Farmer's Favorite

Lin Qi pinched the charcoal cake's jaw lightly, trying to pull the rabbit out with some effort.

Charcoal Gao refused to let go of his mouth, and struggled with his head, staggering away with the rabbit in his mouth.

Lin Qi poked his head out in a squatting position, and asked curiously, "Where did the charcoal cake get the rabbit from?"

"I'm afraid it was brought by Dahei. With the teeth of Charcoal Cake, it's really not easy to kill a rabbit." Zhuang Xinyan said lightly. In such a big house, Charcoal Cake loves everywhere. Noisy.

It's just that at this time, Zhuang Xinyan followed it to make a fuss, anyway, he was making a fuss, and he didn't have the money to make a fuss.

Lin Qi didn't bother with the charcoal cake, and returned to the table. This time, he opened the red sandalwood box smoothly.

All of a sudden, he opened his mouth wide in astonishment.

Two pieces of exquisite porcelain, a set of pure gold jewelry, and then a few feet of fine silk and satin.

He quickly said: "It's so expensive, how can we accept it?"

Zhuang Xinyan looked at it, the corners of his mouth twitching slightly.

He didn't know how this gift was distributed. Leaving aside the porcelain, a set of jewelry was obviously used by women, and more than half of the silk and satin were red, green, and green. Who in their family could use it?

"Keep it away, but you can only put it away. There are a lot of things that neither of us will need." Zhuang Xinyan said, the red and green silks and satins with flower patterns will definitely not be used by the two of them, even Lin Ma's age It's too big to wear.

Lin Qi reached out to touch it, and he liked it very much.

Although I can't wear it now, maybe in a few years there will be someone who can wear it at home, right?

But in the end, none of the things in the red sandalwood box were taken out, and they were all stuffed under the bed.

Zhuang Xinyan also gradually discovered Lin Qi's little hobby, he likes to hide anything of value under the bed.

this day.

Village head Lin closed the door.

With a little sadness on his face.

After seeing Zhuang Xinyan, he said directly, "Zhuang Xinyan, I have to trouble you again."

The fact that a tiger was beaten up on Wutingyi Mountain was a worrying thing.Now most of the men in the village are out, and they will not come back in a short time. Village head Lin continued: "Goudan's mother was chopping firewood at the foot of the mountain yesterday, and she said that she found some wild animal footprints near there. I went to see it just now, but I didn’t see anything, but I was always a little worried, so I wanted to let you and others go up the mountain to patrol the mountain.”

Zhuang Xinyan was silent for a while, then agreed to the matter.

On a snowy day, it is difficult to go up and down the mountain.

Moreover, if there are really beasts inside, they will only be hungry beasts. He is not afraid, but it does not mean that others are not afraid, so he asked: "Who else is going with you? How many people are there?" It's best not to call too much, if there are too many people, if something happens, it will inevitably be a little too much to take care of."

"That's the reason. There are five people in total. Except for Wu Tingyi, the other three are young men from the village, and they still have some skills." Village head Lin said quickly. I am willing to let young people in the village go up the mountain.

After all, I am still young, so I am afraid that something will go wrong, and if I panic for a while, I am afraid that it will be self-defeating.

However, fortunately, Zhuang Xinyan and Wu Tingyi are with him, so I feel more at ease, after all, these two have also hunted tigers before.

Zhuang Xinyan became interested.

Wu Tingyi must be very skilled, but he really can't figure out what it is. This time he went up the mountain just so he could have a look.

After agreeing on a time, Zhuang Xinyan went out with a bow and arrow.

Lin Qi, who was still depressed but still refused to let him go up the mountain, could only pat his charcoal cake to get discouraged.

The so-called mountain patrolling, of course, is not to patrol in a daze, first to find a certain direction, and then follow the direction of the found footprints.

The three energetic young men were laughing and joking along the way, while the remaining two were looking at each other.

Zhuang Xinyan was looking at Wu Tingyi, and he also knew that the other party was looking at him.

Speaking of which, the two of them really didn't have any ties before, but for some reason, they both looked at each other and were not pleasing to the eye.

Along the way, not a single word was spoken between them.

At first, the three young men didn't notice it, but gradually, they all found out, and they talked in a low voice: "Why do I feel that there seems to be a gap between Brother Zhuang and Uncle Wu?"

"You just realized that the two of them didn't speak during the journey, and the one who met each other's eyes always looked up and down."

At this moment, the thinnest young man scratched his head, and said, "Huh? Why do I think it's normal? My father and Eminem also get along like this."

