Star map

Chapter 23

When people are busy, time always passes quickly. In the blink of an eye, half a month has passed.

In the evening of this day, the sky was shrouded in thick gray clouds, and the sun, which was about to set in the western mountain, seemed to have lost its power, only a faint outline was revealed in the thick clouds. A stern roar.

In the open area in front of the elders' courtyard in Huzhai, there are two hundred-year-old Yu'er trees. The few red leaves on the branches, under the raging north wind, detached from the branches and fell down one after another. Then, Along with the dust on the ground, it was blown into the air in curls.

Although the wind is strong and the weather is very cold, these can't weaken the children's playful nature in the slightest.

The energetic children, wearing the thick animal skin clothes carefully sewed by the mother, and the little tiger hats that symbolize auspiciousness and well-being, are laughing and joking, chasing the red leaves falling from the fish tree .

Yuer tree is a unique tree in the Damian Mountains. It is named for its leaf shape resembling a bream. The leaves are green in spring and summer, and gradually turn red in autumn. fall off.

Because of the interesting shape of the fish tree leaves, it has become one of the children's favorite toys.

"Hee hee, sister, I caught a red 'fish', here it is for you!" A little boy wearing a tiger hat with a rosy face held a fiery red fish leaf in his hand and pointed it under the big maple tree. run.

At the thick root of the Yu'er tree, squatting was a little girl who was also wearing a red tiger hat and a fluffy leather jacket. She propped up her chin with a pair of small hands, and her eyes were as pure as a mountain spring. In the middle of the day, the purest joy and joy filled the moment, and he stared at the little boys running not far away without blinking.

The little boy exhaled white air from his mouth and nose, ran to the little girl, handed a piece of fiery red fish leaf to the little girl, and said with a smile: "Sister, here, brother will catch fish for you again." '."

There was a happy smile on the little girl's face, revealing two beautiful dimples, her eyes narrowed into crescents: "What a beautiful 'fish', thank you brother!"

After she finished speaking, she stretched out her cold reddish hand to take the fiery red leaf in the little boy's hand, held it happily in her hand, looked at it again and again, then grabbed the petiole of the fish leaf, and held it in front of her eyes. gestures up and down.

"Little fish, float away, float into the woods, turn into a bird in the forest, float into the sky, turn into stars all over the sky, float into the earth, bloom everywhere, fall into your arms, bloom in my heart... ..." The little girl was playing happily while chanting words in her small mouth.

At this moment, her elder brother joined the team of catching "fish" again, and happily grabbed the fiery red fish leaf that drifted down with the wind.

At this moment, the gate of the elder's compound opened, and an old man with silver hair and a bald and sturdy man walked out of the gate. They happened to see the scene in front of them.

On the shoulder of the silver-haired old man, there was a little snow-white fox crouching. When it saw the children happily grabbing the fish leaves falling from the sky, its drooping eyelids opened suddenly. There was a strong curiosity in the eyes, and then he jumped off the old man's shoulders, his legs moved quickly, and ran towards the little boys...

"Look, the children are having so much fun." The silver-haired old man is Li Kang who left the customs in the morning. He didn't care about the little fox, and said with a smile: "Whose family is that little girl? Why is she sitting there alone?" ?”

"Elder, that's the youngest daughter of Li Yuan's family. She's five years old this year. It's a pity... she was born with inconvenient legs and feet, so she can't walk!" There was a flash of sympathy.

After Li Kang heard the words, he stopped talking and fell into a short silence, and then walked towards Yu'ershu at a leisurely pace.

He soon came under the Yu'er tree, and the little girl stopped playing with the Yu'er leaf when she saw someone coming, and grabbed the Yu'er leaf in her hand.After she saw the person coming, a look of intimacy flashed in a pair of bright and pure eyes, without the slightest fear.

"Hello, Grandpa Elder!" The little girl obviously knew the Elder, she smiled and showed her beautiful dimples, and said in a childish voice.

"Good boy, let grandpa give you a hug, and tell grandpa what your name is?" Li Kang knelt down in front of the little girl and said kindly.

Hearing this, the little girl stretched out her reddish hands, with a pure and happy smile on her face, and two beautiful dimples: "Grandpa, my name is Li Shuang'er!"

Hearing this, Li Kang stretched out his hands and hugged the little girl into his arms, watching the children in the distance happily grabbing the fiery red leaves that fell from the old fish tree, and said kindly: "Shuang'er, I want to be with my brother." Shall we catch 'fish' together?"

