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Chapter 404 Medicine Bean

Chapter 404 Medicine Bean

Lu Lu and Liang Kangbo chatted in the yard for a while, seeing that there was still a long time before dinner, they simply greeted Wang Dalong and the others, and prepared to go to the village to do something.

Now that we've arrived at Huilongtun, let's do whatever we can by the way.

After asking about the location of Liang Kangbo and Meng Zhaohua's house, he learned that it was the third house just down the road from the big persimmon tree in Tunxi, so he immediately left Wang Dalong's house and walked all the way to the big persimmon tree in Huilong Tunxi.

The persimmon trees grew out of the root of a persimmon tree that was rooted in the ground.

The smallest persimmon tree is big enough for one person to hug, and the largest one can be embraced by at least three people. I don’t know how many years it has grown. At a height of more than two meters from the ground, some branches that once blocked the way were sawed off, revealing black The wooden heart kept rotting inward.

I don't know that it was the child who filled a big can with water, planted a water plant in it, and put two small fish in it.

The little fish has strong vitality, and it has been in this canned bottle for a long time. The scales were originally silver, but now they have turned black. It's growing well, it has been frosted several times, and it has not withered under the shelter of the tree hole.

Every time Chen Xiuyu passed by, she would often go over to have a look, and even Lu Lu noticed it.

Along the dirt road next to it, he went down to the third house. Lu Lu saw a woman drying corn in the yard. He asked, "Auntie, may I ask, is this Meng Zhaohua's house?"

The woman was concentrating on her work when she suddenly heard a voice outside the courtyard, she was startled, she suddenly turned her head to look at Lu Lv, patted her chest and said, "I was shocked, there is no sound at all when I walk!"

Lu Lu smiled apologetically, "I'm sorry, I didn't do it on purpose."

"Meng Zhaohua is my son, why are you looking for him?" the woman asked after looking at Lu Lu Lu.

"I'm here to ask him to help pull coal with a cart!" Lu Lu directly explained his purpose.

"He's sleeping at home, wait..." the woman said, and walked into the room quickly.

After a while, Meng Zhaohua walked outside while wearing his coat, and when he saw it was Lu Lu, he immediately called out in surprise: "It's Brother Lu, hurry up, come in...Mom, this is Xiushan Tunna Man, the person who treats you with lynx hair and treats my sister's child with epilepsy, he is a benefactor, why don't you open the gate of the courtyard to welcome you into the house?"

As he said that, he ran over and opened the courtyard door, and welcomed Lu Lu in.

Lu Lu was slightly stunned when he heard that, he forgot that Meng Zhaohua asked for lynx hair to cure his mother's headache when he was helping Lu Lu pull stones to build the foundation.

"It's him... I haven't seen him before, and I don't know him. The accent is not ours. I thought it was someone from outside. Hurry up, please come in!" the woman said happily. .

"Auntie, are you feeling better?" Lu Lu asked hastily.

"You gave that lynx tail, and after the hair was burned and eaten several times, my headache disappeared, and I haven't had it until now." The woman said with a smile.

Lu Lu didn't expect that the rumored method would actually be effective: "As long as it works... Huazi, how is your sister's child? Is it better?"

"It's already healed. They still think that they will come to thank you near the end of the year!" Meng Zhaohua said gratefully: "This matter has troubled them for a long time, but now it is finally resolved, and life is considered stable."

"Thank you, I don't need it, it's just a little effort, it's a good thing that the child is well!"

Lu Lu didn't follow them into the house, but directly said: "I won't go in. Today, Qingzi went to Wang Dalong's house to propose a marriage. We just came to Wang Dalong's house for a gathering. We are going to have dinner soon. Huazi, I'm looking for You wanted to ask for a favor."

"What are you busy, tell me!" Meng Zhaohua asked seriously.

"Isn't winter coming soon? It's cold and the firewood in the kang stove is not resistant to burning. I want to ask you to help me bring two carts of coal back. Besides, charcoal is also used in the brazier. I also want to Please help me pull some. Can you borrow the car from the forest farm?"

Although the stove chimney pipes in the kitchen at home are connected to several kangs in the house, they are more suitable for burning wood, cooking and boiling water. The kangs in several rooms in Lulu also have special kang stoves outside the house, so we use them To burn coal for heating.

