Chapter 120 Borrowing trees to evolve, [Mountain Spirit Earth Statue] grows!
With the shouts of loudspeakers in the village.
The villagers in Zhaojia Village gathered in front of their homes and listened to the village chief's voice from the loudspeaker.
Some villagers who were doing farm work in the fields also dropped their hoes and pickaxes and stopped to listen.
In the middle of listening, many villagers came to the door of the village committee.
The village chief finished shouting and was shocked when he walked out of the village committee.
"What are you doing here?" Village Chief Zhao looked at all the villagers in Zhaojia Village and asked in confusion.
"Village Chief, is our village really going to build roads?"
"Really dragging down Xiaohao's luck? Then, that wealthy businessman really wants to build roads for us!"
Looking at the enthusiastic and expectant eyes of the villagers, Village Chief Zhao nodded heavily: "I said clearly through the loudspeaker that our village is indeed going to build roads, and it is Zhang Hao's fault. That wealthy businessman built roads in our village just for Xiao Hao’s sake!”
"Great! This road in our village has been broken for many years, and now it is finally going to be repaired."
"But the road in our village gets washed away when it rains and becomes full of potholes. It's easy to fall if you're not careful. It's too dangerous."
"If asphalt roads are built in the future, then you will no longer have to worry about rain. Now you can run as you like!"
"Of course, Xiao Hao is such a good boy. Not only is he capable, he woke up Wang Lin with three hammers, and now he even asks a wealthy businessman to build roads in our village. This boy is really a good boy."< br>
"Hey, any of you who said that Xiao Hao has no future before are now dumbfounded. Xiao Hao is now the great hero of our village!"
"I didn't say it. Even if I did, go and apologize to Xiao Hao. It's nothing, right?"
"Let's go! For such a big thing, why don't we thank Zhang Hao properly?"
"You're right, let's go!"
As they talked, the villagers gathered at the entrance of the village committee walked towards the Zhang family courtyard along the shabby dirt road in the village.
They stepped on the dirt road, but they were happy in their hearts, because soon the dirt road would turn into asphalt road!
When it becomes an asphalt road, it is easy for them to go to the fields, go out, or do anything else. How can they not be happy? How can they not be happy?
Not long after, all the villagers gathered in front of the Sanjin courtyard.
Zhang Hao and Li Siyu were stunned subconsciously when they saw so many villagers coming. It was obvious that they were not too prepared for this matter.
"Haozi, we are all here to thank you for letting that wealthy businessman build the road in our village!"
In the crowd, Gao Hai shouted loudly.
The villagers were also affected by the emotion, and discussions arose.
"Xiao Hao, thank you so much. Without you, we don't know when this broken road in our village will be repaired."
"That is to say, the broken road in our village will be over when it rains. If it weren't for Xiaohao, we would still have to walk on this broken road in the future."
"Xiao Hao, you are a great hero of our village."
"Xiao Hao, all the ladies have wrongly blamed you before. You are definitely not idle or doing nothing. I'm sorry..."
Zhang Hao and Li Siyu listened to these words, looked at the villagers with smiles on their faces, looked at each other, and then smiled.
"You guys don't need to be so polite. In fact, I just did what I could. After all, after my father passed away, you all took good care of me. By doing this, I can be considered as making some contribution to the village. ." Zhang Hao said with a smile.
"Xiao Hao, go to aunt's house to eat tonight, aunt will prepare delicious food for you!"
"Haozi, don't listen to your aunt, come to my house to eat, I will go back and kill the pig now!"
"Alas, why are you still taking advantage of this? Can you give others a chance!"
The villagers started talking again, and then they saw Gao Hai rolling his eyes and shouting: "Don't make any noise, please, don't make any noise, this way, Haozi will eat one family a day, and he will start from my house today!"
"Okay!"
"Then I have a second home, no one can take it from me!"
"My third home!"
"..."
Zhang Hao couldn't help but smile when he looked at the group of villagers in front of him. He felt a lot of emotion and at the same time a little proud. He was very happy to be able to do something practical for his fellow villagers and his hometown.
Li Siyu looked at him with a smile on his face, all kinds of emotions gathered in his eyes, and there seemed to be a hint of affection.
Nowadays, Zhang Hao is no longer as decadent as he once was when he drank excessively. He is even now deeply loved by the villagers. As a legitimate fiancée, she can't help but feel even more happy.
