After Zhang Shaofei guided the villagers in the two villages on a way to get rich, he traveled between the two villages, planting land, growing fruits, collecting herbs, admiring the mountain scenery, listening to the deep valleys and springs, and appreciating the beauty of nature with the villagers. I was enjoying the wild fun for a while and put aside collecting bird's nests.
On this day, Zhang Shaofei came to Feiyan Rock in Guanghuai by accident. It was a large and very high cave. It was the only habitat for the South Sea swiftlets to come to the mainland.
Every year, swiftlets from South Asia fly in and lay eggs on the roof of the cave, so there are many bird's nests in the steep rock walls and crevices.
Young local villagers can climb dozens of meters high rock cliffs to collect bird's nests, which is a unique skill.
Zhang Shaofei passed by the village next to Feiyanyan and heard someone crying loudly in the house. His curiosity drove him to go and find out.
It turned out that there was a young couple in that house. The husband's surname was Ou, Guang'er, and his wife's name was Zhu Ermei. Their only son, Ou Di, had eaten too much barbecue food a few days ago and had a high fever for three days and nights. , cheeks were red, and forehead was frighteningly hot.
I took many doses of traditional Chinese medicine prescribed by a nearby doctor but nothing worked. I knelt down to burn incense and prayed to God and Buddha, but no Bodhisattva appeared. Ou Guang'er and his wife were helpless and couldn't help crying at home.
After Zhang Shaofei learned about it, he inspected the sick son of Ou Guang'er's family and found out that Ou Di was suffering from severe fever. After comforting Ou Guang'er and his wife with kind words, he immediately went to the nearby mountains to collect the appropriate mountain herbs. .
This time the medicinal stone was like a panacea. Ou Di took just one dose and her high fever subsided. After taking another dose, she could get out of bed and walk around.
Seeing that his only son had escaped death, Ou Guanger was extremely grateful to Zhang Shaofei. He took out several white things that looked like bird's nests from the room and handed them to Zhang Shaofei. He said gratefully: "My great benefactor, this is my home." The treasured bird's nest is called the official bird's nest. This kind of bird's nest is the most nutritious, has few impurities and has a good taste. I am giving it to you to take back and taste."
"Bird's nest?" Zhang Shaofei came here thousands of miles away just for this bird's nest! But this thing was too expensive, so he quickly waved his hands and said, "Uncle Second, I am strong and don't need to take such expensive supplements."
But Ou Guanger and his wife stubbornly insisted that Zhang Shaofei accept it. They took turns saying to him emotionally: "You saved my son's life. This is a great kindness. Although the bird's nest is precious, how can it be as precious as my son's life?" ? Besides, these bird's nests are just some local products, which we picked from the steep rock walls. If you don't accept them, you are looking down on us country people. You don't have to eat this supplement if you are young, but the elderly in your family can eat it! "
These words of Ou Guanger and his wife touched Zhang Shaofei's homesickness. His mother was old and frail. If she could take this supplement, it would be of great benefit to her body. Besides, he really needed these bird's nests to cure Village Chief Wang. My son Wang Jinfa’s illness...
Under the overwhelming kindness of Ou Guanger and his wife, Zhang Shaofei had no choice but to accept the bird's nests.
After getting these bird's nests from Ou Guang's family, Zhang Shaofei, who was in the deep mountains and forests of Guanghuai, missed his mother even more.
After all, Zhang Shaofei is also a person of flesh and blood. After being exiled to Xinzhou, Lingnan, in his spare time, he always thought about his elderly and loving mother in his hometown.
That night, it was another full moon night. Zhang Shaofei was alone in the high mountains of Guanghuai, facing the bright moon in the vast sky, looking up to the north, towards his hometown, thinking about the mother who gave birth to him and raised him, and couldn't stop thinking about him. Turbulent, unable to sleep at night.
The years pass quietly like the mountains and streams on the mountains. In the blink of an eye, several days have passed. Now, in the dead of night, looking at the package of bird's nests alone, the words of Ou Guang and his wife came to mind again, and the feeling of longing suddenly emerged...
Missing is the most torturous feeling, and Zhang Shaofei finally couldn't suppress the surging feeling of missing his family in his heart.
Official experience told him: the more dangerous the place, the safer it is. Zhang Shaofei thought to himself: Now he sneaks back to his hometown to visit his mother without knowing it. Guan Zhenjiang would never think of it in his dreams, right? Besides, the pursuers he sent have already gone to Guangxi... It would be better to sneak back to my hometown to visit my mother, give her half the bird's nest so that she can recuperate, and then return to the head of Tianlu Mountain King Village.
After making up his mind, Zhang Shaofei quietly left Guanghuai Mountain with a simple luggage on his back and spent the night at dawn. On this day, he passed by an ancient temple.
