Daoxing Xianyuan

Chapter 1 Accidental Discovery
"Yu Wei, the weather is nice today, can you go to the streets?" The person who asked the question was Zhang Qiang. In 23, both of them were [-] years old.Life in the countryside is relatively boring. When the two first arrived in the countryside, they even set up a chessboard to kill two games in their spare time. But Zhang Qiang's chess skills are too bad. Whether it is chess or Go, they have to give way. The two gradually lost interest.Fortunately, Zhang Qiang played the erhu well, so Yu Wei lived with Zhang Qiang, and when he was really bored, he would listen to Zhang Qiang play the erhu and hum a few words indiscriminately.

People in Bayan Village call going to the market to go to the street. Just now Zhang Qiang asked Yu Wei if he would go to the market.

"You go, I don't want to go," Yu Wei answered casually after hearing Zhang Qiang's question as he was clearing up the dishes on the dining table.

"I want to buy some rosin and two more strings by the way. The rosin on the erhu is almost finished." Zhang Qiang said.

"I want to write a letter to my family today, and I will go there next time," said Yu Weidao.

"Forget it, I'm leaving." After Zhang Qiang finished speaking, he put on a canvas bag and left.

In the past few days, Yu Wei was really in a panic. He wanted to be alone for a while, and he didn't want to go out at all. After washing the dishes and kitchen utensils, he lay on the bed and lost his mind.

It was the winter of [-] AD, which was the slack time for farming.

Yu Wei's hometown is in Tianjin. A few days ago, I received a letter from my younger sister, saying that my mother had talked about marriage with Yu Wei. After seeing Yu Wei's photos, the other party was basically satisfied. I don't want to.Originally, Yu Wei didn't take it seriously when his mother tried to find someone for him, but after knowing the reason why the girl rejected him, Yu Wei felt very uncomfortable all the time.

Yu Wei's grandfather was a scholar in the Qing Dynasty, but he didn't take the imperial examination later, so he studied medicine instead.When I was young, Yu Weiai went to play in my grandfather’s pharmacy. There were many ancient books in the pharmacy. Yu Wei’s favorite was to read medical books with pictures. At the age of [-], I was able to read those ancient books relatively smoothly.

Grandpa saw that Yu Wei was interested in medical books, and he would talk to Yu Wei about Chinese medicine on purpose or not, and Yu Wei gradually learned some prescriptions and healed minor ailments.After six years in Bayan Village, Yu Wei studied humbly and became an out-and-out farmer, able to afford and let go of any farm work.Because Yu Wei can cure some minor ailments, the villagers will ask Yu Wei for help when they have minor illnesses, and Yu Wei will not delay, so he is very popular with the villagers.Despite this, after Yu Wei and Zhang Qiang came to the countryside, because they were not related, they did not have a share in good things such as going to university and recruiting workers. An old classmate of the worker, Yu Wei felt very suffocated.

During the slack season, I was bored, so Yu Wei and Zhang Qiang traveled from village to household, looking for educated youth in other villages to play.Life seems to be quite carefree, but every night when people are quiet, Yu Wei misses home, relatives, and his own future. Is it possible to end his life according to the current way of life? Because of this, Yu Wei often suffers from insomnia.

After meditating on the bed for more than an hour, Yu Wei had the idea of ​​getting up and walking.

So he is a person who does it when he thinks about it. With one thought, he immediately got up from the bed, moved his body around the bed, picked up a pack of cigarettes and put it away, walked out of the house, locked the door, and walked slowly towards a small river.

The winter in the northwest is very cold. In winter, the small village where Yu Wei lives will become a world of snow, but in the northwest, it is considered a relatively warm place.The snow hasn't melted yet, but spring is about to begin, and the weather is slowly getting warmer. It's rare that the weather is even better today. The sun is shining gently on my body, making it warm and comfortable.

The small river is about one kilometer away from Yu Wei's hut. In their spare time, Yu Wei and Zhang Qiang often go there to enjoy the scenery and fish.Speaking of it, Xiaohe is also a very special place in Bayan Village, so it is said that jade is produced in the river.But after all, Yu Wei has never seen anyone find jade from the river since he arrived in Bayan Village, but all the local people say that the small river is a sacred river that produces jade.When he heard the folks swear by the rumors, although Yu Wei didn't believe it at all, he also pretended to be very interested.

