Chapter 296 Red-Crowned Crane and Leopard Traces Reappear
“Every year during the Dragon Boat Festival and Double Ninth Festival, there is also the Medicine King Meeting here. You can come and play next year.”
On the way back, the scenery is beautiful and wild geese are crossing the sky. , feeling that the young couple still had some unfinished ideas, Gao Xiulan said.
“Dragon Boat Festival and Double Ninth Festival, aren’t these busy times?”
Chen Ling asked strangely: “Why did you choose the Medicine King Meeting to take place on these two days?”
"It is said that the yang energy in these two days is strong and it is easy to cure diseases, so I chose these two days."
Gao Xiulan said, she didn't know anything else.
Yaowang Hui can be simply understood as a large-scale temple fair to worship Sun Simiao.
It will be very lively by then.
People from the family who are involved in collecting, growing, and selling medicines will come, and ordinary people will also come to pray for good health.
In old age, some doctors and doctors also do charity clinics and so on.
"That's right."
Chen Ling has heard of this Medicine King Meeting before, and it's not just their place, there are many places like this meeting all over the country.
Every place is different and the days are different.
But this Medicine King meeting is not an important matter.
The key is that this time it came out, I really didn’t have enough fun.
Although we caught fish here, we also harvested leopard skins and the like.
But just like Gao Xiulan said, Chen Ling and his wife are still a little unsatisfied.
Now that we have come out, we are not in a hurry to go back. We can just go to Fenglei Town and take Wang Susu and his wife home for a visit.
Wang Susu didn’t come back last time, so this time she just took her baby home to visit relatives and friends.
So, they stayed in Yaowang Village for another day, visited relatives and friends, had two lively meals at noon and evening, and stayed at home for one night before they had enough fun.
Regrettably, I did not meet my second uncle Wang Qingzhong and his wife when they came back. They were still busy selling grain outside.
But on the third day, while driving down the mountain, I met Wei Jun and Xiang Yuhua again. When Xiang Yuhua saw Wang Susu, he was even more enthusiastic and excited than the last time he saw Chen Ling.
Needless to say the reason, not only was Chen Ling still driving the car, but he was also driving a different car this time.
The two of them almost couldn't take their eyes away and were so shocked.
Xiang Yuhua warmly pulled Wang Susu to greet her and said she wanted to visit Wang Susu at home for a while. She was still upset that she couldn't go when the baby put out the full moon wine.
The attitude he had when facing Wang Susu last year was completely gone.
In fact, regarding Xiang Yuhua and Wei Jun, Wang Susu heard Chen Ling and her parents talk about it last time when they went back, and she still found it difficult to accept it.
Now that an old classmate has done this, I know how Chen Ling and the others felt last time. It is really annoying.
Fortunately, the weather today was not good. After talking for a while, it started to rain lightly.
Wang Susu was upset, so she took Chen Ling away on the pretext of rain.
"How about it? Mom and sister-in-law were right about what they said last time, right? They are also doing it for your own good."
On the way home, Chen Ling was teasing his wife.
The last incident was brought up by Gao Xiulan and Su Li, and he told Wang Susu, otherwise he and Wang Qingwen would not have talked like that.
Knowing that he had nothing nice to say, Wang Susu rolled her eyes at him, snorted, hugged her son and turned around, ignoring him.
The rain was still falling outside the car. The further we drove towards Chenwangzhuang, the heavier the rain became.
The mountain road is also more difficult than usual.
Under normal circumstances, I would be able to get home at noon, but because of the rain, I was two hours late.
On such a rainy day, after returning home and having a meal, there is nothing much to do.
The family gathered together and talked about the baby's new name.
"Added the word "scape", that's what fortune-tellers do. I've thought of this before." The father-in-law took a look at the note and said disapprovingly.
The mother-in-law glared at him: "You talk a lot, but others have figured out that you broke your leg. Can you figure out yourself that you are going to break your leg?"
Because of her son's name. He was already used to being called "Rui Rui", so when the old fortune teller suggested changing his name, Wang Susu mentioned it to him. If he could add another word, it would be best to add another word.
Don’t change the word "Rui".
After hearing this, the old fortune teller wrote a word and handed it to Chen Ling to hold. Don’t read it before going home.
Now that I'm home, when I look at it this way, it turns out that it's the word "jing".
"Jingrui, Chen Jingrui."
Wang Zhenzhen muttered a few words and shouted: "Ruirui changed his name to Chen Jingrui. Isn't there a mathematician with this name? I studied in the first grade. Passed.”
“What? What the hell? You’ve learned everything from your grandma’s house. I taught you this story about Chen Jingrun.”
Wang Qingwen was so angry that he gave his little sister a headache, "That's Chen Jingrun, Run, not Rui. If you still make this kind of mistake in the fourth grade, if your teacher knows, he will have to punish you to write it a hundred times."
