Druid's Country Retirement

Chapter 261 Bamboo Mountain
dinner at night.

The old man happily showed off the orchid Longjing just out of the pot. The smell of crayfish was gone from the aroma of the brewed tea, and the quality had improved a lot.

Li Hongbing wanted to taste it, but his father gave him a blank stare and turned back. He resentfully picked up a plate of fried bacon with bamboo shoots on the table with his chopsticks.

The crispy, fresh and sweet taste of the bamboo shoots whetted Li Hongbing's appetite.

"Xing'er, where are the bamboo shoots from?"

"Brother Defa went to dig it in the mountains, and sent some over for you to try."

Move the bamboo shoots.

right!

How could I forget to go to the bamboo shoots.

Li Hongbing looked at Anna and Nannan who were also eating fried bamboo shoots, "Tomorrow, let's go to the mountains to dig bamboo shoots, shall we?"

"Is it the bamboo shoots eaten by giant pandas?" Anna asked excitedly.

Nannan also clapped her hands, "Uncle Train, I'm going too."

Li Hongbing smiled and pointed at the bowl, "Then eat quickly and go to bed early."

My mother frowned at this time, "What kind of bamboo shoots are you digging in the mountains today? What if you encounter wild animals?"

"It's okay, I'll take them to the side of Zhushan for a while, and Dahua will go with them too." Li Hongbing waved his hands disapprovingly, he is a Druid, and entering the mountain is like going home.

Hearing that there were wolf dogs following, my mother didn't say anything.

But the old man asked in disbelief, "How long has it been since you came back, and you still know the way into Zhushan?"

Li Hongbing patted his chest, "What don't you know, I went to the mountains every day with the adults in the village when I was young."

No sleep for one night.

At dawn, Li Hongbing was woken up by the two children. He wanted to pretend he didn't hear him, and then he would sleep in later. When he couldn't stand the window, Anna slammed it loudly.

Give a long yawn.

Li Hongbing walked out of the room and saw that the two children were neatly dressed and each carried a small backpack, he couldn't help shaking his head, it's nice to be young and full of energy.

"Father, let's catch giant pandas."

"Uncle Train, can I bring home the giant panda if I find it?"

What the hell?
Catching pandas?

How much you want to send me in.

Li Hongbing left a dick on the foreheads of the two children, and said angrily.

"It's to move bamboo shoots, not to catch pandas."

Just when Shan Xing came out of the kitchen, she saw Li Hongbing bullying Anna and her daughter, standing in front of the two children like an old hen guarding her chickens, and said angrily.

"Brother, how can you beat a child?"

Whoops!
The same is the child.

Back then, he was beaten like a dog, and no one was protecting him.

It's a big deal to touch it now.

Looking at Anna and Nanni who were hiding behind Shanxing and making faces.

Li Hongbing turned around resentfully, walked towards the well, washed his face and brushed his teeth.

Whoa whoa!
The colorful rooster stands on the roof of the main room, raises its neck and crows, announcing the arrival of a new day.

The old house became lively.

Li Hongbing found a basket from the warehouse, and put the supplies into the mountain, pepper star anise dried chili, pots and pans, chili sauce, bean paste, old godmother.

Looking at the supplies prepared by the younger son, the father sneered, "You are traveling, or going into the mountains, the seasonings you have prepared are quite complete."

Contemptuous of the face of the father.

Li Hongbing ignored it, and carried the basket on his own to test the weight. Shan Xing brought some bacon and sausages, and asked softly.

"Can you come back tonight?"

"I can't tell. If it's too late, I will take the two children to live in the mountains for one night."

Hearing what this meant, Shan Xing knew that Brother Hongbing was planning to stay in the mountains for one night before coming back.

"Then remember not to catch a cold at night, I'll get the quilt."

It's time for departure.

The silly boy was carrying a large backpack filled with supplies from the mountains, while Anna and her daughter were also carrying small backpacks, with a bear cub in one and a princess in the other.

Four wolfhounds followed.

Li Hongbing led the mountain team out of the courtyard under the instructions of his mother and Shan Xing.

Walking into the village along the mountain road, the villagers saw Li Hongbing and his party with large bags, cats and dogs, ostentatiously passing through the market.

I met Li Hongqi on the way. Hearing that this guy was going to go into the mountains to dig bamboo shoots, he immediately joined the team with the cheek.

A sheep is herding, and a flock of sheep is also herding.

In this way, there is another idler in the team.

The first stop, Zhushan.

Zhushan is located in an old forest more than ten miles north of Caogou Village. The mountain is full of big moso bamboos. The dried bamboo shoots that people in the village dry every year come from Zhushan.

Standing in front of the path into the mountain, Li Hongbing specially warned the two little girls that the mountain is very dangerous, don't run around, don't touch things.

"Brother, with me, an old mountain runner, going into the mountains is just like playing." Li Hongqi patted his chest, looking like I was awesome.

Li Hongbing rolled his eyes, curled his lips and said, "Yes, the mountain runner who lost himself almost died in the mountain."

Li Hongqi's smile froze.

Staring at someone resentfully.

It really is a pot that cannot be opened without mentioning.

