Medicine Girl Jingjing

Chapter 4 Jingjing First Entered the Medicine House
He said empathetically, "Changsheng, please read the letter written by father to mother."

Li Laoshi nodded with a smile, took out the letter from his arms, held it in his hand, and read it loudly.

When Qu Shi heard the last sentence of the letter, "Your mother is troubled, you take good care of her and your brother", she turned her head away, two lines of tears fell from the corners of her eyes.

The young couple left the letter to Mrs. Qu, hugged Li Jingjing, and Li Yunxiao who was crying earth-shatteringly in the cradle of the main room, and went back to their bedroom.

Li Laoshi opened the palm-sized mahogany brocade box, and inside lay a white jade plaque that was one inch high and half an inch wide. The magic thing was that there was a Guanyin vase hidden in the plaque.

He Shi had seen many precious jade ornaments when he was young, and when his eyes fell on this jade tablet, he shot a surprised look, and couldn't help but praise: "It's such an ancient jade tablet, without any impurities, and the Guanyin bottle inside is lifelike. .Daddy got this treasure from somewhere, our sister Jing will be able to grow up safely with it."

Li Laoshi looked at He's smiling face, and leaned closer.

Li Jingjing stared at the ancient jade tablet, and from the corner of her eye, she saw that He's face was blushing, and she laughed in her heart how thin-skinned Laughing Niang is.

He Shi found the red string and put it through the jade tablet and put it around Li Jingjing's neck, but he didn't notice that when the ancient jade tablet touched Li Jingjing's delicate skin, a golden light flashed from the Guanyin bottle and disappeared.

Li Yunqing took Li Qubing and ran into the main room from outside the courtyard like a gust of wind, shouting: "Father!"

Li Laoshi came out of the bedroom and looked at the uncles and nephews whose clothes were covered with mud, and said with a stern face: "Yun Qing, why don't you help your mother take care of your younger brothers and sisters at home?"

Li Yunqing stuck out her tongue, with a look of shame on her face, and said slowly: "Father, I heard mother said that I want to eat Sophora japonica cake, so I went to climb a tree to pick Sophora japonica."

Li Laoshi restored the smile on his face and stroked his son's hair.

Qu's exclamation came from the bedroom, "Oh, my little ancestor, why did you go climbing a tree with your uncle?"

Li Qubing raised his head and explained, "Mother, the little boys in the village who are younger than Qingyazi and me all climb trees to pick cotton and mulberry fruits."

Qu said loudly: "They are them, and you are you. You will not be able to climb trees in the future."

Li Laoshi's father was not at home for many years. When Li Laoshi was a child, he was detained at home by the Qu family and could not go anywhere. He was timid and fearful, and his vision was narrow.

Later, Li Laoshi obeyed his father's arrangement and entered Taiqingguan as a layman's pyrotechnic worker. He only came into contact with men, and his personality changed.

He could imagine that if his son and younger brother stayed at home for a few more years, they would be as stupid and cowardly as he was when he was a child.

Seeing the anxiety and melancholy in her husband's eyes, Mrs. He asked, "Longsheng, Yazi Yun is seven years old this year, shouldn't he go to the school in the county?"

Li Laoshi shook his head and said: "A few years ago, my father told me that Yun Yazi went to Taiqing Temple to work as a fireworker at the age of eight."

Seeing Qu's face full of surprise from the corner of his eyes, He asked, "Why did Dad let Yun Yazi go to the Taoist temple?"

Li Laoshi recalled his father's original words, and said: "Father said that Yun Yazi can read and write in Taoist temples, and he can also learn martial arts and people, which is better than being a student in a school."

He shi sighed softly and said, "You are a scholar who is useless. What's more, the new dynasty is not stable, and the world is not peaceful. Dad is far-sighted, and he is right."

Qu Shi originally wanted to say, "Eight years old is too young, can I be ten years old." But after hearing He Shi's words, she felt that her husband was right, so she didn't say anything.

Li Yunqing excitedly clenched his small fists and said, "Little uncle, next year I can go to a Taoist temple with my father to be a fire worker!"

