Chapter 681: 'Capture the Horn' Competition
Jing Yuan was not in the mood to eat, and after feeding Chu Xia medicine, he kept sitting beside her and guarding her.
Fusheng came over, took two pots of cakes, and asked them curiously, "Where did you come from?" Why is it in the woods? Were you in the woods at the time of the fire? It's a blessing not to be burned to death by the fire, do you know how the fire started?"
Fusheng asked a lot of questions in a row, no outsiders had been to their town for a long time, and they were such beautiful sisters and brothers, how could they not arouse his curiosity.
Their identities could not be revealed to others, so Jing Yuan had to lie that they were sisters and brothers, returning from a relative's house, and walking in the woods in order to get closer to the road, but a fire almost burned them to death, but fortunately it rained to save their lives.
Fusheng couldn't help but sigh when he heard it, and said that you are really fateful, but it is also dangerous enough.
When Chu Xia opened her eyes, she found that she was in a strange place, she thought she was dreaming, as if they were sheltering from the rain in a cave, right? How did you get here?
"Chu Xia, how do you feel when you wake up?" Jing Yuan saw that Chu Xia had opened her eyes, and finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and hurriedly stepped forward to help her up.
Feeling a little dizzy, Chu Xia looked at Jing Yuan in confusion and asked weakly, "Junbao, what's wrong with me?"
"You suffered a miasma in the woods, but thanks to Fusheng and his father, we are now in their house."
Only then did Chu Xia see the young man who had been standing at the door, smiling, and said sincerely, "Your name is Fusheng? Thank you."
Fusheng smiled a little embarrassedly and scratched his unkempt hair, "It's okay, it's just a trivial matter, you can rest here with peace of mind, you're welcome."
"Junbao, is this what Yunfei said? Did he come?" Only then did Chu Xia remember what Yun Fei had said, if it was right, it should be here.
The young man's eyes darkened, and his fists clenched. He had already inquired, and there was no other town here except Fusang Town. But they have been here for two days, but they have not seen Yunfei's shadow, and they have a bad premonition in their hearts.
The woman clenched the boy's fist, and the slightest tenderness was transmitted in the palm of her hand, warming the two lonely souls.
"Don't worry, something might be delayed."
The boy nodded, and gave her a far-fetched smile back, not wanting her to worry.
The two stayed here temporarily, while cultivating their bodies, while waiting for Yunfei, and getting along with the Fusheng family happily. Chu Xia's body recovered quickly under Aunt Li'er's careful care, and she would help Aunt Li cook, wash clothes or something when she was free. The men went to work in the mountains. Jing Yuan didn't want to eat white rice either, so he put on Fusheng's clothes and went to work with them. :
Looking at the young man dressed in coarse cloth and with a gray face, Chu Xia couldn't help laughing, Junbao was dressed like this, he really looked like a country child. Just don't speak, words and deeds best reflect the essence of a person.
On this day, when they came back from the mountain, Chu Xia helped Aunt Li put all the food on the table. Although it is coarse tea and light rice, it has a sense of family warmth.
"Did you get anything out of going up the mountain this time?" At the dinner table, Aunt Li asked Uncle Li while serving vegetables to everyone.
Uncle Li picked up the bowl and shook his head helplessly.
Aunt Li also sighed silently.
When the two teenagers were growing up, they worked for another day, and the food was very delicious. Jing Yuan has already taken off the squeamishness of the prince, no matter what kind of food, as long as he can fill his stomach.
Chu Xia also discovered in the past few days that Uncle Li took Fusheng up the mountain all day long, and he was busy all day, but he returned disappointed, they didn't look like they were going to farm, but like they were going to hunt for treasure.
"Uncle Li, Aunt Li, what are you looking for? Isn't there any treasure on the mountain?"
Aunt Li smiled bitterly, "What baby? They went to find water."
Since these two children came, they have been getting along very well, Miss Chu will teach her son to read and write when she is free, and the young man named Junbao has also taught his son martial arts, and they naturally don't treat them as outsiders, so tell the truth.
When Chu Xia and Jing Yuan heard this, they both
Surprised.
"Looking for water? Don't you have a source of water? And where does your water come from?"
Uncle Li sighed, put down the rice bowl in his hand, and said helplessly, "You don't know, we originally had a water source here, which was the small river at the entrance of the village.
But later, the people from Wujiazhuang on the opposite side of the river insisted that the river belonged to them, and asked us to drink water and get money.
There is no way that we should give them every year 10% of the harvest from the field, and if the year is bad, we will exchange the living things of the house, but if there are no living creatures, we will take people to pay the debt, otherwise they will not give us water to drink."
When Uncle Li said this, his face was full of resentment, but he was helpless?
