Druid's Country Retirement

Chapter 6
Influenced by the geographical environment, Caogou Village is different from other villages.

It is a village located in the mountains. Most of the houses in the village are built against the mountains, and the houses are mostly made of earthen embryos, bricks and wood.

However, Caogou Village is not short of water. There are several mountain streams passing through the village in Yuanbao Mountain. The streams flow through the ditches in front of each house all the year round and converge to the weir pond at the entrance of the village.

The patchwork of yellow walls and black tiles, and the steps and alleys paved with bluestone make the overall layout of the village chaotic and orderly, with a unique beauty that is indescribable.

pity!

People go to the empty buildings, and everything is deserted.

The once bustling courtyard is now overgrown with weeds, looking vicissitudes and tranquility.

Dakui likes to be lively, and the yard is built not far from the rice field, and Li Hongbing still vaguely remembers the way.

Go around the outer steps.

From a distance, I saw a middle-aged man standing at the gate of the courtyard, with a purple-red face looking radiant, and wearing a washed-out camouflage uniform.

Match up with Da Kui in memory.

Li Hongbing hurriedly quickened his pace, "Da Kui, how can I let you wait for me at the door."

"What are you talking about, you are an uncle, you can't break the rules, you have to be judged according to your seniority." Da Kui had a straight face, but his eyes were full of smiles.

In the countryside, the rules are very important. The older people are, the more they follow the rules.

It's just that young people now regard rules as bad feudal habits, which are deeply disgusting and disgusting.

But Li Hongbing's parents didn't come back, he is the one with the highest seniority in Caogou Village, seeing Da Kui mentioning his seniority, he didn't put on a show and nodded with a smile.

"Uncle Red Soldier enters the house to drink water." Dakui turned sideways and stepped out of the gate.

Li Hongbing walked up the steps and was about to enter the door.

Behind him came the whining of puppies.

Look back.

The steps were too high, and the pups were leaning on the edge, kicking up with their short legs, whining anxiously.

San Pao wanted to go forward to help, but was stopped by Li Hong Bing, intending to train them, so he pretended to be angry and said.

"Find a way to climb up by yourself."

Sanpao couldn't bear to see the pups howling, so he persuaded, "Brother Hongbing, they have just reached the full moon, and their hind legs are still weak, why not..."

Before he finished speaking, the man froze.

I saw the four pups walking around in front of the steps for a few times, two of them lying on the ground like stacked arhats, and then the other two pups stepped on the bodies of the brothers and climbed up the steps.

When the last two puppies climbed the steps, the first two puppies on the ground straightened up, their front legs resting on the edge of the steps, and the two puppies grabbed their front legs and dragged them up the steps abruptly.

The three eyeballs almost bulged out.

I am Cao!

It's fine.

Da Kui stared at the four gray and white fur puppies, his brows were tightly frowned into a Sichuan character, and finally looked at Li Hongbing.

"Uncle Red Soldier, where did this wolfhound come from?"

wolfhound?

Li Hongbing and San Pao were stunned, and San Pao, who was the first to react, said in disbelief, "Uncle Da Kui, you can see clearly, this is a crossbred dog with an upturned tail, how could it be a wolf dog?"

Tail rolled up?

Da Kui glanced at San Pao mockingly, and said with emotion, "I have eaten more salt than you have eaten rice. This is a wolf dog, a cub born of a wolf and a dog. I haven't seen a wolf dog in almost 30 years." , Raise them well, these four wolfhounds can kill wild boars if they are properly raised."

Li Hongbing met San Pao's eyes, seeing the shock in each other's eyes.

No wonder I haven't heard them barking before, all of them are barking.

This wolf dog is not that wolf dog.

This is a serious wolf dog with mixed wolf blood, the difference of one word is a world of difference.

"Brother Red Soldier, I"

"Stop it, you're dreaming." Li Hongbing didn't give San Pao a chance to speak, and leaned over to pick them up and walked into the yard.

Sanpao stood alone at the door, beating his chest and stamping his feet in regret. If he had known it was a mixed-breed wolfhound, he would have bought it even if he sold it.

There is a difference between someone taking care of the yard and no one taking care of it.

Various vegetables are planted in Dakui’s vegetable garden, including Chinese cabbage, Chinese cabbage, potatoes, radishes, and there is a corn field in the corner. Corn cobs have grown on the corn stalks, and the growth is gratifying.

The middle door of the main room is wide open, and an old Eight Immortals table is placed in the center of the room, with peanuts, walnuts, and jujubes placed on it.

"Uncle Red Soldier, sit down." Da Kui greeted warmly.

The Eight Immortals table is used for entertaining guests in rural areas, with the opposite door on the top and side seats on both sides. The elderly, guest of honor or high-status person sits on the top seat, the host or accompanying guests sit on the bottom seat, and the rest of the guests take side seats in order.

As the oldest person in the village, Li Hongbing naturally wanted to take the seat.

There are more rules when drinking in rural areas.

Do not clink glasses when toasting, and follow the other party as much as you drink, absolutely not less.

