Druid's Country Retirement

I packed up my tools and put the yams into the bamboo basket.

The master and apprentice followed the mountain road and looked for the direction of the large army.

I heard various complaints coming from the forest in the distance.

"Li Hongqi, what did you pick? Chai Ge doesn't produce any powder, so you're digging it!"

"Who the hell knows it's Chai Ge? I think he looks like a ball."

"I think you're just a ball, a dog could get it in, and I'd have to dig for it for a long time."

"Stop arguing and bury it quickly so that the Red Soldier Brother will not laugh!"

"Yes, yes, bury it quickly."

Li Hongbing gave them a chance to clean up the aftermath, and rushed out of the bushes with a bamboo basket on his back. He saw Li Hongqi and others hurriedly filling the pit with shovels.

"Hey, more people means more power. I've dug up all the winter kudzu. Let me see if it's pink or not."

The scholar immediately turned his gun and pointed at Li Hongqi with a look of disgust, "Brother Hongbing, look at what he did. He patted his chest and said he found a pink kudzu, but it turned out to be a chai kudzu. It made us dig for a long time." .”

"You made a mistake. Who knew it was Chai Ge?" Li Hongqi looked unconvinced.

Li Hongbing smiled and couldn't bear to continue to attack them, "Okay, Chai Ge, Chai Ge, has been dug out. Why bury it? It can be used as medicinal materials."

"I'll just say it's useful!" Li Hongqi turned around and digged out the twisted and thick kudzu root from the pit, as if he was resurrected with full blood, and brought it to Li Hongbing.

Take out the sickle and make two diagonal cuts on the rhizome. The cut surface will be yellowish white with clean lines.

He threw the chopped dregs into his mouth and chewed it carefully. It had a faint sweet taste. Li Hongbing nodded.

It is considered an old Chai Ge, at least twenty years old.

It's good to take it back and use it as medicine.

"Xiao Wuzi, I'll leave it to you. I'll dig up the kudzu first!" Li Hongbing pointed to the kudzu on the ground and turned towards the woods.

Others quickly followed.

Li Hongbing didn't look back, and kept moving forward, muttering in his mouth.

"You need to have skills when digging kudzu. You must be able to find, see, and dig. Only with these three skills can your efforts be successful. To find kudzu vines, you have to look at the vines and soil to know how thick the roots are. There is a lot of scum and a lot of skinny roots, but there are many ways to do it here!!"

Li Hongqi and the others listened in a daze, feeling that Brother Hongbing knew a lot.

Not only can he farm, raise pigs, chickens, sheep, and animals, he can also dig kudzu.

They look more like rural people than those born and raised in rural areas.

The two brothers-in-law didn't understand it at all. Anyway, they went to the mountains to relax and unwind. It would be more perfect if there was no brother-in-law showing off.

"Master, what is pink kudzu?" Sun Lianqian asked cooperatively.

Li Hongbing stopped in front of a tree vine, reached out and touched the vine, then squatted down and pulled away the fallen leaves from the vine roots to check the condition of the vine roots. Finally, he picked up a handful of soil, put it between his nose and smelled it, and said firmly .

"This is a pink kudzu tree, dig it up!"

real or fake?

Everyone has a feeling that Brother Hongbing seems to be cheating.

"Brother, are you right?" Xiucai asked in a low voice.

Li Hongbing rolled his eyes and said, "I dug it wrong. When I go back, I will give you ten kilograms of black pork."

There is black pork to eat! !

So what are you waiting for? God bless, it will definitely be Chai Ge.

The unlucky foursome spit into the palms of their hands, grabbed their tools and started digging.

Digging kudzu is different from digging yams. You don’t need to be too careful. Anyway, after digging the kudzu and taking it home, it needs to be processed twice, and it will not be affected if it is damaged.

Li Hongbing was so relaxed that he found a slope to sit down and rest. He cut off a piece of the newly dug yam with a sickle, peeled off the skin, and exposed the white raw yam meat. When he ate it, the taste of wild yam was different, crispy and soft. sweet.

"San'er, is it delicious? Give me a bite!" After walking for a long time on the mountain road, the eldest brother-in-law was already thirsty. Seeing his brother-in-law eating with enthusiasm, he couldn't help but beg for it.

Li Hongbing tilted his head and glanced at him, "You can eat it, but I'm afraid you might be allergic after eating it."

Poisonous!

Hearing about the allergy, the eldest brother-in-law backed down.

Sudden.

The second brother-in-law reached out from the side and snatched half of the yam from the brother-in-law's hand. Without any warning, he ate it in two or three mouthfuls. After finishing the meal, he still had unfinished food and taunted the eldest brother-in-law.

"Boss, you are too honest. You believe whatever San'er says. He doesn't want you to eat it. He deliberately scares you. Why are you allergic to yam? Hongxia gave me yam juice, but I won't drink it!"

Li Hongbing secretly smiled, "You will cry later."

Then he stopped saying anything and stood up and walked to the pit where the unlucky foursome were digging kudzu. The top layer of floating soil had been dug up and the kudzu tubers had emerged.

