The old men were stunned and asked, "What conditions do you have?" Isn't that what those attractions are? ”

Xu Dong shook his head and said: "I'm not here to travel, not to those famous scenic spots, what I need is someone who is very familiar with the mountains of Changbai Mountain that are not tourist attractions, but to go to those places that no one has ever walked before, preferably some legendary places." ”

A few old men immediately shook their heads, tourist attractions can actually go without a tour guide, the traffic route is very good, the road signs are marked everywhere, the visitors from other places come to play, mainly because they are afraid of being slaughtered, and the second is that there is a guide to understand clearly.

If, as Xu Dong said, the place to go is not a tourist attraction, and the more remote the better, it will be more difficult to find such a person.

After thinking about it, one of the old men said, "Are you looking for such a person?" I do know of a man, but he's not young, he's in his fifties, is that what you want? ”

Xu Dong nodded and said, "Fifty years old is not very old, it's okay, uncle, can you introduce me to the person you said?" ”

The old man said, "This man is an old hunter, the legend of Changbai Mountain, there is nothing he doesn't know, and there are almost no places he hasn't been." ”

Xu Dong was overjoyed, and immediately said, "Uncle, please introduce me, I just need such a guide!" ”

Seeing the old man groaning, Xu Dong hurriedly took out a handful of banknotes from his trouser pocket, it is estimated that there are dozens of them, and if he can't count them, he stuffed them into the old man's hand and said, "Uncle, please have a meal with these, you can help me introduce them!" ”

Several old men couldn't help but be stunned, the handful of money Xu Dong gave casually was at least 1,56 yuan, and to find a guide, the remuneration fee given was only two or three hundred yuan a day, and the introduction fee given casually was so much, it seems that if he really became their guide, it would not be tens of thousands of yuan?

"Okay, okay, I'll contact you right away!"

As the saying goes, if you take other people's hands, this is a benefit, and you will naturally have to do something for him, the old man did not hesitate at all, and walked outside the town with Xu Dong.

Outside the town, there is an endless deep primeval forest, and a dirt road seems to have been drilled into a green tunnel, and there is hardly daylight.

After walking on this dirt road for nearly half an hour, I came to a thatched hut that looked like a forest guard.

The old man shouted a few times outside: "Brother Yuan...... Brother Yuan, are you at home? ”

The person who came to open the door was a woman in her forties, and when she saw the old man, she smiled and asked, "It's Uncle Huang, come in and sit, Shi Jin has gone to see Lin Frog, it is estimated that he will come back in a while, have something to do with him?" Uncle Huang smiled and said, "That's the case, this little brother wants to find someone who is very familiar with our Changbai Mountain to be a guide, hehe, I think of Brother Yuan." ”

"Be a guide,......" the woman hesitated a little: "The frog species that have just been changed this year, this is the season when production is about to be produced, it is very important, and besides, aren't the big brothers the tour guides of the travel company, how can they ......?"

That means, it is estimated that this old hunter Yuan Shijin may not be able to leave, besides, what Uncle Huang's son can't do, I'm afraid to find Yuan Shijin......

Xu Dong smiled and immediately introduced himself: "Auntie, my name is Xu Dong, and I found Teacher Yuan as a guide!" ”

The woman looked at Xu Dong and saw that although he was young, he was very generous, so she immediately beckoned: "Come in and sit, come in and sit!" ”

This thatched hut is not wide, more than ten square meters, both as a living room, as a kitchen, and one is estimated to be the bedroom of Yuan Shijin and his wife.

The woman beckoned Xu Dong and Huang Bo to sit down, poured tea, and explained: "This ridge has just been contracted by our family, and the old man can't be idle, so he raises forest frogs in it, and then every day he takes a shotgun and goes around inside, and at this time, he should be back for lunch." ”

Xu Dong nodded, took a sip of the tea made by the woman, the tea was a little astringent, this so-called "tea", at first glance, looked like some kind of leaf was crushed as tea leaves, much worse than the one made by Zhang Juncheng, Xu Dong was a little unaccustomed to drinking.

Huang Bo smiled and said: "Sister, I have only drunk your tea for the second time, hehe, it is really good tea." ”

"Mallet ......" Xu Dong was stunned, and couldn't help but ask Uncle Huang, what kind of tree is this mallet? Can leaves be drunk as tea?

Huang Bo laughed, and after laughing, he explained: "Little boss, you are a southerner, you don't understand this, of course, it is not surprising, in fact, the mallet is what our locals call 'ginseng', using ginseng leaves to boil tea and drink, if it is not appropriate, it can defeat the fire and stop diarrhea, and can also prevent deep forest diseases." ”

The "mallet" is the ginseng that he nagged all day long, Xu Dong laughed dumbly.

The woman made tea and then began to cook, Huang Bo naturally took on the responsibility of accompanying the guests temporarily, and the woman occasionally smiled and said a few words.

Huang Bo said that boiling tea with ginseng leaves is very particular, and now there is a large area of cultivated ginseng, that is, home ginseng, that leaf is generally not used to make tea, because the longest ginseng is generally only five to seven years of growth, and the use of ginseng leaves to make tea has no taste and efficacy.

I don't want Yuan Shijin to be this kind of ginseng leaf tea, Yuan Shijin is not only a hunter who hunts, but also a ginseng picker, generally after this period of waiting for the forest frog season, Yuan Shijin basically integrated into Changbai Mountain, hunting, ginseng picking, everything, so he is very familiar with Changbai Mountain.

Every time Yuan Shijin picks ginseng, he scatters the ginseng seeds back, leaving ginseng and ginseng leaves, the ginseng is sold for money, and the ginseng leaves are dried and then brewed into tea.

