My god, run!!!

No wonder the villagers looked at us differently when we entered the village. The village chief just reminded us that there's something strange about this village! Interesting...very interesting. Zhou Zheng smiled.

Zhou Zheng returned to the post station and called everyone together. He told them what the village chief had just said and also expressed some of his own opinions. Hua Rong and the others' eyes lit up as they listened, and they were ready to have a good fight. The guns in their hands had long been thirsty for water.

Seeing Hua Rong and the others, Zhou Zheng was speechless. Ever since he taught them military skills in the hills behind Lijia Village, they had killed many bandits and bullies along the way, and even robbed Kuomintang officials and soldiers. My goodness, the two of them seemed to have been given a cheat, completely liberating their nature and becoming particularly passionate about fighting and killing.

Maybe it's because they have been suppressed for too long since they were young. This is how they should be. In the future, they will definitely be two powerful generals.

Zhou Zheng ordered Hua Rong to walk around the entire village and inquire about the situation of the village.

Bring two 20-shot pistols and a few grenades, and give Hua Rong a few dozen dollars in cash. Sometimes cash can get things done better and more efficiently than other things.

He also told Hua Rong to be careful and pay attention to safety, and to come back immediately if he saw something wrong.

Hua Rong nodded and said with a smile, "Don't worry, I'll take care of it." Then he went out.

He also asked the two brothers Zhao Hu, Yi Pao and Da Niu to be careful about their surroundings, and then he went to cook dinner.

Chen Xinyi followed Zhou Zheng to the kitchen. Zhou Zheng started to make a fire and cook. He first stewed a large pot of chicken soup with Gastrodia elata and Cordyceps sinensis flowers, then made seven braised pork elbows, fried some cabbage, and steamed some white rice.

Chen Xinyi just stared blankly at Zhou Zheng busying around. Because Chen Xinyi didn't know how to cook, she wanted to help Zhou Zheng, but Zhou Zheng didn't want her help and just asked Chen Xinyi to just watch him.

Chen Xinyi also hated that she couldn't cook and couldn't help Zhou Zheng at all. But what Zhou Zheng said next moved Chen Xinyi so much that he said, "A place like the kitchen, full of fumes, is not a place for a girl like you. Just go play aside for a while, and I'll call you when it's time for dinner."

Listen, Zhou Zheng is not flirting with girls, what is he doing? This was during the Republic of China, before liberation, when things like washing clothes, cooking, and cleaning the house were all women's responsibility, while men only took care of outside work and crops.

Zhou Zheng's remarks and actual actions were completely inconsistent with the practices and ideas of this era. If a man were to do this, what would a woman do? Zhou Zheng's actions deeply touched Chen Xinyi's heart. She looked at Zhou Zheng with a softer look, her eyes full of tears.

Zhou Zheng prepared the meal and asked Zhao Hu and others to eat. At this time, Hua Rong also came back. Zhou Zheng asked them to eat first and everything else would be discussed after the meal.

First, each of them had a big pork elbow, and they ate until their mouths were drooling, especially the two brothers Da Niu and Er Niu. They had never eaten these things since they were young, and had only heard of them. However, they were still calm in their hearts, because they had experienced it in the past two days and started to get used to it.

Chen Xinyi couldn't finish the big pork elbow, so she looked at Zhou Zheng. In the end, Zhou Zheng finished it. Chen Xinyi blushed as she watched Zhou Zheng eat what she had left. Fortunately, it was dark and no one could see clearly.

Then there was the chicken soup stewed with Gastrodia elata and Cordyceps sinensis flowers, which was so delicious when eaten with white rice. Especially Chen Xinyi drank two big bowls of chicken soup, it was so delicious.

This chicken soup with white rice is really a must-try, it’s so delicious, and this is what everyone thinks.

Finally, eat some stir-fried vegetables to relieve the greasiness, and then say, "No more, it's so delicious."

After eating and drinking, Zhou Zheng asked Hua Rong what useful information he had found out?

Hua Rong said, "This village is very strange and full of mystery. It's really hard to find out more about it. I asked many people, but they wouldn't tell me. And when I asked again, they still didn't know. Finally, I spent five silver dollars on a beggar and finally found out the details of this village."

"Guess, everyone, whose descendants live in this village?"

Everyone looked at each other, but no one could guess it.

"Isn't it written on the big stone gate of Zhuangzi that their surname is Shi? Then they must be descendants of the surname Shi." Chen Xinyi said.

"The word 'Shi' written on the big stone gate doesn't mean that the people in Shizhuang have the surname Shi. Most of the people in Shizhuang have the surname Shi, just like the word 'Shi' written on the drum."

"The people in this Shizhuang are all descendants of Shiqian, the flea on the drum. The inscription on the stone gate of the village is just to deceive people. If anyone knew that this Shizhuang was the descendant of Shiqian, the flea on the drum, many people would come and wipe out this entire clan.

After all, Shi Qian, the flea on the drum, stole a lot of good things. Can you guess how many more good things his descendants have stolen over the past few hundred thousand years?"

"Money talks, it seems. These five dollars were well spent. I got such exciting news."