Portable space

"Bang bang bang."

A knock on the door interrupted Zhang Taiping's laughter.

Opened the door from the inside, before the wife could ask any questions, she grinned and said, "It's nothing, I'm just happy." Then she walked to the front room under the weird eyes of her wife.

He didn't stop at the front house, and walked up the mountain along the path in front of the courtyard.

The current body has been transformed and nourished by the jade pendant, and is as strong as a cow, and does not need any medicine to take care of it.

But Zhang Taiping was still planning to go up the mountain, this was the old man's love for his grandson.What's more, the graves of parents and grandma may not have been visited for a long time.

The road up the mountain is getting narrower and more difficult, but the forest is getting more and more lively.

The trees also began to block out the sun, except for clusters of golden wild chrysanthemums dotted in the sunny place at the foot of the mountain, and all the tall trees on the mountain were covered with shade-loving ferns.Light green moss covered the roadside stones.

The singing of birds composes the most melodious chapters of nature in the pillar-like sunshine, and occasionally one or two nostalgic singing of cicadas also come to join in the fun and accompany the performance.

All kinds of well-known and unknown small animals appear and disappear in the light and shadow.

Breathing the fresh and natural air, Zhang Taiping circled up along the winding mountain road.

The mountain road is coiled around the pillar like a long snake, so the mountain is named "One Pillar Mountain".

Grandpa lives near the top of the mountain, where the terrain is gentle. When the mountain air is humid, it will be shrouded in rolling clouds and mist, and it has the smell of an old mountain fairy.

After coiling for four, five, and 10 minutes, Zhang Taiping finally reached the end.

Looking back, the palm-sized village is hidden among the trees.People like ants can be seen in the open space.

Looking south again, you can see all the dark green in your eyes, and the continuous hills of different heights are like green undulating waves passing into the distance.Only in this way can you experience Du Fu's arrogance and mind of "being the top of the mountain and seeing all the small mountains at a glance".

The turbid air in the chest was exhausted, and he took a long breath.

Zhang Taiping involuntarily put his hand to his mouth, and breath burst out from his dantian.

"what"

"Howling, howling, there are still few mountains to see?" A clear voice came from behind.

"what"

Zhang Taiping was interrupted midway, he couldn't breathe out or swallow, but he didn't choke to death, his face turned red.

"Master, why didn't you inform me in advance? You almost died of fright." Zhang Taiping whispered like a mouse seeing a cat.

"Scared to death? When did you become so timid?"

The old man's ears are quite good.After finishing speaking, he turned and walked into the house.

Zhang Taiping rubbed his nose awkwardly and followed in.

After entering the house, Zhang Taiping thought he had entered a pharmacy, and the fragrance of medicine filled the air.

The furnishings in the house are similar to those at home. The kang is connected to the pot and stove, but there is an extra simple wooden frame on which piles of prepared herbs are placed.

Although Zhang Taiping, who had been ill for a long time in his previous life, was not proficient in Chinese medicine, he was much better than ordinary quack doctors, and his ability to identify herbs was not bad.

Zhang Taiping curiously looked at this and sniffed that on the wooden frame.

There are the most common honeysuckle, golden back loquat, goosegrass, and peach seven, hand ginseng, Taibai rice, Gastrodia elata, etc. are relatively rare.

There was also a box carved from pine wood on the wooden shelf, Zhang Taiping just wanted to take it out and have a look.

"Come here, I'll take another pulse."

Zhang Taiping had no choice but to come to the kang and stretch out his left arm.

The old man pinched Zhang Taiping's wrist with four fingers.As 2 minutes passed, the old man's frown became deeper and deeper.

Suddenly, the old man let go of his fingers, and looked up at Zhang Taiping who was in a state of anxiety.

"right hand"

Zhang Taiping felt as if he was being seen through, but he couldn't shirk it, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and stretch out his right wrist.

The old man listened for another minute, his brows still frowning.

"Grandpa, is there a problem?" Zhang Taiping asked carefully.

"No!" The old man let go of his fingers.

But Zhang Taiping's palms were sweating from the suspicious and probing eyes.

Suddenly, the old man waved his hand and said: "The medicine is behind the back, and the bottle is a plaster for treating trauma. Go back and ask your wife to untie the gauze and apply it on the wound."

After hesitating for a while, he said: "Take the pair of paper bags too. If you want to drink, you can boil it. If you don't want to drink, throw it away. It's up to you. Go down the mountain."

Zhang Taiping quickly took the medicine, and ran out of the house that seemed to have no secrets for him.

After leaving the house, I wiped the sweat from my palms, and became more courageous again.

Turning around and persuading the old man standing at the door: "Grandpa, you can go down the mountain with me too, it's convenient to go down the mountain. And there is also a care at home."

"Get out, leave my business alone!" The old man suddenly became furious.

Zhang Taiping, who didn't understand what stabbed a hornet's nest, opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but suddenly a whip kick struck him.

Subconsciously Zhang Taiping raised his arm, blocked it, and pushed it forward.

"Push. Pedal. Pedal. The old man took three steps back before standing still.

Zhang Taiping was taken aback, and hurriedly stepped forward to support the old man and asked, "Grandpa, are you alright?"

"Humph!"

The old man waved his hand to block Zhang Taiping's approaching hand.

"Not yet old and dead."

Zhang Taiping was embarrassed for a while, not knowing what to say.

