Spring Thunder Chapter 0219 Calling Deer, Calling People
After visiting the apiary and laying the groundwork for cooperation with Qian Tangsheng, Nan Yi asked Qian Tangsheng about Cui Zhenglong.
"Brother Qian, I wonder how your shopkeeper's legs became paralyzed?"
The shopkeeper that Nan Yi mentioned is Cui Zhenglong. Qian Tangsheng has this deformed family. Although he is the pillar of the family, the nominal head of the family is still Cui Zhenglong.
"The shopkeeper was originally the head of a woodcutter in the mountains. Once when he was felling down the mountain, a branch hit his waist and he suffered internal injuries. After he recovered, he couldn't move his legs anymore."
"Then it's the tendons that are damaged, but the bones are not damaged?"
"I went to the hospital for an X-ray and there was nothing wrong with my bones. The doctor said it was a nerve problem."
"Brother Qian, the niece Yunmei you mentioned is actually your daughter, right?"
"Yes, she is my biological daughter, born to Lihua and I, but she has to call the shopkeeper dad and can only call me uncle." Qian Tangsheng said with a ferocious and painful look on his face: "I like Yunmei, but she has never called me dad."
Nan Yi took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, opened it, shook out a cigarette, put it into Qian Tangsheng's mouth, and helped him light it.
Although he has quit smoking, Nan Yi carries more and better cigarettes with him. If he smokes, he can smoke one by one, but if he doesn't smoke, most of the time he has to carry cigarettes in packs or even two packs.
At that time, men who did not smoke were rare, but there were also women who smoked. From south to north, one or two smoking women could be found in every village. The further north you went, the higher the proportion of smoking women.
It's just that at that time, people smoked for the sake of craving for cigarettes and relieving fatigue in half and half. After being tired and exerting a lot of effort, smoking a cigarette to numb their nerves was a very pleasant thing.
Of course, having a few drinks can help relieve fatigue, but wine is expensive. You can grow some tobacco leaves yourself, but you can only buy wine. You can't make much yourself. The grain is barely enough to eat, so where can you get so much surplus grain to make wine?
"There are many experts in the Rockefeller Hospital in Beijing. We can send him there for a checkup. Also, I've heard that hot springs are somewhat effective for paralysis. Are there hot springs on the Changbai Mountain?"
"There's one over at Eagle's Beak Cliff."
"Then you can send your shopkeeper there every day to soak. Even if it can't cure the paralysis, it will be good for the body. Brother Qian, I'm not saying that your current state is like a blunt knife cutting meat. You won't be able to shout for many more years.
Rather than living in such an awkward situation, it is better to find a way to cure your shopkeeper. Let your sister-in-law choose who she wants to be with. Whether she lives or dies, she can die easily and cleanly. "
"I think so too. I've been taking him to see the doctor all these years, but he hasn't gotten better."
Qian Tangsheng may be used to smoking cigarettes. Dry tobacco makes your mouth dry and you will swallow saliva unconsciously when you smoke. Now when he smokes a cigarette, he swallows too much saliva and when he speaks, he speaks like a "slobbery soldier", with saliva flying everywhere.
"If the bone is not damaged, there is a chance it can be cured. Try again. If it really can't be cured, then we can talk about it later."
Nan Yi was really afraid that if he started cooperating with Qian Tangsheng and the apiary expanded, his partner would lose his life in his sleep one day.
A man with a cuckold on his head is so easy to instigate. As long as you use the right method and give him the right amount of alcohol, even a coward can be possessed by Wu Erlang, break through the feudal shackles with a bloody blade, and become Pan Jinlian and Ximen Qing who advocate free love.
The first time he saw Cui Zhenglong, Nan Yi knew that this man's nerves were in a tense state. Self-blame, regret, shame and other negative emotions filled his body. He was a powder keg. If anyone put a fuse in his way, he would set himself on fire.
Whenever Nan Kang's embarrassing and excited cries were heard, he must have fantasized countless times about killing Qian Tangsheng or hitting his head against a wall and killing himself.
As for why he didn't take action, it has something to do with the idea that a good death is worse than a miserable life and his comfort zone. Cui Zhenglong has fallen into a comfort zone and he has fully enjoyed the pleasure of staying in this zone.
No need to work, just eat and sleep, sleep and eat, and occasionally satisfy your urge to do something, it seems like a good life to live like this.
But Nan Yi has to wait until the cooperation between him and Qian Tangsheng starts and Qian Tangsheng gets the first large sum of money. If he still doesn't know how to be on guard against Cui Zhenglong and Gao Lihua, Nan Yi really doesn't know whether Cui Zhenglong will do something evil.
In Changbai Mountain, as long as Gao Lihua cooperates, it is not easy to destroy the body. Just throw down a few pieces of Qiantangsheng's bloody rags and say that it was eaten by a Siberian tiger, and no one can find fault.
