Nanshan seeks each other alone without companionship, and the logging Dingding Mountain is more secluded.

As the firewood knife in Li Hu's hand fell on the sandalwood again and again, the forest seemed to become extraordinarily quiet all of a sudden.

In the depths of the bushes, there will be some birdsong from time to time, which sounds very crisp and pleasant!

In some nearby pine trees, you can even see some squirrels with big tails, jumping between the branches, looking particularly lively and cute.

Originally, Li Hu, who only wanted to bring a firewood knife to open the way, didn't expect that this time, he would really use it on the right path.

As for the bamboo-backed basket brought by Li Hu, it had already been put aside by him.

Holding only a firewood knife, he seemed to be lightly armed, and when he cut down this sandalwood tree, he seemed to be particularly energetic.

You must know that sandalwood, as a famous precious medicinal material in China, is the so-called rare is expensive, and it is not possible to use medicine all over the body!

According to the normal harvesting method, it must be cut down first, then the trunk must be cut into sections, and the whole bark and sapwood must be removed to obtain the real sandalwood - the heartwood of sandalwood!

Therefore, although the sandalwood that Li Hu encountered was as thick as an adult's thighs, how much sandalwood he could actually obtain depended on how much heartwood this sandalwood was.

Although these jobs are extremely trivial, and even a little boring, Li Hu, as a party concerned, seems to be so interested and happy to repeat the same work.

After about half an hour, Li Hu had already cut the trunk of the sandalwood into three sections, and began to peel and remove the sapwood from it piece by piece.

Li Hu's forehead at this moment has also begun to have some beads of sweat. It can be seen that this kind of work of peeling sandalwood heartwood is actually quite laborious.

But Li Hu seemed to be unconscious, and still looked concentrated, devoting his body and mind to it.

......

The felling wood Ding Ding axe sounded, and the valley sounded across the stream.

The whole forest was very quiet, except for the sound of the mountain wind whistling in the woods, and the chirping of those small animals, only the sound of Li Hu cutting down sandalwood remained.

"Tuk Tuk ......"

"Tuk Tuk ......"

“......”

The sound of Li Hu chopping wood seemed to be so loud that the entire forest was full of such a "tuk-tuk" sound.

What's more, the forest is full of trees, and once these sounds are spread, they quickly become echoes.

Accompanied by a loud echo, there seems to be some sound of running water, like the tinkling of spring water in a stream.

Suddenly, a slightly familiar voice sounded in Li Hu's ears. "Eh, I think it's someone chopping wood here, it's a little fox!"

When Li Hu heard someone shouting his name, he stopped what he was doing, and then followed the voice to look over.

I saw Li Zhen from Lijia Village, who was standing not far away, carrying a huge bamboo basket on his back, and greeted Li Hu.

So Li Hu also hurriedly responded to him, "Oh! It turned out to be Uncle Li Zhen! Why did you come here, what is the harvest today?"

"Huh...... Today's harvest is not bad! Look at my basket full of fresh mushrooms! I will sell it in the town, and I may be able to get a lot of money!"

For Li Zhen, who lost a cow, he didn't choose to complain, nor did he choose to give up on himself, he still looks calm, and it seems that the previous pain doesn't exist.

This is the spirit of the simple peasants, who seem to be so optimistic, even almost numb. But no matter what you say, it's an innate quality for them!

Li Hu couldn't help but nodded lightly, and said thoughtfully: "That's good! But Uncle Li Zhen, are you planning to go out of the mountain and then go to the market?"

Li Zhen looked at the bamboo back basket that Li Hu put aside, and there was nothing in it. But little fox, then again, seeing that your basket is empty, why don't you follow the army to look for mountain goods, why are you cutting down trees here, is it because there is a lack of firewood at home?"

The villagers of Lijia Village have always relied on firewood to boil water for cooking. As long as any household lacks firewood, they will bring a firewood knife and go into Nanshan to look for firewood.

Therefore, when he happened to see Li Zhen who was cutting down, he directly preconceived, and treated Li Hu's behavior as a job of going into the mountains to find firewood.

"Huh? this ...... Uncle Li Zhen, I'm not chopping wood! I'm looking for mountain goods! After all, in addition to those mushrooms and wild fruits, there are other mountain goods! For example, medicinal herbs or something......

After listening to Li Zhen's words, Li Hu couldn't help but feel extremely shocked. He really couldn't imagine how Li Zhen could see that he was chopping wood.

But no matter what, for Li Zhen's questions, Li Hu could only pick some key points to explain to Li Zhen as much as possible.

