sinovels Chapter 1918 White Three Fingers Arrive
Chapter 1918 White Three Fingers Arrive
Chapter 1918 The White Three Fingers Have Arrived
This ginseng seedling with seven leaves must be over three hundred years old.
Over these three hundred years, the ginseng king will inevitably produce seeds and reproduce.
In this area, apart from this ginseng king, the oldest wild ginseng that the Zhao family has planted is only five leaves.
This is a fifth-grade wild ginseng, approximately one hundred years old. One hundred years and three hundred years is a difference of two hundred years.
In these two hundred years, it is impossible that the Seven-Grade Leaf Ginseng King did not produce seeds, and it is impossible that not all the seeds produced grew into ginseng, and it is impossible that all the grown ginseng was picked by people or trampled by livestock.
Therefore, Zhao Jun concluded that there must be a six-leaf variety in this grove, and more than one.
Upon hearing Zhao Jun's words, Ma Yang instantly perked up. These past two days, whether he was squatting in the fields or carrying ginseng, he hadn't had a chance to shine.
This made Ma Yang, who had only just found his value two days prior, feel very uncomfortable.
He volunteered several times to search for ginseng in other mountains, but each time Zhao Jun rejected his request.
Now that he heard there were still six ranks in this village, Ma Yang picked up his rope and grabbed his stick, and went to find the stick.
……
While Zhao Jun led the Zhao family gang through arduous struggles on the mountain, Zhao Youcai was at home petting cats, teasing dogs, and playing with bears.
Today, Wang Meilan led a group of people to weed the cornfields in Nandadi. Even Ma Ling went along for a stroll, leaving Zhao Youcai at home to look after the house.
Zhao Youcai, with his five spines and six beasts, first teased the little black fat boy by tossing a towel around, enticing the little black fat boy to bite the other end of the towel, and then trained the little black fat boy's tearing ability by pulling on the towel.
Seeing that the man and the dog were having a great time, the little lynx and the little black bear joined in and quickly tore Zhao Youcai's foot towel to shreds.
Although the Zhao family is a large and powerful family, it's still wrong for them to cause trouble. Zhao Youcai ordered the little lynx, the little black bear, and the little fat black bear to sit in a row in front of him, and then gave them a severe scolding.
This is just pure idleness!
Suddenly, the sound of dogs barking came from the backyard. Zhao Youcai, the lynx, the black bear, and the fat black dog all looked towards the gate of the courtyard.
Being too far away, Zhao Youcai couldn't see the jeep outside the gate, but soon the gate was opened from the outside and the jeep drove into the Zhao family compound.
"What the hell did they do this time?" Zhao Youcai wasn't happy that the jeep had brought back meat.
The jeep stopped in front of Zhao Youcai, and Li Baoyu opened the door and smiled at Zhao Youcai, saying, "Uncle, there's pork in the back, take it out."
Zhao Youcai seemed not to hear Li Baoyu's words, and walked half a circle around the jeep's large rear end with his hands behind his back.
Seeing that he hadn't managed to get Zhao Youcai to do anything, Li Baoyu seemed about to say something, but Zhang Yuanmin stopped him.
Zhang Yuanmin winked at Li Baoyu, knowing that Li Baoyu was all bark and no bite, and that if he kept talking nonsense, he would definitely get scolded.
Zhang Yuanmin and Li Baoyu each pulled a sack of wild boar meat from the car, followed by a sack specifically for holding offal.
Zhao Youcai stopped the little lynx that was about to pounce on the sack, then looked at Li Baoyu and asked, "Did your brother hunt a wild boar?"
Li Baoyu finally got his chance, and immediately grinned, saying, "Grandpa, this wasn't my brother who hit me, it was the two of us who hit me."
"Huh?" Zhao Youcai was taken aback, then saw Zhang Yuanmin puff out his chest and proudly say, "I kowtowed to two pigs last night, and Baoyu kowtowed to one."
As soon as Zhang Yuanmin finished speaking, Li Baoyu hurriedly added, "The one I'm talking about is huge, weighing over two hundred jin."
