Chapter 118: Ancient Village in the Deep Mountain II
The skinny old man invited Yang Guang to have dinner at his house before leaving. The skinny old man was the eldest man in the village and also the village chief.
Is it still early for dinner? Yang Guang was surprised.
We started in the morning and walked for a long time, and we had dinner at around three o'clock in the afternoon?
Later, Yang Guang learned that people in his village only had two meals a day.
Get up in the morning and work in the fields for a while, then have breakfast at noon. After the meal, you go to do some farm work, and then have dinner at three o'clock in the afternoon.
It's time for dinner now.
Because there are less than ten households in the village, there are even fewer adult men, and everyone in the village is related by relatives, so even if the old man calls all the men in the village to go home to accompany Yang Guang, it is just
A big table has just been filled.
When Yang Guang saw that the old man was indeed very sincere in asking him to stay for dinner, he had no choice but to refuse. The other men who were sunbathing by the wall also looked forward to accompanying Yang Guang.
You must know that no outsiders have visited this small village for several years.
Yang Guang followed the old man to his home, and the other men followed behind.
"Old woman, kill the chicken, we have a visitor." The old man shouted from a distance before he got home.
When the old man led everyone to his home, the business of entertaining Yang Guang officially started.
The old man’s wife was chasing chickens all over the yard. The old man’s family only had four or five chickens in total.
The old man himself took down a hanging object from the beam on top of the stove in the house. It was black and about the size of half a brick.
The old man scraped off the black ash with a kitchen knife, cut it into more than a dozen pieces and steamed it in a pot.
The old man proudly told Yang Guang that this was wild boar meat that he had smoked a few years ago. Nowadays, wild boar is very rare in the mountains. It is only during the Chinese New Year that every member of the family is given a thin slice.
Everyone also brought rabbits, mushrooms, fungus, Hericium, etc. from their respective homes.
Women from the whole village came over to help cook, choose vegetables, etc. It can be said that the whole village was busy here to entertain Yang Guang.
Seeing everyone's enthusiasm, Yang Guang felt a little sorry. He pretended to go to the toilet and took some cans and other food from his ring world.
Finally, a large table was set up in the old man's yard. There were a dozen large porcelain bowls placed on the table.
These coarse porcelain bowls contain smoked wild boar, smoked fish, stewed rabbit and other unique mountain delicacies. They are good things that you can't buy in the city no matter how much money you spend.
Finally, the old man squatted under an old tree in the yard. He used his rough hands to pull up the soil on the ground. When a layer of soil was gently pushed away, several clay pots buried under the soil were revealed.
Suddenly, Xiao Hei at Yang Guang's feet yelled "woof" at the old man and ran to the clay pot in three or two steps.
The old man was so frightened that he trembled.
Yang Guang's heart skipped a beat. You must know that Xiao Hei won't scream when nothing happens. Could it be that he has a "genius"?
Yang Guang hurried over to comfort the old man and observed a few Guanzi.
The old man doesn't care about his head.
These are several clay pots whose mouths are tightly tied with cloth and rope.
The old man took out one of them, patted the soil on it, and unsealed it, and a refreshing aroma of wine hit his nostrils.
But obviously, wine cannot be a "genius treasure". There must be other things in other jars.
Yang Guang asked casually.
The old man laughed loudly, proudly picked up a jar from the bottom, patted the dust on it, and unsealed it.
The moment the seal was released, Yang Guang felt a strong aura of heaven and earth.
Inside the clay pot are bundles as thick as an arm wrapped in homespun cloth.
The old man opened one of the packages. Ganoderma lucidum.
I opened another package, wild ginseng.
Although these things are not priceless outside, they are definitely not cheap. However, the old man didn't care, and instead showed it to Yang Guang very proudly.
It turns out that these things were discovered and accumulated by the old man when he was hunting and grazing in the mountains for many years.
Although these things are very good, they can only be called rare medicinal materials. They are not "genius treasures".
