Chapter 127

Xu Changfu's family is seven or eight miles away from the town. Due to the sparsely populated area and special weather and climate here, some family members have moved from the village to the town or the county seat in the early years. Now, Xu Changfu's family is the only one in the village with only a dozen households.

It was snowy and cold. No matter how thick clothes I wore, I could always feel the biting cold. When I opened the door, I had an impulse to quit immediately when I first entered Xu Changfu's house. His house was full of mess and dust everywhere. In addition, there was a sour smell that could not be dissipated in the house, which was no different from that of Xu Changfu.

Xu Changfu couldn't tell the southeast from the northwest when he drank. Naturally, he didn't care what we thought at the moment. He lit a fire pit, held a wine pot and lay down on the fire pit to sleep.

Jiang Yilong said, "let's go. He doesn't even have a place to go. How can he stay?"

There is no difference between this home and the beggar's nest. Jiang Yilong and I used to live in a dirty bridge cave when we were Bangbang. We two big men can make do with this experience. However, after all, there are Roland and and bailing women who let them follow this grievance. I am also a little unhappy.

I said, "there are some in this place... Hehe, OK, leave him a note and we'll go back to town now."

Roland said, "I think I'd better forget it. It's snowy outside and the road is not close. Besides, it's dark now. Make do with it. Anyway, I'm not so delicate."

Bai Ling then said, "if you come, be at ease. There's nothing wrong now. Let's help him clean up."

Both of them say so. Jiang Yilong and I are naturally more unlikely to be coquettish. However, when I think about it carefully now, it seems that this trouble is caused by my impulse. My intention was to invite him as a guide to lead us into the mountain. Today, I not only asked him to eat and drink for nothing, but also paid off all the wine money he owed. However, this guy was kind and never gave me a happy word.

The current situation is like riding a tiger. I just hope Xu Changfu, who is drunk and sober, won't let me down.

The four of us worked for more than two hours and slightly improved the mess in his house. Anyway, we won't stay here for a long time. At most, we just stayed up for one night. We can barely make peace.

Before coming to his house, we didn't eat anything before dark because we didn't know the situation at home. Later, we found some grain frozen meat, and Jiang Yilong cooked and ate a hodgepodge.

Xu Changfu occupied the fire pit, and his sleepiness came. The four of us had to gather around and build a stove. After chatting for a while, we slept against the wall.

Early the next morning, Xu Changfu was drunk and sober. At first, he was surprised by the earth shaking changes in his family, and then he noticed the four of us. We were awakened by his movement. The guy opened his mouth and said, "you, why did you follow?"

Jiang Yilong blurted out, "nonsense, you didn't bring us here. How can we find this broken place?"

Xu Changfu sat on the pit and thought for a long time. He said, "it seems that he drank too much yesterday. He can't remember anything."

Jiang Yilong just wanted to say something. Seeing that his face was wrong, I hurriedly interrupted and said, "Uncle Xu, it doesn't matter if you can't remember something, but you should still remember who invited you to the bar yesterday?"

He nodded and said, "it's you. Oh, yes, I remember. You seem to have helped me pay back all the wine money I owe." when I nodded, he smiled and said, "I didn't expect that Xu Changfu could still meet you, a good man."

I said, "Uncle Xu, think again."

"Still want?" Xu Changfu didn't quite understand what I said. He frowned at me for a long time and said, "what else do you make me think?"

"We strangers have nothing to do with you and nothing to do with you. How do you think this kind of good thing can happen to you, a rotten drunkard." of course, I know very well that everything I did to Xu Changfu yesterday is my own wish from the perspective of Xu Changfu. If Xu Changfu denies it, I can't do anything with him, so, I can only be tough now, otherwise I will really draw water with a bamboo basket and become a thoroughly unjust leader. "There's no more nonsense. Now take us into the mountain."

Xu Changfu was stunned. "Into the mountain? What do you do in the mountain?"

