Druid's Country Retirement

"Why aren't you here yet? What time is it?"

"If you prepare so much food and drink, Sister Cui won't let me go!"

Li Hongbing stood in the rice field and paced back and forth, looking up towards the courtyard gate from time to time and muttering in his mouth.

Under the old oak tree, the Li family sat around the fire pit. The smell of roasted sweet potatoes and roasted potatoes emitted from the blazing fire. The animals squatted, crawled or lay around.

"San'er, why are you wandering around there? Sit down and be honest." My mother shouted in disgust.

Li Hongbing walked back to the brazier and sat down. He used the tongs to dig out a roasted sweet potato from the ashes. He broke it open and handed it to Shan Xing, "We agreed to visit the old house at ten o'clock. What time is it already? Do you still have time?" Concept!”

After taking the sweet potato, Shan Xing broke it open and handed it to his mother. Then he smiled sweetly at his man and said, "Didn't I call you just now and said I was still in the vegetable field? What's the rush?"

Woohoo! !

Erhei suddenly ran into the courtyard walkway and let out a low growl, saying that the children were coming.

Li Hongbing stood up and walked quickly towards the courtyard gate with some excitement.

"I'm just here to visit. What's there to be happy about? When your father and I went back to the village, we never saw him being so interested." Mom curled her lips dissatisfied.

The two sisters beside the brazier snickered secretly, and Shan Xing hurriedly explained, "Mom, Brother Hongbing is the village chief now, so he must serve snacks."

"What a bullshit village chief, you're such a big official, you have nothing to worry about!" my mother scolded, but couldn't help but laugh.

"Little brothers, little sisters!"

"Our future is endless. Let's move forward hand in hand and always be prepared."

“Tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick.”

"Imperialists, landowners and warlords."

"Our spirit scares them, unite and be ready."

“Tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick.”

On the mountain road, the children, led by their teachers, lined up neatly and sang happy children's songs. The songs echoed in the blue sky and drifted towards the Li family's old house. Every child had a bright and warm smile on his face.

The middle door of the old house was wide open, and Li Hongbing stood in front of it, listening to the childhood songs and smiling as he waited for the children to arrive.

The research team walked to the open space in front of the old house.

Li Hongbing saw Anna in the team, Nannan, Tiedan, Rattou, Xiao Doan and other little troublemakers in the village, as well as Da Ya and several other children brought over from Qinglong Village.

Although it was not the first time for the three volunteer teachers from Wanwan to meet Li Hongbing, it was the first time for them to visit the Li family's old home.

I kept listening to the children bragging about how beautiful the Red Soldier's house was and how many animals there were, and I felt a little disapproving.

Not just the fat tiger with gold teeth, but also the monkey and disabled bear that Anna carries with her every day.

Houses in rural areas in China are old in addition to dirt. They look like the countryside in Wanwan, with a huge rice field in front of the door and a small river.

"You are here!" Li Hongbing greeted the team with a kind smile.

"Master."

"Mrs. Madam."

"Uncle."

"Dad!"

"Uncle!"

When the children in the research team saw Li Hongbing, they quickly greeted him obediently and blurted out various names.

"I was just delayed in the vegetable field for a while, and my uncle insisted on digging radishes for the children to eat." Sister Cui walked out of the team.

"It's okay, let's get started. Let's have lunch together. I got up early in the morning to prepare, just to entertain these little hozens." Li Hongbing pointed to the door with a smile.

"Wait first!"

Sister Cui turned around and faced the research team, "Today is the last stop for the research. I hope the students will abide by the rules. No touching or eating without permission. We must be polite and civilized. Do you hear that? ?”

"I know!" the children replied in unison.

"Okay, now Village Chief Li will show you around." Sister Cui nodded and handed the team over to Li Hongbing.

Being stared at by dozens of pairs of eyes made Li Hongbing somewhat uncomfortable. He coughed twice and took a step forward.

"Well, I have many animals at home. I will take you to the meadow first, and then to the house. Now follow me."

After saying that, Li Hongbing turned around and walked towards the grass slope, followed by the children who followed him.

Come to the meadow.

The animals have been waiting for a long time and stood there honestly.

Black Wind's horses, Bull Demon King's cattle, Black Horn's sheep, a group of fighting dogs led by One Ear, and animals rescued from the zoo, peacocks, sika deer, camels, even hiding in haystacks for shelter The cold crocodiles are also crawling out.

The three supporting teachers from Wanwan were dumbfounded.

I originally thought I was going to take the children to see farmed animals such as pigs, sheep, and cows, but Village Chief Li directly brought out so many wild animals, not just sika deer and peacocks, but also several crocodiles.

Uncle God! !

