Chapter Forty-Six: Dead Wood Meets Spring

Near noon, the old village chief of Chenjiazhuang and a few others came to Qingyunguan. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 infoAccording to the old practice, on the first day of the new year, you have to go up the mountain to worship the gods.

When I arrived at the door, I was immediately shocked, the fire was still a mess, black and smoky, and it was particularly eye-catching.

The older the forest, the more afraid of mountain fires, a fire in DXAL back then, burned so badly. This hill belongs to Chenjiagou, usually there are special rangers to wander around, yesterday for the New Year, maybe the rangers were lazy, so I didn't know that Monkey Mountain almost became a bald mountain.

When I entered the temple, I saw the monkeys staggering in the sun, and some of them were so tired that they just sat there and fell asleep. Although they have all been cleaned, the burnt monkey hair or something will not be able to recover in a while.

When I saw the monkey, the appearance was even more miserable, the head and body were all bare, all of which were small short hairs less than a centimeter; In some places, even the skin with the ointment is exposed.

It turned out that Ma Fenghou was disgusted that the monkey hair was burned unevenly, like a dog gnawing it, so he simply asked Xiao Qi to cut it again, as if a pet cat and dog had just finished shearing.

"Is this a wildfire?" The old village chief looked palpitating.

Chen Ergou talked about it vividly, he led the monkeys to sacrifice their lives to fight the fire, etc., and the villagers were shocked when they heard it.

"A monkey is a monkey!" The old village chief looked at Ma Fenghou with a little more respect in his eyes, even if he was an ordinary person, he had to flee for his life when he encountered a mountain fire, let alone a monkey, he could take the initiative to lead the monkey group to fight the fire, which was truly worthy of the title of monkey.

So he hurriedly led the villagers to the main hall to burn incense, in their opinion, all this must be the gods pretending to extinguish the mountain fire by the hands of the monkeys, and the gods appeared.

Even when I kowtow, I am more sincere than in previous years, and sincerity is spiritual.

After the fruit was placed, the old village chief began to pray in his mouth, "Blessing the gods, bless the safety of the mountains and forests, Taiping of Chenjia Village-"

He was praying devoutly, when he felt someone next to him poking him with his elbow, and when he turned his head, he saw Chen Barefoot snorting at him, and following the other party's prompt, the old village chief was so shocked that he almost jumped up from the ground - the idol above was nodding at him!

"The gods have really appeared!" The old village chief kowtowed like pounding garlic, and the others did not dare to slack off, and they all kowtowed vigorously with great awe.

What's even more bizarre is that the back of the idol's neck sticks out a small hairy claw, which seems to beckon to the mortals below.

Worthy of being the most knowledgeable person in Chenjia Village, Chen Guangjiao hurriedly took an apple from the offering and handed it tremblingly. At the same time, I was amazed in my heart: God is really there.

With a whoosh, Ma Fenghou jumped on the offering table, turned to the back of the idol, climbed a few times, and reached the position of the idol's shoulder. I saw him stretch out his hand and pull out a hairy monkey from the hole in the back of the idol's neck, and slapped it on the monkey's buttocks, which made a loud noise, and the monkey's squeaky screams sounded in the hall.

It's the dysentery that can't be found everywhere, I can't imagine that this product is actually hidden in the statue of the god to pretend to be a ghost, if I don't beat your ass red today, I won't be the monkey king!

In the end, Xiao Qi came over to plead for dysentery, and Ma Fenghou spared this coward for the time being, but the death penalty can be avoided, and the living crime is unforgivable, so punish it for pouring the toilet for a month first.

This small episode did not have much impact on the villagers, who were still in awe of the gods. So when Chen Ergou proposed that after the spring flowers bloomed, Qingyunguan would be repaired, and they all promised that they would come up the mountain to help when the time came.

When the old village chief went down the mountain, Chen Ergou also went back, after all, it was the New Year, so Ma Fenghou gave him half a month's vacation and asked him to come back after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

Who ran back to the mountain until Chen Ergou stayed at home for two nights, saying that he was used to living in Qingyunguan, and it was not interesting to go back to the village. was so angry that the old village chief scolded him: I can't see a few outsiders on the mountain all year round, where can I find my daughter-in-law? If he can't marry a daughter-in-law, how can he hold his great-grandson?

"Grandpa, don't scold your eldest brother, okay?" The youngest grandson Chen Sangou also helped his brother intercede, and as for their ranking, Chen Ergou also has an uncle's brother.

"Do I count on you?" Looking at Chen Sangou's ***** who could only pee, the old village chief could only sigh: I knew this was the case, I shouldn't have left Ergou on the mountain in the first place......

Chen Ergou didn't feel anything bad at all, he was happy every day in Qingyunguan, he didn't worry or get angry; You can also exercise your body and learn boxing; And Master Monkey has rewards from time to time, earning more than farming in the village, so why not do it?

Such days fly by, and before you know it, the first month is out, the snow on the mountains melts, and it is the season of spring flowers.

During this period, the old village chief went up the mountain several times, in addition to sending some firewood, rice, oil and salt to Qingyunguan, he was standing in front of the burned pine trees in a daze: the old trees that had experienced the barbecue of the mountain fire, the remaining branches actually sprouted new shoots. The trunks and branches were still black, so the tender green shoots were so dazzling.

