Druid's Country Retirement

Chapter 164
The mother and son looked at each other silently in the room.

In fact, Li Hongbing really wanted to pat his chest and let out bold words. Only children would want them all, and adults knew they couldn't bear it.

However, I only dare to think about these words in my heart. If I really shouted out, I would guarantee that my mother and second sister would play a mixed doubles.

In fact, for Shan Xing and Sister Cui, Li Hongbing only wanted to cure them with medical skills and take care of them at first. After getting along for a long time, he did have the idea of ​​a female hero.

But with the passage of time, after the hormonal impulse subsided, the relationship between each other gradually sublimated to another level, which caused this idea to fade away. Li Hongbing could only say that he resigned himself to fate and left the choice to God's will.

The second sister beside her also had a headache. She originally thought that the younger brother was sitting alone in the countryside with his daughter, living a poor and lonely life.

For this matter, I often complained to my mother and eldest sister.

Unexpectedly, after returning to Caogou Village, I found out that my younger brother lived a more comfortable life than himself, with green mountains and green waters, singing birds and fragrant flowers, accompanied by beautiful women, raising horses, sheep, pigs, cats, and parrots. pile of animals.

This is the life I dreamed of, facing the sea, with spring flowers blooming.

Except for beautiful women of course.

The second sister, who became more and more angry, deliberately added fuel to the fire.

"Mom, I actually think Teacher Cui is pretty good. He is only two or three years older than San'er. He is also pretty. He has never been married. I just peeked at her figure from behind. It is definitely good for having children. fit."

"Shan Xing is also good. She is diligent and takes care of others. You can see that the old house is well organized. Even San'er's clothes are made by Shan Xing. There are very few girls who can make clothes now."

As soon as this remark came out, my mother's difficulty in choosing was onset.

Li Hongbing glared at the troublesome second sister, who responded with a threatening gesture of punching her fist.

Bang bang bang!
This is the knock on the door, followed by the voice of the eldest brother-in-law.

"San'er, come out and see, a old Leng threw a pheasant into the yard."

Old Leng?

Li Hongbing was puzzled for a moment. The eldest brother-in-law is from the north, and he speaks a little local accent from time to time, and sometimes makes a lot of jokes because of language differences.

However, taking this opportunity, Li Hongbing hurriedly opened the door and escaped from the room.

The first thing to do when going out is to give Shan Xing and Sister Cui, who are standing under the eaves with nervous expressions, a reassuring smile.

Seeing this smile, Shan Xing and Sister Cui breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, and the tension on their faces dissipated.

The eldest brother-in-law showed a meaningful smile and held out his thumb, "San'er, you are so nasty, no wonder you don't want to go back to the city, and I won't go back if you let me go."

It's not over today, but I can't cross this hurdle, can I?

Li Hongbing rolled his eyes.

"Where is Lao Leng?"

"Where is it?" The eldest brother-in-law first pointed to the top of the old oak tree, where a brown-feathered goshawk was grasping on a branch, and then pointed to the half-dead pheasant on the ground.

"Just now it rushed past my head, left the pheasant and flew up the tree."

"This is Lao Leng?" Li Hongbing looked at Goshawk.

"Yeah!" The eldest brother-in-law nodded.

I don't know if it's because of the rural environment that the big brother-in-law's accent has become heavier.

Li Hongbing raised his arm.

thump!

The goshawk on the tip of the oak tree flapped its broad wings and swooped over Li Hongbing's head. It spread its wings and landed firmly on his arms. Its claws like iron hooks did not hurt Li Hongbing at all.

But the eldest brother-in-law was surprised from ear to ear.

"It is a patient of mine and is recuperating." Li Hongbing explained.

"You are such a big cow." The eldest brother-in-law held out his thumb.

At first, I thought my brother-in-law would be good enough to play with dogs, sheep, horses, and parrots, but unexpectedly he also started to play with hawks. At this speed, the only way to end is to play with big tigers.

