Bianshanhan [farming]

The fourth day passed, and Liu He really came. Hearing the barking of dogs outside, the big guy crawled out of his sleeping bag, stretched his waist, and yawned.

Li Qingwen woke up from a dream full of dog fur. Seeing a group of furry outside, he felt the joy of a dream come true. He walked towards the dog, but stopped after walking a few steps.

The leader was still the majestic big dog, with thick limbs, long and dense fluff floating with the wind, and cold eyes, not the one he touched before.

"Why didn't that dog come?" Li Qingwen asked worriedly, "Is it all right?"

"You can tell them apart?" Liu He was a little surprised. These two dogs belonged to the same mother. They grew up in the tribe, and many people in the tribe couldn't tell the difference.

"The eyes are completely different." Li Qingwen couldn't tell for sure, but the feeling was different. He was talking, exuding kindness to the dog.

The dog squinted at it, proud and indifferent.

It made people want to touch it even more, and Li Qingwen's hands began to itch uncontrollably.

"It has been bathed in Nuanhe, and this time it will be replaced by its brother." Liu He said, moving things down from the car, "The candles you made are really useful, and everyone in our clan likes them very much. "

Looking at the tall pile of deerskin, more than a dozen ginseng plants, two bags of chopped deer antler, and a large pile of cistanche...

Li Qingwen couldn't hold back, and swallowed.

People who used to think that Liu and Poor are now shrinking their necks and turning into quails. They are really blind. If someone leaks something between their fingers, it will be enough for them to work for several years.

With a smile on Zhou Yao's face, she picked things up nimbly and said enthusiastically, "You're too polite, just tell me when the candles are used up."

For the first time, everyone knew that Zhou Yao could laugh like this.

Li Qingwen followed his eldest brother to Fanyang City to sell leather, and knew that these deer skins were already worth more than those candles. An ingot of silver flashed in front of his eyes, and his eyes were almost blind.

Conscience bumped into a pain in his chest, and he said with difficulty: "Too many, Brother Liu, those candles don't need so many things."

"In our opinion, candles are worth these things." Liu He said.

The medicinal materials are dug by the tribal people. A lot of deer antlers are collected every year. The deerskin is left over from hunting. The leather robes are forbidden to be worn. They will not be broken for many years. A lot of skins have been saved, and they are taken out to dry every year, usually in exchange for things. .

Li Qingwen, who has received many years of ideological and moral education, comforted him for a long time, but did not suppress his aching conscience. He sighed and said, "You have your measure of things, and we also have ours. We have to discuss this matter carefully."

Everyone screamed in their hearts, what to talk about, quickly put away their things, and forced a smile on their mouths, "Let's go take a bath and talk while washing."

Liu He also wants to take a bath quickly. In previous years, he often went to Nuanhe. This year's earthquake, the clan's restrictions were tight, and they became looser after autumn.

The big guys got up and had a meal quickly, then got on the sledge and set off.

Lao Sun and the others were careful, and even brought the leather and medicinal materials brought by Liu He. Although this forest is inaccessible, we must be careful, in case of being harmed by wild animals.

The place where they lived was not far from the Nuanhe River, and it took about half a day to get there.

Seeing a steaming cloud from a distance, it seems as if you can touch the sky with your hands, and you can feel the warmth when you get close, and then you can smell a pungent sulfur smell.

The so-called warm river is probably a hot spring.

More recently, the heat from the Nuanhe River melted the snow, and the water vapor condensed on the surrounding trees, forming a particularly beautiful shape of rime.

The snow had long since melted on the warm side, the snow cart and sledge were parked far away, Liu He led the dog ahead, and Li Qingwen and the others followed.

Liu and people from his tribe often come here to take a bath to avoid stepping back and forth in the mud. There are paved stone slabs on the ground. Li Qingwen took off his leather boots and walked barefoot on the hot slate. He just felt very comfortable.

At the end of the bluestone slab, there is a thick heat, and the smell of sulfur is even stronger. There are a few wooden blocks next to it, and everyone immediately takes off their clothes and puts them on.

This place should be the water overflowing from the Nuan River. One puddle is connected to another puddle. The size is different. The small one can only accommodate two or three people, and the large one can accommodate a hundred or eighty people.

