In Li Ye's own words, from birth to now, he has never been sick and needed to rest for such a long time.
I don't even have the energy to go for a walk in the woods. Every day I just lie down on a bamboo chair to rest or sit up and drink porridge.
The old wolf and the old ape comforted him not to be impatient.
The old ape's face was covered with wrinkles, and he looked at Li Ye with infinite distress and said, "Those little apes in our cave sometimes get sick for several months or even half a year."
The gray hair on the old wolf's body is getting brighter and brighter, and Li Ye estimates that it won't be long before he can enter the Tao.
He touched Li Ye's forehead and said softly: "Little sir, it's a good thing to be sick. You can calm down and understand life. Whether it's human life or animal life, you need to take some time to rest on the way to practice, so as to understand the meaning of practice." All kinds of troubles and joys.”
"Besides, you have not been idle these days when you are sick. The scriptures you recited to me and the old ape have already made me vaguely see the threshold. If nothing happens, I can step into that threshold like the old ape in just a few days. Gate, then we two old guys can go to the top of the mountain together..."
Hearing what the old wolf said, Li Ye, who was sick and ailing, finally showed a smile on his face, just like the autumn sun in the sky outside the shed.
"This is very good. Finally, everyone's efforts were not in vain. Everyone is happy. When the younger generation recovers, he will have a good celebration. This is a big event worth being happy about."
"Good causes will eventually lead to good results. The fate of the world is very magical. Every drink and peck has its own destiny." The old ape laughed happily.
The old wolf looked at Xiaobai lying on the ground and said lovingly: "Xiaobai, Xiaobai, when will you finally wake up so that your old ape grandpa and I can leave this starry sky with peace of mind?"
When Xiaobai, who was listening with his ears perked up, heard this, he whimpered twice, lowered his head and continued to lie down.
After chatting for a while, Li Ye felt a little sleepy, so he spoke to the two seniors, then turned around and held his head, quietly closed his eyes, and fell asleep.
The old wolf thought for a while, looked at Xiaobai lying on the ground, patted his head gently, stood up, and walked out of the shed.
When Xiao Bai saw it, he quickly got up from the ground, followed the footsteps of the old wolf with a "shu" sound.
The old ape sighed, took out a piece of animal skin felt from the basket he brought, and gently covered Li Ye's body.
Until now, he had not seen Li Ye covered with a quilt. He wondered whether Li Ye's illness was caused by the strong mountain wind in the middle of the night.
Looking at the sun outside the shed, the old ape turned around and lay on the bamboo chair. The autumn sun was warm and perfect for sleeping.
This day is already the tenth day since Li Ye fell ill, and in a few days it will be last year's Mid-Autumn Festival.
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A bird chirped in the sky, and flew into the cliff with fluttering wings. Xiao Qing, who was like a porcelain doll, walked in quietly, moved a stool, sat at the stone table, held up a pair of small hands, and looked at the sleeping man quietly. Li Ye.
The old ape looked at it with half-open eyes, then closed them again and continued to sleep.
She looked at Li Ye who was sleeping soundly, her brows furrowed tightly, wondering what he was dreaming about.
Her brows furrowed slightly as she looked at him. She kept frowning and looked at Li Ye in his sleep carefully for a long, long time.
Then he turned around, picked up the iron pot that was placed on the stove, and walked down the Yaping River. His pace changed from slow to fast, and he reached the river almost instantly.
She had already seen that Li Ye, who was ill, was in very bad condition, and she didn't know how long he had been delayed. The two old apes and old wolves on the mountain didn't know what kind of medicine they were using.
She held the iron pot and carefully smelled the smell inside, analyzing what kind of medicine the old ape used.
After a long while, she nodded, and a bunch of different herbs appeared in her small hands. She carefully selected some, carefully threw them into the pot, washed the herbs with river water, and then carried the iron pot. , walking towards the cliff.
Unexpectedly, the old ape who had fallen asleep just now would be waiting for her under the cliff. Looking at Xiao Qing who was walking back with the pot, the old ape sighed softly and said, "Do you know the situation?"
Xiao Qing nodded and said: "Senior, there is no reason for us practitioners to get sick? He has already reached the golden elixir realm."
"Lao Lang and I thought about it for a long time but couldn't figure it out. He fell ill suddenly. He gave us lectures at night. Xiaobai woke me up in the middle of the night and he had a high fever."
"Fortunately, we found some herbs and boiled them for him to eat, which helped him recover. However, his illness has gone away like silk. It has been more than ten days, and I don't know how many more days it will take for him to recover." The old ape shook his head and said.
Xiao Qing thought for a while, but couldn't figure it out. He looked at the old ape and said, "I have some medicine here. I'll cook it for him to drink. If it doesn't work, I'll go down the mountain and invite his husband over."
The old ape was overjoyed after hearing this, nodded and said: "That's very good. If the gentleman with the little guy takes action, there will definitely be no problem. But when he wakes up, don't ask him why, just pretend not to know, and let him eat first." Let’s take a look at the medicine for two days.”
After saying that, the old ape waved his hand and said: "I'm going back to the cave to have a look. I haven't been back for more than ten days. You go up first and I'll come back in the evening."
Xiaoqing didn't reply after hearing this. She carried the pot and walked to the cliff step by step.