"Uncle Red Soldier, Uncle Red Soldier, are you here?"

Someone shouted outside the gate.

"Yes." Li Hongbing also responded loudly.

A villager in camouflage uniform walked into the yard holding a straw hat. Li Hongbing recognized him as Li Defa who lived in the west end of the village. He was usually a quiet and responsible farmer.

"Defa, what's the matter?"

"I was collecting firewood in the woods just now, and I picked up two night owl cubs. If you don't bring them here, I'll let you pass them by." Seeing a stranger in the yard, Defa looked a little uneasy and reserved.

Oh!
"Let me see." Li Hongbing said curiously.

De started to draw up a straw hat, which contained two baby birds, with gray-brown down all over the body, and a pair of sharp beaks and round eyes that are the symbol of night owls.

It looks very poor, with a thin and shriveled body, and the feathers are messy and dull. It must have been hungry for many days.

Seeing many two-legged beasts, the two night owl cubs stuck together in horror. The slightly bigger cub spread out its bare wings and stood in front of the thinner cub, whirring.

"Where did you pick it up? Didn't you see the old bird?" Li Hongbing wanted to ask clearly to prevent the villagers from deliberately destroying the bird's nest because of rewards.

Defa recalled for a moment.

"In Putaogou, Houshan, when I was collecting firewood, I saw a bird's nest dunked on the ground. When I picked it up, I saw the two young birds buckled in it, but I didn't see the old bird."

Li Hongbing checked the body of the bird cub with his senses to see if there was any hidden disease.

Suddenly, a piece of information appeared in my mind, just like looking at plants, information about bird cubs appeared.

【Eagle owl, cub, weak body】

what!
Perception can also identify animals. Before, it could only check plants. Is it because it has been upgraded after absorbing the source of black wind.

Li Hongbing has long been used to the dislike of the heart of nature making a fortune silently, and said to Anna who was playing a wrestling game with Xiaobai.

"Ni'er, go to Dad's room and take out the wild animal manual by the bedside."

Oh!
Anna let go of Xiao Bai from the chokehold, ran into the room with short legs, and ran to Li Hongbing's side with the book in her arms.

Li Hongbing took over the list of animals and found the one about owls.

Eagle owl, owl family, eagle owl genus animals.

National second-level protected animals.

There are photos corresponding to eagle owls in the directory.

Brown, brown, and white, three-color feathers, ear feathers on both sides are particularly developed, protruding from the top of the head, a pair of big orange eyes are full of domineering.

Looking at the two poor little guys in the hat, I really didn't expect to grow up like this in the future.

"Uncle Hong Soldier, how are you doing? Is there any bonus?"

"Have."

Li Hongbing nodded, and pointed to Defa the page about eagle owls in Li's Animal Directory, "This is an eagle owl, which belongs to the second-level national protected animals. According to the reward policy, the reward for rescue of second-level protected animals is 500 yuan. These two are 1000 yuan, no problem!"

I heard that if you pick up two night owl cubs, you can earn 1000 yuan.

Defa's entire face flushed with excitement, and he nodded repeatedly, "No problem, no problem."

"Okay, I'm going to take a photo, record a video, and I'll ask you to answer."

Li Hongbing handed the mobile phone to the eldest brother-in-law and asked him to help.

when ready.

After a simple question and answer, I took a close-up photo of the details of the cubs.

Li Hongbing asked Sister Cui to take out the money from the room, counted ten pieces and handed them to Defa together with the receipt slip.

"Count and sign."

After receiving the money, Defa couldn't control the excitement in his heart, counted it several times with trembling hands, and signed his name crookedly.

Li Hongbing said an official sentence according to the procedure.

"On behalf of Forester An, thank you for your protection of wild animals."

Defa looked down at the stack of brand new hundred-yuan bills in his hand, struggled for a moment, pulled out one in pain, and handed it to Li Hongbing.

