Druid's Country Retirement

Li Hongbing shook the water off his body and took the clothes from the scholar's hand.

"Why are you still standing there? Release the water immediately."

The old ladies in the village secretly regretted that after finally seeing the big guy, he put on his clothes so quickly. We haven't seen enough.

I really envy Shan Xing!

There is a useful man in the family, and there is smoke coming out of the ancestral grave.

The villagers by the weir and pond worked together to pull the iron chain, but it couldn't be pulled at first. It probably hadn't been moved for many years. The iron chain was rusty in the water. The villagers loosened the iron chain and tried harder, loosened it, and tried harder again. This repeated several times. The chain jerked up.

Wow!

I saw water gushing out of the gate channel on the other side of the pond and dam, rushing and roaring into the muddy ground like a wild horse.

"Oops, I forgot to block the net, Xiucai, come with me." Lao Gen held a pack of block nets and jumped down to the two sides of the Tangba Gate with his son. The father and son pulled the two ends of the block net to block the water channel, and the two people stood there as the huge water flow rushed them. Unable to stand still, the villagers on the pond hurriedly jumped down and several more people worked together to pull the barrier back.

"Hey, what a big fish!" Li Hongqi stretched his neck and saw a ten-pound grass carp struggling in the net.

Snapped!

Li Hongbing slapped him on the back of the head, "Did you ask me to catch fish?"

After being slapped, Li Hongqi was not angry. He jumped to the gate with a playful smile, grabbed the gills of the big grass carp, and pulled it out of the dragnet. "The fish is blocking the dragnet and it is difficult to drain. I will take it and put it in the ditch to raise it first." On."

Keep it!

Do you want to put it in your belly to raise it?

None of the villagers could see what he had planned, but now they have found out. They all stared at the waterway, wanting to see the water monkeys flushed out, but also afraid that the water monkeys would be flushed out.

In this dilemma, the water level in the weir pond dropped visibly to the naked eye, revealing dark mud, reed roots, lotus leaf poles, and fish and shrimp swimming around in panic.

The weir pond that had not been cleaned for 20 to 30 years finally showed its true appearance.

The silt is really thick.

Li Hongbing remembers seeing the clear weir pond in the village when he was a child. At that time, the weir pond was funnel-shaped, shallow on both sides and deep in the middle. The deepest part was estimated to be more than three meters deep. Now that the water has been drained, the bottom of the pond is flat.

"Uncle Hongbing, what should we do now?" Tie Zhu asked, holding a fork.

There was a thick layer of silt blocking the situation at the bottom of the pond, so Li Hongbing thought for a moment.

"Find a long bamboo pole and poke it into the mud. If there is something, it will definitely come out."

"it is good!"

Tiezhu called people back to the village to get bamboo poles.

Two people formed groups of more than ten meters long moso bamboos, surrounding the weir and pond in four directions, poking into the mud as they walked. After several rounds of walking, there was no movement, but a few large catfish came out.

how could be?

Hiding so deeply?

Li Hongbing fell into deep thought. He drained the water and poked it with a bamboo pole, but no water monkey came out. So he could only go down to the pond to clear out the mud.

at this time.

Dahua ran to her side with her younger brothers and sisters and gently bit her father's trouser leg.

"What, what did you find?" Li Hongbing asked curiously.

woo woo woo woo! !

Dahua whimpered softly, she did find a clue, but it was not a water monkey.

But someone familiar.

After hearing this, Li Hongbing narrowed his eyes and asked softly, "Are you sure it's them?"

Dahua nodded again.

"I know, let's go play!" Li Hongbing rewarded the four wolf dogs with some original power and stood up.

Uncle Lao Liang came over and said, "What does Dahua smell?"

"I didn't smell anything. It must have been washed away by the water." Li Hongbing didn't say much, looked at the pond and sighed, "There is no other way but to go down to the pond to clear the silt."

"How do we clean up so much mud? What if the water monkey hides in the mud?" Uncle Lao Liang also looked at the ten acres of weir pond.

"I'll go down and clear a place first, and you guys hand down the basket."

Li Hongbing picked up the shovel with dignity, jumped into the bottom of the pond, and swung the shovel to dig up the mud under his feet. The black mud exuded a fishy smell, which made his nose uncomfortable.

"Hand down the basket."

The villagers standing by the weir pond quickly put down the bamboo baskets. Li Hongbing shoveled the mud into the baskets. After it was full, he "pull it up and change the baskets."

As Li Hongbing worked hard, he quickly cleared two or three square meters of open space. When no water monkeys appeared, the villagers bravely jumped into the bottom of the pond and followed them to clear the silt.

Unknowingly, the dredging speed of the weir pond was accelerated. No water monkeys were found, but a lot of fish and shrimps were cleared out, as well as wild lotus roots. These are serious wild lotus roots. Although the lifespan of lotus roots is only about one year, it can last more than 1 years. Weirs and ponds have not been cleared in years, and the mud is full of nutrients. The lotus roots dug out are thick and strong.

"Hey, this lotus root is so strong."

