It is said that once upon a time, there was a man in the Kanto region named Xu Shangen.

As the saying goes, if you rely on the mountain, you can eat the mountain; if you rely on the water, you can eat the water!

Xu Shangen lives in the mountains and makes a living by digging ginseng.

Ginseng grows in deep mountains and old forests. Ginseng diggers generally choose to go into the mountains at night.

When we reached the depths of the forest, it was daybreak.

This makes it easier to find ginseng and dig it out.

That night, Xu Shangen also went into the mountain.

After walking through thorns and thorns all the way, I was exhausted. When I saw a piece of flat and smooth sand, I wanted to sit down and rest for a while before continuing on my way.

He was so tired. Not long after I sat down, I fell asleep before I knew it.

I didn't know how long I slept in a daze. The sun shone on his face the next day, waking him up.

When he opened his eyes and saw it, he was shocked!

He saw a giant holding him in his arms. The giant was more than two feet tall and covered with red hair.

At this time, the giant only used his right hand to hold Xu Shangen like a baby, and his left hand was still gently patting and stroking him, as if he was the child he loved very much.

After a while, he picked up Xu Shangen's body and rubbed it gently on the red hair on his body, as if he was playing with jade.

The red-haired giant patted it lightly and laughed loudly; rubbed it a few times and laughed a few times, as if it had picked up some big treasure and was overjoyed!

Poor Xu Shangen was frightened! I thought: My life is at stake! Are you trying to eat me?

He didn't dare to move or speak, for fear that if the giant got angry, he would drop him to death or swallow him in one gulp.

Fortunately, what he was worried about didn't happen.

The red-haired giant carried him to a cave.

Inside, I saw rare treasures such as tiger tendons, deer tails, and ivory piled up like mountains.

It looks like the home of a red-haired giant.

There is a platform made of stones in the cave, which is like a bed for people to sleep on. It's very wide and big. It's probably where the red-haired giant usually sleeps.

The red-haired giant walked to the stone bed, placed him on the stone bed, and then walked deeper into the cave.

After a while, he came out again. But there was a lot of meat in his hand, including tiger meat and venison.

The red-haired giant brought the meat in front of Xu Shangen, intending to invite him to eat it.

Xu Shangen was overjoyed: It turns out that this red-haired giant is not short of food! If he wasn't hungry, he wouldn't eat me! My life is safe.

He was on the road all night and was already hungry. He grabbed the tiger meat and started chewing it. Unfortunately, it was raw and he couldn't bite it. He tried it with venison, but the result was the same.

Xu Shangen looked at the red-haired giant and smiled helplessly, meaning he couldn't eat it.

The red-haired giant stood beside the stone bed, looking down at him condescendingly, scratching his head with his right hand, thoughtfully.

Suddenly, the red-haired giant slapped his forehead with his hand, as if he had figured out something.

He walked out of the cave, brought in a lot of dead grass branches, found two stones, knocked them against each other, and produced sparks. With this spark, he actually ignited the dead grass branches.

Then, he went to get a stone pot, put it on the fire, fetched water and poured it into the pot, and finally threw the tiger meat and venison into the pot and started cooking.

After a while, the aroma of the meat filled the cave.

Xu Shangen was pleasantly surprised: This stupid big guy is not stupid at all! He knew I couldn't eat raw meat, so he was lighting a fire to cook meat for me!

About half an hour later, the red-haired giant took out the cooked meat from the stone pot and brought it to Xu Shangen.

Xu Shangen was so hungry that he was so hungry that he picked it up and ate it without any hesitation.

It is said that high-end ingredients only require the simplest cooking methods.

Regardless of whether it’s high-end ingredients or he’s hungry, Xu Shangen feels that tiger meat and venison are the delicacies of the world, and you won’t get tired of eating them!

After he was full, the red-haired giant picked him up again.

He carried a big bow on his shoulder, took five long arrows, and ran away.

