She made fire by setting up a stall

Chapter 1 Going Down the Mountain
This is a mountain that few people have heard of. There are lush trees on one side of the mountain, and strange rocks on the other side. Occasionally, birds fly by, but as if they were frightened by something, they flapped their wings and flew away. , leaving only one or two snow-white feathers fluttering around, unable to fall down for a long time.

There are few people here, and the two dilapidated houses on the top of the mountain seem out of place.

In front of the dilapidated house stood a brand new reclining chair, and on the reclining chair lay an old man in an old mandarin jacket. The old man squinted his eyes half-closed and hummed an unintelligible song comfortably.

Suddenly, an angry cry broke the silence.

"Old man! Didn't you tell me since you were a child that this "Tao De Jing" was handed down by your ancestors, and you can understand five thousand words of subtle meanings if you understand it?" The voice was exasperated, "You used it as a table foot again! This How many times is it?"

The old man frowned, opened one eye, and quickly glanced into the room, his voice sounded a little weak, "Anyway, you can memorize this book backwards, and it takes up space if you keep it. Your master is making the most of everything." use."

"You can pull it down." Shi Luo held the "Tao Te Ching" with yellowed pages in both hands, and carefully blew off the dust on it. She gave the old man a look and broke his explanation, "You are just lazy."

I don't even bother to go outside to pick up a stone to pad the table legs.

The old man chuckled.

Shi Luo sighed, "Master, you said that you can sit now but never stand, and you can lie down but never sit. What will you do when I go down the mountain?"

The old man bared his teeth, "I made an agreement with Old Man Liu at the foot of the mountain. He will come up the mountain to cook for me in a few days. The food that Old Man Liu cooks is much more delicious than yours."

The reluctance in Shi Luo's heart was shattered by the old man's words, she snorted, turned her head and went back to the house.

No matter how angry, Shi Luo still couldn't bear to part with the old man on the day before he left.

"From now on, I will come back to see you every month and bring you delicious food from outside." Shi Luo was still wearing a set of non-brand gray sportswear that the old man bought her on a whim four years ago. Fortunately, she will grow up in the future. It was less than three centimeters tall, and this sportswear was still wearable, but it was a little pale after washing, which didn't match her fair and beautiful face.

"Girl, I have been watching you for more than ten years, and I have listened to you nagging for more than ten years. Now that you are finally going down the mountain, let me be quiet and quiet. Just come back once a year." There was a small fallen leaf on his head, and he persuaded Shi Luo earnestly, "When you go down the mountain, if you are bullied, don't come back to me, go to the Ming family, you have done the Ming family a great favor, they owe you a favor, the Ming family Zhien Tubao will definitely help you."

Ha ha--

After rolling his eyes at the old man, Shi Luo put the burden on his shoulders and waved his hands to the old man, "Then I'm leaving, don't eat those messy things, I've packed up all the herbs, put them in jars, and put stickers on them. Note, if you feel any discomfort, take medicine according to the above words, it is really serious, let Uncle Liu take you down the mountain to the hospital."

When he could not see Shi Luo's back, the old man's eyes showed a bit of reluctance.

It is said that there is no time in the mountains, and there are thousands of years in the world.

For Shi Luo's 22 years of life, the outside changes are not too big. She came to Kaoshan Village [-] miles away from the foot of the mountain. There are less than [-] families in Kaoshan Village. Most of the young people in the village I went out to work, leaving only a small number of elderly people and more than a dozen children of half age.

This time, Shi Luo is looking for Shi Jin from the village. Shi Jin is 13 years old this year and has only been in school for two years. Now he supports himself and his elderly grandma by collecting herbs in the mountains.

Shi Jin also has a bicycle, which is convenient for going to town.

The mountain village is remote, and the roads are full of twists and turns, full of small trails, and even larger cars can't get in. The villagers have to walk more to go out, and it's not safe to ride a battery car.

Shi Jin has been walking in the mountains since he was a child, and he would ride his bicycle to the town every now and then. He is very familiar with the nine twists and turns, Shi Luo wanted him to take him to the town.

Shi Jin happened to be at home today, and when Shi fell to the door of Shi's house, Shi Jin was drying herbs.

Seeing the burden on Shi Luo's shoulders, Shi Jin's expression changed, "Sister Luo Luo, are you leaving?"

In the past, Luo would go down the mountain every two or three months, and once a month, but she always went back and forth empty-handed, at most taking a few packs of herbs, or a compass and talismans, this time with burdens, Shi Jin felt a little disturbed.

"Well, it's something to go out." Shi Luo smiled. She is also a child without father and mother. She was adopted by her master, and Shi Jin was adopted by his grandma. Shi Jin is a capable child, and he is also like a wolf cub. It's cruel enough, otherwise he's only in his teens and wouldn't be able to support himself and grandma at all.

Shi Jin turned his eyes away, and asked in a muffled voice, "Then when are you coming back?"

"I can't tell. If it's fast, it's half a year, if it's slow, it's probably a year." Shi Luo, this girl is a little bit indifferent to others except Shi Luo, but Shi Jin is also an exception in her eyes. Luo regarded Shi Jin as his younger brother, otherwise he wouldn't have taught Shi Jin to read and write.

"After I'm gone, when you're not busy, go up the mountain and help me see Master, and I'll send you a letter when I settle down." Seeing that Shi Jin was about to cry, Shi Luo changed the subject.

"Yeah." After wiping his eyes, Shi Jin said in a muffled voice, "Sister Luo Luo, don't worry, I will take good care of your master."

"Don't leave behind your studies, I'll send you the books outside."

"Ah."

"In the future, go to the town to sell medicine and avoid those hooligans. No matter how hard you can fight, you will be no match for four hands. Your own life is the most important thing." The young man knew that Shi Jin and his grandmother were the only ones in his family, and that Shi Jin was lucky and could always find precious medicinal materials, so he decided on his idea.

But those gangsters were taught a lesson twice by her, and they didn't dare to trouble Shi Jin again. The news of her departure would spread out one day, and Shi Luo was worried that those gangsters would find Shi Jin again.

She took out two folded yellow talisman papers from the small bag she carried with her, and handed them to Shi Jin, "Take it with you, keep it safe."

Shi Jin nodded, put the yellow talisman paper in his personal pocket, then turned around and went back to the house, and came out again after a while, with a small cloth bag in his hand, he handed the bag to Shi Luo, "Sister Luo Luo, take this one, I heard that everything outside is expensive, if you are short of money, just sell this."

Shi Luo opened the cloth bag, and there was a ginseng lying in it. Judging from the color, it must be 80 years old.

She tightened the rope of the cloth bag again, and handed the bag back to Shi Jin, "I have money, take care of this ginseng, don't rush to sell it, in a few months, Boss Yang will come to the mountains to collect medicinal materials, Then sell it."

Shi Jin wanted to put the cloth bag into Shi Luo's hand, but Shi Luo glanced at him, and he pursed his mouth, not daring to move again.

"Okay, it's not that I can't see you anymore, I'll be back in a year or so." Shi Luo smiled at Shi Jin again, looked at the sky, and said, "You can take me to town by bike, it's late It’s time to miss the minibus to the county.”

In the town closest to Kaoshan Village, there is only one minibus to the county seat every day. It leaves at [-] noon every day, and if it is late, you have to wait another day.

(End of this chapter)