Druid's Country Retirement

Chapter 338
early morning.

A thin layer of smoke floats over the entire small mountain village, dancing with the wind, slowly rising, like a delicate gauze covering the mountain village, everything is so hazy, as if in a dream.

Whoa whoa!
The crowing of roosters echoed over the mountain village one after another.

The sun gradually climbed to the top of the mountain, shedding patches of morning glow.

Li Hongbing got up early, put the wrapped fire paper into the basket, and the offerings for going to the grave.

On the way, my father called and asked him to set an example for the eldest son and grandson, to have ancestors in his heart, and he will take care of all the big and small things in his hometown in the future.

This is said, as if you are not the eldest son and grandson.

To put it bluntly, you are lazy.

After secretly complaining about his father, Li Hongbing went around the warehouse.

After one night, the injuries on Tiger's body recovered quickly under the blessing of the original power, the slightly injured parts were basically healed, and the seriously injured parts did not deteriorate.

Anyway, it's all moving towards the good side.

"My little notebook is gone!" Suddenly, Anna's exclamation sounded from outside the warehouse.

Li Hongbing walked out the door with a smile on his face, and saw Anna looking anxious, rummaging through boxes and cabinets in the old house like a headless chicken, scurrying around.

"Is it lost somewhere? I saw it yesterday." Nannan also followed to help find it.

"I remember putting it in the bag!"

Anna was so anxious that she was about to cry, and there were many little secrets in the notebook.

Li Hongbing asked intentionally, "Oh, I can't find anything, I've been missing all day long."

"Father, did you take my notebook!" Anna angrily walked in front of Li Hongbing.

"What a small book, I lost it by myself, so don't frame me!"

Li Hongbing denied it categorically, and continued to pack the things for going to the grave, looking at the little golden monkey squatting under the eaves, sending a look full of fatherly love.

In the end, there was still no news from Xiaoben, and Anna was very sad for this.

Shan Xing secretly pinched someone's soft flesh, and said in a voice that could only be heard by the two of them, "The unfinished things in the stove must be Anna's small books!"

What!
Li Hongbing's hairs stood on end when he heard it, and he repeatedly denied it with a guilty conscience, saying that the burning paper was a bit damp, and he put it in the stove to see if it could be lit.

For this, Shan Xing responded with contemptuous eyes.

This can also fool children.

On the Phoenix Slope.

The trunks of the two cypress trees in front of the graves of grandpa and grandma are tall and straight, without any bend, the branches and leaves are dense and thick, and the pointed tops of the trees are inserted into the clouds.

The sun shines through the dense branches and leaves of the cypress trees, printing large and small sparkling spots on the graves of grandparents.

With his father away, Li Hongbing, as the eldest grandson of Li's parents, took over the important task of offering sacrifices to the ancestors.

Rural children go to the grave with their adults since they were young. When they go to the grave, the adults will teach the children what to do by precepts and deeds. After the children become fathers, they will tell their own children, and this will be passed down from generation to generation.

When going to the grave in the forest area, there is particularity. Daughters-in-law and daughters are not allowed to help, they must be men.If there is no male, the son-in-law will come forward, if there is no son-in-law, a nephew with the same surname is fine, if there are no relatives and family members, then you can only accept your fate as a lonely grave.

When going to the grave to worship ancestors in July and a half, the number of offerings must be odd, any number can be three, five or seven. There must be apples.

Li Hongbing took out seven plates of tribute.

Apples are placed in the middle, followed by water duck, eggs, big knife meat, melon and fruit snacks.

Set up the offerings.

Three sticks of incense are placed in front of the grave mound, and a few plates of offerings are placed.

This is to burn a piece of yellow paper after offering offerings to the land god who is watching the grave. This custom is called "worshiping the land god", and it is also called "worshiping the grave god".

It is used to thank him for guarding the cemetery all year round and protecting the safety of the ancestors.

After worshiping the God of Earth, Li Hongbing took his family in front of the graves of his grandparents. Everyone put three sticks of incense into the incense burner and began to burn paper money.

While burning the paper money, Li Hongbing and Shawa took a shovel and a hoe to clean up the weeds and trees around the ancestor's grave, and shoveled new soil from other places and sprinkled it on the grave.

"Silly boy, let's see if it will happen. If I'm not around in the future, it's your turn to visit the grave." Li Hongbing told the silly boy.

Ah!
The silly boy nodded honestly, working harder with his hands.

The incense burns out and the fire goes out.

Li Hongbing took another offering from the basket and threw it around the cemetery. This custom is called "worshiping the four directions".

It means throwing food to those ghosts who have no one to go to the grave and whose roots have been broken, so as not to let them avoid snatching from their ancestors after the grave-goer has left.

After completing the whole process, the visit to the grave has basically come to an end.

Two strings of firecrackers were lit, and the crackling sound echoed among the mountains. Similarly, firecrackers sounded from other places. It was the villagers paying homage to their ancestors.

