Xu Shiyan hasn't been so busy lately, so he gets off work normally every day.

When I got home that afternoon, I found that my eldest son was actually at home, and when I asked, I found out that I had taken the final exam for the school exam.

The last subject in the afternoon was geography, and Xu Haiyuan had already handed in the paper and ran home.

Xu Shiyan didn't ask his son how he did in the exam.

However, Xu Haiyuan took the initiative to mention it, saying that the results of the competition came out and he might win the prize.

"Well, that's good, let's do our best.

By the way, how many days do you take the exam? When will I finish the exam? When you're done with the exam, go out with me to do something. ”

Xu Shiyan planned to go to the stone stone in the big house and dig up all the remaining mallets on the platform.

This trip is estimated to take several days, and he doesn't want to take others with him, so he should take his eldest son with him.

"The exam will be finished in the morning after tomorrow, and after the exam, I will go back to school in a few days to listen to the results and receive my holiday homework."

Xu Haiyuan didn't know what his father asked him to do, but since he called him, there must be something important.

"Dad, how many days does it take to go out on errands?

If it takes a long time, I will tell the teacher in advance, and find someone to help me get the grades and homework. ”

"Well, I guess it's going to take a week, I'm not sure.

Okay, you can find someone to pick it up for you. ”

Xu Shiyan thought about it, if those mallets on the platform were still there, it would be estimated that it would take a few days.

Of course, other situations are not ruled out, so set aside a week, it should be about the same.

In this way, the two agreed on a time, and when Su Anying came back, Xu Shiyan said to his daughter-in-law again.

Su Anying knew that there was a mallet on the platform, and she thought that Xu Shiyan didn't plan to go back.

Since the two of them were going back to dig the mallet, Su Anying hurriedly prepared food for them.

After a long time in the mountains, pancakes are a must-have thing, and no bread or cake can compare to this thing.

In addition to pancakes, pickles, meat sauce, etc., Su Anying also prepared instant noodles and ham sausages.

Both of these things are new things now, and they must be taken with them when you go on a trip.

On July 12th, the junior high school exam was completed.

Early in the morning of the thirteenth, Xu Shiyan and Xu Haiyuan packed up and stopped, loaded large bags into the car, and prepared to go up the mountain.

As a result, the Laipi ghost, who ran out for many days and came back last night, followed Xu Shiyan closely and refused to leave no matter how much he asked.

Xu Shiyan saw that there was no way to do this, so he could only let Laipi Ghost and Xu Haiyuan sit in the back seat of the jeep.

Just drove his son and the fox and left the house.

The cascade power station has not yet started construction, the upper reaches of the Xijiang River have not been cut, and the water is very heavy in summer.

If Xu Shiyan and his son want to cross the river, they have to take a boat.

If you take a boat, you will inevitably alarm the people in the village, and Xu Shiyan and his son will not be able to go to Shilizi with peace of mind.

So Xu Shiyan drove a detour from the county to Xigang, and then drove from Xigang to the big house.

From Xigang to Qingling, the road is not easy to walk.

Thanks to the jeep, I drove past Qingling, and I was still a few miles away from the big house.

Xu Shiyan managed to park the car on the side of the road, and then took his son and the fox to get out of the car and walk to the place where he found ginseng.

While walking, Xu Shiyan told his son about the time when he entered the mountain and released the mountain.

At that time, how was he chased by the black blind man with nowhere to escape, so he ran to the edge of the stone, but because of the blessing of misfortune, he met a mallet.

"Dad, you met that mountain ginseng in the summer of '77, right?

It's been more than ten years, will anyone find out and dig up the mallet? ”

Xu Haiyuan carried a big duffel bag and followed behind Xu Shiyan, but it was okay at first, and he didn't fall at all.

The child's strength is not so long, and he is a little tired and panting.

"I've come back twice before, and the mallets below are still there, but I haven't come back in the past two years, and I don't know what's going on.

I don't think it's a big deal, and unless you jump off that place, you won't be able to find it on it. Xu Shiyan was also tired and panicked.

After all, over the years, I haven't made any efforts, and I'm all sitting in the office.

Besides, his age doesn't work, he's almost forty, and he can't compare with back then.

The two came out of the house at half past three in the morning, and drove around in such a big circle, and it was seven or eight o'clock in the morning.

They got out of the car and went into the mountain, resting twice in between, and by the time they came to the pine tree on the edge of the cliff, it was already ten o'clock.

"Right down here, see? There's a platform down there.

Wait, I'll tie the rope, and we'll go down the rope. ”

Coming to the pine tree, Xu Shiyan breathed a sigh of relief, and the two of them put down the big backpack behind them.

Xu Shiyan pulled out a long rope from his bag, tied a pig's trotter buckle on the trunk at one end, and went under the straw at the other end.

Xu Shiyan went down first, walked around the platform, and sure enough, he found a lot of ginseng.

At this time, the ginseng seeds seem to have not been completed, and they are still green, which is the time when Dajiabianer City transitions to Qinglangtou City.

