Druid's Country Retirement

Chapter 430 Face
There was a heavy rain last night, and flash floods poured into the meadows from the mountains and merged into the streams and rivers, causing the rivers to swell.

However, compared with the rainy season in the previous few months, this heavy rain had little impact on the meadow. It also made the river surface wider and did not flood the meadow.

The sudden accumulation of water caused many small puddles to appear in the meadow, as well as large bulges formed after the rain swollen the turf. Looking around, you can see that the bulges are densely packed and extend towards the banks of the stream.

"Come on, daddy will take you to play on the trampoline."

Brother Da Lang smirked and took the lead in running towards a bulging bag. He stood on it and jumped up and down like he was stepping on a spring bed.

interesting!
The dandy young men's eyes lit up and they all looked for their favorite idiot.

Li Hongbing could see that Brother Dalang wanted to deliberately punish these people and make them look bad, so there was no need for him to be a good person and stop him.

Seeing Ma Liu pick out the biggest bulge, he jumped and pounced on it from a distance of 2 meters.

next moment.

There was just a pop, the bulge exploded violently, water splashed everywhere, and Ma Liu screamed and disappeared.

Others were also attacked one after another, either stepping on the bulge or crushing it. They were all like drowned rats, spraying all kinds of Chinese quintessence towards Brother Dalang.

Hey!
Brother Da Lang snickered, looked left and right, squatted down and picked up a crayfish in the grass to divert his anger.

"Stop scolding, hurry up and pick up crayfish, they've all been suppressed by the rain!"

as predicted.

The attention of these dudes was instantly drawn to picking up lobsters.

"Hey, there are indeed a lot of them, more than twice as big as the crayfish I ate in Mingzhu City." Ma Liu caught a green-shell crayfish from the grass.

"The shrimp you are eating are artificially cultured shrimps, which are comparable to wild shrimps."

Brother Dalang gave Li Hongbing to Ma Liu, who had given it to him with contempt, word for word, and turned the crayfish over with its claws and teeth, pointing at the transparent tail.

"Look at the rusty shell. Only wild shrimps have this color. Look at the belly and claws. They are white and neat. They are clean water shrimps."

wow wow!

The dandies all looked at Brother Da Lang with admiration. They didn’t expect that Brother Da Lang, besides eating, drinking, having fun and picking up girls, he also researched crayfish.

Li Hongbing suppressed his laughter and couldn't bear to see them acting like monsters, so he urged.

"Hurry up and catch the shrimps. When the water recedes in the meadow, the crayfish will crawl back into their holes."

"Yes, yes, catch shrimp, catch shrimp!"

Brother Dalang was afraid that if these gangsters asked weird questions again, he would be betrayed, so he quickly called for people to catch shrimps.

The closer you go to the stream, the more frequently crayfish appear. Affected by the intrusion of rain, the water will be deprived of oxygen. The crayfish will leave their caves one after another, either climbing ashore or climbing onto grass stems.

This group of dudes from big cities had never seen such a scene before. They were all like having a mental attack, shouting and mopping up the meadow.

soon.

The buckets brought by each person were filled with more than half a bucket of crayfish.

There is no way, there are too many crayfish, scattered everywhere on the meadow and riverside, just have hands, it's just like picking them up.

Watching everyone walking further and further on the meadow.

I'm worried that the blind dandy will fall into the blisters.

Taking advantage of Dalang's fear of snakes, Li Hongbing deliberately reminded loudly, "Be careful there are snakes in the grass!"

The voice just fell.

Brother Dalang ran back to Li Hongbing in a panic, as if he was electrocuted, and looked around nervously, "There's a snake there, there's a snake there!"

"There are no snakes. Do you want eels? Wild eels are available!" Li Hongbing turned his head. Dalang brother filled the bucket with large crayfish and grabbed it without saying a word. "I gave this bucket of shrimps to you, Shan Xingai." eat."

"You bandit!"

Brother Dalang looked at the bucket unwillingly. He picked the largest crayfish from other people's buckets. It took him a long time to let Li Hongbing take them all away.

"Hey, your sister wants to eat some shrimps, don't you want to!" Li Hongbing's eyes widened, and Brother Dalang immediately waved his hands and laughed sarcastically, "As long as Xing'er likes to eat, if it's enough, I'll go to Hou San's to grab some."

Li Hongbing was about to roll his eyes when his cell phone suddenly rang.

I took it out and saw that it was Brother Fang calling.

Because the pigs and sheep that I should have bought have arrived.

After being connected, it was indeed correct, and the hearty voice of Brother Fang came from the receiver.

"Brother Red Soldier, are you at home? My brother is sending you some livestock. He will be at the mountain road at the entrance of the village soon."

"At home, if there are enough animals, the third brother will deliver them personally. I will come out to pick you up!"

The two exchanged pleasantries on the phone. After hanging up, Li Hongbing looked at Brother Dalang and said, "Catch the shrimps yourself. Don't go far away. After you catch them, go to the canteen and let Master Su cook them for you. I'll go to work!"

