Snake season comes suddenly.
After the fritillary digger discovered a venomous snake next to Li Long's house, Li Long discovered several venomous snakes nearby in the next two days.
He even wondered if the poisonous snakes had left their dens en masse. Otherwise, how could there be so many?
In order to prevent snakes from sneaking into the house in the middle of the night, Li Long checked the house again and found that there were no cracks. He was relieved.
But it was impossible not to go anywhere. He suddenly thought of what he had seen before. Using sulfur powder seemed to be able to drive away snakes.
Will there be natural sulfur in the hot springs?
Li Long decided to go there and have a look.
With something on his mind, Li Long went out at dawn early in the morning. After locking the door, he walked to the hot spring with his gun and bag.
The weather was getting hotter and the dew on the grass was not as strong in the morning. Li Long strode towards the mountains. This time he didn't care about so many other things, the main thing was to see the end of the hot spring.
While crossing a ravine, I encountered a fritillary digger cooking porridge on a stove made of several stones. He was startled when he saw Li Long.
"Eat your food, I'm passing by." Li Long waved his hand, crossed the ravine twenty or thirty meters away from the man, and continued walking southeast.
The man was already preparing to rush into the mountain forest. When he heard Li Long say this, he was stunned for a moment, and then watched Li Long warily as he walked into the mountain.
"Be careful with snakes," Li Long left a sentence, "Don't get bitten."
The man was stunned for a moment, and nodded subconsciously to show that he understood.
Li Long had already entered the forest. When the talent realized, what was he doing? No one can see it either.
But it’s nice to have a reminder to yourself. But are there really snakes in the forest?
In any case, it’s better to be careful.
Li Long came to Hot Spring Valley and walked up the water. The smell of sulfur still floated in the valley, gradually increasing from shallow to deep. By the time we got to the pool, the smell was already quite deep.
The water in the pond was turbulent, and Li Long guessed that an animal had just left. He did not conceal the movement of his steps as he walked forward. He must have been heard early, and he didn't know whether it was a roe deer or an ibex.
Li Long did not stop and continued walking up the mountain. The valley became narrower as he went up, and the smell of sulfur became stronger. When we walked further back, we couldn't say we were leaving anymore, we had to crawl. The rocks on both sides were quite messy and there was no path. Bushes and rocks were mixed together. The stream in the middle was quite fast and the temperature was high. Li Long could only use his hands and feet. And use it to go up.
When he reached the end of the hot spring he walked through last time, Li Long stopped.
The presence of sulfur is invisible to the naked eye. He was a little disappointed.
But he was not discouraged. He looked around and found a suitable place to stay. Li Long jumped over and started rummaging among the stones.
I soon discovered that some rocks near the spring had yellow natural sulfur stuck on them, not much.
He broke off a branch, removed the leaves and branches, and shaped it into a stick to pull the stones in the spring.
The water is too hot. If you put your hand in it, it will basically boil the meat. It's better to be careful.
When the stones inside were pulled out, the surface dried quickly and turned white and yellow. Li Long was so powerful that he dug a hole under the spring in just a few minutes.
Then I really made a discovery.
First he found a yellow substance the size of a pigeon egg. Li Long pulled the thing to the shore and was burned when he picked it up. He put it on the ground and observed it. It did have a pungent smell. He was sure that this thing was natural sulfur.
Okay, the first piece is found.
With confidence, the next step was much faster, and he quickly found the second and third pieces. The third piece was as big as a fist, which made Li Long very happy.
The fourth thing pulled up surprised Li Long. This thing is only about the size of a baby's hand, irregular in shape, and very heavy. It didn't come up after several pulls, but kept sliding down. Li Long simply found another branch and pulled it out.
He thought about waiting for it to cool down before picking it up, and then went to pull it again. This time he picked up a few stones, and found another one that was about the same size as before, and pulled it up easily.
Then Li Long felt something was wrong. The piece just now felt much heavier than this one, and the color was yellow. They were different!
He bent down to pick up the piece just now. After a while, it should have cooled down.