Although the ginseng seeds are green and the surrounding grass and leaves are the same color, Xu Shiyan has many years of experience in releasing mountains after all.

According to the local saying, it is the eyes that kill the grass.

It was easy to spot the traces of ginseng from the grass and shrubs on the platform.

Seeing Youshen, Xu Shiyan was relieved, so he returned to the rope and shouted to it.

"Yuanyuan, you first roll things down, and then you come down again.

Try to take it down, or let it jump down on its own, and I'll pick it up below. ”

The Rypi Ghost definitely can't stay on it, so they can only take it down together.

Xu Haiyuan heard his father's shout, and after answering a sentence, he rolled down the things that the two of them had brought.

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Xu Shiyan caught the backpack and other things at the bottom, put them aside, and then stood below and waited for his son and Lai Pi Ghost to come down.

Xu Haiyuan carried the Lai Pi Ghost to his back with leggings, and then he held the rope with both hands, kicked the stone wall with his feet, and came down the rope little by little.

Xu Shiyan was below, picked up his son, and Xu Haiyuan landed safely.

After untying the Rakpi, the Rakpi Ghost wagged his big tail and spun around the platform.

As a result, as soon as it took a few steps, it found the ginseng on the platform, so it immediately jumped back, biting Xu Shiyan's trouser leg and pulling it forward.

"Yes, yes, I know there's a ginseng here, if it weren't for this, could I bring you here?"

Xu Shiyan was amused by the Lai Pi Ghost, and hurriedly found out the tools for carrying ginseng such as mallet locks, deer bone sticks, quick axes, and fast scissors from the luggage.

Xu Shiyan meant, this time, he almost carried away all the mallets on the platform.

So you don't have to care about the size of the ginseng, just carry it next to each other.

But the ghost was not happy to live or die, so he had to drag Xu Shiyan forward.

Walked all the way to the middle of the platform, and then the Lai Pi Ghost walked around the middle of the six-pint leaf.

"Dad, does it want you to carry this ginseng first? Hey, this is a six-pint leaf.

Didn't you say that you carried away all the six-pint leaves on this at the beginning? Is this the leaf that grows again? ”

Xu Haiyuan walked over and asked very strangely.

"Maybe, after all, it's been thirteen years, and the original five-rank leaf may also grow into a six-grade leaf."

Ginseng is something that can be dormant.

Sometimes in the event of drought or other unexpected circumstances in the spring, it is likely that the ginseng will not germinate this year, and will be dormant in the ground, and then germinate when the conditions are suitable.

Therefore, there is often a legend that you went into the mountains and met ginseng, but for some reason it was not dug up.

So I left a mark and waited to dig again next year, but it was gone next time.

People may mistakenly think that they have run away, but in fact it is likely that they have not germinated again.

Regarding the extra six-pin leaves on the platform, Xu Shiyan is not sure what is going on.

Whether it is in the past ten years that the five-pint leaf has become the six-pint leaf, or the six-pint leaf has not been unearthed that year, this matter is difficult to say.

But the one that Lai Pi led Xu Shiyan over to see had a very thick stalk and a large ginseng seed on it.

Therefore, Xu Shiyan estimates that it may not be the six-grade leaves that have grown newly in recent years.

It is very likely that this ginseng was not unearthed in the year he came.

Otherwise, he didn't pay attention at the time and fell behind.

After all, so many years have passed, even if Xu Shiyan has a good memory, it is impossible to remember the location of each ginseng.

There are a lot of ginseng on the platform, Xu Shiyan beckoned Xu Haiyuan, and tied all the ginseng he found with a red cloth.

According to the rules, it should be locked with a mallet, but there is only one mallet lock, which is tied to the six-pint leaf that the Lai Pi Ghost found.

The rest can only be marked with strips of red cloth, so as not to be confused with the surrounding grass and shrubs.

Xu Haiyuan took the Lai Pi ghost and walked around the platform looking for ginseng.

It is estimated that the fox's sense of smell is particularly sensitive, and this Laipi ghost is much more powerful than Xu Haiyuan.

Shaking its big furry tail, it jumped here for a while, jumped there for a while, found a ginseng, and snorted at Xu Haiyuan.

As soon as Xu Haiyuan heard Laipi's ghost, he immediately went over, found the ginseng, and tied it with a red cloth.

After a while, Laipi Ghost led Xu Haiyuan to find more than ten trees.

Among them, there are two six-pint leaves, which appear to have slightly thinner stalks and not so large ginseng seeds.

In a piece of green, tie a strip of red cloth, which is particularly conspicuous, and you are not afraid of leakage.

Xu Haiyuan and Lai Pi Ghost went to find a ginseng, while Xu Shiyan did it and tried to find a way to build the old man's mansion first.

set up the old man's mansion, folded three wooden sticks as incense and lit them, called Xu Haiyuan, and the two kowtowed.

This is the rule of putting the mountain, and the first thing you must do when you enter the mountain must first worship the mountain god.

Even if Xu Shiyan is coming to this platform this time, the rules that should be there cannot be saved.

