Druid's Country Retirement

Chapter 401 The Old Man
Qinglong Mountain was originally called Qinglong Village, but later became a forbidden name due to historical issues.

Over time, people in the forest area saw that the mountains were covered with pines and cypresses, and the four seasons were gloomy, just like a green dragon lying in the mountains. It was so beautiful and spectacular that they changed its name to Qinglong Mountain.

From Caogou Village to Qinglong Mountain, you have to walk 60 miles of mountain road, passing through several villages in the middle.

I really don’t know what is there in the mountain that my dad has been guarding for his whole life.

Li Hongbing rode Heifeng and led the way, while the wolf dog and Jin Zi followed slowly behind, guarding the carriage. They had the aura of venturing into the world.

Didi!

A car honks its horn.

Heifeng took the initiative to walk to the side of the road and give way to the main road. The car stopped next to Li Hongbing, with a head sticking out of the car window and greeting him warmly.

"Village Chief Li, you have to go out now!"

Li Hongbing recognized the tourists and nodded, "Going to visit relatives. Is your time up?"

"Hey, three days are up. I really want to stay a few more days, but it's a pity that you won't let me."

"Welcome to come and play again!" Li Hongbing did not answer, but said goodbye to the tourists with a smile.

"Goodbye, I'll be back."

The tourist started the car and drove towards the [-]th turn.

Next, cars left Caogou Village one after another, but no cars came in.

It seems that Jianjun has closed the online reservation function.

In three more days, the village will be cleared of tourists, and then the village will be free to organize weddings.

Driving horses on the mountain roads, admiring the scenery along the way and listening to my dad bragging about the stories of the past.

Unknowingly, I arrived at Shilipu.

The black wind and the carriage were nothing, but the gold caused a sensation among the Shilipu villagers.

Tiger!
How many years have not seen.

And still alive.

The Shilipu villagers were trembling, but they followed curiously, pointing and pointing. Some villagers even held farm tools in their hands, looking like heroes fighting tigers.

Seeing that the team following the team is getting bigger and bigger.

Gold is not afraid either.

When he found someone following him, he suddenly turned around and opened his mouth wide, revealing a mouth full of gold teeth, as was customary in the village.

Omg!

The villagers who were following him were frightened to the point of peeing, and they ran away with their heads in their hands.

Li Hongbing frowned and reminded,

"Jinzi, don't scare people, this is not Caogou Village."

Ow!

Jin Zi growled angrily and followed the carriage listlessly.

The Twolegs here are so boring.

Usually, as long as he shows his gold teeth, two-legged beasts will take the initiative to feed him food.

Passing by a small shop on the roadside, villagers playing cards heard the commotion and ran out to look at the strange things. Others looked at the tiger, but Luo Long's eyes fell on the face of Li Hongbing riding a black horse, and his expression suddenly changed.

Ma De, why did this disaster star come to Shilipu?

"Hey, this is a real tiger!"

"What a fat tiger. I heard that there is a tiger in Caogou Village. Is it this one?"

"Look at people, if they raise tigers, you deserve a dog!"

"Brother Long, look at the woman on the carriage. She is so handsome. She is as beautiful as the woman in the painting."

There was a blind village boy next to him. His eyes were staring straight at Shan Xing, and his mouth was almost drooling.

I heard someone say mountain apricot.

Li Hongbing looked at the small shop with a steady expression.

Suddenly, Luo Long was so frightened that he shivered.

Last time, Liu Er tricked him into stealing something from the Li family's old house and he was poisoned. He was almost killed by the village doctor Erbadao Dao. On the way, he was tied up by mountain people and told to pick a hamstring.

In the end, if my uncle hadn't begged for mercy, I would have had to stay in bed for the rest of my life, and I still often have nightmares in the middle of the night.

Immediately he turned his head fiercely and looked at the village boy beside him, who was still talking nonsense.

You are so sincere about harming me!
Angry, he raised his hand and slapped him.

Snapped!
The village liar was whipped to the ground on the spot. Luo Long felt annoyed and raised his leg to slap Foshan Wuying's kick.

"Ouch, ouch, Brother Long, Brother Long, stop kicking me!" The village boy curled up on the ground and screamed for mercy.

The people next to him looked confused. They were fine just now. Tianshun didn't steal any cards, didn't cheat, and didn't owe any money. How could he start the game properly?

When he came to his senses, he quickly pulled Luo Long away and persuaded him not to fight.

"Let go, it has nothing to do with you, I'm just helping him!"

Luo Long gasped for air, pushed away the villagers who were pulling him, patted his face with both hands, showed a smile that he thought was friendly, and walked towards Li Hongbing.

When Jin Zi and the wolfhounds saw someone approaching, they immediately reacted and blocked the road.

Li Hongbing sat on his horse and looked down at the villagers who walked over and smiled flatteringly.

"Doctor Li, why did the wind blow you to Shilipu? That grandson is arrogant, don't be angry!" Luo Long took the initiative to say hello.

"Who are you?" Li Hongbing asked uncertainly.