"Hey, I said you kid, you said you cut wood, why don't you want to admit it, it's not a shameful thing! But then again, how do I feel that the firewood you cut is not quite right? This smells a little stinky, you can't be cutting a stinky tree, right?!"

Li Zhen didn't seem to hear Li Hu's explanation at all, and still stood there and kept chattering, as if the elders were teaching the juniors.

As he spoke, Li Zhen seemed to smell the smell of sandalwood, causing him to stretch his nose violently and sniff vigorously.

"Ahh

Li Hu was really about to cry and laugh. It is estimated that Li Zhen felt that the smell of sandalwood was not good, and then he directly said that it was a stinky smell.

But Li Hu really can't explain to Li Zhen, this is the smell of sandalwood, let's go, wow!

After all, if Li Hu really wants to explain to Li Zhen, it is estimated that at least even if he breaks the corners of his mouth, he may not be able to make Li Zhen understand these things.

"How could it be that you smell wrong! You have to know Uncle Li Zhen's nose, it's very sensitive, otherwise, you wouldn't have been able to find a basket full of fungi so quickly! Hey, you said that you are such a big child, why can't you even chop wood......

Li Zhen saw Li Hu and said that he smelled wrong, and his honest and honest character directly explained it to himself unceremoniously.

As he spoke, he didn't forget to pay attention to Li Hu again, looking distressed and serious.

Li Hu was a little embarrassed by Li Zhen's choking like this, and couldn't help but quickly speak: "Uh...... Okay! Uncle Li Zhen, I'm really not chopping wood, I'm looking for medicinal herbs! The smell you smell may be that there are some stinky trees nearby! Also, it's not too early to see that it's getting to the town quickly, maybe you won't be able to sell the fungus in your back basket!"

With nothing to do, Li Hu directly pointed out Li Zhen's weakness and tried to get him to leave early, so as not to argue about his own work here.

After Li Zhen heard Li Hu's words, he suddenly woke up as if he had just woken up from a dream, and slammed his head into a row, "Ouch! How did I forget this stubble! Little fox, you're right, I have to run to the town quickly! In this way, you are slowly chopping wood here now, and I will go first!"

After Li Zhen finished speaking, he immediately carried the fungus on his back and left in a hurry.

Although Li Hu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief that Li Zhen had left, his forehead couldn't help but be full of black lines......

I'm really not chopping wood!

......

As the sun rose, the forest began to brighten up a bit. Especially in the gaps in the leaves, sunlight is constantly shining through them.

At this time, a full forty-five minutes had passed since Li Hu cut down this sandalwood tree.

I saw only weed-infested woodland, scattered with stumps of sandalwood, and branches and leaves, which were about to cover the grass.

Li Hu held three pieces of wood about half a meter long in his hands, about the same size as ordinary sugar cane, and they were also black and not slippery.

These three pieces of wood are the fruits of Li Hu's hard work for so long, the heartwood of the sandalwood tree, the precious medicinal material sandalwood!

Although Li Hu didn't study too much of these sandalwoods, he was still very satisfied with being able to peel off so many heartwoods from this sandalwood.

After judging the sky a little, Li Hu made up his mind to go out of the mountain and strive to sell all these sandalwood incense within today!

When Li Hu walked out for a distance, he saw a stream, which was the source of the dingdong sound.

It's a clear spring!

I saw that the spring was surrounded by emerald green plants, some dark green moss, covering the stones on the shore, the spring water looked exceptionally clear, and the stones and sand under it were clearly visible.

"Wow~"

Li Hu couldn't help but feel a little thirsty at this time because of his long busy work just now, so he didn't hesitate, just unceremoniously picked up a pinch of water and drank it in a big gulp.

The water is exceptionally cold and sweet. Li Hu only took two sips, and then he felt that he was no longer thirsty.

This clear spring was not very wide, Li Hu drank the water, just jumped slightly, and then directly crossed over.

Li Hu turned his head to glance at the sandalwood in the bamboo back basket, and then continued to walk out of the mountain.

......

In order to take all the mountain goods they found to the town in time and sell them today, some villagers who have already obtained a lot of mountain goods have begun to walk out of Nanshan in twos and threes and contentedly.

Therefore, in the entire Nanshan, people looking for mountain goods have begun to become scarce.

Li Hu was also walking in the direction of the outside of the mountain without hurrying at this time, and in the bamboo back basket behind him, those sandalwood incense continued to exude a faint fragrance, entangled like silk.

These fragrances blew into Li Hu's nose, and he only felt refreshed for a while. Suddenly, Li Hu had a feeling of "one person alone on one mountain, one heart for a lifetime", like falling into a dream.