Li Hongbing knew how big the kudzu root was under the soil. It weighed at least 60 kilograms. The amount of kudzu powder produced by the kudzu root was very low. Even if this kudzu root could produce 4 kilograms of kudzu powder, it would be a thank you to God.

"It's out!" Shengli cut off a piece of kudzu root with a sickle, tore off the outer skin and threw the kudzu root directly into his mouth, refusing to chew it. It was pink, glutinous and sweet, "Brother, old pink kudzu, there is a lot of powder."

"Let me try it!"

Others also took the kudzu root and put it in their mouths to chew. After eating, they admired Li Hongbing's eyes even more.

"You dig first, and I'll look for it later." Li Hongbing disagreed. He was a druid, and the forest was his base. A mere kudzu root was nothing.

Ouch!

At this moment, October, who was lazing in the grass, suddenly stood up and roared into a forest.

No matter how timid he was in October, he was still the king of the prairie and his roots were still there. In addition, Li Hongbing was still around, so he became a little bolder.

"Is there something?" Li Hongbing turned his head and followed October's gaze.

In a withered yellow forest, a few small heads popped up, looking over here.

The head is tapered and slightly triangular in shape, with a patch of black hair on the head and golden fur below the neck.

A smile appeared on Li Hongbing's lips.

It's you heartless little bastards.

It was because they smelled Dad's scent that those animals came from the forest. After confirming that they were correct, they immediately chirped and galloped towards this side. They ran up to him and nimbly moved along the trouser legs in threes and twos. He climbed down onto Li Hongbing's shoulders and arms, and used his mouth to make affectionate chirps.

But October showed his true colors, turned around and ran into the bushes to hide.

Li Hongbing clearly felt that they were a lot heavier, and each one was shiny and shiny, indicating that he had lived a very nourishing life in the mountains.

"You guys are getting fat! You ran away for so long without even saying to go home to see me. Xing'er's mother is very sad."

Tweet! !

I heard Myolie’s mother was sad.

Those little animals lowered their heads timidly, with expressions like those of children who have done something wrong.

"I don't blame you. Myolie's mother will be happy to see you healthy." Li Hongbing quickly comforted her.

The two brothers-in-law had seen these little animals and came over with surprised expressions on their faces, "Hey, this is not your honey dog, it has grown so big!"

Migouzi was not so polite to the two brothers-in-law. He pursed his lips, exposed his sharp fangs and made a threatening sound. "Dogs are bad dogs. They were fierce when they were young, but they are still so fierce when they grow up." The second brother-in-law stretched out his hand and quickly took it back. If he was bitten, he would have to get a rabies vaccine, which was not cost-effective.

Li Hongbing rolled his eyes and stroked Migouzi's shiny and smooth fur affectionately, "Ignore him. Will you go home with me later?"

Come back home?

The honeydogs raised their heads, their eyes shining with hope and reluctance.

Li Hongbing felt that they were trapped in a difficult choice between their nostalgia for the forest and their family.

But Li Hongbing was not angry, but happy for them.

Although they have no worries about food and clothing, staying in an old house will also make them lose their ability to survive in the natural environment. They are wild animals, not pets.

"Don't worry, just go home and see Xing'er's mother. Xing'er's mother has a baby. You will be brothers and sisters from now on. After that, you go back to the mountains."

Xing'er's mother has a baby?

When the beetles heard this, they all opened their eyes wide, let out sharp screams, jumped out of Li Hongbing's arms, and disappeared into the dense forest.

"Run away now, you white-eyed wolf!" The second brother-in-law was still worried about Mi Gouzi scaring him.

You know shit!

Li Hongbing was too lazy to follow him, so he picked up the hoe and continued to search for kudzu vines in the woods.

After walking around, I found a standard kudzu vine under a pine tree.

Kudzu is actually very ferocious. It is called strangler vine in the forest area. As long as it grows around a tree, it will grow up along the trunk of the tree. When it reaches the top of the tree, it will use the branches to grow leaves. Once the tree is entangled with kudzu, it will , the vine leaves block the sunlight, preventing the tree from absorbing oxygen and losing photosynthesis. The vine suckers absorb the overflow from the tree, and in the end the tree has no choice but to die.

The kudzu vine in front of me is as thick as a wrist, climbing up around the pine tree, wrapping around the curved parts, and even has striped protrusions like muscle tension, like a python entangled in the slowly squirming muscles of its prey.

Look at this pine tree again. It should be lush and green, but now its needles are withered and yellow. After a while, it may be entangled to death.

Li Hongbing glanced at the kudzu. The thick roots had branched out into many small rhizomes. Even if the kudzu root below was dug out, it would not be killed. It was just to help it lose weight.

After making the decision, pat the pine tree that has only one breath left.

"Forget it, let's save your life."

After that, he picked up the hoe and dug hard at the main root of the kudzu vine. After several strokes, the main vine was cut off.

Then he dug down along the roots of the main vine, with the hoe flying and soil splashing everywhere.