"I want to, Shuang'er wants to dream!" The little girl's pure eyes revealed a strong color of longing, and she said in a childish voice.

"Grandpa promises you that in the future, grandpa will definitely find a way to let you chase 'little fish' as ​​freely as your brothers!" Li Kang said with a smile in his eyes after hearing this.

"But... Grandpa, the doctor and my parents all said that Shuang'er's feet will not get better!" Hearing this, the little girl's pure eyes first showed hope and excitement, and then those hopes and excitement melted again. For deep loss.

"Grandpa is an elder. An elder has never told a lie. Grandpa will definitely do what he promised you!" Li Kang reached out and rubbed the little girl's red tiger hat lovingly, and said firmly.

The little girl's face showed a look of thought, and the next moment, the eyes were filled with hope again, and the eyes suddenly bent into crescents, and beautiful dimples appeared on the face, and said crisply: "Shuang'er Trust the Elder Grandpa!"

There was also a smile on Li Kang's face. At this moment, the little white fox was biting two fiery red fish leaves in its mouth, swaying its furry tail, and ran towards him quickly, with a pair of round black eyes. His eyes were full of joy.

Behind it, there are a group of seven or eight-year-old boys chasing the little white fox excitedly.

Children like small animals, and Li Kang was not surprised to see this scene. The little white fox quickly came to Li Kang and stopped.

At this time, the little boys chasing the little white fox also ran to stand not far from Li Kang, but when they saw the little white fox running to the elder, they stopped coming forward.

"Wow, Grandpa Elder, what a beautiful little white fox, can you hug it?" The little girl's eyes shone brightly, and she looked at the furry little white fox crouching at the elder's feet with love.

"Of course." Li Kang said with a smile, squatted down, and said to the little white fox who was playing with the fiery red fish leaf: "Let Shuang'er hug you little fox."

Hearing the words, the little white fox raised its eyes, and turned its pair of dark and round pupils. Curiosity was revealed in those pupils full of spirituality. Then, it stood up and jumped into Shuang'er's embrace. .

The little boys standing not far away saw Li Shuang'er hugging the little fox, and their little faces showed deep envy.

"Grandpa Elder, can I pet the little white fox?" One of the more courageous little boys looked at Li Kang with dark eyes and said timidly.

"Okay, come here!" Li Kang smiled kindly.

"Grandpa Elder, I also want to touch the little fox."

"Grandpa Elder, I want to touch it too."

……

"Haha, okay, it's okay, come one by one, everyone touch it." Li Kang said with a smile on his face full of kindness.

"Yiyiya, yiyiya, yiyiya!" Hearing the words, the little white fox immediately twisted its body, and there was a sound of protest, which seemed to say: I won't let them touch it.

"If you let them touch it, I'll give you another three pieces of dried venison today." Li Kang looked at the little white fox in Shuang'er's arms and said with a smile.

The three words "venison jerky" seemed to have a magical power. After hearing this, the little white fox immediately stopped protesting, drooling from the pink mouth.

Then, the little boys came forward one by one, and gently stroked the white and fine hair on the little fox's back.The little white fox was still twisting its body to avoid it at first, but after being touched by the two little boys, it narrowed its eyes slightly, and lay down in Shuang'er's arms, looking extremely enjoying it...

The little white fox like this made a group of children laugh, and they liked the little white fox even more.

……

Soon, the sun sank into the western mountain, and wisps of cooking smoke curled up from the stone roofs of Huzhai. He returned with a smile and a happy face.

When night fell, Li Kang also returned to Grandpa's courtyard and came to Grandpa's room.

At this time, Grandpa's eyes were still tightly closed, but his complexion had improved a lot, with some blood.

Li Kang knew that the blood ginseng was responsible for Grandpa's changes. He believed that as long as there were ten more days, Grandpa would fully absorb the remaining medicinal power of the blood ginseng, and then he would recover and wake up.

This is the magic of blood ginseng. It used to take at least half a year for Grandpa’s body to recover, and many star medicines were used. Now with blood ginseng, the holy medicine for healing, it only takes less than a month to recover. back to normal.

Thinking of this, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: everything has been going well recently, as if good luck is on his side.

It took Li Kang fifteen days to refine and absorb all five green star grasses. Now he has repaired all the cracks in the natal star image, and replenished all the deficient original power.

However, he will never forget the dangerous process of absorbing the top grade green star grass in his life.

(End of this chapter)