After arriving at the small river, Yu Wei found a taller stone and sat down, staring at the flowing water in frustration.

A few days ago, the upper reaches of the river swelled and washed away many places on the banks of the small river beyond recognition. Now the river is very clear, and pebbles in the water can be seen in shallow places.There is some unmelted snow on both sides of the river, and the river is rushing, and sometimes there will be small waves rolling towards the snow, and then disappear without a trace.

Yu Wei lit a cigarette, thinking nothing in his mind, his eyes drifted aimlessly on the river, for a long time, and slowly fixed on a big rock on the other side of the water.

The river was about two feet wide, and the boulder was six or seven feet wide. I had never seen it before, and it might have been brought by the flood.The appearance of the boulder is very ordinary. Part of the stone is on the shore and part is in the water. It is strange that after the river flows to the boulder, it automatically forms a bay without any blocking objects. There is actually about half a foot between the river water and the boulder. distance.

I thought I was dazzled before, but after watching it carefully for more than half an hour, the more I watched, the more amazed I became.what exactly is it?Yu Wei decided to go and have a look.

The small rivers in the mountains are very small. On the surface of the river in front of Yu Wei, a few stones protrude from the water and are sparsely scattered. It is very convenient to cross the river. You can jump over those stones. People in the mountains call it "tiaodunzi".It was useless to jump a few times, so he jumped to the opposite bank.

Stepping on the unmelted snow on the beach, I walked slowly towards the goal.It was only about ten meters away from the strange boulder, and Yu Wei suddenly felt a little frightened, wondering if there were any animals that could hurt people there.After being bored for a while, curiosity still prevailed. However, Yu Wei still found a cobblestone that was convenient for him to talk about to embolden him.

A few feet away from the boulder, I found that there was indeed a space of about half a foot between the boulder and the river water. When I got closer and looked again, it was strange that there was no object in the space formed by the boulder and the flowing water.After staring at that strange space for a long time, he still didn't find anything unusual, so Yu Wei felt a little tired, so he climbed up the boulder and sat down to rest his mind.

After resting for a while, he took out a cigarette and lit it, puffed out a few puffs of smoke rings comfortably, and played with the lighter unconsciously in his hand.Looking at the sun, it was already sinking. It was estimated that Zhang Qiang would also come back, so Yu Wei was going to go back after smoking, and cook the lunch first, and then he could have dinner when Zhang Qiang came back from the market.

While thinking wildly, the lighter I was playing with in my hand suddenly slipped and landed in some strange space. Fortunately, this is the shore and the water is very shallow. To take out the lighter, just find a bamboo pole or a branch.So Wei looked around, and there was a dry branch not far away.

The branch didn't fit my hand very well, but I could make do with it, so Wei Wei leaned against the boulder and took out the lighter after digging for a while.

Yu picked up the lighter and shook the water, his eyes drifted inadvertently to that strange space. There seemed to be something in the place where he took out the lighter just now. A little white, there seems to be something under the sand.Dig along the white spot, and gradually, a small bowl-sized white stone is exposed. After prying, the white stone is completely exposed, very round.Yu Wei slowly pulled out the boulder towards the bank, and the water moved away from the place where the boulder passed, and not a drop of water touched it.

The round stone is about four inches in diameter and two inches thick. It feels cool to the touch. Although it has just come out of the sand, there is no sand or sand on it.

After admiring the boulder for a while, Yu Wei wanted to dig under that strange space to see what else was there, but when he looked at that strange space again, he was dumbfounded. has automatically disappeared.

Yu Wei became excited and concluded that the round stone in his hand was a strange stone.He remembered the old legend, maybe this is a piece of high-quality jade.

After thinking about it for a while, Yu Wei carefully put the boulder in place, pressed the place where the boulder was placed on his clothes, followed the sparse stones on the water, and jumped back to the other side of the river. Along the way, Yu Wei was still thinking about the legend, "Haha, it turns out that there is really jade, maybe it's still the best jade!"

