The situation in the mountains is indeed complex and changeable, and it is indeed very dangerous if no one is there to guide you.
Luo Xuan originally wanted to go to Captain Bu's house to see if he could ask him to arrange for someone to take him into the mountains.
But now that Du Juan has taken the initiative to take over the matter, Luo Xuan cannot refuse him.
Otherwise, it would be considered a complete offence.
It's good to have someone to lead the way, even if the other person is just a female prostitute, it's better than running around in the mountains alone.
As for what he said about catching pythons, that was just talk.
Luo Xuan was afraid of snakes in his previous life, and he is also afraid of those cold things in this life.
If you encounter a reptile on the trail, you will dare to bully it, and you will bully the small snake that is less than three taels.
If he encounters one weighing more than half a catty, Luo Xuan will have to carefully weigh its strength.
If you encounter a snake weighing more than a kilogram, no matter whether it is poisonous or not, if you keep it, Luo Xuan's feet will fly.
"Luo Xuan, do you really want to catch a python?"
Du Juan, who was walking in front, turned around and asked Luo Xuan with a smile on his face, "You have to know that 'a snake one meter long can be stewed and eaten. A snake ten feet long can break the neck of a tiger'. Are you really planning to take money rather than life?"
Already?"
Luo Xuan chuckled and said casually: "I'm scared of poverty, so I just want to try to catch a python. The sign at the buying station says, 'Snake skin 1 foot wide, the buying price is 2 yuan for 10 centimeters. 1.5
Snake skins that are larger than a foot wide can be sold for 3 yuan and 10 centimeters."
Python skin is the best material for making the skin on the erhu.
Nowadays, "artistic performance teams" and "artistic work propaganda teams" are being formed all over the country, so folk instruments like erhu are in great demand.
Therefore, purchasing stations all over the country are beginning to purchase large quantities of snake skins.
Since they have very high requirements on the size of the snake skin, the price is very generous.
But these have nothing to do with you.
In fact, Luo Xuan just wanted to catch some scorpions, dig up some Panax notoginseng, and try to see if he could get rock honey and other things to sell for some money.
I actually had no intention of actually catching the snake.
The reason why I told Du Zhong and his daughter before was to find a python in exchange for money.
That's just a speaking technique.
If at the beginning, Luo Xuan had said that he just wanted to find some mountain products, or peel some Chinese herbal medicines such as eucommia bark and cork bark to sell.
Then the people from Xiao Laojun's production team would definitely keep pointing: Well, there are them on this hilltop and that hilltop.
That way.
Others will really treat me as an insignificant person who just wants to go into the mountains to find something to sell for a few cents and a few dollars to make pocket money.
But if you start by saying that your task is very difficult or even impossible to complete.
So.
It is very likely that these mountain people will persuade Luo Xuan to give up this idea!
Then, they might come up with an alternative plan for themselves, such as pointing out to Luo Xuan where there are rock bees and where there are more precious medicinal materials.
Although collecting rare medicinal materials, rock honey also has certain risks.
But it’s much easier than catching a python, isn’t it?
Human nature is often like this: if you ask for too little, others will definitely not give you much.
But if you set your goals as ambitious as possible without offending others.
Then others will respect you more or less.
Luo Xuan is not tricking these members, but this is an art of speaking.
How could I go into the mountains to peel some eucommia bark, cork bark, and pick some common medicinal materials such as gardenia and honeysuckle when I have traveled nearly 100 miles back and forth?
These things can only be sold at the purchasing station of the supply and marketing cooperative for 2 cents or 3 cents per pound.
I’m so exhausted that I can’t even make much money!
"What are you thinking about?"
Du Juan, who was leading the way, turned to look at the preoccupied Luo Xuan and asked, "I see that you only brought a hatchet and a rope. It doesn't look like you came to catch a python."
"No, I didn't think about anything."
Luo Xuan replied: "Sister Dujuan, do you think there are any Panax notoginseng, scorpions or the like in this mountain?"
Dujuan nodded, "Yes. The weeds are too deep, so it's hard to find Panax notoginseng. But I know a place where there are a lot of scorpions. I'm afraid you don't dare to go!"
Luo Xuan looked indifferent.
Du Juan reached out and snatched the backpack made of sacks that Du Zhong had prepared for Luo Xuan when he was going out. "I'll carry it. Seeing how hard you are climbing mountains and ravines, you are not born to be a bandit."
material.”
When Du Juan mentioned the word 'bandit', she immediately realized that she had made a mistake.
I saw her stamping her feet quickly and scolding Luo Xuan: "It's all your fault! What's your name? Sister Dujuan! How much older can I be than you? Just call me Xiaojuan from now on. Hum, otherwise, I won't take you into the mountains
went!"
Luo Xuan was stunned when he heard this!
But it was just a moment of surprise.
Otherwise, what else can I do?
Fortunately, after Du Juan finished speaking, she put her backpack on her back.
Then she raised the hatchet in her hand, turned around and chopped the branches blocking the road, and no more words were left in her mouth.
Du Juan is 16 years old this year.
The woman in the mountains may have worked since she was a child and had to cross mountains and ridges to go out. In addition, she has never been treated badly in terms of food.
Therefore, the cuckoo's body is developing very well.
It was only morning, the sun had just risen, and there was still a lot of dew on the weeds and vines on the roadside.
Didn't walk for a while.
Dujuan's whole body was soaked with morning dew, causing all her clothes to cling to her body.
In fact, cuckoos are not pretty at all.
However, she always exudes a natural, healthy and youthful atmosphere.
Like the lush silk thatch in the mountains. It has tenacious vitality and great resilience.
Luo Xuan lowered his head and only looked at the road, never daring to open his eyes to see Du Juan.
Du Juan, who was just holding a hatchet to clear the way in front, would glance behind her from time to time as her body swayed.
Girls in the mountains get married at an early age. In fact, many girls of Du Juan's age are already married, but they just haven't gone to the township office to get a marriage certificate.
In the words of local people, this is called "get on the bus first and pay the ticket later".
It is not too common for two people to live together for two years, wait until the baby is old enough to call mom and dad, and then take the baby to the township office to apply for a marriage certificate.
Although we are now in a new society, late marriage and late childbearing are not advocated at this period.
On the contrary, childbirth is also encouraged during this period. Whoever gives birth to a child will be named a ‘hero mother’!
In the township office, she would also be given candy and a certificate as a reward.
Walked for a while.
Luo Xuan suddenly realized that something was wrong: the cuckoo who was walking ahead to clear the path did not take the existing forest path, but instead went to a remote place overgrown with weeds!
Luo Xuan couldn't help but ask her, what's the reason?
But Du Juan laughed and asked Luo Xuan: "Did you come to the mountain to hide in the shade?"
Dujuan doesn't know the written word "to escape the heat". What she means by "to escape the shade" actually means similar to "evacuate from the heat".
Luo Xuan shook his head.
"Isn't that the end?"
Du Juan smiled and said: "If you want to find medicinal materials, you have to come with me and go to a place where no one has been before."
Luo Xuan thought about it, and that was true.
Then he followed Du Juan calmly and walked deep into the mountain, one foot deep and one foot shallow.
