The whole mountain is my hunting ground

This ginseng seedling has no leaves, so it grows out of the ground as a single stand, with only two ginseng seeds left on the top.

In the Northeast, there is the legend of the stick bird. In the legend, there was a pair of lovers who seemed to have experienced some kind of love disaster. Then they both died and turned into a pair of birds after death.

This small bird feeds exclusively on ginseng seeds.

Therefore, as long as a mountain ranger hears the cry of this bird, he can look for ginseng by looking for the cry of the stick bird.

In his previous life, Zhao Jun specifically searched the Internet and saw that someone had taken two pictures of birds, so he said they were so-called stick birds.

However, among the information found from major search engines, there are only a few general introductions and legendary love stories, but no specific data or physical appearance of this bird.

So, legends are just legends.

In the mouths of the elders, there is no such thing as a stick bird, but there is a stick child.

"Bangchui Xiao'er", after which the sound of "Er" changes into a sound, maybe someone misunderstood it and mistakenly thought it was a "Bangchui Bird".

Bangchui children are the collective name for the birds or small animals that eat ginseng seeds. After eating the ginseng seeds, the ginseng seeds are not digested in their bellies and will be excreted from the body with their feces. They will take root on the ground and grow sticks.

At this time, there were only two ginseng seeds left on the leafless Bangchui seedling in front of Zhao Jun. The remaining ginseng seeds may have been eaten by Bangchui's children, or they were scattered in the surrounding soil.

And its leaves should have been damaged by wind and rain, or trampled by birds and animals, and no longer exist.

How can a stick like this be called a mountain without leaves?

It's very simple, just say the best.

Hearing Zhao Jun's answer that it was a sixth-grade leaf, Jie Chen reacted quickly, and then asked: "How many seedlings?"

"It's all over the mountain!" After Zhao Jun shouted this, the wind suddenly started on the hillside. Zhao Jun looked up and saw that although there were leaves blocking the sky, he could feel that the sky was getting darker.

It was almost twelve o'clock at noon, and it couldn't be dark.

Zhao Jun judged that it was going to rain, so he asked Jie Chen to go back to the car with the wrapped stick buns, and asked Zhang Yuanmin to remove the moss and chop the bark, while he stayed where he was and carried the ginseng himself.

When Zhang Yuanmin came back from removing the moss and cutting pieces of pine bark, he saw that Zhao Jun had broken open the soil around the ginseng, exposing the ginseng in general. Now he was only cleaning the soil wrapped in the ginseng whiskers.

This is a delicate job and cannot be distracted. Zhao Jun is also concentrating on the operation, but he uses both hands together. With his right hand, he uses the antler spoon to stir the soil, and with the index finger of his left hand, he gently picks up the ginseng tendrils at a very fast speed.

But even so, Zhao Jun was busy for more than half an hour. Because this ginseng seedling is not small, it may be that it is really a sixth-grade seedling before the leaves fall off.

When Zhao Jun was busy to the end, raindrops were already falling from the sky, crackling on the branches and leaves above his head.

The rain was not heavy at this time, and few raindrops could penetrate the dense branches and leaves to fall, but Zhao Jun also felt a slight chill on his face and his spirits were shaken.

boom……

When the thunder roared, Zhao Jun finally placed the ginseng on the moss. Zhang Yuanmin rolled up the pine bark outside the moss and put it in his shoulder bag. The two hurriedly rushed to the car.

By this time, it was raining heavily, and the rain was flowing down their foreheads, making it difficult to open their eyes. Zhao Jun and Zhang Yuanmin walked forward with their heads slightly lowered.

As he walked, he saw a person coming towards him. Zhao Jun wiped his arm in front of his eyes, and then shouted: "What are you doing here?"

The person who came was none other than Jie Chen, and he responded: "Seeing that you are not coming back either, I'm a little worried!"

After saying that, Jie Chen turned around and went back.

The three of them, one in front and two behind, hurried on.

"Bang!" It was raining and the ground was muddy and slippery. Zhang Yuanmin's foot slipped and he fell down. He slipped down the slope and lay directly on the ground.

But the moment he fell to the ground, Zhang Yuanmin used his hands to protect his shoulder bag, which contained the big stick.

Zhao Jun hurriedly stepped forward, put his hands through Zhang Yuanmin's left and right armpits, and pulled him up.

Jie Chen looked back and saw that Zhang Yuanmin had gotten up, so he didn't turn around and just walked forward quickly.

After finally descending the hillside, the car was parked on the side of the road. At this time, Jie Chen had already gotten into the car. Zhao Jun and Zhang Yuanmin ran to the front of the car and squeezed into the passenger seat.

Jiechen started the car, turned on the lights, and shook the wipers. When he saw that the rain was decreasing, he drove all the way to Yong'an.

When he returned to Yong'an Village, it was almost two o'clock. Jie Chen sent Zhang Yuanmin home first. When he got off the car, Zhang Yuanmin handed the ginseng buns in his pocket to Zhao Jun, but Zhao Jun told him: "Brother , go back and drink some hot water, don’t catch a cold.”

