Chapter 5: It's definitely not just a grass!

In every beautiful mountain village, there must be a clear stream with sufficient water to nourish all things in the whole village.

Lijia Village is nothing more than that!

Here, there are small bridges and flowing waters, as well as ancient roads.

But more than that, it is still the eternal farming civilization, the unchanged green waters and green mountains, and the bitterness of uninterrupted labor day after day!

The villagers of Lijia Village don't have much feeling about the environment they have lived in for a long time, and they have long been tired of looking at each other, and even become a little numb.

So much so that the trivial things that happened in the village, in most cases, could no longer make them feel any interest!

But in the face of Li Hu, an intellectual who came back from the big city, they couldn't help but stop at this moment, as if they had aroused great interest, and they were very curious to hear what Li Hu had to say.

Seeing that the villagers stopped and looked at him, Li Hu was no longer hypocritical, and said directly to the point: "Fellow villagers, the cow in Uncle Li Zhen's house died a little strangely, if everyone slaughters it like this and eats meat, if something goes wrong, then it will be a big trouble!"

When the villagers saw Li Hu angrily stopping them, they thought that he had something important to tell the big guy. It's just that what they heard now was that Li Hu wanted to stop them from slaughtering cattle and eating meat, which made them suddenly feel a little embarrassed.

"Xiaohu, you are a person who came back from a big city, and you may be used to all kinds of exquisiteness in eating, but in our mountain village, it is already very good to have meat to eat, and we can still be poor!"

You must know that we mountain people are not so particular, and we don't eat cleanly and don't get sick, and we have been like this for so many years, haven't we all come over!"

"Little fox, if you don't dare to eat the meat of this cow, then you don't want to eat it, why do you have to let the big guys not eat it! Our family hasn't smelled the smell of meat for more than half a month, so don't stop us here!"

“......”

The villagers have always been a very solid group of people, as long as they have obtained something through their own efforts, they will not give up easily.

Maybe it has something to do with the fact that they've been dealing with dirt for so many years. Therefore, the temperament they have cultivated is so simple and heavy.

Villagers who know the truth that "people eat the soil for one generation, and the soil eats people once" know that it is better to be diligent and thrifty than to rely on the sky to eat!

After all, the family has surplus food, and there is no panic in my heart.

Therefore, whether it is in a good harvest year or a famine year when the people are struggling to make a living, as long as they get up in the middle of the night and see that there is still surplus grain in their rice jar, they can sleep peacefully at night and sleep until dawn!

Li Hu actually wanted to touch the beef they were close to this time, how could the villagers agree to him?

The answer is obvious, never!

Those village women, if it weren't for the fact that Li Hu was a young man and a scholar, if they were to do this for the sake of other big men, maybe they would have to be attacked by their group.

But despite this, those village women still didn't show any good looks Li Hu. I saw that they looked like they were facing a great enemy, staring at Li Hu deadly, for fear that he would snatch his own beef!

So many villagers were staring at themselves, especially those village women, who looked like they were about to come up and scratch people if they didn't agree with each other, which couldn't help but make Li Hu feel like he was on his back.

But these villagers ate the meat of the cow that had been poisoned by the broken intestine grass, and as soon as Li Hu thought of the consequences of this incident, he couldn't help but feel like a man on his back, and his back turned into a chill in his back!

Faced with a matter of life and death, or the lives of so many people, Li Hu still stubbornly continued: "Fellow villagers, there is indeed a problem with the death of this cow of Uncle Li Zhen's house! You see, this plant in my hand was found in the forage that Uncle Li Zhen fed to the cow! It has been half eaten by the cow, and I suspect that the death of this cow is related to this plant!"

As Li Hu spoke, he directly raised the half of the broken intestine grass in his hand, so that the villagers could see it clearly.

One of the bold village women walked directly to the top, took the broken intestine grass in Li Hu's hand, and seemed to observe it seriously, "This grass really looks like it has been eaten by a cow!

With this village woman taking the lead, some other village women who were more gossipy couldn't help but scatter in a hurry, and there was no longer any reserve at all.

"Hey, show me, what's so special about this grass that makes this college student so nervous......"

Seeing that those village women were so crazy, Li Hu couldn't help but smile a little bitterly.

But there is no way to do it, after all, those village women usually do a lot of farm work, and their strength is not less than that of men.

