Chapter 623 The twelfth lunar month
"You kid, you must have spent a lot of money. I didn't even tell your Uncle Yan. I'll put some money with you this afternoon. You were just helping us." "I'm busy, I can't let you advance money by yourself anymore."
The one Yan Peifeng received by himself cost a lot of money. Zhang An's one is so much bigger and is still so complete, it must have cost a lot of money. Just a little more.
Although he didn’t know whether he would use it or not, he had to accept what he wanted, so he was going to give Zhang An a sum of money so as not to cause any more trouble to Zhang An.
"Uncle Yan, actually..."
Zhang An wanted to say that it didn't cost much, but was interrupted by Yan Peifeng before he could finish.
"That's it. You give me your card number and I'll have someone transfer the money to you."
"Okay."
Zhang An didn't either He refused, copied the card number and handed it to Yan Peifeng.
Otherwise, people would think you were planning something.
"Zhang An, although Taoist Zhang said we need three hundred centipedes, these two of us are not small. Why don't we take them over and ask? What if they can be used?"
The one in front of us is Yan Peifeng had seen the largest centipede in his life, so he thought of asking Zhang Yixing to see if it could be used, then his daughter would be able to escape from the disease one day earlier.
"That's okay, it's okay to ask. It won't delay anything anyway."
After studying medicine, Zhang An knew that Sanbaizu was not just someone the old man said casually. Numbers must have their own reason.
But Yan Peifeng was eager to save his daughter, so it was okay to accompany him for a while.
As for whether to use it or not, what the old man said will make him believe it even more.
So the two of them picked up the wooden box and went out, heading straight to the Sanqing Temple in the Purple Bamboo Forest.
When we arrived at Sanqing Temple, two people had already arrived and were offering incense in the temple.
The old man was cleaning the yard with a bamboo broom.
After Zhang An handed the wooden box containing the centipede to Yan Peifeng, he walked over and took the broom from the old man's hand and helped sweep it up.
Zhang Yixing didn't care. After all, Zhang An had come to help with the sweeps many times before, and to him, Zhang An was not an outsider.
"Daozhang Zhang, we found two very large centipedes here, but there are not as many as three centipedes, so I brought them to you to see if you can use them."
Yan Peifeng left. Come forward and talk to Zhang and his party.
"If you don't have three hundred legs, you probably won't be able to use them. It doesn't hurt to take a look."
Zhang Yi Xing smiled and said, but he did not directly impose the death penalty.
"Let's go, just go and have a look in the house and you will know. Xiao An, come too."
After Zhang An and his party called Zhang An, they led the two of them into the house.
“Actually, what is needed in the recipe is something from the head of Tribulus terrestris, not the Tribulus terrestris itself, so you can see if it can be used by opening it. The reason why I asked you to find Sanbaizu Centipedes, it is recorded in medical books that it takes more than three hundred centipedes to produce such a thing."
Back in the room, Zhang Yi Xing took out his tools and talked to Zhang An and Yan Peifeng.
Now the two of them knew why ordinary centipedes were not enough and they had to find centipedes with three hundred legs.
"Hey, this is a big guy. It's well preserved. I haven't seen such a big one in many years."
After opening the wooden box, Zhang and his party looked at the big guy who was just over two feet tall inside and sighed. A sound.
"Have Zhang Daozhang seen such a big centipede before?"
Hearing this, Yan Peifeng couldn't help but ask.
"I have seen it, but it was only more than ten years ago. On the way to Qingcheng Mountain, I met a living one in the mountains halfway. It was slightly larger than this one. At that time I watched it chew up a large mountain peak from a distance. It was really fierce. Later, it wanted to chase me, but fortunately I was far away and ran away."
Zhang Yixing recalled. After a while, he said to the two of them.
Then he took out a knife and cut a piece off the centipede's head.
"Although this one is not small, it is still not big enough. The needed things have not grown yet, so we have to look for them again."
Zhang and his party stared at the bright red centipede head and looked at it. After a long while, he shook his head and said.
Hearing it with his own ears, Yan Peifeng couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, but he had no choice but to keep looking.
"But this big centipede should be very effective as a medicine. It may have unexpected effects in treating other diseases, so it can be kept."
Even if the piece of the body is cut off, Zhang Yixin will keep it intact. Put it back.
Centipedes are used in other prescriptions as medicine for the whole body. Such a big one is definitely a good thing.
"It's useless for us to take it back anyway, so why not give it to Daozhang Zhang, just in case someone needs it, it can be considered a good thing."