Finally, the old man took out a slightly larger bundle and began to peel it off layer by layer.
Yang Guang felt it, this was the real owner.
The other men in the village had already gathered around. Although the old man showed it to Yang Guang generously, when the people in his village wanted to see these things, the old man was very stingy, otherwise he would not bury them in the tree.
It's down. It can be said that people in the village can see these things because they are exposed to Yang Guang's light.
When the baggage was gradually unpacked, the true face of this treasure was revealed.
This is something similar to ginseng, but it is much longer than ginseng, as long as a chopstick, and its whiskers are much shorter than ginseng. The whole thing is pink, and there are tiny gold particles dotted on it.
Everyone looked at the old man with surprised and questioning eyes.
The old man twirled his beard proudly.
"Second Master, this is Ada, what is it used for?" One of the middle-aged men asked the old man what it was.
But the old man shook his head, it turned out that he didn't know him either.
It turned out that he accidentally discovered this when he went hunting in the mountains in his early years and spent the night in a cave. For so many years, he had kept it with Ganoderma lucidum and ginseng, but he didn’t know what it was. He had been depressed for so many years, thinking
Know what it is.
At this moment, Yang Guang was already overwhelmed with thoughts. Mu was exactly one of the formulas for refining the "Benefiting Beast Pill".
In addition to being used to refine elixirs, these "genius treasures" that Yang Guang is looking for actually have various other effects. In addition to being one of the formulas for refining the "Blessing Beast Pill", wood also has the functions of life and death.
, flesh and bones, the effect of treating miscellaneous diseases. Just a thin slice can save a dying person.
Yang Guang wants this thing, but he doesn't know how to ask for it. Because it is too precious, even thousand-year-old ginseng is not enough.
The old man showed it off, then carefully wrapped these things, placed them in a jar, and covered them with soil.
Finally, Yang Guang picked up the newly opened wine jar and placed it on the table. Yang Guang opened the cans he sponsored and took out a few more boxes of cigarettes.
The banquet officially began, and all the men in the village sat around the table.
The old man poured a bowl of turbid old wine for everyone.
Everyone and Yang Guang picked up their wine bowls.
Yang Guang didn't realize that while he was drinking from a bowl, no one else was in a hurry to drink. They all looked at Yang Guang.
Yang Guang took a sip. Although the wine was mixed, it had a refreshing aroma. It was not spicy but had a sweet taste.
"Good wine" Yang Guang couldn't help shouting, although he was not an alcoholic.
At this moment, everyone, especially the old man, showed a relaxed expression on their faces, fearing that Yang Guang, a distant guest, would not be used to drinking and look down on their home-brewed local wine.
Seeing Yang Guang put down the wine bowl, everyone picked up the bowl and took a sip.
"Tsk" Everyone made a drunken sound in their mouths and closed their eyes slightly, looking like they were enjoying themselves very much.
Yang Guang enthusiastically picked up a piece of smoked wild boar meat. It was an indescribably mellow, fat meat that melted in your mouth. It was thin but very chewy, with a taste of wildness and time.
But everyone was full of praise for the canned lunch meat, canned anchovies, etc. that Yang Guang brought.
The men in the village began to ask Yang Guang many questions about the outside world.
"What do you people outside the mountains do every day? They also farm in the sun and drink glutinous rice every day." One of the short men asked.
"You know what? People outside the mountains, in addition to farming and basking in the sun every day, they also listen to a kind of drama in a box." A tall man said, and gestured as he spoke, and Yang Guang understood what he was talking about.
radio.
Except for the fact that an examination team accidentally came here a few years ago, this tall man once went to the nearest town to sell mountain goods when he was young. Therefore, this man is also considered the most knowledgeable in the entire village.
people.
Therefore, this man, representing all the men in the village, asked Yang Guang many questions, such as how big is Xiping, how far is it from them, what does he usually do, and so on.
The entire banquet was warm and cheerful, allowing Yang Guang to fully feel their enthusiasm and simplicity.
