

There was no one here just now. In this shadowy mountain forest, such a person suddenly appeared. I don't know if it is an unlucky ghost who went hunting in the mountain and was bitten by a tiger or a wild wolf or wild boar. I wonder if there are any people nearby. The departed beast.

Ji Deng's heart trembled. He was lucky enough not to encounter any wild animals for two years. He just thought the rumors in the village were funny, but now he couldn't say that he was playing tricks on him.

If they can leave alive today, Ji Deng will definitely not come up the mountain again, and the copper plate is no longer important to the lives of the two brothers and sisters.If possible, it would be great if I could go back to the hut and take the sage grass with me. There are also one or two abandoned houses in the village. Although they are not as inaccessible as the mountains, there are fewer people going there. It is not easy to find a place after a day or two OK.

In just a short moment, various thoughts flashed through Ji Deng's mind.

What I have to do now is to quickly grab my things and run away. The sooner I leave this place, the better.

Ji Deng pulled Ji Xiaomei and was about to run down the mountain, but Ji Xiaomei, who had always been obedient, suddenly lost her temper and grabbed Ji Deng by the corner of her clothes and refused to let go.

"Brother, let's go and have a look, let's go and have a look."

Ji Deng coaxed Ji Xiaomei to say,

"I still don't know if this person was bitten by a wild boar or a pack of wolves, and I don't know if he is still alive. We have to go quickly. What if there is one and hit us again."

Ji Xiaomei heard the wild wolves flinch, but she still stubbornly held on to the corner of Ji Deng's clothes and refused to leave, determined to see the man lying in the grass,

"Let's take a look at him first, brother, maybe he was lying there because he fell and hurt his head, maybe he's still alive, brother—"

Ji Xiaomei looked at Ji Lantern pleadingly,

"Brother, I don't want him to be like Dad, brother—"

As she said that, Ji Xiaomei's voice was already whimpering.

Hearing "Father", Ji Deng couldn't help but tremble, and his raised steps froze in place.

Back then, the father of the brothers and sisters, Jihe, fell down while cutting firewood on the mountain and got a hole in his head. When someone saw him and carried him down the mountain, he was already dead before calling for a doctor.

Only then did the brother and sister completely become orphans without a father.

"elder brother--"

Thinking of Ji He, Ji Xiaomei couldn't help sobbing, and looked at Ji Deng pleadingly.

Ji Deng struggled for a long time, looking at the teary-eyed Ji Xiaomei, and then at the man in the grass, he finally gritted his teeth, took two steps forward with his arm-length pointed pick, and only told Ji Xiaomei to say,

"Just stand there and don't come over. If you see something wrong, run down the mountain quickly."

Ji Xiaomei nodded quickly like a chicken pecking at rice.

Ji Deng squatted down to check, and couldn't help but be surprised at the first glance.

It turns out that this person has deep eyes and a high nose, he doesn't look like the people of Da'an at all.

But this has nothing to do with Ji Deng, Ji Deng quickly withdrew his mind, took the lead in probing the man's breath, and relaxed a little when he touched the warmth.

Still angry.

Ji Deng glanced at the man's body inside and out again—although he was a little thinner, but he was tall and strong-boned, and there was no red mole between his eyebrows, he was a man.

As a brother, Ji Deng should avoid suspicion, but he can't take care of it at this juncture.

Ji Deng touched the man's body once, but he didn't see any traces of beasts gnawing at him, so he let out a sigh of relief and felt relieved.

It doesn't mean that the place is safe and there is no danger if it is bitten by a wild animal.

But the man's face was as pale as paper, he must still be injured, and it should be hidden under his clothes where he can't see it.

Since this person is still alive, Ji Deng has no reason to refuse to save him. However, this place is quite a distance from the foot of the mountain. It is obviously unrealistic for Ji Deng to take him down, so Ji Deng puts the man's shoulders on his back, Dragging the man to the hut, he raised his voice for Ji Xiaomei to follow.

Ji Xiaomei stared at Ji Deng carrying the man to the hut, and quickly let out a crisp "eh", carrying the person-high back basket on her back, stepping on the thick and soft weeds and chasing after Ji Deng's figure step by step. go up.

There is nothing in the hut, except for a wooden bed, there is only a basket on the ground that is [-]% to [-]% full, and some firewood is piled aside.

Ji Deng struggled to lift the man onto the bed, and wiped his sweat with his hands. At this moment, he could see the difference between the man and the brother. No matter what, the brother was not as strong as the man, and he was not as heavy as the man.

Along the way, the man was basically dragged back by Ji Deng, and his back, waist and legs were probably scratched a lot.

The man was lying on the bed, his lips moved slightly, as if he was babbling a few words, but Ji Deng couldn't hear clearly, and when he looked again, the man had passed out again.

