Chapter 165 Chapter 164: We are illiterate (Thanks to the monthly ticket support from friends!)
Dahei rushed into the flock of sheep, bit a goat and pulled it hard!
Zhou Yiding and Zhou Huaian aimed their hunting rifles at the frantically fleeing black goats. Bang bang, gunshots rang out and two of the running black goats fell down. The gunshots still echoed in the valley.
Zhou Huaian rushed forward and fired another shot at the black goat that was entangled by Dahei. The black goat fell to the ground, and the other black goats ran for their lives and quickly escaped into the woods opposite.
The two did not chase after him because they could not catch up even if they did.
Zhou Yiding walked forward and dragged up a black goat. He turned his head and looked at Zhou Huaian who was dragging the black goat over. "Wow~ You have a good aim!"
Zhou Huaian looked smug, "Don't you see who I am? Is there anything wrong with my accuracy?"
Zhou Yiding rolled his eyes. "You're so accurate, why haven't you done anything yet? I'm still waiting to become your godfather!"
"If you want to be a godfather, prepare the gift as soon as possible."
"Yes, I will save some good things for him, and when I give birth to the baby, you can give me some good things back."
"Mr. Zhou is stingy. His wife is still at her mother-in-law's house, but he's already thinking about asking for gifts when the baby is born."
"If you want a wife, it won't take long!" Zhou Yiding turned around and said proudly, "Youngest brother, I found that everything went smoothly when we went up the mountain this time. It seems that you are no longer unlucky!"
"That's right, I can't be unlucky all my life!"
When several of them went up the mountain together in the past, Zhou Huaian would always get into trouble. Whenever the brothers encountered bad things, they would say that he brought bad luck, and sometimes they would call him unlucky winter melon.
"That's right, there's a saying..." Zhou Yiding touched his chin, thought for a while, and patted his head, "Oh! It says that bad times will eventually turn into good times, and good times will turn into good times. Your child's luck has turned!"
"That's right, our luck has changed!" Zhou Huaian smiled and tied up the two black goats with a hemp rope and carried them on his shoulders.
Zhou Yiding carried one, and the two of them and the dog walked up the mountain.
Looking at the charred tree trunks, the large trees that were still strong after being half burned, and the newly grown saplings, white grass roots, green grass and colorful wild flowers, the scenery looks strangely beautiful.
When passing by the big pit, I saw that it was full of rain water. The pit was surrounded by vines, and there were several huge stone frogs lying on the vines floating in the puddle.
The meat of stone frog is delicious and rich in high protein, multiple vitamins and minerals. The Compendium of Materia Medica states that stone frog is "the best for treating tuberculosis and malnutrition in children".
The "Chinese Medicinal Animals" states that "the stone frog has the effects of nourishing yin and strengthening the body, cooling and detoxifying, replenishing yin deficiency, expelling tuberculosis and emaciation, resolving sores and toxins, and replenishing weakness after illness. Its tadpoles can blacken hair, and its eggs have the effect of improving eyesight."
Zhou Yiding took a look and said, "This thing is the freshest and most tender. When can I get some stone frogs to eat?"
"You have nothing to do in the mountains every day, so you put it in the cave. I will come up to eat it the day after tomorrow."
"Why don't I have anything to do? I have to walk for most of the day to patrol the forest, and my legs are getting thin." Zhou Yiding moved the black goat to his left shoulder. "I heard from the old woodcutter that there is agarwood in the mountains, and that it is very valuable. Does my sister-in-law know about it?"
Zhou Huaian's eyes lit up after hearing this, "Really? Ask her later."
"Really? There are agarwood trees on the mountain. I went there and smelled them, but they don't smell good at all."
"I don't understand this either. Let's go up and ask Chunyan." Zhou Huaian looked up at Yang Chunyan who was sitting on the rock, climbing up breathlessly with the black goat on her back.
Zhou Yiding quickened his pace and passed him, then turned back and winked at him, "Brother, your body is weak! You're already panting like this after only climbing halfway up the slope. I think we should go back and kill a male goat and get some goat penis to replenish your energy!"
"Get lost! I'm carrying two goats, and you're only carrying one. If you don't believe me, let's swap and see which one runs faster!"
"Come on! I'm afraid of you!"
As they were talking, they really switched goats. Zhou Huaian felt much more relieved when he carried one and immediately ran up the mountain.
