Ouch!
The tiger's cry echoed through the forest again.
Everyone looked awe-inspiring.
Bai Dazhuang was carrying the hoe, and Xie Xiaolian was holding the sword. They stood at the head of the team with their heads held high.
Village chief Zhao Defu and Bai Banban were the oldest and most senior members of the tiger hunting team, and they stood at the back of the team.
The tiger hunting men automatically formed two teams, carrying hoes and kitchen knives, waving to their wives and children behind them, and following in the footsteps of Bai Dazhuang and Xie Xiaolian, they rushed towards the mountains in a mighty manner.
The confident steps of the men instantly broke through the tragic feeling just now.
Because before leaving, the village chief Zhao Defu announced new news released by the county government.
Each member of the tiger-fighting team was given a subsidy of five kilograms of rice and five kilograms of noodles a day, and whoever could kill the tiger would be rewarded with a one-time reward of one hundred taels of silver.
Why didn't you tell me earlier?
The team was in a commotion.
Zhao Defu, the old man, explained that he was afraid that everyone would be unorganized and undisciplined and rush to fight with the tiger for the sake of rice, noodles and money?
In short, after hearing the reward from the county government, everyone suddenly became more energetic and less afraid of tiger hunting.
One hundred taels of silver glittering and waving in front! Some people have never saved so much money in three lifetimes.
The female members of the Bai family stood at the door. Old Mrs. Bai was holding a wind lantern in her hand, watching the tiger-fighting team blend into the night and gradually disappear.
Xiao Yuanbao was held in Zhen's arms.
Tonight she performed some tiger mobilization, which was too childish and not enough for her to perform.
She felt that her main battlefield should be on Nanguan Mountain, and she also wanted to follow her eldest brother and father up the mountain to hunt tigers and watch the excitement.
Xiao Fuyuan knew that her family would definitely not let her go up the mountain. She had begged her father and brother in the house just now, but was undoubtedly rejected.
The village chief was about to take her there, but her father hit him with a cigarette pot.
I can only think about it in vain.
The wives in the village stood at the door of Lao Bai's house, watching the men go into the mountains, but did not leave.
Originally, when it came to the big female insect, I was extremely worried.
Hearing the village chief announce the rewards, everyone was as happy as going to the market.
One person can eat five kilograms of rice and five kilograms of noodles a day, which is enough for the whole family.
When the county government offers a reward, it must be refined rice and noodles.
I just hope that this big female insect will hide and seek with the men in the mountains, preferably for ten and a half days, so that she can get more rice and noodles. If you can't finish eating, go to Nanguan Town to sell money, or exchange polished rice and noodles for three times more grains.
The most important thing was the one hundred taels of silver. The wives in Shenshu Village secretly prayed that their men would get it.
Even if a man like Xia Qinghe were torn off a piece of meat by a tiger, he wouldn't be able to defend himself.
A piece of meat is worth one hundred taels of silver!
Repairing the house, tidying up, marrying my son... it's enough.
Xiao Yuanbao looked at the happy faces of his daughters-in-law and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, how could the contrast be so great.
When the reward was not announced, everyone was very sad and reluctant to let the man go up the mountain. With the reward, everyone was beaming with joy and wished the man could hunt the tiger himself.
Sure enough, there must be a brave man under the heavy reward.
"Xiao Yuanbao, do you think this tiger can be hunted by the people of Shenshu Village?" You Mazi's wife asked Xiao Fuyuan.
Immediately, the wives and aunts all looked at Xiao Fuyuan with expectation on their faces.
Say it quickly, Xiao Yuanbao is a good talker.
If the tiger is hunted by the people of Shenshu Village, even if it is a collective contribution, one hundred taels of silver can be divided among several taels.
It is better than being taken away by other villagers such as Xiashan Village.
Xiao Yuanbao was leaning next to Mrs. Zhen obediently. She was wearing a red skirt and two small knots on her head. Under the wind lamp, her big eyes were clear in black and white, with eyelashes like fluttering butterflies.
