Bianshanhan [farming]

When the houses were being built in full swing, Jiang Cong returned after paying off the money.

He said he wanted to take Li Qingwen to a good place, and the two rode out of the camp.

After walking for half a day, Li Qingwen saw the young saplings competing for nutrients with the surrounding weeds. Li Qingwen said, "Brother, isn't this the direction to the birch forest?"

Li Qingwen's experience of getting lost in the birch forest for the first time was unforgettable, so he planted small trees all the way from the camp to the forest. Grow up and grow taller, so that they no longer need to rely on Jiang Cong's eyes to find their way in the future.

Jiang Cong nodded, but he was going to the birch forest, but not to cut trees, but for another purpose.

There are weeds everywhere, and there is no need to bring fodder in this season. There is only a bag of fried sorghum rice on the horse's back.

It may be that they have traveled a lot on this road. Rabbits and pheasants avoided this place. They didn't encounter any wild animals along the way. Occasionally, they saw one or two lost. Jiang Cong didn't do anything. He wanted to arrive earlier place.

Seeing that they were about to reach the birch forest, they didn't see Li Qingfeng and others turning back.

Li Qingwen was a little worried. The fourth brother set off several days earlier than him. Logically speaking, he should have arrived. It is easy to cut down trees. There are so many of them. The car should be full in most of the day. The family is waiting to use wood, so they should be faster...

Because of worry, the two of them accelerated their speed even more, walking down the high hillside, Li Qingwen eagerly looked into the distance, trying to find Li Qingfeng's trace.

This season is slightly hot, the sky is as blue as a jewel, the clouds are white and thin, and one side is green all around. Occasionally, there are blooming flowers in one place. It seems that it has just rained in the distance. A rainbow hangs in the sky, and the vast land is like A vivid painting.

At this time, the two of them had no intention of admiring the beautiful scenery.

Jiang Cong was the first to see the edge of the birch forest, his expression changed slightly, and the corners of his lips were tightly pursed.

After running for a while, Li Qingwen saw that there were scattered cars and cut trees beside the birch forest. These cars were very familiar, they were pulled out to load wood.

But the cart was still there, there were no people or horses, and the tools for chopping wood were scattered aside.

problem occurs!

This was the first thought that flashed through his mind.

Is it a beast or an enemy? !

The two of them rode to the front, and Li Qingwen looked around anxiously. There seemed to be no messy traces of wild animals, but there was a pool of blood in the grass.

Seeing the red color, Li Qingwen's eyes became dizzy. Could it be that he was taken away? !

While he was thinking wildly, Jiang Cong got off his horse, climbed to the tallest tree next to him, squinted his eyes and looked around.

Passing through the branches and leaves, and over the uneven weeds, he caught a glimpse of the back of a man in sackcloth in the northwest direction. The man was running, and when he swung his arms, there was a faint blood bleed out...

"Over there!" Jiang Cong jumped off the tree and pointed in the direction.

Li Qingwen immediately turned his horse's head and rushed into the birch forest with him.

After entering the woods, Jiang Cong could no longer see the situation ahead, but he remembered the position of the man just now, as long as he followed this direction, he would be able to catch up with him.

They were riding, and the person in front was running. Within a quarter of an hour, Li Qingwen saw the person Jiang Cong was talking about, and shouted, "Uncle Maosheng!"

Li Maosheng was running anxiously. When he heard the sound of horseshoes behind him, he was overjoyed. When he turned around and saw Li Qingwen, he stopped in surprise, "Zaier, why are you here?"

Li Qingwen looked at his injured arm, and said anxiously: "What happened, why are you left alone?"

"Hey!" Li Maosheng took a few breaths, "Don't mention it, the horse ran away, and there was no animal to pull the wood, so we all came out to look for the horse!"

Li Qingwen was stunned for a moment. He thought about many situations, but he didn't expect it to be like this. He said, "It's good that you are fine, I was scared to death just now."

But before he finished rejoicing, he began to worry. The whole family was eagerly waiting for the wood to be put on the beams. There was no horse, and the long road could not be carried back by people alone.

If there is no wooden house, the roof cannot be sealed. What about the coming winter?

Taking advantage of the time to catch his breath, Li Maosheng told them that when they cut wood, they let the horses graze beside them, but after finishing the work, the long-haired horses went to nowhere, and they were the only ones who brought them from the stables in the camp. A few of the horses are still grazing with their heads down.

Eighteen or seventeen horses were gone, and they couldn't pull them with so many carts, so Li Qingfeng led people to chase after them on the unlost horses, and they were also anxious, so they went to the forest to look for horses.

Knowing the whole story, Li Qingwen pointed to his injury, "What did you do?"

"I accidentally got scratched by a branch while cutting down the tree, it's not a big deal." Li Maosheng said with a frown.

Li Qingwen took out a bottle of hemostatic medicine from his arms, "Uncle, you can't run with four legs, go back to the forest and wait, and let others go back when you meet them. If you lose your horse, think of a way. The forest is so big." , if you get separated and can't find anyone, then something serious will happen!"

