Another World Baixin

It was noon when I returned home from the market. The elders of the three families gathered together, and a few younger generations were listening.

The money and news that Bai Xin and others brought back were heavenly wealth to the Bai family and the Qin family who ate dried sweet potatoes and pickled vegetables for three meals a day.

Old Master Bai collected his thoughts and asked Mei Qing: "Is there any sign of ferocious beasts in the forest you have been to? Are there traces of hunting and picking mushrooms in the past?"

Mei Qing thought about it carefully and shook her head: "There are a few trees and bushes that are trampled hard, maybe the herd of animals passed by when the earthquake happened? What I met at that time were nothing more than roe deer, roe deer, snake, rat, and the like, and they seemed to be avoiding us? Others I didn't pay attention."

Qin Shuangping's father, Qin Jian, was a little worried: "Shoushan belongs to two large villages, Cai Village, Hongqiao Village, and there are two hundred young and middle-aged mushroom pickers every year. Since the red mushrooms came out in June, no one left any traces, even as you said, a large area No one picked it?"

As soon as these words came out, the faces of the whole family changed slightly.

"Why don't you invite more family members to go and see together?" Jiang suggested cautiously.They are reluctant to give up directly, maybe there is really no danger, that is, they can get a lot of money.

"No!" Mrs. Zheng resolutely objected, "If you call out to outsiders and spread the word to the ears of the whole village, and run away in a swarm, what will happen if there are too many people?"

Mrs. Fu also agreed: "We only know that one place at the moment, and one point is not much for one person."

There were four members of the Mei family, and Mei Ziyuan, the father, said, "Then bring more self-defense. Let's check the situation first, and come back immediately if something goes wrong."

The adults looked at each other two by two, and no one raised any objections. Mr. Bai said, "Let's go tomorrow morning. Go early and feel at ease. Besides, the picking period is coming to an end."

"Women and children stay at home, so do those from Baoyuan's family. Mei Qing, you follow and lead the way." The old man finally decided, "As for Aping..."

Qin Shuangping was afraid of being dragged down, "I'll go too! I have a lot of experience, and shopkeeper Xue taught me to recognize a lot of herbs, so I might use them!" Although he is not a man, Liangzi is still a man—don't worry about him Whether he can have children, he is not afraid of taking risks, the most important thing is that he wants to help his father.

The old man turned his head to see what Qin Jian meant, and saw that he was reluctant but did not object, so he agreed.

Bai Xin, who was nestled on a small bench in the corner, secretly motioned to Mei Qing. Mei Qing paused for a moment to realize, and quickly said, "Take Ah Xin with you, he knows the way better than me, and his hands and feet are quite fast."

Mrs. Zheng wanted to scold reflexively, thinking that Bai Xin only handed over a tael of three taels of silver, and she was furious: Yaoshou bastard eats her and uses her, how dare he hide it for himself!

Bai Xin didn't change his face against Zheng's angry gaze, he thought she was going to breathe fire, but for some reason, she stopped.Old man Bai glanced at him and nodded.

So the members of the new round of mushroom picking team are: Bai An'an, Bai Qifeng (the boss), Bai Baoyuan, Bai Qimin, Mei Ziyuan, Mei Qing, Bai Qishun (the second), Qin Jian, Qin Shuangping, and Bai Xin.

Rest for half a day, gather before the cock crows, bring all water, hand shovels, scissors, machetes/axes/iron handles, flint torches, ropes, herbs, etc. Even Bai Xin was given a long stick with a sharpened end as a weapon .

Traveling under the stars and wearing the moon, Tianming arrived at the hill where the first red mushroom was picked last time, and found a small amount of red mushrooms, which were grown from immature fungi.

"Father, let's go inside now?" the second child Bai who was closest to the old man asked.

"No. It's just dawn, and the tall trees and leaves inside can't be seen clearly. It's a dangerous time. Let's take a walk around the outer hills. There are few people coming up from those two villages recently, maybe it's easier for us. Wait. Go in when the sun is bright."

The old man led his children and grandchildren to circle around Shoushan Mountain carefully, and he really picked up a lot of red mushrooms in this turn, even if he just went back, it was enough. He really picked up the mistakes of the villagers of Cai Village, Hongqiao Village.

The time was almost up, and the three of Bai Xin led the way through the bushes to the deep mountains and old forests.The broad-leaved forest is covered with thick dead branches and leaves, and the fungi multiply in the humus layer, and grow outside when they are mature. Bai Xin and the others came back to pick them, and now they have grown a batch of mushrooms.The elders were stunned by what they saw. Even if they had little experience, they knew that such a large piece of red mushroom was absolutely rare.

"Wait—" the old man stopped Boss Bai from digging, "There are snake saliva on the red mushroom!"

The grown-ups all took up their weapons and stood on guard: Is the danger finally coming?Speaking of which, except for the occasional mosquito bites and frightened by passing wild animals, they were quite safe along the way, so that it made people feel unreal.In this regard, Bai Xin blinked innocently. Does his current physique have such an effect?In the future, you can consider picking grass and hunting by yourself.

Mr. Bai arranged for everyone to carefully search for snakes nearby, but Bai Xin suddenly had a thought: that little golden snake will not appear again, right?

Just thinking about it, a light flashed in front of him.Bai Xin has good eyesight, and he discovered it before anyone else.Sure enough, it was it!

Facing Bai Xin's surprised eyes, the little golden snake stood on a branch, arched its body, flicked——'Paji~' and hung on another tree!Uh, the aim or strength was not right, it was bounced and fell down!

Bai Xin, who came back to his senses, felt that he was so stupid for expecting to meet this silly snake again. It was the real 'snake spirit disease'!

