Facing the surprised Xiao Ping, Old Man Qiao just snorted coldly, and didn't want to answer him, but continued to ask him: "Who are you from Cao Anbang?" ”

Xiao Ping was even more surprised at this time, and asked in disbelief: "How do you know that I know Old Man Cao?" ”

Old Man Qiao didn't answer Xiao Ping, but silently returned the small box containing tea to him. Seeing this small box, Xiao Ping also understood, and asked Old Man Qiao tentatively: "Your old man also knows Old Man Cao?" ”

Old man Qiao replied simply: "Yes! ”

The old man Qiao still knew Cao Anbang, and Xiao Ping's heart also opened: "There is a door, it seems that half of the tea tree seeds have been obtained!" ”

Thinking of this, Xiao Ping smiled and explained to Old Man Qiao: "Old Man Cao and I are New Year's friends, and the day before yesterday I tasted the steamed saury he made in Su City." Then he went to the provincial capital and gave me this box of tea before leaving. ”

Old man Qiao didn't seem to like to talk much, and he didn't say much after listening to Xiao Ping's call, just silently turned around and walked towards the house.

Seeing that Old Man Qiao was about to leave Xiao Ping, he was in a hurry, and hurriedly said loudly behind him: "Old Man Qiao, do I want to get some tea tree seeds?" ”

Since Old Man Qiao and Cao Anbang knew each other, Xiao Ping was of course embarrassed to use other means to get tree seeds, so he had to ask him in person. After listening to Xiao Ping's words, Old Man Qiao stopped, and after being silent for a few seconds, he said lightly: "It's a mess here, if you have the heart, help me clean it up, take all the garbage out of the hall and throw it away!" ”

Xiao Ping waited nervously for Old Man Qiao's answer, and couldn't help but be overjoyed after hearing his words. Xiao Ping knew that this stubborn old man was agreeing to take the tree seeds away by himself in this way. hurriedly replied: "Okay, I'll clean it up!" ”

Old man Qiao didn't say much, and went back to the house to rest. Xiao Ping stayed and happily picked up the shoots that had been cut by Boss Wang and others.

Boss Wang and the others didn't cut many young branches in a hurry, and they were all scattered under the eighteen imperial tea trees. Old Man Qiao deliberately didn't turn off the lights, so Xiao Ping used the light to clean up all the cut branches. In fact, it is best to use young branches for cuttings of tea trees, and those old branches that have been lignified cannot be inserted. But Xiao Ping has always been a man of words. Since he promised Old Man Qiao to clean up this place, he will not break his promise. Not only did he pick up all the useless old branches, but he even cleaned up the dead branches and leaves that fell a while ago.

Xiao Ping put the useful young branches and these garbage into the pockets left by Boss Wang and the others, and did not go to say goodbye to Old Man Qiao. Carrying a few large pockets easily over the fence, he soon disappeared into the mountain road.

What Xiao Ping didn't know was that it didn't take long for him to climb out of the wall. Old man Joe came out of the house. Seeing that the royal tea tree had been cleaned up, a hint of appreciation flashed in his eyes. But Old Man Qiao still didn't speak, and turned around and went back to the house without saying a word.

After running along the mountain road for a while, Xiao Ping casually threw the bag containing dead branches and leaves into the woods on the side of the road, and continued to descend the mountain with the bag containing the young branches. Unlike when they followed Boss Wang up the mountain, Xiao Ping at this time could finally exert his normal speed. His whole body had turned into a black shadow, rushing down the mountain like a gust of wind.

When I went up the mountain, I followed Boss Wang and others for more than two hours, and Xiao Ping walked it in only ten minutes. Xiao Ping, who got off the Lion Rock, didn't stop at all, and ran back to the farmhouse where he was staying, or climbed in through the open back window.

Xiao Ping knew that Boss Wang and others were in the ancient temple after making a fuss. I definitely didn't dare to go back to the hotel. So he didn't have anything to worry about, and immediately took the bag of twigs of the imperial tea tree into the demon refining pot.

Recently, Xiao Ping has been busy developing the farm, and he really doesn't have any extra energy to focus on the demon refining pot, so the space inside the demon refining pot has not changed much. However, the animals and plants that Xiao Ping has successively tinkered with into the demon refining pot are growing very vigorously, and people can feel the vitality of this place as soon as they come in.

One of the happiest for Xiao Ping. It's those small leaves of red sandalwood that have obviously grown a lot. Trees that used to be just over a man tall are now at least twice as tall. The trunks of the trees are more than an inch in diameter, and even if they are cut down now, they can be used to make small toys such as bracelets. If the small-leaved red sandalwood is planted outside, it will take at least ten years for the sapling to grow to its current size. However, the demon refining pot has shortened the time of ten years into just a few months, and the magic of this is really difficult to describe in words.

Of course. Xiao Ping's goal is to cultivate the largest red sandalwood material, and of course he will not cut down these small leaves of red sandalwood now. In fact, he did not come to the hillside to inspect the small leaf red sandalwood, but to plant the tea tree here.

After arriving in Longjing Village, Xiao Ping found that the tea trees here were basically planted on the hillside. Since there is also a hillside in the demon refining pot, tea trees should naturally be planted here. Anyway, the area of the hillside is not small, but more than a dozen small-leaved red sandalwood trees can only be regarded as decorations, and Xiao Ping planting tea trees here can be regarded as making full use of the space.

