"Ahem, how can you say that?"

Chen Qi looked embarrassed, coughed lightly twice to defend himself: "We Xiaoqi are using our brains to do things, this is called flexibility!" Otherwise, how long will it take to get such a big bag of earthworms! ”

"That's it, the cauldron is right. I also gave them spicy strips to eat, they can't control their mouths, so you can't blame me! ”

Xiao Qi also said vigorously on the side.

The eldest sister and the others smiled back and forth, and Jiang Yunying, who had always been more serious and steady, was also amused by Xiao Qi at this time, and the corners of her mouth were slightly hooked.

"Yo, the lady looks so good when she laughs. It turns out that the lady likes Xiao Qi's flamboyant way of speaking! ”

Chen Qi seemed to have discovered a new continent, blinked his eyes, and said with a wicked smile.

Jiang Yunying was stunned, a trace of a smile on his face quickly disappeared, and he once again returned to his usual coldness.

Don't look over, walk briskly to your room.

Chen Qi scratched his head: "I didn't say anything wrong......"

......

"Cauldron, cauldron! Hurry up! ”

"The chicks are gone!"

Early in the morning, everyone was woken up by Xiao Qi's scream.

Chen Qi hurriedly got dressed and walked out, only to see Xiao Qi pointing at the little chicks, and said with some sobs: "Cauldron, I lost a few chicks!" ”

"Woo woo woo ......"

"Xiao Qi, don't cry, I'll go with you to find it!"

Chen Qi touched Xiao Qi's head and searched for the murderer with Xiao Qi all over the village.

Searching and searching, they eventually found a chicken-eating puppy in an abandoned house.

It's just that this puppy's eyes are extremely fierce, the hair on his body is shiny, and his tail is like a steel whip.

When Chen Qi and Xiao Qi came in, the puppy was still chewing a little chick in its mouth.

In front of it, there are a lot of chicken feathers and broken bones.

found the murderer, and Xiao Qi cried even louder.

"Woo woo, cauldron, chick, eaten, burp ......"

Chen Qi stepped forward, took the puppy in his hand, and took Xiao Qi back.

Along the way, no matter how Chen Qi comforted him, Xiao Qi's crying just couldn't stop.

Xiao Qi cried and hiccuped, and soon Jiang Yunying and others came out.

"Chen Qi, have you found it?"

Jiang Yunying's gaze fell on the puppy, and his gaze shrank slightly.

Chen Qi said helplessly: "It was this puppy who stole the chicks." ”

"Woo woo, cauldron, hiccup......"

Xiao Qi's crying pear blossoms brought rain, and a good-looking little face was spent.

Jiang Yunying looked at the puppy that was obediently staying in Chen Qi's hand, and sighed: "Xiao Qi, this puppy should be about to survive, so I came to steal the chick, otherwise, we will simply leave this puppy behind." ”

"First, I can be a pet for you, and second, when the puppy grows up, I can still take care of the home."

"But, but, what if it steals the chicks again?"

Xiao Qi sobbed.

"This ...... It was very hungry before, and as long as we can feed it, it should not steal food again. ”

"Well, well......"

"Cauldron, I, can I have a puppy?"

Chen Qi raised his eyebrows, looked at the obedient puppy in his hand at this time, and nodded: "Okay!" This puppy won't be able to eat much anyway. ”

"Thank you, cauldron!"

Xiao Qi wiped away his tears and tied a rope around the puppy's neck: "Let you steal my chicks, punish you for playing with me!" ”

......

In the afternoon, Chen Qi had just woken up and went out for a nap, when he saw a few villagers carrying hoes walking by, talking about something in their mouths and looking excited.

"Eh, Brother Chen Qi!"

When several villagers saw Chen Qi, they hurriedly stepped forward: "Brother, it's a pity that you didn't go to Yamen yesterday!" Zhang Sanqian and Zhao Dabao's two old dogs exposed each other's shortcomings in the court, and finally ended up losing both. ”

"There's something else going on, come, talk about it carefully."

Chen Qi's gossip heart was suddenly aroused, and he pulled a few villagers to sit under the big tree and carefully understand what happened yesterday.

When they learned that Zhao Dabao was finally beaten dozens of boards by the county order and locked up in the prison for reflection, Chen Qi and the others laughed loudly.

"Originally, Zhao Dabao and Zhang Sanqian both wanted to spend money to atone for their sins, but I heard that it was from the county town, and the county order and the county can only act according to the rules, this time, Zhang Sanqian was also fined a lot of money, and when Zhang Sanqian went out, his face was as ugly as his dead father."

"Brother Chen Qi, it turns out that you are here, I am really looking for you!"

While Chen Qi was eating melons, a villager hurriedly ran over with a basket on his back and took out a red stone from behind.

"Brother Chen Qi, you see, I found it when I was chopping firewood on the mountain, and there are many more on it! At that time, this broken stone tripped me up, and I wanted to throw it away, but when I saw that this broken stone turned out to be red, I had never seen it before. Brother Xunsi, you are a reader and knowledgeable, take it back for you to see. ”

Chen Qi took the red stone from the hands of the villagers, looked at it for a moment, and couldn't help but show an excited look on his face: "Brother, this is a baby!" This is not a broken stone! ”

"Huh? Baby? ”

The villagers were stunned, the broken stone they inadvertently brought back turned out to be a treasure?

"Brother, where did you find this? Take me there! ”

"Good!"

Chen Qi went home and took a hoe and Jiang Yunying, and followed the villagers all the way up the mountain.

When I came to the place where the red stone was found, the ground here was very hard, with only a small pothole, and there were many red places faintly visible underneath.

Jiang Yunying carefully observed the stone in his hand, then looked at the things underground, thought of the books he had read, and his pupils gradually dilated.

Chen Qi's incredulous gaze coincided with Jiang Yunying, and both of them obviously saw something.

It's just that the villagers on the side looked confused: "Brother, sister-in-law, what do you see?" What kind of treasure is this stone? ”

Chen Qi tried to calm down his excitement and let out a long breath: "These stones are hard, as long as I smelt them, I can make farm tools in large quantities. ”

"Moreover, it is more durable and sturdy than the farming tools you use now, and can be changed once a year."

"What?"

When the villagers heard this, their eyes suddenly burned when they looked at the red stone, and their breathing was slightly short.

Farming tools were the most important thing for the villagers.

However, it takes a lot of money to build a handy farm tool.

And it will be consumed very quickly after being built.

In the past, with the addition of land rent, the wear and tear of farm tools, and the cost of living, every villager was very poor.

If they want to get farm tools, they have to go to the county seat, which is very troublesome.

But now Chen Qi actually said that he could use this stone to make farming tools.

"Chen Qi, this, what kind of treasure is this?"

The villager asked excitedly, as if there were a thousand ants gnawing at it in their hearts, very itchy.