Since he can remember the wine I invited him to eat yesterday, and can remember that I helped him pay back all the wine money owed, then he can naturally remember why I did it. However, he now pretends not to know. Listening to his tone, it is clear that he wants to cheat. As soon as I got angry, my voice rose. "Uncle Xu, there is no free lunch in the world. You ate mine, and I helped you pay off the wine money you owe. It's time to do things for us. Of course, if you help us do things well, we won't treat you badly."

Xu Changfu's eyes were shining. "What are the benefits?"

"So, do you remember?" Bai Ling said.

"Hehe, I remember. How can I not remember such an important thing." the rascal Qi on Xu Changfu's face sank, replaced by a touch of shame, but it only appeared on his face for a few seconds. "I ate your rice and wine yesterday, and you paid off all my debts. Several bosses have done this. It's really not a thing for Xu Changfu to pretend to be crazy. However, you also know that it's not easy to go into the mountain to collect ginseng because of the heavy snow. Otherwise, I promise you that I will be the first to go into the mountain to collect ginseng after the beginning of spring next year Keep the ginseng for you, and then you just come and get it. "

Jiang Yilong said, "if you say so, why should we treat you like this."

"That's true." Xu Changfu said, "several bosses, can I say more?"

"Don't be the boss. After the former boss, my name is Qi Zhiyuan. They are Bai Ling, Roland and Jiang Yilong. If you are older than us, just call our names."

"OK, OK. I just want to know that you want to go into the mountain to collect ginseng now. Is there anything to say about this ginseng?"

"No. It's just the freshest and urgent."

I spoke happily, but Xu Changfu still caught something on my face, but he didn't continue to ask. Anyway, in his opinion, as long as he helps us pick a fresh ginseng, he can succeed and retire.

Xu Changfu promised to go into the mountain with us to collect ginseng. Everything he had done for him was worth it. For the next two days, because the wind and snow were too heavy to enter the mountain, we had to be trapped at Xu Changfu's house. These two days, Xu Changfu would go to the town with wine money at dawn every day. Before dark, we couldn't see anyone else.

On the third day, the wind and snow stopped and finally cleared up. Xu Changfu had no excuse to delay. He changed his old style. First, he took a hot bath and changed into clean clothes, and then he was busy preparing the necessary tools for entering the mountain., What kind of rope pulling stick, red velvet rope, oilcloth, and even copper coin wire.

Jiang Yilong said, "what's the use of this stick?"

Xu Changfu said, "this is called Suo Ba stick, also called Suo Bao stick. Collecting ginseng is also called Fangshan. Once you find ginseng, you have to insert the Suo Bao stick on the ground, tie it to the ginseng stem with a red thread tied with copper coins, and lay a red oilcloth under it."

Roland said, "why do you do this?"

"This is because ginseng has spirit and is afraid of being run away by it."

"Can it run?"

"In short, these tools and statements for collecting parameters are handed down by our ancestors. We can't tell whether it's that way."

We brought dry food and ginseng collection tools. We were about to start. Xu Changfu suddenly stopped at the door and was in a daze for more than ten seconds. He said to us, wait a minute, turned around and went back to the house. A few minutes later, he saw an old shotgun on his back.

Jiang Yilong said, "why take this?"

Xu Changfu said, "be brave."

Under the leadership of Xu Changfu, we took a short cut into the mountains and forests, slightly separated from each other, and looked for ginseng while walking. However, the thick snow accumulated in the mountain forest is tens of centimeters deep. Let alone looking for ginseng, it's hard to walk ten or eight meters alone.

"It's urgent to go back now."

"Uncle Xu, don't take the opportunity to be sarcastic, or we'll compare who gets to the front mountain first."

"Ha ha, who fights with you young man? Besides, such fighting consumes physical strength. How to find a mallet at that time."

"Mallet?"

Seeing that I wanted to ask more questions, Xu Changfu motioned me not to ask more questions. When we got close, he quickly gathered around and gave some instructions. From his mouth, we know that there are many taboos for ginseng gatherers. As long as you enter the mountains with the purpose of collecting ginseng, you must pay attention to your words and deeds. Ginseng is not called ginseng, but a mallet. Once you find ginseng, you should catch it and sing and shout mountain