Luo Xiaolong put a tree root that was more than a foot long and still wet with mud into a rectangular stone box, covered it with a stone slab, counted the number of familiar ones in his heart, looked at more than a dozen stone boxes of the same material and different shapes and sizes, and showed a pleased smile: This is the last medicine needed for the prescription given by Lao Long.

In addition to being happy, he clenched his right hand into a fist and gently swung it up and down and shouted, "YES!

These stone boxes were carved by Luo Xiaolong with the Lock Dragon Sword after Luo Xiaolong fished out the stones in the lake not far from the stone henge under the guidance of the old man in the big bowl. These stones have been nourished by the aura of many thousands of years, and they are the most suitable for keeping plants fresh.

Flashing out of the conch space, standing on the cliff, his eyes swept over the clouds and mist rising from the S-shaped river in the canyon, facing the snow-capped mountains in the distance, closing his abdomen, opening his mouth, inhaling, and a sharp whistling sound was transmitted away with the wind, surrounding the valley and slowly endlessly.

The roots of the tree had just been dug out of the cliff below, and next to the excavation, a beehive with a diameter of more than two meters and an ear-shaped shape glued to a steep stone was also found, and the hive was densely packed with thousands of bees, all of which were large and round, half the size of the bees commonly found in the south. Ordinary people would have to retreat when they saw so many bees, but Luo Xiaolong adhered to the principle that you don't offend me, I don't offend you, and get along with each other amicably, even if a few bees come to provoke, they just use their minds to get rid of them, and they don't have the same knowledge as them.

Soon after the live broadcast ended that day, Lao Long was taken away by the old man who teleported over, and the old man also asked the machine spirit if he wanted to return to the original qi realm to stay, but as expected, Lao Hai refused, saying that he would not leave Luo Xiaolong for half a step until his wish was achieved.

Luo Xiaolong was speechless about this fart worm (big bowl old man's words), but there was no way, he couldn't throw him away, but he muttered in his heart: If one day he and Cui Sophie hehehe, what should I do with him?

Luo Xiaolong turned around and went down the mountain with the backpack on his back, and easily reached the foot of the mountain, but accidentally ran into Chen Shulin, Chen Hui and his son. The father and son were happy for him when they learned that Luo Xiaolong had picked up the medicine he needed.

The Chen family and his son were the ones who guided Luo Xiaolong to this mountain to collect medicine. The father is about forty years old, and the long years of hard work and hard life make him look much older than his actual age, and the son is only in his early twenties, with an old face, at first glance, he thought that he was already middle-aged.

A few days ago, Luo Xiaolong came to Chenjiatang located in Shudi, and under the introduction of the villagers, he came to Chen Shulin's house, Chen Shulin, who often went up the mountain to hunt and dig herbs in the early years, saw the picture on Luo Xiaolong's mobile phone, recalled it for a long time, and guided him to come to this piece of mountain to try to find it, but he didn't expect to really have a harvest.

As soon as Luo Xiaolong heard the useful news at that time, he went to find medicine after thanking him, and chatted with Chen Shulin without hesitation, and today he saw that the father and son were wearing an old camouflage uniform, with a large bundle of rope on their backs, and a huge bamboo basket, a sharp axe, walkie-talkie, binoculars and other equipment, I don't know what the father and son are going to do, if you want to say chopping wood, this equipment is not very similar.

After asking, I learned that the father and son had come to find a wild beehive. This place is located in the northwest of Shudi, the geographical environment is very similar to Tibet, the sea is high, and the high mountains of more than three or four thousand meters are very common. The honey here is very famous, and the honey harvested by a hive with a diameter of more than one meter can be sold for more than 1,000 yuan. In spring, the flowers are in full bloom, and the honey flowers at this time are fragrant, which is a good item for many people to eat or give gifts.

Luo Xiaolong was also going back to the village to thank this family, but when he thought of the beehive next to the medicine collection, he not only told this information, but also volunteered to lead the way for the father and son.

Luo Xiaolong also wanted to help with bamboo baskets and the like, the father and son were already full of joy when they heard that there was a beehive, so they were willing to let him take things again, and after a flip and push, Luo Xiaolong changed his trick and told himself not to take the hive, but to let himself complete the process of picking the hive.

The father and son thought that this was a city man who really knew how to play, so they persuaded bitterly that this process was very dangerous, Luo Xiaolong's height and weight were not suitable for going off the cliff, and it was more appropriate to let the thin Chen Shulin complete this job.

The three of them were full of physical strength and sufficient foot strength, and walked while talking, and after more than an hour, they came to the bottom of the hive, first observed the position, then had a good purpose, planned the route, and made various preparations.

Following the direction Luo Xiaolong pointed to, after seeing this hive, the Chen father and son couldn't help frowning.

This beehive is located in the middle of the cliff, about sixty meters from the vertical height of the mountain, this distance is not a problem, the key is to get close to the hive, the cliff begins to retract, a bit of an inverted triangle hypotenuse. If you want to pick a beehive in this kind of terrain, the difficulty is not ordinary, with the equipment and skills of the father and son, it is really very difficult.