Immersed in the heartache of losing the crayfish, Brother Dalang waved his hand lonely.

Virtue!

Not just to eat a few of your crayfish.

He looked like he was going to die.

Carrying the bucket, Li Hongbing happily walked back to his old house, handed the crayfish to Shan Xing, and went out to welcome his third brother.

Not much time.

A mighty convoy drove to the door of the old house. This time, shotguns were replaced with cannons. All the vans were filled with livestock. For a while, the door of the old house was filled with the sounds of pigs and sheep.

The third brother came down from the passenger seat of the first car with a friendly smile on his face and said before Li Hongbing could speak.

"Brother, on your wedding day, I went to Mongolia to look after the cattle. If I couldn't come back, my brother would have to make amends."

Apology to the third brother.

Li Hongbing didn't take it to heart at all. Originally, he didn't plan to have a big wedding this time. It was his mother who insisted on making things bigger.

"It's not a big deal. Third brother is out. Don't leave at noon. Let's have a drink together!"

"Okay! I'm sure to drink this wedding wine." Brother Fang smiled and nodded in agreement, "We're short of time, so I'll let the guy put the animals down in the car first. Don't worry, I personally picked these pigs and sheep one by one. All of them have been posted with autumn fat."

After saying that, he quickly turned around and started arranging people to unload the goods.

Woohoo!

The wolf dogs sprang out from the fruit forest and ran to Li Hongbing.

"Hey, brother, Dahua has grown up again!" Fang San has seen the power of wolf dogs.

At the same time, I also secretly regretted that I had been in the livestock business for half my life, and I had traveled all over the world, but I had never met such a good dog.

As the pigs and sheep were unloaded from the carriage, chaos reigned in the open space, with pigs snorting and sheep barking in confusion.

These pigs and sheep were provided as spare meat for the B&B courtyard. Li Hongbing had no intention of using the precious original power on them. Besides, the meadow weeds contained the original power, and eating more of them could improve the quality of the meat.

There are bathing fish, bathing crabs, and bathing vegetables on the market, and there are also bathing pigs and bathing sheep in Caogou Village.

"Da Hua, drive them to the meadow and let Black Horn take care of them." Li Hongbing patted Da Hua on the head.

Woohoo!

Four wolf dogs rushed toward the livestock.Suppressed by the bloodline, the pigs and sheep huddled together in fear. The wolves and dogs surrounded the livestock from four directions, and the low roars frightened the pigs and sheep to tremble.

Dahua suddenly made an opening, and the pigs and sheep seemed to have found an escape route and ran out of the gap. Dahua followed closely, controlling the pigs and sheep's escape route, while the other three wolves and dogs drove behind.

Just like that, the pigs and sheep, under the control of the wolves and dogs, ran into the barn honestly.

Black Horn noticed that new members of the same species appeared, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet them. He didn't smell the original power on them, and ran away in disgust.

When all the pigs and sheep entered the pen, Brother Fang was full of praise for the expressions of the wolves and dogs, and the envy in his eyes almost overflowed from his eyes.

"Brother, there are 250 sheep and 50 pigs in this batch. Have you prepared any feed? It will be difficult to pull feed if the mountains are blocked by heavy snow."

250 sheep and 50 pigs!

Li Hongbing was stunned for a moment. He didn't buy 200 sheep, so why did he buy 50 more sheep?

Seeing Li Hongbing's puzzled expression, Brother Fang smiled and explained, "It's not that I didn't catch up with your wedding. The extra 50 sheep are considered a gift. You can't refuse it. If you don't accept it, you'll slap me in the face."

Rural people take face very seriously, which can be seen in the pomp and ceremony of weddings and weddings.

If there is a wedding or wedding at home, and everyone invites the theatrical troupe and gongs and drums troupe, your family will be embarrassed if you don't invite them. Therefore, in order to compete for face, the villagers will fight against each other.

Especially when the two families come together, if your family invites a theater troupe, I will add a singing group. Whichever family has more people and a bigger scene will have more dignity, and they will compete even if they borrow money.

The more banquets a family has to entertain, the stronger the family's social activity ability, the more resources it can mobilize, and the stronger the village's status and strength.

In the early years, there were countless conflicts over faces. There were also incidents where people were killed because of conflicts between fathers and sons, sisters-in-law, neighbors, and relatives.

Ever since he returned to the village, his relationship with Third Brother Fang has always been good, and Li Hongbing didn't want to lose Third Brother's face because of a few sheep.

"Okay, thank you, Brother Fang."

Brother Fang suddenly smiled like a flower, and said to the man unloading the goods, "You go back to town first, add 20 yuan each, and Heizi will leave a car and take me back in the afternoon."

The unloading guys were all smiles. In addition to the negotiated unloading fee, they could earn an extra 20 yuan.

