Druid's Country Retirement

Chapter 263
Hear Li Hongbing's order.

Reluctantly, the wolfhounds stepped back step by step and returned to the mountain of the gods. Their indifferent eyes stared straight at the black bear. As long as it dared to release a trace of hostility, it would immediately face a bloody slaughter.

Seeing that the wolf dog left the creek, the black bear stepped carefully into the water, stopped in the middle of the creek, and slowly climbed ashore when he found that there was no danger.

He sniffed the bamboo mouse stuck in the bamboo pole mountain, bit it off, and swallowed a bamboo mouse into his stomach in two or three bites.

Maybe it was because of the food, the black bear became excited, growled, knocked down all the bamboo poles in front of him with its paw, and started to eat voraciously.

"It should have been hungry for a long time." Li Hongqi said in a low voice.

at this time.

Hey!
Xiong Cub woke up and saw that there was no one in the bamboo shed, so he ran out in panic to look for everyone.

next moment.

Aww! !
Hearing the cry of the cub, the black bear that was eating fell into a daze for a while, then turned its head and stared at the cub squatting beside Anna's lap begging for a hug, let out a low growl of joy, and rushed towards the crowd. come over.

This action was immediately regarded as an attack by the wolf dogs.

Four wolf dogs came forward and blocked the black bear's way forward.

The black bear stood upright on its hind legs, slammed its paws on the ground, and let out a low growl violently.

The wolfhounds also lowered their posture, grinned, showing their sharp teeth, whimpering and constantly adjusting their direction, looking for the black bear's loophole.

The smell of gunpowder between the confronting parties is getting stronger and stronger, and the battle is on the verge of breaking out at any time.

And the bear cub lying at Anna's feet seemed to recognize the black bear. It hopped on three legs, passed through the encirclement of the wolf dogs, and jumped under the black bear, making a miserable cry.

"Xiong Xiong!" Anna wanted to go over anxiously, but was grabbed by Li Hongbing, "Don't go there, that big bear should be Xiong Xiong's mother!"

Seeing the bear cub come back to his side, the black bear's irritable mood gradually calmed down. He exhaled heavily through his nose, sniffed the bear cub, turned around and walked back to the stream, picked up a bamboo mouse and placed it in front of the bear cub.

The bear cub pushed the bamboo mouse to the mother bear with its one-armed paw. The bear mother took a look, prostrated herself on the ground, pulled the bear cub into her arms to protect it, and then ate the bamboo mouse with peace of mind.

Knowing that the black bear is the cub's mother, the wolf dogs gave up their confrontation and ran back to Li Hongbing.

The sun shines through the bamboo forest, and the dots of light fall on the edge of the stream.

A cub and mother bear snuggle together.

Li Hongbing pulled Anna, and the daughter quietly walked back to the bamboo shed, and called the wolf dog back by the way.

This time should be reserved for the reunited mother and son.

It's been a long time.

Everyone in the bamboo shed heard the cubs whimpering.

Anna hurried out of the bamboo shed.

I saw the cub and mother bear squatting together, looking at Anna from a distance.

The cub yelled at the mother bear a few times, then staggered into Anna's arms with three short legs, stuck out its tongue and licked Anna's face.

In the end, she left Anna's embrace and walked to Mother Bear's side step by step.

Mama Bear groaned at everyone.

It seems to be grateful for the care of the bear cubs these days.

Then he turned and walked towards the creek.

The cub looked helplessly at his mother who had gone away, and then at Anna who was standing there.

Ow!

The mother bear in the stream turned her head and howled.

The bear cub finally made a decision, got up and stumbled after his mother.

Looking at the bear cub going away, tears welled up in Anna's eyes.

Since the bear cub came to the old house, I played with it every day, ate with it, and slept with it. At night, I also like to snore and kick the quilt.

now the stinky bear is gone

Not even saying goodbye.

Li Hongbing walked behind his daughter and gently picked her up.

"Father, the stinky bear is gone." Anna hugged Li Hongbing's neck with her hands behind her back, buried her head in his neck, and choked up crying.

Li Hongbing comforted him softly.

"Don't cry, it's a good thing Xiong Xiong found his mother, we should be happy for him."

"Ah."

The departure of the bear cub added some imperfections to the trip into the mountains.

Anna didn't slow down until night, and she was crying for raging in her dreams.

……

The next morning.

There was a drizzle in the sky.

The bamboo mountain in the rain has a clear beauty, clear and elegant, as if covered with a layer of tulle, water vapor and mist linger in the bamboo forest, everything is hazy, dreamlike.

Woke up and simply ate a bowl of rice with bamboo shoots and cured steak soup.

Li Hongbing began to prepare for the last activity of this trip, picking bamboo girls.

Bamboo girl is the name of the mountain people, and the city's name is bamboo fungus.

The taste of wild bamboo fungus is extremely delicious, the growth environment is extremely demanding, and the soil must not be polluted. Generally, wild bamboo fungus will bloom in the morning, and the time is very short. If it is not picked, it will melt and rot within an hour or two.

