Chapter 9 Quietly Changes
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Xie Yuan struck down with his axe, breaking the thick firewood into two pieces, and the progress just increased a little.
[Pichai: (479/1000)]
Looking at the subtitles in front of him, he wiped the sweat from his forehead with his hands and nodded with satisfaction.
Although it's not as fast as splitting it into pieces, it's not too slow either.
According to this progress, it will take less than twenty days to advance to the next level.
Xie Yuan put the ax aside and prepared to rest for a while.
He sat on the firewood pile, took out a few copper coins hanging on ropes from his close-fitting trousers, and counted them carefully.
The five ropes were filled with copper coins, and each rope was mixed with a number of copper coins worth ten, five, two and one cent. One rope was exactly one hundred cents, a total of five hundred cents;
There is also a rope with less copper plates, sixty-three coppers.
“Five hundred and sixty-three cents is the net profit during this period.”
Xie Yuan breathed a sigh of relief.
If this continues, he can earn more than one tael of silver a month.
In a mountain village, his saving speed is definitely not slow.
After all, he is the only one here who can chop down Tie Yang as a leprous tree.
The big households in the village were all freed by Tie Yang. He sold the firewood to the people who collected the firewood from the restaurants in the town, and then all the firewood was cleared.
Compared to being penniless when he first woke up, Xie Yuan is much better off now. He has enough food to eat, even if it is not very good; he can eat meat every now and then, even if it is just dry and woody pheasant and hare. .
But compared to the majority of people in mountain villages who don’t even have enough to eat, Xie Yuan is well into the upper middle class of the mountain village.
“But it’s not enough.”
The entrance fee to the martial arts gym, which is ten taels of silver, is still far away.
I can barely live my life like this, but if I really want to move forward...
I can only wait for [Chipai] to transform and see the effect.
Therefore, after Xie Yuan deducted himself for two days, he no longer scrimped on food and clothing.
You must continue to eat when you are full. You must eat meat every two days, otherwise you will lose strength and affect your efficiency. The progress of chopping wood is the most important thing now.
Other gangsters in the village also came to see him in the past few days, but they were all scared away by Xie Yuan's tough attitude.
After dealing with Li Mazi, Xie Yuan's mentality changed when he looked at these ruffians who usually gave him a headache.
Except for the people behind them, they themselves are not a big problem.
If that doesn’t work, I’ll see you in the woods.
This invisible coldness made the hooligans feel a little nervous. After feeling defeated one by one, they went to the door together as a group.
Xie Yuan repeated his old trick, splitting a log with an ax and asked who wanted to be invited first.
The gangsters briefly calculated which one was tougher, Tie Yang or their own, and since no one was in the vanguard, they dispersed with harsh words to each other and stayed silent for a long time.
Xie Yuan didn't really use the ax blade to greet them, not because he was soft-hearted, but because a beating didn't matter. If he really wanted to hurt people and kill them in public, there would be too many troubles in the future.
The mountain villages are wild and barren, but they are not completely lawless places.
Fortunately, no one cares about Li Mazi, and no one comes to find him...
"Yuanzi, stop chopping firewood! Why do you act like you've been given chicken blood these days? The trees on the mountain won't move. Come and eat!"
Li Lan's voice sounded outside the fence .
“Here it comes!”
Xie Yuan walked to his brother’s sister-in-law’s house next door. On the table were a plate of fried chicken nuggets, a plate of thin wild vegetables, and a plate of fragrant scrambled eggs. Sitting at the table were Wang Lei and Hu Wa.
It's winter, there are less vegetables, but more meat than vegetables, which is very rare in the village.
Li Lan served the hot brown rice, and the three adults and one child gathered around the table and ate happily.
Xie Yuan and his brother and sister-in-law chatted about household matters and asked:
"Brother Shitou, do you want to go to the city to find something to do?"
Wang Lei nodded:
“If you have free time in winter, find some work in the city and save some money for Huwa’s private school.”
