Out of the courtyard to the east, you can see the so-called Hutou Mountain when you raise your eyes.

Li Chengjiu didn't see anything like a tiger on this mountain after looking at it for a long time, but more like a donkey.

But Lao Guo Tou said with a smile.

At that time, there was a group of mountain bandits living on the mountain, and the leading Jianghu people were called Flying Tigers, so this mountain got its name.

Of course, there is still a tiger head village on the mountain, but it has been abandoned for many years.

It was only later that the stones on the mountain burned to death, and the people of Zhuangli began to say that this was the graveyard of the king of Hades.

All the demons who had gone to hell were burned into stone and buried here by Hades.

Therefore, this stone is also called the life-seeking stone.

No one in the village dared to burn this thing, if it weren't for the fact that there were still some stone slag left in the stove when Lao Guo Tou burned charcoal, Li Chengjiu would not have found out.

A few people walked all the way and chatted all the way.

Lao Guotou's legs and feet were not very neat, and he walked for more than half an hour to reach the foot of the mountain.

When you really reach the front of Hutou Mountain.

When Li Chengjiu saw the scene in front of him, his heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and even his breathing became short.

Colliery!

It's a whole mountain of coal mines!

Looking at the mines in front of him, those coal mines have protruded from the surface of the mountain, and the pieces are embedded in the cliff wall, which is illuminated by the sun, black and shiny.

Excitedly ran forward, raised his foot and kicked off a piece from the mountain wall.

I don't care if I'll get soot, he doesn't want this dress for a long time anyway.

Pick up the coal mine and take a closer look.

Well, it's OK to be coal.

I can't see anything else.

Li Shun and Lao Guo Tou were so frightened when they saw this that they hurriedly stepped forward to pull the prince back.

How can this filthy place be the place where the prince came.

It will stain the Holy Sacrament.

Lee Seung-koo was speechless.

But this time, they couldn't resist the two of them, so they had to obediently retreat to the path.

"Lord Wang, you better go back with the old slave, this thing is very evil, you can't stay here." Lao Guo Tou persuaded him bitterly, and Li Shun also responded on the side.

Li Chengjiu wanted to take a second look, this is these two old guys are too axial, no matter how you say it, it's useless.

In the end, they had to go their way.

Anyway, this mine is here, and I can't run it, so now that it's all decided, I'll go back and plan the rest.

It's just that a few people are about to turn back, but they see a child popping up at the foot of the mountain.

The child is not big, his face is full of soot, and he can't see it.

But behind him was a bamboo basket full of coal mines.

When Lao Guo Tou saw that it was this kid, he hurriedly scolded:

"Little deaf, why did you come to pick up this stone again, how many times have I told you, these stones can't be burned!"

The child pouted disappreciatively:

"My father said, this stone is a good thing, not a life-threatening stone."

"Your father knows a fart, don't you know how many people died in the village? Hurry up and throw the stones! ”

"Don't throw it away, old man Guo, I'll go first."

After that, he didn't wait for Lao Guo to step forward and pick up his basket, jumped over a big pit in three or two steps, and disappeared as soon as he slipped through the smoke.

Old Guo was so angry that he slapped his knees.

"This lifeless baby, I really don't know what to do!"

Li Chengjiu was a little interested when he saw this, but he didn't expect that there were really people in Zhuangzi.

"Old Guotou, who is this kid?" I asked casually.

When Lao Guo heard this, he hated and said: "The bastard boy in the village, his father is also a bastard, and there was no mother-in-law in the early years, so the two of them relied on beating a few pieces of iron to eat." ”

"Blacksmith?"

"Well, the craftsmanship left by the ancestors is a good plowshare, but this old man has a bad temper, and he just doesn't listen to telling him that this stone can burn a person, hmph, I think sooner or later I have to find his mother-in-law."

The old man cursed in his mouth, but Li Chengjiu smiled and didn't speak again.

Back to the adobe yard.

Lao Guo Tou hurriedly asked his mother-in-law to boil some hot water, and specially prepared a clean face towel to wipe the prince's face.

Li Chengjiu didn't shy away from this, so he poured two sips of cold water and asked:

"Old Guotou, how many young people are there in Zhuangzi now?"

Lao Guo Tou replied while dusting off the ashes on the prince's body:

"Back to the prince, there are less than twenty, and almost all of them have gone to other Zhuangzi to find work."

subconsciously replied, but suddenly realized something, and hurriedly closed his mouth and looked at the prince nervously.

Li Chengjiu was also stunned for a moment, and then he realized something.

It turned out that it was because they had sold most of the fertile land, resulting in no land to plant on the farm, so these young farmers had to go out and ask for a way out.

He shook his head ashamedly.

knew that this was because of himself, but he also said that he was afraid that the old man would kneel down for himself again.

"Old Guotou, do you know the current situation in the village? How many people can work? ”

Seeing that the prince didn't blame him, Lao Guo Tou thought about it carefully and then replied:

"Back to the prince, there are currently 134 men and 72 women in the village, excluding the elderly and children, a total of 108 people can work."

Belch......

I think that mountain is called Liangshan, just enough for the uprising.

Li Chengjiu smiled jokingly, "In addition to the old man, are there any carpenters or other blacksmiths in the village?" ”

"Yes, his father is a carpenter in Ershan, Zhuangxitou, and his skills are very good, no matter whether he makes a box or nails a chair and stool, everyone in the surrounding villages can look for him."

Lao Guo pointed to his cabinet proudly as he spoke.

Li Chengjiu looked at it, and his conscience said that it was average.

But in this day and age, it's already quite good.

"The blacksmith, he is not an old man, and the iron pillar at the entrance of the village is also, but he went to the city to set up a stall, and he has not struck iron in the village for a long time."

Old Guo Tou said again.

Li Chengjiu touched his chin, it seems that Zhuang Shang is really a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger.

It was not too early to look at the time.

Now that the general situation has been figured out, let's plan well when we go back.

"Okay, this king knows."

got off the kang and asked Li Shun to prepare before he could go back.

Seeing this, Lao Guo Tou hurriedly got up to send him off.

Of course, her mother-in-law never let her come out, because she was afraid of ruining the identity of the prince.

For this, Li Chengjiu can't control it.

It's just that before leaving, Chen Wu had just returned to the courtyard with a bundle of firewood on his back.

As soon as he saw the prince who walked out in front of him, he didn't say a word and dropped the firewood and stepped forward to worship, "Grass people Chen Wu greeted His Royal Highness the King of Jiang." ”

Lee Seung-koo was taken aback.

Looking at Chen Wu again, he lowered his head, and the tendons and flesh on his body were stretched.

Picking up an axe to chop wood everywhere every day is really refined.

Of course, Li Chengjiu was not polite to him.

He just walked by and said, "Good job." ”

Then he took Li Shun out of the courtyard.

Lao Guo Tou was a little embarrassed, glanced at Chen Wu, who was still kneeling, and hurriedly followed all the way to send the prince out of Zhuangzi.

Chen Wu sighed helplessly.

After piling up the firewood, he took the axe and continued to chop wood up the mountain.

After Lao Guo Tou sent the prince away, he returned to the courtyard and did not see the shadow of this kid.

Looking out of the courtyard, and looking at the firewood piled up in the courtyard, I felt a little distressed.

The relationship between the two has been good these days.

But after all, this was an order from the prince, and he couldn't stop it, so he sighed lightly and silently relit the cigarette pouch pot.

Ba Ba smacked two mouthfuls before he shouted:

"Old woman, go and call Shunzi back, let him carry some firewood to the town to exchange two catties of noodles and come back, let's eat noodles tonight."