My 1995 Small Farm

   But when it comes to wine, Lao Xing took out a jar from the house.

   is medicinal wine, soaked in deer whip.

   Lao Xing said that he still has a lot of medicinal wine here, such as deer whip, deer tendon, snake and scorpion five treasures, leopard gall, and even the legendary ten whip wine.

   "It doesn't belong to my family either, but there are many houses on the mountain here. Every family makes wine and lives in the mountains, so medicinal wine is indispensable."

  Yes, the mountains are humid and cold, and wine is indispensable.

  Chen Ling didn't care about this, but after hearing him talk about leopard gallbladder wine, he was interested, "When did you have a leopard here, in recent years?"

"You say leopards, it will take ten years." Lao Xing thought for a while, pointed to the north and said, "Fenglei Town goes north and west, the leopards of Daqinling love to run here, and they are a little hungry in the winter. Leopards came to the south to find food, and when they encountered them in the mountains, they beat a few."

   "Good guy, a few more, you're talking like a leopard."

  Chen Ling widened his eyes, "Isn't it nonsense, we didn't have leopards twenty or thirty years ago."

   "Whoever is arrogant, why don't you hurry and take you to the mountain to see, there are leopard skins elsewhere."

   Lao Xing took a sip of honey water and said calmly.

   Just based on this picture, Chen Ling believed most of it, exclaimed in his heart, "Damn it, this time I came here to play. I didn't expect that the harvest was not small, and there were leopard skins."

  This must be won.

   asked quickly: "How many leopard skins do you have?"

   "Two, I sold them earlier, and there are only two left, all of which are in my uncle's house."

  Chen Ling asked him to take it with him, and Wang Susu and Wang Susu also hugged the baby and followed.

   I said it on the way.

  The buckwheat honey has a smell of stinky feet, it is better to drink it with water.

  Chen Ling said to go back and get some.

   This thing can be regarded as a new thing.

   was talking all the way, and after walking up the mountain for a while, he saw a family. This place is not as comfortable as Lao Xing's, but it's not bad. The eyes are full of firewood in the courtyard and all kinds of felled trees.

   Behind the house is a pond and a vegetable garden.

   Lao Xing said that this is going to be expanded.

   Now the conditions are better than before, and living in the mountains has to be more comfortable and comfortable.

   After talking, he explained the situation to his uncle and cousin, and took Chen Ling's family to see the leopard skin.

  Leopard skin is not simple.

   This also belongs to the stuff that the old herb collector pressed at the bottom of the box, and it is well preserved.

  Chen Ling was very satisfied after reading it, and it took a lot of time to buy these two.

   I didn’t say much after I bought it, and went back to Lao Xing’s house again.

  This time I came out to play, buy, buy, and have fun with the family.

  The mountains are full of danger.

   But the mountain people living in the mountains are very good at turning the corner.

   Let dangerous things work for you.

   For example, some poisonous weeds, poisonous trees, poisonous insects and ants were made into veterinary medicine by them.

   is used for hunting, or poisoning beasts.

  Laozhang once said that these people in Dashan are all "three households".

   is a farmer, a pharmacist, and a hunter.

   is most intuitively reflected in Lao Xing.

Lao Xing said: "When I was studying agriculture in Dazhai, the members of the commune repaired the terraced fields in the mountains and ate a big pot of rice. It was a big project, hundreds of acres, and some rock ridges were more than two meters high. The work was hard, and the militiamen brought them with them. Guns go into the mountains to hunt, sometimes they can kill a dozen wild boars a day. It’s like eating food.”

   "There are times when you can't solve it even with a gun, just ask us for veterinary medicine."

   Having said that, he is very proud.

   Chen Ling's heart moved when he heard it: "I have horse money paste, which is also a veterinary medicine for hunting."

   He wanted to exchange some medicine with Lao Xing to drive away the wolf and drive away the tiger.

   It doesn't matter if you spend some money to buy it.

  In the mountains beyond the house, the beast group is still growing, so prepare these prescriptions and be prepared.

   When he goes back, he can keep experimenting in the cave.

