Druid's Country Retirement

Chapter 2 Buying a Dog
The next day.

Li Hongbing got up early, and his father was already sitting on the sofa waiting for him, with a stack of documents on the coffee table in front of him.

"Come here." Dad said with a straight face.

Li Hongbing sat down in a daze, and his father pushed the documents on the coffee table in front of him.

"This is the deed and title deed of the old house. Before your grandfather left, he said he would leave the old house to you. I will take care of it for decades. Now it's time for you to take care of it."

After breakfast, I refused my parents, sister, and brother-in-law to see me off, and walked out alone with a backpack on my back.

Caogou Village is located in Qinbalin District, which is a world-class nature reserve covering an area of ​​60 square kilometers. It stretches for more than 1800 kilometers from east to west. It is the junction of six provinces, also known as the back garden of six provinces.

To return to the village, you have to take a 200-kilometer long-distance bus, and first arrive at Songbai Town, which is the closest to Caogou Village.

People want to sleep on the winding and winding mountain road, and they arrive at noon. When you get off the car, you will be greeted with the rural flavor in your memory.

Messy streets, bustling villagers, casual stalls on both sides of the street, local dialect, shouting, and cursing.

All of this made Li Hongbing extremely comfortable.

Next, find a car and go back to Caogou Village. There are still more than 100 miles of mountain roads to the village.

Inquired at the passenger station, I learned that there is only one rural shuttle bus every week, and the latest one will wait until next week.

Trouble!
Li Hongbing frowned speechlessly.

Walking aimlessly on the streets of the town, looking for a way to return to the village.

Ow!Ow!
There was a sound like a dog barking, the voice was deep and penetrating.

Looking along the sound, more than a dozen people gathered around the street, and the sound of the dog barking came from there.

Li Hongbing squeezed in curiously.

An old man in an old camouflage uniform with a weathered face and an indifferent expression was sitting on the ground. There was a bamboo basket in front of him. Inside the basket were four gray and black-haired puppies. They were trying to crawl out while grabbing the edge of the basket. Stretching out his fingers to tease, the corners of his mouth were grinning to show his small teeth.

"The pup is fierce, a good dog."

"It looks like a wolf cub, with gray hair and a sharp mouth."

"Wolf cub? The wolf's tail is down. Look at the cub's tail curling up. Could it be a wolf dog?"

"It's a bit like a wolf dog, but its hair is more like a wolf. It's probably a new breed. The Husky raised by the rich in the city looks like a wolf. Maybe it's a hybrid dog."

"Hybrid dog, it looks pretty good, it's useless."

"Buy just to watch the house, what's the price!"

Listening to the chatter of the people watching the excitement around.

Li Hongbing squatted down and stretched out his hand to the pup curiously.

"Young students be careful, this dog is fierce."

Passers-by saw him dressed as a city man and kindly reminded him, but Li Hongbing was not afraid. No matter how fierce the big dog in the village was when he was a child, he would wag his tail when he saw him.

really.

The palm touched the little milk dog.

The puppy whimpered and stretched out its pink tongue to lick Li Hongbing's palm.

The old dog seller looked at Li Hongbing in surprise.

"Master, how do you sell this dog?"

"500 pieces, no counter-offer." The old man looked indifferent.

Before Li Hongbing could open his mouth, the people who watched the excitement nearby shouted.

"Mixed dogs dare to sell so expensive, they are taking advantage of it!"

"That's right, there's someone selling big wolfhounds on the street corner ahead, and they only cost 200 apiece."

"Young students, don't be fooled!"

"Kit outsiders, lose face in our forest area."

Facing all the accusations, the old man remained indifferent.

Li Hongbing didn't think so, he wanted to go back to Caogou Village, he was alone, and it would be nice to have a few puppies as companions.

"500, right? I want it all." Li Hongbing took out his cell phone.

At this time, a young man with a scar on his forehead squeezed out from the crowd, and he looked at Li Hongbing, who was dressed in bright clothes, with disdain, "Wait, this dog is my first choice. Whether the people in the city understand the rules or not, whoever takes the lead first?" Ask the price who will buy first."

Li Hongbing heard this sound familiar, he seemed to be the one who scolded him the most.

It turned out to be for bargaining!

The old man stood up silently, lifted the bamboo basket and put it in front of Li Hongbing.

