After a few days like this, Liu Qingyi suddenly remembered the hideous monster he saw that night, and his mood that had just become better became heavy again, thinking that he didn't know anything about this other world, and the origin of the monster that looked like a dog and a horse had become a piece of his heart.

Early the next morning, he saw Luo'er coming over with a wooden box to deliver food, and hurriedly welcomed it back to the house, pulling Luo'er to ask carefully about the origin of the terrifying monster he encountered that night.

After listening to his description, Luo Er thought for a while, then laughed and said, "What Gongzi saw that night should be the wind and bone beast of the village chief Xu Jin's uncle's house, and there is only one in the entire village of our Humiao Village. ”

Liu Qingyi was greatly surprised when he heard this, and when he heard Luo'er's meaning, there was only one Wind Bone Beast in the entire village, which showed that this beast should be extremely rare, and he couldn't help but ask: "What kind of monster is that Wind Bone Beast?" Isn't it amazing? ”

Luo Er said: "That's the foot power raised by the big families in the village, the speed is fast, it is said that there is also the blood of the spirit beast, and ordinary people can't hurt it at all." ”

"Spirit beasts? What is that? ”

"I don't know very well, it should be a beast more powerful than ordinary beasts, I heard the village chief Xu Jin Uncle said, there are more powerful big demons above the spirit beasts, my brother met the big demon when he went to Mangdang Mountain on an errand this time..."

Liu Qingyi felt pity in his heart, and said indignantly: "What kind of harm is wrong? Isn't it okay not to go? ”

Hearing this, Luo Er raised her head and glanced at Liu Qingyi, as if she wanted to stop talking, and finally slowly lowered her head, and said in an inaudible voice: "If there are men in the family, the village will take turns to arrange to serve the errand of Yinyuan City, that is, if there is something in the village on weekdays, people will be drawn from the men of each family, and now... Now..."Luo Er said and glanced at Liu Qingyi again, and continued: "It's the end of the year, and every family has to take out a man to go to Yinyuan City to do errands, and the village chief said let's... Our family's... I also went through the experience. ”

"yes, I see." Liu Qingyi nodded, thought about it, and said strangely: "Wait, your family?" Isn't your brother a big demon? There are no more men in your family, where can you still send people to practice? After Liu Qingyi finished speaking, he seemed to think that the village chief of this village was ridiculous, so he grinned twice, and when he thought of Luo'er's brother newly deceased, he was really a little unkind to laugh at this time, so he quickly closed his mouth.

Originally, he said something clearly, but he didn't get Luo'er's response for a long time, and he couldn't help but feel a little surprised in his heart. As soon as he turned his head, he saw that the woman's eyes were looking straight at her, her thinking turned slightly, and the original relaxed freehand on her face disappeared without a trace, and her face gradually turned white.

He raised a finger to the tip of his nose and looked at Loel with an inquiring look.

After seeing Luo'er nod his head slowly, he finally jumped up in shock, walked back and forth in the woodhouse several times, and muttered: "I know, I know, there is no lunch for nothing, there is no food for nothing, I shouldn't go to the woods to wander around, let them see me." ”

Luo Er ignored Liu Qingyi, who was suddenly excited, looked at the corner of his clothes expressionlessly, glanced at him lightly, and said: "You eat first, and after eating, follow me to the village chief's house, you are now counted by him as a member of our family, if you are not happy, you can take advantage of this to argue." ”

Liu Qingyi was full of worries, and this meal was really tasteless, almost like chewing wax. After eating, he followed Luo'er down the hill, hoping to find an opportunity to sneak out of the village.

As he walked all the way, a wry smile appeared on his face again, "Boy? Still going to run errands? Fang Cai looked at Luo'er's appearance as if he was a little unhappy, he was rescued by her mother and daughter, and now it is reasonable to be counted as a male in their family, if he argues and shirks on this, wouldn't he be ungrateful. After thinking about it like this, he had no choice but to follow behind Luo'er, and made up his mind that the man could only recognize it first, and if he arranged to do something, he just pretended to be stupid and refused.

After walking for about ten minutes with Luo'er, the two came to a settlement, where about 50 mud houses, thatched houses, and stone houses were arranged in two irregular rows, forming a wide mud road in the middle. Some villagers who were driving unnamed cattle and carrying fishing nets shuttled back and forth on the dirt road.

One of them, an old man and a young peasant-looking man, greeted Luo Er in a friendly manner, looked at Liu Qingyi with some curiosity, and saluted at the 'strange costume' on Liu Qingyi's body.