"Let's go!" Li Hongbing ignored someone and said to the big flower at his feet.

Woohoo!

Dahua let out a low growl, and led Erhei into the woods, looking for the way ahead, while Sanhui and Xiaobai followed Anna and Nannan every step of the way.

Li Hongbing and Li Hongqi walked in front to open the way, and Shawa walked behind, protecting the child in the middle.

Laolinzi mountain road is not easy to walk. In the past, villagers often went to the mountain to collect goods and dig medicine. If there are people, there will be no grass on the road. Now there are fewer people going into the mountain. The original mountain road is occupied by wild grass and shrubs. If people who are not familiar with the environment risk Once inside, it's easy to get lost.

Two sickles quickly cleared away the weeds and bushes, and a dirt road appeared in front of everyone.

"Anna, be careful with sister Nannan."

"Don't be afraid of Dad, I have Xiaolu's protection." Anna raised Xiaolu in her hand, and Xiaolu climbed along Anna's arm to her shoulder, straightened her upper body, opened her mouth and spit out the snake core, sensing the dangerous smell in the air .

"Brother, the one in Anna's hand is Zhuyeqing!" Li Hongqi's eyes jumped.

"Raising a family!"

Li Hongbing nodded, he was tired of explaining why Xiaolu was in Anna's hands countless times.

Can Zhuyeqing still support her family?
Li Hongqi naturally didn't believe it, and it was obvious that the Hong Soldier looked a little impatient, so he didn't dare to ask any more questions.

As we entered the old forest, the sight was gradually occupied by the big trees all over the mountain. The tall pine trees were like huge umbrellas, and among the overlapping branches, there were speckled and fragmented shadows of the sun downstairs.

"Father, how long is it?" Anna was tired from walking, and couldn't help asking, the girl next to her also looked tired.

To tell the truth, the road to Zhushan was only walked by when I was a child, and I have a vague impression that I walked this road, but I really don't know the detailed coordinates, so Li Hongbing turned to look at Li Hongqi.

"How long?"

"!!!" Li Hongqi was speechless, even if you don't know the way, you dare to run into the mountains with the child.

I'm really convinced!

Li Hongqi walked to the front of the team, looked around, and pointed to another path covered by miscellaneous trees, "Go this way, if you go further, you will miss it!"

Li Hongbing shyly gave up his position as the leader.

Who knew that the mountains had changed so much over the years, it was different from when I was a child.

With Li Hongqi leading the way and the wolf dogs patrolling, there was no danger on the road.

Walked for about an hour.

Everyone walked out of the old forest, and Zhushan appeared in front of everyone.

A stream meanders in front of the mountain.

Behind is the green bamboo forest all over the mountains, from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, layer by layer, without distinguishing the branches, trunks and leaves, each bamboo seems to be carefully carved, graceful and graceful.

When a gust of wind blows, there are dark waves surging in the bamboo sea, pushing one wave after another, rushing far away, like a green bamboo sea.

The drowsy Anna lying on her back was awakened by Li Hongbing's bleary-eyed shake, and was about to have a sensational awakening, when the green bamboo mountain attracted her the next moment.

"Father, is this Zhushan?"

Not to mention that Anna was frightened, even Li Hongbing stepped into this land again after more than 20 years, and was shocked by the scenery.

"Hmm! Do you want to come down?"

"Yes!" The excited Anna jumped to the ground like a loach, and ran towards Zhushan.

The girl on the side also got off Li Hongqi's back, bouncing and following behind Anna.

Woohoo!

Seeing the two children leaving the team, the wolf dogs hurried to catch up.

"Brother, do you want to go back in the afternoon or stay overnight?" Li Hongqi saw that the silly boy's back basket was full of supplies.

"It's rare to come here, stay for one night before going back, and find a place to camp first."

Li Hongbing walked towards the creek.

A few days ago, it rained continuously, and the water in the creek and river surged, but it was still crystal clear, and even the small fish, shrimps and stones swimming in the bottom of the water could be clearly seen.

Anna and her daughter stood by the stream, picking up pebbles and throwing them on the surface of the water. Every time the water splashed, there was a sound of laughter like silver bells.

The procession waded across the creek.

Searching along the foot of Zhushan Mountain, we found an excellent campsite surrounded by water on three sides and bamboo forest on the other.

The next step is to build a bamboo shed for camping at night.

For farmers living in mountainous areas, building shacks is like playing.

Li Hongqi and Shawa selected the bamboo and chopped it back, cut it in half, and then formed various bamboo shed frames.

Taking advantage of the time, Li Hongbing took two little girls into the bamboo forest to dig bamboo shoots.

Bamboo forest is not easy to walk, the ground is covered with dry bamboo leaves thickly, if you step on it, you will slip and wrestle, and you have to prevent your clothes and hair from being caught by bamboo branches, but bear cubs, princesses and wolf dogs, Drilling around in the bamboo forest, I was very unhappy.

It is the best season to dig bamboo shoots in the forest area. Spring bamboo shoots are generally around June, and winter bamboo shoots have to wait until December. Now in August, the timing is a bit awkward.

