Lonely Heart Prequel

Chapter 2

"If you have time, come and read books with Uncle Liu. You're the only child in our village who can enter high school. You're about to be admitted to a higher school. Go for it!" Liu Mingquan helped Ying Xue carry her hoe and the two chatted as they walked.

"I understand. Uncle Liu, I went up the mountain to find Grandmother. She might be on the spot to pick her up. Goodbye, Uncle Liu." After sending the water to Liu Mingquan's house, Ying Xue hurriedly rushed up the mountain.

"Okay, go ahead. Be careful and don't get bored!" Liu Mingquan saw Ying Xue was in a hurry and couldn't help but remind her from behind.

"Grandmother, what are you doing?" By the field of his home, there was an old woman with snow-white hair, a kind face, and full of spirit looking around. She was Ying Xue's only relative, Ying Xue's grandmother.

"Oh, it's Ying'er. I just found that there are a lot of thousand-story tower herbs in the depression over there. I heard that someone in the village wants to collect these herbs. Ten dollars a pound! I'm going to pick them early tomorrow morning. The weather is so good. I can pick some and dry them in the early time so that I can sell them at a good price." The old woman did not turn to look at Ying Xue and looked at the jungle opposite. Then she looked up at the sky and said, "It's getting late. Let's go back. The food has not been cooked yet. Let's go!"

Ying Xue had just dug a few inches when he raised his head and said, "Grandma, please go back first. I'll come back after I finish this piece of land."

It was only then that the old woman turned around and said, "You silly child, I still have to rely on you to walk around the fields. It's almost time for the exam. Go back to your books, will you be able to finish the work in the fields?" With that, the old woman pulled Ying Xue and left.

"It doesn't matter, Grandmother, you should go back first." Ying Xue wanted to argue a little, but the old woman took the hoe away.

"Hurry up and leave. Go back and kill a chicken to make up for your health. If you don't leave, I'll be angry. This child is becoming increasingly disobedient!" Ying Xue had no choice but to follow the old woman down the mountain.

"Grandmother, when I was picking up water for Grandpa Liu today, I discovered that the water in Erlang's cave had become so muddy!" On the way down the mountain, Ying Xue said to his grandmother.

"Yes, I don't know why. This year's scenery may not be good, and there will be a disaster. Erlang Cave is very efficacious, a long time ago..." The old woman began to talk about the ancient legend, "Long time ago, God started to get angry for no reason, and the earth began to shake. The water in Erlang Cave became so muddy and muddy, just like there was endless sand in it. It seemed that there was something crying in the cave, sad and sad. At this time, there were two clouds in the sky that looked like human beings, throwing themselves at Erlong Mountain. So the ground didn't shake, and the water became clear. Everything was restored."

"Grandma, I've long known about this. There's a Cave God Bodhisattva in Erlang Cave. I won't throw stones into this cave." Ying Xue helplessly replied. This was perhaps the mentality of an elder. She was afraid that something would happen to her child. Even if it was just empty words, she didn't want her child to take the risk. However, the legend that the old woman spoke of just now was probably the origin of Erlang Cave.

"Grandma, take a rest. I'm going to cook the rice and then kill the chickens." Ying Xue was good at everything. She was good at cooking, cooking, farming, and farming.

There were three Treasures of Heaven on the Snow-capped Peak, one of which was the Black Bone Chicken of the Snow-capped Peak. The hen was completely white, but its meat, especially its bones, was jet-black and highly nutritious. It was only reared on the Snow-capped Peak where it would grow like a mutant and be no different from ordinary chickens. The other was the Phoenix of the Snow-capped Peak where the colorful waves were pretty good. It was said that it had the ability to nourish Yin and Yang and was very effective in the recovery of a man's body. No one knew if this was the case or not, but people just liked the ethereal things on the Snow-capped Peak where they attached great importance to. Therefore they all followed the example. People liked such strange animals. They liked wind-like hunting, especially the recent years, which almost caused the precious animals to suffer a catastrophe. The third Treasure of the Three Treasures was an ancient plant. It was called Thousand-layered Pagoda, a precious grass in the mountains that was only recently known to the world. However, people in the mountains knew that it was generally used for curing diseases and seemed to have a magical effect on headaches and knife wounds. However, people seemed to be even more magical about it. People didn't know whether it was true or not, but they were too lazy to check.

After dinner, they chatted a little more about the upcoming college entrance examination and cheering. Then they went to bed. There was no TV on the mountain, and even electricity was only connected in recent years. Besides, people in the mountains were used to sleeping early. Because this was a primeval forest, there were birds everywhere in the forest. It was quite lively at night. However, Ying Xue had long been accustomed to this environment and everything went well all night.