While he was talking, an old man who looked to be about fifty years old with a shotgun on his back came straight back, and said with a smile: "As soon as I heard the voice, it was Huang Bo, you came here again, hehe, come and drink my ginseng leaf tea." ”

Huang Bo took a sip of ginseng leaf tea and said with a smile: "Brother Yuan, this time, I really have something to find you, I didn't drink you in vain with this tea." ”

"What's the matter?" Yuan Shijin took off the shotgun and put it back in the room, then came out and found a stool to sit down and asked.

Without waiting for Xu Dong to speak, Huang Bo and Yuan Shijin's wife told Xu Dong's intentions.

Xu Dong also said: "Old Yuan, this time, the place we are going to go is very difficult, I know that you are very familiar with Changbai Mountain, so I came to you to help be a guide, but old Yuan, don't worry, we will definitely not treat you badly in this reward, Yuan Shijin glanced at Xu Dong, and said lightly: "What are you here for?" How do you know that I will promise you? ”

Huang Bo saw that Yuan Shijin's attitude was a little cold, he stood up immediately, snorted, and said: "Little boss, the person you want me to help find, I have already helped you find it, you can talk about it first, I still have something to do, I have to go first." ”

Xu Dong didn't keep him, took out a few hundred yuan and handed it to him, saying, "Uncle, this is a little cigarette money for your old man, hehe, don't be too little!" Huang Bo hesitated slightly, but still took a few hundred yuan, and said with a smile: "Little boss, if you need anything in the future, you still come to me......"

As he spoke, Huang Bo left with a smile.

Looking at Huang Bo's back, Yuan Shijin's face was a little gloomy, and he asked Xu Dong: "This place in Changbai Mountain is adjacent to Chao and Xian, and there are many places that are inaccessible, among which the terrain is complex, and there are many fierce beasts, bear blind, Siberian tigers, timber wolves, even if you encounter a wild boar, it is a guy who can kill people, and it is the current climate, you are southerners, and you can drop to a low temperature of minus a few degrees at night, can you support it?" ”

After a pause, Yuan Shijin continued: "Although I have a gun, I do all the things that abide by the law, and I want to do those things that violate the law and discipline, hum ......."

Xu Dong smiled: "In this place, if you don't smuggle and don't cross the border, what else can you do illegally." ”

Yuan Shijin frowned, glanced at Xu Dong, and said coldly: "Don't think I don't know, the wildlife resources in Changbai Mountain are very rich, and most of them are rare, and there are a lot of small people who specialize in catching mountain goods, especially recently, because of the strong control, the price of mountain goods on the market has soared, and those poachers are becoming more and more rampant, alas......"

Speaking of this, Yuan Shijin sighed, thinking about it, in Yuan Shijin's opinion, Xu Dong Bacheng is the same as those people, not a good person.

Xu Dong smiled again and explained: "Old Yuan, blame me for not making it clear, in fact, it's like this, I have a friend who has a strange disease, it is said that only this dragon scale grass in Changbai Mountain can cure him of this strange disease, so let's come here, let's put it this way, I myself was originally a shopkeeper, and I didn't dare to touch those things that violated laws and disciplines." ”

Yuan Shijin was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "Are you really not here to catch mountain goods?" Is it really just for Dragonscale Grass? ”

Xu Dong smiled faintly, took out the bag of money that had been prepared earlier, and put it in front of Yuan Shijin, this is a pack of two unopened banknotes, and you don't need to look at it to know that it is 200,000 cash.

"Yuan Lao, it seems that you also know the legend of the dragon scale grass, in this bag, there are 200,000, after finding the dragon scale grass, there is a bonus of 800,000 yuan, there is such a rich reward, Yuan Lao, do you think I am willing to take the risk of breaking the law and discipline to catch a few mountain goods?"

Yuan Shijin was stunned again, and his eyes began to be stern: "I will make it clear now that I will not do anything about illegal and criminal matters, even if I promise you, but if I find out that you have deceived me in the future, I will also regret it!" ”

Xu Dong immediately said very cautiously: "Old Yuan, I don't dare to say a word, but at least, what I have said can still be counted, not to mention, I really just want to find the dragon scale grass to save people, such a righteous thing, such a fair and honest thing, I don't do it, do I have to risk the world's condemnation?" ”

After a pause, Yuan Shijin asked again: "That's good, when are you going to leave?" ”

"Tomorrow!" Xu Dong immediately replied, "I have to stay in the hotel for one night today, and we have to purchase all the materials for going up the mountain here, and ...... the other."

Xu Dong looked at Yuan Shijin and said seriously: "Yuan Lao, this time I go to Changbai Mountain, I estimate that it may take a long time, and Yuan Lao grew up in Changbai Mountain, so for the various experiences of exploring and surviving in the mountains, I think Yuan Lao has absolute authority, what do you need, please ask Yuan Lao to make a recommendation!" I'll send someone to prepare. ”

Yuan Shijin thought for a while, nodded, and then said, "I'll write a list and let your purchaser add it." ”

After Yuan Shijin wrote the list, Xu Dong took the list, and made an appointment to meet tomorrow at a time and place, and then after saying goodbye and going back, he asked the fat man and Lu Xuan to buy them according to the list, and early the next morning, Yuan Shijin went to the hotel to meet them by himself.

According to Yuan Shijin's request, the luggage was reduced and distributed, and everyone had to carry a bag, and then rented a car and went up the mountain according to the tourist road first.

After all, at the foot of Changbai Mountain, it is still a densely populated area, if you want to find the dragon scale grass, there is no possibility at all, according to Yuan Shijin's suggestion, now you can only go up the mountain first, and then try to find it in a sparsely populated place, in this way, you can try to shorten the time and itinerary in the mountain, and it is much safer to find it from the mountain to the mountain.