Druid's Country Retirement

After the start-up meal, the construction team entered the yard. Two small excavators drove into the yard, dug holes according to the designated positions, and moved various construction materials, including bluestone and cement, into the yard.

When the ground was broken for the brother-in-law's house, Li Hongbing was too embarrassed not to work, so he stood aside with his father and helped with instructions.

The pond covers an area of ​​300 square meters, is 1 meters deep, and contains nearly 5 square meters of soil.

The two excavators took turns working, and the excavated soil was not wasted. It was piled nearby in the vegetable garden on the right. When the time comes, a stone platform will be built for the eldest sister to plant flowers, grass and fruit trees.

Two hours passed.

The prototype of a pond is beginning to appear in the yard.

At this time, a villager who was sweating profusely ran into the yard and shouted, "Whose car is the car outside? Please give way."

The voice sounded familiar.

Li Hongbing looked up and saw that it was indeed Lu Dayou who had brought the peach tree over so quickly.

"Dayou!!"

When he heard someone calling him, Lu Dayou turned around and saw Dr. Li squatting in the corner waving to him, with a happy expression on his face, and walked up quickly.

"Doctor Li, the peach trees have been delivered. They are all 20-year-old stumps. No matter how old they are, it is difficult to find them. They will either be infested with insects or have rotten roots."

Peach trees have a short lifespan, usually about 20 years. In a certain year, they will develop gums and insects. As long as they last, the insects will rot from the trunk first, and the tree will not live long.

Especially wild peach trees growing in the wild are rare and rare to be able to grow to 20 years old.

Li Hongbing smiled and nodded, "Let's go and have a look!"

"San'er, why did you buy the peach tree?" Dad asked gossiping.

"Ou was angry when he said there were shortcomings in the house, so I asked him to buy a few peach trees and plant them in the yard."

Li Hongbing gave a vague reason and walked out of the eldest brother-in-law's yard with Lu Dayou.

At this time, the truck blocked in the middle of the road had already driven away. A bouncing truck suddenly emitted black smoke. Lu Dayou stood in front of Ouyang Hua's house and waved the car over.

"Doctor Li, there are four trees in total. I personally picked them from the mountain. They are absolutely upright and don't even have insect holes. I charge 500 yuan per tree. Do you think it's suitable?"

A 20-year-old wild peach tree in good condition sells for 500 yuan? ?

You are right!

Li Hongbing looked at Lu Dayou in surprise. The latter felt uncomfortable and felt guilty.

"Doctor Li, is the price too high? If it doesn't work, I won't take my share. There are five of us digging trees. We agreed that each tree will cost 100 yuan per person, and we will pay some hard work."

What an honest man!

Li Hongbing couldn't say anything. Anyway, 500 yuan a tree would definitely not work. My appearance fee is more than that.

"When you enter the house, don't make a price first. Let Lao Ou negotiate the price himself. It's 500 yuan a tree. It's free for him. He wants to eat shit."

The bouncing car spewed black smoke and drove to the front of the courtyard.

The carriage board was put down, and four dark-skinned farm men stood in the carriage. When they saw Li Hongbing, they greeted him familiarly. They had met during a field trip to Taohuagou a few days ago.

Li Hongbing came to the carriage. Four peach trees with a diameter of more than 20 centimeters were lying on the carriage floor. The trunks were thick and mottled, and the bark was rough and full of wrinkles, as if they were lines left by time.

The crown of the tree is broad and huge, and the branches are intricately stretched. Fortunately, in this season, all the leaves have fallen, leaving only bare branches, which does not affect the move. If it were left in spring and summer, the branches would have to be pruned in advance.

"Doctor Li, let's see if this peach tree is suitable. We climbed over several hills before we picked it." A sturdy farm man asked with a grin.

"It's suitable, very good!"

Li Hongbing nodded, it was indeed good. Even though they were dug out of the mountains and transported to Caogou Village, these four peach trees were still vigorous, indicating that they grew in a good environment in the wild.

