Guan Xuelian looked at Luo Han in surprise, and then at Guan's mother whose expression remained unchanged. She turned her eyes slightly, probably realizing this, and said nothing.
Guan Xuefeng was a little embarrassed: "The mountains are not as good as the villages. The roads are not easy to walk on. Your shoes..." The shoes on Luo Han's feet were leather shoes. They were prone to slipping.
"Oh, it's okay. I know there are mountains here. I prepared a pair of hiking boots when I came here. They were in the car. Don't be afraid!" Luo Han was very glad that he had the foresight at this moment.
"That's okay!" Guan Xuefeng was also smart and agreed immediately: "You come with me and we'll take care of each other on the way!"
Yutian Village is backed by mountains and the wild forests are very dense. The Guan family contracted nearly one hundred acres of mountain forest to protect the growth environment of wild five-step snakes, and also tried to wilden the artificially bred five-step snakes.
The way into the mountain passed through the village. Guan Xuefeng met many people along the way. Villagers he knew well would say hello. Anyone who asked about Luo Han would calmly introduce him as his sister's boyfriend, which attracted a lot of understanding.
The strong man from Guan Xuelian's village cast a surprised glance at Luo Han.
As they walked, the two of them talked about the Guan family's snake-catching business.
Guan Xuefeng is young and knows a lot of things: "In my grandfather's generation, there were many experts in catching snakes in the village, and they all sold them directly to pharmacies. In my father's generation, many people who were better at studying went there.
In big cities, after graduation, people are assigned to public institutions or grassroots agencies. Anyone with more flexible minds has left. No one is willing to learn the snake-catching job. In the end, only my dad and my uncle were left.
Learned this skill.
"The older generation was injured and sick, and pharmacies couldn't afford a lot of money, and their lives were at risk, so my dad gave up and didn't catch snakes for more than ten years. Later, he was still afraid of snakes.
There was no money for my sister and me to go to college, and the county attracted the big boss of a medicinal material company, saying that he had applied for a patent for a "bone spur patch" and knew that the environment here was suitable for the growth of wild five-step snakes.
We hired someone to guard and breed the semi-wild snakes, and the treatment they gave us was quite generous. My dad just gritted his teeth and decided to go back to his old business. Fortunately, no one has hunted the snakes in the past few years, and the snakes in the mountains have been relieved.
I used the machine and multiplied a lot, and my dad earned 20,000 yuan in just three months, which attracted my uncle to join."
Luo Han was quite surprised: "Bone spur patch? Is it the bone spur patch that has been included in the Chinese Medicine Code and was promoted on CCTV?"
Guan Xuefeng was surprised, and at the same time he was slightly proud: "Brother Luo, have you heard of the name of bone spur patch?"
Luo Han nodded: "In my previous company, the aunt who cooked for us, her husband suffered from bone hyperplasia and was using bone spur patches. It is said that the effect is good!"
Guan Xuefeng smiled, no longer modest, and nodded affirmatively: "Yes, my dad gets a box from the county every year at the end of the year. He also used it for my grandfather, and the effect was good. Because of this, my dad
Only then is he willing to pass on this skill. He often told me that as long as the catch is moderate, the big ones are caught and the small ones are released, the males are caught and the females are released, and the forest is closed to raise seedlings during the breeding period of the five-step snake, this business can be long-term.
If we continue to operate it for a long time, more elderly people will benefit from it."
"Not only that, my dad also asked me to study more information on artificially protecting the wild environment and promoting the reproduction of wild five-step snakes in college, so as to provide a good environment for the five-step snakes to survive as much as possible, so as not to destroy the ecology here.
Balance. Fortunately, there are knowledgeable experts at the medicinal material company. From July to September every year, they will stop purchasing wild five-step snakes to give them a chance to breathe, but they will encourage us to go into the mountains to have a look and give birth to animals when necessary.
With a little help from the eggs and the hatching mother snake, the baby snakes can survive as long as possible."
Luo Han suddenly realized that he had great respect for Guan's father - if he could not be fooled by temporary interests, this snake-catching expert was really far-sighted.
As for the medicinal company's approach, he thinks it's normal. If a large company wants to develop in the long term, it can't just focus on immediate profits.
He turned his eyes slightly: "When your father left the mountain, your sister was probably still in college at that time?"
With today's college fees, it is obviously very stressful for a rural family to support two college students at the same time.