"Don't go far, everyone, just a few around here." Liu He and the dog went into the water first, and warned: "The water inside is very deep and very dangerous."

Although everyone was very excited, they would be more or less cautious when going to unfamiliar places, and cautiously stretched their feet into the water. Some people couldn't help but scream, "Hot, hot, hot! It's almost cooked!"

The water was really hot, except for those screaming, everyone else gritted their teeth and stretched their legs into it little by little.

Seeing them getting into the water in strange shapes, Liu He couldn't help laughing. The water is hot, and he got used to it after washing it a few times.

It took Li Qingwen a long time to immerse his chest in the water, his skin was hot red, his forehead was sweating, and for a moment he couldn't tell whether it was hot or painful.

He deliberately picked a shallow pool, and Jiang Cong was with him, and his long legs were a little bit aggrieved in the water.

Li Qingwen was completely red and was still panting. Jiang Cong pulled him onto his body and fanned him.

Jiang Cong's body was also hot, but after all, it was the constant temperature of the human body, which was much cooler than this hot spring water. Li Qingwen immediately hugged him with his backhand and rubbed against Jiang Cong's well-defined abdominal muscles. To grow such good-looking muscles.

Hu Lichuan took a dip in the pool with them, looked at the side, then at Li Qingwen, and laughed loudly, "Look, the little boy is panting like the big dog next to him."

When everyone heard the words, they all looked over and said they were similar.

Li Qingwen lay on Jiang Cong's neck and looked over. The dog was also frantically sticking out its tongue. He asked Liu He worriedly, "Can they be contained?"

"It's okay to wash for a while." Liu He was rubbing the dog's hair vigorously, "They will also secretly come to float in the water to play."

How could Li Qingwen miss this good opportunity, and volunteered: "Let me help you."

Jiang Cong supported Li Qingwen to stand up from the pool. The others saw that Li Qingwen was still wearing a cloth around his waist, and shouted strangely, "I've already taken a bath, why are you covering it up!"

Someone reached out to grab him, but Li Qingwen screamed and hid, and hugged Jiang Cong's neck tightly. Jiang Cong quickly put his hands on his waist and buttocks to block those restless claws.

The two brothers took off to the pool next to them in a panic. With Jiang Cong around, Li Qingwen's butt was not seen.

When Li Qingwen was bathing the dog, his heart was still beating wildly. These people were so much older than him, they were so eager to tease him.

These dogs were all floating in the hot spring, obediently making people rub, Li Qingwen carefully avoided their eyes and noses, and had a hard time getting addicted.

It was so hot here that Liu He didn't dare to let the dogs stay for too long, so he put them ashore after washing and let them play by themselves.

Li Qingwen was picking up floating dog hair in the pool when a dog ran back suddenly, it was the one with particularly cold eyes, because of its thick hair, Li Qingwen might have been bathing it for a while, and its chin was raised.

It rattled to the river, lowered its head, put the fruit in its mouth on the ground, its eyes were still as indifferent as the snow outside, then turned and ran away.

Looking at the glowing red fruit, Li Qingwen was stunned for a moment, and suddenly shouted: "Wh, who is this for?"

There is only one fruit, but there are three people in their pond!

The river suddenly burst into laughter, and Jiang Cong said seriously: "I think it's for you."

Liu He also smiled from ear to ear, "It's for you, it's for you, eat it."

The outer skin of this fruit is slightly cool, and the skin is very thin. When you bite the skin, a burst of sweet flesh flows into your mouth. Li Qingwen took a bite, and reluctantly moved it away from his mouth. Li Qingfeng stared at the fruit in his hand.

Li Qingwen helped the stones on the bank and walked over. The two brothers already had a tacit understanding. Li Qingfeng also came over immediately, reached out to take the fruit, and swallowed it in two mouthfuls, "It's delicious!"

Li Qingwen was a little curious, could he really taste the taste after eating so fast?

Back to Jiang Cong, Li Qingwen said: "Brother, after soaking, I'll go to the side to find this fruit and pick some for you. It's delicious."

It's a bit like a persimmon, but softer and sweeter, without astringency.

Jiang Cong nodded and asked, "Are you not hot anymore?"

Li Qingwen was just busy doing things, and temporarily forgot about the water and heat. When he was suddenly reminded, he felt hot immediately, and quickly sat on Jiang Cong's lap, leaning on the human cushion, and let out a long sigh of relief.

