Li Ye pulled Xiao Bai along and ran quickly. Just after midnight, they reached the top of the mountain where the two of them had climbed up together.
At this time, the sky was already filled with sunshine and thousands of miles of clouds.
After trying to pull the mountain vine tied to the cedar tree by Mr. Li Ye, he looked at Xiaobai and said, "I didn't know whether to live or die at the beginning, and you were not afraid to lie down behind me. We also climbed up such a dangerous stone wall, and now It’s really scary to think about it.”
Xiao Bai leaned a little closer, looked down at the stone wall, then immediately retracted his body, looked at Li Ye and said, "Should I lie on my brother's back when we go down?"
"Get down here if you don't want your life. When did you weigh? How much do you weigh now?" Li Ye patted him and smiled.
"I'll go down and try first. I'll call you later and you can come down again. Don't be afraid, just hold on to Shan Teng and don't let go. If you encounter danger, use this!" After saying that, he took out the knife and handed it to Xiao Bai.
Xiaobai nodded helplessly and said, "Brother, you have to watch me from below, I'm a little dizzy!"
"Why weren't you dizzy when you came up with me?" Li Ye pulled up the corners of his clothes and pulled Shan Teng down the stone wall.
Xiaobai also pulled Shan Teng, looked at Li Ye who was sliding down and said, "I was also scared at that time. I closed my eyes behind you."
"Then when you come down, close your eyes and slide down, just don't let go of Shan Teng's hand."
Li Ye's shadow could no longer be seen on the stone wall, and his voice came from under the cliff.
Half an hour later, Li Ye's shout came from under the stone wall: "Tighten the vine and slide down the stone wall. I'll watch you from below."
Xiao Bai on the top of the mountain took a deep breath, with the aura of a strong man that he would never return to. He tightened the mountain vine in his hand, lay down, and began to slide down the stone wall...
...
"These two children have grown up, and they have already slipped to the bottom of the cliff before they reached the age of sixty. They are not much different from us two old men."
The old wolf stood on the top of the mountain and looked at the two ant-like children below, and said with emotion.
The old ape next to him was already in tears. He raised his hand and gently wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and said with a smile: "It's a good thing that children can fly when they grow up."
"Why do you think these two children left quietly without saying hello to us? It's outrageous." The old wolf looked a little angry at the two people who were drifting away from each other at the bottom of the cliff.
The old ape continued to wipe the tears from the corners of his eyes and murmured: "Your tears are gone. Just now I saw Li Ye waving towards the top of the mountain. He knew that my two old men were following him quietly. He had long been in a trance in cultivation. Now that I know him, he probably won’t be any worse than you and me.”
When the old wolf heard this, he immediately pointed at the foot of the mountain and cursed: "You two little bastards, they knew we were behind you and didn't say anything!"
Looking at the two shadows that had penetrated into the forest, the old ape sighed quietly.
He murmured: "Forget it, they are also afraid that we will be sad, so what if we really want to see each other? If we drag him back and stay for a few more days, he will eventually leave. In this case, it is better not to see each other and shed less tears of separation. ."
The old wolf was stunned, his gray beard trembling slightly in the wind, he turned his head, waved his hands, and the two of them walked down the mountain one after the other.
The bright sun in the sky shone on the two old men, casting long shadows on the mountain road.
Even if the sun is shining brightly, it can't erase the lonely figures of the two...
Don't be sad because of separation.
...
Li Ye led Xiao Bai along the marks that his husband had made before. Just after noon, the two of them arrived at the hillside where Li Ye had dug up Cordyceps sinensis.
The two of them were lying in the grass. Li Ye took out the kettle, handed it to Xiao Bai, and said softly: "Have a rest here and eat some dried meat. Come back with me later to dig out some treasures."
Xiaobai covered his eyes with his hands, took the kettle, and asked in confusion: "Is there any treasure underground?"
"Of course, I dug a lot here last year, and you didn't eat less when I cooked it in the soup! You will have to work harder later." Li Ye said as he took out the meat wrapped in dried meat. .
Xiaobai grabbed a piece of dried meat, tore it open and stuffed it into his mouth, while muttering: "No problem, I'm very strong!"
"Eat slowly, I'm not trying to fight you. It has nothing to do with being strong. You have to be careful. Don't dig it out. It won't be worth it if it doesn't look good. After you come down from the mountain, you can go shopping in the city to buy clothes and snacks. You can't eat anything." Count on it.”
Li Ye patiently explained to him for a long time, until Xiaobai nodded to express that he understood, and then took a sip of water.
His little eyes lit up while he was chewing the dried meat. He was naturally happy to be able to sell the money to himself.
"Okay, okay, I'll listen to you for a while, and I'll be careful."
Li Ye shook his head and wondered why Xiaobai was like Mu Mu, learning like a small money fan before he even went down the mountain to the city.
He cut two branches, cut them into small sticks, sharpened the branches, handed one to Xiaobai, squatted on the ground and turned his head and said, "Look carefully, follow my example, and be careful not to break it."
Pushing aside the grass, he found the Cordyceps root and gently dug out the Cordyceps and soil together with the roots and branches in his hand. He gently shook off the soil adhering to it and said with a smile, "Look, it's this little gadget."
Xiaobai leaned over to look at it and said with a smile: "Why does this thing look like a bug?"