Qiantangsheng is a good man, we must avenge him...
"Then try again and send him to the capital for treatment."
Qian Tangsheng threw the cigarette butt on the ground and made up his mind.
Nan Yi looked up at the sky. He still remembered what Yu Hui had just said, that it would snow heavily in the next two days, so he suggested that Qian Tangsheng take him to see the linden forest and ice flowers.
After spending two hours wandering in the linden forest and going to a high hill to see the ice flowers, a rough plan on how to hype and raise the price of this honey took shape in Nan Yi's mind.
Before three o'clock in the afternoon, I took some honeycombs, honey and royal jelly and went down the mountain to return to Park Dashan's home before dark.
I stayed overnight at Park Dasan's house.
Early in the morning of the next day, Nan Yi asked Pu Dashan to take him to visit the deer farm.
Coincidentally, as soon as I arrived at the gate of the deer farm, I met Yu Hui who had just come out of the deer farm .
"Miss Yu, where are you going?"
"Comrade Nan Yi, I'm going to call the deer."
"Didn't you say yesterday that it was going to snow? Why did you go to call the deer?"
"I'm going to Jinluling. The road there is easy to walk on. Even if the mountain is blocked by heavy snow , I can still go down the mountain. There won't be any danger."
"Can I go with you then?"
"Okay, come with me." Yu Hui took the lead, leading the two deer and leading Nan Yi and the others into the mountains.
Jinluling, when Nan Yi heard the name, his first impression was that this should be a mountain range deep in the Changbai Mountains. However, he did not expect that this place was actually not far away. They only walked more than three miles into the mountains and arrived at the place.
Moreover, the road is easy to walk on and there are no dangerous places.
It is called Jinlu Ridge, but in fact there is no ridge here. It is a large mountain area in the dense forest, and the vast white fog covers the hilltops on all sides.
Yu Hui told Nan Yi that in this area, there are groups of red deer and sika deer all year round.
Last year, an exploration team planned to drill wells and explore for minerals here. They heard that this was a large mountain area where wild deer roamed and that deer antlers were of high value. So, in order to protect this treasure of nature, the exploration team gave up exploring this place.
As for what kind of exploration team it was, Yu Hui was not quite sure.
Nan Yi guessed that they were either exploring for oil or iron ore. Only exploration teams exploring these two things would travel around the world. No matter where they were, they would be eager to drill a hole and take a look.
Yu Hui scattered some bean cakes on the open ground and let the two deer eat them. Then she took Nan Yi and the others to hide behind a pile of dry grass. The reindeer girl put the flute to her lips and started to play it with great energy.
Looking at Yu Hui, Nan Yi thought of the Pied Piper of Hamelin.
In 1284, a lot of rats suddenly appeared in a small town in Hamelin. These rats were very rampant and brought endless nightmares.
The residents of the town asked the mayor to find a way to restore peace as soon as possible, so he posted a notice promising a generous reward to anyone who could drive away the rats.
Soon, a flute player in colorful clothes came and played a melody, and all the mice came out. He walked out of the city while playing the flute, leading the mice into the river and drowning them.
The flute player went back to claim the reward, but the mayor and the townspeople went back on their word and refused to pay it.
The flute player just smiled and left without saying a word.
That night, the piper played the wonderful melody again. This time, children in every household, like the mice, all got up from their beds, danced, and ran towards the piper. No matter how their parents called out to them or tried to stop them, they did not turn back.
All the children in that town followed the piper to a mountain called Koppen and never returned.
This is an absurd story, but it has a real historical background. There is still a street in Hameln called Forbidden Drum Street. It is said that children pass through this street when they follow the deadly melody of the piper.
Interestingly, music is prohibited on that street.
Some time ago, Nan Yi saw the views put forward by two researchers in a German newspaper. They believed that at the end of the 13th century, a large number of immigrants settled in the new land in the eastern territory of Germany at that time.
Local nobleman Count Nikolaus von Spiegelberg sought out potential colonists among young people and appears to have persuaded some teenagers to join.
They set out on a ship that wrecked in July 1284, with its silent ship and few survivors, near the coastal town of Copán, whose name was apparently similar to Mount Copán.
The time when this incident occurred also matches the story of the Pied Piper, so it is likely not just a coincidence.
This seemed to explain why a large group of young people followed one man out of town and then disappeared.
So what about the mice?
At that time, there was a technology that used high-frequency whistles to drive away rats. It was mainly spread in the Eagle Country, but some people in continental Europe also used it.
Perhaps there was a serious rat infestation at the time, and von Spiegelberg may have stepped in to help get rid of the rats, providing some flute players to drive away the rats in exchange for young people joining him to found a new colony.
Nan Yi shook his head to pull his thoughts back to reality, listening to the yo-woo sound in his ears and looking at the mountain field in front of him.