In terms of number of people, there are definitely more people in the group of four unlucky guys, but in terms of efficiency, four people cannot compare to one Li Hongbing.

Only a small part of it was dug out, but Li Hongbing had already dug out half of it and dug out the main root of kudzu root.

After a while, the second brother-in-law came over scratching his head and scratching his head. His face was covered with red dots, which looked quite scary.

"San'er, San'er, show me quickly, what's going on! It's so itchy."

Li Hongbing looked up and gloated and sneered, "I'm sorry, I said I wouldn't let you eat it, but you insist on eating it. You must be allergic now!!"

"Stop talking nonsense and treat me quickly. It's so itchy!" The second brother-in-law jumped around in anxiety.

"Go to Xiaowuzi, he knows how to treat it!"

After hearing this, the second brother-in-law turned around and ran away, returning to the place where he had just dug the kudzu root. Xiao Wuzi was handling the kudzu root.

"Martial nephew, San'er asked you to cure my itch. Please take a look quickly."

Xiao Wuzi raised his head and glanced at the face of his second brother-in-law. He stood up and walked into a patch of green grass. He brought back a lot of grass and found a slightly flat stone. He spread the grass on the stone and kept grinding it with a sickle. Grind until it becomes a green grass paste.

"Uncle Cui, just use this on your face. If it's itchy, just apply it wherever you go. It'll be fine in a while."

"Really?"

No matter how I looked at it, my second brother-in-law thought it was unreliable. Just finding some grass could cure allergies.

But believe it or not, the itch is real, and I don’t have the right to be picky now.

After thinking for a moment, he grabbed a handful of grass paste and applied it to the most itchy part of his face.

Needless to say, my face immediately felt cool after applying it.

It’s really useful!

The second brother-in-law used both hands to cover his entire face. Finally he looked at Xiao Wuzi and said sheepishly, "Nephew, please turn around."

Xiao Wuzi curled his lips, his expression was actually worthy of Li Hongbing's five points, and turned around to walk towards Chai Gegen.

Seeing that there was no one around, the second brother-in-law untied his belt guiltily, grabbed a handful of grass paste and stuffed it into his crotch. Suddenly the unbearable itch disappeared and turned into a refreshing cooling feeling.

"Master Nephew, what herbs did you use to achieve such good results?"

With his back to Uncle Cui, Xiaowuzi said without looking back, "Viola, also called Viola, has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxification, cooling blood, reducing swelling, eliminating carbuncles and dissipating knots. It can relieve itching, pain and other symptoms caused by allergies. "

Hey!

He is really good at understanding Chinese medicine.

You can find medicine for any disease.

Do you want your son to learn Chinese medicine from San'er? After learning the craft, he won't starve to death.

The second brother-in-law had just started to make a plan in his mind, but then the idea disappeared in the bud. The little king of hell at home was either playing with his mobile phone or computer all day long. If he was asked to study medicine, unless the ancestral grave was on fire, it would be an unquenchable fire.

After solving the allergy, the second brother-in-law frowned at the green face, deliberately made a detour, ran to the bushes behind the eldest brother-in-law, only half of his body was exposed, and reached out to pat the eldest brother-in-law on the shoulder.

A normal reaction is to turn around and look back when someone taps you on the shoulder.

The eldest brother-in-law did exactly that. He turned his head and saw a green human face emerging from the bushes, with blinking eyes.

In this big ravine, no one can look at it and no one can panic.

Ghost! !

The eldest brother-in-law shouted, rolled his eyelids, and fell softly to the ground.

Others raised their heads after hearing the sound and saw the green face in the woods. A group of them were also scared. They were all native mountain people. They had been exposed to stories about monsters in the mountains from the elders since they were young. However, they could not be taken seriously. After all, they said that there were people in the mountains. I have seen it, but no one can tell what the spirit looks like.

But the green face in front of him looked exactly like the monster the elders said.

Green face, black eyes, black hair, humanoid shape, specializes in absorbing men's yang energy.

Gotta get it! !

The unlucky four were so frightened that their teeth chattered. Sun Lianqian screamed in horror, turned around and ran away.

The second brother-in-law was confused. He just patted the boss on the shoulder, and why did he fall to the ground? The little grandson also made a fuss and ran away.

Just when he opened his mouth to explain, the grass juice entered his mouth, which was bitter and pungent. It immediately made the second brother-in-law feel nauseated. He vomited out the red and yellow pieces of corn paste and bacon he had eaten in the morning.

In the eyes of everyone, this scene instantly made the hairs on the body stand up. They were almost scared out of their wits. They grabbed everything they could throw and threw it at the mountain spirit.

After throwing away the things, he cried for his father and mother, and rolled and crawled towards Li Hongbing.

The second brother-in-law looked up and saw hoes, pickaxes, stones, and kudzu roots flying towards him.

He was also scared and ran away with his head in his hands.

October, who was lying on the grass slope, looked at the two gangs of two-legged beasts running around, with a look of contempt in his eyes.

Shame on you or not, you are even less courageous than yourself!

(End of this chapter)