Text Chapter 9 The Millennial Mallet
The three jumps out five or six meters away. After landing, he did not shy away from the miscellaneous trees in the forest, and rushed straight into the distance like a bear. Before Thunderstorm could understand what was going on, Sanjo jumped out and hurriedly chased Sanjo's figure and looked over. About fifty meters away, a roe deer's head suddenly rose in the grass, its small black eyes looked in the direction of Sanjo, and its two little ears trembled. There was some hesitation and some struggle in his eyes. The three of them were still speeding up, and they bared their teeth and showed a mouthful of big white teeth when they were far away. The roe deer looked at Sanjo, you seem to be a herbivore too, if you have this, you must scare anyone! But seeing Sanjo's fierce expression, the roe deer no longer struggled, looked down at the ground, turned around and ran. Just as it turned around, three arrived, and bit the back leg of the roe deer, tearing off a piece of skin. The roe deer ninja was in pain, and he didn't look back and ran away without a trace.
Looking at the roe deer that ran away, the three did not chase it. When he opened his mouth, he shook off the bloody piece of flesh and fell into his stomach. shook the skin off his body, and motioned to Thunderstorm to let him pass.
"Damn, what a roe deer. It's a shame I didn't catch it. "It's the first time I've seen three hunting birds, and I used to think it was quite a novelty to see it catch fish, but now it seems to be really a big deal.
Pushing aside the bushes, he laboriously walked to Sanjo's side. I saw that it kept sniffing while looking down at the thunderstorm.
"The roe deer have run away, what are you still looking for here?" said Lei Jingyu and touched Sanjo's neck.
The three legs were about to be planed down, and just as the three legs were raised, the branches that were covering the grass next to them shook to reveal two clusters of small red flowers below, and a cluster of green leaves surrounded by the flowers.
Ginseng! Thunderstorm hurriedly reached out and grabbed the hooves that could fall, and the three snorted dissatisfiedly and looked at Thunderstorm.
"Don't be too busy trying to eat, I'll take a closer look. Thunderstorm pulled away Sanjo's head and squatted down. I saw two proud and upright flower heads in the grass next to the roots of the tree, which looked delicate and dripping under the leaves, with slender stems and a few drops of dew falling on the leaves. Parting the leaves and counting, the seven leaves, and the thunderous hands were already trembling. Lei Jingyu's family grows ginseng, and there are a lot of ginseng fields at home, so they are quite familiar with ginseng. However, the ginseng grown at home is all understory ginseng, which is a cash crop, and it is the first time that wild ginseng grown in the deep mountains and old forests like this has been seen. Lei Jingyu carefully recalled that this place has always been a protective forest, and no one has ever opened a ginseng here. Then this must be wild ginseng.
Lei Jingyu remembers seeing wild ginseng once at a neighbor's house when he was a child, it is said that it is quite old, it has been dried, and I heard adults say that it is Wupin mountain ginseng, and the growth cycle must be hundreds of years. It caused quite a stir at the time. At that time, it was not easy to see a ginseng tree that was about 100 years old, let alone hundreds of years. If it weren't for the neighbor's family in a hurry to use the money, they wouldn't have taken it out.
After the news spread, in just two days, there were more than a dozen waves of people who came to buy them. The ginseng was finally sold for about a week, and it was said that it was bought by a big entrepreneur, but in the end, the neighbors didn't say how much it was sold, and it was estimated to be a sky-high price.
"Damn, this is the wild ginseng, three of them, you have found a treasure, and there are two of them when you find it! Qipinye needs at least thousands of years of growth time! This is a treasure among treasures wherever it is placed. Oh my God, how much does this have to sell, it's gone!" Thunderstorm hugged the neck of the three and touched and gnawed excitedly. The three raised their necks triumphantly, and with a sharp bow, they opened their mouths and chewed one of the flowers and leaves into their mouths.
"Damn, you're so ruthless!"
If this ginseng had been seen by the mountain herders before, they would have carefully tied a red thread to the flower stem, and then knelt down and kowtowed. After preparing all the tools, carefully break down the soil layer, and dig little by little while sweeping the floating soil. It is not until all the ginseng whiskers of the whole ginseng plant are lifted and wrapped in a red cloth that it is finished, and this process takes a long time to complete.
"You guy chewed all the leaves in one bite!" Fortunately, there was still a small section left on the soil, and the location of the ginseng could still be found, or you would not cry to death if it was not thundering.
I didn't have any tools in my hand, not even a red rope. Lei Jingyu had no choice but to find a branch, gently peel away the soil and begin his excavation. The three on the side looked at the cautious thunderstorm with a look of disdain!