……
Early the next morning.
Zhang Hao put the wicker chair in his pocket and came to Yaqian Town.
After Liang Jianzhong learned the news, he rushed over immediately.
"Brother Zhang, why did you come to town today?" Liang Jianzhong asked with a smile, still holding his cane with both hands.
Zhang Hao didn't hide it either: "I came today just to see that tree."
"There were experts present yesterday, but we didn't take a good look at it. I plan to come over and take a closer look today."
Liang Jianzhong just nodded: "So that's it, then I'll accompany Brother Zhang for a walk."
The two got in the car and went straight to the Yaqian Town Botanical Garden.
When he arrived at the Botanical Garden, Zhang Hao was not in the mood to see other scenery and went straight to the Putuo hornbeam.
The two came to the tree again.
The Putuo hornbeam tree with withered leaves is still isolated by a barrier. There are also some cameras placed around the old tree. The scene is the same as what I saw yesterday.
Compared with yesterday, today there are some signs of yellowing on the leaves of this Putuo hornbeam tree.
Sure enough, this ancient tree has reached its final stage, or it may be said that this ancient tree has a short life. If those experts cannot come up with a cure, I believe that within half a month, this ancient tree will be completely dead.
Of course, those experts couldn't come up with any useful methods. As a mountain walker, Zhang Hao knew that the age of this ancient tree was approaching, and even if he tried all methods, he might not be able to save it.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sigh with regret.
"Brother Zhang, do you also think it would be a pity if this ancient tree died like this?" Liang Jianzhong sighed with regret.
Zhang Hao nodded: "Yes, this ancient tree has experienced nearly a thousand years, and has witnessed too much."
"Everything in the world will eventually die. Just take a good look at it before it dies completely." Liang Jianzhong was very open-minded.
After all, he is a twilight old man, and his years of experience have told him that death is a matter of sooner or later.
Looking for medicine everywhere is just to prolong life and stay in this world longer.
Mayor Zhou hired experts to treat this ancient tree, wouldn't it be the same?
However, there is really no possibility of saving this ancient tree. Zhang Hao looked at the ancient tree and said, "Mr. Liang, I want to take a closer look."
Liang Jianzhong was stunned for a moment and nodded: "I will explain it to Mayor Zhou. Brother Zhang, just look closer."
The tree is almost dead anyway, so it won’t affect anything if you look closer. And even if the tree is in good condition, with Liang Jianzhong’s status, it’s okay to take people to see it.
Zhang Hao said no more, put his hands in his pockets, silently held the wicker chair, then pulled open the barrier in front of him and circled it around the soil of the ancient tree.
His plan was very simple, in the name of getting closer to see the ancient tree, he would scatter the [Shanling Earth Statue] in the soil, so that the [Shanling Earth Statue] could absorb as much rootless soil as possible for growth.
As for the monitoring matter, he also made two-hand preparations. The first-hand preparation was to find Mr. Liang Jianzhong. With him here, Mayor Zhou would be able to explain it more easily. The second-hand preparation was to use observation and monitoring. The camera is positioned with your back facing away.
Besides, he didn't step into the soil of the ancient tree. He was just looking around. The trunk of the ancient tree was still several meters away. Even if he was caught on camera, he would have a reason.
Having made up his mind, Zhang Hao reached into the wicker chair and held the [Shanling Clay Statue] with his hand.
Immediately, its characteristics unfolded, and as long as it was held, it immediately turned into a handful of sand-like fine soil.
Then, Zhang Hao took his hand out of his pocket and walked along the edge casually, but silently scattered all the fine soil into the soil.
Next, he would wait a week for the [Shanling Earthen Statue] to re-transform into the [Shanling Earthen Statue], and then he would come again, and then he would take the opportunity to look at the trees. Just use the wicker chair to take away the [Shanling Clay Statue].
The entire opportunity currently does not seem to have any obvious loopholes, and it is too implementable. Moreover, even if there is suspicion on oneself afterwards, there is no evidence, and there is no need.
Anyway, this ancient tree will be almost dead in a week. By then, who will care whether he has been around the ancient tree?
Of course, since there is no ginseng to carry the sedan chair, this [Shanling Earth Statue] will not run away on its own. It has no such function at all, so it can only stay in the nearby soil.
As for being poached by others?
That's even more impossible. Without the Guling Basket, no one can do anything. Because as soon as you touch it, it turns into fine soil and you can't take it away at all.