"It's not that bad, the lotus root smell is so strong."

"Look at these shrimps. They are as thick as your finger. Four or five of them are enough to stir-fry a plate of vegetables."

"Look, I dug a fire head, my dear, it weighs seven or eight pounds!"

As the villagers shouted and yelled from time to time, they paid less attention to the water monkeys and focused entirely on catching fish, shrimps and digging lotus roots.

Tourists who were watching the excitement on the shore also came to the weir and pond to remind the villagers that there were fish and shrimps there.

Li Hongbing secretly smiled in his heart. He was so sleepy that he encountered a pillow. If water monkeys hadn't appeared, who would have thought of dredging the weir and pond.

The excavated silt is a good fertilizer and is very suitable for use as base fertilizer for various crops. When applied to the ground, it can improve the soil and promote the growth of crops.

If the silt is cleared out early, the yield of the vegetable field can reach a higher level.

As for the water monkeys.

Dahua has already smelled the smell, which was left by Fang Wanda and Sanpao.

Combined with the medicinal power of the ginseng wine I drank last night.

I had been tossing the apricots until dawn, not to mention the two people who were so angry and had nowhere to vent. After leaving the old house, they must have run to the weir pond to cool down with cold water. They found tourists running around in a panic, leaving traces in the mud. , As for the third leg, I don’t know which one of the two was injured.

Caogou Village Supply and Marketing Cooperative Supermarket.

Sanpao was busy loading the goods with his legs swaying like an old duck, frowning as he walked, as if he was in pain.

Chunmiao went home last night and went to bed. She didn't know about the scandalous things her man did in the middle of the night. When she woke up in the morning and saw the way he walked, she asked suspiciously.

"What's wrong with your legs?"

"I twisted my hip while sleeping last night." Sanpao explained with a grimace, leaving Chunmiao speechless.

I've heard that you can twist your neck or waist while sleeping, but I haven't heard that you can twist your neck or waist while sleeping. I've never heard that you can twist it until your hips. You can still sleep like a crotch. You must have done something bad last night.

Just as he was about to continue questioning, he used some means.

"Brother Pao, Brother Pao, it's not good!" Fang Wanda ran into the supermarket in a panic. Seeing Chunmiao there, she quickly changed her words, "Sister-in-law Chunmiao, what, monkeys are coming out of the pond at the entrance of the village, everyone is watching the excitement. Woolen cloth!"

Out of water monkey?

Chunmiao's eyes lit up after hearing this, and she hurried out without caring about her man twisting his hips.

Wait for people to go away.

Sanpao grinned and spread his legs and carefully sat down on the chair, indignantly, "The dog got in. You were too harsh. How could you use a lotus leaf pole to poke the bird? You were so cruel." "I'm not afraid, who are you?" I'll make you stand up and pounce on me!" Thinking of the scene last night, Fang Wanda was still a little frightened. She suddenly reacted, looked around and saw no one around, and whispered, "Brother Pao, we were photographed by tourists last night. "

What!

Sanpao stood up suddenly in fright, pulled the bird wound, grinned and screamed and fell heavily on the stool, then the bird wound was pressed, stood up with a scream, pulled the bird wound again, sat down and pressed the bird Injury, repeated.

The whole person almost collapsed!

Fang Wanda, who really couldn't stand it anymore, stepped forward to support Sanpao.

"Go away, don't come near me! Disgusting!!!" Sanpao's expression changed suddenly, he broke away from Kai Fang Wanda's help, bared his teeth and walked away for a few steps.

"Just stand there and say, don't come over!"

Fang Wanda showed an aggrieved and innocent expression, "Brother Pao, we were swimming in the pond last night and were photographed by tourists."

"I've said this, next sentence!" San Pao Dama Jin Dao leaned on the counter.

Fang Wanda looked worried, "The tourists took out the photos and showed them to the villagers. The villagers said they were water monkeys and they were releasing water into the weir pond to catch the water monkeys."

Sanpao quickly asked, "Did the photo capture your face?"

Fang Wanda thought for a moment and shook her head, "I haven't heard of that. It seems that we were only photographed from behind."

After hearing these words, Sanpao's heart dropped from his throat, and he cursed with a sigh of relief.

"Then you're just panicking. As long as it doesn't hit your face, it doesn't matter whether it's a water monkey or a mountain monkey, you won't admit it."

Having said that, Fang Wanda is still worried about what to do if someone recognizes her.

You have a family and children, but you are still a bachelor!

If word got out that she stayed up late at night and took a naked bath with a man in a pond, how would Lian Qian see herself, how would the people in the village see her, and how would she behave in the future?

"I"

Wanda was still a little hesitant when San Pao met, but in order to preserve her reputation, she tried her best to persuade in a kind tone.

"I'm a ball, listen to me, as long as you don't recognize it, you won't admit it."

"If word of this gets out, the rest of our lives will be over."

"If anyone asks you, just tell me that after drinking with Brother Hongbing last night, you went home and slept until dawn. Do you remember that?"

