Uncle Qin Liu's expression remained unchanged. He stared at the middle-aged man sharply and warned him:
"Although you are the next clan leader chosen by me, there are some things you shouldn't ask about."
The middle-aged man bowed his head: "I understand, Uncle Six."
Uncle Qin Liu said calmly: "When the time comes, you will naturally know everything."
The middle-aged man looked as if he was about to say something but stopped talking: "I suspect Ah Shu seems to know something. She has been running to the back mountain for a while. This time she came back without even saying hello. Is she going to kill us with a surprise attack?"
When Uncle Qin Liu heard this, he turned around and walked away, saying urgently, "You stay here and put the safety of the tribe first when encountering rapids. Nothing should happen to any of them!"
"I understand, Uncle Six!"
Yushan Village, Qin's Ancestral Hall.
Qin Shu brought her son to the ancestral hall and knelt down to pay homage to the Qin family's ancestors.
"I am an unworthy descendant, the 38th generation descendant of the Qin family, Qin Shu, and I bow to all the ancestors!"
She kowtowed three times and offered the three incense sticks in her hand.
Xie Chennan followed suit, his young voice clear and crisp: "The 39th generation descendant of the Qin family, Qin Yan, kowtows to the ancestors!"
He kowtowed three times respectfully and nearly tripped when he stood up. Fortunately, Qin Shu was quick to steady him and took the three incense sticks to offer to the ancestors.
Xie Chennan pulled Qin Shu's skirt: "Mom, what are we going to do next?"
Qin Shu held the Taoist medical book in her hand, turned to the last page, opened the inner layer, and a star map came into view.
She rubbed Xie Chennan's little head: "When night comes, will Chenchen be afraid to be with his mother?"
Xie Chennan's eyes sparkled with excitement, and he grinned, "Don't be afraid!"
Qin Shu: "It's still early, you can find a place to sit and read the medical book, and mom will study the connection between the ancestral hall and the astrological map in the book."
Xie Chennan nodded obediently: "Yeah——"
Qin Shu held the medical book in her hand and walked back and forth in the ancestral hall according to the positions on the astrological map.
The ancient astrological map in the interlayer of the medical book was discovered by her after she returned to Yunzhen. There was no writing or marking on the map.
But Qin Shu had a strong intuition that this picture was very important and might be related to her survival.
“Squeak!”
The wooden door of the ancestral hall was opened from the outside.
Uncle Qin Liu saw Qin Shu standing in the ancestral hall and Xie Chennan sitting on a high stool reading a book.
Qin Shu's eyes flickered slightly, and she asked calmly, "Sixth Uncle, why are you here?"
Uncle Qin Liu stepped over the threshold and said with a smile, "I heard you were back, so I came to see what happened."
He kowtowed to his ancestors and burned incense in a familiar manner, then stood up and walked to Qin Shu, and inadvertently saw the astrological chart in the medical book.
Qin Shu took the initiative to push the book forward: "Sixth Uncle, do you know what this picture is?"
Uncle Qin Liu's eyes showed understanding, and he said in a serious tone: "This is a star formation. It is a mysterious formation that connects heaven and earth and communicates the past and the present, which can only be revealed under the strange star conditions that appear once every hundred years."
Qin Shu listened to Uncle Qin Liu's serious words, and the corners of her lips twitched constantly.
"Sixth Uncle, were you drunk when you came here?"
What he said doesn't sound reliable!
Uncle Qin laughed and shook his head: "Just treat it as nonsense, but this picture is useless and has no reference value."
Qin Shu showed obvious disappointment on her face: "Is that so? I thought I could find some clues based on the night stars at night."
Uncle Qin Liu looked at her disappointed expression and the low pressure lingering around her, and his heart softened with sympathy.
"Ah Shu, you seem anxious to let Chenchen take over your job?"
Qin Shu glanced at Uncle Qin Liu with a half-smile on her face: "Don't you know the reason?"
Last year, when she and her eldest brother were fortune-telling in the ancestral hall, Uncle Qin Liu was always outside.
Qin Shu knew it clearly, but she just didn't break the window paper.
Seeing that Sixth Uncle didn't say anything, Qin Shu said calmly: "I'm dying soon. If Chenchen doesn't grow up, the Qin family's medical skills will have no successors."
She didn't notice that Xie Chennan, who was sitting not far away reading a book, moved his little ears.
Uncle Qin Liu smiled bitterly when he heard Qin Shu's straightforward words: "Don't talk nonsense, kid."
Qin Shu closed the medical book in her hand and asked seriously, "So, what have you been looking for in the back mountain for more than a year?"
Uncle Qin sighed softly: "I didn't intend to tell you, after all, it's something I'm not sure about. I'm afraid that if you knew it, it would be a false alarm."
Qin Shu breathed rapidly and asked tentatively, "Are you looking for a way to extend my life?"
Uncle Qin Liu nodded and said, "Yes, the star chain map at the back of the medical book in your hand points directly to the waterfall in the back mountain. The opportunity is in that stream. There is a hidden river below. As long as you find it, you can survive."
"Really?!" Qin Shu's cheeks flushed with excitement.
Uncle Qin Liu: "It's true, but it's not easy to find it."
Qin Shu's eyes showed joy: "As long as there is a way, you should have told me earlier."
Uncle Qin Liu said with a sad look, "It took your grandfather most of his life to find it. Ten years is not enough. If I tell you, I'm afraid it will be in vain."
Qin Shu said in a low voice: "It's not ten years, it's ten years and three months."
She held the medical book in her hand, trying hard to suppress her inner excitement.
Uncle Qin Liu shook his head: "There is not enough time. The underground river is very difficult to find. It changes every moment. It requires a certain amount of luck to encounter it."
Qin Shu was silent for a moment, then asked, "Is this my only chance of survival?"
Uncle Qin nodded: "It is your only chance to survive."
Qin Shu let out a long sigh: "If I can't find it after ten years, it means that God wants to kill me. This is my fate, I accept it! I won't accept it now, as long as there is a slight chance, I will not give up!"
She stared at her sixth uncle with her eyes fixed on him: "What's hidden in the underground river? Are you sure I can survive?"
Uncle Qin Liu's eyes dodged: "I'll know when I find you. It's useless to say anything now."
Qin Shu: "I want to go to the back mountain to take a look."
"That's good. Your eldest brother and the others are here. We have been looking for the entrance to the underground river passage."
The two of them forgot that there was another person in the ancestral hall and left one after the other.
Xie Chennan, who was sitting on a high stool, had a tense face. The page of the medical book he was reading was torn by his little hands.
Mom only has ten years left to live?
Why is this happening? Does Dad know?
Xie Chennan, who is almost four years old, feels like the sky is falling.
His eyes were slightly red, his nostrils twitched slightly, and he looked like he was about to cry.
Qin Shu stood on the bank of the creek, watching the tribesmen frantically searching for the entrance to the underground river. She went into the water to investigate herself, but still had no clue.
Qin Hairui climbed out of the water with his upper body naked: "Ashu, you're here! Where's Chenchen?"
Qin Shu, who was sitting on a boulder and wringing out the water from her clothes, suddenly froze.
"It's over! I forgot about Chenchen in the ancestral hall!"
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