After breakfast and feeding the chickens, Lu Changge went up the mountain with a hatchet.
Today I'm going to go into the mountains to pick some soapberries and chop some firewood.
The drought started in early June and it has not rained for more than three months now.
The weeds around here have not been nourished by the rain, and their leaves have begun to turn yellow and dry up, not to mention the other things.
The villagers have already picked all the wild vegetables at the foot of the mountain, and are now moving their activities up the mountain.
Lu Changge chose a deserted path to go up the mountain.
After walking for a long time, I finally found a soapberry tree.
Soap nuts can be used to wash hair and clothes, and can be stored for a long time after drying.
So Lu Changge planned to pick all the fruits he could.
Since Er Teng wasn't brought along today, he had to do it himself.
After picking the ones below, Lu Changge climbed up the tree in a few steps and continued picking.
An hour later, when most of the soapberries had been picked, Lu Changge began to look for dead trees to chop firewood.
He chopped four piles of firewood in a row before stopping.
Lu Changge pulled the vines beside him, tied them into a bundle, and then put them into the system space.
Then continue walking towards the outskirts of the mountain.
The trees inside the mountains are tall and lush, with very few short and crooked trees.
The source of firewood in the village is basically at the foot of the mountain and the surrounding areas.
In addition to naturally dead trees, bushes can also be used as firewood.
Cut down the bushes, leave them for ten days or half a month, and then come back to harvest them.
In addition, the horizontal branches of large trees can also be used.
At worst, there are dry leaves, vines and naturally fallen branches.
Lu Changge found two more dead trees, chopped them into pieces neatly, tied them up and put them into the system space.
The whole process went smoothly and was done very handily.
The soapberries have been picked and most of the firewood has been found.
Lu Changge packed up his things and prepared to leave when he heard a faint cry for help from afar.
And the voice sounded familiar.
Lu Changge stopped where he was and spread his spiritual power outward.
After determining the location, walk decisively in that direction.
The closer we get, the clearer the cries for help become.
Of course, this is for Lu Changge who possesses psychic powers.
If he hadn't gone into the mountains this morning, but had come in the afternoon.
I'm afraid this person is beyond help.
The source of the sound is located down a steep slope.
Lu Changge used a hatchet to cut off the surrounding weeds and bushes, then found the right landing point and jumped directly to the bottom of the slope with a few consecutive jumps.
After lifting up the dense weeds, Lu Changge could see clearly who had fallen.
"Li Tugen, wake up." Lu Changge patted the child's face to wake him up.
Li Tugen, whose consciousness was already beginning to blur, heard the voice and opened his eyes with difficulty.
"Uncle Lu...Uncle Lu?"
"Don't sleep yet, I'll take you down the mountain." Lu Changge said as he picked up the child.
After picking the man up, Lu Changge discovered that his right leg was stained with blood, but it had already dried.
Lu Changge used his psychic powers to find another way down the mountain.
In order to keep the child from falling asleep, he could only find topics to talk to the child.
"Did you go into the mountains yesterday?"
Li Tugen's body was very cold. One touch revealed that he must have stayed in the mountains for a night.
"Well... I came here in the afternoon and was... pushed down the hill by a wild boar..." Li Tugen held on and did not dare to fall asleep.
"Does your grandfather know that you are going up the mountain?" Lu Changge asked again.
Li Tugen had experienced this once before, also when he went into the mountains and was hit on the head by a wild boar.
Li Tugen was only six years old at the time, and fortunately it was a wild boar cub that pushed him, so he was not seriously injured.
That time, it was Lu Changge who passed by and took the person back.
After that, Li Tugen's grandfather no longer allowed him to enter the mountains.
"No...I didn't tell Grandpa."
Lu Changge found the nearest path, and soon they reached the foot of the mountain.
Lu Changge quickened his pace and took the man to the old doctor in the village.
The old doctor in the village is named Chen. He used to be a live-in son-in-law, but later his wife and children all died of illness, and now he is the only one left at home.
