Druid's Country Retirement

Chapter 431 Three Disciples
Fang Wanda and Jianjun helped carry the Eight Immortals table to the rice field.

Platefuls of delicacies with all kinds of colors, flavors and flavors were brought to the table, including a pot of spicy crayfish, which was oily and red, and just looking at it made your appetite whet your appetite.

In rural hospitality, the richer the meal, the more the host values ​​the guests.

Looking at the table full of dishes, Fang San couldn't help but smile on his face. The face given by Brother Li was enough, and the 50 sheep he gave were worth it.

"By the way, Heizi is still in the car. Jianjun, go and invite people in for dinner." Li Hongbing suddenly remembered that there was another person outside the yard.

Drinks were exchanged between glasses, and the host and guest enjoyed their meals. The third party was drinking so much that she was shaking her head and walking in a daze.

With drunken eyes, Li Hongbing held on to him and kept telling him that he would tell him next time he went to town that he would arrange a good meal.

Send Fang San away.

Li Hongbing told Fang Wanda to gather at the entrance of the village early in the morning and set off. He remembered that Li Ming was inspecting land in other villages, and immediately called Fang Wanda to arrange a meeting.

The next morning.

The visibility in the fog is much better than yesterday, at least I can see the road clearly.

Li Hongbing started the Delica, rolled down the window and shouted through the courtyard door, "Myolie, let's go, hurry up."

"coming!"

Shan Xing walked out of the courtyard calmly with the basket and closed the door, followed by Wolf Dog and Jin Zi.

Through the car window, Li Hongbing stuck his head out, looked at the animals at home and asked.

"Which of you is looking after the house wants to go out with me!"

Woohoo!

Dahua whimpered twice, shook her tail and backed away, saying that she wanted to stay at home. Sanhui, Xiaobai, and Jinzi were used to freedom and didn't like being squeezed into a narrow car and running around here and there.

Only Erhei swung his tail like a Hot Wheels, pulled the car door and whined.

"Okay, thank you for your hard work and look after the house!" Li Hongbing opened the car door and asked Shan Xing to sit in the passenger seat.

Erhei Ji slipped into the car and followed Shan Xing, squeezing Shan Xing behind him and lying on the dashboard howling excitedly.

"It interferes with my driving, get out of the back!" Li Hongbing grabbed Erhei's neck angrily, picked up his tail and threw him into the back row.

"Easy!" Shan Xing pushed Li Hongbing away in distress. Er Hei squatted in the back row and quickly put his head into Shan Xing's arms, whining aggrievedly, "Look, it hurts Er Hei!"

Pull it down!

Among the wolfdogs, they are the most shameless and have the thickest skin.

Li Hongbing curled his lips, picked up a white bun from the basket, broke it open and put a piece of fermented bean curd inside. He pressed and twisted it, put it in his mouth and ate it.

Tofu curd and white steamed buns are simply delicious.

Although its name is vulgar, it is ugly on the outside and beautiful on the inside. Those who love it are intoxicated, and those who hate it avoid it!
The car started, turned on the fog lights, and drove slowly to the entrance of the village. Fang Wanda and Jianjun had been waiting for a long time. It was very cold in the morning, and their backs were freezing.

"It's too late. Here are the steamed buns and pickles prepared by your sister-in-law. Please put them on your back!" After the two got in the car, Li Hongbing handed the basket to the back seat.

After taking the basket, the two of them quickly said thank you to Shan Xing, sister-in-law.

Li Hongbing was so angry that he called the two of them white-eyed wolves.

After leaving Caogou Village, the fog became heavier, too thick to melt away. Li Hongbing clenched the steering wheel with both hands and stared at the windshield with wide eyes.

Delica moved forward slowly, driving in a thick fog, like a mist deep in the clouds.

Fortunately, the modified configuration of this car is very good. The yellow fog lights have strong penetrating power and the visual visibility reaches about 30 meters.

The mountain road is sparsely populated and there are few cars and people. This distance is enough for Li Hongbing.

After driving down Chaotianyan Turn [-], Li Hongbing parked the car on the side of the road, and the three gentlemen got out of the car and smoked a relaxing cigarette.

As the sun rises, the fog under the mountain becomes lighter and lighter, and disappears without a trace as the mountain wind blows.

Looking back towards Tianyan, the thick white mist has not dissipated. The mountains are green and vast. The mist seems to cover them with a thick quilt, just like the white snow.

"It's better to be at home, beautiful!" Li Hongbing sighed with emotion.

Fang Wanda nodded in agreement, "Indeed, the sea of ​​mist and clouds are rising. This kind of scenery is rare to see in the city. It can be used as a selling point for Caogou Village tourism."

"It's so good. It's inconvenient to go out in heavy fog. My clothes are wet and my face is watery." Jianjun didn't understand what was so beautiful about breaking through the fog.

"You don't like it, as long as the city people like it!" Li Hongbing didn't bother to explain to him how obsessed the city people were with nature. Instead, he said to Wanda, "Take more photos and post them online to increase your popularity."

Finish smoking.

The three of them got in the car and continued to set off.

The first stop is Chashugou, where Li Ming is now discussing the contracting of land.

