Druid's Country Retirement

Chapter 154
The appearance of the black wind.

It attracted crowds from the village. It has been a long time since I saw anyone riding a horse. The last time seemed to be two or thirty years ago.

In the early years of large-scale construction, the production team of Caogou Village raised horses to transport goods, timber, and stone.

Raising horses is no different than raising other animals. Horses are used to eating grass at night. In contrast, raising horses is more troublesome, and horses can’t just eat grass, but also eat concentrates, such as sorghum, wheat and soybeans. Parents still want to kiss each other.

Later, the village was divided into teams, and the horses were distributed to the villagers. Without the support of the production team, it didn't take long for these horses to become a delicacy in the villagers' pot because of illness and ineffective treatment.

As for now, no one wants to raise horses anymore.

Raising cattle and sheep can be sold for money, but raising horses is a waste of money.

Li Hongbing rushed into the small square at the entrance of the village on a black wind, and the villagers who were chatting under the persimmon tree gathered around them, especially the children of Tie Dan, who jumped up and down excitedly, wishing to drag Li Hongbing off his horse and ride on his own. Go up to have a good time, and hold a red-tasseled gun in your hand.

"Brother Hongbing, the horse is not bad, let me ride it." Hongqi leaned on a cane and approached with a playful smile, his paws swishing towards Heifeng's neck.

Chi!

Want to touch the uncle, how old are you?

Hei Feng turned his head and snorted, and opened his mouth to bite.

Li Hongbing kicked his leg instantly, kicking Li Hongqi's arm away.

Just hear a click.

Heifeng bit the air, and the teeth collided with each other, making a crisp sound.

A layer of cold sweat formed on Hongqi's forehead.

I am Nima!
His mouth was so ruthless, if it wasn't for Brother Hongbing's kick, he would have lost half of his hand.

Li Hongbing looked helplessly at the red flag with lingering fear.

"You really owe a lot, you want to touch everything!"

"This horse has a really strong temper." Hong Qi sneered, freed his crutches to grope in his bosom, found a small half of a bag of flowers, found that he had taken it wrong, and quickly stuffed it back, took out another half of a bag of red plums, and took out with a smile. Pass one to Li Hongbing.

"Brother Hongbing, you have to thank me well."

"What's the matter?" Li Hongbing didn't dislike the smoker, so he took it and asked back.

Hong Qi was afraid that the people around would not hear him, so he yelled loudly on purpose.

"As soon as you left on the front foot, many people brought pheasants and hares to your house on the back foot, and I stopped them halfway, especially the grandson of Changjun, who mixed corn with rat poison and got 8 or 9 pheasants. If you don't accept it, your face will be as dead as your father's."

Li Hongbing listened, and suddenly found Changjun appearing at the entrance of the village carrying a shovel, and quickly signaled Hongqi to stop talking with his eyes, but Hongqi was talking vigorously.

"Pheasant chickens stop eating meat after taking rat poison. This time, Chang Jun is called to pay for his wife and lose his army. Why don't you talk to Captain Xu and arrest Chang Jun? It doesn't mean that there will be rewards for reporting!"

The approaching Chang Jun happened to hear Li Hongqi's joke, but Chang Jun thought he was really going to report him and wanted to arrest him, so he yelled angrily and raised his fist.

"Li Hongqi, I call you uncle."

"Oops! Someone was killed."

"Don't hit your chest."

Li Hongqi was wounded and couldn't move. He was pushed to the ground by the Changjun and beaten violently. The other villagers hurriedly pulled the Changjun away.

Looking at Hongqi's bruised nose and swollen face.

Li Hongbing secretly said yes, and rode Heifeng towards the old house.

Li's old house.

Four bouncing carts were parked at the door, and the carriages were full of sheep and black piglets.

The reason why it is called a bouncing car is because this kind of car emits black smoke all the way when it is driving, makes a sound when it is on the road, and jumps non-stop. People's bodies fall up and down, swaying, so it is called the bouncing car.

Bouncers are rare in cities. Firstly, the exhaust gas does not meet the standards, and secondly, there is no way to get a license plate. However, they are very common in rural areas, because Bouncers are agricultural vehicles with low cost and low price, and they are flexible in streets and alleys. It is now the most widely used means of transportation in rural areas.

Da Kui and Fu Sheng stood beside the Bengbeng car, smoking and chatting with the driver.

And this time.

Accompanied by the sound of hoofbeats.

Li Hongbing galloped on the meadow on Heifeng.

Blue sky, white clouds, meadows, wildflowers.
Heifeng looked at everything in front of him, as if overlapping with the memory of his hometown.

