My name is Han Qingtian. I was born in a remote mountain village. It is located in a remote area and is about a few hours away from the nearest county town, but the mountains and rivers are beautiful, like a paradise.

Since I was a child, I grew up with my grandfather. My grandfather said that on the day I was born, my father left us in an accident. My vague memories of my mother only stayed before the age of five.

In my memory, my grandfather was not in good health and always had a low cough. However, he was a doctor in the village. He knew a lot of local medicines and the effect was very magical. There were often some strange diseases that could not be treated in the neighboring villages. When I arrived at my grandfather, almost all the medicines were cured. Therefore, my grandfather was very respected in the local area.

Grandpa has a good temper, always smiles at people, is very kind and kind. Moreover, grandpa is very good at telling stories, and his head is like a big pocket for stories. As long as he is in a good mood, he will tell us a group of children, telling many stories from outside the mountain and many magical stories, which are still deeply rooted in my mind until now.

However, my grandfather's temper is very strange. He is always not allowed to be like this or that. For example, he cannot look in the mirror at night, and he must cough loudly when going out to the toilet in the middle of the night. He is not allowed to sit on the threshold on the day of the beginning of summer. Even when the sun is strongest at noon, he is not allowed to go out to play in the wild.

Whenever I ask the reason for it in confusion, my grandfather would always knock on the table with his tobacco pipe and say, "This is a taboo. If you commit a taboo, you will be punished."

Although at that time, I didn’t understand where these so-called taboos came from, nor why my grandfather always had countless taboos for me to abide by, I still remembered my grandfather’s words and never violated them once.

My childhood life was always carefree. My grandfather’s strict supervision of me did not affect my happiness. On the contrary, I kept these taboos in my heart and often went out quietly to tell my friends as stories. At that time, among the children, I was like an omniscient god.

This kind of life lasted until I was ten years old and then changed quietly.

One day, two people came to my family, one in his forties, tall and thin as a bamboo pole, with long face and eyes always squinted. The other was a boy who was only a few years older than me, but he looked sick. There was a bruise the size of a palm on his left cheek and his forehead. His lips were purple, his face was pale, and his eyes were covered with bloodshot, which looked a little scary.

When a patient came to my family, my grandfather never shyed away from me, but this time, my grandfather's face looked very ugly. He drove me out of the door and let me play alone, and then closed the door.

However, I was born unwilling to be at peace, but I was very curious about these two people. After walking around outside, I quietly ran back to the house to check the movement, so I heard some of their conversations.

"...Brother Han, I have almost traveled all over the mountains and finally found you. I just want you to be kind and kind, save my son. I agree to whatever conditions you have."

This voice is from the middle-aged man. It sounds gloomy and hoarse, making people feel disgusted inexplicably.

Grandpa didn't say anything, and I could hear him coughing softly outside. After a while, Grandpa said, "Forget it, I'm the same as before, but I also know that if you want you to give up everything you have now, you will definitely not agree, so you should leave, pay your debts by yourself, I can't help you."

The middle-aged man said anxiously: "Since you have saved so many people, why don't you help me? Are you just watching my son die?"

Grandpa said slowly: "Each person has his own taboos. I have been banning techniques for more than 20 years, but my son is still dead. Who should I ask for help?"

The man seemed to slap the table, and then said, "Okay, okay, I understand the taboos of your Han family. This time I came with one ten thousand hope. Since that's the case, I'll leave!"

The footsteps came, and the man stepped out, but said in a slight manner: "Don't forget, you still have a grandson. If you have the ability, you can break the taboos!"

Grandpa's tone was still calm, as if he had knocked his cigarette pipe at the table, and slowly said, "The same is true for you. If you don't listen to my advice, no one can save you when the taboo comes."

The man turned around and walked away. When I ran to the house, I wanted to find the figures of the two, but they were gone.

I really didn't understand these stupid conversations. I ran back to the house, but saw a sad face hanging on my grandfather's face. I looked up at me without saying a word.

I looked at the table and a clear palm print stayed on it, which shocked me.

Although this incident was strange, it was quickly forgotten by me when I was young. However, since that day, there seemed to be fewer and fewer people coming to my house to see my grandfather.

