his dragon [farming]

The tea served in Liangshi Town is baked with fresh Yunwu tea and mountain chrysanthemum. When brewing, some salt and cooked sesame seeds are added. Those who are particular about it will also add tangerine peel. The taste is slightly salty and has a particularly mellow taste.

At this moment, old man Ding was holding such a strong cup of tea, and looked at Qiuhe with great interest, feeling that the whole thing became very interesting because it exceeded his expectations.

"Why do you think that I will definitely tell you this?" The old man sucked his mouth, took a sip of tea, and deliberately made things difficult for others.

"Grandpa, can't I even see this?" Qiu He looked at him helplessly, "Don't you always take care of Bai Chuan? Or do you want your people to be injured? If they can resolve the dispute peacefully, I guess , you must be the most gratifying person in the world, aren't you?"

Old man Ding chewed his tea slowly and said, "Okay, you won. I will tell the Jiang family what you said. As for what they will do, it's hard to say. Besides..." He sighed In a calm tone, he said, "You'd better pray that you live longer."

Qiu He thought it was a warning to him that he would be in danger in the future, and was about to say that he was not afraid, but Lao Ding changed the subject and said, "Bai Chuan told you, how old is he now?"

"...No," Qiu He was stunned, and said, "However, his age is not a secret, is it? It's easy to tell from his appearance."

Old man Ding snorted, and said: "What you see may not be the truth." He lowered his voice and said mysteriously: "If you calculate according to the age of the dragon, Bai Chuan is now sixteen or seventeen years old. You are still young, so you can only be regarded as a young dragon; but if you look at it according to the way humans calculate ages, it is estimated that he must be in his 40s."

Qiu He: ...

Old man Ding looked at the stunned Qiuhe, proud of himself, lowered his head and took a sip of tea, and said slowly: "The lifespan of dragons is much longer than that of humans, don't you know?"

Qiu He's complexion was already very bad, but it was even worse at this time, and his heart was full of bitterness.

No wonder Bai Chuan emphasized over and over again that he wanted him to live to be two hundred years old; no wonder he was so worried when he saw him get sick; no wonder he always had inexplicable worries every time he mentioned the future; no wonder he was always worried about himself. left behind...

It turned out that it was just because his Bai Chuan was actually very scared all the time!

Even if a person is physically strong and lives to be a hundred years old, it is only a short journey in the long life of a dragon, right?What's more, with his broken body, he can't be blown by wind or rain, maybe one day a sudden asthma attack can kill him. ——At that time, what will Bai Chuan do?

Qiuhe recalled the night when Bai Chuan said goodbye to him. He just said that he was going to leave, and he felt so sad. Once he died, what would Bai Chuan do?How can that lonely and stubborn dragon survive?How can I spend the rest of my long life?

Seeing the young man's eyes gradually turning red, Lao Ding was a little puzzled. He sighed, and continued: "What's more, Bai Chuan is a dragon. There is a ferocious and tyrannical part hidden in his nature. Of course, I can see that he is now a dragon. The sperm is in a daze, and it is obedient and loyal to you. —— I don’t think there is anything wrong with this, after all, someone is looking after him and controlling him. If he wants to turn bad, he has to consider your feelings. But once you What if you die? Even if you live to be 80 years old—I see that you may not be able to survive to that age with your crooked appearance," the old man looked at Qiu He mockingly, "When the time comes, once you die, you will suppress his power. The man is gone, who else in this world can subdue it? You know, it is a dragon in its prime, who knows what he will do? The people in Liangshi Town may be the first to suffer! Therefore, You look back and think about protecting him like this now, okay?"

Qiuhe sat silently for a long time before sighing in despair, and said, "I strongly disagree with what you said. In terms of ferocity, don't we humans not have it? Including you, grandpa, when you are impulsive and violent, don't you want to kill yourself?" Enemy, do you want to have a good time? If you look at it this way, everyone, even every child, has an evil beast lurking in their hearts. But Grandpa, would you strangle a child to death just because he might make mistakes when he grows up? You No!—you are so lenient to humans, why should you be so harsh on a dragon?"

Lao Ding stroked the stubble on his chin, thought for a while, and said: "It's different. People make mistakes, and there are laws to punish them; a dragon makes mistakes, especially a dragon in its prime. Probably there is no such thing in this world. People have the ability to punish it, this, have you thought about it?"

Qiu He shook his head indifferently, with a hint of sourness in his voice, and said, "You really don't understand Bai Chuan. He actually doesn't want to live with humans at all. As a dragon, he doesn't want to hurt anyone, but To protect himself, how careful he lives, can't you see? And the only reason why he lives with humans is to keep his own living place."