  Lao Xing also regarded him as one of those rich people who were stupid and had a lot of money and bought new things when they saw them. He didn't need to exchange the prescription for the medicine, and he wrote the prescription to him for some money.

   made Chen Ling so happy that he could not see his eyes.

   This harvest is not bad.

   It seems that everything will be fine in the future. You can come to the mountains to find some treasures from these old herb collectors, and maybe there will be some surprises.

   Very happy with several transactions.

  Chen Ling and Lao Xing, the herb-collecting man, had a great conversation, and the more they talked, the more speculative they became.

   so that I forgot the time.

   While chatting, the sun is gradually slanting to the west, and it seems that it is impossible to walk today.

   That’s okay too.

  You can live here in Lao Xing, and there is also a place to sleep at the foot of the mountain, so don’t worry about it.

   It was almost four o'clock in the afternoon, and the sky on the mountain became dark.

   Lao Xing's wife has already started to prepare dinner.

   Gao Xiulan and Wang Susu also went to help when they saw this.

   At this time, Chen Ling was following Lao Xing to visit his medicinal wine and hunting gear.

   There was a continuous barking sound from the mountain.

   People who often keep dogs at home can know if there is any situation by listening to the barking of the dog, not to mention Chen Ling and Lao Xing.

   As soon as I heard it, I knew something was wrong.

   Just grab the guy at hand and go out to see what's going on.

   went behind the house and saw that under the gloomy sky, a group of black and yellow tiger-headed yellows were raising their heads, barking wildly at the trees behind the corn and buckwheat fields.

   And those tall forest trees swayed, terrifying in this dark sky.

  Lao Xing was overjoyed when he saw this, and clapped his palms with a "snack": "Hey, today is a good sign, I met the golden monkey going down the mountain."

   "Golden monkey? Golden monkey?"

  Chen Ling squinted his eyes and saw that it was a golden monkey, ignoring the screams of a group of tigers with yellow heads, and ran down the tree with a clatter.

   stood on the edge of the woods, squatting, and confronted the pack of dogs.

   "Ow, come back." Lao Xing put his hand to his mouth and howled, and the group of dogs retreated one after another.

   just running, and looking back at the group of golden monkeys behind, whimpering, very unwilling.

   "It's a good sign to meet the golden monkeys. We often see these things on the top of the mountain. They don't disturb people and are good neighbors of the people in the mountains." Lao Xing smirked.

   "I'll go get some fruit, let's feed the monkeys, the golden monkeys are spirits and will bless people."

   After that, he even brought two baskets of wild fruits, pomegranates, wild pears, and grapes, gave Chen Ling a basket, and took him to feed the monkeys.

   In this case, Chen Ling naturally did not forget to call out Wang Susu and let her come out to see the golden monkey.

   This time I went out as a family on vacation. The purpose was to relax and have fun. Now that there are new things, the fun is so much more.

  Wang Susu heard that a golden monkey ran out quickly, saying that she was on the Lutoushan side, and she had not seen it a few times.

Lao Xing laughed: "This year, the golden monkeys went down the mountain very early. In previous years, it was cold. It was winter, and the snow on the top of the mountain was heavy, so they came down. At that time, there were few trees with leaves, and most of them were bare. To be able to see it well, let people see enough.”

"Golden monkeys like to stay in those places with high mountains and dense forests. When you are about to reach the top of the mountain, you are walking in the woods, and suddenly there is a noise on the trees, rushing, and the sound is getting louder and louder. That is the golden monkey. ."

   The three of them whispered and approached the golden monkeys.

   At this time, something that made Lao Xing dumbfounded happened.

   A group of golden monkeys probed their brains, as if they were both happy and shy, they looked left and right with a guilty conscience, and slowly took small steps, approaching Chen Ling.

   Until Chen Ling also opened his eyes, an idea came to his mind, he handed the baby to Wang Susu, and slowly crouched down and touched the heads of these monkeys.

   These monkeys became happy immediately, grinning and laughing, and surrounded Chen Ling.

  |"A-Ling, this, this, isn't it the group of golden monkeys you met last year." The situation in front of him made Wang Susu extremely surprised.

