otherworldly happiness

In the next few days, Li Jian followed Mr. Liu to several villages. Mr. Liu’s work of collecting ginseng went smoothly, mainly because the mayor also sent someone to follow him. Otherwise, in some xenophobic villages, no acquaintances would bring It's impossible to get in at all, let alone change things.

Of course, the trader's business is also good. Mr. Liu just turned a blind eye to what he changed. If he changed it, he would bring some back, everyone tacitly understood that even though Li Jian changed a lot, he always went to other people’s houses to change it. They exchange for a good price, and they won’t talk nonsense when they get a good deal. I’m afraid that if the caravan finds out, where can they find this price? A big package went in and out of one house, and no one knew exactly what was changed.

Li Jian’s goods have already been exchanged, and the business is good. This shop has two rabbit skins for a ruler cloth, and the dried shiitake mushrooms for a needle. They have exchanged a lot of good things, and they have exchanged seven or eight for ginseng alone. There are three trees in the first year, two trees in the past [-] years, and more than [-] ginseng seeds, as well as those with antler and deer penis. These are at least several times the interest when they go back, not to mention that others are Exchange or buy high-value, rare wolf skins, bear skins, Mr. Liu and the doctor know how to exchange antlers, tiger bones, etc., they all know that they are here for official business, so they can’t bring too much, except for ginseng. See, others try to choose small size and high value, but he is not afraid to change anything, and no one really knows what he has.

When everyone who was divided into several teams gathered in the town again, Mr. Liu and Pianjiang counted the target mountain ginseng this time, which was far from the original plan, but now the ginseng collectors are not going to the mountain. It seems that I have to find someone to lead the way up the mountain to try my luck.

This day, everyone is preparing to go up the mountain with the ginners invited at a high price. There are rules in this industry, and we have also learned a bit. If we are going to go out of the mountain for a few days, it may take longer, so we are all prepared and brought Salt, water sacs, knives, insect repellants, tarpaulins, etc. When entering the mountain, you have to choose a good day, and you have to sacrifice to the mountain god. , Li Jian also bought a set of deer bone knives specially for digging ginseng. It was a rare opportunity, and he followed suit this time.

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This is already the fifth day they have entered the mountain. Fortunately, there is no danger, but the harvest is not very much. Only two trees in more than ten years have been picked, two in the first year, and nearly one in the other five years. Ten trees, ginseng visitors who often go up the mountain will know the age of ginseng. Generally, the old ginseng will use red string to tie their own unique knots on the ginseng when they meet them. Others will know who saw it at a glance. Then it won’t be picked. This harvest is also because the ginseng who led the way has stepped on it a long time ago. He has marked the two older trees. As for the century-old ginseng that the pharmacy sells, In fact, most of them are decades old, so they have to enter the primeval forest to change their lives. They didn't intend to take risks, so they just wandered around the periphery.

One day at noon, when everyone else was resting for lunch, Li Jian said he was going to take a break and left. He wanted to pick off the small ginseng seed he saw when he was looking for a resting place. The small ginseng was marked by others, and it was difficult for him to dig it, so he secretly picked the seeds and put it in the space. Generally, ginseng is only found in the mountains in autumn. There are several reasons, such as the forests and plants are not so lush at this time The main thing is that ginseng will set seeds in autumn, and it will turn red, and it will be very conspicuous in a pile of yellow grass. If there is no such thing, it will be no different from a weed. It is impossible to find it. In this way, he has made dozens of seeds, and more than 100 seeds have been exchanged. If they can be planted alive, how much money is there? They can grow slowly in space and increase in age. Seeds can be planted again after a year when they are older. In this case, there is no need to do anything, and there is no need to worry about running out of money. Just thinking about it makes me excited.

Time passed slowly, and everyone planned to go back. After all, it is already autumn. It is so close to the north here, and it snows very early. We have to go back before it snows. Otherwise, it will be troublesome if the mountain is covered by heavy snow. This time, military affairs cannot be delayed. , just one night, except for those who took turns to watch the night, the rest fell asleep in a shed made of oilcloth amidst the crackling of burning branches,

Suddenly, Li Jian, who was on duty at night, saw a black shadow moving in a place where the bonfire couldn't see, so he picked up his bow and arrow, and called another comrade on night duty who was confused again. When that person stood up and walked over, the black shadow had already When I got closer, I realized that it was a black bear. This is troublesome. Li Jian hurriedly shouted for everyone to get up, and threw some dry food to the bear. At this time, the bears are busy storing fat for the winter. As long as you are careful not to provoke them and hide, there is generally no danger. If you can’t hide, throw dry food and meat to him, and then don’t provoke it to leave slowly.

It's a pity that today's bear didn't intend to let them go. After eating two mouthfuls of dry food, maybe he thought it was not as good as fresh meat, so he rushed towards them. Li Jian saw the danger, so he shot the arrow out. Unfortunately, the fire was too dark They couldn't see clearly, they didn't hit the vital point, and this time they caused even more trouble. Everyone definitely couldn't sit still and take out their tools, knives, swords, etc. to kill the bear.

It's a pity that bears are not so easy to kill. It seems that two of them have been injured, and the other was shot flying, but the bear rushed straight towards Li Jian, and it seemed that he wanted to avenge that arrow. yelled caution.

Seeing Xiong rushing towards him, Li Jian turned around and ran away. It was impossible to run away. The situation was so dangerous. It was impossible for him to watch these people die and hide in the space by himself, but he had never tried to bring others into the space. It’s too dangerous to bring a bear into the space to touch it. Besides, how to explain the disappearance of the bear? Everyone is saved.

This is also thanks to the arrow that shot him, which made him take revenge. Li Jian ran in the dark forest in a panic. Thanks to his physical flexibility and endurance, he was better than others, otherwise he might be shot to death by a bear. The bear chased after him closely, almost tripped several times, his clothes were torn, his hair was loose, and he was in a state of distress. Hearing the shouts of the crowd slowly go away, only his own rapid panting was left in his ears. The sound, and the roar of the bear, was about to enter the space to hide, but suddenly felt that the ground was empty, and the body felt like it was falling, and the feeling was not good, and immediately thought of "going in", and hid in the space.

Li Jian was still in shock in the space. It was too dangerous tonight and almost gave his life here. I don’t know how Mr. Liu is doing. Will the bear come back to find them? I can’t take care of them now. I still don't know what's going on where I fell, but I need to know that I will get out from where I come in. If it's a high cliff or something, I'm in big trouble.

He still didn't want to think about it, and waited until dawn to see clearly. Thinking of this, he went to take care of himself, made something to eat, and then fell asleep.