"!!!"

Luo Long felt sad in his heart.

He was dealt with so badly that in the end, people didn't even know his name.

"I am Uncle Mazi's great-nephew."

Uncle Mazi!
Li Hongbing thought of the old man with a pockmarked face who often came to Caogou Village to visit his grandfather. He would bring him snacks every time and took good care of himself when he was at school in Shilipu.

Some time ago, he called me and asked me to plead with Mr. Shan to let go of his two grandnephews who were stealing things.

Could it be the person in front of me?
Then he thought of biting powder, and the corners of his mouth raised slightly.

"Are you Luo Long or Luo Hu?"

"Luo Long!"

Damn it, got recognized.

Luo Long's heart skipped a beat.

"So you are Luo Long. It was dark that night and you couldn't see clearly." Li Hongbing said with a smile, recalling what happened that night, "It tastes good to bite people!"

It turns out that I was hit by a biting powder that day.

The name sounds very poisonous.

Thinking of the suffering he suffered in those days, Luo Long twisted his body unnaturally, as if he was itching again.

"Young man, is Uncle Mazi at home?" Dad asked sitting on the carriage.

"Yes!" Luo Long nodded quickly.

The father looked at Li Hongbing and said, "San'er, I haven't seen Uncle Mazi for a long time. I just wanted to stop by and take a look."

"Okay!" Li Hongbing nodded and looked at Luo Long.

Luo Long quickly ran into the small shop and got on a bicycle, "I will lead the way."

The villagers watched Li Hongbing and his party leave, curiously gossiping.

Luo Long was one of the most important people in Shilipu. He was not afraid to see the village chief. How could he meet the man riding the black horse? It was like a mouse meeting a cat.

"I think back then, Lao Tzu's team just opened."

"There are only a dozen people with seven or eight guns in total."

"Thanks, Sister-in-law Aqing."

Farmhouse.

Under the fruit tree, Asako Uncle Yuzai was lying in a rocking chair. The radio on the stool next to him was playing Peking Opera, and he hummed along when he got excited.

"Uncle, uncle, Doctor Li is here to see you!" Luo Long rushed into the yard on his bicycle and shouted loudly.

Uncle Mazi narrowed his cloudy eyes and sat up slowly.

"Keep your voice down, I'm not deaf, what the hell. If it were during a war, you would be the first to be shot. Whose vegetable field do you think was trampled?"

Luo Long shook his head and smiled bitterly, put down his bicycle, approached his uncle, and shouted loudly. "Doctor Li from Caogou Village is here to see you."

"What, a bird ran into the rice pile? You kid came here to make me laugh."

Uncle Mai bent down to pick up his shoes from the ground. When he turned around, he saw Li Hongbing and his father standing at the door of the courtyard with smiles on their face.

"Red soldiers. National Day? Why are you here!"

Uncle Mazi put on his shoes, stood up excitedly, and ran unsteadily in front of Li Hongbing and his son, holding hands tightly and holding on.

"You two, you really have to wait until I leave before you are willing to come and see me."

After saying that, when he saw the gold behind his father, he immediately pulled his father and started to run away.

"There's a tiger, run."

Dad tried hard to persuade Uncle Mazi to stop, and even used words and gestures to let Uncle Mazi know that the tiger was raised by his family.

Compared to Li Hongbing, the relationship between Dad and Uncle Mazi was closer. He held the old man's withered hand and said, "Uncle Mazi, you are in good health."

"It's not yet noon, what's there to eat?" Uncle Mazi responded loudly.

It was fine to talk on the phone a few months ago, but now I have lost my hearing.

Li Hongbing turned to look at Luo Long, who showed a helpless expression and whispered, "My uncle caught a cold a few days ago, and then his ears stopped working."

"Not sent to the hospital?"

"Uncle doesn't want to go. We all tried to persuade him, but he just didn't listen."

Luo Long was very aggrieved.

There is only one elder left in the entire Luo family. People named Luo are also filial to their uncle. During holidays and festivals, he will give him food and drinks every now and then, and he will also come over to chat with the old man when he has time.

But the old man was very stubborn and would lose his temper if he said something wrong. Even the Luo family didn't dare to talk back. They were filial as they should be.

Li Hongbing turned to look at his father and Uncle Mazi, chatting nonsense.

Uncle Mazi's aging and injuries from fighting in his youth have led to a decline in the function of various organs in the body and deafness, which is irreversible and can only be improved.

"San'er, show Uncle Mazi." Dad shouted sadly.

"it is good!"

Li Hongbing walked up to Uncle Mazi and pointed to the main room behind him, "Uncle, go sit in the room and I'll check your ears."

"What, eat pig ears, good!"

"."

This was basically an inability to communicate. Li Hongbing directly helped Uncle Mazi into the main room, asked him to sit on a chair, took out the needle box and waved it in front of him.

The moment he saw the needle box, Uncle Mazi's eyes were red with excitement and he couldn't stop mumbling.