Chashugou is 45 miles away from Caogou Village. This is a mountain road. If you go in a straight line, it will definitely not be such a long distance due to terrain factors.

One side of the winding road in the mountainous area is built to spiral upward, which greatly reduces the climbing resistance.

Because the mountain itself is endless, it is almost impossible to get around it. If it is a separate mountain, it must be bypassed. The technology is not in place, so tunnels cannot be dug all the time.

In order to cross the mountain, in addition to building tunnels, we can only walk around the mountain. Building winding mountain roads is more cost-effective and technically difficult than building tunnels.

Tea Tree Valley.

There is a centuries-old tea tree at the entrance of the village. According to legend, the first generation of ancestors fled to the forest area with nothing but tea seeds from their hometown. After careful cultivation, only this one tree survived.

After hundreds of years, the old tea trees have sent away generations of Chashugou people and are still flourishing.

Early in the morning, before the roosters crow, the village chief Xu Xuedeng used the radio to call out all the villagers. Men, women, old and young, crowded at the entrance of the village, including Xu Haitao and Li Ming.

"Where are you? Call and ask." Xu Xuedeng was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot. He stood at the entrance of the village and walked around, stretching his neck to look into the distance from time to time.

Xu Haitao's face was full of helplessness. He and Li Ming persuaded him together last night. Doctor Li didn't like to make a show, so just do it as it should be, just don't fool people.

But the academic uncle didn't think so. He said that every time the town leaders went to the village to inspect their work, they liked to see the villagers standing at the village entrance to greet them. It looked respectable. A capable person like Village Chief Li must also like it.

Besides, don't hit the smiling person with your hand. If you have enough face, the land contracting matter will be easy to handle.

"Uncle, maybe Dr. Li hasn't gone out yet. How about we go home and wait? It's not too early for the uncles and aunts!"

Hearing his nephew's advice to him, Xu Xuedeng's face was unhappy, and he sighed inwardly, this kid is good at everything, but he just doesn't understand the character of the big shots, so why can't he trust the village to him in the future?

Then he bowed his hands to the young and old men in the village.

"Everyone, please keep on keeping on. Today is a critical time for our village to be prosperous. We don't want to let things slip."

The villagers at the entrance of the village waved their hands.

"Okay, academic qualifications, we know the importance."

"Yes, for the sake of the children, I must serve Li Nengren well no matter what I say today."

"Haitao, learn from your uncle, he is right. We old guys live one day at a time, you can't live a hard life like us."

Xu Haitao paused for a moment, looking at his uncles and uncles standing under the old tea tree with hunched backs and leaning on crutches. His eyes became moist from time to time, as if he understood the hard work of his academic uncle.

"Coming, coming! A car is coming!" Xiao Wuzi, lying on a pine tree not far away, waved his arms and shouted loudly.

"Here it comes! Come on, come on, start banging."

Xu Xueliang raised his hands excitedly and directed the village gongs, drums and yangko teams to move while turning his head to look towards the mountain road.

A van swayed towards the entrance of the village.

Li Hongbing saw a group of villagers standing at the entrance of the village from a distance, waving red ribbons that they were reluctant to take out during the New Year, and the sound of gongs and drums, and his face suddenly turned ugly.

The car just stopped.

Xu Xueliang quickly led the respected old man in the village to the car door, with an extremely sincere smile on his face.

"Welcome, welcome, welcome Village Chief Li to Chashugou to inspect the work." The momentum was so great!
Shan Xing and Jianjun in the car were dumbfounded. This scene was only done by Uncle Huaizhong when the mayor came to Caogou Village. It is possible that the people of Chashugou regarded Brother Hongbing as the mayor.

Fang Wanda was quite accustomed to this. Every time during an inspection, the local people would hold such meaningless welcome activities.

"Village Chief Xu, you picked me up like this and slapped me in the face. Please retreat immediately, otherwise I will turn around and leave immediately, and I will never come to Chashugou again."

Li Hongbing said coldly with a straight face.

This! !

Xu Xuedeng was confused because it was different from what he thought.

Next to him, Xu Haitao knew that Dr. Li had a straight-talking character. Even though he could always joke around, sometimes he would fall out whenever he wanted to, regardless of who you were.

He quickly turned around and ran to the Yangko team and the gong and drum team, waving his hands to ask the villagers to stop, disperse, and go back to their homes to find their mothers.

The little boy, whose clothes were stained with pine bark and pine needles, appeared out of nowhere and ran to Li Hongbing.

"Uncle Li, I will memorize all the medicine books you gave me!"

The appearance of Xiao Wuzi broke the awkward atmosphere, and Li Hongbing patted him on the head.

"The little hozen, now that the burn has healed, it ran to climb a tree."

"I'm fine, look." Xiao Wuzi lifted up his clothes.

The burnt and bloody body was not only healed now, but only a red scar remained on the skin, which looked like a birthmark.

Li Hongbing is still very confident in his medical skills.

"Do you know how to memorize medicine books?"

"I know how to recite it. If you don't believe me, Uncle Li can just ask." Xiao Wuzi raised his head.

"What is you?"

