Fairy Gourd Farm

Chapter 1 The top student in the college entrance examination who suspended school

The morning sun shines on the earth, and Sanhe Village, which has been silent all night, gradually wakes up, and the villagers go out one after another to start a day's work.

A young man also came out of his yard, carrying a bamboo basket and walked out of the village in a leisurely manner, but was soon stopped by a middle-aged woman who had just left the house: "Leizi, are you going up the mountain to collect herbs again?"

Zhao Lei replied with a smile: "Yes, Aunt Wang."

Wang Fang frowned slightly and said, "You can't come back to life after death, you have to be careful, it's not Aunt Wang who said you..."

Judging from Zhao Lei's previous experience, every time Wang Fang started with "Aunt Wang didn't say you...", it took at least half an hour before she stopped.In Zhao Lei's opinion, this is definitely verbal violence, and it is not an exaggeration to say it is a mental attack.

But Zhao Lei knew in his heart that Wang Fang really cared about him, so he was embarrassed to leave.Seeing that Wang Fang was holding the freshly washed clothes in his hand, Zhao Lei had an idea and hurriedly said: "Aunt Wang, you have been helping Uncle Hu with washing clothes so early! Not only do you manage the housework in an orderly manner, but your cooking skills are also very good." Excellent, Uncle Hu is really lucky to marry a wife like you!"

Wang Fang was in a good mood when she said these words, and she forgot what she wanted to say to Zhao Lei. She smiled and said, "You little devil, you can really talk. Auntie left some dishes for you at dinner, remember to come and get them!"

"Okay, then I'll go first!" Zhao Lei secretly wiped off his sweat, and quickly fled from Wang Fang.

When Zhao Lei walked across the stone bridge at the entrance of the village, a chubby middle-aged woman whispered to her companions: "This kid from the Zhao family is really stupid, to take a year off from school to take care of grandpa!"

The other woman sneered, "In the end, the old man died. It's a waste of a year of youth!"

The fat woman said with a look of disdain: "Isn't that right, he is the number one in the college entrance examination, I think he is stupid in studying..."

Zhao Lei heard the conversation between the two clearly, but he had no intention of arguing with them at all.Both of Zhao Lei's parents died, and his grandfather was his only relative. In his opinion, it is only natural for him to suspend school to take care of the seriously ill elderly.As for what other people think of this matter, Zhao Lei doesn't care at all.

In Zhao Lei's view, one must first be worthy of one's conscience.If you don't even do this, what's the use of having more money and no matter how bright your future is?

Zhao Lei left behind the two women who were gossiping about him behind his back, and soon came to the mountain beside the village and started looking for herbs.

Treating his grandfather not only spent all of Zhao Lei's savings, but also owed a lot of foreign debts.So Zhao Lei often went to the mountains to gather herbs to earn some extra money, hoping to pay off his debts as soon as possible.

However, there are more and more people going to the mountains to collect herbs, and it is difficult to find any satisfactory results. Zhao Lei searched for two mountain depressions, and only found two Polygonum multiflorum and a small Dendrobium officinale.

"Nowadays, people collect herbs by uprooting them, and they don't even let go of the seedlings. They really have no sense of public morality." Zhao Lei complained, digging out a Gastrodia elata seedling and throwing it into the bamboo basket.

Although the rhizome of Gastrodia elata is only the size of a finger, for Zhao Lei, a mosquito is still meat no matter how small it is. Instead of taking advantage of others, it is better to dig it out first.

Zhao Lei had searched all over this valley, so he planned to try his luck at the nearby hill.However, Zhao Lei soon discovered that there were a lot of dark clouds in the sky, gradually drifting towards this side.When this happens in summer, it means that heavy rains are coming soon.Zhao Lei didn't dare to stay on the mountain any longer, so he quickly hurried down the mountain to the village.

When Zhao Lei trotted all the way to the foot of the mountain, the sky had gradually darkened, and a heavy rain was about to fall.Fortunately, the village is right in front of us, as long as we cross the small river in front of us, we will enter Sanhe Village.However, when Zhao Lei was crossing the bridge, he was blocked by three young men who were flamboyant.

"Unlucky!" Zhao Lei sighed secretly in his heart.

These three guys are gangsters in the village, and the leader is Wang Hu, who has been messing around in the village after graduating from junior high school.Relying on the fact that their uncle Wang Chenggang is the village head, they behaved mischievously in the village, such as petty theft, bullying the weak, and molesting the little wives and girls in the village were their daily routine.This group of people was jealous of Zhao Lei's ability to go to a key university and often made trouble for him.

Wang Hu deliberately opened his collar, revealing the shining big gold chain and the tattoo on his chest. He looked at Zhao Lei with a half-smile and said, "Hey, isn't this a top student in the college entrance examination? He went to the mountain to gather herbs again. The harvest is good, right?"

Zhao Lei said in a deep voice, "What's none of your business?"

"Of course it's none of our business." Wang Hu said, "Brothers are a little weak recently, and I want to ask you to borrow some herbal medicine!"

Of course Zhao Lei didn't want to give away the half-day's hard work, so he immediately took two steps back and said, "Don't even think about it!"

"Hmph, it's up to you!" Wang Hu snorted coldly, grabbed Zhao Lei's collar and told his subordinates: "Why are you still standing there, do it!"