Xiao Ping poured all the young branches of the imperial tea tree on the ground, and then carefully pruned the branches into saplings more than three inches long and sharp at the lower end. Each seedling leaves only two or three leaves, and then the seedlings are inserted into the soil on the hillside at a certain distance. In fact, Boss Wang and others did not cut many shoots suitable for cuttings in a hurry. Xiao Ping saved and saved, and only planted more than 40 tea saplings in total.

Although there are less than fifty tea saplings, Xiao Ping is quite satisfied. Everything pays attention to "rare is expensive", even if your quality is good, it is not surprising that there are more. For example, because there are only 18 tea trees in total, the tea produced is so precious that even money can't buy it. If the imperial tea has 180 acres, it is estimated that it can only be sold for more than 100,000 per catty, and if the quantity is more, it will be cheaper. Therefore, for Xiao Ping, the number of these tea seedlings is just right, which can not only ensure a certain output, but also not let the production of too much tea affect the price, which is just in line with his consistent high-quality route.

Xiao Ping drew water from the spring and watered all the seedlings. In terms of the conditions in the Demon Refining Pot, the success rate of these seedlings can reach 100%. Now Xiao Ping only needs to wait patiently, and I believe that it will not be long before he can sell extremely high-quality Longjing tea.

After finishing his business, Xiao Ping picked two peaches as usual, washed them by the spring and gnawed them. Thanks to his unremitting efforts, the tree full of peaches has been almost eaten. However, to Xiao Ping's satisfaction, another batch of flower buds have grown on the peach tree, and it seems that it will not be long before new peaches will grow.

Xiao Ping, who was eating peaches, naturally thought of the reason for the drastic changes in the peach tree, and his eyes involuntarily fell on the small tree next to the spring. A gentle breeze blew, and the eight remaining leaves on the tree fluttered gently with the wind. Looking at these leaves, which had different shapes and different postures when swinging, Xiao Ping suddenly felt something in his heart, and the idea of preserving the form of these leaves forever arose.

Xiao Ping has always been a man of action, and when he thinks of it, he immediately does it. To keep such a magical thing, of course, you can't use ordinary methods such as taking pictures and videos. Xiao Ping thought of the piece of jade left behind when he went to southern Yunnan to gamble on the stone. This piece of jadeite is turquoise and transparent, without a trace of impurities at all, and is perfect for carving leaves.

It is also strange to say, if you use the demon refining pot to touch jade and the like, the essence of these gems will be immediately absorbed and turned into a pile of powder. But Xiao Ping brought the jade into the demon refining pot and there was nothing, so he had to marvel at the magic of the demon refining pot, it seems that the secret of this is not to be figured out for the rest of his life.

However, Xiao Ping didn't care about this, as long as he knew that the Dao Demon Refining Pot could bring him great benefits, it was not a big problem if he didn't understand other things.

Although this piece of jadeite is not large, it is more than enough to carve a leaf. Xiao Ping roughly estimated that it should be no problem to carve four or five leaves. Xiao Ping sat by the spring, feeling the slightest changes in the leaves with his heart, while slowly carving the jade in his hand with the knife he carried with him.

Jadeite is a kind of jadeite, and it generally needs to be carved with special tools. But Xiao Ping's hand strength is much stronger than that of ordinary people, and he can barely carve jade even with a knife. Although the speed of carving was slower, Xiao Ping didn't mean to be in a hurry, so he carved slowly with a knife, and the outline of the first leaf gradually appeared on the jadeite.

Xiao Ping was completely immersed in it, sometimes he would carve a few knives in a row, and sometimes he just looked at the slightly shaking leaves stupidly, and did not move a knife for a long time, as if he had forgotten that there was still such a thing as carving. At this moment, under the carving of fast and slow, the shape of the leaves became more and more vivid.

Don't look at Xiao Ping, he has never carved anything before, but he seems to have a real talent for it. In addition, he also carved it with feeling, and it was quite easy to carve. Although the first leaves are only beginning to take shape, the shape of the leaves is also very vividly carved, and it really looks like that.

It was impossible to completely carve it overnight, so Xiao Ping decided to take a break after carving for a while. Don't look at Xiao Ping just carving a leaf, but he needs to put all his energy into it, otherwise he won't be able to reflect the smart and magical feeling of the leaf. Even for Xiao Ping now, this is a very difficult thing, and he can only rest and slowly complete all the carvings.

In fact, Xiao Ping's feeling and carving of this magical leaf with all his energy as he did just now is also a great benefit to him. This small tree is the core existence of the demon refining pot, Xiao Ping carefully figured out the shape and movement of the leaves, which can make him and the demon refining pot have a more tacit understanding, which will be of great help to the future development.

However, at the moment, Xiao Ping didn't know that a decision he made on a whim would be of such great benefit. After Xiao Ping came out of the demon refining pot, he found that it was already dawn, and the small farmhouse inn was already in chaos, and someone was knocking on his door.

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Thanks to the book friends "Flower Man", "Psychedelic Elf", "Zeroed Smoke", "andy19720614", "Naughty Watermelon" for their tips. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )