Before heading to the ginseng village, Lu Chuanbei and others went to the vegetable market to replenish ingredients and tools for digging ginseng, even raincoats and other things that might be needed. They were also purchased one by one, for fear that they would be cheated by the program crew again when they arrived at their destination.
Ginseng Village is located deep in the Changbai Mountains. Fortunately, the national infrastructure projects are well done, and even the villages deep in the mountains now have almost every village connected by roads.
But even so, after they bought things from the vegetable market and got in the car, they drove until almost noon before arriving at their destination.
The winding mountain road made everyone lose their temper.
He Xuebin felt they had been tricked by Zhang Bosong. "Old Zhang, are you sure there's a ginseng village in these mountains? Are you trying to lure us in with the pretense of ginseng digging?"
Zhang Bosong subconsciously touched the tip of his nose.
Upon seeing this, Fang Xiuzhu's brows couldn't help but jump: "Are you really lying to us?"
"No, no, of course not." How could Zhang Bosong admit it?
"Then why are you touching your nose? Don't you know that people will touch their noses subconsciously when they lie?" Although Xu Qi didn't understand psychology, he had watched a lot of detective TV dramas.
"No way?" He Xuebin looked at Zhang Bosong hurriedly: "Old Zhang, you are not really lying to us, are you?"
"Really not, but well..." Zhang Bosong looked away feeling a little guilty.
Seeing his expression, Lu Chuanbei and the others felt a little uneasy.
At this moment, He Jingnian, who was lying in front of the window, pointed at the village not far away and shouted in surprise: "Dad, Uncle Fang, look, there is a village ahead."
Hearing this, several people looked out of the car.
After seeing the appearance of the village, the people present felt that it was just as they expected.
Before their eyes, they saw a village that looked like it had been silent for a long time. At first glance, many houses in the village were covered with moss and ivy, which made the whole village look somewhat gloomy.
This was obviously the village where Lu Chuanbei and his group were going to stay this time. Upon seeing this, Lu Chuanbei sighed, "I suddenly miss the hot spring homestay."
"Me too." He Xuebin felt a little uneasy. "Sure enough, the candy given by the production team is probably poisonous."
"So, the wild ginseng thing is probably a scam, right?" Xu Qi no longer expected them to dig up ginseng here. It would be good enough if they could find a nice house to live in.
Fang Xiuzhu patted Xu Qi's shoulder comfortingly: "If you think about it this way, you were quite foresighted in insisting that we go to the market to buy so many ingredients."
"That's true. At least we don't have to worry about food for the next few days." Xu Qi could only try to make the best of it.
Zhang Bosong still had something to say, but seeing their distrustful expressions, he closed his mouth and concealed the situation in the village for the time being.
While Lu Chuanbei and the others looked bitter and resentful, the audience in the live broadcast room were all satisfied.
Director Liu is indeed our Director Liu. This move was absolutely beautiful!
[Sure enough, using wild ginseng as bait to trick Brother Fang and the others into coming to the wild mountain village, our Liu Daocheng is indeed a man of many tricks!]
[Although I saw Xiao Lu and the others being sent back to the village, why am I even more excited?]
[Hahaha, I made you miss the ginseng. Now you're all right, right? Have you returned to the village?]
[I think I was fooled, but this is Changbai Mountain after all. There might really be wild ginseng there.]
[I've checked, and the production team really didn't lie this time. There really is a village on Changbai Mountain that has been relying on ginseng harvesting for a long time.]
"No way, is there really such a place? Then how did it become like this?"
"Yes, if this is really the ginseng village that Old Zhang mentioned, then these households shouldn't be in such a state of decline, right?"
[I know this. I have a friend who is from this village. It seems that many people in their village are in poor health due to years of ginseng harvesting.]
Many people know that ginseng is found on Changbai Mountain, and they've even gone to this village specifically to find it. They've already dug up nearly all the ginseng available nearby, and if they want to find more, they have to go deep into the mountains, where they hear there are even Siberian tigers.
[So, for a long time afterwards, there was no ginseng to be harvested in their village. Coupled with the government's policy of relocating mountain residents, the village chief decided to relocate the entire village to the town at the foot of the mountain.]