Therefore, except for the unique mountain walker, no one in the world has the ability to take him away.
Therefore, Zhang Hao, as the only mountain walker in the world, did not panic at all.
After finishing this matter, Zhang Hao pretended to squat down, looked at the soil under his feet, then stood up again, with his hands behind his back, as if he was regretful, walked out of the barrier and returned to Liang Jianzhong's side.
"Brother Zhang, what can you see?" Liang Jianzhong always thought that he was very capable. Today he came to the botanical garden to look at the ancient trees. Maybe there is some way to cure them.
Zhang Hao shook his head and said nothing.
Seeing this, Liang Jianzhong did not ask any further questions. He just silently looked at this ancient tree, which was only two left in the world, and remained silent.
After a while, the two got into their cars and left the botanical garden.
……
Time flies by, and in the blink of an eye, five days have passed.
Yaqian Town Botanical Garden.
Two Hongqi commercial vehicles were parked outside the Botanical Garden.
Liu Hanzhong, Wang Jinhai and others got out of the car accompanied by Mayor Zhou.
The faces of several people were not very good, and they were gloomy and solemn.
In the past six days, the most talked about thing was how to deal with this tree.
Two days ago, Liu Hanzhong advocated saving this tree and wanted to try various methods to save this Putuo hornbeam.
But immediately, he discovered that no matter what method he adopted, there was no way to save the tree. Simply put, there was no possibility of saving the tree. Even if it was forcibly transplanted, it would not survive.
Therefore, for the next four days, they discussed what to do with the tree.
To cut it off? Or should we just let the tree stay like this until it dies?
Either way is a difficult choice for them, and it is also something unacceptable.
Among them, the most unacceptable is Mayor Zhou.
Seeing that the old leader will return to town and his hometown tomorrow, he will definitely come to the Botanical Garden to take a look at this Putuo hornbeam.
If the old leader sees that the tree is dead, he will not want to take this line in the future, and his career will be difficult to predict.
And his term is coming soon.
But what can he do in this current situation? Experts from the province came and conducted tests and discussions for several days, and finally came to the conclusion that the tree must be disposed of. No matter how hard they tried, it was impossible to save it.
Apart from going with the flow and accepting it, is there any other way he can do it?
There is no other way.
And today, they came here just to observe and discuss how to deal with this ancient tree that was about to die.
The group of people walked in silence all the way to the Putuo Hornbeam, which was protected by layers of layers.
Go around the barrier, walk in front of this Putuo hornbeam, and step on the soft soil.
Liu Hanzhong put on his white gloves, gently placed his hands on the tree trunk, looked up at the ancient tree in front of him, and couldn't help but sigh.
Thousands of words gathered in this sigh.
Qian Kun put his hands behind his back: "Old Liu, as I say, just put this ancient tree here and let it... let it die."
Liu Hanzhong nodded: "If it really doesn't work, we can only...this is the only way."
Wang Jinhai did not interfere in the conversation between the two. He squatted down, gently twisted the soil with his fingers, put it in front of his nose and smelled it like an occupational disease.
Immediately afterwards, his expression paused, his brows furrowed slightly, and his nose twitched twice.
Then, he moved closer to the ancient tree, picked up a little soil with his fingers, put it in front of his nose and smelled it again.
"That's not right..." He murmured, this time with a hint of certainty in his tone.
When Liu Hanzhong and Qian Kun heard this, they subconsciously turned to look at him.
"Old Wang, what's wrong?"
"What's wrong? What did you find?"
Wang Jinhai twisted the soil in his hand and thought carefully: "According to common sense, the soil here should be very nutritious and have excess nutrients."
"Yes, your previous judgment and the test results are all the same." Liu Hanzhong asked doubtfully, but his heart couldn't help but tremble.
Wang Jinhai dusted off the soil in his hand and said as if he was puzzled: "But now the soil here seems to be nutritionally deficient. It feels like all the nutrients have been absorbed?"
"How could... be like this?" Liu Hanzhong was stunned.
"Old Liu!"
Qian Kun shouted subconsciously.
Liu Hanzhong immediately turned his head.
I saw Qian Kun raising his hand high, pointing to the branches and leaves above the Putuo hornbeam, and exclaimed: "Old Liu, look at those leaves! Those withered and yellow leaves seem to have disappeared!"
(End of chapter)