Chapter 43: The Herb Collector
Then three figures came out of the darkness and showed their appearance under the bonfire.
The leader was a middle-aged man in zither clothes. His skin looked a little red in the fire, but Li Si could still see that his skin should have been exposed to the sun for a long time and was a little dark.
And the other two young people are the same.
"This young man, I'm disturbing. We are the herb collectors nearby. When you see a bonfire, you will come to you." The older middle-aged man bowed and said apologizing to Li Si.
Li Si was wearing a strong outfit at this time, so it was understandable that this middle-aged man thought he was a young hero.
"College herbs in the mountains so late?" Li Si felt a little convinced when he saw the middle-aged man say this, so that it would correspond to their skin color. But he still had some doubts in his heart. After all, these people always felt that it was unlikely that they would collect herbs in the middle of the night.
After all, there are so many monsters and monsters in this world. Are you afraid of meeting ghosts when you collect herbs in the middle of the night?
"Oh, that's right. The herbs near our county town have been almost collected, so we often go to the mountains to collect herbs and often sleep in the mountains." The middle-aged man explained.
"Then aren't you afraid of meeting ghosts?" Li Si frowned and asked.
"Haha, we believe in mountain gods, so we are not afraid. With mountain gods protecting us, ghosts cannot hurt us." The young man next to him couldn't help laughing, and at the same time he showed his tattoo of his wrist with some pride.
When Li Si saw the tattoo on his wrist, his eyes narrowed. The tattoo turned out to be a tiger drawn by just a few strokes.
"Dayuan." The middle-aged man turned around and glared at him, then said to Li Si: "We have the protection of the mountain god, so there will be no ghosts in the mountains and forests that harm us."
"This young man, I don't know if we can rest here for a night. We can no longer find a suitable camp in the middle of the night." The middle-aged man continued.
Li Si thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "It's convenient for you to go out and be with others, so you can sleep here."
After saying that, he walked to the tree before, sat down, closed his eyes slightly and pretended to sleep.
But in fact, he did not completely close his eyes, and only saw a slit left with a slit. Then he took out a gossip mirror and secretly looked at these people. He found that these people looked as normal, not monsters.
Of course, Li Si doesn’t believe in the gossip mirror very much now, after all, it has missed once in the Zhang Mansion.
But at least the possibility that these people are monsters and monsters has been reduced a lot now, and he is much more relieved.
"This young man, we are the herb collectors from Mengting County. My name is Tu Feng, his name is Xu Dayuan, and his name is Miao Qing'an." The three herb collectors found a clean seat and sat down. Then the middle-aged man smiled and began to introduce himself, and at the same time introduced the two young men.
The young man who sneered before was Xu Dayuan, and the young man who kept silent and like a dull man was Miao Qing'an.
Li Si, a county town in Mengting County, had a bit of an impression in the original owner's memory. This was a county town near Fengmen County, so it was not surprising to meet these three people here.
"My name is Li Si, I am from Fengmen County." Li Si opened her eyes, glanced at the three of them, and then said.
"Brother Li, can you lend this bonfire for use? We didn't eat at night and wanted to cook some food." The middle-aged man said embarrassedly.
"Yes, you can do whatever you want, the firewood is there." Li Si responded when he heard the middle-aged man say this, and then pointed at the neatly piled firewood beside him.
"Okay, thank you brothers," Tu Feng smiled, bowed his hand, then got up and walked towards the pile of firewood.
When he walked to the pile of wood, he saw the smooth cut in the firewood. His face changed and his pupils shrank.
But Tu Feng reacted quickly and immediately pretended to be nothing. He picked up a pile of firewood with his usual expression and went to the bonfire.
He picked out two longer pieces of wood from the firewood and then took out a knife from the medicine basket.
He first dug a groove at the top of the two woods with a knife, then picked up a small hoe and dug two holes on both sides of the bonfire. He inserted the two woods into the holes, buried the soil, and compacted the ground with his feet.
After burying the wooden sticks, he shook them on the two pieces of wood with his hands to determine whether they were firm.
At this time, Miao Qing'an was walking to the pond to wash vegetables when Tu Feng was doing things.
Only Xu Dayuan was left yawning boredly.
"Anzi, have you washed?" Tu Feng walked to Miao Qing'an and said to Miao Qing'an who was still washing vegetables.
"Just wait a moment." Miao Qing'an said while washing vegetables. His voice was hoarse, as if his voice was not very good.
Afterwards, Miao Qing'an finished washing the dishes, he walked side by side with the pot and Tu Feng.
On the way, he looked at Tu Feng, winked, and signaled Li Si.
Tu Feng patted his shoulder and shook his head slightly.
Then they walked to the campfire, picked up the wooden sticks that had been prepared and walked through the iron pot, and started cooking.
"Brother Li, why did you come to this mountain?" Tu Feng added firewood to the bonfire and asked Li Si.
Li Si frowned slightly, thought for a while and then said, "I have an old friend who died here. I am here to collect his body."
Hearing Li Si say this, the three of them paused and exchanged glances with each other.
"How could your friend die here?" Xu Dayuan asked strangely.
"He is also a herb collector like you, but he fell down on the cliff due to his luck and died. He has not found his bones yet." Li Si said nonsense. He felt strange from the tattoo on Xu Dayuan's wrist before.
In addition, Xu Dayuan and the other three said that there was a mountain god here to protect them, and other ghosts dared not hurt them.
Li Si felt that the tiger that killed Cao Qing was probably related to this mountain god, and even this tiger was a mountain god.
So it was not convenient for him to directly tell me the real cause of Cao Qing's death.
When the three herb collectors were stunned when they heard Li Si say this, their faces became a little unfavorable.
"It is indeed dangerous to collect herbs. My father and my grandfather fell from the cliff and died when they were collecting herbs." Xu Dayuan suddenly remembered the future and felt a little sad when he heard Li Si say this.
"Yes." Miao Qing'an said very little, but his face also showed a complicated look.
"Oh." Tu Feng sighed and said helplessly: "In this world, it's good to be full, this is fate!"
"Brother Tu is right. It's good to be able to eat a bowl of rice." Xu Dayuan shook his head and sighed: "At least my family has never been hungry after being a herb collector."
"If I fell to death that day, I would be satisfied." Xu Dayuan said with a smile.
Li Si didn't feel very happy when he listened to what they said. He had been here for almost half a month and had some understanding of this. He knew that many people's goal was to eat enough and wear warm clothes.
Chapter completed!