As a result, it was burned again - but Li Long didn't let go! So heavy, so heavy-handed, such a familiar color, and such a beautiful look.
This is not sulfur!
Gold! Natural gold! Gold nugget!
If it was Harimu and the others who brought the nugget gold to Li Long last time to let Li Long know that there really is natural gold in this mountain, then now that he has picked up a piece with his own hands, it is undoubtedly true. The phrase "golden version and jade base" is firmly established.
There is really a natural gold mine in this mountain!
Li Long ignored the burning redness of his hands and looked at the nugget of gold carefully. His attitude was much more important than the piece given to him by Harimu and the others.
After all, I picked it up with my own hands.
The shape is slightly longer, one centimeter thick, and weighs less than one kilogram. The edges are thicker and thinner, probably because the edges are smoother and less angular due to the erosion of running water.
After thinking for a long time, he didn't expect any image to compare, so Li Long didn't think about it anymore. He put the piece of gold into his satchel, then took the branch and continued to dig out.
He was so strong that he quickly dug out the rocks weighing more than ten or twenty kilograms in the spring and threw them aside. There were a lot of sulfur fragments in the gravel. Li Long picked them one by one. Come out and pick it to the shore.
I just didn't notice any heavy feeling anymore.
I kept digging until the end, almost all the stones under the spring were removed, and I also picked out the gravel. Finally, I found two small gold nuggets the size of fingers.
Although it was not big, it finally made Li Long a little satisfied.
Ordinarily, the value of these three pieces of gold is far worse than the contents of the two bags he got by accident, but Li Long was much more happy to get this than the two bags.
He thinks that if he goes down this hot spring, he should still be able to find gold, but he is not in a big mood now.
He took the stick and pulled it down for a while, but found neither sulfur nor gold. He looked at the sky, the sun had risen in the east, so he took the things away, put a few pieces of sulfur in his satchel, and went with the gun. Go back.
Really excited. These three pieces of gold weigh more than a kilogram. Calculated purely based on the price of gold, it is more than 10,000 yuan - of course, it is not pure. Calculated based on 80% of the price, it is also 10,000 yuan.
Of course he won't sell it. Li Long is not short of money now. The more this thing is kept, the more valuable it becomes. He had had such a dream before, but he didn't expect to find it!
Golden nugget! It’s something that can be passed down from family to family!
My steps walking back became much brisker.
It was already an hour before we got back to the cabin.
There are three people waiting for Li Long here. They are standing in three places and have no intention of chatting.
We are even a little wary of each other.
Li Long was a little confused, but since people came to sell Fritillaria, he would focus on this first.
Seeing Li Long come back, the three of them also smiled, their wary expressions disappeared, and they took the initiative to say hello to Li Long.
Li Long nodded to them, opened the door to the small room, took a scale and started weighing the fritillaries.
Although the three people's Fritillaria were a little dirty, Li Long didn't care much about it. The price he gave was not high, so the impurities were discounted in it.
The first person is seven kilograms, the second person is eight kilograms, and the third person is more, fourteen kilograms.
The first person and the second person both wanted money. After weighing themselves, they immediately left with their bags and hurried toward the forest. The two people ran in different directions.
Li Long raised his doubts when he referred to the third person:
"You are all digging caladiums. It stands to reason that you should help each other. Looking at your situation just now, it seems that you are still wary of each other?"
"Oh, some of us gang up to steal other people's caladiums. Now, No one dares to trust others." The man sighed, " Although the mountain is big, there are not many caladium ditches, there are only a few. Plus you are the one harvesting caladiums. We don’t want to run too far, so we are scared. We are afraid that someone will find a place to stay, and we are afraid of being beaten. Sap, robbed the mother-of-pearl and the money.”
That’s it.
This man chatted with Li Long for a few words about fourteen kilograms of fritillary. He asked for twelve kilograms of money, and exchanged the rest for grain and meat, and then went directly to the east - the two previous They were heading directly to the southeast and south. He was obviously avoiding the direction of those two people, fearing being ambushed.