"The 120 kinds of medicines are the king. They are used to nourish life and respond to the sky. They are non-toxic and will not hurt people if they are taken in large amounts and for a long time. Those who want to lighten their body and replenish their qi, keep them from aging and prolong their life should read this Sutra."

"What is a minister?"

"The 120 kinds of traditional Chinese medicine are ministers. They mainly nourish the nature and respond to people. They are non-toxic and poisonous, so you should consider the appropriate ones. If you want to curb diseases and replenish the weak and weak, go to this classic."

Li Hongbing nodded happily and asked again.

"What is Bianqing?"

Xiaowuzi paused for a moment, "Bianqing, sweet and flat in taste. Mainly used for eye pain, brightening eyesight, falling, carbuncle, and metal wounds. It can break accumulation, detoxify, and benefit the spirit. Taking it for a long time can make you lighten your body and not grow old. Live in the valley. .”

"What are the six animals' hairy hoofs?"

"Six animal hairs and hoof nails have a salty taste. It is mainly used for ghost injection, poison poisoning, cold and heat, epilepsy, dysentery, epilepsy, and crazy walking. Camel hair is especially good."

Asked and answered, Xiaowuzi answered fluently.

Li Hongbing had a happy smile on his face, and it could be seen that Xiao Wuzi had truly memorized Shen Nong's Herbal Classic.

"Yes, I told Haitao that I will send you to Caogou Village to go to school and meet your two senior sisters by the way."

Meet senior sister.

I passed and I can become a disciple!
Xiaowuzi was stunned, then jumped up excitedly on the spot, shouting with joy.

Xu Xueli and all the elders in the village even looked at him with envy and emotion.

Xiaowuzi worshiped Village Chief Li as his master, and this time Xu Datou's family became prosperous.

Who is Village Chief Li?
The richest and most powerful person in the entire forest area, no one would dare to say no to him. If it were left in the past, he would be like a mountain eagle.

So congratulations came one after another.

"Little Wuzi, you must listen to Master from now on, otherwise if your uncle doesn't take care of you, I will take care of you too."

"Go back and tell your father to prepare six gifts quickly."

"What are you doing standing around? Why don't you hurry up and report to your father?"

what!Oh!
Xiaowuzi reacted, turned around and ran towards the village, leaving Li Hongbing, his master, behind.

"Wuzi, where are you going?" Xu Haitao, who was disbanding the greeting team, shouted in confusion when he saw his nephew running away like a rabbit.

"Stop shouting!" Xu Xueliang waved, "Village Chief Li said he would accept Xiaowuzi as his apprentice."

What!
Xu Haitao looked unbelieving.

Dr. Li did say that he would accept his nephew as his apprentice and gave him a medicine book, but he probably asked his nephew to quit when he saw the difficulties. How could Dr. Li's amazing medical skills be easily passed on to outsiders?

The ancestors left a rule that it should be passed down from male to female, and from within to outside.

But seeing my nephew holding the medicine book in his arms every day, going around the village looking for people to ask for help even though he didn't know how to read, and then going up the mountain to find medicine after asking questions, it felt like he was possessed, and I couldn't bear to tell him the truth.

But after hearing what the academic uncle said, Dr. Li really accepted Xiao Wuzi as his apprentice.

What kind of excitement, the hair all over my body exploded!
But I am still happy, the rules cannot be changed, and I need to receive a red envelope to become a disciple.

Xu Haitao secretly vowed that no matter how much money Doctor Li asked for, he would not answer a penny. Even if he sold the house, borrowed money, or begged for food, he would have to collect the apprenticeship fee.

"Doctor Li, do you think the apprenticeship fee is appropriate?"

Apprentice fee?
Li Hongbing was stunned.

I take on a disciple just for the money.

I'm not bragging, those with medical skills are not as rich as themselves, and those with money are not as good as themselves.

"What kind of money do you want to give? Lao Huangli's rules don't apply to me. Just keep everything simple."

for free!
This time it was Xu Haitao's turn to be stunned.

Xu Xueliang, who was standing nearby, saw the clue and knew that Village Chief Li was not the kind of person to follow the rules, so he quickly interjected.

"Haitao, Village Chief Li sincerely accepts Xiao Wuzi as his disciple. He doesn't pay attention to so many ways. Just prepare the six rites."

The so-called six rites are the six kinds of gifts that disciples give to their masters during the apprenticeship ceremony.

They are, celery, lotus seeds, red beans, red dates, longan, and lean pork strips.

Each gift means something different.

Celery means diligence, studiousness, and diligence.

The lotus seeds are bitter, which means painstaking education.

Red beans symbolize good luck.

Red dates mean early and early high school.

Longan symbolizes the completion of merit and virtue.

Dried lean pork strips express the disciple’s thoughts.

Accepting the six rites means that the master recognizes this disciple.

"Hey!" Xu Haitao nodded repeatedly.

After Xiao Wuzi interrupted, the villagers at the entrance of the village also dispersed. Li Hongbing was in a much better mood and forgot about Xu Xueliang's mobilization of troops.

He turned around and shouted into the car.

"Myolie, everyone get out of the car!"

(End of this chapter)