The next day, before dawn, Ying Xue got up early. The children in the mountains were very diligent. They got up in the morning to cut firewood, feed pigs, and feed chickens. Unlike the city children, who thought it was a personality to stay up all day long, they didn't know that they had spent almost half of the day in bed. It was almost nine o'clock when they finished working. So they grabbed books and took meals to rush to the mountain with the old yellow bull at home. In fact, it was not a big deal to let the cow go. They put a small copper bell around the neck of the cow and drove the cow up to the mountain. There were no thieves and large carnivores here. They didn't live in the vicinity either, so they could freely move around.

There were many cows on the mountain, and it was no longer crowded. Ying Xue's arrival was already late. As soon as she went up the mountain, she was greeted by many friends, "Brother Eagle, Brother Eagle, and Brother Eagle." Old Ying, Little Li, etc., all referred to Ying Xue as their leader. Little Li was Uncle Liu's grandson. He was 13 years old, and his parents were all working outside. Uncle Liu did not have time to care about him, so this kid was very wild. Moreover, his grandfather was the village chief, so no one dared to provoke him.

"Brother Eagle, why don't you come with us today? How about going to Erlang Cave?" Little Li said with an arrogant face.

"I'm afraid this is not appropriate. The hole is too slippery and I don't know how deep it is. It's better to go elsewhere." Ying Xue answered.

"I didn't expect Brother Eagle to be so cowardly. If you don't want to go, let's go. You'll have to help us watch the cow alone!" The group of people coaxed him.

"Alright, alright, I'll go with you guys. I really can't do anything to you guys." Ying Xue helplessly said. He still had to take good care of these little guys. After all, their parents had always taken care of the Ying Family.

In the darkness of the cave, several little guys were talking and talking. The echo in the cave was loud again, which made Ying Xue upset.

"Don't be so noisy. Let's go find the switch first," Ying Xue said loudly. This was actually a tourist attraction. All of the energy facilities were still here. Furthermore, the villagers believed that there was a god inside the cave, so the gods could not offend him. Thus, they usually only took water from the outside of the cave, and no one would come inside to investigate.

The cave was surprisingly quiet. Although it was the fifth month, there was still a bit of chill in the cave. These little devils walked less than two hundred meters and could not hold on any longer. "Brother Hawk, let's go back. It's too cold!" The old egg said with a trembling voice.

"No, no, no, I'll beat whoever dares to go back today!" Little Li Zi's temper came up, and no one dared to make any sound, so he continued to move forward. After walking more than a hundred meters, there was no light, and it seemed to be deep inside. "Oh!" The dog egg cried out, and a few guys who were already scared in their hearts also cried out.

"What's wrong! What's wrong!" Ying Xue asked, but no one answered.

"Then what the hell are you talking about? Are you still scaring me?" Little Li scolded loudly.

"I don't know either, I only heard someone calling me!" Old Egg said guiltily. He didn't want to offend Little Li.

"It's me, I stepped into the water!" It turned out that the dog egg stepped into the water and screamed. It was a false alarm.

"Let's go back! It's too dark inside, and we can't see anything. Besides, we don't have torches! Even if we go inside, we can't see anything." Ying Xue advised Little Li, but she could only be soft to him.

"No, no, no one is allowed to go back!" Xiao Lizi said fiercely. He seemed to have made up his mind that he must go forward and see what would happen.

"How about this, Old Ying, you guys go back first. I'll accompany Little Li to the front to take a look. How about Little Li?" Ying Xue wanted to send Old Ying and the others away first. She thought to herself that she would not want to go inside after accompanying Little Li for a while.

"All right, all right, Brother Eagle is brave enough. Go away! You cowards!" Li scolded loudly, and the old guys backed away as if they had been granted amnesty. "It's useless to be cowards." Li scolded, and walked for another dozens of meters. It was completely dark, and nothing could be seen inside. The road was also bumpy, and it was getting more and more difficult to walk.

"Ah!" It was Xiao Lizi's voice.

"What's wrong, Little Li?" Ying Xue hurriedly asked.

"Help me, I'm going to fall down. Brother Xiao Ying, help me." Ying Xue opened her eyes widely and saw a stalactite hanging on a stalactite in the deep pit under the dim light. It was unknown how deep the stalactite was. It was thanks to Little Li's agility that he immediately caught a stalactite in the air and didn't fall down. Otherwise, he would be in big trouble.

"Don't panic, take my hand, Little Li!" Ying Xue quickly stooped down and grabbed Little Li's hand. "Ouch!" When pulling, Ying Xue felt a heart-piercing pain on her hand and thought that her arm must have been cut by a sharp stalactite, and the wound must be very deep. Ying Xue could feel that the blood was flowing out of her body because she was bending over, and her hand was pulling Little Li with all her strength. Blood rushed out of the wound and dripped into the bottomless hole.