Isn’t it so profitable?

The children sat on the grass, and Li Hongbing began to introduce the first animal. He first walked to the horses and raised his hand to stroke Hei Feng's shiny mane.

"This is Black Wind. You have all seen it. I rescued it from the cattle and horse market. At that time, the cattle dealer was planning to kill it for meat."

Hearing the past events, Hei Feng's big eyes flashed with gratitude, and he shook his head and purred affectionately.

"Heifeng is so fierce. He won't let me ride and even scares me!" Tiedan quickly raised his hand. He loves and hates Heifeng. He loves its power and domineering. As a loyal fan of the three famous classics, he is very interested in it. The obsession of riding a horse to fight is always ranked first, and being able to ride the black wind is the second obsession.

Unfortunately, Heifeng has an arrogant temperament, and there are only two people who can ride in Caogou Village, one is Li Hongbing and the other is Shan Xing, and even Anna is not qualified.

Whoops! !

Hearing Tiedan's accusation, Heifeng turned around and immediately snorted angrily.

It turned out to be you little bastard.

If he dared to throw the beetle at him, he would have been kicked away by a hoof if he hadn't looked at him as a child.

Li Hongbing quickly stroked Hei Feng's head, turned around and glared at Tiedan fiercely, "Shut up, I didn't deal with you when I lost the beetle last time."

Ruined.

How did the master know? There was no one around one day!

Tiedan shrank his neck and quickly sat down feeling guilty.

"Who has a problem?" Li Hongbing looked at the children.

brush!

Little hands are raised up, like dense corn stalks in the corn field.

"Little one, tell me!" Li Hongbing casually clicked on a child.

Suck!

The little boy stood up and sucked back the snot that came out of his nose. He looked anxious and said, "Master, I need to pee."

"Go over there!!" Li Hongbing prepared various answers in advance, but he didn't expect to get a question that was completely wrong. He pointed angrily at the haystack not far away.

coax!

The children burst into laughter.

"Master, can we ride horses?" A child asked a question that everyone wanted to ask.

Likewise, the eyes of the three supporting female teachers shone brightly, waiting expectantly for the answer.

If the kids can ride, you can ride too!

Ride a horse! !

Awesome to say! !

Want to ride a horse?

Li Hongbing turned to look at the horses. He had always ridden bareback, and there were only a few adult saddles in the barn, so children could not use them.

Seeing Li Hongbing's hesitation, the other children knew there was something going on, so they quickly acted coquettishly, boasted and flattered.

"Master, let's ride a horse. I've never ridden a horse before!"

"Uncle, you are the best, let's just ride for a while, okay?"

"Uncle, my daughter also wants to ride a horse." Faced with the children's request, Li Hongbing still softened his heart, nodded and said, "I can only ride for a short time."

Oh oh! ! !

The children immediately burst into cheers.

"Listen to the lecture first, and then we invite the Bull Demon King to appear." Li Hongbing raised his hand and pressed it, inviting the Bull Demon King to appear.

The Bull Demon King led his family to the children with steady steps.

Nourished by the power of its origin, it lives up to its name as the Bull Demon King. Its body is tall and mighty, its muscles are tightly knitted, and every muscle is full of power, as if it can knock down all obstacles.

Especially face to face at close range.

It has a huge bull head, two horns that are hard and sharp, shining with a dark luster like a knife. Its limbs are thick, supporting its huge body, and it exudes an unstoppable momentum when walking.

Wow! ! !

The children all let out a chorus of praise.

Although buffaloes are not rare in rural areas, the one in my grandfather's house is really big. The mangy man stood up secretly, ran to the Bull Demon King, checked his height, and ran back to the team in fear.

Li Hongbing pretended not to see it and patted the Bull Demon King's horns.

"It's called the Bull Demon King, and it's a native buffalo in our forest area. There were no cars before, and it was still transporting heavy objects when plowing the fields. The buffalo is the best helper for our farmers."

"This is his son, called Niu Xiaozi. He was born this year. He will be as big as his father."

Moo!

Niu Dauzi ran out of the team and gave a soft cry to the children.

"Master, is the calf male or female?"

Male or female?

This question is so tricky.

When Li Hongbing was asked, he turned to look at Niu Duzi, his eyes wandering between its legs. He was so scared that Niu Duzi ran back to his mother, causing the children to laugh again, and Li Hongbing's eyes widened.

"This is not important. I asked you to look at the cows. What do you think of the male and female?"

"Okay, let Black Corner appear next."

When Heijiao heard his master calling him, he walked out with his head held high and his steps proud.

He is nearly two meters long and more than one meter tall. His long gray hair hangs down naturally, and he has two large spiral-shaped black horns on his head, exuding an aura of arrogance and nobility.

