Shennongjia, Northern Hubei Province, has long been developed into a scenic spot. A large number of Chinese and foreign tourists come here every day for sightseeing. The scenic spot is divided into many areas. Tourists only need to buy tickets to go in for sightseeing.

Most tourists visit developed areas, but there are also some people who go deep into the primitive deep forests of Shennongjia, such as travel enthusiasts, adventure enthusiasts, and medicinal farmers.

"Walk slower here and be careful where you step!" A middle-aged man dressed as a dark-skinned mountain man reminded the young man following behind him.

"Little brother, big brother, I really admire you!"

"Oh? I wonder what I can do about my little brother that can make my elder brother admire me?"

"Brother, I have seen many outsiders come to Shennongjia. Like my little brother, they all did not buy tickets to enter the scenic spot. They all found a guide in our village to enter the virgin forest from the path. But they are different from the little brother. Everyone

They carried enough equipment in large and small bags, and they were exhausted after walking only a few kilometers, and many of them returned directly. But you, little brother, just carried a small backpack and followed me for two consecutive days.

After thirty miles of mountain walking, I still don’t show signs of fatigue.” The mountaineer said with admiration, “Little brother, let’s stop and rest for a while. Big brother, this is the first time that I have walked twenty or thirty miles in a row without stopping!”

"Brother, I also grew up in the mountains. I have been running all over the mountains since I was a child. These twenty or thirty miles are a daily routine for me. Just listen to big brother, let's take a rest. Come on, big brother, eat something and drink some water."

Then the young man found a stone and put down his backpack. He took out two bottles of water and a piece of dried fish from the bag and handed them to the mountain man.

This young man is Mu Wenbin. Like other traveling friends, he arrived at Shennongjia and walked around the scenic area before exiting. Because the scenic area has developed the surrounding areas of Shennongjia, it is not that easy to enter the depths of Shennongjia.

All the roads leading to the depths are blocked and guarded by special personnel.

However, he heard from tourists that some travel enthusiasts often find guides in nearby villages and ask the guides to take them into the mountains from the trails. So Mu Wenbin also went to the village to hire a guide. It was really easy to find. He looked around before entering the village.

Many men, women, and children were there to pull people, but those people took one look at Mu Wenbin and stopped paying attention to him.

Mu Wenbin had no choice but to grab a person and say that he wanted to go into the mountains and find a guide. When he heard that he wanted to find a guide, those people gathered around him and started recommending him first.

The man who was pulled was also acting as a guide and immediately pulled Mu Wenbin aside. When the others saw Mu Wenbin being pulled away, they dispersed with curses.

"It's really cheap, Lao Jiang. You can tell at a glance that this is not for the mountains. You'll probably be back in just two steps. Lao Jiang has found money again this time."

"Okay, okay, there are a lot of young people here, and some of them are fat sheep."

The person Mu Wenbin grabbed was the mountain man. At first he looked at Mu Wenbin's clothes and luggage and guessed that he was like those in the city. He walked for two or three miles and had to go back, so he took a 500 deposit from him.

, he led Mu Wenbin into the mountains without any luggage.

But what he didn't expect was that even though he was tired from walking, Mu Wenbin still had nothing to do with him. Yes, he didn't prepare anything to eat or drink, and he also felt that the one thousand yuan guide fee that he had negotiated with Mu Wenbin before entering the mountain was too much.

It was too little. I was very hungry even after walking for a long time. I took the dried fish and ate it. It tasted really good. I have never eaten anything so delicious.

"Brother, you said that many people have gone into the deep mountains and virgin forests recently?" Mu Wenbin asked while eating.

"Yes, travelers often go to Shennongjia, and they all enter the mountains from our village. Gradually, many people in our village no longer go to the mountains to collect herbs. They have become professional guides. Especially in the past ten days or so, all of a sudden,

There are a lot of people coming, hundreds of people can come every day, but they all work in teams, and this is the first time that a person like little brother Xiang gets a job.

Because of the large number of people, the guide fees have also increased. In the past, the guide fee for a day was only 3 to 500 yuan, but now the starting price is 2,000 yuan. Brother, I have made a living by going into the mountains to collect herbs since I was a child, and I have not had time to collect herbs in the past ten days or so.

, I just became a guide. Those city people are very generous with their money. I made more money from being a guide in these ten days than I did in two years of collecting medicine.

Little brother, no one paid any attention to you when you first arrived. That’s because you didn’t look like you were going to go into the mountains. Later, so many people rushed to pick you up. That’s because they heard you said you wanted to go into the mountains. It looked like you were the best at leaving.

We have to go back within three to five miles. We encountered not only a hundred but also eighty people who came out after only three to five miles into the mountain."

Hearing this, Mu Wenbin certainly understood. The mountain man felt that the price was negotiated low before entering the mountain. He smiled softly and said, "Don't worry, brother, you won't suffer a loss on this trip."

Mu Wenbin was also born in the mountains and had a sense of intimacy with the mountain people themselves. When the mountain man's eldest brother asked him for two thousand at first, he felt that the mountain people were no longer simple and honest now, but he didn't counter-offer and paid a deposit of five hundred.

.Now that I hear this, I also want to understand why there are so many of them now.

"Little brother, you misunderstood. I didn't mean it that way. Big brother, I just spit on you. If you say two thousand, it's two thousand. Don't say two thousand before. One thousand is too much." Brother Jiang, a mountain man, heard this.

Mu Wenbin quickly explained what he said.

Mu Wenbin didn't say anything after hearing this. He took a sip of water and asked, "Brother, do you know why there are so many people entering the mountain these days?"

"If you ask why, I would say that people in the city now have money and no place to spend it, so they have to go into the mountains to collect herbs like we mountain folk do." Brother Lao Jiang explained.

"Collecting herbs? Yes, Shennongjia is said to be the place where Shennong tasted herbs. It is rich in herbs. But I don't understand why they go into the mountains to collect herbs. I have never heard of city people being interested in collecting herbs.

"Mu Wenbin continued to ask puzzledly.

"City people who came here used to come here for tourism or to explore Shennongjia to find savages, but two months ago news suddenly came out that a group of travel friends went into the mountains and accidentally discovered a thousand-year-old ginseng." Brother Lao Jiang explained.

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"What? Thousand-year ginseng?" Even Mu Wenbin was shocked when he heard this. If he had eaten thousand-year ginseng, his cultivation level would have jumped three times in a row.

"Hey! Thousand-year-old ginseng, that's all just rumors! Let alone thousand-year-old ginseng, even century-old ginseng is hard to come by. However, after the news spread, a large number of mountain people came to the mountains to collect medicine.

, Brother, I am no exception, but I have searched the nearby mountains several times, and I have not found even five-year-old ginseng. Some people did not give up and ventured into no man's land. Later, not only did they not find the medicine, but they also found several

If we save lives, we will give up now and no one will take risks anymore."

"Let me tell you, maybe those travel friends deliberately spread the rumors. This is a bit abominable, and it has harmed so many people!"
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