"Doctor Chen, please take a look at his legs." Lu Changge carried the man directly into the house and put him on the wooden bed.
"How is he?" Dr. Chen asked directly without saying any nonsense.
"Yesterday afternoon, I went into the mountains and was pushed down the slope by a wild boar. I lay in the mountains for the whole night." Lu Changge explained the situation.
"The right leg is broken and needs to be treated with medicine. There is also a slight fever. The total cost is seven taels of silver." After the examination, Doctor Chen stood up and looked at Lu Changge.
Before Lu Changge could speak, Li Tugen, who was lying on the bed, struggled to refuse, "No... no need to apply medicine, I will be fine after lying down for a few days."
"If you don't take the medicine, your legs will be damaged and you will be a cripple in the future." Doctor Chen looked at Li Tugen and said expressionlessly.
"No..." Li Tugen wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Lu Changge.
"Treat his leg and prescribe some medicine. I'll pay for it."
"Uncle Lu, I..." Li Tugen opened his mouth to refuse.
But when he was halfway through his words, he saw the look in Uncle Lu's eyes and stopped talking subconsciously.
Seeing that they had made up their mind, Dr. Chen went straight to another room to get some herbs.
Crush the herbs and bring them in.
First help him straighten the bones, then apply herbs and wrap the bandages.
Then fix the three boards and tie them up with a cloth rope.
This treatment method seemed too crude to Lu Changge, and he even doubted whether it was feasible.
But he had no choice but to believe.
After all, Lu Changge had rarely been injured before, and even if he was injured, he had the wood-type ability to heal quickly.
Dr. Chen does not provide accommodation for patients to recuperate.
After his right leg was healed, Lu Changge took the child away.
It was already noon, and in the past the villagers would have been coming back from the fields carrying farm tools.
Now the land is desolate and has become like the one at the foot of the mountain.
Everyone held a basket or half a basket of wild vegetables in their hands.
Or wild chestnuts and sweet potatoes.
Lu Changge passed by carrying Li Tugen, and the villagers who had returned from the foot of the mountain naturally saw them.
"Tu Wa, what's wrong with your leg?"
"It broke."
There are no adults in Li Tugen's family. His grandfather is a carpenter but he does not work every day.
Therefore, their family does not have a strong presence in the village.
So the villagers just asked casually.
Their two families live close to each other.
Lu Changge took Li Tugen back home. Little Tuanzi, who was playing at the door of his house, saw his father from a distance.
Wondering why daddy didn't come home, the little girl ran over there, shouting, "Daddy, where are you going?"
"Daddy will be back later."
Lu Changge replied to Tuanzi and then pushed open the door of Li Tugen's house.
After returning home, Li Tugen could no longer hold on and fell into a deep sleep.
After entering, Lu Changge did not see Grandpa Li Tugen, but saw Li Xiaomin and her younger brothers and sisters.
Li Xiaomin, who was waiting in the yard, heard the door open and looked over.
Seeing that it was Uncle Lu who came in, he was stunned, "Uncle Lu, why are you the one bringing Tuwa back..."
Hearing her ask this, Lu Changge frowned, "What do you mean?"
"Yesterday, when it got dark, Tuwa didn't come back, so Grandpa Li brought Goudan to my house, and then he went up the mountain to look for him..."
Li Xiaomin explained in a low voice.
Just now she thought that Grandpa Li had brought Tuwa back.
After listening to Li Xiaomin's explanation, Lu Changge clicked his tongue.
Headache.
Their two houses are so close, can't they just go over and call out if something happens?
Lu Changge put the child on the bed and asked Li Xiaomin to look after him here.
Seeing Uncle Lu preparing to leave in a hurry, Li Xiaomin asked hurriedly, "Uncle Lu, are you going into the mountains to look for Grandpa Li?"
"Um."
Lu Changge's figure quickly disappeared outside the door, but Li Xiaomin still heard it.