Qiuhe said, got up and walked to the window, looked at the sky above the yard through the open slit, "Grandpa, do you know? This mountain is where he grew up, his hometown; The bear was his childhood friend growing up. Now, if someone wants to take it away from him, shouldn't he resist? Just because he is a dragon, he should let others destroy his home , killed his friend? Just because he is a dragon, should he raise his hands and let others capture him, let them cramp and skin him, and have no complaints?"

The more he spoke, the more angry he became, his eyes turned red, and he turned to look at old man Ding and said, "I will never allow this to happen! Grandpa, are you actually in the same mood as me? Over the years, there has been no other hunter The teacher found him because you helped him hide his whereabouts, didn't you? You have guarded him for so many years, do you want to see him cornered by these people?"

Lao Ding looked at Qiuhe silently, thinking, boy, if you want to turn me against me with just a few words, it is too easy to think about the hunter's profession.

But he couldn't help feeling sad, and in order to hide his emotions, the old man had no choice but to lower his head and drink the tea in his hand again.

Fortunately, not long after, Shen Baocheng greeted everyone for lunch.The old man exerted all his strength, joined hands with Bai Chuan, and prepared a table of food and wine for guests.Because Qiuhe would choke and cough when it was cold, he divided his lunch into two places.Lao Ding and Shen Baocheng drank and chatted in the kitchen, while Bai Chuan took the food and went to eat with Qiu He in the fire room.

When Qiuhe ate porridge, Shen Baocheng specially stewed a rabbit hind leg over low heat until thoroughly cooked, took it out and tore it into shreds, served it with sesame oil, coriander and crushed peanuts, the rabbit meat was fresh and tender, and the coriander was refreshing, making it very tasty to eat.Even people who have been sick for a few days and have no appetite even say that Qiuhe smells delicious.

In the fire room, the two teenagers sat together affectionately. Qiu He tasted the meat with chopsticks, drank two mouthfuls of porridge, and said, "After the meal is finished, you can go home and go to the hunter forum again." Go here, download the words, pictures, and videos of those people hunting and killing animals to the computer, and save a copy."

Bai Chuan looked up at him and said, "What are you doing?"

Qiu He smiled slightly and said, "If you want to negotiate with those people, you have to have some weight in your hand."

Bai Chuan had mixed emotions in his heart, thinking of how much he had secretly worried about himself, it was sour, astringent, and heart-warming.So he stretched out his paw and pinched Qiu He's face, and said, "I'm so sick, I still don't have a good rest. I'll do my own business, don't interfere."

Qiuhe thought to himself, it has come to this point, how can we divide yours and mine?If something happened to you, would I be better off?But I didn't want him to worry, so I changed the subject and asked, "How did you meet Grandpa Ding?"

Bai Chuan thought for a while, and said, "We've known each other for a long time. By the way, did I tell you? He's a hunting master——he used to be."

Qiuhe smiled triumphantly: "You didn't tell me, but I guessed it. You go on."

Bai Chuan looked at Qiu He in admiration, and said, "Why are you so smart!... At that time, I was wandering around outside, and I met this strange old man in a city. I knew at a glance that he was a hunting master, and I guess he also saw it." I found out that I was weird, so I followed all the way. I followed wherever I went, and I was almost annoyed by following, and then the two of us started fighting."

Qiu He raised her eyebrows in astonishment, and said, "Have you two ever fought? Who won?"

Bai Chuan was a little ashamed, and said honestly: "In the beginning, I suffered a little more, but soon he couldn't beat me, but he still followed. Afterwards, I spent a lot of effort to return to Liangshi Town, old man The wronged souls linger, and they also follow."

There was a bit of disgust in his tone, obviously old man Ding had harassed him a lot these years.Qiu He heard it funny, and persuaded him: "I can see that he has no malice towards you. I guess he is afraid that you will do bad things, so he has been following."

"I know," Bai Chuan frowned, and said, "That's disgusting too. You don't know, that man has been a hunter for a long time, and he can smell the blood on his body from a distance of ten feet!"

After he finished speaking, he paused, leaned towards Qiu He, and said softly like a baby: "You still smell good."

Qiuhe couldn't help laughing, pushed him, and said, "It smells so good! I've been stuck in this room for a few days and didn't dare to go out. I was smoked in the smell of firewood every day. I was almost smoked into a piece of old bacon. gone."

Bai Chuan said unconvinced: "That smells good too!" After speaking, he hugged Qiuhe, put it on top of his head, and took a big breath, only then was he satisfied.Seeing Qiuhe's lips, he felt distressed again, and said, "Although it's warm in this room, it's too dry! Look at your lips are chapped and bleeding!"

As he spoke, he gently wiped Qiuhe's flaky lips with his thumb, and asked, "Do you feel uncomfortable?"