He raised his head to the sky and roared, the horse neighed across the meadow, his whole body seemed to be ejected, his hooves were rolling, his long mane was flying, and his speed increased again.

The wind was blowing in his ears, Li Hongbing squinted his eyes because of the wind,
The old oak tree came closer and closer in sight.

Da Kui and others who were chatting in front of the old house turned their heads to look at the movement from the meadow.

next moment.

I saw a black horse that seemed to have grown a pair of wings, flying up the grass slope against the sun.

Dakui and the others were stunned for a moment, and watched the black horse fall heavily in front of them.

That is?

Uncle Red Soldier?
On the back of the black horse, Li Hongbing straightened his back, looked into the distance, his eyes sparkled, like a warrior about to go to the battlefield.

The two sides just looked at each other, leaving only the black horse snorting.

Unfortunately, handsome for only three seconds.

Li Hongbing grinned and shouted.

"Quick, help me down, my legs are so numb!"

Dakui and the others hurried forward and helped Li Hongbing off the horse.

After landing, Li Hongbing crossed his legs and came to Heifeng like a duck walking, with a big push.

"Why are you crazy, running so fast and waiting to be reincarnated?"

Chi!

The black horse shook his head aggrievedly.

"Uncle Hongbing, you bought not only sheep and pigs, but also horses?" Da Kui looked at Hei Feng in surprise.

Uh-huh!

"Keep it up and play it, keep it up and play it."

Just as Li Hongbing responded modestly, the big flowers stuck out their tongues, rolled up the grassy slope, and collapsed on the ground in a collapsed state, staring angrily at the black wind that had lowered their heads, and roared.

Li Hongbing massaged his legs a few times to let the Qi and blood circulate, and the numbness gradually eased.

A driver wearing a camouflage uniform came over, "Boss Li, right? The third brother asked me to deliver the animals. Which do you think is suitable for unloading?"

"Just unload it here." Li Hongbing pointed to the grass slope in front of the door.

Ah!
The driver opened his mouth wide.

Looking at Li Hongbing's expression, he seemed to be watching a free meal.

These pigs and sheep should not be locked in the barn when they come here, and they should be raised in the first place.

Will this young man raise livestock?

As soon as it was released later, the pigs and sheep ran around, and they couldn't even catch them.

Fusheng's family has sheep. Knowing that new sheep are timid and easily frightened when they are unfamiliar with gold, let them get familiar with the environment first, and then gradually raise them.

"Uncle Hongbing, why don't you build a sheepfold first."

"No, just let it go. It's my responsibility to release it, and it has nothing to do with you."

Rejecting Fusheng's kindness, Li Hongbing walked to the Bengbeng carriage, pretending to check whether the pigs and sheep were sick, and secretly sent the original power into their bodies.

Each carriage makes a turn.

Li Hongbing opened the flap, and without waiting for the driver to stop him, the piglets and small-tailed Han sheep in the carriage jumped out of the carriage in order and went to the grass to wait.

The place was silent.

The driver and Da Kui, who were ready to catch the animals, stared at the silent group of animals in surprise.

This result completely exceeded their expectations.

Immediately afterwards, Li Hongbing put down the boards of the remaining three bouncing carriages one after another, and the black piglets in the same carriage, and the flock of sheep got off in line, walked into the grass, and joined the large army.

The driver, Da Kui, and Fu Sheng saw the group of animals in front of them.

Thirty small-tailed Han sheep and twenty black piglets were lined up in a neat line, standing motionless in place, as if they had been trained by an animal trainer.

However, Li Hongbing didn't think so.

Compared with Da Hua, Black Horn, Black Wind, and Bai Zui, their wisdom will be greatly improved after receiving the power of the source, and they can easily understand Li Hongbing's words and respond.

However, piglets and sheep are relatively less receptive, perhaps because their potential is not high, and they can only passively accept simple commands such as getting off the car, gathering, and walking.

However, Li Hongbing was very satisfied with this. After all, these pigs and sheep are fattened for food, and they are not easy to eat if they have wisdom.

Then silently sent instructions to the pigs and sheep through perception, "You live in the meadow, eat and drink well, fatten yourself up, don't run around, go!"

baa baa!

hum!

The sheep and the black piglets uttered their own calls, responded to Li Hongbing's order, and followed the queue down the grassy slope and into the meadow.

Li Hongbing thought it was not safe. After all, the meadow belonged to the wild, and it was close to the forest. If some carnivorous animal sprang out from the forest, it might be wiped out.

He looked at the four wolfhounds who had recovered.