Li Qubing thought about it and said, "I can go when I am eight years old."

Li Yunqing gazed longingly at the blue sky and green mountains in the distance, and said: "That's good. I'll go up the mountain to collect firewood, and you cook in the temple, and my dad can just eat it."

Li Qubing smiled and said, "We learn to read ancient Taoist books together, we can read a lot of characters, and earn money for the family every month like my brother."

The activities in Taiqing Temple are many and complicated.Li Laoshi didn't want to hit his son and younger brother, so he just smiled and said nothing.

At night, Lao Li put He Shi on the bed and fell asleep.

He Shi was sleepy all the time, falling asleep faster than Li Laoshi.

Li Jingjing listened to Li Yunxiao who was sleeping in the cradle next to her breathe evenly, stretched out her hands from the thin quilt, picked up the ancient jade tablet and put it in front of her eyes for a closer look.

Her eyesight and hearing are several times better than babies of the same age, even better than adults, and she can see things clearly in the dark night.

The ancient jade tablet was bigger than one of her small hands, and the smooth jade surface should have been worn by people for many years.

She looked for a while, but couldn't find the Avalokitesvara bottle. She was muttering in her heart, when suddenly her eyes lit up, and she was standing in the white mist, the boundless sky and the earth.

A white light flashed, and a three-foot-tall rabbit with long ears, red eyes, and snow-white fur swished in front of her, startling her.

The rabbit's beard moved slightly, its front paws were hugged and bowed like a human being, its voice was like a child's, and it was as clear as spring water. It was melodious to the ear, and excitedly said: "The medicine rabbit has seen the master."

Li Jingjing took two steps back, looked up at the huge and magical rabbit, and asked, "Excuse me, where is this?"

The rabbit exposed its two snow-white teeth, and replied with a smile: "Master, this is Huichun Medicine Mansion, and you are the first owner."

"What is Rejuvenation Medicine House?"

"The Rejuvenation Medicine House is an imitation of the Guanyin bottle. It contains rejuvenation water, which can be combined with medicinal materials to make elixir that can cure all diseases."

Li Jingjing was shocked, and asked in confusion, "How did I become the owner of the Rejuvenation Medicine House?"

Rabbit explained patiently: "The Rejuvenation Medicine House is hidden in the ancient jade tablet, and only those who are destined to open it have superb medicinal skills and a strong soul. You meet two conditions at the same time. When you wear the ancient jade tablet, you will be automatically recognized as the owner of the Rejuvenation Medicine House. You just recited the Guanyin bottle in your heart, and the Rejuvenation Medicine Mansion invited you in."

Li Jingjing suddenly realized, and said with a smile: "The ancient jade tablet contains the Avalokitesvara Medicine Palace, is it also a rare treasure?"

Seeing that Li Jingjing was not afraid of getting angry, Rabbit happily bowed again and said, "Master, the ancient jade tablet is not a rare treasure. Once the Guanyin Medicine House leaves the ancient jade pendant, the ancient jade pendant will lose its aura, just like ordinary jade pendants."

Li Jingjing looked around at the endless white mist, and asked suspiciously, "Is this the Rejuvenation Medicine House?"

The rabbit shook his head and giggled a few times, and said, "Master, this is only the gate of the Rejuvenation Medicine Mansion, can I take you inside to have a look?"

Li Jingjing nodded.The rabbit cast a spell to put her on his back, and within a few breaths of carrying her, he flew out of the white mist and came to a new world with a wide view.

Blue sky and white clouds, two hundreds of feet high green hills stand majestically, and a clear river with a width of five feet flows through the two mountains.

On the top of the slightly higher Qingshan Mountain, a huge white jade Guanyin bottle is tilted at an angle of 25 degrees. There are three rejuvenation bottles with large golden characters on the body of the bottle. Spiritual water with white mist flows out of the bottle mouth continuously, and falls to the bottom of the mountain to form a drop of several degrees. The hundreds of feet of the waterfall, the sound of the rushing water seems to be moving.

(End of this chapter)