Chapter 274: Deserted Village
Zhang Qiaoyin had a very down-to-earth night, and when she woke up, it was already bright, and she didn't even have a dream, which was really incredible, seeing that she was in good spirits, Fang Shi was also relieved.
Lou Jingxiang and Zhang Qiaoyin rinsed in the pool water, packed up the things that stayed overnight, and waited for the eldest lady to come to recycle, while they ate something casually and walked towards the mountain with Fang Shi.
Even if Lou Jingzhong has sworn to work for Fang Shi, but Fang Shi still doesn't fully believe in the Lou family, what he swears is only Lou Jingzhong, and not all Lou family members, of course, Fang Shi can also use the destruction of the formation as a threat to ask the Lou family to be loyal to him, but Fang Shi's small shoulders may not be able to afford this approach, and he doesn't have this ambition.
Therefore, he simply avoided Loujia Village to save unnecessary trouble.
Along a path that was almost reoccupied by weeds, the group walked unhurriedly, starting with Lou Jingzhong, followed by Lou Jingxiang, Zhang Qiaoyin, and Fang Shi walking last.
Three of the four people are Lian Jiazi, and the other is not the eldest lady, who grew up in the countryside of Shuzhong, and it is a trivial matter to walk the mountain road, plus everyone did not salute, only Fang Shi carried a small backpack, and there was no burden at all when he walked, and the speed was still very fast, and when the sun came out of the hill, everyone just turned over the ridge.
This road was walked once yesterday, it was not difficult to walk, along the hillside road that is not a road, all the way was safe, about two hours to walk around to the south outside the village entrance, on the gravel side of the tree, tied a few little donkeys, were bored to gnaw on the weeds on the ground.
At this point, Fang Shicai basically believed in the sincerity of the Lou family. In fact, Fang Shi also had some hairiness in his heart before. Who knows if the Lou family will jump over the wall in a hurry. Ambushing themselves halfway, it seems that they didn't intend to do so now.
Being a man always has to take risks, betting trust in others, in fact, is also a kind of adventure, if you don't even have the spirit of adventure, then never try to believe in others, of course, Fang Shi believes in more than just Lou Jingzhong's oath. I trust my own judgment more, as well as Xia Yuxin's construction.
Fang Shi was impatient to sit on the back of the donkey and shake, it was more comfortable to walk as a car, and the speed would not be slower than sitting on the back of the donkey, Fang Shi did not ride the donkey Lou Jingzhong was naturally embarrassed to ride, so the two men each led a donkey and carried a girl, the hooves of the little donkey echoed in the valley, the water in the small river on the side of the stone road was murmuring, and then there was a little bird singing and flowers, and the pine waves were in the wind, but this harmonious scene made people speechless. One is a sister, and the other is also a sister. There is nothing to ponder.
"Fang Shi, what are we going to do next?"
"How?" Fang Shi smiled and turned his head to look at Lou Jingzhong: "Haven't you already planned it?" β
"Uh, but, don't you want to cooperate, uh, I mean, maybe you're because of my plan."
"No, no, you're mistaken, it's not that there's anything wrong with your plan, it's that there's something wrong with our relationship, we didn't have any trust in our relationship before, so your plan was pure wishful thinking, but now you have to listen to me, so the plan is feasible."
Lou Jingzhong nodded suddenly, Fang Shi pursed his lips, do you have to pretend to be stupid as a subordinate? Fang Shicai didn't believe that with Lou Jingzhong's wisdom and cautious character, he hadn't thought about this problem, and his only purpose in pretending to be stupid now was probably to please himself.
"Lou Jingzhong."
"What?"
"I don't like stupid subordinates, you know?"
"Uh, I see."
Lou Jingxiang, who was sitting on the back of the little donkey, glanced at Fang Shi dissatisfiedly, fortunately Fang Shi was invisible, no matter what, as Lou Jingzhong's younger sister, watching her brother whisper in front of others, she always felt bad in her heart.
There are not many words on the stone along the way, mainly to ask about some things about the Lou family, especially the past things, and what Lou Jingzhong is good at.
Lou Jingzhong is also a backbone in the Lou family, and his knowledge is not bad, he is very familiar with the general techniques of ghost control, ghost raising, ecstasy, soul suppression, etc., and he also has good attainments in poison and physiognomy, but feng shui and divination are relatively poor, and the rune technique is not good at all, and the Lou family is proficient in the talisman technique, but it is a pity that the talisman technique inherited by the Lou family itself is not very good, and it is not even second-rate.
The Lou family's most famous thing is poison, the secret method of using poison and making poison is quite powerful, Lou Jingzhong also told sΓΉ Fang Shi that the secret of the Lou family is related to a certain fungus, this fungus is cultivated by the Lou family's exclusive method, and the effect is very strong, whether it is direct ingestion or inhalation, it can quickly be in a state of soul loss, and Fang Lei also fell for this trick at the beginning.
However, the Lou family firmly believes in the creed of 'lewdness is the first of all evils', so there were no aphrodisiac drugs on Lou Jingzhong at that time, otherwise, Fang Lei's kid would have already fallen into the Tao, where could he wait for Fang Shi to come to the rescue.
The road is long, Fang Shi took advantage of this opportunity to have a general understanding of his subordinates, to be honest, the Lou family really has nothing to make Fang Shi itch.