Before entering the bamboo forest.

Li Hongbing tied the two girls' trouser legs tightly with a rope to prevent them from walking in the bamboo forest, as insects like to dig into their trousers.

After getting ready, the group stepped into the bamboo forest.

The bamboo forest looks beautiful, but when you walk in, you will feel a kind of stuffiness and humidity.

To find a bamboo girl, you should choose the old bamboo and the roots of the yuba and the place where the yuba leaves are thick.

Soon, Li Hongbing found a bamboo fungus that had already bloomed. It was as white as snow, and a delicate white mesh skirt spread out from the cap under the fungus cap, just like a woman wearing a hat and a white gauze skirt. Beauty.

"Anna, come and see." Li Hongbing hastily called his depressed daughter.

When Anna approached, Li Hongbing pointed at the bamboo girl, "Come on, you pick it."

Anna squatted down under the guidance of Li Hongbing, first took off the mushroom cap, then grabbed the root of the bamboo girl, folded it lightly, and got a whole bamboo girl.

"Anna is awesome."

"Sister, it's amazing."

"Hi aunt."

The others quickly sent praises, and Anna finally showed a smile on her low face.

Li Hongbing secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

Finally laughed.

Being a dad is not easy.

Next, everyone spread out to look for the bamboo girl, and soon you and I will have a harvest.

As the sun rises gradually.

The bamboo girl returned to the earth, and everyone returned to the bamboo shed.

Take stock of your harvest.

The bamboo girl picked three or four catties. Many white skirts were broken due to poor storage, but it did not affect the consumption.

Mother Bear ate some bamboo mice yesterday, and there were more than ten bamboo mice left.

Lazy bamboo shoots dug up a lot, weighing forty or fifty catties.

Packed up the materials, poured out the fire pit with water, checked inside and out, no garbage and kindling was left behind, and left Zhushan with the harvest on his back.

Back along the way we came, there are still wolf dogs patrolling around on the road. Since seeing black bears, they have become more vigilant, and they will rush over to check if they hear a little trouble.

Walking through a forest, Li Hongbing looked up inadvertently.

"Wait, there's something good."

Everyone stopped and looked up.

Li Hongqi squinted his eyes, searching among the dense branches and leaves, and soon realized what the good thing Hongbing brother was talking about, and said in surprise.

"It's such a thick kudzu vine, it's rare that no one sees it."

"It must be a good thing!" Smiling, Li Hongbing chopped off miscellaneous branches with a sickle, and came to a big tree. A wrist-thick vine was wrapped around the thick trunk, and it had been deeply cut into the bark of the trunk.

"The kudzu vines are so thick, the kudzu must be very big, it's dry." Li Hongqi rubbed the palms of his hands, and took out a short hoe from his back basket.

Li Hongbing followed the kudzu vines to find the root, which was on a slope not far from the big tree.

Shawa and Li Hongqi each held short hoes around the kudzu roots, and started digging the soil.

Soon a layer of floating soil on the kudzu vine was dug up, revealing a thick root, which was as thick as a sea bowl.

The corners of Li Hongqi's mouth turned up in a smile, "He's a big guy, he can probably produce a hundred catties of Pueraria lobata."

"Don't talk nonsense, dig quickly." Sitting aside, Li Hongbing grabbed a handful of grass leaves from the field and handed them to Anna and Nannan, "Taste it, Dad ate it every day when he was a child, it's so sweet."

sweet?
Anna, who was dubious, took the blade of grass, which had three petals, which looked like three hearts.

Carefully picked up a piece and put it in his mouth to chew, his little face twitched slightly, and said to Nannan.

"Wow, it's so sweet, sister eat quickly."

The girl also stuffed a leaf into her mouth trustingly, and the next moment her face wrinkled together, and she spit out the grass leaf.

"Bad Anna, liar."

Anna also spat out the blade of grass that she had held in her mouth for a long time, "Bad dad, you are a liar."

Li Hongbing watched Zhile from the sidelines, but he didn't expect that Anna would also learn to drag people into the water, and she was a bit like Lao Tzu.

"Why are you eating so fast, you have to eat sour yoyo together with sour root."

While speaking, he spread his hands, and in the palm lay a few crystal clear miniature radishes.

Another lie!
We are not fooled.

Anna and Nanna looked distrustful.

Li Hongbing had no choice but to make a sample first.

Wrap the mini radishes with sour leaves, stuff them in your mouth, and eat them with a click.

It tastes the same as when I was a child, sweet and sour.

"It's delicious, try it."

The greedy Anna finally couldn't help it. She took the grass leaves and mini radishes, wrapped them up and carefully put them into her mouth. The next moment her expression changed.

"Sister Nannan, it's delicious."

The girl decided to trust Anna again, and ate the radish wrapped in grass leaves.

The two girls immediately fell in love with this sweet and sour taste, and took Li Hongbing to the grass to look for sour.

Li Hongqi, who was digging kudzu root, was ashamed, looking at the happy father and daughter, looking down at the hoe in his hand, speechless.