The people here are generally dressed as peasant men in ancient costumes, and the modern clothes and pants worn by Liu Qingyi actually look a little nondescript, and just when he felt a little embarrassed, the two of them had already walked to a white stone house.

"Well, this is the village chief's house." Luo Er walked in first, Liu Qingyi stood at the door and paused, looking at the animal lying on the right side of the door. This time, I really saw that this animal was the wind and bone beast that scared me in front of the wooden house that night, this thing as big as a cow but like a dog, at this moment it was lying by the door basking in the sun, a silver armor shining in the sun, setting off a fierce meaning.

The beast was not as intimidating as it was that night. Liu Qingyi said secretly in her heart, and then raised her feet and walked in with Luo'er.

The interior of the room was a wooden structure, and in the main hall sat a middle-aged man with a serious expression, with big ears and a slight wrinkle on his forehead, and his face was seven or eight points similar to that of a young man standing next to him.

Luo'er came in and called "Uncle Xu" delicately, and then called "Brother Tianbao" to the young man next to her. Liu Qingyi roughly guessed that this was the village chief surnamed Xu of Humiao Village, and the young man next to him was his son and nephew.

Xu Jin saw Luo'er come in with Liu Qingyi, nodded slightly, looked at Liu Qingyi and said, "You are the young man who was rescued from the lake by Ah Mushroom's mother and daughter?" Seeing that Liu Qingyi nodded a little, Xu Jin asked again, "Where are you from?" You don't look like you're dressed from a nearby village. ”

Liu Qingyi shook his head, pointed to his head, and said, "I don't remember." ”

Xu Jin looked at Luo'er, then at Liu Qingyi, and finally said with a smile on his face: "I don't care where you come from, since you were rescued by her mother and daughter, you can be regarded as the male of their family." Now that the date of paying the New Year's coins is approaching, all the families are busy making up the New Year's coins and tributes, so you can help their family do this in the future, and it can be regarded as adding a strong labor to their family. ”

Liu Qingyi continued to pretend to be stupid, and hesitated: "I forgot everything, I won't do anything, I'm afraid that following them will become a burden." ”

Hearing this, Luo Er said coldly: "Mother and I don't need to bother, we can manage it, we don't need anyone's help!" ”

Xu Jin said solemnly towards Luo'er: "Then what's the matter, your mother and son saved him, and it is natural for him to be the male of your family." Besides, the end of the year is approaching, and it is also a good thing for Murakami to have one more person in your family and make more catches of tribute. If there is anything that will not be done, I will let Tianbao teach him. After speaking, Xu Jin turned to Liu Qingyi again and said, "After talking for so long, I still don't know what your name is?" Haven't you forgotten about that? When he asked like this, Xu Jin looked at Liu Qingyi with burning eyes, and a few hidden smiles appeared on his face.

Liu Qingyi's face turned red, and he replied: "I just haven't forgotten this, I have the surname Liu Qingyi." ”

Village Chief Xu Jin waved his hand and said undoubtedly: "Xiaoliu, it's decided, in the future, you will be counted as the male of their family, help the Luo'er family to do things, go to the lake to clean up the catch, pay the special tribute on time, and escort the New Year's coins at that time, naturally it will also fall on you." ”

"How's that going? I don't understand anything? Liu Qingyi was a little resistant in her heart.

"If you don't understand, you can learn, why don't you catch a fish, I'll let Tianbao teach you well." Xu Jindao.

"Well, well." Liu Qingyi was finally defeated.

Hearing the village chief Xu Jin's arrangement, Luo'er didn't say anything more, she saw Liu Qingyi repeatedly pushing back, she couldn't help but glance at Liu Qingyi with resentment, lowered her head and didn't know what she was thinking.

Liu Qingyi saw that he had entered the pit and was no longer ambiguous, so he asked Xu Jin about the origin of the tribute and the year's coin, and after listening to his explanation, he understood what the year's coin and tribute were. The so-called New Year's coin, that is, the village pays a certain amount of yuan to the main city throughout the year, which is similar to the taxes and fees levied by the ancient state on the grassroots villages, and the so-called yuan currency should be the common currency of this world.

The villagers of the villages under the jurisdiction of Yinyuan City work hard every year, hunting and fishing and selling them to Yinyuan City to earn yuan coins, and take out a considerable part of them as New Year's coins to hand in, and the rest is the source of livelihood for the village.

Humiao Village sent animal hunting errands this year, and several men in the village died on the Mangdang Mountain, and the annual coin task was almost halved, but the village was asked to hand over a part of the lake's specialty red-billed fish as a tribute.