Wang Zhenzhen just covered his head, shrank his neck and laughed.
Wang Qingwen glared at her, ignored her, turned to Chen Ling and Wang Susu and said, "This name is pretty good, and it doesn't look old-fashioned at all."
My father-in-law savored it carefully. After a while, he also said: "It's really not bad. This name is a bit elegant in it. I'm afraid it's just to suppress the masculinity of Ruirui."
Chen Ling and Wang Susu nodded in approval.
The baby's name was changed. Since only one word was added, "little baby", it was not much different from before, so it didn't have much impact.
Gradually, everyone just felt that the new name sounded better and smoother. Like Wang Qingwen said, this name is quite suitable for this kind of little baby, and it doesn't look old-fashioned when called.
He is a teacher and talks about his students' names all day long, so his experience is naturally deeper.
So the uncle has a very strong say. If he thinks it is good, then it is really good, no problem.
......
"Good guys, didn't you go out to burn incense this time? Why did you bring back two leopard skins?"
Wang Cunye was surprised when he saw Chen Ling packing up the things in the car.
“I bought it from a medicine farmer, in the mountains over Halongkou...”
When Chen Ling told his father-in-law carefully, the old man was even more surprised.
“There are still herbal collectors over there. In our eight villages, there are very few real herbal collectors. They only grow tea and raise snakes.”< br>
The herb collection that the old man mentioned is naturally the kind of herb collection that involves flying over a cliff.
The general collection of medicinal herbs is very sparse and common. You can collect it by going up the mountain or in the wild. It is not worthy of much praise.
It doesn’t resonate with him either.
"Yes, we saw them flying around on the top of the mountain hanging on ropes from a distance on the commercial road."
Chen Ling said: "Originally we didn't even think of looking for them specifically. In the past, after burning incense and catching fish, I happened to meet them coming down the mountain to dry medicine. It was a coincidence."
Then he told the story of meeting Lao Xing and others.
I also took out the things Lao Xing gave me.
A bottle of honey, most of the bag of pine cones, and some wild fruits from the mountains, jujubes and schisandra chinensis. One beep, one beep, very delicious.
They are also found in the mountains here, but in the depths, you have to go further. "There is such a big pine cone, it's no wonder, he is really a medicine shop."
As soon as Wang Cunye saw the pine cone, he immediately believed it. This thing cannot deceive anyone. Nowadays, no one pays to collect the pine cones. Mountain people will not risk going to the top of the mountain for the pine cones. They must go there to collect medicine.
"It's a medicine shop, and we also met golden monkeys. They came down from the top of the mountain to look for Aling..." Wang Susu told the story with her eyebrows dancing.
"Your trip was not in vain. Your sister-in-law and I felt very itchy after hearing this." Wang Qingwen said cheerfully.
"Then let's go together next year to catch up with the Medicine King Meeting."
Chen Ling has nothing to say, just go. In his eyes, the most important thing is family and friends. Nothing else matters. If something happens, you can put it aside.
“Okay, okay, let’s have the Medicine King Meeting next year.”
"One of the Dragon Boat Festival and the Double Ninth Festival will catch up, hahaha."
Smiling, Chen Ling opened the buckwheat honey and let them taste it. This strange honey with the smell of feet made them happy. People frowned and laughed in surprise, and there was a lot of excitement when a family sat together.
……
It rained all day and all night.
Fortunately, the next two days will be sunny, and the autumn harvest will soon follow.
During the autumn harvest, every household is busy without touching the ground, but it only lasts about ten days.
After harvesting peanuts, corns, soybeans and other crops, and then releasing the crop poles and planting wheat, farmers will usher in a long period of slack.
The village has been busy these days. Only Chen Ling helped several families break off the corn and then had nothing to do.
Every day I am either walking around with cattle and sheep, or wandering on the field ridge with two dogs.
Whenever someone was breaking corn stalks or chopping corn stalks, he would stroll over there with his dog.
When the rabbits, pheasants, etc. in the corn field are disturbed and rush out, the two dogs will be dispatched. They will catch one accurately and the other accurately. In half a day, it will be a great harvest.
Even if pheasants can fly, they cannot escape their pursuit.
Although these pheasants can fly, they mostly stay in groups in autumn, with several of them getting together.
Flocks of pheasants are very courageous. They are so numerous that they will not fly away immediately even if they are frightened.
Instead, they will first keep their heads down, get into the grass, and run wildly in the lush grass. Taking advantage of the environment, they can quickly get rid of the enemy.
Pheasants can fly and run, and they can run very fast.
Even if they don't fly, ordinary dogs can't catch them by just running. Because in the crop fields, the vines are tangled and the grass is deep, so dogs can't run them. Unless it's a wheat field where wheat has just been planted, dogs can't catch them. Opened up and chased.