Guan Xuefeng smiled sheepishly, his eyes full of admiration for his sister: "Yes, my sister was just a freshman at that time. My sister has shown amazing language talent since she was a child. With enough money, she was a freshman and a freshman in college.
I kept learning various languages for the second time, and started to earn my own tuition and living expenses in the third year of college, and sometimes gave me some money. So most of the money my father earned later was spent on me. Sister
He was very kind to me and never complained, so from then on, I prayed every day, praying that God would help me find a brother-in-law who was rich, capable, and could love her."
Luohan smiled: "This is also the hope of parents and brothers all over the world!"
Guan Xuefeng stopped and looked at him seriously, his eyes full of gratitude: "Brother Luo, this time, no matter what my dad thinks, I really thank you! When my dad just rescued me, he wanted to buy wild ginseng.
, my mother went to the county to ask for help from the medicinal company where we bought wild five-step snakes, but she came back in vain because they didn’t have the goods either. As a last resort, my mother approached my sister, and at that time she really just wanted me to
My sister inquired about the market situation and was not prepared to let her pay for it. My mother said that my sister was working outside alone with no one to take care of her, and her life was hard, so she had to keep her salary as a dowry. At that time, my mother also said that if this
No, I can only use ordinary ginseng. Fortunately, God bless me, and my sister got to know you."
"The next night after my mother made the call, my sister came home dusty with the wild ginseng plant and said it was a gift from you. At that moment, I saw the corners of my mother's eyes were wet, and it was...
I am happy, grateful, and ashamed. So I am also very happy. My sister has worked hard for so many years, and now she finally has a good support."
Luo Han was surprised - why was what Guan Xuefeng said different from what Guan Xuelian said before?
He asked tentatively: "Auntie, she doesn't have any objections to me?"
Guan Xuefeng nodded first, but then shook his head: "Actually, my mother doesn't have any objections. Since you are an orphan, you must have very few relatives who can move around. It just so happens that my sister is the kind of character who doesn't want to interact with people too much. In this regard,
There won't be much of a conflict. However, I don't know what my dad said to her later, but her attitude was a little wavering."
Rohan's heart skipped a beat.
In other words, the root of the problem lies with Guan Fu!
However, Guan's father is still the head of the family, so he has no way around it and can only find ways to persuade him.
To convince him, he had to find a way to find out the reasons for Guan's father's objection.
Obviously, Guan Xuefeng didn't know either, otherwise he wouldn't have such confusion on his face.
So, how to solve this mystery?
Luo Han was thinking about it, and the road under his feet began to slowly go up. Looking forward, the wide and flat cement road had disappeared, and a lush original forest appeared not far away. It was obvious that he was about to enter the mountains. He thought of the tea tree on the dining table.
Mushroom, Luohan asked curiously: "Do you have tea trees here?"
"Well, there are some wild Camellia oleifera trees not far away. The old people in the village sometimes pick them themselves to make tea, which is very fragrant. Brother Luo likes to drink tea?"
"It's just so so, but the dean's grandma likes to drink it. My friend Chen Xiao will give her some Tieguanyin every year." Knowing that the tea tastes good, Luo Han secretly made up his mind to pick two tea fruits later.
Go back and take a look.
Guan Xuefeng's eldest uncle Liu Zhuang is a thin man. The wrinkles on his face are criss-crossed like Guan's father, but his eyes are extremely sharp. The young man next to him is his eldest son Liu Lintao, who is slightly older than Guan Xuefeng and looks very similar to him.
Father, his eyes were also bright, but not that sharp, but his face was quite cold. He came all the way, and after nodding and greeting Guan Xuefeng, he looked at Luo Han with a slightly curious look, but he just nodded, obviously not in love.
say.
Luo Han accepted his inspection calmly, and after Guan Xuefeng introduced both parties, he greeted Liuzhuang respectfully: "Hello, Uncle Liu! I heard that you are going to the mountain, so I begged Uncle Guan and wanted to follow you.
Take a look and learn a lot."
Liuzhuang's eyes flashed and he noticed the hiking shoes under his feet. He was quite satisfied with his respect: "Okay! Follow carefully on the road and don't run around! The same goes for Xiaofeng. Be careful and don't scare the snake like last time!"
Guan Xuefeng blushed: "Uncle, in fact, it was just a moment of negligence before. Now I know I was wrong and I won't do it again..."
Obviously Liuzhuang also knew that Guan Xuefeng was a talker, so he interrupted before he could finish his words: "Let's leave now and try to come back for dinner at night!"