"Let's go, move the tree into the yard first!"

After making arrangements, the two walked into Ouyang Hua's yard. The house was empty, and Lao Ou didn't know where he had gone.

Li Hongbing made the decision for Lao Ou and asked Lu Dayou to move the peach tree to the yard.

"Doctor Li, I'm afraid the crops won't survive in this cold weather. I'll wait until it snows and freeze to death." The farm men carried a peach tree into the yard, looked at the surrounding environment, and looked worried.

"It's okay, I have a method!" Li Hongbing smiled. He didn't know if others could do it, but he was 100% responsible for the job.

Wait until all four peach trees are moved into the yard.

Li Hongbing found four branches, walked around in the spacious yard, picked a place, and inserted the branches into the soil. Lu Dayou and the villagers in Taohuagou next to him looked confused.

Why is Dr. Li just like Mr. Gravekeeper in the village?

Is this to bury someone?

After the four branches were placed, Li Hongbing turned to the people in Taohuagou and said, "Please try hard and plant the peach tree where I put the branches."

"Oh, okay!" Lu Dayou responded, adhering to the principle of talking less and doing more, he called on his fellow villagers to start planting trees.

The four peach trees here have just been planted, and Ouyang Hua's shouts can be heard outside the gate.

"Whose car, move it, it's blocking the road!"

Lu Dayou put down his tools and responded quickly, "Boss Ou, don't rush me, I called for the car!"

next moment.

Ouyang Hua ran into the yard and saw four old peach trees that had been planted and scattered around the yard, and his face suddenly showed joy.

"Lao Lu, thank you for your hard work. I also asked for someone to pull out the tree, so you sent it over."

"By the way, by the way!" Lu Dayou smiled naively.

"I'm interested!" Ouyang Hua patted Lu Dayou on the shoulder, "How much do these trees cost? I'll give you the money."

"What money do you need? It's just a few 20-year-old wild peach trees. There are a lot of them in the mountains." Keeping Doctor Li's advice in mind, Lu Dayou shook his head repeatedly.

The villagers in Taohuagou next to them looked confused. When they were in the village, Lu Dayou said that he would pay 100 yuan for a tree. Everyone happily climbed several hills before picking four peach trees. Why don't they just plant them? It’s money, it’s not a busy day in vain.

"Yes, these are two different things." Ouyang Hua looked serious and asked after thinking for a moment, "How about this? I'll give you 5000 yuan for a peach tree. How about it? Is it appropriate?"

Be good! !

5000 yuan per tree.

Four trees cost 20,000 yuan.

Lu Dayou was shocked, and so were the villagers in Taohuagou.

Seeing that Lu Dayou remained silent for a long time, Ouyang Hua thought that the price he offered was too low, "Why, the price is not right, why don't you give me an estimate."

"No, no, no, that's enough, that's enough!" Only then did Lu Dayou know why Dr. Li had such a look of disdain when he heard that he said he would sell it for 500 yuan.

Rich people really don’t understand!

"Okay, stop talking nonsense." Li Hongbing interrupted, "Have you bought other trees?" Ouyang Hua slapped his forehead, "I was just talking to you, and I forgot about the real thing. The car pulling the tree was blocked by a trampoline. At the entrance of the alley."

"I'll ask the master to drive away!" Lu Dayou hurriedly ran out, and several other Taohuagou villagers followed him out to help. After all, they spent 20,000 yuan to buy peach trees, so doing more work was just a favor.

Not a moment.

Taohuagou villagers and flower market porters gradually moved bundles of kumquats and dieffenbachia into the yard, two large iron trees with a diameter of 50 centimeters and a height of two meters, and finally an 8-meter-high ginkgo tree.

Immediately afterwards, a fat middle-aged man walked into the yard with a leather bag under his arm. He started smoking when he met everyone.