What he said made sense, Li Maosheng was a little confused when he entered the forest, he felt that he couldn't help, he didn't dare to be brave, so he walked back after hearing Li Qingwen's words.

Li Qingwen's heart was half relieved, he drove the horse, and continued to run into the birch forest with Jiang Cong.

After that, they met many people one after another, and they were all persuaded by Li Qingwen to go back outside the forest.

Although I haven't gone deep into the birch forest before, I have seen traces of wild boars and wild animals. It is not safe here, especially for the unarmed folks.

The further you go, the denser the woods are, and when you ride a horse, your head and face will be scratched by the branches and leaves, and there will be bugs falling on your head. Now Li Qingwen doesn't think about pulling wood anymore. Just take it back.

Now only the fourth brother and the others on horseback are still in the woods.

Li Qingwen blamed himself a little. The Yakut horse was originally a wild horse. After they took it back, they didn't tame it, so they used it with big thorns. He was too careless when it happened.

Looking at his erratic eyes, Jiang Cong knew what Li Qingwen was thinking about, pushed aside the thick branches beside him, and said, "Those horses are honest and obedient, there must be another reason for their sudden run this time, don't think about it now, let's get rid of it first." The man and the horse were found."

While talking, he stretched out his hand to grab the thick branch in front of him, turned himself onto the tree, climbed up, and almost reached the top of the tree, looking around, his narrowed pupils shone with a different kind of light under the light.

"Go to the east." Jiang Cong said, and his slender body quickly retreated from the tree, jumped onto the horse's back, and pulled the reins.

Li Qingwen then turned around, and the two of them walked east for a while, Li Qingwen realized something was wrong, the ground was getting wet here, and there was a river nearby?

The further you go, the more water there is, and many places have even become muddy rivers. If you accidentally step into it, it will be difficult to pull your feet out.

"There is a swamp ahead, follow me, be careful." Jiang Cong said, riding his horse around the wetland.

Going forward, there is no water to be seen, all are dense weeds, there are many bones in the weeds, or a few corpses that have not completely decomposed, and there are dense mosquitoes all over them, which are animals that have fallen into the swamp, and cannot Get away from life and death here.

This swamp swamp hides its terror in tall weeds, and lures unsuspecting prey into feeding the things that inhabit it.

Jiang Cong blew the wooden whistle and carefully avoided the natural trap. The two walked cautiously. Not long after, the same whistle sounded ahead.

Li Qingwen was shocked and found it!

After walking forward for less than a quarter of an hour, Li Qingwen finally saw Li Qingfeng and the others. With a glance, they were all covered in mud, not a few of them, but one was lying on the ground, as if injured.

"Zai'er, Brother Jiang, have you brought any medicine?" Li Qingfeng rushed over and asked anxiously, "We fell into the quagmire, and someone was bitten by something inside and passed out."

Li Qingwen and Jiang Cong immediately took out all the medicines on their bodies. Li Qingfeng didn't care about the stinky mud, took the medicines back and fed them to the people on the ground.

Li Qingwen planted so many medicines, and they picked a lot in the forest, only some of the valuable ones were sold back, and most of the rest were kept for Zhou Yao.

Zhou Yao kept burning several stoves all the year round, and they kept making medicine. Most of the precious supplements were given to Lin Tan, but Li Qingwen and the others got a lot of insect repellent, detoxification and wound medicine. Whenever they went out, they would always carry them with them.

Li Qingfeng and the others originally had it, but they fell into the quagmire and couldn't touch it.

Li Qingwen washed the unconscious man's calf with the water he brought with him, and saw a bruised and purple lump there, the wound was not big, and it didn't seem to have spread.

Someone opened a small opening on the lump with a dagger, and squeezed out the poisonous blood with his hands. Not long after taking the medicine, the person's pulse became much more stable.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and lay down on the thick grass.

They ran inside to look for the horse, but before they saw the horse, they fell into the quagmire. Fortunately, someone found it in time, threw the rope on the side of the tree, and quickly rescued the horse after getting out. They were considered to have survived. .

This piece of swamp is very large, although it is covered under the weeds, but looking at the surrounding area is so open, you can tell that it occupies a lot.

When the sky is getting dark, the injured people will wake up. They are worried that there are other wetlands in the forest, so they dare not move rashly, so they have to rest where they are.

Li Qingfeng was very reconciled, he said that those horses didn't run far, they should be nearby, and he will catch a lot of them tomorrow.

Li Qingwen was about to persuade him, but Jiang Cong said, "It's not far from here. I'll go with you tomorrow morning."

Enduring the stench of the swamp that night, on the second day, the injured man's complexion obviously healed, and he could barely ride a horse. A group of people followed Jiang Cong and walked east along the edge of the swamp.

Within a few miles, I saw the long-haired wild horses grazing leisurely, but it was not only the dozen or so they lost. There were a large herd of big horses, ponies and foals. The people watching were too dazzled to count Come!

Li Qingwen saw that he took care of the white mare the most. She was followed by a majestic male horse. The male horse seemed to be seeking pleasure from it. brute force...