Republic of China: Guandong Ginseng King

Chapter 97 Dreaming of the Scene
Qu Shaoyang couldn't beat Liu Dongshan, so he had to agree to let his master go back to get the things while he stayed here to guard.

"Master, you must be careful on the road. Don't rush back. Just come back before dark."

The saying left by the older generation of mountain herders is that ginseng is a mountain spirit and can run.

Therefore, the master and the disciple cannot both go back, and one of them must stay behind to guard the ginseng to prevent it from running away.

Qu Shaoyang disagreed with this statement. He guessed that the person who released the ginseng was dazzled and didn't see it clearly, so he said that the ginseng had run away.

But Liu Dongshan believed it, so he asked Qu Shaoyang to stay here and not leave. Qu Shaoyang had no choice but to listen to his master.

“Don’t worry, your master isn’t that old yet.

I have a gun with me, so even if there is a tiger, I can fight it for a while." Liu Dongshan laughed and turned away.

Liu Dongshan has been a woodcutter for many years. He doesn't play with money or smoke opium, but he always insists on practicing martial arts, so he has a good physique and agile skills.

He returned all the way from Xiaodonggou to Maoer Mountain. When he entered the house, he did not bother to explain anything to Lin Ruolan. He just asked Lin Ruolan to find him some red thread and copper coins, and pack some rice, grains, vegetables and the like.

While Lin Ruolan was packing these things, Liu Dongshan was rummaging through the boxes and cabinets looking for the deer antler key.

Didn’t Qu Shaoyang kill a stag when he went hunting in the mountains last year?

At that time, Qu Shaoyang threw the deer head into the valley. In the middle of the night, a blind bear ate all the meat on the deer head, leaving only bones and a pair of antlers.

Later, Liu Dongshan took the antler back.

When he had nothing to do, Liu Dongshan used saws, files and other tools to make a few deer antler keys.

At that time, Liu Dongshan thought that after his apprentice's three-year contract expired, the two of them would no longer go logging or rafting.

Later they bought several dozen acres of land, farmed in spring, summer and autumn, and hunted in their spare time.

When they arrived at Honglangtou City, Liu Dongshan took his apprentice to try his luck in releasing fish into the mountains.

Unexpectedly, Qu Shaoyang's contract was terminated ahead of schedule, and they accidentally met Bangchui when they entered the mountains. The deer antler key came in handy.

"Wife, Shaoyang and I don't know when we will be back. You don't have to worry at home. We will be back naturally when we take out the mallet."

After packing up his things, Liu Dongshan left a message for his wife, then hurriedly left home and returned to Xiaodonggou, carrying a lot of things.

Fortunately, every household was busy working in the fields at that time and not many people came out to wander around. Liu Dongshan came and went in a hurry and no one noticed him.

Liu Dongshan was walking back with a lot of stuff on his back. On the other side, Qu Shaoyang was in the valley, guarding the ginseng, and he was getting more and more bored.

Normally, when the rangers encounter a club and cannot lift it out for a while, they have to build a shack in the mountains to stay.

Qu Shaoyang and his friends didn't need to do that, as this place was not far from the cave. They could stay in the cave at night, which was much safer than a shack.

Without having to build a shack, Qu Shaoyang didn't have much work to do.

June is a very hot month, and there are many trees in the mountains, so it is relatively cool, but there are a lot of mosquitoes and insects.

Especially the blind midge and the small planer are the most hateful.

Blind midges bite people very badly. A bite through clothes can cause a big bump that is painful and itchy and takes several days to heal.

The small plane adze will drill into people's eyes. If you are not careful, it will cause a burning pain.

Moreover, the small planer also bites people, especially the area around the eyes, so it is always hated.

Qu Shaoyang couldn't just sit there and let mosquitoes bite him, so he had to get up and move around and find ways to get rid of the mosquitoes.

So he pulled out all the grass near the ginseng, leaving only one ginseng. This way he wouldn't be afraid of not being able to find it later.

Afterwards, Qu Shaoyang found some dry firewood, lit it, and then pressed some Artemisia annua, Pteris crenata and other things on top.

Fresh Artemisia annua is not easy to ferment, it only produces thick smoke, which is just right to drive away those annoying little creatures.

The thick smoke took effect and all the mosquitoes that sucked human blood were driven away. Qu Shaoyang felt a little more comfortable.

He had nothing to do, so he sat down with his back against a big tree to enjoy the breeze. As a young man, he slept a lot, and while enjoying the breeze, Qu Shaoyang fell into a daze.

In a daze, Qu Shaoyang felt like he had walked into a manor.

This yard is quite large and grand, and there are many people coming and going in it.

Qu Shaoyang walked in the yard, and no one paid attention to him, so he just wandered around.

He happened to see six or seven young men playing with money in the west room. They were having so much fun that they ignored Qu Shaoyang.

Qu Shaoyang turned around and walked towards the east room again, where he saw five or six old men sitting, drinking and eating dumplings.

When one of them saw Qu Shaoyang, he invited him to sit down and eat dumplings and drink together.

Qu Shaoyang didn't hesitate and sat down to eat and drink with the old men.

While eating, I heard someone shouting, "My old lady wants to go home, who is going to see her off?"

None of the young men in the west room responded, and the old men in the east room, who were all quite old, did not move either.

Qu Shaoyang didn't know what was going on, so he just agreed and came out of the house.

When I got to the yard, I saw an old lady with snow-white hair and quite old standing in the yard, and a carriage was parked outside the gate.

Qu Shaoyang stepped forward, helped the old lady onto the carriage, headed southeast, and came to a small Bashanzui.

I saw a particularly thick red pine tree, and there was a house next to the red pine.

As soon as the carriage arrived at the house, the door opened and many people, young and old, came out to welcome the old lady in.

"Young man, you are so kind that you brought me back from such a long distance.

It's a pity that no one from our family went down the mountain this year. Maybe next year, when you come, there will definitely be someone to go down the mountain with you."

Qu Shaoyang was about to ask why he had to go down the mountain with him, when he suddenly heard someone calling him. Qu Shaoyang woke up with a start.

"Master, are you back?"

When Qu Shaoyang opened his eyes, he saw Liu Dongshan standing in front of him.

When he looked around again, the western sky was golden yellow. It seemed that he had slept for quite a long time, so it was already dusk.

"Yes, when I came back I saw you sleeping against a tree. You are so careless, how dare you sleep in the wilderness?"

Liu Dongshan glared at his apprentice and said.

Qu Shaoyang stood up and stretched, "Master, I just had a very strange dream."

"Dream? Come on, tell me."

Unexpectedly, Liu Dongshan became very excited when he heard that his apprentice was dreaming.

"There is a rule in the mountaineering industry that if you dream of Najing, it is a good omen. Tell me about it."

Qu Shaoyang told Liu Dongshan everything about the dream he had just had.

After hearing this, Liu Dongshan slapped his thigh with joy.

"Hurry up, let's look around here. You're lucky, there's a big shipment coming down the mountain."

"Master, you are just fooling me. It's already great that we can find a sixth-grade leaf. How can there be a big one coming down the mountain?"

Qu Shaoyang naturally didn't believe it, but he couldn't resist his master's urging, so he wandered around here, constantly looking into the bushes.

"Huh? A mallet?"

Qu Shaoyang's gaze was fixed on the back of a red pine tree, and he saw a plant with six palmate compound leaves swaying in the grass.

(End of this chapter)