Wula Province, Sanping County.
This place is located in the north, and the temperature is already very low. Only at the end of October, there are finely scattered snowflakes in the sky, which heralds the coming of another snow season.
For things like snow, the right amount is a scene, and the excessive amount is a disaster. Probably since the year before last, the people in Ula Province have been used to the white winter, occasional circuit failures, frozen water pipes, and the cotton-padded jackets and trousers that have returned to their bodies.
"Crunch!"
In the morning, a taxi came from the station and drove directly into the compound of the county hospital. As soon as the car door opened, two figures, one big and one small, came down and ran to the inpatient department in a hurry.
Taking the elevator up to the third floor and entering Room 302, An Susu rushed over immediately, "Mom, are you alright?"
"The girl is back... Ouch, don't cry, don't cry!"
The woman in her thirties who looked more and more haggard quickly hugged her daughter and said with a smile, "I'm fine, isn't it good?"
"All right, all right, don't press your mother!"
The father reached out and took her away, pushing her down on the chair. An Susu was still sobbing, and asked: "What uncle said is scary, why did I see you for the last time, I thought, thought... woo woo..."
"Okay, it was a bit dangerous for the first two days, but now it's stable, and I can be discharged from the hospital after staying for a while." The mother rubbed her hair, her face full of love.
The two of them were farmers from their ancestors, and they spent half their lives digging in the fields. Their children were born late, and they only had such a daughter in their late thirties.
The woman's heart has always been not very good, and she will get sick every few months, and then she will be hospitalized for drips, and the cycle repeats. This time it was also violent, and it was indeed a little scary.
My father was talking with my uncle outside, while my mother asked, "How are you doing over there? I can't tell you clearly on the phone."
"I'm pretty good. I eat well, sleep well, and no one bullies me. But the rules are strict, I can't go down the mountain casually, and I work hard on weekdays."
An Susu was very sensible, picked up an apple and began to peel it. The short fingers are a bit strenuous, but the hand is very steady, and the cuts are very even, with continuous peeling.
"At the beginning, your uncle agreed that you would be provided with food and lodging, and he would teach you skills, so I sent you there... Well, actually, we don't understand. It sounds like the army?"
"Hee hee, what kind of army is it? It's just a mountain, so big, and there are a few masters who teach us, teach us..."
An Susu hadn't seen her family for a long time, so she was very excited and wanted to tell her mother when she got bald, but she stopped suddenly.
"Teach you what?" The woman was curious.
"Uh, we have rules, we can't just say it casually."
"There are quite a lot of broken local regulations! I don't see any good things to do. After going out for a few months, I still pay attention to us." Father came in and interjected.
"Tsk, how do you talk?"
The mother patted her daughter with one hand, and scolded: "Are you blind? Look how much fairer this girl is than before, and her hair is thicker. What's wrong? Go, go, find a place to smoke by yourself!"
She drove her husband away, and comforted her: "It's okay, don't talk about it if there are rules. I have nothing serious, but since you are back, you can stay for two more days."
"Uh-huh!"
Ever since, An Susu stayed in bed with her in the hospital, enjoying the warmth of the family she had missed for a long time.
Their family was originally in Xiaoheyan Village, but now the village is engaged in development, and the house and land have been requisitioned. With the compensation money, my father found a residence in the county, and instead of farming, he did odd jobs or something.
Now that there is a lot of work, no one can starve to death except lazy people, and their income is even higher than before. Of course, prices are also rising.
The parents have a clear plan. When the first batch of concentrated communities are built, they have a priority resettlement policy. They will pick a house and settle in the county later.
The little girl is also very happy, and she wants to go back and work hard to earn a few pills for her mother's medical treatment - the most important thing is that the whole family is neat and happy!
In short, everything is fine, no exceptions occurred. After three or four days like this, An Susu saw that her mother was fine, so she proposed to return to Baicheng.
"It's so fast, can't you stay for a few more days?" The woman was reluctant.
"I've been delayed for a long time. I still have to practice when I go back. Practice..." An Susu was embarrassed, and couldn't explain clearly.
"Then you are too inhumane, what's the matter if you don't let them go home?"
"Let's go back! Our first year is the inspection period. If I can stay after one year, I will have a vacation. It will be convenient for me to come back later."
"Then you should behave well, oh, yes..."
The woman seemed to be thinking of something, and suddenly took out a pendant from under the pillow, and said, "This is the peace amulet I asked for earlier, you should wear it with you."
If it was before, the little girl would have picked it up honestly, but now that she has learned the skill and her world view is changing a little bit, she asked, "Mom, where did you ask for it? The peace charms in the temple are all fake, why not ask me?" My fists are working!"
"You can wear it as long as you want, it's your mother's wish!" Father was a little annoyed.
"..."
The little girl didn't dare to talk anymore, she took it and tied it around her neck, and covered it with her collar.
It was a round pendant like a red jade pendant, with small red beads on it, and two red thread tassels on it.
Two words are engraved on the jade pendant: peace.
An Susu didn't think much, said goodbye to her parents, and followed her uncle to Phoenix Mountain. And this time, a week passed.
