"Master, I have heard some things from you before."
"This Hudugu is indeed quite capable. When the old man's grain transport team was crossing the bridge, it encountered heavy rain and the bridge collapsed. The oxen pulling the cart was frightened. Thanks to him, he stepped forward and stopped the oxen.
Fall down."
"The master saw that he was good at martial arts and wanted him to be a nurse, but he didn't seem to want to. In the end, the master saw that they were homeless and took him in, and he became a tenant."
Lao He recalled and said.
"them?"
Zhang Bao was a little surprised.
"At that time, he, his mother-in-law, and a child were hiding under the bridge to avoid the rain."
"The master also brought the child back because he was sick and pitiful."
"And I found a doctor and took some medicine to support him, and then he was saved."
"I've stayed since then."
"I have been in contact with him over the past few years. They are all nice people, but they don't talk much, but they are never lazy in their work."
Lao He continued.
"Ms. sir, is the Hudugu you are talking about the tenant with the dark face?"
"Is this the person who broke up with the Li family today?"
Su Xiaoyue listened to the side and asked the two of them.
"Yes, what's wrong?"
Zhang Bao asked curiously.
"I have some impressions of that man. He didn't talk much before, but young master...he even came when there was a funeral."
"It's just that I didn't say anything at the time. I just came over and kowtowed, looking very scary with a black face."
"But he should be a good person."
"The eldest brother of the Li family is also the same. He has been very enthusiastic over the years. He helped me buy the coffin at that time."
"With so many people, they are the only ones here."
Su Xiaoyue said on the side.
"Um."
Zhang Bao nodded.
The more it is after his own death.
In fact, you can better understand people's thoughts.
These two people can do this.
It's true temperament.
Although it is not practical, it seems that it should be usable in the short term.
Listen to Su Xiaoyue's words.
Zhang Bao's doubts were also dispelled a lot.
The most important thing right now is that the wolf skins need to be disposed of as soon as possible.
Putting it here is always a hidden danger.
After selling the skins, there was still money left to buy salt and knives.
Once you have a knife, you can further protect yourself.
"Uncle He, early tomorrow morning, we will take a few wolf skins and go to the nearest county government."
"Let's set out before dawn tomorrow to save ourselves some trouble."
Zhang Bao said to Lao He.
"good!"
"Our Zhang family was familiar with people from the leather goods store before."
"You can go and have a look."
"However, as for the knife, I guess it's hard to say. I can only rely on luck."
Lao He said to Zhang Bao.
"Okay, let's talk about it after we go."
Zhang Bao drank the broth and said vaguely.
In Zhang Bao’s impression.
It seems that I have never been to the county government.
According to Zhang Bao's father, the road is not very peaceful, and there is nothing to see in the county government, which is almost the same as in the village.
But according to Zhang Bao’s estimation.
It is very possible that he was afraid that Zhang Bao would be in trouble if he got into trouble in the county government.
This is what deceived him.
But Zhang Bao has really believed in it for more than ten years.
…
late at night.
The moon and stars are sparse.
Winter nights seem especially quiet.
Even the biting north wind has stopped a lot.
When night falls, the howling of the cold wind and the sound of dead leaves scratching the ground that filled the day will be eliminated.
Only silence remained.
Even if there were a few faint sounds of animal sounds coming from the distant back mountain, it only lengthened and amplified the boundless silence.
at this time.
At the east end of the village, there is a dilapidated ancestral hall.
A dozen adult men gathered here.
The leader was an old man with white hair, who was frowning, with a knot between his eyebrows.
"Old Master, you might as well say something."
"Over the years, the Zhang family has finally fallen into decline, but unexpectedly it became prosperous again."
"Why do the Zhang family eat meat and we have to watch?"
A young man stood up and said.
"yes!"
"I've had nothing to eat for two meals, and they actually eat meat!"
"They are all from the same village, so the meat should be divided into pieces!"
Another person also stood up and said.
"That's right!"
"Why not give it to us?"
"yes!"
"When Mr. Zhang was still here, he often gave us food supplies!"
"..."
Everyone was talking to each other. They kept their voices low at first, but later on, they all started shouting.
"Okay!"
The leader of the group, the old man, picked up his cane and struck twice at the person in the crowd who was shouting the loudest.
Only then did everyone become quiet.
This group of people.
It's just another big part of the village.
They belong to the same clan, surnamed Li.
There are about thirty households left.
Now among the remaining people in the whole village, except for the tenants of the Zhang family, most of them are from this clan.
There are also a few villagers of the opposite sex who are outside the village, and they have always been independent.
It's just that the Zhang family is powerful, and in this village before, they naturally had the say-so.
The old man of this clan has almost no say.
Although every family in their clan also has land, they cannot compare with the Zhang family.
After deducting all the exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes, there is not even much food left.
I often go to Zhang's house to borrow some food.
Mr. Zhang has never asked for high interest rates.
They even distributed some food from time to time to those in the village who could not survive.
Everyone respects Mr. Zhang.
However, after the disaster of the Zhang family, this clan also deliberately wanted to dominate the village, so it instigated many tenants and gradually became the mainstay of the village.
Especially after the silly young master of the Zhang family died.
The people of this clan felt that it was time to stand out.
But they didn't expect that not only did Zhang Bao not die, but he became less stupid. Recently, he used some method to gather those tenants together again.
He even killed a wolf that entered the village.
It had to surprise the people of their clan.
In addition to the tenants of the Zhang family, they were given meat twice.
It completely made them dissatisfied.
"Be honest with me!"
"Although the young master of the Zhang family is young, don't forget that he has Butler He by his side."
"I don't need to say more about what kind of person Butler He is, right?"
The old man gave the people below him a cold look.
"Before, both wolves were killed by Butler He."
"If you think you are better than a wolf and risk your life, you can try it."
"No one is allowed to take any action without my permission, otherwise, the ancestral family law will serve me!"
"Let me think about this matter before I talk about it!"