27. Found ginseng
Little by little, the sun set behind the peaks, and the last rays of light dissipated.
"Gooo~"
Under the scorching flames, the meat in the pot is already cooked, and the aroma of the meat pieces tumbling and wafting out.
"Goo Dong ~ Brother Yuan, the hare you caught is really fat, and the fragrance goes straight to the nostrils." Wu Qian sat by the fire, swallowing his saliva constantly.
The firelight illuminated a small area, and the faces of Wang Yuan and Wu Qian were also red.
Beep ~ crackle ~
Wang Yuan added firewood to the pot, and he smiled: "It's because of the fat that I ran slowly, and then I hit it with a gun."
Lighting a bonfire in the depths of this small Xing'an Mountains, a sentence came to Wang Yuan's mind for no reason - set fire to the mountain and sit in the prison.
Surrounded by vast mountains and forests, there are many dry branches and leaves, and he is really a little worried that it will cause a forest fire.
"Why haven't they come back, I'm almost hungry, or we'll eat first......"
Before Wu Qian's words were finished, he heard a rustling sound behind him, and when he looked back, he saw that it was the old man with Wang Shuai, Liu Hui and others coming back, and it was lively in an instant.
"Xiaoyuan, are you alright?" The old man asked with concern, his face full of tiredness and anticipation in his eyes.
"It's okay, I'm all cured, and the herbs you picked are very useful."
"Hahaha~ That's good, that's good, hey, this fragrance ......"
"Huh? It's meaty! ”
"I drank the herbs and slept well, and I was cured of sweating, thinking that it was okay, so I went to the mountains and forests to hunt a few wild games for everyone to make a tooth sacrifice."
Wang Yuan said slowly: "Everyone is busy, and I don't want to be idle."
"Haha~ What's this, you can rest when you're sick, your body is the most important."
The old man was very happy, full of appreciation and looked at Wang Yuan more and more satisfied, he was still thinking about it when he just walked back, if Wang Yuan's illness did not improve, then they could only go out of the mountain together, and this trip to find ginseng would end hastily.
No matter how important ginseng is, it is not as important as human life.
In this isolated mountain, if you can't treat that little illness in time, it may kill you.
Nine people sat around the fire, their shadows stretched out, and began to divide the food in laughter.
The old boss directly suppressed the others and sent two large spoonfuls of meat to Wang Yuan's bowl.
"Xiaoyuan, you eat more to make up for it, and strive to be completely profitable...... What kind of eyes are the rest of you, the prey that Xiaoyuan hit, is there anything wrong with letting him eat more? ”
"No problem, no problem."
"Come on, give me a spoonful of broth."
"It's so fragrant~ This is rabbit meat, right? Really fat~ There is a layer of oil flowers floating on the surface. ”
It is very hard to go into the mountains to find ginseng, I can't eat or sleep well and I am very tired, and it is also a kind of torture to find ginseng all the time, and now a bowl of broth has greatly improved everyone's happiness.
Wang Yuan also chewed the rabbit meat in a big gulp, it was very fragrant, the lips and teeth were fragrant, and the aftertaste was endless, and sure enough, the food was the best when people were hungry.
A bite of rabbit meat, a bite of rice, a bite of pickles, and finally a mouthful of hot broth, cool~
"How's the harvest today, boss?" Wang Yuan asked curiously.
"Hey~ I still haven't found it, but don't be discouraged, I feel like I'll be able to find the mallet soon." The old boss said words of encouragement.
In fact, he didn't know the bottom of his own heart.
In fact, it is completely normal to not find ginseng.
If each team can find ginseng in the mountains and forests for ten days and half a month, then there will be no one in the villages and towns around the Xiaoxing'an Mountains to farm, and they will all go into the mountains to find ginseng.
The reason why most people don't go into the mountains is because ginseng is really hard to find.
And there are also teams that go into the mountains, because although they are hard to find, there are lucky people who can find them once in a while.
The broth was eaten by everyone, and some people even licked the bowls.
Looking at a group of young people playing and making trouble, the old man who was like a wooden pimple couldn't help but smile.
"Ahem, listen to me for a while."
"What's the matter, old man?"
"Everyone is tired enough during this time, so tomorrow I will have a day off, I will clean the nest, take a bath and wash my clothes, and then take some game and come back to eat."
After the old man finished speaking, the air was silent in an instant.
Then there was the cheers of the crowd, and even the air around them seemed to rejoice.
Everyone was so excited that they couldn't sleep at all, and they didn't know who begged the old boss to tell the old story first, and the others coaxed one after another.
"Tell me? Let's talk about it. The old man took out a large cigarette pouch, lit it, took a slow puff, and then smiled slowly:
"The bandits are much more ferocious than you think, like flying in the air, Xiaobawang, pressing Manchuria, Jiujiang and so on.
There are a lot of famous bandits who can be called, and the most powerful bandits dare to attack the county seat.........
At that time, there was Songjiang Province, and now Songjiang Province is gone. ”
"Huh?" Wang Yuan knew about Songjiang Province, and he couldn't help but be stunned when he heard the old boss talk about Songjiang Province.
Liu Hui muttered: "Flying in the air? Hiss~ I feel very powerful when I hear this name. ”
The new country has only been established for more than 30 years, and when the country was founded, it was like the old bosses of their generation, and the upright and middle-aged people remembered many things very deeply.
In later generations, the stories told by the old people were generally from the 60~80s, and most of the stories told by the old people now are from the Republic of China to the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China.
Compared with the stories after the 60s, there are very few people who know about the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, listening to the old boss telling the stories of bandits, Wang Yuan can't help grinning, cruel, bloody, tyrannical......
Many of them were experienced by the old masters, and gradually Wang Yuan and others were fascinated by it.
The starlight in the forest is beautiful, and of course, it would be better if there were fewer mosquitoes and grass crawlers.
After a long time, the old boss's desire to talk was satisfied, and he drove a group of people to sleep.
Following.
Although I don't press the mountain today, I still insist on shouting the mountain and worshipping the old man's temple, and after eating, I divide the work, some hunt, some repair the nest, pick up firewood, and so on.
There are indeed a lot of wild animals far from the villages and towns, bang bang bang ~ 5 hares, 4 sand and half chickens and 1 flying dragon were hit in the morning.
At noon, the meat was all dried.
Soon after eating, everyone came to the small river in the south to bathe, wash clothes, and there was a water fight in the middle, and laughter floated by the river, and the old man couldn't help laughing.
Happy times are always short-lived.
The next morning, after breakfast, everyone continued to press the mountain, with high morale and a good mood.
When it was close to noon, I finally had a good harvest.
The others were seriously pressing the mountain, only to hear Liu Hui shouting: "Bang mallet!"
The old man was startled, and quickly turned his head to look: "Huh? What goods? ”
Liu Hui hung a mallet lock on the ginseng pole, and said excitedly: "Four leaves, can you lift them?"