"Silly boy, stop digging, let's take a break."

Oh!
The silly boy agreed, but continued digging.

"!!!" Li Hongqi.

Partnering with honest people is not a general disadvantage, even if you want to be lazy.

Half an hour passed.

The kudzu root hidden in the soil slowly revealed its true appearance, with a diameter of 20 cm. The surface was smooth and uninjured, indicating that it had not been penetrated by insects.

Continuing to dig down, maybe Li Hongbing knew he was ashamed and took over Li Hongqi's hoe.

The lower part of this kudzu root grows horizontally, which increases the difficulty of digging. Fortunately, there is a fool, and the workload of digging should not be too easy for him.

soon.

The whole whole wild kudzu root was released from the oven. It was more than two meters long and 30 centimeters at its widest point. The weight was about the same as estimated, about [-] to [-] catties.

Generally, kudzu root is easy to be eaten by insects when it is large, but this root is well preserved without a single insect eye.

"It's been a long time since I ate kudzu powder." Satisfied, Li Hongbing picked up kudzu root and tried the weight, then turned to the two girls who looked curious, "Go home and make powder for you."

The team is back on its way home.

Back in the village, the villagers looked at the travel-and-dust servants and saw the thick kudzu root tied to the back basket of the silly boy, and they couldn't help shaking their heads in envy.

Rich people live comfortably.

You don't have to worry about making a living, either traveling in the mountains or playing in the water.

The team parted at the entrance of the village, and Li Hongqi took a few bamboo mice back to give his family a taste. As for the bamboo girl and kudzu root, he didn't even look at them. In his words, he vomited from eating these things from small to large.

Walking on the mountain road, there was the chirping of children under the grass slope, and then a puff of smoke rose.

Someone set fire to the meadow!
Li Hongbing hurriedly put down his back basket, there is an unwritten rule in the forest area, if you see smoke, you have to take a look, if someone burns wasteland, you will be reminded, if you play with fire, you will be beaten.

Under the grass slope, children must be playing with fire. Li Hongbing picked up a branch and ran over.

really.

Tie Dan took a few children lying on the haystack, and there was a fire not far away.

Snapped!
The branch lashed hard at Tie Dan's back, and the painful Tie Dan jumped up like a spring, and was about to curse when he saw that Li Hongbing was honest.

"Master, why are you beating me?"

"Who told you to set fire a few times, what if it burns to the mountain, your master can't beat you to death." Li Hongbing had a straight face.

"There is no fire, we are smoking the old cow bee?" Tie Dan quickly explained, pointing to the place where the fire was lit, now the fire is gone, only thick white smoke remains.

At this time, several villagers hurried over, stood on the mountain road and yelled, asking who set the fire.

Li Hongbing waved his hand, saying that a few children were smoking bee eggs, and it was all right with him watching.

The few villagers left cursing.

"Are you sure it's the old bull bee?" Li Hongbing looked at the white smoke.

The old cow bee is very common in the forest area, and it is also a kind of bee, but it is twice the size of a bee. It has a chubby body and has a big round butt like Corgi.

Moreover, the old bull bees are not like honeybees with tens of thousands in a nest. It may be because of their size that there are dozens of old bull bees in a nest.

"It's okay, what are you doing burning the old cow bee, the honey is scarce and unpalatable, I owe you nothing."

Li Hongbing muttered, walked to the side of the smoke pile, and kicked the smoke pile away, revealing a hole in the earth, a lot of yellow and black old cow bees scattered to death at the hole.

What a debt.

This old Niufeng didn't recruit anyone, he didn't provoke anyone, and he fell from the sky for no reason.

Wrong or not!
Li Hongbing buried the entrance of the cave with soil while muttering silently.

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, in the next life reincarnated, he must be an iron child, so mad at him to death.

The subconscious uses perception to probe into the hole.

The digging hand stopped.

In the depths of the earth cave, I felt a trace of vitality, as if something was dying.

Is there any old bull bee that is still alive?

Li Hongbing hurriedly scraped away the soil at the entrance of the cave, and beckoned to Shawa to hand over the hoe.

Get the hoe and dig a hole in the soil.

A simple hive was exposed, and there were more old buffalo bees smoked to death in the hole. A slightly larger, yellow and black old buffalo was struggling to crawl on the hive to check the pupae that had been smoked to death.

It should be the queen bee of this brood of old bull bees.

Li Hongbing felt helplessness and sadness from the queen bee.

Ugh!
Sigh silently.

Carefully pick up the queen bee and pour the original power into the queen bee's body.

With the entry of the original power, the queen bee's vitality quickly recovered.

Buzz!
The queen bee flew into the air and danced in front of Li Hongbing, thanking him for saving his life.

"Sorry, I couldn't save your child," Li Hongbing said.

Buzz!
The queen bee landed on Li Hongbing's shoulder, shaking her wings.

Li Hongbing asked in surprise.

"What, you want to come with me."

Buzz! !

……

(End of this chapter)