Chapter 241 Qixiang
“Damn it! Brother, are you a big buffalo? So fierce!”
People in the mountain village work all year round, but none of them have as much strength as Cheng Ming!
Cheng Ming directly lifted the tricycle and the firewood, which was a bit beyond the understanding of these two people.
The old man who was pressed under the car also stared blankly for a long time.
It wasn't until Cheng Ming reminded him: "Old man, can you come out?"
The old man finally woke up and slowly moved out from under the car.
Because there was a paddy field underneath, there was a gap between the wood on the tricycle. The old man's thigh was pressed, but he didn't suffer any injuries. He just limped when he got up.
He finally climbed out and Cheng Ming put the car down.
The old man looked at Cheng Ming and made an interfering voice: "Thank you."
For some reason, Cheng Ming always felt that this old man's attitude was a little cold.
Generally, after being rescued, you should not be excited and thank the person, but except for a thank you, the old man said nothing else.
He even turned around and entered the village.
Cheng Ming was stunned.
The young man next to him explained to Cheng Ming embarrassedly: "Sorry, brother, this is my third uncle. He has a bit of a weird personality and doesn't like outsiders very much. He should go to the village to ask someone to help him carry him. The car is gone.”
"It's okay." Cheng Ming said.
"My name is Huang Kang, or you can call me Ergou. That was my third uncle just now. He is the head of this small village in our village. I would like to thank you on behalf of my third uncle." The young man said on one side He said while taking out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and giving it to Cheng Mingpai.
Cheng Ming declined politely, and Ergou didn’t care, so he lit one himself.
"By the way, brother, you are really strong. You can lift such a heavy car in one go. Are you a weightlifter?"
"No. .”
"That's right, it doesn't look like it. Weightlifters are all quite short, but you don't look like it."
"Yes."
"Your pants and shoes are dirty, why not go to the well in my yard?" Wash it first," Ergou said, complaining to his third uncle at the same time, "It's true, third uncle, you helped. He’s busy, so he doesn’t care about you. Why don’t you at least ask someone to wash your pants and shoes?”
“Okay, thank you.”
Ergou took Cheng Ming into the yard on the roadside. , there was an older hand-operated well in the yard, Ergouzi fetched water, and asked Cheng Ming to wash away the mud on his pants and shoes.
"Brother, few outsiders come into our village. What are you doing here?" Ergou suddenly asked.
"My surname is Cheng, and I am in the timber business." Cheng Ming made up an identity at random when he gave his own identity when he was away from home.
"The timber business is good. This thing should be quite profitable, right?"
"Not bad."
The two chatted for a while.
Seeing that the time was almost up, Cheng Ming asked, "Er Gou, are there any osmanthus trees in your village? I'm looking for osmanthus trees."
"Gui Mu?" Er Gou was a little surprised, "I thought you said that, boss. Our timber business is dealing with the eucalyptus grown in the mountains. What about trees?"
"There are some, there are some."
"There are indeed two trees in Guimu Village, but there are only two. Boss Cheng, you should not see them. Come on?”
Is there really a cinnamon tree?
Cheng Ming was pleasantly surprised and said hurriedly: "No, no, not too little."
"Okay, the two osmanthus trees in the village are between my fourth uncle's and seventh uncle's houses. Forget it, I'll take them You go and take a look." Ergou said, "But those two osmanthus trees are quite old. I don't know if my fourth uncle and the others are willing to sell them. I'll tell you, but if they don't want to sell them, I won't. Method. "
Cheng Ming thinks that this situation is unlikely.
I’m really not willing to sell it for five hundred yuan, but what if it’s five thousand or fifty thousand?
“Brother Ergou, please take me to see it quickly. Whether we sell it or not is another matter.”
"Okay."
Coming out of Ergou's yard, the two walked to the other side of the village.
Soon we came to the path between the two buildings, where two osmanthus trees seven or eight meters high grew.
“These are the two trees. What do you think, Boss Cheng.”
Cheng Ming approached the trees.
I found that these two trees were indeed not small, thicker than a human waist, but the problem was that after getting closer, Cheng Ming did not smell any special smell on them. They seem to taste no different from regular cinnamon trees.
"How about it, Boss Cheng? Are these two trees okay?" Ergou asked.
Cheng Ming shook his head: "It's not what I'm looking for."
"Then there's nothing we can do. There are only these two osmanthus trees in the village." Ergou said.
Cheng Ming was very confused.
It shouldn’t be.
The system says that the exotic osmanthus tree is in this village. How could it not be there?
Cheng Ming did not give up and asked: "Er Gou, are there any such osmanthus trees at the foot of the mountain around the village? I still want to see."
But Er Gou was very worried. Shaking his head firmly: "Except for these two trees, there is nothing else."
Cheng Ming was stunned.
How could this happen?
Is there really something wrong with the system?
That’s not right.
A faint fragrance can still be smelled in the air. This fragrance does not seem to come from any kind of spice, nor is it like a floral fragrance, but a woody fragrance.
Cheng Ming felt that this scent was probably that of the exotic cinnamon wood!
He suddenly asked: "Er Gou, there seems to be a strange fragrance everywhere in your village. What is this fragrance?"
"Smell? No." Er Gou was stunned. road.
No?
What the hell? With such an obvious fragrance, didn’t Ergou smell it?
"It's that strange fragrance, a bit like the fragrance of jasmine, don't you smell it?" Cheng Ming still didn't give up.
After saying this, Ergou suddenly realized.
“You said this kind of smell!”
Cheng Ming was surprised: “Yes! Where does this kind of fragrance come from?”
“We have this kind of fragrance in every household. , This is the smell of the altar." Ergou said.
A shrine?
Cheng Ming doesn’t understand.
What the hell is the altar? Isn’t it the exotic cinnamon tree?
"What is the altar?" Cheng Ming asked because he didn't understand.
"The altar is an altar for worshiping gods and ancestors. Every household in our village has one. It is placed in the living room. I also have one in my house." Ergou said.
A flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in Cheng Ming's mind.
“Ergou, what is your shrine made of?”
“It’s cinnamon wood.” Ergou was stunned, “Boss Cheng, is the cinnamon wood you are looking for? That’s it.”
Very possible!
Unexpectedly, people have already cut down the exotic osmanthus tree!
Now comes the problem.
This is the altar in someone’s home! Who is willing to sell him the altar dedicated to his ancestors?
Headache!
But it’s not entirely certain yet.
Cheng Ming asked sheepishly: "Brother Ergou, can I come to your house and have a look?"
"Of course! Boss Cheng, you helped my third uncle. Logically speaking, my third uncle must treat you to a meal at home, but for my third uncle, I'll treat you to him!"
The two of them With that said, he returned to Ergou's home on the edge of the village.
As soon as the door of the house was opened, a stronger and strange fragrance hit the nostrils.
Cheng Ming is almost certain that it smells like osmanthus!
He looked around the living room.
I saw a brown rectangular high table in the middle of the living room, with an incense burner on it.
This is where the fragrance seems to come from.
(End of this chapter)