The other two hooligans quickly surrounded Zhao Lei and plundered all the herbs in the bamboo basket.Wang Hu took a look at it, and said with disdain: "It's just such a small thing? It's all rubbish, bah!"

While speaking, this guy threw all the herbs in his hand into the river, watching the half day's hard work go to waste, Zhao Lei was furious.He violently broke free from Wang Hu's big hand, and punched him hard on the nose.

"Ouch!" Caught off guard, Wang Hu held his nose and took two steps back, and then found that his palms were full of blood, he grinned viciously and said, "Good boy, if you dare to fight me, beat me to death!"

The other two gangsters rushed up immediately, punching and kicking Zhao Lei.

Zhao Lei is just an ordinary college student, so naturally he is no match for these gangsters.Although he tried his best to resist, he was still punched in the face several times, and he felt like his eyes were staring and his world was spinning.

At this time, Wang Hu, who was burning with anger, also made a move, and kicked Zhao Lei in the stomach with all his strength.

Zhao Lei only felt that his eyes were dark, and he staggered back. He climbed over the low railing of the stone bridge and fell into the river with a "plop".

At this time, there was already a torrential rain on the mountain, and a large amount of rainwater washed down from the upper reaches. The originally calm river surface became choppy, and Zhao Lei was washed downstream as soon as he fell into the water.

This scene also shocked Wang Hu and the others. He pretended to be calm and said to his subordinates: "You can all testify that this guy fell into the river by himself, and it has nothing to do with us!"

A gangster nodded quickly: "Yes, yes, he fell into the water by himself, and it has nothing to do with us!"

Wang Hu looked up at the sky and said: "It's going to rain, let's go back, hmph, it's cheap for this kid!"

When Wang Hu and others left, Zhao Lei was struggling to survive in the river.The calm river in the past became a death trap, and the rapid current rushed him downstream.

Zhao Lei paddled desperately, slowly leaning towards the shore along the direction of the current, and finally grabbed a tree root that protruded into the water, and was no longer swept downstream by the current.

Only then did Zhao Lei have time to look at the surrounding environment, and he couldn't help being surprised.It took only a moment to fall into the water, but it was already washed to the other side of the village, which shows how strong the current is.

Thinking of Wang Hu and others seeing him falling into the water but running away indifferently, Zhao Lei muttered to himself sullenly: "Wang Hu... this debt will be settled with you sooner or later!"

But for Zhao Lei, the most important thing right now is to go ashore as soon as possible.There was already heavy rain in the sky, and the river would definitely rise sharply, and he would be really in danger by then.

However, this section of the river bank is steep, muddy and slippery after the rain, and Zhao Lei would slide down every time he could not climb very high.He has always been a person who never gives up easily. Although he is exhausted, he still climbs up desperately.

At this moment, Zhao Lei's fingers suddenly touched something in the mud.Originally, there were a lot of stones in the silt by the river, so it was nothing surprising.However, Zhao Lei soon discovered that the object consisted of two round balls, one large and one small, with a small protrusion on one end of the ball.The whole object has a regular shape and is definitely not a small stone.

Curious, Zhao Lei dug it out, and it turned out to be a small gourd with a lot of mud on it, so he couldn't see the exact shape for a while.

At this time, Zhao Lei didn't bother to look at the gourd carefully, so he put it in his pocket and continued to climb up.At this moment, he vaguely saw someone running past in the rain on the river bank, and quickly shouted: "Sister Lan, help!"

When Chen Lan heard Zhao Lei's call for help, she stopped and asked hesitantly, "Who is it?"

"I'm Zhao Lei!" Zhao Lei said loudly, "I accidentally fell into the river, it's just below the river bank on your left, come and give me a hand!"

Chen Lan also heard Zhao Lei's voice, and secretly heaved a sigh of relief. She hurriedly came to the riverside to look down, and couldn't help being surprised: "How did you fall into the river?"

"It's a long story." Zhao Lei smiled wryly, "Pull me up first!"

Chen Lan nodded, squatted down cautiously, grabbed the tree trunk on the shore with one hand, and slowly stretched out the other hand towards Zhao Lei.

Zhao Lei climbed up hard and finally grabbed Chen Lan's hand.Chen Lan's soft little hands made Zhao Lei's heart skip a beat. He quickly forced himself to calm down and climbed to the shore with his strength.

Chen Lan wanted to pull Zhao Lei up with all her heart, but she was sweating profusely from being tired and anxious, and the glistening sweat fell drop by drop, several drops fell directly in front of Zhao Lei,

Zhao Lei, who was working hard to climb up, had a panoramic view of this scene, and felt grateful in his heart.Chen Lan tried her best to help herself, compared with those who bullied him, she was really a kind woman.

Thinking of this, Zhao Lei was too embarrassed to bother Chen Lan, so he quickly grabbed her hand and used all his strength to climb up to the shore, and finally returned to the shore with Chen Lan's help.

"Thank you, Sister Lan!" Zhao Lei who went ashore hurriedly thanked Chen Lan, but his eyes drifted subconsciously towards her.

Chen Lan also noticed Zhao Lei's gaze, subconsciously lowered their heads, and two red clouds covered their pretty faces.

However, at this moment, a thunderbolt suddenly exploded above the heads of the two of them, scaring Chen Lan into a loud exclamation, and subconsciously hid by Zhao Lei's side.

(End of this chapter)