Chapter 48: As a father, take care of your baby—just stay alive!
Think about it, four or five households were broken into in one night. There are only about fifty households in Houshan Village. If no measures are taken, they will be robbed everywhere in a few days! Who knows whether it will happen next time
It’s all my fault. Whoever suggested organizing a village protection team was so foresighted!
The next day, there were twenty-five thieves kneeling in the village's grain drying field. After interrogation, they were all second-rate thieves from several villages on the other side of the mountain.
The territory over the mountain belongs to Huizhou. King Hui is not as kind as King Chen. The natural disasters in Huizhou are more serious, but he still has to pay heavy taxes. Many people cannot live, sell their sons and daughters, and starve to death everywhere... Some people are unwilling to starve to death.
People take desperate risks and embark on the road of stealing and robbing.
The next day, Wulei County's county government received more than 20 prisoners. The county magistrate was so worried that "the white hair was scratched even shorter, and the hairpin was full of lust". Why, the prison was like a temple fair, crowded with people
Okay, I really can’t squeeze in so many people...
He sent someone to report to his immediate superior, the Chongzhou Prefecture. The Chongzhou Prefecture had no choice but to report it to King Chen. With a stroke of his pen, King Chen made it easy! They were all escorted over. There was a shortage of people in the newly discovered mine.
Woolen cloth!
The enthusiasm for patrolling in Houshan Village was unprecedentedly high. Mugen'er, who discovered the thief in time and alerted the police, was praised again and again by his uncles and brothers in the village, and he was too embarrassed to go out during the day.
The next night, the familiar sound of gongs and drums sounded again! The members of the patrol team said "Ouch!" and rushed out excitedly - they could beat the thieves again!
Song Laosi, who was carrying more than 200 kilograms of prey, looked at the patrol that was getting closer and closer, and said to Zhao Changsheng with a smile: "The villagers are so enthusiastic. They all came out before they even entered the village. They came out.
How do you know we’ll be back tonight?”
"Is there a possibility that they are not here to welcome us, but to catch thieves?" Zhao Changsheng heard the sound of gongs and drums in the distance - the people of the village protection team were not lazy!
"Thieves, let's see where you are going!" Sure enough, the patrol at the front was shouting, waving the "weapons" in their hands, and heading straight towards them like tigers descending the mountain.
"Donglai! Who are you calling a thief?" Song Laosi threw the prey on his shoulders towards the boy who was running first.
Donglai was caught off guard and was knocked upside down. His feet slipped and he fell into the snow nest next to him. The rest of the patrol team heard Song Laosi's voice, put down the sticks they held high, and greeted him.
come over.
Dong Lai had a frozen roe deer on his body and struggled in the snow for a long time. He asked for help: "Brothers, can you pull me up?"
"Oh my God! What is this? A blind bear?" The people in the patrol were all attracted by the huge beast carried by Zhao Changsheng. Donglai pushed the prey away, not caring about patting the snow on his body, and hurriedly
Surrounded them.
Mr. Song's eyebrows were flying and he said: "No! This black blind man is really powerful. If Brother Zhao hadn't been here, we would have been on the mountain."
Zhao Changsheng said modestly: "If it weren't for you and your 'dagger', I might not be able to capture this bear!"
I don’t know whether the winter hunting team was lucky or unlucky, but they met this blind bear who woke up from hibernation. Blind bears are the most territorial, and when they see someone intruding into their territory while they are sleeping, they go crazy.
Fortunately, Zhao Changsheng was very skilled, and fortunately Song Laosi brought a sharp blade with him. Zhao Changsheng attracted Blind Xiong's attention, and Song Laosi took the opportunity to stab the blind Xiong's vital part with the boning knife in his hand - unfortunately, he missed!
It was Zhao Changsheng who took the opportunity to pull out the boning knife from the black bear and gave it a fatal blow, finally killing the black bear!
In addition to a blind bear, this trip also harvested six roe deer and more than a dozen yellow sheep.
Looking at the prey they dragged back, Donglai was dumbfounded: "Are you... the lair of the yellow sheep?"
The people in the winter hunting team all focused their attention on Zhao Changsheng. He choked a few times and said, "I'm lucky, I met a large group of yellow sheep!"
He practiced horse riding and archery since he was a child, and went to the battlefield with his father when he was a teenager. He killed countless barbarian enemies, not to mention a few small yellow sheep. It was a pity that he could not take out his bow and arrows, and Zhang Orion's bow was too small.
It doesn’t fit anymore!
The patrol team helped move the prey back to the village. The village chief looked at the black blind man and the yellow sheep and roe deer all over the ground. He was silent for a long time and then asked: "Chang Sheng, tell me, how to deal with these prey?"
Zhao Changsheng thought for a while and said: "I will go to Fucheng tomorrow to sell this bear to see if it can be exchanged for food. However, Brother Sixi and I risked our lives to hunt the bear. The two of us accounted for the majority.
Opinion?"
"No objection! If it weren't for Brother Changsheng and the Fourth Brothers Song, we would have no idea whether we could come back, and we wouldn't be able to kill Blind Xiong. You are our savior, so even if you take them all, we have no objection!"
Zhang Orion was the first to be attacked by the black bear. If Zhao Changsheng hadn't grabbed him, he would have been slapped by the blind bear. The black bear's palm could have knocked the tiger down. If that slap had been real, he would have been slapped.
Is there a life?
The winter hunting team all agreed, thinking that this was what Zhao Changsheng and Song Sixi deserved.
"The rest will be used as rewards for the village protection team! Should it be exchanged for food, or should it be divided into meat directly? You can see directly." Zhao Changsheng nodded in his heart.
Overall, the cohesion of Houshan Village is quite high. Most of the villagers are honest, kind and sensible. It is quite right for them to choose to settle here.
The village chief thought for a while and said to the villagers: "Tomorrow, let's get together to discuss and decide whether it is appropriate to divide meat or grain."
Most of the villagers chose to ask for food. After all, in the eyes of the people, food is the top priority. During the heavy rain during the autumn harvest, many families did not even get half of their food back, so they were very poor. There were still a few households,
They were even attacked by thieves and were in urgent need of food to save their lives! There were few families in Houshan Village who were not short of food. Even the Lao Song family did not have enough food to eat!
The black bear meat was sold for 80 taels, the bear bile was 30 taels, and the bear skin was 50 taels, which added up to 160 taels. Zhao Changsheng divided the one hundred taels into two and gave Song Lao 450 taels.
Song Laosi shook his hand like a fan and said repeatedly: "No, no! I didn't put in much effort. If Brother Zhao hadn't hit the blind man's vital point in time, I would have been beaten to death by the bear! You take eight
Ten taels, just give me twenty taels... Actually, one hundred taels should be yours!"
Zhao Changsheng patted the fifty-tael silver note into his arms and said, "Aren't you still a gentleman? If you are a gentleman, don't ink!"
Chapter completed!