"Sister Xiaomin, what's wrong with my brother?" Two-year-old Goudan asked puzzledly when he saw his brother lying on the bed.
"Your brother is fine. He'll be fine once he wakes up."
"Where's Grandpa? Why hasn't Grandpa come home yet?"
Goudan still remembers that his grandfather took him to Xiaomin's sister's house last night, and then his grandfather left.
"Your grandpa will be back soon."
Li Xiaomin was coaxing Goudan here. After Lu Changge went out, he took Erteng and went up the mountain without stopping.
Before leaving, he did not forget to tell Tuanzi, "Tuanzi, Daddy and Er Teng are going up the mountain to say hello to your father."
"good!"
As soon as it entered the mountain, Er Teng found a secluded location and directly rooted itself into the soil.
Then the vines grew rapidly and spread out in all directions, rustling along the ground.
Lu Changge stood aside and waited.
Not long after, Er Teng said: "Master, I found it. It's in the northwest direction."
"How is it going?"
[Passed out, breathing weakly.]
“Bring it here directly.”
As soon as Lu Changge finished speaking, the vines that had stretched out from the second vine began to retract.
Not long after, a large vine cocoon was pulled back.
The canes retreated, revealing an old man with a gray face.
Lu Changge carried the man on his back and went to Doctor Chen's house again.
"Why are you here again?" Old Doctor Chen was sorting herbs and did not see the person on Lu Changge's back.
"This is the grandfather of the child just now. He went to the mountains to look for someone last night and lay in the mountains all night. Doctor Chen, please take a look at him."
Lu Changge carried the man directly into the house and put him down.
When Dr. Chen heard this, he hurried in.
After a long time, old doctor Chen sighed and said, "I'll prescribe some medicine. We'll see if he can make it through these few days."
Lu Changge looked at the old man with a pale face lying on the bed, with no expression on his face.
"Use the medicine better, I'll pay for it"
"OK."
Not long after, Lu Changge took the medicine and left with the people on his back.
Li Tugen fell into a coma for a short while and soon woke up.
He slept several times in the mountains last night, so he was not very sleepy now.
After Li Tugen woke up, Li Xiaomin had just explained the situation to him when Lu Changge came in carrying someone on his back.
"Grandpa!"
Li Tugen saw his grandfather on Uncle Lu’s back and struggled to sit up.
Just as he was about to get out of bed, he was stopped by Li Xiaomin.
"Don't move, you can't get out of bed now."
Lu Changge put the old man down from his back and let him lie next to Li Tugen.
"Uncle Lu, how is my grandpa's health?" Li Tugen asked anxiously.
Just after learning from Sister Xiaomin that his grandfather went into the mountains to look for him last night, he saw Uncle Lu coming in carrying his grandfather on his back.
Li Tugen feels very regretful now.
If he hadn't gone into the mountains last night, his grandfather would have been fine.
"Not very good." Lu Changge did not choose to hide the fact because Li Tugen was just a child, and told the truth.
"This is medicine. Take it once in the morning, noon and evening. Whether your grandpa can survive it depends on these few days."
"How could it be..." Li Tugen said with a frightened look in his eyes and a pale face.
"What did you do in the mountains yesterday?" Lu Changge asked directly without comforting him.
"I...I heard there's a field of wild sweet potatoes in the mountains."
"Is there no food at home?" Lu Changge asked again.
“…Yeah.” Li Tugen lowered his head.
"If you don't have food, won't you borrow from others?"
"Other people don't have extra food, no one will lend it to you..." Li Tugen said in a low voice.
Now every household in the village is tightening their belts to make ends meet. They can’t even get enough to eat, so no one is willing to lend food out.
"I'm not a human?"
After hearing what Uncle Lu said, Li Tugen felt uneasy and didn't know how to respond.
The atmosphere was very silent at this time. Li Xiaomin, who was standing aside, looked at Uncle Lu and then at Tuwa, not knowing what to say.