Just like the fairy boy in front of Guanyin Bodhisattva in the painting.
Everyone's expectations for Xiao Fuyuan have become that of a fairy child. They wish she could spit out lotus flowers, and the credit for fighting tigers goes to Shenshu Village.
"It's not delivered." Xiao Fuyuan may have disappointed everyone.
Sure enough, everyone looked disappointed.
"What does she know as a child?" Old Mrs. Bai scolded in surprise.
What do you think of her granddaughter? A few sticks of incense are required for the Bodhisattva to appear. He just wants his granddaughter to predict what he is thinking. It is not like fortune telling.
Everyone knew that Mrs. Bai was not someone to be trifled with, so they stopped one by one.
You Mazi's wife curled her lips, "My family is quite capable of detecting swine fever, but it suddenly failed when it encountered a big female tiger like a tiger."
Some strong wives changed the topic and complained.
"It's so unfair. Why are only men allowed to go and not women?" said a strong daughter-in-law.
"That's right, I pull the plow more vigorously than men, and I can hit a tiger like a hoe." Another daughter-in-law said.
"Aunt Bai, Aunt Zhao, why don't you two form a women's tiger hunting team, and we can go up the mountain too." Xia Qinghe's sister-in-law, with a thought in her heart, made suggestions to Old Mrs. Bai and the village chief's wife.
Maybe the tiger doesn't know who will kill it.
The village chief's wife waved her hands and said, "I can't do it. I don't even dare to kill a chicken. Aunt Bai can do it. When Aunt Bai was young, she walked on the mountain trails and was not afraid of wolves."
Old Mrs. Bai looked at Qinghe's sister-in-law and smiled: "It's not just men who are responsible for fighting the tiger, it's the same for us. The men in the family are not here, so they each guard their own homes and take care of their children. That's the credit for fighting the tiger."
The strong daughter-in-law said in a loud voice: "The county government can't see our merits, and they won't give us rice or noodles."
If she had been ten years younger, Mrs. Bai might have really gone into the mountains with a kitchen knife. When she was young, no male laborer in Shenshu Village was as capable as her.
Why is Bai Zhaomei so strong? Isn't it because she inherited it?
Speaking of the fifth child of the Bai family, he was still here during the tiger mobilization rally. Where is he now?
Dalang Sanlang stood beside A Zhen, why didn't he see Bai Zhaomei.
"Where is your fifth uncle?" Old Mrs. Bai asked Dalang.
"Just now he said he was washing clothes for his master, but he was only in the room." Bai Dalang replied.
When Mrs. Bai and Mrs. Zhen heard what Dalang said, they didn't take it to heart. They were either in the house or in the room, and they couldn't be left behind.
Xiao Fuyuan looked into the yard, searching for Fifth Brother with his eyes.
Bai Zhaomei was not in the house, nor in the room, nor did she wash clothes for his master Xie Xiaolian.
After holding Xiao Fuyuan in his arms, he put her down and sneaked into the tiger hunting team while the adults weren't paying attention.
At the foot of the mountain, he was discovered by his master Xie Xiaolian.
"Disciple, you're here." Xie Xiaolian came to the end of the team and knocked Bai Zhaomei on the head.
Bai Zhaomei was very frustrated when her master discovered her. He had been careful, but he was still discovered.
The master is indeed a master.
However, to his surprise, Xie Xiaolian's tone did not object to him joining in hunting tigers.
"I also want to go up the mountain to hunt tigers." Bai Zhaomei said with a sullen face.
Xie Xiaolian just called Bai Zhaomei in a loud voice, which was heard by Bai Banban and Bai Dazhuang.
"Little brat, what kind of tiger are you hunting? You're not as tall as a tiger, so you think you're hunting a pheasant. Hurry back before we reach the mountain."
Bai Banban shouted, he followed the team, but he didn't notice his son was mixed in the team.
What a mistake.
This little son was so ignorant that he learned a few tricks from Xie Xiaolian and started to dream of hunting tigers.
Bai Zhaomei raised her head and said, "I won't go back."
(End of chapter)
