The moon and stars are sparse, and the entire deep mountain seems to be covered with a layer of silver gauze.
Zhufeng touched the painful tiger's mouth, spitted into the palm of his hand, wiped it twice, then grabbed the ax handle, raised the ax with trembling hands, shouted softly, and struck down with the axe.
With two "clang" sounds, the firewood fell to the ground. Zhufeng slumped down and sat down. The last firewood was finally chopped.
He leaned against the woodpile, took out a piece of dried meat and chewed it.
The moonlight above the head is thin, and everything is quiet. Even the dog is sleeping soundly, smacking its mouth from time to time, as if dreaming of meat and bones.
After Zhufeng finished eating the dried meat, he stood up again and piled the scattered firewood against the wall. As he picked up the piles, his bent waist soon became unbearable and soon became sore.
It hurts.
He stretched his waist and stood up straight, rested for a while, and then immersed himself in piling firewood.
In the house, Old Man Xu was snoring like thunder. Zhufeng couldn't help but secretly thought that this old man was sleeping very well. He was snoring loudly outside, but the old man was sleeping soundly.
"Boss Zhui." Lao Huang opened the courtyard door with a creak and walked in lightly. "I heard that the sound disappeared, so I guess you have finished chopping."
"Why aren't you sleeping yet? Where are the others?"
"They couldn't sleep either. I was afraid of waking up the dog, so I let them stay alone." Lao Huang followed the pile of firewood, "My boss is exhausted from work, and he tells his helpers to sleep. What the hell is that?"
Zhufeng smiled and said, "You have your job, and I have my job, it's all the same."
Lao Huang sighed softly: "I don't know what this old man is going to do. He is hoeing weeds and chopping firewood, and he doesn't let us enter the yard to help. I think what Lao Wu said is right, he is deliberately teasing people."
"I didn't offend him. What did he do to me?" Zhufeng smiled.
"Some people are like this, with very weird tempers. Hey, Boss Zhu, you are too kind-hearted and only think of the best for people. I think we shouldn't waste time here. If we have this time to waste time, we might be able to find a few more."
Home."
"It's a rare encounter. Compared with the previous ones, this place can be called a medicinal field. Look at the medicinal materials grown there, they are all of good quality. The quality of the medicinal seeds also depends on the quality. Only good medicinal materials can produce good medicinal seeds.
, and only then can we grow good medicinal materials.”
Lao Huang nodded.
The two of them were busy for a while, and finally the pile of firewood was piled up. Zhufeng took a long breath and pointed outside. Then the two of them left the yard and went to the haystack to sleep.
Wu Da and others were discussing the future prospects of the medicine field. When they saw the two coming back, they all came up to greet them and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Boss Zhu." Zhufeng pressed his hands and motioned for everyone to sit down. A few people sat down and continued the discussion:
"Boss Zhu, what if the old man makes things difficult for us again tomorrow?" Wu Da was still holding a breath in his heart and spoke a little hastily.
Lao Huang advised him: "Being peaceful is the most important thing when you are away from home."
"Yeah, maybe it wasn't because of those two words you scolded that people sold us." Another person complained.
Wu Da frowned in displeasure, "It's really that old man who is so hateful. You didn't listen to what he said. What he said was not human at all. Isn't this asking for scolding?"
"Okay, let's not talk about it anymore. I know this well." Zhufeng persuaded with a smile: "I had no grudges with him in the past and have no grudges in recent times. He must not be in such a difficult situation for nothing. There must be some reason."
"Then what should we do now? Continue to grind with him tomorrow?"
Zhufeng beat his sore arms and yawned, "That's tomorrow. I don't care now, just go to bed."
The five of them had no choice but to find a place to lie down. It was also a tiring day and almost all of them fell asleep.
...
Zhufeng slept until the rooster crowed again, but was still woken up by Old Man Xu. He looked at the sky and saw that it was not yet midnight, and smiled: "Old man, you get up very early every day."
