The next afternoon, the sky was as blue as satin and the clouds were as white as snow. The god Apollo shines his warm sunshine on the Yunwu Mountain.
Zhang Shaofei said to Wang Shaoxiang: "Mother, you rest here, I will go up the mountain to collect herbs now."
Wang Shaoxiang scratched the itch and asked, "Fei'er, where are you going to collect medicine?"
"Mother, Yunwu Mountain is a big medicine storehouse. There must be mountain herbs that can cure your skin diseases." After Zhang Shaofei said this, he went to the corner of the room and picked up a bamboo basket, picked up a small hoe and sickle, and was about to go out.
Liang Zhenhui caught up and said, "Brother A Fei, I'll go with you."
"No need," Zhang Shaofei waved his hand, "It's more convenient to go up the mountain to collect herbs or climb rocks and go down ravines. Besides, you don't know which mountain herbs I want to collect. You should take care of your home work first. You can go with me another day. Bar."
"This..." Liang Zhenhui scratched his head and said, "I will listen to you today. Don't forget to take me with you next time!"
Zhang Shaofei went out with a bamboo basket on his back and headed towards the mountain. Along the way, there were beautiful trees like forests, mountain flowers like the sea, and flowing water.
As Zhang Shaofei walked, he heard bursts of wailing in a hazelnut forest not far from Liangtian Village.
"Hey, what kind of cry is this?" Zhang Shaofei followed the direction of the cry and came to the depths of the hazel forest.
Sunlight passes through the dense canopy of trees, casting swaying spots of light onto the ground. Under a large hazel tree with a lumpy bark, two monkeys with brown fur put their long hands into a small wooden box and shouted "Ao, Ao".
When the two monkeys saw Zhang Shaofei holding a small hoe in his hand and carrying a bamboo basket on his back, they thought he was a hunter who came to catch them. They stamped their feet and screamed in fear. They wanted to struggle to escape but could not pull their hands out of the wooden box. come out. On the light red face, the pair of round eyes were streaming with tears, looking at Zhang Shaofei with fear and pleading inside.
"What's going on?" Zhang Shaofei came to the big hazel tree not far from the monkeys, stopped and observed carefully for a while, and then realized: "These two monkeys were caught by the trap set by the hunter."
It turns out that there are many monkeys in the dense forest of Yunwu Mountain. The hunters in the mountain knew that monkeys like to steal fruits, so they dug a small hole in the small wooden box. The hole was just big enough for the monkey to put his hand in. The hunter placed the monkey's favorite fruit in the wooden box. The greedy monkey has a special sense of smell. When he comes to the wooden box and finds fruit in the small hole, he will reach into the hole to steal it. It was easy for them to stretch their free hand straight into the hole, but the hand holding the fruit turned into a fist shape, making it difficult to retract straight back. Monkeys are smart all their lives, but they can also be confused for a while in the face of greed. They don't want to put down the fruit in their hands, so the harder they pull out, the tighter the hand becomes stuck in the hole and cannot break free. Mountain hunters often set up such traps to catch monkeys.
After Zhang Shaofei understood this method of "catching monkeys" through careful observation, he felt pity. Seeing the frightened state of the two monkeys who were trapped in the trap and unable to extricate themselves, he gently walked forward, showing a smile and making gestures. He calmly said to the monkey: "Don't panic, I will not harm you."
Although the two monkeys could not understand what people said, they were extremely talented creatures. From Zhang Shaofei's friendly expression, he knew that this visitor had no ill intentions, and his hand was stuck in the wooden box and could not pull out. And to escape, I had to let it go.
Zhang Shaofei pinched his chin and stared at the small wooden box and the trapped monkey, thinking, how to rescue them? After a while, I had an idea in my mind. I took a small hoe and slammed it on the top of the small wooden box. With a "pop", the small wooden box was smashed open. Seeing that the monkey's hand was still clutching a banana greedily, he smiled and said, "You glutton, no wonder you're doing it to yourself." Then he pulled the monkey's hand away from the banana, and then pulled its hand away. Slowly dragged it out of the small hole.
Repeatedly, Zhang Shaofei smashed two small wooden boxes and rescued the two monkeys.
Zhang Shaofei pointed to the depths of the jungle and said to the two monkeys: "You guys have been harmed by greed, so be careful in the future! Let's go."
Strangely enough, the two monkeys did not leave immediately, but came forward and pulled Zhang Shaofei's trousers in a friendly manner. This time, their "ouch, ouch" cries were no longer frightened, but expressed their joy and gratitude.
Zhang Shaofei squatted down and stroked their fur gently. He also understood from the monkeys' eyes that they wanted to make friends with him, and said kindly: "You two, I will give you a name. You My name is Zuo, and your name is Right, okay?"
The two monkeys seemed to understand Zhang Shaofei's words and nodded.
Zhang Shaofei pointed his finger in the direction of Liangtian Village and said, "You go, I live there, and you can come and play with me when you have time."
"Ouch, ouch!" The two monkeys understood Zhang Shaofei's meaning, screamed happily, and did some somersaults. Then they waved to Zhang Shaofei, turned around, jumped, and fled deep into the dense forest. .
Zhang Shaofei looked at the small wooden box that he had smashed, smiled, took a small hoe, picked up the bamboo basket, and went up the mountain.
Zhang Shaofei crawled through the bushes, went down deep streams, climbed hillsides, entered bushes, climbed high and low, sweating profusely, and his face and hands were scarred by thorns.
From noon to dusk, Zhang Shaofei's legs almost broke from exhaustion.
The setting sun left a lingering afterglow, dyeing the forest golden.
The crimson sunset covered the horizon. Birds returning home circle the trees.
Zhang Shaofei returned to Liangtianzhai with a backpack full of herbal medicine and stepped into the gate of the courtyard.
Liang Futian was repairing a rotten wooden box. He turned his head when he heard the sound and complained: "Aneng, you came home with a full load today. I am miserable."
Zhang Shaofei didn't know why: "What's so bad about it?"
Liang Futian pointed at the rotten wooden box angrily and said, "The wooden box I placed over there in the hazel forest to catch monkeys was smashed. Huh, if I know who is doing the damage, I will interrupt him." Foot bones.”
Seeing that Liang Futian was angry, Zhang Shaofei laughed and stretched out his right foot: "Uncle Futian, just break my foot bones first."
Liang Futian was startled, thinking about it, and pointed at Zhang Shaofei: "Ah, you are the one who smashed the wooden box?!"
"Hmm." Zhang Shaofei nodded.
Liang Futian: "Well, my wooden box is used to catch monkeys. Why did you smash it?"
Zhang Shaofei said frankly: "When I went up the mountain, I saw two monkeys in the hazel forest reaching into the wooden box you installed, but they couldn't pull out their hands and kept screaming. It was so pitiful. I had no choice but to smash the wooden box and put it away. Got them."
"So that's it." Zhang Shaofei in front of him was his savior. In comparison, what did those two wooden boxes mean? How could Liang Futian blame him at this time?
