After having lunch and taking a short rest, the group continued towards the top of the mountain.
On the way, we passed a relatively flat leeward platform, and Cheng Yuliang said that this was a very suitable place for setting up a tent.
But it was still early before the sun went down, and the children were still thinking about playing in the water, so Xu Suizhu asked everyone to unload their tents and backpacks here.
"Just leave the things here. No one else is coming at this point, so there is no need to leave anyone to guard it. Let's pack lightly and go to Longdukou to play for a while."
"How about I stay?" One of the young men who followed Cheng Yuliang looked at the brand new tent and the large and small luggage. He was more worried than Xu Suizhu, "There are so many things, no one can look at them, don't worry.
Besides, if you’re sleeping outdoors at night, you’ll have to collect some firewood to light a bonfire.”
Xu Suizhu wanted to say that the tent cannot be lost. Not to mention the positioning function of top-notch technological products produced by high-end literary stars, even if someone takes it away without entering their fingerprints in advance, they will not be able to open it if they want to use it.
But what he said makes sense. If you have to sleep outdoors at night, you must cook some hot food and build a bonfire.
"Okay, thank you for your hard work."
"It's not hard work!" The young man scratched his head with a smile, "If it weren't for Teacher Xu's support, I wouldn't be able to graduate from junior high school."
A few years ago, Keshan encountered a mudslide, and all the schools in the village were submerged by mudslides.
If Xu Suizhu had not taken the lead in establishing the "Yudao Educational Aid Foundation" and donated money to Keshan Village to help them build a primary school and junior high school, children as old as Cheng Yuliang in the village would have definitely dropped out of school and gone out.
Those who work part-time work, and those who work in agriculture work in agriculture.
Unlike now, everyone has a junior high school diploma, and if they have good grades, they can go to a high school in the town. Tuition, miscellaneous fees, and book fees are all paid for by the Yutao Foundation. Those who are admitted to college also receive scholarships and grants.
In a word: Xu Suizhu treated the people of Keshan like a benevolent and reborn person.
It's just that with their abilities, they never had the chance to repay this kindness. Now that they can do something for their benefactor, it's too late to be happy.
Xu Suizhu really didn't expect that the small kindness he did at the beginning would be remembered by the people of Keshan to this day.
"How many strong laborers like you are there in the village? What kind of work do you usually do? Are you willing to work here? I am short of people."
The young man said happily: "Yes! Of course I do! But we don't want money." How can you get money to repay a favor?
"As long as you are willing to come, I will draw up the labor contract. It doesn't matter what you say. Yu Liang, you are responsible for this matter. Please remind me when you get back."
"Okay!" Cheng Yuliang agreed, and then punched the young man with a smile: "Follow Teacher Xu and work hard to repay your kindness."
The young man touched his head and felt silly and happy.
He was left to guard the luggage and collect firewood, while the others continued over the mountain to Longyin Ferry.
Fortunately, locals often visit this hilltop and have already found a relatively easy path. Even the little ones can walk on their own and insist on not letting adults hold them.
It's not much of a walk from Longyin Waterfall to the top of the mountain, so Xu Suizhu slowed down and stopped walking, so that the two little ones could keep up with the adults.
Finally climbed to the top of the mountain, the children were very excited.
Little Baozi formed a trumpet shape with his hands and shouted at the bottom of the mountain: "Hey--"
Echoes came from the quiet valley.
"I want to play too." Little Baozi followed him around, shouting "Yo hey" and "Yo hey" non-stop.
Xu Suizhu said speechlessly: "It's almost done. If your throat hurts, don't cry."
While the children were playing happily, she looked around and found a hemp walnut tree.
August is the season when walnuts enter the maturity stage. This hemp walnut tree is obviously old, with a thick trunk, straight branches and luxuriant leaves.
Xu Suizhu stood on tiptoe but could not reach the bottom branch, so he had to use his hiking stick to hook one of the branches and pluck one.
"The walnuts from this tree are not delicious, and the meat is small and astringent." Cheng Yuliang saw her picking walnuts and thought she wanted to eat them. He came over and scratched his head to explain, "Otherwise there would be leftovers somewhere, like the wild walnut forest at the foot of the mountain.
, it was bald before it was fully cooked.”
"This is not an ordinary walnut. Have you ever heard of Wenwan walnut?"
While Xu Suizhu was talking to him, she found the folding fruit knife that came with her bag and peeled off the green skin of the walnut.
Fortunately, the skin is thin and easy to peel off, and after a while, the walnut's face is revealed.
Cheng Yuliang saw Wen playing with walnuts on TV: "Is it the one that a person with status puts his hand on and turns it with his palm? I thought it was made of big walnuts. Is there a special tree here?"
Xu Suizhu was amused by his wording: "Of course, the hemp walnut tree is also called the Wenwan walnut tree. It is generally not used for eating, but for playing and collecting."
"Just like olives are generally not used for eating, but are used to extract oil? No wonder!" Cheng Yuliang patted his head.
How did the locals know this? It was clearly a walnut tree, but the kernels were small and tasted astringent. They thought it was a bad variety. For so many years, no one took it seriously, and even birds flying over were unwilling to stop for it.
Xu Suizhu realized that the photon bee responsible for the close shot was nearby, so he simply gave Wenwan Walnut a super clear close-up.
She was lucky and picked one at random. It turned out to be the best-looking lion's head with a dull point. The pile was short and thick-sided, and the point was small and blunt. In later generations, it was known as the "King of Spa Walnuts".
She looked up at this wild hemp walnut tree. She didn't know how old it was, but thinking about it, it must have been a few years ago. At least she could barely wrap her arms around it by stretching out her arms.
Cheng Yuliang said: "I don't know if it is hundreds of years old, but the tree must be several decades old. I remember following my grandfather up the mountain when I was seven or eight years old. Every time I came here, he would hold on to this walnut tree and recall the time when I married him.
In the scene of my grandma, I said that when I was building furniture, I thought about cutting down this walnut tree to make a chest of drawers, but unfortunately it grew on the top of a mountain and it was too difficult to transport it back, so I let it go..."
Xu Suizhu was extremely lucky that Grandpa Cheng did not have the intention to cut it down, otherwise the cultural and art industry would have lost a batch of collectible cultural and art walnuts.
She has thought about the next batch of Keshan local products to be put on the shelves, Wenwan Walnut Station C.
Among the netizens watching the live broadcast, there were many who knew Wenwan Walnut. They immediately picked up the campus phone and called their elders at home:
"Grandpa, Keshan discovered a wild hemp walnut tree, and the wenwan walnuts it produces are in good condition. Every one I see is bigger than the pair you collected..."
"Then what are you waiting for! Hurry up and buy a pair for grandpa. If you don't have enough money, ask your dad for them."
"...Well, I don't know if my boss will sell it."
"What are you not selling? You are just teasing me!"
"..." I'm just happy to see it, so I want to say something to you...
Then I thought: The souvenir shop next door has no new products at all, why is he happy?
Maybe the boss wants to keep it for himself and not sell it.
I returned to the computer with my head drooped, and let's continue watching the live broadcast...