After returning to the mountain gate, she first found Lao Shui, "Uncle Shui..."
"Brother, how many times have I said that!" Lao Shui was very upset.
"But I'm only seven years old, and you're almost thirty, so there's nothing wrong with being called uncle."
Tsk, these little lolitas are only superficially cute, and they are all black when cut.
Lao Shui didn't want to discuss such things, so he asked, "Is your mother okay?"
"I have an old heart problem, and I'm in the hospital."
"That's good. If you have any financial difficulties, just tell us. You go to the service hall to sell the fake, and then you can go back to the dormitory."
"Understood, thank you Uncle Shui!"
An Susu withdrew as she said, and after a lot of chatter, she returned to Wutong Garden. The ladies and sisters were concerned and inquired, and they were enthusiastic again.
In the twinkling of an eye, it was night, the little girl took a bath, climbed into bed and went to bed, as usual, she fell asleep immediately after touching the pillow.
The six people in the same room all maintain a weird posture:
Lie on your back with your legs stretched naturally, right foot resting on top of left foot. Fingers crossed, thumb and pinky facing each other. Palms down, resting on Dantian. The thumb is on the Shenyu (belly button), and the little finger is on the pubic bone.
The eyes are slightly closed, and the chest rises and falls rhythmically, as if it is operating and regulating the breath.
This is called Yangdan Chun, a simple exercise that Lu Yuanqing shared, which can also warm and nourish Qi in sleep. This is a certain abbot of Baiyun Temple, who learned from Chen Tuan's ancestor's sleep skills, and it is the top grade in the basic Qi movement method.
In the dead of night, the empty mountain is silent.
"..."
The six girls were sleeping soundly, and no one noticed that the pendant on An Susu's neck suddenly glowed slightly red.
"Well… "
The little girl frowned in her sleep, as if she was not feeling well. And this feeling was fleeting, she muttered and fell asleep again.
…
Food is the paramount necessity of the people, this is the truth. This people, including everyone, naturally also includes monks. Let’s take the formula of Juqi Pill as an example, which includes:
The root tubers of sea thorns can block water vapor if eaten.
If you eat the scales of Yan fish, you will not get disease.
Withered grass, eating it can clear the mind and prevent fainting and confusion.
The heart of the ear mouse can resist poison...
and so on. The alchemy materials in the West are all analyzed for their ingredients, their reactions, and their changes... We are very refined, we all eat what they taste and how they will behave.
The country of Xia on the tip of the tongue has been handed down from ancient times to the present.
The Qi Gathering Pill is recorded in Sazu Daoyin, and only people in the fairyland can take it. Gu Yu has studied the thirty-six ingredients for a long time before he sorted out their properties one by one.
Just like refining Wu Shan's body, there are no raw materials, so they can only be collected according to attributes.
It is a big project, as long as one of the materials is wrong, the whole furnace will be thrown into the street, and another thirty-five kinds will be wasted by the way. This is a very heart-wrenching thing, Gu Yu deliberately doesn't think about it, and it can make himself feel better.
Northwest, Fire Island.
After this vast land was ravaged by the fire aura riot, it was always in a closed state, and the circle along the fire island was full of military guard posts.
It has been four years, and the scene of the mass migration of 700,000 people is still vivid in Gu Yu's memory, and he does not want to revisit the old place again today.
"laugh!"
A ray of golden light streaked across the sky and landed in Huozhou Realm. Immortal Gu appeared and raised his eyes to look around.
The sky seemed to deepen in thickness, and the sun strenuously pierced through the red clouds, revealing a heavy light. The surrounding area is full of reddish mist, which is the visible state of the dense fire aura that is too dense.
Some of these red mist are very heavy and condense in a certain area, while others are very light, drifting with the wind, or even disappearing, which is caused by uneven distribution.
Gu Yu felt the temperature and the aggressiveness of the fire aura. Compared with before, the aura was very stable, without any sign of riot. Ordinary people are still in danger, but they can enter the day after tomorrow.
He raised his feet and walked forward according to the direction he remembered. All he could see was a vast expanse of red, and on the red ground, there were many strange attached creatures.
Mostly with red as the base, with other variegated colors, snakes, insects, mice, ants, birds and beasts, tall and short vegetation can be seen everywhere, forming a complete ecological circle.
The only thing lacking is water, almost no water vapor can be felt.
He slowly watched the scenery of the Jedi. About two or three hours later, a red stone mountain stretching from east to west and 100 kilometers long leaped out of the horizon.
Seen from a distance, it looks like the furnace of the old man came into the world, with the earth as the base and the mountains as the walls, the red flames soared into the sky, scorching everything in the world.
On the outskirts of the Huoyan Mountain, at about a hundred feet away, the concentration of fire aura suddenly increased.
Gu Yu's figure flickered, and in the next second, he appeared on the top of the mountain, and went straight to the "Valley of Suppressing Demons".
He came here this time to search for alternative materials, but he has not forgotten that there is still a thousand-year-old ghost under the mountain!