As the sun sets in the west, the sunset shines on a medicinal field in the mountains. The colorful flowers exude a faint medicinal fragrance and tremble on the branches and leaves. Bathed in the red glow, it has a unique flavor. A figure stands up from the field and touches the sweat on his forehead.
The beautiful nose and jade mouth are more refreshing than the medicinal herbs in the mountains.
"Xiao Qing, master is about to start teaching the scriptures, hurry up."
A woman in a blue robe stood on the edge of the medicinal field at the foot of the mountain, waving desperately to the young woman called Xiaoqing.
"Senior Sister Yin, I understand, I'll be here right away."
When the young woman looked at the sky, she realized that she had missed the moment when the master was explaining the Medicine Sutra in the evening. She quickly picked up the medicine basket on the ground, lifted up the hem of her robe, and ran all the way to meet up with the older senior sister. The two of them headed not far away.
Walking towards a Taoist temple-like house.
The evening lecture has already begun. An old female with white hair is sitting on the futon at the head, explaining the contents of the Medicine Sutra to the dozen or so disciples sitting there. Xiao Qing is following her senior sister quietly, trying to
When he reached the last row, he looked up and found that Master had already seen him. He shrank his neck and stuck out his tongue involuntarily.
"Xiao Qing, Master loves you the most. If other senior sisters are late, Master will definitely scold them. Hehe, I have also benefited from you."
Senior sister Yin pulled Xiaoqing and quickly sat down. While opening the Medicine Book, she whispered to the junior sister next to her that this small house that looked like a Taoist temple was actually a medicine house. All the female disciples here were orphans or abandoned.
Or relatives died in the war and were taken in one by one by the old man who preached the scriptures.
A group of poor children have been studying pharmacopoeia with the white-haired old man since then, and then living in the mountains of this paradise. The entire hillside outside the medicine house is their medicine field. They will pick medicinal materials every six months, and then the master will lead them.
They led two or three disciples out of the mountains in exchange for daily necessities. Every time they went out and came back, most of the white-haired old men would bring back new orphans. Their team also grew from three or four people to the current fifteen or sixteen people in twenty years.
"But it's no wonder, we were all picked up by master from outside. Only you were left at the gate. The first time master saw you, he said that he was destined to you. Sure enough, twenty years passed in a blink of an eye, and we, Xiao Qing, were all
She has grown into a beautiful woman."
Xiaoqing was already accustomed to Senior Sister Yin's talkative nature. She smiled and listened to Senior Sister's reminiscences about the past. Then she blinked at the Master who was giving a lecture. After seeing the old man smiling slightly, she finally calmed down and opened the Medicine Book.
Start listening.
This is the twentieth year since she came to Yaolu. At that time, the master was attracted by a cry on an extremely ordinary morning. After opening the courtyard door, he found a baby lying in swaddling clothes with a petite nose and a curved nose.
Her eyebrows were revealed to be a beautiful embryo as soon as they opened. Even after shouting for a long time, she couldn't find out who left her here, so the master could only keep this cute baby.
That baby has grown up now. Like other senior sisters in Yaolu, they all have a single name without a surname. Her name is Qing, and Senior Sister Yin only uses the word "yin" as a title. According to Master, if one day
It is much more convenient for them to find their relatives and then add their surnames.
Xiaoqing is favored by the master not only because of her special birth, but also because she is naturally smart and learns everything very quickly. After starting to study pharmacopoeia at the age of seven, she can recite it by heart in three years, and she can get a glimpse of the introduction of pharmacology in five years.
She has been in the family for ten years, but this year she is only twenty years old. Even the old man is full of praise for her achievements in herbal medicine. Even the medicine field in Yaolu was given to her to take care of, which shows her ability.
"Oh, I finally finished it. Xiaoqing, how can you be so good? You have already mastered everything the master said, and you can still listen so seriously. How can you be so stupid like me who has studied a pharmacopoeia for ten years?
, and still only know a little bit about it.”
Looking at the senior sister who started nagging again, Xiaoqing slowly closed the pharmacopoeia and smiled and said, "How could I not have the senior sister to say that she is so powerful? Every time the master explains the pharmacopoeia, he will cite new examples. These are all useful to me."
Inspiration, such as the colorful Phalaenopsis we talked about today, and the nine-leaf Ganoderma lucidum..."
"Stop, stop, stop, let's go eat. I don't want to have to listen to your class just after Master's class. Today, Senior Sister Juan is cooking. Her potato noodles are particularly delicious. Let's hurry up. It's late.
If you eat it, you won’t be able to eat it.”
The senior sister who was most afraid of Xiao Qing's lecture quickly interrupted the junior sister's words, rubbed her growling stomach, grabbed Xiao Qing's arm, and walked towards the outside of the house. The smoke from the kitchen not far away had already risen.
In this warm little nest in the mountains, these girls who have experienced the hardships in the world live a life of mutual support and warmth.
In front of a Taoist temple a mountain away from Yaolu, Li Mu and his companions received the worst news. They had been searching continuously for the past few days, but they could not find the nunnery mentioned in Hai Wuya's memory.
Or it was the Taoist temple. Their hope was getting slimmer and they still persevered, but the female laywoman in the last possible nunnery today still said what they least wanted to hear.
"We have never taken in the little girl you mentioned here. I'm sorry, but I can't help you."
The last hope was shattered, and Li Mu suddenly didn't know what to do. Although everyone knew that this task was 99% dependent on destiny, when faced with the cruel facts, no one would have an easy time.
"Brother Mu, if we expand the scope, Hai Wuya may have remembered the wrong place."
"Brother Mu, that's right. Let's continue looking. Don't we still have one day?"
Clearly feeling the loss of their beloved, Nie Xiaoyu and Lin Qingzhu took a step forward at the same time and spoke to comfort Li Mu.
"By the way, I heard that there is an old pharmacist nearby who has been taking in orphans over the years. But it's not a nunnery or a Taoist temple you call it. It's a medicine hut, just over the mountain. If you want to find someone, I
I think it’s okay to go take a look.”
Just when Li Muqiang braced himself and prepared to continue searching, the female laywoman of the nunnery suddenly remembered something and said to them that she had heard all this news from a nearby town. The details were not clear, and she was speaking casually at this time.
As soon as he said it, Li Mu and others' eyes lit up.
"Yes, Hai Wuya didn't confirm whether the place where the princess was kept was a nunnery. This was just his preconceived judgment. Therefore, the place where the princess was kept may not be a nunnery or a Taoist temple at all. We and our father had entered it before.
Misunderstanding.”
With renewed hope, Li Mu thanked the female layman profusely, and then led his companions along the mountain road heading south. It took him half an hour to climb over a mountain, and colorful medicinal fields appeared in front of everyone.
In front of them, a house under the medicine field that looked no different from a Taoist temple made them ecstatic.