I just watched An Lan and An Yifeng leave. An Lan kept looking back at me, his eyes full of reluctance for me.
I waved to her, even though I was very reluctant to give up, but in order to be able to be with her longer, I could only feel aggrieved.
But at this time, An Lan suddenly ran back to me and hugged me tightly.
She was still reluctant to let go. If it wasn't for the sake of her children, she would definitely choose to stay with me.
Holding me in her arms, she cried again, her tears soaking my shoulders.
I patted her shoulder lightly and said comfortingly: "It's okay, it's okay... One and a half months passed quickly. Besides, we can still video chat every day, right?"
"Don't talk, let me hold you for a while." She choked.
I stopped talking and just let her hold me.
After about two minutes, she finally said to me: "Take care of yourself here."
"Yes, you have to take care of yourself too."
She nodded and then separated from me. She seemed to not want me to see her tears streaming down her face, so she turned around and ran away.
I just stood there, watching her and An Yifeng go out of the mountain together.
I chased them for a while until their figures completely disappeared from my sight.
Mr. Wu came up behind me, patted my shoulder and said, "It's okay, it's not a separation between life and death. Take good care of yourself."
I nodded, feeling less uncomfortable because I thought that I would be able to live longer in a month and a half.
I went back to Mr. Wu's house and asked him when he would start treatment. He told me not to worry and to collect some herbs.
I didn’t want to wait any longer, so I said to him, “Let’s go now, I’ll go with you.”
"I know you're anxious, but young man, Chinese medicine is no better than Western medicine. You can't rush it."
"Are you saying you don't have all the herbs here?"
"There are some, but not all, so I have to pick them up."
As he spoke, he shouted in Miao language, and the big-eyed Miao girl walked out of the back room.
She seems to be Mr. Wu's daughter, but I don't know whether she is.
Mr. Wu said something to her again in Miao language, and then said to me: "You can go to the mountains with my daughter to collect medicines. She knows which medicines, and you can follow her to collect them."
"Okay, shall we set off now?"
"Go." Mr. Wu waved his hand and said.
His daughter put her basket on her back and her medicine knife, and I followed her up the mountain.
I don't know if she is mute. Anyway, I haven't heard her speak. When her father talked to her just now, she just nodded, but it seemed that she could hear.
After going up the mountain, I asked her: "Can you understand Chinese?"
She still stared at me with her big watery eyes, neither nodding nor shaking her head, which made me very helpless.
But it seems that she doesn't understand. Otherwise, why would her father speak Miao to her just now?
I stopped talking to her, and just entered the mountains, and she began to search all over the place.
Various medicinal herbs grow deep in primitive mountains like this, and they are all pollution-free.
After I watched her pick a medicine, I compared it and started collecting medicines based on this type of medicine.
After seeing her picking other medicinal materials, I compared them with others and continued to search throughout the mountains.
At this moment, I suddenly discovered a black snake. I am not afraid of snakes, but I was still shocked when I suddenly discovered it.
In addition, the road halfway up the mountain was uneven. I was suddenly frightened, my feet slipped, and my whole body fell backwards...
When she saw this, she immediately ran over to me. After helping me, she also discovered the snake on the ground.
What surprised me even more was that she actually caught the snake with her bare hands and quickly put it into a small bamboo cage she carried with her.
I was a little confused and asked, "Why are you catching this snake?"
She seemed to understand what I said and smiled at me, but still didn't speak. She was probably really mute.
But it would be easier if she could understand what I said. I continued to say to her: "If you can understand what I say, just nod, okay?"
She finally nodded to me, I smiled at her, and then continued to go to the top of the mountain.
With her leading the way, I climbed the mountain smoothly.
Standing on the top of the mountain, I once again felt the feeling of seeing all the small mountains at a glance.
There is that village in the middle of several big mountains. At this moment, it is shrouded in clouds and mist, and it really looks like a fairyland on earth.
I don't know where An Lan and the others are now. They should still be on the highway.
I took out my mobile phone and wanted to send her a WeChat message to ask, but I found that there was no signal at all.
I simply gave up, but when I touched my phone, I discovered that I still had a piece of Dove chocolate in my pocket.
I then took out the chocolate and walked to Mr. Wu's daughter and said to her, "Here, I'll give you something to eat."
Her beautiful big eyes stared at the chocolate in my hand without blinking, as if she had never seen this thing before.
I smiled again and said to her: "Eat it, this is chocolate, have you tried it?"
She shook her head, and then I helped her tear open the package and handed it to her again.
She hesitated for a moment, took it, then carefully put it into her mouth and tasted it.
When she took the first bite, she frowned, as if she couldn't bear the bitterness of the chocolate.
But the next moment her frown relaxed, and her expression seemed to be quite enjoyable.
When people eat sweets, they will feel a lot of happiness and smile unnaturally.
After she ate half of it, she handed the other half to me.
I shook my head and said to her: "I won't eat it, you can eat it."
She didn't eat either, then wrapped the bag and put it in her pocket.
"Is it delicious?" I asked her again.
She nodded, and I asked again: "Then why don't you eat?"
She smiled at me, and I didn't know what she meant.
After resting for a while, we continued to search for herbs on the top of the mountain. I still could only distinguish them based on the herbs she found.
We didn't go down the mountain until the sun was setting, but we already had a basket full of various herbs.
She walked on this mountain path as if on flat ground, but I, who had been in the big city for a long time, couldn't keep up with her at all, and she still had to wait for me in front.
When I got home, it was almost dark.
Every household in the village is also smelling smoke, and it's time to cook.
An Lan and the others should be home by now. I took out my hand and prepared to ask, but found that there was still no signal.
I didn’t know if it was because I was inside the house, so I went outside to the yard, but there was still no signal at all.
Is there no signal at all in this mountain?
So how do I get in touch with An Lan?
I had no choice but to go back to the house, go to Mr. Wu and ask: "Mr. Wu, do you have no mobile phone signal here?"