What's more, it's not just one or two village women, in the face of so many village women, even Li Hu can only stand aside and let them scramble to study first!

"But even if the cow eats this half of the grass, what does that have to do with the cow's death?"

Just as many village women were messing around, a particularly calm-sounding female voice suddenly rang out from the crowd.

Oh, yes!

Even if the half of the grass that Li Hu said was really eaten by the cow, what does it have to do with the death of the cow?

Suddenly, the scene suddenly became extraordinarily quiet, and everyone couldn't help but follow the voice and cast their eyes on it, even Li Hu was no exception.

I saw a young woman who looked to be in her twenties, and she was looking at the half of the broken intestine grass, looking thoughtful.

"It turned out to be Teacher Mo Shuqing! No wonder he was so organized when he spoke!"

"Yes, yes, yes! The primary school in our village, thanks to her coming here to teach!"

“......”

It turned out that this young woman named Mo Shuqing was actually a volunteer teacher!

But Li Hu was just a little curious. After all, in their Lijia Village, such a backward mountain village, although it is not easy to find a volunteer teacher, it is not a particularly unusual thing!

Therefore, Li Hu just smiled lightly, and he didn't take Mo Shuqing's question to heart. "If this half of the grass is just some ordinary grass, then even if this cow eats the whole grass, there is no problem! But unfortunately, that half of the grass is the legendary broken intestine grass, as strong as that cow, even if it eats a few leaves, it is enough to kill it! Not to mention that this cow has eaten half of the broken intestine grass, how can it be poisonous and immortal?"

"What??, this half of the grass is the legendary Broken Intestine Grass?!"

"Wow, this grass is poisonous!"

"Get out of the way, I'm going to wash my hands!"

“......”

After listening to Li Hu's words, the village woman who happened to be holding half of the broken intestine grass in her hand was so frightened that she threw the broken intestine grass in her hand to the ground unceremoniously.

The village women, who were scrambling to study the half of the grass, began to panic, scrambling to find a water source to wash their hands, and their faces were full of horror.

The rest of the people all looked like they had palpitations, and subconsciously kept a distance from this half of the broken intestine grass, and did not dare to cross it in any way!

Li Hu really didn't expect that these village women would behave like this. So he hurriedly explained: "Fellow villagers, please don't panic too much! Although this intestine-breaking grass is highly poisonous, as long as you don't eat it in your stomach, there will be no problems!"

"That's right, folks, there's really no need to panic! You must know that he said that the plant is a broken intestine grass, but this is just his personal one-sided words, and there is no evidence to prove it, this may just be a grass, you don't need to be afraid!"

As soon as Li Hu's words fell, the volunteer teacher named Mo Shuqing, her voice sounded again.

After hearing these words, the frightened villagers couldn't help but slowly calm down, and they all looked skeptical.

But I still didn't dare to come closer!

"That's right, how can so many of us believe his words like this?"

"Yes, who knows if he didn't dare to eat the meat of this cow, and he couldn't see us eat meat, so he deliberately made up these lies!"

"You see, he said that this half of the grass was a broken intestine grass, but we have seen a lot of plants that look like this half of the grass! Maybe it's just an ordinary grass!"

“......”

Those villagers were really afraid that this grass was a broken intestine grass, but as soon as they saw that someone stood up to question Li Hu first, they were finally also made by their own desire for the meat of this cow, so they began to stand up one after another.

It's just that their footsteps are still not moving, and they don't dare to take a step forward!

Li Hu took a deep breath, calmed his mood as much as possible, and then said slowly: "Fellow villagers, please be quiet, this is really not just a grass! Its true identity is the Broken Intestine Grass! If you have any doubts about the identity of this Broken Intestine Grass, then you can find someone to come and verify it to see if this Broken Intestine Grass is real or fake!"

After listening to Li Hu's words, the villagers couldn't help but nod, it seemed that Li Hu's words were really the truth.

But Lijia Village is full of honest farmers, how can anyone know the knowledge of these herbs?

Just when the villagers looked at each other, completely unsure of what to do, Mo Shuqing's voice sounded just right: "Since you want to find someone to verify this broken intestine grass, why don't you invite the barefoot doctor Li from the village to come over?"

"That's right! Wouldn't it be nice to ask the old man Li from the village to come and verify it! You must know that he is the only doctor in our village!"

"Eh, why didn't I think of it? No, for the sake of my meat to eat tonight, for the sake of safety, I have to hurry up and find Old Man Li!"