Old Man Xu snorted, "If we don't get up early, what will happen to those fields?" He threw a pole to Zhu Feng and said, "If Boss Zhu is still free today, then help the old man irrigate the newly planted fields."
Zhufeng was so tired these past two days that his back ached, but he still gritted his teeth and endured the pain to get up.
Wu Da, who was sleeping next to him, woke up. When he heard that Guantian was asked to do it again, he became furious. He got up and shouted at Old Man Xu: "Are you done yet?"
Old man Xu couldn't help but take a step back, wiped a handful of spittle Xingzi on his face, and said with an expressionless face, "If you want to stay here, I will find you some work. If you don't want to work, then go down the mountain early."
Wu Da's roar woke up the others. They got up one by one and watched Old Man Xu leave with sleepy eyes.
"What's wrong? What's going on?" one person asked.
Wu was so angry that he kicked the pole away and said, "Irrigation. I haven't even had time to irrigate the land at home, so I came here to irrigate it for him."
Several people looked at each other for a while, and finally Lao Huang said, "Chasing the boss, or forget it, let's go, just wasting it here is not an option."
"That's right, I think he didn't want to sell it at all. He just wanted us to work on purpose. From the beginning to the end, he never said he wanted to sell it to us." Another person advised.
Zhufeng pondered for a moment, then picked up the pole on the ground, "I'll see what else he can say after the land is filled with water." He wanted to see what kind of medicine the old man was selling in his gourd.
There were only two poles, so the six people took turns to come. There were four new medicine fields, almost six or seven acres. The six people picked up the excrement water in the cesspool until it almost reached the bottom, and then irrigated it all. Then they went to another field.
morning.
Hungry, hot, tired and thirsty, after working hard for two days, not only Wu Da, but also everyone else was feeling bad.
Wu Dage clenched his fists and gritted his teeth, "If he dares to play tricks this time, I will go and pull out all his medicine fields."
Zhufeng was also holding a breath in his heart. He just suppressed it and said nothing. But now, he felt that the time was almost here. He could no longer pretend to be a grandson. It was time to argue with the old man.
"Let's go meet him." Zhufeng took the lead and stood up. Old Huang and Wu Da and others followed, and a group of six people arrived in front of Old Man Xu's courtyard in a hurry. When they saw the closed courtyard door, even Zhufeng
Somewhat dumbfounded.
Lao Huang stepped forward and tried to push it. He was a little stunned and said, "Lock it."
"I've had enough of this old immortal." Wu cursed and rushed forward, kicking the courtyard door with a loud "bang". However, the courtyard door was not kicked open. Wu's atmosphere became anxious, and he
He kicked me several times to vent his anger.
Zhufeng couldn't stop him, so he quickly said to the others: "Hurry and catch him."
Although the other four people were also very angry, they still had to listen to what their boss said, so they stepped forward and pulled Wu D back.
Wu Da was dragged back, and he cursed harder and harder, "You old fool, you have the guts to open the door. If you don't open the door, believe it or not, I will pull out all the medicine fields of yours."
"Wu Da." Zhufeng's face turned cold, "Shut up."
Wu Da had never seen his boss speak so sternly before, so he felt a little frightened, groaned twice, turned around and squatted on the edge of the ground to sulk.
Zhufeng took a deep breath, his voice suddenly rose, and he said without being angry: "Old man, I respect you and sincerely want to buy medicinal seeds, so I have always treated you with courtesy.
Why are you testing me so many times and testing my bottom line? If it's just for the sake of medicine, it would be too much trouble.
Of course, if you really just want to tease Zhu, then Zhu will have no choice but to admit that you are unlucky and say goodbye."
Zhufeng waited for a moment before the courtyard door was slowly opened.
Old man Xu stood at the door of the courtyard, with his hands behind his back, he looked at Zhufeng for a few moments, and called: "Girl Lan, come out."