"Uncle Red Soldier, whoever sees it has a share, buy a pack of cigarettes."

Li Hongbing stared.

"Take it back, and slap me in the face! Go back and buy Aunt Dongmei an old hen to mend it. A few days ago, Aunt Dongmei came to see a doctor at my place. What a mess. You are my son's long snack, don't be special When you have a daughter-in-law, you forget your mother."

Defa put away the money with a smirk, thanked him again and again, turned and left, his steps became much lighter, and he didn't even want the straw hat.

"San'er, when did you become a forest worker?" The eldest brother-in-law asked curiously.

Li Hongbing rolled his eyes.

I can't even see the big signboard hanging on the door. I really answered that sentence, and my eyes are dazed.

Too lazy to explain again, I picked up my straw hat and walked to the chicken coop. It turned out that the goshawk's temporary nest was still there.

Whoosh!

The two baby eagle owls were still in a tense state, Li Hongbing injected the original power into their bodies, the next moment the baby eagle owl propped up its weak body, spread its hairless wings, staggered to Li Hongbing, and stretched its neck. Call.

Anna dragged the stool to the chicken shed, stepped on the stool and looked at the eagle owl cubs curiously.

Since the honey dog ​​cubs grew up, they were unwilling to stay at home, and often ran out instead of going home. Anna lost her little friends, and the appearance of the two young eagle owls aroused her great interest.

"Papa, can Anna take care of the bird?"

"Okay, go find Aunt Shanxing and cut some shredded pork."

"Ah."

Anna jumped off the stool and bounced to find Shanxing.

Not for a while.

Anna returned to the chicken coop with the tray.

Seeing the shredded pork on the plate, Li Hongbing picked up a branch to make chopsticks and handed it to his daughter.

"Feed the shredded meat with branches, don't use your hands, don't look at their small size, their mouths are very sharp."

Anna nodded, and picked up some shredded pork with her chopsticks.

Smelling the smell of food, the two young eagle owls called more sharply, stretching their necks to fight for each other.

……

meadow.

Li Hongbing came to the meadow with his eldest brother-in-law.

The old man, the blind man, and the silly boy were busy tidying up the barn. It turned out that they just surrounded a simple fence with wooden poles, and usually pigs, horses, cows, and sheep were all locked together.

Seeing the messy barn, the father gave his son the word lazy, and then rolled up his sleeves, preparing to tidy up the barn.

All the original fences were dismantled and re-divided into four sheds, sealed with wood on three sides, and the roof was covered with a layer of weeds to prevent wind and heat insulation.

Li Hongbing showed up.

Black Horn ran out from the harem group, and the cow with a calf wandered closer, as well as Hei Feng and Hong Hong.

The elder brother-in-law looked at the younger brother-in-law enviously.

Otherwise, people are better than others, which makes people mad.

I have status, career, and money, but I just don't have this kind of life.

Especially seeing Hei Feng with well-developed limbs and a vigorous figure, the gene hidden in a man's heart to ride a horse and fight as a hero is awakened.

Involuntarily towards the black wind.

"do not!"

Li Hongbing grabbed the eldest brother-in-law and pulled him back violently.

Just when the eldest brother-in-law was puzzled, a horseshoe flew past the tip of the nose with the wind, and the strong wind stings his cheek.

The eldest brother-in-law's mind went blank for a moment, his legs softened, and he sat slumped on the grass.

If you have just been kicked, maybe you should cool off.

Snapped!
Li Hongbing slammed a fan on Heifeng's head, and said indifferently.

"I told you, don't hurt people casually, my family temple can't afford you, if you feel uncomfortable, where do you go back and forth."

Last time it was Hei Jiao who almost knocked San Pao into the banquet, and he became honest after losing his temper, and now there is another Hei Feng.

Compared with Black Horn, Black Wind is more lethal.

