Druid's Country Retirement

Chapter 98
Grain rains pass, mushrooms come out, and wild vegetables are fragrant.

This season is the best time to eat wild vegetables, wild onions, wild leeks, wild garlic, Chinese toon buds, Sophora japonica flowers, elm leaves, shepherd's purse, dragon head vegetables, yellow seedlings, and purslane, all over the forest area. As long as you are not a lazy person, you can pick a lot of them with a little time, pickle them with salt and pepper, and the pickled wild vegetables you make can be eaten from the beginning of the year to the end of the year.

Li Hongbing and his party walked on the meadow.

From time to time, villagers can be seen bending over, carrying bamboo baskets, rummaging for wild vegetables among the flowers.

"Uncle Red Soldier, Teacher Cui." Dakui and Tie Zhu sat leisurely on the grassy slope, smoking a cigarette, smiling and raising their hands to say hello. Not far away, the sisters-in-law were busy collecting weeds.

As soon as the two sides meet.

Da Kui held out his thumb in admiration, "Uncle Hong Bing, you are a real cow. You drank more than ten times by yourself. Shui Sheng and Fu Sheng haven't sobered up to now. We went to see it in the morning, and we still vomited while holding the basin. "

"That's right, there are still three talents, walking straight and shaking, this is the first time I have seen Uncle Hongbing who can drink like this in these years." Tie Zhu was also full of admiration.

These two people couldn't drink alcohol because of their illnesses, but Uncle Red Soldier's feat of killing the Quartet came from the beginning to the end.

Li Hongbing readily accepts the flattery of the two, with a natural heart, let alone ten people, even if there are 100 people, he can handle it easily.

"Drunkard, sooner or later there will be accidents caused by drinking." Having seen too many tragedies caused by drinking, Sister Cui glared at a few old men angrily.

There are five types of people in rural areas who are respected, craftsmen, intellectuals, virtuous and respected, doctors and teachers.

Craftsmen have skills, Zhike is the manager who presides over funerals, respected people do things with a bowl of water, doctors cure diseases and save lives, and teachers teach and educate people.

And Sister Cui is the fourth type. When she opened her mouth, Dakui and Tie Zhu laughed awkwardly. Even though they were almost 50 years old, they felt a lot lower in front of Sister Cui.

Seeing this, Li Hongbing quickly changed the topic, "What are the sister-in-laws picking?"

"Oh! Chive flower, go back and pickle some chive flower sauce, Uncle Hongbing, Teacher Cui, turn around, we two will help the mother-in-law with work."

Knowing that Uncle Hong Soldier was trying to rescue them, Dakui hurriedly said politely, pulled on the iron pillar and was about to leave.

At this moment, Li Hongbing recalled that the dried shiitake mushrooms that the villagers had sold one after another these days almost filled the storeroom, and even the apricots were complaining that there was no place to put them.

"Wait, I forgot to mention something. I'm going back to the city tomorrow. Tell everyone, didn't you all send some dried mushrooms to my house a few days ago? I just have time this afternoon to settle the accounts." one time."

"No hurry, no hurry, it won't be too late when Uncle Hongbing comes back."

"That's right. In the past, the dealers who collected shiitake mushrooms kept the money until the next year. Uncle Hongbing only has a few days now, so let's hold it down first."

Da Kui, Tie Zhu waved his hands disapprovingly, he didn't take this matter to heart at all.

Storing money and paying on credit are very bad traits in rural areas, and there is even a saying that it is thirty nights for large accounts and small accounts.

But at the end of the year, if you haven’t earned any money and can’t pay back the bills, and those who deliver the goods can’t get the money back, then you can go to other places to credit. Over time, the old accounts will become new accounts and become rolling accounts. It got bigger and bigger, and in the end, no one made any money, but owed a lot of debts.

Li Hongbing slowly put away his smile and said with a serious expression.

"I don't like to owe money. If I say it's settled today, I will pay it today. If I don't want money, I will return the mushrooms to you."

This!
Da Kui and Tie Zhu were dumbfounded.

This is the first time I saw a person who was forced to collect money. I didn't drink when I went out in the morning!

