On the northwest edge of Liangzhou, bordering the endless woods, there is a small town called Qingmu Town.
The residents of this small town, whose real surname is Xu, have lived here for generations and moved back to their hometown.
Since then, outsiders have moved here one after another. Although it is only a small number of people, they still make the town lively.
Deep in the woods, which is so vast that no one knows where it leads, there are mountains and water. Town residents can obtain food through fishing and hunting, and they can also find fertile land for sowing and cultivation near the town. There are always grass and trees in the mountains. Various herbal medicines can be found, which can cure diseases and save people. Moreover, deep in the trees and at the border of mountains and rivers, there are strange rocks with strange patterns and colors and different shapes, which are quite suitable for those who seek novelty.
For hundreds of years, except for a few businessmen who walked out of the town with all kinds of strange rocks, everyone else in this town could be said to have lived a self-sufficient life, without any contact with other places outside the town. But it doesn't interfere.
But not long ago, the town suffered a change.
A large number of blood-eating monsters ran out from the depths of the woods, killing many people in the town, mainly young children. At the same time, they caused heavy losses to the town, leaving those who were originally grateful and close to the woods. People now have an unspeakable fear of this endless forest that gave birth to and raised them.
In their opinion, the woods are full of mysterious and terrifying unknown things. There is no telling what monsters will come out of the depths of the woods one day, and then leave all the skin and bones of those who are left here. Eat it into your stomach.
During this time, many people in Qingmu Town chose to leave. With uneasiness and a hint of longing for the world outside the town, they packed up their belongings and left the place where they had lived for most of their lives.
From then on, my hometown became my hometown.
Fortunately, they have often explored the woods over the years, and some strange trees and rocks have caught their eye, and they were finally brought back. This time, they may be able to sell their collections over the years. It's a good price, so you don't have to worry too much about your life after leaving Qingmu Town.
Qingmu Town became deserted.
There were not many people in this small town, but now there are even fewer people to be seen.
Zhang Dashan walked out of his bun shop, carrying a bamboo basket, glanced at the pharmacy diagonally opposite, then shook his head with a sigh.
When someone leaves, someone will naturally come back.
But most of those who came back once chose to leave after looking at the woods south of the town from a distance, either on the same day or the next day.
After something like that happened, those who would choose to stay were naturally not those who were afraid of death, but also those who already thought they didn't have much time left to live.
The owner of the drugstore is an old man in his seventies. His face is wrinkled and weather-beaten. His eyes are cloudy and his eyesight is not as good as before. It is hard to tell how many things he can see. His limbs are trembling all day long, as if they are left in the wind. The candle may fall down at any time.
After living in Qingmu Town all his life and practicing medicine here for most of his life, this old miracle doctor named Xu fled this place with his children and grandchildren when the disaster happened, leaving behind an empty pharmacy and its interior. Many life-saving medicinal materials were just left.
After all, he is old, and he has lived in Qingmu Town all his life, and practiced medicine for half his life. It is inevitable that he has some kind of heart to help the world, just more or less. After leaving Qingmu Town, he feels restless every day, extremely Not comfortable.
I remembered that he was the only doctor in the entire Qingmu Town. Although the pharmacy has been managed by his son after he became an adult, he is still the one who actually sees the doctor. Now that he is gone, what should the residents of the town do?
Every time he thought of this, Dr. Xu's heart was as sharp as a knife, and he regretted leaving.
Every time at this time, his son always tried to persuade him that his family was not the only one leaving the town. To put it bluntly, it was hard to say how many people were left in the town. Those who didn't leave might not have left at this time. In the belly of a monster, who can you save when you are old? Even if the monster's teeth are crammed into it, the bones may be too brittle.
The entanglement and persuasion left the old genius doctor Xu in a dilemma, but in the end, he chose to come back, but he was the only one who came back.
Zhang Dashan originally thought that the owner of the drugstore diagonally opposite the shop would not come back. After all, he had left such a dangerous place and no one wanted to come back here to be frightened. But one day, when he walked out of the shop and stretched out on the street with only a few people, While I was lazing around, I discovered that there were people in the pharmacy diagonally across the street, and there were quite a few of them, all of whom came for consultation.
When he saw the old miracle doctor Xu, Zhang Dashan thought it was his hallucination. He didn't expect that the family that left the fastest would come back so quickly.
Or did they not leave at all, but just stayed away?
Zhang Dashan, who was a little confused, approached and overheard the conversation between the doctor who came to see the doctor and the old miracle doctor Xu. When he knew that only the old miracle doctor Xu was back, Zhang Dashan showed some respect to the old miracle doctor, but Immediately afterwards, I found that the doctors and patients inside were in a dilemma because there were not enough medicinal materials in the pharmacy.
How can we cure diseases and save lives without medicinal materials?
Although Qingmu Town is only a small remote ancient town, it still has residents spread across three streets. Although people are now leaving the tea, the people who stayed behind have experienced changes and have suffered injuries. It is the time when Old Miracle Doctor Xu is needed the most, but At this time, there is a lack of medicinal materials, what should they do?
In the past, the children of the old miracle doctor Xu went to the woods to collect medicine. Unfortunately, the children of the old miracle doctor chose to leave this place of right and wrong and were unwilling to come back. However, the old miracle doctor Xu was already old and had a big body. It's better to let him go to the woods to collect medicine than before. This is absolutely impossible, but in this case, who will collect medicine?
Although the residents of the small town live a self-sufficient life, everyone has their own skills and each family has its own strengths. Not everyone can understand medicine. Although except for the old genius doctor Xu and his family, there are other families who know how to collect medicine. Unfortunately, Among the people who are still in the town today, there are none of those people.
It’s really a leaky house and it rains all night long. What will they do in the future?
Furthermore, even if there were people who knew medicine, after what happened, who would dare to rush into the woods to the south?
Although it is said that there is an immortal master guarding it, the forest is too big. Who can guarantee that the immortal master will arrive in time?
You must know that those medicinal materials are not everywhere. You can see them casually when you walk into the woods. They often have to go deeper and can only be found in some remote mountains and rivers and dangerous places. And now that forest is just Like a ferocious beast that chooses and devours people, who dares to take risks at this time?
At that time, Zhang Dashan thought of a young man with a blood-stained white coat but an outstanding temperament. He had promised that young man that when the owner of the pharmacy came back, he would return the urgently needed medicinal materials to others. As for repayment, of course it would be money. .
However, after Zhang Dashan went in to explain the reason, he said that he had no money on hand and only had some knowledge of pharmacology, so he could go to the woods to collect medicine to repay the money.
It was naturally a surprise that someone came forward, but Dr. Xu was a little worried.
Although he is old, he is not confused. How could he not know Zhang Dashan's good intentions, but entering the depths of the woods is really no small matter. What should he do if he encounters those blood-eating monsters again?
Zhang Dashan was full of confidence, guaranteeing that those monsters had been wiped out and would not come again. Although I don’t know where he got his confidence, Dr. Xu really needed Zhang Dashan’s help at this time. Coupled with Zhang Dashan’s persistence, I had to hesitantly agree.
