Druid's Country Retirement

Chapter 80
After climbing over mountains and crossing streams, we walked for five days and finally came to Zhucaogou, the end point.

There are two origins of this name. One is that there is a huge stone in the mountain that looks like a pig trough, and the other is that groups of wild boars often come here to eat and play in the ditch.

Zhucaogou is about ten miles deep, with steep mountains and dense vegetation. There are many deep canyons, waterfalls, and pools. It is surrounded by greenery all year round, and the temperature is extremely cold.

Da Kui lit a fire and cooked by a sunny and leeward pool outside Zhucaogou. The rest of the people were responsible for cutting trees and washing pots. Xu Dalang put down his airs and rolled up his sleeves to join in.

As for Li Hongbing, he took the honey dog ​​cubs and the little wolf dog to search for medicinal materials nearby. In the past few days after entering the mountain, he used his perception to collect a lot of precious medicinal materials.

Eucommia, gastrodia elata, gallnut, turmeric, dogwood, honeysuckle, codonopsis, angelica, astragalus, coptis...

These pure wild medicinal materials were dug up with their roots and leaves. Li Hongbing planned to use them as mothers, supplemented by the power of the source, to build a medicinal herb garden in the backyard.

Back at the camp, Da Kui saw everyone present, and while the meal was still a little while away, he discussed finding the four idiots in Mishan.

"Fortune, Hongqi and the others said to go to Zhucaogou to collect medicine?"

Youcai frowned, and after thinking for a while, he hesitated and said, "At that time, I was only focused on persuading them, but I didn't listen carefully, as if I was sewing something."

bass!
Dakui stood up abruptly, his red face glowing with black light, and asked in a deep voice, "Is it a crack in the ground?"

"That's right, that's right!! It's the crack in the ground." Youcai slapped his hands, and was about to grin happily, but when he saw Uncle Dakui's dark old face, he quickly became honest.

"Damn it, why did you go to the crack in the ground? What's the matter?"

Regardless of other people's surprised eyes, Dakui muttered to himself, turning his head to look at the pig trough from time to time.

Li Hongbing asked, "Dakui, where is the crack in the ground?"

Da Kui sighed heavily, and pointed to the highest mountain in the pig's trough shaped like a pig's head.

"Drilling the ground is located on the back of Zhutou Mountain. There are narrow upper and lower wide ground cracks and hidden rivers everywhere. The shallow ones are a few meters long, and the deep ones have no bottom. If you don't pay attention, you will step on the ground.

"When I was young, the old hunter and I chased a wild boar into the cracks in the ground. Together with the wild boars, we stepped into the air and fell into the pit. Fortunately, the old hunter grabbed the wild boar and fell into the cracks without leaving any bones."

hiss!
Everyone took a deep breath.

so dangerous.

The atmosphere suddenly became tense.

Naturally, Li Hongbing was not afraid of digging into the ground, but when he saw Youcai and Mr. Xu turned blue, he hurriedly stood up to comfort him.

"Let's eat first, and after we finish eating, we'll go digging into the ground. Youcai, Mr. Xu, and the idiot are in charge of the camp. Da Kui, I, and the blind man are going to find someone."

Turning to the back of Zhutou Mountain, the lush and shady scenery of the mountain changes suddenly. Looking around, there are black cracks between the rolling mountains, which are long and short, wide and thin, like spider webs covering the earth.

Gray flaky stones were scattered here and there, forming gray flats like scabies patches.

Drill the ground.

Sure enough, it was worthy of the name, and cracks were drilled on the ground.

I have to marvel at the uncanny workmanship of nature.

Except Da Kui and Sha Wa, the rest of the people were shocked by the scene before them, including Li Hongbing.

Xu Dalang took out his mobile phone, snapping pictures, but didn't take a few pictures, the phone automatically shut down when it ran out of power, he was so angry that he wanted to smash the phone.

"Find a place to camp first. Remember that there is a stone platform in front of you. Follow me closely and don't run around."

Da Kui saw that the expressions on the faces of the people didn't seem to take his words seriously, so he leaned over to pick up a piece of gray stone, lightly pressed it in front of everyone, and the palm-thick stone was silently folded in half.

"See, this kind of gray stone flakes are very brittle and will break when you step on them. The places you can see and the places you can't see are all these flakes of gray stone."

Feeling that the warning was not deep enough, Da Kui raised the stick, walked to a bush, and smashed the stick hard at the bush.

Just hear a clatter.

The bushes disappeared, leaving only a black hole the size of a table.

"Have you seen it? Don't think that it is safe if there is grass. There is a bottomless crack in the ground."

"Follow me, don't run around."

During the two demonstrations, everyone put away their contempt and looked at Dakui with a solemn expression, while Li Hongbing picked up a gray stone and held it in his hand to play with.

Slapping a large stone flake with a finger will shatter, not to mention, it's quite relaxing.

As for the ground seam, Li Hongbing had already discovered it before Dakui poked it with a stick. Although the perception can only penetrate one meter deep into the ground, it can be used to find the ground seam with more than enough rubbing.

Dakui walked in the front alone, holding a wooden stick in his hand, stopping from time to time to hit the ground with the wooden stick, guiding the frightened crowd to walk between the gray stone and the cracks in the ground, and the little wolf dogs, under Li Hongbing's instructions, Follow him closely.

Suddenly, Li Hongbing stopped, "Wait."

When Dakui heard the reminder, he took back the leg he had just raised, stepped back in the same way, and looked at Uncle Hongbing suspiciously.

"You can't go ahead." Li Hongbing led the little wolf dog past the people in the middle, walked to Dakui's side, took the wooden stick, and stabbed it hard.

Whoa!

Whoa!

I saw a two-meter-wide underground crack in front of me, and the ground continued to subside until a ten-meter-long crack was fully exposed.

hiss!
Everyone took a deep breath.

Walking to the crack in the ground and looking down, there was a black hole. Mr. Xu picked up a gray stone and threw it down. After more than ten seconds, he heard the echo of the impact.

hiss!
Everyone took a deep breath again.

If Li Hongbing didn't make a sound to stop him just now, Dakui would probably fall to pieces.

At this moment, Dakui was in a cold sweat, his heart was beating wildly, and his eyes were full of gratitude when he looked at Uncle Hongbing.

However, how does Uncle Hong Bing know where there is a seam?
"I'll lead the way, you take care of them."

Li Hongbing whistled, raised his legs and walked in front, and the little wolf dogs followed beside him.

With the help of perception, the next journey was very smooth, and soon found the stone platform Dakui mentioned in a spacious crack in the ground.

The so-called stone platform is just a boulder protruding from the water, with a size of ten square meters. Next to it is a living pool. The water in the pool is crystal clear. You can also see fish swimming in the water.

Youcai took the silly boy with him, Xu Dalang set up a camp, and Dakui, the blind man, and Li Hongbing were together, discussing to find the traces of the four unlucky guys.

Li Hongbing took out the clothes worn by Hong Qi from the bag, and put them on the noses of the four little wolf dogs.

Woohoo!

The little wolf dogs stepped forward one by one to smell the smell from the clothes.

"Is there such a smell nearby?" Li Hongbing asked.

Dahua and the other three little wolf dogs shook their heads at the same time, indicating that they didn't smell it.

Li Hongbing shook his head, "It's not nearby, it will be dark soon, and we will look further afield tomorrow morning."

Ugh!
Dakui sighed deeply, originally thought that those four people were lost in the boar ditch, who knew they were so brave, they dared to break into the cracks in the ground, there are deep trenches and cracks in the ground everywhere, if they fall into it, the chance of surviving It's up to God.

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(End of this chapter)