Yan Peifeng directly even made the wooden box It was handed over to Zhang Yixing. This thing was completely useless in his hands. It might have been damaged if it was not well preserved. It was better to leave it to a professional.
"Thank you, Jushi Yan."
Zhang Yixing did not refuse. This kind of thing that can be encountered but cannot be asked for can save lives at certain times.
"It's nothing, Daozhang Zhang. As long as you don't think we are in trouble, then I will go down the mountain first."
Yan Peifeng shook his head. When Zhang Yixing was treating his daughter, he never There was no mention of remuneration.
Although they often come to donate money, for people like them, this is something they cannot repay.
Later, while Zhang An was cleaning the yard, he asked some questions that he had not thought about, and Zhang Yixing answered them for him one by one.
It wasn’t until he finished cleaning the yard that Zhang An went down the mountain from Sanqing Temple to go home.
While passing by the purple bamboo forest, Zhang An saw many young wives and old sisters-in-law from the village in the bamboo forest.
“Hey, what are the sisters-in-law doing in the bamboo forest?”
It wasn’t time to dig winter bamboo shoots yet, and he was curious about what these people were doing inside.
“It’s Zhang An, we are going to look for a man inside, please don’t tell anyone.”
The younger daughter-in-law will be more shy and unable to say these words at all .
But those old sisters-in-law have long passed the age of shyness, and everything they say has changed in their mouths, not to mention those naked jokes, which come out of their mouths.
"Then don't worry, I'm very strict with my words, but you have to be careful, don't make it home without being able to walk home, and you have to ask someone to carry it."
In the past, Zhang An was not theirs at all. The opponents, who blushed whenever they made fun of them, couldn't explain it at all.
But now after getting married, my skills have greatly increased and I can cope with it like a duck in water.
Actually, while he was joking, he also saw clearly what these people were doing, which was picking up bamboo shoot shells in the bamboo forest.
The twelfth lunar month of winter is the most leisure time for everyone. Just like June and July, many of them will make a few pairs of shoes for their families at this time.
This bamboo shoot leaf is a good thing for people to use to draw shoe patterns, because it is much harder than paper.
In the afternoon, Yan Peifeng came again.
"Zhang An, I asked someone to put 200,000 yuan in your card, and I brought another 100,000 yuan in cash. You can remove the money from the morning, and then continue to help me find it. Money is not a problem. If you don’t have enough, just tell me.”
As he spoke, Yan Peifeng took out a thick stack of money from his bag and handed it to Zhang An.
It can be seen that it has just been taken out of the bank and is still sealed.
"No Uncle Yan, how much did you spend on that one in the morning?" Although Zhang An was not a person who had never seen money, he was a little shocked when he saw that Yan Peifeng could easily make two or three hundred thousand yuan. .
"The other party asked for 30,000 yuan, not even a penny less. You can't bargain with this kind of thing. After all, they can manipulate us. Not only is yours bigger than mine, it's also in better condition. It's definitely not cheap, and neither am I." Asking you how much you spent, just don’t let yourself suffer.”
Yan Peifeng didn’t think about whether he would be swallowed up. What he wanted now was thousands of gold to buy horse bones. After all, Zhang An was better than him. It was okay to find it himself. Although he didn't use it, he hoped that Zhang An could help until he found it.
And he has spent a lot on this matter alone. Money is really nothing to their family, as long as their daughter is cured as soon as possible.
“Don’t worry, Uncle Yan, I will continue to help here, and don’t stop on your side.”
I heard that Yan Peifeng’s incomplete centipede cost 30,000 yuan , Zhang An couldn't help but take a breath.
Although it is difficult to find centipedes that big, there are probably too many of them.
With 30,000 yuan now, it is not a problem to buy a house in a provincial capital.
"Of course I won't stop here. It's definitely better for the two of us to search together than alone."
Yan Peifeng never thought about giving up, he just felt that having one more person to search with him would be better than searching alone. He alone hopes for much more.
A few days later, Li Hongbin came back.
"Why can't you feel the cold?"
In the yard, Li Hongbin saw Zhang An who was boxing in only two pieces of clothing. He couldn't help but look at the cotton jacket on his body and said depressedly.
"I am in good health, how can I be as weak as you."
After Zhang An took a breath, he stopped his work and said to Li Hongbin with a smile.
"Don't talk nonsense, who is vain? If this is all vain, then there will be few people who are not vain."