Then she looked at Uncle Lu and left without saying anything.
"...Sister Xiaomin, is Uncle Lu angry?" Li Tugen was a little at a loss.
"I think so." Li Xiaomin couldn't tell whether Uncle Lu was angry or not.
Then he picked up a packet of medicine and said, "I'll go boil the medicine. Just lie down and don't move."
"Okay, thank you Sister Xiaomin."
Li Tugen sat on the bed, looking at his grandfather lying on the bed with a weak breath, his heart filled with despair.
What to do?
He didn't want Grandpa to leave.
If it weren't for him, grandpa would still be fine now.
Is he really a nuisance?
Just as Li Tugen was becoming more and more desperate, a voice suddenly rang in his mind.
[Ding - the host's mood has been detected to be up to standard, the planting sign-in system has been successfully bound]
"who?!"
…
When Lu Changge returned, his wife just came out of the kitchen.
Following behind him was Da Teng, who had transformed into a ten-year-old vine man, holding three or four plates in his hands.
"Daddy, you're back!"
Little Tuanzi was originally following Da Teng, but when he saw his father coming back, he immediately ran over.
"Um."
"Tuanzi said that you just carried Tuwa back. What happened to him?" Su Qingyun asked casually.
"Li Tugen went into the mountains to look for food last night and didn't come back. His grandfather went to look for him, but the grandfather and grandson ended up lying in the mountains all night." Lu Changge said succinctly.
"Ah?!" Su Qingyun was shocked. "How is that person now? Has he been found?"
"We found him. The kid broke his right leg and his grandfather is not in good condition." Lu Changge shook his head.
"It's so serious..." Su Qingyun frowned, "Husband, please bring some food over later."
"Um."
After the meal, Lu Changge brought over 15 kilograms of rice, three cabbages and five kilograms of potatoes.
We had plenty of eggs at home, so we added twenty more.
Since Lu Changge started living in Lijia Village, the people he had the most contact with were Li Tugen's family and Li Xiaomin's family.
Of course, the biggest reason is that they are often hired to help with planting and harvesting crops.
But it is undeniable that Lu Changge's attitude towards them is different from his attitude towards other people in the village.
Li Tugen's home
Li Tugen, who was originally in despair and blaming himself, had tears in his eyes when he saw Uncle Lu coming over with something.
"You don't have to return these. If you need anything, let your brother come over and call me."
Lu Changge was not good at sentimentalizing, so he put down his things and prepared to leave.
However, as soon as I turned around, I was stopped by the child.
"Uncle Lu... I have something to do right now." Li Tugen hesitated and said in a low voice.
"Huh?" Lu Changge turned around.
"I...I feel like there's a talking monster in my head."
After Li Tugen said this, fear appeared in his eyes, "Uncle Lu, am I going to die soon?"
Lu Changge: “?”
Planting sign-in system: “???”
What the hell?
At this moment, the protagonist's detector began to beep.
[Ding ding ding - the protagonist of the storybook world has been detected, and the protagonist's basic information has begun to be scanned: Li Tugen, bound to a planting sign-in system, the plot is going... zi... insufficient energy, unable to scan the plot direction. ]
Lu Changge: ???
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[System, are you familiar with this planting sign-in system?] Lu Changge called out the system and asked.
But what surprised him was that his originally calm system suddenly jumped.
[Planting... Who knows this system?!]
However, as soon as the system finished speaking, Lu Changge heard a soft and cute voice.
[husband--]
[Wow!] The system was so frightened that it swore.
[Oh my god…] Lu Changge raised his eyebrows and showed an expression of watching a show.
Sure, even the system has wives these days.
Is it already so hot?
[Honey, be sweet~] The soft and cute voice sounded again.
[Go away! Don't bother me!] The system was extremely irritable at this moment.
[I say... System, even though you are not a human being, you cannot scold your own daughter-in-law.] Lu Changge advised earnestly.
Of course, it would be better if he could restrain his expression of watching the show a little more.