Li Baoyu's face was full of pride as he said this.
"You two?" Zhao Youcai frowned as he looked at the two of them. Although his small eyes were not big, they were full of doubt.
Zhao Youcai's attitude displeased Zhang Yuanmin and Li Baoyu, especially Zhang Yuanmin, who immediately said to Zhao Youcai, "Uncle, what's wrong with us? Can't we hunt wild boars?"
"You two are holding hands... Fine, go ahead and hit me." Zhao Youcai's reaction made Li Baoyu and Zhang Yuanmin very unhappy, but Zhao Youcai was their elder, so they couldn't be too aggressive.
“Uncle, I’m not bad at fighting.” Zhang Yuanmin said, “I’ve fought a 700-pound black bear and even devised a plan to eliminate a 1,300-pound bear. These stories have been reported in the newspapers and on TV.”
Zhang Yuanmin's record was truly impressive, but in Zhao Youcai's opinion, his marksmanship was unparalleled; he just hadn't encountered those big shots. If he were to face a 700-pound bear or a 1300-pound bear, he could take them down in two shots.
"Grandpa, I can handle it too." After hearing Zhang Yuanmin's boast, Li Baoyu immediately praised himself, saying, "I was the first among these people to follow my brother. What kind of battles haven't I seen? I've fought black bears and wild boars."
"Damn it." Zhao Youcai glanced at the two of them and said indifferently, "You two are just lucky."
"I..." Zhang Yuanmin and Li Baoyu were both a little angry when they heard this. Zhang Yuanmin muttered under his breath, "Uncle, why do you always look down on people... no, why do you always judge people through a crack in the door?"
"Get out of my way!" Zhao Youcai raised his hand and shoved Zhang Yuanmin with a stick. Zhang Yuanmin clutched his chest and backed away.
At this moment, Zhao Youcai smelled an unpleasant odor, and then he saw the burlap sack placed to the side.
"What's in this sack?" Zhao Youcai asked. "Why does it smell so bad?"
"Oh my god!" Zhang Yuanmin suddenly remembered something and hurriedly said to Li Baoyu, "Baoyu, quickly get a large basin of cold water and put the intestines in the basin to soak."
"What? You even brought back some sausages?" Zhao Youcai asked. Zhang Yuanmin replied, "Uncle, well... today my brother and I brought back over a hundred pounds of meat. We figured we could make sausages and air-dry the rest since we couldn't eat them all."
"Get the hell out of here!" Zhao Youcai suddenly cursed, leaving Zhang Yuanmin and Li Baoyu bewildered and exchanging bewildered glances. Zhang Yuanmin recalled that he hadn't said anything wrong, so why was he getting so angry?
Seeing Zhang Yuanmin and Li Baoyu staring at each other, Zhao Youcai said irritably, "Who's going to give you that junk? I'll have to do it all myself."
After saying these words, Zhao Youcai tossed his hand at Zhang Yuanmin and Li Baoyu, saying, "Quickly take that rotten intestine to feed the dogs!"
Zhang Yuanmin and Li Baoyu exchanged a glance. Although they were unwilling, they dared not disobey Zhao Youcai.
Just as the two were about to feed the wild boar intestines to the dogs, the sound of dogs barking rang out again from the backyard.
Someone's back!
Sure enough, the gate to the courtyard was pushed open, and Wang Meilan and the others returned carrying hoes.
"Why are you back so early?" Zhao Youcai frowned, somewhat puzzled.
Zhang Yuanmin winked at Li Baoyu, who then ran quickly to Wang Meilan and shouted, "Auntie, look what we brought back!"
"What did you bring back this time?" Wang Meilan laughed. "We're bringing home meat every day. Life is too good."
"Brother Zhang and I, we hunted wild boars!" Li Baoyu said as he ran. "I caught one big one, and he caught two small ones. We got over a hundred catties of meat from it!"
"Oh my, that's quite a lot!" Wang Meilan exclaimed happily, while Jin Xiaomei said with some worry, "How are we going to eat all this meat? There's no room in the refrigerator. Won't it spoil if we can't finish it?"