   "It's all like this, it's definitely not another monkey." Chen Ling smiled helplessly, pointing to the little monkey that had covered his body for a while, and said.

   His face is helpless now, and his heart is extremely happy.

   At this time, the little guy in Wang Susu's arms saw the golden monkey all over his father's body, and immediately moved his calf to get over.

   "Oh, grow up, eat fat, and become heavy."

  Chen Ling has already found the injured little monkey last year. Nearly a year has passed, and its stature has not grown too much. However, its black eyes are more agile than other little monkeys.

   It didn't even climb on Chen Ling.

  Chen Ling reached out to touch it, and it grabbed Chen Ling's fingers and nibbled lightly with its teeth. It was playing with him and showing closeness.

   "Fugui, you have a story." Lao Xing stared blankly at the scene in front of him, and it took a long time for him to say such a sentence.

   Don't talk about him, the group of tiger-headed yellows in his family are also dumbfounded, and they are constantly trying to find out what the situation is.

   Not to mention the little grandson of his family, he ran back and called out his grandmother and Gao Xiulan together, and happily fed the little monkey with tender corn and fruits.

   It's just that the little monkeys are still pestering Chen Ling and ignore him.

   As for those big monkeys, when Chen Ling was about to feed them wild fruits, not only did they not want them, but they also ran back into the woods and handed them ripe fruits that exuded a strong fruity fragrance.

   "Monkey group offering fruit, good guy, I'm the Monkey King Sun Wukong?" Chen Ling laughed happily.

   squatted down, pulled and pulled with these monkeys, and played with each other.

   The little grandsons of Rui Rui and Lao Xing were envious.

  Chen Ling saw this, carried his son over, and also called Lao Xing's little grandson to him.

   After playing around for a while, he talked about last year's events in front of Lao Xing and Lao Xing's mother-in-law's curious and surprised eyes.

   "Yo, then this golden monkey is here to repay his kindness."

Lao Xing clapped his hands excitedly, "Golden monkeys are the most grateful. They don't get close to people on weekdays. Only in winter, when there is little food on the mountain, will they come down to the village and come to the stockade to find someone to ask for it. food."

   "They are not for nothing. The old people have said that they are elves in the mountains. You get lost in the mountains at night, and you can't turn around in the old woods. At such times, it is often the golden monkeys who will show you the way."

   "Fall over the top of the mountain and fall into the river, and they will save people too."

   At the end, he said to Chen Ling: "You are very lucky to be able to save the golden monkey."

   "Haha, this is called luck? It's just a coincidence."

  Chen Ling had already sat on the ground and let go of playing with the little monkeys.

   "Of course I'm lucky. Said that the golden monkey is an elves in the mountains. How can elves be so easy to save?"

Lao Xing blushed and said with a serious expression: "I've seen a little monkey that got lost. It's true, it's under a big tree. The cry is exactly the same as the cry of the little baby at home. It sounds strange. Poor, weird."

"I thought to myself, such a small thing is a life, I can't let it go. Just as I was about to go to hug, a few old monkeys came and screamed at me, and the hair on their backs stood up. You Have you ever seen a cat blow up? The hair on the cat's back stands up when it's in a hurry. The same goes for the golden monkey. I saw something was wrong, so I ran away."

   Having said this, he shook his head regretfully: "It can be seen that I am unlucky."

   These words made Chen Ling's family laugh, saying that Lao Xing's blessings can't be counted like this.

  …

  It got dark early on the mountain, and it was already dark, it was pitch black, and it was quite cold.

   Holding a baby is not suitable for spending more time outside.

   The two families walked forward, set up a fire in front of the house, put a pot on the pot, and prepared to eat dinner.

   I won't go down the mountain tonight, I just live on Lao Xing's side, and he has a lot of houses here.

During the    period, the golden monkey did not leave.

  Chen Ling and his family were eating in the yard, and they were watching around not far away.

  Chen Ling told them to go, but they didn't go either.

   "What's that, Lao Xing, don't let the monkeys ruin that pile of things for you."

  Chen Ling asked, pointing to several big bags beside Lao Xing's vegetable garden.

