Picking up the pheasant, Chen Ping shouted to Chen Sanqiu like a show off, "Brother Sanqiu, now I've got five hundred coins. Let's go to the county town together tomorrow."
Chen Sanqiu pretended to be very happy and hurried forward. After taking a few steps, he felt sticky and scratchy under his feet. Only then did he realize that there was a lot of mucus stuck to his feet, which was caused by stepping on them.
There are wild eggs.
Chen Sanqiu's thoughts moved, but he swallowed the words that came to his lips and cursed loudly on purpose, "Damn, I stepped on chicken shit."
Chen Ping was still immersed in excitement and didn't care about it, "Let's go back."
Chen Ping walked in front, while Chen Sanqiu quietly marked the way behind.
As Chen Sanqiu walked, he secretly thought about it. When he came back from the county town tomorrow, he would find an opportunity to go into the mountains and get some eggs back. When he was a child, he had eaten wild eggs once and they were very delicious. Now that he could eat eggs again, it was really great.
I have to thank this young master Chen Ping.
Early the next morning, the two set out excitedly.
As they walked, Chen Ping described a bright future to Chen Sanqiu.
"Brother, we were doing an experiment last night, so we caught one. When we come back today, we will make more rackets. The two of us caught it all night, but we managed to get ten or eight of them. We will sell them in the county town.
Hey, in a few days, we will be one of the richest families in Hetou Village."
Chen Sanqiu deliberately looked surprised and echoed.
Entering the county seat, Chen Ping seemed to be familiar with the road. He went straight to the Cao Mansion all the way to the west. When he came to the door, he gave a fist to the servant guarding the door and said, "Sir, please excuse me. I heard that our Cao Mansion collects pheasants at a high price.
I got one here."
As he spoke, he took out the pheasant from the bag on his shoulder.
The guard guard looked at the pheasant and then at him, "Just wait, I'll report it."
Seeing the servant turn around and leave, Chen Ping was overjoyed and said, "Brother, you saw it, as soon as he said there were pheasants, he would have to take us into the house quickly, and maybe even treat us to a meal."
Seeing this scene, Chen Sanqiu felt a little surprised. The Qingniu Mountain behind him was simply a golden mountain. There were so many pheasants, and he had made a fortune now.
While I was having a sweet dream here, I saw the servant who reported the news hurried back, stood on the steps and hugged the two of them, "I'm really sorry, we don't want the pheasant anymore."
One sentence made Chen Ping and Chen Sanqiu dumbfounded.
After the two looked at each other, Chen Ping raised the pheasant in his hand and asked stammering, "No, your news has spread. The Cao Mansion bought a pheasant for 500 coins, so why don't you accept it?"
Why don’t you accept it?”
The waiter smiled again, "You two, that's what our Butler Cao said. By the way, there are several restaurants over there. You might as well go and ask."
While he was talking, he heard footsteps inside.
Cao Yuanxiang walked out with square steps.
Seeing Chen Ping standing there with the pheasant, he couldn't help but turn around and ask the servant at the door, "Didn't you tell others that we don't want the pheasant anymore?"
"Steward Cao, I have told them, but these two refuse to leave."
Cao Yuanxiang stepped forward and hugged Chen Ping, "You two may have some misunderstandings. It's true that I bought two pheasants for five hundred yuan, but I didn't say that I would keep buying them."
"So you two should go look elsewhere."
Chen Ping wanted to say something more, but Chen Sanqiu tugged on the corner of his clothes and said, "Chen Ping, let's go."
Since they don't want it, there's no point in trying to get rid of it.
Watching the two of them walk away, Cao Yuanxiang turned to look at the servant at the door, "If anyone brings pheasants in the future, you don't have to ask me again."
After speaking, he sighed, "If the Imperial Master hadn't been so curious about this thing, who would have spent five hundred coins to buy it."
Zhang Ping had no choice but to carry the pheasant and sell it from restaurant to restaurant. Finally, he met a kind person and ten big guys took it over.
Went into the city hungry early in the morning, and finally saw money. Chen Ping was generous. They each ate a bowl of soybean noodles, which cost them a fortune.
In the end there were eight left, so Chen Ping was cruel and gave four to Chen Sanqiu.
"This time we got off to a bad start. I'll ask around later. Maybe others told me wrong, and it's not his Cao family."
Chen Sanqiu seemed very indifferent, "Okay, even if it is sold for ten pieces, it will take two days of work, so it is worth it."
It was said that he was comforting Chen Ping, but in fact it was better to say that he was comforting himself. Today's trip to the county town was not in vain.
At this time, Chen Xiaobei was busy beside the fish pond.
First spread some of the chopped weeds yesterday at the bottom of the pit, then a layer of chicken manure, and then a layer of chopped grass. Stack them layer by layer until they are level with the ground.
Then it was covered with a thick layer of weeds, this time the kind that wasn't chopped.
Cui Hongyu helped him finish all this, with an unbelievable look on his face, "Can this really feed the fish?"
Chen Xiaobei nodded, "This is not enough. It still needs to ferment. We have to wait for another ten days. During this time, we need to catch more fish."
Fermentation? Cui Hongyu was confused. What is this word?
Chen Xiaobei immediately realized that this word went too far and hurriedly changed the topic, "By the way, I have to make another net later so that I can catch more fish."
He bought the fishing net two days ago, but Chen Xiaobei was reluctant to buy an umbrella stand, so he decided to make it himself.
Chen Xiaobei put on his hatchet and ran towards Qingniu Mountain.
It is feasible for him to cut down some branches and make a simple umbrella stand.
Of course, how can we go into the mountains and just cut down a few branches? The simplest thing is to bring back some Houttuynia cordata.
Walking into Qingniu Mountain, not far away, Chen Xiaobei felt something was wrong.
There are several places where the grass in the cracks between the stones clearly shows traces of being stepped on repeatedly.
He knelt down and looked carefully. They were the footprints going up the mountain.
And judging from the number of footprints, there were at least dozens of people going up the mountain.
If such a large number of people go up the mountain during the day, the village guards will definitely find it, so it can only be done at night.
So who could these people be?
Bandits from Centipede Ridge?
No, it shouldn't be possible. Da Laohei made it clear that he would come back after he has repaired the house.
Could that be Liu Rumei? Judging from the question of her asking her to help guard Qingniu Mountain, if she wanted to go into the mountain, she would probably ask herself to help find someone to lead the way.
After a round of analysis, there was only one person left who could possibly come, and that was Sun Jian.
In this way, Sun Jian planned to leave him alone and go it alone. Now, Chen Xiaobei felt relieved, it was great, he didn't have to risk facing the wolves.
Thinking of this, his mood instantly improved, and he turned onto the side road to pick Houttuynia cordata at the bottom of the valley.
While picking Houttuynia Cordata, he suddenly heard the sound of birds being frightened in the distance. Chen Xiaobei was startled, stopped his movements quickly, turned around and hid behind the big tree next to him.