A poor hero

"Mom, I'm full, I'm going to light the fire."

The calf burped, then he put down the empty bowl and started a fire happily.

After a while, Third Aunt and Shen Qian also finished drinking the sugar water.

The yellow mud water that Chen Chen stirred is also ready.

Everything was ready, and the third aunt used the yellow mud water to drizzle the brown sugar on the tiles according to the method Chen Chen had mentioned before.

After waiting for a while, the white sugar was slowly made.

Because the sucrose that Chen Chen brought back was only a few kilograms, he had given some to his third aunt and sister-in-law Wu Hong.

There wasn't much left at this time. After half an hour of work, all the sucrose was processed and turned into white sugar.

Chen Chen made an estimate and found that the yield of white sugar produced using this method of pouring sugar with yellow mud and water was about half.

They can use one pound of sucrose to make half a pound of white sugar. Now he has a total of two pounds and eighty ounces of white sugar on hand.

In the next few days, apart from going up the mountain to see the nooses and practicing against bandits, Chen Chen stayed at home and read the secret books left by his father.

These secrets were mainly handwritten by his father based on his own experience.

Some books are about the art of war on the battlefield, and some secret books are about personal combat techniques.

What Chen Chen is looking at now is personal combat skills, because he is too weak. If it hadn't been for the help of his third uncle, he would have been beaten badly by the Five Tigers of Xucheng.

"Chen Chen, why are the boxing techniques you practice now so fierce?"

Shen Qian looked at Chen Chen practicing boxing in the yard and asked curiously.

In her heart, she still prefers the Tai Chi that Chen Chen taught her before. She doesn't like the boxing method that Chen Chen is practicing now at all.

Chen Chen smiled and thought to himself: This is for sure! What the original owner's father left behind were techniques that had been tested in actual combat, boxing techniques that could really kill people. What is Tai Chi? Just for fitness.

So he put away his posture and said to Shen Qian: "Shen Qian, if you are fighting bandits, which one do you think is better at dealing with bandits?"

Shen Qian thought for a while, pouted and said: "Although I like the old one better, I think you are better able to deal with bandits now."

"That's right! Are you done with your work? When you are done with your work, you can follow me and practice a little bit."

Chen Chen asked with a smile.

Shen Qian shook her head and refused: "No, Chen Chen, I still have to cook dinner. By the way, plus the pheasants you just caught, we now have a dozen pheasants and a dozen hares at home."

Chen Chen thought about it and felt that it was not worthwhile to wait at home all the time for the bandits to arrive.

Anyway, the villagers are now able to quickly block the village entrance and enter a wartime state.

So he decided to go out to the county town with pheasants and sugar tomorrow.

As for the rabbit, he had already made an agreement with Wu Hong’s sister-in-law before he went to Chen Sheng’s house.

Sister-in-law Wu Hong has time and space over there, so she can breed more rabbits.

Chen Chen has also told her some precautions for raising rabbits.

In the past few days, Chen Sheng has taken advantage of his free time to start making bamboo cages for raising rabbits. It is time to send more rabbits.

So he smiled and said to Shen Qian: "Shen Qian, we will keep 3 females and 2 males of those rabbits. You can give the rest to Sister-in-law Wu Hong and let her raise them there."

"Chen Chen, what about those pheasants? The pheasants caught a few days ago are not eating, and some of them are thin."

Unlike rabbits, pheasants cannot be raised.

The pheasants Chen Chen caught and brought home didn't even eat anything. Within a few days, they were so skinny that they couldn't be sold at a high price.

He had just decided to take the pheasants out of the county and sell them.

So he smiled and replied: "Shen Qian, you catch one and kill it to eat. I will take the others to the county town tomorrow to sell them."

"Okay, now I'll catch the rabbit and give it to Sister-in-law Wu Hong, and then I'll come back and cook."

After hearing this, Shen Qian grabbed the rabbits with her back bamboo basket and walked out of the yard in a hurry.

She is now familiar with Chenjiacun, not only with her third aunt Wu Hong, but also with her.

Some of the older girls and younger wives in the village have also become good friends with her, especially Chen Xue, the third daughter of the village chief Chen Dawen's family, who comes to play with her every day.

Early the next morning, Chen Chen got up early.

According to the plan, he was going to sell hares in the county today.

He thought he had gotten up early, but Shen Qian, who had always gotten up later than him before, was baking pancakes in the kitchen.

Since Chen Chen had done so many things for the villagers, the villagers brought all kinds of things to Chen Chen.

In response to the kindness of the villagers, Chen Chen had no choice but to accept a few things as a token of appreciation.

The flour used in Shen Qian's pancakes is sent by the villagers.

After breakfast, he walked towards the entrance of the village with a bamboo pole on his back.

Shen Qian originally wanted to go out to the county town with him, but Chen Chen was afraid of being robbed by bandits, so he refused and asked her to stay at home to play.

"Young man Chen Chen, you have to leave the county today!"

As soon as Chen Chen walked to the oxcart assembly point, Uncle Qi, who drove the oxcart from Zhaocun, had already arrived.

After many days, he still remembered Chen Chen.

When he saw Chen Chen, he asked happily.

Chen Chen had heard at the bandit's den that the bandit named Sixth Brother was going to attack Uncle Seventh.

Unfortunately, there were two Zhaocun people sitting on the oxcart, and Chen Chen couldn't talk to them face to face now.

"Hello Uncle Qi, I'm going out to the county town today."

Chen Chen thought for a while, and decided to wait until Uncle Qi was alone in the county town before telling him about the bandits.

Zhao Qi touched Chen Chen's head, took the bamboo pole from his back, and put it on the bullock cart.

During this period of drought, people in Zhao Village have to carry water to drench the rice seedlings, and not many people leave the county.

On the contrary, with Chen Chen's water tanker in Chenjia Village, drought relief saved a lot of labor, and many people wanted to go out to the county.

After waiting for a long time, several more villagers came out of Chenjia Village who wanted to ride in the oxcart, and the oxcart was filled to capacity.

Zhao Qi still didn't want to accept Chen Chen's car payment, but unlike last time when Chen Chen was penniless, he was rich.

So he gave it to Zhao Qi along with the last fare.

"Dachen, are you going out to the county town to play?"

"Dachen, are you going to sell these pheasants to Chen San?"

……

After the ox cart set off, people in Chenjia Village asked about Chen Chen.

"Yes, I have caught a few pheasants in the past few days and brought them to my third uncle in exchange for some money."

Chen Chen was polite and answered the villagers' questions one by one.

The two passengers in Zhaocun didn't know Chen Chen.

They saw the good attitude of the villagers in Chenjiacun towards Chen Chen, and also saw the pheasant in Chen Chen's back, and they all curiously asked about Chen Chen's situation.

"Young man, are you married? There are many beautiful girls in our village who are suitable for you?"

Chen Chen didn't need to answer. The villagers in Chenjia Village spoke one after another, "You don't have to worry about it. The wife we ​​married in Dachen is so good. And she also came with a water tanker? Without this water tanker, I would still have to pick one at home." Where’s the water?”

So the villagers in Zhao Village and Chenjia Village got together again because of Chen Chen, talking happily about the waterwheel.

Time flies, and the ox cart arrives at the gate of the county town.

The passengers on the bus said goodbye to each other and went about their own business.

"Uncle Qi, there are bandits who want to attack you."