The village on the border of sight was in the westernmost direction, and Xu Bo'an just couldn't see the whole picture.

You can only see a few rows of stone-built houses, quite neatly planned.

One of the wide roads seems to be the main road in the village, but Xu Bo'an can only see half of the road because of the boundary.

The wagon convoy came from west to east from the other end of the main road.

After a while, the last carriage was finished, Xu Bo'an counted it, and a total of more than ten carriages were fully loaded.

Then he stopped in front of a row of houses, and seemed to have set up camp and stayed.

Xu Bo'an's eyes focused on the past, and the tiny scene suddenly became extremely clear.

The chatting voices of the little people who drove the carriage were also clearly heard by Xu Bo'an.

A lean man sped past the farthest row of houses and returned to the men on horseback at the front of the convoy.

"Shopkeeper, the brothers have searched all the houses here, and there are no people in this village, so let's rest here."

A man with a hat-style hat nodded and said, "Okay, tell the big guys to sleep lightly, arrange the brothers who take turns to take care of them, have a good rest, wait until the evening to hurry up, and strive to go out of the territory of Shanyang City tomorrow." ”

"Understood, shopkeeper, I'll go and say hello."

Soon, the man who spoke hurriedly beckoned his companions to go.

"Everyone, gather the carriage to the courtyard on this side to stop, everyone takes turns patrolling according to the order of the carriage, and the rest of the people go to the house here to settle down."

With the man's shouting, the people in the convoy acted in tacit agreement.

The two people riding the tall horses in front of them turned over in unison, and a slightly young man next to him took his knife off the saddle and grabbed it in his hand, and said with some puzzlement: "Shopkeeper, we are not far from the county seat, and the security should be fine. ”

The man in the hat shook his head and said: "Lu Zhuangshi, you don't know, most of the places here in Aoki Mansion have not been peaceful a few days ago, and this Shanyang county town here has been plagued by the rebels of the White Cotton Sect and the anti-thieves of the front beam in turn, the people are not happy, and the order is chaotic. Otherwise, one or two of these things are missing, and they won't be enough for you and me brothers to lose their heads. ”

The man known as Lu Zhuangshi smiled bitterly and said: "The shopkeeper Hugh wants to be polite to me again, call me Changshan, I still think we are too careful, just a small county, there are a few little thieves, how much ability can they have, if they dare to steal our things, I will definitely let him stop and walk." ”

As he spoke, the man shook the big knife in his hand, and although it was contained in the scabbard, he could also feel a chill coming out.

The hat shopkeeper shook his head again, and said: "After all, we are in the light, the night is in the dark, these birthdays are all unique, more things are better than less things, the big guy has suffered some grievances, this is the matter, I invite the big guy to Juxiangfang to eat, drink and have fun for him for three days." ”

Lu Changshan frowned, but said a little unnaturally: "I'll talk about it later, the shopkeeper, you rest first, and I'll check if our cars are loose." lest you not know anything if you are missing. ”

Xu Boan looked at the actions of these villains curiously, and when he heard the words "Birth Gang" in their mouths, Xu Boan was suddenly a little dumbfounded.

The birthday gang is a birthday gift, and it is the high-grade kind.

Xu Bo'an remembered that in the famous "Water Margin", a certain official prepared a priceless gold, silver and jewelry for his father-in-law, who was a big official in Beijing, as a birthday compendium and handed over to the famous Yang family to escort the descendant of the blue-faced beast Yang Zhilai, but later was robbed by Zhiduoxing Wu Yong and others in Huangnigang, which led to the change of fate after Yang Zhi was unable to make a difference, and became an important part of the middle.

Even so, Xu Boan remembered that when the book described the escorts, there were only ten people.

At present, there are more than ten people in this convoy alone, and there are even twenty or thirty people accompanying them, which is obviously better than those in the Water Margin.

It's just that Xu Boan can't figure out how to figure out what kind of gift this must be for the birthday gang of more than ten carts of gifts, and how big a person the other party is. I can afford such a large and expensive gift.

