Xu Zhengdao, who moved to live in Kangmin Village, had the impression that he was a young man who did not know how to do farm work. But this time when he returned to Yunwu Mountain, he did the work of a farmer, carrying a hoe to turn over the soil and weed.

These vegetable plots that have been reclaimed by himself will have a lot of fruits and vegetables in previous years to meet the needs of Xu Zhengdao's fruits and vegetables who live alone in the mountains. But after moving into the city this year, this vegetable field, which has been cultivated for many years, is now overgrown with weeds.

When he returned to the mountain, he did not plan to plant vegetables in the field, but planned to plant all of them with sweet potatoes. Although he is not short of the money to buy sweet potatoes now. But he still felt that this land should not be left unused.

Looking at the weeds that were cleaned up, Xu Zhengdao said with emotion: "The vegetable field that no one takes care of is really fast in terms of abandonment." This year, all the sweet potatoes in this field are planted, and I don't know how many sweet potatoes I can dig up after a few months of digging. ”

Compared with previous years, in addition to sweet potatoes, corn and soybeans will be planted in the field. But in previous years, he stayed in the mountains and could take care of the vegetable patch from time to time. Now that you're moving to the city, you can't come back every once in a while to take care of the vegetable patch, right?

After the sweet potato is planted, as long as the fertilizer is appropriate, even if the follow-up management is not very good, the harvest will be some. And these grown sweet potatoes will be used to feed those wild beasts in the mountains in the future.

For example, the macaques who have a good relationship with him, and those beasts who like to eat sweet potatoes. Even if Xu Zhengdao hunts a lot of wild boars every year, they can still eat the food he specially prepared for them in previous years.

It took two days to finally insert the sweet potato seedlings into the turned vegetable patch. After watering, Xu Zhengdao also felt a sense of accomplishment. Even though this kind of work is tedious, he still feels that it helps to sharpen his temperament.

"After the seedlings are planted, I will go into the mountains in the future, and then find some big cat feces. Although the fence of the vegetable garden is very strong, the field is really targeted by wild boars and other animals that can burrow, and I am afraid that the sweet potatoes will not wait for me to harvest. ”

In order to prevent wild beasts in the mountains from harming his vegetable patch in the absence of people, he would pick up some of the beast's feces every year and sprinkle it around the vegetable patch. Smelling the smell of feces, many beasts did not dare to cross the line.

After finishing planting sweet potatoes, Xu Zhengdao started the annual herb picking season. Although there are Chinese medicine stores in the city, many medicinal herbs can be bought for money. But many times, he likes to use the medicinal herbs he has prepared with his own hands.

Some traditional Chinese medicines seem to have the same name and characteristics, but the medicinal properties of the same medicinal materials produced in different production areas will also be different. Perhaps this is why in the future, many doctors who study Chinese medicine will say that the efficacy of Chinese medicine seems to have deteriorated.

A large number of artificially cultivated Chinese herbs have replaced the increasingly scarce pure wild Chinese medicines, and the same package of Chinese medicines has become less effective, which is understandable. And the current Cloud Mountain Range also has a lot of medicinal herbs that he can often use.

Chinese medicinal materials such as Polygonatum polygonatum multiflorum, Polygonum multiflorum, skullcap, and cork can be found in Yunwu Mountain. In the past few years of seclusion in the mountains, the mountains contain those Chinese medicinal materials, and he can do it in his heart.

It can be said that even the oldest herb picker at the foot of the mountain definitely doesn't know as much about the Chinese medicinal materials that grow in the mountain. Digging a batch every year can also ensure the follow-up required medicinal materials, without having to go to other Chinese medicine stores to buy them.

If the prescription uses medicinal materials that are not available in Yunwu Mountain, then you can only go to other Chinese medicine stores to purchase them. Go in person to ensure that you get authentic herbs. If he hadn't picked and bought it himself, he wouldn't have been at ease prescribing medicine.

It takes a lot of time and energy to clean, slice and dry the medicinal materials that are dug up every day. But in Xu Zhengdao's view, this is also a kind of practice. When he saw each herb that had been concocted in the end, he would feel a great sense of accomplishment.