He took pine branches to make a fire, put the iron pot on it to cook, and lowered his head to gently blow on the flames in the stove. Xiaoqing thought to herself: If I come up later, I don’t know how much more you will suffer.
The pine branches were burning gently in the stone stove, and the water in the iron pot was bubbling gently.
After thinking about it, she took out the baggage she had brought, carefully placed the copper kettle for boiling water, the small stove for making fire, and the purple sand for making tea in the middle of the stone table. She also placed the four treasures of the study under the table and took them. I weighed some tea leaves with my hands. Once the medicine was ready, I made another pot of tea.
She remembered that this guy liked tea very much and had not had a sip for more than half a year. She wanted to give him a surprise.
Li Ye turned over in his sleep and frowned, as if he smelled the smell of medicine that made him uncomfortable.
The animal skin felt covering him fell to the ground. Xiao walked over to pick it up and gently covered him. Seeing him frowning, he didn't even realize he was frowning.
I thought that if I hadn't been too weak, I would have taken this guy away from here and returned to Fengyun City to find a doctor to take a closer look.
It's just that she forgot that she was already a very powerful doctor as she was familiar with the medicinal classics.
Smelling the aroma of medicine coming from the pot, she stood up and walked over, opened the lid, removed a few pieces of pine branches from the stove, and stuffed them into the water stove on the stone table, just for boiling water and making tea.
When she was boiling the water in the pot, the old ape came in carrying a small basket of fruits.
Xiao Qing turned around, looked at the old ape sitting at the table, and said with a smile, "Senior is here just in time. I brought the tea that Li Ye likes to drink. You can try it later. He has been talking about it for a long time."
After that, she poured the water from the copper pot into the purple sand, warmed the pot, washed the tea, and washed the cups. These were all actions taught to her by Li Ye.
The old ape smelled the fragrance that filled the wooden shed, nodded with satisfaction and said: "I have been practicing in the Tianshan Mountains for thousands of years, and this is the first time I have tasted the tea of the human world. It is rare and rare."
"Senior, this is what you call: wait for a thousand years." A lazy voice came from behind the old ape.
Lao Yuan and Xiao Qing both turned around and saw Li Ye, with his eyes wide open, wrinkling his nose and sniffing the fragrance of tea wafting out of the purple sand.
Xiao Qing said with a smile: "If you are so greedy, you can't drink the tea first. Drink the medicine I boiled for you first." After that, he poured a cup of tea for the old ape, then got up and poured it into the pot for Li Ye to cook. Good medicine.
The old ape picked up the cup and was about to drink when Li Ye suddenly shouted: "Be careful. This is not how you drink tea."
Xiaoqing, who was pouring the medicine, couldn't help but laugh when he saw the old ape's appearance. "Senior, this tea is too hot. You have to blow it gently a few times, otherwise it will burn your mouth."
The old ape laughed loudly, looked at Ye and Xiaoqing, picked up the tea cup and started to blow gently.
Xiao Qing brought the bowl of concoction to Li Ye, helped him sit up with one hand, and blew gently into the bowl with the other hand.
After a long while, he brought it to his mouth and said, "Drink this bowl of medicine obediently. I'll drink tea later. I've brought you everything you want. When you're sick, you can cook it yourself."
Li Ye took Xiaoqing's little hand, lowered his head and drank the concoction in the bowl, waved his hand, lay back, and continued to rest on the bamboo chair.
His normally gray and dark complexion was pale, as if he had a rosy complexion after drinking this bowl of medicine.
The old ape looked at his expression, nodded knowingly, and said with a smile: "The little girl's medicine is effective, and my complexion is much better after just drinking it."
Xiao Qing lowered her head and glanced at Li Ye, covered her mouth and said with a smile: "There is no medicine in this. He blushes because he is shy."
While making fun of Li Ye, he poured a cup of hot tea, blew on the hot air, and handed it to Li Zui's mouth: "Come on, don't be shy. I'll let you drink to satisfy your craving first, and then I'll drink."
Li Ye's rosy face turned even redder, with red in the darkness. He turned his body to Xiao Qing's tea cup and drank the warm tea gently.
After a long while, he sighed and said: "If you don't drink it, you will forget this wonderful taste."
The old ape held the teacup, frowned slightly, looked at Li Ye and said, "Why do I feel it tastes bitter? It's much worse than the concoction."
After hearing this, Li Ye and Xiao Qing laughed together, but it was Xiao Qing who said, "Senior, this tea tasted like this when I first drank it. I had the same expression as you when I drank it for the first time. I will think about it carefully again.”
The old ape was happy and said with a smile: "The old man has been staying deep in the Tianshan Mountains and has not experienced the joys and sorrows of this world. I didn't expect that he would not even drink this tea."
Li Ye pursed his lips and smiled. He now felt that it was better for him to shut up and let Xiao Qing speak.
After a while, the old ape's frown finally relaxed.
Looking at Xiaoqing, he said: "It turns out that it is bitter first and then sweet. Isn't this the same principle as our practice in the mountains?"
"My old master monk said: Drinking tea and cutting firewood are all practices. I didn't expect that my senior understood this truth after only drinking a cup of tea. It seems that you have really entered the Tao and will become a Buddha in the future."
Li Ye said softly, still a little weak.
"You should just close your eyes and rest your mind. I'll wake you up to eat dinner when it's ready." Xiao Qing covered him with a blanket.