"Two blacks and three grays, you two will take care of them from now on, don't let wild beasts in the mountains take them away."

Ow!

Erhei and Sanhui stood up, growled twice, turned around and followed the herd into the meadow.

The driver shook his dazed head.

Strange things happened one after another today.

I have seen obedient animals, but I have never seen such obedient ones, they are just like people.

Those piggies, lambs, yelled all the way on the road, but they were changed here.

If I hadn't followed the whole process, I might have thought it was a wrong delivery.

But Li Hongbing gave him a more intuitive feeling, simple four words, unpredictable.

Handle pigs and sheep well.

The blind man also appeared on a three-wheeled motorcycle.

Li Hongbing politely passed a cigarette to the driver, and invited him into the house for a drink.

The driver quickly waved his hand, saying that there were still animals to be delivered in the town, so there would be no delay. After exchanging pleasantries, he drove away in the bouncing car, puffing black smoke all the way.

When the three-wheeled motorcycle came to a complete stop, Li Hongbing picked up Shan Xing, who was handicapped, and got out of the car. When it was Anna's turn, Ni'er, like the little adults, refused her father's offer and climbed down from the carriage.

"Hey, where's the sheep?" Anna turned around in front of the door, but she couldn't find any trace of the sheep, so she pursed her lips.

"In the meadow, if you go, bring Black Horn with you, and let him meet new friends by the way."

"Yeah!" Anna nodded heavily, trotted up to Shawa, and said sweetly, "Brother Shawa, I want to ride Black Horn."

Shawa grinned honestly, stretched out his carrot-thick fingers, and hooked Anna's small palm, "Okay, put on the saddle."

When everyone walked into the old house, Li Hongbing was able to talk to Da Kui and Fu Sheng.

"What are you two doing here today?"

What's the matter?

Da Kui and Fu Sheng looked at each other, then shook their heads and smiled wryly.

"Uncle Hongbing, you forgot. We agreed to come and pull stones. You were not at home yesterday. We pulled five carts of green stones a day, and piled them on the open space beside the old house."

Ouch I'm going!

How could I forget about this.

Li Hongbing was an embarrassing group who made an appointment to carry the stones, but ran out to catch the big market by himself. This is really too much for the owner.

"Shan Xing, hurry up, let's have a banquet tonight."

"Understood." Shan Xing walked into the courtyard with two bundles of fabrics and smiled.

Seeing that the carriage was full of items related to basic necessities of life, food, housing and transportation, Dakui said enviously, "Good guy, Uncle Hongbing brought the whole market here."

To be honest, life in the whole Caogou Village is very tight, the only exception is Li Hongbing, who does not talk about big fish and meat all day long, and does not see work, just like the big landlords in the old society, who does not envy these days.

"Come on, the family eats and drinks a lot, let's go and see Qingmashi." Li Hongbing smiled and took out two packs of Huazi from his pocket, and threw them to Dakui and Fusheng respectively.

Sister Cui approached with her things in her hand, "Hong Soldier, I think I'm going to the village, remember you have to teach the children tomorrow afternoon."

Attend class?

What class are you taking?

Li Hongbing looked bewildered.

Sister Cui smiled charmingly, "Didn't you agree last time, to be a temporary guest teacher of physical education, tomorrow at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, don't forget."

After saying hello to Da Kui and Fu Sheng, he turned and walked towards the village.

"Tsk tsk, Uncle Red Soldier is so lucky."

"It's not so bad. Guess who is the first room and who is the second room."

"That must be Shan Xing. Shan Xing was childhood sweetheart with Uncle Hong Soldier, and Teacher Cui came later."

"I think so too."

Dakui and Fusheng are two gentlemen who are popular soldiers, and if no one is there, gossip.

Li Hongbing glared at the two of them angrily, "Since when did you two start gossiping like old women, and return the first house and the second house, and become landlords and riches in the old society!"

After being scolded, Da Kui and Fu Sheng were not annoyed, but chatted more unscrupulously, as if deliberately wanting to see Uncle Hong Soldier's jokes. As for whether there is such a thing, it doesn't matter.

The three of them walked to the open space next to the old house, and there were already several large piles of green stones.

Li Hongbing couldn't help asking curiously, "How did you pull so many stones?"

Dakui opened his bag of flowers distressedly, took out a few and handed them to Uncle Hong Bing and Fu Sheng. He lit one himself, took a big puff, and couldn't bear to let out the smoke for a long time. tone way.

"Use a bullock cart. Wuyaling left a few people to load the cart. Tie Zhu, Shui Sheng, and Lao Gen pulled it over. Da Kui and I unloaded stones and walked on the dirt road built before."