"Hey, okay." Zhang Yuanmin responded, then pushed the car door and got out of the car. At this time, the three of them were all wet, so Zhang Yuanmin didn't leave them alone.

When Zhao Jun and his ministers arrived home, Zhao Jun went down to the cellar first and placed five ginseng buns. Then when Zhao Jun entered the house, Wang Meilan handed him a washbasin and a thermos bottle.

Zhao Jun entered the west room, took off his wet clothes, and the minister wiped his body with hot water, and then put on clean clothes.

After cleaning up, Wang Meilan also boiled the large pot, cooked the eggplant shreds, and made a pot of hot noodle soup.

Zhao Jun and his ministers sat on the kang, gulping down soup and noodles until they were sweating all over, which drove away the moisture and coldness in their bodies.

While the two were eating, Wang Meilan sat aside and chatted with them. Wang Meilan said nothing except being happy when she heard that instead of hunting fragrant deer today, she was holding a stick with five seedlings.

Bangchui also has to be sold in Lingnan, so this trip to Lingnan is decided. The key is when to go.

After eating the hot noodle soup, Zhao Jun and Jie Chen went back to the west room to catch up on their sleep. When they woke up, it had stopped raining and the sky was clear.

Zhao Jun got up from the kang and stood by the window looking out. He suddenly turned around and walked to the door, opened the door and strode out.

"Black Tiger!" Zhao Jun came out of the room, pointed at Black Tiger and shouted.

Black Tiger, who had just caught a small toad, was so frightened by Zhao Jun's sudden roar that he loosened his mouth and the toad in his mouth fell to the ground.

Zhao Jun went over and kicked aside the toad that was bitten by the black tiger.

These days, after heavy rain, there are toads in the yard. But this month, the toad has worms in its belly. Some bugs can be digested by toads, but if dogs eat them, they will not be able to digest them.

"I'm so greedy all day..." Zhao Jun pointed at Black Tiger again. Before he could finish speaking, Black Tiger turned around and ran into the den.

In the evening, Zhao Jun's family was still stewing meat, and Wang Meilan put the few lean meat on Blind Xiong's body in the big pot.

Cook until chopsticks can penetrate it, take it out and cut it into small pieces, and cook it like braised pork.

When the bear meat comes out of the pot, add some cabbage and fungus, and Zhao Jun's family will have a complete dinner today.

It happened that Zhao Youcai came back. As soon as the food was served, he entered the house, but he brought the news that Niu Guoliang was picked to death by a wild boar.

Poor Niu Guoliang, when he arrived at the forest farm infirmary, there was no need for rescue.

No matter what age it is, death is a big deal.

Soon, a crowd of people gathered outside the infirmary, and Zhou Chunming and several field directors were alerted.

When he heard that a tenant in Xinrangchang was picked to death by a wild boar, Zhou Chunming hurried over.

Although these tenants are all hired by the boss, in the final analysis they all work for the forestry farm. If there are any small things on weekdays, the forestry farm can ignore them and pass them on to the boss.

But at this time, human lives were involved, and it was impossible for the forest farm to pick them all.

But when they arrived at the scene, after a simple question, Zhao Qingqing, who had collapsed, explained everything clearly, including their purpose of hunting the wild boar.

After listening, several leaders returned to the office building and held a brief meeting.

Because of Zhao Qingqing's "confession", this matter became much simpler. If Niu Guoliang was killed while pulling the trap, the forest farm would be responsible. But Niu Guoliang was killed because he went hunting.

Moreover, during work, if you don’t pull the condom properly and go hunting wild boars, who can blame you?

The most important thing is that Zhao Qingqing, who was traveling with Niu Guoliang, was not only Niu Guoliang's brother-in-law, but also his leader.

In this way, Yongan Forest Farm does not need to bear any responsibility, but will provide some compensation to Niu Guoliang's family out of humanitarianism.

This matter should have been suppressed like this, but Fan Zhisheng, the director of the forestry camp, had different opinions.

Fan Zhisheng said that Niu Guoliang's death was closely related to Dou Baoguo. No matter how he said it, Dou Baoguo was the director of Xinlang Chang. Now that such a big thing has happened, he, Dou Baoguo, is responsible. He failed to manage the Lengchang tenants properly and even asked the tenants to hunt wild boars for him to prepare gifts, which ultimately led to Niu Guoliang's murder.

Therefore, Dou Baoguo should bear the main responsibility.

This is human nature.

I remember that when Dou Baoguo proposed expanding production and building new roads, Fan Zhisheng stood up to support Dou Baoguo.

But when Dou Baoguo's accident happened and Director Chu came down to check, Fan Zhisheng added insult to injury for Dou Baoguo.

Now, Fan Zhisheng was even ready to kill Dou Baoguo with a stick.

However, the other leaders did not say anything in response to Fan Zhisheng's speech. They just maintained a silent attitude and quickly unified their opinions in a tacit understanding.

Then, Zhou Chunming personally called and reported to the bureau, and the person who answered the phone was Director Chu who came last time.