Amidst the sound of firecrackers, Li Hongbing and his whole family knelt in front of the grave and kowtowed three times respectfully.

Li Hongbing took out his mobile phone and played a video invitation for his father.

After a few rings, the father connected, and was about to angrily scold the younger son for not going to the grave properly, and to post some videos if nothing happened.

As soon as the words came to his lips, the tombstones of his parents appeared on the screen.

"Father, if you can't come back, you should hit your head!" Li Hongbing asked leisurely while holding his mobile phone.

knock!
The old man was also straightforward, ignoring the strange eyes of the people around him, he knelt down on the ground, and knocked his head three times in a row against the screen.

now it's right!

Without waiting for his father to speak, Li Hongbing turned off the video and smiled at his family, "Go home!"

Dad, far away in the city, looked at his phone, with a gratified smile on his face, talking to himself.

"Brat, grow up!"

When going down the mountain, everyone held a willow stick in their hands, because there is an old saying in the countryside, that is, if you go to the gate of the willow, a hundred ghosts cannot enter the house.

The gate of ghosts opens in the middle of July. In order to prevent the disturbance of ghosts, willow branches will be broken at the end of the grave. Willow trees are also called "ghost horror trees". This custom has been handed down in the forest area.

When he was about to walk to the old house, he saw Dahua leading a wolf dog and a fighting dog to surround a stranger on the side of the road, and the stranger waved a stick in his hand to confront the dogs.

Li Hongbing stepped forward quickly, let the wolf dog and the dog group disperse, and greeted the stranger with a smile.

"Why did you come here, didn't you scare me?"

The stranger breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Li Hongbing disperse the pack of dogs, wiped the cold sweat off his forehead, and said with lingering fear.

"Brother, your family not only raises tigers, but also raises so many fighting dogs, those four are wolves!"

This person was the enthusiastic person I met on the way back to the forest area yesterday. In the evening, I chased him to Caogou Village. Li Hongqi checked his household registration and invited him to stay at his home in the evening.

After getting up early this morning, I wandered around the village, asked the villagers for the location of the rescue station, broke into the old house of the Li family, and was surrounded by Dahua and the fighting dogs as thieves.

"They are not wolves, but Czech wolfhounds." Li Hongbing waved his hand to change the topic, "What's your name?"

Czech wolfhound?

The young man smiled.

It’s okay to fool others, but one of my fans has a Czech wolfhound. I have not only seen it with my own eyes, but also walked it.

Although the Czech wolfhound's body shape, appearance, movement, and coat color and texture are exactly the same as those of a wolf, its personality is extremely docile.

The eyes of Czech wolfhounds are round and gentle, while the eyes of wolves often flash with fierce light, and the eyebrows are imposing and very domineering.

These four wolves had a fierce look just now, and their eyes never left their necks.

But since the master didn't want to admit it, he pretended to be confused.

"My name is Zhao Xiaoyong. I am an outdoor anchor. You can also call me the inspector. I am dedicated to fans who like outdoors, looking for the beautiful rivers and mountains of the motherland."

Li Hongbing laughed, falling asleep on the pillow, Caogou Village is going to be a homestay, as the half-owner, he is naturally obliged to promote and publicize, otherwise the other three shareholders will say that they are hands-off shopkeepers.

"Welcome, welcome, I should be a few years older than you, just call me Brother Li."

"Caogou Village is the right place for you. This place is definitely a treasure spot, with beautiful mountains, rivers and beautiful scenery. You definitely didn't come in vain. Just eat two bites at my house at noon and try authentic rural dishes!"

"Is it suitable?" Zhao Xiaoyong's face was full of willingness, but his mouth was very polite.

"Is there anything inappropriate? It's still early. Do you want to go to the meadow? Can you ride a horse? I have a horse here!" Li Hongbing waved his hand. Since he wanted to hire someone to help with publicity, material conditions could not be spared.

And horses?
Zhao Xiaoyong's eyes lit up, and he nodded repeatedly, "Know how to ride, know how to ride!"

"That's fine!" Li Hongbing turned his head and let the family go home to cook first, and then he took the guests to the meadow.

Come to the barn.

Looking at the herds of horses, sheep, pigs, and cattle, there is even a herd of wild boars, especially after the old pigs appear.

It made Zhao Xiaoyong numb instantly.

It's not that farmers in forest areas are poor!
How come there are so many pigs, sheep, cattle and horses.

Especially the herd of horses, each one looks different.

Especially the black horse, which can be called the red rabbit among men and Lu Bu among horses.

I have traveled all over the country, including Mongolia and Qinghai provinces, and I have also helped herdsmen let go of horses. I have never seen a horse so majestic, and its muscles and lines seem to be tied with rebar.

There is also that wild boar, which weighs at least 500 kilograms in size, and its super-large head with black mane is like a sail, full of domineering.