Zhou Yiding chased after them carrying the goat on his back. He was out of breath after walking for a while. “Huff, huff, damn, it’s really much heavier!”
"Comrade, hurry up!" Zhou Huaian turned around and shouted at him proudly.
At this time, Yang Chunyan was lying on the rock, watching the bees flying out in swarms. When she heard the shouting, she looked up and saw Zhou Huaian carrying a black goat and struggling to climb up.
Dahuang started barking loudly towards the people below the mountain.
Dahei responded from the foot of the mountain, and the barking of the dog echoed in the valley.
Yang Chunyan stood up and put the cleaned olives into the backpack, then stood there waiting for Zhou Huaian to come up, "Huaian, there is a wild beehive under the rock."
"I saw it!" Zhou Huaian said as he put the goat next to the backpack, sat down on the rock, took the water bottle handed to him by Yang Chunyan and took a sip, "Oh my god, I'm so tired."
Yang Chunyan took out a handkerchief and handed it to him, "Why are you running so fast up the mountain?"
Zhou Huaian took it and wiped it randomly, "I'm worried about you being up there. What if my wife gets snatched away by a mountain spirit or bear monster? How will I survive?"
"Pah~" Yang Chunyan rolled her eyes at him, "Does your mouth hurt if you talk so nicely?"
Zhou Huaian smiled awkwardly, stood up and waved to Zhou Yiding below, then turned to look at Yang Chunyan, "Yiding said there is agarwood on the mountain, and that thing is very valuable, is that right?"
Yang Chunyan shook her head. "I've never sold any, so how would I know if agarwood is expensive?"
In her previous life, Chenxiang heard from Wang Zhen that a herbalist dug out a piece of agarwood from the mountains, which was said to be worth a lot of money. After the news spread, the higher-ups gave him some bonuses and a silk banner and took him away.
Zhou Huaian: "He said there are agarwood trees in the mountains, but he went to smell them and they don't smell good at all."
Yang Chunyan thought back to what she had read about agarwood before. "I haven't seen it either. I only know that agarwood is not wood. It is the agarwood tree that is damaged by lightning, strong winds, insect bites, ant bites, knives, axes, etc. The wood secretes a resin like rosin, and agarwood is formed after several years."
Zhou Huaian suddenly realized what was going on. He looked at Zhou Yiding who was climbing up breathlessly and said, "No wonder you smelled those agarwood trees. They didn't smell good at all."
Zhou Yiding put down the goat and asked, "Sister-in-law, do you know what agarwood is?"
"Chunyan said..." Zhou Huaian repeated it and looked at him proudly, "Do you understand now? Don't smell those agarwood trees anymore."
Zhou Yiding nodded, "I see, we are all illiterate."
"Stop talking nonsense. Do you see the beehive below?" Zhou Huaian pulled him to the edge of the rock and looked at the bees coming in and out. "Let's go down and take a look?"
"It might be an old beehive, let's go down and take a look."
Yang Chunyan handed the beehive hat and gloves to Zhou Huaian, "After you take out the beehive, let's go to the forest over there to see if there are any magnolia officinalis?"
"Really?" Zhou Huaian looked at her in surprise. "Wait a minute, let's harvest the honey and then go over to take a look."
Yang Chunyan nodded and took out moxa sticks from her bag. "Okay, I'll wait for you here."
"The bushes below aren't deep, so we can just find the beehive." Zhou Huaian handed a bee hat to Zhou Yiding, "Look at the bee hat your sister-in-law made. It's better than yours and more useful!"
Zhou Yiding imitated Zhou Huaian in putting on the bee hat and tying the rope. "Not bad, it's really better than the one I bought from the beekeeper."
Yang Chunyan smiled and said, "It's very useful. I'll give it to you first."
Zhou Yiding nodded happily, "Yes, thank you, sister-in-law."
"Why be polite to family members?" Zhou Huaian handed him the medicine hoe and shovel with a smile, and holding the urea bag and moxa sticks, the two of them walked under the rock together.
The two walked down along the edge of the rock, and saw a lot of bumblebees crawling in and out of the cracks in the rocks.
"Brother, is there another nest here?"
"This beehive might be a bit big! Let's go down and take a look."
Zhou Huaian grabbed a bush and climbed down the rock, only to find that the big rock was still about one meter long and was hanging on it.
The two men cut through the bushes with machetes and saw bumblebees flying in and out of the cracks in the rocks.
(End of this chapter)
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