"How so? These people are too lawless? This water source originally belonged to nature, how could it belong to whom? Doesn't anyone care?" When Chu Xia heard about such a thing, he was also very angry, how could there be such a hateful person.
Aunt Li said: "We are close to the mountainous area here, which belongs to the Sanzhi Zone, and we can't afford to provoke the people of Wujiazhuang, they have more than a dozen thugs alone, and the people we went to find their theories were all disabled. Uncle Zhang's son next door was not convinced to theorize, and as a result, he was beaten and collapsed in bed for several years, who would dare to provoke them again?"
"These hateful people, I must take care of them in the future."
The teenage child, full of spirits, Fusheng's little face was bulging, and he clenched his fists fiercely. looked at Jing Yuan and said, "Junbao, you quickly teach me martial arts, see that I don't knock them away." He had seen with his own eyes the process of Junbao catching birds with light skills, and he admired the five-body throwing to the ground at that time, so he shouted to apprentice.
Compared with Fusheng's impulsiveness, Jing Yuan seemed much more mature and steady, and he said calmly: "Not everything can be solved with martial arts, even if you can kill one, can you kill them all?" This only complicates things more. And learning martial arts is not something that can be achieved in a day or two, so we still have to think of a way to do it once and for all."
Chu Xia appreciated this kid's calmness and decisiveness, and he really had the style of a general.
"Yes, I think what Junbao said makes sense, Uncle Li, Aunt Li, is there any other way, such as negotiating with them, everyone will give way, and compete fairly."
Uncle Li looked sad and shook his head, "It's useless, in fact, they are also fair, Wujiazhuang and our Fusang Town have to hold a "Horn Grabbing" competition every year, whoever wins, the ownership of the water source will belong to whomever it is." But over the years, we have never won a single victory in Fuso Town, so we can only be bullied."
So in order not to be oppressed again, they desperately tried to find a water source, but after so many years of searching, they still couldn't find it.
"What is the 'Winner' Contest?" Jing Yuan asked curiously.
Fusheng explained with an indignant face: "Snatching the horn is to compete for the horn of the rhinoceros, and that horn is just a symbol, the important thing is that whoever gets the horn can have the right to use the water source."
"How do you take it?" The boy continued to ask shamelessly.
"Whoever reaches the finish line first and grabs the horn of the rhinoceros will be considered a victory. Every time we had to have three people on each side to play ......, but every time we lost." Fusheng said at the end, and his tone couldn't help but weaken.
"It's just horseback riding, is it hard?"
"Of course, they often use a lot of tricks against us, so before we reach the end, our people are knocked off their horses."
I see, no wonder they are so unconvinced, those people are too despicable, relying on their own martial arts to bully others.
"Mayor, Mayor, good news, good news......
Just when everyone was frowning, they heard a person hurrying outside, and before they saw the shadow, the voice had already come in.
Uncle Li opened the door and went out, and when he saw the sweaty young man running, he asked, "Ah Niu, why are you so flustered?"
The man named Ah Niu didn't have time to wipe the sweat on his head, and with an excited expression on his face, he grabbed the mayor's arm and dragged it out, "Mayor, go and see, Tugen they have dug up a water source at the foot of the mountain......
"What? What you say is true?" Uncle Li's eyes lit up with excitement
。
"Of course, I heard the sound of water, so why don't you go and take a look?"
"Okay, I'll take a look."
Seeing them hurriedly walk out, Fusheng also pulled up Jing Yuan, and couldn't hide his excitement and said, "Junbao, let's go and have a look, right?"
"Amitabha, God bless, we will no longer have to be bullied in the future, and we will have water to drink." Aunt Li was moved to tears, folded her hands, and bowed to the heavens.
Seeing this situation, Chu Xia was also happy for them in his heart, so he took Aunt Li and went to a place with a water source with Junbao.
The news of finding the water source soon spread in the small town, and the old and young ran in groups in that direction, with smiles on their simple and honest faces, and they couldn't hide their excitement and happiness, which was even more exciting than the New Year and marrying a daughter-in-law.
"Where's the water? Where is the water source?" An old man who was over the age of old, supported by his children and grandchildren, trembled towards the crowd.
Everyone automatically gave way and let the old man pass.
Chu Xia thought to himself, this person's prestige must be very high, and sure enough, he heard Aunt Li say that he is the patriarch here, the oldest and the most prestigious.
The old patriarch was helped to the well that had been dug and asked in an old and excited voice, "Is there really a water source?" Is it true?"
A young man said with excitement on his face, "Yes, old patriarch, there must be water this time, so we don't have to be afraid of others anymore."
"That's good, that's good......" The old man smiled with a wrinkled face, but the glint in his eyes was clear.
Everyone held their breath and waited quietly for the first bucket of water to be fetched. This is all their hope, not only for the present generation, but also for the benefit of future generations, the dreams of generations.