If it is really unruly, Li Hongbing will definitely do what he said, and return Heifeng to Fang San. In the end, there is only one way to hurt people and animals, and become a commodity in the butcher shop.

Boom!

Hei Feng lowered his head, eyes filled with fear and uneasiness, knelt down on his front legs facing Li Hongbing, and let out a mournful cry of admitting his mistake.

Hong Hong on the side also knelt down, also begging for mercy.

"Remember, there will be no next time."

Li Hongbing turned around and pulled up his eldest brother-in-law, apologetically saying, "It's all right, this dark horse admits life and has a strong temper."

call!
The eldest brother-in-law who recovered from his senses let out a long sigh of relief, and looked at Heifeng with lingering fear.

"This horse is so nasty, it almost kicked me out."

"Would you like to ride around? I have a saddle here." Li Hongbing hurriedly made amends.

"Riding a black horse?" The psychological shadow left by that hoof just now made the eldest brother-in-law extremely afraid of Heifeng.

Li Hongbing shook his head, "No, it's a red horse. This horse is docile and suitable for novices to ride."

"That's fine."

Li Hongbing turned back to the old house, took out the saddle and put it on the red back, helped the elder brother-in-law who looked nervous to climb on the horse, watched him grasp the rein, his face turned pale, and said with a smile.

"It's okay, you can tell Honghong directly if you want to go faster or slower, she can understand and have fun."

After finishing speaking, she patted Hong Hong lightly, and Hong Hong flew on all fours and ran towards the meadow.

Boom!

Heifeng moved his steps, walked carefully to Li Hongbing's side, and spat out a mushroom from his mouth in a fawning manner.

Li Hongbing saw Heifeng's submissive appearance, and his heart softened, "It was so dangerous just now, what if I kicked someone and hurt someone, please put your temper away, you know?"

Hei Feng nodded his head up and down, snorting.

Say you know you're wrong, and you won't hurt anyone in the future.

Li Hongbing scratched Heifeng's mane, "Go and play!"

The problem was solved, and I just wandered around on the meadow with nothing to do.

The old man who was piling saw that his son was like a villager, and shouted profusely in sweat.

"San'er, come and help."

Li Hongbing paused for a moment, pretending not to hear his father's call, and quickened his pace towards the old house.

Work, that's impossible.

So smart, so witty.

Li Hongbing, who secretly praised himself, walked into the yard and saw big pots and small pots in front of his mother, second sister, Shan Xing, and sister Cui.

Immediately turned around and ran away, but was stopped by the old lady.

"San'er, if you dare to run, your legs will be broken, so roll over and work."

Li Hongbing walked into the yard awkwardly, and saw that the basin on the ground was filled with glutinous rice soaked in water.

"Mom, what are you doing? You can't finish eating so much glutinous rice?"

The second sister raised her hand to wipe off the sweat from her forehead, and joked, "Mom, did you see that our third son lives just like the uncle, opening his mouth when he eats, and reaching out for clothes when he comes."

"Come here, go to the kitchen and take out the zong leaves, I don't know about the Dragon Boat Festival tomorrow." The mother gave her son a glare.

Dragon Boat Festival tomorrow?

It goes by so fast.

Before I knew it, it had been more than a month since I returned to the village.

Li Hongbing lamented that time is like flowing water, and walked into the kitchen. The hot water in the cauldron was bubbling, and there was a layer of yellow zongzi leaves floating.

The leaves used to make zongzi are different in many places, usually bamboo leaves, reed leaves, banana leaves, lotus leaves, but bamboo shoot shells are used in Li Hongbing's hometown.

The smooth side of the bamboo shoot shell is used to wrap the rice dumplings, and the rice dumplings wrapped in the bamboo shoot shell are very fragrant, with the mellow fragrance of the bamboo shoot shell, even more fragrant than those wrapped in bamboo leaves.

The most important thing is that bamboo shoot shells can be reused, washed after use, dried and put away, and can be used in the next year.

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(End of this chapter)