As luck would have it, Pyeongjoon soon found the merchant Jin Sheng in a stockade.

Jin Sheng is indeed a barbarian. He was two meters three tall and short among the barbarian groups, and had a small beard above his lips, which was trimmed into a neat horizontal shape. From the moment he walked into the cabin until he sat down, he always had a smile on his face. It's just that in Tianhao's opinion, this smile has bad intentions, making it seem very shrewd, calculating others at any time.

"Hello." Jin Sheng put his right hand diagonally on his left shoulder, bowed slightly to Tianhao, and performed a common etiquette among civilians. He patted Pingjun who was sitting next to him on the shoulder in a friendly way, and said with a smile: "Listen to my friend, you want to talk to me about a business?" ”

This meeting has a special significance, Tianhao specially called Ayi and sat beside him: "There is indeed some business to discuss." I heard you're very good at special goods? ”

"It depends on what it is." Jin Sheng's smiling gaze kept looking at Ayi: "If you are referring to her, Lord Chief, then I guarantee that you can get a good profit and make a lot of money." ”

Ayi's face was pale, and she buried her hands in the newly made cotton clothes, clenching them tightly.

Tianhao's face was as usual: "I don't sell people here." ”

"She's not pretty at all, she can even be said to be ugly." Jin Sheng raised his hand and pointed at Ayi, feeling very puzzled: "I don't understand, how can a woman like her sit next to the noble leader?" If it is your concubine, you should change to a tall, very strong, and very beautiful woman. ”

There was a subtle cold gaze in the depths of Tianhao's eyes: "Since even you said so, who would spend money to buy her?" Make hay...... Hehe, I'm afraid it's good not to stick it. ”

"I can't tell you that." Jin Sheng smiled and said, "I can give you a good price, you will be satisfied." ”

Tianhao cleared his throat: "I brought you here today, not to sell goods, but to buy goods." ”

Jin Sheng withdrew his gaze from Ayi and asked with a smile, "What do you want to buy?" ”

"Hens." Tianhao paused: "And eggs." ”

"What did you say?" Jin Sheng felt that there was something wrong with his ears and had to reconfirm.

"A thousand hens, a hundred roosters, five thousand eggs." The calm and usual tone showed that Tianhao did not mean to tease: "The eggs have to be special, I want the kind that can hatch chicks." ”

Jin Sheng finally understood. The surprise in my heart dissipated little by little, but I still had some doubts: "Lord Chief, do you want to raise chickens?" ”

"You're right." Tianhao observed the emotional changes on Jin Sheng's face: "You and Pingjun are friends, I hope you can be cheaper in terms of price." ”

Leaving Panshi Village, Jin Sheng still had a feeling that it was not very real when he walked far away on the mountain road.

After so many years of doing business, it was the first time he had heard such a request from the leader of a stockade.

Chickens are nothing new, and they are found in many villages. Panshi Village, Qinglong Village, and the nearby Huanche Village and Qingyuan Village have a special environment and dense surrounding mountains and forests, so no one raises chickens. The hunters of these stockades often catch pheasants and pheasants in the mountains, and there are many other large animals, and their meat sources are more extensive, so there is no need to bother raising chickens.

A thousand chickens, a few thousand eggs, is not big business. But in Jin Sheng's view, there is still a lot of money to be made.

The young leader of Panshizhai should be a man of words. He gave a deposit in advance, and Jin Sheng rarely met such a cheerful customer.

Just thinking of Ayi sitting next to Tianhao, Jin Sheng couldn't help but have a light smile on the corner of his mouth, and shook his head inadequately.

That's the really valuable goods, but it's a pity that the young leader of Panshizhai doesn't sell them.

He didn't notice that two black figures were stealthily following behind, like shadows forever glued to his heels.

……

Tianmad brought a message to Tianhao, saying that Ayi had something to look for him, and now he was waiting at home.

Tianhao didn't think much about it, casually agreed, stood up, pushed open the door, and walked towards Ayi's wooden house.

There were a few pieces of firewood in the fire pit in the center of the house that had not yet been burned, and when Tianhao pushed the door and walked in, he found that the room was empty, and Ayi was alone.