Li Baoyu darted around quickly; he was already in front of Wang Meilan by the time Jin Xiaomei was speaking.
As the group walked towards the front of the house, Wang Meilan smelled the stench as they passed the sack containing the intestines.
"Baoyu," Wang Meilan asked Li Baoyu, "why is the meat rotten?"
“It doesn’t smell, ma’am.” Li Baoyu lifted the sack and laughed, “This is offal, intestines, stomach and stuff.”
"Did you bring back all the pig intestines?" Wang Meilan asked. Li Baoyu nodded and said, "Yes, I brought back two sets."
"That's perfect!" Upon hearing there were pig intestines, Wang Meilan immediately said, "Look, we have ribs and halapia, let's stew them for dinner. Then we can make some extra filling, share it among ourselves, and make our own fillings at home tomorrow morning, whatever we like to make. As for the leftover meat, we'll make sausages..."
"Auntie, are you still making sausages? That's too much trouble." Li Baoyu said, "Just feed these sausages to the dogs."
"Get out of my way!" Wang Meilan slapped Li Baoyu and said, "This child is such a spendthrift!"
Wang Meilan's blows didn't hurt much, and Li Baoyu, who was being hit, wasn't angry. Instead, he chuckled and glanced at Zhao Youcai out of the corner of his eye.
To Li Baoyu's surprise, Zhao Youcai echoed Wang Meilan's words, saying, "It's right to discipline him; this child doesn't know how to manage a household."
"Huh?" Zhang Yuanmin and Li Baoyu were both taken aback, and then they heard Zhao Youcai say, "I'll get a big basin and soak these intestines in it first. When Dayong comes back tonight, I'll have him take out these intestines; he's good at taking out intestines."
Li Baoyu: "..."
"You're just making things useless." Wang Meilan glanced at Zhao Youcai and laughed, "Dayong works all day, and you still want him to do this kind of work when he gets back?"
"It's not me ordering him around," Zhao Youcai laughed. "Isn't it his eldest son who's ordering him around?"
When Zhao Youcai said this, everyone thought he was joking and laughed it off.
Only Zhang Yuanmin and Li Baoyu didn't laugh; the two brothers knew they could never avenge Zhao Youcai's mockery.
"Huh?" Just then, Wang Meilan suddenly remembered something and hurriedly asked Zhang Yuanmin and Li Baoyu, "Yuanmin, Baoyu, have you two eaten?"
"No, Auntie," Zhang Yuanmin said. "We rushed back this morning after loading the meat onto the truck."
Hearing Zhang Yuanmin's words, Wang Meilan turned to Zhao Youcai and said, "What are you doing at home? That child hasn't eaten, don't you know how to give him a meal?"
After saying that, Wang Meilan turned to Zhang Yuanmin and Li Baoyu and said, "Come on, hurry up and go inside. I'll start a fire and make you noodles and poached eggs."
"Auntie, is it alright if we don't eat noodles?" Li Baoyu asked with a bitter face. "We have noodles every day when we're up on the mountain."
Upon hearing this, Wang Meilan immediately thought of her son.
"Why not?" Wang Meilan said, "I changed the dried tofu this morning. I'll cut some wild boar meat and make you some dried tofu stew, okay?"
Zhang Yuanmin and Li Baoyu both agreed. As they walked into the house, Zhao Youcai winked at Wang Meilan on the back of the head.
When Zhao Youcai entered the house, Jin Xiaomei, Zhao Ling, and a few others were dividing the wild boar meat in the outer room, Wang Meilan was starting a fire, and Zhang Yuanmin, Li Baoyu, the old lady, Mr. Zhao, and Mrs. Zhao were chatting together.
"Hey?" Zhao Youcai came over and asked Zhang Yuanmin, "Did you guys get Big Bear on your roost?"
"No," Zhang Yuanmin shook his head in response, then added, "But I feel it's only a matter of time."
Zhao Youcai also felt that it was only a matter of time before the Zhao family's gang got their hands on a big brown bear.
