Xu Erhua almost burst out laughing when she saw this scene, but fortunately she held it back.
A group of people ran across the mountain in one breath, went around the halfway point, and then went down the mountain to the door of Li Tingyun's house.
Not only were several people panting like dogs, even Heifeng opened his mouth wide and gasped for breath.
After catching his breath, Li Tingyun said, "Comrades, just get used to it slowly. Once you're used to it, you'll be able to run faster. Let's go inside and have some water. If you don't mind, you can have a drink at our house tonight."
"No, no, no, thank you. I, I don't think I can do this job. I'll give you the medicine. I, I'll go back first. I'll talk to the old branch secretary myself later." The female comrade took out the medicinal herbs from the backpack and stuffed them into Li Tingyun, then ran away like a ghost.
The man reacted and poured out the herbs from his backpack, then said with an awkward smile, "I, I can't do it either!"
After saying that, the two of them disappeared without a trace.
Li Tingyun and Xu Erhua smiled at each other. Li Tingyun opened the door to the yard, and Xu Erhua entered the yard with the herbs in her arms.
The two sat down to drink some water, then cleaned up the pile of herbs on the ground. There were only a few herbs in it, and the rest were useless weeds.
Fortunately, the two of them did a good job and together they managed to get half a basket, so they can at least hand it in tomorrow.
After putting the herbs under the shed, the two went to the kitchen to cook, and then took a good bath after dinner.
It was actually quite early today. After taking a shower, Li Tingyun told Xu Erhua about the two other medicinal herbs he had found today.
At around nine o'clock, there was a knock on the yard door and the voice of the old branch secretary came from outside.
The two knew that the old branch secretary must have come because of the matter of going up the mountain, and Li Tingyun opened the door of the yard.
The old branch secretary and the team leader came together and followed Li Tingyun into the kitchen.
Under the fire, Xu Erhua was holding a medical book and reading it seriously. Both of them were reluctant to interrupt her.
Hearing footsteps, Xu Erhua looked up, put the book on the stool next to her, and went over to pour them two cups of hot water.
"It's great that Erhua can study medicine. It will give her many career options in the future." The old branch secretary said with a look of relief.
"I have just started learning from Tingyun, and I still have a long way to go." Xu Erhua smiled embarrassedly.
"As long as you are willing to learn and have someone to teach you, that's good. Old Tang said that if you need anything, go find him." The old branch secretary said cheerfully.
It has been so many years, and many batches of young educated youth have come here, but only these two have brought honor to the village.
"Thank you, old branch secretary, and thank you, team leader." Xu Erhua expressed her gratitude.
After the two sat down, the old branch secretary looked at the team leader, who said, "Those two comrades came to see me and explained the situation. They said they wouldn't go tomorrow. Otherwise, tomorrow, I will arrange for Erniu and He Fei to go up the mountain directly."
Li Tingyun thought about it carefully and shook his head: "Let's not do that. Tomorrow we'll go to the construction site and see who else wants to go up the mountain. We'll send two more people up to show them how hard it is to dig for herbs, so that some people won't think it's an easy job."
The old branch secretary also knew that some people in the village were the kind who meant well but received no rewards. It would be difficult to convince people with just two of them. It would be better to try with more of them so that he wouldn't have to worry about talking nonsense all day long.
"Okay, let's do as Tingyun said and let them know how to respect others in the future." He agreed to Li Tingyun's request.
The captain nodded, talked for a while, and then they went back.
After closing the yard door, Li Tingyun and Xu Erhua couldn't help laughing.
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The next morning, Li Tingyun and Xu Erhua came to the construction site carrying backpacks.
Of the two comrades who went up the mountain yesterday, only the male comrade came back. The female comrade fell ill last night.
After hearing what the male comrade said, some comrades did give up, but there were also some who were unwilling to give up. Two more male comrades came and followed Li Tingyun and Xu Erhua up the mountain.
Li Tingyun brought them to the mountain they had visited yesterday. The mountain was quite steep, but there were still some medicinal herbs there.
When it got dark, they could still hear the howling of wolves. The two men were quite brave and the howling of wolves did not actually make them retreat.
So the two male comrades followed them up the mountain for two days, but on the third day, they could not hold on any longer.
Because there are not only the howling of wolves in the mountains, but you can also occasionally encounter snakes.
Oh my god!
Only those who have experienced it know how it feels to encounter a snake in the middle of winter.
On the fourth day, the two men did not dare to go up again.
This time, no one was vying to go up the mountain. Seeing that everyone had nothing to say, the team leader called out Erniu and He Fei.
This time He Fei hesitated deliberately: "Captain, you're asking us to go now that no one else is going. Isn't that a bit..."
The captain knew that no one would feel good about this, so he could only put on a smile and talk things over, getting the two to agree.
Now no one dared to say that Erniu and He Fei were taking advantage, and they all started to speak well of them.
Finally, they reunited as a team up the mountain.
Although the person was replaced, Li Tingyun did not change his position, because no one knew whether some people with bad intentions would follow him?
The next morning, the four of them took Heifeng up the mountain.
Li Tingyun was leading the way again today. She pointed to the big mountain ahead and said, "We've already run through the other mountains nearby, but we haven't been to these two in front of us. However, the wind is so strong here, we have to wear headscarves."
"Actually, we can go to the mountain over there." He Fei pointed in another direction.
Li Tingyun recognized it as Tiger Mountain at a glance. The trees in Tiger Mountain were very lush, but there were black bears there. He didn't know if there were any other ones besides the one from last time. It was too unsafe.
"Tiger Mountain is quite dangerous. Can we go there?" Erniu said worriedly.
Li Tingyun frowned and thought seriously, and suddenly had a bold idea: "There are black bears in Tiger Mountain, so why not go to Lang'ao? There are also many medicinal herbs and prey there."
He Fei looked at Li Tingyun. He remembered that there were enemy spies in that place, and he didn't know if there would be any remnants left.
"No, no, no, we can't go to that place. It's better to go nearby. If it really doesn't work, we can walk along the mountain road where the road is being built." He felt that Lang'ao was even more unsafe.
Li Tingyun felt that this was the only way, so they entered the forest and took a walk around it today. They would make plans for tomorrow's affairs the next day.
He Fei had known about several kinds of medicinal herbs with Li Tingyun before, but Erniu was relatively unfamiliar with them. Li Tingyun and the others introduced them to him carefully and took him to dig a few more plants.
Although Erniu is simple and honest, he has a good learning ability and became quite familiar with the place in just one afternoon.
With two more capable laborers, today's harvest was much better than before. When they went down the mountain, they even shot a pheasant.
We are having dinner at Li Tingyun's house tonight, and we have also invited the old branch secretary and the team leader.
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