Seeing that his physical condition was still bad, Wang Qilin and Xu Da didn't mention the abnormal qi eater ghost last night, anyway, it had been solved.

Du Cao went back to rest.

Wang Qilin went to record the case of killing the gas eater last night as a traveling star.

Tiger Skin continued to jump out of the window.

Xu Da continued to pick up the stone lock.

At noon, they still ate stewed mutton, which was Du Cao's reward for them to work alone.

The stewed mutton in Fulong Township is also somewhat famous in Jixiang County, the large pieces of mutton are stewed in a grinding stone casserole, the gravy is mixed into the soup, and there is a layer of oil beads floating on the soup, which makes people drool just by looking at it.

Then sprinkle fennel, chopped wild onion and pepper, the glutinous juice splashes all over the mouth, and the soft meat pieces are gently chewed and loose, and the stomach is comfortable.

Such a bowl of mutton costs twenty copper baht, which can be exchanged for four catties of fine white rice.

Xu Da restrained himself and ate four bowls.

Wang Qilin scolded him: "Rice bucket!"

Xu Da knew that he had eaten too much, so he couldn't refute it, so he could only look in front of him with a smile, and then saw five bowls in front of him!

This made him angry: "You eat more than me?"

Wang Qilin loosened his belt: "Old man, let's have another bowl." ”

Xu Qi was anxious: "Can you still eat?"

Wang Qilin said: "I can't eat it, take this bowl back and eat it at night." ”

Xu Da: "Can you still do this?"

Wang Qilin's bowl was brought back to Du Cao, this bowl of meat was energetic, and after eating, his spirit improved a lot in the afternoon, his face was no longer sallow, and he had blood again.

Another day, March 14.

The old Huang calendar said that today it is advisable to sacrifice, pray for blessings, ask for heirs, fast, and crown, and avoid opening the light, marrying, digging wells, burials, and visits.

Wang Qilin pondered for a moment that they also had the intention of visiting the Zhong family in Xialing today, so he used a brush to erase the last two words on the old yellow calendar.

Xu Da saw it and asked, "What are you doing here?"

Wang Qilin said: "In this life, the fate must be in your own hands. ”

Xu Da was stunned: "If you say that, won't my fate be over?"

He was so worried about this that when he saw a bearer selling fried sugar chestnuts on the street, he took out six copper baht and bought a pack to comfort himself.

The hill they were going to was a small hill with steep terrain, but the land at the foot of the mountain was very fertile, so there were several villages living in that area, each with a surname.

After several generations of hard work by the Zhong family, they drove away the other families entrenched at the foot of the mountain and completely occupied this place.

Du Cao commented: "The Zhong family is very powerful, although he lives in the countryside, he has strong cohesion and talents. They were outsiders, and at first only more than a dozen families fled to Xiamaling, but after a few generations, only their Zhong family was left in Xiamaling. ”

Xiamaling is still more than 20 miles away from the township, and it takes a long time to walk there, so Xu Da went to hire a carriage.

Shaking all the way, a continuous mountain ridge lying on the flat ground finally appeared, this is the Xiama Ridge, not tall but indeed steep, some of the mountains are simply straight up and down.

At the foot of the mountain are dotted fields, and some houses scattered on some rocks are scattered above, which is the residence of the Zhong family.

After entering the Zhong village, Xu Da explained to him: "This Zhong family's residence is a watershed in height, and the lower ones are called Xia Zhai, and tenants, sheepherds, and swineherds live in people who have no status. The one above is called the upper house, and it is a person of status in the family. ”

After the Qingming Festival, the rain is abundant, there is a lot of work in the field during the spring ploughing season, and the people who go to the house are all on the ground, and only the upper house can see a few old men leaning on the root of the wall to watch the children.

A middle-aged man in a robe asked from above, "Stop, who are you?"

A couple of naughty boys shouted, "What are you eating, that big black man?"

Xu Da's face sank and he shouted: "Quiet! You can't see the black brocade robe on the uncle's body? Listen to the heavenly supervisor handle the case, let you come out in charge!"

The black brocade robe is exclusive to the Heavenly Supervisor, and it is more majestic than the armor of the soldiers.

The naughty boys were scared away by him, and the middle-aged man hurriedly ran down and bowed again and again after seeing their clothes: "Ladies and gentlemen, I'm sorry, the villain is blind......"

"Let Zhong Youfu come out. Du Cao said in a deep voice.

The middle-aged man had a sad face: "We, our patriarch, no, it's our former patriarch who has gone west, otherwise the villain will find our current patriarch to meet your lords?"

"When did you die?"

"About four or five days ago. ”

Du Cao asked again, "Who is your current patriarch?"

The middle-aged man's face was a little strange, and he said, "It's Zhong Youshou." ”

"Take us to him. Du Cao said flatly.

The middle-aged man arched his hand again: "How dare you bother your adults to move around? I'll go and call him out." ”

Zhong Youshou was a hunchbacked little old man with thinning hair and yellow skin, and the middle-aged man quickly went to find him.

The little old man's legs and feet were not very good, and he limped along the mountain road, and he was followed by a big yellow dog, which also limped when he walked.

At first, the three thought it was also lame, but the middle-aged man waved at it and scolded it, and the dog actually raised its legs and ran towards them normally.

Xu Da looked interesting, he asked Zhong Youshou: "Old man, is your dog fierce? If I touch it, will it bite me?"

Zhong Youshou grinned and said: "My dog is honest, he doesn't bite, you can touch it." ”

Xu Da reached out to stroke the dog's head with confidence, but the big yellow dog opened his mouth violently and bit it.

"Taiyin Soul Breaking Knife" is fast, Wang Qilin put the scabbard into the mouth of the big yellow dog with a pick of his wrist, and gave it a deep throat.

Xu Da escaped, he glared at Zhong Youshou and roared, "Didn't you say that your dogs don't bite people?"

Zhong Youfu cowered and said, "But this dog is not mine." ”

Du Cao turned his head to look down the mountain, with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

Wang Qilin smiled unscrupulously.

Xu Da said stupidly: "Is there something wrong with this old man's head?"

The middle-aged man snorted: "I'm really sorry, official, our new patriarch he, he ......."

He looked at Zhong Youshou hesitantly, and in the end, he didn't say anything after the word 'he'.

But a naughty boy ran up with the courage and said with a smile: "Shou Ye is a fool, I don't believe you give me a few chestnuts and I'll prove it to you." ”

Xu Da grabbed five or six sugar chestnuts for the naughty boy, and the naughty boy took one in his left hand and two in his right hand to Zhong Youshou to see: "Shou Ye, which one do you want?"

Zhong Youshou reached out and took the two chestnuts in the naughty boy's right hand.

The naughty boy smiled and said to Xu Da, "Did you see it?"

Xu Da wondered: "What do you see? Could it be that he didn't choose the right one?"

The urchin stared wide and said, "Of course not, you let me choose." ”

Xu Da was confused, and also put one chestnut in one hand and two chestnuts in the other: "Which one do you choose?"

The urchin took the three chestnuts away together: "I want them all." ”

Xu Da was dumbfounded: "Grass!"

The naughty boy comforted him and said: "You are not stupid, Shou Ye was stupid before, he used to choose a chestnut." Haha, we always tease him like that. ”

Wang Qilin looked at Zhong Youshou who was laughing, and subconsciously felt that the old man might not be stupid.

Can a fool be a patriarch?

Blindfolded!