Xu Bo'an asked himself that he had appeared in front of people several times, and he had already confirmed the name of the gods, but he had not received so many gifts.

These birth gangs in front of him suddenly aroused Xu Bo'an's curiosity.

Immediately, Xu Bo'an used the magic power of perspective and looked at the tightly wrapped carload of goods behind the carriage.

In just an instant, Xu Bo'an opened his eyes.

The first fully loaded carriage was actually full of stones!

This thing, Birthson? Just kidding!

Xu Boan hurriedly looked at the second and third cars.

Then, thoroughly convinced.

The tightly wrapped things in these carriages are actually stones with clear water!

It is by no means a high-value stone such as a collectible stone that people think.

Xu Bo'an clearly saw that what was wrapped inside was clearly an ordinary stone that could no longer be ordinary.

There are all kinds of large pebbles, all kinds of large and small stones that are common in various mountains, granite shale, sandstone, etc., you name it, and the main one is random.

Xu Boan observed for a long time, but he really didn't see anything special, so he felt that he shouldn't have missed any treasures.

These stones can be seen everywhere, not to mention other places, but there are countless such stones in Xu Bo'an at random glance in this bonsai area, which really makes people not interested in the slightest.

Seeing such a result, Xu Boan was suddenly a little interested, what is there to look at in this car of stones.

I really didn't expect that there is such a custom in the bonsai world, and it is really incomprehensible to give stones on birthdays, or so many stones.

Could it be some kind of custom that I don't understand?

I thought it was some kind of amazing treasure.

Xu Bo'an shook his head, didn't care about the stones anymore, and then moved his gaze to the tulou side of the mountain village.

Soon, I found Li Kanshan, who was cleaning up the house in the house.

Li Guanshan seemed to be laying out the quilt, obviously preparing to rest.

Xu Boan hurriedly asked, "Li Kanshan, I have a question for you." ”

Li Kanshan hurriedly stopped the movements in his hand, knelt on the ground reverently, and said: "Grandpa the mountain god, please make it clear, the little old man must know everything, and he will say everything." ”

Xu Bo'an estimated the distance before asking: "From the house where you live now, if you keep walking west, there is a village about four or five miles away, all of which are built of stone, what kind of village is that?" ”

Li Guanshan frowned and pondered for a moment, thought for a moment before saying: "If you go back to the mountain god's grandfather, if you go west from now on, the nearest village is called Wangjiagou, but there were no people in this village last year, you are talking about this place, right?" ”

Xu Boan bowed slightly, and said, "It should be, where have all the people gone there?" ”

Li Kanshan smiled bitterly: "This is not all to let the disaster toss, these years of drought, the crops have not been harvested, because there is no better field planting in that place, and the harvest has decreased sharply after the disaster, so almost all the people in that place have run out to survive, that is, there are one or two close to the county seat, because there is no one in the village anymore, so I can't go back once a year." ”

"So, that place is already an empty village?" Xu Boan asked again.

Li Guanshan nodded and said: "Not only Wangjiagou Village, I don't know about other places, but only the local people I know, including the original village site of our backing village, almost all of them are gone, and the village will inevitably become an empty village." ”

The empty village is good, since it is an empty village, it can be regarded as a borderless land.

Some people who can't live in the tulou on this side of the mountain village can be shunted to live in other places?

Anyway, the scope of bonsai that Xu Bo'an now controls has long been expanded, and where he lives is the same for Xu Bo'an.

Xu Bo was relieved, so he stopped the topic, and then asked: "There is another question, what do you need to give as a gift when you people celebrate their birthdays here?" Is it okay with stones? ”

Li Guanshan was a little stunned, as if he didn't hear Xu Bo'an's question clearly, so he had to say helplessly: "I also hope that the grandfather of the mountain god made it clear that what is the birthday, and what time it is to give gifts and stones." ”

Xu Boan explained: "Birthday is the day of birth, at this time, as a subordinate who wants to congratulate his superiors on his birthday, what is better? In the traditional customs, is there such an item as sending stones? ”

Grandpa Shanshen's words directly burned Li Guanshan's CPU.