[That’s right, I’m so sad~] The soft and cute system responded.
[Host, can you please stop making trouble if you don’t understand?] the system said angrily.
[Okay, go away.] It's like it has a wife.
As Lu Changge said this, he pulled the system out of his mind.
He had to go home and wash his wife's hair, so he didn't have time to eat these two boxes of dog food.
System: “!!!”
What the hell?!
Its host can actually pull it out directly?
This isn't right!
"This is not a monster. It should have something that can cure your grandpa." Lu Changge explained to Li Tugen.
"Really?!" Li Tugen's eyes lit up when he heard it.
“Well, try to communicate with it.”
Lu Changge left after he finished speaking, but he did not forget to say something to the system before leaving.
[Tong, I'll give you a few days off, no need to thank me.]
[Thank you for the hammer!]
[Thank you, my husband's host, you are such a good person!]
The grumpy and soft voices rang out at the same time.
Forget it, I'll give it a half-month break. I'll be able to work better after I deal with my relationship issues.
Lu Changge made the decision secretly and extended the system's vacation to half a month.
When I got home, Er Teng had already boiled the hot water and crushed the soapnut shampoo and rubbed it out.
I have to say that this little kitchen expert Erteng is quite useful.
Little Tuanzi has short hair, so Lu Changge washes Tuanzi's hair first.
Scoop out two scoops of hot water and then add cold water to lukewarm it.
At this time, Xiaotuanzi also changed into a short-sleeved top and came out.
The small tuft on his head had been undone, and his soft, fine hair fell naturally.
Lu Changge sat on the bench, picked up Tuanzi and placed him on his lap, then supported Tuanzi's neck and the back of his head with his left hand.
I scooped some water with my right hand to wet his hair, and asked, "Do you want to perm it?"
Tuanzi shrank his neck and said, "It's hot..."
"Add some cold water." Lu Changge ordered.
When Er Teng heard this, he quickly scooped half a spoonful of cold water into it.
After preparing the warm water, Lu Changge wet Tuanzi's hair first.
Then put some soapy water on your hands, rub it into bubbles, and apply the bubbles to your hair.
The little dumpling was lying on his back facing the sky, and Erteng stretched out a few leaves to cover his eyes.
It doesn't take long to wash your hair.
Soon, the hair was washed.
"Rinse with clean water."
[Okay!] Er Teng stretched out another vine, scooped half a bucket of warm water and carefully poured it on Tuanzi's hair.
And be careful not to touch the ears.
After rinsing off the bubbles and giving it a quick wipe, Lu Changge put the dumpling down.
When Lu Changge prepared two buckets of warm water and the soapnut shampoo.
Su Qingyun happened to be helping Tuanzi dry her hair.
Su Qingyun naturally couldn't lie on Lu Changge's legs like Tuanzi.
He has a reclining chair for washing his hair and a black eye mask to block out the sun.
Lie down and put on the eye mask.
After everything was ready, Lu Changge began to wash his wife's hair.
First, wet your hair.
Then, apply the bubbles made from the soap water to your hair.
After the bubbles are evenly spread, gently massage and rub with your fingertips.
Don't wash your hair for too long.
When you are almost done washing, rinse the bubbles off your hair.
After washing your hair, you have to dry it.
After washing his wife and Tuanzi, it was his turn next.
Lu Changge was much simpler and more rough when washing his own hair.
Wet your hair, rub the bubbles and apply it on, scratch it with your fingers, rinse off the bubbles, done.
After washing his hair, Lu Changge sat on a small stool and let his wife wipe his hair.
At this time, the system came back.
[Host, I'm back...] The system's voice sounded weak.
Lu Changge closed his eyes and enjoyed his daughter-in-law's service while caring about his partners.
[What happened? Did your wife fuck you?]
[Please be careful with the impact, okay? I'm still a minor, don't let the wheels run over my face!]
[Okay, it’s a premature love story.]
System: “…”
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