The first Taoist priest of the Tang Dynasty

Seeing her brother pick up the snake bubbles on the ground, Xiaohua worried that her brother would really eat these snake bubbles, and would be poisoned. The hem of his clothes, desperately trying to hold his brother.

"Little girl, this is called snakeberry. It's okay to eat some, and you won't get poisoned. Can you calm down? Let me have a bite, I'm very hungry." Zhong Wen was caught by the little girl behind him. Pulling at the corner of the clothes, fortunately Xiaohua is small and weak, otherwise she would have been pulled to the ground.

"Little boy of the Zhong family, stop, these are the snake bubbles that the poisonous snake passed by. If you really want to eat them, you will either be injured or die." Suddenly a loud shout came, and Zhong Wen, who was still picking up the snake bubbles, I was so startled that I almost shook off the snake bubble that I was holding in my hand.

After Xiaohua saw Li Daochang approaching not far away, she walked around Zhong Wen, slapped a few times, and trampled to pieces the few remaining snake bubbles.

After Zhong Wen heard the sound, he looked up to where the sound came from. An old man in a Taoist robe in green was walking towards him, with a knotted bundle hanging on his back and a long sword in his hand.

"Hello, Daoist Li." Seeing the Taoist approaching, Xiaohua greeted the Taoist in front of her. Zhong Wen hurriedly stood up, and then said hello.

"Little boy of the Zhong family, is the wound on your head okay? Come here and let me have a look." Li Daochang waved to Zhong Wen, and asked Zhong Wen to stretch his head to show him the wound on this head.

Zhong Wen stared at Li Daochang for a long time, feeling quite puzzled. This Li Daochang looked quite old, but his hair and beard were not white, but his posture didn't look like an old man, but a middle-aged man. The state of walking just now is like flying, and it is as easy as walking on flat ground. I don't know what Taoism I practiced or what nourishing herbs I took for health.

"Hey, thank you, Daoist Li, my head just hurts when I wake up in the morning, but it's gone now, and I'm fine. I just need to take care of it for a few days and it will be fully healed." Look at this Li Daochang.

"Well, yes, I'm recovering pretty well. Remember to be careful when you work in the future. In addition, these snake bubbles can no longer be picked and eaten." Li Daochang looked at Zhong Wen's head, felt his pulse, and felt Zhong Wen. He was full of energy, and after giving Zhong Wen a warning, he walked towards the trail.

"Xiao Hua, why is Daoist Li so polite to us?" Zhong Wen was a little puzzled. He seemed to have had little contact with Daoist Li since he was a child, and he only heard his parents say that Daoist Li was good or bad. His eyesight.

"Brother, Daoist Li is a very nice person. If anyone in the village is sick, he will be treated by Daoist Li." Xiaohua looked at the back of Daoist Li who left with reverence, and explained to Zhong Wen.

"Isn't it normal to charge money for medical treatment?" Zhong Wen continued to squat down, ready to pick some more snake bubbles, and didn't pay much attention to Xiaohua's explanation.

"Brother, Li Daochang doesn't charge for his treatment, but he has to work for Guanli, or pay for it with food." Xiao Hua kept looking at Li Daochang's back, and didn't look back, let alone seeing Zhong Wen at this time, Carefully pick up some slightly better snake bubbles that have not been completely trampled.

"That's it. You must collect money for medical treatment. If there is no money to collect, then use things instead." After hearing this, Zhong Wen didn't feel anything, and continued to pick up snake bubbles on the ground.

"Brother, didn't Daoist Li say that just now? These snake bubbles are not edible, they are poisonous." Xiao Hua turned her head and saw Zhong Wen picking the snake bubbles on the ground, holding Zhong Wen with both hands to prevent him from picking them.

"Let go, let go, little girl, what I said just now, this snake bubble can be eaten, as long as you don't eat too much, you won't be poisoned." Zhong Wen was pulled by Xiao Hua so that he was about to fall to the ground, and hurriedly stopped , but I have to fill my stomach with some.

"Brother, you really can't eat it. Daoist Li said just now that these snake bubbles are passed by poisonous snakes. Brother, if you are poisoned, my parents and I will be worried." Xiaohua completely ignored it and grabbed it tightly. Zhong Wen's clothes were pulled back desperately.

"You little girl, what do you know, brother, I don't want to die yet, okay, I don't want to pick it off."

Zhong Wen felt a little helpless after being harassed by this little girl, so he had to stand up, turned around and went to the creek not far away, started to wash the snake bubbles, threw a few into his mouth and ate them.