"Hahaha...... Hurry up, we're all waiting!"

“......”

As the owner of this cow, Li Zhen ran directly to the village unceremoniously in order to minimize the loss for himself.

......

After a short time, Li Zhen rushed back out of breath. Behind Li Zhen, he saw an old man with a medical kit on his shoulder, following him step by step.

Li Zhen picked up the half of the broken intestine grass on the ground, and hurriedly handed it to Old Man Li: "Old man Li, hurry up and verify for us, whether this grass is a broken intestine grass or not?!"

"Good good ......"

I saw that Old Man Li put down the medicine box on his shoulder, and then put his hand on the reading glasses on the bridge of his nose, so he concentrated on observing this broken intestine grass.

After a few minutes passed, I don't know if it was because the sun began to rise, and many beads of sweat began to ooze from Old Man Li's forehead.

The villagers were also extremely nervous about Old Man Li's every move, and even spoke very quietly, as if they were afraid of disturbing Old Man Li's verification.

After a long time, Old Man Li finally put down the broken intestine grass in his hand. Then he took off his reading glasses and gently wiped the sweat from his forehead with his arm.

"Folks, I'm really sorry! I've been studying Western medicine all these years, and I've forgotten all the knowledge of Chinese medicine that I have learned! If I use my knowledge of Western medicine, I really can't verify whether this grass is a broken intestine grass or not!"

After Old Man Li finished his words with some weakness, his whole person looked so depressed.

"That'...... This...... What can I do about this?"

"Yes, if even Old Man Li can't do it, then this Broken Intestine Grass can't be verified at all!"

"Oh, my meat!"

“......”

"This gentleman, seeing that you are also a person who has read poetry and books, I guess the reason why you were able to judge that this is a broken intestine grass just now, then you should have a way to judge it, right?"

It's still Mo Shuqing!

Maybe it's because she, as an outsider in Lijia Village, has a bit of a taste of the authorities and bystanders, she looks extraordinarily calm from beginning to end, and she can capture some details of Li Hu!

While Li Hu appreciated this Mo Shuqing, he did not forget to comfort the villagers: "Fellow villagers, you can now bring a bowl over, pour half a bowl of water into it, and then put a few leaves of broken intestine grass into it to soak for a while, and then catch two frogs from the ground, and I will prove it to you!"

This matter is for the benefit of the villagers, so their speed is extremely fast, and in a short time, everything will be ready!

Li Hu opened the mouth of a frog, and then poured all the water soaked in the bowl of broken intestine grass.

As soon as Li Hu's hand was released, the frog just jumped violently, and then there was no more movement!

"Ahh

"It's terrible! Why is this grass so poisonous, it's completely like seeing blood and sealing the throat!"

"It's over...... Isn't this grass really a broken intestine grass?!"

“......”

Li Hu was very satisfied with the reaction of the villagers, after all, it had stopped them from slaughtering cattle and eating meat!

Li Hu seemed to be chasing after a victory, and continued to speak: "You see, this frog died all of a sudden, right? You must know that the broken intestine grass grows in the south, grows all year round, and is especially toxic in summer and autumn! Its power lies in the fact that the leaves are soaked in water for a minute or two, and the frog just drinks the water, but does not eat the leaves, and still dies directly! So, this is definitely not just a grass!"

"This ...... This cow that has been poisoned by the Broken Intestine Grass can't eat its meat!"

"Yes, thanks to Xiaohu, a scholar, we have avoided this catastrophe!

"That's right! It seems that reading more books is still beneficial! In the future, I have to let my kid study hard, and it is not easy to suffer if he is well-informed!"

“......”

Those villagers can be regarded as figuring out at this moment, this is a genuine intestine-breaking grass! Then the poisoned cow of Li Zhen's family will be completely inedible!

After all, if you really want to eat it, it is undoubtedly like eating poison. It's a life-threatening thing!

Li Hu finally breathed a sigh of relief, and after his own good words, he avoided the tragedy in the end.

"Alright. Since this cow is like poison, then the big guys will help and transport the cow to the mountains for Uncle Li Zhen to dig a pit and bury it deeply!"

"Good!"

The villagers all dispersed in a hurry, and they just took action unceremoniously.

The rural volunteer teacher named Mo Shuqing, whose eyes were full of brilliance, was staring at Li Hu very seriously......