"This is called Cordyceps sinensis. It's very valuable. Dig it quickly. You'll have to rush on your way soon." Li Ye ignored Xiao Bai who was in a daze and continued digging. This was a gold coin. How could he not pay attention to it.
The two dug hard all the way, and by Shenshi, they had dug half of the slope.
Li Ye looked up at the sky, stopped, and said, "Stop digging, help put it away, we have to get to the place where we live before dark."
Upon hearing this, Xiaobai stopped and came to Li Ye holding the newly dug Cordyceps sinensis.
"This will cost a lot of money, right? You can share some with me then." Looking at the mountain-like piles of Cordyceps, Shangbai's face was full of excitement.
"Sell half and keep half. We have to keep some for medicine as time goes by. Don't spend the money you sell indiscriminately. We will have to spend money when we go to the Central and Western Regions in the future? Only you and I know about this. You are not allowed to tell Mu after we come down from the mountain. Mu and Xiaoqing.”
Li Ye had a headache when he thought about the little money fan at the foot of the mountain.
Xiaobai nodded and helped pick up the cordyceps.
After hurriedly packing up the cordyceps, Li Ye pulled Xiao Bai and ran all the way to Fairy Peak.
By the time he got here, he was already familiar with the road and no longer needed to look at the marks left by his husband.
...
After running for half an hour, Li Ye stopped outside the woods where Li Ye met Mu Mu for the first time.
Walking to the grassy slope, he turned over the grass and looked at it. He turned around and said, "I'm lucky today. It rained heavily a few days ago. Mushrooms are growing here. Let's quickly pick some up and take them back. We can cook fresh mushrooms tonight." Drink the broth.”
When Xiaobai heard this, he jumped over and crouched down to follow Li Ye, learning to push aside the grass with his hands, gently picking off a mushroom, and holding it in his hand to look at.
"Collect more and take it back to cook soup for Xiaoqing." At this time, Xiaobai only had Xiaoqing in his heart.
Li Ye nodded and said, "Pick more and go back to my sister and the others to eat."
Xiaobai burst out laughing and said happily: "I didn't expect that before going down the mountain, I made money digging Cordyceps, and I could bring some fresh mushrooms back to Xiaoqing."
Li Ye glanced at him with disgust, laughed and said, "Not only Xiaoqing is there at the foot of the mountain, but also Mu Mu, sir, Li Hongxiu, my parents and sister Li Xiaoxue, and..."
Xiaobai smiled and said while picking: "I know, there is a big family at the foot of the mountain, they are busy! Let's pick more for them to try."
...
The two spent half an hour picking mushrooms, then continued on their way, and finally returned to the cabin on the cliff flat of Fairy Peak before dark.
Xiao Ye gently pushed the open wooden door and murmured: "I didn't expect that I just wanted to go out for a walk, but I actually stayed outside for a year."
The bamboo chairs in the room were still there, the tabletop was spotless, and the floor was also clean. I thought Xiaoqing must have been here.
The two took off their shoes and walked gently into the house. Li Ye lay on the bamboo chair made by his husband. He looked at Xiaobai and said, "The chairs, tables, and wooden frames in this room are all made by my husband." ."
Xiaobai lay down next to Li Ye, looked at the scenery outside the house, and said with a smile: "Brother, the scenery here is better than ours."
Li Ye smiled and said: "In fact, the scenery in the mountain streams is the same. It's just that you have lived there for a long time, and you are just here, so you are curious. When you live here for a long time, you will naturally miss the scenery there."
The two rested for a while, and Li Ye ordered Xiaobai to fetch water outside the cave while he lit the charcoal fire in the furnace. Prepare to cook a pot of mushroom jerky soup and a pot of tea.
Leaving the mountain stream where the old ape was and returning to the cabin at Fairy Peak, Li Ye seemed to have traveled back to last year.
The husband was sitting in the house, with Li Hongxiu dangling at the door. Mumu and I were wielding wooden swords, flying flowers and picking leaves at the edge of the woods. Inadvertently, a year had passed.
The charcoal fire on the stove was burning brightly. Xiaobai came in with a bucket and placed the iron pot on the stove.
The two of them tore up the dried meat and threw the mushrooms that Xiaobai had washed into the pot. For a time, the room was filled with fragrance.
"When I first came here, there were no wooden houses here, like the ones we had in the mountains. I followed my husband to cut down the cedars and spent a few days building this small wooden house..." Li Ye Slowly tell Xiaobai about the previous experience.
Xiaobai sat at the table, holding his chin with his hands, listening blankly.
"At that time, I was about the same age as you are now. I had to do a lot of hard work cutting down trees, wood, and mushrooms." Li Ye gently scratched Xiao Bai's face. "No matter how little food you are, you will eat and sleep."
Xiaobai rolled his eyes at him dissatisfied and shouted, "That was before. I didn't sleep too much in the past few months. I practiced with you every day."
"I have to admit that you gave me a lot of surprises after you overcame the disaster of transformation. When you come down from the mountain and enter the city, you will even be proud of you as a husband. Isn't this bad?"
Li Ye smiled, lowered his head and stirred the soup in the pot.
Xiaobai said angrily: "You are not bad either. You are only two small realms below me. You will probably surpass me in a short time."
"Whether you are taller or I am taller, we are all brothers, understand?" Li Ye stood up, took some spices from the wooden shelf, and sprinkled it into the soup.
