Farming and reading family

Although these hunters are outsiders and the probability of their families coming to find them after they die in a foreign land is relatively low, they cannot take it lightly.

"You are very thoughtful." Zheng Fengan nodded.

"Don't touch these people." Gao E reminded.

She didn't need to say this. Being possessed by a mountain ghost was too scary for the villagers, and no one wanted to be contaminated by it.

At this moment, Huang Xiaolou suddenly took out his wallet and knelt down: "Please let me go, I will give you all my money."

He also thought that their people might have walked too much at night and been possessed by mountain ghosts, otherwise how could they suddenly become like this.

"I have sixty taels here, sixty taels..." Huang Xiaolou hurriedly took out the silver and banknotes.

Zheng Fengan didn't expect these hunters to be so rich. No wonder he was so wary of them before.

But now it’s not a matter of money, I’m just afraid that I will have the life to get it but not the life to spend it.

So no matter how Huang Xiaolou begged, the people of Baotou Village remained indifferent.

After a stalemate of half a day, Lu Hao, who had gone to the county town to report to the police, finally came back, and Chang Zhinan came with him.

When He Tangchun heard that it was Gao E who asked Lu Hao to report for the official position, he directly asked Chang Zhinan to ride a horse and come with him.

"The government is investigating the case." Chang Zhinan dismounted his horse, showed his token and walked forward.

The people of Batou Village immediately made way.

Huang Xiaolou, who had been begging there for a long time, felt like his savior when he heard that the government had arrived, and light appeared in his eyes again.

"Sir, look at their appearance. They must have done too many bad things and are possessed by mountain ghosts." Zheng Fengan came over and saluted.

Chang Zhinan is a martial artist and has never believed in anything supernatural. However, when he saw the group of people in front of him, his heart skipped a beat and he wondered if there really was a ghost.

"What did they do?" Chang Zhinan looked at those people.

Zheng Fengan was about to speak when Huang Xiaolou interrupted him.

"We are hunters from a village near Qinzhou City. The Zhiweilou in Qinzhou City pays a high price for live monkeys, so we unite to catch live monkeys in the mountains and eat the dead ones." Huang Xiaolou was a little incoherent.

"That's it?" Chang Zhinan thought it was just catching a few monkeys, why would it have to be like this?

Seeing Huang Xiaolou's evasive gaze, Chang Zhinan felt that things were definitely not that simple.

"Your Excellency, you don't know this. These people capture live monkeys to eat their brains," Zheng Fengan explained. "And they attract monkeys from the mountains to come down and cause trouble. A child from our village was once kidnapped by a monkey and thrown to death."

Chang Zhinan still stared at Huang Xiaolou.

He felt that there was some connection between the two things, but they were not directly related, and these people must be hiding something.

"What's your name?" Chang Zhinan stared at Huang Xiaolou.

"I'm Huang Xiaolou." Huang Xiaolou didn't dare to look at Chang Zhinan.

"Take them away first." Chang Zhinan wanted to take them back and interrogate them slowly.

"Sir, be careful, these people are weird and you must not get scratched by them." Zheng Fengan reminded.

Chang Zhinan nodded.

With the help of the people in Batou Village, Chang Zhinan tied them together and took the dead ones away on a flatbed cart.

After those people left, the people of Baotou Village released the living monkeys and gathered the dead ones together and burned them. They used torches to burn the places where those people had been several times, for fear that the unclean things would be burned to death.

It was almost dark after all the busy days, and Gao E breathed a sigh of relief. She wondered if the monkeys would come down the mountain.

I originally wanted to ask Peng Can about collecting monkeys, but after thinking about it, I decided not to. He is just an ignorant middleman.

After two days of vigilance, no monkeys came down, so Peng Can drove the pigs back to the pigpen and went back to raising pigs.

Gao E kept Chen Ke's words in mind and planned to buy some poultry, especially geese.

However, there is definitely no market on the side affected by the flood, so we will have to go to the city or the other side of He County.

When Gao E finally had the chance, she went to Toad Valley and realized that she had bought all the unowned land around Toad Valley. This would make it much easier to build roads in the future.

After returning from Hamagou, Gao E discussed with her elder brother about finding a kiln craftsman to start digging and firing the kiln.

Master An was sitting on the side carving puppets. When he heard them talking, he suddenly said, "I do know a kiln owner, but he's old. I don't know if he's willing to come out."

Gao E turned to look at Master An: "Really? Let's go ask first and see if they're willing."

Master An nodded. "His home is a little far away, in Majiapo. You can find it by asking around when you get there."

Gao E thought that since Master An knew him, it would be easier to talk to him when the time comes: "Let's drive there, and Uncle An will go with us. It's a good opportunity for us to go out and take a look."

Master An thought for a moment and thought he could have a say if he went alone: ​​"Okay."

Gao E originally wanted her elder brother and Master An to go together, as it was not convenient for her to go. However, she heard that there was no disaster in Majiapo and there was a market in the town, so they specially chose the day when the market was held and went there to attend the market at the same time.

They set off before dawn. Chen Qing drove the carriage, while Gao E, Yang, Master An and Xiao Wu sat in the carriage.

When they arrived at the place, Chen Qing took Master An to look for people, while Gao E and Yang were strolling in the market below.

Yang also wanted to buy some chicks. Now that her life was stable, she could raise some chickens at home so that they could lay eggs to nourish her children.

After walking around, the two of them only found a nest of chicks, which were too small and had not grown any hard wings yet. The price was not cheap.

Gao E only then realized that there is no artificial incubation now. All the chicks are raised from the warm brood of farmers' own chickens. The quantity is limited and the quality is up to chance.

As for buying some eggs to hatch chicks, she quickly rejected the idea. Not only was the temperature difficult to control, but the time at which the eggs were laid was also uneven.

In the end, the two people had to buy the hen and the chicks together.

Look at the bright side, when the chickens grow up, they can sit in the brood and warm the chicks.

After finding a place to wait for her elder brother and the others to come back, she happened to see an old man selling roof beasts. The lifelike roof beasts attracted Gao E's attention.

A child of four or five years old was sitting obediently on one side. When he saw Gao E staring at the roof beast, he looked at Gao E eagerly.

Gao E smiled, and the child shyly turned around and rested his head on the old man.

Ma Erliang turned around and saw Gao E's wrinkled face and smiled: "The child is young and naive."

"Uncle, how much is this roof beast?" Gao E really likes it.

"Which one?" Ma Erliang immediately became alert. After all, he had been waiting here for a long time without selling a single one.

Gao E glanced at it and said, "That Qilin."

Ma Erliang hesitated again and again: "Thirty cents."

He usually charges fifty cents. After all, it takes one or two days to make a Qilin, and it usually takes three or four to bake one. Fifty cents is considered cheap.

But he was afraid that the price would scare people away, so he had to quote a lower price.

Gao E thought it was too cheap. No matter when the house would be completed, she would buy the roof beast first.

She stood up to pick two to take back, but was bumped into by someone and stumbled.

Not only did the other party not apologize, he also stepped over her and kicked the Qilin roof beast to the ground.