The little golden snake escaped the search and walked quickly towards Bai Xin.After this, Bai Xin was sure that the little thing had some special feelings for him, and he was very enthusiastic every time he saw it. This meeting had already come before his eyes, his small body was standing upright, his mouth was screaming, his upper and lower jaws were almost in a straight line, and his fangs His teeth gleamed coldly, as if he wanted to swallow Bai Xin in one gulp, his vertical pupils stared at him closely, looking very horrifying.

The boy who looks about seven years old and the little golden snake standing upright at his feet barely reaching the child's knee are staring affectionately, and the picture is timeless and beautiful from a distance.

After a few breaths, Bai Xin looked at the others with a headache, turned sideways to block the sight of everyone who might pass by, bit his finger, squeezed out a few drops of blood and fell into the snake's mouth, and whispered to it unwillingly: "How can there be anyone like me?" Such an idiot actually fed snakes and drank his own blood twice. Seeing that I was born again, and because you had a chance, this should be a thank you gift for you."

After the little golden snake took three or four drops, it closed its mouth, stuck out its tongue and licked his wound, then backed away slowly, as if preparing to leave, Bai Xin hurriedly whispered: "I will feed you again next time, so don't look for it again." I'm dead, and I won't even if you look for me—" Before the words could be uttered, the little golden snake swished on him twice, and got into his clothes.

"Hello!!!" Bai Xin yelled in panic, and suddenly tore open the front of his clothes——

The damn little golden snake is nestling in his belly belt!And he was wrapped with red vines for self-defense, preventing the icy touch of snakes.

"Ah Xin! What's the matter?!" Bai Xin was frightened by the sudden movement of the little golden snake, and yelled loudly, causing the rest of the people to rush over.

He covered his clothes without thinking; then he sighed, and said to the old man who came over: "I saw something moving in the grass over here, but it turned out that there was a gray rabbit inside, so I wanted to catch it , but it was too clever, and it bit me." After speaking, he stretched out his finger that he had just bitten off and shook it, and everyone's emotions eased.

But Mei Qing's eyes lit up, and her voice was obviously brisk: "The rabbit has always been timid. Doesn't it mean that there is not much danger here if it stays here?!"

Everyone thought it was reasonable, and the old man didn't think of anything else, so he let the children and grandchildren start to do it, and especially ordered that the red mushrooms that had not dropped seeds should not be picked as much as possible, and saved for the future.The old man also told the mushrooms contaminated with snake saliva to be opened separately. These must be processed with venom first and then dried into dry goods.

In this way, everyone is full of enthusiasm, except Bai Xin.Inexplicably, a poisonous snake got into your clothes and nestled in your waist and abdomen. Everyone would be worried and frightened, although Bai Xin has a strange physique and is not afraid of snake venom.Bai Xin secretly opened the placket, reached in, grabbed the little golden snake by the head and tried to pull it out, but its tail was tightly hooked on the red vine.So here comes the question - should I untie the red vine so I can get it, or tear it in two brutally?The former made a big move, and the latter wasted his blood feeding twice.

Tsk!Bai Xin kept pinching the snake's head with one hand to hold it irritably, and poked its tail with the other hand: "If you can understand, let me put the tail on it! Maybe I will leave you behind for the sake of your ability to listen to others." Be by your side."

Then, the obtrusive tail let go, let go, and opened, too.

Bai Xin: "Hehe." His heart was racing like crazy: "I'm learning how to farm and become a farmer, but it turns out this is a fantasy world?" ? ?From then on, bring a snake essence (disease) pet to fight for hegemony in the world? ? ? 'Don't bully him because he has few books and is not smart enough. How do you feel that it is similar to the setting of fantasy novels now?

The little golden snake rolled its eyes, then raised its tail to hook the red vine.Bai Xin couldn't tell, she pursed her lips and looked down at it for a moment:

"release!"

——The tail hangs down, then hooked up again.

"loose!"

- Tail straight.

Bai Xin cleared his mind, calmed down, and whispered to the little golden snake: "As usual, I will name you now, right? I'll call you Ajin. If you follow me, don't bite people—it's best not to bite! Don't let people find you." What kind of convention is just a fiction, you can set it however you want.After Bai Xin finished speaking, he threw the snake's head into his arms roughly, and closed his clothes before Ah Jin wanted to bite him.

Mei Qing and Qin Shuangping followed their respective parents and didn't notice Bai Xin's strange behavior. The men of Bai's family always ignored him. At this time, they saw that the red mushrooms on the ground were equivalent to the money on the ground, and they had no time to pay attention to them.

Adults have larger baskets than children, and when it gets dark, they are already full, and a basket can hold twenty or thirty catties; because of Bai Xin's height, the baskets are relatively small, but there are always some ten catties. One catty of fresh red mushrooms can get one tael of dry goods, which is worth two or three taels of silver.

"It's almost there, go back." Mr. Bai was very satisfied with the harvest of this trip.

Boss Bai hesitated and said, "Father, wait a little longer, I can still see clearly now."

The old man glared at him: "Wait until the wild animals come out, then you should stay here for the night too."

Bai Er smiled and grabbed his elder brother: "Let's go, brother, you're not hungry yet. It's not like we won't come."

All the people are talking and laughing to pack their things, even if there is empty singing in the abdomen, it should be a drumbeat.The old man couldn't help beating and telling them to be more careful in the mountains and not get carried away.

The mushroom picking team finished work perfectly.

Walking from the inner mountain to the end of the village, the sky was pitch black, and only a few stars could be seen.Most of the villagers fell asleep, and the three houses of Bai, Mei and Qin were brightly lit.