My Daoist Life Chapter 68: Yearning for Distant Place

This was not Eight Corner Mountain. At my age, I couldn’t have been to all the places of Eight Corner Mountain; however, judging by the trees on the mountain in front of me, I knew that I was not on the Eight Corner Mountain. The trees on the mountain were of a variety that I had never seen before.

The trees were twisted and not straight, but they all rose high into the sky like the ladders to the heaven. A human laugh came from the mountains from time to time. The sound of laugh was unusual and disconcerting. I could not help walking to the place where the sound came from.

There were stones all over the mountain. The stones looked not simple, as glittering and translucent as jade. I jumped and hopped from stone to stone for a long time. The trees changed continuously with a great variety along the way, becoming more and more peculiar.

I walked for a long time, but did not find the source of the sound. Then, the sound stopped suddenly.

“This is not the place that you can come!” The voice was hurried with a little surprise.

I was terrified and waked up unexpectedly. When I opened my eyes, it was dark all around. I could hear the sound of TV outside from the house of other people, and the sound of scolding the child, and sometimes a baby’s cry.

I wondered how I could have such a strange dream. What was even stranger was that everything in the dream was so real, as if I experienced it myself. For general dream, when I woke up, everything began to become blurred. However, everything in the dream was still vivid this time. I felt that it was not a dream, but what actually happened.

“What a strange dream.” I scratched my head and pulled my quilt. And I fell asleep again.

I received the reply from Teacher Lin before the Spring Festival. In the letter, Teacher Lin said she had finished the exam and did well in the exam, and was getting ready to go home. She missed me and wanted me to study hard. She was sure that we could meet again in the future. Grandpa said there would be all kinds of trouble after you grew up. Teacher Lin also had her trouble. It was not that Teacher Lin did not want to see me, but she had her own stuffs to deal with.

The second day, He Dachao came to my home on his initiative and bought the chicken, duck and goose with high price. The price of this year was RMB one or two higher than the last year’s. Of course, that was because the prices of commodities were going up. The chickens, ducks and geese were fed more this year, so we earned more money, about thousands Yuan. However, counting the money for feeding pigs, it was still not enough to pay off the money borrowed from Huang Shulang’s family.

I asked He Dachao a question before he left.

“Uncle Dachao, I’d like to set up a stall in the town during the winter holiday. What do you think?”

“How children can……” He Dachao stopped speaking for a moment, “What do you plan to sell in the stall？I know better on this aspect. Maybe I can give you a suggestion.”

“Uncle Dachao, thank you first. I plan to set up a stall for treating rheumatism.” I said with smile.

“Treat rheumatism?” He Dachao could hardly believe his ears. A child at second grade claimed to be able to treat rheumatism. What a big brag!

“Many people in our village were cured by my master.” Huang Shulang was dissatisfied with the reaction of He Dachao.

“I don't mean that I don't believe you. You are so young, but you claim that you can cure rheumatism. Even if I believe you, other people will not.” He Dachao said with a wry smile.

“Why don't you believe? People from other villages come all the way to our village to cure rheumatism.” Li Lijuan pouted.

What a coincidence. There was a villager who came down to my yard under the guidance of my first grandpa.

“Yangyang, he comes from Yinshanbu. He went to Luojiatang by mistake. If he did not encounter Luo Dachao, I don’t know where he would go by the guidance from the people of Luojiatang. Dachao comes here to deliver gifts of Spring Festival to his relatives, so Dachao brings him here. Dachao needs to go back in a hurry, so I guide him here. ” My first grandpa said, pointing to an old man about sixty years old.

“I come from Yinshanbu. I walked dozens of miles, but found a wrong place. My name is Zhao Jinhai. My legs and feet are not working well, young skilled doctor, please help me.” Zhao Jinhai said with smile on his face, that was a weathered face.

He Dachao planned to leave at once. After seeing this, he stayed and wanted to check my skills. Of course, I could understand the intention of He Dachao, but I did not want to point it out.

“Yinshanbu is not near here.” He Dachao said casually.

“Of course, it is not close. There are dozens of miles. I left in the early morning. Unfortunately, I went to the wrong direction, to Luojiatang.” Zhao Jinhai did not know who He Dachao was, so he looked at He Dachao confusedly.

Zhao Jinhai did not walk very neatly, hobbled all the way.

“Did you walk here?” He Dachao was more confused.

“Yes, if you don't walk here, what else can you choose? I suffer a lot. Once the leg suffers a bout of rheumatism, it never stops aching. I walk far today, much the same as crawling over here.” Zhao Jinhai said.

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Zhao Jinhai pulled his trouser leg up to his thigh, and his right foot looked bloated obviously.

“It is serious” He Dachao said.

I lit fire in the hearth and asked Zhao Jinhai to sit down.

Zhao Jinhai took out two hundred yuan from his pocket quickly and handed it to me. I took the money and put it into my pocket. Then, I moved a bench to sit down. I stood up after giving Zhao Jinhai a message for more than ten minutes.

“That should do.” I went to pour a basin of water and washed my hands.

He Dachao looked at me inconceivably: “That’s it?”

Zhao Jinhai was convinced. He stood up and put down his trouser leg, walked a few steps and laughed immediately: “Hha, I am good now.”

He Dachao said with his eyes widened: “You have recovered?”

“What’s the big fuss? Several people of our village got rheumatism. They were completely cured after coming here for one treatment.” Zhao Jinhai put down his trouser leg and intended to leave.

“Hey, Uncle Zhao, please wait. I drive here, I can give you a ride later.” He Dachao stopped Zhao Jinhai in a hurry.

“That’s good.” Zhao Jinhai smiled.

After hearing what Zhao Jinhai said, He Dachao had believed that we were not cheating him.

“Yangyang, it will not work well if you only set up a stall on the street. Think about it, if you just set up a stall there and leave after earning money, no one will believe you. You need to open a store. Then, people know that you cannot run away even if you cannot cure them. They will believe you.” He Dachao said.

“I am just a second grade primary school student, how can I open a store?” I could not help laughing.

“Oh…..” He Dachao patted his head. “How about this, you come to the town to find me tomorrow. I will ask someone after I go back.”

“No, I’ll figure it out myself.” If He Dachao said this in the first place, I would believe him. He went round and round, I did not have such thought anymore.

I could cure people on site. Like the case of Zhao Jinhai, if I cure him, he would pay undoubtedly.

I had made my mind to go to the town and earn money by curing rheumatism. That was because I seemed to have an inexplicable feeling that I would leave Eight Corner Village one day.

Teacher Lin said that I could learn more knowledge like oracle bone inscriptions in the outside world. In Eight Corner Village, it was difficult for me to contact oracle bone inscriptions. According to books, oracle bone inscriptions were not written on paper, but I could not see the real oracle bone inscriptions. I could only infer from the pictures of oracle bone inscriptions.

If I could see the real oracle bone inscriptions, maybe I could know more things.

However, I did not want to leave my grandpa alone. I often looked into the distance and lost in thought.

Chapter end