In a dilapidated temple at the foot of Qifengling Mountain, there is a headless arhat, a vajra folded his arms, and a thick dust-stacked offering table full of fox claws and rabbit seals.

If it weren't for the bonfire lit in the corner of the temple, it would be like a ghost palace in the underworld.

The cat leaned against the corner of the wall with his tiger's head in his arms, and his body curled into a small ball. Although he closed his eyes, the trembling eyelashes that kept trembling slightly meant that she was not asleep at this moment.

‘Aowu~’

The howl of wolves came from a distance from the distant mountains. Chen Chu, who was adding fire to the fire, said in surprise: "There are wolves in the mountains?"

"Well, Qifengling is at the easternmost part of Tongbai Mountain. Tongbai Mountain stretches for 300 miles. Not only wolves, but also big insects, golden leopards..." The cat slowly opened his eyes.

Two people who had nowhere to go finally got married.

Zhao Maoer was determined to follow Chen Chu and related to what he said.

Liu Da died in their house. Not to mention whether everyone in Liu would seek revenge on their sisters, but just talking about the people in the government is not easy to talk to...

If they randomly arrange a crime, their sisters will not be taken care of, and they will be afraid that life will be worse than death in the future.

Therefore, "escape" became the only way out.

But at this time, the Tongshan area was not a peaceful rule. The only thing that relies on Maoer was afraid that it would not be able to protect his sisters.

Chen Chu, who is not familiar with the place, also needs a local guide.

For example, if it weren't for the Cat's guidance, Chen Chu would definitely not be able to find this dilapidated temple.

"Is there anyone in this mountain?" Chen Chu was a little worried when he heard that there were fierce beasts such as tigers and leopards in the mountain.

I was originally going to go into the mountain to avoid the limelight, but if there were beasts in the mountain, Chen Chu broke in with a pair of oil bottles and eyes, which was like delivering takeout to tigers and leopards.

But he couldn't leave this place too far, just because the seeds were still in the mountains.

Zhao Maoer thought for a while, looked west through the broken window and said, "I heard that there is a village of seven or eight families on the hillside of Qifengling. They are all fleeing households."

"What is a fugitive?"

After listening to Maoer's words, I realized that the fugitives were either unwilling to be the people under the rule of Qi, or the farmers who abandoned their fields to avoid heavy taxes and labor.

"Let's go and see tomorrow..." Chen Chu folded his hands behind his back.

In his opinion, if there are places where humans live together, beasts will generally not get involved. Humans living in groups also have a great deterrence to beasts.

However, humans living in groups in troubled times are also unpredictable for the lonely humans...

......

The next day, the 23rd day of the first lunar month.

After a heavy snow yesterday, the sky that had been gloomy for several days finally cleared.

A peach forest was planted on a gentle slope on the hillside of Qifengling. Yang Youtian squatted in front of a peach tree and frowned.

This peach forest has suffered from a strange disease of rotten skin last year. Yang Youtian scraped off the rotten bark from his past experience.

But unexpectedly, the strange disease not only did not be curbed, but spread throughout the peach forest. The most serious tree trunks had rotted 1/2, and the fruit trees were about to die when they saw that they were about to harvest.

Yang Youtian felt very distressed.

"Dad, these trees are not going to work. Take them home to burn firewood." Yang Zhen, the eldest son of Yang Youtian, spitted in his hand, and swung his axe and was about to cut down the tree.

"That's the jio of your mother!" Yang Youtian was annoyed when he heard this and cursed: "I worked hard with your uncles for a few years. This peach tree only bears fruit last year, so you are going to cut it down! Sell the baby to the land of the master, and you are prodigal son!"

Yang Zhen, who was not as young as the young, scolded his father without caring about it and laughed: "Anyway, you can't live anymore. You have to come to see him every day, and it's a shame for nothing. It's better to lose your eyes and be clean."

"You mother, jio..." Yang Youtian still cursed even though he knew what his son was right.

Yang Zhen was about to give up his mouth, but saw a man slowly walking on the mountain road. He couldn't help but lower his voice and reminded him: "Dad, give birth to buds."

‘Born buds’ means a strange young man.

"Oh?" Yang Youtian looked up.

The strange man walked forward dozens of steps in the snow and saw Yang Youtian and his son in the peach forest. He stopped and bowed: "Uncle, how can you ask what you call me?"

"Old man, my surname is Yang. I wonder if my brother is passing by or looking for someone?"

Yang Youtian bowed and returned the gift, while taking a closer look.

Although the other party has a scholarly accent, his hairstyle is very strange. He is neither the "hair" like a golden man with only two small braids on the back of his head, nor the hair tied by a Han man...

Only one layer was left, but it looked like a young monk who had just returned to secular life.