"In the past few years, the kung fu has not been wasted." The old man squinted Zhang Taiping and said, "Hurry up and get out."

Zhang Taiping was speechless for a while, and went around to the back of the house.

The old man didn't say anything, just looked at him coldly.

There are two graves behind the house, and the surrounding weeds have been cleaned up.

A stele in front is engraved with "Tomb of Wife Wang Guifang".The other one has no monument, and the biological parents of this body are buried together.

Zhang Taiping knelt down on his knees, his forehead thumping on the ground.

Although I don't feel much about them in my heart, after all, they occupy the body of their grandson and son, and their blood is still flowing in this body.

I said silently in my heart, "From now on, I will be your grandson and son, and I hope you will bless me a lot, bless you a lot."

After nine bangs, his forehead was purple and blue, and his whole head was buzzing.

Leaning against the wall to rest for a while, he walked around to the front of the house again.

The old man's face softened a lot.Standing in front of him was a big bamboo basket with a large bag of pine nuts on it, and dried bamboo shoots, wild shiitake mushrooms, fungus and other mountain products on the bottom.There was a little furry thing in his hand.

"This is the little squirrel I rescued the day before yesterday. It was just born, and I don't have the heart to feed it. You can take it back and let Yaya play with it."

Zhang Taiping nodded and took the little thing, carefully holding it in his arms.

He handed the wooden box he saw on the medicine shelf just now and said, "Take this back and give it to your daughter-in-law to drink. The day before yesterday, I saw that she had a chill in her body. It must be because she caught the cold during the confinement period, and the root of the disease has fallen." .”

Zhang Taiping quickly took it and put it in his pocket.

Generally speaking, when a woman is in confinement, her body is at the weakest stage, there are many taboos, and the housework is done by men.But the former Zhang Taiping didn't care about these things, he was good enough without beating and scolding, so how can he talk about housework and taking care of his wife?

It happened that Yaya was born in November, the coldest month of winter, Cai Yazhi was doing laundry and cooking, and the cold entered her body.Now whenever it is rainy or menstruation comes, I will feel pain in my waist and knees.

After explaining, the old man turned around and entered the house.

Zhang Taiping carried the bamboo basket on his back and carried his small things, and went back along the original road.

After turning the corner, with a thought, I put the medicine and the little squirrel into the space.After perceiving it with my mind for a while, the little squirrel didn't have any adverse reactions. With its eyes closed and its little nose opening and closing, it looked very cute.

Take out the wooden box in your pocket and open it.

It turned out to be saffron, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in my mind, but it was futile to try to catch it.Zhang Taiping has never been a stickler, since he couldn't figure it out, he shook his head and didn't think about it.

Look carefully at the neatly arranged purple-red long columnar flowers in this box.

Saffron, also known as saffron, is not only a precious Chinese herbal medicine, but also a top spice.

For medicinal purposes, it has the effects of calming pain, eliminating phlegm and removing blood stasis, relieving spasm and calming the nerves.It can be used to treat stomach problems, measles fever, hepatosplenomegaly, women's amenorrhea, irregular menstruation, postpartum typhoid and other diseases.

As a spice, it can be used to prepare fish and shrimp food, and can also be sprinkled indoors to diffuse aroma, and can also be used to dye and weave clothes.It is said that after the death of Sakyamuni, his disciples used saffron as the color of their vestments.

Due to its wide variety of uses and low production volumes, saffron prices have remained high.Gold, which was once equal in price, was called "plant gold".

Even now the price is still very high, about 27 yuan per gram in the market, and often there is no market for the price.

Zhang Taiping understands that the old man still cares about his grandchildren and daughter-in-law, otherwise he would not be both peeled pine nuts and saffron.It's just that I don't know why I live on the mountain, and I don't want to come down, and I don't want to show my care and love.

I can't figure it out, and I don't want to.Cover the wooden box and put it in the space.

Carrying the bamboo basket on his back, he circled down.

As the saying goes, "It's easy to go up the mountain, but it's hard to go down the mountain."When going up the mountain, as long as you have strength, you can climb fast; but when going down the mountain, once the mountain road is narrow and steep, you will feel like you are rushing down. Move down.

It took twice as long to go down the mountain than to go up the mountain, and it was almost two o'clock when I got home.

Go into the kitchen and put down the bamboo basket.The wife is rolling the dough.

In most rural areas, if no children go to school, breakfast is usually eaten at eight or nine o'clock, lunch at two o'clock, and dinner at eight o'clock.This distribution of meals is more conducive to the utilization of time, and it is also suitable for the schedule of work and rest in rural areas.

Farmers are engaged in physical activities. If they eat lunch at twelve o'clock, they eat dinner at six o'clock.Not only is the most important working time in the afternoon delayed, but also the time between dinner and the next morning is too long, which is not conducive to the body and the next day's work for people who consume a lot of energy.

Looking at his wife's suspicious eyes, Zhang Taiping said, "I went to the mountain just now, and in the box are things like mushrooms and fungus that grandpa asked me to carry."

Having nothing to say, Zhang Taiping came to the bedroom again.

Yaya is watching TV.The TV is still an 90s toaster, only black and white, and the antenna receives the signal.The signal in the mountains is not good, the figures above are blurred, and the voice is harsh and has the sound of jumping from other stations.

But the little girl watched it with gusto.