Qiu He nodded, and complained, "I had a bit of nosebleed the night before. I dare not go out, and I cough non-stop when I encounter cold air. I'm going crazy. I drink a few large glasses of boiling water every day, but I still feel uncomfortable all over. "

Bai Chuan looked at him with heartache, and said, "What should I do? When you feel better, I'll take you to the cave, okay? There is a hot spring there, and it's not cold or dry. It's more comfortable than here."

"Okay!" Qiuhe nodded in agreement, buried her head in the porridge for a while, and suddenly said, "Bai Chuan!"

Bai Chuan looked up at him, but Qiu He paused again, and after a long while, he said, "Bai Chuan, I will listen to you from now on, and I must get up early to exercise, so I won't stay in bed."

Bai Chuan looked at him without blinking, Qiu He's eyes gradually turned red, and he lowered his eyes and said, "You...don't be afraid!"

Bai Chuan held Qiu He's hand, with a very bright smile on his face, and said in a low voice, "Okay, I'm not afraid!"

Qiu He raised his eyes, and the two looked at each other and smiled, countless affectionate and vows, all staring at each other silently.

Shen Baocheng and old man Ding drank for a full two hours, even eating and chatting.In the end, old man Ding spread out the paper on which the prescription was written on the table full of leftovers, and told Shen Baocheng one by one, and finally said: "I still have these at home, but I still lack them." Two tastes. It depends on whether you go to the Chinese medicine store in the county to buy it, or go to the mountains to find it. However, the medicinal herbs bought in the Chinese medicine store are not good in medicine; if you go to the mountain to look for it, you may not find it for a while..."

Just as he was talking, Bai Chuan came over with empty bowls and chopsticks from the next door, and said, "I'm going to pick them on the mountain."

Old man Ding nodded and kept silent, but Shen Baocheng was a little worried, and said: "Don't be brave, you have just been injured. It has just snowed on the mountain, and the road is not easy to walk.... By the way, it doesn't matter if you are injured. Seeing that your grandpa Ding is still here, why don't you also prescribe two medicines?"

Bai Chuan hurriedly said, "I'm already cured. Which two medicines are they?"

Lao Ding then mentioned the names of the two herbs, the shape, smell, growth habit and precautions when picking the herbs, and finally explained: "Remember to keep the roots and preserve the seeds, maybe you will have to pick them in the future. After I go back, I will collect the other medicines tonight, and when you pick them up, bring them to me to see, then they will be prepared according to the prescription, and I will ask someone to bring them to you..."

On his side to explain, Shen Baocheng nodded once.But Bai Chuan interjected: "No need to ask anyone, I will go up the mountain tonight, and I will go to your house to get the medicine tomorrow morning."

Shen Baocheng knew that he was going to collect herbs overnight, so he hurriedly said, "The time is right now! You should sleep well for a night, and it won't be too late to go up the mountain again!"

But Lao Ding said: "Alright, then I will wait for you at home tomorrow morning." Looking at the old and the young in front of him again, he comforted: "Don't be too anxious! The child has been ill for more than ten years, and it cannot be cured overnight. But After all, you are still young, as long as you are obedient and not afraid of suffering, you can be cured well, just rest assured!"

After these words were spoken, the two people in front of him were secretly relieved, and Shen Baocheng said gratefully: "Then let my brother worry more! The child follows me, not to mention raising him strong, at least keeping him from getting sick. This is the only species in my family, and when I die, I still expect him to send me, a bad old man, up the mountain."

"What are you talking about now? Don't worry, you are very tough and still alive! It's too early to worry about who will carry the coffin!" Lao Ding got up and said goodbye, walked to the yard, saw Qiuhe standing In the fire room, he said again: "Did you hear me? This time the medicine is prescribed, so it must be delicious!"

Qiu He obediently agreed, and thanked with a smile: "Grandpa Ding, I can't go out to see you off. Please worry about my affairs!"

Lao Ding waved his hand and left without looking back.Shen Baocheng limped with gratitude, sent Lao Ding off again and again, and stopped until he was under the tree, and then said something earnestly, telling him to be careful on the road, and went home after watching Lao Ding leave.

Bai Chuan lingered with Qiu Hewo in the fire room for a while, then was urged to download the data, so he reluctantly left.When he finally finished what he was supposed to do, it was already dead of night, he jumped over the roof without making a sound, pushed open the half-hidden door, glanced at Qiuhe, saw that the person was asleep, and leaned forward to kiss him, then I turned around and took a flashlight to go to the mountain to collect herbs. After searching for midnight, I finally found the two herbs on a cliff. I hurriedly dug up the herbs and put them carefully in my bag.

Standing alone on the cliff in the early morning, Bai Chuan looked back at Liangshi Town shrouded in mist through the rolling mountains beneath his feet.There lived his sweetheart, before going to see him, he had to heal his wounds, live strong, plan and fight for a better way out for their future... So he turned around full of confusion, Convince yourself to go back to the dragon's nest to recuperate.