After a while, they came to a cliff. The red-haired giant found a tall and big tree and tied Xu Shangen to it.

Then, holding a bow and arrow in hand, he hid in the bushes on the side.

Xu Shangen was shocked and frightened: Did he use me as a target to practice archery? !

After a while, the red-haired giant came to shoot him with his bow and arrow. When he was wondering, there was movement next to him.

It turns out that there is a tiger cave near this cliff.

The tigers in the cave had been hungry for a long time. When they smelled the scent of strangers outside, they all rushed out of the cave.

The tigers rushed under the tree, roared and pounced on Xu Shangen who was tied to the tree, trying to eat him.

However, the red-haired giant tied him too high, and the tiger couldn't touch him even though he tried his best.

At this time, the red-haired giant hiding in the bushes shot out an arrow, hitting the heart of a fierce tiger. The tiger fell to the ground unable to struggle and died.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the other tigers dispersed and fled back to their caves.

The red-haired giant came out of his hiding place, loaded up his bow and arrows, and freed Xu Shangen from the tree.

Xu Shangen suddenly realized: It turns out he didn’t want to shoot me! They tied me to a tree as bait to catch tigers!

The red-haired giant held Xu Shangen in one hand and dragged the dead tiger with the other, and happily returned to the cave where he lived.

The next day, the red-haired giant cooked meat for Xu Shangen to eat.

After he had eaten and drank enough, he took him out with a bow and arrow, tied him to a tree to lure the tiger, shot the tiger, and then took him back to his cave.

So day after day.

At this time, Xu Shangen was extremely depressed: "He wants to keep me for a long time and use me as bait to catch tigers!"

But no matter what, he didn't dare to have any resistance at all. He was just afraid that if he was not careful, his life would be in danger.

More than a month passed like this, Xu Shangen was unscathed, but the red-haired giant had gained a lot of weight.

Xu Shangen had nothing to do all day long. He didn't know what to do except after he had eaten and drank enough, he was taken out to be used as bait for catching tigers.

On this day, I suddenly thought of my wife, children and children at home. It’s not that he is a homeless, heartless, and unintentional person. But he is a ginseng digger. Every time he leaves home to dig ginseng in the mountains, it is common for him not to return home for a month or two.

Once the valve of longing is opened, it becomes out of control.

At this moment, Xu Shangen was so anxious to return home that he didn't care whether the red-haired giant would be angry or not. He plucked up the courage and knelt down in front of the red-haired giant, cried bitterly, and worshiped again and again.

The red-haired giant didn't know what he was going to do, and his face was full of confusion.

Xu Shangen was crying and pointing in the direction of home, meaning he wanted to go home.

Unexpectedly, the red-haired giant understood his thoughts immediately, and his eyes became red and burst into tears!

Without saying a word, he picked up Xu Shangen and carried him to the place where he fell asleep digging ginseng.

Xu Shangen came here on his way at night, but now that he is back here, he is at a loss and can't find his way home.

Seeing him asking for help, the red-haired giant understood and immediately pointed him in the direction.

Xu Shangen thanked him profusely, bowed his head and said goodbye to the red-haired giant. Just as he was about to turn around and leave, the red-haired giant grabbed him and pointed him to some places.

Xu Shangen didn't know what it meant.

The red-haired giant walked to a nearby place, reached out and dug in the soil a few times, took out a ginseng, and brought it to him. He held the ginseng in one hand and pointed to the places he just pointed to again.

Only then did Xu Shangen suddenly realize: This is the red-haired giant who wants to repay me by telling me where to find ginseng!

So he bid farewell to the red-haired giant with joy and returned home to reunite with his family.

Some time later, he went into the mountains again to dig ginseng.

This time he didn't need to try his luck everywhere to find ginseng.

Dig directly according to the location indicated by the red-haired giant.

Sure enough, there are them everywhere! And they are all old ginseng, some that are hundreds or even thousands of years old!

From then on, Xu Shangen became extremely wealthy!

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