Mountain Miscellaneous

Chapter 12 The Story of Li Dajiang
Li Changliang's reflection period is over, and he returns to school reluctantly.

"Why did you talk to your brother Qing? A girl's family is out of tune all day, no wonder you can't find your husband's family!"

Li Dajiang walked a little slower, a few steps behind Li Hongdou, frowned with a serious expression and said in a reprimanding tone.

Li Hongdou's mother died of illness a few years after giving birth to Li Changliang. It was not easy for Li Dajiang to raise two children by himself, and he usually had strict requirements on the children.

"Second uncle, it's okay, red beans are playing with me! I found some very sweet mountain spring water in the mountains, and I'm planning to send it over for you to taste."

Li Changqing knows Li Hongdou's character very well, and doesn't care about it, but enjoys the bickering between siblings.

"As for mountain spring water, when I was young, I went to Tianxiong Mountain with the logging team. It was a real deep mountain and old forest. Once I found a stone spring, the water was really sweet!"

Li Dajiang couldn't help swallowing his saliva as he spoke, with a happy smile on his face.

"Hey!"

Li Dahai shook his head and sighed.

Li Changqing has heard the story about Li Dajiang in Tianxiong Mountain, and the beautiful and romantic love between Li Dajiang and the inspector Xie Yao, which is widely spread among the older generation.

Even after more than ten years have passed, Li Dajiang still has not been able to get out of the shadow of the past.

"His second uncle, Qingwa's water is really delicious. I just drank several caps, and my tongue almost swallowed it!"

Liu Cui'e took out several cups on a wooden tray, said with an exaggerated smile, and gave each of them a cup.

"Ma'am, you really can't drink water indiscriminately, at least you have to boil it!"

Li Hongdou pulled Liu Cuie and said seriously.

"It's okay for mountain people to drink mountain spring water, give me a cup!" Li Dajiang handed the cup to Li Changqing and said.

"Pour me a cup too, let's see how the water that your mother almost swallowed tastes like?" Li Dahai also said.

"Okay!"

Li Changqing replied, give Li Dajiang and Li Dahai a cup.

"Ok?"

Li Dajiang had a strange expression on his face.

"Dad, I told you not to drink it. I feel sick to my stomach now. I'll go to the health center to get you some anti-inflammatory drugs."

Li Hongdou said to Li Dajiang with such an expression.

"No, this water is weird! I just drank a glass, and the fatigue on my body was swept away!" Li Dajiang said thoughtfully.

"Yeah, after drinking this cup, the soreness on my shoulders has reduced a lot!"

When Li Dahai moved his shoulders, it felt as if the stones on it had been removed, and he felt much more relaxed.

"Give me another cup, I didn't taste anything just now!"

"Give me another drink too!"

Both Li Dajiang and Li Dahai stretched out their cups, and Li Changqing filled them up.

"Tsk tsk, it's really good! The stone spring water in Tianxiong Mountain is not as good as this water, Qingwa, did you find it on Zhongnan Mountain?"

Li Dajiang was refreshed after drinking, with a surprised expression on his face, he asked Li Changqing doubtfully.

"Yes, but the mountain spring stopped flowing after I took it, and I will go to see it every day!", Li Changqing was afraid that they would continue to delve into it and make it up.

"Uncle, Dad, you can't be Brother Qing's trust, this expression is too exaggerated!"

Li Hongdou knows the significance of Tianxiong Mountain to Li Dajiang, and now Li Dajiang admits that the stone spring water on Tianxiong Mountain is not as good as the mountain spring water in Li Changqing's boiled water bottle, and Li Dahai's shoulder pain is caused by rheumatism. None of the methods have much effect, how can it be relieved by a cup of mountain spring water?

"Girl, if your uncle or your father lied to you, don't you know if you have a drink?" Liu Cuie patted Li Hongdou's hand and said.

"Okay, just give me a small cup!"

Li Hongdou thought that nothing would happen when he finished drinking and went back to take some medicine, so he reluctantly agreed.

"Hmph, that's what you said yourself, just a small cup is enough!" Li Changqing poured a small cup into Li Hongdou's cup and said.

"Of course, I wouldn't drink it if it wasn't for testing the poison for you!" Li Hongdou said still arrogantly.

"Brother Qing, this is not sugar water, is it? How can it be so sweet! It's not right, it's still different from the sweetness of sugar water!"

"Come on, fill me up!"

Li Hongdou put half a glass of water in, his expression and attitude changed greatly, even the watermark on the corner of his mouth was licked clean, and he stretched out the glass to Li Changqing and said.

"No! Just a few seconds ago, you said that you only need a small cup, and you drank it reluctantly to help us test the poison. Now that it is confirmed that there is no poison, you don't need to drink it anymore!"

Li Changqing protected the water bottle tightly, to prevent Li Hongdou from reaching out to grab it, and said to Li Hongdou sideways.

"Brother Qing, my dear brother, it's alright if I'm wrong! Your lord, don't count the mistakes of the villain, just forgive me, an ignorant and weak woman!"

Li Hongdou threw herself on Li Changqing, pretending to be very pitiful and said.

"I really can't do anything about you, there should be only one or two last cups left, I'll give them all to you!"

Li Changqing directly handed the whole water bottle to Li Hongdou, and said with a smile.

"Qingwa, from now on, you go to that mountain spring to see it every day. If you drink it every day, maybe your father's rheumatism can be cured!" Liu Cuie said.

"Well, I will! But it's best not to spread this matter, after all, there are only so many mountain springs, and it will be difficult for everyone to come to ask for it!"

Li Changqing nodded, even he didn't expect that the spirit water in the spirit gathering pot would be effective in treating rheumatism in the joints, and told everyone to speak.

"Qing Wa is right, this matter cannot be discussed outside!" Li Dahai said in agreement.

After Li Hongdou finished eating, he kept pestering Li Changqing to ask how he found the mountain spring. If he was not afraid of the dark, he might drag Li Changqing to Zhongnan Mountain to find the spring.

Li Changqing sent Li Hongdou away with difficulty, and began to read at night with the lights on. The progress of "Hundred Surnames" was faster than planned.

Since Li Changqing experienced Confucianism, he didn't need to rest much, and he was full of energy every day.

Woke up at dawn and came to Guoditang, first wielding a hoe to open up wasteland while consolidating the harvest of last night.

When the sky was completely bright, Li Changqing was surprised to find that the leaves of the three peach trees were much greener than before, as if they had been washed by rain.

Li Changqing plucked a peach and tasted it, it was still hard, bitter and astringent!

"If we insist on watering every day in the future, will the taste of the peaches be improved?" Li Changqing had a whim.

Liu Cuie called for dinner on the top of the back mountain, and Li Changqing went back for the time being.

"Qingwa, don't go to Zhong Nanshan today! Clean up after dinner, and later your aunt will bring her niece over to play!" Liu Cuie said winkingly.

"Change your clothes and trousers, it's all dirt!" Li Dahai looked at Li Changqing's whole body up and down.

"Hey, I see!"

Li Changqing knew that there must be such a day sooner or later, so he replied helplessly.

　Have you ever seen the distant Tianxiong Mountain?
　　
　
(End of this chapter)