Chapter 44 Goose Eggs

"Mr. Zhang, you can come to Dingjiazhuang as a guest when you are free in the future."

"Thank you for the hospitality of Dingjiazhuang! Goodbye!"

Two days later, the brothers and sisters Ding Xiu and Ding Xiang personally sent Er Gouzi back to the official road, and both sides bowed and said goodbye.

He did not join Dingjiazhuang in the end.

His first impression of Dingjiazhuang and the owner of the Ding family was still very good.

He was not psychologically opposed to joining Dingjiazhuang as a retainer.

Looking back on these years, at first he lived under someone else's roof, just thinking about being able to start his own business, even if he was a tenant, he would be content.

Later, not only did he get what he wanted, but he also went to Shekou Mountain and became a small landlord.

He planted some land on the mountain every day, had food to eat, clothes to wear, and occasionally had a meal of pork. He felt very happy and had nothing else to ask for.

But in order to keep his own territory and not be bullied by his cousin and officials, he was forced to practice martial arts to take the exam for a scholar, but accidentally embarked on the road of cultivating immortals.

If he joins the Ding family now for the purpose of cultivating immortal skills and lives under someone else's roof again, it will go against his original intention.

Even if he wants to take the martial arts exam, it is only to better protect his own piece of land.

As for the cultivation of skills, relying on the skills left by his master, he still stumbles and cultivates to the third level of Qi training.

However, the head of the Ding family is really generous, generous and has the demeanor of an elder.

He refused the Ding family's solicitation and asked them for the seeds of the iron thorn. He felt a little ungrateful.

The head of the Ding family agreed and gave him a bag of seeds for free.

In fact, he still wanted to get some crescent moon spirit grains to plant back, but he was embarrassed to ask for it. He was still not thick-skinned enough, so he could only ask Sima Yi next time.

Er Gouzi is now very fast. He has returned to Shexi Village just as the sun sets.

When passing by the entrance of the village, he found that the village was very lively today, with lights and lanterns everywhere.

Generally, only when a landlord dies will there be such a grand ceremony. Ordinary people can just roll up a straw mat and dig a pit to bury the dead. There is no need to be so particular.

Er Gouzi subconsciously thought that Huang Laocai might have died, after all, he was once the richest man in the village.

Based on their friendship in the past, he still had to give some money for incense and candles and have a feast.

When he prepared a sad expression and came to Huang Laocai's house, he saw Huang Laocai sitting on a big rock at the door to bask in the sun.

"So you are not dead!"

Er Gouzi couldn't help but blurt out.

"I can live until now, all thanks to you, Mr. Zhang!"

Huang Laocai didn't dare to have any opinions about Er Gouzi now. He quickly stood up and bowed his hands. His life was saved by Er Gouzi.

What's more, Er Gouzi is now a scholar and can talk to the big shots in the county government.

"Who died in the village? Why is there such a big fuss?"

"So you didn't know that your uncle died."

"He! How did he die suddenly?"

Er Gouzi had no contact with his uncle, but he had met his cousin several times.

His uncle was less than 50 years old. He ate well, lived well, and was in good health.

I didn't expect him to die suddenly.

He hadn't seen his cousin Zhang Youliang in the past few days in Zhengwu Hall. He was probably serving his uncle at home.

"I heard that he died of a sudden illness."

"I saw him walking around the village the day before, his face was rosy, and he died overnight."

"Alas, life is unpredictable!"

Huang Laocai sighed, rarely gloating.

"The world is not peaceful now, especially since you live alone on Shekou Mountain, you should pay attention to safety at night."

"Thank you for the reminder!"

Er Gouzi bowed to Huang Laocai and walked towards his uncle's house.

Anyway, the person is dead, for Xiao Ezi's sake, he still plans to go to pay condolences and give a few coins as a show.

And by the way, go and see what's going on.

The uncle's family is now the largest landlord in Shexi Village, powerful in the village, and now there are many people.

People from the whole village come to help, do some odd jobs, and get a free meal.