Distinguish between primary and secondary, and toast in turn according to seniority, and toasting indiscriminately is not allowed.

Juniors can only toast, and elders drink with you. They have to stand up and hold the cup with both hands to show respect.

When drinking, many people can respect one person, but one person cannot respect many people, unless it is an elder.

If you say something wrong, you will be punished by yourself.

……

Li Hongbing sat on the top seat, and the wolf and dog puppies squatted obediently at their feet, and Dakui quickly brought out the enamel cups that had already been brewed.

"Uncle Hongbing, the tea is not good, don't be disgusted."

As an experienced tea drinker, Li Hongbing took advantage of his work to drink tens of thousands of teas. The enamel cups are full of big leaves. It is the kind of cheap big-leaf tea in the countryside. Two yuan can buy a big bag.

Li Hongbing didn't dislike it, but happily picked up the old enamel cup and took a big gulp.

The tea is astringent, with a heavy bitter taste.

Still the same taste, unchanged.

When I was a child, in the hot summer, nothing quenched my thirst better than a jar of big-leaf tea. If I had it, it would be two cups.

"Uncle Da Kui, I'm also a little thirsty." After running for a few miles in the middle of the day, Sanbuzui was also a little dry, and said anxiously.

"Pour yourself, don't you have long hands?" Da Kui glared and pointed at the kettle.

!!!

San Pao blinked his eyes, and resentfully poured water.

At this time.

There was an angry cry from outside the yard.

"Da Kui, is Uncle Red Soldier here?"

Immediately afterwards, several figures appeared at the gate of the courtyard, some men and some women, carrying things in their hands.

From the faces, Li Hongbing vaguely recognized Lao Gen, Tie Dan, Fu Sheng, Shui Sheng, and two plain-looking middle-aged women.

"Uncle Red Soldier has been here for a long time." Da Kui replied with a loud voice.

People are here.

The hall suddenly became lively.

Li Hongbing smoked cigarettes one by one, Lao Genshu and the others hurriedly stood up and took the cigarettes with both hands, put them in their hands to look at them, and asked with a smile, "This cigarette is expensive, you can tell by the appearance."

"Not expensive, not expensive, a few yuan a pack." Li Hongbing casually threw the cigarette case on the table.

Sanpao craned his neck to take a look, and exclaimed, "Giant panda! This is... ah!"

It was impossible for Li Hongbing to let San Pao finish his sentence, so he stomped on him stealthily.

Everyone looked over.

Li Hongbing hurriedly changed the subject, looked at the two plain-looking women and asked, "I left the village early, who are these two?"

"She is my daughter-in-law, Yuzhi." Fu Sheng smiled, turned to the woman and said, "This is Uncle Hong Bing, Grandpa's grandson."

The other two are Tie Zhu's daughter-in-law Xiu'e and Dakui's daughter-in-law Guifeng.

The men in the village ranked seniority, and Li Hongbing accepted it by default, but he still had to show respect to the women, so he hurriedly greeted the three old sisters-in-law.

"Uncle Hongbing sit down, old women know what, why don't you go to the kitchen to help sister Guifeng cook." Da Kui pulled Li Hongbing to sit down, and drove his daughter-in-law away.

Several old men and Li Hongbing sat at the Eight Immortals table, drinking tea and chatting about the past in Caogou Village.

During the chat, Li Hongbing knew that there were only about 30 households left in the village, and they were all old, weak, sick and disabled. The other households had moved away with the forest area compensation.

There are so few left!

I remember that when I was a child, Caogou Village had more than 300 households, which is considered a large village in the forest area.

Li Hongbing curiously asked the others why they didn't come over for a drink.

Lao Gen said contemptuously, "I've all gone to the mountains. The spring mountain vegetables and medicinal materials have just sprouted, and they can be sold for a lot of money. It's strange, but those things are not eaten by pigs, but people in the city like to eat them."

This one.

Li Hongbing could only touch his nose.

They don't know that rural people yearn for and envy the prosperity of the city, while urban people yearn for and covet the freedom of the countryside.

soon.

The two sister-in-laws brought pots of delicacies, more than half of which were wild game.

As the saying goes, relying on mountains to eat mountains depends on water to eat water.

Hunting is not allowed in the forest area, and it is said that wild animals must be protected.

That's fine too, if you don't fight those with grades, pheasants, turtledoves, hares, wild boars and the like are always fine.

These animals often go down the mountain to steal crops.

There are also bastards, eels, loaches, things that flood meadow puddles.

Li Hongbing ate this meal very comfortably.

Sudden.

The wolfdog cubs lying at Li Hongbing's feet gnawing bones stood up, arched their backs and roared towards the courtyard gate.

Immediately afterwards, a head retracted behind the door.

anyone?

Before Li Hongbing could ask, Dakui stood up and shouted towards the courtyard gate.

"Stupid boy, get out here."

The voice just fell.

A burly and majestic figure appeared at the gate of the courtyard, and walked into the courtyard shyly.

……

(End of this chapter)