Zhang Chusheng is a slightly older child in Zhangjia Village at the foot of Weishan Mountain.

Although it is said to be a village, in fact, there are only seven or eight households in the entire Zhangjia Village, and most of them are of the same clan and ethnicity, with few outsiders.

Zhang Chusheng’s father, Butcher Zhang, is a rare outsider in the village.

Before changing his surname to Zhang, Zhang Butcher's original surname was Chu. According to him, he came from the vassal town of Heshuo. When he was young, he was also a general on the battlefield.

As for whether anyone else in Zhangjiacun believed this, Zhang Chusheng didn't know.

Anyway, Zhang Chusheng himself doesn’t believe this.

Because in his opinion, that was the line his old man used to brag every day, and only his ignorant old woman would believe such words.

Of course, this does not mean that Zhang Chusheng hates or looks down on his father.

On the contrary, to be able to become the only butcher in Zhangjia Village with a foreign surname and the attitude of a married woman, and to convince everyone, there is no doubt about Butcher Zhang's character and ability.

Thanks to this, Zhang Chusheng has not only been physically strong since he was a child, but has also become one of the few children in the village who can study in private schools for several consecutive years.

Even though Zhang Chusheng is only eight or nine years old now, he has already understood the difficulties at home.

Therefore, in addition to studying in private schools, Zhang Chusheng's biggest hobby is to help his family attract business and help people in the village buy daily necessities in the towns.

Over time, everyone in the village knew that in addition to selling meat, Butcher Zhang also sold some things that everyone could use in daily life.

In this way, even if it is not a market day, everyone can buy what they want.

For this reason, Zhang Chusheng was frequently praised by the elders in the village, saying that the village had finally cleared up its ancestors and had a future number one talent.

However, only Zhang Chusheng himself knew that everything he was doing now was taught by Pei Wende, who was "kicked out" of the private school by his husband a year ago.

In the words of the other party, studying is indeed the only way out in this era.

But "studying to death" will only make you and your family around you suffer huge burdens and pains.

If you want to continue studying and get rid of the shackles of this era, but don’t want to burden your whole family with yourself, then use what you read in the book to the people around you!

So under Pei Wende's suggestion, Zhang Chusheng's "grocery store" was barely able to operate.

It took Zhang Chusheng three years to go from occasionally bringing things to others to earn some traveling expenses, to now becoming a well-known "grocery store" in the village.

According to Zhang Chusheng's own estimation, when he is sixteen or seventeen years old, when he is old enough to go to Beijing to take the exam, he will not have to collect travel expenses with people in the village.

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"If you count the days, today is July 15th. It's time for Brother Pei to go down the mountain, right?"

Standing at the gate of the village, Zhang Chusheng knew that every time there was a festival, Pei Wende would come down from the mountain to purchase some things for the festival.

Especially on non-market days like this, Pei Wende will almost 100% buy pork from home, paper money, ingots, colored lanterns and candles for the Ghost Festival.

Only when it is really unavailable, Pei Wende will consider going to the nearest town to buy these things.

To be honest, Zhang Chusheng couldn't understand Pei Wende's approach.

It was obviously just the two of us with Zen Master Lingyou...

No, maybe now we have to add Hui Ji, just three people staying alone on the mountain, but it happens to be so complicated every time during the festival.

In Pei Wende's own words, this is called a sense of ritual.

But in Zhang Chusheng's view, this was simply an excuse that Pei Wende made to make Zen Master Lingyou happy.

After all, Pei Wende, who came from a later generation, may not care about the festive atmosphere, but Zen Master Lingyou had family members before he became a monk.

Even if we can't really reunite with them, it's still good to think about them during the Chinese New Year and holidays.

"I don't quite understand what Brother Pei is thinking. He has to find so many excuses to celebrate a festival with Zen Master and the others."

In Zhang Chusheng's family, it was his mother who had the final say whether to celebrate the festival or not. There was no need to make so many cumbersome excuses and reasons.

Well, from another perspective, this is also a sign that Butcher Zhang has little family status in his family.

[This time I must ask carefully, what is the kind of ‘supermarket’ he has been talking about before? 】

Zhang Chusheng, who secretly made up his mind, raised his head and looked in the direction of Tongqing Temple, looking forward to meeting Pei Wende again.

If he could learn from Pei Wende how the "supermarket" operates, Zhang Chusheng felt that he might not have to wait until he was sixteen or seventeen to save enough money to go to Beijing to take the exam.

Even for the next few years of private schooling, I no longer have to rely on my family.

This is simply the best thing for Zhang Chusheng, who has a strong nature and has a younger sister in his family.

"Chu Sheng?"

So, when Zhang Chusheng was looking at Tongqing Temple, a familiar and surprising voice suddenly came from the field behind him.

"Ah? Brother Pei?"

Turning his head in confusion, Zhang Chusheng saw Pei Wende emerging from the rice field with a look of embarrassment.

Then the scene that happened next was so frightening that Zhang Chusheng almost stopped his heart.

Because when Pei Wende emerged from the rice field, Zhang Chusheng saw clearly that there was a very bright green bamboo snake wrapped around his neck.

You know, although the bamboo leaf green snake is one of the most beautiful snake species, it is also a real venomous snake.

In this era when there is no venomous snake serum, once bitten by one, it is like stepping into the palace of hell with half a leg, and you will have to endure extremely painful torture before death.

"This...this...this..."

Before Zhang Chusheng could recover from the shock and reorganize his words to speak to Pei Wende, a low whimper came from behind him.

"Woo..."

The next moment, a lone wolf that was obviously injured and had a striking dark blue eye appeared in Zhang Chusheng's field of vision.

But compared to the "noble" treatment of the green bamboo snake, the lone wolf that Pei Wende pulled out of the rice field by its tail seemed so weak, pitiful and helpless.

"Long time no see, Chu Sheng."

There was a poisonous bamboo-leaf green snake wrapped around his neck, and his right hand was dragging a lone wolf that was moaning and groaning...

Pei Wende didn't seem to notice the shock his current appearance brought to others, but instead waved his left hand to greet Zhang Chusheng.
Chapter completed!