And the way of ancient medicine, the more you understand it, the more you feel its mystery. By digging and concocting it himself, he was able to know the medicinal properties of each herb well. If you buy medicinal materials prepared by others, you will have to spend time testing the efficacy of the medicine in the future.

In the days when he went into the mountains to collect medicine, Xu Zhengdao did not forget to inspect the beasts living in the depths of the mountains. For his return, those beasts who have been neighbors with him for many years will often choose to stay away.

The more ferocious the beast, the more it can sense that this 'neighbor' is not easy to mess with. On the other hand, Xu Zhengdao did not forget to hunt and kill some wild beasts that multiplied too quickly, such as pheasants, hares, wild boars and wild wolves.

When he came to the mountains where bears had been infested in previous years, he found no trace of them. After carefully searching along the mountain range, he still didn't see any trace of the big stupid bear, which made Xu Zhengdao look a little lost.

When he first lived in seclusion in Yunwu Mountain with his master, he heard from his master that there were several bears in the mountains. But two years ago, Xu Zhengdao only found a bear living alone in the mountains. Without the breeding offspring of its kind, the only big stupid bear will disappear sooner or later.

Thinking of this, Xu Zhengdao also said regretfully: "Big stupid bear, I hope you are dead." If you really want to be hunted and eaten with gall and skin, then you are too pitiful. Unfortunately, this mountain range is still a little smaller. ”

Not only the big stupid bear, but also the only two big cats left in the mountains, he was also worried. This worry is more due to the fact that the two big cats are adults, but they have not yet given birth to offspring. If something happens to a big cat one day, it will be difficult for the remaining big cat to live alone.

Compared with the strict wildlife protection laws in later generations, big cats and big stupid bears are the targets of many hunters in this era. The reason for this is naturally that hunting this beast can earn a lot of money.

"Fight hard now! When I woke up in the future, I suddenly found that these familiar figures could no longer be seen in this mountain. ”

Although he felt a little regretful, he knew in his heart that he couldn't change anything about this natural law. And the survival criterion of the beast is the survival of the fittest. They are lucky to have such a habitat near Kyoto.

Compared with these scarce and precious beasts, the wild boar herd, which he hunts a lot every year, has grown in size in one winter. Among the wild boar herds found in the mountains, you can see more than a dozen fat little wild boars.

Leaving the mountains where the big stupid bear lived in previous years, Xu Zhengdao said with regret: "There is one less neighbor!" ”

If, like other hunters, he had to hunt these rare beasts for money, presumably none of those beasts that had died would be nowhere to be found now. What beasts to hunt and what beasts not to hunt, he has always had a rod and scale in his heart.

When he was ready to leave again, he went into the mountains as usual to hunt some wild boars. Slimming down the wild boar herd every year has also become one of Xu Zhengdao's jobs. If there are too many wild boars in the mountains, they will come down to the mountains to forage for food, which will harm the people's crops.

Controlling the number of wild boar herds in an orderly manner ensures that the wild boar herds are in the mountains and can find enough food for them. Compared to venturing out of the mountains, wild boars can find enough food in the mountains, so why bother to go out of the mountains?

Looking at the sweet potato seedlings that had survived and began to grow branches, Xu Zhengdao also felt very satisfied. Although he can't come back often in the future, he comes back every once in a while, and there is still no problem in thinking about it.

The things I brought back earlier were all packed and taken away before I left the mountain. Looking at the rock house that was emptied again, Xu Zhengdao was no longer as reluctant as before: "When you want to come next time, come here for a few days!" ”

After a few months of adaptation, he has become accustomed to life in the city. The current rock house in Yunwu Mountain is like his hometown in his previous life. Now living in the city can also be regarded as going out to work. When you feel homesick, come back from the city.

Anyway, he was free, and if he wanted to come back to live that day, he could just ride his bicycle out of the city. With this kind of cognition, when he left Yunwu Mountain again, he naturally didn't need to be reluctant. After all, children have to leave home to work hard for life when they are older!

But this return to Yunwu Mountain also soothed Xu Zhengdao's somewhat impetuous mood, perhaps this is the real reason why he returned to Yunwu Mountain. After all, peace of mind is home, and only here can he truly feel at ease!