"This is Li Baotou's needle. Li Baotou is here. Can you take me into the mountain? I can still kill Xiao Dongyang."

"Doctor Li." No matter how hard he tried, Luo Long saw his uncle's confused look and whispered for help sadly.

There is a saying in the forest that once an old man starts talking nonsense, it means that the end is not far away.

Hey!
Li Hongbing raised his hand and pressed gently on Uncle Mazi's neck. Uncle Mazi's body went limp and he fell into his father's arms.

"San'er, what are you doing?"

"It's okay. Let's put Uncle Mazi on the bed first, and I'll check his pulse."

The father and son carried Uncle Mazi and laid him flat on the bed.

Looking at the others, Li Hongbing took out the needle box again and said, "Luo Long and Xing'er, please wait outside for a while. As long as Dad is in the house, don't let anyone else in."

When only the father and son were left in the room, the father looked sad and said, "San'er, tell the truth, is Uncle Mazi going to leave?"

Li Hongbing didn't answer, but took Uncle Mazi's pulse first.

After a while, he retracted his finger.

Uncle Mazi's pulse is very bad.

The pulse is in the skin, like a shrimp swimming in water. Sometimes it jumps away and comes again in a moment. It is accompanied by rapid and restless pulse like a shrimp swimming in the water. It is a sign of the three yin and cold extremes, the dead yang is outside, and the deficient yang is floating.

This is the rootless pulse condition.

Looking at his father's expectant eyes, he sighed.

"Severe deficiency of qi and blood. The root of the disease was left when you were young. If you don't take care of it when you are old, the disease will be serious and your vitality will be exhausted."

I heard my son say that.

Dad felt sour in his heart, his eyes gradually turned red, and he burst into tears.

Those who are supposed to come can’t escape.

Since his father left, the old guys around him have also left one by one, and now the only remaining Uncle Mazi is also leaving.

"San'er, how many days are left? Let me tell the Luo family to prepare the funeral arrangements in advance."

Li Hongbing raised his head and glanced at his father who was about to cry, "Why are you so excited? I didn't say Uncle Mazi was leaving, why are you so anxious?"

"!!!"

Dad was stunned on the spot, tears just rolling out of his eyes.

Shouldn't I kill this unfilial son now?

Anyway, there is Anna in Lao Li's family, and a stupid kid and a blind man are not considered unique.

"Don't do it. You didn't ask clearly. You don't care about my business." Li Hongbing noticed that the atmosphere was not right and immediately saved himself.

"Treat the patient quickly!"

For the sake of Shan Xing, who was about to pass away, Dad decided to let Niezi live a few more days.

"Didn't you bring a few wild ginseng? I'll give Uncle Mazi a needle first, and then let Luo Long stew it." Li Hongbing said as he took out a silver needle from the needle box, and suddenly looked up at his father, "Are you there? Being in the room affects my mood for acupuncture.”

"!!!"

Evil son!

Dad opened the door angrily and walked out.

Half an hour passed.

Li Hongbing walked out of the main room with a tired look. Jin Zi and the wolfhound were lying under the eaves, and there were a bunch of people standing in the yard. They wanted to come forward but didn't dare.

Seeing Li Hongbing appear, the Luo family asked questions in a hurry.

"Doctor Li, how is your uncle?"

"Doctor Li, is uncle okay?"

"Doctor Li, are your uncle feeling better?"

...

It feels like the Luo family is truly filial to Uncle Mazi.

Li Hongbing raised his hand and pressed it. The noise in the yard suddenly stopped, and he was faced with worried faces.

"Uncle Mazi is fine. I gave him an injection and revived his blood. He is asleep now."

"Who is that, Luo Long, right? This is the prescription I wrote. You take the medicine according to the prescription, and I also wrote the instructions on it."

"Okay!" Luo Long quickly took the prescription and held it in his hand as if it were a diluted treasure.

Li Hongbing nodded to his father, who came over carrying a bag.

"This is wild ginseng. Cut it into half an inch and cook it with the medicine every day. Eat the medicinal ginseng after you drink it."

Wild ginseng?
Luo Long has been doing business in the forest area all year round, selling wild medicinal materials in the forest area. He knows that wild ginseng is difficult to buy even if it is rich, and wild ginseng is not grown in the forest area.

I took the bag and found five three-inch-long ginseng inside. From the looks of it, I knew it was a serious wild ginseng.

You can't buy it without tens of thousands.

This favor is too great!

Luo Long fell to his knees on the ground, regretting his past behavior.

"Okay, man, there is gold under your knees. Don't kneel down. From now on, you will serve Uncle Mazi well. If you need anything, just call me."

Li Hongbing smiled, said hello to the Luo family, and declined the invitation to dinner.

Ride on the Black Wind and take the carriage, tiger and wolfdog with you.

Luo Long didn't stand up until Li Hongbing's back disappeared.

The Luo family nearby asked Luo Long curiously, who was the young man who treated his uncle?

Luo Long said with admiration.

Caogou Village, Li Hongbing!
(End of this chapter)