The father and son studied for a long time, and there was a dispute in the middle, and the quarrel was red and hot, and finally Chen Shulin slapped the board, he came to try it once, and if it didn't work, he would give up directly. After finishing speaking, Chen Shulin was still a little embarrassed, and explained to Luo Xiaolong in stiff Mandarin:

"Brother Xiaolong, I'm not afraid of your jokes, it's not that my Lao Chen wants money and doesn't want to die, it's really that the family is in trouble, I can make a little more money, and I can make a little more money......"

With that, father and son turned around and went to be the ones who made the smoke bees. After a while, Chen Hui came back with two tree poles with a cup mouth thick and more than three meters long, and he explained that this kind of tree pole is light in weight and has good toughness, and is used to poke the beehive, first, the hive is far away, and the tree pole can be used as an extension of the hand, and second, to prevent bee stinging, because there are too many bees on the hive, no matter how much you drive them, it is impossible to drive away all the bees. In the picking process, most of them first hang the bamboo basket under the hive, and then use the tree pole or bamboo to poke the hive. Chop one more for backup, worrying that you won't find a suitable tree pole at the top of the mountain.

Chen Shulin carried a basket of freshly cut shrub branches, which emit a very pungent smoke when burned, and used to smoke bees. Luo Xiaolong helped take a tree pole, led the way, and when he came to the top of the mountain, he inquired about the difficulties of the family that Chen Shulin said.

It turned out that since the beginning of the previous year, a few outsiders came to the village, specially purchased some strange-shaped tree roots from the villagers, most of the rural people have not dug the roots at home, there are one or two people who don't know where to get it back before, and the roots that are ready to be used for firewood are sold at a very high price, many people in the village can't bear it, and after inquiring about the purchase needs of outsiders, they have gone up the mountain, and they are specially going to the cliff to find all kinds of strange-shaped tree roots, I heard that the steeper and steeper the place of the roots, the more peculiar the growth, the higher the price.

In this case, Chen Shulin and his son couldn't help but be moved, and went to dig a few times, and at first they made some money, and then the nearby places that could be dug were almost dug up, so the villagers went to the farther and more dangerous cliffs to find Excavate, these places are inaccessible, the terrain is complex, the danger is heavy, there are many villagers who have died, Chen Shulin's youngest son Chen Xiaoshan is bold, regardless of his father's warning, and friends in the same village have quietly been there a few times, but he walked a lot at night and finally met a ghost, broke a leg in the winter last year, this fall does not matter, the family not only contributed all the money earned by digging roots to the hospital, but also spent all the savings before, until now Chen Xiaoshan was discharged from the hospital, but the leg is still not good, the day before yesterday Luo Xiaolong was talking to his father at his house, he was still lying in the room。

After listening to what Chen Shulin said, Luo Xiaolong was a little silent, he was also a baby who grew up in the countryside, he had never heard of such a thing before, as the saying goes, people die for money, birds die for food, Chen Xiaoshan and those villagers who lost their lives are all choices made by themselves, they can't blame others, if you want to blame, you can only blame yourself, someone has already given their lives because of this, and they have to earn this kind of money that they want to exchange their lives for, which is really helpless.

Hearing that his father hated iron and steel, Chen Hui, who was originally taciturn, couldn't help but say something, but it made Chen Shulin feel guilty.

It turned out that Chen Xiaoshan went to dig tree roots to earn money regardless of the danger, partly to save his own college expenses, because he was going to his third year of high school in the second half of this year, and with the conditions of his previous family, even if he could be admitted to college, it would be difficult to afford the high tuition fees;

In all fairness, the woman's request is not too high, when Luo Xiaolong went to Chen Shulin's house, he was also a little surprised by the dilapidated situation of his house, he didn't expect his family to be so difficult, many families in the village have two or three stories of red brick buildings, looking at Chen Shulin's population group CD is in the prime of life, it is the time to make money, but the family still lives in a dilapidated civil structure house.

After listening to what Chen Hui said with red eyes, Luo Xiaolong couldn't help but feel compassion.

If it is someone who has nothing to do with him, it will be forgotten if he has heard of it, but Chen Shulin's simple nature, enthusiastic to help others, and the brotherhood of Chen Hui and Chen Xiaoshan made Luo Xiaolong think of helping, and after making up his mind, Zhengse said to Chen's father and son:

"Uncle Shulin, there are two sentences for me to tell you, two days ago you proposed to Brother Chen Hui to be my guide, I didn't agree, not because I had any ideas in my heart, but because I had some secrets, I didn't want you to know, and I didn't want to have too much to do with you, but I just listened to Brother Chen Hui's words, I was very moved, I also grew up in the countryside, I have a cousin and I have a relationship between me, just like a brother, Chen Hui and Xiaoshan's brotherhood, let me empathize. So now that I've changed my mind, I'm not afraid that you will know my secrets, and I want to help you as best I can.

I'm not talking about me coming to pick the hive, but I mean I can help look down on the hill's leg, and maybe I can find a way to heal it. Okay, in order to give you some confidence in me, I'd better pick the hive first, or I'm afraid you'll think I'm bragging. ”

Listening to Luo Xiaolong's heartfelt words, Chen Shulin was a little excited in his heart, and reluctantly agreed to let him give it a try.