Li Rui said: "I know a poor household engaged in scorpion breeding in Longwangmiao Township, Hanshui County, and he raises live scorpions caught from the mountains, so I went to him to ask for some." As for the fairy river water, I asked a friend from Jiupo Town, Shuanghe County to come over and pick up a bottle, it should be enough, right?"

The old Chinese medicine doctor said: "The mountain scorpion wants ten, all of them must live, the age is over three years old, the older the better; You said that one bottle, I think it's about the same, just one bottle of ordinary mineral water bottle is enough. ”

Song Chaoyang said with a solemn face: "Xiao Rui, these two herbs are very important, and they are related to whether Huang Lao can recover from his illness, so I think it is best for you to go to the Fairy Cave Scenic Area once in person, get water in person, and don't change hands to outsiders, otherwise it will be delayed if something goes wrong." I will send Lao Zhou to drive you over, you go to Hanshui County first, and then go to Shuanghe from the county road. I remember that there was a road from Hanshui County to Shuanghe County, which was not too far, much closer than rushing from the city. ”

Li Rui agreed and said, "Okay, I'll go now, you wait for me to come back." With that, he turned around and walked to the door.

Du Minsheng advised: "It's going to be dark soon, pay attention to safety when taking water." ”

Li Rui said "I know" and went out of the house.

Five minutes later, Li Rui and Lao Zhou were already driving on the provincial road to Hanshui County, Li Rui was holding a medium-sized empty bottle of mineral water in his left hand, holding his mobile phone in his right hand, and was calling Qingman, telling her that he had an urgent task and would not go home for dinner at night, so she and her father Li Jianmin would eat first.

After making this call, Lao Zhou said: "What do you say about this Qing Gong and what hospital's old prescription can work?" Li Rui smiled bitterly: "I don't know if it works, but it must have a certain medicinal effect, otherwise Qing Gong Tai Hospital will not keep a record." Now I only hope that it can work and cure Huang Lao, otherwise...... Alas, don't say it. Huang Lao is really unlucky, he fell ill as soon as he returned to his hometown, and God is really blind, such a good old man, why suffer for him?"

When he said this, he suddenly remembered that he should call Hu Liquan, otherwise what would he do if he was not at home?

Hu Liquan is the poor household in Xiaolongwang Village, Longwangmiao Township, Hanshui County, who was engaged in scorpion breeding after being allocated by Li Rui, and he and Li Rui discovered the Xiaolingshan Han Tomb together, and got a golden dragon, Li Rui helped him sell it to Gao Zixuan, making him a hidden rich man in Xiaolongwang Village.

The phone was quickly dialed, Li Rui and Hu Liquan exchanged a few words, and when they learned that he was at home, they were relieved and told him to rush to his house to get the scorpion immediately. Hu Liquan didn't ask him why he wanted a scorpion, and let him pick whatever he wanted when he got home.

In less than two hours, the No. 1 car of the municipal party committee stopped at the foot of the mountain where Hu Liquan's house was located. Li Rui asked Lao Zhou to wait in the car, got out of the car by himself, and climbed up the mountain trail. It was dark and it was evening.

Seeing Hu Liquan, Li Rui shook hands with him and exchanged a few polite words, and then followed him into the breeding greenhouse to pick scorpions. Before, Hu Liquan relied on the golden dragon in his hand, and he could make a lot of money by going out, so he was a little careless when raising scorpions, and just planned to go through the motions and fool outsiders. Hu Liquan listened to him, demolished the small shed, and built a new greenhouse.

Now this greenhouse is located in the middle of his small courtyard by the west, and the same size as the three north rooms, of course, the height is poorer, three sides are earthen walls, the top is covered with plastic sheeting, and the top of the north wall is also piled with seven or eight rolls of straw curtains, which is a bit of a farmer.

Li Rui saw it in his eyes, and he was quite proud in his heart, and secretly thought, this can be regarded as his own poverty alleviation achievements.

Entering the shed, Hu Liquan pointed to the small scorpion houses that were separated, waved his big hand, and said very boldly: "Director Li, you can pick whatever you want!"

Li Rui looked at him and his own hands were empty, secretly funny, and said in his heart that he could pick casually, what to pick? Pick empty-handed? Do you want to try the power of the scorpion tail needle? You don't have to try this, when I came to help the poor last year, Ling Shuyao, who was with her, had already tried it with her buttocks, but the crime was not light, and I turned my eyes to look at the scorpion house, and saw that there were a lot of bricks and tiles piled up and down the ground, and there were a lot of black and yellow mountain scorpions lying on top and bottom, one by one, the scene was very terrifying, and there were many small scorpions crawling back and forth, although it was quiet and silent, it was very lively.

Li Rui said: "Okay, you can help me choose, I want ten...... Forget it, let's have twelve, all of them are more than three years old, and the older the better. How much is a pound of live scorpions at the market price now?" Hu Liquan waved his hand and said: "No money, no money, just a dozen or so scorpions, what money do you want, and they are all caught from the mountains, there is no cost at all, even if there is a cost, with our friendship, I can't charge you money." Li Rui smiled: "Liquan, if I use these scorpions myself, I won't give you money, but this is for a patient, and I can be regarded as buying medicine on his behalf, so I have to give money." ”

Hu Liquan just shook his head, and Li Rui said: "If you don't say the price, then I will give you ten yuan per piece, a total of one hundred and two." Hu Liquan was anxious, and said with a white face: "I said I don't want money, why do you have to give it, look down on me." Li Rui smiled: "I have already made the truth clear, I don't use it, I buy it for others." If you don't want money, then I don't want scorpions, I'll buy them from another house. Seeing that he was serious, Hu Liquan sighed and said, "Okay, you can give me twenty yuan." Li Rui waved his hand, took out his wallet, counted one hundred and two to him, and said, "Just count it as ten yuan each, don't talk nonsense with me, hurry up and catch the scorpion, I'm still in a hurry to leave." ”

Hu Liquan had no choice but to accept the money helplessly, went out of the greenhouse to find a canned bottle and came back, holding a pair of special long chopsticks made of long bamboo, squatting in front of the scorpion house to catch the scorpion for him, after catching two black and big adult scorpions, he suddenly remembered something, turned back and asked him: "Do you want a male scorpion or a female scorpion?"

This question stumped Li Rui, he scratched his hair in embarrassment, and said with a wry smile: "This...... The doctor didn't say anything, and I don't know, uh...... I'll give you a call and ask. ”

He walked out of the greenhouse, called Yang Ping, explained the reason, and asked Yang Ping to ask the old Chinese medicine doctor on his behalf, and he got the answer after a while, both male and female.

Li Rui hurriedly returned to the greenhouse and informed Hu Liquan. Hu Liquan acted skillfully, and after a while, he caught twelve adult scorpions in canned bottles, which happened to be six males and six females.

Li Rui took the canned food bottle into his hand, looked at these ugly and vicious mountain specialties in the bottle, and hoped that they could really cure Huang Lao.

When leaving, Hu Liquan sent Li Rui down the mountain, and on the way he talked about the results of scorpion breeding. Li Rui encouraged him to persevere, do large-scale, and strive to buy a house in the county with a scorpion one day.

Li Rui returned to the car, put away the canned food and bottles, and Lao Zhou did not wait for instructions, walked out of the village along the road, crossed into the county road, and drove to Shuanghe County in the east.

When we arrived at the territory of Shuanghe, it was already very dark. Li Rui was hungry, so he asked Lao Zhou to find a restaurant on the side of the road to stop and go down to eat. Although it is important to find medicine, you must also take care of your body, if you collapse your body because of finding medicine, the gains outweigh the losses. What's more, Huang Lao's illness is not an emergency illness, let alone waiting for life-saving medicine, so it's okay to delay for a while. Having said that, Li Rui is still very benevolent to Huang Lao, and after hearing that there is a medicine to cure the disease, he set off immediately, and he will also find the medicine back in the stars and the moon, which has already saved Huang Lao a lot of treatment time.

After a simple dinner, Li Rui and Lao Zhou went on the road again and went to the Fairy Cave Scenic Area in Jiupo Town to get water.

The Fairy River originates in the northwest mountainous area, and when it comes to the territory of Shuanghe, it flows out of the Fairy Cave, so this section of the Shuanghe territory is named the Fairy River, and the Fairy Cave is located in the Fairy Cave Scenic Area, and the scenic spot needs to buy a ticket to enter during the day, and it is closed at night. If Li Rui wants to enter the scenic area, he has to ask a local to bring it in.

On the way, he called his old friend Li Yulan, who is now the party secretary of Jiupo Town, and asked her for help. What is the relationship between Li Yulan and him? Naturally, they agreed to come down, and the two made an appointment to meet at the entrance of the scenic spot.

As a 4A-level scenic spot, the Fairy Cave Scenic Area can attract millions of tourists every year, and tourists are bound to eat, drink, live and play inside and outside the scenic spot, so the comprehensive income generated is as high as several hundred million, and the ticket income alone is fifty or sixty million. Although Li Yulan is not the leader of the Scenic Area Management Committee, as the leader of Jiupo Town, where the Fairy Cave Scenic Area is located, she can naturally speak in the scenic area. With her leadership, Li Rui has no problem if he wants to enter the scenic spot.

Hurry up, an hour later, Li Rui finally rushed to the gate of the Fairy Cave Scenic Area, and saw Li Yulan, who had not seen her for a few days, in the vast night. Li Yulan is a very neat woman, long before he came, and the scenic spot here to say hello, now the staff on duty in the scenic spot has opened a road gate, can enter at any time.

Li Rui didn't have time to talk to Li Yulan, so he took the mineral water bottle, called her, walked through the road gate, and walked straight to the depths of the scenic spot. As for Lao Zhou, he happened to be free, lying in the car for a while to rest and rest, driving is still quite tiring, especially at night, he has been driving for three or four hours in a row, and it is also very hard.