As soon as he heard this word, Li Hongbin was not happy. , immediately rose up to resist.
Anything a man can say is fine, but it cannot be said falsely.
"Seriously, I think you don't look very good, otherwise you would practice with me. You see, Lao Chen's expression has not changed since he practiced with me."
This is really not what Zhang An is talking about. Li Hongbin's face is a bit earthy now, and he can tell that his spleen and stomach are a little weak.
Especially because this guy often goes out to construction sites and rarely comes back. Every time he comes back, he will be caught by his family to do his duty, and last night was no exception.
When middle-aged people have no choice but to do so, that’s not what they are talking about.
"Really useful?"
After hearing what Zhang An said, Li Hongbin asked quietly.
"You will know after you practice whether it is useful or not. There is no harm anyway."
So, just like this, Li Hongbin actually had the idea of learning boxing with Zhang An.
In the afternoon, Li Hongbin brought many people back from outside the village.
But instead of entering the village, he asked Chen Ze to go with him and went directly to the place he had chosen before.
Zhang An knew at a glance that Chen Ze must have handed over the construction work to Li Hongbin.
Otherwise this guy wouldn’t have rushed back so quickly and called so many people together.
Afterwards, a group of people looked at the design plan brought back by Chen Ze, and then measured the land with a measuring tape. After a discussion, the construction matter was decided.
On the second day, excavators drove into the village one after another.
To drive to the place chosen by Chen Ze, he must pass through the fields of other villagers.
However, Chen Ze and Zhang Jianwen had already visited these families a few days ago.
I bought a part of the field from them not only for the convenience of vehicles during construction.
It is also for the purpose of having a suitable road leading directly to the door after the hotel is built.
For this reason, Chen Ze also spent a lot of money.
However, Zhang An feels that it is completely worth it, and this road will belong to Chen Ze from now on.
If anyone else wants to build a house or do something else in these lands, they will have to spend money to buy the use rights from Chen Ze.
In the days to come, Changqing entered the construction period again.
In the village, several roads leading to the mountains are under construction, and plank roads have been built in many mountain climbing places. The person in charge is Zhang Jianjun and the people in the village.
Everyone is very happy to work in the village. They go out in the morning and come home at night, and they earn money in the village.
On Chen Ze's side, Li Hongbin's people are also working in full swing. Every day, many cars come in with various building materials.
Because there were too many vehicles and the heavy things they were pulling, the cement road at the entrance of the village was filled with potholes.
However, Li Hongbin went to Zhang Jianwen in advance and said that he would be responsible for repairing it in the village.
After all, they did destroy the road, and he would be responsible for repairing the section of road that Chen Ze bought, so that it would just go through the stone pass.
When Zhang Jianwen heard this, of course he readily agreed.
In this way, with the construction on the river bank, time passes day by day, and the New Year is approaching day by day.
After entering the twelfth lunar month, it didn’t take long for primary and secondary schools to have their final exams and then go on winter vacation.
On the first day of winter vacation, Su Ying woke up early in the morning as a habit.
"Why are you getting up so early? You are already on holiday."
Seeing his wife getting up and getting dressed, Zhang An couldn't help but remind her.
"Yes, I'm already on vacation, so I don't need to get up so early."
Su Ying, who was half-dressed, got back under the quilt again after being reminded by Zhang An.
“It’s still so comfortable under a warm quilt. It’s so sad to get up early every day.”
“That’s for sure, otherwise why would students and kids always want to take a vacation. ”
The teachers all think so, and the students even more so.
Not long after, Zhang An got up, leaving Su Ying alone on the bed.
When she first got married, Su Ying was afraid of leaving a bad impression on her parents-in-law, so she got up early every day.
In the past two years, after giving birth to Xiao Siqi, she no longer cares about these things. Every time she is on vacation, she will never let go of the lazy sleep she deserves.
"Zhang An, when your family slaughters pigs this year, leave me dozens of kilograms of meat. I will also smoke some bacon this year."
Early in the morning, another tenant from Dongli Courtyard came to say hello.
"Grandma, my family is going to kill four pigs this year. They have already been booked. You can go to the village to find other people. There are a lot of people killing pigs in the village this year."
From Jin Since the twelfth lunar month, there have been many offers like this, and Zhang An didn’t know how many he had rejected.
There are particularly many people killing pigs and buying meat this year, because there are many more tenants in Dongli Courtyard, and many people stay here to celebrate the New Year.
(End of this chapter)