Dead wood is spring, this is the real manifestation of the gods - the old village chief can only pin this kind of magic on the gods. How did he know that it was Ma Fenghou who was worried that these trees would die, so he just sprinkled a soak of urine under the roots of the trees.

Not only that, with the arrival of spring, Qingyunguan is also busy, Ma Fenghou leads the monkeys every day, planting trees all over the mountains: as long as there is open space, plant trees.

As for the saplings. Cuttings are always carried out. That is, cut off some of the branches of other trees, bury them in a soil pit, and then fill them with soil and water them. Of course, this is all on the surface.

It stands to reason that if this is done, the survival rate will definitely be difficult to guarantee. But the amazing thing is that one tree is planted and one tree is alive, and it grows well. Because in the dark, every newly planted small tree, Ma Fenghou had to fertilize them.

The only problem is that as more and more saplings are planted, Ma Fenghou gradually feels a little struggling: how many bubbles of urine can he pour a day?

However, this did not make it difficult for the Monkey King, and after a few days of experimentation, Ma Fenghou found a new method. Every day when he went out to plant trees, he asked Chen Ergou to carry two buckets of water, which was diluted monkey urine.

Because of the concentration, the effect is not as obvious as it was at first, but it is still okay to ensure that these seedlings survive.

In the tree planting army, in addition to the monkeys, there is also a heavyweight who plays the main role, that is, the wild boar big tooth. Most of the tree pits were arched by this guy. Otherwise, with those monkeys who have no power to tie the chickens, the physical work of digging tree pits is a bit too difficult for monkeys.

Tree planting is a long-term and arduous task, and it is also a routine every spring in the future. Ma Fenghou's principle is: in the mixed forest, try to plant fruit trees; In the pine forest, pine trees are planted as much as possible so that the scale will be formed.

As for the open space around Qingyunguan, it is also dominated by fruit trees. The main thing is that it's easy to eat.

The only place where the tree-planting army did not set foot was the Hot Spring Valley, and Ma Fenghou was worried about disrupting the original balance here, after all, he was also a layman, and it would be troublesome if he was self-defeating.

In the afternoon, the army of tree planters finished their day's work and walked back in a loose line. The monkeys were obviously tired enough, and they were all wilting and drooping, and they were much more honest. Only Big Tooth was still energetic, arching twice on the ground from time to time, arching out a few wild vegetables that had just released their leaves, chewing them with taste.

"Let's dig a few mother-in-law trees and go back, it's so hot in the spring, it's just right to eat this." Chen Ergou took out a mountain chopping knife, grabbed it in front of the big tooth, and began to dig wild vegetables.

When Xiao Qi saw it, he also lifted his spirits and began to cooperate with Chen Ergou, and in the mountains and forests, the cheerful voice of the little girl sounded from time to time. "There's a big mother-in-law-this-this--what a fat camelina -- "

As for Ma Fenghou, he was dumbfounded, he didn't know the same wild vegetables. Fortunately, Brother Monkey loves to learn, so he also followed Xiao Qi to observe, and finally, he also discovered the first wild vegetable in his life, a fat mother-in-law.

"Mother-in-law, the yellow flowers are blooming, and the flowers are falling and the umbrella is hit-" Xiao Qi jumped up and down, humming a children's rhyme in his mouth.

At this moment, the mountains and forests have just lifted the blockade of the cold winter, and the plants and trees are glowing with unprecedented vitality, working hard to sprout and grow leaves, and they are full of vitality. Walking in the forest, you seem to be able to feel that the incomparably fresh air, wrapped in a thick vitality, penetrates through every pore of your body......

Ma Fenghou's feeling is the most obvious, during the period of tree planting, the circulating airflow in his body has grown a little.

When he returned to Qingyunguan, Chen Ergou's two buckets were almost full, one bucket was mother-in-law, and the other bucket was camelina cabbage. Now it's just spring, and many wild vegetables haven't sprouted yet, so wait for another month, what bracken and vetch and the like, all over the mountains, that's the energy.

"Master Monkey, someone is coming." Chen Ergou saw two mountain bikes leaning on the peach tree outside the temple, and thought it was yellow and red hair walking up the mountain.

Although the truffles of the previous season have been harvested, these two boys still come and go every once in a while. Chen Ergou estimated that they didn't make less money on Martin, and they didn't want to cut off this financial road. Of course, it is Master Monkey who earns the most, Chen Ergou went to the bank a few days ago to draw the card, and the number on it has exceeded 200,000. As a result, because the stunned time was a little long, the bank card was swallowed.

When I entered Qingyunguan, I saw that it was not the red hair and the yellow hair, but the other two old friends. Chen Ergou beckoned with a big grin: "Little stone, little beauty, when did you come?" ”

In fact, those two are older than him, but Chen Ergou has the support of Master Monkey, and he is on his own territory, so he is a little arrogant.

Xiao Qi also called his brother twice, of course, the happiest was Ma Fenghou: Good brother, let's meet again-

Just as I was about to go over to shake hands, I saw two more people coming out of the room, the one in front of me with a big belly, wearing a maternity dress, looking at the appearance, it was Lin Wan'er.

The belly is so big--Ma Fenghou's mind buzzed, and it was blank.