And my grandfather's face, which always had a kind smile, would always frown and become dull alone, smoking his dry tobacco bag after bag. From then on, my grandfather gradually stopped going up the mountain to collect herbs.

However, my grandfather gave me a finger-sized paper purse with strange patterns on it. I didn't want to wear it, but my grandfather told me seriously that this is a life-saving thing and must be worn. If I encounter any life-threatening danger, I will forcefully break the purse.

I was frightened by my grandfather and obediently put my purse on my neck. Although I was very curious, I thought to myself that it would be better not to have the chance to break this thing.

Time is moving forward slowly. This year, I am fifteen years old, and I am already in the third year of junior high school and will soon go to high school. Locally, I am already half a young man, and many friends as old as me have become half a labor force in my family.

But my grandfather insisted on letting me study and never let me help him do work in the fields. He said that only by studying can you have a bright future, only by having the opportunity to get out of this big mountain valley, go to the outside world, and start your new life.

At that time, I was very eager and yearning for my grandfather's words, and often naively fantasized that when I grew up, got into college, and made money, I took my grandfather to the city and lived a happy life together.

Unfortunately, at that time, I was only in the fantasy stage of the city, thinking that it was a heavenly world.

However, this fantasy day was suddenly broken by a terrible accident one day. From then on, I realized that this world is actually not better than I imagined.

Even, it's terrible.

As mentioned earlier, at this time, fewer and fewer people came to see my grandfather for treatment. There are even more rumors that my grandfather actually didn’t have much ability, and he just simply dealt with the disasters when treating people. He was far inferior to Mr. Ma in Nan Village.

I have also heard of this Mr. Ma. It is said that he came to us a few years ago to settle down and lived in a quiet place. Few people have seen him. However, with a magical prescription from his ancestors, he has cured many people's chronic diseases for many years. He also claimed that those who are sick will take the disease and those who are not sick will strengthen their bodies. Children who fail to get into school will eat the top scorer in high school. Women who cannot give birth to children will eat it. They will ensure that one child will be born one after another, and they will not be able to stop them...

People in nearby villages believed in his prescriptions as gods. By chance, I had seen the medicine, which was just a very ordinary off-white powder. It was said that it was taken with water and it would take effect for about a month. Although it was very expensive, people would buy it even if they sold it, which made me very puzzled.

But what puzzles me even more is that after taking it, it does work. Even an elderly man with paralysis in the village can gradually take care of himself after taking a few doses of medicine.

For this matter, I had asked my grandfather quietly, but whenever he was at this time, he would frown and a rare and serious reminder: "Don't ask what shouldn't be asked about, don't worry about what shouldn't be mixed with, study with peace of mind, don't run around, wait for you to go to high school in the county, don't talk about this matter randomly to others."

What I wanted to ask, my grandfather coughed violently, kept shaking his head and refused to say anything.

I was puzzled, but I didn't take it seriously. After all, I was about to go to high school. For me at this time, the outside world was far more attractive than this small mountain village.

During the summer vacation this year, my two friends and I made an appointment to go up the mountain to play. In the morning, we set out in dew, climbed up several hills one after another, picked a lot of wild fruits, and when it was almost noon, we were about to rush home.

When we went back, we chose another relatively remote shortcut, which would be slightly closer than the main road. Among the three of us, only Wang Pang walked through this road, so he led the way, and I and another classmate wearing glasses, Liangzi walked behind him.

This mountain road is indeed not easy to walk on. There are many trees everywhere, rocks are rugged, and the wormwood is half a person tall. After we walked around for a while, Wang Pang became confused because this guy got lost.

If he gets lost, it means we are lost together. Not only did I complain, but I would have thought that it would be better to take the road if I had known this. It would be fine if I took a few more steps. Maybe I would encounter a poisonous snake again and get bitten into a bite.

It would be even worse if you encounter some inexplicable things...

Speaking of this, I suddenly remembered the taboo that my grandfather once said, that is, don’t go to the wilderness at noon. I couldn’t help but look up and see that the scorching sun was at this time, just at noon...

My heart moved, and a disgusting smell came from the cold dick at the end of my nose. Wang Pang, who was walking in front, suddenly stopped and pointed to the sound in front of me and said with a strange voice: "You... come and see... there..."
Chapter completed!