What does Grandpa Mountain God mean by this, is it for me to celebrate his birthday?

Disgusted that we have less gifts and tributes?

It seems to be a little little, but this is my own negligence.

As for sending stones, what the hell is this?

Who will send stones, by no means.

Grandpa Mountain God is pointing at me when he says this!

Thinking of this, Li Kanshan trembled, hurriedly knelt on the ground, and reverently blamed himself: "Grandpa Mountain God forgives the sin, I don't know that Grandpa Mountain God's birthday is coming, and we ignore Grandpa Mountain God's birthday gift, which is really guilty, and I hope that Grandpa Mountain God will give Xiaomin a chance to make amends." ”

Xu Bo'an looked at Li Guanshan with a wry smile, and immediately knew that he had misunderstood.

These people are really cranky, and a small village in a village can have such a sycophant suspicion, which really makes people cry and laugh.

"It's not necessary, I don't need to remember my birthday, I want to ask you people if they celebrate their birthdays, will anyone send stones or something."

Li Kanshan muttered inexplicably: "What is this called?" ”

Thinking that Grandpa Mountain God was still waiting for his answer, Li Guanshan hurriedly explained: "Grandpa Mountain God, if the stone you are talking about is a strange stone with exquisite shapes. It is said that a few years ago, someone got a strange stone that looked like a map of the Great Jingchao, and was bought for 100,000 taels of silver. ”

Xu Boan denied it: "You misunderstood, I'm talking about ordinary stones, if these stones are used as gifts, what will be the particularity and saying?" ”

Li Guanshan suddenly felt a little confused, this question is too mentally retarded.

Ordinary stones are given as gifts, I'm afraid it's not a problem with the head!

Li Guanshan lowered his eyebrows and said, "If it's an ordinary stone...... This should be that some of us like to keep a thought, and no one will give these things away. Of course, I can't say what the monumental significance of the stone is. ”

Hearing Li Guanshan's very subtle explanation, Xu Boan still didn't understand the meaning behind these words.

Obviously, no one would give a gift to an ordinary stone.

I'm afraid there's something strange about this.

The stones on the carriages of those who temporarily settled in Wangjiagou Village were the costumes they made to cover the real birth gang; Or has someone already dropped the bag, and these people haven't found it yet!

If it's the former, then it's not interesting, these people are afraid that they are just helpless to run away.

But if it's the latter, it's chilling. After all, this kind of careful work, if there is an accident that drops the bag, there is a chance that someone can only do it if someone cooperates with the outside.

This also shows that the team selected by the shopkeeper has different hearts!

It's just that all this is just speculation, and Xu Boan couldn't make a decision.

Xu Boan thought for a moment, but he still didn't understand the point.

No matter what the situation is, this is not within Xu Bo'an's concern, so in the spirit of not caring about idle things, Xu Bo'an did not observe these people who sent the birthday gang.

Instead, his eyes turned to Jin Dajian again.

Xu Bo'an instructed: "Jin Dajian, Niu Twelve, if these people are willing, they will all be arranged by you, take them to the mountain temple first, and I will provide them with accommodation in the next step, and I will work hard for you in the next few days." ”

Jin Dajian was suddenly overjoyed, and responded: "Xiaomin understands that this matter is what I should do." ”

These workers are very capable and good laborers, and with their participation and help, the project of rebuilding the mountain temple by himself can be much easier.

Although the trains given by the grandfather of the mountain god are powerful, but for a long time, loading and unloading have become a burden, with the help of these workers, many problems in the past can be solved!

Xu Bo'an observed the bonsai for a while, and when he saw that there was nothing wrong, he put away the bonsai and got up.

Because it was a weekend, Xu Boan was too lazy to go to the company again.

Just as I was thinking about going to the hospital to visit Tang Xiaorou and Tang Xiaotong today, I heard my mobile phone ring.

Seeing that it was Liu Quan's call, Xu Boan answered it without saying a word.

"Mr. Xu, on one of our projects below, the security personnel detained the inspection team of the group company, see if we hurry over to see the situation!" (End of chapter)