Chapter 12 Unexpected encounters are fate
Liu Wen drove to the town early this morning, planning to buy a batch of ryegrass seeds to scatter in the peach orchard, and when the peach blossoms were gone, there were fewer tourists, so he bought 500 chickens to raise in the peach orchard.
Liu Wen also plans to go to the market to buy some soy sauce beef and some daily products, and the taste of Zhang Ji sauce beef in the market is quite good. Liu Wenshun also wants to buy two puppies in the market to guard the chicks in the peach orchard, and Liu Jiachong is often infested with foxes and yellow rats (scientific name weasels). There are many local dogs in the village, and foxes and yellow mice don't dare to come, but the more remote peach orchard is not easy to say, and it is really not good to take care of it without dogs.
Today is not a market day, and there are not many pedestrians on the road, but Liu Wen still drives the car very steadily. With a "whoosh", a motorcycle carrying two young people, deliberately clinging to Liu Wen's car, rushed over from the right side. Liu Wen was taken aback, and subconsciously stepped on the brakes. Seeing that Liu Wen really stopped the car, a young man in the back seat laughed proudly. At this time, the motorcycle that had just completed the overtaking action did not have time to turn at all, and on the right walked an old man with a flat pole, with two smoked hares tied to one end and three or four waxed pheasants tied to the other. The motorcycle, which was moving at high speed, was hung with a rope tied to a smoked hare, and the old man was carried to the ground. The two young men on the motorcycle, seeing that they had been in trouble, immediately accelerated and fled the scene.
"How do you feel, go, I'll take you to the hospital." Liu Wen pulled over the car, walked over and slowly helped the old man up, the old man was in his sixties, his hair and beard were basically gray, but his body was quite strong, and he looked like he was engaged in manual labor all year round.
"I'm not going, why do I go to the hospital to spend that unjust money?" The old man didn't go to the hospital alive or dead, Liu Wen watched the stubborn old man pick up the flat burden again, limping, and walking forward step by step.
"Old man, I'll send you back!" Liu Wen, who was not at ease, snatched the flat burden from the old man's shoulder.
"I picked out the game from home all the way and hasn't sold it yet?" the old man didn't want to go back now.
"We in Liujiachong have a city boss who specializes in collecting all kinds of mountain goods, where the price is higher than the market, and as long as the quality of the mountain goods is good, we can collect as much as we want. Liu Wen picked up the flat shoulder and walked to his car.
"Really? That's a good feeling! I still have a little mountain goods at home, so let Qing'er take them all away when the time comes, and follow you back to Liu's house for a ride. The old man followed behind Liu Wen, and then said, "Do you have anything else to do when you come to town?"
"Oh! I remember, I still have to buy two puppies and a little groceries. Liu Wen replied.
"What kind of puppy do you want, hunting in the mountains or taking care of the house?" asked the old man.
"I contracted a barren mountain to plant peach trees, and by the way, I planned to raise a few hundred chickens, and bought dogs mainly to prevent yellow rats and foxes from eating and killing chickens. Liu Wen explained.
"You go buy some daily necessities! I'll wait for you here, you don't have to buy a dog, I happen to have a female dog at home who has given birth to five or six cubs, and it's about to be a full moon, so you can go and choose a few at will." The old man said.
"That's really good!" Liu Wen said very happily, this mountain dog is a local hunting dog, brave and loyal, good at hunting and running, and is a good helper for hunters when hunting. Three mountain dogs are enough to deal with a large wild boar, which is much stronger than the local earth dogs.
The old man's home was in the Changqing Forest Farm, which was originally just a small forest farm run by the town, but later the government attached importance to environmental protection and advocated the closure of mountains and forests, and the forest farm gradually declined. After receiving the severance pay, most of the more than 30 families left, and only five or six families insisted on staying. Plant some potatoes and corn in the mountains, and the mountain goods and game obtained from the mountains are usually sold in the town for money in exchange for daily necessities.
On the way, the old man asked about the acquisition point again, and Liu Wen posted how he posted on the Internet, tourists came to play, and Boss Luo saw that Liu Jiachong's environment was very good, so he described the process of setting up the acquisition point in detail.
After listening to this, the old man said with emotion: "You young people still have flexible brains! One of your ideas has brought great blessings to Liu Jiachong, and everyone can get real benefits, and now even we have to follow your light!"
Liu Wen waved his hand modestly and said: "Liujiacun has good mountains and good water, even if there is no me, those people in the city will come to play sooner or later." ”
"Grandpa, what's wrong with you?" When he came to the old man's courtyard, Liu Wen helped the old man and just got out of the car, and a girl greeted him anxiously and worriedly and asked.
Liu Wen's eyes lit up, the girl in front of him was about eighteen or nineteen years old, with a delicate little face and bright eyes, a tall figure with a slender figure, a big black and long braid combed on her head, and the clothes on her body were plain and unpowdered, although her complexion was slightly dark, but it could show a natural beauty.
"Clear water out of hibiscus, natural carving" Liu Wen's mind suddenly remembered this poem.
"Oh, Qing'er, I'm fine, I accidentally fell in the town, and it was a little inconvenient to walk, but fortunately I met this kind young man to send me back. The old man waved his hand and said casually.