"Okay, I'll go back to the village now and tell you to go to the old house to collect money for mushrooms in the afternoon."

The two old men shook their heads, even the wife forgot to call, and strode towards the village.

Li Hongbing looked at the backs of the two and sighed helplessly.

"Sigh, the forest area has always been like this, so I encourage children to read more, study, and get out of this mountain."

Sister Cui's eyes are solemn. Da Kui and Tie Zhu are just a microcosm of the forest area, but they are enough to represent most of the people in the forest area. Only by cultivating the next generation and letting the children walk out of the mountains can their fate be changed.

this moment.

Li Hongbing felt as if something was awakening in his heart, taking root and sprouting.

"What are you thinking, you are going back to the city tomorrow, and you didn't say anything in advance, does Sister Shanxing know?"

A palm waved in front of Li Hongbing's eyes, and Li Hongbing subconsciously grabbed it.

"Let go, someone is watching." Sister Cui rebuked softly, as if flirting.

anyone there?
Now that you have grasped it, it is uncertain to let go.

Li Mingbing looked up at the silly boy and the blind man, and the blind man immediately turned around and dragged the silly boy aside.

"Rogue." Sister Cui sighed secretly, could this be the destined enemy.

Forget it.

Grab it if you want!
Think of it as a reward before leaving.

Reward him for his contribution to building the school.

Even Sister Cui didn't know that Li Hongbing broke her bottom line again and again, but her bottom line was lowered again and again because of Li Hongbing.

……

The two held hands and walked in the sea of ​​flowers in the meadow.

Not saying a word is worth a thousand words.

Time goes by very slowly, and footsteps go fast.

Following Xiaobai's wolf howl.

Not far away, three wolf howls sounded in succession on the back of the grassy slope, followed by Dahua, Erhei and Sanhui, who appeared on the grassy slope and charged towards Li Hongbing.

Sister Cui took the opportunity to pull her hand out of Li Hongbing's palm, and distanced herself nonchalantly, as if nothing had happened.

Woohoo!

Four little wolf dogs surrounded Li Hongbing, and Xu Dalang and his little secretary appeared on the grassy slope.

After approaching.

Li Hongbing was keenly aware of the disheveled clothes of the two, and also found that Xu Dalang's face was full of anger, and the little secretary's eyes were even more springy, with fatigue and fascination coexisting on his face.

Instantly understood what the two of them had done in the meadow.

As expected of a son from the city.

There are a lot of flowers.

The sky is the bed and the ground is the bed, playing poker.

Li Hongbing didn't expose it, and asked directly, "Brother Dalang, I'm going back to the city tomorrow, and you're almost living there. When are you going back to Mingzhu City?"

so suddenly.

Xu Dalang was a little bit reluctant to part with this place, but he thought that the old man's birthday was coming soon, if he didn't go back, he might be gossiped by his family again.

"I'll go with you and take something back with me."

Li Hongbing thought that what Xu Dalang was talking about was the mutated orchid, so he didn't say anything, and walked over to Shanxing.

Knowing that Li Hongbing was going back to the city, Shanxing stopped picking wild vegetables, so she hurriedly took Brother Hongbing back to the old house to prepare things.

Back to the old house.

San Pao had already finished the live broadcast, and was sitting in the yard holding his mobile phone and giggling, not even realizing when everyone came back.

Snapped!
Li Hongbing slapped Sanpao on the back of the head, "What are you smirking, did you find the money?"

"Brother, I really found money, look." San Pao raised his phone and almost slapped Li Hongbing on the face. Li Hongbing took a step back and saw the amount of more than 600 yuan displayed on the phone screen.

San Pao said happily again.

"I just broadcast live for a while, and I earned 600 yuan. The money came too fast. Some fans even said that they would open Caogou Village for a few days during the holidays, and they would pay 300 yuan a day for food and lodging."

Li Hongbing didn't want to discourage Sanpao's dream of making a fortune, and Caogou Village would benefit from tourists coming to play. He nodded and said, "It's fine to come and play, but there are three rules of contract. No damage to the environment, no littering."

"Yes sir!" Three bubbles with hippie smiles stood at attention and saluted.

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(End of this chapter)