"Mr. Ou, these trees are not bad. After receiving the news, I turned Dongfeng City upside down to get these two top-quality Brazilian cycads."

"Thank you so much, Boss Zhang!" Ouyang Hua didn't know the varieties of iron trees, but the two iron trees in front of him looked quite impressive.

Li Hongbing stepped forward and looked at it for a moment, then raised his lips slightly and said, "No, this is obviously a Sichuan cycad, how could it be a Brazilian cycad?"

The face of the fat middle-aged man changed, and he looked back at Li Hongbing, who was dressed in an old-fashioned double-breasted coarse cloth jacket, wide-legged coarse cloth trousers, and a pair of old cloth shoes. Except that he looked fairer, he was no different from ordinary rural areas.

He couldn't help but feel contempt and said with a smile.

"Fellow, you are wrong. This is obviously a Brazilian cycad. Don't talk nonsense if you don't understand."

Li Hongbing stretched out his hand to pull the leaves of the iron tree, "The leaves of the Brazilian cycad are oblong-lanceolate, with wavy edges, and are bright green in color; while the leaves of the Sishu cycad are strip-shaped and lanceolate with edges. Curly and dark green in color.”

hiss!

The fat boss secretly took a breath of cold air.

Damn this.

Farmers also know the differences between iron trees.

You must know that the Brazilian iron tree is much more expensive than the Sishu iron tree, which is both iron tree. I bet that the boss does not know the goods and deliberately sells the Sishu iron tree as the Brazilian iron tree.

This is trouble.

The fat boss rolled his eyes and saw the displeasure on Ouyang Hua's face, and immediately showed an embarrassed smile, "Oh, look, I'm so busy and confused. The people below got the iron tree wrong. I'll have two iron trees replaced immediately. I'm sorry. Feel sorry."

"No, it's a mistake. The Four Sichuan Iron Trees are the best. Keep these two trees. Don't be confused again. If someone finds out, your business will be really prosperous." Li Hongbing made a pun.

"Yes, yes!!" A layer of cold sweat broke out on the fat boss's forehead.

The farmer in front of me was right. He himself was also deceived by lard. He received a call at noon and told him to get two of the best iron trees as soon as possible. He didn't think much about it at the time. He thought that if he was taken advantage of, he would just get the four Shu iron trees. Acting as the Brazilian iron tree, people nowadays like foreign things and are willing to pay for it when they hear the name of a foreign tree.

Thinking about it now, if he can afford to buy such a big iron tree, he must not be short of money, and naturally his relationship is strong enough. If he is found out, I guarantee that he will not be able to take advantage of it.

"Okay, hurry up and plant trees!" Li Hongbing waved his hand, not bothering to do this kind of thing, and pointed to the connection between the walkway and the rice field, "These two iron trees are planted on both sides of the walkway."

"Okay, it's good to plant this. Iron tree and poinciana. Plant it on both sides of the corridor to guard the door of the house and thorn evil things. Get started quickly."

The fat boss's words attracted Li Hongbing's attention. He didn't expect that this fat man also knew a bit about yin and yang.

"Brother-in-law, how do you plant these kumquat trees and dieffenbachia trees?" Ouyang Hua pointed to the saplings on the ground.

Li Hongbing took a look and saw that with the peach trees, iron trees, and ginkgo trees, the kumquats and dieffenbachia were not that useful. Since they were bought, they could not be wasted. He swiped them casually and said, "Plant along both sides of the walkway and enclose the vegetable garden."

Finally, there is the ginkgo tree that is more than 8 meters high.

Li Hongbing measured in the yard with his feet, and his steps were a bit messy. Sometimes he took a few steps forward, then retreated back to his original position, and sometimes he moved sideways back and forth.

The fat boss's eyes grew brighter and brighter as he watched. He quietly walked up to Lu Dayou, took out a pack of Huazi and stuffed it into Lu Dayou's hand, and asked in a low voice.