According to Yu Hui, now is not the best season to call deer. The best time is when the autumn wind is cool every year, and wonderful and strange dramas are often performed in this Golden Deer Ridge.
Because autumn is the season when wild deer look for mates. At that time, wild deer are very active and run around everywhere. Female deer will chase male deer. As long as the male deer's cry is heard in the mountains, the female deer will come over following the smell.
As the melodious flute sounded, Nan Yi pulled aside a clump of hay and gazed towards the hillside. He had already seen two wild deer walking towards him.
The two wild deer walked slowly forward and came to the place where Yu Hui had just scattered the bean cakes.
The two wild deer raised their antlers towards the two domestic deer, their limbs moving in a certain rhythm, their eyes flashing with greed, their lips moving up and down...
Nan Yi lowered his voice and asked Yu Hui, "Do you know what they mean?"
"They are speaking deer language. Look carefully. The two wild deer are using their eyes and limbs to ask the two domestic deer in a friendly tone: 'Hey, gentlemen from the capital, can you give us some of the snacks on the ground?'"
Nan Yi glanced at Yu Hui. He didn't expect that this reindeer girl was a little naughty. The two wild deer expressed roughly this meaning, and he could understand it.
However, he thought the two wild deer were saying, "Grandson, put down the snacks and get out of here. Remember to show respect to me next time, or I'll knock your antlers off."
The wild deer and domestic deer had been communicating for about a minute. It seemed that they had reached an agreement, or the domestic deer had to give in after considering their almost degraded fighting skills. The four deer sat together and feasted on the bean cakes on the ground.
"What should we do next?" Nan Yi asked Yu Hui again.
"Once the wild deer get familiar with my deer, they will follow them."
"These two wild deer look different from sika deer. Are they sika deer?"
"No, this is a red deer, a rare animal unique to Changbai Mountain. It is of the same species as the sika deer, and their antlers are more valuable than their sika meat."
Nan Yi stared at the deer, and soon he had to admit that Yu Hui's translation was more appropriate than his.
The four deer have become familiar with each other. Two of them are standing with their mouths close to each other, as if whispering something; the other two are playing with a piece of broken bean cake, teasing each other non-stop.
"Putting mouths against mouths is an expression of extreme intimacy; putting mouths tightly against the neck of the other person is a sign of being coquettish or licking the other person's fur; licking the other person's hooves is a sign of courtship..."
Yu Hui never tired of telling Nan Yi about the language between deer, as if she was very happy that someone was willing to listen to her, and very proud that someone asked her about this knowledge in a seeking-for-advice manner.
“You have come up with all these?”
"Some of them are, and some of them were taught to me by others." Yu Hui said, and was about to stand up, "Don't come out yet, I want to take the two guests back, you follow me from a distance."
"good."
Yu Hui stood up and took off all the brightly colored things on her body, the fiery red fox hat on her head and the red scarf around her neck. These bright colors might stimulate the two wild deer.
Crouching, Yu Hui walked to a ridge of earth in the downhill direction and blew the flute again.
When the two domestic deer heard the sound of the flute, they walked towards her, while the two wild deer remained where they were, looking at the two domestic deer that were walking away with their bright eyes, with obsession and attachment flashing in their eyes.
The two wild deer were hesitating. Nan Yi could see that this was the critical moment to call the deer. If they followed the domestic deer, the call would be a success. If they just took all the food and ran away, it would be all in vain.
Yu Hui led the domestic deer farther and farther away. The melodious sound of the flute came over and echoed in the ears of the two wild deer.
Yooooooooooooooooooo… Yooooooo…
The two domestic deer also turned around, craned their necks and looked around, calling out "Yo-woo, yo-woo" to their new friends, as if to say, "Come with us, there will be plenty of bean cakes at home, and we will even marry you..."
If you go to the ends of the earth, I will go with you!
The deer followed the sound of the flute. Yu Hui led the deer to the deer farm, while Nan Yi and the others followed far behind the deer.
"Boss, which department does the deer farm belong to?"
"I'm not sure, it seems to be from the county, but also seems to be from the forest farm."
"So is Yu Hui a salaried worker?"
“We get paid, but we are still farmers and don’t eat commercial grain.”
Nan Yi thought that he was just a temporary worker, not a regular employee, so his salary probably wouldn't be that high.
"Who are the people in her family?"
"Both her grandparents are gone. Her father is a barefoot doctor. Her mother...is not in good health and is always sick. This girl would go up the mountain to collect herbs for her mother. She is a good girl. Nan Yi, are you interested in her?"
"Boss, this has nothing to do with that. I've only met her twice."
"Two times is not enough. When I married my partner, I only saw him for the first time on the wedding day."
"Haha, I am interested in her."
"Then do you want me to help you talk?" Park Dashan was eager to try. It seemed that he had the potential to be a matchmaker.
Nan Yi muttered to himself, "You have a magic flute that can call deer, what should I use to call you?"