[So that's how it is. I was wondering why this place is so desolate. Turns out the entire village has relocated!]
[But if the guy above says so, doesn't that mean there's no ginseng around here anymore?]
[Goodness me, I was so looking forward to Tiantian and the others wreaking havoc here, but now it seems the ginseng here has been completely dug out. So, those people who make a living by harvesting ginseng are probably leaving, right?]
[The truth is probably revealed above...]
The car drove all the way to the village drying yard and stopped. As soon as they got out of the car, Zhang Bosong said to Lu Chuanbei and the others generously, "Little Brother Lu Fang, all the houses here are empty. You can choose any one to move in."
"You're still randomly choosing to move in?" Xu Qi looked at these houses and couldn't help but asked anxiously, "Are you sure there's nothing wrong with these dilapidated houses?"
"Don't worry about this. When our program team was choosing the location, we specially asked someone to take a look. These houses are just a little old, and there are no safety issues." Zhang Bosong quickly explained.
"Why don't I believe what you say now?" He Xuebin has lost trust in Zhang Bosong.
Zhang Bosong touched his nose subconsciously.
But even so, their living here has become a permanent residence.
For this reason, Lu Chuanbei and his friends could only stand out from the crowd of short people to find the residence they were about to move into.
He Xuebin looked directly at He Jingnian and the others who were eager to try it out: "Go ahead, go and pick out some houses and see if there is one you like."
"Is it okay?" He Jingnian asked excitedly.
"Of course, there are so many houses here anyway. If you like, we can change one a day." He Xuebin, who had no hope for this place, said indifferently.
"No, we should just find a place." Xu Qi said quickly, "Otherwise, just one house is enough for us to clean up. If you keep changing houses every day, we'll probably spend every day cleaning up the house."
Hearing this, He Xuebin quickly changed his tone: "You're right, we should just find a house that we can move into. We must not choose too many."
"Yes, go ahead and pick out a few that you like, and then we'll work together to choose one to be where we'll stay for the time being."
"Okay then." Although He Jingnian was a little disappointed that he couldn't change houses every day, he was still very excited when he thought about having an adventure in so many houses.
Xu Anjia even pulled Song Tiantian directly and ran towards the house in front that was already surrounded by morning glories: "Tiantian, there are a lot of morning glories on that house. Let's go over there and take a look first."
"OK."
"Then let's go this way." He Jingnian quickly grabbed Xiang Nan, who was about to follow Song Tiantian, and said, "That house looks very cool. Maybe there are treasures inside!"
Xiangfangnan followed He Jingnian's gaze and felt uneasy when he saw that half of the door had been removed, leaving only half of the house still crumbling.
But before Xiang Nan could protest, He Jingnian pulled him impatiently towards the house he liked.
Lu Chuanbei and He Xuebin looked at these excited little guys and couldn't help but smile at each other, then they looked around the village.
Every house here has a unlocked door, so Song Tiantian and the others only need to push open the closed door to enter the house.
Xu Anjia pushed open the door of the house covered with morning glories that she had taken a fancy to. After the creaking wooden door opened, she saw a small courtyard filled with sunshine.
The yard, which had not been taken care of for a long time, was overgrown with weeds, and the same was true for the rooms inside. When you pushed open the door, there was dust everywhere and a musty smell.
"Hmm" Xu Anjia covered her nose hurriedly as soon as she opened the door.
Song Tiantian even covered her nose with one hand, took out a small mask from her bag with the other hand, and handed one to Xu Anjia: "Jia Jia."
"Thank you, Tiantian." Xu Anjia hurriedly took the mask and put it on.
Xu Anjia, who finally came back to life, quickly exhaled and said, "Huh, I didn't expect there would be such a strong smell in here."
"No one has lived here for a long time." Song Tiantian said, looking into the room.
Although the room was covered in dust and even the floor was covered in a thick layer of dust, there were still many pieces of furniture left in the house.
Bookcases, tables and chairs, and wooden beds that look like they have some historical traces, etc.
"Tiantian, look, there are picture books here." Xu Anjia said in surprise as he squatted in front of the bookcase.
Song Tiantian hurried forward and saw Xu Anjia pulling out the storage box under the bookcase. It was filled with many unused books, including the picture book Xu Anjia mentioned...
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