Sure enough, the villagers' biggest hobby is to gossip about other people. Not only did Chu Xiao's personality change a lot, but he was also involved in some unfounded things, so naturally there was no shortage of discussion.

Once the discussion started, there would be more and more various words. Yan Zhenshen did not intend to hide it completely, but he certainly could not say that Chu Xiao was not Chu Xiaoxiao. Half-truths and half-lies should be more acceptable to the public.

"Well, your brother Xiao told me that after he was struck by lightning last time, a mark appeared on his arm. Once his emotions fluctuate greatly, the mark will react. That's why there are thunderstorms."

Yan Sanmei was a little surprised. After all, her eldest brother told her such a miraculous thing so casually. Shouldn't she deny it outright and treat it as a big secret?

Yan Zhenshen continued, "You are all my and Xiao Ge'er's family, so there is no need to hide many things from you. Xiao Ge'er said that he was indeed going to die that time, but he was struck by lightning before he died, and he came back to life and even gained some special abilities."

"Ah?" Yan Sanmei was stunned, her heart beating uncontrollably. Special ability? Her brother Xiao had special abilities, no wonder he was so powerful.

Yan Zhenshen said, "I didn't want to tell you in order to prevent you from having other ideas, but we will all be together day and night in the future, and you will find out that he is different sooner or later. But third sister, this matter should only be known to our family, and you can't tell anyone, otherwise your brother Xiao may be in danger, and even our family will be regarded as outcasts."

Yan Sanmei nodded and said, "Brother, don't worry. I won't tell anyone except my parents, not even my second brother and Xiaobei."

"Well, big brother believes that you know the limits best." Yan Zhenshen said, "Don't look at your brother Xiao in a special way. He is still himself. Just get along with him as before, okay?"

Yan Sanmei suppressed her excitement and said, "I know that Brother Xiao is a good person and I like him too. No matter what special abilities he has, he is still my eldest brother's husband, my Brother Xiao."

Yan Sanmei left excitedly. Chu Xiao walked out of the room and felt that his brother Shen was usually taciturn, but once he started talking nonsense he could speak very clearly.

"How come you even fooled my third sister?"

After saying that, he burst out laughing, "Is it natural for me to have strange phenomena when I'm emotionally excited? That's not wrong, so you better not make me angry in the future."

Yan Zhen pursed his lips and said truthfully: "Chu Xiao is just Chu Xiao to me, but you can only be Chu Xiaoxiao to others, Xiao brother, this is for your safety. You can have superpowers, but you can never be an alien."

Chu Xiao laughed: "Okay, it's enough for Brother Shen to know who I am. Then you must protect me well in the future. Don't let others treat me as an alien and burn me to death."

"I will." Yan Zhenshen promised seriously.

Seeing how serious he was, Chu Xiao couldn't help but hug the man. "Wow, I feel so lucky. How come I met such a good man who is hard to find among ten thousand? I must be blessed by God to meet you."

Yan Zhenshen blushed.

Chu Xiao raised his head, saw the man's red face and laughed: "Brother Shen, let's go up the mountain in a few days. I'll go hunting with you and see if we can find some precious herbs. I want to earn money to build a big house and buy pigs, sheep and cows."

As if thinking of something, he smiled roguely: "We should also send Xiaobei to school, let him take the exam to become a scholar and a juren and become a high-ranking official, so that even if my identity is discovered one day, no one will dare to touch me."

"Okay." Yan Zhenshen agreed to every request.

On the second day, Yan Zhenshen took Chu Xiao and Wang Wu to Xishan to catch rabbits. As expected, they actually caught a few rabbits, even a mother rabbit with cubs.

When the four returned to the village entrance, they found that today seemed to be different from the past. The sun was not very strong and was setting, but not many people were working in the fields. Instead, they were crowded at the village entrance to watch the excitement.

Three children were kneeling in the middle of the village entrance. The oldest was no more than six or seven years old, and the youngest looked no more than two years old.

The village chief was helping one child after another under the scorching sun, but the child he had just helped up immediately knelt down again, leaving the village chief sweating profusely and feeling helpless.

Li Xiulan stood there and cursed, even pushing the oldest child down in anger: "You little bastards, your father deserved to be bitten by a wolf. What's the point of you kneeling in front of me? It wasn't my fault."

Luo Ge'er was a little puzzled and looked at Wang Wu in doubt. After all, this guy was the most gossipy man in the village.

Wang Wu actually knew something, and explained, "Yesterday, Li Xiulan's cousin Li Ping came to our village and said he wanted to exchange a few acres of land with him. Then, no one knew what he said, but he actually went up the mountain with Chu Peng in the middle of the night. Judging from the situation, it seems that Li Ping might have met a wolf in the mountain."

Wang Wu's guess was correct. After hearing what Chu Xiao said yesterday, Li Ping went straight to Li Xiulan and said that he was willing to buy the six acres of land left by Boss Chu at the market price so that he could exchange it for wild ginseng from Chu Xiao.

How could Li Xiulan be willing to do that? She would get furious whenever Chu Xiao was mentioned. Moreover, he was still thinking about the six acres of land. She was not willing to sell it to Chu Xiao no matter who else she sold it to.

But when Li Xiulan heard that Chu Xiao had not yet dug up the wild ginseng, she had some inappropriate thoughts.

The whole village knew that Yan Zhenshen had a temporary thatched hut in the mountains, and how could a young boy like Chu Xiao dare to go into the mountains? Presumably, the wild ginseng was also discovered by Yan Zhenshen, and it was most likely near the thatched hut.

So he urged his cousin to go look around there. Whoever found the things on the mountain would own them. So what if Yan Zhenshen knew that they dug it?

In order to get a piece of the pie, he even let his eldest son Chu Peng go along.

As a result, when they reached the mountain, they took the wrong path and encountered a pack of wolves. The two men quickly climbed up a tree, but Li Ping still had a piece of meat on his thigh bitten off by a wolf.

Under the watchful eyes of the wolves, they lived in fear all night. After the sun came out, the wolves dispersed, but the two men did not dare to come down from the tree until Li Ping's wound became red, swollen and inflamed, and they were forced to get down from the tree.

Although Chu Peng was not very courageous, he was not a completely conscienceless person. He dragged the man back to the village.

Under the shade of the tree nearby, Doctor Hu had been invited over and was treating Li Ping. The wound was very large and bloody. A closer look revealed that a large piece of flesh was missing. It was so painful that one could not help but feel the pain.

Some timid children were so frightened when they saw the wound that they started crying loudly and said they were afraid and wanted to go home.

Being attacked by animals while going up the mountain is not a big deal. Everyone can't help but say that he is lucky to have encountered a pack of wolves and still come back alive.

But the reason why this incident was regarded as a fun thing was that as soon as Li Ping arrived at the village entrance, he said that he might not survive, and hoped that Li Xiulan could give the six acres of land to Chu Xiao and help him exchange it for ginseng to prolong his wife's life.

If the child's mother is also gone, how will the four children in the family survive?

But Li Xiulan was not willing to do that. If Li Ping really died, even if she exchanged her own land for ginseng, if Li Ping's wife did not acknowledge it, wouldn't he lose both his wife and his army?

Lijia Village was not far from here, and a nosy villager ran over to find the village chief of Lijia Village, and the children were naturally brought over.

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