Taoyuan Farmhouse Daily

Chang Xile and his party dragged the tiger into the county town, attracting countless people to watch and marvel at their bravery.Tigers are ferocious, and hunting is very difficult. It is rare for a small county like Daoxiang County to hunt tigers.

The three brothers didn't bother to explain to everyone, and hurriedly sent the injured little boy to the hospital.

The people in the hospital were stunned when they saw the tiger on the bullock cart. Chang Xiwang was impatient, and when he saw that they hadn't moved, he yelled loudly, "Why are you standing there, there's an injured child!"

This sound made the people in the medical center react, and the doctor in the medical center quickly stepped forward to make a diagnosis, and concluded that there was no fracture to move, so he lifted the man off the bullock cart and began to treat him.

The outside of the medical hall was already full of people, talking about it.

"Who beat the tiger? The kung fu is really amazing. Our county hasn't produced such a hero for many years."

"Why did I just look at that child prodigy Chang Xiucai who was disfigured a while ago?"

"That's true, tsk tsk that scar is really a pity, otherwise there will be a bright future in the future."

"He's just a frail scholar, so he must not be the one who hit this big bug, right?"

"There are his two older brothers, both big and rough. Oh, and someone was injured, I didn't see clearly, but he is still a child in terms of stature."

It is not clear how the three brothers of the Chang family are discussed outside, and they are all focused on the injured little boy.

When the little boy was carried out of the carriage, he woke up in a daze, and when he saw that he was about to leave Chang Xile's embrace, he hugged Chang Xile tightly.Chang Xile had no choice but to let him hold her arm, and gently patted the back of his hand with the other hand, expressing that she would not leave.

The little boy calmed down and passed out again.

"Doctor, how is he?" Chang Xile asked when the doctor withdrew his hand.

The doctor said: "This child's pulse is strong and his bones are very strong. There is nothing serious about it. He just suffered a little skin trauma, and he can be cured with some medicine."

Chang Xile asked again, "Is the injury on the head okay?"

"It doesn't matter if I look at it like this, but whether the injury is serious or not, we will not know until he wakes up."

The three brothers finally felt relieved when they heard this. When the apprentices in the medical center were bandaging the boy's wound, the doctor asked curiously, "Did you beat that tiger outside?"

The three brothers shook their heads in unison, because they were familiar with the people in this hospital—Chang Xile was healed here before when he was injured and sick, so he didn't hide anything and told the story one by one.

The guy next to him was surprised and said: "So you have picked up a big deal! This big worm is worth a lot of money, but it's a pity that the tiger skin has a lot of scars, otherwise the money will be more!"

The doctor said anxiously: "Can you sell this big bug to me? I'll give you two... no, three hundred coins."

Tiger bones, tiger whips, tiger gallbladder, etc. are all good things, no matter which medical center would like to get them.

The three brothers didn't speak. The doctor thought it was because the money they gave was too little. Some wondered: "Hey, it's not that I deliberately lowered the price, it's just that I can only pay so much now. Or you can sell me tiger bones and tiger bones." Whip? I don’t want anything else, and I don’t need to pay for this little brother’s medicine.”

Chang Xisheng said: "Doctor, don't get me wrong, we didn't kill this beast, and we can't decide how much to charge. Since this child appeared next to this beast and was injured by it, it must be the same as the one who killed it. People have a lot to do with it, let's wait for him to wake up and ask how to deal with this big bug."

The doctor is a little disappointed, tigers are rare, and now the news has spread, there will definitely be rich businessmen who will come to buy them at a high price, and then he will definitely not be able to share.But this kind of thing is not easy to embarrass, so I can only let it go.

"You guys are honest. If it was someone else, they would have taken it for themselves. Speaking of which, I don't know who killed the tiger. Could it be the child's family?"

Chang Xiwang shook his head and said, "I don't know. When we saw nothing and came closer, we only saw this child and no other people. That road was either going to our village or the county seat. We didn't see him along the way." To suspicious people."

The doctor stroked his beard, "That's weird. And this kid is also a bit weird. You can see that his toes and fingers are long and sharp, which are different from ordinary people. His teeth are also sharper than ordinary people when I checked just now."

Chang Xile hugged the little boy along the way, and had already noticed the difference in him.Appearing in the deep mountains without a trace, the hair is fluffy and messy, obviously not taken care of, all kinds of knots, the nails are hard and sharp, and the eyes are like beasts.

Unexplainably appearing next to the dead tiger, with wounds left by the tiger on his body, but not seeing other people, this inevitably makes people have all kinds of fantasies.

Chang Xile thought of the legend about Xian Tong Ao, if it is true, then it is very likely that Xian Tong is fake and Tiger Child is real.In his previous life, he had read related reports that wolf children, dog children, etc. were brought up by animals for various reasons, and became a family with the beasts that ordinary people fear, and their living habits and appearance would sometimes be affected. Ordinary people are different.

But if this guess is correct, why did the tiger attack him?Who killed this tiger?

In other words, this tiger is not the one that raised the little boy. After all, according to the legend, it has been circulated for eight or nine years, and it is about the same age as this child.The lifespan of a wild tiger is usually between 15 and [-] years. Now this tiger seems to have just grown up, and has not yet reached the prime of life, so it is unlikely to be the one that raised the boy, but very likely. Maybe another one came to take over the hill.

The little boy was raised by a tiger and regarded himself as a tiger.The so-called one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers, so it started.