When the dog was bathed just now, Li Qingwen's hair accidentally got wet. He leaned against Jiang Cong, and the water got on Jiang Cong's face.

Jiang Cong didn't care. He supported Li Qingwen's waist and poured water on him.

Li Qingfeng's movements were obviously faster than Li Qingwen's. He crawled to the shore with his bare buttocks, took the leather robe, followed the dog's shadow, ran over to pick a bunch of fruits, and brought them back with his clothes.

Soaking in boiling hot water, eating sweet fruits, and chatting, everyone was very happy.

Maybe it's been soaking for a long time, but I'm really used to the heat, Li Qingwen is here happily swimming.

In order not to disturb Liu Hepao, Li Qingwen deliberately walked a little further away. Jiang Cong was worried, so he moved to lean against him.

Li Qingwen kicked by the side of the pool and used his strength to shoot out like a fish. After a while, hissing and panting tiredly, he swam to Jiang Cong's side and sat leaning against his shoulder.

As soon as he sat down, he felt that his tailbone was touching a stone. The stone was very round and delicate to the touch. It was very comfortable to rub against.

Li Qingwen would share anything good with Jiang Cong, and immediately pulled his brother to sit by him.

But Jiang Cong's figure was different from him, and he just felt a little uncomfortable sitting there.

Li Qingwen asked him to touch it with his hands, and Jiang Cong was a little surprised by the special touch.

Li Qingwen tentatively stretched out his foot to touch it, and couldn't help squinting his eyes.

He decided to pry off this stone and take it back for massage to relieve fatigue!

Left and right are fine now, Li Qingwen persevered, stretched out his feet and began to exert all his strength, trying to step on the stone.

But he spent a long time, and the stone didn't move at all.Jiang Cong was right next to him. Seeing that he was out of breath, he stepped forward to help.

He first dived into the water to observe the size and shape of the exposed stone, and then surfaced to let Li Qingwen stay away.

Li Qingwen dodged the water obediently and told him to be careful.

Jiang Cong stepped lightly on the stone with his right foot, mustered all his strength, and then stepped on it fiercely.

With a sound of "crash", the stone fell off and the pool collapsed. The water from the river rushed in through the breach.

The people who were eating fruit in the various pools were stunned, and someone shouted, "Quick, go ashore!!"

Everyone scrambled out of the pool. Li Qingwen, who was stupefied, got a headache from the hot water. The moment he fell into the water, Jiang Cong paddled over, grabbed Li Qingwen's waist, and swam over with all his might.

The people on the shore immediately stretched out their hands and pulled the two brothers up.

The pool where the head was exposed just now was filled with water from the Nuan River, and the shore was not spared. The hot water covered the knees. Fortunately, the wooden pier was high, and the big guy's clothes were not soaked in water.

Not knowing what happened, everyone looked at each other with lingering fear.

Li Qingwen saw it, saw his brother stomped his foot, and collapsed the side of the pool. He wanted to cry without tears, and apologized to everyone with guilt, "It's all my fault. I want that stone. My brother helped me get it." coming..."

Everyone was puzzled, Jiang Cong took out the stone held in his left arm, "I thought this thing was not big, and it would be a big problem if I took it off, but I didn't expect it to just block the mouth of the river and the pond, and it would be bad if I took it off , to surprise everyone."

Jiang Cong looked over one by one, saw that everyone was there, and there was no one missing, so he let out a sigh of relief.

Li Qingwen said to Liu He alone: ​​"Brother Liu, we are reckless, the pool has become like this, it will be inconvenient for people in your clan to take a bath in the future."

"It's okay, the water will seep in, and it will go up and down every year." Liu He's mouth moved, but his eyes kept staring at the stone in Jiang Cong's hand.

After hearing the reason, everyone couldn't laugh or cry, "You two brothers are really capable, what's so interesting about rocks."

"This stone is very comfortable for your feet and waist. Feel it if you don't believe me." Once the crisis was over, Li Qingwen was in the mood to show it to everyone.

Everyone stretched out their hands and feet. Because there were so many people, no one touched the stone. Either you stepped on my hand, or he touched someone's foot.

"Wait, I'll come first, whose stinky feet, take it away!"

"I've been soaking in the pool for so long, what a stink!"