Boom!

Seeing Li Hongbing appearing, Heifeng ran over shaking his head to act coquettishly. Li Hongbing pushed away his big head that was stuck in his arms, and joked, "I'm going to be a father soon, and I'm still like a child."

That's right, the red horse that I bought with Heifeng back then has a big belly!

The culprit is naturally Black Wind.

Zhao Xiaoyong looked enviously at the one man and one horse fighting.

Horses are very sensitive animals. They can perceive human emotions and attitudes. It is extremely difficult to develop such a close relationship with horses.

"This is the inspector. He needs a horse to go around the meadow." Li Hongbing patted Heifeng's neck.

Boom!

Heifeng nodded, turned his head and neighed, a white horse came out of the herd, and walked obediently to Zhao Xiaoyong's side.

This!
Ma Chengjing!

Zhao Xiaoyong stared at Hei Feng with a serious expression,

"Inspector, put the saddle in the saddle, you know how to tie the saddle!" Li Hongbing raised his finger to point out the direction.

"Yes, thank you Brother Li." Zhao Xiaoyong nodded quickly.

Li Hongbing said with a smile, "Okay, after running the horse, go to my house for dinner. My house is in the yard just now."

Because Li Hongbing had greeted him in advance, Zhao Xiaoyong did not receive any overreaction from the animals in the barn.

Put the mobile phone on the fence, turn on the live broadcast function, and start busy saddling the white horse.

It's morning now, night owls haven't woken up, office workers are moving bricks, there are not many viewers entering the live broadcast room, and there are only a few sparse messages from kittens.

"Hey, what is the detective doing?"

"The inspector got into that ravine again, not to mention the beautiful scenery."

"The sky is so blue!"

At this moment, Hei Feng came out from nowhere and ran to the camera to wander around.

With its handsome posture and muscular body, it quickly conquered the audience in the live broadcast room.

"Wow, this horse is really strong."

"What a terrifying muscle group, this dark horse should know how to use medicine!"

"The inspector probably ran to the racecourse again. Horses of this level are at least six figures older."

The live broadcast room began to swipe the screen quickly. As the popularity increased, the number of online users gradually increased. From the beginning, there were only three or two cats, and it increased to more than 300 people.

Hei Feng seemed to be tired of playing, turned around and ran out of the camera, just when the audience in the live broadcast room felt sorry.

With his tail raised high, the old pig swaggered past the camera, followed by a dozen wild boar cubs.

After the live broadcast room was frozen for a moment, the speech filled the screen in an instant.

"Wo Cao, what did I see, a big wild boar."

"What big wild boar? That's Uncle Pig. It weighs four hundred catties by visual inspection."

"More than that, my family's pig breeder has just walked away from that wild boar, at least five hundred catties."

"Where did the detective go? It's a horse and a wild boar."

"Anchor, I want to watch Uncle Zhu Bajie."

"Anchor, I want to watch Uncle Zhu Bajie."

...

Soon the screen was full of messages from the big wild boar, and some people picked up small gifts, such as lollipops, flowers, and beer.

At this time Zhao Xiaoyong had already saddled the horse.

Leading the horse to the fence, ready to take the mobile phone to live the addiction of galloping the horse.

It was a bit confusing to find scrolling messages and small gifts popping up from time to time on the full screen.

There are so many people today, it is almost a thousand online.

And the veterans wanted to see the big wild boar in unison.

No way, old iron is supreme.

Zhao Xiaoyong picked up his mobile phone and turned around to look for the big wild boar.

The old pig has just experienced a big battle, and his energy is exhausted. From the time when he first came to the old house, he was full of interest, but now he is a little daunting. The sow pigs seem to be crazy.

Recently, I obviously feel that my body has been hollowed out, not as good as before.

The battle ended in a hurry, he immediately raised the flag to surrender, and took the piglets to the stables to be lazy.

hum!

Three or two naughty little piglets were running around on him, and the old pig didn't bother to quarrel with them, lying in the haystack, enjoying the hard-won freedom.

Sudden.

The old pig was keenly aware of a pair of invisible eyes staring at him behind him, and immediately threw off the piglet on his back, turned over and got up, turning his head to reveal a ferocious side.

Whoa!
There was an uproar in the live broadcast room.

Everyone has heard that wild boars are very fierce, such as one pig, two bears and three tigers, but no one has seen with their own eyes how fierce wild boars are.

But just now, the audience behind the phone was so frightened that they almost dropped their phones.

The ferocious head on the screen is full of tyranny in the eyes, and the sharp fangs seem to be able to easily pierce the iron sheet.

Not to mention the audience in the live broadcast room, even Zhao Xiaoyong, the person involved, was almost scared to pee.

I was still shooting wild boars and harmonious families just now, but the wild boars went crazy in a blink of an eye.

How to do?
Waiting online, very anxious.

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(End of this chapter)