Oh, why is it so complicated?
The caladiums received in the past few days amount to five to six hundred kilograms. He simply packed up all the fritillaries and put them into the tractor. The wood was not dry yet, and he didn't even put up a shelf. He locked the door, drove the tractor, and headed for Xiaobaiyang Ditch. The caladiums collected today haven't been washed yet, so go back and do it. It's business to put these caladiums back first. Otherwise, when you leave and someone pries the wooden house apart, the loss will be huge.
Li Long came to Xiaobaiyanggou and stopped, then called people together and told them about the snake.
"We encountered it too." Tao Jianshe said, "I saw a snake yesterday when I was cutting the pole. I was shocked! Not only did this guy not run away, he also wanted to bite me. Let's I stomped to death.”
It’s so fierce, I stomped to death!
"You still have to be careful." Li Long said, "I got some sulfur in the mountains. You break it up and scatter it next to the nest. It's usually hot in the place when you're burning strips, and snakes may like to crawl over. This These guys are all venomous snakes, we have to Be careful, it will be better if you bite him. I will get some snake medicine and put it away today."
Li Long was thoughtful and gave Xie Yundong the sulfur. Manage this matter.
After registering today’s quantity and quality inspection, Li Long asked others what they needed.
"Just the clippers and scissors."
"It's better to get some more wine. Let's drink all the wine." Old Huang said there.
"Do you still have cigarettes?" Li Long asked.
“Yes.”
I asked other people, and basically there was no shortage. Li Long drove the tractor out of the mountain.
Some Fritillary diggers came over to the wooden house. They noticed that the tractor was not there from a distance, so they stopped coming.
Li Long captured two troublemakers and put them in jail. The news had spread in the blind stream, so although Li Long was not there, no one came to the wooden house to take advantage.
The tractor drove out of the mountain. Li Long saw three people walking out in a group on the way, carrying bags on their backs.
It should be for digging fritillaries.
Li Long vaguely felt that there was someone he was familiar with, and he should be acquainted with him.
When two of them heard the sound of the tractor, they quickly entered the forest. The one that Li Long felt a little familiar stood on the roadside with a bag on his back, and a proud smile on his lips.
Is this a demonstration to yourself?
Li Long got into a mischievous mood. He adjusted the steering wheel and rushed towards the man. The man was startled and immediately ran into the bushes nearby. Li Long laughed and drove away on the tractor.
Of course it is impossible for him to really suppress him. He just felt that there was something wrong with this person's attitude. It's normal for you not to sell it to me. But your expression is a bit irritating.
"Are you hurt?" Li Long passed over, and the two men immediately came over to help the fallen man up. Fortunately, the Fritillaria bags are tied, otherwise it would be troublesome to spill them all over the floor.
"It's okay." The man rubbed his wrist and said reluctantly, "It's no big problem, he's such a bad coward..."
"Why did you say you provoked him? It’s not shameful to hide,” another person advised, “Everyone in the acquisition knows him, so why bother?”
Although the man was still angry, he knew that there was nothing he could do against Li Long and he could only watch the tractor drive away.
Arrived in the county, Li Long unloaded the fritillaries into the yard, and then drove the tractor to Sister Yang's place.
It was almost lunch time. This time he planned to spend one night in the county before going back, so there was no rush.
You can’t give up your life just to make money.
Gu Xiaoxia hadn't come back yet, but Sister Yang ran out with a cooking shovel when she heard the sound of the tractor.
"Uncle, are you back?" Sister Yang said in a loud voice, "Come in quickly."
"Hey." Li Long responded, got off the tractor and walked towards the yard after turning off the engine.
He could see people sticking their heads out from the entrances of several nearby yards.
Sister Yang had a loud voice just now, and Li Long naturally knew what it meant.
"Sister, what are you cooking today?" Seeing Sister Yang entering the kitchen and continuing to stir-fry vegetables, Li Long asked loudly in the yard even though he could smell the smell of leeks and eggs.
"Fried leek and eggs, then stir-fry celery meat and steamed rice later." Sister Yang's voice was still loud, "When her aunt comes back later, she can start cooking."