"Brother, I really can't eat it." Xiao Hua was so nervous that she was about to suffocate. Seeing her brother eat the snake pao, she couldn't stop her. She wanted to snatch the snake pao from her brother, but Zhong Wen stopped her I had no choice but to wipe away my tears, hoping that my brother would not really die from poisoning.

"It's tasteless, it's cool." Zhong Wen chewed the snake bubble in his mouth, feeling the taste of the snake bubble on his taste buds.

Snake paozi, the scientific name is snakeberry, which can be found all over the country. It grows in fields, roadsides, and forests. It is called Snake Paozi. Snake Paozi is tasteless when eaten raw, sweet and cold in nature. Eating it can clear away heat and detoxify, and it can also detoxify snake venom. It can also treat children's mouth sores and other diseases.

Chapter 4 Parents

Zhong Wen quickly threw the remaining snake bubble into his mouth, chewed and swallowed it, and then stood up.

Fortunately, there are so many snake bubbles to cushion the stomach, otherwise there will always be a fight in the stomach.

Xiaohua watched helplessly as her brother ate the snake paozi.

"Brother, don't eat any more."

"Okay, I won't eat, let's find out if there is anything else to eat."

Zhong Wen hurriedly diverted the words, so as not to save the little girl from holding on to this matter and causing trouble for herself.

Seeing that her brother promised not to pick those poisonous snake bubbles again, Xiao Hua finally let go of her hanging heart, but when she heard that she was going to find something else to eat, she was afraid that Zhong Wen would eat something poisonous.

Xiao Hua followed Zhong Wen's buttocks, whispering non-stop.

"I don't know if I will be poisoned to death after eating snake bubbles. What should I do if I am poisoned to death? But I should be fine. I only ate a small handful. If I eat snake bubbles again in the future, I will die." I must tell my mother to let my mother spank my brother's ass."

Zhong Wen, who was walking in front, couldn't hear Xiao Hua's nagging behind him.

At this time, Zhong Wen turned his head and looked around, as long as it was edible, Zhong Wen would always pick some and throw it into his mouth.

Of course, there are also some common and edible small fruits, and I picked some and handed them to Xiaohua who followed me to taste.

As far as Xiao Guozi is concerned, Xiao Hua doesn't say anything anymore, she also knows these things, and she often ate them with her mother in the past.

After half an hour, there was something in Zhong Wen's belly.

Although it's just wild vegetables, twigs, small fruits, etc., I can always fill my stomach, but it lacks more calories. Fortunately, it can cushion my stomach so that it won't always growl.

"Brother, let's go home. Parents will be back after work. If they don't see us, they will be worried."

Along the way, Xiao Hua also ate a lot of young shoots and small fruits that Zhong Wen picked for her, and there were some stocks in her stomach, but the sun was already high at this time.

"Okay, Xiaohua, we'll go back now, but don't tell your parents why we went."

Under Xiaohua's reminder, Zhong Wen raised his head and looked around. The dense forest was densely covered with thorns, and there were not many thatchs as tall as a person, which made it a lot of effort for them to travel this way.

In the quiet dense forest, birdsong and insects could be heard from time to time, and sunlight penetrated through the gaps in the leaves. Zhong Wen thought about what happened in the village before, and suddenly shuddered violently.

Then, he took Xiaohua and retreated carefully from the mountains and forests, feeling nervous all the way.

After two or three quarters of an hour, Zhong Wen walked out of the forest with Xiao Hua. Fortunately, there was no danger. Zhong Wen was about to raise his legs and walk towards home, but Xiao Hua stopped him.

"Brother, Mom and Dad are coming back to make breakfast after work, and we have to go and collect some firewood first."

Xiao Hua raised her head and looked at Zhong Wen.

"Okay, then let's go get some firewood and go home."

After hearing Xiaohua's words, Zhong Wen remembered that the family does not store too much firewood, and every one or two days he would go back to collect some firewood for cooking porridge and soup at home.

Zhong Wen took Xiao Hua to the edge of the forest, picked up a large bundle of dead branches for firewood, pulled some weeds, twisted them into straw ropes, tied them up, and put them on his shoulders.

The same is true for Xiaohua, holding a small bundle of dead branches, the brother and sister walked home.

The two returned home one after the other and put the firewood into the stove.

Zhong Mugen and his wife did not return home at this time, Zhong Wen wanted to help the family with something, but there was nothing to do in the family.

Zhong Wen then sat on the rock in front of the open space again, blankly in a daze, thinking about something in his heart.