Just as he was thinking happily, he stumbled with a sound of "pushing", his body suddenly lost his center of gravity, and he rushed forward. The moment he fell to the ground, his left forehead happened to touch a stone, and the boulder flew away from his body. go out. "Ouch", Yu Wei cried out in pain, got up, touched his forehead, his hands were covered with blood, it turned out that his forehead had been scratched. "Unlucky", Yu Wei murmured in his heart, rummaged through his pockets, looked around, there was nothing to stop the bleeding, he had no choice but to go back to the house to treat the wound.Yu Wei picked up the boulder again and hurried on the road. Along the way, the blood was still dripping from his forehead, and a lot of blood was spilled on the boulder in his hand.

Back at the residence, the sun had completely set, and Zhang Qiang hadn’t come back yet, so Yu Wei conveniently put the boulder in the corner of the wall, and carefully treated the wound before starting to cook.Zhang Qiang didn't come back until the meal was ready, and Yu Wei was excited, hoping that Zhang Qiang would come back soon so that the two of them could discuss today's discovery together.Seeing that it was getting dark, Yu Wei had no choice but to eat first.

Just after dinner, the production team leader came to inform that starting from today, Zhang Qiang will be sent to the county to participate in a model play performance. I heard that after rehearsing the play, he will go to the district for performances, which may take more than half a year.Today the production team leader also went to the town to go to the market. Zhang Qiang asked him to inform Yu Wei so that Yu Wei would not worry.Zhang Qiang is going to the county town to report today, and the erhu is used for acting. It just so happens that the production team leader will have a meeting in the town tomorrow.

The erhu was hung on the wall of the main room. After the production team leader got the erhu, he left in a hurry because of something.

Zhang Qiang didn't come back, and Yu Wei fell into boundless loneliness again. After sealing the firepit, he didn't wash the dishes, and lay on the bed thinking about his thoughts.

The next day, the production team didn't go to work, so Aunt Qi from the same village came to Yu Wei anxiously early in the morning: "Younger brother, your brother Shuanzhu is sick, and he said he has a bad headache, and he couldn't eat since yesterday!" Zhu is the only son of Aunt Qi. He is over 19 years old and is a strong laborer in the family.Yu Wei understood Aunt Qi's mood, and comforted her: "Auntie, don't worry, I'll go see it." After rushing to Aunt Qi's house to see the doctor, Yu Wei comforted Aunt Qi and said: "No problem, Shuanzhu just has a cold, maybe I didn’t notice, it’s getting worse, I have medicine in my room, and Shuanzhu will recover in two days.” After finishing speaking, he rushed back to his hut, and after a while the medicine was brought, and after taking the medicine while supporting Shuanzhu, he then In order to say goodbye, Aunt Qi's family agreed that they must stay in Weiwei for lunch.Aunt Qi's family has relatives who are also in Tianjin. Because of this reason, she feels very kind to Wei and they often invite Yu Wei and Zhang Qiang to her house for dinner.Seeing that the aunt insisted on keeping her, Yu Wei had no choice but to agree.After lunch, I chatted at the aunt's house for a while before leaving.

Back in the house, Yu Wei remembered the round stone, went to the corner to pick up the round stone, went back to the bed and lay down: "Strange, yesterday there was obviously blood on it, but now I can't see it at all, is it my own?" I remember wrong." After thinking about it for a long time, I couldn't figure it out, so I was a little tired and fell asleep unconsciously.

In a haze, Yu Wei turned over, as if he had bumped into something, Yu Wei woke up from the dream and felt something hard against his chest. It turned out to be a boulder beside his pillow, so he picked up the boulder. Started to look carefully again.It was indeed a very smooth round stone, shaped a bit like a discus thrown by an athlete, and its color was as white as snow, without any impurities.The more Yu Wei looked at it, the more cute it became. While looking at it, he thought, "If it's smaller, I can carry it on my body." Just thinking of this, the boulder seemed to move, and suddenly slipped from his hand and fell onto the bed.When he picked up the round stone again, Yu Wei was surprised. The original round stone was about four inches in diameter and two inches thick, but now it is only about three inches in diameter, and the thickness has also decreased.

(End of this chapter)