Yan Xiaoqiang put on his coat, took out his bicycle, and rode towards the town, calling out "Bei Nan, Bei Nan, Bei Nan is hiding in the grass opposite the dog hole, preparing to take a car to leave here early tomorrow morning to find Mao Tou in the county."
I remember the address Mao Tou wrote down last time very clearly. Only by finding Mao Tou and making some achievements can I have the face to go home and face my grandma and sister.
Bei Nan was exhausted and drifted off to sleep. Even when her father's bicycle passed by, she didn't hear it. Yan Xiaoqiang searched the entire town but couldn't find Bei Nan. Disappointed, he went back and decided to come back to look for her early the next morning.
Grandma Yan didn't sleep all night. She was horrified to find that Nan Nan's hair was starting to turn white: "Cuihua, Cuihua, come and see what's wrong with Nan Nan!"
Cuihua rushed in carrying a kerosene lamp. She saw that Nannan's hair had turned gray and was so frightened that she almost dropped the lamp. She quickly put the lamp on the kang (a heated brick bed), stroked Yan Xiaonan's hair, and burst into tears.
Southwest was writing a letter in his room to tell Southeast what had happened at home when he suddenly heard his mother crying. He was so frightened that he couldn't even hold his pen. He had only one thought in his mind: something bad has happened to Nannan.
He dropped his pen and rushed into his grandmother's room. He also noticed that Nan Nan's hair was starting to turn white. What could have caused Nan Nan to become like this? It couldn't just be from being frightened. Nan Nan wasn't even afraid of tigers, so how could she be afraid of these people?
Meanwhile, Tiger King and Zhongnan in the mountains began to feel uneasy, and the small animals started to scatter everywhere. The Golden Cudgel found Zhongnan, pointed to the grove of trees where thousand-year-old ginseng was planted, and made some noises.
Tiger King and some other ferocious beasts couldn't enter this forest, not even Zhongnan. Only the Golden Cudgel ran in and started digging with his hands like flying wheels. But the roots of the thousand-year-old ginseng were very deep, and the Golden Cudgel almost ruined his two claws before he dug out one plant.
Zhongnan waited anxiously outside, repeatedly banging his head against the grove of trees, hoping to cross the area. But miraculously, he couldn't get through; it seemed as if an invisible barrier was blocking his way.
Seeing a giant ginseng lying on the ground, the Golden Cudgel was too weak to move it. It was extremely frustrated that it couldn't even lift the ginseng it had dug up with such difficulty. Zhongnan then ordered it to call more golden squirrels to help.
The golden cudgel remembered his wife who had run away, so he had no choice but to summon her. The little golden cudgel also sensed that something was wrong with Yan Xiaonan and quickly brought several children to reinforce him.
The ginseng was finally extracted. Zhongnan grabbed it and ran down the mountain. The Golden Cudgel jumped up and grabbed Zhongnan's hair tightly with its two claws, which were already bleeding from digging.
It quickly crawled through the dog hole. The golden cudgel even lowered its head cleverly. In the blink of an eye, the two of them were in front of Nan Nan. Nan Nan put the ginseng to Yan Xiao Nan's mouth. The golden cudgel jumped over and forcefully tore and bit the ginseng into pieces, then put it straight into Yan Xiao Nan's mouth.
Grandma Yan seemed to wake from a dream and quickly shook Cuihua, who was still sobbing: "Quickly get a knife, cut the ginseng into slices, and put it in Nannan's mouth."
Cuihua finally noticed Zhongnan and the Golden Cudgel's movements. Overjoyed, she wondered if the gods had sent these two little ones to rescue Nannan. She nudged the still-standing Southwest and said, "Go see if your father has returned yet."
Cuihua brought over a knife and a cutting board, wiped them clean with a towel, and forcefully sliced the ginseng into pieces. The ginseng was so thick! Just as Cuihua was about to run out of strength, Yan Xiaoqiang returned.
Taking the knife, Grandma Yan sliced more and more ginseng into pieces. She then put the ginseng slices into Nan Nan's mouth, where they immediately dissolved into water and flowed down Nan Nan's throat.
After putting more than twenty ginseng slices into his mouth, the golden cudgel grabbed his grandmother's hand, meaning "Don't feed her anymore." He pointed to the ginseng slices and then to the outside, meaning "Feed her again tomorrow."
Grandma actually understood the meaning of the golden cudgel: "Thank you for saving my precious baby."
Zhongnan refused to accept this, saying he had a share too, and let out a loud "woof!" at Grandma Yan. Grandma Yan immediately understood, patted Zhongnan's head, and said, "Good job."
Southeast received the letter a week later and immediately asked for leave to rush home. Xuemei was also worried about Nannan, so she hurriedly packed six jin of things and followed Southeast back.
Yan Xiaonan has been in a coma for half a month. Thanks to the effects of ginseng tablets, her hair has stopped turning white and the new hair that has grown back has turned black. Her complexion has also gradually improved, but it still looks unhealthy and pale.
Ever since Liu Jin arrived at his hometown, he has been clinging to Yan Xiaonan. Every day, if he can't see Yan Xiaonan, he will cry loudly. At first, his family didn't know what was wrong, but Xinan noticed the situation. He held Liu Jin and sat down next to Yan Xiaonan, and Liu Jin immediately stopped crying and grinned.
Southeast and Xuemei immediately made a decision: Southeast would go back to work, while Xuemei would stay with the child, hoping that Liujin could wake Nannan up. With Xuemei's help, Cuihua finally felt much more at ease.
The weather is getting colder and colder. Southwest and Tang Xiaoling get up early and go to bed late every day. Besides going to work, they go to chop wood and carry water. Dad has to go to clear land, and it would be too tiring for him to come back and still have to chop wood and carry water.
Most of the rice and flour in the house were put away by Yan Xiaonan. Cuihua was worried. When her son came back, Grandma Yan took him to run up the mountain. Yan Xiaoqiang was so scared that he grabbed Grandma Yan: "Mom, if we don't have fine grains at home, we can eat coarse grains. We can't let anything else happen."
Grandma Yan shook her head and told Yan Xiaoqiang, "Your daughter has hidden some grain in the Yan family's cave, and a big tiger is guarding it. Let's go and get some back."
Yan Xiaoqiang was on the verge of collapse. What's wrong with his mother? Has she lost her mind? The Yan family mansion, guarded by a big tiger, she must be really out of her mind.
Grandma Yan got angry: "You idiot, have you forgotten that my Nan Nan is a fairy? Hurry up and go, stop dawdling."
Yan Xiaoqiang finally came to his senses. Oh right, how could he have forgotten about that? He quickly helped his mother up the mountain.
Tiger King was still sunbathing on his bedding when he sensed someone approaching. He stood up alertly, and when he saw that it was Yan Xiaonan's grandmother, he happily ran over. Yan Xiaoqiang's heart was pounding in his throat, but he still stood resolutely in front of Grandma Yan.
Grandma Yan felt comforted, thinking that her youngest son was indeed filial. She patted her son and said, "Tiger King, this is my son, Nan Nan's father. Please get to know him."
Tiger King walked over to Yan Xiaoqiang, who was looking at him incredulously. He touched Yan Xiaoqiang with his tiger head, remembered his scent, and then turned back to sleep lazily.
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