Fu Sheng took the cigarette, put it on his ear, and took out Lao Hongmei instead, sighing.

"It's a pity that there are few cattle in the village. Otherwise, all the stones could be pulled back in three to five days."

"Whose family is the cow that pulls the stone?" Li Hongbing asked curiously.

Dakui sucked the last puff of his cigarette, the butt and ass of the cigarette sparkled, so he threw it on the ground reluctantly, and stepped on his foot.

"The old scalper of Uncle Daquan's house, that cow is old. It would be great if there was a bar ox. I remember that in the early years, there was a bar ox in the village. It was really fierce to pull the goods. A load of stones was pulled lightly."

Bar bull!

What kind of cow.

Although Li Hongbing grew up in the countryside, he was only before the age of 12. He didn't know many things in the countryside, so he humbly asked Da Kui for advice.

The so-called bull.

It is the ox that is specially used to pull carts. Lever ox and fiber ox are used to pull the ox cart. The lever ox is the main force and must be big to be able to put on the yoke. The fiber ox assists the lever ox.

The hard-working fiber ox is very important for pulling the heavy-duty ox cart.

Generally, one bar ox is enough for light vehicles, and one more fiber ox is needed for heavy vehicles, and two fiber oxen are also used, but very few.

Bullock carts are only available to well-to-do farmers with more land, larger crops, and wealth. Ordinary small households cannot afford to own or support them. They must be fed good soybeans every day to maintain their physical strength.

At that time, a family of farmers couldn't afford to raise them, so several families raised them together, and each family shared one leg, also called "one-leg" cattle. When someone got rich, they could exchange the other "three-leg" cattle.

Now, the rural concrete roads extend in all directions, and there are also motorcycles, rural shuttle buses, and bungee carts. The pain of carrying and transporting farmers is completely relieved, and the ox carts are useless, so no one uses ox carts anymore.

The most important point is that bar cattle and fiber cattle must have buffaloes. Buffaloes are also called Guzi and Liniu. They are big, strong, and durable. People are willing to raise.

Because when the field is not being cultivated, it has to be raised 360 days a year, grazing and mowing in spring and summer, feeding with hay in winter, and going out of the cowshed to clean up, etc. Farmers find it troublesome to herd cattle, and people in forest areas Do not eat buffalo meat.

There is no market for buffaloes. On the contrary, there are more and more people raising cattle.

After listening to it, Li Hongbing thought that building a house was not something that could be done in a day and a half, and he couldn't always use other people's cattle for work.

"What do you think of me buying a few bulls?"

Ah!
Da Kui and Fu Sheng opened their mouths wide.

How does Uncle Hong Bing think that as soon as he comes out, he asks for a cow with his front foot, and buys a cow with his back foot.

No amount of money can afford such a construction.

"You two think it's good too, don't you?"

Li Hongbing imagined the reactions of the two, and immediately took out his mobile phone to call Fang San in Songbai Town.

After the phone rang a few times, it was connected on the other side.

"Brother Li, there is something wrong! Is there something wrong with the livestock sent over? It's okay. If there is a problem, I will refund it."

"No, third brother, let me ask if you have a bull in your place?"

"Ah!" Fang San was stunned while holding the phone, and immediately realized, "Yes, yes, yes, why don't livestock sellers have bar cattle? This is not a signboard, how many do you want?"

How many heads?

Li Hongbing looked at Dakui, who waved his hands quickly.

Understood!
"Third Brother, I want 5 heads."

"Okay, 5 cows, right? I'll deliver them to you tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. I guarantee they will be the best cows."

hang up the phone.

Li Hongbing raised his chin, "Is five bulls enough?"

Da Kui didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Uncle Hong Bing, I waved my hand because I don't want to buy it, I can rent a cow, so hurry up and say no to it."

Rent a cow!

Rent a cow for free?Don't owe favors?

Buy it for your own use, don't worry.

Li Hongbing shrugged his shoulders, "It's fine, we'll talk about it when it's delivered."

Fu Sheng also saw that Uncle Hongbing was a casual person. He chatted with the driver who delivered the animals, and learned that this was only the first batch of animals, and there were 70 sheep and 20 pigs in succession. , Buying 5 bulls is really nothing.

Holding Da Kui who was still trying to persuade him, "Uncle Red Soldier has a score, don't talk about it."

The voice did not fall.

In the distance, an ox cart dragged bluestones and walked towards the old house. There were 7 or 8 people behind the ox cart.

(End of this chapter)