As soon as he said this, the other two stared at him blankly, and after a while, one of them said: "You must be blind."

"I do not……"

"Shut up." Before the thin young man could finish speaking, Zhuang Xinyan stopped in a low voice.

The three of them looked around, only to find that Brother Zhuang and Uncle Wu both had calm faces, and they thought they were angry at what they discussed earlier, so they immediately waved their hands and said, "Master Zhuang..."

"Shut up." Wu Tingyi didn't have such a good attitude, and immediately glared at him.

Now, several people found something wrong.

Zhuang Xinyan put his fingers up to his lips, and looked warily into a valley in front of him.

They are located on the upper peak of the valley, and they can clearly see the bottom, but the people below cannot see the top.

That's right, people.

The reason why Zhuang Xinyan silenced the three was naturally because he found something strange about the people in the valley.

It is not surprising to go hunting in the mountains and meet hunters who are also hunting in the mountains.

It was only natural for them to meet and talk to each other.

However, Zhuang Xinyan found that the two people in the valley, with long knives on their backs and swollen faces, did not look like hunters at all, but bandits.

And Wu Tingyi discovered the same thing.

For ordinary people, they may not be able to tell the difference between a hunter and a bandit.

But he is different.

And the most important thing is the long knife on the back of the two people below.

The imperial court forbids private buying and selling of weapons. Every weapon is registered at the local yamen, and the price of weapons is high. It is not common for farmers to own one. Xishan Village used to hunt for a living, and most of the weapons in their hands were kitchen knives. Or it was a self-made stone spear or the like.

That's it, when you go hunting in the mountains, whenever you encounter some ferocious beasts, it is difficult for them to escape.

The lean young man also saw the people in the valley with his probe, and he couldn't help asking in a low voice, "Who are they?"

Zhuang Xinyan thought for a while, and said, "Go down the mountain first and inform the village that there are bandits in the mountains."

The three boys were shocked, but fortunately they covered their mouths in time, otherwise they would have screamed out.

One of them felt that his teeth were trembling, and he asked tremblingly, "Could it be a mistake?"

"Go as soon as you are told, there is so much nonsense." Wu Tingyi said impatiently, if it wasn't for Wenzheng Xiaoyi in the village, he wouldn't bother to care about this matter at all, so he pointed to a person and said : "After you go down the mountain, personally send Wenzheng and Xiaoyi to the dealer, and let them stay there first."

After explaining a few more words, the three of them turned around and went down the mountain quickly.

Zhuang Xinyan and the two who stayed behind planned to find out the details of the people in the valley, so as to save time and trouble.

……

And in the village below the mountain.

Someone came to Village Chief Lin's house. Lin De was carrying a small basket of eggs. He licked his face and said with a smile, "Village Chief, you are at home. I want to trouble you with something."

Village head Lin was already worried about things in the mountains and didn't have the energy to deal with them, so he asked, "If there's anything, just tell me."

"Alas, this is not my Xiaoshuang's business, otherwise I don't want to bother you." Lin De hurriedly sat beside the village head, and he continued to smile: "Isn't it because he lives in the village now? Just think, separate out your own household registration and set up a separate portal."

Village head Lin remained calm, "Is this your family's idea, or Lin Xiaoshuang's idea?"

"How could I have such an idea? My family, Xiaoshuang, is miserable and can't stay outside. I have already said at home that Xiaoshuang will be my family when he comes back, but even if he made up his mind, I didn't No way." Linde smiled wryly, if possible, he naturally didn't want Lin Xiaoshuang to split up, so that his family's grandchildren would also be able to enjoy the blessing of this uncle, right? He was kicked out, but he definitely had a lot of money in his hands.

Village head Lin nodded, and he said: "Okay, you will go to the town with me in a few days, and you need to prepare some money, some places need to be sorted out."

"Don't worry, I know this. It will take about one or two taels of silver to do it. Xiaoshuang is ready." Linde said, his heart ached. In his eyes, the one or two taels of silver was just wasted. .

Immediately, in order to divert this distress, he spoke vernacular with the village chief, and he continued: "I went to the town earlier, and there were many notices posted at the gate of the town, saying that bandits were found around us. I don't know that the current emperor is Mingjun, but everything is calm, how can someone be stupid enough to be a bandit, if he is caught, he will be beheaded."

Village head Lin frowned, before speaking.

The door was pushed open heavily, and a person ran in panting outside: "The village chief is not good, there are bandits on our mountain!"

Village Chief Lin stood up suddenly, and Lin De was so frightened that he slid off his chair and fell to the ground.

Both of them were extremely frightened, as if they had heard nonsense.