All in all, it's a home-cooked meal. , Li Long still likes it. The vegetables in the vegetable garden in the small yard are growing well. One-third of the leeks have been cut, and only two centimeters in height have emerged from the cut areas. The grape trellis is plated on a wooden frame. The leaves have grown as big as a child's hand. The grape spikes are in bloom. There is no fragrance, but it is foreseeable that there will be a lot of grapes to eat in the autumn.
The yard was cleaned very clean. When he was near the toilet, he smelled the scent of sanitary incense. Li Long was quite satisfied.
Ten minutes later, Gu Xiaoxia pushed her bicycle into the yard. When she saw the tractor, she already knew that Li Long was coming, and the joy in her heart was inevitable.
“Are you back?”
"Well, I'm back. I'll stay for a day and go up the mountain tomorrow." Li Long went over to help support the car and said with a smile.
"Yeah, okay." Gu Xiaoxia blushed slightly, she knew what Li Long meant.
"Are you busy at work?"
"It's okay. It's not as regular as school, but it's quite challenging." Gu Xiaoxia used her hands to tuck a bit of hair from her forehead behind her ears. "I go to the school to check from time to time. I feel that what I see now is different from what I saw when I was a teacher in the school."
"The layout and positions are different." Li Long said with a smile, "We are all leaders now."
"No way." Gu Xiaoxia said coquettishly, "Just ordinary cadres... How about the mountains?"
"It's okay, but there are snakes recently. I'll come back and buy some snake medicine."
"Then you have to be careful." In fact, there are snakes near the village, mainly earth bows. The earth bows and long insects mentioned here are non-venomous snakes, so Gu Xiaoxia doesn't particularly care. If she knew it was that kind of plateau viper, she would definitely be worried.
Gu Xiaoxia suddenly remembered and whispered:
"I remember that in the first two years when you came to the team, you were quite good at catching snakes. If you caught a snake, you would stuff it into a bottle and say it was dried. Snake oil…”
"Hehe, you weren't sensible at that time." Old Li Long blushed slightly. He was really a middle-class person at that time.
"Her aunt is back. The meal has just arrived. Come on, let's get ready to serve it." Sister Yang poked her head out of the kitchen and said, "Uncle, come over quickly."
"Where is Han Fang?" Li Long asked as he walked.
"Ignore her, she will have to wait for a while." Sister Yang said, "I will keep it for her. I have been a bit busy studying recently, and I come back late every day."
In this case, then No longer waiting, Li Long washed his hands and sat at the table. Sister Yang had already put the rice on the plate, and the three of them were eating and chatting.
Because she knew that Li Long would leave tomorrow, Gu Xiaoxia didn't say much, and Li Long just talked about interesting things in the mountains. After eating, Gu Xiaoxia went to work, and Li Long drove the tractor back to the compound.
Wash your face, shave, take a bath, wash the fritillaries and dry them in the sun. The caladiums that had been dried before could be harvested. Seeing that there was still time, Li Long simply went to sell the caladiums.
I bought another sum of money, this time more money than last time, two thousand and forty-three yuan, but those fritillaries in the yard can be exchanged for double the money.
Chen Hongjun was already a little numb. He didn’t tease Li Long anymore, but just gave him a message:
“There have been a few more people selling Fritillaria here in the past two days. Some people must have sold Fritillaria at your place and know who you are. They say that you lower the price too harshly, so you should be more careful and don’t let others take advantage of you.”
"I know." Li Long nodded: "Actually, someone did this, and then I caught him, and now he has been squatting in it for five years?"
"Hey, it really happened. Chen Hongjun was a little surprised, "What did you do?" What happened?”
“I wanted to burn my butt, but the wolf discovered it.” Li Long said with a smile, “The wolf helped me.”
This is an anecdote. , Chen Hongjun hurriedly asked Li Long to tell the matter.
Li Long believes that before long, those who come to sell Fritillaria will know about it.
After all, Chen Hongjun must help him. (End of this chapter)