Li Dong climbed over three mountains, only to see the old bamboo pole said that the size of the village is about the same as the one he went to before, and it is also the size of dozens of households, but from the size of the house and the old and new, this village is a little worse than the one just now, and it is only a little, they are all in the deep mountains and old forests, the geographical location is remote, and the rich are not rich.

Li Dong walked down the mountain, and when he reached the halfway point of the mountain, he suddenly saw a person sitting on a big tree at the bottom of the mountain, who looked to be in his fifties, thin and small, with gray hair, and a rope in his hand.

This is to ...... Hanging?

Li Dong took advantage of the other party's lack of attention, and immediately rushed over, and when the other party saw it, he had already quickly climbed the tree and grabbed the other party's clothes.

"Uncle, if there is anything you can't think of, you can tell me, maybe I can help you solve it, besides, there are so many ways to die, what is not good to choose, you have to hang yourself, how uncomfortable it is. Li Dong persuaded him.

Fortunately, it's afternoon, and the sky is still bright, if it's a big night, and when you walk here and suddenly see a person hanging on the tree, won't you be scared half to death?

And among the many ghosts, the hanged ghost is the most unpopular, and even if it is reported to the king of Hades, it will be dismissed.

Li Dong's appearance startled the uncle, he held the trunk of the tree with one hand, let himself stand firm, pushed Li Dong with the other, and said without anger, "You, you let go of me, who is going to hang yourself?" After speaking, he used the hand that pushed Li Dong to grab the rope hanging down from the tree, and he shook it vigorously, and the sound of 'jingle bell' sounded on the tree.

Ring the bell?

Li Donghu looked up along the rope suspiciously, and the top of the rope was indeed connected to an ancient bell the size of a bucket, and with the shaking of the rope, the pendulum inside kept knocking on the inner wall of the ancient clock, and the sound was loud and spread throughout the entire village.

There was a bell hanging on the tree?

Fainted, it turned out to be a misunderstanding.

Li Dong loosened the other party's clothes, looked at the other party and asked curiously, "Uncle, what are you ringing the bell for?"

"When you come, I'll ring the bell. The uncle said, and at the same time looked at Li Dong vigilantly.

"Huh, what do you mean?" Li Dong's heart was even more puzzled, could this be some kind of welcome ceremony? However, how did the other party know that he was coming, "You know me?" Li Dong asked.

"I don't know. The uncle shook his head, "However, those who can come to our village, in addition to collecting medicinal materials, are the people from the village in Shanbei, and the people who collect medicinal materials generally come at the beginning of the month, and now it is the middle of the month, you can only be a person from the village in Shanbei." ”

As he spoke, he saw countless people coming from the direction of the village, and they all looked in a hurry, and they were all carrying flat poles, shovels, and other guys in their hands.

Li Dong instantly understood that the people on the tree, as well as the bell on the tree, were actually the sentry posts of the entire village, used to prevent the people from the village in Shanbei from coming to find trouble.

Has the relationship between the two villages reached this point?

"Who are you, a kind of coming down from a tree!"

"Why are you alone? Where are the people in your village, tell me quickly?"

One by one, they raised their eyebrows, glared angrily at Li Dong, and asked loudly.

"It's not good, could it be that the tiger is turning away from the mountain?" said a slightly older man.

Hearing his words, the more than 20 people gathered under the tree all became nervous and looked in the direction of the stockade one by one.

"Bang!"

Li Dong jumped down from the tree, landed firmly on the ground, shook the white coat on his body, and the medical box he carried on his shoulder, and introduced himself, "I am the doctor sent from above to do health checks and treatments in various villages, I wonder if there is any misunderstanding?"

Everyone was stunned when they heard it, and when they looked at Li Dong's dress, they immediately believed it, because this dress, this appearance, did not look like a mountain man at all.

"It's a doctor, welcome. The atmosphere that was tense before instantly became relaxed, and the older man from before stepped forward and said to Li Dong with a smile, "Doctor, this is indeed a misunderstanding, don't be surprised." ”

"It's okay, it's okay, a stranger appears in the village, it's really easy to cause misunderstanding, I've been to many villages before, and I'm used to it. Li Dong said indifferently, "Since it's a misunderstanding, is it okay to see a doctor?"

"Yes, yes!" the other party said happily, "Doctor, to be honest, we are so happy that you can come, don't you know, we are remote here, it is difficult to go out to see a doctor, the doctor in the town is not willing to go so far, we have to go out for several days, usually we have to rely on the people who collect mountain goods and medicinal materials to help us bring some medicine, but they come once or twice a month at most, and when the medicine arrives, our illness is also cured." ”

Li Dong came to a house surrounded by everyone, and the owner of this house moved chairs for Li Dong and poured water for Li Dong, very enthusiastic, while the others had already gone home to call people.

"Big brother, I want to ask you something. Li Dong took advantage of the fact that no one had yet come and looked at the owner of this family.

"Doctor, you ask. "The owner's surname is Zhou, he is in his early forties, and he looks very simple and simple.

"When I came down from the mountain just now, someone said that I was from the north side of the mountain, and he was very fierce to me, and it was a shovel and a flat shoulder, what was it for?" Li Dong asked, he didn't directly say about stealing Ganoderma lucidum, nor did he say that he had just come from the north side of the mountain, but decided to knock on the side first, and listen to what the people in this village have to say first.

"Doctor, that's the case, there is a village on the north side of the mountain, which was moved here eighty or ninety years ago, but it always competes with us for the mountain, these mountains obviously belong to our village, and our ancestors have been like this for generations, but now they say that the mountain is theirs on the grounds that they are close to their village, and they don't let our people go there to collect medicine, drive away the people from our village, and even send more than a dozen people to our village to demonstrate, are you reasonable or unreasonable?" Brother Zhou said with an angry face.

Li Dong roughly understood, but he also had a headache, this matter is really difficult to decide, why? One of the stockades has been here for a long time, and the other is close to the mountain, although it was moved later, this matter makes sense to anyone, and it is precisely because of this that it is difficult to mediate, because it is reasonable.

"Then you don't need to deliberately set up a checkpoint, right?" said Li Dong with a smile.

"Doctor, you don't know, there is a person in the north of the mountain, who was injured when he came to our village, in fact, we were also unintentional, and apologized in person, but when the other party left, he would definitely come back to take revenge, give us some colors in the village, in order to prevent someone from being injured in the village, so we discussed and decided to set up a sentry post on the hillside on the back, and the people in the village took turns to sentry, and one person came in turns a day. ”

I see.

No wonder both villages are so vigilant.

While talking, some people in the village walked towards this side, and Li Dong didn't want to continue to ask, opening the medical box to prepare to see a doctor, but he was thinking about it in his heart.

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