This year, it happened that due to drought and little rain, the land was poor, and Zhang Youliang had to collect 60% of the rent, not a bucket less.

Many people were worried about not having enough rice to cook, and when Zhang Youliang's family had a funeral, people from ten miles and eight villages came to get a meal in the name of condolences.

Try to eat a few more liters of rice and get some money back.

Since you are condoling the dead, you can't laugh and joke. No matter how you feel, you have to at least show a look of deep mourning.

When Er Gouzi came, he saw several tenants he didn't know, crying and snotting, looking very sad.

The hall where the pig was slaughtered last time has now been set up as a mourning hall, with a black lacquered coffin placed in the middle of the hall.

Zhang Youxin and Xiao Ezi, dressed in plain clothes, stood in front of the coffin to welcome the guests who came to pay their respects.

Auntie was crying loudly in the next room, just like the slaughter of the pig.

Zhang Youxin saw Er Gouzi coming in, gnashing his teeth, his eyes seemed to be spitting fire.

"What are you doing here? You still have the nerve to come!"

"Why are you so angry at me? I didn't kill your father, what qualifications do you have to glare at me?"

Er Gouzi stared at Zhang Youxin coldly, and scanned around, but didn't see Zhang Youliang.

In the past, when he lived under the roof of his uncle's house, he was often bullied by the two brothers, and it was common for him to crawl on the ground and ride like a horse.

But now he no longer has to look at the faces of his uncle's family, and he will not give in to them anymore.

"You! You! You!"

Zhang Youxin said you several times, his anger surged, and in the end he said nothing.

Xiao Ezi stood beside the coffin, looking at Er Gouzi with a complicated look, then bit her lower lip and lowered her head.

Er Gouzi lit a stick of incense, and without even eating, he left his uncle's house and returned to his own Shekou Mountain.

When he reached the foot of the mountain, he immediately found the problem.

First, there were a lot of debris thrown under the cliff. The road up the mountain, which was originally blocked by him with big rocks, was now half cleared.

There were a lot of earth and rocks piled up at the foot of the mountain, and there were a few bloodstains on the cleared mountain road.

It is conceivable what he had experienced in the past few days since he left.

Thinking of this, he mobilized the magic power in his Dantian, performed the wind control technique, and his body became lighter, so he jumped to the top of the mountain with force.

When he returned to the top of the mountain, he saw 13 geese spread their wings and stretched their necks to surround him, which made him feel relieved.

He patrolled the top of the mountain again, and most of the ginseng on the mountain was intact.

Some ginsengs near the goose house were destroyed by the geese, and even the roots were dug out and eaten.

It seems that more education is needed in the future.

In order to raise these geese, except for the ginseng leaves that are not usually needed, they are all collected in the gourd to enhance the spiritual energy before feeding.

He also specially marked out a large piece of land, sprinkled grass seeds, and watered it every day for the big white geese to eat.

Perhaps they are addicted to eating, and the remaining 13 big white geese often steal ginseng when he is not around.

After checking the lost ginseng, before I had time to feel sad, I found that there was a goose egg in the goose house.

Since the big white goose began to mutate, it has never laid an egg.

This goose egg is more than twice as large as an ordinary goose egg, and there are some red lines on the eggshell, which does not look like a normal egg.

I don’t know what kind of goose will hatch out, and Ergouzi has some expectations in his heart.

In the next few days, he first blocked the gap in the mountain road again.

Now he was even stronger, so he used hundreds of pounds of boulders to block the road, which ordinary people could not pry open.

Then he planted the newly obtained iron thorn seeds.

The head of the Ding family only gave him 10 seeds, which was far from his goal of planting a circle on the mountain.

But this did not bother him. He planted these 10 seeds first, multiplied the seeds, and then expanded the scale.

After the seeds were planted and watered, tender shoots grew on the third day. Under the effect of gourd water, they grew very fast, one day at a time.

In addition, he picked a rice ear of cat tooth rice in Dingjiazhuang.

He cleared a small piece of land on the mountain and planted all the grains. After watering, they sprouted the next day.