Chapter 58 Relief
At this juncture, Li followed Xu Ke's instructions and came to Zhou Tangjie's house to discuss the wasteland.
When I first heard that I wanted to buy the land, Zhou Tangjie’s housekeeper patiently asked about the price.
When I found out that Li’s price was a few cents cheaper than the price of cabbage, I almost got so angry that the housekeeper asked someone to beat Li out.
I thought Li came to their house on purpose to entertain them.
But that night Zhou Tangjie had a nightmare, in which he kept wandering in the deserted fields.
No matter how he escaped, the inn in the deserted field followed him like a ghost.
I can’t shake it off at all.
When he woke up, Zhou Tangjie held on to the last bit of consciousness and told the housekeeper to sell the wasteland immediately.
The sooner the better, even if it is for free, or even with money.
It must be sold quickly or the housekeeper will be kicked out of the house.
The housekeeper didn't know why, but seeing that Zhou Tangjie didn't look like he was joking, he had no choice but to agree.
But several wealthy businessmen who were originally interested in the wasteland learned that Zhou Tangjie only went to inspect the wasteland.
As a result, several servants disappeared mysteriously and no bodies were found.
But he was carried back crazy, and he didn't even dare to look at anyone again.
Such an evil incident immediately put an end to the plans of many wealthy businessmen to acquire the wasteland.
In the end, it was Li who came to visit again and finally solved the housekeeper's urgent need.
The housekeeper apologized repeatedly and made various amends.
This was how Li was coaxed to buy the entire wasteland and the surrounding large areas of land at a price that was almost free.
Mortals are the most precious resources in this world.
Joy, anger, sorrow, and joy can all breed evil things. The body, soul, and emotions are all extremely precious things.
The criminals among them can also be punished and all their resources can be taken away reasonably.
Even humans themselves have infinite evolution and can trace the origin of many strange and evil things.
Although Xu Ke's reputation is a condition for promotion, if he wants to go further, he must have such valuable things as living beings in his hands.
Back to business, I watched the other party sign his name on the land deed and pressed his fingerprint again.
Mrs. Li breathed a sigh of relief and took the land deed home, fulfilling the land master's instructions.
The next step is to attract the refugees according to the plan and convince them to stay and live a farming life.
First of all, he ordered his eldest son Li Siping and his maid Jiang Lei to set up a pot and light a fire at home, and be sure to boil a few more pots of boiling water.
Let Li Sian, who is smarter, take the banknote and secretly go to the grain store in the city to buy more rice.
Be sure to ask the clerk from the grain store to deliver it to your home in person.
Otherwise, in today's world, you may be robbed by hungry refugees on the road.
Li personally went to several points where the refugees gathered and informed them that the wasteland was providing relief for hot porridge, and that there were still a large number of fertile fields for them to cultivate.
The refugees who were already hungry and weak, when they learned that someone was giving porridge to help, they also helped the old and the young, and lined up in a long line towards the river bank.
Most of them are not locals, so they have never heard of Linjiang’s famous reputation.
Even if some local people passing by told them kindly, they were ignored by most of the refugees.
Just kidding, people who are about to starve to death need not be afraid of you because of your dangerous house and dangerous place.
As long as they can have a bite of their food, even if they are asked to demolish a haunted house and dig up graves the next day, they will dare to do it without blinking an eye.
Arrived near Huangtian, hundreds of people smelled the steaming hot porridge, and their heads suddenly started to move. A few impatient people even ignored Li's obstruction and rushed forward to serve the porridge in bowls. eat.
“Get in line!”
“Let the old, weak, women and children eat first.”
"If others are in a hurry, they can come up to help and set up a few pots to make porridge together!"
Although most of this group of refugees are poor people, there are still some cunning and lazy people among them.
Deliberately pretending to be sick and hungry, he wants to be the first to serve porridge and eat before everyone else.
After finishing the bowl of porridge, you have to squeeze in and continue to fight with the people who don't have a turn to eat. Seeing that he was grabbing the food with great energy, it was impossible to tell how weak he was from hunger.
And even after eating, he didn't show any intention of helping to make porridge.
In troubled times, heavy codes are used. Xu Ke wants to gather these people for his own use.
Instead of raising a group of uncles who rely on themselves to provide food and drink every day.
So Xu Ke had long been prepared to pick some thorns from this group of refugees to establish his authority.
The next moment, the thorn-head who snatched the food suddenly felt as if something was stuck in his throat.
The old man's eyes were wide and round, and a mouthful of porridge was stuck in his throat and he couldn't get up.
With a plop, he fell directly to the ground, and there was no movement after kicking his legs.
Li was a little panicked when she saw someone dying in front of her.
But he still managed to explain to everyone:
“This land is a geomantic treasure protected by the land master. It was also his dream that asked me to come to rescue the victims and accumulate blessings. ”
"If there is a person who does evil, the land master will punish him!"
Although the refugees fell into a panic after seeing someone dead, they became dubious and quiet after hearing Li's explanation.
At this time, a cry and howl broke the silence of the scene.
A girl grabbed rice grains from the rice porridge with her hands and stuffed it into the mouth of a gray-haired old woman.
But the old woman had obviously starved to death and had stopped breathing for a while.
No matter how the girl shouted, the old woman didn't respond.
The few young men who still had physical strength sighed, looked at each other, and prepared to step forward to help carry the old woman's body and bury it elsewhere.
There was also a woman standing by to comfort the girl, saying that her grandma was just sick and she would be fine if she found someone to take care of her for a while.
But the girl refused to let go of her grandma, crying that her parents could not sleep like this and would never see them again.
“It’s a combination of kindness and power. Just now I gave you a stick, now it’s time to give me a sweet date.”
Xu Ke, who was watching the scene silently, understood that it was time, and sent Shiyi to pick a ghost baby fruit from the ghost baby tree.
Throwing the Ghost Infant Fruit directly onto the old woman from a distance.
The ghost baby fruit looks like a jade-carved baby, crystal clear and round.
It makes people unable to help but full of appetite.
“Where did the fruit fall?”
The refugees were stunned at first, and their appetites were aroused.
But the next moment, the fruit was like a living thing, and it quickly penetrated into the old woman's mouth like liquid.
Then the old woman opened her eyes suddenly. Her eyes were as dark as ink, and no white of her eyes could be seen.
But it returned to normal the next moment, as if the strange thing just now was just an illusion
This ghost baby fruit is a strange fruit condensed by yin energy. People who are dying take it, and the living take it. It will be reborn and revitalized.
But the price is that it will turn into three parts human and seven parts evil aliens.
Not only does it blur the boundaries between yin and yang, it can even lead to distortion when the mind and emotions are extremely fluctuating, transforming into extremely terrifying evil things.
Of course, people are already dying anyway. Instead of dying today, it is better to eat this fruit first and gain a longer life.
What's more, turning into an evil thing does not mean that you will really die. The extra days you live will naturally be considered as wasted.
When this old woman really transforms into an evil creature, she can also become a guardian of this evil place and continue to protect her granddaughter.
By the way, it can be regarded as repaying Xu Ke's kindness for giving her a ghost baby fruit.
Of course, this strange effect can only save ordinary people who are seriously ill or have just died.
If it is a corpse that has been dead for a long time, its vitality will be cut off and its soul will disappear.
Even if you eat the Ghost Infant Fruit, it will not bring back the soul. It can only make the corpse transform into an evil corpse with a probability. It cannot be called alive, and a precious strange fruit is wasted.
(End of this chapter)