The birds that were chirping just now disappeared in an instant.
Where did the bird go? Xu Haiyuan and Han Zhenwen were horrified. What was going on?
At this time, Xu Chenghou also came over. He had also seen that scene not far away.
"Stay back and stay away."
Xu Chenghou took off his gun and held it up, telling the children to get behind him.
The children followed the instructions and retreated to Xu Chenghou's side, still staring at the half-green and half-red ginseng seeds.
At this moment, a chipmunk scurried over from the tree nearby.
I guess I also saw the ginseng seed, lingering nearby.
I saw the chipmunk nimbly climbing up a small tree as thick as an egg next to the ginseng.
When it climbed to about the same height as the ginseng hammer, it grabbed the small tree with its two claws and leaned out to eat the ginseng seeds.
Suddenly, the black shadow struck again like lightning, and the chipmunk squeaked and disappeared immediately.
The birds and chipmunks disappeared one after another, leaving Xu Chenghou and others dumbfounded. But at this moment, the deadbeat raised his head and bared his teeth in the air.
Xu Haiyuan looked in the direction of the scoundrel's teeth, and hey, the "trunk" as thick as an arm over there could actually move.
"It's a string of money. It's quite big."
Xu Haiyuan looked carefully and finally saw clearly that it was a big snake.
Half of his body was coiled on a big branch above the ginseng, and half of his body was sticking out like a dead branch, making it difficult for people to spot him.
When a small animal such as a bird or chipmunk wants to eat ginseng seeds, it launches a sudden attack and eats the small animal directly.
This is the story that people in the mountains often tell, the story of the spiritual snake protecting the ginseng.
In fact, snakes are not meant to protect ginseng, but are waiting for opportunities to prey on birds and small animals that come to eat ginseng seeds.
It is estimated that the deadbeat just discovered the snake, so he bared his teeth in warning.
However, at this moment, Xu Chenghou and others were in trouble. They saw the mallet right in front of them, but they could not take it.
The snake was entangled in the tree and refused to move away. Xu Chenghou and his four children did not dare to move rashly.
If you don't do it right, you might hurt the children.
If that's the case, it's better not to get rid of this ginseng.
Xu Chenghou was in a dilemma. He didn't know what to do. He didn't want the ginseng tree and left with the children.
It seems a little unwilling to give in. The ginseng tree seems to be quite big, and it will be a treasure if you don't make trouble.
They are not short of money now, but the old wild ginseng is getting less and less. They all have great uses, so they might as well keep it for Chu Xuanhuai to prepare medicine.
"Brother Jianguo, Brother Shuqing, you two go back with the scoundrel and come with my master and Uncle Zhao.
I estimate that Uncle Zhao can have some belongings for Fangshan, so let him bring them with him. Don't make any noise, just speak to them in a low voice."
Xu Haiyuan was smart and thought of an idea immediately.
The deadbeat knows the way and lets him lead it, so that Yang Jianguo and Huang Shuqing will not get lost.
If we go back and bring in reinforcements, it will be easier to deal with if there are more people. This snake can be scared away no matter what.
"Yes, yes, you two go find someone and move reinforcements." Xu Chenghou was right when he heard it. Sun Tzu's arrangement was quite reasonable.
Not to mention, the deadbeat is really clever.
Xu Haiyuan just patted its head and told it to lead the way to find someone. As expected, the scoundrel turned around and ran away.
Huang Shuqing and Yang Jianguo hurriedly followed and ran back.
Here, Xu Chenghou protected the two children and took a few steps back, putting away the gun.
Guns are useless against snakes. Xu Chenghou's shooting skills can't be said to be enough to blow a snake's head off with one shot.
So I simply put it away, took out the cigarette pot from my pocket, put a bag of cigarettes in it, and started smoking.
Xu Chenghou deliberately took a big puff of smoke and blew the smoke in the direction of the snake.
Sure enough, the big snake that had straightened its body just now and breathed out its messages to threaten people, after taking a few puffs of smoke, retracted its body and coiled itself on the tree.
It can be seen that it is a little afraid of smoke, but it is unwilling to give in, so it does not want to leave.
Xu Chenghou wasn't in a hurry, as long as the snake didn't move and didn't attack the child.
In this way, a snake was on the tree, an old man and two young children were on the ground, forming a confrontation situation, and no one was willing to give in.
There are so many mosquitoes in this forest. If a person moves, he or she is just a little bit bitten. But if a person stops, the black mass will rush straight up.
Xu Haiyuan remembered the incense given by his master and quickly took it out and lit it.
Cigarettes and birds, with a slight scent of medicine and flowers, lingered around the three of them.
It's strange, those mosquitoes seemed to have met their nemesis, and they immediately disappeared without a trace.
A gust of wind blew by, and the cigarette drifted towards the big snake on the tree.
I don't know if the snake was incense or something, but it was no longer coiled in the tree. It slid down the tree and disappeared in an instant.
Xu Chenghou breathed a sigh of relief. Who would have thought that the incense given by Chu Xuanhuai could scare the snake away.
However, they did not dare to be careless, for fear that the snake was still hiding in the nearby grass.
Xu Chenghou quickly went to get some branches and repaired them into a stick. He also put some cigarette oil in the cigarette pot and spread it on the top of the stick.
Then he took the stick and beat the surrounding grass and tree trunks.
After beating for a long time, he never saw the shadow of the big snake again. Xu Chenghou was relieved and came to the clump of wormwood.
In fact, ginseng is not as unique as the legend says. It is not like there is no grass growing around the big stick.
Xu Chenghou pushed aside the grass to reveal the ginseng tree in the middle. He carefully counted the leaves below and found that there were indeed six leaves.
In other words, they met a six-leaf tree.
"This deadbeat is really good. It can also find sticks. If we go into the mountains with it, can we make a fortune just by digging sticks?"
Xu Chenghou really didn't let the mountain go. Besides, he was here to watch the children work, and he didn't expect to meet wild ginseng. He didn't prepare any mallet locks at all. What should we do?
Han Zhenwen was still smart enough, and suddenly remembered that the belt around his waist was red.
Han Zhenwen is actually thirteen years old this year. According to local customs, this is called the natural year.
Adults call it Ben Ming Nian, and 13-year-old children call it Ben Ming Nian.
In this year, you should wear red pants and red socks. If you don’t have them, you can also wear a red belt.
The red belt is actually a piece of red cloth, just pass it through the nose of your pants and tie it up.
It is impossible to wear red pants and red socks every day, but the red belt is always tied around the waist.
Han Zhenwen gritted his teeth, untied and pulled off the red belt, tore off a small strip of red cloth from the top, went forward and tied it on the mallet.
There are green leaves all around, and the bright red strip of cloth is particularly conspicuous. Now, you don't have to worry about being dazzled and missing the mallet.
Just at this time, the scoundrel led Zhao Jianguo, Chu Xuanhuai and several others back here.
As soon as Chu Xuanhuai saw Xu Chenghou, he asked, "Old Xu, where is the long insect?"
"Let's go, prepare the incense to smoke out the insects and smoke them away."
Xu Chenghou laughed when he saw Chu Xuanhuai. No one expected that incense, which is good for mosquitoes and blind midges, would be effective against long insects.
"Come and take a look, here is a tree with six leaves."