"Remember, I drank last night and slept until dawn!" Fang Wanda nodded and repeated.

Sanpao's face turned cold and he pointed at the door, "Why don't you leave quickly? We don't want to see each other for the next two days."

Fang Wanda walked to the door, turned around and looked at Sanbao's crotch, and asked cautiously, "What about that? Why don't you tell the village chief and ask him to come over and show you the birds!"

"roll!!!!"

As the sun gradually climbs to the top of the trees.

The crowd of onlookers gradually receded. What was originally a place to watch monkeys catching water is now a pond dredging up silt, and the stench is overwhelming.

The villagers in the weir pond dug out the silt and then used carts to pull it to the vegetable fields and dump it.

In less than three hours, half of the silt in the weir pond had been dug out, and the water monkey didn't even have a hair, not to mention its shadow.

The harvest is quite a lot.

A lot of wild lotus roots have been dug out, so at least every household in the village can get a little bit to taste.

The villagers chatted while working.

"Hey, do you think there are any water monkeys in this pond?"

"Who knows, my hands are sore from digging, and the dog can't even get a few handfuls."

"Could it be that he ran away overnight? I heard that the water monkey is afraid of Yang Qi. We have so many Yang Qi strong men, why don't we burn it to death?"

"I don't know if I can burn the water monkey to death, but I know that after tonight, your yang energy will be gone."

"What?"

"When Uncle Hong Bing took off his clothes just now, the eyes of the old women in the village almost popped out of their heads, and they won't kill you tonight."

"A dog entered it. Your mother-in-law also saw it. You can't run away tonight!"

"Don't talk about it. Uncle Hong Bing is really serious. If he grows up with me, he won't marry three wives."

"Hey, Guifeng, Dakui said he wants to marry the youngest of two."

I don't know who shouted something loudly, and the women standing by the pond laughed loudly. Sister Guifeng put her hands on her hips and glared at Dakui, "Okay, if you can survive tonight, you can find ten of them."

"Feng'er, listen to me!" Da Kui looked shocked, stammered and couldn't speak clearly. In desperation, he picked up the bamboo basket and threw it into the crowd.

The mud in the bamboo basket scattered in the air. Everyone fled like birds and beasts and hurriedly escaped. But there was no place to hide in the pond, and they could only watch the smelly mud spreading all over their bodies.

If you want to stink together, no one can run away.

Some villagers got up and threw mud at the people around them.

In an instant, mud was flying all over the sky. If you were not careful, you would be hit in the face, and if you were unlucky, it would be smashed directly into your mouth. Some people even aimed the mud at the laughing women standing by the weir and pond.

For a while, there was endless laughter and curses.

Li Hongbing climbed out of the pond with a look of disgust on his face, hid in a corner, took out his cigarette and started smoking happily.

"Village Chief." A villager covered in mud approached him.

"Your one?" Li Hongbing really didn't recognize who this was.

"It's me, Wanda!!" Fang Wanda raised his hand and wiped his face randomly, revealing his face, "I just came here and I don't know who pushed me into the weir pond."

"It's your kid!" Li Hongbing tilted his eyes and held a cigarette in his mouth. "It's your kid who attracted the water monkey."

"Village Chief." Fang Wanda panicked, remembering what Sanpao had told him not to admit even to death, he quickly shook his head and said, "I was drunk last night, so I slept until now. I just heard the villagers say that Yantang If something happens, I will rush here.”

"Not you?" Li Hongbing's eyes hid a smile.

Fang Wanda's head shook like a rattle, and mud particles flew everywhere, "It's really not me."

"As long as it's not you." Li Hongbing leaned back to avoid the mud spots, picked up the shovel and walked towards the weir pond. After taking a few steps, he suddenly turned around and asked, "Is Sanpao Bird still bleeding?"

While secretly rejoicing that she had escaped Li Hongbing's interrogation, Fang Wanda casually said, "It's okay, the bleeding stopped last night."

Before he finished speaking, he froze on the spot.

Ma De, why did the village chief not follow the routine and bring back a carbine?

Fang Wanda felt regretful in her heart.

"It's okay, just be careful next time." Li Hongbing saw through it without saying anything. He turned around with a smile and shouted, "It's almost done. Let's finish it early and go back to eat early."

It was not until noon that the weir pond was cleared.

There are no caves at the bottom of the pond as Uncle Liang mentioned. They are all long strips of bluestone, each of which weighs six to seven hundred kilograms. Moreover, each stone strip is hewn with mortise and tenon buckles at both ends, which is equivalent to the entire bottom of the pond being connected into one. , let alone the water monkey, even if the whole village went into battle, they couldn't move it.

The water monkey was not found and the villagers were very tired.

"Village chief, will lotus roots be planted in this pond in the future?" Chun Sheng felt that it was a pity to dredge up the mud.

Li Hongbing thought for a moment, it was really unsightly to see such a large pond bare, since there was still a thin layer of silt at the bottom of the pond, and he turned his attention to the wild lotus roots piled beside the weir and pond.

(End of this chapter)