Xiao Hua looked at Zhong Wen, approached her elder brother, sat down next to each other, with their backs leaning against each other, it seemed that this poor family had a rare warmth.

Zhong Wen, with a piece of cloth wrapped around his head, reached out to scratch the itchy spot on his head. He wanted to scratch but was afraid that the wound would burst open, but he just endured the torture brought by the itching.

Two quarters of an hour later, Zhong Wen's mother came back from outside with a wooden hoe and a basket of wild vegetables in her hand. She saw Zhong Wen, brother and sister, sitting on a stone in front of the open space at home.

"Xiaowen, why are you up? Why don't you lie down and rest? How's the wound? Does your head still hurt?"

"I'm fine, but my head is a little itchy."

Zhong Wen stood up from the side of the stone, not knowing what to do now, he started to call this strange yet familiar woman, whether to call her mother or hello, it might take some time to buffer.

"Xiaowen, why is your head still itchy? Then I'll go to the temple and ask Li Daochang to come and have a look."

Zhong Wen's father, Zhong Mugen, came back from the outside holding a bundle of firewood, just in time to hear Zhong Wen's words.

"When Li Daochang passed by here in the morning, he saw it. Li Daochang said it was nothing serious." Zhong Wen also didn't know how this father should yell out, and he would always be able to yell out in a few days.

"Daozhang Li has seen it? That's fine, as long as it's fine, God bless." After hearing this, Zhong Wen's mother quickly put down the things in her hands, put her hands together in front of her forehead, and muttered something.

Zhong Wen's mother didn't know how to thank Li Daochang, let alone how to thank God. After all, Zhong Wen was his only son. If something happened to him, he really didn't know if he could bear it.

"God bless, as long as there's nothing to do, when mother cooks gruel, add a handful of rice."

After Zhong Wen's mother finished praying, she looked at Zhong Wen's head, and after confirming that nothing happened, she carried the basket to the kitchen.

"Don't run around these days, just recuperate at home." Zhong Mugen threw the firewood aside, walked over and looked at Zhong Wen's head, although he couldn't see anything, he still stretched out his thick Groove's hands touched Zhong Wen's head.

Zhong Wen stood by the stone, not knowing how to describe his mood at this moment, maybe this is being a parent, not wanting to see his children suffer any harm.

"Xiao Hua, come and help mother light the fire, mother cooks some porridge with wild vegetables." Zhong Wen's mother came out of the kitchen and shouted to Xiao Hua.

After Xiaohua heard this, she went to the kitchen to help.

Zhong Wen stood there, not knowing what to do, and there was nothing he could do if he wanted to come to this family.

I can't help myself with cooking porridge, and his old mother probably doesn't agree with him helping out like this. If he wants to help his father with other jobs, he probably won't be able to help him much.

Zhong Mugen picked up some farm tools from the side of the house and began to repair them.

Although in Zhong Wen's eyes, it is just some simple work that is too simple to do. If it is repaired, it can only be said to be tightened and loosened with a stone. Moreover, in this house, except for the kitchen knife and sickle, they are basically made of wood. farm tools.

Zhong Wen sat back on the rock under him again, not knowing how to describe this ruined house.

Speaking of how broken it is, it can be said that it is so broken that there is no valuable thing. The most valuable thing is probably the kitchen knife and two sickles.

Pottery tanks and cabinets are basically worthless.

Don't even think about clothes and shoes, just what the family is wearing right now, which one is a good one?

The clothes on his body are so dilapidated that they can only be described as the clothes worn by beggars. The only shoes are straw sandals, and cloth shoes are only affordable for Taoists in Longquan Temple, and almost no one in the village wears them.

"Xiaowen, you can't go to Guanli to do some work these two days. Guanli is currently repairing the dilapidated hall. Those jobs are not something you can do. Dad knows that you want to earn some food for the family, but you are not healthy. Weak, wait a few more years."

Zhong Mugen held a stone in his hand, knocked on the farm tools at home, and began to tell Zhong Wen in his mouth.

"I know, I won't work in Guanli anymore."

Zhong Wen was sitting on the rock in a daze, but when he heard his father speak, he quickly responded, thinking of ways to improve the living conditions of the family.

"Although you are almost 11 years old, but your body is too weak, I blame your parents for not being able to feed you and Xiao Hua."

Zhong Mugen stopped his work, looked up at the mother and daughter who were busy in the kitchen, and then looked at Zhong Wen.

"..."