On the phone, Zhou Chunming spoke very cryptically, but Director Chu understood clearly that the tenant was killed because of wild boar hunting, and the reason for hunting wild boar was because Dou Baoguo wanted to give him wild boar thighs as a gift.

This made Director Chu very angry. It was just that Dou Baoguo didn't work hard. Now that a life was lost, he still wanted to drag himself into trouble. It was really unreasonable!

Therefore, Director Chu immediately instructed Zhou Chunming to fire Dou Baoguo, and even the director of Lengchang would not let him work again.

Zhao Jun went to Lengchang for three and a half days, went home to rest for three days, and took a full week.

But just this week, Dou Baoguo was demoted from the second-in-command of Yong'an Forest Farm and the dignified production director to the director of Leng Farm, and now he was directly fired.

However, Dou Baoguo is very resilient. While Zhao Qingqing was driving the carriage to escort Niu Guoliang home, Dou Baoguo took over Zhao Qingqing's burden and became the leader in Lengchang.

The next day, it rained lightly again in the morning, so Zhao Jun did not go to Lingnan. After ten o'clock, when the rain had passed and the sky cleared, he took Jie Chen to wander around the villages and get to know the people in the villages.

On September 11th, Zhao Jun still did not go to Lingnan. He took Zhang Yuanmin, Li Baoyu and Xie Chen into the mountains, and went to the old village where the sticks were produced the day before yesterday. The four of them laid sticks and released them on the mountain.

In other words, if you hang around the old village, you won't have to worry about food for the rest of your life.

Today, Zhao Jun and the four of them brought two seedlings of two jiazi, two seedlings for lamps and one seedling of four leaves in this old village.

During this period, they found a lot of small items like Sanhua and Wuye, but these were too small, so Zhao Jun kept them and waited to pick them up later.

After two o'clock in the afternoon, Zhao Jun and others returned home. Although there was no big shipment today, there was still a small half of the hillside that they had not carefully explored.

Zhao Jun plans to come again tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow, September 13, is Sunday, and the forest farm is on holiday. When the time comes, let Zhao Youcai watch over the two little girls at home so that he can take my mother to Lingnan for a physical check-up.

So, Zhao Jun led his people into the mountains again on the 12th. They went to the old village and worked all morning, but they only took one seedling and five leaves.

After wrapping the seedling stick, Zhao Jun and others took the car home to rest and eat.

By the time Zhao Jun got up from the kang early the next morning, Wang Meilan had already washed and dressed up.

In order to allow the two little girls to follow Zhao Youcai at home in peace, the news that Zhao Jun and Wang Meilan were going to Lingnan was never leaked.

After breakfast, Wang Meilan carried a basket and said she was going to break corn in the field, and then left the house with Zhao Jun and Jie Chen.

The two little girls didn't think much about it, they just planned to go next door to play with Li Xiaoqiao later.

When Zhao Jun came out of the hospital, mother and son Jin Xiaomei and Li Baoyu were already waiting by the car.

Zhao Jun got married, and Li Baoyu also got married. This happened to be an opportunity, and Jin Xiaomei wanted to go with her to see if she could buy something for Li Baoyu.

Wang Meilan readily agreed to this, and the two sisters got into the car together, crowded in the passenger seat, each holding a calendar paper, and on the back of the calendar paper, a list of goods to be purchased during this trip was densely written.

From needles and threads to sheets and quilt covers, everything is on that piece of paper.

Seeing that the two aunts were studying so enthusiastically even though they hadn't arrived in Lingnan yet, Jie Chen pushed the door open and got out of the car. He went to the trunk and asked Zhao Jun, "Brother Jun, should we go to the hospital first?"

"Yes." Zhao Jun was startled and said, "Didn't we all agree yesterday?"

At this point, the minister looked a little weird, Zhao Jun waved his hand and said: "It's okay, they don't recognize each other, let's go to the hospital first."

The fact that Wang Meilan and Jin Xiaomei were going to the city was hidden from the three little girls and one Li Ruhai from the two families. Zhao Jun also kept the secret from Wang Meilan and did not tell her that he had to go to the hospital to take her for a checkup today.

After all, most people these days are afraid of hospitals. Some people even think that if I don't go to the hospital, I won't be diagnosed with the disease, so I'll be fine.

Furthermore, if you are afraid of spending money, bother, or feel uncomfortable, you would rather go to a health center to get some painkillers than go to a big hospital.

As for Wang Meilan, she has been in good health and has no pain or itching. Zhao Jun brought back two portions of deer heart blood in the winter, dried it and asked Wang Meilan to drink it, but Wang Meilan didn't drink it.

Wang Meilan said, I'm not sick or in trouble, why would I drink that stuff? It had a fishy smell, which was really unpleasant to drink.

Therefore, Zhao Jun could only hide it from her and send her to the hospital first.

When Jiechen drove Jiefang's car out of Yong'an Tun, a big-ass jeep slowly drove into Yongsheng Tun, all the way to the door of Zhao Jun's house.