"Fellow, who is this!"

"What do you want to do!" Lu Dayou immediately became vigilant, especially when Dr. Li exposed his lie just now. He thought he had evil intentions towards Dr. Li. He quickly threw the cigarette back, grabbed the shovel, and waited for the fat man's mouth. If you say something harsh, just hit him with a shovel.

"I don't have any other intention. I just think this person is an expert and I want to get to know him." The fat boss also sensed the warning in Lu Dayou's tone and waved his hands to explain.

Lu Dayou snorted coldly, gestured with the shovel a few times, and issued another warning.

"Nothing is better. I tell you not to provoke Doctor Li. Be careful because I won't let you out of the mountain."

After that, just walk away.

The fat boss didn't take Lu Dayou's words to heart at all, because all his eyes were fixed on Li Hongbing who was walking around in the yard.

As a forest trader, doing business is all about trees.

There is a saying that all profitable transactions are written in the criminal law.

The same is true for the tree business. The richer the big bosses are, the more superstitious they are, especially in Feng Shui. Trees are an important part of Feng Shui. Big bosses often order some trees privately as Feng Shui trees.

Money trees, osmanthus trees, ginkgo trees, podocarpus, camphor trees, etc. are all common Feng Shui trees.

Occasionally, a boss will order some rare Feng Shui trees, such as dragon-falling trees, Guanyin trees, mountain vitex trees, etc. At this time, the fat boss will personally take action and ask friends in the mountains for help.

As this kind of business has become more and more popular in recent years, the fat boss has learned relevant Feng Shui knowledge by himself, and sometimes consults with some experts.

The chaotic steps of Li Hongbing in front of him were very similar to the Five Elements and Bagua steps in Feng Shui taught by an expert.

That expert said that unskilled Feng Shui masters look for the Five Elements, but a true Feng Shui master uses his heart as a compass and steps on the Yin and Yang, Five Elements and Bagua.

At the same time, there was also a live performance, which was very similar to the pace of the farmers in front of me, and the expert explained it while walking.

It is said that all things have yin and yang, and only one yin and one yang can be reconciled, and all things can be harmonious. Therefore, Feng Shui emphasizes the harmony of yin and yang.

Kun (represents earth), Zhen (represents thunder), Li (represents fire), Dui (represents swamp), Qian (represents sky), Xun (represents wind), Kan (represents water), and Gen (represents mountains).

The eight trigrams are matched with each other to form the sixty-four hexagrams, which are used to symbolize various natural and human phenomena.

If the top is the Kun hexagram and the bottom is the Kan hexagram, it is called "there is water on the ground, it is the Shi hexagram". If it is the top hexagram and the bottom is the Kun hexagram, "there is water on the ground" is called the Bi hexagram.

Use your feet to measure the direction of the Yangzhai sitting position, and carefully delineate the positions of the Bagua and its twenty-four mountains.

While walking, mentally compare the "aura" of the "corresponding objects" in each hexagram position of the external game, as well as the yin-yang and five-element attributes of the "corresponding object" and the restraint of the yin-yang and five elements in each hexagram position, to discuss good or bad luck, and determine life and death. .

At that time, the fat boss was shocked after hearing this, and asked the master if he knew the Five Elements and Bagua Steps. The master shook his head and smiled bitterly, saying that he only saw the master walking by and demonstrated from memory. Unfortunately, the master was regarded as a ghost and a snake god in that era and died in a manure pit. The inheritance of the Five Elements and Bagua Steps has also been discontinued. Today, there are less than one expert who can still practice the Five Elements and Bagua Steps.

Unexpectedly, there is an expert in front of me.

The fat boss got excited and secretly took out his cell phone. Just as he was about to record the video, a hand came out from the side and snatched the cell phone away.

Lu Dayou looked coldly and clutched his cell phone.

"What are you going to do!!!"

(End of this chapter)