But this was not a problem for Hei Wa and Xiao Jin. They ran into the crop fields and got into the grass, and they were captured in three strikes.
Whenever this happens, Chen Ling will give someone two of the pheasants or rabbits that escaped from someone's field.
He made the other party happy, and he also gained a lot.
The eggs are all disposed of when they are sold. Even if there is food left at home, there are not many left.
In a few days, these pheasants and rabbits can be sold at the market for a lot of money.
In addition, wild geese also arrived one after another as in previous years, flying back and forth between the reservoir and Shanzhong Lake. Chen Ling would use his gun to shoot wild geese from time to time.
Chasing with dogs and shooting with guns, there will naturally be no harvest. Since the beginning of the autumn harvest, Chen Ling’s family has eaten the wild geese stewed in iron pots several times in a row.
The villagers are very envious.
There are even many people who have dogs or female dogs at home. Seeing this situation, they can't help but prepare for the autumn harvest and find Chen Ling's Heiwa to mate with a dog.
Having two good dogs, I don’t ask for much else. At least I can be like Chen Ling, chasing rabbits and catching two pheasants. This guy will live a rich life.
……
The buds were broken off, the poles were chopped down, and the fields became empty.
The air in the mountains is good. On a clear autumn day, the blue sky and white clouds complement each other. Standing on a high slope and looking around, you can have a panoramic view of the entire ravine.
The work in the village was completely over, the fields were no longer covered by crops, and the uncle and his family had sent them away. Chen Ling and his father-in-law carried buckets and long bamboo poles up the mountain to find honey.
Half of the wild honey harvested from the forest farm was used to make wine. Wang Qingwen’s family took some away, and there was not much honey left at home.
In addition, it is also for my father-in-law to come out and relax.
As the saying goes, it smells good when you are far away, but it smells bad when you are near. The old man missed his two little grandsons so much when he didn't see them, but when the two little ones came over, they only played for seven or eight days before they were very annoyed.
Typical thinking when you don’t see it, and yelling when you see it.
After being annoyed for a few days, today I have to follow Chen Ling out to get some air, take the dog to the mountains to play, collect some honeycombs, and relax.
They said they were collecting honeycombs, but in fact, Chen Ling knew that the old man wanted to wander around the mountains and collect some herbs.
I told him about Lao Xing and those people a few days ago, and he couldn't sit still again.
Recently, it is almost entering late autumn, and the medicinal materials are just picking some wild chrysanthemums, digging some kudzu and wild yam, and not much else.
There are too many wild beasts to even go into the mountains.
Weng and son-in-law were walking towards the west mountain. They didn't go far when the little yellow dog started barking and ran towards the stream in front of them.
The little yellow dog loves to play and is always startled, but it is not as smart as Heiwa Xiaojin, so the two of them ignored it.
Today I took it up the mountain to play, while Heiwa Xiaojin stayed at the farm to look after the house.
Anyway, they brought guns and steel forks and so on, so they just hung around the outside and didn't go far.
That's enough.
Unexpectedly, the little yellow dog kept barking in front, and at the same time there was a squeaking sound, which was full of panic and fear.
“Is this movement from wild geese?”
Chen Ling’s ears twitched, thinking that this unlucky child might be able to catch wild geese now.
The father-in-law frowned and listened, "It should be so, it sounds similar to me."
The two walked over and took a look, and saw the little yellow dog staring at the stream with vigilance. The grass growled.
Perhaps sensing someone coming, there was a violent flapping in the grass, and feathers flew out.
Chen Lingyi was a brave man. When he took a look at the tall and lush weeds, he was stunned for a moment. This was not a wild goose. It was clearly a red-crowned crane.
Red forehead, long mouth, slender black neck, white feathers, and a pair of long legs like bamboo poles. Beautiful figure, elegant and moving.
After Wang Cunye saw clearly what it was, he even shouted: "His grandma, this is a crane."
As he spoke, he slapped the little yellow dog angrily: "Why did you catch a crane?"
"Hey, no, this crane has injured its leg and can't fly."
I saw that the leg of this red-crowned crane was covered with a noose. I don't know who put the noose here. The wings of the red-crowned crane were also injured in the struggle, and the white wings were dyed red.
"It's injured, but there are other situations here. Dad, let's take this crane back and give it some medicine. Come back in two days to find the beehive."
Chen Ling stared at the mark on the wet mud not far from the water flow, and couldn't tell whether he should be happy or helpless.
"What's wrong? What's the matter? Find a honeycomb and come back in two days?"
"Well, look, the leopard's footprints here are very obvious, very fresh, and they are heat tracks. This leopard must have been moving nearby before returning to its deep mountain forest. It's better not to go up the mountain when there are few people. "
Chen Ling said, pointing to a row of plum blossom footprints on the wet mud. The footprints were intertwined with a series of large and scattered bird paw prints, which were extremely obvious.
(End of this chapter)