The Gu family is looking forward to Dong Chenghu's figure appearing at the door of the house every day. Zhao has to go to the door several times every day, and every time he is hopeful, and he is disappointed when it darkens.

Finally, after waiting for a month, Dong Chenghu was also looking forward to it.

"Father-in-law and mother-in-law, Shuixiu gave birth to a fat boy. The mother and son are safe. I am here to report the good news this time. My mother-in-law took all these back. I also have to go to the town to buy some cloth and prepare spring shirts for my family."

Zhao looked through the basket and saw chickens, ducks, fish, and a large piece of pork inside. He quickly came out and said, "Head Hu, we haven't finished the half pig you gave before the New Year yet! I'm afraid it will be broken, so most of it has been made into bacon. You go to the town first, come to your house when you come back, I've got some things, and you'll take it back to nourish Shui Xiu."

Dong Chenghu responded readily and drove the Gu family's donkey cart to Panlong Town.

I met Mr. Gu on the road. Now Mr. Gu seems to be much older than last year, and he has lost his former spirit, leaving only a faint sorrow. Dong Chenghu left without stopping. Mr. Gu didn't notice Dong Chenghu while thinking about his thoughts.

Panlong Town is still as before, saying that it is lively and not as lively as Zhishui County, and even more so than Yongjia County. However, villagers in the ten-mile areas have to buy things in the town, so the flow of people is quite affordable.

Dong Chenghu drove a donkey cart to stop at the door of a cloth shop.

The shops owned by the mayor are mainly aimed at ordinary people, so the prices are fair.

According to Gu Shuixiu and Dong Yunmei's preference, Dong Chenghu picked some fine cotton cloth and a few bright coarse cloths. The coarse cloth was used to make clothes for Cuixi, and also to make a cover for him to wear for hunting.

After buying things, Dong Chenghu did not delay and rushed back in a hurry, but he encountered the mayor patrolling. Because Dong Chenghu's previous purchase of mountains really impressed the mayor, he remembered Dong Chenghu.

When he saw Dong Chenghu, the mayor came forward to say hello, "Brother Dong is buying cloth!"

When Dong Chenghu saw that it was the mayor, he almost twisted his feet in surprise. When he heard the mayor call his name, he felt flattered and touched his head and smiled honestly: "Have you seen the mayor, have you bought cloth too?"

The mayor smiled lightly and shook his head, pulled Dong Chenghu to the side of the road, and whispered: "Brother Dong, it seems that many people have bought land and resettled houses near your forest in the past or two years."

Seeing that Dong Chenghu's expression became a little alert, the mayor felt a little funny, and he said in a slowed down: "Don't be nervous, I just want to know how many families live in your nearby hills now? You also know that in the past, your hunters in the deep mountains were just filing, and no one would go to buy land and get land deeds, so I don't know if those people still live in their original places.

I don’t hide it from you. The world is not peaceful now. In the past, those remote villages or rarely visited mountains and forests that people looked down upon in the past have become popular. Now many families have come to me to find out if there are forests suitable for living in Qingping Mountain. Some people want to buy them.

I naturally dare not recommend the deep mountains and old forests. There are villages on the periphery of the mountains and forests, which are not suitable for trading. Only then do I want to learn about the situation in the mountains from you.”

When Dong Chenghu heard that someone was thinking about their territory, he felt it was incredible and ridiculous. However, Dong Chenghu didn't want their peaceful life to be disturbed, so he took a special care when answering the mayor.

"I don't know what to say about the situation in the deep mountains. The deep mountains are the world of wild beasts. Ordinary people will not only get lost when they enter, but also easily encounter wild beasts. The chances of going out safely are not high.

Because we have lived in it for generations and have been dealing with wild animals since we were young, we can walk freely in the mountains.

If you ask me about the mountains, I can only tell you that we had to buy mountains when we borrowed money, but we were afraid of attacks by wild animals. If we bought the mountains, we could be surrounded. It would be safer. Let me tell you that my wife and I had seen tigers and black bears fighting in the mountains before. Fortunately, we escaped quickly, and they fought fiercely, so we escaped by chance."

The mayor listened to Dong Chenghu's words very seriously. When he heard that there were tiger and black bears in the deep mountains, his brows immediately frowned. He originally wanted to take this opportunity to recommend some good plots to those nobles, so it seemed that he had to consider it carefully.

"You can continue talking."

Dong Chenghu continued to think about it, and said as if he suddenly remembered it, "Also, there are pigs and wolves in the deep mountains, and the pigs are nothing. They are three or four hundred kilograms in one head, with thick skin and thick flesh and infinite strength. They will be crippled even if they are arched. However, pigs are easy to deal with. We have experience and often hit pigs.

What we fear most is meeting wolves. Wolves are very smart, and they hold grudges. Once they hurt a wolf, they will attract revenge from a group of wolves, so we won’t easily mess with wolves. Maybe that’s all, and you’ll have nothing to say if you want me to say more details."

The mayor nodded and expressed his understanding that being able to obtain this information was already a great gain for him.

When Dong Chenghu left the town, he was still wondering if he had said something he shouldn't say when he just answered the mayor. But he didn't know that because of his words, the mayor took the initiative to recommend those noble people.

If someone wants to buy land, let the other party choose it himself. Whether it is good or not, it has nothing to do with him in the future.

After returning to Caozi Village and returning the donkey cart, Dong Chenghu also carried a basket of things from the Gu family. In addition to the cloth he bought, there were more things than when he came.

It was already midnight when he returned to Cuizhu Mountain.

Although it is February now, it has not really warmed up yet. The mountains are silent in the middle of the night, and there are occasional cries of insects and birds, but more whistling sounds of mountain wind blowing on the face like a knife.

Cuixi heard the bell ringing at home, guessing that the master was back, so she quickly put on her big coat and went to open the door for Dong Chenghu with the cold wind.

"Close the door quickly, you go back to bed first, I'll clean it up." Dong Chenghu didn't let Cui Xi work with him. For one thing, most of these things were for Gu Shuixiu. He just put them in the kitchen and put them in the room. After Shuixiu arranged it, Cui Xi was not available at the moment.

Cuixi didn't refuse when she heard this, and quickly returned to the room. It was cold that day, so she couldn't make herself sick, otherwise she could not get close to take care of her wife and the eldest master.

Dong Chenghu finished tidying up his things and quickly went to the bathroom to take a hot shower. He changed into new clothes before tiptoing onto the bed. The warmth in the quilt made him feel so comfortable that his eyes narrowed.

Although his movements were already light, it still woke Gu Shuixiu up.
Chapter completed!