The night is dark and windy.
Niu Xiaodi fell asleep very quickly. Within two seconds of lying on the bed, he fell asleep like a piglet. His belly was rising and falling. Niu Xiaobai nestled next to his neck and fell asleep quietly.
Niu Caohua resisted the sleepiness, rubbed her face, and got up to "work".
She got dressed, braved the cold night wind, went to the kitchen, picked up a kitchen knife, and was ready to go out.
Where to go?
Go to the mountains.
Go and see if there is anything left in the mountains.
I saw several hunters carrying bows and arrows on their backs and holding machetes. They ran away in a hurry when they encountered a black bear. Maybe they left something good behind.
Go pick up the leak.
As soon as Niu Caohua walked out of the house, before she had even taken two steps, a dark shadow quickly rushed over. It was so late at night that it almost scared Niu Caohua's soul out.
After calming down, I took a closer look and found out who it wasn't Niu Xiaobai.
"You don't sleep at night, why are you following me?"
"Chi chi chi~" Niu Xiaobai didn't know what he was talking about, so he lightly jumped into Niu Caohua's arms and made up his mind not to leave.
"Forget it, just go. You can also help me show the way."
It was still quiet in the mountains, except for the occasional sound of insects in the grass.
The walk went very smoothly. Occasionally there were snakes crawling in the grass, but they were avoided at a distance. Soon we arrived at the place where we met the black bear. As expected, there was a faint rotten smell.
Continuing to walk along the smell, at a place, the cow grass flower stopped.
Under the big tree in front, there was a strong rotten smell, and the sound of maggots squirming in the carrion could be heard. There were several white bones scattered on the ground, with obvious signs of being eaten.
This is a human bone, and the flesh on it has been eaten away. The one that makes the squirming sound is the skull next to it. There are also signs of eating on the skull, but most of the hair is still stuck to it.
A bunch of scavenging bugs gathered around the skull, feasting on it.
Although it was dark in the mountains, Niucaohua, who had adapted to the dark environment, could still see everything in front of her clearly.
This is one of the hunters, as can be seen from the clothes scattered around.
It looked like it must have been eaten by a black bear.
However, the long bow Niu Caohua wanted was not seen, only a few broken long arrows were seen.
The arrow shafts are made of wood, and the arrow tips are only inlaid with a little fine iron. They are very brittle and are used by these hunters themselves.
The long arrows used by the officials I saw yesterday were much more sophisticated than this one. The entire arrow was made of fine iron and was not easy to break.
Niu Caohua circled around the corpse, but found nothing, and had no intention of picking up the broken arrows on the ground.
Those arrows are no longer useful.
If you don't get anything from this place, change it to another place.
This time, we actually found the bones of a hunter by the creek. Compared to the previous one, this one was relatively complete. The upper body was still there, but the lower body was gone. It was almost eaten. There were dense tooth marks on the bones.
There was nothing on the shore, the harvest was all in the stream, a longbow and a dagger.
Niu Caohua ignored the cold stream and went down to retrieve everything.
The longbow and dagger were both intact, without any damage.
made money.
Satisfied after finding these things, Niu Caohua hugged Niu Xiaobai, covered her hands, and hurried down the mountain.
Go home and go to bed.
Back at the foot of the mountain, Niu Caohua, who was about to turn around and go home, suddenly heard voices in the village. The voices were so low that she couldn't make out what they were saying. But there must be something fishy about not sleeping most of the night!
Niu Caohua tiptoed into the village, saw their faces clearly, and followed behind the two people.
They are a pair of brothers in the village, Niu Zhang and Niu Sheng.
These two people had relatively pitiful life experiences. When they were very young, their parents were eaten by wild beasts in the mountains during an outing. No bones were left. The elderly at home were so sad that they followed them.
Only the two children were left alone, but that was not the end. Without the protection of the elders, some vicious relatives came and looted all the money and other things for various reasons. In the end, only a house with bare walls was left.
If the people in the village didn't see them as pitiful and occasionally help them, they would have starved to death at home.
But they grew crooked, cheated all day long, and even learned to gamble.
But fortunately, the village was full of poor people, and they had nothing to steal, so they went to the city. They couldn't see anyone all year round, so they only came back during the Chinese New Year.
The people in the village had a worse impression of them than the Niu Dadu family before.
It's not the New Year yet, why are they back?
Niu Caohua was very curious and followed her carefully.
Watching them go around and around, they arrived at the door of Li Zheng's house, and were they ready to climb over the wall?
I'm afraid this isn't about stealing!
Mom, do these two people know that they have made money by selling pigs?
This is not okay, part of this money belongs to my family, we can't let them all steal it!
"Dong dong!" Niu Caohua picked up a few stones and threw them at the two people who were climbing over the wall. The strength was not strong, but it was enough to hurt.
Niu Zhang and Niu Sheng had just climbed over the wall and were about to jump into the yard. Suddenly, they were hit on the head by a sudden stone. In shock, they both fell from the wall. By coincidence, they both fell into the yard. In the courtyard of the main house.
The courtyard wall was as tall as one person, and when they fell down without any precautions, both of them screamed in pain.
Seeing the noise coming from the house, Niu Caohua ran away, her legs swung into a circle.
"Catch the thief!" Grandma Chen and Li Zheng's shouts could be heard in the distance.
Hehe, the money is saved.
She ran home, hid her belongings, Niu Caohua washed her face and fell asleep.
Don't ask why you don't care about cleanliness so much, just ask because you are too tired.
Niu Xiaodi slept soundly, with a flushed face.
As soon as Niu Xiaobai entered the room, he skillfully jumped into bed, nestled next to Niu Xiaodi's neck, and soon fell asleep.
Lying on the bed, Niu Caohua thought about what happened tonight, and felt deeply uneasy.
If these two brothers hadn't been cared for by the villagers when they were young, they would have been eaten up by the group of relatives who were like wolves and tigers, and they might have been sold somewhere.
But they are good. Not only do they not know how to be grateful, they also don’t know where they learned to be so bad. They are proficient in eating, drinking, whoring and gambling.
Niu Caohua didn't know what happened when they were children, but there was no one like them in Niujia Village. He must have learned it from those second-rate kids in other villages.
Now even more so, he actually climbed over the wall and stole things.
Today, the pigs were sold for more than ten taels of silver. They must have seen it in the city and ran back with greed in their hearts.
Fortunately, I saw the cow grass flower when I went out tonight, otherwise, it would have been a big loss.
There is no surveillance in this era, and the efficiency of investigating cases is very low. If the money is lost, it will not be recovered.
After thinking about it, I fell asleep completely.
What Niu Caohua didn't know was that not long after she fell asleep, Niu Dadu was woken up by a shout. The person who came was none other than Niu Shanbao, the eldest son of the Li Zheng family.