There is a saying that "the reed bowl is closely intergrown, the round shoulders are round and the reed jujube kernel is round, the skin is tight and the pimple body is fine, the whiskers are long and clear like leather bands, and the pearl dots are dotted on the whiskers, which is a wild ginseng with this characteristic." "Digging wild ginseng is definitely a delicate and tedious job, because although the main part of this ginseng is not large, there are a lot of ginseng, and they are all very thin. If it is put into the hands of the people who put the mountain in the past, these two ginseng trees cannot be cleaned up without a day or two, and all the ginseng whiskers must be cleaned out of the soil one by one, and breaking off any whisker is to destroy the quality of the whole ginseng, and the price will be discounted accordingly. Therefore, the mountain release people are very cautious and meticulous when doing this work, a bit like a kind of ritual as focused and serious. Not only for money, but also for respect for nature, thanks for the gift of nature!
Rao is thunderous and rainy, no matter how careful he is, he has no experience and no tools. In less than an hour, two ginseng trees were presented in front of the two of them. Although the theoretical knowledge is quite rich, after all, it is the first operation, and the main part of these two ginseng trees is quite complete, but the ginseng whiskers cannot be seen. Fortunately, the thunderstorm has not pulled them out like a carrot. If this is seen by the older generation, they will be able to vomit blood on the spot.
Looking at the two thin, mutilated and intertwined mountain ginseng trees on the ground, Lei Jingyu closed his eyes and looked towards the sky. "Alas, the tyrannical creatures!"
Sanjo looked at the ginseng on the ground, raised his front hooves and dropped gently, the tips of his hooves just in the middle of the two ginseng trees. With a hard blow, the two ginseng trees were separated, and this time a lot of ginseng was destroyed, and the heart of the thunderstorm was dripping blood. The front hooves nudged lightly, and the three of them pushed the top flower with leaves in front of the thunderstorm, and this one was relatively more complete. "What do you mean?" The three flattering smiles, at a lightning speed, took another ginseng into their mouths, and clicked the mud and soil twice. Then look at the thunderstorm with a pair of big innocent eyes.
Lei Jingyu was stunned, "Then this one is for me?" touched Sanjo's head, picked up the ginseng on the ground and sent it to Sanjo's mouth, "Another one?" Sanjo's head shook and gently rubbed on Lei Jingyu's shoulder. "We are brothers, and besides, you discovered the ginseng, if it is useful to you, I will not feel sorry if you eat both of them. Since you don't eat it, then I'll keep it. After saying that, Lei Jingyu stained some soil on the ginseng and put it into his Dingkun bracelet.
Lei Jingyu looked at his watch, "It's not too early for three times, let's go down the mountain." ”
When one man and one horse returned to the village along the mountain path, many people had already come to the ancestral hall.
"Shocking rain, where have you gone? I can't get through to you. When Lei Jingfeng saw that Lei Jingyu had returned, he asked.
"Ah, I'm going to the mountains, maybe there's no signal!" The thunderous phone was placed in the Dingkun bracelet, and the signal could not be received at all.
Lei Jingfeng didn't ask any more questions, and walked to the ancestral hall with Lei Jingyu. "Mom, Dad, and Uncle have all arrived, and now I'm waiting for you!"
It is said to be an ancestral hall, but it is actually a three-room tiled house with a small courtyard. In the middle is the ancestral hall, and a couplet hangs on both sides of the gate. Shanglian book: The Lei clan must be remembered. The following couplet: distinguish between right and wrong. Horizontal batch: Lei's ancestral hall.
On the left is the warehouse, and on the right is a room for resting. Since the Lei family lived in the village during the era, they got along with the people in the village relatively harmoniously, and often helped the township, so this courtyard was built near the center of the village, and no one said anything gossip.
Thunderstorm followed the thunderstorm into the hall of the ancestral hall, which was not very large, and found that there were already many people sitting around. There is a family tree hanging on the wall facing the door, and there are two rows of horizontal shelves under the family tree, on which are the tablets of the ancestors of the Lei family. Underneath the tablet was a large offering table, which was already full of things to use. It is said that it is a genealogy, but in fact, there are not many people who have recorded it on it in their generation. Now people either don't pay attention to this, or they are too far away, and they slowly lose their sense of belonging and will not come back to worship. Up to now, only Lei Hong and Lei Ming have come to worship during the New Year's holidays.
On the left hand side of the ancestral hall sat the people of the Lei family, and on the right hand side were some prestigious old people in the village and some relatives and friends. Grandpa Zhang and Grandma Zhang are impressively listed. Everyone was drinking tea and chatting quietly, and when they saw the two brothers coming in and knew that the ceremony was about to begin, they all turned their eyes to Lei Hong.
Lei Hong stood up, "Shocking wind, shocking rain, you two come and stand up." The two brothers straightened their clothes, walked to the offering table in a dignified manner, and turned to stand.
Lei Hong lit three sticks of incense and inserted them into the incense burner and turned around. "Dear relatives and friends, fellow villagers, the two sons of the Lei family are now adults. Thank you all for your tolerance and help over the years, so that the two children can thrive. "Bow and thank you. The two brothers bowed deeply to the people on both sides.
"Today's coming-of-age ceremony is held in the hope that in the future, your two brothers will help each other, and they can tolerate and understand each other in both work and life. Unite the township and help the weak. Have good thoughts and be generous. Do you two remember?"
"Shocking wind, shocking rain remember" The two stood on their sides with their hands and bowed slightly.