They also enjoyed the cigarettes and cans that Yang Guang brought.
Especially since no one had visited this small village for so many years, they were very happy and welcomed Yang Guang's arrival.
While the men were having a banquet, the women also gathered around and listened to the conversation between Yang Guang and the men from a distance.
There were also children gathered around curiously playing with Yang Guang's backpack, engineer shovel and other items.
Finally, the women brought a basket of cakes made of coarse grains as a staple food.
Finally, when the men finished their meal, the women took off the table and staple food and started eating next to them with the children.
The men accompanied Yang Guang to drink tea made from tree leaves. But when he saw that the old man was also cautious, Yang Guang knew that the old man was also very precious.
The men were all enthusiastic and had a great time chatting with Yang Guang, but they still had no desire to return home.
It was not until night, when it was completely dark, that everyone left one after another.
Yang Guang gave each man a pack of cigarettes and a box of cans, and everyone couldn't help but be grateful. In fact, the delicacies and game they entertained Yang Guang were worth much more than the cans of cigarettes.
This skinny old man advised Yang Guang to stay at his home for a night before leaving.
Yang Guang was not in a hurry to leave because he had something on his mind.
After everyone left, Yang Guang lit another cigarette with the old man, and the old man took a nice puff. The smell of the cigarette was much more mellow than their local cigarettes. I had no wish.
"Oh, is this a big deal? Will you take it with you when you leave tomorrow?" The old man said cheerfully, "I didn't know it was a big deal anyway."
Yang Guang was stunned. He didn't expect the old man to be so cheerful. It can't be eaten alive, but it can't be eaten directly, otherwise it will be highly poisonous. Although the old man doesn't know the value of this thing, Yang Guang doesn't intend to act against his conscience.
Under the nest.
Yang Guang slowly told the old man the value of this thing.
The old man was stunned for a while, he didn't expect this thing to be so valuable.
"I told you to bring it with you, so you should bring it with you. Didn't you say that this thing is highly poisonous if you eat it directly? I won't use it anyway, so keeping it here is useless. I have picked this thing up for decades.
Well, today I know that it is a piece of shit, so I am very satisfied." The old man said happily. Mu.
Because this thing must be processed with special techniques before it can be used. This technique is indeed unique to cultivators, and it cannot be taught to the old man. Therefore, staying here with the old man is indeed useless, and there is also a certain danger.
It's expensive, so I can't take your things for free." Yang Guang said that he could take the old man's things for free. "Look at what you need, and I'll call for you."
"If I ask you to bring it with you, just bring it with you. You won't be short of anything." The old man thought for a moment.
"That cigarette of yours, how do you smoke it? Can you leave two more boxes for me?" the old man said sheepishly.
Yang Guang quickly took out all the cigarettes and gave them to the old man. The old man showed satisfaction. The value of the sacred tree is incomparable. Not only can the wood be used to prepare the "Benefiting Beast Pill", but it can also be used to prepare many other elixirs.
Yang Guang only needs a finger-sized section to prepare the "Biushi Dan", and the remaining large section can bring unknown benefits to Yang Guang. Just imagine, if a rich and powerful person suffers from a terminal illness, and the value of returning wood is too great,
I'm afraid these boxes of cigarettes can't compare with mine. Do you think your old man has any other needs?" Yang Guang said sincerely.
"Look at you kid, you are a real person. If you didn't tell me, how would you know this thing is so valuable?" the old man said, "but it's really useless to keep it. Besides, it's poisonous. You'd better take it with you."
superior."
"To be honest, I do have another idea, but you can't help me much, so let's forget it." The old man said melancholy.
"Uncle, tell me, maybe I can find a way." Yang Guang said eagerly.
"I've lived here all my life. I'm used to it and don't want to go out. The other adults also have the same idea." The old man paused. "But there are still a few children in the village, and some of them are very cute."
How many years old can't even recognize a word? Well, everyone in this village is blind."