At a glance, there are many bamboo shoots more than one meter high in the bamboo forest. Bamboo shoots of this height are edible, but there is an unwritten rule in the mountains that digging bamboo shoots should not be dug over the knee, and there will be more bamboo shoots in the coming year.

However, if you search carefully, you can still find lazy bamboo shoots.

Lazy bamboo shoots are the kind of bamboo shoots that do not grow within the prescribed season. Even if they are not dug, it is difficult to escape the severe winter.

With a sweep of his senses, Li Hongbing found a lot of lazy bamboo shoots from under the thick dead bamboo leaves.

The sickle parted the dead leaves, exposing the soil.

"Father, what are you doing?" Anna and Nannie approached curiously.

Li Hongbing pointed to the slightly raised ground, "Look, this piece of soil is propped up, and there are cracks all around. It is said that there is a bamboo shoot hidden under the surface."

Oh!
Anna and Nannan nodded half-understanding.

Li Hongbing can use his perception to quickly find the location of the bamboo shoots, but this lacks the fun of digging bamboo shoots, and besides, there are two children studying with their eyes wide open.

First use a sickle to dig out the soil around the bamboo shoots until you can see the roots of the bamboo shoots, then aim at the roots and use a sickle to cut off the roots, dig up the bamboo shoots by the roots, and backfill with the original soil after digging.

Lazy bamboo shoots are not big, only a circle bigger than a fist, but they are fresher.

Anna didn't dislike the dirty soil, and rushed to hug the bamboo shoots into her arms, while the daughter-in-law watched enviously.

Smiling, Li Hongbing took a few steps forward, pushed aside a dead bamboo leaf, dug up the soil, dug out a bamboo shoot that was bigger than corn, and handed it to his daughter.

"Thank you, Uncle Train."

Nannan hugged the bamboo shoots happily, her eyes narrowed into crescent moons.

Seeing the fist-sized bamboo shoots in her arms, and the nannie's bamboo shoots that were bigger than her own, Anna pursed her mouth in jealousy, "Hmph, dad is biased."

"Sister here." Nannan immediately exchanged her own bamboo shoots without even thinking about it.

"No, I'm digging a big one for him."

Li Hongbing smiled, turned around and walked to the position he had already explored, and dug a few times, and dug out a big and fat bamboo shoot, which weighed more than 6 to 7 catties in his hand.

"You don't want the big one, here you are."

Seeing such a big bamboo shoot, Anna immediately stopped being jealous, threw away the little one in her hand, hugged the big bamboo shoot, walked a few steps, frowned, and looked at Li Hongbing who was laughing.

"Daddy is so bad."

After speaking, he threw away the big bamboo shoot, then picked up the small bamboo shoot that had just been thrown, and ran to her daughter and whispered bad things about Li Hongbing.

"That's right! It's a lack of human heart, wanting everything, but not being able to hold it when you get it."

Taking the opportunity to teach his daughter a lesson, Li Hongbing picked up the bamboo shoots, threw them into the basket, and continued digging.

Sudden.

There was a wolf dog whining in the bamboo forest.

Immediately afterwards, Dahua rushed out of the bamboo forest, put a ball of furry animal in its mouth and put it beside Li Hongbing, and the other wolf dogs followed behind, spitting out the same ball of furry animal.

This is?

Li Hongbing was startled, the wolf dogs would not catch any more protected animals.

Use the scythe to carefully poke the fur of the animals on the ground.

A mouse face appeared.

Hi, it turned out to be a bamboo mouse.

Bamboo rats are also bamboo rats, and this thing is not a good thing.

This thing is very destructive to the bamboo forest. It eats bamboo shoots, small bamboos, and bamboo roots, and finally makes holes in the soil of the bamboo forest.

In a intact bamboo forest, as long as there is a pair of bamboo rats, the bamboo forest will be destroyed and disappear within a few years.

However, there are benefits as well. Bamboo mouse meat is particularly delicious, with a first-class taste, smooth but not greasy, and fat. It has both the satisfaction of meat and the fragrance of bamboo.

The reason why Li Hongbing liked to run to Zhushan when he was a child was because he could share a piece of bamboo rat meat with adults.

"Are there many caught there?"

Woohoo! !

Dahua turned her head and sobbed at Zhushan.

It is said that this kind of rats are everywhere on this mountain, and there are many burrows in the ground.

So badly damaged?

Li Hongbing frowned, then understood.

In the past, the countryside couldn't afford meat, so they beat bamboo rats to satisfy their meat addiction. No matter how many bamboo rats there were, they couldn't resist being caught by men with green eyes.

Now that there are fewer people in the mountains, the bamboo mice will naturally reproduce again.

This is not a good thing.

When there are more bamboo rats, the already fragile ecological balance of the bamboo mountain will be broken, and the bamboo forest will face extinction.

Li Hongbing picked up the bamboo mice and threw them into the basket, and said to the dogs, "Go, catch some more."

"Daddy wants to eat rats, it's so dirty!" Anna covered her mouth and looked at Li Hongbing with disgust.

Li Hongbing rolled his eyes back.

"You know what a fart, if you have the ability, don't eat it later."

(End of this chapter)