Usually this is not the case. Ayi has a younger brother and an elderly mother.

Her face glowed with surprise, like a snake trying to hide its body in the light of the fire, swimming in the shadows of the corner of the house at great speed, and soon came behind Tianhao, inserting the door bolt with extremely agile movements. After doing this, she reached out and put her arms around Tianhao's neck.

The smooth sensation stretched on the surface of the skin, and Tianhao saw the biceps on her arm with the help of the firelight, the triceps that were not very well inflated, and the quadriceps that were much weaker than the other women in the stockade. There is not the slightest sense of muscular power, but the overall lines are smooth, which is the familiar feminine beauty in the depths of Tianhao's memory.

She had taken a shower, and her body emitted the peculiar smell of hot water penetrating her skin.

Tianhao was a little surprised, there was no strong bad breath as expected, and Ayi had obviously brushed his teeth...... Well, I thought it wrong, she cleaned her mouth, and there was a faint salty smell, as well as the smell of black leaf tea. Before the advent of real toothbrushes, these methods were better than nothing.

"I saw you wipe your mouth with salt and rinse your mouth with water soaked in leaves, and I learned to use it once. I think...... You'll love it. Ayi's movements began to soften, not as rude as before. She had a very low status in the stockade, and everyone thought she was ugly. Under the rule of fear and long-term vigilant thinking, Ayi really relaxed at this moment and released an unprecedented enthusiasm.

It would be superfluous to say anything now. Before entering the cultivation pod to hibernate, Tianhao once liked a girl, but unfortunately she died.

Ayi opened her mouth, her teeth falling on Tianhao's collarbone, biting hard, tears flowing in the dark shadows where the fire did not shine.

"My grandmother took my brother to Ayan's house. They won't be back tonight. Ayi said carefully.

"You like me?" As soon as the words came out, Tianhao already regretted it a little. It was a completely subconscious question, without the slightest consideration of a woman's reaction at such a time.

"You are the only one in this village who doesn't hate me." The chest was a little wet and cold, and it was Ayi's tears: "I know I'm ugly, and even Pingjun wants to sell me." You are a good person, you should have a beautiful woman as a wife. I'm not going to pester you, I'm already satisfied. It is a blessing to me that the best men in the village have slept with me. ”

The barbarians don't have much restraint in the affairs of men and women, two people are together as long as they want, and apart if they don't like it. Of course, the formal marriages witnessed by the head of the village and the elders are not the same, which is equivalent to a legally guaranteed union in the era of civilization, and no matter if either party wants to separate, he must pay a corresponding price.

Tianhao fell into a long silence.

He thought it was a bit ridiculous, but at the same time he thought it was reasonable.

The extremely ugly woman in the eyes of all the men in the stockade is the most beautiful woman in his own eyes.

The contrast was so great that he couldn't laugh or cry.

There's no way he's going to marry Ayi, at least not yet.

The man below him was silent, and Ayi was a little flustered. If it weren't for the even, calm breath released from Tianhao's nostrils, she would have even thought he was dead.

"I ...... I just like you too much. Ayi spoke a little incoherently and stammered: "I didn't mean to, I won't trouble you, I will take responsibility for my actions." I...... I'll take responsibility for that. ”

In the darkness, Tianhao raised his hand and covered his face.

When he walked out of the wooden house, Tianhao felt like a little white face who was raised by a rich woman, the kind that had food to eat while lying down.

Back at home, the eldest brother Tianfeng squatted in front of the fire pond to cook soup, the younger sister Tianshuang was cutting meat next to him, and the second brother Tianfang sat opposite them. The three of them raised their heads in unison, looking at Tianhao who pushed the door and walked in, and there were many self-evident special contents in their weird smiles.

Tianfeng moved his shoulders and let out a hearty laugh: "Third child, there are many women in the village, if you don't like it, you can go to other villages to have a look." You are now the leader, as long as you are willing to marry, I estimate that as long as there is a woman in the neighborhood that you like, you will be willing to marry. ”

Tianmad shook his head and commented: "I really don't know how you like Ayi." I just casually said today that I wanted to try it, but I didn't expect you to really go. ”