Heilongjiang Province is particularly cold this year. It is only November now and everyone has put on thin coats.
Ningxia put on the sweater, and paired it with the tweed coat she bought last time, and stood in front of the mirror looking at herself happily.
Although other people may become darker and thinner, this does not happen in Ningxia. Even if she is exposed to the sun for a day, her skin will turn red, but after recovering, it will still be white and tender.
Because he eats well, he is no longer as thin as he was at the beginning. Now he looks like he has grown up. The person in the mirror smiled slightly, and the whole room was brightened.
It's not like there was no impact at all. Even with Ningxia's best protection measures, a thin layer of calluses still formed on my hands.
Now she applies a thick layer of cold cream every night before going to bed, hoping to recover her health during the idle days of winter.
Seeing that winter had arrived early this year, the team leader was afraid that life would be difficult, so he walked to Ren Jingxiao's house several times, but still did not have the courage to knock on the door.
Meanwhile, Ren Jingxiao was busy preparing medicinal herbs from the mountains. Chu Zhenyu came to him several times, wanting a root of wild ginseng, and the price was negotiable.
He thought about it and felt that he had received a lot of help from the other party over the years of cooperation. Since the other party had asked for his help, he might as well repay the favor.
The wild ginseng he had saved were quite old, and he was reluctant to part with them. Finally, after wandering around the mountain, he finally found a wild ginseng that was nearly a hundred years old.
This should be enough. After Ren Jingxiao finished preparing the ginseng, he thought of preparing other medicinal herbs that could be used as well, so as to have enough supplies to accompany Xia Xia through the winter.
While he was busy in the mountains, a few brave people in the village decided to sneak into the mountains.
The last time they went up the mountain, they didn't see any wild boars, tigers, or even a rabbit. The mountain wasn't as dangerous as they imagined.
It was a cold winter this year, and every household was short of firewood. If Ren Jingxiao didn't take them with him, they would go on their own.
A group of about ten people secretly went up the mountain without telling the captain. They brought a lot of tools, including not only sickles but also homemade crossbows.
The mountain was as calm as the last time they came. Not daring to delay, they walked a distance into the mountain and began to pick up dead branches on the ground.
Soon the cart he brought was filled to the brim, and so was his backpack. He started by picking only the thinnest items, but ended up picking only the thickest.
There was really no more to pick up, and looking at the dead branches all over the mountain, I felt a pity. If more people came, the whole team would have no shortage of firewood.
"Now that we're here, let's go inside. Let's catch some pheasants or something to take back. I don't think this place is as scary as the captain and the others say!"
Wu Dachun is a tall and strong man, and he is also the organizer of this trip up the mountain.
After hearing this, the others all responded and several of them walked into the deep mountains.
The further you go in, the taller the trees on the mountain are, and the less path there is for others to walk on.
Seeing the hare darting past him, Wu Dachun chased after it excitedly. After taking just two steps, he came face to face with a giant python coiled in a tree.
Wu Dachun was so frightened that he sat down on the ground. The people chasing him turned around and ran away. Wu Dachun was quicker than his brain and picked up his crossbow and shot the snake in the eye.
He had clearly practiced countless times at home, but when he shot several arrows, not only did he not hit the vital points, he couldn't even penetrate the snake's skin.
The weather was getting colder, and the python, which had been hibernating for the winter and was lazily basking in the sun on a tree, was suddenly enraged and surrounded Wu Dachun with its tongue spitting out.
The snake clung to it tightly, and Wu Dachun struggled with all his might. He lashed out at the snake's head with his arrows, crossbow, and sickle, but after a moment, his arms and legs slowly drooped...
The rest of the people ran down the mountain crying. Many of them still smelled of urine, and their shoes were scattered all over the place.
"Help, help!" When they finally saw the village entrance, they could no longer hold back their tears and burst into tears.
Soon, the villagers passing by discovered them and quickly notified the team leader.
"Wang Mazi, what are you doing? Howling like ghosts and wolves?" The team leader and the branch secretary rushed over from home. Seeing how messy the guys were, they felt uneasy.
"Uncle Gensheng, help, save Dachun!" Wang Mazi said with tears and snot that they encountered a python when they went up the mountain, and Wu Dachun was trapped by the giant python.
The whole village was in an uproar, and the team leader and the branch secretary were running around in a panic.
"You are all so brave!" The captain cursed and hurried to the foot of the mountain in front.
Everyone knew who the captain was looking for, and hurried to follow him.
"Iron boy? Iron boy?" The captain almost broke the wooden door.
"Where are they going? Come on, let's go check on Ning Zhiqing." A group of people ran towards the ancestral temple again.
Ningxia looked at the group of people coming in aggressively, and her first reaction was to close the door. She didn't do anything, right?
"Ning Zhiqing, is Tiewazi here with you? Hurry up and save my son! Save him!" Wu Dachun's mother's hand was squeezed against the door, and she seemed not to feel any pain.
"He's not here." Ningxia opened the door only after hearing that he was not here to cause trouble.
"What should I do? Who will go? Who can save my son?"
No one dared to answer, they were all afraid of death. Who could be a match for the python?
"Has Tiewazi gone into hiding? What a heartless fellow! If the brigade hadn't taken him in, he would still be a wild man in the mountains? Now we need him to help, but he runs away faster than anyone else! He's such a coward!"
Wu Dachun's mother watched as everyone lowered their heads and remained silent, cursing Ren Jingxiao, implicitly cursing the entire group of people in her words.
"Take him in? Didn't the brigade ask him to stay? You should have some shame! You're already dead at such an old age?"
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