"We don't know about this, and we can't ask, it doesn't matter who he is, I just care about Lan Lan and You'an." Old Man Gu smiled kindly.

On the mountain, along the winding sheep intestine path, Gu Youan pulled Duran all the way, he was more familiar with this area, for fear of losing Duran if he fell. In the thorny mountain forest, they had already crossed two hills, and Duran was obviously exhausted.

She leaned her back against a large smooth stone and waved her hand to Gu Youan breathlessly: "No...... No, I ...... I can't walk anymore, so let me rest for a while. ”

Gu Youan laughed loudly, don't look at her majesty on weekdays, but in the end she is a little woman, he looked at her dotingly: "Otherwise, I will carry you for my husband for a while?" ”

"No, I'll take a break." Duran shook his hand.

Gu Youan also leaned on the big rock, relaxed and comfortable, looking at the handsome mountain scenery in his eyes, he couldn't help but sigh: "I haven't taken my lady out to play for a few days, so I just took the opportunity to find spices to come out and relax." ”

"Uh-huh." Duran nodded in agreement, it was the first time she had climbed such a high mountain, it seemed that she would have to strengthen her exercise in the future, just thinking of this, suddenly a gust of mountain wind came back, and Duran sniffed keenly.

Gu Youan also smelled a choking smell, and frowned puzzled: "Lady, what kind of smell, it seems to stink." ”

Duran smelled the familiar and fresh, distinct smell of taste recognition, and her eyes suddenly lit up, and she was pleasantly surprised: "It's mountain pepper!" You'an, is the taste of mountain pepper. ”

Following the direction of the smell, Duran turned his head to look, but what caught his eye was an eight-meter-tall old mountain pepper tree with dense oval leaves. The whole tree was like a large unfolded umbrella, and the ripe mountain pepper hung all over the branches, and when the wind blew, a strange smell could be smelled from afar.

"Mountain pepper? What's that? Gu Youan looked at the black round beans hanging on the branches of the mountain pepper tree, and only felt that it was a little similar to Sichuan pepper.

Duran happily ran to the mountain pepper tree, and explained as he ran: "Let me tell you, mountain pepper can be used for many purposes, it can be made into sauce, and the steamed buns made from sauce are delicious." It can also be made into pepper oil and used as a seasoning. It can not only be used as a seasoning, it also has a lot of medicinal value, the leaves dispel wind, stop bleeding and detoxify, treat colds, muscle and bone pain. The root dispels wind, disperses paralyzed blood, and clears the veins. Treatment of gout, numbness, musculoskeletal pain, asthma, etc. Wood can be used as furniture; Leaves and peels can be extracted from aromatic oils; The oil can be used as soap and lubricating oil. The residue after oil extraction can be used to make soy sauce and fertilizer directly. Do you know? Mountain pepper has a high oil content, strong corrosion resistance, and delicate and hard wood, which is very suitable for making furniture. ”

Speaking of mountain pepper, Duran was even more gushing, Gu Youan followed closely, and twenty or thirty meters to the bottom of the mountain pepper tree.

Duran touched the mountain pepper light, and the slippery bark couldn't help but be overjoyed.

Gu Youan stood aside and looked at her sideways, with a smile in his eyes: "Lady, in your eyes, anything can make money, how many years has this tree grown here, no one has come here to pick these beans." ”

"Oh, don't underestimate these little beans, if you pick the whole tree, you can sell it for a lot of money. According to the market value, fifty dollars a pound. Duran looked up at the tree with joy, but she was not short of money now, but of these pepper seeds.

"Really? Isn't it more valuable if it causes pepper sauce? Gu Youan happily agreed.

Duran looked at him appreciatively, "The son can be taught, let's go, let's climb up and pick it." With that, Duran rolled up his sleeves and hugged the trunk of the tree excitedly, ready to climb up.

Looking at Duran's clumsy appearance, Gu Youan couldn't help laughing, he knew that she was going to climb a tree, he could teach her some simple light skills in advance, Duran wrapped around the trunk tightly like a monkey, rubbing it up little by little, but Yu Guang caught a glimpse of Gu Youan standing in place and laughing at her, she said strangely: "Why are you stunned, go up the tree?" ”

Gu Youan stood still at all, "Lady, you come down first, let's talk about conditions." ”

Looking at his calm and relaxed appearance, he doesn't seem to take pepper picking seriously at all, can he pick it easily?