Compared with firewood, coal is more resistant to burning, and you don't have to go out to add firewood from time to time, which saves more trouble.The key is that the house is made of woodcuts and logs. If it is kept burning in the kitchen, it is easy to cause problems.

But now the logging in the forest farm has started, and the car has reached the time when it is most frequently used...

"If you can borrow it, you must be able to. Brother Lu, you wait for me for two days. I have a task tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. I have to send wood to the train station for two days. I will pull it for you when I am done!" Meng Zhaohua agreed.

These days, the price of raw coal in Northeast China is about 15 yuan per ton, and coking coal is much more expensive. However, if you burn it in an outdoor kang stove, using coking coal is a bit of a waste. The biggest advantage is that the smoke will be smaller .But raw coal is also very good. Mix it with water and paste it in the kang stove. It is also very durable, and you can leave it alone for several hours.

Pulling two cars back, it is more than enough to survive the whole winter.

Coal in Northeast China has always been precious. In recent years, in order to support national construction, a large amount of coal has been mined and transported from north to south. After 30 or [-] years, coal in many places is almost exhausted, and the price remains high.

It costs 15 yuan per ton. In these days, not many people can afford to burn. The main thing is to rely on beating. After all, there are forests all around.Lu Lu's main purpose was to save trouble, especially when he was not at home, so that Chen Xiuyu would be less troubled.

As for charcoal, some people built earthen kilns on the mountain to cut wood and burn it, and it was easy to get it. It was just a brazier, so it didn't take much.

"Then this matter will have to trouble you!"

Lu Lu took out 200 yuan from his inner pocket and handed it to Meng Zhaohua: "This is the money to buy coal and charcoal, you take it first, and then we will refund more and make up less!"

"Okay, brother Lu!" Meng Zhaohua didn't write any ink, took the money and carefully put it in his pocket.

"Then I'm going back, let's chat some other day when we meet again!"

After Lu Lu finished speaking, he turned and left the yard.

It wasn't until Lu Lu's figure disappeared around the corner that Meng Zhaohua's mother ran to the side of the yard and leaned on the fence to look at it: "This man is willing to spend so much money on coal instead of making firewood with so much firewood on the mountain... ..."

"Brother Lu is capable. If I want his ability, I will also burn coal!" Meng Zhaohua laughed.

Lu Lu got on the main road, walked back for a while, and soon turned to the old blacksmith Jin Jiabao's house.

When he got outside the courtyard, he saw Jin Jiabao basking in the sun in the courtyard, fiddling with something in his hands.

"Uncle Jin!" Lu Lu called out.

Jin Jiabao looked up and saw that it was Lu Lu. When he came to open the courtyard door, he asked casually, "What's the matter with you?"

"When I came to your door, I must ask you to pack something."

After the courtyard door opened, Lu Lu walked in.

"What? A sickle, a kitchen knife, an ax or what?"

Lu Lu hadn't seen Jin Jiabao for a long time since he repaired the wind-chasing horseshoe, and felt that his old black and red face had more wrinkles.

"I want to make some iron collars for my dogs. There must be rivets facing outwards on the collars to prevent the neck from being bitten by wild animals. They must be light in weight and strong..."

Lu Lu was afraid that he would not understand, so he took out a piece of paper from his pocket, on which was a sketch of the collar he had drawn.

Jin Jiabao took it and looked at it: "It's not that it can't be punched, but it's a bit troublesome to rivet these iron thorns. It is hardened by forging a three-finger-wide sheet of steel, leaving a rivet hole, and riveting a quarter-length steel nail. That's enough... How many shots?"

Hearing what Jin Jiabao said, Lu Lu knew there was something going on, and immediately said: "Six! The sizes are all on the top."

"Three yuan each, get it in four days!"

"no problem!"

Lu Lu immediately took out 18 yuan and handed it to Jin Jiabao.

Jin Jiabao took it, glanced at it, put the money in his pocket casually, and sat down on the wooden pier again.

He took out a corn and a large needle from his pocket, carefully digging out a little bit, hollowing out the corn, and dozens of them were already placed on the wooden pier next to it.

"Master, are you making medicine beans?" Lu Lu thought for a while and asked with a smile.

"You also know?" Jin Jiabao was a little surprised.

Lu Lu smiled: "I've heard about it, but I've never seen it before. The medicine is not easy to get!"