Ji Xiaomei was sent out to pick herbs, and Ji Deng took the time to untie the man's clothes.But this man looks strange, and his clothes are also very strange. Ji Deng thought about it and unbuttoned the outermost one at the neck. When he took it off, it was in the shape of a piece of cloth, which was similar to that of a rich family in the county town in winter. The cloak worn is somewhat similar.

Which family's young master came alone to hunt in this barren mountain for fun.

Ji Deng secretly shook his head, but his hands kept moving.

The clothes inside are relatively easier to take off, once the buttons are unbuttoned, the white and tender flesh on the man's chest is exposed, and it looks even more delicate and fair than the boys and girls.

After all, Ji Deng is a brother, suddenly seeing the man's naked body, he couldn't help but feel ashamed on his face, and stopped the movement of his hands.

If the comatose man felt something, he turned his head slightly and muttered a few times, calling back Ji Deng's thoughts.

Ji Deng spat at himself, taking his life at stake, thinking about what he had.So he kept a small face, and quickly stripped the man's upper body.

The clothes were all off, and a fist-sized burn on the man's stomach was particularly obvious.

Ji Deng was taken aback, scabs had formed in some places on the wound, but bright red flesh could still be seen in some places. For such a serious injury, it would definitely not work to simply treat it with the hemostatic grass they picked.

Can……

Ji Deng bit her lower lip, feeling troubled in her heart.

Not to mention that there is only one barefoot doctor in the village, and you have to go to the county town to find a good doctor, but the villagers came up to save him, willing to send him to the hospital and give him money for the medicine, how did he meet this man It is necessary to explain something.

In order not to expose the fact that he secretly picked Hui grass and sold it, this man could not be seen by the villagers on the mountain.

But Ji Deng was already out of breath after dragging this man for such a long distance, and it was even more difficult to drag him to the foot of the mountain, and it took a lot of money, and it was hard to tell a lie with Mrs. Fang when he went back.

Besides, every family in Xiaohe Village is poor, who wants to pay money for a stranger, even if they call someone, it may be a waste of effort, and Ji Deng's stupidity in front of Ji's family for so long is all in vain up.

Is it to save strangers who don't know if they live or die, or to keep their own secrets?

It's hard for Ji Deng to make a decision.

"Brother, here—"

Ji Xiaomei, who was sent to find the hemostatic grass, trotted into the house, held a handful of dark green grass in her little hand and stretched it out in front of Ji Lantern, looking at Ji Lantern expectantly.

Ji Deng took it over and identified that there was nothing wrong with them being anti-inflammatory and hemostatic, so he picked up a few and stuffed them into his mouth and chewed them into a paste quickly, then spit out a green ball and wiped the wound on the man's stomach. Still not leisurely chewing.

Ji Xiaomei stuffed herself with a handful and chewed hard on her bulging cheeks, as if the man would not survive if he chewed slowly.

Ji Deng looked at Ji Xiaomei who was chewing hard, and his eyes couldn't help but glow with heat.

Seeing that Ji Deng's movements slowed down, Ji Xiaomei carefully glanced at Ji Deng, her eyes full of doubts.

Ji Deng, who was hurting the spring and autumn, was suddenly called back to his senses. This is not the time to think about everything. It is serious to save people first, so he focused his mind on the grinding of his mouth.

The man may have been in a deep coma, and Ji Deng didn't even respond to the herbal medicine applied to his wound.The fist-sized wound was quickly covered with black and green herbs.

Ji Deng rolled up the man's trouser legs again, and saw that the calf was smooth and white, without any bloodstains on the ground at all, Ji Deng was relieved, and put down the trouser legs, in case he hurts others more trouble.

Ji Deng tied up the man's clothes, only exposed his belly to avoid rubbing the medicine on the wound, and covered the man with the cloak. After thinking for a while, Ji Deng covered the man with hay for fire.

It's cold in this mountain after all, don't worry about the burns, he got a fever first and burned out.

Ji Deng stood up, stared blankly at the man's face for a while, bit his lip, and turned his head cruelly to take Ji Xiaomei down the mountain.

After all, he is a mercenary selfish brother.

When going down the mountain, Ji Xiaomei turned her head after a few steps, and looked worriedly at the location of the hut,

"Brother, will he die?"

Ji Xiaomei holds Ji Deng's hand, and looks at Ji Deng pleadingly.

Ji Deng knew very well, rather than saying that Ji Xiaomei had compassion and kindness towards a strange man, it would be better to say that she was in the time when Ji He fell down on the mountain a few years ago, hoping that someone could save Ji He. He Ji Deng can no longer be alone.

But Ji Deng didn't think so.

Ji Deng was silent for a long time, and let out a low breath from his lips and teeth,

"Maybe."

Ji Xiaomei didn't hear clearly, so she asked again.

Ji Deng shook his head, looked up at the sky, and saw the bright sky across the sky.The face of the season lamp changes,

"Oops!"