   "Oh, that, that's the pine cone that we collected on the top of the mountain and picked up by the way."

   Lao Xing pointed to the fire in front of him: "Isn't there also in this fire? After picking up the pine nuts, they will be used as firewood."

   That's right, the fish grilled tonight is full of pine fragrance.

  The grilled fish was created by Chen Ling, while Lao Xing's mother-in-law made a large pot of bacon stew.

   Potatoes, vermicelli, yam, cabbage, a big hot pot.

  Simmering in a rough earthen pot, and then warming up two cups of baogu Laoyao, even on a mountain where the temperature drops sharply at night, the body is also warm.

   "I'll bring you some pine nuts. You can taste them. These are all pine nuts from 30- or 50-meter-long pine trees on the top of the mountain, which most people can't see."

   Ever since he saw the golden monkey's stickiness towards Chen Ling, Lao Xing became more and more enthusiastic towards him.

  Chen Ling naturally didn't want to be served by others, so he got up to help carry a large bag of pine cones.

   I opened my mouth and saw that this pine tower is really big, bigger than the palm of my hand.

   "I'm afraid there won't be many knots in such a big pine cone."

   "It's definitely not many. There are only a few pine towers on each big pine tree. We are a pine forest on the top of the mountain that has turned several mountains. We picked it up when we were picking herbs." Lao Xing smiled.

   "After all, you can't pick herbs, and you can't come back empty-handed, right?"

  Yeah, how can you come home empty-handed at such a big risk?

Lao Xing walked to the fire and poured out half a bag of pine cones, "Let's throw it into the fire and bake. The pine cones have not had time to dry when they came back. As soon as the pine cones were dried, the scales opened, and they were slightly knocked. If you hit it, the seeds will fall out, which is much easier than peeling it so hard."

   Chen Ling and a few others followed the words and put the pine tower into the fire.

  Between the crackling sound, a strong pine fragrance was stimulated by the fire.

   After dinner, a few people chatted around the fire and roasted pine nuts, which was quite interesting.

   This kind of big pine pagoda is only found on the top of the mountain with high altitude.

  A mountain that is too short will not grow, the pine cone is also small, and most of the pine nuts are inedible.

   This also has a lot to do with the species of pine.

  The ones that can form big pine towers are mostly Korean pine.

  Korean pine is not heat-resistant, and it does not grow well in a too hot environment. It is mostly found in the high mountains in the north.

   "Okay, okay, the pine nuts are roasted, just peel them off and eat them."

  “…”

   "Hey, these pine nuts are not small, they are big, hard and thick, and they are fragrant."

  Chen Ling peeled off the warm pine nuts in his palms, made both hands black, and distributed them to everyone to eat.

   At this time, the pine oil was also stimulated, and the outer shell of the pine nuts showed an oily luster, and there were cracks that were roasted by the fire, which was very fragrant.

   Gather up a handful of pine nuts and throw them in your mouth.

  Wow, that guy, the more you chew, the more fragrant...

   The more you chew, the more you drool, the more you can't help but want to eat.

The fragrant smell of    made the golden monkeys couldn't help but gather around, eagerly begging Chen Ling for it.

  Lao Xing likes these golden monkeys very much, and he let Chen Ling feed them casually, and there are more after feeding them.

  Then the adults and children circled around the group of monkeys, eating by themselves and roasting them for the monkeys.

   happily made trouble until after nine o'clock, and then went back to sleep each.

  …

  The next day, we are going home.

  The golden monkey also sent them a long way.

  Lao Xing no longer treats Chen Ling simply as a countryman with a little money. He is taking things and sending them down the mountain.

   said several times, and let them come to play more often in the future.

   "The golden monkey is so beautiful, but I didn't bring a camera, so I couldn't take a picture."

   Before leaving at the foot of the mountain, Wang Susu hugged the child and waved goodbye to the monkeys, feeling a little pity in her heart.

  However, their family came out this time, not only experienced the life of a group of medicinal herb collectors in the mountains, but also spent a night with a group of beautiful golden monkeys, which was also very happy.