Chang Xile felt that her brain was a little too big, but for some reason, she always felt that it made sense.The only unreliable thing is that such a small guy can kill such a ferocious tiger, which is a bit unreasonable.The tiger weighed about [-] catties visually, which could only be achieved with the strength of a cow.

Chang Xisheng thought for a while and said, "Maybe it's the child of the mountain people? Those mountain people beat the tiger to death, but they ran away in fear of being discovered. The child was seriously injured, so he didn't take him away because he was afraid he wouldn't be able to support him."

The mountain people here refer to refugees who have no household registration and hide in the mountains. If they are found, they will be arrested and demoted to slaves.Civilians are not allowed to trade or communicate with mountain people, otherwise they will be punished together.Although the mountain people are not as harsh as before, as long as these mountain people are willing to come out for naturalization and there are no cases behind them, they will not be held accountable.

But there are still some people who are unwilling to go down the mountain, because once naturalized, it means paying taxes and corvee.The tyranny is fiercer than a tiger. Although this dynasty is considered enlightened, there are still some people who don't trust it, and they don't feel free in the mountains and forests.Like hunters, they hunt for a living, but unlike hunters, they have to pay animal skins as taxes every year. Although the mountains are tough, the pressure of life is relatively much less.

Chang Xile felt that Chang Xisheng's deduction was much more reliable than his own, and everyone thought it was the same when they heard it.Although the doctor just diagnosed that the little boy's injury was not very serious, it was difficult to treat the mountain people who were short of medical care.

The mountain people are not all poor people who avoid taxation and corvee. After all, life in the mountains is hard, and ordinary people who hide are always disliked.The situation outside is not bad now, and the mountain people who like to live a normal life have all gone down the mountain.So many of them committed crimes and hid for fear of being punished.This kind of person is the most cold-blooded, and when he sees that the child is not good, he doesn't care about it.As for why he didn't take the dead tiger away, he was afraid that he was also injured, so he couldn't take it away, and the three brothers of the Chang family would be cheaper in the end.

After making such speculations, everyone felt that this was the case, and automatically regarded the little boy as a child abandoned by the mountain people.

"Hey, what a crime, such a small child can be saved and thrown there. If you didn't save him, he would have lost all his blood." The doctor sighed.

Chang Xile's clothes were ruined in this way, most of them were torn off and used as bandages.The original long shirt has become a short shirt, which is only better than being shirtless.Although it is a pity, human life is at stake.

Chang Xile said: "It's also his fate."

There are not many pedestrians on that road, and they happened to meet them today, so it can only be said that they should not die.

"Since he is a child of the mountain people, he must not have a household registration. It is best to report it to the county government immediately to avoid trouble. I have someone I know in the government office. If you don't mind me, let someone help you with this errand?"

When Chang Xisheng and Chang Xile heard this, they immediately understood what the doctor was up to.

It's not good for this little boy to go back to the mountains, so he must be named by the yamen.Although the doctor said he had selfish intentions, if he could get things done, he wouldn't have to worry about it.The doctor can't afford the price, at worst he only sells part of it.

The declaration should not be sloppy, the three brothers just entrusted the doctor to help, but how to sell the tiger at that time will still be decided by the little boy.

From this incident, Chang Xile affirmed the character of Chang Xisheng and Chang Xiwang even more. Although Chang Xisheng is the smartest in the family, he would not be greedy for cheap when things happen.Otherwise, it would not be so natural to think that the tiger belonged to the little boy, not that they saw it as theirs.

Although there was no definite answer, the doctor was still very happy and felt that there was great hope.Let them stay in the room behind the medical hall, and the tiger was moved in too.

Chang Xile has been caught by the little boy, unable to leave at all, and can't do what she wants to do, so she can only ask her two elder brothers to go to a teahouse or something to inquire about the canal.

As soon as the two elder brothers left, someone came to the door on their heels.

As soon as the doctor saw the person coming, he hurried up to greet him, with a respectful attitude, "Isn't this the shopkeeper Wu? What kind of wind blows you here? Is there something uncomfortable?"

Shopkeeper Wu raised his chin and looked impatient, "What are you talking about, I'm fine! I heard that someone beat a big bug, so I came here to see the goods."

The doctor was crying from the bottom of his heart, he might not be able to keep the big bug out now, "Shopkeeper Wu, you are late, and now it is mine."

Shopkeeper Wu yelled at him directly, "Don't mess with me, how could I sell it if I didn't come."

Shopkeeper Wu ignored the doctor and walked straight in.

The doctor gritted his teeth behind his back, but he had no choice but to follow.

Shopkeeper Wu went to see the tiger first, because it was not suitable for storage in summer, and the doctor had ordered someone to start processing it.

Shopkeeper Wu touched this and that, and sighed regretfully, "It's a pity, it's a pity, this tiger skin is badly damaged, otherwise it would be worth some money."

"Boy, did you pick this up? How about it, I'll pay you a hundred coins, and I'll take this big bug." Shopkeeper Wu glanced at Chang Xile and said casually.

Chang Xile laughed angrily, the doctor just offered three hundred guan, which was considered a low price, and now someone offered [-] guan, with the attitude of me giving it to you.

"Not for sale."

Shopkeeper Wu was unhappy, and threatened with squinted eyes, "Hey, boy, do you know who I am! You don't give me Wu face so much, believe it or not, you can't sell this big bug even if you take it out!"