"Uncle Yang, okay. Boy Chen Chu..." Chen Chu bowed to the court again, but did not answer Yang Youtian's question. Instead, he walked forward a few steps and looked around a peach tree, and said in surprise: "Ah, the rot of this peach tree is quite serious."

"A monk, you still understand farming affairs?" Yang Zhen asked with a smile.

"I understand a little bit." Chen Chu also smiled harmlessly.

"Brother Chen, is there any help to this peach tree?" Yang Youtian asked with a try-and-see attitude.

"It's helpful, but the bark is too shaved." Chen Chu leaned over to check the condition of Taoshu, so he deliberately circled around to ensure that the Yang family and son were not behind him.

Yang Zhen immediately saw Chen Chu's thoughts, and smiled and inserted the axe in his hand into his waist.

They were wary of Chen Chu, so why did the other party be the same?

However, the most important thing for Yang Youtian at the moment is how to save him in Taoyuan.

"Brother Chen, if the fruit tree is infected with skin rot, it is just scraped and treated. Is there any other way?" Yang Youtian, who was squatting opposite Chen Chu, said.

"It's okay to treat rot, scraping the skin, but if you scrape it too deeply, it will hurt the wood." Chen Chu pointed to the exposed wood trunk and continued: "Look, the black rotten skin crust bacteria of the stone fruit...well, these black marks have penetrated into the wood, so the trunk will decay."

"What should I do?" Yang Youtian seemed to understand, but this young man Chen seemed to understand very well.

Chen Chu got up, checked other infected fruit trees, pointed to a peach tree that was growing well and said, "These are milder infected, just continue to use the scaling method to treat them, but be careful not to hurt the xylem. Also, remember that after scraping off the lesion bark, you should apply a layer of varnish on the wound to isolate the bacteria."

"Is these plants still helpful?" Yang Youtian asked about the ones with the most serious rot disease, and the trunks were corroded from 1/3 to 1/2.

"Dad, the little monk is not a god! How can these plants be saved back?" Yang Zhen expressed his opinion first.

Chen Chu said, "Who said that I can't save you? These sick trees are close to the roots and can be used for evil connections, also known as bridging, which means performing heart bypass surgery on the fruit tree."

"I'm sorry?" Although Yang Youtian couldn't understand what 'heart bypass surgery' was, it didn't affect him and quickly said, "I'll bother Brother Chen to commit evil tricks on my Taoyuan."

Chen Chu shook his head: "Uncle Yang, as the name suggests, is to use the seedlings grown from the roots of the fruit tree as a bridge, and connect the roots and the trunk of the fruit tree bypassing the damage of the fruit tree to ensure the nutrient supply of the fruit tree."

"What does it mean?" Yang Youtian looked confused and turned his head to look at his son: "Do you understand?"

"I didn't understand..." Yang Zhen also looked confused.

Chen Chu stood up straight: "That is to say, you need to wait until late spring and early summer before the seedlings sprout and grow into wood."

While talking, Chen Chu took the opportunity to observe the Fuhu Village through the Taolin. He saw seven or eight families scattered behind the sparse Taolin. Several smoke from cooking were curling. He vaguely heard the woman calling her children to go home for dinner, the children playing and the dog barking.

Yang Youtian also stood up and bowed, "Where is Brother Chen now? I will go down the mountain and ask you to treat this peach forest when the spring is warm. I will be rewarded."

"I am ashamed to say that I am with my young sister, and I am wandering around and have nowhere to live."

After hearing what Chen Chu said, Yang Youtian pondered for a moment, grabbed Chen Chu's hand enthusiastically and said, "Since that's the case, if Brother Chen doesn't dislike it, it's better to stay here first and wait until the sky is warm before making any more conspiracy."

.........

"Dad, this person is a little weird."

Yang Zhen looked at Chen Chu who was going down the mountain to pick up the "wife" and reminded him.

"It's okay. Brother Chen's hands are tender and callous, he is not a warrior. And he is also a family member, so he will not be a villain." Yang Youtian didn't care.

"Oh..." Yang Zhen suddenly realized, and then he understood the profound meaning of his father taking the initiative to grasp Brother Chen.

"Jiang is still old!"

Yang Zhen picked his father's thumbs up and said with a smile: "I just think his origin is unknown, so I can't rest assured."

"You should pay attention to him these days." Yang Youtian stood beside the peach tree, looking at the mountains from afar, and couldn't help but sigh: "The pseudo-Qi is willing to be a puppet of the golden man, which is a disaster for the people. Now there are many people like Brother Chen who are forced to displace. I think he talks like a scholar, and knows farming. If he can take it, he will take it in."

After hearing this, Yang Zhen curled his lips and said, "The Zhou army has retreated south for many years. The Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty doesn't care about us, the remnants, so how can you come here?"

"You guy, you know a ball!" Yang Youtian said angrily.
Chapter completed!