Chapter 3 Becoming a Peasant

"Big brother, what are you drawing?" Liu Lao Wu cleaned up, took a spear and a bow and arrows and came out of the house, and saw Tang Xu sitting cross-legged on the ground, pinching a branch and writing and drawing on the ground. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"I'm doing math." Tang Xu was still meditating.

"What's the Tree Cave?" Liu Lao Wu didn't understand, but he felt that it must be something that learned people think, he admired learned people the most, and now Tang Xu likes it even more.

"Huh? Not.. It's nothing, I'm bored and do the math. Tang Xu reacted at this time, and quickly wiped the things on the ground and stood up, so that an ancient person could understand that XYZ+-ร—รท was too much, and he wouldn't be a weirdo.

"Oh, let's go, take advantage of the good weather and hurry up the mountain, I guess I'll be able to catch a lot of good things today." Liu Lao Wu didn't suspect anything, and thought about hunting.

"Okay." Tang Xu looked at the mess on the ground, and thought to himself that if he drew it like this in his homework book, he would have to be punished for copying the text for a month. But,Now I can't be punished for copying.,Hey.ใ€‚ใ€‚ He never missed the fierce teachers in the school as much as he did now.

Tang Xu followed Liu Lao Wu absentmindedly, but he didn't have to walk long before he had to cheer up, going up the mountain to hunt is not like going out for a spring outing and climbing the mountain before, there is no good road here at all, if you don't follow Liu Lao Wu closely, you will have to fall down if you are not careful. Fortunately, Tang Xu's skills are quite flexible, although he struggled to follow, there were no accidents.

"You're not in good shape, let's rest here first, and I'll take a look around." Halfway up the mountain, Liu Lao Wu found a slightly clean big stone for Tang Xu, and wiped his dusty sleeves back and forth several times, he felt that Tang Xu was so polite, he must be a child of a big family, and he couldn't be like himself and didn't know how to pay attention to it.

After finishing the work, Liu Lao Wu went deeper, although Tang Xu was a little scared to sit here alone, but the mountain road was really difficult to walk, it would be a while to rest, and the place arranged by Liu Lao Wu should not be dangerous.

Tang Xu sat for a while, a little bored, stood up and walked two steps, after a night of recuperation, his body didn't hurt much, but there was still a little bruise on his legs, which did not affect his activities. Look around, the real old mountain forest, compared with here, those fake models and fake artificial landscapes in the park are simply not enough to see, if. . .

"Whew!!" Tang Xu was rarely in the mood to look at the scenery, but after a few glances, he heard a roar like thunder, and the ground under his feet kept vibrating, so frightened that he froze there and didn't know what to do.

"Big brother, get down! Fast! Someone shouted here, vaguely Liu Laowu's voice, Tang Xu instinctively leaned down, and before he was solid, he felt that a big stone had hit his back hard, and his bones were about to break, and he almost vomited blood.

Then, Tang Xu smelled a thick wet smell of blood, and he wanted to look up, but he was crushed and couldn't move.

Tang Xu was scared and tired, the whole person was in a daze, he didn't know how long he had been lying on his stomach, he felt that the weight on his back was starting to become lighter, and his brain gradually sobered up.

"Big brother, are you alright?" Tang Xu was helped up from the ground, it was Liu Lao Wu.

"Fifth brother, are you injured?" Tang Xu was terrified when he saw that his face was covered in blood.

"It's not mine, it's the brute." Liu Lao Wu wiped his face, wiped most of the blood down, and pointed behind Tang Xu.

"Ahh Tang Xu saw that his legs and stomach were cramping, there was a bear on the ground, Liu Laowu's spear was stuck in his left eye, and the red and blackened blood was slowly flowing out from under his body, and the ground was dyed red, he should be dead.

"I said I could hit a good fight today, but I didn't expect to run into such a thing." Liu Lao Wu was very proud, and went over to pull out the spear, and even pulled out the bear's eyeballs. Although it was an animal, Tang Xu couldn't help but feel nauseous.

"Big brother, this is the first time you've seen a bear?" Liu Lao Wu was worried that Tang Xu was too frightened.

"Yes." Tang Xu originally wanted to say that he had seen it at the zoo, but he still forgot it.

"This thing is powerful, more powerful than wolves, but wolves are all in pairs, and there are no bears to deal with. It's unlucky today, it ran into me, it's not me bragging, even if it takes another ten or eight years, this thing is not your fifth brother's opponent. Liu Lao Wu said easily, but he also knew how hard he had just put in and how much risk he had taken, Tang Xu asked Liu Lao Wu to say a few words, sit down and rest, Liu Lao Wu was on the rise, and he was still chattering endlessly.

"Come, big brother, help your fifth brother." Liu Lao Wu rested enough, pulled out a sharp knife from his waist, and asked Tang Xu to go with him to collect the spoils.

"Such a big guy, it's not easy to get one more person down the mountain, but it's useless to get the whole thing back, let's take the useful things away, and don't want the rest." Liu Lao Wu took up the knife in his hand, cut off the four soles of the bear, asked Tang Xu to take a burlap bag and put it on, then cut open the chest of the big bear, took out the bear bile, took out the small bag and carefully packed it, and finally quickly peeled off the whole bear and stuffed it with the bear's paws, leaving only a pile of smooth and bloody tender meat on the ground.