Black Horn appeared a few times when he first came to the village. Later, after the meadow had a flock of sheep, he didn't go out much, focusing on killing the ewes and spreading their branches.

Its appearance made the children burst into wonder.

I have seen horses and cows before, but this is the first time I have seen a sheep that looks like this.

Especially the three female teachers from Wanwan looked ignorant and kept taking pictures with their mobile phones.

Li Hongbing asked Heijiao to walk in front of the children.

"It's called Black Horn, and I rescued it from the cattle and horse market. Does any of you know what kind of sheep it is? There will be a prize for correct answers."

"sheep!"

"goat!"

"Hybrids!"

"Kebab!"

The first answer was fairly trivial, but in the end, talking about mutton skewers was too much. Li Hongbing found out that it was Anna who said it, and gave him a killing look.

"It's all wrong. To be precise, Blackhorn is an argali."

"Master, what is Panshan? I've never heard of it." Tiedan asked loudly.

You’re right if you haven’t heard of it!

Li Hongbing was too lazy to talk to him and introduced while recalling the information he had checked in advance.

"Argali sheep are animals of the genus Argali in the family Bovidae, order Artiodactyla. They are also known as bighorn sheep, big-headed sheep, big-headed sheep, flat sheep, and panjiaozi. They are mainly distributed in Xinjiang Province, Qinghai Province, Gansu Province, Tibet Province, Sichuan Province and Mongolia. Provincial areas.”

"It is the king of the mountains and can challenge a leopard." At this point, Li Hongbing saw a child tugging at the black-horned wool and immediately changed the subject, "By the way, it is also a national second-level protected animal. I will arrest you and put you in jail!!”

what! !

Niu Wazi looked at the few wools in his hand, his face turned pale with fright, and tears burst out from his eyes.

"I don't want to go to jail!"

"Master, I don't want to go to jail, I haven't married yet!"

Just a random scare, who would have made me cry?

Li Hongbing quickly made amends, "Stop crying, throw away the wool quickly, we didn't see anything, and you are not allowed to betray Niu Wazi, do you hear that?"

The other children nodded.

Sister Cui next to me rolled her eyes.

The dignified village chief used such despicable means to scare a child.

Still shameless.

Feeling the disdainful gaze from Sister Cui, Li Hongbing hastily ended Black Horn's introduction and let the animals in the zoo appear.

Peacocks, sika deer, camels, and crocodiles crawled over.

"These animals need no introduction. You all know them. They all come from the city zoo. They were rescued by the police uncle and brought to me because they were abused."

"If you have any questions, ask immediately. After riding the horse, we will go home for dinner."

Without waiting for the child to ask questions, the petite teacher Zhang quickly raised his hand and said, "Village Chief Li, I have a question. Crocodiles are tropical animals. How do they survive the winter in Caogou Village?"

Forehead!

Li Hongbing was stunned for a moment, thinking about how to answer this question.

Could it be telling her that the crocodile has been enhanced by the power of the source and is no longer afraid of winter?

Nonsense! !

"Teacher Zhang's question is a good one. Let's put it this way. My house has heating. In winter, crocodiles will crawl into my house to spend the winter."

So that's the case.

Teacher Zhang nodded believing it was true.

"Village Chief Li is so caring. In order to raise crocodiles, he even installed a heater in his home."

Li Hongbing did not want to continue discussing this topic and looked at the children with excited expressions.

"Any questions? If not, let's start riding!"

"No more!" The children have already begun to let themselves go, so there is still a problem.

Li Hongbing turned around and called Hei Feng, pointed at the children and said, "Let your little brothers come out and move around. Take the children to walk around in a circle and walk slowly."

Bah! !

Heifeng shook his head and let out a long, low hiss.

The horses came to the children obediently, but the height difference was too big, and the children couldn't get on the horses at all.

Just as Li Hongbing was about to help.

The black wind roared again.

The horses knelt down one by one. Anna was brave enough to climb on the horse's back first. Then the horse stood up with a grunt and walked slowly towards the meadow.

Seeing this, the other children quickly picked their favorite horses, climbed on their backs, got up and left.

There were more than 30 children and more than 20 horses. The quick ones got on the horses and rode away. The slow ones could only look at Li Hongbing helplessly.

"Master, I want to ride a horse!!"

Li Hongbing suddenly had a big headache, he only has so many horses, who will let you mess around? When he saw the Bull Demon King, his eyes lit up.

"There is no horse, so why not ride a bull?"

The remaining children were disappointed because they didn't get the horse, but when their uncle said they could ride a bull, they suddenly became excited again.

"I want to ride the Bull Demon King!!"

(End of this chapter)