"When are you leaving?" "You'll be leaving in two days."
Wang Lei wiped his mouth and looked at Xie Yuan:
"Yuanzi, I'm not at home , your sister and Hu Wa’er, please come and watch more.”
“Brother Shitou, what did you say?”
Xie Yuan smiled and said:
"If I don't come here, where would I go to eat?"
Several people at the dinner table laughed together, and the warmth dispelled the cold of early winter.
At the other end of the village, in a mud house that was obviously much larger.
Zhang Laoer and an old man smoking a dry cigarette were on the kang together. There was also a stack of peanuts and a pot of wine on the kang.
The old man blew out a mouthful of dry smoke, which made Zhang Laoer frown. Then he picked up the small wine glass, took a sip, and hissed, "Smash it, smash it, smash it," his expression tightened with satisfaction.
In a mountain village where food is scarce, wine is a rare commodity.
"Village chief, this wine is poured by Thousand Cups from Buzui House in the county. A pot costs five taels of silver. Is it okay?"
Zhang Laoer tilted his mouth and showed off. .
Hearing this, the old village chief sighed slightly, put down his wine glass reluctantly, frowned and said:
"Xiaoshan, seizing land is a serious crime of beheading. How many brains do you have to dare to do this?"
Zhang Laoer, also known as Zhang Xiaoshan, laughed:
"As long as they If you voluntarily sign a deposit, it is not a robbery! Of course, it is a village transaction! Tian Qi, I need you to nod your head."
Seeing the village chief's silence, Zhang Laoer came closer and said slowly:
"My brother went to the county school to follow me. Sir, we have talked about it. Xiaowenzi is a good material for reading.”
The dry smoke in the village chief's hand swayed slightly.
"My brother is highly appreciated by the county magistrate, and he will soon be promoted to another level. When he can talk to the county government, he can meet the county magistrate, and then let Xiao Wenzi learn from the county magistrate. Study articles and cultivate yourself, and maybe you will become a scholar, no, a master of Juren in the future!
"Master of Juren!" This is the glorious ancestor! ”
Zhang Laoer gestured with his thumbs, as if the village chief’s grandson had already achieved fame.
The village chief smoked a cigarette and remained silent for a long time.
After a long while, when the smoke was almost burned out, the village chief put down the heavy pipe, picked up the wine glass, and drank it slowly.
Zhang Laoer smiled:
"Then I won't bother you."
He filled the pot with the village chief, and then poured a little of it into the pot I put the wine there and was about to leave.
“Wait.”
Zhang Laoer turned around and saw the village chief frowning and said:
"There is a big bug on the mountain, and people in the next village have been bitten to death. Ask your brother if you have time to come back?"
Zhang Laoer said noncommittally:
“Let me ask, but he is busy with official duties, so he probably can’t afford it.”
Seeing this, the village chief just sighed and shook his head. Shake his head.
Zhang Laoer walked out of the village chief's house with his head held high, and happened to bump into one of his gangsters. He pulled him over and asked:
"Hey, how are you doing? Also, why haven't you seen Li Mazi for a long time?"
“Second brother! Have you ever Are you back from the county?”
The gangster greeted him, and then said with a grimace:
“I haven’t seen that lazy guy for a long time. I don’t know if he got into that widow’s house!” …that, that…”
He hesitantly told about Xie Yuan's great changes, especially the ax, which described everything in the sky and on the earth, like a master warrior.
When Zhang Lao Er heard this, he knew that his subordinates were exaggerating and slapped him directly:
“Trash!”
But then again, Xie Yuan’s ax, Zhang The second child has also seen it himself, and he does have some strength, so he can't completely blame these subordinates.
He touched his chin, thought slightly, and then sneered:
"Okay, it's a hard bone. But no matter how hard the bone is, it will turn into soft mud when it touches me.
" Wang Lei and Xie Yuan just happened to get close, so I will operate on you both. ”
(End of this chapter)