Qing'er glanced at Liu Wen gratefully and said a little shyly, "Thank you for sending my grandfather back." ”
Liu Wen waved his hand and said, "You're welcome, my name is Liu Wen, Liu Jiachong's side is not too far from here, and the folks in the big hometown don't have to be so polite." ”
Qing'er paused slightly before saying, "Yes, my name is Yan Qing." After saying that, he stepped forward and helped his grandfather to the courtyard of the house, and sat on a chair under a large camphor tree.
"Grandpa is back!" a little girl of four or five years old, who was playing with the little milk dog in the yard, walked straight to the old man's arms and snuggled up with a pair of small short legs.
"Well, I'm back!" said the old man, holding the little girl dotingly.
"Hello uncle!" After the girl glanced at Liu Wen quickly, she quickly buried her face in the old man's arms after a cry, and secretly looked at Liu Wen again after a while.
Qing'er was rolling up the old man's trouser leg to inspect the injury on the leg, fortunately the injury was not serious, but there was a red and swollen piece of the paint cover, a little broken skin and a little bleeding, Qing'er went back to the house to get medicine, ready to come over to bandage the old man.
Yaya slipped down from the old man's arms, squatted in front of the old man's knees, pouted, blew lightly twice, and said, "Is grandpa still in pain? Yaya just blew two breaths on grandpa! ”
"It doesn't hurt, it doesn't hurt! The old man laughed.
Liu Wen looked at the little girl's rather interesting innocence, loved it, thought about it for a while, and went to the car to get three cans of Coke. These cokes were bought a year ago, but the date has not yet expired.
Seeing that Qing'er had already bandaged the old man's wounds, Liu Wen handed over the cola and said, "Old man, let's give you a taste of coke!"
"What's the weird smell? It's better to drink plain water. The old man tasted it with disgust. On the contrary, Qing'er and Yaya liked it more, especially Yaya didn't want to let go when she held Coke, so the leftover can of the old man was also occupied by Yaya.
Qing'er went to cook, and in the afternoon, she had to take her to Liu's house to sell mountain goods, so Liu Wen did not refuse to stay for lunch.
Liu Wen looked at the mountain walking dog in the courtyard with interest who was breastfeeding the five puppies, but as soon as he got close to the female dog, he would grin and bark threateningly.
"Black girl!" After the old man scolded, the became docile and quiet, "Yaya, go and hug a puppy, let your Uncle Liu take a look!"
"Hey!" Yaya obediently stepped forward to hold a puppy and handed it to Liu Wen's hand. Liu Wen looked at a yellow puppy in his hand, fat and cute, the puppy licked Liu Wen's palm, and Liu Wen couldn't help laughing.
"Okay! That's it, plus the black puppy. Liu Wen secretly made a decision in his heart.
"Come on! Try this mountain stream catfish, it tastes very good. "Lunch is two dishes and one soup, one boiled catfish, and one stir-fried hare meat with bamboo shoots. There is also a sour radish soup. The old man pointed to the catfish and said to Liu Wen.
Liu Wen picked up a piece and tried it, the taste was indeed very good, the fish meat was soft and tender, and when he took a bite, his mouth was full of fresh and fragrant, "It's delicious, it's delicious!" Liu Wen nodded.
"This fish only lives in the crevices of clear streams in the mountains, where people are inaccessible, and the water is slightly polluted, so this fish will not survive. This kind of fish is not big, the largest is only about half a catty, and it is relatively rare, you can taste it today, and it can be regarded as a mouthful. The old man explained the preciousness of the mountain stream catfish.
Liu Wen thought in his heart that he could put a little bit in the ditch of Taoyuan, and try to see if he could feed it, the taste of this fish was really good.
The fresh bamboo shoots eaten in the old man's house aroused Liu Wen's thoughts, worried about the safety of tourists who went to the mountains to dig bamboo shoots, there were no large beasts in the mountains near Liujiachong, but there were also wild boars, and wild boars that went crazy would also hurt people. "We still have to think of a way to solve this problem, otherwise if something happens to tourists, it will not be good for tourists and Liu Jiachong. Liu Wen thought in his heart.
Liu Wen next put his mind on the meal in front of him, Qing'er's skills are good, and Liu Wen was full of food at noon. Qing'er took out some dried fungus and dried shiitake mushrooms, and put them in the back of the car and piled them together with the pheasants and hares that were originally there.
The old man handed Liu Wen a small bamboo basket for the little milk dog, and the female dog seemed to know that she was about to separate from the child, so she arched the five puppies beside her. The girl who wanted to hug him couldn't hold it at all, and in the end, the old man went out in person, so he took a fancy to Liu Wen and put them in a bamboo basket.
Liu Wen started the pickup truck, and there were two big and small beauties sitting in the car, Qing'er and Yaya, the old man didn't want Yaya to go, and then Yaya heard that she was going to sell mountain goods, and she was clamoring to go. In the end, Liu Wen persuaded that it was not too far to have a car anyway, so just go there, and then send it back by car.
The old man finally reluctantly agreed, Liu Wen drove the car steadily, and the two beauties looked left and right in the car, looking at this and that, and talking non-stop, it was also a novel experience.