Zhong Wen didn't know what to say, and he didn't know what to say. In this world, being able to live is a good thing. As for eating enough, that was just Zhong Wen's dream before. As for the current Zhong Wen, as long as he can find a way , can always change the living conditions of this family.

As for the future, Zhong Wen actually has more thoughts in his mind.

Although I am young, I am not disabled and cannot do much work, but I can always get something to eat.

Could it be that I am a good-natured young man who traveled through the 21st century, still afraid of not having enough to eat?If this is the case, then it is estimated that the audience will die laughing.

At around ten o'clock in the morning, a family of four finished the so-called breakfast, which was porridge cooked with some wild vegetables. Zhong Wen didn't dare to eat more, for fear that if he ate too much, his father and mother would eat less and went to the field. To work is to bear this hunger.

"Xiaowen, why don't you eat it? Come on, drink this bowl of porridge, and the wound on your head will heal faster."

Zhong Wen's mother held the last bowl of wild vegetable porridge and handed it to Zhong Wen's hands. Her face and eyes showed the greatness of a mother, but at the same time, it also showed Zhong Wen's mother's concern for Zhong Wen.

"My stomach can't eat, you can eat." Zhong Wen couldn't stand his mother's love, and left quickly after speaking.

Zhong Wen was also a 27-year-old strong boy in his previous life, but his current wife must be younger than him. Zhong Wen thought of this, so he left quickly.

It's not that Zhong Wen is hypocritical, but Shi can't accept it for the time being, so he can only wait for the future.

"What's wrong with Xiaowen? It wasn't like this before." Xiu looked at Zhong Mugen, her face full of worry.

"It's fine if Xiaowen can't eat it. Daoist Li has seen that it's all right. Don't worry about it. You and Xiaohua can share this bowl of porridge."

Zhong Mugen looked at Zhong Wen who had left the kitchen, he didn't feel too worried, he was just curious that Zhong Wen was a little strange today.

"Mom, I'm full. You and Dad can share this bowl of porridge." Xiao Hua also got up quickly, and put the broken pottery bowl of wild vegetable porridge on the stove, and went out as well after leaving the stove. up.

"What's wrong with Xiaowen and Xiaohua's brothers and sisters today? They used to eat as much as they had, but today they are full with just a bowl of porridge? Could it be that they are sick?"

Xiu looked at Zhong Wen and Xiao Hua who were leaving, and really couldn't figure out why, she always felt that something was wrong.

"Damn it, don't worry too much, Xiaowen really can't bear it, and Xiaohua loves us too, that's why."

Zhong Mugen raised his eyes to look at Xiao Hua who was leaving, and sighed heavily in his heart. In this family, he really didn't have much ability to feed his children. Apart from being sad, he could only blame himself.

"Xiao Hua, are you full?" Zhong Wen sat on the stone in front of the open space, watched Xiao Hua walk over, and asked casually.

"Brother, I'm full. We ate a lot of small fruits in the morning, and just had another bowl of porridge. Today is the most full I've ever eaten."

Xiao Hua approached Zhong Wen, sat down, and leaned against Zhong Wen's body, with stars shining in her eyes, wishing it would be great every day.

After hearing Xiao Hua's words, Zhong Wen's eyes were dull, thinking about all possible things, such as going into business, let's forget it, he has no capital, and he is too young to invent and create, let's forget it, let alone Capital, even if you buy a piece of iron, you have to spend a lot of money.

Everything costs money, not to mention money at home, even when cooking porridge with wild vegetables just now, my mother didn't give up salt and oil.

At this time, Zhong Wen had many ideas popping up in his mind, but with the current situation at home, he couldn't do anything he wanted to.

If you want money but you don't have money, you have no one you want, except for yourself as a cheap old mother who is still healthy, and pretending to add yourself as a third-class disabled person, Xiao Hua forgets it.

"Brother, what are you thinking?" Xiao Hua looked at her parents in the kitchen, her thoughts were relatively simple.

"I didn't think about it. We have nothing to do today. Later, my parents will go to the fields to work. Let's go pick up some firewood and come back."

Zhong Wen looked at the cheap parents who had finished breakfast, after cleaning up the dishes in the kitchen, they were fighting against the hoe and preparing to go to the field.

"Xiaowen, Xiaohua, you two are doing well at home, your parents are off to work in the fields."

Xiu looked at her two sons and daughters, sitting leaning on the stone in a decent manner, and felt warm in her heart. She was very relieved to have such a sensible pair of sons and daughters.

"Okay, we got it."