At this moment, Zhao Youcai really wanted to go up the mountain to hunt. Of course, he didn't have this idea for money or meat; he just wanted to satisfy his hunting craving.
But Zhao Youcai knew that Wang Meilan couldn't let him go.
Thinking about this, Zhao Youcai was quite envious of the people in the Zhao family gang.
……
At this moment, the Zhao family members, whom Zhao Youcai envied, were carrying ginseng in the mountains with Zhao Jun.
When Zhao Jun took a break, Li Ruhai and Zhao Jinhui helped him to the side, then Wang Qiang fanned him and Xie Chen handed him water.
Meanwhile, Ma Yang was still searching for the sixth-grade leaf that Zhao Jun had mentioned in the hamlet.
Ma Yang had been searching for over an hour, but to no avail. Despite his poor academic performance, Ma Yang was incredibly persistent in his search for a club.
Zhao Jun glanced at Ma Yang and thought he would call the kid over to have some water and rest for a while.
Before Zhao Jun could speak, Xing San hurried over.
"Kid," Xing San called out to Zhao Jun with a serious expression. Zhao Jun turned around and asked, "What's up, Uncle Xing?"
Xing San walked up to Zhao Jun and asked, "Kid, do you know who Bai Sanzhi is?"
"Huh?" Zhao Jun was taken aback, and frowned, "Third Uncle, why did you bring him up?"
Xing San gestured south with his hand before saying, "I think you've all had enough noodles and vegetable rolls with dipping sauce. I was thinking that since we have wild boar meat today, I'll go over there and get some vegetables, like willow shoots and celery, so we can stir-fry them with the meat."
I was crouching down, picking vegetables, when I heard people talking about Old Pang's family. I sensed something was wrong, so I hid behind a tree. Then I saw Bai Sanzhi leading four people towards our old shack.
They chatted as they walked, gossiping about how the Pang family was fighting with their own family in Yonghu Old Anzi.
Hearing Xing San's words, Wang Qiang and the others all looked at Zhao Jun.
This place is some distance from where the Zhao family gang originally set up camp, but I'm afraid the Bai family gang might sneak over here.
The Zhao family gang is currently carrying the seventh-grade ginseng king, which is a great treasure and must not be seen by anyone.
Therefore, the Zhao family gang is waiting for Zhao Jun to make a decision.
"Third Uncle." At this moment, Zhao Jun only asked Xing San one question: "Where's your knife?"
"It's in the shack," Xing San said. "I rushed out in a hurry and forgot to take my knife. I'll go get it now."
As he spoke, Xing San turned to leave, but Zhao Jun stood up and stopped him.
“Uncle, I didn’t tell you to take the knife.” Zhao Jun laughed, “You were right not to take it, I was just afraid you’d get stabbed.”
"What if they come if I don't bring a knife?" Xing San asked. Zhao Jun replied, "Don't worry, Uncle San, listen to me. We have dogs here. If outsiders get too close, the dogs will bark. Then, Uncle San, you can go over there."
After saying this, Zhao Jun paused slightly, then grabbed Xing San's wrist and said, "Please, don't do anything, just let them go. If they don't leave..."
Halfway through his sentence, Zhao Jun turned to Wang Qiang, Xie Chen, Zhao Jinhui, and Li Ruhai and said, "You guys take your gun butts and big sticks and beat them up!"
"Yes!" Wang Qiang and the others responded in unison.
As the saying goes: People die for wealth, birds die for food.
The Zhao family's determination to protect the fruits of victory was extremely firm!
"Brother," Li Ruhai suddenly suggested, "Let Ma Lao Er go too. Didn't Third Uncle say that Bai San was referring to the five of them?"
Li Ruhai lacked confidence in his fighting ability, and as soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Jinhui said in a muffled voice, "We don't need that many people."
As he spoke, Zhao Jinhui clasped his hands together and pushed his fists with his palms, making his knuckles crack.
Then, Zhao Jinhui said confidently, "I can take care of them all by myself!"