When Chen Qingshan and village chief Bai Guili went to the quarry to sign up, there were already a lot of people there.
Chen Qingshan stood in front of the registration table and happened to see the captain of the guard station who collected the earth-burrowing beast that day come out of the room. As he walked, he patted a young and strong man with a smile on his face: "You boy
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The moment he raised his eyes to see Chen Qingshan, the captain was stunned for a moment. Then he looked at Bai Guili, who was standing next to him with a smiling face, and then reacted: "You are the one who signed up on behalf of your village this year?"
Chen Qingshan showed a silly smile: "Yes."
"Okay, then you sign up." The smile on the captain's face had faded, and he looked businesslike, but the man who had just been joking with the captain walked up to the other village chief and left together.
Bai Guili was helping to register, but Chen Qingshan suddenly stopped the captain who was about to enter the room: "Captain, do you accept liger skins here?"
The captain paused and was stunned for a moment: "Do you have the skin of a liger?"
Chen Qingshan smiled and nodded: "I found it where the earth-burrowing beast died."
The captain thought for a moment before coming back to his senses: "You are so lucky, aren't you?"
Chen Qingshan smiled innocently and said nothing, and only took out the peeled liger skin.
The captain looked at it: "The skin is very fresh... where is the meat? Why not sell it together?"
Chen Qingshan continued to laugh naively: "Keep the meat at home."
Captain: This man is really willing to give up!
"How much does this leather cost?" Chen Qingshan asked with a naive smile.
The captain thought for a moment: "I'll give you ten yuan of jade."
"Okay." Chen Qingshan agreed readily.
Both of them are cheerful people. One gives Yuan Yu and the other Pi Zi. It’s a deal.
Village chief Bai Guili was surprised and looked at Chen Qingshan as if he were a monster.
If you pick up a liger at random, you can sell it for ten yuan jade...
The luck of Chen Qingshan and his wife is simply unconvincing!
On the way home after signing up, Bai Guili looked solemn.
"That young man was temporarily invited by Gaoqiao Village for this mining rights competition."
Bai Guili explained simply: In order to get better mines for each mining rights allocation, they would mobilize all the capable people from the village and find all kinds of strong men to help.
Those people temporarily added their identity cards to their villages, and after the mining rights were distributed, they transferred their household registration status out.
This kind of thing is very common, but we have found everything we could find in the past. Everyone knows it, but we didn't expect that there are new faces this year.
Chen Qingshan is the new face of Feishi Village, and that young man is also the new face of Gaoqiao Village.
On the first day of the lunar month, don’t talk about the fifteenth day. Everyone tacitly agrees to shut up.
Chen Qingshan understood.
But when it comes to comparing strength and hitting stones, he is still very confident.
After all, in recent days, he has been practicing with Yuan Yu in space, and he clearly feels that his strength is growing with each passing day.
But he was still a little worried: "Will they collude with the superiors and use deceitful tactics?"
Bai Guili pondered: "That's not to say that it has never happened before. But people with a discerning eye will know this kind of thing about exerting one's strength at a glance, and generally they won't...at the end of the day, it's just like taking laxatives..."
When your legs become weak, you will naturally not have so much energy and time to focus on the game.
Chen Qingshan: "...Okay, let's go home."
Two people drove the bullock cart home.
At noon, Qiao Chu had to cook again, rice porridge and steamed buns.
Hu Yanlie and the cook's faces turned a little pale: With this attitude, Qiao Chu is going to give everyone rice porridge and steamed buns for every meal from now on?!
Fortunately, Chen Qingshan came to the rescue in time and was responsible for cooking.
The cook and Hu Yanlie both breathed a sigh of relief.
Under the guidance of Chen Qingshan and the cook, Qiao Chu's steamed buns were much softer than the ones in the morning.
The cook said he was very pleased: According to this attitude, Qiao Chu's cooking skills are still very promising!
When it was time to eat, Qiao Chu asked Chen Qingshan about the mining rights competition tomorrow.
Chen Qingshan explained the situation he encountered today, and finally said solemnly: "I see that the young man looks very familiar with the captain. I'm afraid there will be something fishy tomorrow."
When Qiao Chu heard this, he became nervous: The two of them were bound to get that quarry. If someone tampered with it and they didn't get it in the end, it would be a big loss!
"I'll go with you tomorrow." Qiao Chu said immediately.
Lady Luo looked at Hu Yanlie.
Hu Yanlie immediately said: "Then I will also go and see the excitement tomorrow?"
If you can take the initiative, that would be the best.
Early the next morning, the men in the village put on spiritual clothes and rode the village chief's ox cart to pick him up at Chen Qingshan's house.
As soon as they saw each other, everyone smiled and said hello.
"Brother Qingshan, this time it's all up to you."
"You can definitely do it!"
"Brother Qingshan takes action, that will definitely be no problem..."
Everyone said hello cheerfully.
Chen Qingshan smiled and nodded: "I will do my best."
Seeing Hu Yanlie and Qiao Chu getting into the car, everyone also laughed: "With our brother Hu Yan helping out, we are more confident!"
The oxcart clattered toward the quarry.
When they arrived at the quarry, people from all the villages had also arrived. The men from each village gathered together, chatting lively, waiting for the competition to share the mining rights to begin.
Village chief Bai Guili explained the specific competition rules.
In fact, it's simple: whoever makes the most stones in the specified mine within the specified time is the winner.
The most important thing is the physical strength of the competitors, but there are also factors of tools.
Chen Qingshan held the hammer and chisel in his hands. The hammer and chisel were heavy in his hands. There was a dark gold flash on the tip of the chisel, which was obviously forged from a special metal.
This is what the village chief just gave him: "This is the best tool in our village. We don't even bother to use it on weekdays. We only use it in the competition for mineral rights."
But Gaoqiao Village over there suddenly burst into an uproar: "Wow! This is a chisel made of dark gold!"
“That’s awesome!”
“This year’s champion must be us!”
Chen Qingshan followed the sound and looked over, and at a glance he saw the tool in the hands of the young man who was arm-in-arm with the captain yesterday.
You have to throw it away when comparing things.
Only the tip of the chisel in my hand is made of dark gold, while the entire chisel is made of dark gold. Although it is hollow in the middle, it is still very heavy.
This is a powerful enemy!
The village chief was very open-minded and said cheerfully: "It's okay. First of all, we don't think about it. As long as we don't do worse than last year. If we can get a better ranking, then it will be better."
Chen Qingshan clenched his fist: "I want to be first!"
The young man seemed to feel that the biggest threat was Chen Qingshan. He glanced over the crowd vaguely, raised his eyebrows provocatively, and smiled at Chen Qingshan.
"..." Chen Qingshan smiled silently at the other side.
Turning around and sitting down, Chen Qingshan said to Hu Yanlie: "Do you have anything handy?"
Hu Yanlie shook his head: "No."
I'm not a professional at cutting stones, so how could I have this thing?
"If we can get first place in this competition, we will go back tonight and prepare a banquet for all ligers and tigers." Chen Qingshan said solemnly.
Hu Yanlie was silent for a moment and then asked: "What if I don't win first place?"
"My wife will cook for a month and I won't interfere."
Hu Yanlie's tiger body trembled: "You wait."
He just saw the captain entering one of the rooms, and he strode toward that room...