After worshipping the head of the mountain god, Xu Shiyan climbed up to pick up a lot of firewood, filled it with water, and cut a few poles to build a shelter to protect him from the wind and rain.

Nowadays, it is much easier to build a shack than before, as long as you use a pole to build a shelf, and cover it directly with a plastic sheet, which is windproof and warm.

The shack was quickly set up, Xu Shiyan found something to put together the fire, first boiled some water in a small aluminum pot with both ears, and boiled two packs of noodles.

beckoned Xu Haiyuan to come over, and the two of them nibbled on pancakes with instant noodles.

No matter what, you can only work when you have your stomach full.

After eating, Xu Shiyan found some artemisia annua and other things, threw them on the fire, and smoked mosquitoes.

Only then did he take the tool and began to lift the ginseng.

The first ginseng was naturally the one that Lai Pi Ghost dragged Xu Shiyan to see.

Xu Shiyan cleared the weeds around the ginseng, then took the deer bone skewer and began to go down the stem of the mountain ginseng, pushing away the soil little by little.

This work must be careful and careful, not too anxious, fortunately Xu Shiyan is very patient and does not feel bored at all.

Xu Haiyuan marked all the ginseng on the platform, and there was nothing to do at this time, so he helped by Xu Shiyan's side.

Xu Shiyan handed him what he used, and the two of them cooperated very well, and after an hour, the shoulder of the ginseng was finally exposed.

Xu Shiyan looked at it and felt that this ginseng was not small.

"I didn't expect such a big tree to fall on the platform.

This place is really a treasure, if it weren't for the dam to be built upstream, the environment here would be easily destroyed, and I wouldn't be able to carry it anyway.

Just keep it and wait for another twenty or thirty years, when these mallets will grow even bigger. ”

Xu Shiyan was carrying the ginseng and muttering to Xu Haiyuan.

Xu Haiyuan laughed when he heard this, "Who can say this kind of thing?"

Even if the dam is not repaired, it must be lifted, otherwise who knows what accidents can happen? ”

Xu Shiyan also heard that the things in the mountains were not vegetables in his own vegetable garden after all.

Not to mention that there will be no natural disasters at the conference, but what if someone also discovers this place?

After all, such a secret place, wasn't it also discovered by Xu Shiyan?

The two of them chatted casually, and Xu Shiyan concentrated on raising the ginseng.

This ginseng is not small, Xu Shiyan was busy from noon to almost dark at night, so he finally brought out the first ginseng.

"This ginseng, there must be at least four or five taels, go back and concoct it and keep it, it can be kept for many years."

Xu Shiyan looked at the ginseng in his hand and liked it very much.

They quickly found moss and birch bark, took some soil from the same place, carefully wrapped the ginseng, and put it in their backpacks.

It was getting late and they couldn't continue to carry the ginseng, so the two of them casually dealt with a bite of food, and then went into the shack to rest.

There was a layer of branches on the ground, and a mattress made of roe deer skin, which was cool and damp, and it was not cold to lie on it.

Mid-July is said to be the hottest season, but the night in the mountains is cold.

Especially this platform is right next to the river, and the water vapor is high at night, which makes it even cooler.

Fortunately, the two of them brought a lot of luggage, and there was a fire outside, so it could be hot when roasted.

In addition, the Lai Pi Ghost is lying between Xu Shiyan and Xu Haiyuan, this natural fur is warmer than anything else, so it will not be cold.

The shack is made of plastic sheeting, the white plastic sheeting is transparent, and you can just see the starry sky when you lie inside.

"Dad, how did you spend seven or eight days under this stone stone back then?

Where does the water come from? Are there any beasts at night? ”

Xu Haiyuan thought this scene was very interesting, and he couldn't sleep at night, so he asked his father about the situation back then.

"Yes, there were wolves at that time, and I was down there, and I could hear the wolves barking from above.

But they didn't dare to come down, so I wasn't afraid. Xu Shiyan smiled and told his son about the situation back then.

"In the past few years, there have been fewer and fewer wolves, and even if there are, they are all in the deep mountains and old forests, there is no place here, don't be afraid."

"It's easy to drink water, go up from here, go a little southwest, there is a small ditch, just get water from there."

The two men were lying in the shack, looking at the sky overhead, and Xu Shiyan told his son about the things he used to do in the mountains to watch ginseng and hunt.

Xu Haiyuan was fascinated when he heard it, and asked this and that vigorously.

The two of them chattered and didn't know when, so they went to sleep separately.

Xu Shiyan took his son on the mountain, so naturally he didn't dare to be careless.

I got up several times in the evening, checked the surroundings, and added firewood to the fire to keep it going overnight.

That night, there was no sound of any other beast in the mountains, except for the movement of night owls, wolves or anything, and no movement was heard at all.

In the summer in the Northeast, the sky is bright early, and the east side is bright at three o'clock.

Xu Shiyan couldn't sleep, so he simply got up to light a fire and boil water, and then started to carry the ginseng.