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The villagers rushed in and saw Zhou Wu subdue a thief in black.

"How dare you! There haven't been any thieves in my Niujia Village for many years! Men, tie him up!"

The village head was the first to take charge, ordering two villagers to tie up the thief and prepare to interrogate this audacious criminal.

Although the thief was masked, Zhou Wu looked at him carefully and felt that he seemed to have seen him before.

The thief was still struggling after being tied up, as if he was afraid of something.

“Tear off his mask. Let me see what kind of thief dares to be so bold.”

At the village chief's command, a villager next to him ripped off his mask, and the previously noisy scene instantly fell silent.

"It's...it's...it's you..."

"Why is it him?"

"It was him, but that's not surprising."

"Awesome!"

Muramasa was somewhat incredulous that the thief was actually a villager from his own village, and for a moment he didn't know what to do.

“This guy has been idle and petty since he was a child.”

"That's right, they even dare to sneak into Zhou Xiucai's house in the middle of the night now."

"Lord Muramasa, what do you think we should do?"

"That's right, according to village rules, the pigs should be thrown into the cage."

Niu Bi already had a bad reputation in the village, and being caught red-handed only fueled the anger of the villagers, who clamored for the village rules to be followed.

Just as the village chief was struggling to make a decision, an old woman rushed out from the crowd, threw herself at Niu Bi, and cried.

“Village head, fellow villagers, please have mercy and forgive my son. He has no bad intentions.”

The old woman was Niu Bi's mother. When everyone saw this, they immediately lost their previous momentum. After all, although Niu Bi was a bad person, his mother hadn't done anything seriously wrong. At most, she was just a spoiled mother who had neglected her son.

“Sister-in-law, it’s not that we’re unwilling to let go, but for Niu Bi’s crime of trespassing, it would be perfectly reasonable and legal for Scholar Zhou to kill him on the spot.”

Muramasa's words immediately shifted the topic to Zhou Wu. The old woman rushed to Zhou Wu, crying and begging for mercy. Zhou Wu was not a heartless person, but this time it had seriously affected the safety of himself and his family, so he held back.

“Scholar, Niu Bi has trespassed into a private residence. Even if you kill him, no one will say a word, and the government will not cause you any trouble. But after all, we are from the same village, and his mother is so old. She relies on her only son to take care of her in her old age. How about this: the death penalty can be waived, but she cannot escape punishment. Drive her and her son out of Niujia Village and never let them set foot here again.”

Seeing that Zhou Wu hadn't spoken for a long time, Muramasa knew that if he didn't make a decision soon, Niu Bi would probably not have a good ending.

"Row."

After thinking for a moment, Zhou Wu agreed. He actually really wanted to get rid of Niu Bi, because based on his experience with TV dramas from his previous life, such people would most likely take revenge on him later, and might even become the biggest boss. However, since Muramasa had already spoken, and in order to leave a better impression on everyone, he had no choice but to agree.

"Thank you, Scholar Zhou. Thank you, Scholar Zhou."

Niu Bi's mother seemed to be granted a pardon, and kept kowtowing to Zhou Wu. Next, she untied Niu Bi and left Niujia Village overnight under the watchful eyes of the villagers.

The next day, Zhou Wu packed his things and went up the mountain. Now that Niu Bi had left, he had to get back to setting traps. Zhou Wu also wanted to treat the whole village to a good meal, since everyone had come to help the night before.

After setting up the cages, Zhou Wu went home to weave fishing nets. He knew that relying solely on the traps on the mountain wouldn't be enough to gather enough ingredients to feed the whole village in a short time, so he decided to go fishing at the seaside.

"Zhou Lang, what are you doing now?"

"Weaving fishing nets."

Strangely enough, there was no such thing as a fishing net in this world. There were basically only two ways to catch fish: fishing or using a harpoon. Both methods could catch fish, but they were very inefficient. So Zhou Wu decided to make his own fishing net.

What is a fishing net?

"Like a spider web, it can catch a lot of fish."

"Really? That's amazing."

After spending this time together, Li Baiwei's feelings for Zhou Wu can be summed up in two words: admiration. This is because Zhou Wu often comes up with things that don't exist in this era, which broadens Li Baiwei's horizons.

Zhou Wu spent the entire day weaving the fishing net. Before dark, he went up the mountain to collect all the traps. Perhaps because he hadn't set any traps for several days, almost every fish fell into the trap today. It was a huge harvest.

Wow, I've had so much to show for it today.

Li Baiwei sorted the live animals and put them into cages. Zhou Wu took the remaining dead prey to the kitchen, gutted them, and stored them away. He would bring them out to entertain the villagers in a couple of days.

The next day, Zhou Wu called Niu Er, and they set off for the seaside in a horse-drawn carriage.

"Brother Wu, this carriage is really nice."

Niu Er looked on with envy. Zhou Wu was the only person in the village to buy a horse-drawn carriage, and it was a fine yellow horse, which was incomparable to the mixed-breed horses raised by the old farmers.

"Do you like it? Work hard with me, and you'll have it too."

"No, I still prefer the oxcart. It can be used for both pulling and plowing, and it's practical."

Sure enough, in Niu Er's eyes, the few acres of land at home were the most important. On the way, Zhou Wu told him about the fishing nets, and today he asked Niu Er to help.

Niu Er had no objection to helping, but he still had great doubts about the fishing nets. Looking at the pile of so-called fishing nets on the carriage, he refused to believe that these things could catch fish, let alone catch many fish in one net as Brother Wu had said.

However, Zhou Wu did not explain much. Although many things were very simple in his eyes as a modern person, they were different in the eyes of the ancients. Because of their education and environment, they did not have much knowledge and understanding. Therefore, Zhou Wu never argued too much, but proved it with facts.

With the help of the carriage, the two quickly arrived at the seaside and found a rocky beach. The seawater there was relatively calm and deep, and there was sure to be plenty of fish.

"Niu Er, watch me do it. Once you've mastered it, you can do it yourself."

Niu Er wasn't interested at all in Zhou Wu's words. He would rather use that time to catch some crabs and oysters.

"Let's go."

The first time the net was cast, it was relatively well-behaved; the net spread out widely and fell heavily into the water. The fish here probably hadn't encountered such a situation in thousands of years, and they were stunned, so much so that when Zhou Wu tried to lift the net, he couldn't even lift it.

"Niu Er, come and help me!"

Niu Er was stunned. This thing could really catch fish, and so many at once? Hearing Zhou Wu's shout, Niu Er finally reacted and quickly went forward to help drag the fishing net up.

"Whew~~~Whew~~~, Brother Wu, that's amazing! I never thought catching fish could make me so tired."

It took the two of them a lot of effort to pull the fishing net up. It was full of big fish weighing several kilograms each, so full that it almost broke.