"Four 2000, give me money."

"Old man, I was the one who asked the price first. People in the city don't have eyes, and you don't know the rules." The scar-faced young man grabbed the bamboo basket and yelled.

brush!
A hatchet glowing with coldness was pulled out from the old man's waist and placed across the young man's neck.

"Remove the paw, believe it or not, chop it up and feed it to the dog."

Those who watched the excitement were not afraid of big things, and someone immediately shouted.

"There was a fight, and the knife was used."

Whoa!
The crowd dispersed immediately, forming a large circle, and more people rushed over.

There are only old men, Li Hongbing, and young men with fierce faces in the circle.

Just as Li Hongbing was about to persuade him, another four or five young men wearing leggings squeezed in from the crowd, with their hands on their waists, they approached the old man aggressively, and asked respectfully.

"Master Shan, did that grandson offend you?"

"No, no, I'm just buying a dog." The scar-faced young man immediately panicked when he saw these young people dressed up.

In the Qinba Forest District, people are not afraid of wild animals, but they are afraid of wearing leggings.

Because the leggings are pure mountain people, they have lived in the mountains all their lives, relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, hunting is very common, and they have developed a ruthless personality.

Moreover, a story has been circulating in Qinbalin District for decades.

In 41, an army of the Neon Kingdom rushed into the forest area, burned, killed, looted, and committed all kinds of crimes.

One day and one night, that neon army disappeared.

The common people only found messy footprints and a few pairs of leggings in the barracks.

The Neon Kingdom sent more troops to the forest area to search for the missing soldiers, but in the end they didn't find a single hair, and left in despair.

After that, no one dared to provoke the mountain people, and would shy away when they saw them.

The old dog seller waved his hand, and those young people stepped aside obediently, and looked at Li Hongbing.

"Baby, do you still want a dog?"

"Yes." Li Hongbing nodded quickly, and took out his mobile phone to pay.

"We don't need that cell phone, we just need cash."

Now who goes out with cash.

A mobile phone travels the world.

Li Hongbing was in trouble.

At this time, another young man with a broad face and a big mouth squeezed out from the crowd watching, opened his mouth and shouted, "Brother Hongbing, it's me, Sanpao."

Li Hongbing sized him up and recognized who this broad-faced young man was.

Nicknamed San Pao, whose real name is Zhao Jinjin, he was a classmate and dog leg when he was a child.

In the early years, the forest area was remote and poor, and the rural people did not want their children to study. It would be better to help the family to study and have an extra labor force.

In the case of such a small number of students, school teachers often teach several grades in one classroom at the same time.

At that time, Li Hongbing was in the sixth grade, and Sanpao was in the lower grades, and they were in the same classroom. We could meet each other every day. The upper grades went out to play, and the lower grades naturally followed behind.

And the nickname "San Pao" came from the fact that he played "San Pao" repeatedly in class.

meet acquaintances.

Li Hongbing didn't care about the small talk, "Have you brought cash, please lend me some, and I'll transfer the phone to you later."

San Pao watched the excitement outside for a long time. After all, they hadn't seen each other for more than 20 years, and finally they barely recognized Li Hongbing.

He opened his pocket, took out a stack of red pages, dipped his fingers in spit, counted out 20 and handed them to Li Hongbing.

Li Hongbing got the money and handed it to the old man.

After receiving the money, the old man didn't order it, he just said something.

"Your name is Li Hongbing, you live in Caogou Village, and Li is your father."

Li Hongbing nodded blankly.

Curious how he knew himself, but thinking about it again, grandpa was a famous barefoot doctor in the forest area back then, saving countless lives, maybe he had seen him before.

"Put some incense on the old man's head for me, and say that Xiao Shanzi will visit his old man in a while."

Leaving an inexplicable sentence, the old man walked out of the crowd surrounded by the descendants of the mountain people.

Ow!Ow!
The four puppies seemed to know that they were going to part with their old master, and let out a low cry of sadness.

San Pao said enviously, "They are all good dogs. If you sell them in the city, any one will cost more than 2000 yuan."

Li Hongbing smiled and said nothing, lifted the bamboo basket, "Let's go, I'll transfer the money to you."

"Don't worry, it's rare to meet an old classmate, so go to my shop." San Pao waved his hands quickly.

The two walked and chatted, and left the market.

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(End of this chapter)