After seeing off the motorcade, Li Hongbing took Brother Fang into the old house.

"Brother, your yard is nice. I've been here a few times, but this is the first time I've entered it."

"Third brother, you are slapping me in the face. It's like I won't let you in. You must have two drinks at noon."

"You kid, I just said this casually, who doesn't know the name of your wine tycoon?"

The two walked into the rice field talking and laughing.

When Shan Xing saw the guest, he quickly put down the crayfish in his hand, stood up, wiped his hands on his apron, and came forward to greet them.

When Brother Fang saw Shan Xing, his eyes lit up and he seemed more beautiful than before.

"Sister, you are growing more and more beautiful, just like a fairy in the sky. My brother is so lucky."

Hearing that she was praised as a fairy, Shan Xing's eyes narrowed into crescent moons with joy.

"Third brother, it's what you said. Sit down quickly and I'll get some water."

"Come on, third brother, let's go sit over there." Li Hongbing took Fang San to sit under the old oak tree. He also called Fang Wanda and Jianjun and asked them to come to the old house to meet a friend.

Every session.

I brewed two cups of orchid and Longjing tea in mountain apricots and brought them over.

"Third brother, have a sip of tea first, I'll go cook."

"If you're not busy, just fry some shredded potatoes and some fried peanuts. I'm not particular about eating." Fang San quickly stood up to dissuade him.

"Third brother, sit down quickly. You can eat shredded potatoes and peanuts when you come to my house." Li Hongbing smiled and pulled Fang San back to the chair, pointing to the teacup, "Try it, this is the tea tree I planted and the tea leaves I roasted myself. .”

"My brother can also make tea!"

Fang San said politely, but he traveled all over the world and drank tea with customers. He didn't know much about tea, but he also knew the quality of tea.

Picking up the teacup, a rich orchid fragrance hits your nose. The taste is fragrant and mellow, and your taste buds feel silky.

Good tea!

Top notch tea!

Fang San carefully drank in small sips, drinking too fast for fear that he would never be able to drink again.

"Third brother, don't worry, I'll give you a pack when you leave!" Li Hongbing looked amused and said boldly.

Fang San was overjoyed, "Really?"

"True than gold!"

Li Hongbing smiled and nodded. This Orchid Longjing flower is very precious to outsiders, but it is nothing in the Li family's old house. The tea trees in the mountain col in the backyard are cultivated by the original power, and buds will grow every day, and there is no end to picking them.

Usually she would pick some tea leaves to fry tea, but most of the time, Shanxing would help pick them. Even these tea leaves were fried by her, and her level was no worse than hers.

Over time, my family has accumulated a lot of orchid and Longjing flowers.

I can't finish it by myself, and if I keep it at home for a long time, it won't taste that good, so I might as well give it out as a gift.

The two were chatting and laughing, and Fang Wanda and Jianjun walked into the rice field.

Li Hongbing asked them to sit down and introduced both parties.

"You two are here. Let me introduce you to Brother Fang, the largest livestock merchant in the forest area. I will ask him to help me find merchants for this big gathering."

"Third brother, this is Fang Wanda who is responsible for the operation of Caogou Village, but the top student I hired with a lot of money, this is Jianjun, who is responsible for the affairs of the village. They are the ones in charge of organizing this big gathering."

"Call me Third Brother to show you are close to me." Fang San stood up and shook hands with Fang Wanda.

After getting to know each other.

A few people started chatting about the big gathering.

After receiving the call, Fang San helped convene people and determined that more than ten businesses were ready to participate, while the rest were still waiting to see.

After all, for so many years, only Songbai Town has been able to hold a large market, and every village and village is accustomed to going to Songbai Town to attend the market.Now, suddenly there is a large market in Caogou Village. The mountains are high and the roads are far away. People eat horses and chew them. If you can't make money, you may have to lose money.

Hearing that not many businesses were willing to come, Fang Wanda was already mentally prepared.

"If there are fewer businesses, there will be fewer. I can guarantee that there will be 3000 tourists. Plus our own villagers should be able to host this big fair."

Li Hongbing frowned and looked at Fang Wanda, "Tomorrow you are not planning to go to various villages to recruit people. I will go with you. You don't have to be a merchant to go to the market. Villagers can also get some mountain products and local specialties. Tourists are also willing to buy them. "

Hearing what Li Hongbing said, Fang San felt even more sorry. It was rare for people to ask for help from him, but in the end, he didn't ask for help. Where could he put his face?

"Brother, there are still a few days before the big market. Don't worry. I promise to get you 50 merchants. Otherwise, you won't have to call Fangsan's name in the forest in the future."

"I can't hold it anymore, Third Brother, I'm pressing the cow's head so hard that I won't drink any water."

Li Hongbing smiled and waved his hand.

The more this happened, the more regretful Fang San felt and was about to say something earlier.

Shan Xing walked out of the kitchen.

"Brother, get ready to eat!"

(End of this chapter)