Medicine beans are hunting methods favored by ordinary villagers, such as nooses, splints, and traps.

Pheasants, wild geese, jumping cats, roe deer, and deer are all fine.

Especially after it snows in winter, it is more common, and it is not a high-tech thing.

There are quite a few villagers, when autumn comes, they get some soybean grains or corn grains, carefully hollow them out, fill them with medicine, then plug them with steamed bun dregs, and finally seal them with wax. it is done.

In heavy snow days, the medicinal beans are scattered in the fields where crops have been harvested by the side of the mountain. After the wild animals eat them, some of them die locally, and some die in the grassland by the mountain.

If there is no heavy snow, they will die in the grass or among the trees, which is not easy to find.

Therefore, the medicinal beans are usually applied after heavy snow, which is easy to leave clear marks.

Of course, there is another reason, that is, after the heavy snow covers, pheasants, jumping cats, roe deer, deer, etc., compared with withered grass and leaves, food is extremely delicious, good things that can provide energy for the body, and in the fields, there is no need. There are scattered grains, wild animals often come to forage, and when some animals such as roe deer and deer are found, they spread medicine beans on their active sites.

Medicinal beans are mixed with good grains and sprinkled together. After they are ready, they can be sprinkled in the morning, and the prey can be picked up in the afternoon.

It is common to see pheasants packed in sacks and roe deer pulled by sledges.

In Lu Lu's opinion, medicine beans are not desirable.

Because the drug used is potassium aluminum cyanate, also known as flat hair cream, a white crystal, highly toxic substance, which can usually be obtained in blacksmith shops. , so the control is very strict. If you don't want to find a way, it's not easy to get it.

Soak cornmeal or steamed bread dregs in potassium aluminum cyanate and put them in corn or soybean grains. After being eaten by wild animals, they will kill quickly.

However, the wild animals obtained are also very troublesome to deal with. At the very least, the water is not acceptable. Moreover, the meat must be soaked in water for a period of time and washed before eating.

Of course, this is just not desirable in Lu Lu's view, but for many people, it is a good way to get meat.

There are also people who rely on this thing to go to medicine deer in order to make a lot of money.

Mastering prey tracking skills, with ingots, chasing wind and semi-automatic, Lu Lu didn't bother to use this method.

Seeing that the old man started playing with the medicine beans seriously again, Lu Lu didn't want to disturb him any more, so he turned around and was about to leave, but after walking a few steps, he suddenly stopped again.

Jin Jiabao is a blacksmith. Since he makes medicinal beans, there must be potassium aluminum cyanate here.

Lu Lu feels that although he disdains medicine beans to deal with wild animals, it is still necessary to have some potassium aluminum cyanate on hand, maybe it will be used at any time.

So, he walked back again: "Master, do you still have any medicine here? Get me some."

Jin Jiabao looked up and glanced at Lu Lu: "You have dogs, guns, and horses, and you can hunt tigers. You also like this thing?"

"Going into the mountains on a snowy day will also suffer. It is impossible to wander around in the mountains all the time. Occasionally, you will see valuable wild animals and buy some medicine. Wouldn't it be easy?" Of course Lu Lu would not tell him that he was just preparing for it. Keep it in case you need it.

Potassium aluminum cyanate, soluble in water, colorless and tasteless!

Jin Jiabao hesitated for a while before saying: "It's not easy to get this thing, and I don't have many here... I can give you a little bit, but let me explain in advance, don't use it indiscriminately, and don't hurt me then!"

"No, no, this thing is so powerful, who dares to use it indiscriminately!" Lu Lu quickly promised.

Jin Jiabao looked at Lu Lu, took a deep breath, got up and went to the house, came out after a while, and handed Lu Lu a small bottle of medicine, which was filled with white powder: "Keep it safe, don't let anyone but you Touched by people other than yourself, especially children."

"Understood." Lu Lu nodded.

"Five dollars!" Jin Jiabao stretched out his big black and calloused hands towards Lu Lu.

Lu Lu knew very well that if he could share some of this medicine with himself, that would be Jin Jiabao's trust in him, so why would he bargain with him, so he immediately took out five yuan from his pocket and handed it to Jin Jiabao, and then carefully packed the medicine leave.

Hmm... Wang Dalong's house, dinner should be ready soon.

(End of this chapter)