Before leaving, Liu Lao Wu went back and cut a large piece of bear meat and carried it on his back, saying that he would bring it back to give a tooth sacrifice to the people in the village. Tang Xu barely spoke during this period, he didn't know what to say, and it seemed that there was no need to say anything. Liu Lao Wu is also trying to survive, and in ancient times, killing bears was not illegal, of course, provided that you can really kill instead of being killed. Thinking of this, Tang Xu didn't want to stand on the moral high ground to criticize anything, so let's follow the customs.

"It's delicious! The fifth sister-in-law's cooking skills are superb! Eating the bear meat with all the color and flavor in his mouth, Tang Xu's last bit of wildlife protection awareness was gone, and he just cared about eating it violently, and it was very fragrant!

"Eat slowly, too much, the fifth child has come back a lot, enough for us to eat for a while." Liu Wu's sister-in-law also smiled happily, salted the leftover bear meat with the villagers, made it into cured meat and hung it on the top of the stove.

"Huh? What about the fifth brother? Tang Xu hadn't seen Liu Lao Wu since he came back, but he was too hungry and didn't bother to find someone, and then he only cared about eating, and when he remembered it, several hours had passed, and it was going to be dark again.

"The fifth child has gone to the county seat, and it is estimated that it will be dark before he can come back." Liu Wu's sister-in-law said.

"What are you going to do?" Tang Xu was a little worried, yesterday I heard that there were wolves here, and Liu Lao Wu also said that the wolves were more powerful than the bears.

"There is a restaurant in the county town that collects bear's paws, and the fifth child has gone there." Liu Wu's sister-in-law said with a smile.

"Oh." Tang Xu nodded, thinking that these four bear paws could probably be sold for a lot of money, and now Liu Lao Wu and they could eat something good.

"I'm back." Liu Lao Wu's angry voice came from outside, and Liu Wu's sister-in-law hurriedly went over to open the door.

"Today's luck is good, the old shopkeeper of the restaurant is here, saying that our bear paws are thick and fresh, and they have collected them at a high price, and the bear skin has also been sold to their old man, and he also found Dr. Zhang in the county town to collect our bear bile. Moreover, he also gave me a lot of money, saying that he would send them whatever he found in the future, and the price was higher than that offered outside. Guess how much I've gotten back this time? Liu Lao Wu unloaded the burden from his back, his eyebrows fluttered, Tang Xu felt that he must have made a fortune, and he was very happy for him.

"How much?" Liu Wu's sister-in-law is honest and doesn't dare to guess.

"Big brother, guess what?" Liu Lao Wu turned his head and looked at Tang Xu with a smile.

"I don't know." Tang Xu didn't understand the prices here, and in ancient times, copper coins and gold and silver were used, how could he know how many there would be?

"I won't play dumb riddles anymore, I'll open your eyes!" Liu Lao Wu leaned to the table and took out a small cloth bag from his waist, there were a few yellow and clear things in it, Tang Xu thought, this is probably gold, and then he took out a big bag from the bag he brought back, it looked very heavy, spread out, it was full of copper coins, bigger than Tang Xu imagined, and it was threaded into a string with a rope.

"Oh my God. So much.. Gold, how does this make us spend? Liu Wu's sister-in-law was stunned, rubbed her eyes vigorously, and wanted to reach out to touch the money on the table, but she was a little scared.

"It's good to do big things." Liu Lao Wu glanced at her, looking like he felt that she had never seen the world.

"6 taels of 8 dollars of gold and 600 big money, the child and her mother, I have thought about it, let's repair all the houses in the village first, we are okay, and we can't let the villagers continue to suffer, right? Then let's buy some chicks and piglets to raise, and when they grow up, the cubs can be sold for money, and then buy a few new clothes for the two of you, and leave some money, and wait for our tiger to go to school in the county seat for two years. Liu Lao Wu was very excited, and Tang Xu was also speechless, but he didn't expect that the family would be completely saved by a bear.

"Good! Good! It's all up to you. Liu's fifth sister-in-law was so happy that she cried, Ah Hu came over to call her mother for some reason, and the fifth sister-in-law hugged the child and cried together.

"Big brother, it's yours." Liu Lao Wu took out two pieces of gold and stuffed them into Tang Xu's hands.

"This is not good, I can't ask for this." Tang Xu was taken aback, why did he give him money? He didn't do anything.

"If you hadn't helped me, this bear wouldn't have been able to fight today, and ah, I always feel that you are a blessed person, big brother, you just met yesterday, and today you have such a big benefit. Don't be polite to your fifth brother, take it well! Liu Lao Wu held Tang Xu's hand tightly, and the gold was pressed in the palm of his hand, which made Tang Xu feel so painful.

"But if I take it, won't you have enough?" Tang Xu was very embarrassed, listening to Liu Lao Wu's plan just now, it should cost a lot of money.

"It's enough, we poor families can't make much money in a year, and the rest is enough for us for many years, and your fifth brother can continue to go up the mountain, right? I can also go down to work in the fields, big brother, you don't have to worry. "Fifth sister-in-law Liu also came to help.

"Okay, then I'll take it." Tang Xu pinched the gold nugget in his hand, although he knew that the gold was very valuable, but at this point, he was quite skeptical about how valuable it was.

After arranging the money, Liu Lao Wu sat down to eat, he ate this meal very happily, as soon as he finished eating, he put the dishes and chopsticks and went out to discuss the repair of the house with the people in the village, and the people of the village were overjoyed because Liu Lao Wu returned with a full load. Tang Xu was very emotional, this neighborhood relationship, how many times the news broadcast is not overstated.