In the evening, they arrived at a village on time, which is also a stronghold of forest rangers and mountain chasers, there are quite a few people here in this season, Lou Jingzhong is very familiar with these mountain people, greet each other warmly, find a house to clean up, and prepare to spend the night here.
Fang Shi has always been very careful, and has always refused to eat other people's food, even if Lou Jingzhong showed him how to prevent and distinguish poison, Fang Shi still insisted on eating his own dry food, after all, this is still someone else's territory, and there is a Zhang Qiaoyin by his side.
At night, Fang Shi waited for others to fall asleep, and quietly left the village, and explored the road for a few kilometers to confirm that there was no tail following him, and then returned to the village to rest with peace of mind.
The next morning, Lou Jingxiang looked at Fang Shi's eyes very vigilantly, and when she found an opportunity, she quietly pulled her brother aside, glanced at Fang Shi who was talking to Zhang Qiaoyin, and whispered in Lou Jingzhong's ear.
"Brother, did you notice that last night was very strange."
"Huh? What's wrong? Yes, why don't I feel it? β
Lou Jingzhong thought for a moment. Shaking his head back.
Lou Jingxiang subconsciously clenched her fists. He hesitated for a moment and looked in the direction of the ashlar. In a smaller voice, he said:
"In the past, it was always difficult for me to fall asleep overnight in a strange place, and I always dreamed, but yesterday it was very strange, I fell asleep as soon as I fell, and I didn't dream all night, this brother, you say, Fang Shi will do anything to us?"
"What was done? Perhaps. Even if he does something, you and I don't know, huh? What do you want to say, do he"
Lou Jingzhong was shocked, and his voice couldn't help but get louder, and Lou Jingxiang's face turned red: "Brother, what are you talking nonsense!" β
Saying that, Lou Jingxiang looked at Fang Shi worriedly, but Fang Shi turned around and walked out of the courtyard, Lou Jingxiang breathed a sigh of relief: "I mean, will he let us unconsciously leak something or something." β
Lou Jingzhong patted his chest lightly, and smiled a little sadly:
"Oh. Startled me, I thought if he really wanted to ask something. I won't hide it, of course, those things I don't know, it's useless to ask! What is my sister worried about? What secrets are you afraid of being asked? β
Lou Jingxiang glanced at Lou Jingzhong angrily, stretched out his hand to push Lou Jingzhong away, and walked out quickly, just as Fang Shi came in with a bag of beans, Lou Jingxiang went up to catch it and took it to feed the donkey.
"Brother Shi, where did the beans come from?"
"I bought it from my fellow countrymen, it's cheap."
"Sister Xiang said that the mountain goods here are cheap, I also want to buy some, go back to my colleagues, I am thanks to the help of others."
"Uh" Fang Shi was a little speechless, this girl really came to travel, but seeing her current state, Fang Shi was very pleased, his bastard brother did something bad, Fang Shi really had nothing to say: "Then buy it, is it enough money?" β
"Enough, how much can I buy, I can't take it!"
Fang Shi pointed at himself, and then stretched out his hand to Lou Jingzhong: "There is him!" β
Lou Jingxiang burst out laughing, feeling a bit of revenge in her heart.
Zhang Qiaoyin also smiled, but she really went to buy mountain goods, the girl is very good at bargaining, most of the mountain people are stupid, plus this beautiful girl has a sweet mouth, and she really got a lot of good things, Zhang Qiaoyin happily played two marijuana bags with Lou Jingxiang, Lou Jingzhong sighed, fortunately there are two little donkeys, and it is not far from Shiting Village, you can find a bouncing car to transport it out when you arrive in Shiting Village.
At noon, I arrived at Shiting Village, as Lou Jing said, Shiting Village is now twenty or thirty households, it seems a little dilapidated, the village is located on the east side of the basin between the two mountain ranges, and it is also the feng shui level after the deviation of the front side of the mountain, in the right position is actually a swamp, in addition to water birds and beasts, inaccessible, there is no town in the position of the two dragon heads, but there are two mountain roads around, as if it is the reins on the dragon's mouth, this is a trapped dragon situation.
At noon, Fang Shi did not rest, but took Lou Jingzhong, the two of them roughly turned around in the small basin outside the mountain, Fang Shi had a very clear understanding of the end point of this Shuanglong Water Bureau, as for the accurate drawings, Lou Jingzhong had it in his hand, and there were many design plans, as long as he returned to the mountain city, Lou Jingzhong could be handed over to Fang Shi.
From Shiting Village to the town connected by the road outside, there is a stone road in a bad state, you can walk a bouncing car and a tractor, Lou Jingzhong wants to build, is this zigzag, a total length of 19 kilometers of mountain road, according to the budget, to build a two-lane cement road is expensive, this is mainly because the construction conditions are too poor, plus many places need to blow up the mountain and open the rock, build a large number of retaining walls, the total price of the project is almost forty or fifty million.
For a village of twenty or thirty households to build tens of millions of roads, it is obviously impossible to rely on the government, and the government is more inclined to immigrate the villagers, this result is naturally unwilling to accept the Lou family, but the Lou family is really poor, and they can't afford to pay this money, so they can only rely on a few clansmen who are doing business outside to continue their efforts.
If the construction of Fangshi is feasible, then the Lou family will first move the clansmen out, and the feng shui bureau of Shiting Village will be done, and then slowly improve the traffic and communication situation to a more practical solution. (To be continued......)