When everyone was scrambling for it, Liu He suddenly said, "Show me this stone."

Jiang Cong raised his hand slightly, shook off the feet and hands that kept rubbing up, and handed the stone to Liu He.

Liu He went to pick it up with both hands, and suddenly, the stone slipped from his hands and hit the ground heavily.

Jiang Cong has great strength. He is holding something that is effortless, and others may not be able to bear it. Jiang Liping and the others have been with him for a long time, and this scene is no stranger.

Liu He knelt on the ground with one knee. The stone was as big as a small mill, light blue in color, with clear lines on it, like the growth rings of trees.

He stretched out his hand and stroked it lightly, it was smooth and cool, hard and moist.

People nearby were also watching, Li Qingwen said: "This is not a stone, it looks like wood."

"The wood would have rotted long ago if it was soaked in water." Everyone said one after another, but their tone was not so firm after speaking, because the lines on it were too much like annual rings.

Li Qingfeng squatted down and touched it, and couldn't help sighing: "Don't say it, it's really comfortable."

Everyone remembered the scramble just now, and surrounded them one after another.

Jiang Cong suddenly pulled out a dagger from the clothes beside him.

Everyone was startled, and quickly backed away. A large space was immediately vacated beside the stone, and they muttered, "It's just touching, but there's no need to use a knife..."

Jiang Cong ignored them and slashed at the stone with his knife.

With a sound of "clang", the blade flew out and stuck in the soil next to it. Jiang Cong only had the handle of the knife left in his hand, and the stone didn't even leave a mark.

Li Qingwen quickly picked up the broken blade with the fur, and inserted it elsewhere to cut things.

Knives are as expensive as iron pans.

"Stone!" Everyone asserted in unison, so strong, it must be a stone.

"No matter what it is, put on your clothes first, and we'll talk when you go back." Someone suggested.

It's impossible to get in the pool now, and they've almost soaked it, so it's time to go back.

After his reminder, everyone immediately put on their robes, walked out of the place where the water flooded, stepped on the snow, and put on their clothes tremblingly.

It might be because of the hot water they soaked just now, but their bodies seemed to be on fire, even though they were wearing clothes against the cold wind, they only shivered a few times.

Zhou Yao was washing on the other side, far away from them, and was not affected. Hearing the movement here, she came over fully dressed.

All the people were also hungry, and quickly climbed onto the sledge, and the time it took to go back was obviously shorter than the time they came.

When we arrived at the place, Li Qingwen remembered the matter of bargaining. He wanted to put all the candles here for Liu He. Liu He didn't know what he was thinking about, as if he didn't hear him, he said, "What's wrong?"

Li Qingwen looked helpless, he repeated what he just said twice, he wanted to save him some time, why is it so difficult.

Liu He said: "I want to borrow that stone and bring it to the clan to show the elders."

Li Qingwen had put the stone in his sleeping bag, intending to rub it under his feet at night, but when he heard this, he picked it out again.

After Liu He got the stone, he said goodbye to them and left in a snowmobile.

Everyone quickly took out their bowls, boiled water, fried noodles with oil, and poured them into their stomachs while they were hot.

After eating, he quickly re-fired the firewood at the bottom of the pot to boil the wax, and Li Qingwen and Jiang Cong wrapped it in wax oil.

It was getting dark soon, and there was a small wind outside, and the icicles on the trees were making non-stop noises.

Everyone got into their sleeping bags, Li Qingwen huddled against Jiang Cong's chest, yawned, and said, "Brother, do you want me to teach Brother Liu how to make candles? I think their tribe is isolated from the world, so they should It will not be leaked to others, and it will not prevent us from making money."

Jiang Cong said "hmm", "I'll talk about it when he returns the stone."

Mentioning the stone, Li Qingwen's feet felt a little lonely, and he rubbed against Jiang Cong's instep, "When it falls into the water over there, let's find another one, break it into small pieces, rub the body and the soles of the feet, just don't know what it is ..."

It couldn't be a meteorite that fell from the sky, Li Qingwen thought wildly, if that was the case, it could be sold, and it should be worth some money.

That night, Li Qingwen had a dream, dreaming that the rock he picked up was really identified as a meteorite from the sky, and it was auctioned off. He collected enough money to redeem Jiang Cong and the others, and then woke up.