"Okay." Duran slipped down from the trunk of the tree with a thud and looked at Gu Youan seriously, she wanted to hear what this guy was talking about.

Gu You'an smiled at the corner of his lips, and asked confidently: "If my husband can pick all the peppers on the entire tree within an hour, how are you going to reward me?" ”

"The tone is not small, if you can do it, I will ......" Duran's eyes rolled, without thinking that she had already guessed that Gu Youan must have made some shameless requests.

However, before she could think of what to say, Gu Youan spoke to herself: "I want to ...... with you tonight for my husband."

"You put me on the tree, let's pick it together, and we will be able to finish it in the afternoon." Duran's delicate little face crossed a touch of cunning, why did she give him this opportunity? Obviously not.

"I'm worried about my husband's hard work, otherwise it's okay, let my husband kiss Fangze tonight, it's always okay, right? There is no compensation for the hard work, how can the husband have the motivation, you see this tree is not small, and it will take a lot of trouble to pick it up. Gu Youan bargained.

Duran thought briefly and looked directly at him: "Okay, just kiss it, I promised, you go up and pick it quickly, don't delay your efforts." ”

Gu Youan smiled triumphantly, smiling slyly, "Okay." ”

After saying that, he jumped up, sat down on the branch of the tree in the blink of an eye, opened the bib he had carried all the way and picked it up.

Duran reacted, and looked at Gu You'an, who was sitting next to him as if no one was picking peppers, and really wanted to scold him, daring to fall for him.

"Hey, you actually dare to play tricks on me, I would have known that you would go up easily, and I wouldn't have promised you." Duran shouted angrily under the tree.

"Lady, are you not worried about my safety at all when you stand on such a tall branch for your husband to work?" Gu Youan said jokingly while picking pepper seeds.

"You're so good." Duran still wanted to argue with him, but in the end he was still worried about him, so his tone weakened a little, and finally admonished: "You should be careful." ”

Gu Youan glanced down at her from the gap in the branches, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, just wait for me." ”

"Xianggong, you throw some for me first, let me taste it." Duran wondered if the pepper tasted the same as it had tasted in his previous life.

"Okay." A sound responded, and soon Gu Youan broke off a small branch and threw it down.

Duran bent down to pick it up, picked one off and stuffed it into his mouth, just chewed it a few times, and his face immediately wrinkled into an old woman's appearance, "Phew! Bah! Astringent and pungent. Gu You'an, what you threw at me is too raw, find something mature and blackened. ”

Gu Youan sneezed violently on the tree: "Ahh Lady, the smell of this tree is too choking, if you don't let me kiss it at night, I will be a great loss. ”

Duran's face turned red: "Okay, I promised you." ”

For the sake of his hard work, I reluctantly rewarded him once.

Gu Youan pinched his nose, smiled proudly, and followed Duran's instructions to find some black peppers and throw them down.

This time, Duran nodded: "The taste is punctual, refreshing and cool, similar to mint." You pick a little more. ”

Gu Youan quickly picked the mountain pepper, and after a quarter of an hour's effort, his bib was full, he jumped down to Du Lan's side, put his bib on the ground, tied Du Lan's bib and jumped to the tree again to change places and continue to pick it up.

Duran gave him a command in a loud voice below: "This side, this side is ripe." ”

Gu Youan moved his body in the direction of Duran's finger, and Duran cautiously told him underneath: "Be careful, this branch is too thin." ”

"Well, lady." Gu Youan responded happily.

Suddenly, there was a heavy and panicked grunt not far away, and then the nearby bushes also trembled, accompanied by a chaotic low roar, Gu Youan stood high and looked far away, and saw that the bushes not far away were knocked to pieces, and his action of picking pepper froze in mid-air, and he secretly screamed in his heart. With an alarmed look, he jumped down from the tree with a smack, and without saying a word, picked up Duran and jumped back onto the high branch.

Du Lan obviously felt that the ground under his feet was trembling, and his heart was inexplicably flustered, and he saw that Gu You'an, who was holding him, had an extremely solemn face, and he didn't dare to come out of the frightened atmosphere immediately, until Gu Youan hugged her to a high branch, she trembled her throat, and asked with a frightened face: "Xianggong...... What's wrong? ”

As he spoke, the clatter of the animal's hooves had stopped under the pepper tree......